Autumn is crisp and the sun is rising.

But compared to the cool weather in the northwest, the desertion in the city of Anyuan Mansion is even more chilling.

In the vast Anyuan Mansion, there are only a few scattered pedestrians on the streets hurrying home or out of the city.

The news of the battle outside Huling Pass has long been here.

Everyone knows that this war will definitely start one day, and the day it starts will be the beginning of the second national war between the two countries.

A national war means that there will be a war, and many people will die, and there are also many people who do not know if they can come down after they go to the battlefield.

There are less than 1.5 million households in Ye State, but there are more than 400,000 to 500,000 regular troops, and in addition to the regular army, there are even hundreds of thousands of local troops, that is to say, in the entire Ye country, almost every household has one or several people joining the army.

When the war between the two countries broke out again, the first unlucky ones were local officials.

During this period of time, Zhou Tielin, the county guard of Danyang County, was very busy, gathering the county soldiers from all over the country and the combatable soldiers in the county, and then sending them into Huling Pass in batches.

Huling Pass is now like a huge meat grinder.

Where there is gunsmoke every day, there is war every day, many people die every day, today it may be someone else, tomorrow it will be yourself.

This is war, this is the cruelty of war.

The world is ruthless, and war is even more ruthless.

On the battlefield, no matter what status you had before, let alone what your status was, and how much property you have in your family, you can't stop dying on the battlefield.

"What?"

In the county lord's mansion of Anyuan Mansion, Zhou Tielin looked at the young man in front of him who grew up with him with a puzzled face.

"You said that the royal court will not give Chu Yujia any reward, and he may not be able to come back alive this time?"

"yes. ”

The patrol general, who was about the same age as Zhou Tielin, sighed and said, "Old Zhou, didn't I say you, you have been an official for so many years, can't you still see the eyes of the royal court?"

"People don't want to give the Chu family any chance to make a comeback at all. ”

Some time ago, Zhou Tielin reported to Wang Ting, hoping to reward Chu Yujia who brought back the corpses of those fallen soldiers.

And there is also news from the royal court that it is for Chu Yujia to enter the palace to meet the king, and now that the days are counted, Chu Yujia should have arrived in the capital.

"The report you presented a few days ago has actually been read by the king, and he has also discussed it. ”

The patrol general sighed and said: "But as a result, the royal court has always disputed this matter, one group of people thinks that Chu Yujia should be rewarded, and the other group thinks that Chu Yujia should not be rewarded. ”

"I think that there are no exceptions to the military generals, and only a few Wenchen stand up. ”

"Of course, the vast majority of these people who think that the reward should be rewarded are because of Chu Qianwen. ”

"Among the middle-aged generals of Ye State, there are many brothers in life and death who crawled out of a trench with Chu Qianwen, even if they are not, they have intersected, and their impression of Chu Qianwen is not bad, and it can even be said to be very good. ”

"Moreover, they also know very well that the combat effectiveness of the iron army brought out by Chu Qianwen is far from comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. ”

But they didn't know, and it was precisely because of this that the king would not reward Chu Yujia. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Tielin frowned and asked, "Why?"

"Why?"

The patrol general smiled bitterly, put it next to Zhou Tielin's ear, and whispered: "Why else, how did the Chu family fall at that time, don't you know?"

"Not because of the rebellion?"

Zhou Tielin pursed his lips, shook his head regretfully and said: "General Chu I is famous and guards the northwest gateway for the whole world, but in the end, he still can't resist the temptation." ”

"I'm afraid you think about this matter too simply, and you think too much about the competition in this power field. ”

The patrol general sighed and said: "There are many things in the royal court that you don't know, this entire royal court is like a pool of deep water, which seems to be calm and waveless, but in fact, there is an undercurrent surging, and if you are not careful, you will never recover." ”

"This time, if these people don't stand up and say that they must reward Chu Yujia, then the king will definitely reward Chu Yujia no matter what the reason. ”

"But now that many people have come forward, how can they still reward Chu Yujia?"

"If you don't kill him, even if the king is extrajudicial. ”

Hearing these words of the patrol general, Zhou Tielin sealed his eyes and said, "You mean, General Chu ......"

"Shh......h

The border patrol general hurriedly blocked Zhou Tielin's mouth and said, "I didn't say anything, I just came to you today to have a look, and by the way, I asked you about the grain and grass." ”

"Lao Zhou, you just have to figure it up yourself, people can't help themselves in officialdom, and many times it's like this. ”

"Don't take these things too seriously, it's important to take the time to think about how to recruit soldiers. ”

After the patrol general left, in the lobby of the county guard's mansion, only Zhou Tielin was left.

Zhou Tielin's face was gloomy, and he really didn't expect that today's Ye Guo would become like this.

At this moment when foreign enemies are pressing, the courtiers and nobles are still thinking about intrigue, how to fight for more rights and get more benefits.

Didn't they really think about the scene when one day, Huling Pass was broken and the army commander drove straight into the city?

If the Huling Pass is breached, then what else will Ye use to compete with Qi State?

The country of Ye is already weak in national strength, and it is fortunate that the people can guarantee that they will not starve to death, once the army is overwhelmed, what can the people do?

He Zhou Tielin is not a big man who seeks the world, he thinks that he is just a small person, and it is also luck to be able to become a county guard.

But since he is a county guard, he must do something practical for the people, and what he has to do now is to protect these people, protect their property and lives.

Zhou Tielin gritted his teeth and hammered the table case hard: "It's all a group of things......

Two flowers bloom, one on a single table.

Outside the Huling Pass, there is no longer a beacon fire lit in various places.

The vanguard of the Qi army is under the Huling Pass.

Gale, yellow sand, barren land, and the gale blew these dry loess into the air, slamming down on those flying flags.

Outside the city, in front of the battle formation of the Qi army, there were constantly heralds galloping to pass military orders.

At the head of the city of Huling Pass, all the soldiers at the head of the city subconsciously clenched their weapons.

A high-pitched horn suddenly sounded.

In the past, when the Qi State marched west to attack the Ye State, most of them were tentative attacks, but today it is obviously different.

A series of siege equipment in the Qi army, such as ladders, storming vehicles, and door rams, have been pushed to the front of the military formation by the sword and shield soldiers at the forefront of the military formation, so as to consume the opponent's arrows.

Once the archers reach the attack range, they will shoot the arrows in the quiver one by one into the Huling Pass, suppressing the enemy, so that the opponent's archers dare not shoot arrows.

As long as the defenders were unstable, with the bravery of the soldiers of the Qi State, they were defeated in a battle after landing in the city.

But today's siege battle is obviously different, under the auspices of the new coach Dong Haoyu, this time the Qi army obviously showed different tactics from other armies when attacking the city.

It stands to reason that when attacking the city, the cavalry was completely ineffective, but today the Qi army was put on the battlefield by Dong Haoyu, and the six thousand Qi troops were on the left and right flanks of the siege army array.

In this regard, Dou Jiankai was also a little puzzled, urged the horse to Dong Haoyu's side, and asked: "I don't understand a little, the cavalry can't participate in the siege battle, why do you put the cavalry on the battlefield?"

"I deploy like this, so naturally I have my own arrangement. ”

Dong Haoyu didn't have the appearance of being a hanger at the moment, looked up at the head of Huling Pass, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Huling Pass, there are cliffs on both sides, the east city wall is nearly ten zhang high, and there is a wide moat below, I don't know how many soldiers are going to die on the way to the city." ”

"Then you are still in such a situation, going to attack the city?"

"And what do you think I should do?"

The corners of Dong Haoyu's mouth were slightly raised and said: "I don't know all along, why do you have to attack the city wall when attacking the city, is it because the people above can kill us with arrows or something?"

"Why should I storm the walls when they are high?"

"Rather than let these soldiers die in vain in the tug-of-war against the city walls, it is better for us to change our offensive strategy. ”

Dong Haoyu's gaze was locked on the city gate of Huling Pass.

"The main point of your attack today is at the city gate?"

"Of course. ”

Dong Haoyu smiled and said: "Once the city gate is breached, the cavalry will immediately enter to expand the advantage, I dare not say that my Great Qi soldiers are all brave, but my Great Qi soldiers are not afraid of death." ”

"The world says that in the Northwest Ye Kingdom, every soldier is brave and good at fighting, and he is invincible in hand-to-hand combat. ”

"But they seem to have forgotten that my Qi country is at the Central Plains Portal, is the Central Plains Portal worse than their Northwest Portal?"

"We have also been at war with Donghu for many years, and my Daqi soldiers are not vegetarians. ”

Speaking of this, Dong Haoyu slowly raised his hand: "Beat the drum, march!"

In an instant, 50,000 siege soldiers let out a shout in unison, and then methodically pressed towards the east wall of Huling Pass.

The soldiers of the Qi State in green armor looked like a green moving meadow, and they looked terrifying.

As these soldiers advanced to a distance of less than five hundred steps from Huling Pass, this Yeqi siege battle, which had a profound impact on future generations, officially began.

The first to counterattack the Qi army was the Ye army's arrow array, and the Ye army's archers took their bows and arrows when the Qi army advanced to 400 paces away, and when the 300 supplements were completed, they shot their arrows into the sky.