In the face of Liu Fa's large-scale attack, Qin Tianzhao could only deal with it, trapped in Zhangye City, although he could also use the tall city wall as a barrier, but this also cut off their opportunity to take the initiative to fight, and they could only respond passively.

"Order Weng Tianhu and Ning Fei to defend the city gate for me, don't let Liu Fa attack in!"

After a day and a night's work, Qin Tianzhao was physically and mentally exhausted, his eyes were bloodshot, he was really tired, he accepted the harassment of the city day and night, such days, a few hours were too long, and now when he heard the sound of fighting outside the city, he had a little headache, so he also sat on the city tower to rest.

Hearing his order, the herald immediately became shorter, and then strode out, Xuanyuan Wu on the side moved his lips, seeing Qin Tianzhao's tired appearance, his face was quite complicated, but after all, he still didn't say anything, stood aside, and was silent.

The excavation of the tunnel is still going on, and at the same time, the action of attacking the city has not stopped, and it is also a daily attack, so the attention of Ning Fei, the guard of the West Gate, has always been attracted by the big action of attacking the city, and he is even more frightened every day, but what makes him puzzled is that although huge stones fall on the city every day, but the Liu Expedition Army under the city has always relied on these, every time he walks to the city, the Southern Prison Army at the head of the city immediately becomes vigilant, at this moment, the Zhang Ye Army under the city has stopped the siege posture again, just kept scolding, and didn't rush to kill.

Ning Fei saw this, his heart was also relaxed, as long as he didn't break this way, as long as he could live, everything was easy to say, but Qin Tianzhao gave an order, he didn't dare to neglect his duties, he was also thinking, why this road under the city didn't storm here, this was not the main battlefield, or they had other intentions, he had no way of knowing.

The excavation work was carried out day and night, and its speed was even smoother than Liu Fa imagined, and in just two days, the siege was already halfway through, and it seemed that the southern prison army in the city knew nothing.

The whole world was fighting, the rivers and mountains of Daxia were shattered, and when Liu Fa attacked Zhangye City in a big way, the emperor also sounded the horn of war

Imperial Capital City, the camp of the Northern Expedition!

On the school field on the outskirts of Beijing, the flag is displayed, the murderous spirit is rushing, tens of thousands of soldiers are lined up in a neat line, wearing bright armor, holding sharp swords and spears, standing quietly on the school field, more than 10,000 pairs of eyes are staring at Yue Hu on the platform, wearing a silver armor, and beside Yue Hu, there is also a weak scholar, although the scholar is standing straight, but there is some floating under his feet, he is willowy.

Liu Jian was the overseer and went out with Yue Hu. At this moment, Liu Lian's heart seemed to float back to half a moon ago......

On the Fengtian Palace, Yue Hu knelt on the ground, and in full view of everyone, he still accepted the appointment of Shaowu Hengyong as the generalissimo of the Northern Expedition, and at this time, the marshal was there, and he was just such a supervisor.

No one is the marshal, and the supervising army, there is also no one to do it, Shaowu Hengyong is more and more dissatisfied in his heart, he looks around, looks at the ministers in the palace, looks at it, but it is unsatisfactory, can not make him satisfied, at this moment, he saw the expressionless Liu Jian leaning on the pillar of the palace, Shaowu Hengyong raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a playful smile, looking at Liu Jian with burning eyes and said: "Liu Qing, I ordered you to conquer the prison army, I don't know if you have the courage to follow?" ”

Liu Chuan was stunned, and the officials were also shocked. If Yue Hu became the marshal of the Northern Expedition and was promoted several levels in a row, Liu Lian went from a secretary to a camp supervisor but it can be said that he ascended to the sky in one step.

Because the power of the camp supervisor is very great, it can be said that he is only the second to the position of the head of the camp, even if he is a partial general, he has the right to punish him. Of course, if there is any mistake, omission or inappropriateness in the camp manager, the supervising army is also responsible for correcting it. However, when Great Xia sent troops, most of the supervising troops were appointed by the imperial court, which somewhat restrained each other. Liu Jian was only a civilian official before, but this time he has to manage thousands of troops, which can be said to be a great test.

Liu Lian didn't understand very much, he didn't understand why Shaowu Hengyong would let him be this overseer, since that day when the emperor's capital was broken, Liu Lian was already reluctant to serve Daxia, but after receiving Shaowu Hengan's letter, Liu Lian insisted again.

"So you don't dare." Shaowu Hengyong saw that Liu Lian was silent, shook his head and said, "Since that's the case......"

"Wait, who said I wouldn't dare!" After all, Liu Lian was young, and when he was so provoked by Shaowu Hengyong, he immediately became angry, and immediately knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, although I am a civil servant, I still have the integrity of a literati, and I am not afraid of death, am I still afraid of being a prisoner?" ”

Shaowu Hengyong glanced at Liu Lian and said indifferently: "But if you can't do a good job as a prisoner, I'm afraid that you will really die." ”

Liu Lian said: "I have a clear conscience, I only want to deal with things impartially, even if the royal family is at fault, I will never tolerate it." It's just that the words are contrary to the ear, and the good medicine is bitter, I am only afraid that General Yue will hate me to die in a few days. ”

He spoke aggressively, did not back down, and glanced at Yue Hu again as he spoke, Yue Hu on the side sighed slightly, glanced at Liu Lian, frowned, and then let go again, at this time, Shaowu Hengyong laughed, patted Liu Lian's shoulder and said, "What a Liu Lian!" ”

Shaking his head, Liu Jian woke up from his contemplation and glanced at Yue Hu beside him, Liu Jian felt for the first time that he was so interested in this battlefield, as well as yearning.

Not far away, Concubine Yun is already crying into tears, after many years, I don't know when I can go back, I don't know if I can go back, and then I look back, maybe it is already a thing or a person.

These more than 10,000 people were selected from the elite of the four towns in the capital of Gongwei Emperor, and they would go north with Yue Hu, and then join the 100,000 army that was training intensively in Shaanxi County, and send troops together to fight against the dogs.

The school field is silent, 10,000 people are like a person, standing there quietly, exuding a faint aura of slaughter in the silence, as time passes, the aura of slaughter is slowly thickened, tumbling over the school field, condensing, like a sharp blade, unscrupulously cutting people's skin, making people involuntarily awe.

On the battlefield, Yue Hu, who was dressed in bright armor, looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers in front of him with a serious face, they were young and strong, energetic, and vigorous, exuding a fearless fighting spirit in silence, as if they were not going to the front line to fight to the death with the dogs, but were about to participate in a luxurious feast.

The thunder was furious, and the barbarian slaves stepped on the nine abysses.

Yue Hu repeated this poem in his heart, with mixed tastes. How many of the lives of these soldiers who followed him on the expedition will be buried forever in the cold and barren six counties of Ganning, and their bodies will turn into dirt and dissolve into the earth?

Do they know how cruel and ruthless war really is? The big drum on the left side of the school field is beating, and the auspicious time has arrived, and it is time to go on the expedition.

At this moment, Yue Hu strode onto the platform, looked at the soldiers under the stage, was silent for a moment, and then cleared his throat, slowly glanced at the soldiers, and said loudly: "Soldiers, since ancient times, evil is invincible, this is the right destiny, I think you have also heard, the dog Rong barbarian cavalry wants to try my Great Xia, slaughter my Great Xia people, whether you can drive these barbarians back to the desert, it all depends on us, this marshal in order to win this battle, painstakingly invited a peerless master, for us to wait for today's Northern Expedition to ask the heavens, to Bu Ji Fierce, if the soldiers still have doubts in their hearts, You might as well keep your eyes open and watch this peerless master probe the will of heaven, what is the good and evil of our attack. Come on, please gods! ”

The faces of the soldiers showed excitement, since ancient times, divination and calculation are extremely important, especially at the time of the conquest, the soldiers are even more willing to believe this, to comfort their hearts, to alleviate their fear of the future, I heard that Yue Hu invited a fairy, and the gods also asked the sky for them, this is a great glory, the soldiers below were boiling, at this moment, Liu Jian frowned......

"Marshal ......"

Liu Lian walked to Yue Hu's side, and before he could say anything, Yue Hu had already made a gesture for Liu Huan, and then lowered his voice and said, "Lord Liu, this is not what Ben Shuai meant, but His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Hearing that this was what Shaowu Hengyong meant, Liu Jian sighed, and then stopped talking, just coldly watched the so-called immortal appear!

Under the anticipation of everyone, a Taoist wearing a brand-new gossip robe appeared on the stage, coughed majestically twice, and then stroked his beard with one hand, shook the dust lightly with the other, and walked slowly to the point of the general stage with an ethereal step, and then stood still in Taizhong, with an unfathomable face, Zhuang Zhouhua butterfly smile.

Seeing this person, Liu Jian was also stunned, this "so-called" immortal was younger than he imagined, and more importantly, this person, he knew, although he was not very familiar with it, but he really had a relationship. This person is Xiahou Haoyue!

I still remember that a few months ago, Xiahou Haoyue told his fortune and solved his doubts, but I didn't expect that today he actually stepped onto the stage of the general to divinate for this world!

Xiahou Haoyue appeared on the stage, the school was quiet, and tens of thousands of soldiers stared at him tightly without blinking, as if Xiahou Haoyue was the representative of God in the world, and his words could determine whether they were dead or alive.

In the silent school field, only the sound of the wind whistled by, facing the expectant eyes of the soldiers and Liu Lian and the generals on the stage, Xiahou Haoyue slowly stretched out his right hand, his thumb kept pinching on the index finger and middle finger, and everyone looked at him, their eyes were full of nervousness......

Immediately after that, he stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the sky, and then smiled slightly, and after this smile, he looked at the soldiers all over the ground, and began to laugh uncontrollably.

"Hahahaha!"

On the school field, there was Xiahou Haoyue's laughter, this laughter seemed to be infectious, everyone on the school field heard Xiahou Haoyue's laughter, and then they also laughed.

In the midst of the laughter of the school field, Xiahou Haoyue suddenly waved his hand and threw hundreds of copper coins into the audience, and for a while, the copper coins hit the steel armor of the soldiers, which was extremely crisp.

At this moment, Xiahou Haoyue finally stopped laughing, and then surrounded the surroundings and shouted loudly to the soldiers in the audience: "Soldiers, look at the copper coins that have landed, are they all the same side, they are all engraved with the side of 'Great Xia Tongbao'!" ”

Hearing Xiahou Haoyue's voice, these soldiers subconsciously picked up the copper coins on the ground, and sure enough, all the coins were on the same side, and the soldiers were boiling, and they involuntarily knelt down towards Xiahou Haoyue on the stage, full of reverence and excitement.

"Great Xia will win!"

At this moment, Yue Hu strode to the front desk, and then pulled out the long sword in his hand, like a roaring sky.

"Great Xia will win!"

When all the soldiers below heard Yue Hu's voice, they couldn't help but stand up, waving the blades in their hands, their eyes were full of excitement, and they couldn't wait to compete with the dog Rong at this time, so that they could know their strong fight.

"Great Xia will win!"

The simple four words seemed to have infinite charm, even Liu Lian, his eyes were red, he strode out, followed these soldiers, and shouted loudly.

Seeing Liu Lian slowly integrating into this team, the corners of Yue Hu's mouth moved inadvertently, but his heart was slightly relieved, he could see that although Liu Lian was young, he was extremely serious and responsible, if he really let him grab any pigtails, I am afraid it would not be a good thing.

On that day, in the twenty-third year of the Great Xia Era, at the age of Renchen, under the leadership of Yue Hu, hundreds of thousands of troops were mighty, and the troops were sent to the northwest border to resist the dog Rong barbarians.

South Prison, Zhangye City!

Before you know it, it has been five days, and the Liu Var army besieging the city is also a little physically exhausted, and the southern prison army at the head of the city is even more tired, and the endurance of the soldiers on both sides has reached their limit.

And at this moment, the tunnel project outside Zhangye City has finally reached the last step, just waiting for the dark, the time and place are favorable, at this time, just wait for one day!

In fact, it soon got dark, and the Southern Prison Army, as usual, was still panting at the head of the city, accepting this fierce attack that was not afraid of death every day, even if it was an iron man, it was impossible to parry.

The weather slowly turned cold, and the moon finally hung up on the sky, but there were clouds, like dark clouds before a rainstorm, dark clouds pressed the city!

"I'm waiting, I'm waiting!"

Liu Fa sat in the big tent and muttered to himself, at this time, Luo Xingtian had already entered Zhangye City with his men and horses, or it wouldn't be long before he could hear the shouts and fighting sounds in Zhangye City, and then he raised his sword to attack Zhangye City, everything was under control!

Luo Xingtian is not a careless person, he is very cautious, cautious and a little timid, the army did not all enter the tunnel, but a few people jumped in to investigate the situation in the city.

This tunnel has been dug to a house in the city, the night of digging the tunnel is really frightened by the people living in the house, inexplicably suddenly crawled out of the ground a person, such a scene, who can not be afraid.

That night, the soldiers who dug tunnels controlled these people in their own houses, neither killing them nor letting them step out of the house, after all, this is Qin Tianzhao's territory, if Qin Tianzhao finds out, their hard work in the past few days will be in vain, and more importantly, countless soldiers will also die blindly, so they dare not be careless.

And now the people in Zhangye City are panicking, the people are hiding at home, except for no way, they don't dare to go out at all, they are afraid of death, but also afraid of being caught by the Southern Prison Army guarding the city, no matter who wins or loses, it is always the people who suffer.

"Ahem, damn it, it's finally out!"

"Shhh, be quiet, what's the noise, I'm afraid the Southern Prison Army won't know?"

In the tunnel of Zhangye City, a soldier of the Liuhua Army crawled out, just breathed in the fresh air, and then shouted, at this moment, another soldier immediately covered his mouth, and his face showed a trace of displeasure.

After a while, hundreds of soldiers all stood in the courtyard, which was quite crowded, but after a while, Luo Xingtian also walked out of it.

This is Luo Xingtian's personal guards, after half a year, they set foot on this land again, he still remembers the blood shed on this land, he still remembers the Wu Ze who did not want to turn back until he died, led the soldiers under his command, and defended this land until the whole army was annihilated!

"Brothers, success or failure is tonight, brothers, go!"

With an order, Luo Xingtian and his soldiers had disappeared from the night, they wanted to create chaos in the city, and then open the city gate and let Liu Fa's army drive straight in, so as to pacify the southern prison.

It's not just Liu Fa waiting, Qingyunfei and Nangong are angry, they are all sharpening their blades, they are waiting, waiting for the fire to light up in the city, in the past few days, they have tried their best to fight hard in order to buy time for Luo Xingtian and divert Qin Tianzhao's attention, it turns out that they did it, the tunnel was opened, and Luo Xingtian finally took his soldiers into Zhangye City.

Under Zhangye City, the lights are bright, all the soldiers are adjusting their state, the first battle in Zhangye City has not yet begun, but it is not too late!

At the head of the city, Qin Tianzhao's face was very unsightly, he took his soldiers to patrol constantly, looking at the tired soldiers of the Southern Prison Army all over the ground, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and he didn't know how long this Zhangye City could be defended, but he could see that these soldiers had no will to fight, and when the soldiers of the first army had no will to fight and lost their morale, this army could be regarded as going to an extreme.

In Zhangye City, there is a dark mansion, which is as dark as ink outside, and it seems to be able to swallow people's sight, but no one knows that in that mansion, it is brightly lit.

A person sat on the ground, a face of vicissitudes, the night was deep, but he had not slept, he raised his head, full of exhaustion, under the light, his face looked a little yellow, and his hair was a lot whiter, look at his face, you can find that this person was so heroic when he was young, but the years urge people to get old, at this moment he is already dying old!

"Sir, it's late at night, please rest early!" At that moment, a servant walked in with a low foot, and then fell to his knees, his voice low as a whisper.