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On November 20, under the heavy wind and snow, a baggage team of more than 300 people slowly approached the city gate......

Several Hu people at the head of the city hurriedly shouted at them and said, "Stop! Who are you? ”

"Back to this warrior, we are the ...... of Shuoyang transporting supplies"

"Transporting supplies? Why are there only so many people? What about the others? ”

"We were ambushed by the Jizhou army halfway through the road and suffered heavy casualties, so we were the only ones left......"

"Nonsense, where is the Jizhou army coming from in the direction of Shuoyang?"

"Really, when we were transporting supplies through Anyang Manor, the Jizhou army in ambush suddenly launched an offensive against us, with heavy casualties, warriors, you let us open the door and let us in, it was not easy to save this life and these supplies......"

Facing the crowd outside the city, the Hu generals who were guarding the city on the city wall couldn't make up their minds for a while, and yelled at them: "Wait here for a while, I'll go and report to General Yuwenbo." ”

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In the Jucheng General's Mansion, Yu Wenbo, who had been transferred to the city for more than two months, looked at the information sent from southern Hebei on the table, and couldn't help frowning.

Since the inexplicable offensive and defensive battle with the southern Hebei army a few months ago, although Jucheng has not been lost, it has also been squeezed out of its extension space by them, and it can only shrink within a radius of dozens of miles from Jucheng to confront Chen Qing's troops on the Jizhou Plain.

During the confrontation with Chen Qing, Yu Wenbo had a new understanding of the army that terrified the northern Hebei and Hulan grasslands.

He had a hunch that it was an extremely aggressive army, and it would never be willing to stick to a corner of southern Hebei, and sooner or later it would sweep the entire territory of Jizhou.

Sure enough, his premonition was very accurate, the fanfare of the dispatch of troops on the South Hebei Plain did not need intelligence, even if he was dozens of miles away, he could smell the smell of danger, and a full 100,000 troops were gathered around the newly built Jingsai, it was impossible to just make a show.

The military information from the table case shows that two days ago, the military camps on both sides of Jucheng were fiercely attacked by Yang Kaishan and Fu Yunxiao of the Northern Hebei Army, and both wings sent fast horses to ask for help.

At this time, Yuwen was also very anxious in his heart, he intended to send troops to relieve the siege, but he was afraid that this was the time when the southern Hebei army was transferring the tiger to leave the mountain, in case the emptiness in the city was taken advantage of by Chen Qing's headquarters, the consequences would be unimaginable.

You must know that the current situation in northern Hebei is not as good as before, the tamed war horses in the pasture were swept away by Liu Ce's army, and the benefits of the cavalry that the grassland people relied on were greatly weakened, and the Hu people in Jizhou, who used to have two to three horses, have now fallen to the point of three horses and one horse.

On the other hand, Liu Ce's headquarters in southern Hebei has 150,000 iron cavalry (exaggerated, most of them are still dragoons who can only ride horses, thanks to Xu Wenjing's propaganda in place), in this case, the only advantage of his side has become a disadvantage.

"Nest!" Yu Wenbo slammed the table hard, and groaned unwillingly, "I didn't expect that my grassland warriors would be forced to shrink in the city by those humble Zhou people one day, alas! ”

But scolding and scolding, Yu Wenbo will not be hot-headed and go out of the city to take the initiative to find Chen Qing for a decisive battle, what he has to do now is to defend Jucheng, once Jucheng is lost, before Shuoyang, there is almost no reliable barrier in northern Hebei to rely on.

This is the retribution of the grassland people's self-inflicted evil, because of their short-sightedness, they razed all the cities and passes in Jizhou to the ground, leaving only a few cities as strongholds to stock up on grain.

Of course, this can't be completely blamed on them, after all, before Liu Ce came, those Great Zhou officers and soldiers were almost vulnerable, until last year, starting from Wushan Town, Liu Ce and the Jingwei Battalion were like the nemesis of the grassland people, forcing them into a desperate situation step by step.

A few months ago, because of Liu Ce's arrival, there was a column of blood flowing outside the Saiwai, especially the scene when the Nadalan Festival became a death funeral party and Tianhe swept through the army of more than 100,000 royal courts, which became a lingering nightmare for the Hulan people, and that plague was even believed to have been summoned by Liu Ce (strictly speaking, it seems to be).

Many grassland people have begun to worship Liu Ce as a god of death in private, praying for him to forgive their sins, and those captured Zhou slaves have also begun to improve slightly because of the actions of the Jingwei camp outside the fortress, at least the Hulan people dare not abuse and slaughter them at will, for fear that one day Liu Ce will come to the grassland again and bring more terrible bloody baptism.

"Newspaper~"

While Yu Wenbo was still thinking about how to deal with the current embarrassing situation, a hurried shout came from outside the door to interrupt his train of thought.

After the Hulan general who guarded the city gate of the town bowed to Yuwenbo, he got up and said: "General Yuwen, there is a baggage team of hundreds of people outside the city, claiming to be from Shuoyang, and was attacked by Jizhou soldiers and horses in the middle ......of the road, and has come here to take refuge.

Yu Wenbo thought about it when he heard this, got up and said, "Let's go, take General Ben to have a look." ”

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When Yu Wenbo walked up to the city wall and looked down, although the wind and snow were very heavy, he still saw some clues under careful observation, and asked: "Dare to ask you, whose order are you under and where do you come from?" ”

A heavy soldier under the city replied: "We came from Shuoyang, and on the order of General He Danluo, we specially escorted the heavy grain and grass to Jucheng, and we didn't want to be ambushed by the Zhou State officials and soldiers halfway, and we suffered heavy casualties......"

"Oh......" Yu Wenbo nodded, and then asked, "By the way, have you seen Murong Tian's horse?" How is he doing? ”

"Murong Tian's horse?" After hearing this, the people in the city were puzzled for a while, and hurriedly said, "Okay, well, the curtain is gentle and approachable, and he took special care of us when he came, this military master, can you let us in?" ”

Yu Wenbo sneered when he heard this, and suddenly shouted and ordered the Hu army guarding the city: "Prepare for battle!" Archers aim at them for me! ”

"Whew!"

Soon, nearly a thousand cold wolf's tooth arrows in the city were aimed at the baggage team below the city head.

"You, what are you doing here......

Those baggage teams were suddenly stunned, and they were a little overwhelmed by the scene in front of them.

Yuwen Bo said with a smile: "Do you want to hide this kind of trick from the general?" You were ambushed by the Jizhou army halfway through, but looking at your calm expression, and the clothes on your body were not damaged, how could there be any traces of fighting?

In addition, the concubine is not in Shuoyang City at all, and the concubine's name is not Murong Tian, so he doesn't even know these basic common senses and deserves to use this kind of clumsy strategy? What a joke! ”

"Brothers, we have been discovered, get out!"

Seeing that their identities were revealed, the more than 200 disguised soldiers immediately took out the round shield hidden under the coat and protected it on their chests, and quickly formed a formation and slowly retreated backwards.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Flutter~"

The defenders of the city shouted, and countless arrows roared towards the Jizhou soldiers downstairs in the city, forcing them out of an arrow distance, watching them flee into the distance.

"General, do you want to go out of the city and annihilate them in one fell swoop?"

Seeing that the Jizhou soldiers in the city were about to escape, a Hu general standing next to Yu Wenbo asked cautiously.

Yu Wenbo shook his head and sighed: "No need, Yishena, I'm afraid this is also the enemy's strategy to lure the enemy, and now we don't have many cavalry, so we should guard our position, don't make another incident......"

"Yes!" Although Ishena was unwilling, she still firmly obeyed Yuwenbo's orders.

After seeing Yu Wenbo leave, Ishena was about to instruct the defenders at the head of the city to guard their posts, when suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves and chaotic footsteps outside the city, which made them nervous again.

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