Under the clear sky, Shaoling City was crowded with people. The soldiers of the government troops who went south to fight against rebellion were entering the city. The thieves who had previously occupied Shaoling had already fled. The government troops recovered the empty city without any effort.

It is no exaggeration to say that Shaoling is an empty city, because except for the officers and soldiers, there is no one in the city, there are no poultry or livestock, and there are not even rats.

There were traces of fires everywhere, burnt beams and wood everywhere. Before the thief fled south, a fire burned Shao Ling. After the officers and soldiers entered the city, they saw a ruined wall.

It's easy to do it.

This is everyone's idea. The fire was burned clean, but the city walls were still there. After cleaning up, there was a space to set up a large tent. Now the emperor is the emperor who personally led the expedition and is just right to build an palace in the city.

For ordinary soldiers, this expedition is not easy. Not only did the prime minister who held great power lead civil and military officials to act in military affairs, but the noble emperor also had the superior emperor in the army. It is said that the Empress Dowager and Queen Zhu were accompanied. With so many noble people, the requirements for camping are naturally not low.

There are naturally some specialties in laying blankets, fragrant medicine, tents, utensils, tableware, and various food, clothing, housing and transportation. The emperor and the empress dowager sleep in a broken tent with leaking air. She usually holds a broken bowl and holds two wooden sticks as chopsticks to squat under the tree to eat?

Some of the soldiers were war soldiers, some were people who were recruited to serve in the military. Most of them lived in poverty and had never been exposed to the lives of wealthy families, let alone how the emperor who had seen more than a high-ranking official lived.

They only know that the emperor's cost is definitely the best in the world. Even a chamber pot must be made of pure gold.

"I think the emperor must use pure gold plows, hoes, and shovels to cultivate the land. In autumn, the golden sickle must use to cut wheat." Some soldiers guessed with longing, chatting with their comrades while cleaning up the broken bricks and tiles.

After hearing this, the person next to him immediately agreed: "Pure gold? You have never seen the world! Pure gold is so soft, how can you cultivate the land by making it into a golden plow?"

"What are you shouting, it seems like you have seen it! Isn't the most expensive plow in the world the golden plow? The emperor doesn't use golden plows to plow the land, can he use wooden plows like you?"

It makes sense. Everyone thinks that the emperor must use a golden plow to plow the land, weed the golden hoe, and cut the wheat with a golden sickle. The land at home can harvest hundreds of kilograms of wheat per acre of land in the palace. Every day, there is a drink of butterfly juice, and a bowl of it pours a bowl.

The Empress Dowager must feed horses with a gold trough, pigs with a gold spoon, silkworms with a gold dustpan, and gold spinning wheels with a gold spinning wheel. She can spin dozens of cloth in one night, wearing gold silk satin and sleeping with gold silk brocade.

The simple soldiers and simple ideas, according to their living standards, believed that changing utensils and farm tools into gold products, and changing food, clothing, housing and transportation into the most expensive ones is the standard of the emperor's living standards.

It is precisely because it is close to life that all kinds of guesses have gained everyone's recognition, one by one, one by one, trying to describe what the emperor's luxurious life looked like.

It is autumn now. We should have worked for large households in our hometown, and as tenants harvest crops, they can at least get some food for remuneration. But now they are suddenly going to fight and are recruited by the government to serve in the military and go to war. I don’t know when I can go back.

In recent years, we have been fighting in wars. Last fall, we finally stopped, but this year we fought again. We said it only takes one month to serve the military. Although we don’t know how to calculate, we found out that we were afraid that we would celebrate the New Year in a foreign land.

Half a month has passed since he left his hometown to Shaoling, Yuzhou, Henan. Even if he turned around right now, it would take more than a month to go back, let alone the one-legged bronze man entrenched in Xuanhu City. He knew when he would drive him away.

The bronze man is still one-legged, how could this thing eat and sleep like a living person?

I don’t know, since the military camp says this everywhere, so everyone has more or less heard the story of the One-legged Bronze Man.

Anyway, the one-legged bronze man did something bad, and he would never forgive him. He could get a title at the head and a fief of 1,000 households. The soldiers were all fantasizing that if they attacked Xuanhu City and grabbed the head of the one-legged bronze man, the whole family would have no worries about food and clothing in the future.

When it really comes to that time, I quickly ask the matchmaker to tell you a big-ass little lady and continue the incense at home... No, no one is enough, I want ten!

"What are you laughing at? Daydreaming! Work quickly!!"

The team was interrupting the soldiers' fantasy with a loud shout. Everyone wiped the corners of their mouths and quickly went to the ground with rotten wood burned black. It was already afternoon. If they didn't quickly clear out the open space and set up a tent before sunset, they would have to eat dinner and be whipped.

While busy, a soldier found a shiny utensil in the ruins, emitting golden light in the sun, as if it was a golden candlestick. He felt like he was trying to step on it with his feet to avoid being noticed. Then he found an opportunity to pick it up and hide it in his arms, but the team saw it.

"What are you doing sneakily? Move your feet away!"

Seeing the soldier moving his feet away, the team was just finding that there was a golden weapon under his feet. He was overjoyed and did not forget to sound: "This thing is a spoil, I want to take it to hand it over!"

The soldiers around him were despised when they heard this, but they did not dare to say anything. They watched the team walk forward and bent down to reach out to get the goldware.

......

A thunderclap shook the fields, alarming everyone like a bolt from the blue. Prime Minister Yuchi Dun, who was checking the terrain on the mound next to the official road, raised his head and looked in the sound, and saw a mushroom-shaped black cloud rising in Shaoling City several miles ahead.

The soldiers lined up on the official road who were marching towards Shao Ling stopped and looked at the mushroom cloud in front of him and talked a lot. Yuchi Dun's eyelids twitched, and he asked the generals beside him in a bad tone:

"Didn't I say that? Beware of the enemy's thunder burying in the city!"

"Prime Minister forgives your crime! I will go to the city to supervise immediately!"

"You go? Are there so many generals under your command not going to do it? If anyone does not do it well, make mistakes, let him come and see you!"

"I will obey the order!"

Yuchi Dun looked at the general who was leaving in a mess, looked at the team that stopped on the official road, snorted coldly, and the other generals quickly shouted loudly in the direction of the team: "What are you doing while standing there! Keep moving forward!"

"Before sunset, we have to set up a camp in Shaoling! After a missed hour, no one had food to eat!"

There are a lot of trivial matters when marching and fighting, but Yuchi Dun doesn't need to worry about this. He looks at Shaoling City with black smoke in the distance, and then looks at the map in his hand. He is thinking about how to launch an offensive against Xuanhu next.

The Anzhou army entrenched in Shaoling retreated and led the people in the city to retreat together. Not only Shaoling, but also Ruyang east of Shaoling.

The Anzhou Army's move was unexpected, but it was reasonable. The military strength of the two sides was so different. If the Anzhou Army still dared to divide its troops and defend it everywhere, it would be no different from dying. Yuchi Dun had a scout to report and immediately sent troops to Shaoling.

The Bozhou army in the east probably had arrived in Ruyang at this time. As for the Yangzhou army in the south, there is no news yet, but it is inevitable that the enemy of Xuanhu is single and lonely. If Yu Wenwen, who is entrenched in Xuanhu, should withdraw his troops in shame.

However, based on the Anzhou army abandoned Shaoling and Ruyang's actions, Yu Wenwen might have planned to gather his troops to defend Xuanhu and fight for trapped beasts. As long as the court has not taken Xuanhu down, it is impossible for him to free up his hands to attack Fangcheng, Jingzhou again.

Therefore, for Yu Wenwen, it is indeed a necessary measure to use Xuanhu as a weight to delay time, but the people who trapped Xuanhu will be finished sooner or later.

To be honest, if Yuwen Wen really stayed in Xuanhu, Yuchi Dun would really admire the courage of his niece. Xuanhu was surrounded by a flat horse and no danger to defend. Once surrounded, unless reinforcements continue to reinforce, the defenders would not be able to escape.

It is a matter of time before the lonely city is settled. Yuchi Dun knows this truth, and Yuwen Wen should also know this truth. According to his style of conduct, it is very likely that he will stay in Xuanhu and struggle to survive the Yuwen family and struggle to survive.

If Yuwen Wen is really in Xuanhu, it is exactly the same as Yuchi Dun's wish. He feels that as an uncle and uncle, he has the responsibility to reunite his niece's family.

At that time, Yuwen Wen met his wife and children again. The scene would be very touching, but I don’t know if the other party would cry or laugh.

"Prime Minister, if Yu Wen Wen stayed behind Xuanhu, was he trying to learn from Liu Song and Chen Xian, and tried to use thousands of troops to defend Xuanhu and fight against the 100,000 troops of the royal army?"

A general laughed and said, "Yuchi Dun disagreed." He now has many soldiers and a wide range of generals, as well as powerful weapons such as siege, thunder and other siege weapons. He took down a mere chuckling gourd, but he was just catching a turtle in a jar.

But he was not blindly optimistic, and signaled his followers to put away the map, and said calmly: "Chenghu is a double-team for Rushui. It is indeed a bit troublesome to attack. When Yang Ni's troops occupied Xuanhu, the government army failed to succeed in attacking several times."

"Prime Minister, today is different from the past. Our army is well prepared, with sufficient manpower, material resources and food. Even if the Xuanhu defender resists stubbornly, how long can it last? I just don't know if the pseudo-emperor is still in the city. If he can catch all of it in one go, it will save trouble."

Is the pseudo-emperor in Xuanhu City Yuwen Qiankeng himself? This question has no meaning. Yuchi Dun just wants to take down Xuanhu as soon as possible and drive away the Anzhou army in the territory of the Yuzhou General Administration Office to prevent the situation in Henan from deteriorating.

Then stabilize the Chen State, concentrate troops to attack Jingzhou Fangcheng, break into the boundary of Jingzhou, and cut off the connection between Shannan and Guanzhong.

Yuchi Qin, the general manager of Bingzhou, is now confronting Tongguan across the Yellow River, while Xipiluo, the general manager of Yizhou in Shu, thinks that he has led his troops to Sanguan west of Guanzhong.

There is also the Liangzhou General Administration Office, whose capital is located in Hanzhong. You can send troops to attack Xiangzhou through the Han River East, or you can send troops to Ziwu Valley to threaten Chang'an. At that time, Yu Wenliang is attacked from both sides, how long can he last?

Yuchi Dun thought of this and was about to get on his horse, but he saw several cavalry coming in front of him. It turned out that Shao Ling sent someone to report that the soldiers were cleaning up the ruins in the city and accidentally touched the mechanism, which detonated the thunder buried in the Anzhou army. The casualties were a bit serious, and they are now checking whether there are other traps.

Yuchi Dun had already told him to beware of the Anzhou Army's mechanism in the city. Now that such a thing happened, he was too lazy to get angry anymore. Anyway, the military orders were as good as mountains, so he could not set up camps in Shaoling City before sunset, so he would do whatever he should do.

Just as he was about to get on the horse again, Yuchi Dun suddenly stopped and signaled to approach him: "Send some people, be smarter, and spread rumors near Xuanhu."

"Prime Minister, I don't know what the rumor is? I'll ask for instructions."

"Just say... I just say that the official army entered Shaoling and accidentally touched the organs, which triggered the thunder buried in the ground, causing heavy casualties. Queen Zhu was seriously injured and his life was not long..."

The general was ordered to arrange personnel. Yuchi Dun looked at the sky south and sneered: "Little bastard, you buried nails in Shaoling, are you? I made you toss and turn at night and can't sleep!"

......

Yuwen Wen woke up from his dream. In the dream, he saw Yuchi Chifan and Yuwen Weicheng sitting in a carriage, surrounded by imperial guards and entering Shaoling City. As a result, he accidentally triggered the thunder buried on the ground when the Anzhou army retreated, and the mother and son were engulfed by fire and smoke.

After the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, the ground was covered in mess, and among the dead, Yuwen Weicheng was unconscious in blood. The dying Yuchi Chifan held his son and fell helplessly in a pool of blood. He was already venting more than inhaling.

The Sky Thunder was buried by Yuwen Wen's order to cause trouble to the Yuchi Dun army occupying Shaoling. The Sky Thunder triggering mechanism was produced sincerely by the Xiyang Wangfu Workshop, and the success rate of fire reached 80%.

Seeing his wife and children in such a miserable state, Yuwen Wen felt his heart was as if he was shattered, and then woke up from his dream and realized that his back was soaked in cold sweat.

"Mr.?"

"Well?"

Zhang Yu, who was beside the guard, called softly, which made Yuwen Wen come to his senses. He found himself napping in the fortification made of sandbags, holding half an unfinished cooked cake in his hand, and a bamboo kettle was poured on the ground next to him, and the water in the kettle had flowed out.

"Hmm? I'm asleep?"

"Yes, the man, everyone just had lunch, and the king fell asleep as he ate."

Seeing Yuwen Wen's haggard look, Zhang Yu felt a little reluctant and advised: "Mr. Lord, urge other generals to guard the city defense. Don't be too tired."

"Tired? It's a war now! The enemy is about to come to the city, and once the city breaks, there is no place to run!"

Yuwen Wen regained his vitality and took the unfinished pancake in a few seconds. He took the bamboo kettle handed by Zhang Yu, took a few sips of Gugugu, and then let out a long breath.

"Master Lang, uh...My mistress and the little husband must be fine. The enemy spread rumors everywhere, just to distract the Master Lang."

Zhang Yu stumbled and Yuwen Wen waved his hand, expressing his inattention: "I know that I am just worried about the city defense."

This is against one's will. Yesterday, the news of the enemy's occupation of Shaoling reached Xuanhu. At the same time, another news came, that is, when Queen Zhu's carriage entered Shaoling, it triggered the thunder buried underground, and was seriously injured. Now his life and death are uncertain.

After hearing the news, Yuwen Wen was still chatting and laughing in front of everyone, and then he had insomnia that night. He went to the city with dark circles this morning to urge the city defense. Zhang Yu saw it and knew that Yuwen Wen was uneasy.

Just before lunch, everyone was about to eat pancakes on the top of the city to satisfy their hunger. Yuwen Wen fell asleep while eating. Zhang Yu didn't dare to disturb him and wanted the man to rest well. However, this person suddenly woke up and knew that he had a nightmare at a glance.

Zhang Yu and other guards did not say it out loud, but their expressions could not be hidden. Yuwen Wen saw that everyone looked like they didn't believe it, and knew that he couldn't seem to be able to hide it.

He was indeed worried about Yuchi Chifan and Yuwen Weicheng, and was worried that the mother and son would be injured by the mechanism buried by his orders. He reasonably told him that the enemy would have to carefully check whether there were any mechanisms before entering the city, so Yuchi Dun had to make sure that everything would be foolproof so that Yuchi Chifan and Yuwen Weicheng would enter Shaoling.

Then the news that "Princess Zhu was injured by the mechanism and his life and death were uncertain" reached Xuanhu, and it must be that Yuchi Dun wanted to disturb his mind and did it on purpose.

But from the perspective of his relationship, he was a little annoyed and worried. He had insomnia all night and looked tired. Everyone saw it. Now that he was looking at the sympathetic eyes of the people around him, it was really embarrassing.
Chapter completed!