The winter in Shuyang City is particularly cold this year.

Originally, the crops were rising well, and they were expecting a good harvest in the autumn and a good year, but who knew that the embankments along the Lancang River burst and directly flooded countless farmlands, making the people of Shuyang City, which was not very rich, even more barren.

It was also hoped that the imperial court could send disaster relief materials to help everyone get through the difficulties, but instead of rescuing Shuyang, the Beiyue Emperor ordered it, but because of Shuyang's bumper harvest last year, half of Shuyang's grain reserves were mobilized to help the more seriously affected places, resulting in the disappointment of everyone's hopes and complaints.

It was already about to be cornered, who knew that before he could take a breath, the army of Western Chu came again, and the city lord opened the door and surrendered hopelessly, and dedicated all the people of Shuyang to the enemy army in Western Chu like lambs to be slaughtered.

Fortunately, the expected death did not come, and the Western Chu army did not commit any offense against everyone after the capital, and only occupied a few places such as the city lord's mansion as a garrison. Patrolling the city to prevent anyone from resisting the sneak attack, the safety of everyone has not been affected, including all livelihoods.

Of course, after the city was broken, rumors abounded, and the neighboring city had already fallen into the hands of Xichu, and now even the city flag has been changed, as if it has been branded as Xichu. In the face of the famous Western Chu's victory over Nalan Ye, the people in the city began to discuss privately that the king of Chu had come to avenge the revenge of six years ago, and this time North Vietnam must be finished.

In an inconspicuous teahouse, seven or eight indignant and idle North Vietnamese scholars gathered together, sat on the second floor next to the side, drank tea and chatted.

"Brother Zhang, you should have heard about the city too, right?" A scholar in green clothes stretched his neck, lowered his voice and leaned to the middle: "The notices of the city supervisor have been posted, saying that in order to prevent everyone from dying in the war, let everyone move to the border city of Western Chu as soon as possible, and from now on they will be from Western Chu......

"Whew!"

The scholar known as Brother Zhang suddenly spat and said with a look of disgust: "That Guan Dongping himself is shameless, when he surrenders to Xichu as a traitor, he wants to trap the people of the whole city, so that everyone can join him in the same stream, so as to cover up his shamelessness." When I am a Xichu person, I would rather the whole family die than surrender to Xichu! ”

"That's what I said, but ...... I heard that many people have already gone to the city lord's mansion to report, so they are waiting for the first move. I heard that the first batch will be in three days, right? Lord Guan said that he would send a large army to escort everyone over and go to Xichu to ensure that there was food, a house, a place to live, and a land to plant, but is this true? ”

"Really? Could it be that in order to make a living, we can betray North Vietnam and become slaves of the Western Chu people? ”

"What I said is that if you really go to Xichu, I'm afraid that I won't have the face to see my ancestors when I die!" One person hurriedly answered, pouted, and said, "Anyway, I will never go." ”

Someone laughed and pointed at the man: "No, Brother Lin, I heard that your lady has been making a lot of trouble recently, saying that if you don't leave, the whole family will die, your family is a single transmission of five generations, and your mother is still pregnant!" Besides, don't you usually say that Your Majesty is cruel and unkind, and the people are not happy? Wouldn't it be good to go to Xichu! ”

"Silence! Silence! Brother Sun Xian, don't talk nonsense, it was all caused by the women in the family, I didn't say that Your Majesty was cruel! Can you say this kind of thing casually, beware of death! The man immediately denied it, and shook his head desperately, looking like 'there is no such thing'.

"What are you afraid of, now that Shuyang City is occupied by the Western Chu people, they won't mind no matter what we say, I'm afraid that we can't wait for us to say more bad things about Your Majesty......"

While listening to the crowd, the scholar surnamed Zhang glanced at the street below, and his eyes suddenly straightened.

There seemed to be a sound in the distance, and as it became clearer and clearer, it was the sound of horses' hooves, a fast horse from far and near, and the sergeant on horseback was shouting something. Some Western Chu soldiers began to riot, and then some people ran through the streets and shouted: "Quick, hurry up and report to the marshal, the enemy is attacking!" Enemy attack! ”

"The enemy attack has been discovered in the direction of Puning County, and everyone is on alert and ready to fight!"

The horses finally galloped closer, and when they passed under the teahouse, all the scholars heard this tense shout, and they immediately did not panic but were surprised: "Help is coming!" Here comes the man who saved us! It's really coming......" Everyone stood up one by one and looked out, but unfortunately they could only see that the originally panicked Xichu soldiers quickly calmed down, and began to assemble in an orderly manner, preparing to meet the enemy.

For a moment, the streets were still full of people, and in the blink of an eye, there were no more people in the streets and alleys. Every household closed its doors and windows, and the shops that were open were immediately closed, not even daring to peek, for fear of being affected by the war.

Nalan Ye, who was handling military affairs in the City Lord's Mansion, was interrupted by Guan Dongping, who rushed in in a panic: "Lord King Chu, it's not good, the reinforcements from Puning County have called, and it is said that there are 100,000 troops......"

Guan Dongping's face was panicked, his face was colorless, and he didn't care that the person in front of him was the Western Chu God of War that he had always feared the most, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "Hurry up and find a way, if they come over and really break through the city gate, all of us will be finished!" ”

"Shut up!"

Yong'an, who was standing beside Nalan Ye, suddenly scolded angrily: "City Lord, are you the king of Chu when we are us?" Not to mention that it was only reinforcements from Puning County, there were only 100,000, even if 200,000 came, it would not be our marshal's opponent! ”

Only then did he react, Guan Dongping's face was stunned, just now he suddenly heard that the reinforcements from North Vietnam were coming, and his face suddenly changed. If it had been before, he would have been absolutely happy, and wished that these reinforcements would rush into the city so that they could be rescued. But now, he has surrendered to Xichu, and the news has definitely reached the capital. He is now a proper traitor, if he is captured by the soldiers of Puning County, I am afraid that he will be beheaded for public display, and the whole clan will be beheaded.

That's why Guan Dongping is so afraid, he is more afraid than anyone else that Shuyang City will be lost, and he wishes that the reinforcements would die at the hands of this group of Western Chu people.

With a faint smile, Nalan Ye raised his hand to stop Yong'an, looked at Guan Dongping and said, "Lord Guan doesn't need to panic, just do your part." The king's priority is not only to defend this city, but also to continue to go north to take the whole of North Vietnam, and your priority is to continue to deal with the people who have moved west, do their work well, and never have problems on the way. ”

Seeing that Nalan Ye was so calm, Guan Dongping couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly. It is worthy of being the god of war in Western Chu, invincible, and his face does not change when he sees the 100,000 army killed, I am afraid that he will not think about it as a second person except for Nalan Ye.

"Yes, Xia Guan will go back, and he will definitely not disappoint Lord Chu." Guan Dongping suppressed his panic and finally left.

As soon as he left, Nalan Ye immediately got up and walked towards the outside of the city lord's mansion: "Yong'an, follow me to the city tower......"

"Yes, Marshal!"

All martial law on the street has been suspended, and Nalan Ye waved his sword, like a javelin, and his eyes flashed with an uncertain cold light. The soldiers of Western Chu were preparing to meet the enemy, and when they saw Nalan Ye's calm appearance, they were even more worried, and they were preparing in an orderly manner.

When he came to the city gate, Yuan Xing, who had just arrived from the quartermaster's office, had already assembled a phalanx and rode on horseback with a spear in his hand. As soon as he saw that Nalan Ye was coming, he immediately jumped off his horse and strode over: "Marshal! ”

"How's it going?" Nalan Ye asked.

"Marshal Hui, this group of North Vietnamese soldiers came from the direction of Puning County, and according to the spies' report, it was Wei Changlun, the commander of Puning County, who led the troops. He has gathered 50,000 city soldiers from Puning County, plus 50,000 troops from the capital of Beiyue, a total of 100,000, and is coming towards us, if he wants to recapture Shuyang, it is expected that it will be reached in an hour at most! ”

His pupils darkened, and Nalan Ye raised his eyes to look outside the wide open city gate, and a group of Western Chu soldiers stationed outside the city lined up neatly, riding on war horses, holding spears, ready to charge at any time.

"Marshal, please!" Yongan raised his voice and clenched the knife in his hand, his eyes full of hope.

"100,000 horses...... Wei Changlun ...... "Nalan Ye didn't answer, but chewed these words. Just when Yuan Xing and Yongan were a little puzzled, Nalan Ye returned to the city tower, Yuan Xing glanced at Yong'an, and the latter immediately followed, following closely behind Nalan Ye.

Standing on the city gate, Nalan looked into the distance, staring at the faintly visible black dot in front of him. Long and winding, shrouded in a gray and yellow dust, at a glance is the opponent's cavalry, no more than ten thousand, and the gallop of the horse at full speed becomes more and more menacing.

The big war is imminent, and instead of worrying, Yongan is a little excited. He had never been timid about these North Vietnamese soldiers who regarded them as mortal enemies, and originally thought that after capturing Shuyang, he would be as calm as Shuyang City, and he would continue to attack the next city after collecting the people.

Who knows...... Before they left, the other party led the army to attack, in a vain attempt to recapture Shuyang, Yuan Xing, who already had some itchy hands, became more and more hot, and his whole body was hot. Just thinking about waiting for the enemy to enter the attack range, he rushed out with the army to meet them and kill them.

Clenched his fists, Yong'an said: "Marshal, time is pressing, you can give the order quickly!" ”

"Good! The commander ordered......" Nalan Ye's dark eyes flashed with a touch of murderous intent, and said in a deep voice: "The 50,000 troops outside the city will enter the city immediately, close the city gate, and defend it to the death." ”

What the? Instead of attacking, they entered the city and closed the gates?

Yongan also thought that he had misheard: "Marshal, the other party is about to attack, why are you still closing the gate......" Not only did the soldiers outside the city who were ready to meet the enemy enter the city, but also closed the city gate, what was going on?

"No need to ask, go right away!"

The answer to Yong'an was only a few concise words, Nalan Ye had no meaning to explain at all, and went down the city wall in the suspicious eyes of the soldiers.

As soon as he went down, Nalan Ye was stopped by Yuan Xing, who was waiting below: "Marshal, why are you ......?"

"I don't have time to explain, Yuan Xing, you immediately let the herald beat the drum, let the soldiers outside the city enter the city immediately, and then close the city gate and do a battle to defend the city. You must retain your strength, and you must not go all out, as long as you don't let the opponent attack. ”

After speaking, Nalan Ye looked at him coldly: "This battle to defend the city, Ben Shuai will be handed over to you, if you dare to open the door to meet the enemy, you will be killed, if you dare to scare the other party away in one go, Ben Shuai will be heavily punished afterwards." In short, it is only necessary to delay time, not to storm and not to let the other side enter the city. After speaking, Nalan Ye didn't look at everyone's stunned eyes, turned around and went back to the City Lord's Mansion.

Leaving behind a group of people who were already preparing to meet the enemy, they looked at each other one by one, not understanding what it was.

Yuan Xing was so itchy that he couldn't do it, and when he heard this, he said bitterly: "Marshal, what's wrong?" When the enemy army comes, it is obvious that they should be dealt with severely, and they should be wiped out directly, only 100,000, and we can't beat it, why did the marshal give such an order? ”

"Don't say so much, the marshal has given an order, this time only need to delay, no victory, and no too much to scare the other party away." Yongan shrugged helplessly, and the guards behind him immediately went to give the order, and a moment later the sound of drums sounded on the city gate, and then a pile of soldiers outside the city rushed in.

When all the soldiers outside the city entered the city, the city gate was slowly closed, but in a moment, the 100,000 army led by Wei Changlun, the commander of Puning County, finally rushed outside the city.