Because of her, Ninth Brother was delayed in Northern Jin for two and a half months, causing the Queen Mother and His Majesty to worry about him every day. He was not able to see His Majesty until his death.

Although this father is not very good.

Shu Wenbo jumped on his horse and said, "Let's go!"

……

Gu Xingyan arrived at Yongzhou City half a month later with an army of 60,000.

After receiving the imperial edict, Zhenzhou, Beizhou and Wuzhou immediately dispatched 80,000 people and arrived outside Yongzhou city one day earlier than them.

At this moment, the three armies have set up camp, waiting for the arrival of the commander-in-chief.

Before that, with the fall of Rangcheng, the Ava army rested for ten days and then advanced towards Huaiyang.

The general defending Huaiyang was a fierce general in his thirties. They had learned the lesson from Rangcheng, made adequate defense preparations, and negotiated with the Ava army for three days.

But in the end they were still defeated and Huaiyang fell two days ago.

Two cities fell.

Every time the Ava army captured a city, they would massacre the people there.

Wherever they went, they left no one alive. They slaughtered the people like a swarm of locusts, leaving corpses and blood all over the ground, making it like hell on earth.

The Ava army is resting at this moment.

As soon as Gu Xingyan arrived, he immediately summoned all the generals above the rank of deputy generals to hold a meeting in the general's tent after an incense stick of time.

He also ordered Liang Tianyou to light a stick of incense on the incense table beside him.

The Zhenzhou army was led by Deputy General Tian Daokuan, who was about forty years old.

Liu Wenrong, the deputy general of Beizhou, was about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old.

Ma Jingwei, the general leading the troops in Wuzhou, was about forty-five or forty-six years old.

The three met on the way to the general's tent.

Tian Daokuan had a full beard, a broad back and strong arms, was eight feet tall, and carried a large sword on his back.

Hearing that the commander-in-chief was going to call them to a meeting as soon as he arrived, he went outside the military tent, pulled a piece of dried grass from the ground to pick his teeth, threw the big knife on his back to his subordinates who were following him, and then came over.

Liu Wenrong was a thin man with a small goatee. He had just reorganized the army when he went to find out the situation of the other two armies.

The other two places only sent deputy generals, and only the Wuzhou army, led by General Ma Jingwei, personally led 80,000 troops. After arriving at the location, he immediately inspected the camp.

When Gu Xingyan sent someone to inform him, he was still patrolling the camp and had not returned yet.

The three of them met when they were still several feet away from the main tent. As soon as they met, Liu Wenrong stepped forward and greeted them with a smile: "Greetings, General Tian, ​​General Ma."

Tian Daokuan put his hands on his belt, adjusted it, and laughed, "Good boy, I haven't seen you for a while."

"General Tian, ​​your Excellency is busy."

"Hahahaha, come to my tent for a drink later."

"Okay." Liu Wenrong rolled his eyes and lowered his voice, "I heard that this Ninth Prince was just found by Ou Jianglin in a mountain village, and he was nicknamed the Farmer Prince?"

After saying this, he chuckled softly.

Tian Daokuan snorted, "We don't even know if he is the heir of the Gu family, the Ninth Prince or not. He was kidnapped when he was just a baby. More than 20 years have passed, and I don't know where Ou Jianglin found someone to impersonate him. In my opinion, he couldn't explain to the Emperor and the Queen Mother, so he just picked someone randomly."

Liu Wenrong put his hands in front of his stomach and said, "The emperor dares to hand over 290,000 troops to just any random person? General He, you dare not say that."

Tian Daokuan snorted coldly: "Oh, you are asking us to die! Who is Ava? He is the god of war who has never been defeated in a hundred battles. He is the great general king of Zhao State."

He spat out the straw he had been using to pick his teeth. "Gu Xingcheng just took the throne and he couldn't wait to get rid of his brother who came from nowhere. This new emperor is not a good guy either."

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Liu Wenrong's eyes. He knew Tian Daokuan too well.

This guy is just a rough and vulgar man who speaks and does things without thinking. How could he become the deputy general of the Zhenzhou Army?

One is due to a lucky victory in suppressing bandits a few years ago, and the other is due to nepotism.

Seeing that Ma Jingwei remained silent, Liu Wenrong asked, "General Ma, aren't you curious?"

Ma Jingwei only glanced at him calmly and said, "Military orders are as heavy as mountains. You two should hurry up. The Marshal has given you only one stick of incense."

After saying that, he strode away.

Tian Daokuan spat on the ground: "What the hell is that?"

Liu Wenrong raised a cold smile and pulled Tian Daokuan: "General Tian, ​​don't be angry. General Ma has this kind of temper."

"Old Liu, if that damn Gu Xingyan orders your men to go as vanguards and die, you must withstand the pressure. We only have so many people on hand. If we finish the battle, we will be gone."

Liu Wenrong stroked his goatee and said, "Military orders are as heavy as a mountain."

"If we can't win, we can always run away. We can't all die here, right?"

He looked around: "Although that person didn't give any instructions, he has eyes."

Liu Wenrong laughed softly: "Let's go, let's go, the incense stick is almost up."

Tian Daokuan snorted coldly: "Why are you in such a hurry? I'll see if he dares to do anything to me!"

The huge sand table has been set up.

A huge map is hung on the edge of the sand table.

The map is extremely detailed, and all the signs were marked by Gu Xingyan himself along the way.

He Si and others were extremely surprised at first, wondering how the Marshal knew so much about the thirteen cities of Yongzhou.

But as he marked it more and more clearly, it was no surprise.

Inside the commander's tent, Gu Xingyan was staring at the sand table.

Wu Peikun, the general defending Yongzhou City, was also there.

Gu Xingyan asked: "General Wu, how many troops are there in Yongzhou City?"

Wu Peikun sighed deeply and said, "Reporting to the commander, there are a total of 12,000 soldiers guarding the city, but only 10,000 of them can be used at most."

Gu Xingyan nodded slightly. Among these twelve thousand people, the remaining two thousand were either old, weak or disabled, and they would just be killed on the battlefield because their father valued civil officials over military officials.

General Liang said, "In that case, then 10,000 will form a perfect army of 300,000. As for the remaining 2,000 people, Your Highness, in my opinion, it is better for you to evacuate with the people first."

Gu Xingyan nodded: "General Wu, give the order immediately and have those 2,000 men and the people in the city evacuate before dark."

Wu Peikun did not move: "Marshal, it's not that I don't want to obey your orders. It's just that I have sent people to notify every household these days, but the younger generation has sent their parents and children away and returned, and they are unwilling to leave."

"what happened?"

"They have lived in Yongzhou for generations. They said that even if they die, they want to die in Yongzhou and are unwilling to leave their hometown. But I know that these words are in my heart. They want to stay and do their best."

"how many people?"

"About 20,000 people."

Gu Xingyan nodded: "In this case, let them do something. Build the city wall thicker, collect food, clothing and medicine. The Ava army will not give us too much time. I estimate that they will break in within one or two days."

His use of troops depended on taking the enemy by surprise. Often when people thought he would stop fighting, he would suddenly launch a large-scale attack.

And when everyone was prepared for it, he stopped again.

But sometimes it is not necessarily the case.

So Ava can often catch his opponents off guard.

"Yes." Wu Peikun walked out and immediately told someone to do it.

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