Zezhou City was besieged, once Zezhou City was breached, Dingxiang County would become the next target of the Guangming Army, Shangguan Hongbo thought that Shangguan's strength was strong enough, but he could not confront the Guangming Army that occupied most of Zezhou, and Shangguan must rush to the aid of Zezhou City. Fastest updates

Dingxiang County is close to the area of Zezhou City, starting from the east of Dingxiang County, about 200 miles away.

Two hundred miles, if it is a light cavalry, it can be reached in one day and one night, but there is a shortage of qualified war horses in the Dali Empire, although the Shangguan clan is one of the seven surnames and twelve clans, there are not many qualified war horses in their hands, and they can only form a town of nearly 500 cavalry, which is a drop in the bucket in the face of tens of thousands of bright troops; Changing to light infantry, a rapid march of two to three days can reach the city of Zezhou.

However, it takes time to transfer the army, Shangguan Hongbo first ordered Shangguan Xu (the ninth order of the day after tomorrow) to command 10,000 troops as a vanguard to aid Zezhou City, and after gathering another 20,000 troops, Shangguan Hongbo personally led 20,000 troops to aid Zezhou City, and another Shangguan clan's innate grandmaster accompanied the army.

Shangguan's total of 30,000 troops rushed to aid Zezhou City, Shangguan Hongbo's heart was not only to relieve the siege of Zezhou City, Shangguan Hongbo wanted to swallow Zezhou City in one bite.

The Zezhou City area and Dingxiang County are the two richest areas in Zezhou, with a total population of nearly 800,000, equivalent to one-third of the total population of Zezhou.

On May 14, Shangguan Xu led an army of 10,000 from the eastern border of Dingxiang County to point to Zezhou City, but not long after entering the Zezhou City area, he was blocked by Yanjin City, the first gateway of Zezhou City.

Zhu Wen knew that after the Guangming Army besieged Zezhou City, the Dingxiang Shangguan clan would definitely send a large army to support, so Zhu Wen placed 5,000 Guangming troops in Yanjin City to block the reinforcements of the Dingxiang Shangguan clan, and their side hurried to attack Zezhou City.

There are only 5,000 Guangming troops in Yanjin City, but all kinds of preparations are complete, and the city is also reinforced, Shangguan Xu's 10,000 vanguard army entered Shangguan Xu, and failed to break through Yanjin City for three days, and lost nearly 2,000 people, and the loss of the Guangming Army defending the city was not small, only 3,800 people remained.

On May 20, there were only about 1,300 people left in the Guangming Army of Yanjin City, and all of them were wounded, but under the influence of faith, they still fought bravely and stopped the reinforcements of the Shangguan clan, and the 10,000 vanguard army of Shangguan Xu was less than 5,000 people left.

On this day, Shangguan Hongbo personally led an army of 20,000 to converge with Shangguan Xu's vanguard army, three hours later, Yanjin City fell into the hands of Shangguan's family, and no one from the Guangming Army defending the city surrendered, even if the defeat had appeared, they also shouted "Bright Descends to the World!" "The light shines and dispels the darkness!" "Rushing to the army of the Shangguan clan has added some casualties to the Shangguan clan.

Zezhou City is still holding on, Shangguan Hongbo can't wait to lead the army to leave Yanjin City to aid Zezhou City, at this moment, an urgent report came from the rear: Jiangbiao City (the northern gateway of Dingxiang County) is surrounded by 20,000 bright troops, and the situation is in crisis!

"Damn it!" Seeing this urgent report, Shangguan Hongbo scolded angrily, he knew that he could no longer support Zezhou City, and he had to return to Dingxiang County, once the 20,000 Guangming Army broke through Jiangbiao City, Dingxiang County would be in danger.

Shangguan Hongbo glanced hatefully in the direction of Zezhou City, and then ordered: "Withdraw the army!" ”

Later, Shangguan Hongbo led 14,000 people to come back to help, and ordered Shangguan Xu to lead 10,000 people to defend Yanjin City, and the innate warriors who accompanied the army also stayed behind.

The main force of the Zezhou Guangming Army is besieging Zezhou City, how can there be an extra 20,000?

Shangguan Hongbo also couldn't figure it out, Shangguan Hongbo had a capable person in his hands, and a staff member pointed to Laizhou in the north of Zezhou on the map, and Shangguan Hongbo suddenly understood that this bright army came from Laizhou.

There were 4,000 defenders in Jiangbiao City, and when the 20,000 Guangming troops from Laizhou had not yet arrived in Jiangbiao City, they were discovered by Shangguan's spies, and then notified Jiangbiaocheng to be ready, and sent the news back to Dingxiang County, Shangguan Hongbo led the army to go on the expedition, and Shangguan Hongbo's eldest son Shangguan Yanghui was in charge, and Shangguan Yanghui hurriedly sent 5,000 people to support.

For a while, the 20,000 Guangming Army from Laizhou was unable to capture Jiangbiao City, but Dingxiang County could not send troops to support Jiangbiaocheng, but fortunately, Shangguan Hongbo led the army to rush back.

On May 25, Shangguan Hongbo led his army to Jiangbiao City, and the besieging Guangming Army saw that the enemy's reinforcements were coming, so they all withdrew.

On the second day of the first month of June, the city of Zezhou was broken, and the Guangming Army finally took the city after paying the price of more than 30,000 casualties (23,000 dead).

Due to the many injuries caused by the attack on Zezhou City, the Guangming Army led by Zhu Wen did not have the idea of attacking Xiangjun from the west for the time being, and turned to rest.

Knowing that the city of Zezhou was broken, Shangguan Hongbo became heavy and once again ordered to recruit troops.

At present, the total population within the rule of the Shangguan clan is between 420,000 and 450,000, and the Shangguan clan can also recruit another 40,000 troops by reducing the recruitment conditions, making the total strength of the Shangguan clan reach 85,000.

Dingxiang County is a relatively rich county, but Dingxiang County has no natural dangers to defend, and the counties on all sides of Dingxiang County have been occupied by the Guangming Army, and they are enemies on all sides.

Now the area of Zezhou that is not occupied by the Guangming Army is only Dingxiang County and Yunhua County, Shangguan Hongbo does not have much hope for the Yun family, the two families originally had a conflict because of Yun Yi's marriage, and the probability of the Yun family sending troops to support Dingxiang County is very small, not to mention that even if the Yun family sends troops to support Dingxiang County, Shangguan Hongbo does not think that the "weak" Yun family can share much pressure for the Shangguan family.

The Shangguan clan can only rely on themselves, under the order of Shangguan Hongbo, Dingxiang County is like a running war machine, in order to resist the evil. Teach demons, the young people of Dingxiang County have joined the army, and other ordinary people have also taken out money and food to support the Shangguan clan.

The Bright Sect also sent people into Dingxiang County many times to promote the Bright Sect, but they were all caught or killed by the spies of the Shangguan clan, and the people of Dingxiang County only thought that the Bright Army was evil. Teach demons, will kill people and eat human flesh.

In addition to recruiting soldiers, the Shangguan clan also took out two-thirds of the high-grade medicinal materials in the family medicine garden, so that the family could give birth to a few more innate martial artists to cope with the current situation.

In the next batch of people who will be promoted to the innate selection, Shangguan Xiying, who is already the ninth order of the day after tomorrow, is also among them.

Most of what happened in Zezhou was seen by Yun Yi, with firearms in hand, even if the Shangguan clan was destroyed and the Guangming Army attacked Yunhua County in a big way, Yun Yi would not be afraid, if the Yun clan was defeated, he could escape to Yingzhou.

No matter how bad the relationship between the Yun family and the Shangguan clan is, Yun Yi's wife Shangguan Yuling is from the Shangguan clan, Yun Yi will not watch the Shangguan clan be destroyed by the Guangming army, but the timing of the shot must be chosen well, if the Guangming army can be defeated, Zezhou will be the territory of the Yun clan in the future, Yun Yi does not want to see a Shangguan clan who is not weak still in Zezhou, the Shangguan clan must be weakened, and when the Guangming army beats the Shangguan clan almost, the Yun clan will rescue the Shangguan clan.

However, before that, the Yun clan also had to make some preparations, the second division of the Yunjia Army in Yingzhou would be transferred back to Yunhua County, and the third division of the Yunjia Army would also be formed.

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