Tie Sha said: "General, what should we do now?" Still besieged the city? ”

Ma Lan glanced at Tiesha: "Order, the army will withdraw from the Western Capital one after another, and retreat fifty miles to the village!" ”

"What, evacuate the Western Capital?" Tie Sha and Pei Qing were shocked at the same time.

"General, didn't we work in vain last night?" Iron Sand Road.

Ma Lan gave the order to withdraw the army, and then turned his horse's head and walked into the distance, he felt a deep sense of frustration, 200,000 elite soldiers of the imperial court could not capture a county town, and they were defeated again and again, this is a shame!

Now there is no way, the siege equipment is destroyed, and it is impossible to continue the siege; Only when the siege equipment of the imperial capital arrives can we think of another way.

It is also a helpless move to retreat fifty miles, the outer city and the inner city are too close to each other, and there is no barrier, the city wall is to defend the outside, but the inside of the city wall cannot be defended, and Wang Xu is too close, Ma Lan does not have the slightest sense of security; Especially after the appearance of that secret weapon, he was even more afraid of Wang Xu from the bottom of his heart.

Ma Lan's army withdrew one after another, and Liao Yun still had a big mouth open in the city, he was Huang Quan who said that there was a bamboo weapon, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful, and he actually blew up all the enemy's siege equipment.

"Haha, lord, now Malan can't continue to attack the city." Liao Yun reacted and laughed.

The surrounding soldiers were all shocked, shouting one after another, and some were still talking to each other, what kind of weapon is this? Is it a thunderbolt? I heard that Wang Xu can invite immortals.

Belch... Maybe it's the gods who are helping.

Wang Xu scratched his head, gave Liao Yun an order, and then walked towards the palace with the dog.

"Dog, how many clay pots did you use just now?"

Goudan said: "Big brother, it's only two hundred." ”

Wang Xu had a pain in his flesh, now that saltpeter is out of stock, it is a pity to use one, and he will attack Hexi County after a while, if he wants to take Hexi quickly, he must have countless clay pots.

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Next. Ma Lan's army all withdrew, retreating fifty miles to the village, which was really a happy thing, Wang Xu immediately let Liao Yun and Huang Quan occupy the whole city with soldiers.

The lost territory is back. All the officials in the Western Capital were smiling, and the people finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the streets of the Western Capital returned to their former liveliness.

Ma Lan was very aggrieved in this battle, but he was not discouraged and set up the camp. He immediately wrote a letter of guilt and sent it to the imperial capital, one was to let the emperor let him wear the crime and make meritorious service, and the other was to let the imperial capital quickly escort the siege equipment to the front line.

The emperor held Ma Lan's letter in his hand, his face instantly turned the color of pig liver, and he said angrily: "The elite soldiers of my court are so vulnerable, and 200,000 can't attack a small city, how can this be reasonable!" ”

Zhou Xiedao: "Father, General Yu Yuan's attack is going well, and the rebels in Beijun are about to be wiped out." ”

The emperor's face looked a little better. The heart is still a great general, and other generals can't reach it.

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North County.

Lu Yang has not eaten well these days, and it is difficult to sleep; He underestimated the strength of the elite soldiers of the imperial court too much, and he was greatly shocked by the battles in the past few days, and thousands of soldiers were killed every day.

The most worrying thing is that now the outer city has been lost; Lu Yang had no choice but to retreat into the city. Shrink the forces and make the last struggle, but fortunately, there are still 100,000 troops, and the inner city walls are not as wide as the outer city. It can hold on for a while.

It is now night, Yu Yuan's siege troops have retreated, Lu Yang found Yuan Qiang and Yuan Hao, the two of them cried and worried: "Lord Wang, the inner city wall is not as strong as the outer city. We.... ”

Lu Yang's eyes suddenly became fierce: "Don't worry, there are still more than 100,000 people in our city, and it is not difficult to defend the royal city." ”

Yuan Qiang said: "Lord Wang, do you still want to expand the army?" There are no more young people in the city, and the hundreds of thousands of people are all old and weak, women and children. ”

Lu Yang said: "Can't the old and weak women and children defend the city?" Tomorrow, I will blast them all into the battlefield for me, and see if the old man Yu Yuan will shoot them, hum. ”

Yuan Qiang's eyes lit up, and he arched his hand and said: "The prince's plan is very good, if the court orders to shoot the people, it will lose the hearts of the people, which is very beneficial to us." ”

Lu Yang couldn't be happy, this was just an expedient measure, the old and weak women and children could only block Yu Yuan for a few days, if they wanted to hold the royal city, they had to rely on strength and elite soldiers.

For some reason, Lu Yang thought of Wang Xu at this time, and said suddenly: "Send someone to contact Wang Xu and ask him to send troops to help." ”

Yuan Qiang said: "Lord Wang, do you remember that we detained his wife a few months ago? How could he come to help me and wait, it would be good if he didn't fall into the well. ”

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A few days later, Lu Yang's letter asking for help came to the Western Capital, and when Wang Xu saw it, he was immediately pleased.

"Shameless! He still wants me to send troops to save him, but he doesn't want to! ”

Zhang Meng snorted and snorted: "Even if the court doesn't crusade against him, I will lead troops to clean him up, and dare to detain my sister, I'm impatient." ”

In the Chengqian Palace, everyone was indignant at Lu Yang's shameless behavior and poked his nose.

Wang Xu thought for a while and said: "It's the same rebel army, I also want to go and save him, but our troops are not very strong, and there are more than 100,000 troops from Ma Lan watching fifty miles away, we can't protect ourselves now, and there is no need to discuss the rescue." ”

Murong Yuan, Wen Qing and Jia Hui fed and guarded, and the three of them also thought so, if the Western Capital had enough troops, they would definitely suggest that Wang Xu send troops to go, the main reason why there was no advice was that he was not strong enough, and at this time, he could only rely on Lu Yang himself.

There is another reason why Wang Xu did not send troops, that is, he was going to attack Hexi County next, and he didn't want to divide his troops at this time.

The strategy of attacking Hexi County, Wang Xu has been thinking about it for a long time, and the map of Hexi County has been read countless times, every time he looks at it, Wang Xu is in a good mood, as long as he arrives in Hexi County, then the war south of the Yangtze River has nothing to do with him, and he can develop internal affairs with peace of mind, and then kill back when he is strong.

This strategy is a bit similar to Zhuge Liang's taking Xishu as the fundamental in history, Wang Xu wants to try it, with the Yangtze River as a barrier, the imperial army wants to kill Hexi County, it is really more difficult than ascending to the sky.

That's the end of sending troops.

Jia Hui came out and said: "My lord, the three-bow bed crossbow weapon workshop has been successfully built, there are three in total, each of which can fire ten spear arrows at the same time, and the power is endless. ”

Wang Xu was happy in his heart, with a three-bow bed crossbow, it would be more certain to attack Hexi County, this weapon can not only hurt the enemy from a long distance, but also be used in city defense battles, which is longer than the range of trebuchets, and it must be easy to use.

"Okay, let the armory workshop speed up the manufacturing, don't slack off, the next battle will depend on him." (To be continued.) )