Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 636: The Battle (1)
The sudden arrival of Chuxiu made both Jugtu and Cheng Rong unexpected, and they turned pale with shock. Under the emperor's banner, Chuxiu smiled, looked at Baosi who was standing there, and went straight forward to salute.

"Your Majesty, I hope you don't hurt our little master!" Axi's face was tense, holding Chuxiu's arm with one hand, and said with a naive smile.

"Ah Xi, how could it be? How could I hurt the Empress Dowager Ping? You see, I came this time to welcome the Empress Dowager." Chuxiu happily held Ah Xi's jade wrist, showing a smile of Chenxi.

"Your Majesty, Ah Xi believes in you, and Ah Xi is willing to go to the front with you to encourage the soldiers to fight the enemy with all their might!" Ah Xi's watery eyes were just reflected on the face of the beginner, with tenderness like water.

"Okay, let's go back to the camp, and we will not return tonight if we are not drunk!" The beaming Chuxiu looked at Qutu and Cheng Rong who had regained their calm, and said with a hearty smile.

Ju Tu and Cheng Rong looked at each other for almost a long while, then burst into laughter and got on their horses one after another. This day was finally passed safely and joyfully.

In front of Shuilongguan, the flags covered the sky and the sun. When the emperor Chuxiu of the Great Zhou Dynasty entered the pass in a mighty manner, the frowning general guarding the pass, Wu Gong, immediately led his deputy to pay homage.

"Wu Gong, get up quickly, tell me about the battle in the past few days, how many enemy soldiers are there, and how is the battle going?" Chu Xiu hurriedly raised Wu Gong and asked with concern.

"Your Majesty, the Xibing soldiers are simply not human. As soon as they entered our defense area, they murdered and set fire everywhere, robbed people and animals, and built dozens of wooden fence platforms outside Shuilong Pass, and mobilized a large number of sharpshooters to shoot arrows at our Shuilong Pass. Harassment, our army suffers unspeakably, with many casualties!" Wu Gong cupped his hands and reported with grief and indignation.

"You bastard! The people of Xirong are so unreasonable, digging out, immediately mobilizing a large army, going out of the city to attack, and destroying all the cloud towers of Xirong!" Long Yan was furious at the beginning of the repair, and furiously said.

"My lord, judging from the current situation, the reason why Anda, the chief general of Xirong, burned, killed and looted outside the pass was to force our army to fight. Now, my king's division is mainly infantry. If we insist on attacking, we must fall into his tricks. Please Your Majesty, think twice!" Qu Tu thought over and over again, and replied calmly. ,

"Cheng Rong, what do you think?" Chu Xiu frowned, and looked back at Cheng Rong.

Cheng Rong had to reply: "Your Majesty, General Judou's words are very good. If we want to completely defeat Xirong, we have to fight a tough battle with Xirong, delay the enemy for a long time, and wait until the enemy is exhausted before launching a massive counterattack!"

"Well, there are more than [-] Xirong cavalry. Master Cheng is right. We can only consume the enemy's troops as much as possible if we stick to Shuilongguan, Your Majesty!" Wu Gong couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

"However, what should be done with the people outside the city? You can't let the Xi Rong plunder you. What should you do if there is a civil uprising among the people in the city?" Chu Xiu thought for a while, and looked at the officials behind him suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, we should fortify the walls and clear the fields. Within a few days, we should use cavalry to cover the people outside the city and burn all the houses. They will all be withdrawn to the pass and taken in by the counties in Gyeonggi. The soldiers from the west have nothing to plunder. Naturally, there is a shortage of food and grass!" Cheng Rong rolled his eyes. , I thought about it.

"Good idea, Cheng Rong, go and do it quickly." Chu Xiu nodded with satisfaction, and immediately ordered everyone to return to the camp to prepare.

It has been more than [-] days since the Xirong invaded. In the past few days, hearing the loud cries inside and outside the city, and the roaring of the army horses, Bao Si, who had been staying at the Yamen of Shuilongguan, couldn't help feeling very worried. Eyebrows pointed at Axi and asked: "Axi, what's going on outside? The ghosts are crying and howling. Could it be that Xirong started to slaughter again?"

(End of this chapter)