The next day, more Beihuan cavalrymen dressed in mourning came to the foot of Gobian City and made threats.
It was said that the Hujie Chanyu of Beihuan had arrived at Weibian and demanded that Wei Wenzhong hand over Yun Zheng and Shen Luoyan. Otherwise, Beihuan would mobilize all its citizens to attack Shuobei at all costs!
By then, wherever the Northern Huan army passes, no one will be left alive!
After making the harsh remarks, the Beihuan cavalry shot over another handwritten letter from Hujie Chanyu.
It still needs Wei Wenzhong to write it in person.
However, there is no way that this letter could reach Wei Wenzhong's hands.
Even if it fell into Wei Wenzhong's hands, it would be meaningless.
Only Emperor Wen has the power to hand over Yun Zheng and Shen Luoyan.
Wei Wenzhong does not have this power yet.
Even if Wei Wenzhong wanted to forcibly hand over Yun Zheng and Shen Luoyan, he would have to ask the soldiers of the Northern Palace Army whether they agreed.
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No one paid attention to the harsh words of the Beihuan cavalry, and everyone just sped up the repair of the city wall.
If they repair it more now, their casualties may be less when Beihuan really attacks.
Before I knew it, it had darkened.
But the work of repairing the city wall has not stopped.
Yun Zheng’s idea was to have more than 40,000 troops work in three shifts to repair and reinforce the city walls.
At night, Yun Zheng chatted with Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin until very late before lying down to rest.
The three of them have lived in one room since they arrived at the hill, mainly to save space.
After all, there are only a limited number of intact houses on the hillside.
What would it mean if they each had a room?
Of course, they only lived in one room.
Apart from flirting with the two women and taking advantage of them, Yun Zheng didn't act too unrestrained.
The three of them played around for a while and had just fallen asleep when they suddenly heard the rapid sound of war drums.
“Boom boom boom…”
The dull sound of drums echoed throughout the entire hillside.
Many people who were asleep were awakened by the sound of the drums.
Yun Zheng and the others also sat up suddenly and listened carefully.
"Is this... a gathering drum?"
Yun Zheng's eyelids suddenly jumped, "Will Beihuan attack the city at night?"
Yun Zheng said this as he put on his clothes in a hurry.
Damn it!
Would Bei Huan really be crazy enough to attack the city?
If the Beihuan attacked the city, they would have no other tactics to use except to defend it.
Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin also quickly put on their clothes.
“Knock, knock…”
At this time, there was another knock on the door.
"Your Highness, urgent military information!"
Yu Shizhong's voice was heard outside the door.
"knew!"
Yun Zheng responded and his hands moved more skillfully. Miaoyin also hurried to help him put on his clothes.
Miaoyin is not the one who leads the troops, so even if the drum for gathering troops sounds, she does not need to go to the meeting room.
After putting on their clothes, Yun Zheng and Shen Luoyan hurried out.
"What happened? Beihuan attacked the city?"
As soon as Yun Zheng went out, he asked Yu Shizhong.
“I don’t know!”
Yu Shizhong shook his head and said, "General Dugu just sent someone to inform us that there is an urgent military situation. He didn't tell us the details, but it's definitely not Beihuan attacking the city..."
"If it's not Beihuan attacking the city, what other urgent military information could there be?"
Shen Luoyan frowned and quickly followed Yun Zheng to the meeting room.
The meeting hall was not far from where they lived, only about two hundred feet away.
Soon, the two arrived at the meeting room.
As soon as I entered the meeting room, I saw a soldier covered in blood sitting on the ground.
The soldiers are quite old, probably over fifty years old.
Dugu Ce sat there with a serious look on his face.
"Your Majesty!"
As soon as he saw Yun Zheng, the man couldn't help but wailing.
Yun Zheng frowned and looked at the man, "Who are you? What happened?"
"My name is Li Dashan, and I used to be a soldier in Shuofang..."
Li Dashan stated his identity with a face full of grief and indignation, wailing, "We were ordered to escort food and grass to Gobian day and night. When we passed the Beiyuan shallows, we were ambushed by Beihuan..."
Hearing Li Dashan's words, Yun Zheng's face suddenly turned ugly.
The team escorting grain and fodder was ambushed by the Beihuan army!
"Where's the food?"
Shen Luoyan's face changed drastically and he asked loudly.
Li Dashan wailed feebly, "All the food and grass were snatched away by Beihuan's men. More than 20,000 of us were almost wiped out. I had to risk my life to escape..."
Shen Luoyan staggered when he heard this.
The food and supplies of their 40,000-strong army were robbed by Bei Huan!
There is no doubt that Beihuan's army will definitely hold the Beiyuan shallows near the edge of the hill!
Their retreat was cut off!
The Beihuan army on the Qing and Wei sides will surely come over soon!
Goubian was surrounded on three sides and became an isolated city!
The Beihuan army had obtained sufficient food and supplies, and could definitely fight them off!
On the other hand, they didn't carry much food and supplies with them before.
The remaining food and grass are only enough to sustain these 40,000 people for about five days at most!
Yun Zheng clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth and looked at Li Dashan, "Are the more than 20,000 people you are escorting grain and grass all Tian soldiers?"
"yes……"
Li Dashan nodded weakly.
"Someone come!"
Yun Zheng took a deep breath and said, "Take him down to rest!"
Dugu Ce opened his mouth slightly, wanting to stop him, but in the end he didn't say anything.
This is how it is, there is nothing more to ask.
At the same time, generals from various departments also gathered together.
But they didn't know what happened yet.
Yun Zheng asked Shen Luoyan to tell them about the situation, and he walked up to Dugu Ce and asked with a frosty face: "General Dugu, what do you say?"
Dugu Ce replied exhaustedly: "Now we can only defend the edge of the mountain, we can't..."
"I didn't ask you that!"
Yun Zheng suddenly interrupted Dugu Ce rudely and shouted angrily: "What I want to ask is, did Wei Wenzhong do it on purpose?"
Wei Wenzhong?
Hearing Yun Zheng's roar, everyone was stunned.
What does this matter have to do with Wei Wenzhong?
It can't be that Wei Wenzhong is collaborating with the enemy, right?
Dugu Ce opened his mouth slightly and sighed weakly: "Your Majesty, the matter has not been clarified yet. It is meaningless to doubt these things now. Let's first..."
"fart!"
Yun Zheng roared with a cold face: "He, Wei Wenzhong, sent more than 20,000 old and weak field soldiers to escort the grain and grass. Isn't it obvious that he wants Beihuan to rob it?"
"If Wei Wenzhong had not colluded with the enemy, how could Beihuan accurately grasp the time when our army escorted grain and grass?"
"Wei Wenzhong clearly knew that the people escorting the grain were just old and weak farm soldiers, but he still made them travel day and night? Isn't this clearly giving Beihuan a chance to surprise attack the grain escort team at night?"
"What the hell are the unusual movements of the Beihuan army on the Tianhu front? They were all planned by him and Beihuan! His purpose is to not send elite forces to support us!"
"Wei Wenzhong asked Wei Shuo to go back to Jing'an Guard because he didn't want Wei Shuo to be trapped with him!"
"I can tell you right now that Jia Yao is definitely not dead!"
"From the beginning to the end, this was a trap! Wei Wenzhong teamed up with Beihuan to deceive us. They wanted to make us isolated and trap us to death on the edge of the mountain..."
Endless rage filled Yun Zheng's heart.
Yun Zheng knew that Wei Wenzhong wanted to kill him.
But he underestimated the extent of Wei Wenzhong's madness.
More than 20,000 soldiers in the field, plus 40,000 troops on the border of the hill!
More than 60,000 people!
In order to kill himself, Wei Wenzhong dared to collude with Bei Huan and sent more than 60,000 people to their deaths!
This is more than crazy!
It's simply insane!
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