At the same time that Shi Ziling and Yin Qi rushed to the north gate, the 5,000 special attack division led by Wei Song also encountered reinforcements led by He Qing, another garrison in Mijing City.

The combat strength of this reinforcement army, which was mainly based on the auxiliary defense army, was mediocre, and when he saw the two hostages Li Yan and Meng Degang in Wei Song's hands, he still couldn't help but be in turmoil. He Qing saw that the other party only had 5,000 people, and he tried to snatch the hostages by relying on the superiority of his own troops, but he was quickly defeated by the powerful offensive of the special attack division.

He Qing was beheaded by Wei Song on the spot, and his assistant defense army suffered heavy casualties, and the rest of the army surrendered under the persuasion orders of the two hostages, Li Yan, the city guard, and Meng Degang, the garrison.

When Leng Long was ordered to rush to check the situation, the encounter had ended smoothly, Leng Long and Wei Song converged and came to the north gate together to report to Shiziling, and then under the leadership of Yin Qi, he quickly controlled the south and west gates of Mijing City.

After controlling the defenders of Mijing City, Shi Ziling immediately ordered people to post notices everywhere to inform the people not to panic, although they captured Mijing City, they had no intention of harming the people in the city.

Due to the hostages of many important officials in hand, and the help of a group of generals such as Yin Qi to maintain order, there was no major riot in Mijing City. Although the people in the city were a little afraid, they saw that the special attack division under the command of Shi Ziling was well-disciplined and did not disturb the people, so they gradually settled down.

When Ma Yu and the Duanmu brothers successively drove into Mijing City with the troops of the Songhu Legion, the entire Mijing City was already completely under the control of Shiziling.

Although Ma Yu expected that this surprise attack on Mijing City had a great chance of success, he did not expect that Shi Ziling could control the whole city so easily, not only did he not pay the price of many casualties, but also captured a large number of surrendered troops, including Yin Qi, a good general who has been familiar with the northwest terrain for a long time.

Overjoyed, Ma Yu immediately studied the next step with Shi Ziling, Yin Qi and others.

First of all, of course, it is the disposal of the defenders of Mijing City. About half of the 60,000 or 70,000 defenders of Mijing Castle were willing to surrender, and the remaining 30,000 or so planned to be disarmed and returned to the fields. For this part of the soldiers who wanted to leave, Shi Ziling decided to let them withdraw from the east gate on their own, provided that of course they had to leave all their weapons and equipment.

As for the rest of the army, Shi Ziling asked Yin Qi to select 10,000 people from them to prepare to follow the Songhu Legion's brigade to the north, and the rest planned to let the Narcissus Legion of the Nangong family who arrived later be incorporated.

Ma Yu still had some doubts about letting go of the 30,000 defenders, and he was afraid that this group of men and horses would regroup and it would be detrimental to his side. But he also understood that Shi Ziling was unwilling to kill, since he couldn't kill, and he didn't want to spend too many troops to manage the 30,000 people, it was better to simply release them.

However, Ma Yu insisted that all the generals in the 30,000 defenders who wanted to leave be detained, in case they would gather their men to make a comeback after leaving Mijing City.

Shi Ziling also understood that Ma Yu's worries were not unreasonable, and after discussion, they decided to temporarily detain these generals and officials, and then dispose of them after the war in the northwest was completely over.

As for the high-ranking generals and officials, such as the city guard Li Yan, the capital commander Li Shuo, and the garrison Meng Degang and others, these people are all cronies of the Li Yuan family, they have a high prestige in the city, and they all have good martial arts attainments, even if they are willing to surrender to Shiziling, they dare not use it easily.

Under the strong advice of Ma Yu, Duanmu Brothers and others, Shi Ziling agreed to abolish Li Yuan's cronies such as Li Yan and Meng Degang from martial arts, and sent special personnel to guard them to prevent these people from leading the old troops to make rebellion.

After arranging the defenders of Mijing City, Shi Ziling began to discuss with Ma Yu, Yin Qi and others about the plan to attack Li Yuan in the north.

Yin Qi said: "A few days ago, there was news from Li Yuan's side, saying that the two armies of the blue wolf and grizzly bear were about to launch a general attack on Yanzhao Pass, so we should be more careful and vigilant in the rear. I don't think it's too late, let's immediately send troops north, hoping to reach Yanzhao Pass as soon as possible, maybe there will be time to form an internal and external attack with Xiahou's flying Yanyun army. ”

Ma Yu frowned slightly and asked, "General Attack, when did this happen, who sent the news, is it reliable?"

Yin Qi said: "It was probably more than twenty days ago, when the main generals in our city gathered in the City Guard Mansion, and it was Li Yan, the Lord of the City Guard, who told us the news personally. It is said that even the disciples of Shura Mansion Bai Wuya have been sent out on the tower of Yan Zhao Pass, and it should have reached the end of the strong crossbow in the situation. Li Yuan has decided to launch a general attack immediately, be sure to take Yanzhao Pass in one fell swoop, and take advantage of the situation to wave his army north to take Xiahou Yuan's old nest Black Dragon City. ”

Ma Yu's face changed, and he said: "More than twenty days ago, if this is the case, I am afraid that Yanzhao Pass has already been lost, even if we set off immediately, it will take at least ten days to reach Yanzhao Pass, I am afraid that we will not be able to catch up with the crisis of rescuing Xiahou Feiyang!"

Yin Qi was surprised: "Won't it?Yan Zhao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has gathered the elite masters of the Xiahou family and the Shura Mansion, plus the troops are very sufficient, even if they have reached the end of the strong crossbow, it is not possible to capture it in one fell swoop in twenty days, right?"

Ma Yu shook his head and said: "Li Yuanxiong is only a big man, if he hadn't seen that the other party's momentum had declined, he wouldn't have rushed to give the order for a general attack." Before this, the news that our Songhu Legion had come to the rescue from the north must have reached Li Yuan's ears early, although Li Yuan did not expect that we would make a detour to the south to attack Mijing City, but he would definitely estimate the time of our march in advance, and thus formulate a timetable for taking Yanzhao Pass first. ”

"Since Li Yuan had already decided to launch a general attack twenty days ago, if I expected it to be true, it is very likely that they have already conquered Yanzhao Pass by now. ”

Although Ma Yu's analysis is very reasonable, Yin Qi is still a little skeptical. After all, he has dealt with the Xiahou family for many years, and he knows that Xiahou's flying Yanyun Legion is also a soldier and a master, and his strength is not trivial, plus with the help of Bai Wuya from Shura Mansion, it is not easy to conquer Yanzhao Pass in one fell swoop in a short period of time.

Shi Ziling knew that Ma Yu was a genius military advisor, and his inference and analysis would not be wrong nine times out of ten. What's more, with Shi Ziling's understanding of Li Yuan's strength, if Li Yuan is determined to attack the city at all costs, with the power of the artifact in his hand, it will be difficult to resist even if Bai Wuya and Xiahou Yuan join forces to resist the enemy, not to mention that these two masters are still in Black Dragon City.

Shi Ziling said: "I also think that Ma Yu's inference is very likely, with my understanding of Li Yuan, he must hope to completely defeat the Xiahou family before my reinforcements arrive, so that he can deal with me with ease." ”

"Although my detour to attack Mijing City this time may have been unexpected, the time we spent on the road was not much different from going directly to Black Dragon City, Li Yuan should have worked out a timetable early as Ma Yu said, it seems that Yan Zhaoguan is indeed more auspicious. ”

Ma Yu said: "We can bring Li Yan, Li Shuo and other Li Yuan's cronies for detailed questioning, if Li Yuan is indeed scheduled to launch a general attack on Yanzhao Pass more than twenty days ago, I think it will be too late even if we immediately raise troops to rush over." ”

"Besides, our Songhu Legion is already quite tired from the long journey to Mijing City, and we really need to take a break, if we reluctantly move our army to the north, I'm afraid that our combat strength will be greatly reduced. ”

Yin Qi has led the troops for many years, so he naturally understands that what Ma Yu said is very reasonable, the Songhu Legion must have been extremely hard day and night when the surprise attack came all the way, and it really needed to take a break, if it rushed forward, it was indeed not conducive to the next step of the war.

After detailed questioning, they learned that Li Yuan had indeed made a plan for a general attack as early as 20 days or so, and asked the rear to fully cooperate.

Ma Yu said: "If Li Yuan's two major armies successfully conquer Yanzhao Pass, they should soon send someone back to send back the news, asking the rear to send further grain and grass to provide support, so as to support him to continue to wave his army north to take Black Dragon City." We can also send spies to find out the news, and it is estimated that there will be a clear result soon. ”

Duanmu Xuan asked, "Then do we want to go north immediately now?"

Ma Yu didn't answer, but set his eyes on Shi Ziling, obviously to see how he decided.

Shi Ziling thought about it for a moment and said, "As Ma Yu said, our Songhu Legion has traveled a long way, and although we have successfully taken Mijing City, we are already quite tired, and we really need to adjust and rest. ”

"Based on the information we have obtained so far, even if we immediately send troops to Yanzhao Pass, it is estimated that it will be too late. What's more, Nangong Xia's Narcissus Army has not yet arrived, if we are in a hurry to go north, once Mijing City repeats, we will be attacked by ourselves. ”

"In order to ensure that the legion has a good state in the next battle, I decided to let the whole army rest for three days, and after three days, the Narcissus Legion of Nangong Xia should arrive, and then we will let the Narcissus Legion divide a part of its forces to take over Mijing City, and our Songhu Legion will go all out to Yanzhao Pass. No matter what the situation of Yan Zhaoguan is, we will have a good fight with Li Yuan this time. ”

Although some generals were still anxious to go north to Yanzhao Pass, they also understood that the Songhu Legion was indeed very tired and urgently needed to rest, and since Shi Ziling, as the supreme commander of the legion, had made a decision, although the generals were a little anxious, they still followed the order to let their teams rest well.

Although the three-day rest time is not very long, it is also a rare opportunity for the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Songhu Legion to relax, after a long and arduous journey, they finally succeeded in taking Mijing City as they wished, these soldiers are indeed very tired, and it is true that they need a few days of adjustment to restore their body and mind to the best state.