Chapter 157: The City of Fire

"Report~~"

As Ma Yue finished speaking, a shrill long howl suddenly rang out from the front. He looked up in shock and saw Ju Chu jumping on his horse like flying, galloping back from the front.

"Lord, Mr. Guo Tu, General Gao Shun led more than 500 cavalry to wait twenty miles ahead."

"Well~~How many enemy troops are pursuing?"

"No enemy troops were found."

"Um?"

Ma Yue looked stern and exchanged glances with Jia Xu. Both of them saw a hint of horror in each other's eyes. Guo Tu, how could Gao Shun appear twenty miles ahead? What's even more amazing is that there was no enemy chasing him! Did they withdraw from Meiji City before the enemy troops arrived at the city?

If this is true, Ma Yue's plan to lure the enemy is likely to fail!

Before Ma Yue led his army to pacify the Sanhu of Hetao, he had made plans with Jia Xu and Guo Tu to use Meijicheng as bait to lure and annihilate at least two of the invading four armies. In order to put the bait in full and ensure that the enemy was deceived, Ma Yue ordered Liao Hua as the main general, Gao Shun and Guo Tu as the deputy general, to repair and raise the city walls, and to act as if he was to defend Meiji to the death and wait for the army to return to the aid.

Even Liao Hua and Gao Shun didn't know that defending Meiji to the death was just a trick to lure the enemy.

However, before breaking the city, Guo Tu would tell Liao Hua and Gao Shun the overall plan at the right time, and then the Meiji defenders would use Gao Shun's camp as the pioneer and abandon the city to break through! There are more than one enemy invading, and they must have intrigues. They all want to break into the city earlier to seize food, supplies and women, and they will definitely not do their best to chase and kill the breaking army.

In this way, Gao Shun's camp had a great chance to break through the siege, and Ma Yue's plan to lure the enemy was at least half successful. However, now Guo Tu and Gao Shun only led more than 500 cavalry to appear twenty miles ahead, and there was no enemy chasing them, which was a bit extraordinary!

Jia Xu's eyes flashed and he said to Ma Yue: "Lord, is the situation changing? You will know after seeing the Lord."

"Yes." Ma Yue nodded with a serious expression, and suddenly raised his right arm and said quickly, "Tell us, the army will accelerate its march and go immediately to join Guo Tu and Gao Shun's army."

"Affect the order."

The dozens of cavalry commanders roared and took the order away, quickly conveying Ma Yue's military order. In less than a moment, the nine thousand army accelerated the march and rushed towards the north.

Beautiful west of Jicheng.

Liang Xing and Ma Wan came to Han Sui in a hurry.

Ma Wan smiled and said, "Lord, there are so many women in the city, his grandmother. This butcher Ma is really a big deal. He actually stole so many women! Although the last general did not count it in detail, it would cost 50,000 or 60,000 or 60,000 at least."

Liang Xing scratched his head with joy and said, "Yes, it's enough for each brother to divide two, hehe."

Han Sui said anxiously: "Where is the general's mansion of Ma Butcher? Are you surrounded?"

Han Sui was thinking about Ma Yue's woman. Ma Butcher stole so many women from the Hu tribe outside the Great Wall, so he must have left many top-quality women for his own enjoyment. Han Sui could share other women with the soldiers, but he was unwilling to share these top-quality women with the soldiers.

Liang Xing uh and replied, "Lord, this matter is a bit strange. The general's mansion of the Ma Butcher did not find the Ma Mansion in the city."

Ma Wan said, "Yes, lord, the city is built with the most simple wooden houses and straw sheds, and there is no decent mansion at all. Maybe it's because Meiji City has been abandoned for a long time, and Ma Butcher Ma hasn't come to build his general's mansion yet."

Han Sui said: "Well, it must be the case. You must search carefully and you must not miss the butcher's woman!"

Liang Xing, Ma played with a lewd smile and said, "Don't worry, lord, I will be determined to be unfair."

Han Sui laughed and scolded: "Go quickly."

"Report~~" Han Sui finished speaking, and suddenly a Xiliang school rushed back in front of him and said loudly, "General, our army and the Jizhou army have started fighting."

"What!" Han Sui frowned and said in a calm voice, "What's going on?"

Xiliang Primary School said: "Our army first discovered the warehouse of food, grass and supplies in the city, but the soldiers in Jizhou insisted that they discovered it first, and the two sides fought if they disagree. Fortunately, the soldiers on both sides were afraid of the big things and did not dare to use weapons. However, if the situation continued to develop, the situation might be out of control."

"Bastard, these Jizhou soldiers are so hateful!" Han Sui said quickly, "Let's go, take me General."

"Oh by the way~~" Han Sui rode his horse forward for two steps, and suddenly he grabbed the reins and said to the horse, "Horse, you can immediately concentrate five thousand iron cavalry and then come."

The horse played on the horse's back and clanged its fists and said, "The last general will take the order."

"drive!"

Han Sui shouted loudly, held his legs hard and galloped forward. Hundreds of iron cavalry behind him rushed along the street like shadows.

Beautiful east of Jicheng.

Ju Su slowly stepped into the city gate with dozens of personal guards. Looking out, he saw that the city was built with simple wooden sheds and thatched houses, densely packed and endless. The wood for building wooden houses was still new, and the thatched grass covered on the straw shed was also green, which was not conducive to fire attack.

In the streets and alleys left in the wooden shed and the thatched huts, many women with disheveled faces and barefoot clothes were running around, screaming as they ran away. Groups of Jizhou soldiers were following these women and chasing them with extremely lewd smiles on their faces.

Many leading generals and schoolmen laughed on the street without any intention of stopping them.

Careful Ju Su also found that the ground in the city was actually black! Even the bottom floor of the surrounding city walls was black, and Meiji City was all yellow. Why did Ma Yue spend a lot of effort to transport a lot of black soil from a distance to build a city? Does Ma Yue have a special habit of black?

Ju Su felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out something was wrong.

"Finished!"

When Ju Su was shocked and suspicious, an extremely shrill howling suddenly sounded in front of him. Then a group of Jizhou soldiers rushed over with a stretcher.

"Military advisor, found General Gao Lan's body!"

General Gao Lan? Ju Su's eyes narrowed, and he didn't care about what was wrong. He rushed towards the group of Jizhou soldiers. Ju Su's personal soldiers had already snatched the way forward and blasted the Jizhou infantry who were blocking him. Ju Su came to the stretcher and found that Gao Lan's body was no longer human-shaped, with a hole in his abdomen, his intestines drifted, his body covered with knife wounds and gun sores. There were several blood holes as big as a bowl, his body was covered with blood and flesh, and his eyebrows were hard to tell.

"General Gao Lan!" Ju Su sighed sadly and ordered in a narrow voice, "Send an order to immediately cut down wood and build a good coffin, and you must send General Gao Lan's body to Hejian."

"Military advisor~" As soon as Ju Su finished speaking, he suddenly saw Geng Wu coming hurriedly and said quickly, "Military advisor is not good, General Pan Feng, General Pan Feng is him~~"

Ju Su said anxiously: "What's wrong with General Pan Feng?"

Geng Wudao: "General Pan Feng and General Han Sui are disagreeing. They are about to fight. Now the two armies are facing each other forty or five thousand people in the city. Military advisor, go quickly. If you are too late, you will be afraid something will happen."

"Ah!?" Ju Su said in shock, "How could this happen?"

"Lord!" Guo Tu ran quickly to Ma Yue, knelt down on the ground and said sadly, "Tu is incompetent~~ I failed to complete the important task of the lord's bus, which disappoints you."

Ma Yue turned over and dismounted, helped Guo Tu up, and said in a deep voice: "Your Ma Ye, let me tell you slowly, what's going on?"

"Oh~~" Guo Tu sighed and said sadly, "It's all because of the negligence that he didn't expect General Liao Hua to be, he~~"

Ma Yue frowned and said, "What's wrong with Liao Hua?"

Gao Shundao: "Master, let's talk about this from the last general."

Ma Yue said: "Tell me."

Gao Shundao: "The matter needs to start thirteen days ago, that is, the second day after the lord led a large army into the Sea of ​​Death, the explorer discovered the whereabouts of the Liangzhou army and the Jizhou army in Linrong and Mayi at the same time! The two armies were coming in a turbulent manner, and the speed of advance was far beyond our expectations."

"Um~"

"The two armies have only ten days away from Meiji, but the lord's army is missing. Mr. Guo Tu ordered the last general to arm the only five thousand Wuhuan young men in the city to escort all the young women and children in Meiji City to Liangzhou Army. When the Jizhou Army was at the city, the young women under the age of thirty and all the children in the city had already been transferred."

As long as the women and children are still there, there is hope for everything.

A hint of relief flashed through Ma Yue's eyes, nodded with admiration, and said, "Switch on."

Gao Shun said: "Three days ago, the wall of Meiji City finally rose to four feet, and the Liangzhou Army and Jizhou Army finally came to the city. Apart from the five thousand troops responsible for defending the city, the remaining five thousand Wuhuan youth and strong men have also escorted women and children away. The rest are all old men and women. Our army cannot draw more troops to see the slaves in the city. As a last resort, Mr. Guo Tu had to order more than 10,000 slaves to be shot and killed."

Guo Tu said sadly: "I failed to leave more than 10,000 slaves, which disappointed my lord."

A hint of regret flashed through Ma Yue's eyes. These were more than 10,000 slaves! However, Guo Tu's decision was undoubtedly wise. If he had been to Ma Yue himself, he would have ordered more than 10,000 slaves to be shot and killed under the circumstances at that time! In any case, the most important thing is to eliminate the invading enemy and protect the foundation of Hetao.

"No, you are doing well," Ma Yue said in a voice. "If I change to this general himself, I will do the same."

Gao Shun continued: "That night, General Liao Hua found the last general, and thought that Meiji City could not be defended and could be held for at most for two days. General Liao Hua knocked Mr. Guo Tu unconscious while discussing affairs at the city, and then ordered the general to lead his troops to escort his husband out of the southern city. The general sent his soldiers to escort Mr. Guo Tu out of the city at night."

Ma Yue said in surprise: "How could this happen?"

Jia Xu also said regretfully: "This Liao Hua, alas~~"

Guo Tu sighed and said, "When I woke up, I was already a hundred miles away. When I rushed back, I met General Gao Shun's camp halfway, and I finally figured out the whole story."

Ma Yue asked Gao Shun: "What's going on?"

Gao Shun said: "After seeing off Mr. Guo Tu, the Jizhou army began to attack the city the next day. The Jizhou soldiers were brave and good at fighting and were powerful. Most of our army were new recruits. They suffered heavy losses as soon as they got into the battle. Nearly two thousand casualties were killed and killed in less than a day! There were less than three thousand defenders left in the city, and the situation was already in danger! The general of the Mo was determined to defend Meiji with General Liao Hua and die with the city. Unexpectedly, General Liao Hua actually put a drug in the wine and was fascinated by General Wu, and then sent the camp to escort Mo away from the city overnight, and General Liao Hua~~"

Ma Yue said in dismay: "What's wrong with Liao Hua?"

Gao Shun said sadly: "General Liao Hua led his army to defend the city until the city was broken and he died with the enemy."

"ah?"

"General Liao Hua also asked the general to bring a word to the lord."

"speak."

"Liao Hua is not good at leading troops and does not have the courage to be inappropriate for thousands of men. He cannot plan and win a thousand miles away like Jia Xu and Mr. Guo Tu. He will be in a high position after he has not made any achievements. He is really uneasy! Now~~ The lord is in trouble, and Liao Hua can only kill himself to repay him, that's all."

"Um?"

Ma Yue groaned, and his face turned red in an instant.

Guo Tu said sadly: "It's all because of the carelessness that he failed to reveal the lord's plan to lure the enemy in time that the two generals knew about it, which led to such a loss."

"Liao Hua~~"

Ma Yue suddenly raised his long tone and let out a mouthful of blood, and then fell backwards.

"Boqi!"

"Master!"

"Master!"

Gao Shun, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Pei Yuanshao hurriedly came forward and helped Ma Yue up. After a while, Ma Yue woke up quietly. He looked up at the sky, and his eyes were filled with deep hatred. He gritted his teeth and said, "I am the general who is pointing to the sky as a vow, and he will kill all the invading enemies~~ Bury Liao Hua for his life!"

"right!"
To be continued...