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Chapter 671
After Chun Yunan lost Dengzhou, he moved his headquarters to Jimo City in Donglai County.Jimo has benefited from fish and salt since ancient times. It used to be the Rao Town of Qidong, and it was also the place where Tian Dan defeated the Yan army with the fire ox array.

At this moment, the sky is getting brighter, and the gates of Jimo City are full of people waiting to enter the city.The defenders on the top of the city are in twos and threes, and they have just woken up not long ago.

"What are you in a hurry for, what are you in a hurry for?" Looking at the bustling crowd below the city, the city gate guard cursed dissatisfiedly.

The ranks of civilians under the city moved slightly.

"Open the city gate." The guard said angrily.

At that moment, the gates of Jimo City opened slowly, and the people outside the city began to enter the city.

At this moment, the neighing sound of horses came from outside the city, and the city guard was slightly taken aback. Looking at the official road in the distance, hundreds of cavalry suddenly appeared, with the word Zhao written on the cavalry banners.

The guard was startled, looked at it for a while and immediately shouted: "No, the enemy is attacking, hurry up, close the city gate."

The people below the city are constantly entering the city, but the city gate has not yet closed, and countless people are rushing into the city.At this time, the forward of Zhao Jun's cavalry was very close, and the guard immediately ordered the soldiers to drive out the people pouring in at the city gate, and forcibly closed the city gate.The soldiers drew their knives and chopped people inside the city gate.

"No, let us in!"

More than a dozen hands put their hands on the city gate, trying to open it.The soldiers immediately picked up their knives and chopped at the city gate. When the knives hit their palms and fingers, they were chopped off one after another.There were screams one after another, and the city gate was finally closed.

"Oops."

The guard cursed, it turned out that although the city gate was closed, the suspension bridge at the top of the city could not be raised, and countless people ran back and forth on the suspension bridge.

At this time, Zhao Jun's cavalry had arrived, and the iron cables on the suspension bridge were old and rusty. Several Zhao Jun cavalry took up big axes and chopped down the two iron cables of the suspension bridge.

The guard suddenly showed a look of great hatred.

Inside Jimo City Governor's Mansion.

A young man was playing the piano in the room, but at this moment a counselor rushed out of the room in a hurry.

"It's not good, Second Young Master, Zhao Jun is attacking."

As soon as the sound of the zither stopped, the young man frowned and said, "Zhao Jun? What a joke, just relying on the hundreds of people in Ye County, if I don't try to make a move on him, it's his ancestor who burns incense, yet he dares to attack me."

"No, there are quite a few Zhao soldiers outside the city. Just the vanguard has hundreds of fine cavalry, and thousands of infantry are coming from behind."

"Fine rider?"

"That's right, there is one man with two horses, and the horses are dressed in armor, while the man is in armor."

The young man got up immediately after hearing this, and said: "No, among the Zhao army, only the cavalry soldiers equipped on a large scale, there are hundreds of elite cavalry, it must be the elite of the Zhao army's army. Come here, isn’t his elite army guarding against Li Tang, the Turks, and Goguryeo?”

"unless……"

The young man suddenly thought of a possibility and stopped walking.

The counselor said: "Second Young Master, should you send someone to Beihai immediately to report this matter to the governor and ask him to return to help quickly."

The young man sharpened his eyes and said: "When things have come to this point, what's the point of returning aid? Even if my brother returns aid, can we hold out with less than a thousand old and weak soldiers in Jimo City? If it is true that Li Chongjiu's conquest of Goguryeo's army is in Ye County Landing, not to mention my little Jimo, the whole of Shandong is over."

The counselor immediately understood and said in a trembling voice: "Second Young Master, you said that Li Chongjiu's victorious army who conquered Goguryeo did not return to Youjing, but appeared in Donglai."

"That's right, that's the only way to explain it."

The counselor shook his head and said: "It's over, it's really over. Back then, Zhou Fashang's [-] troops failed to capture Pyongyang City, but they were all captured by this Zhao army. Now that he appears in Donglai, he must It's a sweep of Shandong. What should we do now, Second Young Master?"

The young gentleman sighed and said: "At the beginning when my elder brother wanted to descend to Tang, I advised him to wait a little longer and think twice before acting, but my elder brother was so determined that even Xu Yuanlang's generation would be willing to lead the horse for Duke Tang." , how can I be willing to be the queen, if it is too late, the Emperor Tang will definitely light me up. But he did not expect that Li Tang is in Guanzhong, my Chunyu family is in Shandong, one is in the east and the other is in the west, if something happens, it will be too late."

The counselor had already heard the meaning of the young man and said: "Then what does Second Young Master mean?"

"For now, all we have to do is to keep my Chunyu family, and the people who follow us are the most important thing. Brother will forgive me. We decided to dedicate the city and surrender the Zhao army, so as to avoid the military disaster."

The chief counselor sighed and said: "Second Young Master, I have served Chunyu's family for many years, but I have not been able to find a way to relieve the Young Master's worries, but until now, that's all I can do."

In the evening, the gate of Jimo City opened wide, Xue Wanche rode into the city, and when he arrived at the gate, he said to the man kneeling on the ground, "Are you Chunyu Nan's younger brother, Chunyu Lang?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't Er Chunyu's family realize the general situation earlier and surrender today?"

Chunyu Lang said: "Reporting to General, I, Chunyu's family, do not know the power of Heaven, that's why I made a mistake today. Please forgive me, General."

Xue Wanche nodded and said: "Alright, it's not too late to surrender now. You can write a letter to your elder brother to let him surrender to my Great Zhao as soon as possible, so that he can be saved from death. Maybe His Majesty's grace will allow him to do so." official."

"I will obey my orders, so I will write a letter to my brother."

Qingzhou, Beihai County.

In the city, Qi Gongshun, Liu Lan, Zang Junxiang, Chun Yunan, Li Yiman and several Shandong Tang army generals were all sitting together.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was serious, and no one said a word.The tea on the side was already cold, and no one came out to break the silence.

After waiting for a while, finally a burly man stood up and raised his trousers. This man was none other than Zang Junxiang.He looked at the crowd and said: "Since everyone doesn't say it, let me say it. Everyone understands the current situation. As far as I know, Li Chongjiu's 2 Zhao troops have landed in Donglai County. After entering Goguryeo, the general who led the Wuwei Army of Zhao Junfu Army who broke through Pyongyang City was Li Chongjiu himself. Mr. Liu, I am right."

Liu Lan looked at Zang Junxiang and nodded with a smile, "That's not bad at all."

"At present, we have more than 3 elite Zhao troops under the city of Qingzhou. We can no longer resist. These 2 troops have landed in Donglai County. If they are under the enemy's back, Beihai County will definitely not be able to defend." Zang Junxiang made this conclusion. .

"That's not necessarily the case. His Majesty had a decree before, saying that we should be patient for a while. He will be in Guanzhong soon. Jing Xiang will launch a large-scale offensive against Zhao Jun. If we can hold back Li Chongjiu's main force here, then what will happen to His Majesty's offensive?" Very helpful." Li Yiman said.

Zang Junxiang sneered and said, "Are you still asleep? Or are you dreaming? It has nothing to do with us whether His Majesty launches an offensive in Guanzhong. When His Majesty's army arrives here, our heads will already be high." The ground is hanging on the head of Qingzhou city."

"Then Zang Gong, what do you mean?" Qi Gongshun couldn't help asking.

Zang Junxiang snorted and said: "It's very simple, just retreat from Qingzhou, and everyone retreats to Donghai County together, leaving the green hills without worrying about no firewood."

(End of this chapter)