It's night! It wasn't until two o'clock in the middle of the night that Hu Biao and his party returned to Haiyang City.

The main reason was that it took too much time with Zhang Jue, Li Meng and others to discuss how to deal with the attack of the Jurchen army.

But in this long negotiation, they were unable to come up with much better response.

There are not many things that can be settled, only a few points.

First, it has reached this point, and it is impossible to surrender, so you can only fight to the end with the Jurchen army.

Therefore, Hu Biao led the Xuange battalion up and down to defend Haiyang City; In addition to these, it should be possible to mobilize 12,300 people to help with the harvest.

Zhang Jue led his troops and horses to guard Pingzhou City, and of course their troops were more.

The serious army alone has about 5,000 people, and the people can mobilize as many as 6,000 or 7,000 people.

It's just that don't look at the number of troops, these former Liao soldiers have been frightened by the Jurchens, and they are not very optimistic in terms of combat effectiveness.

Moreover, Pingzhou City is much larger than Haiyang City, so naturally it also needs more troops to garrison, so it is impossible to send troops and horses to support Haiyang City for a while.

The two sides can only agree to be each other's horns, and as long as there is an opportunity, they must help contain the Jurchens' forces as much as possible.

Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to immediately ask for help from the Liao army under Yanjing City, and Tong Guan, who is still under the remote command of Hejian Mansion.

Let them send some troops to come to the rescue.

It doesn't take too much, even if there are only 10,000 elites of the Western Army, they can beat the Jurchens back.

Second, immediately implement the tactics of clearing the wilderness, cut down as many trees as possible around the two cities, and directly set fire to those that could not be cut down for a period of time, so that the Jurchens could not easily build siege equipment.

In the same way, uninhabited villages were burned down, wells filled in, or carcasses of cattle and horses were thrown in, polluting the water.

In short, these Jurchens who came from afar could not find anything to use.

Third, send messengers to tell the people in the dock villages in various parts of Pingzhou that while the Jurchens still have two or three days to arrive, they should start fleeing for their lives.

Personnel who can ride war horses, drive carts, and have the ability to move quickly are best to evacuate directly to the territory of Zhuozhou's Changsheng Army.

If there are no people who can only rely on foot, it is estimated that it is a little too late, so quickly evacuate to Pingzhou City.

Pingzhou City is actually not big, and it can't accommodate so many people at all; But the Dengzhou Naval Division is not still there, and it is completely possible to leave on the ship of the Naval Division and evacuate directly to the Shandong boundary.

Helping to transport some displaced people to Dengzhou and other places is also the only thing Li Meng, a naval commander, promised to help.

This is still Zhang Jue and Hu Biao, who privately promised to give him a large sum of money, which is what they promised; As for letting his sailors go ashore to fight, no matter how much they paid, Li Mengna refused to agree to it anyway.

In this way, after discussing some of the specific details involved in the above three points, the time was already more than nine o'clock in the evening.

Therefore, when Hu Biao and the others rushed back to Haiyang City overnight, it was already midnight.

Fortunately, after entering the city, Hu Biao received a good news that the team of scouts led by Yu Hanfeng had already returned a lot before dark......

******

"Special! These grandchildren are finally here~"

When standing at the north gate of Haiyang City, a group of netizens at the head of the city saw from a distance a foot army with a large number of mules and horses, escorted by thousands of horsemen, appearing in front of them.

In the mouth of the stinky old fart, he said such a sentence slowly in a very complicated tone.

At this time, it is already July 28th.

Compared with the expected time that should have appeared, the army of Wanyan Lou's room was about two days slower, which allowed Hu Biao and them to make more preparations for war.

For example, a batch of food and ordnance transported by the Dengzhou Navy Division was urgently transported to Haiyang City.

In this way, even if it is besieged for two or three months, there will still be no danger of running out of food in the city; If they can hold out that long.

In addition, the moat was completely completed, and the river water was brought in and filled, and the work of clearing the walls in the surrounding area was completed.

The problem is that having that extra two days of preparation time is not entirely a good thing.

Because the army of Wanyan Lou's room has slowed down for so long is completely because all the dock villages they saw were broken along the way.

The food and goods were plundered, the old and the young were all slaughtered, and only some young men and women were left to march together.

The specific approach is like those Tartars who regarded the Jurchens as their ancestors hundreds of years later.

Originally, for these docks, Hu Biao and the others definitely sent a messenger to notify them that they were in place, so that they could run away as soon as possible to avoid being poisoned.

It's a pity that these people didn't believe Hu Biao's kind reminders at first.

After faintly hearing the relevant rumors from other sources, it was too late to run.

Because the vanguard cavalry of the Jurchens came, they not only drove all the horse exploration troops of the Xuange battalion back, but also cut off all the possibility of escape for the people in these docks.

So now, there is an army of Wanyan Lou Room before a group of netizens, not only with nearly 10,000 foot cavalry, but also seven or eight thousand prisoners.

With the brutality of the Jurchens, once the siege battle was a little unsmooth.

These captives, who are composed of young and strong, will definitely be driven to attack the city, using their lives to take the lead in depleting the defensive strength of their city......

A group of netizens stood at the head of the city and observed silently.

After arriving, the army of Yan Lou's room began to set up a large camp at a position about five miles outside the city; Then he was busy working in 'jingle ~', not knowing what he was tossing.

In such a process, he had a total of more than 4,000 cavalry, riding war horses outside the city, after showing off his might.

Among them, there are about 3,000 cavalry, that is, 1,000 Jurchen cavalry, leading 2,000 Liao cavalry who surrendered.

Directly bypassed Haiyang City from the right and set off in the direction of Pingzhou City.

It is not the same as on TV, a messenger with a loud voice, rushing to the city and shouting at the top of his voice; Shouting out the saying, 'Just lay down your sword, open the gates and surrender, what's the matter'.

Looking at such a posture, Hu Biao and the others understood the tactics of the Yan Lou room.

This is to use 3,000 cavalry troops to first involve the troops of Pingzhou City; The rest of the infantry and cavalry will capture Haiyang City first.

There was no action to persuade them to surrender, and when they captured Haiyang City, the fate of the soldiers and civilians in the city was already very obvious, and I am afraid that few people would survive.

Thinking of this, Hu Biao and others, who had already had some psychological preparations, were fine.

However, the soldiers of the Xuange battalion on the city wall, as well as some people who were mobilized to help on the city wall, had obvious panic on their faces.

It was also at this time that the unique mechanical sound of the system sounded in everyone's ears.

"Congratulations to Lord Hu Biao, the commander of the Xuange Battalion, and congratulations to all the personnel involved in this mission, the second phase of this mission has been officially triggered.

Ladies and gentlemen, please note the following mission requirements.

First, before 0:00 on August 6 in the fourth year of Xuanhe, Pingzhou City and Haiyang City must be controlled by the Great Song Dynasty.

If any city is lost, the mission will be considered a failure at this stage.

Second, before midnight on August 6, the fourth year of Xuanhe, the number of people who were successfully evacuated through the Dengzhou Navy Division should not be less than 15,000 displaced people.

Third, after arriving at the specified time, the number of survivors of the Xuange Battalion team and netizens cannot be less than ten.

If any of the above three points are not completed, the system will randomly wipe out five people as punishment; If the three points are not completed, the system will increase the punishment and directly determine that the mission has failed.

All the members of the Xuange Battalion team, as well as the netizens who participated in the mission this time, will be collectively wiped out.

Fourth, after more than 15,000 evacuees, the more the number of evacuees, the higher the evaluation and reward given by the system after the end of this mission.

Finally, I wish you all the best and a smooth completion of the task~"

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