Cui Dun has been in office for less than five years, and under his rule, the people here have been lifted out of poverty, and the problem of food and clothing can be solved at the very least, if he is given a few more years, Shapu City will become a relatively wealthy city in Huashan County. It's a pity that his luck is too bad, in the past two years, the territory under his jurisdiction has ignited the flames of war, and the original situation of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich has been beaten back to the prototype at once, and today the people in the city will not even protect their homes.

"General Zhang, thank you very much for coming to help, here are 5,000 young men who volunteered to stay and defend the city, and I asked them to help your troops build fortifications in the field. Cui Dun, who is in his early forties, has a lot of white threads on his temples.

"With the help of the city lord of Laocui, how much time will it take for Shapu City to transfer all the people?" Zhang Jie asked the key question directly.

"I also received an order from the base camp until almost noon, fortunately, the people in the city are prepared, and there is no time to delay too much time to pack their luggage, the residents of several streets near the west gate have been emptied, and now it is the people of the nearby villages and towns who have taken refuge in the city. If they are transferred overnight, it is estimated that all the people who are willing to leave will be able to evacuate before dawn tomorrow. "When it comes to political affairs, Cui Dun behaves very capably.

Zhang Jie actually guessed what Cui Dun was thinking, but he still couldn't help but persuade: "How many refuse to leave?" The military order of the base camp makes it very clear that the city lord Cui can abandon Shapu City if necessary, it is best for you to take everyone away, this is very close to the enemy-occupied area, and the enemy army will bring them back to the enemy-occupied area even if they do not kill the people in the city. ”

"Hehe, I know the military orders of the base camp very well, but I also know my responsibilities, there is Zhang Xun in Juyang City, and Cui Dun in Shapu City. The main force of our army is closely chasing after the enemy, what is missing is time, I want to lead the more than 20,000 soldiers and civilians who volunteered to stay behind to defend the city to buy time for the army, even if we can delay the enemy army for an extra hour, it is also an extra part of our strength for the Shaodian country. Cui Dun laughed, not at all able to see that he was doing something that would kill him.

"I'm ashamed, I have a military order and can't defend side by side with the city lord Cui, so I can only delay the pace of the enemy army outside the city as much as possible, hoping that the Shaodian Martial God will protect Shapu City and survive this catastrophe. Zhang Jie admired Cui Dun in his heart.

The local lord of the city is different from the commander of the army, and when there is a conflict between the military order and the duty, the city lord can ignore the military order and insist on his duty as the lord of the city.

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At this time, the barracks were full of soldiers from the Meng State, but the soldiers of the Shaodian State were besieging the barracks, and Hong Jin led the Ninth Army of Meng to garrison here, and was attacked by the forward troops of the Shaodian Army led by the 71st Division.

The 9th Meng Army had 50,000 men in the blockade camp, the rest of the troops remained at the Fenfeng Pass, and the forward troops of the Shaodian Army also had more than 50,000 men, which was the fastest marching force improvised by the 8th, 14th, and 21st Army Corps.

Hong Jin stood on the highest watchtower in the Chinese military camp and observed with only the naked eye the battle that was attacking the Xiying Gate.

"Isn't the enemy's 71st Division a cavalry division? How could they also participate in the camp battle?" Hong Jin saw that a gap had been broken in the west camp wall, and it was Dong Ba's men who were the main attackers.

"They are cavalry on their horses and infantry when they dismount, and the strongest elite regiments in Shaodian Country are among the best, and the 88th Division can't withstand their attacks. "The chief of staff of the Ninth Army of Meng is in a hurry.

"Damn, don't you want to die? How many people do I have left to fight like this? No, we still have the task of defending the winger pass, we can lose the big camp to block the pass, we can't lose the winger pass no matter what, and we can't use up all the troops here. Hong Jin finally couldn't sit still, "Let the 90th Division go up and help the 88th Division push the enemy back, and the whole army will retreat immediately after plugging the gap; ”

"Phew, the turtle son is running away!" Dong Ba spat on the ground fiercely, he couldn't get into the camp of the winger pass, because it was burned into a sea of fire.

"I heard that Hong Jin suffered a big loss from our Ding Kui squadron leader in Huashan County, and the division sent to chase down a brigade of our regiment only escaped back with 2,000 people, and he also sent a great merit to Ding Kui Squadron Leader, let him run if he runs. "Liang Gong personally led the 202nd Division to join the forward troops.

Dong Ba is an old man of the Eighth Army Corps, who has served as the commander of the 71st Division for many years, and he can be the commander of the corps according to his qualifications, so he has the chief of staff of the 21st Army Corps, and he is also the commander of the forward troops.

"Xiaoliang, you know that the young master is hanging in the next pass, but you still have that bad idea, the main thing is that I can't finish with you if there is any accident. Dong Ba was very unhappy with the junior in front of him who was higher than himself.

"General Dong's words are wrong, if I don't attack the Bianfeng Pass, the enemy army may still move south to open the road to the Xiahang Pass, and if I go to attack the Bianfeng Pass, then the enemy's offensive direction will be determined, and the base camp will clearly order the 201st Division to move to a safe place. Squadron Leader Ding Kui and the 201st Division are all the meat of our Gu Shuai's heart, how could I come up with an idea to put them in a disadvantageous situation?" Liang Gong hurriedly explained to Dong Ba.

Although the Liang family does not go to serve in the staff department, after all, they are a staff family, and it is impossible to have a bad relationship with the Protector Marquis, and now that they are fighting in Nannuma Prefecture, they are even more reluctant to fall out with the people of the Eighth Army.

"Okay, I'll leave that group of soft eggs to you, we have to rush to Zhongguan City immediately to take a look, Helian Yu shouldn't arrange such an invulnerable army to be there. "Dong Ba has received the news that Zhongguan City has been occupied.

"The strategic location of Zhongguan City is very important, and when we attacked here, the defenders there did not come to the rescue, presumably the troops are not very sufficient, so it seems that either Meng Seventh or Meng Thirteenth Army is responsible for garrisoning there, General Dong must be careful to deal with it. "Liang Gong wants to lead the 202nd Division to wait for the 21st Army here, and then go to attack the Bianfeng Pass, and he can't go to Zhongguan City with Dong Ba.

"Hehe, the forward troops don't have siege equipment, I won't force the siege, I don't know if the enemy's elite troops have the courage to go out of the city to fight me. "Dong Ba's appearance is rude, but he has a lot of eyes, if Jiang Xi didn't have a serious kinship relationship with the Ding family, it would not be so easy to command him.

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Ding Kui quickly ran to Xue Chong, picked up the unconscious captive on the horse's back with one hand, threw it in front of Xue Chong's horse, and said, "This time I have learned well, leaving a living mouth, this person should be a head." ”

The first brigade was ordered to intercept the enemy scouts, and ran to less than 20 miles north of Shapu City, and found traces of the Meng army's scouts.