Unlike the Northern Qi Dynasty, which was thriving, the twilight spring equinox of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was exceptionally desolate.

At this time, Zhou Zhuyu Wenyong was on his way back to Chang'an from the front line of the conquest of Tuyuhun. The monarchs of the Northern Dynasties often drove their own expeditions, and it was common for the emperor to personally go to the front line to fight. Originally, he was ready to fight a battle like Gao Wei, so he moved this idea and decided to go to Liangzhou to supervise the battle in person, who would have expected that at this time, the Turks suddenly went south and gave Northern Zhou a heavy blow!

Regardless of whether Yu Wenyong is happy or not, at this juncture, Yu Wenyong has to rush back from the middle of the road, and this royal expedition has to end in a farce. A few mourning hung passed overhead, and the scenery on both sides of the official road was very different from previous years. The scene he saw was bleak, the land was full of starvation, and the fields were overgrown with weeds and sunflowers, some of which were taller than the legs of horses, and flocks of rabbits scurrying from grass to grass......

Judging from the nearby mountains and rivers, there were once villages along the way, but now only the remnants of bricks and tiles remain. A cold wind swept through the weeds, bending the stems neatly, revealing a few blackened walls and rotten doors and windows. The green of spring obscured the fireworks of the past, but made the scene even more bleak.

"This is all Yuwen Hu's incompetence, if it weren't for his stupidity, how could my Da Zhou get to this point?!" Yu Wenyong thought secretly. First of all, two Eastern Crusades, defeated, not only did not take advantage of the cheap, but also lost Fenzhou, and then Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jiangling, Zhou Guo poured the whole country's strength to save, but it was in vain, the southeast half of the wall fell into the hands of the enemy, and countless soldiers were lost!

In order to mobilize national strength to deal with the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yuwen Hu collected all the taxes that could be collected, and then the absurd decree of compulsory conscription of soldiers Ding Minfu! Then, the chaotic people gradually rose, and the officers and soldiers exterminated and suppressed them. Before he could press it down, it was immediately Tuyuhun and Zhuqiang who took advantage of the fire to rob, and even worse, the Turks followed! This tragic scene was created!

In the past, the strong Northern Zhou Dynasty seemed to have reached sunset, it used to be very strong, and it could barely balance the strong neighbor in the east, but now it is a giant that is difficult to heal, the skeleton has not fallen, and it is actually weak. It is very fragile now, as if with a slight push, the world of this Yuwen family will collapse with a bang!

The situation is very critical! The Turks, Tuyuhun and Zhuqiang are attacking, and the northwest and north defense lines are stretched, what should I do? The big city of Northern Qilianke, aggressive, the Zhou State lost land, the population lost nearly thirty percent, and wanted to recover the lost land, but there were no soldiers and no capital, what should I do? After this catastrophe, the already withered people's livelihood is bound to worsen, and the imperial court is bound to levy more taxes in order to deal with the Northern Qi Dynasty. Such a situation...... It's so unbearable, what should I do?!

Yu Wenyong's royal car swayed on the official road, and he felt a headache, "Come on, bring the map!" The more Yu Wenyong thought about it, the more anxious he became, and loudly ordered the palace attendants to bring the map. Although he has read this map no less than ten times today.

His fingers wandered over the diagram, constantly deducing, and muttered in his mouth: "I don't know if Vihetu and Puliuru have arrived there, have they fought with the Turks?" In case the Turks were to take the silver and Xia and occupy the Hetao, it would be an unbearable loss to my Great Zhou. There is also Tuyuhun, and Wang Liang doesn't know if he can stop them......"

Yuwen Shen raised his hand and comforted: "Your Majesty relax, Tugu Hun is not Erer, I believe that with General Wang's ability, it is not a problem to defeat them." Yuwen Yong bowed his head and said: "I also think so, but defeating a Tuyuhun can no longer affect the overall situation, the most important thing at the moment is how to drive the Turks away!" Otherwise, I will be greatly injured! ”

Yuwen Shenju couldn't come up with any good ideas, so he was silent for a while, and only said after a while: "My dynasty is now in decline and demoralized, and the current situation is ...... Our dynasty has become a land of four wars, surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it is not as simple as dealing with the Turks. The minister thought that relying only on the two armies of Qi and Sui Guogong, it was beyond expectations to be able to barely stop the Turks. ”

"Is there no one in my big week?"

Yuwen Shenju smiled bitterly: "Gao Qi's persecution is too great, just preventing Hedong and Xiangyang has divided more than half of my energy, where can you still draw strength to resist the Turks?" However, if there is no one, in fact, there are still some, Weinan Taishou Da Xi Changru has played many times, and is he willing to lead troops to conquer the Turks? The minister knows that this person is brave and good at fighting, and he is known for his courage, so he may be able to ......"

As soon as this proposal came out, it was categorically rejected by Yu Wenyong, "Da Xi Changru? In the past, he also made a lot of contributions to Pingshu, but he was a good general. It's not that I'm narrow-minded and can't tolerate his friendship with Yuwenhu, but the front line is tight, and my heartland is also short of people, so I still think it's better for him to stay here. ”

Of course, Yuwen Shenju knew that Yuwen Yong was still suspicious, just like he was suspicious of suppressing Wei Xiaokuan, so he forced Wei Xiaokuan to fight with Hu Luguang, and scolded him by defeating him, completely cutting off Wei Xiaokuan's idea of entering the court. In the final analysis, the emperor is not at ease, he is still willing to believe those children of the Zhu State clan who are also from Wuchuan.

"But Your Majesty, you will lose the hearts and minds of the people if you do this." Yuwen Shenju didn't dare to express this kind of thought, so he had to retire silently.

Xiazhou, the towering city walls, and the black-pressed barbarians pushed towards the city. The Turks pushed the pressed people forward, acting as shields, and countless wolf riders followed...... The Zhou army at the head of the city was fighting a bloody battle with the Turks, shoulder to shoulder, holding steel knives and lances for a burst of slashing and stabbing, swearing to defeat the first wave of attacks of the wolf riders......

The armor-clad generals patrolled the city and shouted inspiringly: "Don't take it lightly, the Turks just carried out a tentative attack. More difficult battles are still to come, as soon as you find signs of Turkic siege, immediately report them, warn the whole army, prepare crossbow arrows, wood, rolling stones, and golden soup, step up the construction of damaged fortifications, hold the city passes, and wait for reinforcements! ”

"Lao Tzu will pull a few pads before he dies!"

"I want to go into the city unless we're all dead!"

The soldiers chimed in, hiding their deep panic and uneasiness. They all boasted of being brave and resilient warriors, but today, for the first time, they felt fear. There are so many Turks, and their families are still behind!

"It is said that there are nearly four or five hundred thousand wolf riders, plus Tiele, Hui Hui, Murowei, and Xiren...... Maybe millions. ”

"I don't know how many days this battle will take. These are just vassals, the Turkic wolves ride behind, so many people, fight to the death of us, how much grain and grass do we still have in the city? The Turks pressed up with these miscellaneous soldiers, didn't they just want to fight us out? When the time comes, they will have no trouble attacking the city. I heard that the previous cities have been broken, and the Turks have slaughtered them......"

The veterans are not as easy to get into the blood as the new soldiers, and it is easy to see through how weak the lies of the generals are: "Surrender is absolutely not surrenderable, as soon as you enter the city, these brutes will slaughter the city, but the situation does not seem to be optimistic, five times my strength can be a siege battle, how can there be five times as many Turks outside?" I think it's more than fifteen times! ”

"Don't talk about so much uselessness, since everyone is here, we have to give a unified order. Life or death is up to fate! ”

After a short rest, the trumpet sounded, and the second wave of the Turkic attack soon began, this time the Turk and his minions changed the direction of the attack. As far away as they could, from the beacon where the defenders had placed their crossbows, they followed a pre-planned route in groups around the makeshift section of the wall at the bottom of the valley and the gate nailed to it with great logs.

The defenders, under the unified command of the generals, began an orderly suppression of feathered arrows. A large number of attackers fell to the ground in the middle of the road. Zhou Guofujun's combat quality is remarkable, his combat power is strong, the accuracy of the bow and arrow is very good, and the Turks are densely arranged, so it is easy to shoot, most of them are shot in the chest, and some are shot in the torso, all of them immediately fall down and are drowned in the torrent, but the Turks are like crazy, fall down, and immediately hundreds of people pour in from behind......

They sang songs, and in every tone, in every lyric, there was blood and violence, and the people who listened to it were terrified. Occasionally, someone was hit by stones or rolling logs thrown from the city wall, and the long howl was even more poignant! The defenders at the head of the city were dripping with blood on their bows, and if you looked ahead, you would see that every corner of the field of vision was full of people, and there were Turks everywhere! They poured into the city like locusts!

"We are the descendants of the blue wolf, our ancestors gave us a strong physique, God gave us sharp minions, we are born rulers, O cattle and sheep of the Central Plains, why don't you surrender to us?

"Sons of the wolf god, stretch out your hands, lift up your scimitars, and take them! Go grab it! Destroy everything! Ride your horses, enter the sweet scent of flowers, cut off men's heads, and drag women into your tents! ”

The mad savages finally approached the city. Xiazhou City is tall and steep, not comparable to other city towers, both in height and solidity, it surpasses other cities. Fortunately, the Turks have a strong ladder provided by the Qi people, as long as they climb up and break through this city, the wolf riders of the brigade can drive straight in! They roared like wolves, and rushed forward one after the other, to tear apart everything that stood in their way, both the city and the people!

The arms of the Zhou army's crossbowmen were almost paralyzed, and the long arrows more than four feet long were shot out one after another from the gaps in the battlements with the sound of the wind, although each of them could almost bring down an attacker, but the number of Turks was too great to deal with at all! Someone also leaned out from behind the battlements in the city gate, lifted the huge wooden beam, and smashed it on the top of the Turks' heads!

As time passed, the Turks who climbed the city turned into corpses and fell, the array of Zhou troops defending the city gradually thinned, and the siegers and defenders gradually began to become numb, they kept repeating the monotonous killing action, constantly trying to kill the enemy, or being killed by the enemy. The sound of killing shook the sky!

The corpses piled up under the city gradually piled up into a small mountain, and the city gate was shattered and shattered, stained bright red by blood.

The blood slowly gathered into a stream, flowing slowly......

Finally, Xiazhou is broken!

These robbers, who claimed to be the descendants of the wolf god, poured into the city with cheers.

A new round of killing...... Here we go!

……

When Yu Wenxian arrived with his army, he saw an empty city, full of dead corpses, flies swirling on the corpses, and the stench came to his face...... The whole city has become a dead city.

Yu Wenxian's hands trembled, he got off the horse, rummaging through the alleys to find out if there were still anyone alive.

The results disappointed him.

"No more living people? …… All dead? Yu Wenxian seemed to mumble to himself.

No one dared to answer his words. Yu Wenxian turned his back to them, he couldn't see his expression clearly, he only saw his fists clenched together, and because he was too hard, his nails got into the flesh, and blood flowed between his fingers......

"These ...... Brute!! ”