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Wu Peikun's head buzzed. The Marshal gave this order, which meant abandoning Yongzhou City. How could this be possible!

The people have lived here for generations. Wouldn't it be a death sentence for them to hand over the city to be destroyed by the enemy?

He said anxiously: "Marshal!"

There was no extra time to explain: "General Wu, this is a military order."

The military order is like a mountain!

Wu Peikun's heart was pounding, but he still said, "Marshal, you can't abandon Yongzhou City. You can't pick up this and throw that away. That would be unfair to the people of Yongzhou City!"

As the defender of Yongzhou City, how could he watch the people being slaughtered one by one by the Ava army?

Gu Xingyan's eyes were cold and stern: "I have said that I will not give up an inch of Daliang's territory. Every citizen of Daliang is a relative of my royal family Gu. When did I say that I would hand over Yongzhou City to others? I will not allow them to kill any more people of Daliang!"

Wu Peikun pursed his lips and did not reply.

Gu Xingyan turned to Cui Jingyu: "Brother Cui."

Cui Jingyu stepped forward and said, "Ninth Prince, what do you want me to do?"

"I don't have enough manpower, so I have to trouble Brother Cui. Please stay and help General Wu evacuate the people of Yongzhou City. Let them take everything they can. Even if Ava breaks in, they can only be left with an empty city."

Wu Peikun closed his eyes deeply in pain. Isn't this just handing over Yongzhou City to others?

How can the Marshal favor one over the other!

Cui Jingyu touched his nose habitually and glanced at Wu Peikun's reluctant but obedient look.

"No need. According to the original battle plan, General Wu will follow you to attack Rangcheng. Please ask General Wu to send me an assistant. Don't worry, I will evacuate all the people in Yongzhou City before midnight."

Wu Peikun looked at Cui Jingyu in surprise. This man's position in the army was very strange. He was said to be the Marshal's follower, but the Marshal treated him as a brother.

Although they were sworn brothers, he was not allowed to join him in attacking the city, as if this was done specifically to protect his safety.

Gu Xingyan nodded: "Okay, I'll leave the people of Yongzhou City to you."

Then he turned to Wu Peikun and asked, "General Wu, did you hear clearly?"

Wu Peikun was extremely unwilling, but he had to obey the order. Time was urgent: "Yes."

Everything is arranged and everyone is in their positions.

Cui Jingyu followed the deputy led by Wu Peikun and immediately divided the 5,000 old, weak and disabled soldiers who remained into groups of three.

They were told to let all the people go out from the north gate within one hour, whether by words or by action.

If there are those who are unwilling to leave, let them think about the miserable conditions in Rangcheng and Huaizhou City.

Ask them whether they would rather be chopped into meat paste by the Zhao army, or would they rather have their daughters and wives raped by the Zhao army.

If they are willing to do even this, then knock them out and carry them away!

He will be waiting for everyone at the city gate.

Cui Jingyu's method was simple and crude, but very suitable for evacuating everyone in such an emergency situation where time was completely insufficient.

Li Shuangwan bit one side of the cloth with her mouth and tied the wrist guard on her right hand more tightly with her left hand. She wanted to arrive in Rangcheng half an hour earlier than the army.

Because there are also powerful bows and crossbows on the city walls of Rangcheng, and because it is the first city bordering Zhaoguo, the bows and crossbows there will only be stronger, larger, and more numerous.

There were also more soldiers guarding the city.

After Rangcheng was occupied by the Zhao army, it was not an empty city. Ava left 50,000 troops there.

Gu Xingyan came over, took the cloth from her hand, and helped her wrap the wristband tightly without saying anything.

Li Shuangwan knew that no matter how many times she said it, he was still worried about her, so she lowered her head and tilted it to look into his eyes.

"Don't worry, I will be careful and will not let myself get hurt at all."

Gu Xingyan snorted softly.

Li Shuangwan smiled and said, "Don't underestimate me. I have also been to the battlefield. Don't forget, I grew up in the northwest border. My father and brother fought against Northern Qi countless times. I followed them to the battlefield when I was twelve years old."

"When I was fifteen, I once led more than a hundred people into the Northern Qi military camp and took the head of their general. It took only half an hour to go back and forth."

Gu Xingyan took a deep breath and said, "I know. It's impossible not to let you go. Go ahead."

After the wrist guard was arranged, Li Shuangwan waved his hand and left with Shu Wenbo, Hong Shuang and five hundred selected elite soldiers with excellent light skills.

The eight people hiding in Huaizhou City and the grass crowd hundreds of miles outside the city have quietly withdrawn and replaced by spies to wait there.

Just as Miss Shu said, Ava had secretly sent troops to set up ambushes at various dangerous checkpoints.

Time passed inch by inch, and Ava stood on the city wall of Huaizhou City and looked up.

It was pitch dark, and apart from the sound of the wind, not a single sound could be heard.

The city wall was already filled with rolling logs and large and small stones, and nearly ten thousand archers were on full alert. As long as Gu Xingyan's army dared to attack, he would make sure they would never be able to return.

However, he had been standing here for an hour. There were also deputy generals guarding the three towers in the east, west and north, but there was no movement at all.

"Someone come!" Ava shouted.

A soldier trotted forward and said, "Great General Wang."

"Has the spy returned?"

The soldier looked down the tower and said, "No."

"Send someone to investigate again!" It was already past midnight, but from afar there was no sign of the attacking army.

Three hundred thousand troops were dispatched. The distance from Yongzhou to Huaizhou City is fifty miles. The news should have been received several hours ago. It is impossible that there has been no movement until now.

He sent out several waves of sentinels, but none of them have returned so far.

This means that these people were killed by Gu Xingyan.

Moreover, his Saker Falcon brought news that the Canglang Army of Daliang was indeed gathering.

His move must be to attack Huaizhou.

But if that’s the case, why is there no movement until now?

Ava's mind was racing, and he felt that there was something strange about this matter.

"Where are the food and fodder?" At this moment, I felt a little uneasy, as if something was going to happen.

Another soldier came over and reported: "General, I came to report two hours ago that we are still 20 miles away. They said that there was snow a while ago, and it melted yesterday, so we encountered a landslide, so we are delayed."

Ava waved his hand. It took less than two hours to walk the twenty miles!

It should have arrived at the latest at midnight, but it is almost Chou hour and it hasn't arrived yet, even if a snail can crawl.

"Send someone to pick it up immediately."

With food in hand, there will be no panic and the morale of the army will be stable.

They set out in haste and only received a little supply in Rangcheng, but it was not enough.

During this period, the soldiers could only eat half full.

Although there was no news of a shortage of military rations, if food and fodder did not arrive, the morale of the army would be shaken sooner or later.

"Yes." The soldier stepped down from the city wall and ran to deliver the order.