Yishui City.

"Hurry up, the prince's army will arrive in four days, and the supply of grain and grass must be prepared in advance, otherwise you will come to see you!"

Shangguan Buda led a group of subordinates to be busy transporting grain and grass, and watching the barn get more and more full, he only felt that the high-ranking official Houlu was waving to him.

"Adult ......"

Shangguan Buda was just about to go to the next transfer point, but was stopped by Yishui Tongzhi.

Seeing that he clasped his hands into fists and gave a deep salute, his expression was very solemn, Shangguan Buda stopped and asked, "Lord Qi, why is he so outside?" You and I have worked together for many years, so it's good to be straightforward. ”

Lord Qi smiled bitterly and said: "My lord, before General Zhong left, he ordered us to close the city gate, and wait for the battle, not a single soldier can leave the city, and now General Wang has just led two thousand cavalry out of the city, and the city gate is wide open in order to transfer grain and grass, and the lower officials are really not at ease." ”

As soon as Shangguan Buda heard him say this, his face suddenly showed a look of concern, fortunately, he had been an official for a long time, and his kung fu to nourish his qi was still passable, and he was replaced with a smiling face almost instantly.

"Lord Qi is too worried, right now the main force of the Wei army has been beaten by the prince and fled, and the only Wei army within a hundred miles is under the front of General Zhong's troops, where can anyone threaten my Yishui?"

"Having said that, everything is only afraid of just in case, and you should be cautious in military affairs."

Shangguan Buda's face became gloomy, and he asked coldly, "What should I do with Lord Yiqi's opinion?" ”

Lord Qi arched his hand and said: "Of course, it is best to recruit back two thousand cavalry and close the city gate, even if the two thousand cavalry cannot be recruited back for a while, the city gate should be closed first, just in case!" ”

"Hmph, Lord Qi really doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, you have also seen it, this mansion has received a military order from the prince, and all military supplies must be prepared before the army arrives, and the convoy transporting grain is mighty at the moment, if the city gate is closed, will they all fly in from the sky?"

"This ......"

Lord Qi opened his mouth, but he was speechless, on one side was the crisis visible to the naked eye, and on the other side was the military order of the prince, how could he immediately think of the best of both worlds?

Shangguan Buda saw that Master Qi was speechless, and his sleeve robe was thrown away, but he ignored him anymore.

At the head of the city, the midday sun was very scorching, and the sun was lazy, and the soldiers were leaning in the shade from side to side, without the slightest tension of the previous days.

The sixteen-year-old Scout Ergou was the youngest, and was sent by the veterans to keep guard, and at this time he was leaning against the female wall and casually looking around, when suddenly, he saw the dust on the eastern horizon, and his heart was shocked, and he quickly patted the veteran soldiers beside him.

"Uncle Zhang, Uncle Zhang, what do you see over there?"

The old soldier stuck his head out and looked out, and suddenly muttered to himself with a puzzled expression.

"Cavalry? The number of people looks like Lord Wang's 2,000 people, but he has only been gone for half a day, why did he come back so quickly? ”

"Wouldn't it be an enemy?"

Ergou asked nervously.

Uncle Zhang said with a smile: "Impossible, Lord Wang only set off from the east gate in the morning, if there is an enemy rushing from this direction, he will definitely run into him, even if our army is defeated, there will be a rout army to arrive in Yishui first, which will let the enemy take the lead."

I heard that this time Lord Wang was ordered by the Shangguan Prefect to go out to meet the enemy, but General Zhong of the Black Flag Army did not agree, and I think Lord Wang must have been discovered by General Zhong and sent back. ”

"Oh......"

Ergou's heart was a little settled, but he was still a little uneasy, and his two eyes involuntarily stared at the dust.

The horses rushed faster and faster, showing no signs of slowing down, and in a short time they were approaching, and the walls were trembling slightly with the horses' hooves.

Ergou looked at the cavalry, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Uncle Zhang, look, it's the banner of the Northern Dynasty, they are not Lord Wang's men and horses, they are the army of Wei!" ”

"What?!"

Uncle Zhang hurriedly stretched out his head to look, only to see that the cavalry formation was indeed the banner of the Wei army, and his face suddenly changed greatly.

"How is it possible, how is it possible...... Ah, the Wei army is coming, close the city gates, close the city gates! ”

Uncle Zhang shouted as he took the horn and took a deep breath and blew it hard.

"Uh......h Woohoo......"

The low horn instantly sounded at the head of the city, and the lax soldiers were in a commotion, but seeing that the enemy cavalry was about to rush to the city, the city gate still did not move.

Uncle Zhang was in a hurry, and hurriedly looked towards the city gate, only to see more than a dozen carts transporting grain blocked at the city gate.

"It's over, it's all over......"

Uncle Zhang's face turned pale, and he sat on the ground, he couldn't understand how the Wei army bypassed the two thousand cavalry of the royal court and went straight to Yishui.

It wasn't just him who couldn't figure it out, even Hong Qi, the chief general of the Wei army, didn't understand.

According to what they said, after approaching Yishui for ten miles, they divided their troops into two routes, one continued to march north, set up suspicious troops in the north of Yishui City, and the other was to attack Yishui from the east gate.

Unexpectedly, when they ran two or three miles outside Yishui City, Yishui City was still quiet and peaceful, and there was no movement at the city gate, Hong Qi and Tian Zhong were overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered to charge at full speed and attack the city in one fell swoop.

In fact, no one would have thought that Shangguan Buda would disobey Zhong Qingyuan's general order and privately send 2,000 cavalry to pursue the Wei army, let alone that Wang Ting would leave the city one day late and go out of the city from the east gate to confuse the scout in charge of the lookout.

When Su was formulating the strategy, the reason why he asked Hong Qi to attack from the east gate was just to hide people's eyes and ears and try to cover the southward direction of the army, but he didn't expect to hit it by mistake and take advantage of the loophole.

In Su's plan, the most important, core and most dangerous thing is to capture Yishui City.

According to his plan, as soon as the Wei army retreated, and there were 3,000 black flags to pursue and pinn down, the Yishui defenders would inevitably be lax, and it was likely to expose flaws, giving the Wei army a chance.

But even so, the 3,000 cavalry of the Northern Wuwei improvised group was still very unsure of taking the city in one day, and it was a really risky move.

War is sometimes like this, where countless tiny factors interact and intertwine to influence each other, but in the end they are enough to influence the big picture and brew unexpected results.

The 2,000 Wei army was like a bamboo, attacking Yishui in one fell swoop, and the morale was greatly shaken.

At this time, there were only 1,000 defenders in Yishui, most of whom were still transporting grain and grass, and they were caught off guard, and the whole city was like a naked bride, at the mercy of the Wei army.

At the same time, a large piece of dust suddenly rose in the north of Yishui City, flags were waved in the dust, and the sound of horses' hooves seemed to be tens of thousands of troops rushing to attack, and the defenders of the city head were suddenly desperate, crying and shouting, and even the last trace of the will to resist disappeared.

For the Wei army, the general trend has been decided, and Yishui City is in the bag.

"Report ...... My lord, the city is broken, the Wei army is like a bamboo, and it is about to rush into the palace! ”

As soon as the first herald finished speaking, another herald rushed in, his face full of fear.

"My lord, it's not good, it's not good, tens of thousands of enemy troops suddenly appeared in the north of the city, and they are rushing towards Yishui!"

Shangguan Buda sat paralyzed on top of the big seat, his eyelids jumping wildly.

As early as when he heard the call of the city, he realized that something was wrong, no one knew the situation of Yishui City better than him, if it wasn't for the fact that there were no enemy troops around, how would he dare to open the city gate.

Unexpectedly, tens of thousands of horses and gods really descended from the sky and beat him all over the game.

Shangguan Buda waved his hand, and the two heralds glanced at each other, gritted their teeth, and pulled out their waist knives to kill outside the mansion.

Lord Qi rushed from outside the mansion in a hurry, and when he saw Shangguan Buda, he hurriedly bowed: "My lord, the Wei army has come in, you can quickly lead people to break through!" ”

Shangguan Buda laughed miserably and muttered, "Break through? Where to break through? The prince has always been strict in governing the army, I have made a big mistake, even if I escape the chaos army, how can I escape his military law? ”

"Hey......"

Lord Qi arched his hand and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, just sighed.

Shangguan Buda suddenly got up and walked to Master Qi's side, patted him lightly on the shoulder and said, "I am from a humble background and have mediocre qualifications, and I have tried my best to climb up in this life, but I didn't expect to fall short in the end."

Lord Qi, although your qualifications are not high, but you are loyal and open-minded, thanks to you over the years, regardless of the past suspicions, you have always been stingy to mention points, so that I have taken a lot of detours. ”

Lord Qi wanted to speak, but was pressed down by Shangguan Buda, and continued: "The desire is difficult to fill, and you will rest until death, this is not to deceive me, I have only now unloaded a heavy burden, and I do feel a lot lighter."

At the moment, I have made a big mistake, and the crime is unforgivable, but you are different from me, as long as you successfully break through and transmit the news of Yishui back to the army, maybe the prince will have a meritorious service in reporting the news to you, and he will let you live. ”

"Lord Shangguan......"

Lord Qi suddenly got up, his face was shocked, but he saw Shangguan Buda waving his hand.

"Lord Qi doesn't have to be like this, the birds are dying and their songs are also mourning, and the words of people are also good, although my Shangguan Buda is not a good person, but I can also distinguish right from wrong, you don't have to say much, I will let the soldiers send you out of the city, remember, don't go to the people of the royal court, they can't play a big role, go directly to find Zhong Qingyuan's Black Flag Army, maybe they can turn the tide."

As he spoke, Shangguan Buda shouted: "Come on, choose the fastest horse, and be sure to escort Lord Qi out of the city!" ”

A team of pro-soldiers immediately came in to receive the order, and Lord Qi burst into tears, clasped his hands into fists, bowed deeply to Shangguan Buda, and then stomped his feet violently, and rushed out of the mansion with the team of pro-soldiers.

Seeing a group of personal soldiers escorting Lord Qi away, the brisk color on Shangguan Buda's face suddenly disappeared, and with a snap of his fingers, the butler immediately came out of the back hall.

"Quick, where's the ready-to-wear clothes? Hurry up and change it to the master, let's pretend to be the people and quietly go out of the city, with the old man Qi as a cover, the Wei army will definitely not go all out to search for you and me. ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he hurriedly took out two tattered shirts from the baggage behind him, and hurriedly helped Shangguan Buda change them.

Shangguan Buda was thinking about it while changing his clothes.

The fall of Yishui is a big crime, and now we must rush to the nearby city as soon as possible, first refer to him Zhong Qingyuan, and accuse him of pursuing the Wei army without authorization, resulting in the fall of Yishui......

By the way, there is also Wang Ting, this guy is the only person who knows, it is better to die in the chaos, so that there is no proof of death, if he survives, he has to find a way to kill him.

Thinking of this, Shangguan Buda's hands and feet immediately became three points faster.

The Wei army attacked the city surprisingly smoothly, from entering the city to destroying all resistance in less than two hours, quickly controlled the whole city of Yishui, and captured a large amount of grain, grass and military materials.

After the war, Hong Qi stood in front of the mountains of grain, grass and ordnance, sweating coldly.

It was only at this moment that he understood that if the Northern Wuwei really attacked the city with all their might according to the original plan, Yishui City would be able to defend it for at least a year and a half, and then they would probably have become the ghosts of King Wuling's sword.

"General Hong, someone just broke through, and it is obviously an important member of Yishui, why don't you let our army intercept it?"

Tian Zhong carried a blood-dripping knife and walked towards Hong Qi excitedly, but before the person arrived, the loud voice first came to Hong Qi's ears.

Hong Qi said with a smile: "Yishui Town, Chengda Road is long, our army is insufficient, it is not appropriate to divide troops to intercept, and the tip says that if the Yishui magnates break through, just let them leave, don't intercept." ”

Hearing the word "tips", Tian Zhong was immediately in awe.

"I really can't imagine that there are so few Yishui defenders, and they haven't even closed the city gate......"

Hong Qi also sighed in his heart: "Yes, that little marquis Xu is strategizing, winning a hundred miles away, and he is really very close to the demon ......."

Tian Zhong subconsciously agreed: "When I first heard his tips, I just felt messy and inexplicable, but I didn't expect that the battle would be as he expected, he was really a young hero, and he couldn't accept it." ”

Hong Qi laughed: "There are really few people who can convince Brother Tian, and when you go back, you must let Xu Zuoling toast you a few more glasses, so that you don't admire in vain." ”

Tian Zhong waved his hand and said: "Brother Hong wants to shame me, my Lao Tian has always admired talented people, to tell you the truth, after this battle, I have a hunch that this little Marquis Xu was born, and the pattern of the world may change greatly." ”

"Oh?"

Hong Qi's eyes froze, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Tian Zhong looked left and right, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and said, "Don't you think he is the same as when King Wuling turned the tide?" ”

"You mean ......"

"Maybe our Great Wei Kingdom will also have a Wuling King, hahahaha!"

Hong Qi was shocked when he heard this.