At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 34

The next morning, Yangcheng.

Dugu Sheng was sitting slumped in the general's mansion at this time, while in front of him, Sun Ying half-kneeled and handed over a military order left by Pei Qiantong.

"General Pei...Pei Qiantong led his army out of Yangcheng last night, and went to Jiangdu to join Sima Dekan!"

After Dugu Sheng got the news, his eyes were slack, his eyes were dull, and he collapsed on the ground.

He didn't listen to a word of what the general said later.

Now his mind is full of the content of Pei Qiantong's military order.

"A letter from Jiangdu Yuwen, saying that His Majesty's whereabouts have been found in Jiangdu. His Majesty's golden body must not be lost. He specially ordered Dugu Sheng to garrison Yangcheng. If he loses Yangcheng, he will be punished by military law!"

After seeing the content of this letter, Dugu Sheng exploded at that time, raised his head to the sky and cursed three times, "Pei thief misunderstood me".

Your Majesty is in the deep mountains, how could he go to Jiangdu in just a few days?

But after the rage, what was left was deep exhaustion and helplessness.

Pei Renji led Zhang Gong's old troops to attack fiercely. If... the Xiaoguo army is still there, they may be able to defend Yangcheng.

but now……

He only has more than a thousand Xiaoguo troops under his command, and they are still a group of defeated troops. A few days ago, they were defeated by three hundred black-armored thieves in the mountains.

Not to mention the low morale, how can such a small army fight against Pei Renji's Zhang Gong's old troops?
"Pei thief wronged the country! Pei thief wronged the country!"

Dugu Sheng looked up to the sky and sighed, stood up abruptly, climbed onto the city wall of Yangcheng, and looked outside the city.

"General... Do we still want to defend this city?" Beside him, Sun Ying, who had just handed Pei Qiantong the military order, asked in a low voice.

"Snapped!"

Then he was slapped severely by Dugu Sheng.

"Of course we must defend it!" Dugu Sheng's face was livid, he turned his head abruptly, pointed to the inside of the city and said, "Although there are only two hundred households left in the city, it is also our city in the Sui Dynasty. How can we let the rebels occupy it?"

"Anyone who asks this again will be punished immediately!"

There was a flash of sternness in his eyes, and he passed down the military order: "In addition, the bandit Pei took away the food, and the army ran out of food. Organize the people in the city to provide food, supplement the logistics for the soldiers of the Xiaoguo army, and prepare enough food on the top of the city. fire oil and stones to prevent the enemy from attacking the city!"

"promise!"

After being slapped, Sun Ying blushed and shouted at the top of her voice.

Like Dugu Sheng, his eyes were filled with the consciousness of fighting to the death.

With more than 1000 soldiers, guarding a city is almost a doomsday situation!

You know, according to reports from scouts, there are more than [-] people in Zhang Gong's old army led by Pei Renji!
With this amount, as long as they continue to attack the city one after another, it will consume them to death!

"As long as you can last, you can last as long as you can! I will... live and die with this city!"

Dugu Sheng violently tore open a piece of white gown inside Xuanjia, bit his finger, and smeared his own blood.

Seeing this, Sun Ying, who had been with Dugu Sheng for nearly ten years, took the white cloth from Dugu Sheng, bit her finger, and smeared her own blood on it!

Seeing this, several generals beside Dugu Sheng expressed their determination with actions.

These people are all subordinates loyal to Yang Guang, generals promoted by the Dugu family faction.

What's more... They have been abandoned by Pei Qiantong, and they belong to abandoned children.

Can only live and die with this city.

If they run away, not to mention Dugu Sheng won't let them go, Pei Qiantong won't let them go either.

So they can only follow Dugu Sheng and make an alliance with blood.

On the top of the city, the blood of more than a dozen generals stained the white cloth red.

Dye the white cloth into a blood flag!
"Come here, hang this flag on the city tower to show our determination to defend the city to the death!"

Dugu Sheng took a deep breath, looking at this great river and mountain, which became more and more fragmented, he couldn't help but look towards the mountains on the back of Yangcheng.

"Your Majesty, are you alive or dead? Is it true that the world of the Sui Dynasty is really doomed?"

Dugu Sheng was meditating in his heart, feeling more and more that Yang Guang's hope of surviving was extremely slim.

In this era, the etiquette has already collapsed and the rules have been cut off. If those rebels find out Yang Guang's identity, they will definitely want to kill him soon!
As for him, he was first defeated by the Black Armored Army in the mountains, and now he was attacked by Pei Renji's former troops.

He had no time to go into the mountains again to look for Yang Guang.

While guarding against the Wagang bandit army, the back city must also defend against the attack of the bandit army in the mountains.

It's like being attacked from the back.

At this time, the sun was just rising, smoke and dust billowed all the way to the northeast of Yangcheng, and Pei Renji's vanguard had already arrived.

A general flag embroidered with the word "Qin" was getting closer and closer from a distance, and a team of about [-] people stopped ten miles away from Yangcheng.

Dugu Sheng's eyes became colder and colder, his face was full of killing intent, and he spat out two words: "Qin Qiong!"

……

The surrounding mountains behind Yangcheng.

In the temporary command post.

Xu Mu and Zhang Xutuo are directing a team of migrant workers to dig the tunnel.

From this position to the inner city of Yangcheng, it is about [-] steps.

At the same time, the scouts placed by Zhang Xutuo also discovered the Qin Qiong Vanguard Army ten miles outside Yangcheng.

Its soldiers are fierce and aggressive, and in the rear, Pei Renji's [-] troops will also arrive soon.

"My lord, I found something strange. Through this telescope, I found that the amount of cooking smoke in the city is too small. Compared with the previous few days, there is almost no one in ten. I'm afraid..." Zhang Xutuo is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, Found the problem intuitively.

Xu Mu picked up the binoculars and looked at the situation in Yangcheng.

At this time, it was almost noon, and there were only a few places with cooking smoke.

"Old Zhang, what do you think happened in the city?" Xu Mu raised his eyebrows and asked.

Zhang Xutuo frowned, and speculated in a deep voice: "It is impossible for the soldiers to fight on an empty stomach when the army is overwhelming, so there are only two possibilities, either there has been a mutiny in the city, which has delayed the cooking time, or... that's why The city is already an empty city!"

Xu Mu's eyes froze when he heard the words, and he had to say that Zhang Xutuo's second guess was a bit bold.

"Pei Qiantong, the last general, has heard about it before. He has no courage. Seeing the Wagang army coming to attack, it is very likely that he will abandon the city and leave."

Zhang Xutuo held the binoculars, but saw a blood-stained flag erected on the tower.

He couldn't help frowning, still guessing about the situation inside Yangcheng.

And Xu Mu looked at Zhang Xutuo, who was immersed in speculation, and couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"Don't guess, Pei Qiantong led the Xiaoguo army and ran away last night, leaving only Dugu Shengbu in the city."

Zhang Xutuo was still immersed in deduction and couldn't extricate himself, wondering: "How did the lord know?"

Xu Mu shrugged, pointed to a sentry and said, "This morning, a sentry came to report that last night Pei Qiantong took advantage of the darkness and hurriedly marched towards Jiangdu. It seemed that he was going to join Yuwen's family. Fight with Sima De."

Early this morning, Zhang Xutuo had been busy with strategic deployment and observing the situation of Yangcheng and Wagang Army, so the sentry reported directly to Xu Mu.

Hearing this, Zhang Xutuo immediately widened his eyes, picked up the binoculars, stared at Yangcheng, looked again and again, and blurted out: "Isn't there only a thousand remnants left in the city?"

His tone was both excited and disappointed.

What is exciting is that in this battle, it may be possible to win Yangcheng without any effort.

What is missing is...his Iron Buddha and Divine Arm Bow seem to be
It's useless.

Xu Mu guessed what Zhang Xutuo was thinking right away, and couldn't help laughing: "Old Zhang, you can't think like this, taking down Yangcheng is only the first step, and the most important step is how we can rely on Wanmin City in the future, Stick to Yangcheng and make it the front line for our army to sweep the world in the future!"

Then Zhang Xutuo said seriously: "My lord's lesson is that this battle is just for fun. After taking Yangcheng, the Wagang Army is the real opponent!"

Indeed, in Henan County, the current Wagang Army is almost invincible.

In the Battle of Xingyang two years ago, after Lao Zhang "died", the momentum of the Wagang Army became irresistible.

Now Zhai Rang is taking Li Mi as the main force, and the two armies are merging, trying to get their hands on Luoyang!
Yangcheng is a city they must capture.

Otherwise, if the Wagang Army wanted to attack Luoyang, it would have to travel more than a hundred miles away. The battle line was too long, and it was extremely easy to be defeated in one fell swoop.

"So, before Yangcheng is broken, the tunnel must be dug through, Yangcheng must change hands, and then we will stick to it!"

Xu Mu took a deep breath. In fact, this battle was far from simple.

But right now, he had to seize the opportunity given by God.

Pei Qiantong abandoned the city and fled. There were only a thousand remnants in the city, and the city's destruction was inevitable.

Determined to persist for less than half a month.

If Pei Renji attacked fiercely, it would be broken within a day or two at most.

So he had to open a tunnel from the back of Yangcheng, sneak into the city, and then... continue to guard Yangcheng in the name of Dugu Sheng's remnant army.

That's right, the current him is not ready to completely expose Wanmin City and its full strength.

The current situation is turbulent, and he doesn't intend to participate in the hegemony right now, but Yangcheng is the fortress of Wanmincheng, and must be taken.

And three months later, when the news of Yang Guang's death came out, the world would instantly boil.

Then all over the country, countless peers started their performances.

Xu Mu, on the other hand, intends to... secretly make a batch of war money while taking advantage of the chaos.

Then obtain a large number of people from it, expand the army, and develop crazily until the six gods are installed.

Let them fight internally, while he guards Yangcheng, waiting for the critical moment.

At this time, the Wagang army is more than [-]. If he really takes the lead and attracts Li Mi to attack, I am afraid that the gain will not be worth the loss.

Therefore, Xu Mu planned to take over the title of Dugu Sheng's remnant army first.

It would be even better if he could be recruited to defend the city in his name!

Wouldn't it be great if I could still reap the allies of Sui Luoyang?

……

Outside Yangcheng.

Qin Shubao, the leader of the vanguard army stationed ten miles away, was waiting for Pei Renji's order in the temporary tent.

After he came to Yangcheng, he saw the group of defeated soldiers on the city wall, so he sent letters to the rear several times, requesting an attack.

Eager to make contributions, he even asked for a military order, and within three days, he must go down to this city!

Of course, he is not a reckless general. The reason why he issued this military order is mainly because a news came from the scouts this morning.

Pei Qiantong led an army of [-] Xiaoguo, abandoned the city last night and fled to the direction of Jiangdu.

At this time, only a few thousand people from Dugu Sheng guarded the city.

And as a vanguard, he needs a hearty victory most to boost the morale of the whole army.

So he asked for a military order to strengthen the momentum of the Wagang Army!

If the city is conquered in three days, it will give Wang Shichong's army in Luoyang a head-on blow, and in terms of morale, it will even increase the enemy's defeat!
(End of this chapter)