A day later, the Chu army marched to Yucheng and Qingcheng respectively.

After yesterday's battle, the morale of the Chu army is even higher, but the generals of Yucheng and Qingcheng are also veterans who have guarded the frontier for many years, unlike the main general of Yangcheng, who was only assigned by Jin Jingzhong, and his feelings for the frontier are not so deep, and he regards personal life and death more than the territory.

These veterans refused to flee for their lives, and defended the city with all their might, believing that reinforcements would arrive.

Sister Yan led an army of 100,000 to surround Qingcheng, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were bent on defending it, and they could not break it for a while.

Such a situation is also expected, these soldiers guarding the border passes, the most clear memory is the word stubborn.

The Ningcheng army and the Yangcheng army ran around to avoid the pursuit of the Chu State.

In fact, most of the armies on the left and right went to attack the city, and only a small part of the defeated army pursued Ningcheng Yangcheng.

It's a pity that the Jin army was too flustered and had lost his judgment.

He Zhongqing, the lord of Yangcheng, thought that this time it would be easy to gild, but he didn't expect to be defeated at the beginning of the battle, thinking that he had no face, but he cherished his life and rushed all the way to Yuyang Pass.

When it was a hundred miles away from Yuyang Pass, the Ningcheng army and the Yangcheng army met and merged in one place, and under the rough soldiers, there were only 100,000 troops left, and 30,000 or 40,000 people were separated on the road because of the escape.

The two armies combined, He Zhongqing was a little confident, and he was finally not afraid of being caught up by the Chu army and had no strength to fight back.

Soon after, the two armies met a person sent by Qingcheng to Yuyang Pass to ask for help, and the man asked the two city armies to return to help.

He Zhongqing calculated that the defenders of Yucheng and Qingcheng only had 30,000 or 40,000, and his more than 100,000 troops could not resist, so what could he do to help with these remnants of soldiers who had no fighting spirit now.

Besides, it's better to go and help over there? Even if you hold one side, when the other army of Chu arrives, won't it be encircled.

The lord of Ningcheng, Wang Ziyang, is also a newcomer in Beijing, and the lord of Yangcheng will be regarded as a raccoon dog, otherwise he would not have abandoned the city and fled together so tacitly.

"Now our army is also scattered and has no combat effectiveness, let's go back to the customs and ask General Zhang to decide. ”

The man saw that they were carrying an army of 100,000, but he refused to go to the rescue, he was not angry, but he still begged, "General He, General Wang, you can help us delay time, we will continue to Yuyang Pass to ask for help, General Zhang's reinforcements will definitely arrive soon, Ningcheng Yangcheng has been lost, Qingcheng can no longer be lost."

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He Zhongqing deliberately said, "What do you mean, do you mean that we can't defend the city without any use? In this case, you better hurry up and go to Yuyang Pass to ask for help, General Ben is a defeated general, and he can't help you." ”

"General He, that's not what the last general meant, please go and support Qingcheng. ”

General Wang did a good job, "You go to Yuyang Pass for help first, don't delay here, and General Ben will discuss with General He." ”

The man couldn't, so he had to bow deeply and leave.

General He said, "This person really doesn't know each other, Qingcheng only has 30,000 garrisons, plus the defenders in the city are only 40,000, how can they resist the Chu army, and when the reinforcements arrive, the city will have already been broken, and let us go to support and send them to death?"

General Wang sighed, "Having said that, but you and I came from Beijing, full of ambition, and now the first battle is a big defeat, so it's not easy to explain to Beijing." ”

"You and I have someone to protect, there will be nothing wrong, when the time comes, I will say that Sister Xie Yan's demon girl does not know what demon magic she has used, demagoguery, so that our army has no fighting spirit, and they took advantage of the night to sneak attack, we had to flee with the remnants of the army, when the time comes, they only care about the demon girl, I can't wait anymore, and Jingzhong will help say some good things, we are showing our determination, and there will be nothing." ”

"Brother He is still thoughtful, everything is harmed by the demon girl. ”

Most of the lieutenants behind the two were also afraid of being responsible, so they hurriedly echoed, "That's right, that demon girl attracts demons and confuses people's hearts, and we are really invincible." ”

The only few who were bloody, but they couldn't disobey the main general, so they had to follow silently.

The Chu army didn't want to have too many casualties, after all, it had to fight against the defenders of Yuyang Pass later.

Yucheng and Qingcheng couldn't attack for a long time, and Sister Yan was not in a hurry, because the spies came back to report that although the two armies of Ningcheng and Yangcheng came together, they didn't dare to come back, but went to Yuyang Pass.

Since this is the case, then there is no need to worry, the main general of Ningcheng Yangcheng is considered a son of a powerful person, he has no blood, and he is full of learning, and now it seems that they are even more greedy for life and afraid of death, with them, it is difficult for the opinions of the Jin army to be unified.

The Chu army repaired and besieged Pingcheng all the way.

Before coming to southern Xinjiang, Sister Yan asked the prince to discuss with the ministers in advance, and secretly sent a lot of supplies to southern Xinjiang, and when she came, she allocated 200,000 bows and arrows over, so the Chu army can now be regarded as lacking nothing, can afford to consume, and can afford to fight.

The Jin army in that city is different, the second city of Ningyang has divided most of the resources, and the other three cities can only share some leftovers, but unfortunately the second city of Ningyang fled before they could resist it, and lost a lot of things, all of which made the Chu army pick up the cheap, and they didn't even send a letter to the other three cities, and the three cities waited until the army was close to know that the Chu army had come in.

This battle was too easy, and Sister Yan was worried that the Chu army would begin to become proud, so she wrote to the generals on the right side, asking them to guard against arrogance and rashness, and never forget the tragedy of the king of Yunnan and his party.

The people in the three cities who asked for help each arrived at Yuyang Pass, and the people in Yuyang Pass couldn't believe that the Chu army was so presumptuous, and the second city of Ningyang was so easy to break.

General Zhang, the chief general of Yuyang Pass, was even more furious, and he couldn't wait to cut off those two wine bags and rice bags now, and he didn't agree to send these noble sons to the border pass that day, but unfortunately he couldn't fight those ministers.

Just come, these people still have to think about greed for merit and defend the second city of Ningyang, they are worried that they are not capable, and they specially sent veterans to follow, and even sent tens of thousands of troops to follow, these people who are not angry can't hold it for a day.

The generals in the pass discussed for a long time, there are only 250,000 troops in the pass, and they can't be dispatched, in this way, if the Chu army comes to attack Yuyang Pass, then Yuyang Pass will be even more difficult to defend, but it is even more impossible to watch the three cities of Yu, Qing and Ping fall into the hands of the Chu army.

The people of Qingcheng told the generals about the people they met in Ningyang Ercheng on the road, and the generals were shocked and angry.

These guys are still so slow to escape, the people of the three cities have arrived, and the deserters haven't fled back yet.

Everyone had to wait for the army of Ningyang Second City to return to the pass, and then dispatch reinforcements.

One waited for a long time before the armies of the two cities arrived at the pass, and everyone was already waiting at the pass.

Looking at the lifeless defeated army, everyone was holding their breath.

Back in the pass, General Zhang called all the generals of the defeated army to him.

"You didn't hold out for a day and then abandoned the city?"

He Zhongqing immediately said, "General, there is really a demon girl in the Chu army, we really can't resist it." ”

When General Zhang heard that they were still shirking, he said angrily, "What kind of demon girl, can she defeat hundreds of thousands of troops by herself?" ”

"It's Sister Xie Yan of Chu State, I heard that she was a demon girl before, but I didn't expect the rumors to be true, that woman knows witchcraft, as soon as the war started, she attracted the demon wind, I don't know how to confuse the soldiers, if I didn't see the opportunity quickly and fled with everyone, I'm afraid everyone would be killed by her!"

"Hmph, don't bewitch the public, I see that you are obviously greedy for life and afraid of death, and it is a capital crime to escape from the battle, and now no one can excuse you. ”

Wang Zhiyang hurriedly said, "General, you can't kill us, it's obvious that the demon girl used the demon method, if you kill us, then it will be my Jin army fleeing without a fight, and the morale of the army will be low at that time, and we are willing to assist the general to kill the demon." ”

The general couldn't see the two of them's clever words, and wanted to execute them immediately, but the generals who had been with him for many years stopped them.

"General, no, if you kill them, Jingzhong will be stumbling again, and then we will be in a difficult situation, how can we fight with the Chu army. ”

The general said angrily, "This group of moths, who only have themselves in their eyes, was about to write an excerpt, asking His Majesty to punish the He family and the Wang family, and curb an unhealthy trend. ”

"What about them?"

"Save your life first, and then send it later. ”

After a while, the captain who ordered the troops came to report that the army brought back by the two was only 100,000, and the general was heartbroken when he heard it, "There are only 100,000 left in the 200,000 army, you are really good." ”

He Zhongqing quibbled, "There are still people who have been separated, and they should be able to find them by themselves." ”

The general glanced at him coldly, "Now that it is combined, there are only 350,000 horses in the pass, this shoe sister Yan, the general has heard of it, is a master who does not play cards according to common sense, will she just wait for the army to dispatch, and then let people attack Yuyang Pass." ”

"There is this possibility, the king of Yunnan is our old opponent, fighting with him, we have our own way to deal with it, and now there is a Xie sister, we don't know about her, I don't know what step to take." ”

"But Yucheng, Qingcheng, and Pingcheng can't wait, now Xie Ziyan is big, attacking the three cities at the same time, and the troops are scattered, we might as well send a large army, concentrate our forces, and clear out a Chu army first, so that Sister Xie has a fear, and the crisis in the other two cities will be solved." ”

He Zhongqing shouted, "No, then Sister Xie Yan is used to luring the enemy, we have been tricked before, and we have suffered heavy losses, if the troops sent out are not enough, I am afraid that Sister Xie will be surrounded, if there are too many of them, I am afraid that they will bypass the three cities and directly attack my Yuyang Pass, and the two Chu armies have a total of 400,000." ”

A general said irritably, "Then what do you say, this can't do it, you can't have some guts?"

He Zhongqing was energetic, "What's the use of guts, is it important to have guts as Yuyang Pass?" Yuyang Pass is the outermost level of my Jin State blocking Chu State, and there is no danger to defend the territory of five hundred miles in the pass, and when she encounters a master like Xie Jieyan, as long as she breaks through the pass, she will not stop." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces became more serious.

He continued, "As long as we can hold Yuyang Pass, we can't blame it for a while, after all, we can't change generals on the spot, if we can't hold it, I'm afraid everyone will have to die to apologize, and millions of people in the gate will be spurned." ”