Seventy miles south of Shuangzhou, we arrived at the boundary of Hanzhou.

The army that was well prepared, expecting to experience a big war, did not encounter any obstacles along the way.

"General, where are all the soldiers and horses in Beiliang?"

"It's impossible for Luo Yang to take them back, right?"

Luo Yang raised troops and took away most of the troops in the three subordinate border states, but Shuangzhou had 5,000 people left, and it was impossible for Hanzhou to be unguarded.

"We came all the way, and we didn't even find any trace of the enemy scouts."

"Will Luo Yang repeat his old tricks and hide people among the people?"

After two days of marching, except for the Beiliang herdsmen along the way, most of the Beiliang people were moved, and Luoyang's strong walls and clear fields did a good job.

The main city of Hanzhou is already in sight.

"General, I don't think it's right, there are no guards at the few small checkpoints along the way?"

After the main city of Shuangzhou was broken, the whole army took one day, and the army was marched on the third day.

But all the way north, I didn't see any resistance from Beiliang.

It's really unscientific.

Within a state, there is not only one main city, which can rely on the city wall to build a line of defense.

There should be ditches in the wilderness, and guards of dangerous places, and harassment of rangers...... This is what war looks like in this era.

I don't know if it was Luo Yang's order, or the cowardice of the Beiliangbian army, the northern army was not hindered in the past two days.

It's as if Bei Liang has already admitted defeat and really wants to give up Hanzhou.

"Jianbi Qingye has done such a perfect job, Luo Yang is really willing to throw Hanzhou directly to us?"

Fang Jue felt that it was too suspicious, Luo Yang could be said to be a representative of unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, and the collusion with He An and the disaster in Suzhou was all from his handwriting.

Even, at the expense of raising troops against Beiliang, it can be seen from this kind of behavior that this person is a person who is quite deep in the city government and calculations.

Although Hanzhou is not as easy to defend as Rinzhou, it is also a big city after all, but Fang Juebing feels that there seems to be no one in the city when he comes to the city.

"Hehe, General, let's pick up a bargain for nothing." Some of the generals laughed.

"Empty city?" The army approached, looking at the hidden city gate, Fang Jue frowned.

The entire Hanzhou City was silent, not a single snow eagle hovering in the sky, and there was no loud voice or a trace of cooking smoke.

Except for the roar of the north, there is no superfluous sound between heaven and earth.

"At this hour, the people of the city are cooking, but there is not a trace of smoke?" Wei Ran is also a general, and the Wei family is from a school, so he can see that something is wrong at a glance.

Lin Beidao: "General, do you want to send someone to check?" ”

"Catapult, assembled in 400 steps." Fang Jue ordered.

It's all here, Hanzhou can't be bypassed, even if there are more murderous intentions hidden in this main city, Fang Jue will have to test it.

"Yes."

Immediately, the firearms battalion and the sappers went into battle, and within two moments twenty catapults were loaded, just outside the range of the standing bows and arrows in Beiliang.

At a distance of 400 paces, they are already very good at it.

"Eject a round, startle the birds." Fang Jue said.

"Reload!" Zheng Jun ordered.

"Catapult!"

The fireworks that burned one after another drew a line of fire in the air and fell into Hanzhou City.

There were explosions one after another, but there was not the slightest sound of people and animals screaming in the city.

"General, it seems that there is really no one?" Sun Yidao.

Fang Jue looked at Dian Yi: "Is there any news about the support of the Hanging Sword Division or the Emperor Pavilion, about the support of the state capitals around Beiliang?" ”

"Young master, there is no news, and the surrounding state capitals do not dare to move, and they also have to guard against the Beidu military camp and Western Chu." Dianichi replied.

It's good if there are no reinforcements.

"By the way, if Ming and Luo Yang met in Mocheng four days ago, if he brings troops to Hanzhou, can he get here as soon as possible?" Fang Jue still asked everyone.

"The general is afraid, this empty city is a trap?"

Fang Jue nodded, he didn't dare to be careless, the danger of the empty city plan was that you really didn't know how many ambushes there were.

If there are several times as many enemies, entering the city is tantamount to looking for death.

But if you don't enter, who won't be greedy for the military merits you get in vain.

"General rest assured, the Beiliang winter is different from my territory in the Great Xia, we can travel nearly 300 miles a day in the Great Xia, but it is not bad to be able to travel 100 miles in a day in the Beiliang winter." Wei Ran said confidently.

A hundred miles a day?

Fang Jue murmured: "From Northern Liangmozhou City to Hanzhou, almost more than four hundred miles......

"Huh?"

Everyone also muttered, and understood what Fang Jue meant.

"The general is worried that if Ming comes, he will set up an ambush in the city?"

"Impossible, come so fast?"

"Luo Yang and Wan Ming will join forces, and naturally join forces to attack Liangjing, how can they come for us?"

Several people said that they did not deserve to be targeted by Wan Yiming like this.

Even if you lose the three states, it is better than the failure of the army, for today's Luoyang, the three states in the south can be abandoned.

"General, why do you have to guess, why don't I take the troops to take a look?" There are generals who want to compete for the first credit.

"No, the army is coming into the city." Fang Jue waved his hand.

"In case ......"

Fang Jue shook his head: "For Luo Yang and Wan Yiming, we are not the most important opponents in their eyes, it should be that we think too much." ”

"Don't dismantle the catapult first, leave a battalion here to control, and the firearms battalion will enter the city with the army."

"Yes!"

The army marched to the gates, and there was still no sound in the city.

It wasn't until Sun Yi led people to push open the city gate, revealing the desolate scene on the main street, that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"No one?"

"Scared me."

"The Northern Liang Army of the dog day, play this tactic."

Fang Jue frowned and said:

"Pass quickly, and leave no garrisons in the city."

"General, why don't we fix it?" Humane.

"In other words, even if you don't have the troops to defend the city, will you be willing to give up Hanzhou City easily?" Fang Jue asked rhetorically.

Thinking of some classic examples of strong walls and clear fields, Fang Jue reminded:

"Command that you go down and take nothing in the city, that you do not take water, that you find no food to eat."

"The general is worried about the poisoning of the Beiliang Army?" Lin Bei reacted.

Sun Yi nodded: "If it were me, I would have been poisoned before leaving, fortunately it wasn't summer, otherwise it would be possible to concoct a corpse and create a plague." ”

"So be on your guard." Fang Jue nodded.

In the era of cold weapons, it was not about martial arts, and war was often done in every way, and it was never an art.

Poisoning and spreading the plague are all basic operations, and only inexperienced new generals are prone to suffer these losses.

Fang Jue said: "Place fire oil at will along the way, after we go north out of the city, we will burn this empty city, and when we come back, we can live with peace of mind." ”

"The general is brilliant."

The heat can kill many hidden dangers, including but not limited to plague, and of course the water in the city is not freely available.

In this way, the northern army entered from the south city gate, went straight through the central axis of the city, and exited from the north city gate.

"Bear ......"

The soldiers at the back lit the fire oil everywhere, and the entire Frost City seemed to be ignited, and fireworks and black smoke shrouded the air.

"Is the general overly careful?"

"When this fire is burned, you can feel at ease, and the follow-up grain team can be stationed here with peace of mind, what do you know?"

"But there are a lot of things in the city, and I haven't had time to move them, so it's a pity."

After going out of the north city gate and watching the city burn, Fang Jue ordered to be stationed on the spot.

He informed several of the commanders:

"You must not take water from surrounding wells, you must use live water, and if you can't find it, you must burn snow and turn it into water."

"Also, the order is to go down to each battalion to check if anyone has brought something out of the city, and if it is found, it will be destroyed immediately, and the people should be separated and observed."

The generals responded, and Fang Jue was relieved.

He felt that he was already very careful and should be fine.

After two days of marching, the soldiers were tired, so they camped outside the north gate.

There was nothing to do in the first half of the night, until around noon, when Fang Jue heard some movement outside the tent.

"Young master, it seems that someone is dead." Dianyi went out to check and came back and said.

Fang Jue put on his outer armor, got up and left the camp, accompanied by his personal guards, to the Chinese army.

"What's going on?"

The torches and bonfires in the camp were lit as day, and the screams of the night came and went.

"See the General."

Seeing Fang Jue come out, the soldiers all saluted, and only after several major generals were present did Fang Jue ask them:

"I heard that someone died, why are people still shouting, what's wrong?"

Lin Bei said embarrassedly: "There is a brother who suddenly lost his sight and thought he was blind. ”

Wei Ran and Sun Yi knew what was going on as soon as they heard this.

Fang Jue said solemnly: "What the hell is going on? ”