Just when the soldiers and civilians of Mucheng were preparing for battle, the Wuhuan people who went south also encountered trouble, and soon after passing the ruins of Roland, they were harassed by the cavalry of Mucheng day and night. These Han troops only approached the cavalry shooting, coming and going like the wind and lightning, running after the fight, and fighting again after running, the combat method was extremely disgusting, which made the Wuhuan people who had always fought in large-scale regiments extremely uncomfortable. But fortunately, this kind of ranger combat method is not suitable for large corps operations, at most the Wuhuan people do not rest well, and the number of casualties has increased, which does not make the Wuhuan people hurt their muscles and bones.

Subsequently, Wu Ri Ralai designed to encircle and kill the Han cavalry, but fortunately, Li Yuan led the army to break through decisively and did not cause much loss, but seeing that Wuhuan was well prepared, Li Yuan chose to withdraw his troops and withdrew in the direction of Shuicheng. Since the direction of Shuicheng is in the southwest of Mucheng, which is diametrically opposite to the route of the Wuhuan people going south, the Wuhuan people did not pursue, but accelerated the pace of southward movement.

Li Yuan and the two thousand cavalry watched the Wuhuan army march south, sneered in their hearts, and the captain He Fan asked, "My lord, why don't you return to Mucheng?" ”

Li Yuan said: "We are cavalry, being trapped in Mucheng will not help the general, and the cavalry can only play their skills if they run." ”

He Fan smiled bitterly: "But will the general agree to let us stay outside without authorization?" ”

"I'm sure he believes in me." Li Yuan said confidently.

After Zhang Xiaowu received Li Yuan's warning and request, he decisively chose to believe Li Yuan, and sent someone to inform Li Yuan that he would not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, and after the siege of Mucheng, the cavalry battalion would have no food and grass to help, and the monarch could make any decision without scruples.

Li Yuan received the order, and his heart was overjoyed, this was an order to allow him to plunder in the West Tartar Tower, and it was also to loosen his ties and let him act arbitrarily.

With such a supportive boss, Li Yuan was naturally greatly moved, and he led the army to follow the Wuhuan people and cut off the Wuhuan grain route everywhere, causing the Wuhuan people's morale to drop greatly. So, the Wuhuan people gave Li Yuan the nickname of a lone wolf, the meaning of which is the legend of the Wuhuan people, they often say that they would rather provoke the wolves than meet the lone wolf, and the most afraid of encountering this kind of lone wolf that cannot be killed and killed, that is, it makes people upset and helpless.

It was not only Li Yuan's rangers who made the Wuhuan people restless, but the greater trouble was the plague, after they occupied Jincheng, they went south with great interest at first, but unexpectedly on the way south, not only did the Han army prisoners die of the plague, but also many Wuhuan soldiers also got the plague, and their combat effectiveness was sharply reduced, which gave Li Yuan's cavalry an opportunity.

Uzhrai was worried, but he couldn't give up halfway, after all, he rejected Urkanha's suggestion to reorganize the army and chose to go south decisively. But due to the impact of the epidemic, it was originally only a ten-day journey, Wuhuan walked for more than half a month, and because of Li Yuan's harassment, it was already October when they arrived in Mucheng.

The Wuhuan army came to Mucheng with the first snow in Saibei this year, and the ghost guard army was waiting for it, but the Wuhuan army was demoralized. Wu Huan's southward army was 150,000 people, but its morale was far inferior to that of the Saibei Ghost Guard, who only had more than 30,000 people. On the day that the Wuhuan army arrived in Mucheng, Wuri Ralai saw the hundreds of ghost guard flags on Mucheng, and was first taken aback, and then said left and right: "What is this pattern?" ”

The crowd didn't know, so they asked about the captive, and the captive of Jincheng didn't know what he meant.

When the Wuhuan army first arrived, they were very uncomfortable when they saw the white-faced skull grimace banner on it, and the morale of the army was low, so they refused to attack the city. Uzhrai had no choice but to send a large army to protect the rear army and build a camp to escape the cold and recuperate.

Wu Lilu and Urkanha belonged to another faction in the Wuhuan army, and they were reluctant to go south, but when they saw that Uri Lai was stuck and refused to attack the city in one go, they secretly laughed. The two saw that there was a stone mountain two miles away from the city, so they climbed to the top of the mountain while they were encamped, and looked at the wooden city in the distance. ”

Wu Liluo said: "The ghost will use this person unexpectedly, we need to be extra careful. ”

Urkanha smiled bitterly: "There are already 20,000 soldiers in the army who have been infected with the plague, and if we don't treat it, our 150,000 troops will all die here." ”

Wu Lili said, "This plague is so terrible. ”

Urkanha said: "The plague is not terrible, but the stupid commander is terrible, he should follow my advice and kill all the prisoners of war in the Central Plains and burn them." ”

Wu Liqi said: "Uncle's original idea was to drive these prisoners of war, break through the city gates, and let them be our helpers. How could you have imagined that this group of prisoners of war has become like this now...... Eight hundred more died these days. ”

Urkanha said: "I have a plan, but the little king can give it to the big king, if the big king does not listen, it will be enough." ”

"What's the plan?"

"So, so, so, ......"

Zhang Xiaowu looked at the city from a distance, and saw that the Wuhuan people had actually retreated, and then began to set up camp, holding back, and even they didn't even let go of the grass in the fields. He naturally didn't know that there was also a plague in the Wuhuan army, and the morale of the army was low, so he was surprised: "These Wuhuan people...... Traveling? ”

Wu Song was also incredulous, the scroll in his right hand tapped on the palm of his left hand, and he pondered: "Could it be that he is afraid of the general?" ”

Ruan Qingwen immediately chimed in: "The army is far away, exhausted, they plan to fight for a long time." Strange, strange, how can the Wuhuan people be so stupid, how much do hundreds of thousands of troops use day and night? Compared to our consumption? ”

Xiao Kai pointed to the snowflakes with a smile and said, "Who would have thought that as soon as October arrived, it would snow, at least ten days earlier than last year." As soon as this heavy snow comes, the Wuhuan people can only freeze to death and starve to death in the wild, and my wooden city is their burial place. ”

Ruan Qingwen said: "General, beware of Wuhuan despicable, if they force those tens of thousands of prisoners of war in Jincheng to make meat shields to attack the city, will we fight or not?" ”

Xiao Kai and the others smiled bitterly, feeling quite helpless in their hearts, everyone was born in the Blue Dragon Legion, how could they use a knife against the robe. Especially Chen Qing's eyes were red, and he looked at Zhang Xiaowu in a complicated manner, Zhang Xiaowu also turned to look at him, and said, "Chen Junhou, you say, how should this be?" ”

This question made Chen Qing ponder for a long time, those were his robes, they personally sent him out of the city, they gave him a chance to live, but now, he had to decide their fate. His scarlet eyes, gritted his teeth, and said loudly: "Fight! In any case, it is more important to protect Mucheng, and if they blame me in the future, I will apologize with death. ”

"It's a man!" Hu Li praised on the side.

Shen Lin Dong said: "Chen Junhou, the imperial court will never blame you. ”

Chen Qing shook his head and said: "How can I care about the opinion of the imperial court, I am only responsible for Paoze, and it doesn't hurt to die." ”

Everyone smiled bitterly, looking at the Wuhuan army camp that covered the sky and the sun, and their hearts were full of emotion.

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