In October, there were several rains in a row, and the autumn wind was getting colder, and at this time it was to urge the counties and counties to collect grain and silver, so to speak, the two sides were preparing in advance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm really sorry, this is what our king wants, the king has a decree, let you return to Chengguo immediately, and don't stop halfway, otherwise there will be any accidents, don't blame. Sent 100 people out of the Chang'an City Gate, an official said.

"Please tell your king, and say that we understand, and we will take our leave, and there will always be a time to meet in the future. Li Taiqiong arched his hand and walked out of the city.

The people of the envoy group, following closely, although they were almost driven out of Chang'an, did not show any embarrassment.

"It's really arrogant. Seeing them leave, the official, who had a contemptuous expression, put away his expression and sighed.

"My lord, wouldn't this be the result of Emperor Dacheng?" one person said with a sad face when he saw that there was no one around.

"There is no way to do this, we are now the courtiers of King Qin. The official lowered his voice and said.

Realizing the word now, several people around nodded silently and sighed.

These people don't want to have a bad relationship with the Dacheng Dynasty, but the King of Qin has a will, and those who are courtiers can only do things according to the will. But thinking about the look on the envoy as he left, the officials sighed.

When the two armies are fighting, they don't cut them off, this is the rule.

Guo Wentong has no good intentions, and he will not kill the envoy, but the courtesy is not good, he has seen the envoy, refused to surrender, and ordered them to be driven out of the city on the same day, which was actually expected.

Riding on a horse, he glanced back at Chang'an City, which was getting farther and farther away, Li Taiqiong said: "This experience, go back to show your Majesty, don't be angry, Your Majesty has his own thunderous anger." ”

"What my lord said is that it won't be long before we will be able to come to Chang'an again. After looking back, these people did not stay any longer, and rode away directly, leaving only a cloud of dust and smoke.

The envoy has not returned, Luoyang Secret Pavilion, received the chapter, Zhang Yuzhi ordered the official on duty in the Secret Pavilion to go in to pray, not a moment, I saw an inner servant come out to pass the decree: "The emperor called in." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Youzhi bowed down and agreed, went inside, and when he arrived in front of the study, he heard Wang Hongyi say in the imperial study: "Is Zhang Youzhi coming?

"Say hello to the emperor!" "Three kneeling and nine knocking is a formal ceremony, and it is natural that there is no need to do this when you see it every day, Zhang Yuzhi bowed and got up.

Zhang Youzhi said: "There are important things to play. ”

As he spoke, he handed the fold up.

"Well, it's an excerpt about Guo Wentong, the king of Qin. Wang Hongyi took it, smiled and said, and then began to watch, page by page.

Zhang Youzhi gave a seat, served tea, saw Wang Hongyi reading expressionlessly, pushed away the fold for a moment and paced on the ground, and said, "As expected." ”

said to Zhang Tingyu: "What do you think of this matter?"

Zhang Youzhi replied: "This matter has been agreed, and now that the persuasion fails, I will tell the world and raise troops to attack Qin." ”

Wang Hongyi listened and said coldly: "What you said is not wrong, I will follow it." The holy decree is ready, you immediately issue an edict now, order Ding Huchen to send troops from Hanzhong, and I will raise troops to force Tongguan to contain its main force!"

Zhang Youzhi responded, pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, it is a great policy to raise troops to force Tongguan and contain its main force, but Qin Chuan is like this, in fact, it has reached the end of the road, and the emperor only needs to open benevolence and order Qin "Other counties and counties will surrender, that is, Guo Wentong will not surrender, what about other counties and generals?"

"It's really the view of the old man to seek the country!" Wang Hongyi's eyes lit up, he turned around and happily picked up the pen, wrote an edict, and said: "That's it!"

The first year of Hongwu, November 2

Yuan Yu looked at the sky and saw that the sky was dim, and the surroundings seemed to be in the evening, but in fact, there were still a few hours before it was dark.

"My lord, the time has come...... "A pro-soldier urged him to step forward and reminded him, this time he rushed to the border pass to support at the behest of King Qin.

Due to the urgency of the matter, I set off immediately after the completion of one episode.

Yuan Yu coldly ordered: "Get on the horse, get ready to go!"

"Yes!" Behind him were five thousand five hundred people, and after receiving Yuan Yu's order, they answered the order together, and the army was dispatched, trembling faintly in front of the ground.

At this time, there were many passers-by on the streets, and it was not sparsely populated in the middle of the night, and the people in the city had not yet come to rest. Most of the shops on the road are open, and there are many customers who come and go.

At this time, the cold aura of the army made the frightened people shut their mouths.

Recently, there has been a lot of news coming from the border gates, and some of them have been heard by the people and secretly discussed.

In the past two days, the atmosphere has become more and more tense, even if the heart is uneasy, in front of outsiders, the people are cautious in their words and deeds, and no one dares to talk about it anymore.

The large battalion in the city galloped out so many soldiers, fully armed, not only wearing armor and weapons, but also carrying longbows behind their backs, behind the cavalry ranks, in the infantry camp, there were more than a dozen carts, with horses and supplies, they were led by the generals, galloping towards the outside of the city.

"It seems that the situation in Guancheng is not optimistic. The tea shop near the city gate, the boss saw this scene and sighed softly.

People who saw this scene secretly speculated about the situation ahead.

Three days ago, the Emperor of Chengguo announced the start of war, the entire Qinchuan up and down, everyone beat the drum in their hearts, the King of Qin has ruled here for many years, and his prestige is quite high, and it has a deterrent effect.

But the prestige of the Dacheng army is also known to the whole world, and the outcome of this battle has touched the hearts of too many people, and there is an undercurrent surging in the Qin's realm.

The autumn rain is at the beginning of the break, and the chill is pressing

November 8, Tongguan

Yuan Yu had just arrived, and at a glance, it seemed that a battle was over, blood and corpses were accumulating, and a large number of wounded soldiers were being carried down, and it was obvious that the battle was over.

Yuan Yu walked up to the watchhead of the gatehouse. , Seeing the city, under the spur of the sergeant, the military servants passed through the stream like ants, transporting bricks, stones and timber to the city.

The large camp outside the city stretched for several miles, and the entire camp of the Dacheng army was filled with a sense of slaughter.

The flag was floating, the city was looking down, the solemn atmosphere was permeating, Yuan Yu squinted his eyes, and he was a little worried in his heart, this Dacheng army was as rumored to be, it was a great elite soldier.

Yuan Yu is an experienced general, who knows the battlefield very well, and he knows the general reality at a glance.

Looking at the scale of the Dacheng army, as well as the attitude and military morale, we know that this attack on Tongguan is inevitable.

At this time, a team was coming up, and seeing that there was no one around, he reported in a low voice: "General, the commander Chang Boyuan led people to steal the camp last night, but he didn't want to be calculated by the other party, and he lost thousands of people, and now he is angry." ”

Yuan Yu nodded, this should be a fact, now even his own reinforcements arrived, he was not summoned at the first time, and it was obvious that the morale in the barracks was very low.

A few people who were obviously officers were even more gloomy and led people to patrol the city.

After getting out of the city, Yuan Yu walked around the city with a few personal soldiers, and there were not many people on the streets here.

After a few days of siege, those who can get out of the city have already left the city, and those who can't go out of the city are closed, and they will never go out if they are not in a hurry.

"General, the city is empty, and there is nothing to see, let's go to the barracks and have a look. The captain of the pro-soldier reminded him: "And maybe the commander will summon him." ”

Yuan Yu thought about it, although the people he brought had arranged for the deputy general to be resettled, he still had to take a look at the specific placement.

Strictly speaking, Yuan Yu and the team he led were not the descendants of the King of Qin, and when Qinchuan was united in the war, he surrendered to Guo Wentong with his former lord.

He was originally the lord, but he died of illness shortly after his surrender, leaving only his young son and entrusting him to Yuan Yu.

And Yuan Yu, along with several generals, lost their lord and showed their loyalty to the King of Qin, so they were gradually reused, but if it weren't for the 5,000 troops in his hands, and he had never been inconspicuous, he might not be without trouble.

Yuan Yu walked towards the barracks, his face sinking like water, making people unable to figure out what he was thinking at this time.

As he walked past a barracks full of wounded soldiers, he frowned slightly as he burst into a beating and scolding.

Several soldiers who were tied up by the five flowers, in front of everyone, were tortured with rods, looking at their eyes were hollow, and their faces were blank, afraid that the situation was not good.

Their buttocks were a blur of flesh and blood, and the sticks were still falling again and again.

Yuan Yu's gaze swept around, and what he saw was the fearful look on the faces of the onlookers.

"What's going on?" Knowing that a pro-soldier went to inquire, Yuan Yu asked about it halfway after leaving.

"General, these are deserters, they were captured and killed in public. ”

"Deserter?" Yuan Yu was slightly stunned, unable to see his aura, but muttered: "It's only been a few days since the war started, and there are deserters at this time?"

When there are deserters, most of them are in the battle has no chance of winning, the soldiers are uneasy, pretending to scatter birds and beasts, or taking advantage of the chaos to escape, or the battle is reversed, and it is normal for deserters to appear.

But right now, the Dacheng army is approaching Tongguan for a few days, and even Qinchuan has not yet entered, and there are deserters at this time, which is very bad, this is the military heart and the people's desire.

Yuan Yu couldn't help but think of his thoughts again, and his eyes were deep.

Soon came to the camp where the reinforcements were, Yuan Yu no longer thought about it, and the camp in front of him was very dilapidated and messy, which made his face gloomy and uncertain.

"General, they say that this is an order from the commander, and they can only camp in such a place. The lieutenant general greeted him and said.

Yuan Yu said lightly: "Since it means that he is handsome, let's do it first." ”

Yuan Yu didn't say much else, and before leaving, he brought some supplies and ordered them to be sent down immediately.

Yuan Yu was very strict in governing the army, even if the camp was dilapidated and messy, but after an hour, thousands of people worked together to clean up first, inside and outside the house, everywhere in the camp was cleaned, and finally swept out the ten-meter-high garbage heap.

There was no fire in the city, so the pits were dug and filled, and after the sweeping, the places were cleaned, so that everyone felt much refreshed, and then the barracks were counted, and the sundries were taken care of, and tents were also set up.

After another hour, the whole camp was suddenly strict, Yuan Yu saw some young lieutenants busy, and saw the smoke rising, the main thing was the flatbread, only to hear the sound of sizzling, the aroma was fragrant, and then he showed a smile.

Food is the lifeblood of soldiers, don't be careless, fortunately I carried some.

(To be continued)