() The Great Tent of the Besieging Army.

"Judging by the fact that he shot the commander, it will never be so simple to get him to surrender. Li Fang's expression was quite depressed at the moment, and he originally thought that as long as Yao Qianshu knew the news of the fall of Ignatius City, he would definitely not resist again. Who would have thought that instead of surrendering, he personally shot and killed those who persuaded him to surrender.

"Yes, time is of the essence for us right now. In case we are unable to join up with the cavalry that has penetrated deep into the territory of Fengxiang in time, it is very likely that our cavalry will suffer heavy losses. Li Yuyang is also very worried about the current shape.

"I think let me go, Yao Qianshu and I are friends who grew up together. Wan Qi Ruiyun on the side suddenly spoke.

"No, if you are in any danger, I can't explain it to the head of the house. And I think Yao Qianshu is also a tough guy, a typical natural soldier. Such a man is generally quite determined, and the honor of the military is more important than life, which is why he shot the commander. I don't think he'll change his mind because of his relationship with you. Li Fang's attitude was obviously disagreeable.

"Yes, before leaving from Kefield, Keqing personally reminded you, telling you to be careful and not to joke with your life. And I also promised Keqing to return you safely to him, you are his appointed deputy!" Li Yuyang also persuaded Wan Qi Ruiyun to give up this idea.

"No, there is one thing that I think can be said to move Yao Qian, if that thing still can't make him abandon the darkness and turn to the light, then it's not too late for us to attack. At that time, if the head of the family really blames him, I will have a reason. Wan Qi Ruiyun's attitude is still very resolute.

"But......" Li Fang seemed to want to say something more, but was interrupted by Wan Qi Ruiyun's words.

"Major General Li, don't worry, I'll be fine. And the current situation is that every moment of delay will make the situation of our army worse, and we will not have time to waste here anymore!" Wan Qi Ruiyun stood up and turned around and walked towards the outside of the camp tent.

"Wan Qi Dutong, promise me that you must come back!" Li Yuyang has been with him for a while, and the relationship between the two is naturally deeper than that of others. And they have fought side by side on the battlefield and supported each other, and the comradeship that has experienced the test of life and death is not something that ordinary people can understand.

Wan Qi Ruiyun just nodded, did not speak, and resolutely walked out of the tent.

"I hope everything is smooth!" Li Fang said with emotion. Through the conversation and observation just now, Wan Qi Ruiyun's spirit of ignoring death as a soldier also resonated in his heart. If you put yourself in your shoes, would you choose this way?

"Yes, I hope everything will be smooth!" Li Yuyang also silently wished Wan Qi Ruiyun a successful trip from the bottom of his heart. After all, everyone doesn't want to see too much blood.

Left Fort, Council Hall.

Yao Qianshu stared intently at Wan Qi Ruiyun, who was opposite him at the moment, this partner who had grown up together before was already an enemy at this time. And Wan Qi Ruiyun's eyes also looked directly at Yao Qianshu, without a look of fear.

"Ruiyun, is that you? Do you remember the purpose of you and I joining the army back then?" Yao Qianshu said first.

"I haven't forgotten jì, since the day I put on my military uniform, I have never forgotten jì!" Wan Qi Ruiyun's answer was crisp and neat, and he didn't drag his feet.

"But looking at your current appearance, wearing the uniform of the enemy, do you think that those people can fulfill the oath we once made?" Yao Qian's tone was still calm, but there was a hint of reproach in it.

"No, I didn't betray my vows. It's you who betrayed, Yao Qianshu!"

"Really?" Yao Qianshu smiled instead of being angry, but there was obvious bitterness in his smile, "You led the enemy to attack your own country, invade your own homeland, and kill your own compatriots, is this the oath you made back then? What's the difference between you and that damn guy?"

"Your own country, do you still think Fengxiang is your own country?"

"What did you say?" Yao said angrily, standing up from his chair.

"Feng Xiang is just the country of those aristocratic lords, the country of those scum, and the country of the beasts who once snatched Xiao Jing away from you and me. For me, it is not my motherland, it is hell, there is a hell where injustices are difficult to recount, and there is hatred that is difficult to reconcile!" Wan Qi Ruiyun was extremely excited when he said this, and tears involuntarily welled up from the soldier's eyes. Yao Qianshu, who was originally furious, also fell into his chair after hearing Wan Qi Ruiyun's words.

It turned out that Yao Qianshu and Wan Qi Ruiyun were good partners in the same village, and there was a girl named Xiaojing who played with them. When they grew up, the two fell in love with Xiao Jing. Just when the three of them were in the whirlpool of love and friendship, Xiao Jing's family was unable to bear the rent of the nobles, and she was captured by the local nobles and returned to the castle. Three days later, when Xiao Jing returned to the village, she was already dying. And before Xiao Jing died, he left only one sentence for the two of them.

Avenge me!

At that time, Wan Qi Ruiyun was still in the field, and only Yao Qianshu was left by Xiao Jing's side. Wan Qi Ruiyun can imagine what kind of blow Yao Qianshu's heart was hit at that time.

But what can two young men from a commoner background have the ability to find a nobleman to pay? So the two joined the army at the same time, and only when they were soldiers, maybe there was a chance to get ahead, and they had a chance to seek revenge on that damn nobleman. This is the oath that the two made when they joined the army.

"Do you think the 'homeland' can wipe out all those nobles? Actually, it's just another group of scum, another group of nobles who oppress our commoners!"

"No! I tell you that there is no nobility in the 'homeland', and that you can be reused as long as you have the ability, no matter what your origin. ”

"However, if the slaughter of my own compatriots is exchanged for the so-called reuse, I would rather die on the battlefield!"

"Have you ever seen the 'Homeland' slaughter the common people of Fengxiang? The last two articles of the 'Homeland' military discipline stipulate that adultery, kidnapping, murder and arson must be beheaded. I have been in the 'homeland' for more than a month, and I have not seen a single soldier violate these two pieces of discipline. And you can go up to the walls to see for yourself. I can tell you the truth, the more than 8,000 soldiers who surrounded you outside were all Fengxiang people, and they were all soldiers of the Fengxiang Fourth Legion. If they were to slaughter their own countrymen, would they agree?"

Listening to Wan Qi Ruiyun's words, Yao Qianshu began to calm down, sat in his chair and fell into deep thought, obviously Wan Qi Ruiyun's words played some role.

"Subtext, have you ever thought that even if you really get ahead one day and kill that nobleman, but you yourself are not a new nobleman, can you destroy this entire aristocratic system? As long as this system exists for a day, the tragedy that happened to Xiao Jing will continue to happen!"

Wan Qi Ruiyun's last words finally moved Yao Qianshu, he stood up and clasped his former friend's shoulder and said, "I will go out of the city and surrender!"

Two good brothers who were once full of hatred and entered the ranks of the military for this reason are now united by the same goal. Yao Qian, Wan Qian Ruiyun, the two generals who were called the excellent combination of this era by later historians, began their legendary life from this day.

When Li Yuxuan first met Yao Qianshu in Ignatius City, the first thing he asked was.

"General Yao, how did you see my tactic of 'encircling the point and sending reinforcements'?" The expression was very eager, which surprised Yao Qianshu, who had been dealing with those arrogant nobles all day long. A victor would ask a surrendered enemy about the battlefield, and it was so natural that there was no hint of victor arrogance at all.

"The head of the family forgot to prepare siege equipment for the siege troops!" Yao Qianshu also seemed to be a straightforward person, and he said something heaven-shattering.

"Yes, yes! I was careless! As a result, our General Yao grabbed my pigtails!" Li Yuxuan only now understood the reason why his plan was exposed.

On August 17, 174 in the imperial calendar, Li Yuxuan personally led an army of 20,000 troops to cross the border of Fengxiang and advance to the territory of Fengxiang, while Bai Yunqi and 2,000 soldiers stayed in the city of Ignatius to be responsible for the smooth flow of the army's logistics supply line. And Yao Qianshu was also awarded the rank of commander and went south with the army. The "homeland" had strict military discipline all the way, and there was no offense against the people, which really amazed the tiger general.

On August 21, 174 in the imperial calendar, Li Yuxuan's army finally joined Tang Xu and Langzhong's cavalry. At this time, the private armies of the four major families gathered in the Dong Castle. The castle is a well-known fortified fortress in Fengxiang, backed by a steep rock wall, in front of a stream more than ten zhang wide, and the left and right sides are also built against the mountain. There is absolutely no second way into this castle other than the main entrance. When the king of Fengxiang Kingdom went to the west to inspect, he lived in Dong's castle and praised it as "the first fort of Fengxiang". One can imagine how difficult it would have been to storm the castle, and there were now more than 8,000 well-armed nobles stationed here.

Just when the "homeland" besieged Dong's castle, but had no good way to break the city, Xu Ruoyu, who was originally stationed in Kefield, personally rushed to the front line and brought a shocking news.

On August 14, 174 years of the imperial calendar, the battlefield of Fengxiang's eastern front, which had been facing each other for several months, underwent drastic changes. The Second Legion of the Kingdom, led by Gongye Ruiliang, defeated the First Legion of Feng Tianyang. Feng Tianyang suffered heavy losses, and only 5,000 remnants of cash were held on to Broomfield.

On August 23, 174 years of the imperial calendar, it was a painful night for Li Yuxuan and his generals.

All the generals of the front line except Baiyunqi gathered in the tent of the "homeland", and the meeting lasted from the afternoon until the early hours of the morning.

"Gongye Ruiliang is now besieging Broomfield City, occupying the southern part of the original kingdom. I think everyone knows very well that this is like an extra knife on our back, a sharp blade that can cut off the lifeblood of our army. Broomfield City was only 300 miles from Kefield, and they could reach Kefield in three to four days. At that time, the logistical supply lines of our 'homeland' will be completely cut off, and our army will be in a dilemma. The most terrible thing is that once this situation really occurs, our army is very likely to mutiny, because our current main infantry is from Fengxiang. Xu Ruoyu analyzed the shape of the entire southern part of the country today and what might happen in the future for everyone present.

"According to reliable sources, Gongye Ruiliang is already gathering troops, and there is a possibility of invasion at any time. Li Qiu's words undoubtedly brought quite bad news to the meeting.

"Yes, if I were the one in power in Feng Xiang, I would also order the Second Legion to launch a surprise attack on my empty rear in order to reverse the current unfavorable situation for Feng Xiang. Yao Qian said.

"If I could have fought a long time ago, why would it have been delayed until now!" Li Yuyang muttered to himself.

"I have a way to temporarily alleviate the current emergency situation of our army, but it is only for a while, and it is by no means a palliative solution. Wan Qi Ruiyun spoke very slowly, obviously still thinking about his own way.

"What's the solution? No matter what, you can speak it out first, and as for whether it's feasible, you can discuss it!" Li Yuxuan, who had been silent from the beginning to the present, finally spoke.

"My solution is to transport all the military rations now stored in Kefield to the city of Ignatius, so that not only will we not lose our logistical supplies by losing them to Kefield, but we will also shorten our supply line from 500 miles to about 300 miles, but this will only temporarily solve the problem we are facing. ”

"That means we're going to give up Kefield!" exclaimed.

"Yes, then we will lose our connection with Luo Pingyuan and become a lone army!" Lang Zhong was obviously opposed to this method.

"No, I should say that's a pretty good idea. As far as the present situation is concerned, it guarantees to the greatest extent that the logistics of our army will not be cut off. Sometimes there is no need to pay too much attention to the gains and losses of one city and one pool, but the combat effectiveness that must be preserved first on the battlefield, so that we can talk about how to destroy the enemy. Li Yuxuan stopped those dissenting voices and immediately ordered someone to be sent to Kefield to deal with the matter.

"This is indeed a fairly appropriate arrangement, but at the moment our most urgent and critical issue is still the capture of Dong's castle. Now it has become the key to the direction of the development of the entire battlefield. Whoever holds the Dong Clan's Castle in his hand will have to win this war!" Xu Ruoyu's words made everyone present nod in agreement.

"Yes, now the whole battle situation is like a lock, and the key that can open this lock is the key to the Dong Castle. Li Fangyan said.

"But it's not easy to get the key to this lock. The Dong Castle is indeed very strong. Moreover, a large amount of grain is stored in the fort, and the terrain is also very well chosen. How easy it is to capture this castle without any flaws!" Yao shook his head at the thought of the sturdy castle.

At this time, there was the sound of eager footsteps outside the camp, and everyone in the tent couldn't help but change color. This is a military meeting, and even mosquitoes are not allowed to trespass within fifty steps, where is the sound of footsteps?

The footsteps of the "...... report" stopped a little further away and disappeared, replaced by a long bulletin. Li Yuxuan pressed his hand, asked everyone to calm down, and let the heralds outside the tent come in.

A piece of blood-colored dragon order and a piece of parchment, which was the same token as the black dragon order of the Black Dragon Knights, was the only message the herald brought.