For Zhang Dekun, who was trapped in the enemy camp, this was undoubtedly a few days of ups and downs and extra tossing and turning.

Under the real threat of death, he realized that he was not as strong and persistent as he imagined.

He is familiar with all kinds of allusions to historical figures, and he is quite proficient in the way of control, and he has not fantasized that he may be in danger because of the decline of the dynasty, and all kinds of heroic righteousness, or take righteousness and become benevolent, but when it comes to the end, he has become a different appearance in himself.

As the most direct threat and demonstration, just being taken to the wounded barracks, after seeing the autopsy performed by the field medical officer named White Greedy Wolf himself, he vomited colorlessly, and he was already secretly facing the reality that he was stronger than others in his heart, and all kinds of submissions and retreats.

As a pampered person since he was a child, even in the most difficult season of the dynasty, he has not suffered any suffering and shortage, but he does not want to suffer worse than death when he is alive, and he will be manipulated into this miserable and terrible appearance after death.

"I can't die,"

"At least there is no point in not dying at all"

So he could only sue himself half-comforting, half-self-deceiving. At least you can't die in this place without a name, and you can't stay in this world even a little bit of influence and waves.

Since he was fortunate enough to be born in the family of the contemporary minister, he was informed and realized at a very young age that he was born to do great things, and he was destined to leave a name for eternity, at least a figure in the annals of history.

Therefore, we must not be surprised by the setbacks and difficulties of this time, and lose our precious lives. As long as we can get through this extremely difficult hurdle, there is still a lot to be done in the future.

Even if it is temporary, it may be under some kind of suspicion for this, or under the justifiable suspicion of that cousin, it will lose power and trust for a long time. After all, he is still one of the few close branches and important members of the Zhang family, and there is always no shortage of opportunities and reasons for restarting.

Therefore, he can naturally make a greedy appearance of life and fear of death, and put on various cooperative postures to please the other party, and then hide his true bottom line and final credentials in those contents that seem to know everything.

At least most of the things he is currently selling are not easy to implicate his own fundamental interests, or can be obtained through other people's channels. In this way, even if he gets out afterwards and is accused of collaborating with the enemy, as a close member of the Zhang family, he is not without the opportunity to defend himself and clear up.

Lying on a bed made of thick straw and animal skins, he was almost thinking about all kinds of gains and losses, and he was up and down between the itching of flea bites and the drowsiness, and it was easy to close his eyes before the sky turned white, but he was soon awakened by a loud noise.

Then he was taken out by some toughness, and suddenly left the relatively warm grass, and the oncoming frost, wind and snow were cold, so he couldn't help but shiver, and then looked at the cold expressions on the left and right, and the road that had not been completed for a long time, and suddenly had a very bad guess.

Could it be that it was time to go on the road at the last moment, when he thought of the possible result of killing the sacrificial flag under the attention of all people, he did not know whether it was cold or fear, and he trembled, and was suddenly enveloped by a warm and moist stench.

"I have an important situation to tell ......"

He almost yelled in struggle.

In fact, no one else would have taken into account the thoughts and motives of the soldier who was escorting him and who had become disgusted. Everybody's all over the road for this other thing.

"Burn it, burn it all......"

I gave the order categorically, and watched as the soldiers, between the various warehouses, quickly piled up firewood, poured with prefabricated oil, and finally set off the traps on the shore.

"Don't leave a single one, don't leave a single ......"

Although it may seem a pity, we must know that we have only opened and collected most of this huge group of warehouses, and only removed the most urgently needed part of it, and the remaining supplies still occupy a considerable quantity.

But if these materials that can't be taken away are returned to the enemy in good condition, it will not just be a simple comparison of strength and ebbration. At least burning it here can play a more or less deterrent effect on the enemy, at least for the reserves in Cangcheng, those enemy troops can't be completely indifferent.

Since we are determined to withdraw our troops, it does not mean that we can just walk away in front of the confronting enemy, and we also need enough planning and preparation to buy us time and turn around.

Setting up a fire mechanism in these barn buildings, delaying the start of a fire if necessary, is just one step in the process.

At the other end of Cangcheng, the shouts of killing were already loud and earth-shattering, and under the cover of all-round artillery and various other firearms, wave after wave of soldiers rushed through the cover of the city wall and killed into the enemy's defensive formation.

This offensive sequence is mainly led by the soldiers and horses of the guest battalion in the middle of the division and the fold of the suitable, as well as a few auxiliary brigades that have just been filled, and they need to hurt the enemy in the strong attack, so that the opponent will misjudge the determination and will of our army to fight for a long time, and then cover and gain opportunity for the overall situation.

I originally planned to sacrifice a little, one of the main battle battalions of several time-honored brands, and let them draw lots to decide on the specific object, but I didn't expect that in the end, the generals of these two guest battalions took the initiative to ask for their lives and took on this task.

The reason why they took the initiative to ask for their lives is also very simple, they have always received the favor and care of the army, most of them are fighting with the wind, but they rarely have outstanding achievements and performances, and they are really a little shameless to Liu Yanqing's original entrustment.

In order to be more realistic, I not only agreed to let them borrow part of the flag of the first battalion, but also assigned them a number of additional artillery groups, grenadier teams, and quick-gun teams. I also used the teaching team and the pacesetter regiment as a backup and reception, and my general's flag would also stay in their rear to supervise the formation along with the pro-direct regiment.

The rest of the troops were fully engaged in the construction of siege equipment with the collected timber and dismantled building materials. Of course, if you can look close enough, you will find that these so-called equipment placed on the periphery are only a kind of goods that are not used in the middle, mainly to cover the work of large-scale sled vehicles inside.

Although the activities of Hu Ma'er on the outskirts of the northern city have become less and less common in the wind and snow, after leaving the screen of the city defense, it also means all kinds of risks and accidents, large and small. What's more, it may also be in the case of chasing soldiers behind, so it is always not wrong to seize this last bit of time and prepare more sufficiently.

With this in mind, I was busy inspecting all over the place, and then I got an unexpected news that made people laugh and cry.

"What, the attacking forces at the front, have broken the defense line on the city?."

"Now I've broken into the Round Wall City!"

I digested the news in amazement, trying to clear my thoughts.

Yuanbi Castle is located in the northernmost part of the Imperial Castle, separated from the Great Palace Castle of the former dynasty, by a narrow Yaoyi Castle, and adjacent to Hankakura Castle to the west. In history, Yuanbi City and Yaoyi City are also known as Harem City, because in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, this is the residence of the concubines of the harem.

Hanjia City and Yuanbi City between the city wall under the road, the west exit is called Cangzhong Gate, and the east exit is called Yuanbi Gate, the vanguard led by the guest camp is here to enter.

It's just that this "good news" came too out of time, in the case that most of the enemy army in Nanguo City could regroup back to the division at any time and outflank and besiege our rear road, the troops on the front line feinted to tell me that I had already hit Ouchi, what a big joke.

You know, after I heard the bad news of the Middle Route Army before, I didn't think about attacking a few bridges above Luoshui to slow down the enemy's assembly and return.

It's just that the enemy has learned some kind of lesson and defended it very tightly, and both ends of the bridge are surrounded by barracks, and the assault team I sent out has not made any more progress except for some casualties and material losses to the enemy.

Therefore, this light breakthrough made me fall into a kind of dilemma. Whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the unexpected advantage, or to take it when it is good to maintain the original plan step by step.

The former is easy to disperse our forces and lengthen the front that needs to be maintained, which will cause more twists and turns and variables in the retreat plan, while the latter will easily make the enemy aware of any clues and add unexpected variables in advance. After all, giving up the advantage and upper hand will only make the enemy feel that something is wrong.