General, this plot is wrong

Rain in the south of the Yangtze River and drought in the northwest.

In the continuous heavy rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the northwest has fallen into a long drought.

The pastures outside the customs gradually withered due to drought and lack of water. Many nomadic tribes began to move their families because of lack of water and pastures, looking for green land deep in the grassland.

It is also at this time that winter in the northwest is gradually approaching.

Not long after Lu Ting left the customs, there was a swarm of cavalry from nowhere outside Guiyan City, harassing the caravans entering and leaving the customs from time to time.

King Qing ordered Liu Chen to take his troops out of the city for a fight, but soon there was no movement.

The people in Guiyan City took it for granted and continued to set up stalls in the market, doing the most normal business.

When Liu Chen came back, he also brought back several horses that had been killed in battle.

The taste of horse meat was not good, but the sheep that Chu Heng raised in Quyu before were all taken by Gui 21 Lang.The sheep in the Xishan camp couldn't be fed, and they had already run out of food.In the days when there was not much meat, no matter how sour the horse meat was, it was still meat, and a little soup was enough to warm the stomachs of the whole army camp.

"Who is it?" King Qing asked after Liu Chen had the horse meat dragged to the kitchen.

Liu Chen didn't bother to wipe his face, wiped the blood on his face, and replied: "It's not a formed soldier, and it doesn't look like the armor of the Dayue clan. But it's hard to say, maybe it's the big Yue clan The Yue family proposed a pioneer to explore the way from several small countries on the side."

There is a severe drought in the northwest, and winter has entered again. According to the experience of previous years, it will be another big battle.

"Is there any news from Cheng Tan?"

"Earlier, I met someone who came back to send a message, saying that he was looking for the son's trace, and it seems to have gone to Daxia."

Daxia attached himself to Dayan in the early years, but the sky was high and the road was far away, gradually, he developed other thoughts.But Daxia has a small population, and the total number of troops that can be dispatched is only tens of thousands.When the Dayue clan slaughtered all the kingdoms, the King of Daxia fell with the wind and knelt at the feet of the Helian clan. From then on, he attached himself to the Dayue clan and became more and more powerful.

Such a place is full of dangers.No one can be sure that they will be able to escape unscathed.

At noon the next day, the Xishan Camp welcomed a batch of grain, grass and clothing.

After all, Zhao Zhen is more reliable than his father. He has been to Guiyan City and knows what life in the frontier is like. In addition, the regent Zhao Yin is on the sidelines, and the food, grass and clothing needed for the military camp have been reduced since he took the throne. A lot of on-time supply.

At that time, nothing happened to the Qiu family.Among the people who came with food, grass and clothes, there were also disciples of the Qiu family, who inevitably still carried arrogance when they arrived at the Xishan camp.

But just before entering the barracks, a sentry on the back wall lit up a beacon.

In winter in the northwest, the wind is so cold that people dare not wear armor on their bodies.

But when the wolf smoke rose and the warning bells and drums rang throughout the camp, no one hesitated. The sound of iron armor crashing sounded all over the camp. After a while, everyone gathered.

The dignified atmosphere almost stagnated in the camp.

The soles of the doorman who delivered the food went limp, he scrambled into the carriage and yelled for the driver to take him out of the city.

Where to go out of town?

Back to Yandu!

On this day, the Xishan Camp encountered the most difficult soldiers and horses ever to deal with.

The Dayue family came today with the light cavalry led by King Hulun. Not only were they fast, but they also brought other troops to serve as vanguards.And behind the light cavalry, there are siege engines.

That group of people was a little strange, but when he looked closely, Liu Chen still recognized them at a glance. They were the people he beat away last time.

They waved the sabers in their hands and yelled unknown words in their mouths. Wherever they passed, smoke and dust billowed.

The beacon smoke lit by Guiyan City reminded the people in the city to hide as soon as possible, and also reminded the nearby cities to be vigilant and ready to support at any time.

Within half an hour, the streets of Guiyan City were empty, and the doors of every house were closed tightly, silently.

King Qing stood on the city wall in armor.In the distance is the devastated grassland after the cavalry charged and stepped on it.

"Keep this gate..."

boom!

It was too late for King Qing to finish his words when the city wall was suddenly bombarded.Liu Chen protected King Qing behind him.

It is not that Guiyan City has never experienced artillery in the past, but Dayan's research on arms is not as good as Dayan's in his early years.The artillery in the past, at most, killed and wounded sergeants when the two armies were fighting, and the firepower was like an unconscious egg hitting a stone against a city wall.

But this time, at the place where the artillery fire hit, a sentry ran over with blood on his head: "The western city wall has collapsed!"

Perhaps it was because of the collapse of the western city wall that Dayue's artillery fire lasted for a long time.After the artillery fire disappeared, the neighing of horses came from a short distance away.

Looking down from the heights, King Qing could clearly see King Hulun sitting on horseback, surrounded by his light cavalry, the vanguard yelling and provoking.

On this day, the first snow fell in the northwest.

No one knows how long this first battle with the Dayue Clan lasted.At the collapsed city gate on the west side, more soldiers from the Xishan Battalion were transferred to defend against the enemy.

By the time King Qing went down the city wall, Xixue had already shed his armor.

On the city wall, there were soldiers who had fought fiercely all night. The dead comrades were carried off the city wall and neatly placed in the temporarily vacated tea house.

Outside the city wall, more than half of the Dayue clan's vanguard had been shot dead, and the attack seemed to have stopped temporarily.But no one took half a step back and set up camp across a city wall like that.

This kind of attack and defense lasted for half a month. Before the collapsed city gate on the west side could be repaired overnight, King Hulun, who was supplied with artillery fire, blew up the east wall of Guiyan City.

The Dayue family has always had wolfish ambitions for expansion.

They have never been ordinary nomads. They have their own fixed imperial city, their own increasingly strong soldiers and horses, and even the small subordinate countries that the fearful forces have to attach to and bow their heads.What they can bring after the capture of Dayan is not only aquatic plants, but also countless women, jewels, food, land, and enviable royal power.

Xishan Camp is like this again and again, blocking their ambitions.

As for the Dayue family, it was under such circumstances that they gradually cultivated the most suitable soldiers and talents who were most likely to defeat them.

When He Lianhun followed the eldest prince to the outside of Guiyan City, King Hulun was only a little bit close to taking the city that he had been looking forward to for many years.

The accompanying military prostitutes were called out to be enjoyed by the eldest prince and his accompanying generals.King Hulun found He Lianhun, pointed to the gate of Guiyan City, which was guarded under the moonlight, and said: "In five days, this city will be destroyed!"

He Lianhun flattered, looked at the city gate, and thought of Prince Qing's son who was mistakenly entered into Suoni City by his own design, and Lu Ting who led the troops out of customs and went deep into the desert to find people according to the spies' report, he couldn't restrain himself Feel ecstatic.

The artillery technology stolen from Dayan, those cannons that were hit on them were finally returned to Dayan.

Fighting a war requires a lot of military supplies.

During this battle, the food and grass that had just arrived in the Xishan camp quickly became scarce, and the people in the city also donated their food at home, but the Dayue clan was still weak.

King Qing sent Liu Chen to borrow grain from the rest of the towns in the fief, and most of the towns knew the importance of it, and in order to survive, they took out grain one after another.Only Qu Yu, not only covered his pockets tightly and refused to borrow food, but even uttered wild words, saying that the reason why the Xishanying was unable to drive away the Dayue clan was to accumulate energy and claim credit.

What merit do you invite?

Xu Taishou almost died of anger, but Gui Erlang, who had no choice but to make trouble, had to take out the food stored at home in private, and sent several memorials in succession, hoping that the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance would send more food and send more troops to support.

Liu Chen returned to the city with food and grass, but Guiyan City still became a dangerous place.

"Divide part of the troops and escort the people out of the city."

King Qing's body was covered with blood.

Every time they go out to fight against the city, it is a fierce battle that is more difficult than defending the city.But defending the city will only lead to more and more death, facing the enemy head-on, it may be exchanged for a glimmer of life at this time.

"My lord..."

"Go, send everyone away before the city is destroyed, the farther the better, at least don't let these beasts catch up."

"But……"

"Liu Chen." With the moonlight as his companion, in the campfire of the Dayue clan outside the city wall, the bonfire was bright, and the voices of men and women teasing could be vaguely heard. King Qing coughed twice, "You have guarded this city with me for so many years. You should know the principle of advancing with retreat."

In half a month, King Qing's white hair had already appeared from his temples.Liu Chen lost his head and wiped his face fiercely: "The general will know."

"If we take this step back, we can live the lives of the people in the whole city."

"But the Xishan Camp has never been defeated!"

"The Xishan Camp has not failed!" King Qing said solemnly, "Guiyan City has been broken, but the northwest line of defense has not yet been defeated! United with the border cities and defended the last line of defense from the northwest into the Central Plains, we can still keep the territory of Dayan!"

After days of fighting, exhaustion and the severe winter cold penetrated into the bone marrow, King Qing lowered his head and coughed violently.

"If Guiyan City is broken, if the emperor blames it, I will bear it alone."

After a long time, on the city wall, Liu Chen finally gritted his teeth and said "yes".

That night, the city gate on the side of Guiyan City was opened wide, and the people dragged their families out of the city.Anyone who looks suspicious will be arrested first and then killed.In just one night, the people in the city had no choice but to abandon their homeland.

No one wanted to leave, but they knew they had to.

In the winter of the first year of Yong'an, the frontier pass was returned to Yancheng and the city was broken.

King Qing Zhao Jin was seriously injured and fell into a coma. Liu Chen and other veterans lost to King Hulun and had to retreat to Yizhou.

This is the place where the Dayue family must pass through when they invade the Central Plains.

At that time, Yangzhou.

Chu Heng has just been released from prison.

In the territory of Great Xia Kingdom, Lu Ting finally found Zhao Duqing, who was left with Liang Xin'an alone to protect him.

When Chu Heng returned to Bieyun Villa from Yangzhou, what he heard the most on the way was the people talking about the Dayue family, the Northwest War, and the destruction of Guiyan City.

Whoever's family in the court hall is copied and killed, and whose family rises from then on, for the common people, it is far less shocking than the war at the northwest border.But after the discussion, the war in the distance was quickly forgotten by them.

After all, there are many mountains far away, the iron hooves of the Dayue family have not stepped into the Central Plains, and the places in the south of the Yangtze River are very peaceful, so there is no need to worry about these things.

When Chu Heng returned to the villa, it was already late at night, and the horse-drawn carriage passed the fields. Most of the households near the fields that still smelled of mud had already turned off their lights.

Occasionally, a patrolling tenant ran into a carriage, and the lantern in his hand flickered, illuminating the road paved with bluestone slabs in the villa.

Wuwei rushed to the side of the carriage at the fastest speed, and helped Chu Heng get off the carriage: "Sanlang, the kitchen is still waiting, what do you want to eat?"

After entering the door, Chu Heng rubbed his shoulders, ordered a warm and simple meal, turned his head and walked to the room.

After pushing and pulling the opened door, the room was as clean as ever, except that there was an extra mech bird on the table.

"It just flew here this morning." Bai Shu said in a low voice.

Chu Heng nodded, washed carefully, changed into clean clothes, then lifted the hem of his clothes, sat down in front of the table, and stretched out his hand to take apart the mechabird.

When Wuwei brought the food and put it on the table, he saw the words on the letter out of the corner of his eye: "Is it General Lu?"

Chu Heng's eyes dimmed.

The letter was written by Lu Ting, but judging from the time, when the letter was sent, that person had already gone out to search for Zhao Duqing who disappeared after Jiang Tuo was hunted down, as the letter said.

So, without Zhao Duqing, without Lu Ting, so King Qing and the rest of the Xishan Camp couldn't support Guiyan City?

"How long will the war in the Northwest take this time? Is one year enough?" Wuwei had already heard about the war in the Northwest from outside.

He was young and didn't understand the horror of war. He only thought that he had heard many stories about going back to the Northwest to fight over the years, but he always called the people from the Xishan Camp to fight back. Not bad.

However, Chu Heng was silent and shook his head for a long time.

He doesn't know what kind of battle is going on in the northwest.

But if the Xishan Camp, which is the iron wall of Dayan, can't hold Guiyan City and ends up with a broken city, then the battle in the northwest should be fiercer than everyone imagined.

Unable to get an answer from Chu Heng, Wuwei stayed in the room and waited with Bai Zhu for Chu Heng to finish his meal before leaving the room with clean tableware.

The north wind blows people's hair in the corridor, and the sound of rustling leaves seems more mysterious in the empty courtyard.

He looked at the moon under the clouds and mist, and couldn't help asking: Brother, when will the war in the northwest end?

Bai Shu didn't answer, but looked back at Saburo, who was reading the letter with frowning eyes under the candle lamp, and silently looked away.