Although there were signs of mobilization of the Zhou army on the Shenzhou border before, there was still Le Shou in the middle, and the news was not only delayed when it reached the river, but Wang Yanjun deliberately concealed it, so the information obtained by Shulu An was not comprehensive, so he did not pay much attention to it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It wasn't until half a day before the Zhou army suddenly arrived in the city that Shulu Anra received accurate information and urgently arranged the defense of Hejian City, but he could not do anything about the outer prefectures and counties and small military towns.

Shulu Anra's title is the history of the Winning Prefecture Thorn, and the jurisdiction of the Hejian Ti, which is quite the Jiedu envoy set up in the Central Plains, controlled by the Southern Court of Youzhou, and is in charge of the military and political affairs of the four states of Win, Mo, Ding, and Yi, and there are more than 20,000 Liao and Han soldiers. These four states belonged to the jurisdiction of Yiwu Jiedu before the Later Jin Dynasty, and after the Liao State took over, it was divided into several pieces, and Ningzhou was added to the silt pass, and there were several small military towns called "Shi Lie", such as Mozhou Shi Lie, which is equivalent to a military state.

The Zhou army marched suddenly, Shulu Anra did not have time to gather troops, and the three thousand Liao soldiers and two thousand Han soldiers directly under the direct jurisdiction of the city were only enough to defend the city, while the Zhou army was five thousand on foot and five thousand on horseback, and the field battle was ready, only five days before and after, Shu Lu'an watched the Zhou army camp, and then attacked the city and pulled out the village, and the river soon became a lonely city.

However, the strength of the Zhou army is obviously not enough, and it is difficult to besiege the city, and it is very reluctant to storm the state city, even if the situation is critical, Shulu Anra can also retreat north to Renqiu, Mozhou, or Gaoyang in the northwest, but the county seat of Boye is lost, and Gaoyang is not very safe, so Shulu Anra's choice is actually not much.

It was in the evening, Shulu Anla stood at the head of the city and overlooked the Zhou army camp, which was very strong near the canal, and two circles of trenches were dug on the periphery, and the wall was more than a zhang high, and the top of the wall could garrison troops. At this time, there was a commotion at the gate of the big camp, and laughter continued.

In the past two days, the Zhou army recruited tens of thousands of people from Leshou to help cut down wood and set up camp and transport supplies, and the Han people in the suburbs of the state city heard that the Zhou army had called, and they were invited to carry the burden, push the wheelbarrow to carry the grain, or pull the cattle and sheep to drink and eat, and carry the clothes to the big camp to send the army, and the Han people came and went all day long.

Although the city defense is under martial law, the streets are patrolled by Liao soldiers everywhere, and every house is closed during the day, and only the army can move around in the whole city, but there are always people going out at night, and more and more, and they are stopped by the patrol soldiers to find all kinds of excuses to prevaricate.

After all, the 2,000 Han troops under his command were pieced together by local heroes, and now it is a wartime state, Shulu Anra didn't want to kill indiscriminately, but the result was still repeated accidents, and the Han army was also stationed at the head of the city, but it was more of a coolie, demolishing the house to prepare rolling stones, rolling wood, repairing the city defense, etc., which seemed to be more deferential.

But the Liao army is a victor in the posture of the river, usually to the Han army there are all kinds of oppressive behavior, especially to the residents in the city, last night beheaded more than a dozen groups of people who went out in tandem in the dark, hanging their heads on the street and the city gate, the result is that the Han army is passive and slack, a meal or rest to get together to mutter, and do not know what to discuss.

Some wealthy households have some domestic slaves and strong men in their homes, but if they want to be far from the inside, Shulu Anra was not very worried, the Zhou army only had 10,000 soldiers to capture Hejian City, and it was impossible to do it in ten days and a half months, and once Xiao Siwen, the king of Youzhou Southern Courtyard, got the news and led his troops to help, the Zhou army could only retreat.

However, on the morning of this day, there was military information from all over the country, and Yuan Yan, a general of Zhenzhou in the west, went out of Xinshi Town with 15,000 troops, captured Dingzhou Xinle, Tangchang, and Yifeng all the way, and then divided his troops to the north to Feihu Cheng under the city of Dingzhou; In the east, Zhang Yue, the new marshal of Cangzhou, led the boat division north to Ningzhou along the canal, and divided his troops to move west from Qianning Town.

Mozhou Shilie Xiao Ximo is a fierce general, and he didn't even hold it for a day, these news made Shu Lu'an shocked and angry, and had to consider a way out. Since Renqiu is not guaranteed, it is difficult to say whether Waqiaoguan is still there.

In winter, it was dark early, and as soon as Shu Lu Anra returned to the state office, he passed down a military order, ordering all the generals to go to the state government hall to discuss matters after dinner. However, before that, he first summoned several Khitan generals to his house to discuss secretly, as for the Han generals, if these guys from local big families are fine in normal times, now the Zhou army actually took the initiative to call, for these Han generals to grow their hearts, causing detachment, Shulu An did not dare to guarantee their loyalty, but for a certain purpose, still showed a certain amount of trust.

"Lang Jun! Yan Bin and Ji Wan, the two Han generals, can't be kept, we have to deal with them on the spot before we leave, otherwise it will fuel the strength of the Zhou army. The general Yalidun is also under the jurisdiction of the military attaché, that is, the staff officer of the personal guard, the first to suggest.

The title of Langjun is also quite common in the Liao State, in the early days, only the tribal patriarch or the prestige and respected people will enjoy this good name, such as Yelu Junde is really that Abaoji did not call the emperor Yi Lijin when he was called so by the clansmen, and later it was flooded.

"Who doesn't know this? The Zhou army has 5,000 cavalry, judging from the small-scale engagement of the horses, the combat power is not under us, even if some of them are sent, there are still two or three thousand cavalry in the camp, whether they can evacuate safely is still a question, Yan Bin and Ji Wan are quite vigilant these days, and I am afraid that the opportunity will be delayed if there are many things. We should withdraw as soon as possible and surrender Mozhou Qingyuan, so that we can also respond to Yi and Dingzhou, and transfer troops to reinforce Yijin Pass, so as to buy time for Youzhou reinforcements. Another commander Xi Shan's mind was more sober and he also spoke.

Shu Lu An showed the intention of evacuating in the afternoon, and the two subordinates dared to argue, but if the guilt of winning and Mo was lost, Shu Lu An was a little unwilling in his heart, although there were people in the court, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be punished, but if there were two Han generals' heads and bows, then there would be a reason to excuse them.

"That's it, you go down and arrange it, Yan Bin and Ji will be arrested and beheaded as soon as they enter the lobby, strictly guard the news to prevent the Han army from making chaos, and lead the troops out of the city as soon as the fifth watch day arrives, and after Yaridun leads his troops to break off, they will set fire to the city as much as possible to create chaos, understand?" Shu Lu Anra explained.

Several generals shouted that they should go down to prepare, and Shu Lu'an took his own soldiers to the lobby to wait, but soon the soldiers reported: Yan Bin, Ji Wan and the soldiers of the headquarters guarded the camp, prevaricating and delaying and refused to come.

Shulu Anra was furious, the circumference of Hejian City was more than ten miles, the troops of the headquarters were okay to defend the city in peacetime, but it was a little insufficient in wartime, if the two Han generals were forcibly arrested, it was easy to cause turmoil, and there was no choice but to send troops to closely monitor the barracks compound of the two Han generals in case they came out to make trouble when they evacuated.

As soon as the fifth watch in the morning arrived, the north gate of Hejian City was quietly opened, taking advantage of the cover of night a moment before dawn, four thousand Liao cavalry assembled out of the camp and lined up, first sent some of them to guard outside, and then took two or three pack horses to carry grain and grass utensils out of the city, and drove to Junzi Town, the bend of the Fuhu River thirty miles to the north.

You must know that the camp of the Zhou army is five miles south of the city, and such a large-scale horse team mobilization cannot be done quietly in any case, not to mention that there are two ill-intentioned Han generals in the city.

But less than five miles out of the city, a little fire suddenly lit up in the pitch-black wilderness a few miles ahead, and soon there were dense and shining torches extending to both sides, reflecting the figures of thousands of Zhou cavalry.