In the big tent of the Chinese army.

Wei Qing took the lead and said: "King, a few days ago, I wanted to carry out a second assault on Bakou, but it was really unexpected that the defenders of this city would leave without a fight. ”

"This must be to receive an order from Xue Wu, otherwise as a defender, how dare you abandon the city."

Having said this, Lin Chu also walked in quickly.

When they see him, the left and right generals will naturally stop their voices, because he will bring vital information.

Xiao Yuan also urged: "How is the situation?" ”

Lin Chu clenched his fists: "King Yu, I just found out that after the Liang army contracted Youzhou, it had begun to retreat across the board. ”

"What?" This news somewhat surprised Xiao Yuan, and all the generals also showed puzzled expressions.

But after the accident, he immediately got up from his position and walked to the map in three steps and two steps.

The generals hurriedly followed, and they all gathered behind them, looking at the military map hanging on the wall.

After a while, Xiao Yuan's finger swiped on the map, and said in a condensed voice:

"The current Huan army has advanced to the area of Cangcheng."

"The reason why the Liang army chose to retreat at this time is probably mostly related to the pressure it caused."

As soon as his words fell, Jia You received: "The king is wise, the king of Liang is doing this, it must be so, because of the participation of the Huan army, the current battle situation facing the Liang country, there can only be two choices, one is to defend on two fronts, and the other is to retreat to Yanzhou, and use Yanzhou to block the next Qin and Huan armies." ”

"This decision seems to be to give up some of the cities in front of you, but it does have the effect of increasing defense."

Xiao Yuan withdrew his gaze from the map, turned around, and all the generals also returned to the left and right.

He shook his head and said: "Now the comprehensive strength of the Liang army still has more than 300,000 troops, and Yanzhou, the key place of Kaguan Pass, if the army chokes this, next, our army will face an unprecedented hard battle." ”

It's also the last battle he wants to see.

It's like all the forces of the Liang army have blocked a narrow intersection, and you have to work hard.

And the other party has a garrison advantage in the city, and with the current strength of the Qin army, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture it.

Seeing this, Shangguan Wenruo came out and said: "The king must not hesitate, at this time, there is no maneuver situation in the Liang Kingdom, retreating to Yanzhou, it seems to be heavily guarded, in fact, it shows that this is the last desperate gamble of the King of Liang, the more so, the more our army can not retreat!" ”

"Wei Chen agrees with Lord Shangguan's suggestion." Jia You followed.

Seeing that both of them said this, Xiao Yuan immediately looked awkward: "Okay! Keep marching! ”

Three days later, the Qin army entered Youzhou City.

At this time, Youzhou, due to the transfer of Xue Wu's troops, had no garrison for a long time.

Moreover, due to the previous war, the traffic was blocked, the people did not leave their homes, and the huge city looked empty.

In the city, the canvas of the tea shop on the street is still fluttering in the wind, but how dare the shop open.

Xiao Yuan rode a war horse, followed by countless soldiers of the Qin army, and as far as the eye could see, the entire street was full of black armor and red tassels.

All the way to the county guard's mansion, it was even more empty, and the Youzhou county guard had already run away with the Liang army.

The treasury property has naturally been swept away, looking at this empty and huge mansion, Xiao Yuan is still holding a horsewhip in his hand, and he can't help but sigh: "What a Youzhou city, this county guard is much more magnificent than our Qinguo county guard." ”

Youzhou is indeed very large.

This state, a line in the desert, controls the throat of the five northern counties.

This is also the reason why Jia You said at the beginning that after taking Youzhou, the Liang State will no longer have room for maneuver, because occupying this place is equivalent to completely blocking the Liang army in the north and unable to get out.

After inspecting the county guard's mansion, Xiao Yuan said to Zhao Mu: "Order the whole army to rest in Youzhou for two days. ”

"No!" Zhao Mu took the order and left.

Afterwards, he also walked to the county government study, picked up some bamboo slips on the bookshelf and unfolded them to look at them.

Some bamboo slips were relatively deep, Xiao Yuan deliberately found them, opened them, and saw that they were written:

"Jing Gong came out of Youzhou, and three departments, the first army, but the north Di ......"

The Jing Gong here should be Liang Jing Gong.

Xiao Yuan looked again.

"There is a Jiao rebellion, Jing Gong then made Tang Yuchun, and the Youhe River destroyed Jiao......"

Seeing this, he was a little curious, holding a bamboo slip in his hand, and couldn't help but glance at Shangguan Wenruo behind him: "Who is Tang Yuchun?" ”

"It should be Tang Yue's grandfather." Shangguan Wenruo returned.

"Oh." Xiao Yuan responded, put away the bamboo slip and said, "There are quite a lot of major events in the past in Youzhou. ”

"Youzhou is the place where Liangjing Gong raised troops in Beidi at the beginning, so there should be a lot of official classics here." Shangguan Wenruo explained.

Xiao Yuan was noncommittal, these memorabilia can be seen or not now, he searched for a while, and also found things such as county chronicles, which recorded in detail the past changes in Youzhou, and the population and other things.

"Big city......" Xiao Yuan looked at it and couldn't help but sigh again.

Shangguan Wenruo said: "Under the rule of Youzhou, the population is indeed quite large, if possible, the king should govern this place as the largest county in the north." ”

"We'll talk about that later." Xiao Yuan waved his hand, put it back and said, "Collect and keep these official classics." ”

"Wechen understands." Shangguan Wenruo responded.

After a two-day stay in Youzhou, nothing happened, and after the whole army rested, Xiao Yuan also marched in the direction of Yanzhou again.

Yanzhou is more than a hundred miles away, Xiao Yuan is not in a hurry, so he arrived here three or two days later, and then set up camp and made a posture of preparing to attack Yanzhou.

At this time, in Yanzhou City, Xue Wu had already completed the defense, and the defense could not be said to be strict, not only were there countless stones and rolling trees, but from a distance, the city was full of armor soldiers, and the defense was constantly changed.

And the terrain here is even more dangerous, with lofty mountains on both sides and a large city in between.

To put it simply, if you want to continue to enter the direction of Liangdu, you must pass through this city gate!

But how could the Liang army open the door for you, the only way seems to be the only way to attack.

When the soldiers were discussed, after studying the situation here, all the generals also showed worried looks.

The Qin army is not afraid of hard battles, nor is it afraid of fighting evil battles, but this Yanzhou City is garrisoned by 300,000 Liang troops, and the situation is conceivable.

This is also the reason why the Liang country has such confidence, with this city to hold the main road, plus the existing troops, it is indeed no problem to defend it for a year and a half.

In front of the makeshift sand table, all the generals gathered, all staring down, silent, as if they were thinking about something.

Xiao Yuan also frowned, thinking hard about how to break the enemy.

At this moment, Lin Chu walked in quickly, and directly clenched his fists and said:

"King Yu, the Huan army is approaching Yanzhou."

Xiao Yuan was interrupted from his train of thought, and at the same time looked up and asked, "How far is it?" ”

"It's less than two hundred miles away."