The setting sun is like blood.
"Quickly, regardless of damage, press to the front line!" Jiang Meng's eyes were bloodshot. A small first-line barrier with only 3,000 soldiers and 5,000 civilians blocked them for more than nine days.
"Break the city, break the city gate!"
With a bang, the front line was closed, and the two huge city gates, without the protection of the wolf's teeth and unguarded, were finally knocked open by a battalion of Beiyu soldiers.
The thin line under the setting sun is like a waning old man who can no longer resist the torture and finally falls down.
"Hurry up and get in!"
At this time, whether it was Chang Sheng, Shen Tu Guan, or Jiang Meng, the faces of the three of them were full of serious expressions. According to the initial plan, the barrier was broken in three days, and then hundreds of thousands of troops invaded Chuzhou and took the lead.
But now...it has been blocked for nine days.
"Military advisor, reinforcements from Shu have arrived!"
"What!"
"In Chuzhou, the Shu soldiers and county soldiers gathered together began to rush for the gate! Qingfeng from Lingzhou... also came with people."
"Miao Tong! Where is Miao Tong, the governor of Western Shu?"
Chang Sheng opened his eyes wide. The person he was most worried about now was Miao Tong. If Miao Tong was behind, the supply route to Xiangjiang would be completely blocked. Their large army became a lone army.
"Also in a hurry."
Chang Sheng closed his eyes in pain. The war on the front line has dragged on for too long.
Although the barrier has been broken now, there are only two choices before him. One is to ignore Miao Tong's waterway blockade and take the opportunity to attack the hinterland of Chuzhou.
The other one immediately retreated to the opposite river bank while there was still time to maneuver.
Three famous generals and an army of 120,000 people were unable to conquer a small front-line barrier under a surprise attack in nine days.
"In two hours, before withdrawing the troops... send an order to the entire army to kill Yu Wen at all costs!"
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The first line of gate, the city head.
At this time, Yu Wen still had his eyes open and kept standing with a pestle and a knife. He remained motionless for so long that a Beiyu captain slashed his back twice.
"Protect the general!" The last dozen or so guards roared. Unable to raise their swords, they died in front of Yu Wen.
"General Yu, General Yu! Reinforcements are coming!"
Yu Wen was covered in blood, and with his eyes open, he was still looking at the mountains and rivers of Xishu beyond the first line of pass.
He did not die, but was sustained by a will. Guan Zai Ren Zai, as the general guarding Chuzhou, held back hundreds of thousands of troops from Beiyu in this battle, and the three famous generals' thousands of attacks, no matter where they are placed, are first-class heroes.
"General Yu, the reinforcements are really here! They are helping to seize the barrier!"
Yu Wen didn't move.
"General Yu, the common people have also come to help."
Yu Wen still didn't move.
"General Yu, the Beiyu army is about to retreat!"
Yu Wen raised his head, a mouthful of blood that he had been holding spurted out, and his whole body fell back heavily.
"General, General Yu——"
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Dusk, dawn.
There are corpses everywhere in the front line. Many people held torches and helped clean up the corpses.
The city gate is in dilapidated condition, and traces of the fire still remain in the mess. The carrion birds outside the city kept circling low. When no one was moving, they would all pounce down and peck at the dead bodies to feast.
Gun smoke was still filling the air, rising straight into the sky, staining the entire clouds with filth.
In a sense, under the strong attack of the Beiyu people, the first line of defense has been lost. But in terms of strategy, Beiyu's ever-victorious little strategist did not dare to take risks. He hurriedly returned to cross the river before Miao Tong arrived.
"Three thousand people, five thousand civilians, guarding three world-famous generals and an army of hundreds of thousands, for nine days." Huang Daochong's eyes were red and he looked at the people on the bed.
"If I were to say, this famous general in the world owes him a place as a general!"
"Don't die, General Yu!"
Outside the door, first a commoner child ran over and cried and shouted. After a while, many people came over. Everyone's face showed a look of uncontrollable grief.
"General Yu, don't die!"
"General Yu was hit by five arrows and seven or eight more cuts. All his strength, essence and blood were exhausted. On the sixth day, he remained standing without any food or water. Although I am a doctor, People, but I have never seen such a person."
"Doctor, is General Yu still alive?"
"There is some energy, but it is the last breath. Don't worry, sir, the miracle doctor Chen Que has been on the way earlier. Don't be surprised, sir. Let me put it bluntly, even if the general survives the catastrophe, he will become a corpse in the future. .”
"What is a corpse man?"
"Unable to move, he is like a walking zombie and needs help from someone to feed him broken food. But these are still on the bright side. If General Yu can't survive tonight, he will die."
Huang Daochong lowered his head and shed tears.
He had forgotten that as the head of the Grain King family who was all-rounded, he had not shown such a pretentious look in front of others for a long time.
"No matter what, we must save General Yu Wen at all costs! Come, send 500 more people to patrol day and night. Beware of spies left behind by the little military advisor in Beiyu. We must guard the county governor's mansion!"
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Above the Xiangjiang River.
Chang Sheng stood at the bow of the boat, his face full of fatigue and unwillingness. This plan was so ingenious that it counted even the lame man, King Xu Shu, and the strength of Western Shu, but it failed to calculate... An unknown Yu Wen delayed them for nine days. .
"Military advisor, don't blame yourself." Shen Tuguan came over and comforted him. Not long after, Jiang Meng also walked over, and the three of them stood side by side, looking at the river bank in front of them.
"This is no wonder the military advisor. Brother Shentu and I both underestimated the enemy." Jiang Meng also comforted, "But having said that... this Yu Wen is really unexpected."
Chang Sheng sighed, "I have a cautious temperament. Before making the plan, I checked the information on Zhang Wen. I found that he was really ordinary and nothing unusual. Wu Jinshi entered the court and accumulated military exploits for several years. Then he was promoted. Later, Yuan Xiaohou Ye Qingjun came to his side, and he met King Xu Shu, and the two of them went all the way to the present."
"But whether he was rejecting Beidi, entering Shu, or attacking Demon Queen, or attacking Dongling, he was not outstanding. He was far inferior to people like Chao Yimiao and Miao Tong. This illusion made me think that he was really just a mediocre general. .”
"Military advisor, we still have a chance. Sooner or later, Jiangnan will come again!"
The barrier was broken before, but it took too long. People from all walks of life in the south of the Yangtze River have gathered their forces and marched in. If they can't exert their power in a short time, they can seize the Xishu Grain City in the south. Then, it will only become a trapped beast and be slowly trapped to death.
"Military advisor, do you want to rush back to Dayuan Pass in Lizhou?"
Chang Sheng lowered his head and thought.
"If I were a lame man, I would most likely send troops from Dingzhou after receiving intelligence from Jiangnan. If that's my suggestion, I'd better rush back to Dawan Pass first to ensure that our territory in Beiyu is not lost."
"Yu Wen, it's not only my army of hundreds of thousands that is holding back, but also the engulfing power of Beiyu. It's hateful, but it's also deplorable -"
