Imperial City, inside the Shengtian Palace.

Lihuang stood in front of the window with his back bent, looking at the branches and leaves fluttering in the breeze outside the window, slightly stunned.

Father-in-law Lu came in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, Yunyan City has been attacked by the Rong army again."

"The four major Rong royal courts in the north gathered 500,000 troops, and the troops came to Yunyan City, and Yuwen Chengdu, the general soldier of Yunyan City, burned half of the city, temporarily delaying the attack of the Rong army, waiting for support."

He spoke very quickly.

Emperor Li didn't speak, he still looked out the window at the fluttering branches, the wind blowing in from the window, blowing his pale beard fluttering slightly.

"The Cabinet, the Ministry of War, the Governor's Mansion and other adults are already waiting in the palace." Father-in-law Lu said again.

Only then did Emperor Lihuang turn around, sit on the chair behind the bookcase, and said with a calm face: "Decree, appoint Li Xun as the governor of Beizhou, Qinzhou, and Liangzhou, oversee the military and political affairs of the three states, and oversee the defenders of the three states town, the border army of the three states, and the prime minister of the northern war!" ”

Father-in-law Lu lowered his head and responded: "The old slave obeys the order!" ”

"Let all the people in the temple disperse!"

Lihuang's voice floated again.

Father-in-law Lu raised his head, looked at Emperor Li, who was leaning on the back of the chair and closing his eyes, and slowly withdrew from the room.

……

There are four royal courts of the Rong nationality in the north of Dali, namely the Wuhuan royal court, the Huyan royal court, the Kangju royal court and the Wusun royal court.

Among them, the Wuhuan royal court occupies the most fertile grassland, has the largest population, and is the most powerful.

In the city of clouds and smoke.

The blackened soldiers and horses poured into the city with dust all over the ground, and the smell of burnt was everywhere.

In the midst of the army, a tall man sat on a horse, holding a simple sword, and looked up at the city wall in front of him.

This tall man is the new king of the Wuhuan royal court, Uher, who is only in his forties, not only has become the new king of the Wuhuan royal court, but also has the cultivation of the innate realm, his own strength and ability are extraordinary, and he has become the most dazzling sunrise by countless herdsmen on the grassland.

Three years ago, after Uherr became the king of Wuhuan, he showed obvious hostility to Dali, he was unwilling to succumb to Dali, although on the surface he did not make a move to violate Dali, but secretly under his instruction, many Rong tribes on the border of Dali are constantly provoking Dali's border army.

Before, the Dali border army was harassed by the Rong cavalry one after another, and it was he who instigated it.

And the last time the Rong tribe's 100,000 army attacked Yunyan City, it was also his temptation.

In the past three years, he has been uniting the other three Rong royal courts, intending to fight against Dali together.

It's just that the other three royal courts are very jealous of Da Li and dare not unite with it, so he can only endure it.

But just half a year ago, someone suddenly helped him contact the three royal courts, and also sent him a large amount of supplies and grain and grass, so that he could no longer bear the ambition in his heart, and began to prepare a plan to invade Dali.

By now, the four northern royal courts have reached an alliance agreement, and he King Wuhuan has also become the leader of the Rong Alliance.

Looking up at the dense crowd of soldiers on the city wall, a raging smile flashed in his dark brown pupils.

Although a fire prevented them from a day and a night, the defenders in Cloud Smoke City acted like this, which made him feel very excited, because it seemed to him to be afraid of him.

At this time, on the city wall, Yuwen Chengdu was dressed in iron armor, standing on top of the city tower, looking at the approaching Rong army with sharp eyes.

The surrounding border army soldiers clenched their blades and stared at them deadly.

As soon as an enemy climbs the walls, they will unleash a thunderbolt to destroy them.

The atmosphere of slaughter filled the entire Cloud Smoke City, and the dull atmosphere was suppressed in everyone's hearts.

The expected offensive came as scheduled.

With the sound of dull horns, the Rong army finally launched an attack.

The black-pressed enemy army began to storm the walls like a tidal wave.

In the absence of siege equipment, they still burst out with terrifying combat effectiveness, and climbed towards the city wall without fear of death.

Yuwen Chengdu held the phoenix wings and gold hammer in his hand, looking at the enemies who were constantly climbing the city wall, his face was full of cold handsomeness.

"Kill!"

With his cold snort, the border troops on the city wall erupted into a blazing battle intent as if they had ignited a fire.

The terrible war is once again being played out in this city, which has been devastated by the years.

……

Fifty miles east of Yunyan City.

A cavalry galloped in.

"Report!"

The roar resounded throughout the cavalry.

Bai Qi hurriedly stopped the horses, and suddenly the galloping cavalry stopped.

"General Qiyu, the army of the Rong clan has launched an attack in Yunyan City!"

"The Northern Rong battalion has sent a large number of cavalry to attack the surrounding fortresses in all directions!"

"Almost all the troops that came to support from all sides were intercepted by the Rong cavalry!"

The scout spoke extremely fast.

The words fell, and the white face became extremely solemn.

Yunyan City is in trouble, and the border armies and town defenders from all sides will come to support, but the Rong army will obviously not look at those reinforcements coldly, and they will definitely send troops to intercept them.

Bai Qi raised his head and looked in the direction of Yunyan City, they were still more than fifty miles away from Yunyan City, if they continued to move forward, they would inevitably be blocked by the Rong cavalry.

And once they are in a bitter battle, then they will not be able to support Cloud Smoke City.

The problem now is that the Rong army is too large and large, and their reinforcements are too scattered to gather together, and there is no unified command.

It is not that the border army has no command, but the northern border army is unified under the command of the former military governor's office, which has a border army envoy in Qinzhou, which can uniformly deploy all the border troops within Qinzhou.

But the problem now is that the Si Yamen is in Qinzhou City, and he can't command in time.

At present, Bai Qi has only received an order from the envoy Yamen to support Yunyan City, but he has not received any other orders other than the order.

Bai Qi pondered for a long time and said, "Let's go north!" ”

The surrounding generals were all stunned and asked puzzledly, "General, why are we going north?" ”

Bai Qi explained: "If we go directly to Yunyan City, we will definitely encounter obstacles, but they will definitely not expect us to go north. ”

"And as long as we bypass Yunyan Mountain from the north, we can directly attack the Rong camp!"

"But we only have five thousand!" Several generals are completely bad.

The Najon battalion had an army of 500,000, and even if some cavalry were sent, there would be at least 300,000 or 400,000.

Attacking the Rong camp with their 5,000 cavalry, isn't this hitting a stone with an egg?

Bai Qi shook his head slightly, and said: "Our purpose is not to attack the Rong battalion, but to contain the Rong army, so that they cannot attack Yunyan City with all their strength, although five thousand people are small, but enough." ”

Naturally, it was impossible for him to do something like hitting a stone with an egg, but at present, their road to support Yunyan City had been blocked, and they would not be able to reach Yunyan City in a short period of time.

If you can't reach Yunyan City, you can't help Yunyan City in the slightest, but you go to the Rong camp, which will be more or less useful.

If they can find the right fighter, they may be able to take it by surprise and thwart the edge of the Rong army.

There weren't many, and Bai Qi directly led the army towards the rolling mountains in the north.

……

Meanwhile.

Inside the North Abyss Castle.

Situ Qianfeng sat in the gorgeous lobby with a tangled face.

Sui Yan sat aside with a calm face.

"Uncle Yan, my father hasn't been out yet?"

Situ Qianfeng said a little impatiently.

Sui Yan shook his head and said, "The City Lord will not be out of the customs in a short period of time. ”

"But if he doesn't come out, what should this Cloud Smoke City do?" Situ Qianfeng said eagerly.

"That's a big glass business, not our business." Sui Yan said.

"But aren't we allies with Dali?"

"Allies are also relative! This time the opinion of the city was to sit on the sidelines. ”

"This~~"

Situ Qianfeng's mood became more and more dull and impatient.

The news of the Rong army's attack on Yunyan City reached Beiyuan City yesterday, and Li Ru's letter also arrived in his hands early this morning.

He originally thought that Beiyuan City would send troops to support, but now Beiyuan City had no intention of sending troops.

Situ Changkong retreated, everything in Beiyuan City was the responsibility of the elders of the Situ family, even if his junior status was high, he could not change the determination of the elders.

"I'm going out of town!"

"No, you can't!"

"Uncle Yan!" Situ Qianfeng's expression was straight, and his eyes looked at him coldly.

Sui Yan looked at his cold eyes and couldn't help but look stunned.

"Young City Lord, this matter must not be forced!"

Situ Qianfeng said coldly: "You attach too much importance to such things as face, but you have forgotten the foundation of our Beiyuan City's survival. ”

Sui Yan looked at him puzzled.

"My Beiyuan City is very strong, with an army of 100,000, even the Great Glass Imperial Hall in the Northern Land cannot exist in Beiyuan City, but you seem to have forgotten that we rely on the Great Glass to survive."

"You've always felt that Dali needs us, but you've forgotten that we need Dali more."

"In the last battle of Yunyan City, we didn't participate in the war, if we still don't participate in the war this time, do we really want to break away from Dali?"

Situ Qianfeng asked.

Sui Yan's face changed again and again, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

The reason why Beiyuan City made such a decision was because of the fall of the Shangyuan Sect, and secondly, because they also wanted to take advantage of Da Li's weakness to show their importance.

They have always been attached to Da Li, but they have never recognized that Beiyuan City belongs to Da Li.

"But the lord of the castle is still in retreat!" He whispered.

At this moment, a slender figure appeared outside the lobby door.

"Hehe, I'm already out of the customs!"

A faint laugh sounded outside the door, which immediately made Sui Yan feel excited.

"Lord of the Castle!"

"Father!"

When the two of them saw Situ Changkong, they both showed a look of surprise.

Situ Changkong walked into the hall and looked at Situ Qianfeng with a handsome face and a smile.

At this time, Situ Changkong was already in his eighties, but his face still looked very young, and even his hair was jet black, without the slightest trace of aging.

"Yes, if you can see this clearly, it means that you have become the city lord of Beiyuan City a few times!" Situ Changkong looked at Situ Qianfeng appreciatively.

Situ Qianfeng suddenly heard the words of praise and felt a little embarrassed.

You must know that Situ Changkong was very harsh on him in the past, and almost never praised him.

"Gather the army and go on the march!"

Situ Changkong didn't say anything more, and ordered directly to Sui Yan.

"Whoa!"

Sui Yan did not raise the slightest objection and responded directly.

After that, he hurried out of the main hall.

"Father, you're going to Cloud Smoke City!" Situ Qianfeng said with surprise and joy.

"No!"

Situ Changkong shook his head and said, "I'm going to the Rong clan camp!" ”

"Hehe, Beiyuan City hasn't gone out for a long time, and those Rong slave soldiers are about to forget our cruelty!"

He grinned, "This time you follow, don't be scared and cry!" ”

"How is that possible?" When Situ Qianfeng heard this, he immediately jumped to his feet in shame.

However, Situ Changkong ignored his annoyance at all, and said with a smile: "It's also time for you to know why our Beiyuan City can stand proudly on this northern land. ”

"We don't rely on big glass, we rely on the sword in our hands!"

"But you're right, we really can't break away from Dali."

Beiyuan City is not a dependency of Da Li, but a force independent of Da Li, it belongs to Da Li, but it does not belong to Da Li.

(End of chapter)