In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Li woke up early and rode forward with Yumo to observe the deployment of the city walls of Qingyang City.

Qingyang City is said to have existed since the establishment of the Yang Yu Dynasty, and the most important adviser of Tang Feng, the king of Yang Yu, was from Qingyang City. And because the southwest region has always had conflicts with the emperor, so many felons of the imperial court will flee here, and among them, there is a person named Helian Zimao, he used to be the designer of the imperial capital city wall, according to rumors: the imperial capital city wall, no army can break. In the history of the Yang Yu Dynasty, there were many rebellious armies that attacked the imperial capital, and indeed the walls of the imperial capital were never breached by the enemy.

And Helian Zihao was also promoted all the way because of the construction of the imperial capital city wall, and he was in a high position, so he could have lived freely, but he fell in love with Chu Tingyun, the beauty of the imperial capital at that time, Chu Tingyun was the first Qing in the imperial capital at that time, and countless sons could not get it when they saw him, but no one made trouble, because the three princes at that time had already signaled that Chu Tingyun was his goal. Because of the existence of the three princes, many people have given up on Chu Tingyun, but Helian Zimiao is an exception, he broke into the room where Chu Tingyun was resting after a drunkenness, and Chu Tingyun also expressed his admiration for Helian Zimiao, and the two lingered all night. The news spread throughout the imperial capital in an instant, and the three princes began to secretly design, and finally used the crime of corruption to make Helian Zimao suffer ten years in prison.

But Helian Zimiao thought that if he went to prison, Chu Tingyun would definitely be coerced by the three princes, so when he was detained, he escaped from it with his old acquaintances in the court, but when he returned to Chu Tingyun, Chu Tingyun had already become a member of the three princes. Seeing Helian Zimiao fleeing back, Chu Tingyun didn't care about the old feelings at all, and directly sent someone to find the third prince, Helian Zimiao knew that this trip was meaningless, so he began his own way of escaping, and finally, he fled to Qingyang City in the southwest.

And three years later, the imperial capital sent troops to conquer the southwest, the three princes in order to compete for favor, specially asked for orders, after getting the emperor's permission, the three princes took eighteen wives and concubines, including Chu Tingyun, to the southwest together, the march never ordered to command once, always sat on the carriage and Chu Tingyun and other wives and concubines greedy for pleasure. Helian Zimao, who got the news, immediately came to the Qingyang City Lord's Mansion at that time, explained his identity, and hoped that the Qingyang City Lord would let him be the commander of the construction of the Qingyang City wall, and the city lord happily responded.

Since Chu Tingyun and other wives and concubines will always enjoy the light along the way, when the three princes arrived in Qingyang, the city walls of Qingyang City had been completed under the supervision of Helian Zimiao. Standing on the city wall, Helian Zimiao shouted to the three princes: "This is the imperial capital of the southwest!" Then, Helian Zimiao bent his bow and set up an arrow, and directly shot Chu Tingyun with an arrow.

Subsequently, under the command of Helian Zihao, Qingyang City almost effortlessly defeated the Yang Yu army led by the three princes, and in the retreat, the three princes and their wives and concubines were captured and killed by Helian Zihao one by one.

Since then, the imperial capital has sent troops many times, including many famous generals, but in the end they have all returned in vain, in addition to the two armies in the southwest, there are also the construction of several cities in the southwest, which is too perfect! After taking revenge, Helian Zimao devoted all his remaining lives to the construction of the southwest city.

Yesterday, after Yuan Li's army breaking stab and Yumo skillfully killed Hua Ye, the morale of the Yang Yu army rose sharply and they won a beautiful battle. But with the arrival of the Yang Yu army in Qingyang City, they had to face the almost impossible to break through the city wall.

"Yumo, I heard that the solidity of this Qingyang City is not inferior to that of the imperial capital, do you have any good way to attack it?"

"Yuan Li, you look down on me. I can't compare to Feng Mo when attacking the city, Feng Mo once said that the wall of the imperial capital can't be broken with his current ability, so it's even more impossible for me. ”

"Yes, Qingyang City is our biggest obstacle, and I even think it's even more troublesome than that cavalry army. To tell you the truth, I'm at a loss to attack Qingyang City until now. ”

Yuan Li sighed, turned the horse's head, and walked towards the military camp of Yang Yu, Yumo followed behind, a month ago he was still a high-spirited consciousness, and now he actually bent down and sighed, it was really sighing.

Back at the barracks, the Yang Yu army also woke up, the soldiers sat in groups of three or five eating breakfast, Yuan Li nodded when he passed by them, and walked quickly back to his camp. Shangguan Yue was eating breakfast in the camp tent, and was stunned for a moment when she saw Yuan Li come in: "What's wrong with you?

"It's okay, you can't solve it. ”

"How do you know I can't solve it if you don't say it?"

"I want a way to get into Qingyang City. Is there anything you can do?"

"This ...... Not really. Shangguan Yue smiled awkwardly and sat in her place to eat quietly.

Yuan Li kept pacing back and forth in the camp tent, he had to capture Qingyang City and pacify the southwest, Tang Yuqing was still waiting for him in the imperial capital, if he couldn't capture the southwest before Tang Yuqing's relationship with himself was discovered, Tang Yuqing and Yuan Li were very likely to face prison, especially Tang Yuqing was deeply loved by Tang Wuchen, and Tang Yuqing had the best relationship with Tang Yuxiao, and Tang Yuxiao's opponents in the court and China regarded Tang Yuqing as a thorn in their side, and they would not give up any opportunity to bring down Tang Yuqing.

Yuan Li's heart was extremely anxious, the sun was slowly rising, and the army of Yang Yu outside the camp was standing neatly under the scorching sun, yesterday's victory made them full of confidence in the new commander, and they also hoped to continue to pursue with the new commander and pacify the place where countless Yang Yu soldiers died as soon as possible.

The day passed quickly, and the soldiers standing outside the tent waited for a day, but never received any new orders, and they did not even see their commander come out of the tent. Doubts lingered in the hearts of every soldier, they did not know how strong the construction of Qingyang City was, after all, in the past hundred years, Yang Yu's army has never been able to break through the crossbowmen in the southwest, and the myth of the indestructibility of Qingyang City has been slowly forgotten by everyone.

It was completely dark, and the soldiers began to make fires, and finally, some people couldn't hold back the doubts in their hearts, and spontaneously walked to the door of Yumo's camp tent, and a general of the vanguard stood in front of the camp door as their representative and shouted: "Is General Yuan here?"

"In. Yuan Li sighed, he had already expected the situation outside the tent, and walked out of the tent with Shangguan Yue and Yumo.

"General Yuan, we won a big victory yesterday and our morale is strong today, why don't we continue to attack?

"Don't attack, it's your sharpness that consumes the ground. Attack, and you'll lose your life. ”

"The eldest husband joined the army as a minister, and it is not a pity to die. Among us, there are no people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, General Yuan, please give the order to attack. ”

"I, Yuan Li, am a general of an army, and I am not afraid of death. But we must try to kill as few brothers as possible, and preferably pacify the southwest without a single soldier. Soldiers, I understand your feelings, but you may not know that the solidity of Qingyang City is not inferior to our imperial capital, and in such a city, we may not be able to gain the upper hand if the offensive and defensive ratio is ten to one, not to mention, our soldiers and horses are not enough to reach such a big gap. Therefore, we cannot attack, so please be patient. I, Yuan Li, am here to assure you, give me two weeks, just two weeks, and I will definitely think of a way to break through the enemy's city. ”

The soldiers who came to ask for their lives dispersed, and only Yuan Li, Yumo and Shangguan Yue were left in front of the entire camp. Yuan Li's face was full of sorrow, and he kept sighing as he looked at the backs of the soldiers who had gone away.

"Yuan Li, what's wrong with you? Didn't you say that you could find a way to capture Qingyang City within two weeks?

"It's still because of Qingyang City. I can't guarantee that I will have a way to capture Qingyang City within two weeks. ”

"And what do you say to the soldiers?"

"Morale is very important, I can't say I can't help it, let them wait indefinitely. Haven't you seen what the morale of the Yang Yu army that came with us was before we won the war? The morale of the army is weakened, and how many people have the attitude that one more day is a day, and indulge in places that we can't notice. Now, this military spirit is finally in order, and I can't say anything to let it go away. Yuan Li's gaze was firm and he walked back to the tent.