One person, one sword, I have guarded the lonely city for 70 years

Chapter 54 bad news again and again

Equipped with new-style siege equipment, coupled with the strict style and strong combat power as always, the Jing army beat the Xiqiu Pass defenders to the ground.

However, Shuofang and Hexi, which are also adjacent to the desert, did not experience any fighting.

Not only did they not encounter an attack, but they received a letter of persuasion.

In the letter, King Jing Yi personally promised that as long as the Jiedushi of the two Taoism is willing to surrender, he can keep the position and power of the Jiedushi unchanged.

Of course, one more condition was added to Shuofang Road's condition—hand over Song Yun.

Returning to the Shunjing Kingdom in this way, the status is equivalent to enfeoffing the princes, and they are still dominating one side, monopolizing the power.

The Hexi Jiedu envoy had no loyalty to the Tang court at all, and was quite moved when he saw the letter.

It's just that the reputation of defecting to the enemy before the battle is too bad, and there are more voices of opposition under his command, otherwise the Jiedu envoy would defect on the spot.

The letter of persuasion was still effective, and Hexi began to sit back and watch the attack on Longyou, showing no intention of supporting.

Shuofang Jiedu made Zhang Xianke more inclined to the Tang court, but he just put away the letter of persuasion and sent cavalry out to harass Jing Jun's supplies and backup.

But Jingguo's Gale Cavalry is a first-class cavalry unit, and they quickly defeated the Shuofang cavalry.

Zhang Xianke could only sigh helplessly. His Shuofang army was only about 10 people, including [-] cavalry.

"Hey, I don't know what's going on with Song Yun. There's been no news for so many days. Could it be that he was killed by Jingren?"

Seven days later, Jing's army captured Xiqiu Pass, Longyou Dao's defenders were defeated, the Tang Kingdom was terrified, and King Tang Yu lost his composure on the spot at the court meeting.

There are three roads in the northwest, and Jing Jun is focusing on Longyou Dao to fight. The reason is very simple - it is the fastest way to go to Chang'an from Longyou.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is going straight to the capital.

King Tang Yu ordered that the military envoys of various provinces send troops to help, but unfortunately there were very few responders, and at most one old, weak and disabled soldier would be sent there.

In a critical situation, the Shence Army became the court's last hope, and they rushed out to support Longyou.

As a result, there was a mutiny halfway.

It turns out that the Shence Army has used the name of fighting against Jingguo these days to extort violently, search for resources, and forcefully conscript masters of the rivers and lakes into the army.

When encountering disobedient small sects, they even directly kill them.

Many masters of the Jianghu were dissatisfied and tried to assassinate the chief general of the Shence Army in the middle of the night, but they failed, but they also caused chaos in the army. Many people took advantage of the chaos to flee and burned a lot of supplies.

At the same time, Jing Jun fought successively in Longyou Road and won another city in a few days.

The bad news came one after another, and everyone in the Tang Kingdom was stunned. For a while, people were panicked and rumors spread everywhere.

Every day in the court hall, he sighed and sighed, and King Tang Yu grabbed his beard more than once and said sadly: "What should I do?"

Many people began to flee, dragging their families to the south to escape.

Lack of medicine and food, rampant plague and rampant bandits caused many fleeing people to die on the way.

From the northwest to the southeast, thousands of corpses are found every day beside the wild roads, and the stench is suffocating in the sun, surrounded by countless mosquitoes and flies.

The other countries were shocked when they received the information. No one thought that Tang, which ruled the world decades ago, would be so vulnerable now.

The enemy army is still fighting among themselves when they are overwhelmed, and it is impossible to muster enough troops to meet the enemy.

"The country of Tang is over! This time I'm afraid the country will be destroyed!"

The monarchs and ministers of these countries also had a heavy heart, discussing how to deal with Jing Guo and whether to send troops to aid Tang every day.

Once Jing Guo occupies the Tang State and occupies the Central Plains, the next step will definitely be to sweep the world, which will make the monarchs of all countries restless.

In contrast, Tang Guo, a neighbor with constant infighting, is reassuring.

The whole world is paying close attention to the war in Tang, and Anxi has been forgotten again.

At this time, this military town has become a transit point for Jing Jun's eastern expedition.

Every day, truckloads of supplies depart from the hinterland of Jingguo to Anxi, and then escorted by the Jing army stationed in Anxi, they are continuously transported to Longyou.

At the beginning, he was on guard for a few days, and seeing that there was nothing abnormal in Anxi City, the senior Jing army gradually relaxed and sent groups of masters to the front line.

Especially the Ruishi Battalion, it was too wasteful to stay behind. They went straight to Longyou and became a sharp knife on the offensive end.

The masters of the Jianghu camp came here after a long journey, hoping to reap some benefits. Naturally, they didn't want to stay in Anxi to eat sand, so they quickly passed the application and ran to the front line.

There are many fewer strong men in Anxi City, but there are still tens of thousands of Jing troops stationed.

After finishing the tasks at hand every day, the Jing soldiers began to clean up the ruins, build houses, and slowly rebuild Anxi.

The commander's big tent remained in Anxi, and Meng Huo rode out of the camp to patrol around the city.

Seeing the charred ruins all over the ground, he couldn't help sighing softly: "It's a pity that the city is full of buildings. It takes time and effort to rebuild, and it takes time."

"Sikong Cuo underestimated the enemy and was careless. It really shouldn't be."

Naturally, no one dared to answer these words. Meng was qualified to criticize Sikong Cuo, but others were not.

Now several generals have been sent out, and behind Meng Huo are some young soldiers in the army.

Including Bai Yingqi and Meng Su who attacked Anxi before, these two had fought against Song Yun.

Meng Su lowered his head and said nothing, but Bai Yingqi couldn't help but said:
"The origin of that Song Yun is mysterious, and we haven't figured out many of his methods until now. It is inevitable that we will suffer losses when we face such a difficult person for the first time."

Meng Huo snorted coldly, "That shouldn't be such a big loss! The [-] army was killed by a mere [-] people. I can't even imagine how it was done!"

Bai Yingqi shrugged, "Let's set it on fire. The whole city is on fire, and we can't run away. Instead, all the kerosene we brought was used by that person."

Meng Huo frowned after hearing this, "A barrel of kerosene weighs dozens of catties, and it's not convenient to carry it. How did Song Yun take away so many barrels all by himself?"

Meng Su continued: "We searched the cellars of the whole city before, and found some traces inside. Song Yun may have hidden the fire oil in the cellars."

This explanation made sense, everyone nodded slightly after listening to it, but Meng Huo glared at his nephew, "You are smart now, why did you go before?"

Soon passing by the open area in the city, everyone glanced at the Beiting army cemetery on the side of the road.

Bai Yingqi curled her lips and said, "This cemetery is too much of a hindrance, why don't we shovel it."

Meng Huo shook his head, "The whole city belongs to us, and this place is not bad. The Beiting army has been guarding the lonely city alone for 50 years, and it will not change until death. It can be an example. Let's keep it for now, just to show you young people Look."

After patrolling the city, seeing that there was no problem, all the generals rode their horses back to the camp.

Soon the sun was setting and the sky was dimming.

After a busy day, the soldiers lined up to go back to eat and rest.

However, the security in the city has not been relaxed at all. Hundreds of patrol teams take turns to be on duty, ensuring that every street will have a patrol every half an hour.

As soon as it got dark, thousands of torches were lit in the city immediately, illuminating the vicinity of the military camp as bright as day.

There are even innate masters lurking in the corners of the streets and alleys, serving as secret sentries to guard against the Tang Dynasty warriors from attacking the camp.

With such vigilance, it is difficult for a bird outside to fly into Anxi.

The sun was sinking into the sky, night fell, and the urban area far away from the military camp lacked enough torches, and gradually fell into darkness.

Only when the patrol passed by, there was enough light to illuminate every piece of land.

On a side street, a group of Jing soldiers walked by with torches in hand, watching from left to right.

The ruins of the houses on both sides have been bulldozed and have not had time to rebuild. Now it is basically flat land, which can be seen at a glance, and no one can hide it.

There was only the howling wind on all sides, and there was no other movement.

"This place is safe." The officer leading the team waved his hand, and everyone walked towards the next street.

Jing Jun's figure disappeared into the distance, and the light quickly dimmed.

However, just where Jing Jun had just walked, a piece of flat ground suddenly trembled.

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