154. Chapter 154
"Your Majesty, the third and fourth princes of that Yueli seem to have gone to the foot of the earth mountain in person." Duanmuqian was also patrolling the city tower at this time, and when he heard the report from the soldiers, he immediately took the clairvoyance and looked in the direction of Tushan.
I saw Yuwen Ding and Yuwen Aoli standing together, pointing out the country, full of spirit, with an indescribable calmness and charm on their youthful faces, where is there still the kind of low eyebrows and forbearance when Nangong dreamed of Nanlin back then. Duanmu Qian watched silently, and sighed in his heart, the future life is terrifying! Immediately, I felt that I was really old, and I couldn't help but feel a little sad.
And on this side, Yu Wending happened to take the clairvoyance handed by Chasing Cloud and looked into Nandan City. Their eyes met in mid-air at this moment.
Yu Wending recognized Duanmu Qian at a glance, and his hand holding clairvoyance couldn't help but tighten, his body stiffened, and he didn't move. If the gaze could kill, Yu Wending's cold eyes at this time would have delayed Duanmu Qian thousands of times. The two just looked at each other, and a murderous aura lingered around them.
Yuwen Haojun and the others also discovered that Yuwen Ding was wrong, and without saying a word, they stood beside him and protected him tightly. Duanmu Qian's face was gloomy, his brows furrowed, and he suddenly turned his head and whispered a few words to the secret guard beside him. The secret guard turned around and shouted, only to see a group of soldiers immediately standing in front of Duanmu Qian, lined up, the bows and arrows in their hands were opened, and they shot in the direction where Yu Wending and the others were standing.
And at the same time as the secret guard summoned the soldiers to release the arrows, Yu Wending had already read the meaning of the order from his lips through clairvoyance. Yuwen Ding pushed Yuwen Haojun next to him back and shouted, "Retreat!" They're going to release their arrows! As soon as the words fell, the sound of whizzing arrows sounded, and the rain of arrows came overwhelmingly.
Yueli's soldiers raised their shields to protect them, and Phantoms, Phantoms, Wings, and Phantoms pulled Yuwen Haojun behind the shield and protected him in the middle.
And Yu Wending held the long sword in his hand, and his body was together, and while hitting the stray arrows, he retreated backwards, gradually drifting away, retreating beyond the range of the bow and arrow. Cloud Chaser and Blue Lotus also followed, and they were safe in the blink of an eye.
"It's amazing!" Duanmu Qian stood on the city tower and watched this scene with clairvoyance, and finally understood why his army could not be defeated in the face of Yuwen Ding. It seems that it is indeed difficult for him to get out of this battle. With a black face, Duanmu Qian flicked his hands and went down to the city tower.
The rain of arrows stopped, and Yuwen Haojun returned to the chariot under the escort of the phantom demon and others, "Third brother, who did you see just now?" ”
"Duanmuqian!" Yu Wending's expression was faint, and he pulled the reins and returned to the camp.
"He thought that he would kill us by firing an arrow, it was a joke! He doesn't know how powerful the martial arts of the third brother of Lu Dao are! Yuwen Haojun smashed his hand on the chariot, "When I catch him, I must give him some color." ”
"He's mine, you can't move!" Yu Wending's expression was fierce, and he was rarely serious.
"Okay." Yuwen Haojun is not fighting, this hatred of taking his wife that has lingered in Yuwending's heart for many years is difficult to eliminate even if it is a blade enemy.
"I just had a new idea, Nandan City is just around the corner!" Yuwen Ding patted Yuwen Haojun, and a calculating smile appeared on his face,
"Oh, third brother, do you have an idea?" As soon as Yuwen Haojun heard the spirit, he admired Yuwen Ding's arrangement and tactics of war.
At the beginning, Xichen committed suicide in Changyu Pass, and after the deputy general Xiaobin took over the post of general, he was very cautious, ignoring the battle book of Yueli's army, only defending the city tower, and never responding to the battle easily. In addition, Changyuguan belongs to the northern cold zone, although it is early spring, there is still some spring cold, the daily wind continues, if the Yueli army forcibly uses a cloud ladder to attack the city, it is easy to be set on fire by the Nanlin army taking advantage of the wind, so Yuwending did not take the liberty of attacking. After a full month of dragging it back and forth like this, Yueli did not take Changyu Pass.
The month is far from the expedition of 300,000 troops, and the consumption of grain and grass is naturally not small. Changyu Pass could not be captured for a long time, and the grain and grass were about to be exhausted, so Yuwending had to order the whole army to reduce food, reducing three meals a day to two, and the content of the supply became simple.
Xiaobin got the news through the spies, and was naturally overjoyed, confident that holding on for a while would definitely allow Yueli to withdraw the army. However, at this time, news came that Yueli Wang Yuwen Aoli had already sent someone to send 100,000 stone grain and grass supplies, and it would be delivered in three days. Yueli has to attack the city and receive food, and Yuwending is obviously unable to separate himself. Therefore, the fourth prince, Yuwen Haojun, will be sent to the vicinity of Xuelong Mountain north of Changyu Pass to receive grain and grass.
Xiaobin has followed Xichen for many years, although he can't compare with Xichen, but he has some brains. For this news, he naturally attaches great importance to it.
When the moon is far from the army and the mountains are exhausted, cutting off the grain and grass can obviously give it a heavy blow, and maybe it can make it return in vain. And I heard that this Yuwen Haojun is still young and inexperienced, and this time the army is just to assist Na Yuwen Ding and learn from him behind him. If you lead troops to fight him, the certainty of victory is naturally very great.
However, Xiaobin is also worried that all this is a plan. If he opened the city gate and went to ambush Yuwen Haojun, who received the grain, but was attacked instead, the city gate would be opened and the Changyu Pass would be broken. What should be done, Xiaobin couldn't decide for a while.
After all, the huge impact of Xichen's death on the guards has always existed. And not long after Xichen's death, Nanlin got the news that the reason why Yueli sent Yuwending to lead the troops was because this Yuwending had studied under Ling Yunzi for many years and was very good at the art of war. Xiaobin learned that Yuwending was studying under Ling Yunzi, so he naturally felt a little afraid.
Although Xiaobin made up his mind at that time, he would never take the liberty of directly confronting Yuwending, and he would delay it if he could. However, as a soldier, the enemy is in front of you, but you can't come forward happily, how frustrating it is. Especially the soldiers under Xichen in the past, who have been fighting with him in the south and north for many years, have long been accustomed to victory, all kinds of honors, and cheers, and now Xiaobin let them hide in the city like a turtle with a shrunken head, listening to the army leaving the army every day to scold the war, and there is a bunch of nameless fire in their hearts, but they can't find a place to vent.
If such a long delay is made, the morale of the military will of course be easily weakened. After all, the reason why this city was not broken was not because the level of Yueli's army was too poor, but because Xiaobin didn't open the city gate to face the battle at all. And Yu Wending happens to be a person who cherishes soldiers and doesn't like to attack. That's why the two armies are at such a stalemate.
In private, many soldiers are already saying that if General Xichen is still here, I am afraid that the two armies will face each other, and they will not know how many battles they have fought in Ludao. There are also many soldiers who said that they would rather fight to the death than hide and not fight.