Chapter 403: The Idle Ones
Eight counties of Liangzhou, the land of three counties directly under the jurisdiction of Zhu Zi. Wuwei City is the capital of Liangzhou and the place where Zhu Zi garrisoned.
Wuwei City is very large, the city wall is thick and square, usually inhabited by 150,000 or 60,000 residents, it is the most important city in the western part of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The geographical location of this city is extremely important, at the intersection of the East and the West. The army leading from Liangzhou to Yangjue Pass will eventually pass through here.
Wuwei City is surrounded by large fields, with plenty of water, and galloping horses can be seen from time to time.
After a few years, the long-lost beacon smoke did not panic the people of Wuwei City. In fact, the people of Liangzhou have been accustomed to the tide of brute beasts in spring and autumn for generations. At the most critical time, all the men over the age of 16 in Wuwei City went to Yangguan, leaving only women and children to stay in the city to maintain production.
And these few years of idleness have made the elderly people in Wuwei City a little unaccustomed.
Although the battle at Yangjue Pass was tight, everything in Wuwei City became orderly.
But all that changed because of the sudden arrival of reinforcements.
Zhu Zi left 5,000 infantry troops in Wuwei, and in addition to guarding the city, the most important thing for these people was to transfer materials and maintain the grain route to Yangjue Pass. Therefore, these 5,000 infantry troops were not all stationed in Wuwei City, but were scattered on the grain route.
Zhu Zi's order to transfer troops was issued early, and the sergeants who stayed in Wuwei City thought that reinforcements were coming and were defenseless, but they didn't expect these reinforcements to suddenly attack.
What had been a quiet morning became a little quieter, and the blood stained the silver-white sword. At the gate of Wuwei City, looking at the comrades-in-arms who were originally fighting side by side, they suddenly made a ruthless move, and the sergeants in Wuwei City were shocked at first, and they were monstrous with anger.
"Chen He, He Qi, do you want to rebel?"
The leaders of these rebels are Chen He and He Qi, two military leaders who were removed from their military power by Zhu Zi a few days ago. They were mixed in with these reinforcements, and now they showed their swords.
It's just that in the face of the former comrades-in-arms who died under their hands, there was no guilt on the faces of these two people, and some of them had hideous smiles, like beasts bathed in blood.
"Zhu Zi is cold and thin, how can he be worthy of being the master? We are determined to surrender the beam, and those who wish to surrender will immediately lay down their weapons. Your Majesty is benevolent and virtuous, and will definitely increase the rank and enter the knighthood. ”
"You're dreaming!"
The people of Liangzhou are fierce, how can they endure this? This group of martial defenders, even if their own forces are weak, will never surrender.
The killing began, but not one-sidedly. After the fierce battle for the city of Weng, the defenders in Wuwei City were almost exhausted, and the rebels successfully entered Wuwei and immediately took control of Zhu Zi's chariot general's mansion, granary and arsenal.
After a long day of slanting westward, Fang Yuting stood on the wall of the urn city, looking at the corpses all over the ground, none of them were facing away from him, and he finally sighed in his heart.
It is said that the people of Liangzhou are brave, but they are so brave, which is really awe-inspiring.
Chen He came behind Fang Yuting and was very respectful in the face of this big man from the god capital.
"My lord, we have completely controlled Wuwei, what should we do next?"
Fang Yuting smiled and said, "Naturally, I'm waiting for Zhu Zi to come!" ”
Yang is absolutely off.
Zhu Zi and Qin Yuan stood on the city wall, facing the tide of brute beasts that had stopped a little bit, and their faces were a little tired.
"How's Meng Xuan's side?"
The Demon Extreme Sect is located in Fuyu Mountain, and holds another path from the wasteland to Liangzhou. Now that the realm of the Demon Extreme Sect has been completed, it has faintly become the ninth giant after the Eight Decisive Sects.
The battle at Yangjue Pass was critical, and Zhu Zi planned to ask for help from Meng Xuan and asked him to send a disciple to help.
"Meng Xuan has already agreed." Qin Yuan looked at the black nightmare looming in the distance, and his face was very worried, "But the iron cavalry who just came out of the customs later reported that there are more demons under the command of the Demon Emperor." ”
"What?"
Zhu Zi is also a little incredible, the army of the Zhou people has to be trained, and it will take three years at the shortest. But how did the strength of the demons grow so fast?
"How much more?"
"There are vaguely five or six thousand phaseless demons, and I also saw the figure of the Yuan Demon in it."
"The methods of the demons are really weird!"
Zhu Zi sighed, but saw a horn sound in the city behind.
Zhu Zi and Qin Yuan's faces changed, and they had a faint foreboding in their hearts.
The main city of Yangjue Pass was behind the nine city walls, and when Zhu Zi and Qin Yuan returned to the city, they saw a scarred soldier.
"The lord, the general of Zhenbei, Chen He and He Qi, two traitors, colluded with the Liang army and captured Wuwei. The subordinates desperately broke out and came to report the news. ”
"What?"
Qin Yuan's face was full of disbelief, while Zhu Zi was much calmer.
"What's going on in the rear now?"
The soldier shook his head and said, "I don't know about my subordinates, but the army that captured Wuwei City is 20,000. They suddenly killed the brothers, and most of them died in battle. ”
Zhu Zi's face sank and he took a deep breath.
"I know, you go down and rest first!"
"My lord, I want to avenge my brothers!"
The sad and angry voice reached Zhu Zi's ears, but Zhu Zi looked even deeper, and smiled a little self-deprecatingly.
"I thought it would be Yang Xian who did it, but I didn't expect it to be Huan Qi."
Zhu Zi had long known the crisis in Liangzhou, but he didn't expect it to break out so quickly, let alone in such a way.
The army of 20,000 shows that most of the military leaders of the three eastern counties of Liangzhou participated in this rebellion. To make matters worse, all the military leaders of the three eastern counties rebelled.
The opponent is so sharp, hitting the key point, he doesn't want to let Zhu Zi take a breath, not to be underestimated!
"In the past, Huan Wu was not benevolent, but he finally cared about the world and did not dare to ignore the righteousness. But this Huan Chi, what he has done is outrageous, how can he be worthy of being the master! ”
Qin Yuan's angry voice resounded, and his entire body trembled with anger. Yang Jueguan is related to the safety of Liangzhou and even the whole world, and it doesn't matter if Liang Jun doesn't help. At this time, if the yang is broken, the world will be in danger.
"Now, I can't take care of so much. The grain road has been cut off, and the grain and grass in this yang pass cannot last for ten days. Now, I can only lead 3,000 iron horsemen back to defend and recapture Wuwei City. If the Demon Emperor senses the abnormality, he will definitely not let go of this opportunity. The only thing in this yang absolute pass is up to you. ”
"Lord, the other party is prepared, maybe waiting for the lord to come back. The minister has a word, the matter is urgent, it is better to ask Yang Xian for help. ”
Zhu Zi's face changed, looking at Qin Yuan's sincere face, but he shook his head again.
"Liang Jun planned carefully, I didn't notice a trace in advance, and the person behind the scenes who led all this was obviously not an idle person. If the Liang army wants to seize Liangzhou, it will inevitably guard against Yang Xian, and I am afraid that Chengji County has also been captured at this moment. Yang Xian sent troops at this moment, and it was too late to solve the danger of Yang's absolute pass. In this case, there is only one way to go. ”