In Ruzhou Town, the soldiers were in chaos, and the people could frequently see teams of soldiers entering the city. It was obvious that this place had become a battlefield for the two princes to compete for, and a war could break out at any time.

"You are responsible for soothing people's hearts and try not to cause panic in the people."

"Calculate the weapons, food and grass in Ruzhou Town."

"Dig a few more wells to avoid any need."

Du Mu, who served as the magistrate of Ruzhou County, was frustrated and frequently issued orders.

The Northern Qi army in the Nanyang Basin is approaching, and Ruzhou Town, located outside Heluo, is the first to be hit. It is very likely to be captured by the Northern Qi army. At that time, something will be wrong.

Xiacheng continued to increase troops to Ruzhou Town, and Yu Qian, a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty, personally took charge of Ruzhou to resist the troops of the Northern Qi army.

Not only that, Geng Gong, a famous border guard of the Eastern Han Dynasty who returned to Yumen, was also transferred to Ruzhou Town.

Emperor Shenwu of Northern Qi, Gao Huan, was known as a million troops. The northern expedition to Heluo shocked the counties of Heluo and panic.

"Gao Huan, a person known as Cao Cao, may be a fierce battle."

As a civil servant and poet of the Tang Dynasty, Du Mu knew all the characters of the Southern and Northern Dynasties very well.

In his opinion, Gao Huan, the Emperor of Shenwu in Northern Qi, was a relatively difficult person.

Gao Huan had not only Han people, but also Hu people from the Five Barbarians and Gaoche people during the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, and he led hundreds of lords of all sizes in the Nanyang Basin and was lying in Nanyang.

All signs indicate that Gao Huan's Northern Qi army might go north to attack Ruzhou Town, and Du Mu was worried and had no appetite.

He served as the county magistrate of Ruzhou Town for a while. Ruzhou finally recovered from the battle between the Huaixi Jiedushi Wu Yuanji, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and the population increased to 300,000, and the war broke out again.

"Li Taibai, you are a first-timer and you didn't expect that war would break out. This place is dangerous, please leave."

Du Mu persuaded Li Bai, the poet who came to visit, to leave Ruzhou Town.

After Li Bai, who was valued by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, was placed under house arrest by Zhang Hua, left Chang'an City, traveled around, and made a lot of scholars and poets all over the world.

Du Mu was also a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty. Li Bai heard that Du Mu and Li Shangyin were known as "Little Li and Du", so he came to Ruzhou Town to visit Du Mu, but ended up in war.

Li Bai wore a sword around his waist and wore a white shirt: "My swordsmanship is pretty good. Since I encounter this, how can I retreat and betray my friends and leave?"

Du Mu sighed: "Li Taibai is indeed a person who cares about justice."

"I will take a team of cavalry to go outside the city to investigate."

Wang Feng, the leader of the Green Forest Army, led a small team of Green Forest Army cavalry, left Ruzhou Town and moved his vision twenty miles away.

The storm was about to come and the wind filled the building, and the grass and trees in Ruzhou Town were all soldiers.

Yu Qian personally took charge, deployed city defense, and temporarily built a large number of wooden arrow towers.

In Ruzhou Town, there are hundreds of arrow towers, like hedgehogs.

"A disciple of the Mo family, please come and help defend the city by orders!"

When Yu Qian and Du Mu were in a state of great trouble, a hundred Mohist disciples were transferred to help defend Ruzhou Town.

"Okay, okay, thank you all."

Yu Qian solemnly bowed to the arrival of the Mo family disciples.

"You don't have to be polite, sir."

Most of these Mohist disciples are middle- and high-level craftsmen. If they build armies and arrow towers, corner towers, horse faces, chest walls and other defensive fortifications, the speed will be much faster.

Wang Feng and dozens of cavalry patrolled outside Ruzhou Town, and scouts in front were killed one after another, indicating that the vanguard of the Northern Qi army was approaching Ruzhou Town.

"You will follow me to capture a few scouts of the Northern Qi army alive, come back for interrogation, and find out the situation of the other party."

"yes!"

Although Wang Feng was only a third-rate general, he was one of the leaders of the Green Forest Uprising after all. He also had the courage to take the initiative to attack the scout squad of the Northern Qi army.

Before the battle between the two armies, the scouts had already begun to strangle each other and compete for vision.

In ancient times, almost all scouts were elite, and they were responsible for heavy tasks. They needed to strangle enemy scouts to gain vision for their main force and ensure that there would be no ambush on the way.

Although the main force of the Northern Qi army had not arrived, the scouts on both sides had already fought.

The scouts of the Northern Qi army were suppressing the scouts of the Xia army in Ruzhou and eliminating the possibility of ambushing.

"This person is too strong and invincible!"

"Avoid his sharpness!"

The scout in Ruzhou Town met a powerful general in Northern Qi and was defeated by the opponent alone!

The fierce general wore a bronze mask and came to catch the scouts in person.

A dozen scouts were intercepted and killed by the other party, and another was easily lifted up by the powerful generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty, without any power to fight back.

"This person may be Gao Changgong, the King of Lanling of Northern Qi, and he has the courage to be inappropriate for thousands of men."

Wang Feng captured two scouts alive, and happened to meet Gao Changgong, who also came to capture the scouts. When he saw Gao Changgong's martial arts, he couldn't help but feel scared.

The martial arts shown by King Gao Changgong of Lanling is far greater than that of Wang Feng, a third-rate.

"Since the Lanling King personally came out, it means that the Northern Qi army is not far from Ruzhou Town. We retreat to the city."

Wang Feng did not dare to confront Gao Changgong head-on. When he saw Gao Changgong coming, he avoided his sharpness.

"The vanguard of the Northern Qi army has arrived, close the city gate!"

Wang Feng returned to Ruzhou Town with the cavalry. Ruzhou Town was martial law, and archers climbed the city wall and arrow tower.

Cavalry patrolled the streets, and the doors and windows of the people were closed.

The vanguard of the Northern Qi army is less than five miles away from Ruzhou Town!

Gao Huan, the general of the Northern Qi Shenwu, appeared among the vanguard of the Northern Qi army, instead of falling behind as everyone imagined.

Gao Huan, Cao Cao and Liu Bei have some similarities, that is, they like to lead troops to fight in person. In every battle, they will serve as the head coach as long as they have the chance.

Gao Changgong captured the scouts of Ruzhou Town alive and came to see Gao Huan: "According to the scouts captured alive, the county magistrate of Ruzhou County is Du Mu, with a population of 300,000, and there were originally 20,000 defenders. Luozhou has increased 50,000 troops to Ruzhou County, and the troops in Ruzhou County have reached 70,000."

"The small Ruzhou actually accommodates 70,000 defenders, and Zhang Hua is really rich. It is no wonder that he has the ambition to annex the world by occupying Guanzhong and Heluo. Unfortunately, his ambition is shattered by me, Gao Huan!"

Behind Gao Huan were endless soldiers of Northern Qi.

The Northern Qi army everywhere appeared outside Ruzhou Town, and the rising sandstorm covered the sky and the sun!

Gao Huan brought more troops than Ruzhou Town!

There are more soldiers than people, so we can imagine the pressure of civil servants and generals such as Du Mu, Yu Qian, and Wang Feng who guarded Ruzhou Town.

The Xia soldiers on the city wall, holding spears, were trembling violently, fighting each other.

Gao Huan has too many troops and can't see the end at first sight.

This is just the vanguard of the Northern Qi army.

If it weren't for Du Mu, Yu Qian and other ministers who were trying their best to stabilize the people's hearts, the defenders of Ruzhou Town might have abandoned the city and left.

"Continue to ask for help from Xiacheng."

Du Mu was powerless in the face of the Northern Qi army and could only desperately ask Xiacheng for more reinforcements.

Xia Cheng sent 50,000 reinforcements, but there was a lack of a general who was the only one.

Yu Qian has the internal talent of "repairing troops and strengthening the country", and can maintain a high level of people's hearts, speed up recruiting soldiers, making equipment and armor, and building city defense fortifications, but Yu Qian has never been considered a general.

Li Bai stood beside Du Mu, with his hands behind him, looking down at the dark Northern Qi army under the city, with a heavy expression.

The Northern Qi army began to siege the city, and at this time, it was impossible to leave Ruzhou Town.

The craftsmen of the Northern Qi Army built siege equipment, and various siege equipment were rapidly formed.

"The speed of the Northern Qi army building siege equipment seems to be quite amazing. Gao Huan has rich experience in siege and has split large siege equipment such as siege towers, catapults, ladders, etc. into small parts. When siege, these parts are quickly spliced ​​into large siege equipment."

Yu Qian obtained information provided by the Jinyiwei led by his son-in-law Zhu Ji.

According to the Jinyiwei's research on Gao Huan, Gao Huan has moved to various parts of the Nanyang Basin in the past few years and has captured more than a hundred towns, with talent related to siege.

Therefore, Ruzhou Town faces greater defensive pressure.

...

Zhang Hua's troops had crossed the Yellow River south, crossed the Mangshan Mountain, and entered Xiacheng. The two major intelligence departments of Jinyiwei and Yebukuan sent information from various places to Zhang Hua.

"Dalian has been conquered by our side. Li Ji and Fan Zhongyan led their troops to block the dam. The water in Daliang City is retreating and Daliang City needs to be rebuilt. Currently, Li Ji and Fan Zhongyan confront Nurhaci outside Daliang City."

"Nurhaci's troops are in the east and Gao Huan sends troops in the south. It takes two groups to break the enemy."

"Gao Huan commanded hundreds of thousands of Qi troops to besiege Ruzhou Town. Who dares to rescue Ruzhou Town?"

Zhang Hua is facing a situation of dividing his troops.

Nurhaci's Later Jin and Gao Huan's Northern Qi came to attack, and Zhang Hua had to defeat two powerful enemies respectively.

Compared with the princes in various towns in the Taihang Mountains, Nurhaci and Gao Huan belonged to the Warring States Period, each with hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Wei Yan had ambitions: "Give me a hundred thousand army, and I swallowed Gao Huan's hundreds of thousands of troops for Duke Ming!"

"Wen Chang has great ambitions, which is a good thing, but Gao Huan is not a good person. You, Wu Jie and Zhang Xutuo, jointly led a 150,000 army south to rescue Ruzhou. Tian Heng, Huang Hao, Gou Xi and other military generals will be temporarily under your command."

Zhang Hua pondered for a while and decided to use the three generals of Wei Yan, Wu Jie and Zhang Xutuo, and went to Ruzhou to rescue the siege with the lords of various towns in Taihang Mountain as the main force.
To be continued...