It's another ten days, and the big competition in the military camp is getting closer and closer, although I know that there is no hope for the first, but there is also the second! After the last competition, the people of the other battalions trained more diligently, and everyone held their breath and prepared to show their skills in the big competition.

Even the 10th battalion, which is recognized as the first, did not dare to slack off, seeing that all the battalions were getting up to train, they did not wait for Mo Chen to say, they took the initiative to enhance training, these Mo Chen of course liked to see, and they were really more motivated if there was competition!

Now the whole army is the most idle alone, he has no interest in this so-called Dabi at all, the only thing he wants to ask is that his brother's combat effectiveness is strong. Now he basically has to pick up his little girlfriend to go out to play every day.

Just when the whole army was training hotly and preparing for the next ranking competition, an eight-hundred-mile expedited knight galloped and appeared on the road outside Handan City.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way." It was almost time to reach the city gate, but then the cavalry did not slow down, let alone stop, regardless of whether there was anyone in front of him, and rushed directly into the crowd.

The people queuing up to enter the city at the city gate immediately dodged one after another, and even the soldiers guarding the city gate could only quickly dodge to the side, for fear of being knocked off by the horses. All of a sudden, countless fruits and vegetables were thrown into the air and fell to the ground.

When the cavalryman passed, he was left in a mess, the ground was sprinkled with a field of melons, fruits and vegetables, and several people fell and were slightly injured. No one complained, and even the injured were unlucky.

After the knight entered the city, the same scene was playing, and the cavalry rushed to the palace of Handan.

When the cavalry entered the palace of Handan, the courtiers of Zhao were in chaos, and the king of Zhao was furious, and ordered the famous generals of Zhao to gather troops and horses and rush to the battlefield.

Just like at this time, a fast horse also galloped into Yi County.

Xiadu, since Zhao Yi came to Xiadu, he has not returned to the barracks, but lives in Xiadufu. There are beautiful maids waiting every day, and I have never even returned to the barracks.

"Newspaper"

A soldier broke into the highest administrative region of Xiadu and startled Zhou Ru, who was still enjoying the beautiful maid, by the county order.

Zhou Ru said impatiently to the soldiers: "If you have something, say it, and let it go if you have a fart." ”

"Big, my lord, the big thing is not good, according to the report from the scouts, the Yan army has passed through Yishui and has captured the surrounding cities, and now the army of the Yan Kingdom has approached our lower capital." The soldier hurriedly said, and it could be seen that he was very frightened.

"What?" Zhou sat up in shock, unable to believe his ears.

"My lord, the Yan Kingdom is coming, and now we have become a lonely city, what should we do, my lord." Then the soldier replied.

"You, you go and call the local giants, quickly." Zhou Datong immediately said. Ask him what to do, and he doesn't know! I can only call the local rich gentry to discuss what to do.

"Yes, sir." The soldier saluted, got up and tried to run out.

"Wait a minute, call General Zhao Yi too." Zhou Ru suddenly remembered something, and continued.

"Yes, sir." The soldier turned his head and saluted again.

Soon, a group of rich gentry and powerful people hurried to the county government one by one, although they were in a hurry, everyone's faces were full of doubts.

There were acquaintances, and they also asked each other what was going on when they met on the road, but everyone didn't know, so they had to rush to the county government one by one with doubts.

The soldier didn't tell what was going on, he just informed him that something was wrong, and he didn't dare to tell the Yan army that the army was coming to Xiadu. I'm afraid that he just said it on the front foot, and the whole city knows about the back foot, and when the time comes, people will definitely be panicked, if this is the case, he will never give up!

When they arrived at the county government, those rich gentry and powerful people found that people of their class from all over the city came, and they felt that this thing must be extraordinary.

Zhao Yi has been very cool for more than a month, every day is drunk and beautiful, which makes him almost never get out of bed, clothes to reach out for food to open his mouth, holding Lori in his arms to bite, he is really at ease, and he has beaten the living immortals!

Although I heard from the guards that Zhou Datong had a big matter to discuss with him, there were beautiful maids waiting for him every day, and the hands of several beautiful maids in his arms were not enough, so how could he be willing to leave the hotbed!

However, he didn't get tired of sending people over to invite him again and again, so he could only reluctantly go out of the room under the service of the beautiful maid.

Flick your sleeves and follow the guards to the front hall.

Although he lived in the county hall, he was the last to reach the front hall. When he came to the front hall of the county government, it was already crowded with people, and Zhou Ru was in a hurry to walk back and forth there.

Seeing Zhao Yi coming, he immediately showed joy on his face, and immediately greeted him, saying, "General Zhao Yi, you are here!" ”

Although it can be seen that Zhao Yi is unhappy, he still cares about this!

Zhao Yi didn't go back to Zhou Datong, he walked to the top of the main hall with an unhappy face, and regardless of everyone's weird expressions, he sat in the first place, and said impatiently: "Hurry up and say something, I still have a lot of things to do, but I don't have time to accompany you here." ”

Zhou Ru was also a little annoyed when he saw Zhao Yi like this, but he thought that now was the time when he needed people, and he couldn't offend Zhao Yi, and if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan.

Zhou Tong no longer concealed it, let alone nonsense, now time is life for them, take advantage of the fact that Yan Jun is not in a hurry to come up with a charter, thinking about how to keep the lower capital, this is the truth, not to waste time for a moment of unhappiness, and it is more likely to lose an aid.

Zhou Ru's face was sad and heavy, and said: "Everyone, today the spies came to report that the Yan army crossed the Yishui River and had captured the nearby city, and now the Yan army is on the way to Xiadu, and now we have become a lonely city." ”

When everyone heard this, as expected, they all panicked, they were rich gentry, not famous generals! Some of them have even made up their minds that as soon as they go back, they will run away with their belongings.

Zhao Yi was also surprised, he didn't expect Yan Jun to actually enter Zhao State, which made the sip of tea he had just drunk directly squirt out.

"Lord Zhou, I think that the Yan army is coming to attack our Zhao State, so we must have made full preparations, and I think we should withdraw to the inner city." A rich gentleman said that he had made up his mind to leave, but if he could say that moving Zhou was like leading the army to retreat, which would be safer along the way.

Huang Chenggui, who was originally an ordinary soldier, later made military achievements and became the county lieutenant of Xiadu, he didn't want to lose this hard-won status. Zhou Ru manages the civil affairs of Xiadu, and he manages the military of Xiadu, both of them are the two most powerful people in Xiadu, if Zhou Ru retreats, even if he will fall into the crime of losing the city, then his military career will end here.

"Lord Zhou, although we are now an isolated city, I think the court must have known the situation here and will send reinforcements over, as long as we hold the lower capital and hold on until the reinforcements come." Huang Chenggui came out and said.

"What General Huang said is that we must hold on to Xiadu, block the Yan army from the city, and prevent the Yan army from approaching Xiadu for half a step." Zhou was overjoyed, and someone finally had an idea.

The lower capital must be defended, and if it can't be contained, when the Yan army invades the lower capital, it will definitely cut him, the highest official in the lower capital.

As for abandoning the city and fleeing? He didn't think about this, of course, it's not that he doesn't want to, but even if he abandons the city and flees, which court will blame him, he will be charged with losing the city without a fight, and he will be infamous for a thousand hardships, which is not what he wants.

Of course, he also clearly knew that some people proposed to withdraw inward, and of course he knew what these people thought, that is, wolf ambition, greed for life and fear of death.

As long as he orders a retreat, then these people can survive, and even if the court blames him, then all the responsibility is his back, and all the fault is his fault, after all, he is the highest official in the capital, and the order is given by him, who is not looking for him! He's not that stupid.

However, now that he is the county commander of Xiadu, he also knows the situation of the troops in Xiadu, and there are less than 2,000 soldiers in the entire Xiadu City.

The Yan army came to invade the Zhao State, and the army had 70,000 or 80,000 elites, and in addition to the cities that were held and held, the Yan army that was directly approaching the lower capital also had 30,000.

Of course, it is impossible for two thousand soldiers to guard and block the attack of tens of thousands of Yan troops, even if there is a city wall to hold on, after all, where is the gap in numbers.

For today's plan, I can only rely on the help of these rich gentry, after all, these people are all wealthy, and each family has a lot of thugs, as long as these people are gathered, there are a thousand people! Coupled with Zhao Yi's 1,000 elites, there are more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, and only Jingcheng can hold out until reinforcements arrive.

When the time comes, not to mention that he can make a contribution to defending the city, the most important size is that his current status is as stable as Mount Tai, and maybe he can take this opportunity to go further.

Zhou Ru glanced at these so-called rich and powerful people, looking at these people's eyes rolling, he is also an old man, of course he also knows what these guys are thinking, and said coldly: "Don't think about escaping from Xiadu, now that the Yan army is less than a day's journey from here, presumably the Yan army may go to Xiadu tonight, and then their Xunhou cavalry will only be faster than the army, how far can you run with your family?" I'm afraid that I won't be far from the city by then, and I will be killed by Yan Junxunhou. ”

Those who had such a plan suddenly changed their faces, in fact, they also knew that there might be such a result, but they deliberately ignored it, and now that Zhou Ru said it, then it was impossible for them not to pay attention to it.

A wealthy gentleman generously spoke up: "What Lord Zhou said is that as people from Xiadu, there is a crisis in Xiadu now, how can we give up the land that raised us and raised us in Xiadu for the sake of personal life and death!" ”

"Yes, we can't leave the lower capital, we have to fight to the end." Others, whether they were sincere or not, spoke out in support.

"Very good, then we will stick to the capital, the city is in the people, and the city is broken." Zhou Ru stood up and shouted loudly.

"The city is in the people, and the city is ruined." The rest of the people also shouted.