Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

"Retreat half of the city!" Wang Han was a little puzzled.

"That's right, retreat to half the city."

Yu Wencheng nodded calmly.

Although the Rong army is mainly composed of cavalry, since they came to this Yunyan City, they must be ready to attack the city, and there are many siege equipment.

With the current strength and military supplies of Yunyan City, it is impossible to block the opponent.

It will even suffer serious losses under the opponent's siege equipment.

Under the crazy attack of hundreds of catapults and crossbows, it is very difficult to defend the city wall.

Therefore, Yuwen Chengdu absolutely retreated to half of the city, completely abandoning the northern city wall and using the southern city wall as the basis of defense.

The buildings in the city will limit the use of siege equipment, and will also limit the number of attacking troops of the Rong people. In this way, they will face much less pressure.

But correspondingly, they will have no retreat. Once they retreat to the southern city wall, they will only have one line of defense. Once they lose this line of defense, they will have no choice but to retreat even if they want to.

"Also prepare to burn the city!"

Yu Wencheng looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice.

There is no wind today, which is the most suitable for burning the city.

Yunyan City is dominated by the north wind,

Wang Han's face was extremely heavy, but he didn't raise any objections, because he knew very well that they had no choice but to fight to the death.

"The last general obeys!" Wang Han responded loudly.

Afterwards, the soldiers in the city began to act.

All the combustible things in the city were piled up in the streets and alleys, even food, grass and military equipment, etc., were all taken out, and each soldier only reserved five days' rations.

As the thick smoke billowed, the city that had stood for thousands of years was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames in an instant.

The raging fire burned the city and blocked the attack of the Rong people, but it still did not relieve the crisis of Yunyan City.

And as the news spread that hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Rong tribe had approached the city of Yunyan, the entire northern frontier army fell into horror. It was as if a major earthquake had occurred.

Five hundred miles southeast of Yunyan City, a large army is marching towards Yunyan City.

Bai Qi rode a horse in the army, his face was also extremely dignified.

When he received Yunyan City's request for help a day ago, he immediately led half of Xiangshan City's frontier troops to support them.

Last time, he went to support the battle of Yunyan City. For this reason, Xiangshan City paid the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers. He did not expect that only half a month had passed, and he would lead the army to support Yunyan City again.

"Report!"

A scout galloped over and reported to Bai Qi: "General Cavalry, Yunyan City is on fire, and the army of the Rong people has suspended attacking the city."

Hearing this, Bai Qi frowned slightly, but soon his frowning relaxed.

He had already guessed that it was Yuwen Chengdu who deliberately burned the city to stop the attack of the Rong army.

"Explore again!"

"Here!"

"Fei Ling!" Bai Qi called out.

"The last general is here!" A burly general responded immediately.

"I will lead the cavalry to Yunyan City first, and I will leave this place to you," Bai Qi said.

Yuwen Chengdu has already chosen to burn the city. The situation in Yunyan City is more dangerous than he imagined. He doesn't want to waste time with the army, and wants to rush to Yunyan City as soon as possible.

Although he currently has only [-] cavalry under his command, no matter what, having [-] cavalry is better than nothing.

"The general obeys orders!" Fei Ling replied.

After Bai Qi explained a few more words, he led the cavalry and galloped in the direction of Yunyan City.

Liangzhou, Liangzhou city.

Li Ru sat in the study in the chief secretary's office.

In front of him were two middle-aged men in scarlet official robes. These two were Liangzhou Chief Secretary Lu Chengxuan and Li Juncheng, who were Li Ru's confidantes in the Chief Secretary.

At this time, Li Ru was looking at the military report from Yunyan City.

It stands to reason that such military information would not be delivered to him immediately, after all, he is only the chief envoy, not the commander of the capital.

But now Li Ru already has a very high prestige in the Liangzhou Sansi Yamen, so when the Liangzhou Dusi received the military situation, it was sent to him immediately.

"My lord, if Yunyan City falls, the army of the Rong tribe will enter the hinterland of Qinzhou. Once Qinzhou is ravaged by the army of the Rong tribe, I'm afraid Liangzhou will also be in trouble." Lu Chengxuan said in a deep voice.

He didn't know the specific relationship between Li Ru and Yuwen Chengdu, he just considered the consequences of Yunyan City's fall from the perspective of Liangzhou.

Li Ru's eyebrows twisted into a twist, he must have thought more than Lu Chengxuan.

The loss of Yunyan City will not only affect Qinzhou, but the entire northern border. Once this gap is opened, the Rong people will be like a river that has broken its embankment, surging like a river.

At that time, not to mention Qinzhou and Liangzhou, the entire northern area of ​​Dali will be plunged into war.

Moreover, the frontier army in the north of Dali will also fall into a passive state.

Especially in addition to the Rong people in the north, there are also some royal courts in the west of Dali. Faced with such an opportunity, they definitely don't mind intervening.

Once Dali is weak, he will be coveted by countless royal courts around him. Now that Dali is facing internal and external troubles, those honest beast tamers will show their fangs and wait for the opportunity to bite Dali.

In the past, Dali was strong, and the surrounding royal courts did not dare to provoke him. Now that Dali showed signs of exhaustion, these royal courts jumped out impatiently.

Liangzhou is located in the northwest corner of Dali, and faces the greatest external pressure.

Thinking of these, Li Ru felt a headache.

"What's the frontier army doing?" Li Ru asked.

Li Juncheng replied: "The frontier army did not dare to act rashly. Recently, the Fire Worship Royal Court in the west has shown signs of mobilizing the army."

Li Ru let out a long sigh and said, "In this case, we cannot support Yunyan City and Qinzhou."

"The Dusi Yamen can mobilize part of its troops, but at most it can only mobilize the Northern Liang Guards." Li Juncheng said.

There are seven guards under the Yuanzhou Dusi Yamen, among which the Beiliang Guard is the closest guard to the frontier army.

"Then let them support Yunyan City!"

Li Ru said directly without any hesitation.

"In addition, I will write another letter later, and you send someone to Beiyuan City!"

When the war started in the north, how could Beiyuan City be missing.

It's just that now Li Ru doesn't know whether Beiyuan City will help.

Although Beiyuan City has been helping Dali guard the north, this time is different. Ever since the news of Shang Yuanzong's demise spread to the north, Beiyuan City has shrunk its troops and has not left the city.

Even if they married Qin Wei, they still maintained a defensive attitude.

Obviously they were very dissatisfied with the downfall of Shangyuanzong.

It's just that Shang Yuan Zong was clearly destroyed by Qi Yuan Zong, so even if he was dissatisfied, he didn't say it.

But if he wanted him to help Dali guard the north at this time, Li Ru could only see if they would give Qin Wei face.

Chapter 176 Layout, chess pieces

Kyoto.

In an ordinary house.

Qin Wei is sitting opposite Zhao Gao, holding a game of chess.

He has been in the capital for three days. During these three days, he has been reclusive and has never shown his face to the outside world.

However, he has always observed every move in the capital and in the court.

While the two were playing chess, a Luowang member delivered a letter to Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao glanced at it first, then handed it to Qin Wei.

"Your Highness, something happened in Yunyan City."

Qin Wei took the letter and quickly glanced at it.

"As expected."

He was not surprised, nor was he in a hurry, because Zhao Gao had guessed that such a thing might happen before.

Zhao Gao nodded, and said: "According to the information we have collected, someone is deliberately provoking the four northern Rong tribes to invade Dali, and this person is not only connected with the Rong tribe, but also with some powerful forces in the capital. "

"The other side is hiding extremely deeply, but there are still some clues, but we don't know which side they are at the moment."

Qin Wei asked: "There are some dignitaries they contacted."

A strange smile appeared on Zhao Gao's face, and he said, "There are many, Rongguo Duke's Mansion, Ping Wang Mansion, and Ning Wang Mansion!"

"Hmm! Prince Ping's Mansion and Prince Ning's Mansion? How did they get together?" Qin Wei was slightly surprised.

Both Qin Chang'an and Qin Junke want the throne, and they can be said to be life and death enemies. It stands to reason that they should not collude too much.

"Hehe~~" Zhao Gao chuckled lightly, "Cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness. Whether it is King Ping or King Ning, they seem to have been deceived by their own ingenuity."

Qin Wei raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean they are all being fooled by that person."

Zhao Gao nodded, "They all thought they had found a good murder weapon, but they seem to have forgotten that this murder weapon is not a dead thing, but a conspiracy with ulterior motives."

When Qin Wei heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

He understood what Zhao Gao meant, it was nothing more than mutual use, Qin Changping and Qin Jun were deceived.

But then again, since they are all taking advantage of each other, it means that no one has ever trusted anyone, so how can there be deception?

In fact, Qin Changping and Qin Jun can't be blamed for this, because the rules of the Dali court are like this, the princes in the court cannot really control the military power, and can only win over the generals in the army by means of wooing.

They can't command the innate warriors either, Qing Fushan only obeys Lihuang's will, they can befriend Qing Fushan's innate warriors, but they can't order them directly.

There is no strong man, no army, these princes want to do things, they can only rely on external forces. Z.br>

And a powerful force, even if they can't believe it, they will not give up, but will try to win them over as much as possible.

This was a helpless move, and Qin Wei was not surprised by it.

If he doesn't have a Yitian chessboard and no chess pieces, then he may only be like Qin Changping and Qin Jun, trying his best to fool some people and forces that can be used.

"The situation in Yunyan City is very dangerous." Zhao Gao said.

Qin Wei sighed, "The water in the distance can't quench the thirst in the near, we can't help now, we can only rely on Yu Wencheng himself."

Before Zhao Gao had guessed that there would be changes in the royal courts in the north or west, but he could not be sure that it was Yunyan City, otherwise Qin Wei would not have put Yuwen Chengdu in danger.

Qin Wei could do nothing about this, he only hoped that Yu Wencheng would survive.

In fact, Zhao Gao didn't care about these things, he just mentioned something casually, then changed his words, and asked, "Then what is your Highness planning to do next?"

Qin Wei pondered. He naturally wanted to fight for the throne, but he didn't have a specific plan for how to fight for it.

The situation in Kyoto is responsible, and only Lihuang can decide the succession to the throne. He hopes that he can inherit the throne in a legitimate way, but now he can't even show up in Kyoto, let alone pursue what is justified.

"What do you think this king should do?" Qin Wei threw this question to Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao held the chess piece and dropped it, and said calmly: "It depends on what Your Highness wants."

"Naturally, it is the throne of Shengtian Palace." Qin Wei did not hide his ambition at all.

Hearing this, Zhao Gao said with an indistinct smile on the corner of his mouth, "Then find a way to become the crown prince."

"But this can only be decided by His Majesty, and it is difficult for us to change His Majesty's attitude now." Qin Wei said with some headaches.

This is the biggest problem he is facing now, who is the new emperor, all have Li Huang's single-minded determination.

But Lihuang's impression of him has always been that of a young man, and he has never considered him at all.

However, Zhao Gao said indifferently: "Who is the new emperor is not decided by His Majesty, but by the secret decree."

"Ok!"

Qin Wei looked at him in surprise.

Zhao Gao continued: "The rules established by His Majesty himself, after his death, will be announced in a secret way who will ascend the throne and become the new emperor."

"That is to say, whoever is written in the secret decree will be the new emperor."