Under the light of the setting sun, the snow of 10,000 years on the remaining veins of the green ridge reflects the colorful and ten-colored, and the wild grass on the plain undulates, just like the golden "color" of the "wave" and "wave". ｀79｀

In the evening, up and down the city of Dawan, the two sides who had fought hard for a day invariably collected their troops and stopped fighting, and the city wall built by the loess rammed 'shot' a piece of golden brilliance, making this ancient city at the western foot of the green ridge appear brilliant and peaceful, but people, if you look carefully, the red and black stains of blood appear particularly eye-catching to show that this is a bloody battlefield. Black smoke rose inside and outside the city, although Emperor Chen Xuan of Yuande was besieged by the rebels for several months, he still had benevolence to his subjects, and deliberately allowed the besieging side to collect the corpses back between the 'engagement' battles. More than a dozen priests of different denominations stood around, leading the faithful to chant prayers for the dead, and the desolate voices dissipated in the wind. The same happened inside the city, where the bodies of the war dead were transported to designated places to prevent the spread of the disease, where they were burned to ashes, smoke billowed and silence reigned inside and outside the city.

Such a situation fell in Chen Xuan's eyes, which made his heart very heavy.

"I, the people of Great Xia, don't go to open up the territory, but kill each other here, and it's my fault."

"The ambition of the rebel wolf son, how can it be blamed on Your Majesty!" Zhang Yingda, the deputy general of the Dragon Tooth Army, said in a deep voice, "Depending on the situation, the rebels will not last long. He took out a feather from his arms and presented it to Chen Xuan with both hands, "This is the 'shot' from below today, and my tone is a lot softer, don't want my subordinates' heads." He snorted disdainfully. Since being trapped in Dawan City, the rebels have released many falcons, and their own pigeon books cannot be transmitted, so they can only speculate on the situation outside from the enemy's words. In the rebels' previous persuasion letters, they all mentioned that they could save the 'life' of Chen Xuanhe and the imperial family, but they asked him to make up his mind to kill the "villains" and "ministers" around him, and Zhang Yingda was among them. Although it is very disgusting, everyone knows that this is a discordant plan. Today, the persuasion document "shot" by the rebels no longer mentions the matter of the "villain", and Zhang Yingda is not afraid to speculate on the other party with the greatest malice.

"The situation in the south, the traitors are probably tight." He said optimistically, "Zhang Xu is on the two. As soon as the general returned to the division, the traitor could not stand it. ”

"Not necessarily." Chen Xuanxin said, but he didn't say it, but smiled: "This is a two-box corner, whoever is weaker will lose." ”

The situation on the Western Front, he couldn't understand it in his heart, Mo said that the big cannibals and horses did not allow the Western Expeditionary Army to calmly return to the division, just passing through the non-'hairy' land along the way, and in the case of tight rear, the supply of the army back to the division became a problem. However, at this time, under the city wall, the rebel battalions had already eaten dinner, and once again lined up to prepare for the siege of the city. More than ten days ago, the rebels' siege artillery was also transported to the city, and the non-stop artillery bombardment around the clock caused the casualties in the city to increase suddenly. Zhang Yingda also sent the Dragon's Tooth 'Jing' cavalry to attack out of the city at night, but the rebels built a lot of low walls and trenches outside the city, especially the artillery fortress cycle, and the fire battalion was protected like an iron barrel, and hundreds of cavalry of the Dragon's Tooth Army were all killed, and they were still unable to break through the last line of defense.

The Dragon's Tooth Army suffered a heavy defeat in this battle, which made His Majesty extremely sad, and after this battle, Chen Xuan no longer allowed Zhang Yingda to send cavalry out of the city.

"The boy of Great Xia failed to die on the battlefield of expanding the territory, but he bleed needlessly in the interior, second brother, this time, you are really wrong."

Looking at the black smoke rising inside and outside the city wall, Chen Xuan's eyes became colder and colder.

The undercurrent in Xia Guo's country was turbulent for a day, and he had made some preparations, but when he turned into an elbow and armpit, he never thought that the mastermind was actually a flesh and blood brother. Since the founding of the country, because of the existence of the Protectorate and various other factors, the close relatives of the Xia royal family have been very united, and there has never been a cannibalism, let alone raising troops to rebel against each other. Even if the act of abolishing the emperor decades ago was led by the Protectorate of the State, it was not the original intention of the imperial family. This is also the main reason why Chen Xuan did not have the slightest doubt about the command of the Tiger Wing Army. Chen Xuan's personal expedition to the river this time, and even asked Chen Ang to guard the heart of the river after the army set out, and secretly told him to grasp the movements of the big clan in the river. Now, in the history books, there are endless '' in the same room with the Shu royal family, but it happened in the Chen royal family of the Xia Kingdom, which has always been harmonious, and what Chen Xuan felt in his heart was not just sad.

Outside the city, behind the well-guarded artillery fortress was a heavily walled camp, which was the standard location of the battlefield headquarters according to the regulations compiled by Zhao Xingde.

"Tell me immediately, I don't want you to guess for me, what does Zhao Xingde want to do?!"

In the tent of the Chinese army, a deep voice ordered, "Tell Kang Hanzhi what I want to hear about what he did?!" ”

A prince with a brocade robe and a golden crown and a wide forehead is on the top position, if Chen Xuan is here, he should be able to recognize it, it is Chen Ang, the king of Yong.

The generals of the army lined up on both sides, looking at Chen Ang with awe-inspiring eyes, if he succeeded in seizing the throne, he would no longer be a lame 'leg' emperor who was restrained by the Protectorate and even controlled, but a male lord like Emperor Qin and Han Wu. Emperor Yuande Chen Xuan was trapped in Dawan City, and Chen Ang was only one step away from the throne. However, at this moment, Chen Ang's face was not smug, but was terrifyingly gloomy.

On May 21, Zhao Xingde captured the iron 'gate' pass, and the camp was expanded to 60,000 people, and King Kang, who stayed in the river, issued a multiplication mobilization order, and levied 120,000 troops, which was named the rebel army. Chen Ang originally thought that this time he would definitely be able to defeat the Wenxing camp that was scattered and scattered with a thunderous momentum to solve the worries in the river.

However, more than a month has passed, and the rebel army has not yet arrived at the Iron 'Gate' Pass, and Zhao Xingde did not honestly wait to be beaten, the Huwen Xingying camp quickly passed through the Alan Valley, and dared to capture Gushang City in the north of the Alan Valley again before the rebel army arrived. Gushang Castle is the key to the north end of the Alan Mountain Passage, and if the Guardian Camp goes further north, it can not only 'insert' the Kangguo capital along the post road in the west of Alan Mountain, but also change the direction to attack other large cities in the river. For a time, the vibration in the river was greater than the fall of the iron 'gate' pass, after all, the fall of the iron 'gate' pass was still separated by the Alan Mountain hole and the pass of Gushangcheng, and now the Gushang City is not guaranteed, so if the big 'gate' and 'hole' are opened. With the might of the Guardian Camp to trap two cities in a row, what other city in the river can stop them?

The rebel army led by Kang Han was still halfway through, and when he heard the news of the fall of Gushang City, he immediately stopped his march.

Chen Ang didn't expect that Zhang Shanfu and Xu Wenhu's army had not moved, and Zhao Xingde's small division could turn the river upside down, but King Kang's father and son who stayed in the river had no way to take him. Dawan can't attack for a long time, which has made Chen Ang very angry, Kang Guo not only can't even take Zhao Xingde's partial division, but is full of jealousy of it, Kang Hanzhi is full of speculation about how Zhao Xingde will act next, which city he may attack, not a word about how to send troops to exterminate it, if it weren't for the overall situation in the river and the help of Kangguo's nobles, Chen Ang almost wanted to immediately behead this cowering guy on the spot.

"Another 100,000 troops?" Seeing the back, Chen Ang's eyes widened.

"Zhao Xingde only has a total of 60,000 horses, and he has 120,000 horses, so he still has few soldiers?"

Chen Ang couldn't suppress his anger, and shook the military book angrily: "On the court. General, isn't it a shame to fear the enemy like a tiger? ”

"His Royal Highness the Regent is angry," a general came out to persuade him, "Kang Hanzhi is like this, and it is also a serious way for the old man to do so. ”

This person's name is Shi Tian 'Bo', his speech is no different from that of Middle-earth, but his face is high nose and deep eyes, brown hair and blue eyes, he is from the Kang family, and the Kang generals who are used under Chen Ang are headed by him. Although Shitian 'Bo' is not a subordinate of Kang Hengming, the king of Kang, he also belongs to the local forces in the river, and at this time, he stood up to defend the Kang family, which also faintly meant to win the hearts of many Kang generals. Sure enough, after he spoke, several generals from the Kang clan spoke out, although they didn't have any clever ideas, but they all wanted to defend the Kang royal family. If Chen Ang wants to be investigated, he has to be afraid of two points.

Chen Ang stared at Shi Tian 'Bo' and the others, his fingers gently rubbing the cocoon in his palm, which was sharpened by holding the sword all year round.

Everyone around Chen Ang knew that this was a sign of his anger, and the next moment, he was likely to swing his sword and kill someone.

This time, however, he let out a long breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Okay, since everyone has made it clear for Kang Hanzhi, the Lone King will temporarily send him the crime of fearing the enemy and not advancing, for a month," Chen Ang looked at the generals around him, his eyes were chilling, Shi Tian 'Bo' and the others couldn't help but lower their heads, the regent has been in charge of the Tiger Wing Army for a long time, and there are countless people in the old department, and what he has in his hands is not only the forces in the river, "One month," he said coldly, "Kang Hanzhi must send troops to solve Zhao Xingde, and he must not let him gain a firm foothold in the river, let alone let him calmly collect grain and straw, and take Zhang Shanfu Xu Wenhu's army back east!" "Zhao Xingde's deeds in the Song Kingdom through Henan and Hebei, and Chen Ang also heard a little about it in Dunhuang. This is what Chen Ang is most worried about, there are thousands of miles of Gobi between the river and the big food country, if the grain and grass cannot be solved, Xu Wenhu and Zhang Shanfu's army can only sit back and watch the changes in the river, in case Zhao Xingde gets enough grain from the river, maybe he can meet the army and return.

Chen Ang snorted heavily and waved his hand to signal the end of the topic.

"Today, the siege will continue on all sides, with Nancheng as the main attack, who wants to lead the troops to the first place?"

Dawan City is small but strong, since ancient times it has been a few fortified cities in the river, the only weakness in the past is that there is no water source in the city, and water needs to be drawn from outside the city. Before Chen Xuan patrolled the river, he secretly arranged to dig a deep well in Dawan City, so that even the water source no longer depended on the outside of the city. There were more than 100,000 residents in Dawan City, and after Chen Xuan entered Dawan, the first thing he did was to drive all the old and weak 'women' and children in the city out of the city, which can be called impeccable. Therefore, although the armies of the river led by Chen Ang had an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and the siege lasted for several months, and with the help of iron barrels and cannons, they still could not conquer the city. The only way to wear down the defenders was to run out of food and to keep besieging the city.