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Chapter 496 Yanzhou asks for help
In mid-April, 30 Donghu cavalry poured into Yanzhou, sweeping all the way south.

When Qi Rui learned about this, his eyes went dark and he almost fell to the ground.At this time, he remembered the information that Hengshan sent before.I couldn't help crying out regret in my heart, if I had been on guard earlier, I wouldn't have fallen into such a dangerous situation.

When the crowd arrived, Qi Rui looked ashamed and asked the crowd helplessly, "Everyone, the 30 Donghu army broke through Wanren Pass, and within a few days, they will arrive at my city of Yan. At this time of crisis, we wait What should I do?"

Everyone heard the words and couldn't help being silent for a long time. After a long time, Zhang Zhongliang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although our Yanzhou Army still has 30 soldiers, half of them are recruits and their combat power is not strong. What's more, our army still has five soldiers." Tens of thousands of elite soldiers are stationed in Mingzhou, plus soldiers and horses stationed in various places. In this way, our Yancheng has only a little over [-] troops that can resist the Donghu army, and nearly half of them are recruits. Up to now, only I can temporarily abandon Yancheng, go south to avoid its edge, and only after gathering most of my troops can I fight against it."

"Zhang Aiqing, do you know that there are hundreds of thousands of people in this city of Yan?" Qi Rui couldn't bear to ask, "If our army goes south, what will the people in this city do?"

Zhang Zhongliang's face was pale, he opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

"Your Majesty, why don't we garrison Yancheng with more than [-] soldiers and horses, which may delay Donghu's army for a while." Liu Ziming stood up and said, "In addition, I am willing to send envoys to all parties, and I beg them to send troops to help. As long as the troops of all parties are gathered A horse may not be incapable of fighting with it."

When Qi Rui heard the words, his heart moved, and he quickly looked at Zhang Zhongliang.

Zhang Zhongliang stroked his long beard lightly, thought for a moment, and nodded slightly, "This strategy is feasible. However, King Wei and King Ming, who join forces together, may not be the opponents of the Donghu people. After all, most of their 30 troops are cavalry. Most of the men and horses are infantry, and it is easy to stand firm, but difficult to defeat the enemy. Today, the only one who can compete with Donghu cavalry is the Duke Hua of Hengshan. However, we have already turned against him, and it may be difficult to persuade him to send troops."

Qi Rui blushed when he heard this, picked up a piece of paper from the table, and said bitterly: "Zhang Aiqing, just look at this."

Zhang Zhongliang took it over in doubt and looked at it, his face suddenly changed, "This, this, my lord, why are you, alas, what a pity, what a pity."

Liu Ziming quickly came over to have a look, the same expression changed greatly, and then he was overjoyed, "Your Majesty, Duke Hua is indeed a man of great benevolence and righteousness. Since he is willing to inform the Majesty of the information, I am confident that I will persuade Hengshan to send troops to help."

"What Zi Ming said is reasonable." Zhang Zhongliang nodded and agreed, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the Duke of Hua has been fighting against alien races all these years, and has rarely intervened in our battles in the Central Plains. Come to think of it, Duke Hua It must be to weaken the power of the surrounding foreign races first, and then plot the Central Plains. It was only because of Li Yuan in Huazhou that he was angry and sent troops southward, so that he came to the current situation. It suddenly occurred to me that last May, Hengshan assembled ten Tens of thousands of troops were in Tongwan City, and perhaps they had already prepared for the Northern Expedition at that time, but it was delayed because of the Huazhou incident."

"This?" Qi Rui was stunned, "This is God's will, my Yanzhou will never escape this catastrophe. Sigh!"

After discussing with everyone, they decided to send envoys to all parties to ask for help, while Liu Ziming went to Huazhou in person to ask Lin Yifan for help.

Qi Rui decided to stick to Yancheng and resist the Donghu army.Zhang Zhongliang rushed to the south, organized soldiers and horses to evacuate the people as soon as possible, strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, and firmly defended the city.

However, within a few days, 30 cavalry finally arrived at Yancheng, and the dense black tide slowly surrounded Yancheng.

On the second day, the brutal siege began immediately, and the Donghu people obtained a large amount of gunpowder at Wanren Pass.In just one day, the city gate was blown up.However, Qi Rui had been prepared for a long time, and blocked the gate of the city with rocks, and ordinary explosives would not be able to blow it open.

When the plan failed, Huerle immediately ordered the Central Plains infantry in the army to attack the city, while the cavalry surrounded the city wall and suppressed the city with arrow rain.However, under the bombardment of a large expanse of explosives, the siege soldiers and horses under the city suffered heavy casualties and were unable to climb the city wall at all.

On the third day, Kuerle immediately sent a team to search the surrounding area, captured a large number of people, and drove them to charge down the city.But the army hides in the crowd, waiting for an opportunity to seize the city.After suffering a dark loss, Qi Rui had no choice but to order the army to launch an indiscriminate attack on the crowd of people in the city with tears in his eyes.In the bombing, countless people died tragically under the city, and the plot of the Golden Werewolf also failed.

Just as the Donghu people were fighting Yancheng, the envoys from Yanzhou also arrived in Mingzhou and the capital.

After Ming Wang Yang Mingyuan learned of Donghu's invasion to the south, without saying a word, he immediately raised [-] troops and marched towards Yanzhou.Yang Mingyuan knew very well that if Yanzhou was not guaranteed, Mingzhou would be next.

However, Cao Ziyan's attitude was quite subtle. After hearing that Donghu invaded Yanzhou, he immediately dispatched 20 troops to garrison Qingzhou.

Later, under Shen Li's persuasion, he sent [-] troops across the Longjiang River to participate in the battle of Yanzhou.However, after he went north, he immediately expelled the defenders of the cities in the south of Yanzhou and took them as his own. He called them to assist the Yanzhou army in the garrison.As for the expelled Yanzhou Army, they had no choice but to go to Zhang Zhongliang to complain about Cao Jun's ambitions.

Zhang Zhongliang can't do anything about it. Now that Yanzhou is at the point of life and death, he doesn't care about the gains and losses of a few cities. As long as Cao Jun is willing to send troops to help, he has no choice but to let him do whatever he wants.

After traveling for more than ten days, Liu Ziming finally arrived in Huayuan City.But after asking, he found that Duke Hua was not in the city at all, but stayed at his hometown in Longxiang County to watch the funeral.He didn't dare to delay, and under the guidance of someone sent by Jiang Yunchuan, he finally arrived at Panlong Village.

When he saw Lin Yifan, Liu Ziming didn't care about his dignity at all. He knelt down on the ground and kept kowtowing to him, "Duke Hua, save me Yanzhou."

Lin Yifan had already received information from Yanzhou at this time, and he was very angry that Qi Rui didn't take his warning seriously, not because he ignored him, but because of the suffering of the people of Yanzhou.If one believed him, Yanzhou would not have suffered such a catastrophe.

Seeing Liu Ziming's humble begging at this time, Lin Yifan felt happy, but also couldn't bear it. He walked up to him, helped him up, and sighed: "I know about the matter of Yanzhou. But your lord won't listen. Fang Zhi has today's disaster."

Liu Ziming also sighed in his heart, but the matter has come to this point, and he can't say anything wrong with his king in front of others, so he can only endure the embarrassment, and said in a painful voice: "My lord, now 30 cavalry are going south, and my Yanzhou has suffered a lot. Heavy injuries, weak troops, really can't resist the Donghu people. I also hope that the Duke will help me in Yanzhou to repel the aliens for the sake of you and me."

Lin Yifan looked at him indifferently, "Mr. Liu, this time, I, Hengshan, may not be able to help Yanzhou."

(End of this chapter)