All the way, Yang Yi and the others hurried to Shuzhong non-stop.

Fatigue was all over everyone's faces, even if Yang Yi's personal guards were all experienced in a hundred battles, but in just half a year, they walked back and forth around the entire Daguang territory, and it was really a little unbearable.

From the rickety boat to the bumpy horseback, everyone only felt that the two legs under their waist were almost no longer their own.

Three days later, when everyone entered the territory of Shudi, they immediately felt the change in the atmosphere, and the further they went north, the more intense the atmosphere of war became.

This time, Yuwenmang and Huachang attacked Shuzhong from the east and west, which can be said to be the first time that the war spread to Shu since Yang Yi took power.

In the past few years, Yang Yi has never stopped using troops, but he has always expanded outward, at least in terms of strategic psychology, there is no sense of imminence.

Although both the middle and high-level people in Shu and the common people are full of confidence in this defensive war, it is one thing to believe in it, and another thing to worry about it.

Now it is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the rice in the field began to glow green and yellow, especially after Yang Yi and others entered the Hengchuan River Basin, a large area of rice came into view, the breeze was blowing, the rice field shook the valley waves, and the air was filled with the fragrance of autumn valley.

However, when Yang Yi saw this endless rice field, the solemn color on his face became more and more intense.

"Qiongzhou! Lao Tzu's Qiongzhou!! Yang Yi's eyes were full of gold, almost roaring.

The timing of Yu Wenmang and Hua Chang's attack was extremely accurate, and it was the harvest season at this time, and they almost didn't need to bring their own food to be able to fight the war.

The direction of Qinzhou is better, after all, Yang Yi has not been attacking the south for a long time, many government decrees have not been implemented, and hybrid rice has not been planted on a large scale for the time being, but Qiongzhou is different, in recent years, the four states of Shuzhong have been taken care of by Yang Yi as his own son, from the new water conservancy, public facilities, to the comprehensive development of industry, agriculture and commerce, it took a large number of people to finally achieve initial results.

Yang Yi is now a little remorseful, regretting that when he pacified Qiongzhou, he did not advance directly to Wenzhou in one go.

But this is also something that can't be helped, Wenzhou is backed by Shuzhong and is facing the Central Plains, and taking it too early can only allow Yang Yi to face the princes of the Central Plains without making full preparations.

You must know that the princes of the Central Plains are not as remote as the Great Yue Kingdom and the Qianzhou Changshengjiao, and after the melee in the Central Plains in the past few years, none of the princes who can stand proudly in the smoke of gunpowder are good at it, and they are either deep-rooted family forces or military states with strong military forces. Therefore, after Yang Yi defeated Yuwen Mang, in order to consolidate the interior of Shuzhong, he gave up the pursuit of victory, and used Yuwen Mang, who had suffered a great loss of strength, to make a natural barrier for Shuzhong, and Shama Naigu and other high-level generals also agreed with his decision.

However, Yang Yi obviously underestimated the strength of the Yuwen family in Wenzhou, and made a comeback in just three years, and he was more prepared than the last time he made a hasty attack.

"Yuwen Mang, let's settle the new debts and old accounts together this time, if you dare to poison Lao Tzu's Qiongzhou, I have to dig up the ancestral grave of your Yuwen family!"

Thinking of this, Yang Yi didn't care about his unconscious buttocks and thighs, and with a fierce wave of his horsewhip, he rushed towards Chengzhou Mansion.

In the case of almost no stopping, it only took one day and night for Yang Yi and others to see the city wall of Chengzhou City.

The first to get the news, Ma You, who was in charge of the defense of Chengzhou, led the soldiers to wait outside the Shili Pavilion.

Yang Yi ran to the front of the Shili Pavilion, turned over and dismounted.

Ma You stepped forward and bowed: "Welcome to the safe return of His Highness!" ”

"Welcome back safely!" Thousands of soldiers of the Chengzhou Army shouted in unison.

Yang Yi stepped forward to help Ma You up and motioned for the soldiers to get up.

"How's it going?" didn't have time to say any polite words, Yang Yi went straight to the point.

Ma You's face was a little solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "It's not optimistic, this time Yu Wenmang came in person, and the 60,000 army was in the camp step by step, and there was no flaw at all." ”

Yang Yi looked up at Yang Yi's crowd and asked urgently, "What about Lu Yuanliang and Hong Zhi?" ”

Ma You said: "Yuwen Mang took the path to bypass the tail pass and entered Qiongzhou, General Hong Zhi didn't have time to retreat and is still trapped in the tail pass, and the military division has rushed to the front line of Qiongzhou ten days ago. ”

"How's the battle going?"

"According to the report of the military marquis, we fought with Yuwen Mang several times, but we did not take advantage, but Yu Wenmang has been advancing with the advantage of troops, but because General Hong Zhi did not defend in the tail pass, but led the army to raid Yuwen Mang's rear army several times, although it failed to win but also delayed its march."

"Where is Yu Wenmang now?"

"The military report at noon said that Yu Wenmang had captured Gufang County, one hundred and ten miles north of Qiongzhou Capital, and was reorganizing his army there, and it seemed that he was preparing to launch an attack on Qiongzhou City. The military newspaper is simple, and I don't know much about the specific news. ”

Hearing this, Yang Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, not only because Yuwen Mang was busy marching into the army, but also because what Yang Yi was most afraid of was that Yu Wenmang divided his troops and plundered, in that case, the entire Qiongzhou would be destroyed, and once Yuwen Mang went to attack Qiongzhou City, then it would give the Shu army a short respite.

Seeing that Yang Yi was tired, Ma You knew that he must have rushed back in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry too much, now that there are military divisions and General Hongzhi in Qiongzhou to deal with, there will be no problems in a short time." In addition, Mr. Liu has also personally gone to Kangzhou, Mianzhou and other places to mobilize reinforcements and raise armaments and materials. ”

Yang Yi shook his head and said: "This time we are fighting on two sides, Qinzhou Xianghua Chang has been helped by Yang Jie and added 20,000 reinforcements again, now Shama Naigu is very difficult to support, if the battle in Qiongzhou does not end as soon as possible, we will fall into a difficult situation." ”

When Ma You heard this, he bowed his hand and said: "The last general will wait to defend his homeland to the death!" ”

"I'll defend our home to the death!" All the soldiers roared in unison.

Yang Yi patted Ma You's shoulder and said with relief: "I am very relieved to have you guarding Chengzhou." ”

Ma You said: "Your Highness is tired all the way, so let's hurry back to the house to rest." ”

Yang Yi nodded, turned around and got on the war horse, and led the soldiers into Chengzhou City with a wave of his hand.

Since it was a wartime curfew, the Chengzhou Mansion was quiet at night, with the lights flashing and no pedestrians on the streets.

Ma You needs to be in charge of the city defense and guards, and after entering the city, Yang Yi let him no longer have to escort him.

When he arrived at the Shu Palace, Yang Yi asked the generals of the Qinwei family who had been running with him for more than half a year and the people in the Blossom Valley to go home to repair, and a good night's sleep was something that everyone urgently needed.