It turned out that after Mu Yun annihilated Zhou Ying's 100,000 heavy cavalry, he was stationed in Humen, while preparing his troops and horses to consolidate the city defense, while waiting for the follow-up reinforcements from the imperial court. The imperial reinforcements that should have arrived in three or five days were never seen. Even the follow-up heavy grain and grass did not keep up.

If the grain and grass of the army does not arrive in time, there is no need to fight this battle, and Humen will run out of ammunition and food, and it will be self-defeating.

In the past few days, Mu Yun has been like an ant on a hot pot, and it is difficult to sleep and eat. The scouts have been sent back several times, but they are all like meat buns beating dogs, and there is no return.

I don't know how many tea bowls and vases in the garrison mansion have been broken by Mu Yun, but the reinforcements have not yet arrived. And the Tanmalai report in the direction of Suicheng Linmen said that the army of Zhou would definitely arrive at Humen in three days at most.

With Humen's current strength of less than 300,000, coupled with the lack of food and grass, the battle situation is worrying in the face of the 800,000 army of the Great Zhou.

There must be something wrong in the court, there is no need to say more about this. Mu Yun knew that he would definitely not be able to count on the capital at present, and the key was how to hold Humen for as many days as possible with his current strength, and then try to contact the imperial court to send troops to rescue.

Although Cheng Kui had ordered the collection of food in the city for unified distribution, and the ration of each refugee had been changed from the original two meals a day to one meal a day, the food was still far from enough.

In the end, Mu Yun gritted his teeth and ordered to kill all the horses collected from Zhou Ying. Only then did it solve the urgent need.

What Mu Yun didn't expect was that the commander of the Zhou army, who was hundreds of miles away, was also worried about the fact that Humen's reinforcements did not arrive in time.

At this time, there was a young man dressed in white sitting in the middle of the tent of Zhou Junshuai, I saw that his thin eyes were slightly narrowed, and a white slender finger was gently tapping the edge of the table rhythmically, and in front of him stood three generals with their heads bowed, and standing beside him was a young man with a proud expression and a long scar on his face.

"It is said that my eldest brother is wise and martial, full of strategy, but it is ridiculous that he has some wine bags and rice bags under his hands, and he thinks he is smart but spoils my painstaking plan. The young man in white who was sitting said lightly, and there was not the slightest smoke on his face.

"Your Highness, should we wait or not?" one of the generals asked respectfully. It turned out that the young man sitting at the top was Zhou Zhenglin, the second prince of the Great Zhou.

Zhou Zhenglin glanced at the generals under his account, "Don't wait, let's help Zhou Ying get some interest back first." Isn't he the man of the eldest brother? I'll give my respectable brother a favor. ”

The scarred young man standing beside Zhou Zhenglin pursed the corners of his mouth slightly. Zhou Zhenglin, who happened to be looking up at him, looked at him squarely, and the brilliance in his eyes flashed.

"Snow Eagle, I won't say what I said to you a second time, as long as I remember that my eldest brother is still the prince!"

The young man with the scar who was called the Snow Eagle slowly put away his smile and nodded yes, but his eyes were full of disapproval.

"Xueying, is there a problem with taking down the Tiger Gate for you one night?" Zhou Zhenglin stopped his fingers that had been tapping on the edge of the table and asked.

"Your Highness, you are too exalted Mu Yun, and the next morning Snow Eagle will greet His Highness under Humen City. A cruel smirk crossed Snow Eagle's face.

"It's just a bit of a pity that there are hundreds of thousands of reinforcements in the follow-up of Humen. Zhou Zhenglin nodded, looking at the dark night outside the account in a daze.

Half a month later, Sunset Mountain.

The waterwheel and windmill were finally erected, and during this period, Xu Hao built a large bathhouse and a toilet. When the cistern at the top of the hill is filled with water by a waterwheel, the overflowing water flows down several tanks built in the cistern to the bathhouse and toilets.

When watching the clear mountain spring flowing down from the pool, the three little girls of Niuzi and Bilian Red Lotus danced excitedly, and the sound of cheerful laughter filled the whole mountain. Even Qi San hid in the distance, revealing two large sallow teeth, and he couldn't stop laughing.

Just as Xu Hao was enjoying this moment of pleasure, Qin Tian asked him to come over and say that he had something urgent to discuss.

Xu Hao did not delay, and immediately came to Qin Tian's residence.

Pushing open the door, Qin Tianzheng was in a daze with a worried face.

"Uncle Qin, what are you looking for me? The waterwheel on the mountain is erected, it's really good!" Xu Hao poured himself a glass of water.

"Young Master Hao, Humen has been lost! The city has been slaughtered! Tongguan has also fallen. ”

"What!" Qin Tian's short words were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Xu Hao's hands shook, and the tea in the cup spilled on the ground, instantly sluggish.

"Just under the mountain to explore the Malay newspaper, Humen was attacked one night half a month ago, and the strange thing is that there is no trace of large-scale fighting in front of the Humen city gate, not even a single corpse, all the battles took place in Humen, judging by the traces in the city, the Humen defenders failed to organize effective resistance and were defeated. Qin Tian said slowly.

"How is this possible, I have been in Humen, how can the Zhou army enter Humen silently, even if there are traitors, it is impossible for Humen to have almost 300,000 defenders in an instant. Besides, didn't the imperial court send reinforcements to Humen?" Xu Hao couldn't believe this fact at all.

"What about the casualties in Humen?" Xu Hao asked anxiously, he remembered Mu Yun, he thought of Cheng Kui, he remembered the white eyes of Xiaocui's girl, and remembered the glass of water and wine that Yang An owed him.

"Humen, don't leave the chickens and dogs! The corpse of the old general Mu Yun is still hanging at the head of the city. Qin Tian sighed for a while.

Xu Hao instantly slumped in his chair.

"Young Master Hao, now is not the time to be sad, according to the report of Tanma, now that the Zhou army has advanced all the way west, it will pass through Qixia Town in a few days. If Liu Gao really communicates with the enemy and knows that we exist, then Sunset Mountain will be precarious. And Qixia Town, we have to inform Jia Ren quickly. ”

Xu Hao cheered up. "Uncle Qin, I'll go to Qixia Town now. Without waiting for Qin Tian to answer, Xu Hao pushed the door and walked out.

Xu Hao rushed to Qixia Town, and after Jia Ren heard Xu Hao's description, he burst into tears and lamented that God did not bless him.

Since the words were brought, Xu Hao did not stay, and immediately returned to Sunset Mountain.

Returning to Qin Tian's residence again, the two discussed that the Sunset Mountain tribe should evacuate this place immediately.

The key is where to run, Humen Tongguan is lost, and Daxing no longer has any danger to rely on, and it has nothing to do. In front of the Great Zhou Iron Horse is a broad avenue. If they run westward, not to mention whether they will be caught up by the Great Zhou army, even the army of Daxing is very likely to destroy them. After thinking about it, he finally decided to bypass the army of the Great Zhou and run back to Jincheng.

The advantage of returning to Jincheng is that Jincheng is surrounded by lofty mountains and mountains, and Qin Tian is very familiar with that area, which is convenient for hiding. Moreover, even if the Great Zhou army finds out about the existence of the Sunset Mountain Gang, they will not turn back to pursue them for the time being, after all, the purpose of the Great Zhou is the capital of Daxing, and it is impossible to delay the trip for a small Sunset Mountain, and the Humen Tong Pass has been broken, Liu Gao no longer needs to hide it, and the conspiracy has become a conspiracy. Qin Tian's existence was no longer a threat to Liu Gao.

After analysis, it is relatively safe to return to Jincheng for the time being.

Since it was decided, Qin Tian quickly gathered his people. Xu Hao briefly explained the pros and cons of the key points, and then went down the mountain with everyone with the supplies. As for Hong Bald, the others would not be stupid enough to bump into the muzzle of Da Zhou's gun if they thought about it. Try to get in touch later.

Under the sunset mountain, everyone stayed away from the official road and chose the mountain path to travel.

But along the way, Xu Hao felt uneasy, and always felt that there were a pair of eyes behind him staring at this team. You can turn around and look for it, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, but there is no trace to be found.

In this way, he traveled in fear for two days, during which he passed by the army that stretched for dozens of miles in the Great Zhou. Xu Hao's heart was slightly relieved.

But the uneasiness in my heart became more and more intense.

There was no wind today, and after walking for two days in a row, coupled with the scorching sun, the whole team was already sleepy.

"Brother Xu, take a break, this ghost weather is really hot!" Qiu Fat said to Xu Hao while wiping his sweat with his sleeve. The whole fat face has been tanned red.

The current team was walking in the middle of the two mountain passes, and Xu Hao looked up at the steep cliffs on both sides like knives and axes.

"Let's rest after the pass in front!" Xu Hao swallowed, moistening his smoky throat.

"Hehe, let's rest here! The scenery here is good!" Suddenly, a young man with a scar came out of the mouth of the mountain and said to Xu Hao leisurely.

"Xu Hao?" Scar Youth's eyes instantly sharpened.

The person who came was the snow eagle next to Zhou Zhenglin.

Xu Hao suddenly instinctively sensed a strong sense of crisis.

Qin Tianze, who was on the side, stood in front of Xu Hao, his eyes narrowed. The whole team brushed the sword in hand at the same time.

"Commander Qin, the fish that slipped through the net in Jincheng?" the corners of Xue Ying's mouth were full of mockery, completely ignoring the sword light and sword shadow in front of him.

"Young Master Hao, I'm afraid we are ambushed. "Qin Tian's face sank like water.

"Come out, don't let Commander Qin underestimate our sons and daughters of Da Zhou!"

Snow Eagle's voice fell, and in the shadows of the cliffs on both sides, countless black-clothed people with grimaces suddenly appeared.

These black-clothed men did not have ropes, claws or other cliff-climbing tools in their hands, so they jumped straight down the cliff wall.

The startled girl and a few little girls screamed.

Qin Tian's face was solemn, because he found that every black-clothed person who jumped down from the cliff was a martial artist.

The doubts that the tiger gate was broken were finally relieved.

If a legion composed of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of warriors attacked any city, the result would be no suspense.

Sunset Mountain is in danger, and the big line is in danger.