In fact, when the Shunzhou army attacked Pingshi Mountain, Li Zhiyuan sent a message to Shunzhou City that day. In Shunzhou City, Li Zhiyuan and the others just can't stop the Shunzhou army, and it is enough to drag on for three or five days, giving themselves enough time to contact Weizhou Mansion.

But the result was unexpected, not the rapid fall of Pingshi Mountain, but the fire of war that ignited in an instant. Now, in addition to Pingshi Mountain, which was attacked by the Shunzhou army, Zhenning County was also attacked by the Shunzhou army. However, to the surprise and incredulity of coach Xu Ying, one day, just one day, Pingshi Mountain and Zhenning County were attacked the day before, and the news of the fall of Zhenning County was received on the second day.

The importance of Zhenning County is no less than that of Pingshi Mountain, and if the Shunzhou army takes Zhenning County, it can attack Shunzhou City from the west, although it is not as fast as Pingshi Mountain, but it also poses a fatal threat to Shunzhou City.

"Four thousand! Four thousand! In less than a day, 4,000 people were wiped out! Is this Shunzhou army a heavenly soldier or Sima Yu of Zhenning County is a fool. He also promised me that he would hold Zhenning County steadily, but in less than a day, he would throw it into the hands of the Shunzhou army. ”

Xu Ying, the commander of Shunzhou City, said hatefully: "If it weren't for the death in Zhenning County, I would have peeled his skin, and the harvest of defending the city was like this, and it was taken by the Shunzhou army in less than a day." Thinking of Zhenning County, Xu Ying was worried about Pingshi Mountain, although he had not yet received the news of the fall of Pingshi Mountain, but he could not overestimate the stability of Pingshi Mountain, that Zhenning County is a living example.

"Xu Shuai, this Shunzhou army is so shameless, we just sent an envoy over, and this commander of the Shunzhou army also received our money, and turned around and raided us." Jin Wuze said angrily.

Coach Xu Ying sat in the main seat, with a gloomy face, flanked by the ten generals and thousands of generals of the Shunzhou Chengjing Army, who also looked ugly at the moment.

Jin Wenjun had a gloomy face and said, "Actually, what I'm most worried about is the commander of the Shunzhou Army, and now they all say that he is Zhao Xun, the commander of the Huolin Army...... For both the Huolin Army and the Huolin Army, everyone must know something. Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that this Huolin Army and Zhao Xun have brought unpredictable losses to my Lords. In other words, it's this guy who made the first qiē operation of our three parts fail. ”

Not to mention Huolin Jun and Zhao Xun, everyone's faces became more and more gloomy when they mentioned it. More than 100,000 people in the three divisions were thrown in Yandi in this way, and they were gradually eaten away by the Huolin army.

"Why aren't there reinforcements from the tribe?" A thousand people will whisper.

yes, why ignore these people? When Xu Ying heard this, he secretly hated. Is it really because the Fire Lin Army is blocking the path of support? Or are the various ministries afraid of the strength of the Great Yan Empire? Not at all, Xu Ying can confirm with certainty that it is definitely not these reasons.

The Huolin army occupied Yanzhou Mansion and blocked the road except for the Beihai Ministry, although the Beihai Ministry, which was defeated in a battle and had internal discord. However, this did not prevent other ministries from sending reinforcements. Xu Ying believes that no matter how strong the Huolin Army is, it will only be the combination of several other parts. Even if the other divisions do not send troops, but the Che Bone Department and the Fu Nie Department are the tribes of this operation, how can they not be indifferent?

Well, even if you are afraid of the Beihai Department, Yanzhou Mansion cannot attack. But Haizhou Mansion is always okay, right? The government army there is not the Huolin Army, they definitely can't withstand the reinforcements of the two departments, why don't they send reinforcements?

Not only himself, Xu Ying believes that the coaches of Weizhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion have asked the headquarters for help, but the headquarters is just delaying and letting them stick to it. However, under the siege of the rebel armies from all walks of life, the strength of the Yan tribes became weaker and weaker, while the rebel armies of the Yan Kingdom became stronger and stronger, because they could be replenished at any time.

Alas...... They are all damned and the ministry has made trouble, and the ministries have thrown them aside in order to fight for power, and some people have already made them stumbling blocks in order to seek high positions in the new country.

"That's it! Say no more, support? Is that just a matter of talking? "Although there is dissatisfaction, the situation here must be maintained at this moment.

Jin Wuze frowned and said: "Xu Shuai, now that Zhenning County has been lost, the west side of my Shunzhou City is under the Shunzhou army, so I have to defend it." Can you know how many soldiers did the Shunzhou army that attacked Zhenning County have? ”

Xu Ying said in a sullen voice: "According to the report of the Tanma, the Shunzhou army that attacked Zhenning County has about 6,000 people, half riding and half stepping. What is hateful is that the Shunzhou army did not spend much effort at all, and was opened by the people in the city, opening the city gate and breaking through. ”

"The people? How so? The faces of everyone in the room were full of disbelief. They know the people under their rule very well, and ordinary people will never dare to attack the soldiers and soldiers, let alone attack the city gates.

Xu Ying had a dark face and said angrily: "It's all this damn Sima Yu, who killed some generals of the former government army, saying that it was a stable place." As a result, the government army that turned into the people attacked it angrily, and joined forces with the Shunzhou army to break Zhenning County. ”

Speaking of Sima Yu's killing of those former government army officers who became ordinary people, they all knew about it. The reason is that when the Huolin Army attacked the other Fu Yan armies, those Fu troops who had taken refuge in them suddenly became enemies around them. Therefore, after the army of Shunzhou Prefecture took the city, they did not let these treasury become servant armies, but dismantled them into common people. However, Sima Yu of Zhenning County said that the former government and people there seemed to be a little unstable, and some towns and towns had been out of control, so they killed them, and as a result, they led to the current situation, not only did not play a good role, but even lost the city, and even lost their own lives.

Speaking of which, Shunzhou City also has the people who were reduced to the government army in the past, including no less than 3,000 people. A thousand people were unwittingly dispersed to the surrounding towns. The remaining 2,000 people were settled in the city of Anjia and Shunzhou, so they stayed.

"My lord, didn't we also send two thousand servant troops to the Pingshan fortress in Pingshi Mountain, if they also colluded with the Shunzhou army, the result would be ......"

Xu Ying smiled: "It's okay! When I sent reinforcements, I had already told Li Zhiyuan that he had consumed two thousand servants. We are coercing their families here to force them to fight against the Shunzhou army. Once the war starts, it will make them fight to the death. It can not only consume the strength of the Shunzhou army, but also stick to Pingshi Mountain, and more importantly, it can erase the potential threat in Shunzhou City. ”

Looking at everyone's disapproving expressions, Xu Ying frowned and said, "What? Do you think that we can coerce them without caring if we hold their families in our hands? Remember, we can persecute them with their families, but we must not kill the families of 2,000. Don't underestimate the power of the people, once we start to kill, even if we have more than 10,000 soldiers defending this place, we will be destroyed by tens of thousands of people in the city. At such times, there is absolutely no way to act recklessly. ”

"What? Think we have more than 10,000 soldiers? Do you think you are stronger than the Han dynasty? Looking at the disapproving generals, Xu Ying said in a deep voice.

"The change of dynasty is irreversible! I don't know how many powerful dynasties have been pushed by this people. If you provoke the anger of the crowd, you don't need to be killed by the Shunzhou army, it is these people, and you will be trapped and killed here. ”

When the generals heard this, some people disagreed, and some people thought about it.

"Forget it! What's the use of talking to you about this? Now that Zhenning County has been lost, and our flanks have been exposed to the Shunzhou army, let's be careful. Luo Dao, let your spies double their patrols, the special is the west, you must show me a good look, but don't wait until the Shunzhou army appears outside the west city, we will know. ”

"The last general obeys!"

"Kim Wu-taek! Although there is no bad news coming from Pingshi Mountain, we must not be on guard. You take 3,000 people from your department to support, give me the Shunzhou army to stop on the north side of Pingshi Mountain, as long as it lasts for four or five days, then we will contact the Luo Gan of the Weizhou Prefecture Funi Department, and then strike at the same time to open up the north-south connection, and the two departments will support each other. ”

Jin Wuze bowed down and said, "The last general will take orders!" ”

"Generals, from now on, all the soldiers will return to the camp for me and prepare for the big battle! If something goes wrong with any general, military law will deal with it! Xu Ying said sharply.

The generals responded in unison: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Immediately, Jin Wuze took 3,000 people and pressed grain and grass towards Pingshi Mountain, preparing to support Li Zhiyuan. However, what he didn't know was that Pingshi Mountain had been breached last night, and the three thousand cavalry of Zhenning County had also marched towards the south of Pingshi Mountain from the flank, preparing to join Zhao Xun. That is, three thousand cavalry were rushing towards Kim Wuze's flank.

And in the city of Shunzhou, there was also a sudden nervousness, not to mention the well-informed people, even ordinary peddlers and pawns, who also knew that the war was coming. The tense atmosphere was different from what one might expect. The people in Shunzhou City were secretly happy, and now the people who can make the Yan army nervous are not only the Shunzhou army in the north, but also the Huolin army in the south. The Shunzhou Army and the Huolin Army are one with each other, in other words, the Huolin Army has entered the southern part of Shunzhou Prefecture, and the end of the Yan Army has arrived.

Different from ordinary people, the upper-class people in Shunzhou City, some former officials of the Yan State, some famous families, and some big families were all stirred up by the tense atmosphere. They may be happy, disappointed, worried, or nervous......

Hiraishi Mountain Camp.

"How? Did you get a good night's rest last night? Looking at the generals who were not in good spirits, Zhao Xun said with a smile.

Bao Muyang said excitedly: "What are you resting for, I was pulled by this group of bastards and talked all night." I never thought that I could beat the Evil Army so badly, so these boys couldn't sleep all night. ”

The rest of the dozen or so captains were also full of smiles, and it seemed that last night's big victory really made them very excited.

Zhao Xun couldn't help but shake his head, he also understood their reaction, the Shunzhou army had never been curry favor with the Yan army, and now they were defeated by the Yan army, and they also captured the other party's commander alive, how could they be normal. But because he had other calculations, he wouldn't have let them make trouble all night.

Zhao Xun turned to ask Sun Liang beside him: "Sun Liang, have you ever stopped the horses and messengers of the Yan Army?" ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured, more than a dozen Tanma and four messengers who fled south have been stopped by us, and Shunzhou City has not yet learned the news that we have broken through the Pingshi Mountain Army." Sun Liang said affirmatively.

"Excellent! Looks like we're going to take advantage of this. Zhao Xunwei smiled.

"My lord? Didn't we leave for Shunzhou City right away? Bao Muyang asked in surprise, and from Zhao Xun's words, he seemed to have the meaning of stopping here.

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Don't leave for the time being, Shunzhou City has shrunk the surrounding forces, and the current defenders are 14,000 or 5,000, even if we suddenly kill Shunzhou City, we can't take Shunzhou City, here, let's wait for the Yan Ya army to take the bait." After waiting for the Ya Ya army to consume some, go south to Shunzhou City. ”

Looking at everyone's puzzled expressions, Zhao Xun did not directly explain, how much he can kill this time depends on the situation on the side of the Tiger Capital.

"I don't know if the tigers have taken Zhenning County!" Zhao Xun muttered to himself.

"Don't worry, no matter how you say that the Tiger Capital is also the strongest capital of the Shunzhou Army, plus the fourth capital, there should be no problem in taking Zhenning County." Xu Zheng said with a smile.

Zhao Xun also said indifferently: "Yes, you are right, Luo Yi and Liao Kai are very compatible at that time, and there should be no problem in winning Zhenning County." Invite Hu Xiang over, this matter still needs his cooperation. ”