Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 174 Rong Clan Army
Just when Qin Wei came to the capital, Yunyan City, Yu Wencheng was standing on the wall in iron armor, with an incomparably cold and handsome expression.

He looked up at the sky, but saw that the sky was extremely gloomy, and heavy clouds kept engulfing him, bringing oppression and dullness.

Just like the current situation that Yunyan City is facing, it makes people feel hard to breathe.

"They are still here!"

Yuwen Chengdu looked towards the vast grassland in the north, and let out a long breath.

In the north, on the endless grassland, there are densely packed tents, with no end in sight.

The horseshoes galloping around are like waves, moving turbulently.

Ever since he repelled the Rong army last time, Yu Wencheng had been filled with uneasiness, and just three days ago, he finally knew where this uneasiness came from.

The four royal courts of the Rong tribe, with 50 troops of the Rong tribe, approached the city of Yunyan.

But now there are less than [-] defenders in Yunyan City. If the opponent attacks the city, it may not take long to break the city.

Even if Yuwencheng has Wentao Wulue, facing such a situation, there is a feeling of powerlessness.

"Master Chief Soldier!"

Wang Han quickly walked behind Yuwen Chengdu, and bowed his hands.

Yu Wencheng nodded slightly and asked, "When will the reinforcements arrive?"

Wang Han replied: "The last general has asked for help from the surrounding pass cities and fortresses. The nearby fortresses have received orders and are expected to arrive at Yunyan City in the afternoon. As for the other pass cities, it is estimated that they will wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. .”

The fortifications on the northern border of Dali are mainly pass cities and fortresses. There are about a dozen pass cities such as Yunyan City and Xiangshan City scattered on the border for thousands of miles. There are hundreds of other pass cities under each pass city. Forts and piers.

At present, the soldiers that Yunyan City can mobilize are the defenders in the forts and piers under Yunyan City, but their number is not many, and they can only gather [-] soldiers.

After all, they also participated in the previous battle of Yunyan City, and the casualties were not small.

At this time, the ones who can really come to help Yunyan City are the defenders in the other pass cities, as well as the guards in Qinzhou behind.

It's just that neither the other guards of Guancheng nor the guards of Qinzhou can reach Yunyan City in a short time.

In other words, Yuwen Chengdu and the others must persist for three to five days.

However, the army of the Rong tribe is about to attack the city, and it is uncertain whether Yunyan City can withstand a wave of attacks, let alone three to five days.

Yu Wencheng looked at the army of Rong people gathering outside the city with a serious expression.

Three days!
If he couldn't hold on for three days, then Yunyan City would surely fall.

Once Yunyan City falls, the land of Qinzhou in the rear will be ravaged by hundreds of thousands of Rong troops.

He turned his head to look at the entire Yunyan City, and at the mountains on the east and west sides of Yunyan City, with a look of tenacity on his face.

Yunyan City is a pass city, located between two mountain peaks, guarding the northern part of Qinzhou, occupying a favorable location, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

But now there is a shortage of major generals in Yunyan City, with less than [-] troops, it is simply impossible to resist hundreds of thousands of troops.

If you want to defend Yunyan City, you must make some decisions.

Seeing that the Rong army outside the city has gathered, the siege battle is imminent.

Yu Wencheng said with a resolute face: "The order is to retreat to the half of the city!"

"Retreat half of the city!" Wang Han was a little puzzled.

"That's right, retreat to half the city."

Yu Wencheng nodded calmly.

Although the Rong army is mainly composed of cavalry, since they came to this Yunyan City, they must be ready to attack the city, and there are many siege equipment.

With the current strength and military supplies of Yunyan City, it is impossible to block the opponent.

It will even suffer serious losses under the opponent's siege equipment.

Under the crazy attack of hundreds of catapults and crossbows, it is very difficult to defend the city wall.

Therefore, Yuwen Chengdu absolutely retreated to half of the city, completely abandoning the northern city wall and using the southern city wall as the basis of defense.

The buildings in the city will limit the use of siege equipment, and will also limit the number of attacking troops of the Rong people. In this way, they will face much less pressure.

But correspondingly, they will have no retreat. Once they retreat to the southern city wall, they will only have one line of defense. Once they lose this line of defense, they will have no choice but to retreat even if they want to.

"Also prepare to burn the city!"

Yu Wencheng looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice.

There is no wind today, which is the most suitable for burning the city.

Yunyan City is dominated by the north wind,

Wang Han's face was extremely heavy, but he didn't raise any objections, because he knew very well that they had no choice but to fight to the death.

"The last general obeys!" Wang Han responded loudly.

Afterwards, the soldiers in the city began to act.

All the combustible things in the city were piled up in the streets and alleys, even food, grass and military equipment, etc., were all taken out, and each soldier only reserved five days' rations.

As the thick smoke billowed, the city that had stood for thousands of years was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames in an instant.

The raging fire burned the city and blocked the attack of the Rong people, but it still did not relieve the crisis of Yunyan City.

And as the news spread that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Rong tribe were approaching the city of Yunyan, the entire northern frontier army fell into horror. It was as if a major earthquake had occurred.

……

Five hundred miles southeast of Yunyan City, a large army is marching towards Yunyan City.

Bai Qi rode a horse in the army, his face was also extremely dignified.

When he received Yunyan City's request for help a day ago, he immediately led half of Xiangshan City's frontier troops to support them.

Last time, he went to support the battle of Yunyan City. For this reason, Xiangshan City paid the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers. He did not expect that only half a month had passed, and he would lead the army to support Yunyan City again.

"Report!"

A scout galloped over and reported to Bai Qi: "General Cavalry, Yunyan City is on fire, and the army of the Rong people has suspended attacking the city."

Hearing this, Bai Qi frowned slightly, but soon his frowning relaxed.

He had already guessed that it was Yuwen Chengdu who deliberately burned the city to stop the attack of the Rong army.

"Explore again!"

"Here!"

"Fei Ling!" Bai Qi called out.

"The last general is here!" A burly general responded immediately.

"I will lead the cavalry to Yunyan City first, and I will leave this place to you," Bai Qi said.

Yuwen Chengdu has already chosen to burn the city. The situation in Yunyan City is more dangerous than he imagined. He doesn't want to waste time with the army, and wants to rush to Yunyan City as soon as possible.

Although he currently has only [-] cavalry under his command, no matter what, having [-] cavalry is better than nothing.

"The general obeys orders!" Fei Ling replied.

After Bai Qi explained a few more words, he led the cavalry and galloped in the direction of Yunyan City.

……

Liangzhou, Liangzhou city.

Li Ru sat in the study in the chief secretary's office.

In front of him were two middle-aged men in scarlet official robes. These two were Liangzhou Chief Secretary Lu Chengxuan and Li Juncheng, who were Li Ru's confidantes in the Chief Secretary.

At this time, Li Ru was looking at the military report from Yunyan City.

It stands to reason that such military information would not be delivered to him immediately, after all, he is only the chief envoy, not the commander of the capital.

But now Li Ru already has a very high prestige in the Liangzhou Sansi Yamen, so when the Liangzhou Dusi received the military situation, it was sent to him immediately.

"My lord, if Yunyan City falls, the army of the Rong tribe will enter the hinterland of Qinzhou. Once Qinzhou is ravaged by the army of the Rong tribe, I'm afraid Liangzhou will also be in trouble." Lu Chengxuan said in a deep voice.

He didn't know the specific relationship between Li Ru and Yuwen Chengdu, he just considered the consequences of Yunyan City's fall from the perspective of Liangzhou.

Li Ru's eyebrows twisted into a twist, he must have thought more than Lu Chengxuan.

The loss of Yunyan City will not only affect Qinzhou, but the entire northern border. Once this gap is opened, the Rong people will be like a river that has broken its embankment, surging like a river.

At that time, not to mention Qinzhou and Liangzhou, the entire northern area of ​​Dali will be plunged into war.

Moreover, the frontier army in the north of Dali will also fall into a passive state.

Especially in addition to the Rong people in the north, there are also some royal courts in the west of Dali. Faced with such an opportunity, they definitely don't mind intervening.

Once Dali is weak, he will be coveted by countless royal courts around him. Now that Dali is facing internal and external troubles, those honest beast tamers will show their fangs and wait for the opportunity to bite Dali.

In the past, Dali was strong, and the surrounding royal courts did not dare to provoke him. Now that Dali showed signs of exhaustion, these royal courts jumped out impatiently.

Liangzhou is located in the northwest corner of Dali, and faces the greatest external pressure.

Thinking of these, Li Ru felt a headache.

"What's the frontier army doing?" Li Ru asked.

Li Juncheng replied: "The frontier army did not dare to act rashly. Recently, the Fire Worship Royal Court in the west has shown signs of mobilizing the army."

Li Ru let out a long sigh and said, "In this case, we cannot support Yunyan City and Qinzhou."

"The Dusi Yamen can mobilize part of its troops, but at most it can only mobilize the Northern Liang Guards." Li Juncheng said.

There are seven guards under the Yuanzhou Dusi Yamen, among which the Beiliang Guard is the closest guard to the frontier army.

"Then let them support Yunyan City!"

Li Ru said directly without any hesitation.

"In addition, I will write another letter later, and you send someone to Beiyuan City!"

When the war started in the north, how could Beiyuan City be missing.

It's just that now Li Ru doesn't know whether Beiyuan City will help.

Although Beiyuan City has been helping Dali guard the north, this time is different. Ever since the news of Shang Yuanzong's demise spread to the north, Beiyuan City has shrunk its troops and has not left the city.

Even if they married Qin Wei, they still maintained a defensive attitude.

Obviously they were very dissatisfied with the downfall of Shangyuanzong.

It's just that Shang Yuan Zong was clearly destroyed by Qi Yuan Zong, so even if he was dissatisfied, he didn't say it.

But if he wanted him to help Dali guard the north at this time, Li Ru could only see if they would give Qin Wei face.

(End of this chapter)