The series of reactions caused by the breach of the West Gate were much more serious than Zhao Yi imagined.

After the East Vietnamese army broke through the city gate, it did not lead troops deep into the city at first, but first controlled the city gate, consolidated the defense, and firmly held the west gate in their hands.

At the same time, the attacks on the East Gate and the North Gate were more violent, so that the defenders of these two gates could not withdraw to save the West Gate.

Seeing that the West Gate had been occupied by the East Vietnamese Army and strengthened its defenses, Wei Tian immediately made a decision and transferred all the remaining troops in the city, plus the soldiers who had regathered to the West Gate, totaling more than 800 people.

In the place of more than 150 steps away from the west city gate, there is a deep ditch that flows in the north-south direction, the ditch is about ten steps wide, the two sides are planted with willow trees, and there is only one stone arch bridge connecting the east and west sides on the deep ditch.

This was originally a place for the people in the city to walk and play, and Wei Tian arranged all the 800 people gathered on the east side of the deep ditch, led by Zhao Yi.

Their task is to monitor the enemy army in the west of the city, and if the enemy does not attack, I will not attack, and if the enemy attacks, I will defend it to the death.

After leaving such an order, Wei Tian rushed to the south of the city with several soldiers on horseback.

The current Huaizhou City is like a house that has been somewhat damaged, and if it experiences a violent storm, it is in danger of total collapse.

On the east side of the deep ditch, 800 soldiers guarded the houses, and the crossbowmen and archers among them focused on the stone arch bridge.

In front of the window on the second floor of a private house, Zhao Yi stood with a knife and stared at the direction of the city gate for a while, but saw that there was no movement over there, and the soldiers who sent out to monitor did not have any news.

No news is good news.

Zhao Yi thought about the eight hundred soldiers under his command, how many people would be left after this battle, or whether there would be anyone left, and he didn't know the bottom in his heart.

At this time, the young general thought of a sentence that those defeated kings and defeated generals in history often said: Do your best and obey the destiny of heaven.

On the hillside to the east of the city, the grass and trees are pulling out tender green leaves, and unknown mountain flowers are everywhere, which is a good time to visit in spring. It's just that at this time, whether it is the defenders and people in Huaizhou City, or the East Vietnamese Army outside the city, no one has the heart to appreciate the beauty of this world given by God.

Hu Yanzhuo stood on a high ground outside the tent, raising his eyes to look at the battle in Huaizhou City, and the marching Sima Li Yan stood beside him.

When the East Vietnamese army broke through the west gate of the city, Li Yan proposed in time that the besieging army should first consolidate the west gate and not immediately attack the depth of the city.

Li Yan's words not only made the generals around Hu Yanzhuo incomprehensible, but even the Fenwei general himself had doubts about Li Yan's words.

Li Yan completely ignored the questioning gazes of those generals, and calmly said to Hu Yanzhuo: "Wait for our army to break through one gate again, no matter which one, at that time, the army of my West Gate will attack the city again, and the two sides will attack, forming a wind and thunder trend, so that both the defenders and the people in the city will surrender in one fell swoop." ”

Hu Yanzhuo finally listened to Li Yan's suggestion. At the moment, he was waiting for that moment to come.

"General, I don't think that if we wait until dark, our army will be able to break through one more gate. Li Yan said.

Hu Yanzhuo didn't answer Li Yan's words, but asked a question: "Li Yan, how many people do you say are left in the defenders in the city?"

Li Yan did not hesitate at all, and said: "Judging from the current situation, there are at least 2,000 defenders in the city, but it is difficult to say whether there are still 2,000 combat strength." ”

At this time when he was about to see the dawn of victory, Hu Yanzhuo, the head of the first army of the East Vietnamese Army, actually sighed with a sad face, and said something that was not at all what a victor should say: "Li Yan, General Ben really regrets not taking your suggestion, so that so many East Vietnamese soldiers were lost outside this small Huaizhou city, and it also caused the annihilation of General Liu Ba's 25,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Li Yan was shocked and asked, "How did the general know that General Liu Ba's 25,000 soldiers and horses would be wiped out?"

Hu Yanzhuo didn't answer, but took out a silk silk from his arms and handed it to Li Yan, "See for yourself." ”

Li Yan saw that it was a yellow silk silk, so he respectfully took it with both hands, and when he unfolded it, he was shocked by the contents inside.

This is a secret order sent by the king of the East China Sea to Hu Yanzhuo, which reads: Give up the rescue, go all out to capture Huaizhou, and be sure to annihilate the defenders.

After Li Yan read it, he calmed down the shock in his heart a little, and said, "Lord Wang, this is trying to fight with the Chu State. ”

Hu Yanzhuo turned his head and glanced at Li Yan, and said with some surprise: "Oh?

Li Yan pondered for a moment and said: "I think that there is a change between the Rong State and the Zhuhu in the north, we must end the war with the Chu army as soon as possible, presumably this is also a decision made by the prince in the new situation." Besides, such an ending may not mean that I will suffer a loss in Dongyue. ”

Hu Yanzhuo knew that although Li Yan was a scholar and had no background in a wealthy family, he was smart and erudite, and he always had a wonderful way to deal with him, and he admired him very much.

"How can I not suffer a loss in Dongyue? Li Yan, you tell General Ben carefully. ”

Li Yan smiled slightly, arched his hand and said, "Before I talk about it, I want to ask the general, which one of the Dongyue and Chu countries has the most population, which one has more troops, which one has more generals, and which country is strong?"

Hu Yanzhuo said without hesitation: "Needless to say, of course, we are Dongyue, and the old King of Chu is in the land of those two states, and half of Jiaozhou is converted from barbarians." ”

Li Yan nodded, still with a smile on his face: "From this point of view, I and the Chu army have also lost an army, even if I suffer thousands of casualties in the east, judging from the final result, who suffers more?"

Hu Yanzhuo was stunned for a moment, and then pointed at Li Yan with his finger and laughed loudly.

After listening to Li Yan's words, the boredom that Hu Yanzhuo had accumulated in his heart for half a day disappeared in an instant.

At the south gate of Xiling City, a team of cavalry galloped, and the horse under the crotch of the first horse was not ordinary, but a heavenly horse produced in the Western Regions, which was tall and majestic, and extremely powerful.

Legend has it that this Pegasus comes from the immortal product of the green underworld, and is an immortal mount, psychic, and has magical abilities.

When the cavalry of a dozen men entered the city gate, they stopped, and the general led by him turned over and dismounted, threw the reins in his hand to one of the soldiers, and strode up the city wall.

Xiling City, which has just ended the battle, has many damaged city walls, and it is a mess everywhere, and on the city walls and under the city walls, the common people are assisting the defenders to clean up the corpses of the soldiers. The houses and streets of the city were also damaged by stone bullets in many places, and many fires broke out, and the smoke was not extinguished at this time.

The smoke is billowing and the corpses are everywhere, which is probably the scene.

Jing Song, who was patrolling the city wall, hurriedly rushed to greet him after receiving a report from his soldiers.

Jing Song clasped his fists and saluted the middle-aged general who was walking towards him, and said, "Father!"

Jinghu was dressed in jet-black armor, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and no helmet, revealing his temples frost white.

After such a big victory, Jing Song did not see a trace of joy on his father's face, but there was deep worry between his eyebrows.

Jinghu didn't greet his son politely, nor did he say a word of concern, and asked, "How are the casualties in the city?"

Jing Song replied: "The casualties of the people are not large, half of the Jiangxia defenders are killed and wounded, and one-third of the scout battalions are killed and wounded. ”

Jinghu bowed his head slightly, pondered for a moment, and said: "Song'er, you immediately lead all the uninjured scouts in the scout camp, and give you another 2,000 cavalry for your father, and immediately set off for Huaizhou, 100,000 urgent." ”

As soon as Jing Song heard his father's tone, he knew the seriousness of the matter, and he didn't say much, turned to a scout battalion soldier behind him and said, "Order all the soldiers of the scout camp to gather at the south gate immediately, one person and two horses, and bring enough dry food for one day." ”

The scout battalion soldier took the order, and Jing Song had never seen his father so anxious and worried, so he asked, "Father, how is the situation in Huaizhou?"

"I'm afraid that the city will be broken today. Jinghu didn't hide it either.

Guarding Huaizhou is his father's favorite general Wei Tian, no wonder his father is so anxious and worried, but he doesn't know that there is someone else who makes his father Jinghu nervous.

Since the old king of Chu accepted Jing Hu's strategy, he used Huaizhou City as a bait to attract the 20,000 troops of Huyanzhuo in Dongyue, and Jing Hu personally led the main force of the Shenfeng Army to surround and annihilate Liu Ba's army by surprise.

Jing Hu only dared to take the East China Sea King's army like this, out of two considerations, one was that he knew that the East China Sea King would care about Rong and Zhuhu in the north, and would not let go of fighting a long war with Chu State, and the other was that he could take advantage of the arrogance of the East Yue Army not to put the Chu army in his eyes, which could have a surprise effect.

From the beginning of the implementation of this plan, Jinghu knew that Huaizhou, which was used as a bait, must be more than lucky, so he sent Wei Tian, known as the "first captain of the Shenfeng Army", to guard Huaizhou City.

It's just that what Jing Hu didn't expect was that Zhao Yi was also in Huaizhou City.

What made him even more uneasy was that the old King of Chu knew about this situation, and he didn't even give any orders to him, the commander of the battlefield, and he didn't even mention it.

But the more this is the case, the more he Jinghu can't let Zhao Yi have any mistakes.

The old king of Chu, who lived in the Yunmeng Pavilion, was not worried in his heart, it can be said that he was more nervous than anyone else, especially when he received the news that the East Vietnamese army had broken through the west gate of Huaizhou City, the old king of Chu almost became angry.

After calming down a little, the old King of Chu gave Du Huangting a death order: "No matter what, Zhao Yi must be brought back to Junshan City alive." ”

Du Huangting knew the weight of the old King Chu's words, and hurriedly bowed down and withdrew from the Yunmeng Pavilion, and not long after, a strange-looking eagle flew up from the Chu King's Mansion, hovered in the air for a week, and then spread its wings and flew eastward.

Since the men of the Jing family went on the expedition, Jinglan stayed in the garden of the west courtyard of Jingfu all day long, drinking tea and reading books, playing chess and playing the piano, with a face that brought disaster to the country and the people, and a pair of eyes like cutting autumn water, there was no trace of worry and nervousness.

"Qiushui" has already been reported by secret news, and she also knows the situation in Huaizhou City, not that she hopes that the hateful boy will never return, but in the girl's heart, she almost stubbornly believes that the hateful boy will not die in Huaizhou City.

How did this idea come about, even the girl herself didn't know.

If Zhao Yi knew that there were people in this world who believed so much that he would not live a short life, I don't know how Zhao Yi would feel.

However, at this moment, Zhao Yi really didn't think about his life and death.

Zhao Yi was standing behind the eight hundred soldiers, and he had been thinking about how to deal with the situation after the East Vietnamese army broke the city, but in this almost desperate situation, he did not have a perfect way to deal with it.

But there is one thing he must do, he must not let Wei Tian die in battle, keep this army as much as possible, and it is good to die one less.