Book friends: Zhuzhu went back to his hometown in Hubei today, the train at half past twelve will arrive home tomorrow, and I will continue to try my best to keep it up, I hope that book friends will collect more and support more! In the afternoon of this day, this "Pingliao Army" finally came to the city, and Wu Chongli had hurriedly closed the city gate in advance, but he was a little unclear about the identity of the other party, so he sent an officer to negotiate, and was quickly returned, only bringing back a letter from the other party's commander.

Wu Chongli opened the letter and saw it, and immediately became angry, the other party claimed in the letter that his surname was Zhuang Mingyi, and he was awarded the Pingliao Army soldier and horse envoy, first scolded himself for being greedy and cruel, fish and flesh common people, oppressing the good, and plundering the passing merchants, and then said that he wanted to do the right thing for the sky, and came to take over Yingzhou under the order of Lu Long Li Envoy, so that he could lead the troops to retreat.

Wu Chongli was furious, but he didn't know who this Zhuang Yi was, so he asked a group of officers under his command to discuss, but his soldiers and horses were engaged in Gao Leming and said: "Report to the military envoy!" The last time he went to the tooth tent of King Xi with Wu Kecheng, he met this Zhuang Yi, who is said to have been a soldier of Lu Longjun's teeth, and later became a robber. This time, Xi Ren repelled the Khitan, and this person participated in it, and he is also the son-in-law of Xi Wang Tules, so I am afraid that it will not be good in the future. ”

"Oh! There is such a thing, seeing that the soldiers he led are all Xi people, could it be that Turus wants to win the power of the Khitan and come to seize Yingzhou? Wu Chongli's face changed when he heard this, and he asked with some concern.

"I don't know what they mean, so I'll go and see them myself and stabilize them for a while. The military envoy arranged the defense as soon as possible, and quickly transferred the Yuluo guard and the Yan county guard to come to support, but this will not arrive until tomorrow, and some young people can also be recruited in the city to participate in the defense of the city. Gao Leming suggested.

"Good! That's it! Wu Chongli nodded and agreed, but he began to worry in his heart, there are a lot of treasures accumulated over the years, and there are two beautiful concubines, which have to be transferred first, so he plans to go to the treasury to have a look.

Gao Leming sent out the army and horse envoy to the palace, and took a detour from the east gate to the enemy camp five miles outside the north gate, and was soon brought to Zhuang Yi by the soldiers.

"Haha...... High engagement! We meet again! What do you think? How are your Ukrainian envoys thinking about it? ”

"Zhuang Langjun is here, but I don't know whose order he received?" Gao Leming squinted sideways.

"Of course, it was on the order of Lu Long Li Envoy, how can it ...... Didn't Lu Long write to you? Never mind...... It's the same when my army arrives. Moreover, you see that this Liucheng is well managed by you! The height of the city is only two zhang, the circumference is less than twenty miles, and the city gate has long been dilapidated. Zhuang Yi laughed.

"How can Zhuang Langjun act like this, isn't he afraid of offending my 100,000 Bohai soldiers?" Gao Leming shouted a little stubble.

"Aha! Then you also go back and ask your lord Da Xuanxi, Lu Long's 100,000 elite soldiers, can he afford to provoke him? Moreover, Yingzhou has always been the territory of Datang, and it is justified that I came to take it back this time. Zhuang Yi sneered,

“。。。。。。” Gao Leming was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to do.

"What? You don't want to go, do you? I'll give you a chance to escape......" Zhuang Yi laughed fiercely.

Gao Le was extremely angry, shook his sleeves fiercely, turned around and strode away.

The army outside the city pressed the border, causing all the tribes in the city to panic inside, and the war disaster was coming again. In the autumn of previous years, although there were often Khitans who went south, they generally only plundered the villages on the outskirts of the city and went on their own, but this time it was the Xi people who came, and it seemed that they were going to attack the city. Suddenly, the already small city was deserted, and every family was closed, and it was forbidden like a cicada.

On the long cross-shaped street in the city, the pedestrians have been cut off, and only groups of Bohai soldiers come and go, carrying all kinds of heavy weapons and urgently preparing for the defense of the city. Other soldiers were banging on doors from house to house, recruiting the city's young men to fight.

Near the north city gate, there is a Liucheng inn on the street, Sha Gu with a hundred soldiers disguised as a caravan to stay here, he has been here for almost half a month, and all the goods he brought have been taken off, replaced with furs, Dongzhu and other precious groceries, Liucheng's city defense situation was also sent back to Zhuang Yi, Sha Gu thought that the task had been completed, just waiting for the main force to arrive.

However, on this morning, Xia Yue came with a hundred more people and brought a new task, Sha Gu was surprised and delighted, so he arranged for Xia Yue's men and horses to meet him and live in this Liucheng inn together. In the afternoon, the city began to warn of martial law, Shagu learned of great joy, and immediately went to Xia Yue and a dozen other officers to the treasury to discuss matters, and arranged for soldiers to guard outside.

"The envoy has ordered that the army must be moved by the end of the day, and that the army must enter the city tonight, or their reinforcements will arrive tomorrow, and things will be in trouble. There are two hundred of us in total, and it shouldn't be a problem to open the north gates. Xia Yue said.

"Liucheng is in disrepair, and the north gate is the most dilapidated, but the defenders of the north gate are also the most, with a battalion of more than 500 people, which is not very easy to fight." Shagu groaned.

"Didn't you say that they only had 1,500 soldiers? In this way, the other gates will be empty, and if they are broken or not, as long as we can take them and bring the army into the city, the task will be completed. Why don't you send a message out and let the military envoy fight Simon instead? Xia Yue asked.

"Good is good...... In this way, we can also reduce the casualties and increase the likelihood of success, but, how do you get out of the city to spread the message? ”

"Hey...... I have a way! Xia Yue smiled mysteriously, turned around and went out, and after a while came back again, with an extra cage in his hand, and there was a sea holly that was not yet an adult in it.

Sea holly is a large bird of prey in the Falcon family, mostly from the north of Liaodong. The word "Xiongkulu" in the Sushen language is basically the highest and fastest bird in the world, and it has the meaning of "the god of ten thousand eagles". The Heishui people who live in the Northeast China Sea of Liao are the best at falconry and eagle steading, and a few years ago they sent a pair of adult sea holly to King Xi, domesticated by Xia Yue and several guards, and successively produced four young eagles, Xia Yue was rewarded by Tules, and this time he also brought it.

Seeing this juvenile sea holly, Sha Gu's eyes lit up, and he immediately discussed the details of the action with Xia Yue again. When it was about to get dark, Xia Yue wrote a small note, rolled it into a roll and tied it to the feet of the young eagle in a small bamboo tube, and released the young eagle while no one was paying attention to it.

Zhuang Yi let the soldiers have dinner early and was inspecting the pre-war preparations of various armies. At this moment, Metu came running with a smile on her face and gave him a small note. Zhuang Yi took it and looked at it carefully, and immediately smiled and nodded.

Half an hour later, it was almost dark, and Duan Zhongzhong also arrived with a rear team of baggage and horses, and the small camp was suddenly overcrowded, and it could not accommodate these many people at all. Zhuang Yi simply led the soldiers out of the camp and left the temporary camp to Duan Zhongzhong to guard.