The enemy is approaching, and the whole city is under curfew.

In the middle of the night, except for the soldiers patrolling the streets, they also walked in the city with torches, and there was no one else in the dark streets and alleys.

The bitter cold wind whistled, causing the bonfire to sway endlessly on the city; the night-time soldiers sat around the bonfire, and when they saw Mars splashing on their armor, they were too lazy to reach out and brush it. Instead, they watched Mars fading away in the cold with interest.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves stumbled through the silence of the late night - the defenders at the city suddenly stood up, looking west through the walls, and saw several riders vaguely hiking in the depths of the night.

"Xiangcheng urgent news!"

The messenger who was riding a horse with a torch and stopped at the city gate, raised the flag behind him and waved it, shouting loudly.

The city gate was closed at night. A small school sat down at the top of the city wall with a bamboo basket to check the messenger's seal. Then, he hung the messenger onto the city wall with a bamboo basket, replaced it with a fast horse and rushed to the government office.

There are mud roads in Luoshan New City, but the cold night is hard, and horse hooves with iron palms are trampled by, as if they are ringing a war drum, shattering the gloomy silence in the city.

Among the simple post houses on all sides, Zhu Han also had difficulty falling asleep. Sitting under the lamp, he thought about how to write another memorial to better tell the current situation of Chushan and Ruzhou.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves like thunder, Zhu Han was in a state of peace and opened the window and looked out, but his vision was blocked by the night, and he had no idea what had happened for a moment.

The cold wind rushed in and blew out the candlelight, and the room was instantly swallowed by darkness.

Only dim stars shone in the yard. Zhu Wei couldn't help but wonder if it was Xiangcheng and the enemy troops north of Zhaoling had any abnormal movements?

With a "squeaking" sound, Zhu Zhi pushed the door from the side room and walked out, wrapped her clothes and stretched her head to look out, probably because of the galloping horse in the city.

"Ah, Father, you haven't fallen asleep yet?" Zhu Zhi suddenly found Zhu Gang standing in the dark in front of the window with a neat robe, and walked over with the lights and asked.

"Where can I sleep?" Zhu Qing sighed and said, "The horses in the city are running at night, and I don't know what happened again!"

"Xu Huai seems to be fond of using strange strategies and good at taking odd moves, but he really doesn't have to worry about anything," Zhu Zhi comforted his father, "It's a trip to Ruzhou. My father shouldn't force Xu Huai to go with him..."

"The battle in Huainan is related to the life and death of Dayue. What else should we do if we should not be?!" Zhu Han smiled bitterly.

Zhu Zhi didn't know what to say for a moment, so he lit up the oil lamp in the house. Seeing that the eldest son had drafted a memorial in the case, he picked it up and read it, and asked, "My father is still thinking about the stone cannon, and he thought there were still some unfinished words in the afternoon?"

"Not only that," Zhu Qing sat in front of the desk and said, "With Xu Houyan, I felt more and more urgently that I must guard the river and the Huai River. I only felt that there were thousands of words, but I couldn't start writing, and I was in a mess. I couldn't even write a memorial well..."

Zhu Han was talking to Zhu Zhi, and a burst of rapid footsteps came, and Han Gui was heard talking inside and outside the yard.

Zhu Wei was really shocked at this moment. He hurriedly pushed open the door, walked to the corridor, and asked Han Gui at the gate of the station: "Han joined the army, what urgent report did Xu Hou receive late at night?"

"Ruyang is lost!" Han Gui was about to come in, and he could not hide his panic, "Mr. Xu asked Mr. Zhu to come over..."

"What, Ruyang is lost?!" Zhu Hanru was hit hard by thunder and asked in surprise, "Half Yang has successfully broken through Ruyang, can he be safe?"

Han Gui said bitterly: "The more specific news is not known yet. In addition to the preliminary news that Liang County has urgently spread, some Ruyang defenders can't stand such fierce battles and surrender to the enemy, and some defenders break through, but Yang Hou's life and death are not known for the time being..."

Zhu Wei sat on the steps in a daze, unable to believe that there was any lucky news waiting for them.

Although Zhu Han hoped that Xu Huai would go to Liang County with him and persuade Yang Qiye to lead his troops south, whether it was for public or private, he hoped that Yang Lin could successfully break through Ruyang and escape.

Yang Lin's military achievements may not be as dazzling as Xu Huai, but since the Great Yue Dynasty suffered a great disaster, Yang Lin fought south and north, killed the enemy in blood, and devoted himself to the deceased barbarians. How could he be the last emperor?

If Xu Huai said that Da Yue had the left arm, Yang Lin, Liu Yan and other generals had Da Yue's right arm, and Da Yue's loss caused the pain of breaking the arm.

Zhu Qing strongly invited Xu Huai to Liang County. Deep down, he hoped that after Xu Huai took on greater responsibilities, he would do his best to resolve the siege of Ruyang and save Yang Lin from the trap.

Before he could wait for Xu Huai's exact reply, Ruyang fell into trouble?

Yang Lin was extremely strict in his army, and he also had a high prestige in the army. If Yang Lin was still safe, it would be hard to imagine that some of his defenders would surrender to the enemy?

Xu Huai just received a message from Liang County four or five days ago, and he knew that Ruyang was extremely difficult to defend, and the deaths and injuries of the defending generals were extremely tragic, but the situation could barely be maintained, and Yang Lin was also ready to defend the streets and alleys.

                                                              

Zhu Wei took a long time to recover before he recovered and pulled Zhu Zhi to go with Han Gui to meet Xu Huai.

They arrived at Xu Huai's residence, and at this time, the torches were lit in the courtyard, and several messengers came out with flags. I don't know what kind of military orders Xu Huai hastily issued to pass to various parts of Chu Mountain.

Under Han Gui's leadership, Zhu Han and Zhu Zhi walked straight to the side courtyard where Xu Huai was. Xu Wuji, Pan Chenghu, Shi Zhen, Xu Xin'an and other generals rushed to the scene after hearing the news.

"This is a letter sent by Yang Qiye..." Xu Huai saw Zhu Han walk in and handed him a letter. The letter was exactly the same as Han Gui said:

Ruyang fell before yesterday afternoon. Yang Qiye also discovered this when a scattered soldier broke through the siege and crossed mountains and ridges to Liang County.

More than a dozen generals who arrived in Liang County were responsible for defending the northwest wall of Ruyang near Ziluo Mountain when the city was trapped. They were far away from the enemy and were able to escape smoothly. However, they did not know the specific situation in the city, nor did they know Yang Lin's life and death.

"Xu Huai, do you think Yang Hou has a chance to escape?" Zhu Han asked with luck.

"..." Xu Huai shook his head with difficulty.

His understanding of Yang Lin and Zuo Xiaosheng's army was deeper than that of Zhu Han. Even if the news brought back by the fleeing soldiers was fragmented, it was enough to show that a major change occurred in Yang Lin when the city was trapped. Only when the dragons had no heads could it suddenly become so chaotic that they had no chance to be captured by the enemy without any struggle.

Zhu Han sat in a weak armchair.

Xu Huai said again: "When the enemy troops in Heluo captured Ruyang, they would definitely lead their troops eastward to Liang County as soon as possible. I have ordered Tang Pan to transfer 2,000 elite troops from Xiangcheng and Ye County to assist Liang County to prevent Liang County from being in trouble... I will set off for Liang County now. What do you have to deal with?"

"I will set off with you now, and leave one or two people to pack my bags in Luoshan!" Zhu Han said.

Ruyang fell, and the lonely city of Songxian is far above the Yishui River. Tens of thousands of enemy troops in Heluo are no longer restrained, so they will be able to crush Liangxian with all their strength.

There were only more than 10,000 defenders in Liang County. When they first heard about Yang Lin’s accident, the army would inevitably be in turmoil.

When Ruyang was lost, Yang Lin was not sure about his life and death, Zhu Han felt a pain in his heart. He really couldn't imagine that once Liang County was lost, Xiangcheng, Ye County and Jia County were facing the enemy attack from the west of Beijing and Heluo!

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There are Xu Wuji, Pan Chenghu, Xu Xin'an, Tang Qing, Han Qi and others on the eastern front. Xu Huai doesn't have to worry about how many troops the Chihu East Army will distribute before capturing Shouchun, and attacking Luoshan, Xinyang and other cities. That night, he and Zhu Han, Shi Zhen and others, surrounded by more than a hundred elite troops in the selection army, quickly left Luoshan City and advanced westward.

It is 400 miles from Luoshan to Yexian. Along the way is a newly built post road in Chushan. You can change the fast horses at any time. Xu Huai and his party rushed to Yexian at noon.

Ye County is located in the northeastern foot of Funiu Mountain and south of the North Marine River. It can be said to be the hinterland of the Huai Shang Western Front Defense Zone.

However, considering the need to reinforce Ruzhou at any time, during the most tense period of the war in the Juniping River, in addition to more than a thousand prefecture soldiers as basic defensive forces, Xu Huai also released two thousand elite soldiers in Ye County, and was controlled by Chen Zixiao, the deputy commander of the Right Army in Xiangcheng.

Chen Zixiao was the first to get the news of Ruyang's fall. When he sent someone to report the Liang County letter to Luoshan, he also sent two thousand elite troops in Ye County to Liang County to reinforce.

At this time, Chen Zixiao also rushed to Ye County to meet Xu Huai.

"Before the fall of Ruyang City, Yang Hou shot a crossbow for the enemy's bed and fell into a coma. The enemy took the opportunity to launch a general attack. The defenders failed to hold on for a long time and were attacked by the enemy. There is currently news that Yang Tingzhao led a small number of elite troops to escort Yang Hou out of the siege. The whereabouts are unknown. It should be in the mountains south of Ruyang..." Chen Zixiao had already obtained more detailed information about the fall of Ruyang at this time, and reported to Xu Huai and Zhu Han.

This is not good news.

The bed crossbow made by Dayue, a short spear-thick crossbow arrow can shoot a yellow cow through within one hundred steps.

Of course, Zhuang Shouxin, Zhuang Yong, Chen Rongjun and others also mastered the method of making bed crossbows, but the bow materials for preparing bed crossbows are more stringent than ordinary crossbows.

Dayue has always implemented the strategy of weak branches and strong trunks. In addition to the extremely unbearable wings in various places, even the preparation and reserve of military ordnances, the supervisors and prefectures and counties were suppressed, and good craftsmen and weapons were gathered in the capital.

Because of the rare quality, Chushan still cannot prepare powerful tools such as bed crossbows in batches.

On the contrary, after the fall of Bianliang, a large number of good materials and a large number of crossbows and weapons were stored in the arsenal, together with tens of thousands of craftsmen, craftsmen and family members were all kidnapped by Chihu people.

After the Battle of Ruying, the Chihu people attached great importance to the construction of the Infantry Armor. The enemy troops in Heluo and western Jing threw Western Regions stone cannons into the battlefield. They had more beds, crossbows and other weapons, which was not surprising at all.
Chapter completed!