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Chapter 547 The Battle of Salt Lake
Hearing that Sirius City was attacked by the Hengshan Army, Huerle's expression changed drastically.Only then did he realize that he seemed to have been fooled by Hengshan.Its main army confronted itself here, and another team was sent to attack the base of the rear.

Just when Huerle was flustered and was about to order the army to retreat and return to help, the messenger took out Fan Qi's letter and presented it.

After reading the content on Fan Qixin, Huerle changed his flustered expression before and couldn't help laughing.

The next day, the Donghu army suddenly made a change, and a hundred thousand troops rushed out of the camp, aiming directly at the direction of Sirius City.

Such a huge movement immediately attracted the attention of the Hengshan army. When Lin Yifan heard about this, his face immediately showed joy. Could it be that Luo Feng and the others had already completed the task?

In order to test Donghu's reality, Lin Yifan immediately ordered the army to take the initiative to attack.Sure enough, facing the provocation of the Hengshan Army, the Donghu people did not respond. Instead, they ordered the army to retreat for more than ten miles and not to contact the Hengshan Army.

Although Lin Yifan could conclude that such a change in Donghu must have been a chain reaction triggered by Luo Feng.It's just that for some reason, he still couldn't calm down in his heart, and felt a little uneasy in a vague way.

Although the Donghu people suddenly lost 30 cavalry, Chen Bing's strength here still reached nearly [-].With Hengshan's current strength alone, he was still unable to defeat the opponent, especially when the cavalry was scattered, he was really unable to go north to wipe out the enemy.Therefore, after several trials, the Hengshan army had to retreat back to the south bank of Xiashui again, and confront the Donghu people.

Time flies, and it is February in a blink of an eye. However, Hengshan is deeply involved in the Northern War, and has a protracted confrontation with the Donghu people.

During the next period, Lin Yifan also received information from the Central Plains. Now Cao Jun has captured the central part of Yanzhou and is approaching Yancheng.Qi Rui of Yanzhou, the most powerful of all the major forces back then, is now in the doldrums, and can only sit in a lonely city and carry out the final resistance.Although the Mingzhou army wanted to help, they were firmly blocked in the Killing Tiger Pass and could not rescue Yanzhou at all.

As for the requests for help from the two prefectures, Hengshan was naturally sent in an endless stream, but at this time Hengshan was in a state of desperation, so how could they care about them?
The Western Regions, which worried Lin Yifan the most, finally delivered good news. When Lin Yifan saw that Hou Mingfeng had defeated the 50 coalition army at Tianji Pass and captured more than [-] of them, he couldn't help laughing.The crisis in the Western Regions can finally be resolved.

Immediately, Lin Yifan ordered people to spread the good news to the whole army to boost their morale.Sure enough, when the whole army learned of the results of the Western Regions, they couldn't help cheering loudly, and the decadence that had been wasting time here was swept away.

In addition to being overjoyed, Lin Yifan also sighed. Although he had won the Great Victory, the crisis in the Western Regions was still unresolved. The threat of the Western Golden Werewolf had come to an end.And this also means that the soldiers and horses from the Western Regions cannot rush to support.

Soon, Lin Yifan sent a letter to Han Song, ordering him to quickly draw up negotiations with the Western countries and send diplomatic envoys to negotiate.As for some of the special terms, he also explained them one by one in the book.

Just when Lin Yifan was always worried about whether Luo Feng and the others would be able to escape the siege and interception of the Donghu people.Salt Lake City, which is located in the desert, is facing the siege of a hundred thousand troops at this moment.

Salt Lake City is Hengshan's main salt-producing area, which has brought a lot of wealth to Hengshan's finances.Although there are only [-] residents here, there are [-] defenders stationed here.However, when they faced an army of [-], this number of troops was not enough.

Xue Yong, the defender of Salt Lake City, is the younger brother of Xue Cheng, the Minister of Justice, and an old man of Hengshan.At this moment, looking at the dark crowd outside the city, he knew that the city might not be able to hold on.

However, now he has no choice but to recruit the young and strong men in the city to assist in the defense of the city, desperately blocking the enemy for a while, in order to send the salt makers in the city out of the city safely, so as not to fall into the hands of the Donghu people.Otherwise, without these craftsmen, it would take a lot of time for Hengshan to resume salt production.

Salt Lake City is located at the confluence of the Salt Lake and the Freshwater River, and there is a canal leading to the Salt Lake in the city.Xue Yong hurriedly made pieces of rafts and put them into the ditch. The dozen or so craftsmen went first, and then arranged for the women and children in the city.In order to transport these old and weak people out, almost all the wooden boards in the city were dismantled.

Seeing the pieces of rafts flowing into the lake along the canal and slowly drifting towards the center of the lake, Xue Yong's heart was finally half relieved.Now, he will lead tens of thousands of defenders and young men to fight to the death with the enemy.I just want to be able to delay for a while and buy some time for Xiazhou.

Ascending to the city wall, Xue Yong looked at the overwhelming enemy army, drew out his saber, and shouted sharply: "Soldiers, fellow villagers! I, Xue Yong, don't speak big words to inspire people's hearts. Everyone is well aware of the current situation. Right? There is a huge gap between the enemy and us. Today we are both dead and alive. Behind us is Xiazhou, with millions of compatriots. They have no knowledge of the enemy's invasion. Today, if we can delay them for a day, the messenger can Spread the news one day earlier so that Xiazhou is ready to fight against the enemy. Are you willing to follow me and protect Hengshan together?"

"Guard Hengshan! Guard Hengshan!" The surrounding soldiers couldn't help showing sadness on their faces when they heard this. Today, I'm afraid it will be the last day of their lives.But at the same time, they are also well aware of their heavy responsibilities, and at this time they shoulder the lives of millions of compatriots.Thinking of this, they couldn't help but roar in unison.Because of Hengshan, I and others are able to linger on their last days. Only after surviving to this day can they have a house and a field, get married and start a business.Today is the time to serve Hengshan with your own body.

At this time, among the Donghu army under the city, Zhou He heard the shouts in the city, his face tightened, and he hurriedly said to Wu Nusutu, "General, the defenders in the city seem to want to delay our army from entering Xiazhou here. Pull out this city as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Xiazhou takes precautions, it will be difficult for our army to enter it."

Wunusutu nodded approvingly, "Master Zhou, don't worry, the general won't delay for too long."

With the Donghu people besieged on three sides and with the help of gunpowder, the defenders in the city were extremely difficult to defend and suffered heavy casualties.But even so, the Hengshan defenders still stood firm at the top of the city. When the gunpowder ran out, they threw stones at them. When the stones were gone, they flew up and died with the enemy.

Time passed slowly. At this time, there were only [-] defenders left in the city, not enough to defend the city wall, so they retreated into the city and prepared for street fighting.

Although the city wall was taken down, Unusutu was not happy. The time spent in this battle had exceeded his expectation.An army of one hundred thousand besieged a small town from morning to sunset, which made him extremely annoyed. Even if the city was captured, the army would be stranded and unable to move south in time.Who knows what will happen to the situation in Xiazhou Nabian after a one-night delay?
After Donghu entered the city, he still couldn't live in peace, so he had to encircle and suppress the remnants of the city overnight.In the middle of the night, with the fierce roar of the county government, only a dozen or so remaining Hengshan soldiers chose to die.

(End of this chapter)