Guo Xing sent troops with a shameful mentality in his heart, but he never thought that the guards and prefects of Taining County were still two tough guys who fought to the death! When a large army attacked and pressed the territory in front of them, and there was no friendly army to rush to help, they chose the most stupid and powerful opponent who was trapped in the lonely city and impossible for them to defeat, and it was consumed until the last moment!

It is precisely because they have spent this day and night of hard work that Guo Xing's surprise attack by the whole army has not received good follow-up results.

In the past, those guards on the northern border, as long as they heard the horses' hooves knocking on the side of the Mobei army, they would immediately be frightened, and they only hated their parents for giving birth to two legs for themselves, what dignity and integrity, Jun's grace and shame, all of them were insignificant in the face of threats to their lives! Including the Mobei people who never showed up in the first battle, they have only seen the county officials who surrendered in Kaicheng, when have they ever met the guards who will not retreat?

However, the courage and ability of Taining guard general Wan Zhihai are not as unbearable as Guo Xing's speculation; And although He Xinnian is not very courageous, he has always organized the people in the city to put out fires and avoid arrows, so he has no chance to be afraid at all. In this way, both sides are blindfolded, and neither side is willing or dare to take half a step back!

After the city was broken, Guo Xing looked at the full battalion of wounded soldiers of the Huashen Sect, and he felt ashamed in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to fight the hearts of the people in the cold and northern three roads, if he hadn't stubbornly just stormed the back city wall, this first battle would have been easier to win!

As for his subsequent burning of the city, it also contains some ideas to divert the attention of the world. Now the entire Huayu Continent says that Guo Xing's cruel behavior this time is just to avenge Shen Gui's fire in the East Customs; And no one questioned whether his tactics were proper and whether his command was correct.

It's not that Guo Xing is ashamed to admit his mistakes; It is because only Guo Xing, who is like a god and has no last resort, can make the courage of the guards in the three roads of Youbei lose their courage and dare not look directly at the sharpness of the Shenshi army.

However, many people can't understand one thing afterwards: Taining County is indeed a piece of chicken ribs for Youbei Third Road; But for the Mobei people, it is a strategic place that can be attacked and defended; After Guo Xing spent such a big price to capture the city, he chose to burn the entire city to the ground! And he himself led an army of nearly 200,000 and camped in the wilderness along the way! Could it be that the word hatred is really more important than a fortified city that can serve as a transit point for baggage?

Still is...... Guo Xing was completely frightened by the fire at the East Customs?

Of course, Shen Gui knows that an unbreakable demon can have a far-reaching impact on people's mentality and behavior; But as the initiator of that fire, he didn't think that Guo Xing would be the kind of person who was bitten by a snake and was afraid of the well rope for ten years. Therefore, he chose to camp in the wilderness, there should be other considerations, but because his own intelligence is incomplete for the time being, it is impossible to guess.

The intensity of the first battle between the two armies really exceeded the psychological expectations of both sides. Therefore, after Guo Xing took Taining County, he has been camping in the field to rest, waiting for the follow-up troops to assemble and enter, and by the way, repairing and clearing the baggage operation channels in various places along the way, and carefully cultivating the northern land that has been included in the territory of Mobei.

For example, this kind of conservative marching method of encroaching step by step and fighting steadily is neither the usual tactics of the Pingbei Army, nor the fierce style of the Mobei Army. However, this conservative and cautious way of using troops is also the best choice for the side that has an absolute advantage. At present, the Mobei army has gradually taken the villages, towns and towns near Taining County with this kind of gradual encroachment and carefully digested marching strategy, and has also widened and repaired the dirt roads and plank roads along the way.

Now, judging by the speed of their advance in the past, then in no more than seven days, the vanguard of the Shenshi clan will arrive below the north gate of Buyeo City!

Zhongshan is mountainous, coupled with the poor national strength of the three roads in the north, so there are not many large-scale fortified cities. If once the Shenshi coalition army passes the last nail of Fuyu City, then the entire land north of Qingshan City, the capital of Zhongshan, will be a flat river, and there will be no danger to defend.

After listening to Gu Hui's narration, the entire Dongnuan Pavilion fell into silence again. Everyone's heart seems to be pressed against a thousand boulders; And Li Zilin, who was facing the arrogant and unreasonable aunt of the main family and still maintained a neither humble nor arrogant attitude, was almost hanging on the ground at this time.

That Taining general Ding Shuo, but he recommended a talent! Now that Taining County is lost in his hands, as a person who raises a sword, he is naturally duty-bound.

Shen Gui's ears listened to Gu Hui's retelling of the battle report, but his hands were not idle. He had just pushed Wan Changning, who was in a wheelchair, open the window, and was now flipping through a large wooden box by the window. But as Gu Hui's voice disappeared, he also felt that the atmosphere in the room was a little low, so he turned around in wonder and said in a puzzled tone:

"Isn't it just the loss of a border city and a few villages and counties? Where did the expression of a dead slave come from? ”

Yan Chongwu, who was most familiar with military affairs, sighed, twisted his brows into a big pimple, and said in a low tone:

"You've been on the battlefield too, so what's not to understand? In all dynasties, the Mobei cavalry is the king's soldier, there is no doubt about it! Now this strongest army in the world has received the help of Di Ting and the Huashen Sect, and it also has sufficient armor and weapons, a supply of baggage, and even an inexhaustible supply of infantry troops and civilians! Of course, emphasizing the horror of the Shenshi Alliance is not my intention to excuse Ding Shuo; But you and I are both people who know soldiers and understand soldiers, and in the face of such a Mobei Iron Army, I can't think of how to resist it anyway......"

Shen Gui didn't answer Yan Chongwu's words, but instead took out a wooden box with a rather delicate workmanship from the bottom of the box. He blew the floating ash on it with a smile, and walked to Yan Qinghong with the box:

"Your Majesty, you have a good life, where did you get this thing?"

"Huh? What is this, how come I've never seen it before? Shi'an, did you put it in the East Warm Pavilion? ”

Originally, everyone was talking about national affairs, but they were interrupted by the two monarchs and ministers, and they all looked at the inexplicable wooden box. Prime Minister Wan, who has bitter hatred written all over his face, is about to be angry with him at this time; But His Majesty couldn't help but answer when he asked, so he could only glance at the wooden box angrily:

"Oh, this is the Nanyang herb that was paid to His Majesty by the envoy of the Luzon Island in Nanyang about three months ago. Imperial Doctor Sun said that he didn't know the pharmacology and did not recommend His Majesty to take it indiscriminately, so I threw it into the box casually. ”

"What herbs, this thing is Luzon tamba! Good stuff good ......"

Shen Gui didn't seem to see Wan Changning Tieqing's face, he lit an oil lamp with a smile, rolled up two Luzon cigarettes beautifully, and squinted his eyes with Yan Qinghong, swallowing clouds and spitting fog.

"Ahem...... Bad practice, bad practice, isn't this a tyrannical thing? This thing needs to be kept in a humid place......"

"Ahem! I said Shen Gui, Zhongshan Road is the hometown of the old prince! Now that it's about to fall into the hands of the thief Guo Xing, can't you be serious? Come up with a solution? ”

Wan Changning received a look from Li Zilin, so he had to bite the bullet and mention the old prince Guo Yunsong, who had died in Nankang. Sure enough, Dongnuan Pavilion fell into silence again because of the three words of the old prince. Shen Gui's face was as usual, but he silently smoked the tamba mushroom that the Luzon envoys paid tribute to. The dry tobacco leaves, which had lost their moisture, burned into a thick and choking cloud of smoke, which soon made the entire East Warm Pavilion look like a fire.

Maybe his vision was blocked, Shen Gui got up and pushed open the window, and the smoke that pierced his eyes finally found a breakthrough; The eighteen important ministers of the imperial court who had been standing outside the wall of the marquis, and I don't know which one of them had a special sense of fire prevention, and when they saw the smoke floating out of the window, they immediately danced and pulled their necks and shouted:

"Let's go to the water! Let's go to the water! Someone come to the rescue......"

"Shut up!"

Yan Qinghong shouted loudly in the room, and immediately calmed down the chaotic scene. Shen Gui also felt a little out of shape, the corners of his mouth raised, a smile was pulled, and he took a cigarette roll and found a map of Huayu's whole territory from the wooden wheel frame, and spread it in front of Yan Qinghong:

"Then I'll take care of the disabled and say a few serious things. Judging from the map alone, the land north of Fuyu County is an isolated island protruding from the Mobei grassland, as long as the other party does not invade Zhongshan Road for the purpose of plundering money and food, then even if we continue to increase troops to Taining County and its surroundings, it is easy to be outflanked by the highly mobile Mobei cavalry, and the back road is completely cut off. So in my opinion, the entire land north of Fuyu County actually has no meaning at all for Youbei Third Road. ”

After finishing speaking, Shen Gui swiped his finger to the right, and his fingertips went straight to Buyeo City in the southeast.

"Now let's look at this place, Buyeo City not only has a solid city defense, but also has an extremely abundant water source nearby, and there is a moat under the city wall that can be used as a city defense support, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to achieve. Moreover, from the perspective of strategic location, although Fuyu City is located north of Zhongshan Road, it can echo with the two cities of Dahuang and Qingshan to build a triangular defense line. Therefore, this Buyeo City is the north gate of Zhongshan Road in the actual sense; According to my guess, this is also the fundamental reason why the old man of my family arranged the main force of the Zhongshan Governor's Army to garrison in Fuyu City. That is to say, as long as this fortified city is still in our hands, then at least Zhongshan and Guanbei can be safe.

Yan Chongwu was a little impatient, pointed to Fuyu County and shouted:

"Of course we know the importance of Buyeo County, but Guo Xing is no longer the original Guo Xing! The Shenshi coalition army is strong and strong, with abundant money and food; He also formed a heavy iron cavalry with complete armor and blades, plus the original ranger family, the infantry, auxiliaries, and baggage armies of the Huashen Sect, as well as a large number of new siege equipment provided by Di Ting, how could they resist it with less than 80,000 troops of the Zhongshan Governor's Army! ”

"Just block it? Any questions? ”