The fighting has stopped.

In this battle, the Northern Zhou army suffered heavy losses, and under the leadership of Zhao Lanjiang, 5,000 Baima Yicong and 3,000 elite troops of the Western Army wiped out nearly 4,000 Northern Zhou troops. However, the loss on the side of Hidden Sun City can be described as tragic.

Of the nearly 6,000 prisoners of war, except for a very few who escaped from the battlefield, the remaining more than 5,000 people were almost completely wiped out under the joint attack of the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

When the Northern Zhou Dynasty retreated, nearly 10,000 corpses were left outside Yinyang City, which was shocking to see.

Tuoba Niuren also did not expect that his tactics in the northern Xinjiang would not work in Yinyang City. He didn't expect that Zhao Lanjiang would order the arrows to be released, which made him look at Zhao Lanjiang with admiration.

He is known as the god of war of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and he has never tasted defeat in the southern and northern wars throughout his life. thought that he and Yuwen Tianlu would use Yinyang as a chessboard to divide the victory and defeat, but they were disrupted by Zhao Lanjiang.

Xue Huai didn't dare to attack his own people, he was the king of Dingbei, and he would inevitably be afraid of the influence in the court, so every time he fought with Xue Huai, he would rather abandon the city and flee.

Li Xiancheng didn't dare, he was the lord of Hidden Yang City, if he did this, it would definitely arouse the anger of the people.

originally thought that there was only one Yuwen Tianlu in the world who dared to give this order, this guy went crazy, and even killed the unarmed people, and now there is another Zhao Lanjiang.

Now, the Northern Zhou army led by Tuoba Niuren is at a stalemate and is at a loss.

Storm?

Zhao Bar River turtle can't shrink, this city is impregnable, even if it is forcibly captured, it will be a tragic victory, if you want to sacrifice the lives of tens of thousands of Northern Zhou soldiers, it is not worth it.

Siege?

Damn Li Xiancheng, from last winter to now, has stored countless grains and grasses in Hidden Yang City. It is said that if it can hold out for half a year, if it really falls into a protracted war, and when the weather turns cold, in winter, there is no need to start a war, and hundreds of thousands of Northern Zhou troops will have frozen to death in the field.

The Tuoba Cow can only hope for the spies he has placed in Hidden Sun City. In the past twenty years, the Northern Zhou Blood Crow Organization has infiltrated Hidden Yang City a lot, and without his orders, the Blood Crow has begun to carry out sabotage activities in Hidden Yang City.

The Woe Rise and Fall, the strongest fortresses, are breached from within.

Tuoba Cow thought so.

At this time, a subordinate looked panicked, ran into the tent, and said, "Marshal, something is wrong!"

Seeing that he was sweating profusely, Tuoba Niuren was a little displeased, and said, "What are you panicking, you scouts, don't you know, what does it mean to be calm?"

The man was reprimanded, and stood there, not daring to speak.

Tuoba Niuren looked at the sand table of Yinyang City and thought about how to break the city. This sand table is very exquisitely made, the Hidden Yang City and the surrounding more than ten miles of terrain are all included in it, this sand table is the blood crow organization spent a lot of money, let the skilled craftsmen of the Hidden Yang City made, it is said that a total of two sets were made, and the other set was in the City Lord's Mansion.

Before you know it, it's getting late.

He touched his stomach and felt a little hungry. When he looked up and saw that the man was still standing in place, he frowned and asked, "What's the matter, why don't you say it quickly?"

The subordinate said, "We got the news that yesterday, Sect Master Helian joined forces with the Kaba Living Buddha in Zhaoyao Mountain to kill Yuwen Tianlu and seriously injure Li Chuntie. ”

"That's a good thing!"

"Sect Master Helian's whereabouts are unknown now, and his whereabouts are unknown!"

Tuoba Cowman laughed, "This is even better!"

For a long time, Tuoba Niuren has no good impression of Wanfa Sect, he is the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Wanfa Sect is just a dog who works hard for their royal family. However, Yuwen Tianlu's death in battle was indeed beyond his expectations.

From now on, he has one less opponent.

The only opponent, to be exact.

This made him feel a little emotional.

The subordinate said, "In addition, we got urgent information, half a month ago, Xue Huai killed Tuoba undefeated in the Northern Three Mansions, crossed the Phoenix Ridge, and now has occupied the Immortal Valley!"

Tuoba Cowman exclaimed, "What?"

This thousand-year-old king Baxue Huai actually took advantage of his absence to occupy the fairy ditch! The fairy ditch is a strategic fortress between the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, if this place falls, the Northern Zhou Dynasty will no longer have a moat to defend to the south, even if the hidden sun is captured, it will not be able to make up for the loss of the fairy ditch.

"Why didn't you say this earlier?"

The subordinate said, "The generalissimo won't let me say it!"

Tuoba Niuren scolded, "Tuoba crawled into the water, in order to support his idiot son to ascend to the throne, he actually asked him to fight Xue Huai? Come on, bring me three chicken legs!"

The subordinate waved his hand, "Dashuai, the subordinates are not hungry." ”

Tuoba Niu said, "Get out!"

An adjutant general said, "Marshal, in the past half a month, all the chickens within a radius of thirty miles have been killed!"

The Tuoba cattle people are full of fire.

When people are unlucky, they even stuff their teeth when they drink cold water.

Reason told him that the top priority was to withdraw the Northern Zhou army, return to the north of Hengduan Mountain, and then lead the elite soldiers and horses to the east, suppress the west of the three mansions, and form a horn with the regent's reinforcements against the Shenxian Gou.

This will inevitably lead to the abandonment of Hidden Sun City.

Once Yinyang City is abandoned, the undefeated record of the Tuoba Cattle will be ancient, and Zhao Lanjiang will become famous in a battle and become the first person to repel the Tuoba Cattle People.

He was not reconciled!

It didn't take long for the Northern Zhou Dynasty Imperial Court to send troops and horses, and Tuoba Niuren decided to seize the last opportunity to finish the battle and fight to the death with Yinyang City and Zhao Lanjiang.

......

Night.

The head of the city of Yinyang was in a mess, although the offensive of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was repelled, but there were still a few trebuchets, which hit the city wall and the head of the city, and the losses were quite serious.

Zhao Lanjiang sat on top of a battlement, his face was pale, and he had been motionless for three or four hours, and no one dared to disturb him.

Shooting prisoners of war with arrows, he was under tremendous pressure. This is war, not about mercy, only about victory or defeat. No one blamed him, but the touch on him was enormous.

Killing people is not a difficult thing to do, killing an unarmed person, and he is also a child of Hidden Sun City, which makes him restless. He somewhat understood Yuwen Tianlu.

Back then, he ordered the slaughter of 30,000 people in Dingzhou, and the infamy of "human slaughter" was carried for 20 years. Yuwen Tianlu never defended himself and endured all this silently.

Li Chengcheng carried a pot of wine and jumped onto the battlement.

He looked at the corpse under the city, took a sip of wine, and said lightly, "Yuwen Tianlu is dead." ”

"What!"

Zhao Lanjiang was dumbfounded.

"When?"

Li Chengcheng said, "Just yesterday, Dean Li, Helian Liangbi, and the Living Buddha of Kaba teamed up to kill him, and it is said that it was an order from His Majesty the Emperor himself. ”

"The emperor wants to kill Yuwen Tianlu?

Li Chengcheng handed over the wine jug and smiled bitterly, "The Son of Heaven is moody, and who can guess his thoughts? I heard rumors that the imperial court will announce the ten major crimes of Yuwen Tianlu on the same day, who would have expected that the dignified Duke An Guogong and the governor of Zhengxi, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, would collapse overnight?"

Zhao Lanjiang felt that the world was spinning.

For a long time, he has been practicing martial arts, so that one day, he can kill Yuwen Tianlu with his own hands, avenge his father and mother, and the parents and villagers of the entire Dingzhou.

Now, with the help of the Hidden Yang City Array, he killed Li Xiancheng, his martial arts were just beginning, and he had the power to fight with Yuwen Tianlu, he thought that it would not take a few years to take revenge with his own hands, but suddenly heard the news that Yuwen Tianlu was killed, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

Everything he did, it lost its meaning.

Hearing the news of Yuwen Tianlu's death in battle, Zhao Lanjiang was not only not happy, but a little lost in his heart. He doesn't have much contact with Yuwen Tianlu, and he knows that he is literary and martial, and his wisdom is unparalleled, and he looks confident about everything.

On the golden knife platform, Yuwen Tianlu could have escaped safely, but he was injured desperately and saved Zhao Lanjiang's life. Under the mountain stream, Yuwen Tianlu had a deep conversation with him, learned a lot of old secrets, and accepted his entrustment.

I thought everything was in Yuwen Tianlu's hands.

It's a pity that he guessed the beginning correctly, but not the ending.

Zhao Lanjiang stood on top of the city, poured a pot of wine under the city wall, and said slowly, "Put aside personal grievances and hatreds, I, Zhao Lanjiang, respect you as a hero." In the past twenty years, I have practiced martial arts hard, and every day I have been trying to kill you with my own hands, and now that you are dead, the grudge between you and me has been written off. Don't worry, what I promised you, I will definitely do it!"

Li Chengcheng sighed when he saw that he looked lonely.

Zhao Lanjiang suddenly asked, "What about Lao Xiao?"

Li Chengcheng said, "I lost contact, but with his martial arts, it should be no problem to protect myself." What I'm worried about is that Dean Li killed his future father-in-law, and I don't know how he will explain to Miss Yuwen. ”

Zhao Lanjiang said: "Here, at this time, this situation, this scene, there should be wine." ”

Li Chengcheng didn't have a good breath, "I turned over several places, and I found a pot, but you poured it under the city." ”

Zhao Lanjiang laughed.

Li Tingcheng also laughed.

Not far away, everyone saw their lord and Li Chengcheng laughing, and they were confused and expressed their puzzlement.

Laughter.

Zhao Lanjiang pressed the knife spring, and with a bang, the golden knife was unsheathed.

He held the golden knife in his hand and said loudly, "Before, I lived in hatred, from today on, I, Zhao Lanjiang, will live for myself, fight for Yinyang, whether it is Western Chu or Northern Zhou, if you want to attack Yinyang City, then step on Lao Tzu's corpse." ”

Li Chengcheng looked at Zhao Lanjiang and saw that he looked ambitious, like Yuwen Tianlu.

Footsteps could be heard in the distance.

The two of them looked at the prestige, and when they saw Li Xianzhong's solemn expression, they walked over to the place where the two of them were, and he said to Zhao Liangjiang, "City Lord Zhao." ”

"What's the matter with General Lee?"

Li Xianzhong said, "Something happened." Tonight, 200 people were poisoned in Beida Camp, and 38 people have died so far. ”

"Isn't the water source in the city heavily guarded?"

"That's exactly the problem. Li Xianzhong said, "Over the years, the Northern Zhou Blood Crow Organization has infiltrated into Yinyang City, which has become the climate, and now that the Northern Zhou Dynasty is attacking Yinyang, they will naturally not be idle, and most of these poisons are put by their people." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Lead the way in front of the head and go to Beidaying." ”

He said to Li Chengcheng again, "Please do one thing, go to the grocery store in the east of the city, and let the shopkeeper Xu also go to Beidaying, I have something to ask him." ”