Zheng Gu saw that he was about to take the inner capital, and a remnant of the defeated army suddenly came to take refuge.

As soon as the defeated army saw Zheng Gu, he hurriedly reported: "General Zheng, Huaiguo Hu Gen led 30,000 black iron cavalry to attack Liucheng, but the last general failed to hold it, so he had to escape in defeat, and asked the general to punish him!" ”

When Zheng Gu heard this, the whole person pulled down his face, but he didn't expect this situation to happen.

The news soon spread throughout the barracks, and when the soldiers of Zheng learned that the city had been attacked, they had no intention of fighting, so Zheng had no choice but to order the soldiers to suspend the attack.

Seeing this, Yao Quan hurriedly persuaded Zheng Gu and said: "General Zheng, Hu Gen only brought 30,000 soldiers and horses, why didn't the general send someone back to rescue him, maybe Liucheng could be recaptured!" ”

Zheng Gu listened but still didn't speak, he sat in his chair and was silent for a long time, and then he stood up suddenly, as if he had made some important decision.

I saw Zheng Gu take a deep breath, and then said to his subordinates: "Pass my order and continue to attack the inner capital!" As long as the inner capital is laid, the supply in the city can solve the problem of food and grass for our army, so even if the city is lost, it is not a pity! ”

When Yao Quan heard this, Zheng Gu was planning to break the boat, so he hurriedly persuaded him: "General Zheng, if you really don't want to send troops back to rescue, you can send a letter to the 200,000 military horses, and ask them to send 50,000 horses back to recapture Liucheng, and you must not let it go!" ”

Who knew that Zheng Gu shook his head firmly: "Wuwei sent people to attack Liucheng, just to let me turn around and rescue, once I withdraw the military horses that blocked them, in case the Huaiguo reinforcements arrived, resulting in me failing to capture the inner capital, then the previous efforts will not be in vain?" ”

Yao Quan couldn't help but get anxious, only to see him stomp his feet fiercely: "General! Liucheng is now the supply station of our Northern Expedition, if it is lost, it will inevitably be unstable, in case the situation changes, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

"Has the situation changed? Huaiguo doesn't have as many soldiers and horses here as we do, how will the situation change? Could it be that Wu Wei can still learn witchcraft and become a soldier? If that's the case, we'll all lose with or without Liucheng! Okay, I've made up my mind, you don't have to persuade me! ”

After speaking, Zheng Gu immediately summoned the soldiers. This time, he came to the front of the battle in person and said to his soldiers: "Soldiers, you must already know that now that the city has been occupied by the Huaiguo people, I think our grain and grass have been burned." Therefore, if we can't capture the inner capital today, not only will we have no place to stay, but we will also have no supplies! If you return to China like this, Your Majesty will definitely punish you and me! For today's plan, we have to make a desperate bet and lay down the inner capital! ”

"Desperate, take down the inner capital!"

The shouts outside the city shook the sky, and in the inner capital, Sima Xiao stood at the head of the wall and looked at Zheng Guo's army indifferently, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Wen Yan couldn't help but persuade on the side: "My lord, while there is still a chance, you can quickly lead someone to break through from the north gate!" Sima Xuegongzi still has 50,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and you still have a chance to start over! ”

Sima Xiao shook his head: "There is no chance!" This plan is what I think, if I leave the inner capital city and flee for my life now, then there will be no place for me in Huaiguo, only death in battle is my only way out, otherwise my Sima family will be in Huaiguo for 10,000 years! ”

Speaking of this, Sima Xiao looked at Wen Yan: "Let's go, take my family to break through from the north gate and go to find Sima Xue." When the time comes, good students will assist, at least let Sima Xue have a foothold in Huaiguo. ”

"But ......" Wen Yan wanted to say something, but was directly interrupted by Sima Xiao.

"Nothing! My family is my only hope, and if you can't escort them out of the city safely, I won't be able to turn a blind eye even if I die!" ”

When Wen Yan heard this, he was stunned. Then he gave Sima Xiao a big salute, and then went down the city wall without looking back.

Sima Xiao looked at the black enemy and pulled out his long sword, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Maybe this is the fruit of self-inflicted results!

Soon, Zheng Gu personally led a large army to launch a fierce attack on the inner capital, and this time both sides entered the battle with the determination to die. The battle was extremely tragic, and all the men in the inner capital were forcibly requisitioned and transferred to the city wall, but even so they still failed to block Zheng Guo's attack, and the inner capital was still lost after being besieged by Zheng Gu for seven days.

After conquering the inner capital, Zheng Gu, in order to vent the anger in his heart, ordered that the knife would not be sealed for three days, and the soldiers could rob and kill at will in the city. In half a day, blood stained the moat of the inner capital, and corpses piled up outside the city.

The news soon spread to the Huaiguo military camp, and Wu Wei didn't expect Zheng Gu to be so ruthless, but he didn't have the heart to grieve, because he understood that the other cities bordering the inner capital were in a dangerous situation.

So, Wu Wei personally led people to Sima Xue's camp, and at a critical moment, the two sides must really join forces.

Sima Xue learned that his father was killed in battle, and Zheng almost fainted after washing the inner capital in blood. I saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and his anger was already overflowing.

Seeing this, Wu Wei couldn't help but snort coldly: "Hmph! What did you do earlier? With an army of 50,000, he did not dare to act, which eventually led to the destruction of the inner capital and put us in a dilemma. ”

Sima Xue wanted to refute, but was stopped by his subordinates. The people know that now that Sima Xiao is gone, if Sima Xue offends Wu Wei, I am afraid that he will not want to gain a foothold in Huaiguo in the future.

Wu Wei also knew that it was useless to complain now, so he said to Sima Xue: "Now the other four cities bordering the inner capital are in danger of being besieged by the enemy, in order to slow down the pace of the enemy's northward march, we must cooperate sincerely, otherwise the entire Huaiguo will suffer!" ”

Sima Xue took a deep breath, and then knelt on the ground: "Sima Xue is at the disposal of General Wu!" ”

"Good!" Wu Wei didn't waste time when he heard this, and immediately took Sima Xue to the map: "Our army's black iron cavalry has captured Liucheng, so we can't shrink all our forces to the north of the inner capital, so the two cities of Wang He and Qi Tang in the north of the inner capital will be handed over to you to guard." We are responsible for guarding the two cities of Rucheng and Guanji in the east. In this way, several of our cities can echo each other from afar, and if Zheng Gu attacks one of the cities, we will concentrate our forces to attack the inner capital. If Zheng Gu divides his troops, we will defend separately, and we must deal with Zheng Gu until winter! ”。

Sima Xue received the order and immediately divided the troops into two groups according to Wu Wei's orders, and went to the two cities of Wang He and Qi Tang respectively. Halfway through, Sima Xue finally met Wen Yan and the others who had escaped from the inner capital, which was also a blessing in misfortune.

So, under Wuwei's arrangement, the Huaiguo army and the Zheng army played Tianji horse racing, preparing to drag the Zheng army into the winter and then find a way.