The black clouds crushed the city and wanted to destroy it, and the armor light opened to the golden scales. The sound of horns fills the sky with autumn colors, stuffed with swallow fat and night purple. Half a roll of red flags is in the water, and the frost is heavy and the cold is silent. repay the king's will on the golden platform, and carry the jade dragon to die for the king.

Compared to when Zhao Fan left this place, Cloud City seems to have changed on the surface, but the feeling for Zhao Fan has changed a lot, with a kind of cold and resolute atmosphere of fighting the enemy to the death.

The circumference of Cloudsdale is seven miles and two hundred and twenty-two steps. It is three feet high and four feet, and three towers are built on the city wall. There are three corner towers, and three city gates are opened in the east, south and west. Each has an urn city arch guard, with glutinous rice and water the whole city is covered with bricks, and there is a trench on the outside of the city wall, which is deep and wide.

The streets in Cloudsdale are well-organized, and the houses are neat. There are four main streets in the city, east, south, west and north, which was originally a lively and prosperous place, but the war disaster arose, and every house was closed with closed gates, and the streets were deserted, like a ghost town. Occasionally, a few pedestrians walked by, all of them looking flustered, and only a group of soldiers patrolled back and forth in the street.

This cold and solemn atmosphere and this bleak cold weather are intertwined, giving people a feeling of extreme heaviness and unease.

Zhao Fan, Li Feng and others led the soldiers to Yunzhong City, feeling the atmosphere before the big battle, which made him feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, it was the first time for him to experience this kind of big war, and it was inevitable that he was a little uncomfortable.

Li Mu's situation is much better than Zhao Fan's, after all, the former had been in Jinyang with Lian Po and participated in the battle with Qin Bing, so he could be regarded as having seen this kind of big scene, and his psychological tolerance was quite strong.

"Lord County Guard, how is the situation on the Hu people's side, and where have they been fighting now?" Zhao Fan asked Li Feng as he walked.

At this time, everyone didn't have time to reminisce, and directly talked about the Hu people, this time the Hu people were menacing, and they had to prepare early, and Zhao Fan also wanted to know the current situation urgently.

Li Feng frowned, and said heavily: "The Hu people sent out cavalry and infantry to attack a total of 70,000 people this time, and they are menacing, and the defenders of other cities are not the opponents of these Hu people at all. ”

The Hu people are powerful, and the speed is extremely fast, although Li Feng has already prepared, but he is still not sure that he can resist the invasion of the Hu people this time, after all, the other party has a large number of people, and now the strength of Cloud City, even if Zhao Fan and others are added, is only in the early 30,000s.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan's face was also heavy, and immediately several people were silent, and came to the county guard's mansion, after all, Zhao Fan and others came from afar, although it was a time of war at the moment, but they still had to prepare a banquet to wash the dust for them.

On the south bank of Baiqu Water, Linhu Daying.

This is a wide meadow, in the continuous camp tents, one of the fiery silver-roofed luxury tents is very eye-catching, located in the center of the camp tents, surrounded by open spaces, and a large number of Hu soldiers patrol back and forth in the open space.

Obviously, it was inhabited by Lin Hu's commander who had invaded Zhao State this time.

However, at this moment, inside the big tent, there was a burst of feasting, singing and dancing, and inside the big tent, several middle-aged men in Hu clothes were leaning on the soft hair, and each of them was holding a Hu beauty with a full body in their arms.

On the couch in the center of the big tent was a noble-looking Hu man, wearing a soft fur coat, long boots, and a long knife at his waist, his face was gloomy, and his body exuded an air of alternative luxury. However, a hint of ferocity faintly swept across his face, but it taught people to understand that this person was not easy to provoke.

"Today, everyone will have a good time, and tomorrow will send 10,000 people to transport all the Zhao people and those cattle and sheep that we have captured back to the tribe, and then say, the whole army will rise up and attack Yunzhong City." The bearded man glanced at the generals below and snorted coldly.

Hearing this, everyone also loudly agreed.

"What Lord Zuo Xian said is, I didn't expect that Li Feng to be so ignorant and unwilling to surrender to Lord Lin Hu, then, let our Lin Hu's iron cavalry break through the gate of Cloud City, and then kidnap the women of Zhao for our warriors to enjoy themselves." A strong man with a big beard under his chin smiled evilly.

From the words spoken by this strong man, it can be heard that the noble Hu man just now turned out to be King Zuo Xian of Lin Hu, King Zuo Xian is the son of King Lin Hu, and his status is noble, but he didn't expect to personally lead the troops to attack Yunzhong County this time.

There was a haze on Zuo Xianwang's face, and he said with a slight hideousness: "Father's original intention was to let me pass through Ye Fei and collect Yunzhong County without blood, but I didn't expect that Ye Fei to be so useless, and Li Feng found out that he had dealings with our Lin Hu, causing the Imperial Governor's Mansion to be surrounded by Li Feng with thousands of soldiers, if I didn't run fast, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to return to our tribe." ”

It turned out that this Zuoxian King turned out to be the Zhang Wu behind Ye Fei at the beginning, he was ordered by King Lin Hu to pretend to help Ye Fei seize the post of county guard of Yunzhong County, but in fact he wanted to remove Li Feng through Ye Fei's hands, and then take advantage of the chaos to collect Yunzhong County.

Unexpectedly, Ye Fei was too useless, and was besieged by Li Feng with heavy troops in the Imperial History Mansion, and was sentenced to death for the crime of colluding with the Hu people. At the beginning, Zhang Wu was in the Imperial Palace, if it wasn't for his skills and escaped, I am afraid that he would also be captured by Li Feng.

Thinking of this incident, Zhang Wu's fists were slowly clenched involuntarily, and a cold murderous intent surged in his heart.

"Report!" At this moment, a Hu spy rushed in.

Zhang Wu suppressed the murderous intent in his heart and said coldly: "Come in." ”

"Lord Qiqi Zuoxianwang, we found in the secret post near Cloud City that a reinforcement from Cloud City came from the south of Zhao State, with about 10,000 people, led by Zhao Fan, the son of Zhao State, and now it has entered the city."

Hearing this, Zhang Wu also stood up from the couch in vain, his face changed, and finally said coldly: "I know, you go down." ”

Zhang Wu didn't expect that Zhao Fan would come to Cloud City at this time, which was naturally very good for him, when he was in Cloud City, Zhao Fan captured and killed the Hu soldiers, and finally killed the Yan Zan brothers, which made him full of hatred for Zhao Fan, hoping to kill him quickly.

"What's wrong with King Zuoxian? It's just more than 10,000 reinforcements, how can we Linhu warriors be afraid of him, so we can just catch them all. At this time, the strong man of the bearded man also clenched his fists.

Zhang Wu was silent for a long time and said, "Yan Zha, didn't you always say that you wanted to help Brother Yan Zan avenge before?" Now the opportunity has come, the Zhao Fan that the spies said just now is the Zhao man who killed the Yan Zan brothers in the first place. ”

The strong man named Yan Zha, is the clansman of the Yan Zan brothers, and has a very good relationship with the former, and this time he led 10,000 cavalry and Zhang Wu to attack Yunzhong County, just to avenge the killing of the Yan Zan brothers.

When he heard that the enemy who killed Yan Zan's brother was coming, he immediately stood up from the couch, glared at him fiercely, and said with murderous intent on his face: "Is that bullshit Zhao Fan, the son of Zhao Guo, who killed Yan Zan?" ”

"That's right, it's him." Zhang Wu's face flickered slightly, and he said gloomily.

Although Zhang Wu is the Zuoxian King of Linhu, not all Linhu soldiers can be mobilized, the Linhu tribe also has open and secret battles, and King Linhu is only the supreme ruler of Linhu on the surface.

This Yan Zha is the young master of a big clan in the tribe, his status is noble, and he is extremely fierce, even Zhang Wu must be able to command Yan Zha, so he immediately deliberately provoked his hatred with Zhao Fan, and wanted Yan Zha to help him break through Cloud City with all his might.

"This little cub, Lao Tzu has to take his head and pour wine, King Zuoxian, when will we send troops." Although Yan Zha was angry, he did not lose his mind, and it was impossible to lead his troops into Cloud City now, but asked Zhang Wu.

"Later, I started the army." Zhang Wu's face was murderous, and he said coldly.

In the eight cities of Liankeyunzhong County, the Hu soldiers also need to rest, and they also have to transport the looted materials back to the Linhu tribe, so they can't send troops now, this method of feeding the war with war is extremely effective, 70,000 Hu soldiers, now all the grain, grass and cotton clothes, are from these occupied cities, scraped out.

Immediately, everyone also decided to attack Yunzhong City, and as soon as they heard that there was something to grab, the rest of the Hu leaders in the big tent also shouted one after another, with excitement on their faces. These Hu barbarians became excited, and suddenly they were like being beaten with chicken blood, and the hormones on their bodies surged, and they launched a fierce impact on the white Hu women under them.

These Hu people, born and surnamed, are free and scattered, and the demand in that area is huge, like fighting this kind of protracted war, the military record is a must, especially some generals, who enjoy a lot of special services.

After all, those who serve in the army are worried about their lives, and the mental depression after years can be imagined, and every day when they return from the battlefield, they need military records to vent their tension and unknown fear of the future.

At the same time, in Yunzhong City, the soldiers and residents are in full swing to welcome the coming of the big war, at this time, the people, cattle and sheep and other materials of all the villages and tribes near Yunzhong City are all gathered in Yunzhong City, and the strong wall is carried out very thoroughly.

Due to the sudden influx of so many people, the houses in Cloud City were simply not enough to live in, so simple wooden houses and simple tents were all set up on the originally empty streets.

At this time, outside the city in the clouds, there were a large group of auxiliary soldiers who were busy digging deep and widening the moats outside the city. On the outside of the trench, in some important places, there are also things such as tribulus terrestris.

From the early morning of the second day, the outside of the city in the clouds was densely packed with busy people, including not only men but also strong women, who were just fighting with hoes under the command of the army generals. A group of newly formed auxiliary men also rushed out of the city and joined the labor army under the city.

This is a big battle related to the survival of Yunzhong County, and there is no room for negligence, and the residents of the city, some young and middle-aged men, were also arranged by Li Feng to form a new army to assist the soldiers in defending the city together.

Zhao Fan also dug trenches and built defensive equipment with everyone, and some tools to defend the city were also in full swing.

Zhao Fan found that the city-guarding equipment in this era was really limited, and immediately according to the memory of later generations, he found the craftsman who built the city-guarding tools, drew a few drawings for him, and asked the former to be manufactured according to the above samples.

It was a city defense device that had not yet been invented in this era, including wolf tooth slapper, Semen knife cart, yaksha and other instruments.

"Do these things work?" Seeing that the craftsman walked away suspiciously with the style painted on the cloth, Li Feng on the side was also a little puzzled.

To be honest, not only those craftsmen who made city-guarding equipment were suspicious, but even Li Feng, who knew Zhao Fan quite well, was also a little puzzled, after all, he had never seen those city-guarding equipment, and it was certain that even Qin State and other powerful countries did not have it.

Most of the siege and defense equipment in this era were invented by Lu Ban back then, and they were widely circulated, everyone knew what equipment there was, but what Zhao Fan had just drawn, he had never heard of, let alone seen it.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan also smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, it will be used." ”

Immediately, Li Feng had no choice but to nod.

After Zhao Fan made these preparations, he also patrolled around Cloud City, although Cloud City now has the tense atmosphere of black clouds pressing down on the city, but the overall state of these soldiers is not bad.

Especially after learning that Zhao Fan came to the aid of Cloud City with more than 10,000 people, he was even more excited, after all, Zhao Fan had brought hundreds of people and horses to defeat the Hu people. Moreover, the matter of getting rid of Li Dui in Handan is also a miracle, which makes many Zhao people have a kind of blind confidence in this newly promoted Wu Chengjun.

Feeling the good condition of these soldiers and residents, Zhao Fan was also slightly relieved.

The current Cloud City has been completely controlled by Li Feng, Ye Fei, who has been competing with the former at the beginning, has been ambushed under Li Feng's thunderous means, and without Li Dui's support, Ye Fei is nothing.

Under the tense atmosphere of this imminent war, everyone maintained a high degree of vigilance, and there were constantly spies from the city to the distance, inquiring about the nearby situation and the movements of the Hu people.

Fortunately, the Hu people did not attack Cloud City today, as long as they could have one more second, so that they could prepare more and strive for a chance to win the victory in defending the city.

In the early morning of the third day when Zhao Fan and others arrived at Cloudsdale City, when the morning sun rose in the east and the sky was covered with a touch of fish's belly white, the entire Cloudsdale City was also in a high degree of tension, and dense soldiers continued to pour towards the city, and the four city walls in the east, west, north and south were full of Zhao soldiers.

When the Hu cavalry rode on iron horses, trampled on the northwest land, and rushed towards Yunzhong City, Yunzhong City had already prepared a scene of strict defense, and the overwhelming banners were floating in the direction of Yunzhong City.

They were knighted sentinels to open the way, followed by large groups of cavalry and infantry, then heavy columns, and finally elite cavalry.

All of their armoured warriors were cavalry, and each of them wore either willow leaf armor or rope circle armor. Wearing a red tasseled hat or flap helmet, each cavalryman, each cavalry, holding a black tasseled flag, each armor soldier, is a small black tasseled flag on the back of the chief. All their infantry were unarmoured, but wore red tasseled hats on their heads, with or without horses.

In the midst of their ranks, a huge banner fluttered in the wind, and around this banner were dense guards, dressed in fine iron armor, holding a fine iron spear, riding on a tall horse, extremely heroic.

The march route of the Hu people went straight to Yunzhong City.

The roar of the iron cavalry like thunder resounded within a radius of dozens of miles, with Yunzhong City as the center, the surroundings were quiet, there was no half-way figure, when Zhang Wu led the cavalry through several villages, all the villages were burned by the Zhao people, and his face became extremely ugly.

"It seems that the Zhao people are swearing to fight to the death with us, pass on my order, the whole army will speed up, and be sure to arrive in Cloud City before it falls." Zhang Wu raised his spear and said with a gloomy face.

The men and horses of the Hu soldiers' brigade accelerated towards Yunzhong City, and this victory in Lian Li had already made these Hu people a little disdainful of the Zhao people, in their opinion, Yunzhong City was just a piece of fat in front of them.

They must annex Cloud City and other cities like this time, snatch all the Zhao Nu, cattle and sheep inside, and bring them back to the tribe.

These Hu people and the countries of the Central Plains are feuding, and they are fed up with the contempt and contempt of the Central Plains countries, so their hatred for the Central Plains countries is also extremely strong.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Zhou Dynasty declined, the world was in turmoil, the princes competed for hegemony, and the Rong, Yi, Man, Di and other ethnic minorities around the Huaxia also took the opportunity to attack the Central Plains Huaxia States, and the relationship between the Huaxia and the surrounding ethnic minorities was very tense.

The core content of "Huayi's Distinction" is that there is a difference between the advantages and disadvantages of Yixia, so there is a difference between the high and the low, and there is a difference between inside and outside. This kind of thinking is particularly prominent in "The Left Biography" and "The Ram Biography". For example, "Left Biography. The fifteenth year of Chenggong said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, the country is in the country and the summer is outside, and the summer is outside and the outside is Yidi." "Left Biography. "Ten Years of Dinggong" said: "The descendants do not seek summer, and they do not mess with China." This is to emphasize the difference between the dignity and inferiority of the Huayi and the political norms of the Central Plains that the Huaxia people should have.

"The Legend of the Ram" believes that because of the difference between the advantages and disadvantages of Yixia, the difference between respect and inferiority, and therefore the name of Yixia is also different, and it should be obscure for the sake of respecting Huaxia, so the book tirelessly emphasizes the writing criteria of "not holding China with Yidi", "not gaining China with Yidi", and "not with Yidi's lord China".

"The Legend of the Ram" not only "respects Huaxia", but also follows the writing guidelines of "Cheap Yidi". The Legend of the Ram. The twenty-ninth year of the reign of the Duke said: "Spring, Jiege Lulai." Who is the one who introduces Gelu? The King of Yidi also. Why don't you say anything? You can't care about the court. It means that Yi Di is lowly, so the king of Yi Di can only be called "come" when he comes to see Zhou Tianzi, and cannot be called "court" like other kings of Zhuxia. (To be continued.) )