The Jing army was equipped with new siege equipment, coupled with the usual strict style and strong combat power, which made the defenders of Xiyu Pass bitter.

However, Shuofang and Hexi, which are also adjacent to the desert, did not have any fighting.

Not only did they not encounter an attack, but they received a letter of surrender.

In the letter, King Jingyi personally promised that as long as the Jiedu envoys of the two realms were willing to submit, they could retain the position and power of the Jiedu envoys unchanged.

Of course, there is also one more condition for Shuo Fangdao - to hand over Song Yun.

In this way, the status of Shunjing Kingdom is equivalent to that of the feudal princes, and they are still dominant and monopolized.

The envoy of Hexi Jiedu had no loyalty to the Tang court, and he was quite moved to see the letter.

It's just that the reputation of surrendering to the enemy in the battle is too bad, and there are more opposing voices under his command, otherwise this festival envoy would have defected on the spot.

The persuasion letter was still effective, and Hexi began to sit back and watch Longyou be attacked, with no intention of supporting.

Shuo Fang Jiedu made Zhang Xianke more inclined to the Tang court, but he put away the letter of persuasion and sent cavalry out of the pass to harass the supply and backup of the Jing army.

Kejingguo's Gale Cavalry was a first-class cavalry unit, and it quickly defeated the Shuofang cavalry.

Zhang Xianke could only sigh helplessly, his Shuofang army was only about 100,000 people, including 30,000 cavalry, and the overall quality was obviously lower than that of the Jing army.

"Alas, I don't know what happened to Song Yun over there, there has been no news for so many days, it can't be that he was killed by Jingren, right?"

Seven days later, the Jing army captured the West Pass, the defenders of Longyou Road were defeated, the Tang State was terrified, and King Tang Yu lost his temper on the spot at the court meeting.

There are three roads in the northwest, and Jing Jun is staring at Longyou Dao to fight, and the reason is very simple - it is the fastest to go to Chang'an from Longyou.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is to take the capital directly.

King Tang Yu ordered that the envoys of each province send troops to help, but unfortunately there were few responders, and at most a group of old and weak soldiers was sent over.

Under the crisis, the Shence Army became the last hope of the imperial court, and urgently went to support Longyou.

As a result, there was a mutiny halfway through.

It turned out that in the past few days, in the name of resisting Jingguo, the Shence Army has been rampantly expropriating, searching for resources everywhere, and forcibly recruiting masters from the rivers and lakes into the army.

When encountering a disobedient small sect, he even killed it directly.

Many Jianghu masters were disgruntled, and assassinated the main general of the Shence Army in the middle of the night, but they failed, but they also caused chaos in the army, many people took advantage of the chaos to flee, and burned a lot of supplies.

At the same time, Jing Jun won a series of battles in Longyou Road, and went to the next city in a few days.

The bad news came one after another, and the whole Tang Kingdom was stunned, and for a while, people were panicked, and rumors spread everywhere.

The court sighed every day, and King Tang Yu pulled his beard more than once and said, "How is this good?" ”

Many people began to flee, dragging their families and fleeing to the south to take refuge.

Lack of medicine and food, plague and banditry were rampant, resulting in many people who fled to die in the middle of the road.

From the northwest to the southeast, there are thousands of corpses and bones on the side of the wild road every day, and the stench is stinking under the sun, and countless mosquitoes and flies do not go.

When other countries received the information, they were extremely shocked, and no one thought that the Tang State, which dominated the world decades ago, would now be so vulnerable.

The enemy army was still fighting in the territory after being overwhelmed, and it was impossible to muster enough troops to meet the enemy.

"Tang Guo is finished! I'm afraid I'm going to destroy the country this time! ”

The monarchs and ministers of these countries were also in a heavy mood, and they discussed with a calm face every day how to deal with Jingguo and whether to send troops to aid Tang.

Once Jingguo occupies the Tang State and occupies the Central Plains, the next step will definitely be to sweep the world, which makes it difficult for the monarchs of various countries to sleep and eat.

In contrast, Tang Guo, a neighbor with constant infighting, is reassuring.

The whole world was paying close attention to the war in the Tang Kingdom, and Anxi was once again forgotten.

At this time, this military town had become a transit point for the Jing army's Eastern Expedition.

Every day, truckloads of supplies set off from the hinterland of Jingguo and sent to Anxi, and then escorted by Jingjun stationed in Anxi, and transported to Longyou in a steady stream.

At first, they were cautious and vigilant for a few days, and seeing that there was nothing abnormal in Anxi City, the high-level Jingjun gradually relaxed and sent a group of masters to the front.

Especially the Ruishi battalion, it was too wasteful to stay in the rear, and it went directly to Longyou and became a sharp knife at the offensive end.

The masters of the Jianghu battalion traveled a long way to come here, hoping to make some benefits, so they naturally did not want to stay in Anxi and eat sand, so they quickly passed the application and went to the front line.

There are many fewer strong people in Anxi City, but there are still tens of thousands of Jing troops stationed.

After finishing the task at hand every day, the Jing soldiers began to clean up the ruins, build houses, and slowly rebuild Anxi.

The commander's tent remained in Anxi, and he rode out of the camp and made his rounds of the city.

Seeing the charred ruins all over the ground, he couldn't help but sigh lightly: "It's a pity that the buildings in this city are time-consuming and laborious to rebuild, and the work is delayed." ”

"It's a mistake to underestimate the enemy, and it really shouldn't be."

When these words came out, naturally no one dared to accept them, and they were qualified to criticize Sikong Wrong, but others couldn't.

Now several generals have been sent out, and behind Meng Shu are some young sons of the army.

Including Bai Yingqi and Meng Su, who attacked Anxi before, these two fought against Song Yun.

Meng Su lowered his head and didn't speak, but Bai Yingqi couldn't help but say:

"That Song Yun's origin is mysterious, and we haven't figured out many of his methods until now, and it is inevitable that he will suffer losses when facing such a tricky character for the first time."

Meng Shu snorted coldly, "Then you shouldn't suffer such a big loss!" An army of 60,000 was killed by a mere 40,000 by one person, and I can't even imagine how this was done! ”

Bai Yingqi shrugged his shoulders, "Set it on fire, the whole city is on fire, and you can't run, but all the fierce fire oil we brought was used by that person." ”

Meng Yu frowned when he heard this, "A barrel of fierce fire oil weighs dozens of catties, and it is not convenient to carry it, so how did Song Yun take so many barrels alone?" ”

Meng Su answered: "We searched the cellars of the whole city before, and found some traces inside, Song Yun may have hidden the fierce fire oil in the cellar. ”

This explanation also makes sense, everyone nodded slightly after hearing it, but Meng Yu glared at his nephew, "It's smart now, why did you go before?" ”

Soon passing by the open area in the city, everyone glanced at the Beiting Army cemetery on the side of the road.

Bai Yingqi pouted and said, "This cemetery is too much of a hindrance, so it's better to shovel it." ”

Meng Shu shook his head, "The whole city is ours, and it's not bad for this place. The Beiting Army has been alone in the lonely city for 50 years, and it will not swerve until death, which can be an example, so I will keep it for the time being, just to show you young people. ”

After patrolling the city, seeing that there was no problem, the generals rode their horses back to the camp.

Soon the sun was setting in the west, and the sky was darkening.

The soldiers finished their busy day and marched back to eat and rest.

But the city's security was not slackened in the slightest, and hundreds of patrols took turns on duty to ensure that every street and every half hour was patrolled.

As soon as it was dark, thousands of torches were lit in the city, illuminating the vicinity of the barracks as bright as day.

There are even innate masters lurking in the corners of the streets and alleys, as a secret sentinel to prevent Tang warriors from attacking the camp.

With such vigilance, it is difficult for a bird to fly into Anxi.

As the sun sank and night fell, the city far from the barracks ran out of torches and gradually fell into darkness.

Only when the patrol passes by does there be enough light to illuminate every piece of land.

On a fringe street, a group of Jing soldiers walked by with torches in hand, observing left and right.

The ruins of the houses on both sides have been bulldozed, and before they have time to rebuild, they are now basically flat, with an unobstructed view, and no one can hide them.

There was only a howling wind on all sides, and nothing else moved.

"It's safe here." The officer leading the group waved his hand, and the group headed down the street.

Jing Jun's figure disappeared into the distance, and the light quickly dimmed.

However, just where Jing Jun had just walked through, a flat ground suddenly shook.