Chapter 1395 The Messenger Arrives

"Three Kingdoms Online Game: The Battle of Princes ()"

Zhao Yu was very supportive of Meng Yi's arrangement. The generals of the Tang Kingdom, especially those who had been with Huangfu Chaobo for a long time, were greatly influenced by Huangfu Chaobo. That is, there is a way: fighting is not about the gains and losses of a city or a place, but about destroying the enemy's vitality. If you save people but lose land, both people and land will be saved; if you save land but lose people, both people and land will be lost.

The current situation in Youzhou does not allow them to save several cities in Chifeng, so they can only temporarily give up these cities and wait for the right time to take them back.

Soon, the messengers in the prefecture went out, and the orders signed by Meng Yi and the other two were delivered by the messengers to the cities one by one. In less than half a day, the soldiers and horses of each city started to speak one after another and marched towards the predetermined destination, and the subsequent food and fodder were also being prepared quickly and gradually concentrated in the direction of Pingquan City.

Such a fast speed is not only due to Huangfu Chaobo's war preparations, but also related to the sufficient number of cattle and horses in Yanbei.

At the same time, Meng Yi also told the arrangements for the transfer of troops to Zhang An and Gongsun Yue in Youbeiping. However, there are only 30,000 infantrymen and 5,000 white horse volunteers in Wuzhong City. Facing the nearly 100,000 Wei troops in Yuyang, they dare not relax at all.

If Wuzhong is lost, the entire Youbeiping and the land west of Yuci Pass in Liaoxi County will belong to Wei. If these places are lost, all the territories of Tang in Youzhou will be lost.

After discussing, the people in Wuzhong City finally came up with only one way, using the horses and soldiers in Wuzhong City to speed up the recruitment of 3,000 white horse volunteers, led by Gongsun Yue, 3,000 white horse volunteers rushed to Pingquan to join Zhao Yu and enhance the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. The newly recruited 3,000 new soldiers, along with the 2,000 veterans in Wuzhong City, were handed over to Gongsun Fan to step up training and form combat power as soon as possible. Fortunately, although Wei still had 60,000 to 70,000 troops in Yuyang County, there was no sign of continuing to advance eastward for the time being.

Meng Yi also sent a secret letter to Wang Men in Chifeng City. In the letter, Meng Yi only asked Wang Men to defend Chifeng City as long as possible and wait for Luoyang to issue an order, and he would send a large army to support as soon as possible. Of course, in addition to this letter, Meng Yi also asked the messenger to verbally convey that if Wang Men really couldn't hold the city, he should abandon the city and retreat south, and he and Zhao Yu would plead for him in front of the king.

The reason for such a tangled reply is that there is no other way. Huangfu Chaobo said that Meng Yi could cut off his own power, but that was for Yanbei County. Now the people of Yan State have just surrendered, and Huangfu Chaobo's arrangements have not arrived yet, so Meng Yi and Wang Men are currently at the same level. Both of them are county governors, and Meng Yi has not been authorized by Huangfu Chaobo to handle the affairs of the entire Youzhou, so in the end, there can only be such a result.

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On the north wall of Chifeng City, Wang Men looked at the Xianbei army that was repelled again, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. This is the third day of the war, but there is no news from the south, and the defenders in his city have lost nearly a thousand people. Although most of them are newly recruited soldiers, for the huge Chifeng City, the military force is even more tense.

The first day of the battle was very simple. In the morning, they filled the trenches. In the battle of defending the city, the attackers should have suffered the most casualties. However, their archers were limited, and the Xianbei cavalry simply used cavalry to carry soil to fill the trenches. They actually filled the trenches with dozens of attack channels in one morning.

For the next two days, they attacked the city like ants, but they still suffered from too few defenders. The north and west walls were the two directions of the Xianbei people's attack, but the attacks in both directions were very fierce. As for the other two directions, the east wall was an integrated inner and outer wall, so the height of the wall was higher than that of the north and west walls. Although the Xianbei army also had thousands of soldiers there, the intensity of the attack was obviously much lower.

As for the south wall, the Xianbei people did not send any soldiers there.

Wang Men also understood that the Xianbei people were playing the trick of surrounding three sides and missing one. In this way, enough soldiers must be arranged to defend the four walls, and the soldiers, who were originally few in number, would be even fewer.

"Woo... Woo..."

In the middle of the Xianbei army, the horn of retreat sounded. Wang Men looked to the west. The sun was about to set. It seemed that today's battle was basically over, if the Xianbei army did not launch a night attack.

"Come on, pass the order down, change the guard!"

"Count the losses!"

"Carry all the wounded into the inner city for treatment!"

"Replenish the defense supplies on the top of the city!"

As Wang Men issued one order after another, the soldiers on the top of the city began to get busy again. Teams of soldiers ran up the city wall and got busy in an orderly manner.

Wang Men sat on the horse face of the city wall, took out a piece of fine cloth and wiped his sword carefully, but his eyes couldn't help looking to the south. Although he knew that the possibility of reinforcements was too small, he still hoped that reinforcements would come. After all, this city under his feet is his hard work over the years. If he gave up like this, he would be very unwilling.

As time went by, the sky was getting darker and darker, but there was still no miracle in the south. Wang Men put away the fine cloth in his hand, carefully checked the sword again, and then inserted it into the scabbard.

"Clang!"

"Let's go, accompany me to patrol the city!" Wang Men said to his personal guards;

After that, he stood up and walked towards the west wall.

Although his body was exhausted, Wangmen still inspected the entire city wall. When he returned to the North City again, the sky had completely darkened. He called the generals on duty on the city wall and gave them careful instructions. After that, he went down the city wall.

Just when they returned to the prefect's mansion and were about to eat, the guards of Nancheng sent someone to report. They found an envoy who claimed to be from Yanbei County. When Wang Men heard this, he became very energetic. He didn't even bother to rest and eat, so he quickly ordered the people to be brought here.

Soon, a man in black was escorted in by soldiers. Wang Men looked up and saw that it was the person in charge of the Yanbei Shadow Guard whom he had met at Meng Yi's prefect's mansion a few days ago.

The king's family was shocked and quickly ordered his soldiers to untie the rope that bound him: "It turned out to be your Excellency who came in person. The soldiers didn't know it. If there is any offense, please forgive me." After saying this, he also specially bowed to the visitor.

The visitor didn't care. He rubbed his wrist and said with a smile: "General Wang, don't worry. I came here to deliver the letter on the orders of Prefect Meng. However, before that, I still ask the general to verify the token according to the rules. "

As he spoke, he took out a token from his arms and handed it to the soldiers guarding him, who handed it to the king's gate.

Wang Men took the token and after carefully confirming it once again, handed it back to the visitor with his own hands: "I wonder where the letter from Prefect Meng is?"