Chapter 36: Yunzhou Shuobei, Two Fierce Battles

Yunzhou City.

One of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun in the Great Xin Dynasty, it is located on the Taihang Mountains and overlooks the North China Plain. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Since the "Five Barbarians Invading China" in the previous dynasty, in the history of the Central Plains Dynasty for more than a hundred years, emperors who wanted to make a difference have all taken it as their responsibility to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

However, due to the special geographical location and important strategic position of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

For a hundred years, only the founding emperor of the Great Xin Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu Zhao Mang, achieved the achievement of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and finally fought for the Central Plains with a small army in the Hetao area.

This time, Jin Wang Chen Huaian raised troops in Longcheng to quell the rebellion. If the army of conquering the south wants to march straight into the North China Plain, the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun will bear the brunt.

Among them, Yunzhou City is the bridgehead and support point of the Longcheng army of conquering the south.

At noon.

On the tower of Qingyuan Gate, the north gate of Yunzhou City, there was a sound of panic and the grass and trees were all soldiers.

Wu Qingyun, the commander of the Yunhui Army, wore black armor and a short sword tied to his waist. He climbed up the tower and looked down to the north.

Wherever he looked, there was a large mass of bandits, rushing towards Yunzhou City with murderous intent.

Wu Qingyun's face was sallow and his eye sockets were deep. He was already extremely ugly, and now he looked even more ferocious.

Since yesterday, when he learned that Chen Huaian's Longcheng rebels had captured three cities in three days and were heading straight for Yunzhou City during the army's march.

This arrogant and arrogant general, General Huwei, seemed to have aged ten years overnight, with a lot of white hair on his temples.

Wu Qingyun had never expected that Chen Huaian would dare to march south with the troops and food of one city and thirty-six counties in his fiefdom to fight against the entire Daxin Dynasty.

What's more, they didn't expect that the rebels under Chen Huaian's command would be so fast that they would march straight to Yunzhou City in just a few days.

In addition, Wu Qingyun had completely lost contact with the Shuobei Yunhui Army at this time. If the 200,000 Yunhui Army under his command could not be united, it would be like cutting off one arm before the war.

Moreover, after the Shuobei Yunhui Army lost the unified command of the commander Wu Qingyun, who was in charge of the battle, it was still unknown whether the simple-minded and poorly developed former commander Liang Erhu could defeat the cunning and treacherous Turkic Khan Timur.

So far, the development of the situation has become increasingly out of Wu Qingyun's control.

Until now, Wu Qingyun racked his brains and couldn't figure it out:

He was clearly ordered to go to Longcheng to confiscate the 8,000 troops from the hands of a poor prince whose father had died. How could such a simple matter suddenly become so out of control?

Not only did he lose the life of his eldest son Wu Fengxian, but he also lost the rights and future that Wu Qingyun had earned after forty years of hard work and humiliation.

In the future, he and hundreds of people in the general's mansion may lose their lives.

Which link went wrong?

Wu Qingyun racked his brains and couldn't figure it out.

But there was one thing that Wu Qingyun was very clear about.

If he could have been killed, he would never have come to wade into the muddy water of Longcheng, let alone provoke Chen Huaian, who was a waste in the eyes of outsiders, but was actually the number one ruthless person in the Great New Dynasty.

What can I do? There are thousands of medicines in the world, but there is no regret medicine!

"Who is guarding the city?"

Suddenly, a wild howl outside the city sounded like thunder, pulling the thoughts of Wu Qingyun, the absent-minded commander of the Yunhui Army, back to reality.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man wearing a bright armor and a ring-handled sword on his waist riding a horse outside the city of Yunzhou.

This man has a magnificent appearance, tall and long arms, and bright eyes. It can be seen at a glance that he is a fierce general.

Wu Qingyun searched in his memory, but could not match the man under the city with the brave and combative generals in the Po Lu army in his memory.

Perhaps, he is the general who Chen Po Lu has quietly trained for Chen Huaian in the army over the years!

Wu Qingyun thought so in his heart, but his ferocious and ugly face was trying to restore his former domineering spirit, and he shouted loudly to the outside of the city:

"The commander of the Yunhui Army, the Northwest General of the Great Xin Dynasty, and the Huwei General Wu Qingyun is here. Who is knocking on the door outside the city? Tell me your name!"

Hearing this, Chang Yuchun completely ignored the danger of the enemy's sudden cold arrows on the city wall, and continued to move forward alone, pacing back and forth beside the moat of Yunzhou City with the suspension bridge hanging high and the city gates closed.

While observing the defense of Yunzhou City, he responded domineeringly: "It is the deputy marshal of Longcheng Army, General Chang Yuchun!"

"Criminal General Wu Qingyun, do you know that you have committed a heinous crime?"

Chang Yuchun snorted coldly and continued: "This general advises you to surrender quickly, open the city gate to welcome the Longcheng Army to the South, and protect your body as appropriate!"

"Arrogant!"

On the tower, Wu Qingyun was furious and said angrily: "You nameless rats actually speak arrogantly. Do you really think that my Yunzhou city wall is made of clay? Do you think that the swords, spears, and halberds of my 100,000 Yunhui army are made of clay?"

"If you want this general's life, come to the battlefield to get it. It depends on whether you have the ability!"

As he said, Wu Qingyun waved his hand and ordered sternly: "Pass on this general's order, and the whole army prepares for battle!"

Swish!

For a moment, on the battlements of the Qingyuan Gate in the north gate where Wu Qingyun was, countless archers of the Yunhui Army drew their bows and arrows in unison, and the sharp arrows that had been tempered with poison were all aimed at Chang Yuchun, who was riding a horse outside the city and wandering by the moat.

Just wait for the general's order, and in an instant, thousands of arrows will be fired, piercing the enemy commander's heart and turning him into a hedgehog.

Hahaha!

Outside the city, facing the threat of countless arrows from the Yunhui Army's archers, Chang Yuchun showed no fear.

Instead, he laughed out loud as if no one was around, and continued to shout to the tower: "Wu Qingyun, don't be nervous, I won't attack the city today!"

"I'm here to tell you today that Shuobei City fell into the hands of the Turks last night. The 100,000 troops you left in Shuobei are dead or scattered. Don't expect reinforcements to come to relieve the siege of Yunzhou!"

"Wu Qingyun, the important town at the border of Shuobei fell, and the 100,000 troops were all gone. Do you think you have committed a heinous crime?"

"Think carefully about what I just said, surrender quickly, open the city gates to welcome the Longcheng troops to the south, and I will keep your body intact!"

"By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that the person who conquered three cities of Yunhui Army in three days is also me!"

"Hahaha!"

After that, Chang Yuchun laughed and rode away, leaving Wu Qingyun, with a sullen face, gritting his teeth on the tower, disheveled in the wind.

Then, he snatched the Lingbao bow from the guards beside him, drew the bow and shot at Chang Yuchun who was riding away, but it was in vain.

The arrow didn't even cross the moat, and was blown into the river by a gust of wind.

Wu Qingyun was no longer the vigorous general who shot the halberd at the gate.

Chang Yuchun, who rode back to Longcheng to conquer the south, immediately organized a siege operation meeting in the central army tent, drew the Yunzhou city defense map he had detected from memory, and made targeted siege deployment.

......

Shuobei Territory, Panlong Pass.

On the vast yellow land of the northwest, the rolling yellow smoke that covered the sky and the sun was accompanied by flying dust, and the smoke was mixed with the cold light of the saber and the neighing of the war horse.

A group of black-armored light cavalry galloped in front, and behind them, another group of Turkish cavalry, several times larger than the black-armored light cavalry, pursued them relentlessly.

The distance between the two sides kept getting closer and closer.

"General, we can't retreat to avoid the battle anymore. There is the natural barrier of Panlong Pass ahead. Once the Turkish cavalry breaks through Panlong Pass, the rest of the road will be flat and there will be no danger to defend!