Since most of the army was foot soldiers, Xiao Jingxuan only marched sixty miles a day, and then arranged for the army to camp and rest.

It was almost 500 miles from Lingzhou to Fengzhou, and at the current pace, it was estimated that it would take the army nine days to reach Fengzhou.

But along the way, Xiao Jingxuan became more and more angry. Some of the towns that passed by, it was really ten rooms and nine empty. Some villages were even slaughtered.

There were even quite a few corpses on both sides of the road. The most important thing is that Xiao Jingxuan actually saw two Beijing temples. The view of Beijing that is well attended by ordinary people.

Xiao Jingxuan thought that he had been on the battlefield and had seen many tragic scenes.

However, when Xiao Jingxuan saw the scene of the massacre, he still couldn't deal with it calmly. Xiao Jingxuan stopped in front of a Jingguan and summoned all the soldiers.

Xiao Jingxuan found a high place and said to all the soldiers: "Brothers, take a good look at these Jingguan, this is a blood feud, a blood feud that is not easy to come."

Why did I wait for a man to join the army, it was to protect his family and defend the country, I hope you will take a good look at this scene and keep him in mind.

One day, we will avenge this sea of blood, and we will use the enemy's head to comfort the heroic souls of the villagers and fathers, so that we can fight and die in battle. ”

After saying these words, Xiao Jingxuan arranged for someone to bury the corpses of the villagers and let them be buried in the ground.

Due to the large number of corpses on the way, it took Xiao Jingxuan a full thirteen days to reach Fengzhou City.

Looking at the dilapidated Fengzhou City in front of him, Xiao Jingxuan was a little stunned, where did it look like a city in front of him.

The walls are ruined, there is not even a city gate, and the whole is a ruin.

Xiao Jingxuan had no choice but to arrange for the troops to camp first. Let's talk about it after we get some rest.

After the army set up camp, Xiao Jingxuan took a few guards out of the camp to inspect.

There are no intact buildings left in the city. Xiao Jingxuan walked around Fengzhou City and didn't see a single living person.

After visiting the entire Fengzhou City, Xiao Jingxuan was silent. This is no longer something that can be solved by only 5,000 people, and they have to call for help.

Xiao Jingxuan wrote a letter asking for help, asking the cavalry to go to Longzhou and hand it over to the governor of Longzhou.

Then he summoned the lieutenant generals and colonels to start discussing. Toyosu Castle had to be rebuilt.

Without Fengzhou City, then Shuozhou and Yinchuan alone will not be able to form horns, and there will be huge holes in the entire defense line.

However, now that autumn is approaching, it is necessary to build the city quickly before spring begins.

So the next day, all the foot soldiers began to move and began to rebuild the castle of Toyoshu.

Xiao Jingxuan expanded Fengzhou City on the original basis. However, there is no time to clean up the city for the time being.

Now all the effort is on the city walls. But fortunately, although the castle of Toyosu was destroyed, there was no shortage of bricks and stones.

The new Fengzhou City, Xiao Jingxuan designed it this way. The city wall is three zhang high, and there is an arrow tower every five meters, which is one zhang higher than the city wall. The city is three meters thick.

There are four gates in the south, south, and north, and there is a moat outside the city, although there is no water, it is very deep and wide, about three meters. Each gate has a drawbridge. At the same time, there is a city gate inside the drawbridge.

The design is very good, however, 5,000 people, too few, the most important thing is that Xiao Jingxuan did not let the cavalry participate in the construction, but let the cavalry continue to train, and the infantry and auxiliaries were responsible for building the city.

Xiao Jingxuan did not plan to build it in one step, and this kind of big project could not be built in three or five years.

A month after Xiao Jingxuan arrived in Fengzhou City, the trench in front of the city wall of Fengzhou City had just been dug, but it was at this time that support from Longzhou arrived.

Xiao Yan's uncle is really good, in addition to providing 100 craftsmen, he also brought 8,000 people and grain and grass.

With the arrival of these people, the speed of city building has increased a lot, after all, these people are professionals.

And with the arrival of craftsmen and folk husbands, the foot soldiers finally had time to train.

Xiao Jingxuan stipulated that the foot soldiers trained in the morning and built the city in the afternoon. The cavalry trained all day, only auxiliaries, except for escorting supplies, the rest of the time was spent on building cities.

Just when Xiao Jingxuan was busy building the city, the capital of Great Wei, Los Angeles, and the court set off a bloodless war.

It turned out that there was still a heated discussion in the court about the victory and defeat of this battle.

It stands to reason that having repelled the barbarian attack and regained the lost territory should have been a big victory.

However, the left and right Xiaowei were almost wiped out, the defenders of Fengzhou, Yinchuan, and Shuozhou were also killed and wounded, and the defenders of Lingzhou, Yanzhou, and Daizhou also suffered heavy losses.

In this battle, the Great Wei lost almost 120,000 horses. And that's not even counting the deaths of the people.

According to the statistics of the local officials, about 50,000 civilians died at the hands of the barbarians. Nearly 200,000 people.

It's a great shame, this is the biggest shame since the founding of Wei Taizu.

And as the coach this time, the eldest prince should be responsible for this.

The entire court almost quarreled into a pot of porridge because of this.

In fact, behind this incident is still a partisan dispute. The first to advocate severe punishment of the generals was led by the crown prince.

Dugu Valve, one of the four major gate valves, is the prince's biggest supporter.

Of course, it is the eldest prince who advocates a heavy reward, and the eldest prince, as the eldest son of the emperor, is also the grandson of the head of the Yuwen family, and there are many supporters.

The two sides quarreled very much in the court.

In addition to these two groups of people, as well as the Lin family, the Cui family remained silent and did not participate in it.

The rest of the people are the nobles headed by the Marquis of Minyang, they are not involved, as a staunch royalist, they will not express their position easily without the emperor's order.

In the palace, Emperor Jia'an was furious, and said angrily to the eunuchs beside him: "Look, look, these are my two good sons, one is the one who has the right to seize the army, the other has many henchmen, hum, and those courtiers, one by one, I am not dead." ”

The eunuchs around him are not ordinary people, but the close ministers around Emperor Jia'an, the chief eunuch, and Lu Weihai, who is called a poisonous snake by the ministers.

Lu Weihai said cautiously: "Please Your Majesty take a break from the thunder, and the Marquis of Min Yang will take a few nobles to ask for a meeting outside the palace." ”

"Is Liang Guogong here?"

"Your Majesty, Duke Liang did not come."

"Let them in."

After the ministers came in, Emperor Jia'an and these nobles discussed the reward.

In the end, Emperor Jia'an had to compromise and appease both sides.

Wait for these nobles to leave. Emperor Jia'an said lonely: "Hey, these people are still a little worse, but it's a pity that Xiao Chengen ignores the emperor's grace, otherwise...... By the way, how is he now? ”

As a eunuch, Lu Weihai knew what to say and what not to say, and what to hear and what to hear clearly, so he said: "Fortunately, the city is being built now." ”

Emperor Jia'an was noncommittal.

Liangguo Mansion, study, Xiao Chengen looked at the letter in his hand and didn't speak for a long time, at this time, a voice sounded in the room.

"Lord, today's court meeting ......"

Xiao Chengen sneered contemptuously: "This is his own fault, mean and unkind." How do you make people loyal? Step back and keep a close watch. ”

The study was quiet again.

After Xiao Chengen finished reading the letter in his hand, he said to the room: "Send someone to inform the clan uncle that it is impossible for the young eagle to soar for nine days without the baptism of the storm." In addition, tell the Liangzhou side, the same thing. ”

At this time, Xiao Jingxuan didn't know about the disputes in the capital, but he encountered problems.

In addition to the city gate and some equipment to defend the city, Longzhou needs support, and there is also food.

There is no shortage of grain and grass in Fengzhou, but there is a shortage of meat. Although a lot of it was shipped from Longzhou, it was a drop in the bucket.

You must know that these craftsmen and husbands do manual work, and they can't eat without oil and water, and people can't bear it.

Of course, the same is true for the army.

Originally, there was a horse market in Fengzhou City, so there were many business travelers. Naturally, there is no shortage of food.

However, now, all aspects are stretched, so you can't all ask your uncle for help, right?

Although the old saying is thick-skinned, eat enough. But this seems to be too incompetent.

It seems that this is the only way to do it. Xiao Jingxuan did not call the generals to discuss the matter, but called Lei Ben and ordered his subordinates to stop building the city and be responsible for the guards in the city, in case of war. You can command other tribes to defend the city together.

After handing over a warrant to Lei Ben, Xiao Jingxuan began to prepare with the cavalry.

On the third day, Xiao Jingxuan disappeared in Fengzhou City. Along with Xiao Jingxuan, there were also 1,100 iron horsemen in Fengzhou.

Although Xiao Jingxuan disappeared, Fengzhou City was still being built in an orderly manner.

However, the generals in the army were a little surprised, and the people were panicked. In desperation, Lei Ben summoned the officers above the team and showed Xiao Jingxuan's warrant to calm the unrest in the army.

Ten days after Xiao Jingxuan disappeared, on the grassland, the north wind Xiao Xiao. It's autumn now. The weather is already a bit cold.

I saw that about 500 miles away from Fengzhou City, a thousand horsemen were resting there.

I saw that these people were dressed a little strangely, some were wearing iron armor, like Wei Qi, but some were wearing leather armor and barbarian fur hats. Like a barbarian ranger.

The year before the team, more than a dozen people gathered around holding a hand-drawn map and were discussing.

I saw that the leader said: "It has now been ascertained that in the direction of fifty miles northwest of us, there is a tribe of 100 people. Pass the order down, act tonight, the first rate is to attack with me, the second rate is to be vigilant around, remember, no matter how old or young, kill or kill. ”

In the face of the leader's order, everyone did not hesitate and said in unison: "Obey." ”

It turned out that these people were Xiao Jingxuan and others who had disappeared.

Faced with the shortage of materials, Xiao Jingxuan was helpless. Going to the steppes to plunder.

However, looting was not as easy as it seemed. The first is that the terrain is not familiar, and the second is that the strength is insufficient, the big tribes can't beat it, and the small tribes are located in the middle of nowhere.

Xiao Jingxuan led everyone to search the grassland for ten days before finding a tribe to raid.

I don't know what the harvest will be this time, but. If you don't fight, you can't do it, and the supply of the troops is getting less and less. If there is no more harvest, I am afraid that we will run out of food.