Five days later, when Yan Guogong arrived at Jimingyi, thirty miles away from Wuzhou, with the officers and soldiers of the fourth battalion, the attack and defense of Wuzhou entered a white heat.

Today is the tenth day of Wuzhou's defense, Yang Guodong, who is standing in the city, has bloodshot eyes, and he has not closed his eyes for three consecutive days.

Now the soldiers defending the city are the third battalion, and they have fought to the last thousand men, and almost everyone is wounded.

The Zar people were also very well prepared this time, bringing almost all the siege equipment they could bring, and also cut down a large amount of timber on the nearby mountains to build siege vehicles and trebuchets, which caused very serious damage to the city defense of Wuzhou.

For so many days, the siege of the Zar people was still the old routine, catapults and ladders, under the cover of bows and arrows, those steppe barbarians rushed up fearlessly, often thousands of people at a time.

But for the Tsal people, the siege was a technical task and difficult to get it, so there were many casualties.

What they expect most is to ride a high-headed horse on the grassland and fight one-on-one, and it is really not suitable to climb the city step by step.

General Yang used a rotational division to garrison, and he divided the defensive wall in front into three sections, each section was about 100 meters long, and each time he went to the city, a team of 100 guns killed the enemy head-on, and a team of 100 archers shot the enemy's bows and arrows and charged in the rear.

Often, after a round, nearly half of the personnel were injured, so a battalion was withdrawn for three days to rest and recuperate to ensure that the soldiers were in the best condition.

Defending the city is much better than attacking the city, except for the fatal position directly shot by the bow and arrow, the defenders are injured at most, so the soldiers are injured a lot, but there are not many direct deaths, ten days down, 1,680 soldiers died directly.

There was a moat under the city that had been filled with a lot of timber by the Tsal people, and in addition to the dirt they had brought with them. Seeing that the Tsar people were pushing the cart up again, General Yang once again ordered the oil to be watered.

Such a scene is being staged every day, and after so many days of continuous assault, the casualties of the Zar people are very large, and more than 10,000 people have been killed or wounded, but for the entire forward army, this casualty can still be bearable.

Totobula, who was also standing not far from the city, gave an order to his own soldiers on the side, and then turned back to the camp.

Tokhtobula is also an excellent general who has experienced a hundred battles, and he really can't understand why the Great Khan and Mr. Liu must attack like this regardless of casualties, such a method of battle is completely worthless to the steppe knights.

However, fortunately, the greatest casualties are currently the soldiers of the tribes, and there are very few of the Zar tribes.

While he was thinking, the guards sent an official document from outside, with only a simple line, "The elite will be dispatched and attacked for five days," this is Mr. Liu's own letter, and he was also told in advance.

The next day, Yang Guodong obviously noticed something unusual, the enemy who attacked the city was much stronger, they rushed up completely desperately, and there was light armor on their bodies, under the cover of thousands of bows and arrows under the city, almost half of them could touch the city wall.

Yang Guodong didn't dare to preserve his strength anymore, so he directly transferred the reserve battalion to deal with the enemy soldiers in Chaer who rushed to the city wall.

The battle between the two sides really entered the most anxious time at this time, and they understood that there was no reason to relax and fight to survive.

Wuzhou has entered a fierce battle, and the capital has just received a battle report from Youzhou.

Although Yan Guogong said that he used 800 miles to expedit, but the current road conditions made the letter official suffer, replaced five people, ran and killed two war horses, and spent five full days, and finally handed over the battle report to the court on the third day of the eighth month.

When Yuan Rui arrived at the Wei Mansion, the father and son of the Xu family were not at home, only the county lord and his wife were waiting for him at home.

For the county lord of Ding'an, Yuan Rui didn't want to ask much, and simply listened to what the county lord said, everything is very good at present, and it is expected that it will be produced before the end of the month, and the corresponding preparations have been made.

Speaking of which, this is the third year that the county lord of Ding'an and Xu Guangguang have been married, and the most pressure is actually the county lord of Ding'an, no way, they all think like this, and they are all to blame on women.

Now, no matter what, as long as the production goes smoothly, even if it's not a son, it doesn't matter.

Yuan Rui is still a little worried, if this is another big fight, the little family money that the court has accumulated with great difficulty will be filled in again, and the current Daxia has finally taken a breath for two years.

"County Lord, what's the current situation in the north?" He only came yesterday, and he really doesn't know anything.

"The 200,000 people of the Chaar tribe have broken through the old fort pass and have reached Wuzhou, and now General Yang is fighting."

"Youzhou Yanguo Gong told that Youzhou has insufficient troops, there are only more than 10,000 people in Wuzhou, and they can't resist for too long, and Youzhou currently has less than 50,000 officers and soldiers, so it is difficult to draw them, and I asked the court to quickly send reinforcements."

"The court has been arguing for two days, and now the nearest Ningzhou army can't move, and I heard that Chijin is also not at peace. The guards in Qingzhou did not dare to move, saying that the mountain bandits in Qingzhou were now very noisy. ”

When Yuan Rui heard what the county lord said, he probably understood that the current Great Xia was short of soldiers. There are only a few soldiers, a turnip and a pit, and wherever they are transferred, they will be gone. It looks like it's just a breeze on the surface, but deep enough is full of storms.

"The guards from Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Tanzhou were transferred to Longzhou two years ago, and they have not been restored until now."

The county lord glanced sideways at Yuan Rui, "Also, you suggested that the Miao soldiers and wolf soldiers be transferred to the border pass, and now there are no soldiers to be transferred there." ”

"Can you transfer troops from Longzhou?" Yuan Rui didn't know about military affairs, and only knew the general direction of the north.

"The court also has this opinion, but it is also very far from Yulin, and it is too late to bypass Luozhou,"

"I don't understand, it has nothing to do with me, I'm worried about it here, forget it, I'd better live a small life in peace."

"No, you look at my brother, he just wants to go to Youzhou, and it has something to do with you."

"It seems that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, many people are sad again!" Yuan Rui sighed.

He has always heard the old man say that there are some people who can't get through every festival, and he didn't care about it at first, but now he finally believes it.

The county lord can't go home now, and has to stay in the Guogong Mansion to deal with chores. originally wanted Yuan Rui to stay, but Yuan Rui said that the second son was a guest at home, and the county lord didn't say anything.

When Yuan Rui returned home, he found that there was a big surprise waiting for him.

Qi Feng, who had been away for almost a year, was waiting for him at home!

"Don't tell us in advance when you'll come back!" Yuan Rui is really happy.

"I've wanted to come for a long time, but I've been entangled in miscellaneous things, no, just after I was busy, I received a letter from my senior brother, so I came."

It has been almost a year since Qi Feng went home and got married, and a lot of things have really happened in this year.

Including Yuan Rui's marriage and Zhongju, these Yuan Rui and Qi Feng made it very clear. But there are some things after the fact, Yuan Rui said very simply, such as the robbery and killing of pirates, and some bad things, Yuan Rui didn't want him to worry.

The saint looked at the many important ministers who had been arguing in the main hall, and his head hurt.

Two days after receiving the news, there were almost two days of argument in the main hall, each saying its own thing, each with its own reasons.

According to his own ideas, as long as 50,000 people were transferred to him from all over the country, he could be rescued in time, and he believed that whether it was General Yang or Yan Guogong, it would be no problem to resist the attack of the Char people in a short time.

But now it's different from the past, he is no longer the king of Huai, the general, he is now sitting on the throne, and the following people will not let themselves go in person, this is the difference, there is no way.

"I want to take the royal expedition!" Shengshang stood up and said a word slowly, not loud, but very weighty.

The entire hall was silent all of a sudden, and many courtiers looked at the saint standing high in disbelief and froze.

"The saint can't," Huang Yanmin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as the new ministers, didn't care what the original saint's character was.

At this time, several ministers also reacted, and without waiting for Lord Huang to finish speaking, they all knelt down and directly admonished.

"No need to persuade me, this matter is decided, I am not only the emperor, but also a general, and a soldier!"

"Now the soldiers in various places are not allowed to move, especially in a few important border areas, so the best way at present is to transfer the defenders of the capital, these soldiers are originally elite, just come in handy."

The idea of the saint is indeed the best, the entire Great Xia is already without soldiers, and it is no problem for the capital's guards, janissaries and some guards to get together 50,000.

But if these soldiers go out of Beijing, they will become arrogant soldiers, and others will not be able to command them at all.

Wei Guogong didn't know how to kneel down at this time, and played, "The old minister is willing to be the vanguard and follow His Majesty in person!" ”

The other ministers were still thinking about how to advise, and they were suddenly taken aback when they heard Wei Guogong say this.

On the seventh day of August in the first year of Taining, the saint decreed that the royal driver would march in person.

A total of 50,000 people were transferred to the right army, the central army, the Praetorian Guard and the guards of the capital accompanied the royal expedition.

Ren Chen knew what he was the general of Duwei, the forward commander, Xu Weijin, the Duke of Wei, was the commander of the Chinese army, and the commanders of the left and right armies were Dingzan, Marquis of Jinyang, and Luo Jinshan, Marquis of Mengyin, respectively, and the commander of the rear army, and it was Zhao Qingwu, the king of Jingyang County, who undertook the escort of grain and grass.

In addition, there are more than 50 civil and military officials who follow the rear army to carry their baggage, but they will drag behind the army and will be a little slower.

Remaining in the capital were Yu Rui, the general of the Praetorian Guard, Zhao Tu, the emperor's uncle, and Zhang Yu, the British duke, who assisted the emperor's eldest son in supervising the government.

Many courtiers didn't know that on the day of the decree, the saint slipped away alone again, he was not the saint of the past, he had his own understanding and sensitivity for the war, and sometimes, the decision would be stronger than anything else.

He set off with 5,000 Praetorian Guards in advance, led by Sun Zhicheng, the general of the Praetorian Guard, all the Praetorian Guards were selected by Sun Zhicheng, which can be said to be the elite of the elite, one person and two horses, moving forward quickly.

And Qi Canghai, the new commander of the Silver Eagle Guard, with five hundred carefully selected Silver Eagles, also followed the saint, and the second prince Lu was also among them.