On January 25, the ninth year of Shengwu, after the Ming Emperor Chu Yun broke through the huge Hanoi County in less than half a month, he led his army to attack Xingyang County after only a few days of rest. Xingyang County had no power to fight back, the towns and counties surrendered one after another, the Ming army had not yet arrived to surrender the envoy had arrived in advance, the Ming army scattered to attack, and did not fire a shot, and recovered the entire Xingyang County.

"Report to Your Majesty that not much food has been found in the entire Xingyang County, and the people of Xingyang County have been hungry for several days, and they are begging us for relief. The wealthy families in Xingyang County have disappeared, and even the officials have almost run away, and now they have basically lost order, and the entire Xingyang County is in chaos. ”

"Report to Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Hanoi County, several cities we have broken down have rioted, most of the grain and grass have been destroyed, and the guards we have left behind have been slaughtered by an unknown force. ”

"Report to Your Majesty that General Ran Liang has lost contact with us. We haven't received any information from General Ran for several days. ”

"Report to Your Majesty that a large number of people are gathering at the large camp outside our city, estimated at no less than tens of thousands, and they are helping the old and the young to prepare to besiege the barracks, asking Your Majesty to decide. ”

"Report to Your Majesty that we have lost contact with Binh Duong County and Bing State, and the Supervision Department has also cut off information. ”

In Xingyang City, Chu Yun kept listening to the reports one by one, and they all came together, and Chu Yun's face remained unchanged. The good guy actually took advantage of the fact that he went deep into the hinterland of Sili Prefecture and didn't bring much grain and grass to cut off the grain and grass and news, and make this army out of the lonely army, what a big deal.

There is a problem in the Supervision Department, and the most terrible thing is that there is also a problem at the decision-making level, otherwise how could the Ming Dynasty's plan to use war to feed the war could be used? There are only a dozen or so people involved in his decision-making, and they are all his absolute confidants, and there are traitors in this group of people?

"Come out of here, I'm going to see what the hell you're going to play. Ran Liang, if you hadn't betrayed me, then I believe that with your ability, you would have saved the day. Chu Yun said to himself.

"Pass my order, and the whole army will turn around and enter Hongnong County. Chu Yun gave the order, although everyone didn't know why Chu Yun suddenly deviated from the original plan, but no one dared to object.

Chu Yun's 50,000 iron-blooded Praetorian Guards, taking advantage of the fact that the people of Xingyang County did not surround the camp, suddenly came out of the camp and killed Hongnong, of course, before leaving, the army left them some of the few grains and grass, although it was a drop in the bucket for these people, but it was worthy of their conscience. If you really continue to entangle with them, then in the end it must be the end of starvation.

I don't know who thought of the plan, but took away all the grain and grass in these places, only hundreds of thousands of people remained, if Chu Yun was in charge, then it would be dragged here, and the mobility of the cavalry would be completely lost, if it didn't matter, then the Ming Dynasty would lose the hearts of the people, don't think that the hearts of the people are illusory, many times, the hearts of the people belong, and they can really decide where the world belongs. For example, the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, they are obviously not as good as the north, but they can still hold on for hundreds of years.

And the hungry and crazy people, it doesn't matter what kind of army you are, they see that you are easy to talk to, and they will even storm the barracks, if you resist at that time, then you are tyrants, and the reputation of the Ming army will be completely stinky, if you don't resist, then the army will be completely finished. Therefore, it is better to leave them some food and grass while they are not hungry, and then leave. As for these hundreds of thousands of people, whether they are dead or alive Chu Yun can only bless them, Chu Yun is not so virgin.

As for the enemy's plan, Chu Yun didn't know what it was, but although he didn't know, he didn't follow the enemy's script, which was definitely right, he just wanted to disrupt their plan and make the enemy passive. If anyone encounters this kind of thing, they will definitely move closer to Ran Liang's army, or retreat to the nearest Shangdang County.

But Chu Yun wanted to do the opposite, go directly west from Sili Prefecture and return to Yongzhou. Chu Yun just wants to disrupt the other party's plan, Chu Yun believes that his 50,000 army is in hand, even if the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, Chu Yun can establish himself again, this is Chu Yun's confidence, of course, until the last moment, Chu Yun is not willing to start all over again.

Hangu Pass.

Countless troops surrounded Hangu Pass, front and back were full of enemies, a young general who was only in his thirties stood on the pass, his face was very tangled, this person was Xie Ai, one of the twin generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Xie Ai was originally one of the commanders of the three-way attack on Si Lizhou, but I don't know why he actually appeared on Hangu Pass, and he was surrounded by people.

"Xie Ai, you traitor, don't resist, surrender, Your Majesty will spare your life. The sergeants who closed hundreds of loud voices shouted, and looking at their outfits, they turned out to be the style of the Ming army, and the defenders on the gate turned out to be Ming costumes.

"You say, should I be arrested?" Xie Ai smiled bitterly and glanced at the subordinates around him.

"General, you must not surrender, think about it, if it is really His Majesty who wants to move you, he can make a holy decree, how can he send you such an important task first, and then send a large army to arrest you?"

"That's right, General, every one of the iron-blooded guards around you is extraordinary, it is really Your Majesty's attention, dozens of them can completely kill you, but look at them are still loyal to you? Isn't this just the surface that this is not Your Majesty's attention? You must know that Your Majesty is far away in Xingyang, how could he destroy the Great Wall at this time?"

"That's right, general, think about the defeat of the iron-blooded army back then, isn't it that someone pretended to be Your Majesty to falsely pass on the holy decree, and the huge iron-blooded army fell apart, this time the general must not be discouraged, wait for Your Majesty to come back, as soon as Your Majesty and his old man come back, we will be safe. Lu Zhong, a traitor, actually betrayed His Majesty, we can't fall for his plan. ”

"Yes, although there are rebellions inside and outside Hangu Pass, but Hangu Pass is a Xiongguan built by His Majesty himself, and there is abundant grain and grass, we occupy here, there is no worry about food and grass for several years, let's wait and see what happens, if it is really Your Majesty who comes in person, we are surrendering and self-defeating. ”

Listening to the words of his subordinates, Xie Ai's worries were swept away, what they said was right, if it was really Chu Yun's order, then these secret guards would have turned against the water a long time ago. The existence of the secret guards is an open secret, they are silent, they don't interact with people at all, but they are all strong, and they are not afraid of death, I don't know how many generals' lives have been protected, and these people can't win them over at all, they are just ordered to protect them, and behind them is Chu Yun's shadow. Therefore, as long as there is no rebellion, these generals are not afraid of these cold guys at all, but feel that His Majesty values them.

These cold guards are still protecting them, which shows that their general Xie Ai and them are doing the right thing, but the wrong thing is the Lu Zhong army that attacked them.

That's right, Xie Ai was attacked by Lu Zhong, Lu Zhong was the old man of the Iron Army, and he was also the only commander of the Iron Blood Army above the division level back then, with a high position in the Ming Army, commanding the Zhengdong Army and the Zhendong Army to participate in this battle. And Xie Ai only brought 50,000 troops to the north this time.

When Lu Zhong and Xie Ai's army broke through the frontal defense of Shi Di's army, Lu Zhong suddenly attacked, and Xie Ai was killed thousands of people by the Northern Army, but the Northern Army was the border guards who experienced the most battles, and their reaction was very fast. Lu Zhong's 50,000 troops were blocked out of the pass, and Lu Zhong immediately sent a message to the defenders of Tongguan, so more than 40,000 Zhengbei troops were blocked in Hangu Pass by 100,000 Zhengdong Army and Zhendong Army, so today's situation appeared.

In Chang'an City, Hu Tiezhu stayed in Chang'an, he took the only remaining 10,000 iron-blooded Praetorian Guards to protect the Daming Palace, although he was honest, but he was not stupid, he saw the weirdness of the atmosphere in Chang'an City. Before Chu Yun left, he gave him the task of protecting his daughter and children, and Hu Tiezhu was deeply favored by Chu Yun, so how could he not care.

In addition to the remaining 30,000 forbidden troops in the defense of Chang'an City, the cabinet actually mobilized 50,000 southern troops to go north to Chang'an, which attracted the attention of people with intentions, and Hu Tiezhu was one of them.

"General Hu, you have worked hard. An old man in a black and red official uniform sat on his shoulders and came to the outside of Daming Palace, obviously the guards here all knew this old man, he directly met Hu Tiezhu, the leader of the forbidden army of Daming Palace, Hu Tiezhu did not dare to be careless when he saw this old man, and personally greeted him.

"You all go down, this pavilion has something to say to General Hu. The old man's status was obviously very high, and after he spoke, all the others retreated, and Hu Tiezhu invited the old man into the house.

"Ge Lao, my Lao Hu is a rectum, I want to ask Ge Lao a few questions. Chang'an City has not encountered any foreign enemies, so why should the southern army be mobilized? Also, Your Majesty has been on the expedition for more than a month, what is going on with Your Majesty? Why is there no news from the front at all?" Hu Tiezhu expressed all his doubts these days, and it can be seen that the old man is extremely trusted by Hu Tiezhu.

The old man glanced at Hu Tiezhu before he spoke: "General Hu, people say that you are a martial idiot and don't understand human feelings, but this pavilion only learned today that it was just a rumor, and General Hu's thoughtfulness amazed me, since this is the case, then I can't leave you behind." ”

The old man suddenly made a move, and the speed was so fast that Hu Tiezhu, a good player at the peak of the middle of the ground level, did not react. Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the two of them are too close, and Hu Tiezhu is defenseless.

The old man slapped Hu Tiezhu's chest, Hu Tiezhu's whole person was knocked out, and the thick blue brick wall was smashed by this Hu Tiezhu, Hu Tiezhu stood up with a loud shout, and waved his hand to get the big knife not far away.

"Who the hell are you?" Hu Tiezhu's whole body was steaming like a fireball, this was the reason why he practiced the exercises, the higher his anger, the higher the temperature, the stronger his strength, this was obviously that he was on the verge of rage, and even the wooden tables and stools around him had begun to become charred.

"Haha Fire Thunderbolt Hu Tiezhu is worthy of his name, but it's a pity that you can't last long after being hit by the poisonous palm below, the one who knows the times is Junjie, you surrender now, how about sparing your life below?" The old man tore off the mask on his face, and sure enough, it was not the person Hu Tiezhu knew, this person was just a middle-aged man with a scar on his face, and he looked like a thief, and he was impressed at first glance.

"Boy, come here. Hu Tiezhu glanced at his chest, a dark palm print on his chest made Hu Tiezhu know that he was poisoned, and he was dizzy in front of him, but he was still endured by Hu Tiezhu, he knew that the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous it became, and he wanted to kill the person in front of him while he was still poisoned.

However, this thief-eyed guy also knew Hu Tiezhu's thoughts with a roll of his eyes, he turned around and left, the speed was no worse than Hu Tiezhu, and he quickly ran out of a few hundred meters, and the iron-blooded guards didn't react.

"Fire Thunderbolt, you wait for death slowly, grandpa will come to you in two days, and I won't accompany you. "Hu Tiezhu knows that although this guy doesn't have the breath of a divine stone, he must also be a master of the divine stone, and he can't chase it, otherwise it may be more dangerous.

Hu Tiezhu tried to detoxify, while calling his deputy and asking him to guard the Daming Palace, after all, no one dared to believe it, although the Daming Palace is just a palace, but the grain and grass materials are readily available, and it is like a city in the city, although the city wall is not as high as the Chang'an city wall, but it is also as high as eight meters. He has 10,000 iron-blooded forbidden troops, including 3,000 of Chu Yun's secret guards, Hu Tiezhu is confident that even if 100,000 troops attack, he can guard for half a year, so he is not worried, but the only thing he is worried about is the poison in his body.

Chu Yun didn't know about Chang'an and Hangu Pass, he took 50,000 troops to kill Hongnong, but happened to meet 20,000 recruits, Chu Yun took the lead in the battle, in just one hour, the 20,000 army was wiped out, Chu Yun himself killed three or four thousand people, this is still the reason why he didn't use much strength at all.

Chu Yun brought the general of this army over, this guy turned out to be Shi Di's relative, and his surname was Shi, but Chu Yun hadn't heard of it, Cheng Yang of the Supervision Department told Chu Yun that he was Shi Di's distant cousin, and Chu Yun nodded.

Chu Yun used a little trick, this guy told everything he knew, according to his words, Shi Di and Shi Hong respectively mobilized a large army to prepare to besiege Chu Yun's army, sure enough, Chu Yun's feeling was not wrong, where was really a trap, and Chu Yun learned that if he stayed for a few more days, their encirclement would be completed. In addition to this news, this guy also told Chu Yun that the great monk Fo Tucheng had arrived in Luoyang, Chu Yun guessed that all this was Fo Tucheng's plan, but there was no evidence, but since they wanted to besiege themselves, the more they couldn't let them get their wish.

In the next month, Chu Yun has been attacking westward with a large army, and the enemy tried every means to stop Chu Yun, but they were all cracked by Chu Yun one by one, at the beginning they sent a large army, and then Chu Yun commanded his subordinates to easily break through the defense line and command, and the enemy knew that he was afraid. They began to poison again, using the threat of Hermes-Epitek, and the beauty trick even sent a Divine Stone Controller to attack Chu Yun, but Chu Yun's strength was cracked by him one by one. The entire Hongnong County seems to have become a hell on earth, Shi Di is really crazy, in order to stop Chu Yun, he even did not hesitate to take hundreds of thousands of people as hostages, and in the end, half of these hundreds of thousands of people buried Hongnong together with the 30,000 army sent by Shi Di, the iron-blooded Praetorian Guard can be said to be covered with blood on his hands, and Chu Yun's notoriety is also spread far and wide.

But Chu Yun had no choice, there were more than 100,000 people chasing behind him, and Shi Di also tried his best to stop Chu Yun, Chu Yun knew that there must be a crisis in Daming, if it was really like that, there would be more deaths, so Chu Yun knew that these people were ordinary people, or they could only attack by stepping on their bones, even if he became a demon in the eyes of people, Chu Yun could only admit it.

Chu Yun felt more and more that he was still not strong enough, if he could destroy the 100,000 army in the snap of his fingers, then who in the whole world would dare to fight against him? Chu Yun's heart to become stronger was even more urgent, and now Chu Yun's heavenly rank has not been completely fixed, which is also the reason why he has not dared to go all out, he regrets a little that he did not retreat first to stabilize his realm, but he couldn't help it when he saw the heaven-sent opportunity to capture Si Lizhou, now that he thinks about it, this is a trap.

Could it be that the wanderer was far from seeing it? Even if the wanderer was far from seeing it, then didn't Zhang Bin see it either? Chu Yun didn't believe it at all, could it be that this guy Zhang Bin was digging a hole for himself? Still didn't he look like Shi Le killed his nephew? Is the enemy in his heart still himself? All of this was designed by Buddha Tucheng?

Chu Yun had a question and a question in his heart, but as long as he returned to Chang'an, he believed that everything would be solved, and he was about to leave Hongnong to arrive in Shangluo County, and after Shangluo was Hangu Pass, Chu Yun wanted to see what kind of immortal his enemy was.