Zhao Junsheng bid farewell to Hua Mulan and took the 3,000 soldiers of the Youzhou Army to the northwest along the official road.

For this area, Zhao Junsheng has never been here, this is also the first time to come, he is actually not very familiar with the terrain and roads, but there are detective horse detection posts and maps, and he sent a cavalry as the lead.

Zhao Junsheng wore a straw hat on his helmet, which was woven from wheat straw to shade the sun, at this time, the sun was in the west, and the sun was shining directly on his face, which was really terrible, his skin was hot and painful, and it was much better to wear a straw hat, at least his face couldn't get sunburned.

There is only one official road from Xu Wu County to Junmi County.

It is said that it is an official road, but in fact, the road condition is also extremely bad, very uneven, the road is not more than four meters wide, the weeds on both sides are overgrown, and the weeds grow too long and too high to fall to the road, which brings great inconvenience to the march.

There are tombs on both sides of the road on this road, and there are also white bones exposed, and there is no figure to be seen after walking for more than ten miles.

Only more than forty miles to the left and right, Zhao Junsheng ordered the army to speed up the march, changed horses twice in a row along the way, and finally arrived outside Junmi County after Shen Shi.

"General Qiyu, the last general and his brothers have arrived for two moments, after exploration, it seems that there has been no war in this handsome city, the last general sent people to check the four city walls, there is no blood on the city walls, there is no trace of fighting and attacking the city!" The head of the vanguard will come up and report to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng looked up at the city tower, there was still the banner of the Yan army on the city tower, and there were indeed no traces of siege on his city wall and city tower, what was going on? Where did Hedoro and his two thousand men go?

Zhao Junsheng thought for a moment and immediately ordered: "Send a large number of detective cavalry detective posts to expand the search area, and find people along the way to ask if you have seen Hedoro's army!" ”

"Command!" The general clenched his fists and promised to beat the horse and turned away.

With Junmi County as the center, a large number of Youzhou detectives were sent to all directions.

Zhao Junsheng took out the map and looked at it, and beckoned to Wei Chi Yandong: "Go, you personally go to the city to shout to the Yan army guards, and let the defenders drop their weapons and line up to go out of the city to surrender!" If they don't surrender before the sun goes down, there will be no chickens and dogs left behind when I break through the city! ”

"Yes, General!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the map and wondered where Hedora and his 2,000 cavalry had gone. Could it be that there was an ambush somewhere? Even if they were ambushed, could it be that the whole army was wiped out and no one could escape? That's unlikely, right? With 2,000 people, there are always a few fish that slip through the net, right?

It's weird.

At this time, Wei Chi Yandong was raising his head and shouting to the city tower: "······ Xu Wuxian has been broken by our army, and now Junmi County has become a lonely city, and you and other three hundred defenders want to hold the attack of thousands of my army? If you blindly resist to the end, it is tantamount to self-destruction, now my general has benevolence in his heart, and is willing to give all the officials and people in the city a chance, as long as you open the city gate, put down your weapons and line up to surrender, my general has promised not to hurt a flower or grass in the city, everyone can live, the official is still an official, the official is still an official, how the people lived before, how to live in the future! ”

"My general has already said, the opportunity is given to you, whether you live or die is up to you, if you don't surrender before dusk, our army will attack the city on a large scale, and then the jade will be burned, and people and animals will die!"

The Yan army guards and generals in the city tower and on the city wall were very flustered, they did only have three hundred people, and the Wei army outside the city was thousands, even if the Wei army was not good at attacking the city, they scattered to attack the city, with three hundred defenders could not do everything at all, there were too many loopholes in the defense of the city wall.

In the city tower, the lord Bo and some officials knelt in front of the county commander Chu Zhongxian several times in a row, only to hear the lord Bo crying: "County honor, come down, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your family and heirs, and you have to think about the 20,000 innocent people in the city, how innocent are they?" ”

"The tyrant killed his sister-in-law, scared the first emperor to death, forced the first prince to death, slaughtered more than 100 heirs of the first emperor, there are few founding heroes who can live until now, and the others have been killed by him, it can be seen how cruel and unkind he is, it is not worth dying to such a person, please, county honor!"

The officials behind the lord Bo cried one by one, "The county is gracious, let me wait for a way to live, let the tens of thousands of people in the city have a way to live!" ”

After a long time, the county commander waved his hand decadently: "That's it, pass on the official's order, let the soldiers gather under the city gate, and prepare to open the city and surrender!" ”

The officials cried with joy and kowtowed: "Thank you county, thank you county!" ”

The purpose of Zhao Junsheng asking Wei Chi Yandong to shout was just to test how resolute the will of the defenders in the city was, but he didn't expect the defenders in the city to surrender before a quarter of an hour, which made him feel a little unreal.

Could it be a fraud? Is the surrender fake, but in fact there is an ambush in the city?

Zhao Junsheng felt that he was a little suspicious, and it was no wonder that he was strange, since He Duoluo led his troops to attack, he was full of strangeness, so he couldn't be cautious.

After taking all the surrendered 300 Yan troops into custody, Zhao Junsheng first sent a number of troops into the city to investigate the truth, and at the same time appeased the officials of the county order and the county government, and inquired about the situation in Junmi County.

"Chu County Order, last night our army general He Duoluo led 2,000 men and horses to attack, why didn't you see their figures?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Chu Zhongxian looked confused: "General, how is this possible?" In the past few days, only you have been to Junmi County, and the lower officials and others have indeed received news that the Wei army has entered Beiping County, but I didn't expect it to come here so quickly, there is Xu Wuxian in front of us, we didn't worry too much, I didn't expect Xu Wuxian to also return! ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "Are you saying that no Wei army has come before my army?" ”

"Really no, general, the lower official dares to vouch for the head, absolutely not, you can ask others if you don't believe it!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other officials behind Chu Zhongxian, only to see that they also swore one by one that no other Wei army had come.

Is this really his life, Hedoro and his two thousand soldiers and horses can not go to heaven?

At this time, a small official boldly asked, "May I ask the general, I don't know where the soldiers and horses led by General Hedora came from?" ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned: "Which way?" Are you saying that there are other roads from Xu Wuxian to here besides an official road? ”

"Back to the general, there is indeed only one official road from Xu Wuxian to here, but there is a small road in the middle from Wuzhong County to Xu Wuxian that can lead here!"

Zhao Junsheng took out the map and looked at it, the map showed that there was indeed a small road leading to Junmi County on the way from Wuzhong County to Xu Wuxian County, and the fork in the road was a few miles away from their campsite last night.

"Could it be that Hedora is taking the path? But even if it's a path, they should have climbed here! Zhao Junsheng was very puzzled.

The little official replied: "The general doesn't know, there is a mountain range on this path leading to this place, called Huangya Ridge, the terrain is very dangerous, there is no garrison on weekdays, but I heard that the Wei army has killed it, and the county Zun sent a hundred people to garrison there, not to mention sending a hundred people, that is, only ten people are stationed, even if thousands of troops and horses do not want to pass, it can really be regarded as a husband and a man!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was speechless for a while, He Duoluo couldn't really be blocked in Huangyaling, so he delayed, right?

Strategist Dongfang Chen stepped forward and said: "Envoy, if this is the case, Hedoluo and his two thousand soldiers and horses are nine times out of ten blocked in Huangyaling, Hedoluo is a good-looking person, last night he almost made a military order to the king of Changshan, if he does not capture the county seat of Junmi, how can he have the face to send someone back to report to the king of Changshan?" In the opinion of his subordinates, it is better to ask General Bai to lead a team of 1,000 people to Huangyaling, and then ask Chu County to accompany him, so that the generals guarding Huangyaling can surrender to General Bai! ”

Zhao Junsheng understood the meaning of Dongfang Chen's suggestion, Hedoluo's 2,000 men and horses were blocked by more than 100 Yan troops in Huangyaling, but he was afraid that he was angry, and the anger in his heart was difficult to vent, if he let the 100 Yan army surrender to Hedoluo, with Hedoro's temperament, the 100 Yan army would definitely be difficult to survive, but if Bai Jinguang was allowed to take a thousand Youzhou troops to accept the surrender, Hedoro's anger would not be able to snatch people from Bai Jinguang's hands, no matter how big it was.

Chu Zhongxian is also a smart person, and he quickly understood what Dongfang Chen meant, and immediately arched his hand to express his gratitude, and then said to Zhao Junsheng: "General, it is customary to be willing to go with General Bai to persuade the hundred defenders to surrender!" ”

"Okay, then there is a Laochu County Order!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he beckoned to Bai Jinguang: "Bai Jinguang, you take the 1,000th cavalry of the Youzhou Army to Huangyaling with the order of Chu County to accept the surrender of the defenders!" Remember, since the defenders have surrendered, they are our own people, and no one is allowed to harm them again, and the general will deal with them after they are brought back! ”

"Command!" Bai Jinguang agreed, turned around and waved behind him: "The 1,000th cavalry team will come with me!" ”

After Chu Zhongxian left with Bai Jinguang's men, a building sent into the city had already received news, and the building would send someone to report to Zhao Junsheng: "Everything in the city is normal and safe!" ”

Unexpectedly, it was a false alarm, Zhao Junsheng was relieved now, the army stayed outside the city and camped, and he took his own army and officers into the city.

At dusk, Bai Jinguang sent someone back to report to Zhao Junsheng that he had accepted the surrender of the defenders of Huangyaling, and Hedoluo and his soldiers and horses were indeed blocked in Huangyaling.

"Yesterday at midnight, General Hedoro arrived at Huangyaling with his men and horses, but he didn't expect that there were Yan soldiers guarding the mountain, and he was ambushed by the defenders without warning, a large number of rocks and rolling trees fell, and the soldiers under the command of General Hedoro suffered heavy losses, and more than 300 casualties were counted at dawn!"

"General Hedoro is dizzy, he has been storming Huangyaling all day during the day today, not only losing his troops and losing his generals, but he was also injured, but he didn't even touch a single hair of the defenders on the mountain!"

"After the defenders surrendered to our army, Hedoro was mad, and led the troops to the mountains to find General Bai to ask for someone, looking like he was going to fight if he didn't hand over people, the two armies confronted each other for a long time, Bai Jinguang proposed that he fight with Hedoro, if Hedoro wins, he will hand over the surrendered defenders to Hedoro, Hedoro promised, but he didn't expect him to lose, Hedoro had to give up, at this time General Bai and Hedoro are each leading troops to Junmi County!"

Zhao Junsheng and Dongfang Cheng, Wei Chi Yandong, Cao Jiao, Li Bao and others looked at each other, they all looked at each other, and they were really fed by Dongfang Chen.