In the middle of the night, a sound of fighting suddenly echoed around.

Xia Jun, who was sleeping soundly in Rongzhou City, was awakened by the sound and stood up in a panic.

Liao Gu, the commander-in-chief of the Xia army, was waiting for his soldiers. While wearing all his armor, he cursed angrily:

"The arrogant Yunjun is really not letting anyone stop every day!"

But before he could even put on his armor, the shouts outside the city suddenly stopped.

Gu Liao stood up and listened carefully to the disappearing movement outside. He suddenly became furious, drew out the sword from his waist, and shouted:

"Damn it, you dare to tease me. With less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, you dare to surround my army of more than 100,000 in Rongzhou City. What a dare! If I don't teach Yun's army a lesson today, I will never do it again."

As a human being!”

Shicheng County was originally garrisoned with no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. When Wu Zixu took office, he brought 3,000 Guanning cavalry and 5,000 elite imperial troops.

After the Li Dynasty navy was completely wiped out and the Xia army was defeated and retreated to Rongzhou City, the crisis in Shicheng County was resolved. After Wu Zixu left only 5,000 troops to garrison in Shicheng County, he led the remaining 17,000 troops and pursued them along the way.

Rongzhou City.

Relying on the three thousand Guan Ning cavalry, they were invincible. Wherever the heavy cavalry went, the men and horses were smashed, and the morale of the Xia army was low. Wu Zixu blocked Xia's hundreds of thousands of troops with less than 20,000 troops and horses.

In Rongzhou City.

It can also be said to be an unprecedented war!

At this time, he heard that Liao Gu was fierce and seemed to want to leave the city to kill Yun Jun's majesty. The general who had just arrived at the side quickly persuaded:

"General, don't fall into the Yun Kingdom's scheme! The three thousand cavalry of the Yun Kingdom are so powerful that no one can compete with them. The Yun Army has been in turmoil for the past few days, but they have not actually attacked the city. They just want to

If you provoke me, I will leave the city and fight with you!"

"General, don't fall for the trap! No matter how powerful the Yun Kingdom's heavy cavalry is, they can't crush the fortified city. Even if we waste them, we can still kill them!"

"General, please think again!"

After hearing the persuasion of his generals, Liao Gu finally had no determination to risk everything and go out of the city to fight.

After a long time, he could only kick down the desk angrily and said angrily:

"Wait for me, General!"

At this time, outside Rongzhou City, in the Yunjun camp.

Looking at the closed gate of Rongzhou City in the distance, Wu Zixu curled his lips and showed a contemptuous smile, saying:

"Xia Jun would rather feel resentful among his soldiers than go out to the city to fight to boost morale. It seems that he is afraid in front of you... In this case, I won't be polite!"

Speaking of this, Wu Zixu immediately said in a deep voice:

"Instruct all ministries to leave 3,000 heavy cavalry and 2,000 forbidden troops to stay with me in the main camp. All other troops and horses from all ministries will be dispersed to attack in all directions. I want this Rongzhou City to become an isolated city!"

"Got the order!"

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Xia Kingdom, Anshun County.

Hao Yuanhua, the former leader of the rebels, had already received a salary from the Xia Dynasty court. He suddenly became the lieutenant of Anshun County and the imperial title of Tinghou of the capital of Leyi. He occupied the government office and issued administrative orders without hesitation.

A group of rebel generals also put on their official armor at this time, leading their respective ministries and garrisoning the cities under the jurisdiction of Anshun County. The military, political and financial forces seized Anshun County, one of the six counties in the southwest, and completely destroyed it.

Operate for a country within a country!

But today, these generals who were entrenched in the local area gathered in the government office uncharacteristically.

A long shout was heard outside the government office lobby.

"Master Hou is here!"

Surrounded by several confidants, Hao Yuanhua strode into the lobby with his head held high.

All the generals stood up one after another, raised their fists in salute to Hao Yuanhua, and said loudly:

"See you Lord Marquis!"

Now that he has been canonized by the imperial court, the previous title of General Anshun can no longer be used.

Along with the title, Hao Yuanhua's demeanor and temperament also changed quietly.

Hao Yuanhua, who was originally dressed in simple clothes, born in poverty, and hated the powerful, is now accompanied by carriages and horses, and enters a mansion with a cloud of beautiful maids. He is dressed in a gorgeous brocade robe, his face is red, and his body is much richer.

Although his appearance has not changed much, he only has a slightly richer body. He took off his common clothes and put on a rich costume and a crown. But no matter how you look at it, his gestures and gestures no longer have the same arrogance as when he led the people to rebel and occupied a place in order to seek a way to survive.

Ambition!

It's like a brave man turning into a dragon...

Hao Yuanhua sat on the main seat and looked around at everyone present with a smile.

But within a moment, the smile suddenly solidified and disappeared, and his face became a little unsightly.

After a while, Hao Yuanhua just snorted coldly, looked at his followers beside him, raised his brows, and shouted sternly:

"Where is my second brother? I ordered you to summon the generals from all ministries to come to discuss matters, but you were negligent and did not notify me?"

Being scolded so harshly by Hao Yuanhua, the attendants around him suddenly trembled, immediately knelt down on the ground, and said:

"Please calm down, Mr. Marquis. I did send someone to inform General Murong. As for why he didn't come... General, I really don't know!"

After hearing this, Hao Yuanhua continued to scold:

"It's not your fault. Could it be that my second brother ignored the military order?"

When the followers heard this, they had no choice but to kowtow and try their best to defend themselves.

The harsh scolding made all the generals in the hall speechless and did not dare to speak.

The wise generals have already figured out a little bit about it.

At the beginning, King Qi led the southwest frontier army and went out in full force, vowing to eradicate the Anshun County rebels headed by Hao Yuanhua as soon as possible.

In the next two to three months, more than 100,000 troops were entrenched in Anshun County. The seemingly powerful rebel force was already severely weakened, and they were only holding on to the last county.

If the Xia court had not suddenly chosen to surrender, the rebels in Anshun County would have been destroyed long ago. How could they be as powerful as they are today?

While the southwest frontier army was trying its best to encircle and suppress the rebels in Anshun County, Murong Fu, who was in Shaoyang County, relied on the huge amount of relief supplies from the Xia Kingdom to recruit troops and win over people's hearts.

Taking advantage of the lack of troops in Shaoyang County, they occupied most of the city in Shaoyang County in a short period of time, and their power expanded rapidly. Finally, when the Xia Dynasty court was recruiting troops, he was also awarded the title of Lieutenant of Shaoyang County.

The original idea was to throw Murong Fu out to attract Xia Guo's attention and delay time. But he never expected that in the end he would take advantage of this opportunity to gain momentum and become equal to himself.

At this time, Hao Yuanhua was naturally very afraid of Murong Fu and was always thinking about how to suppress him.

Murong Fu naturally noticed something strange, and deliberately began to break away from the relationship with Anshun County. Hao Yuanhua summoned him on the pretext of discussing important matters, how could Murong Fu come over?

I deliberately acted like this at this time, probably because I wanted to take the opportunity to have an attack...

Thinking of this, the generals were even more afraid to get involved. Even the generals who had brains that couldn't turn around were restrained by their companions from talking too much.

Seeing that the fire was almost done, Hao Yuanhua immediately pretended to be suspicious and said:

"Are you really not the one who made the mistake?"

"Please Lord Marquis, please give me a clear warning!"

"Then...could it be that something happened on the road? Forget it, let's send someone to check it out later. Although he is my sworn brother, he has military orders. If he really delays the military plane, he will be punished!" Hao Yuanhua said solemnly!

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When all the generals heard the words, they immediately understood and bowed in unison, shouting:

"The Marquis is wise!"

Hao Yuanhua paused and then got down to business.

"There is an urgent report from the army that ten days ago, the army of Jianchang Prefecture of Yun State had invaded Jiangyang County. The imperial court issued a decree, ordering us to immediately mobilize troops and go to the rescue!"

The generals were originally confused as to what kind of news needed to summon them all together.

After hearing that it was the Yun Kingdom army that was invading, all the generals suddenly looked shocked, and there was an explosion in the government office lobby.

"The Yun Kingdom army invaded?"

"The important city of Jiangyang County has never been lost in six hundred years, but it was destroyed today?"

"Wait a minute, where are the southwest frontier troops stationed in Jiangyang County!"

Hearing the discussions among his generals, Hao Yuanhua frowned slightly. After everyone calmed down a little, he said in a deep voice:

"The Xia Kingdom's court has made a clever move. The hundreds of thousands of troops from the entire southwest have been secretly sent to Rongzhou long ago! In Jiangyang County, except for two to three thousand local county soldiers, there are no other soldiers!"

When the generals heard this, they were surprised again and said:

"Rongzhou? Didn't they all go to Dejiang County?"

"Tsk, if we had known earlier, we could have even captured Jiangyang County!"

"It's just a pity!"

"What's the pity? We just occupied it at that time. What are we going to do to fight the Yun army now?"

"..."
To be continued...