In the western suburbs outside the city of Luodu, in the temporary station called Anmaji.

All the houses and shops were demolished and turned into part of the fortification. And a few well-hidden bed crossbows are also waiting under the cover, fighting the enemy who may appear at any time on the far front.

The gray-haired Hequ defense envoy and Quyang military envoy Li Chuwen was once again facing some kind of life decision, and a group of cronies and subordinates with helmets and armor gathered in the camp tent to wait for his order. And he listened to the shouts and battles that were getting closer and closer outside, but he hesitated.

Because of the huge risks and the harsh conditions that really lack protection, he wanted to give up on this matter several times, and it was better to treat it as if it had not happened. Even as the son of a messenger, he is not unable to make a small sacrifice for the sake of his family and future.

But the situation that took a turn for the worse pushed him directly above the wind and waves; According to the ultimatum of the other side, once this point in time is missed, all the conditions previously put forward will be null and void; Even if he was willing to surrender immediately, it would be useless.

A sudden crash exploded not far away, followed by the roar of a building collapsing.

The sound of artillery bombardment approaching again, Li Chuwen, who had suddenly turned around repeatedly like a trapped beast, exhaled a deep breath of sullen breath, made a resolute gesture to him, and then acted according to the established strategy like a relieved group of people.

Dozens of generals, including his deputy defense envoy Li Bida and Gao Wen, who were summoned on the grounds of preparing for the enemy, were deceived into the big tent by him almost without any doubt, and then unarmed and surrounded and slashed and killed.

However, at this time, there was an accident again, but the soldiers and horses who came a little later with a few personal soldiers knew that Sula, as if they faintly smelled the smell of blood or saw something wrong, and suddenly turned around desperately outside the account; Li Chuwen's own soldiers hurriedly chased after them, shouting and shouting and shooting them with bows and crossbows.

But when he rushed to check the body, he found that the owner, alias "Lucky Sula", was missing. Originally, they wanted to continue to search the neighborhood, but they were soon summoned back by Li Chuwen.

At this point, Li Chuwen has no way to retreat, so it doesn't matter if such a fish slips through the net. In the midst of the ups and downs of the whole team and the movement of the troops, Li Chuwen was also making a final farewell to his son.

"After you and my father and son parted......"

"I'm afraid it's hard to see each other again......"

"I hope my son will do it for himself......".

Because he thought about it, he still gave up the result of defecting or surrendering on the spot without any chance of victory in the encirclement of superior "friendly forces", and chose the so-called "next strategy" to abandon the north. In this way, for a long time to come, their father and son will continue to separate the north and the south.

A cloud of smoke and dust of chickens flying and dogs jumping.

Li Chuwen's department, which suddenly pretended to be out of camp to the north, suddenly brought a series of chain reactions; The first to bear the brunt of the attack was naturally approaching, and what should have been suppressed and monitored by Li Chuwen's subordinates, those Tutuan Volunteer Township Army and Husband Servants and the like almost ran out of their respective garrison lines and barracks, and followed them to do the thing that swarm and dispersed.

Then the soldiers of the Northern Army who were fighting on the enemy's front also noticed the changes and commotions that had occurred in the rear, and they couldn't help but panic and get nervous.

And inside the battle line, along the deliberately set aside passage for transporting troops, Li Chuwen's department, which was running wildly to the north, also robbed many chariots and horses along the way; There are a lot of scattered soldiers who don't know the reason. For a while, there was no strength that could stop or hinder them, and they had already rushed through Kayan and left.

At this time, the fires lit everywhere in the camp in the rear spread to several parts of the city.

therefrom

In the suburbs of Luodu, the defense system that the Northern Dynasty painstakingly managed and maintained suddenly collapsed into an obvious gap; Although this gap is only an insignificant place to the west of the huge Luodu outskirts, it is enough to become an opportunity for a group of soldiers of the Southern Army who are watching and monitoring this place to break through and open the defense line of the Northern Korean camp with all their might.

In fact, as the friendly neighbors near the second-line node of Anmaji, they were still waiting for orders and chaotic news in some kind of confusion and vacillation, when they saw that the front line had collapsed, and the enemy troops that were rushing in like a tide suddenly retreated one after another by surprise and had no time to be killed; In the spreading firelight and the sound of fighting, almost one after another barracks and walled cities were broken down and leveled, and turned into blazing torches in the pillows full of corpses that lost their armor and abandoned armor. ……

It also took more than half a day to get the exact news, but at this time, Li Chuwen's department, which had been planning for a long time, had already rushed out of the defense area on the outskirts of the city and left in the north of Luodu.

Then it was quickly transferred to the hands of the big photographer who was patrolling and sitting in the south of the city, but it was already an irreparable situation.

Although, Zhang Zhenggui was deployed to the west of Xuanyi Gate, and quickly sent soldiers and horses under the city to block it; However, it still failed to stop the Southern Army from breaking through from the Western Front, causing huge losses and damage to the defense area that the country and the dynasty had painstakingly managed;

Along the mouth of the Luoshui River, which runs through the whole city of Luodu from east to west, five fronts and sixteen large support points were established, together with hoarded soldiers, horses, and supplies; Pierced and captured the majority. The reinforcements sent by Zhang Zhenggui were also projected by the firearms that were suddenly greatly strengthened by the Southern Army, and the head-on bombardment was so scorched that they were almost defeated on the spot;

Therefore, at present, under the response of the second wave of cavalry attack, he can barely collect the defeated men and horses of the camps on the left and near, and retreat to the last line of defense near the city wall, relying on the cover of the wall to stand firm and continue to hold on.

At this moment, the so-called defense area west of Luodu has been beaten by the military forces from the outside to the inside and from the inside out, and a big hole has been dug out; The Southern Army, which had gained a firm foothold, continued to invade and infiltrate those camps that had not yet been lost along the banks of the river between the north and the south, and tried to expand the occupied and controlled areas towards both sides of the Luoshui River; The artillery brought by the Southern Army from the rear to the front had already entered the distance of reaching the city wall.

The so-called Luodu was defeated in a blink of an eye.

"Bastard ......"

The big photographer Zhang Enxian almost smashed an agate cup on the lacquer pillar and smashed it.

"Shameless people who have betrayed the grace of the country......"

"I'm going to punish him all over the three clans...... Chickens and dogs don't stay."

In an instant, the scattered fragments cut the skin and flesh of a squire standing nearby, and the blood flowed all over his face, but he still remained as he was, for fear of continuing to anger this supreme, and like other colleagues who accidentally committed a bad habit a few days ago, they would get the fate and result that life was worse than death.

However, after a public roar and venting, he still restrained his anger and returned to reality, and after weighing the pros and cons, he also vetoed the plan to send troops to pursue the Li Chuwen troops who abandoned the defense and fled, and only sent messengers with fast horses and whips, so that those men and horses and fortresses stationed along the edge of the Yellow River should pay attention to and be vigilant against the movements of this defective army.

At the moment, it is still concentrating forces to contain the offensive of the Southern Army, which has gained the upper hand in the west, and it is no longer possible to push them back from the front, so it is necessary to transfer troops from the front to intercept in a roundabout way; In addition, it is necessary to carry out another round of purge of the Ge army in the city, especially the people who have daily contacts and friendships with Li Chuwen.

It's just that when his orders and countermeasures were issued one by one, he bumped into Zhang Shuye, the right privy envoy who rushed to accuse; Of course, he will not use this to reprimand this minister, who is extremely important at the moment, but is safe and commended.

Then he generously accepted the other party's opinion, and once again the national war was in danger at the time of the same heart and bottom employment, it was really not appropriate to weaken the front force in disguise; And to withdraw the order to carry out a large-scale investigation and purge of the army, it is close to secretly doing a small-scale investigation and implication. ……

And in the southern ya, where the Luodu Hundred Officials is located

"Li Chuwen is already moving......"

Yang Si, the secretary of the military department who got the news, commanded left and right.

"Next, it's up to you to act......"

"Although there is Li Chuwen's matter to cover up, there are still many ears and eyes in the city."

"Everything is done with caution ...... the highest priority"