Journey to the West begins with the full-level monk Tang

At this time, the third prince reined in his horse, and in the thin night, followed by the faint moonlight, he looked at Tongxia City.

Because this county is built next to the mountains, it is different from other counties, even from Yingzhou City. The building materials here are large square bluestones.

And the specification is no less than that of Yingzhou City.

Such a big city is actually an important place for the soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom.

It is the second fortress of Daxia's military defense against the Great Jin Kingdom.

There is a popular saying in Daxia that there are three passes in the south and Tongxia in the north.

The three passes are naturally Longhu Pass, Fuyun Pass and Zijin Pass, and Tongxia County in the north is said to be Tongxia County.

According to the scale of the city, it can be called a prefecture, but because it is an important military town, the army is the main force, and the number of ordinary people is far less than that of a prefecture.

Therefore, the county system has not been changed here, and the local officials in the county only deal with the local affairs of the county, and the military chief has the greatest power.

As the third prince of the royal family, Qin Feng is naturally very familiar with this place.

Under normal circumstances, there are at least 30,000 to 50,000 people equipped with troops, and the garrison will be increased during wartime.

If the three barriers in front are tight, troops can be sent here to reinforce them. If it is really impossible, if the three barriers are lost, the troops of the three barriers can retreat to Tongxia County to establish a second line of defense.

It can be said that this is the second gate of the Great Xia Kingdom.

It is known as the first county in Daxia.

And the direction the third prince was looking at at this time was the tall city wall of Tongxia County.

There are densely packed defenders on it, and at a glance, there are crowds of people.

A large yellow flag is flying above the city.

This big flag used to fly over Fuyun Pass, but now it is planted here, it is the second prince's big flag.

Not only is the big flag flying here, but the Second Prince himself is also on top of the city.

Right now, she was standing under the banner, looking towards the Third Prince.

Beside him is a well-armored general, and the third prince also knows this person.

His name was Yun Zhenggang, he was the chief general stationed in Tongxia County, the son of Prime Minister Yun Cong, and he was the diehard loyalist of the Second Prince.

"Sure enough, as I guessed, the second brother is guarding here. I am afraid that he wants to stop himself and the eldest prince here, and then lead the defenders of Tongxia County to fight back to the capital, and cooperate with Yun from the inside to attack the general of the country!"

The third prince had already made a judgment when he saw the posture on the city.

Until now, he didn't know the news that Prime Minister Yun Cong had died, let alone the news that General Zhen Guo followed in the Prime Minister's footsteps and was killed by Tang Seng.

He even thought that Tang Seng had left him, and he didn't know where he went.

It was just left to him in the Qingchuan camp and the Death Battalion, and allowed himself to work hard alone with these family backgrounds.

Looking around, he roughly judged that there were about 30,000 to 40,000 defenders on the city, but this was only the number of people on the city.

Certainly not all the defenders in the county will go to the city, there must be a lot of people stationed in the barracks in the city, it is impossible to accurately judge how many people there are.

"It seems that the eldest prince has not arrived here!"

Looking at the surrounding situation, there is no sign that any large-scale battle has taken place here.

On the way back to the capital, the Second Prince walked ahead of the First Prince. Since the Second Prince has arrived here, he will definitely not let the First Prince pass through.

In other words, the eldest prince either took a detour, or was still behind him.

It is impossible to detour, and there is no trace of the first prince's detour here, because the brigade marches, and there are some vehicles transporting grain and rice, the traces will be obvious.

Entering the mountains, it is impossible to drive a car, and even a horse cannot move in a dangerous mountain.

It takes sergeants to climb high mountains before they can cross them.

In other words, even if you successfully climb the Copper Mountain, you will be exhausted and change from cavalry to infantry.

As a result, the advantage of the cavalry was lost immediately. If the second prince sent a team of cavalry to intercept the plains under the Copper Mountain, it would be a massacre between the cavalry and the infantry.

The eldest prince would never make such a decision.

He will definitely not cross Tongshan without authorization, nor will he forcibly attack Tongxia County.

Instead, we will wait in the south of Tongxia County for reinforcements from General Zhen Guo to take down Tongchuan County, and then welcome him back to Beijing.

However, since the eldest prince is still behind him, where could it be?

Yingzhou City!

It must be Yingzhou City!

The third prince found the crux of the problem after pondering for a while, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

When he passed Yingzhou City, he did not find any flaws, but passed through Yingzhou City smoothly.

At that time, he felt that something was wrong, so he left Zhao Erhu and a hundred brothers from the Qingchuan Camp Ding Squad to control the situation.

At that time, Yingzhou City was only treated as the former Yingzhou City. Now it seems that the eldest prince is probably hiding in Yingzhou City. He let him come here, and it is very likely that he let himself attack Tongxia County.

Regardless of the outcome of the battle, his eldest prince can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

But now that the situation has become so complicated, can Zhao Erhu do it?

The reason why Zhao Erhu and his hundred people were left behind was because the third prince didn't think too complicated about the matter. It would be best if he could control Yingzhou City.

Running is definitely no problem.

But that was only for the former Yingzhou City.

But the current Yingzhou City is different. Since the eldest prince is likely to be hiding in Yingzhou City, the thousands of soldiers he leads must also be in Yingzhou City.

Those people are not at the same level as the local defenders in Yingzhou City.

Those are all the First Prince's pro-army, even compared with the normal frontier army, their combat effectiveness is much higher.

Although they are far inferior to the combat effectiveness of the Qingchuanying brothers, they are superior in that they have a large number of people, are familiar with the terrain, have a lot of resources, and can drive the local army in Yingzhou City.

Under the command of the eldest prince, everyone scrambled to be the first to make meritorious deeds. I'm afraid Zhao Erhu's hundred people would be in danger.

Even if the entire army is not wiped out, at least it will cause heavy losses.

Thinking of this, the third prince's face became even more solemn.

I can't help but regret secretly, my decision at that time was indeed a little too hasty, and just like this put more than a hundred brothers in Qingchuanying into danger.

"No, I have to go back and meet them!"

Every brother in the Qingchuan Camp is the third prince's treasure. Thinking of this, the third prince's heart shudders, even if he doesn't return to the capital first, he will save Zhao Erhu and other hundred brothers.

Thinking of this, the third prince turned his horse's head and ordered to the brigade that had just stopped: "The rear army has changed to the front army, marching in a hurry along the way."