Chapter 259 Strong Enemy

They were once strong enemies on the battlefield in the north. Huyantuo's father was defeated by Xie Guangzong, and his son Huyantuo was also defeated by Xie Tingzhou.

Huyantuo smiled particularly evilly, "You are back, Yanliang Pass, is it going to be broken?"

Xie Tingzhou's face finally showed cracks.

"The people of Da Zhou are really ruthless." Huyantuo said: "You abandoned your wife and left her on the northwest border. I heard that your wife is very beautiful. Let me guess what Boda will do to her. The defeated women are never as lucky as men. They want to die but can't. They will become livestock under the crotch of men. They will tear her clothes, and then..."

"Shua——" Xie Tingzhou drew out his knife and jumped forward.

He knew Huyantuo was deliberately provoking him, but he couldn't bear it.

Huyantuo wanted to break into Da Zhou from here when Beilin lost the shield of Qingyunwei, but he didn't expect Xie Tingzhou to leave 20,000 people.

Xie Tingzhou came back to reinforce, so even if Huyantuo's attack failed, fighting again would only be a waste of resources.

"Retreat!" Huyantuo stared and said.

He rode his horse and led the Beirong soldiers to retreat.

"Qingyun Guard, follow me to pursue!" Han Jiwu said loudly on the horse.

They had formulated a tactic on the way back, and the left and right wings had bypassed the east and west gates to encircle.

The streets were in a mess, the snow was soaked red, and the stone road was soaked with blood.

Chang Heng stopped and felt that his whole body was exhausted, and he sat down on the stone steps beside the street.

Xie Guangzong rode his horse and knocked on Chang Heng's head when he got off the horse, making the helmet clang.

"You dare to let someone take me away? Do you see clearly? I am your old prince!"

Chang Heng took off his helmet, "If you were not the old prince, I would not do this."

Xie Tingzhou saw Xie Guangzong's broken armor and ordered the military doctor to bandage it. Xie Guangzong wanted to show off, but seeing the expression on Xie Tingzhou's face, he did not dare to speak.

Xie Tingzhou walked up to the city wall, and none of the guards dared to follow him.

Chang Heng grabbed a guard, "How many Qingyun Guards have returned?"

The guard said, "Seventy-eight thousand."

"Seventy-eight thousand..." Chang Heng murmured and repeated, and then said, "Xifeng didn't come back."

"Xifeng took two thousand light cavalry to Yanliang Pass." The guard said.

"Two thousand light cavalry is not enough!" Xie Guangzong sat on the side and grinned to the military doctor to see his wounds, "There are more than 100,000 people in Xijue, what can those two thousand people do?"

Chang Heng looked up at the city wall and wiped his face again.

Xie Guangzong glanced at him, "Oh, come on, cat piss is coming out, why are you crying?"

"I'm useless, and I have to ask the prince to come back for reinforcements." Chang Heng has shallow eye sockets, a big and strong man who loves to cry.

Xie Guangzong said, "Don't take the responsibility on yourself. With 20,000 people, I couldn't fight this battle when I was young."

Chang Heng's hands were covered with blood, and his face was smeared with tears. "What about the princess?"

Xie Guangzong was silent, and after a while he said, "I hope Yanliang Pass can hold out for a while. We should fight quickly here, beat the Beirong people back, and then go to rescue my daughter-in-law."

Xie Tingzhou squinted in the wind on the city wall.

The two thousand people put into the battlefield did not play a big role, but he hoped that Xifeng could bring her back safely. Xie Tingzhou ordered Xifeng before she left that she would not abandon the city and flee. If necessary, even if she was knocked unconscious, she must be brought back.

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The battle at Yanliang Pass lasted for three days. During these three days, Xijue attacked again and again, and they were blocked again and again.

While Xijue's troops were consumed, the garrison in the city was also consumed.

The Western Jue people could not attack from the front, so they wanted to use infantry to advance, dig the foundation under the city wall, and intend to use catapults to smash through a wall.

This plan did not succeed, but the attack of the catapults continued. The speed of repairing the wall was not as fast as the speed of the catapults smashing the wall. If it continued like this, the wall would be smashed through one day.

"How is the evacuation of the people?" Shen Yu asked.

Shen Yu was in a mess, and Cao Guangjin, who was standing in front of her, was still dressed in bright clothes.

"They are already evacuating one after another." Cao Guangjin heard the sound of the catapult hitting the city wall again, and he worriedly said, "I don't know how long it can last like this?"

"Just organize the people to evacuate in an orderly manner, and don't let people steal and rob in the chaos."

Cao Guangjin nodded, "Then, I'll go down first."

The city gate is too dangerous here. The rumbling sound can shake people's hearts. Cao Guangjin doesn't want to stay for a moment.

Shen Yu returned to the temporary meeting room under the city wall. She was so tired that she sat on a bench against the wall and closed her eyes for a nap.

Chang Liu came to deliver food to Shen Yu and Xiao Chuan. When he found Shen Yu in the meeting room, she was asleep with her head tilted. Her face was a little dirty, and there was a dark blue under her eyes. She looked extremely tired.

Chang Liu did not wake her up. Seeing that the charcoal basin in the room was extinguished, he went to find charcoal to light it and held the food box in his arms for fear that it would get cold.

If the prince saw it, he would be so distressed. Chang Liu's eyes were red. When the prince asked him to come with him, he told him to take good care of the princess, but he failed to do so.

Shen Yu could fall asleep even with the sound of the catapult, but was awakened by a slight sob.

She saw Chang Liu staring at the charcoal basin, tears falling down.

"Changliu?"

Changliu wiped his eyes carelessly and handed the food box in his arms, which was still warm, to Shen Yu, "Princess, eat quickly, it will get cold soon."

"Have you eaten?" Shen Yu asked gently.

Changliu nodded with tears in his eyes.

Shen Yu opened the food box and started eating.

These two days, Changliu and Sixi helped the people evacuate. Cao Guangjin arranged for Shen Yu's maid Shen Yu to evacuate with her family. At mealtime, Sixi cooked and Changliu delivered the meal.

This year's situation is much better than last year. At least there is enough food in the city. The court did not allocate silver, but the Lu family in the interior of the country continued to send food and military equipment to the border, and silver flowed out like snowflakes.

"Are you crying because you are scared?"

Changliu shook his head hurriedly, "I'm not afraid."

Shen Yu said, "It's okay to be afraid, you're still a child."

"What about the princess?" Changliu asked with red eyes, "The princess is not much older than me."

"I'm three or four years older than you know."

Changliu didn't understand what this meant, "Why hasn't the prince come yet? It's been snowing for so long."

Shen Yu half lowered her eyes, "He must have been tripped by something. He will come, Changliu."

"Ah?" Changliu looked at her.

Shen Yu paused, "I have a few letters that I don't trust to be handed over to others. You can take Si Xi with you to deliver the letters for me tomorrow."

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