On March 20, heavy snow was still falling. Goose feather-like snowflakes drifted for an hour with the north wind, and there was no sign of stopping. The earth was dazzlingly white. Although the windows were closed very tightly, there were still bursts of "splashing", as if the roaring north wind would immediately pounce in and sweep away everything.

Yuwen Zhiji couldn't fall asleep and sat up with the quilt. Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps and several horses ringing in the wind outside the window. He put on his clothes and stood up and looked out the window. He saw teams of soldiers wearing armor and bows, and clusters of spears shining with the cold light of stars. The officers were saddled and mounted their horses, and rushed westward. He raised his eyebrows, as if he had a premonition.

Since the half of the moon, the weather in the northwest suddenly dropped sharply, as if it was back to the cold winter lunar month. For five or six days, except for the last half day after the first two days, the snow became heavier in the past two days. For two consecutive days and two nights, the goose feather-like snowflakes had no intention of stopping.

Although Linjin City is a military fortress, there are also many military families in the city. Although the shanty towns in the east are constantly sweeping snow, nearly half of the shanty towns are already being couched. Even the military camps in the north of Linjin City have been couched with several barracks. These are not the most troublesome things. After many days of heavy snow, the snow has already passed through the knees and there is no path at all. This makes the people in the city unable to even cook firewood, and the military camp is better. After all, there are some preparations, and the carbide in the military camp warehouse can be taken for first use, and some tincture oil can be used as soon as possible. However, the people are in trouble. They cannot go up the mountain to collect firewood, and they basically have to cook.

One trouble after another, Yuwen Zhi and the King of Han who liked sex were also frowning. It was about April, but the thief still had heavy snow. This weather reminded him of the strange weather three years ago, and the snow was a disaster. That year, the entire Central Plains were full of disasters, with food production reduced everywhere, and there was no proletariat, and then the famine swept across the entire Central Plains. If it weren't for the cession of the army and the war that had been discussed in those two years, I wouldn't know how many people would have starved to death.

It's just three years passed, and as he was recovering, God is going to be a bitch again.

These are not the most annoying things. After all, people's lives are as cheap as dogs in troubled times, so he doesn't care about so many things. The emperor and his ministers are worried about those troubles. He just needs to have fun. Although he has always been a little unhappy about the emperor's brother sending him to Linjin Pass, he always feels like he is going to be in the border gate, and Linjin is always not as prosperous as Chang'an. However, after staying in Linjin for almost two years, he is also happy in hardships. Although Linjin is not as prosperous as Chang'an, it is also better for Linjin. That is, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Even if he does something extraordinary, no one can take care of him.

However, the bad weather recently made him unwilling to take a step even in the warm royal palace. Moreover, Pei Qiantong, who had already agreed to have a group of beauties to be sent, but he had not seen them for a long time. He originally thought it was because of the wind and snow, but when he asked the generals of Linjin Pass Meng Jing and Yuanli, and after he learned that the news from Fengyi City had been interrupted for two days, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

Recently, there have been constant wars in Guanlong, and Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou have been destroyed by Chen Pojun. At this time, Yu Wenhua issued imperial edicts to all counties and towns as soon as possible. Officials and generals from all over the country must be strictly alerted. The beacon is transmitted sooner or later, and messengers must be sent to inform the defense every day.

There is also Chaoyi City between Fengyi and Linjin, but Chaoyi City is small and directly affiliated to Linjin Pass. For two consecutive days, there was no news of Fengyi in the news sent back by Chaoyi, which made him feel uneasy. Without the beacon, it can be regarded as a cause of wind and snow. However, there was no messenger contact for two consecutive days, which was a bit uneasy.

He was rushing Fang Bu in the house with some anxiety, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the team that had just left. This team was led by General Meng Jing, Hu Ben, and a group of thousands of light cavalry. Feng Yi was not informed for a long time, which made Yu Wen Zhi, a somewhat suspicious, uneasy. Finally, he decided to send Meng Jing to lead a thousand light cavalry to Feng Yi. If there was an accident, he could provide timely support. If nothing happened, Meng Jing and his brothers were just allowed to transport the nearest batch of supplies from Feng Yi.

The wind and snow seemed to be a little less. In the Changchun Palace, many soldiers with untied robes were lying in the palaces. Not only were the Western Liang cavalry, but also the Imperial Guards and Female Army. After marching day and night, the soldiers were very tired, especially the Western Liang cavalry of Ma Ning, who not only marched 200 miles a day and night, but also successively raided Fengyi and Changchun Palace, annihilated more than a thousand enemies and captured nearly five thousand prisoners.

Chen Kefu rushed to Fengyi. After seeing Fengyi successfully captured it, he immediately asked He Ruohuailiang and Xiao Shilian to lead 1,500 troops and 1,500 Xiliang cavalry of Ma Wu to stay in Fengyi City. He and Chang Zhongxing and others rushed to Changchun Palace. When Ma Ning even took the Changchun Palace, Chen Kefu was extremely happy. Although it should not be a problem in the plan to capture Fengyi, sometimes the plan was done well and it could not guarantee 100% success. Now he saw that he not only captured Fengyi and Changchun Palace, but also captured all the defenders and did not escape the enemy. His heart couldn't help but relax.

Seeing that the soldiers were exhausted, Chen Kefu simply ordered the entire army to rest in Changchun Palace for half a day. The Changchun Palace had stored a lot of food, vegetables and meat, which were originally prepared by Pei Qiantong and his subordinates, but now they were all cheaper than Chen Jun. After drinking and eating, except for a few soldiers on duty, they could not stop their fatigue. They did not set up camp and went to bed with military blankets everywhere in the palace.

However, at this time the entire army was still alone and surrounded by Xu's army.

The entire army only slept for a short half day, and was called by their respective officers. The soldiers all got up from the ground with their eyes rubbed. Although most of them were yawning and had no sleep, Chen Kefu's military orders were usually strict, but they treated his subordinates kindly and kindly, and they had clear rewards and punishments. Although the Chen army soldiers were at high risk, they had very high salary subsidies and pensions, and had great chances of making meritorious contributions. In the Chen Dynasty, carrying guns and joining soldiers was a good profession that people wanted to join. Therefore, they did not take laziness and violate the order. Chen Kefu

He Ruodong and He Ruolong brothers led 2,000 suicide squads as the leader, and Chen Lei, Zhang Chuchen led 5,000 imperial guards and 5,000 female troops as the central army, Ma Ning led 3,500 Xiliang cavalry from vanguard to guard, Chang Zhongxing led 1,000 cavalry to stay guard, and left hundreds of injured people in Changchun Palace. More than 10,000 people set out immediately. This time, this time, the three hundred miles of attack, except for the main generals in the army, most of the soldiers were still a little confused at this time and did not know where the target was.

Most of the soldiers secretly guessed in their hearts that they would go west along the Wei River and head straight to Chang'an. However, Chen Kefu was already waving his sword and pointed his fingers, saying, "The whole army sets off and moves east!"

The snow seemed to be a little smaller, and the soldiers became more excited after eating and sleeping. After walking for 60 miles, a city could be vaguely seen in front of them. Everyone knows that it was Chaoyi City between Fengyi City and Linjin Pass.

The city wall of Chaoyi is four miles long, one meter and five feet high, and the moat is deep and one meter wide. There are five gates: Linhe in the east, Jintang in the north, Zhenqiang in the west, Wangyue in the south, and Yingen in the north. Although Chaoyi is not a military center, it is close to Linjin Pass and is above the key points of the Qin and Jin passage. It is located in the center of the Yellow River, Weishui and Luoshui. It is known as a water and drought wharf and is a place for commercial distribution. On the south side of the Weishui River, there is also Yongfeng Cang, one of the six major granaries of the Sui Dynasty.

However, although Chaoyi is a place for commercial distribution, the city is not well-defended because one on the left and one on the right is Fengyi and Linjin. Although the city is quite large and has a large population, the defense has always been handed over to Fengyi and Linjin. Usually, there are only 200 infantry soldiers stationed here, which are dedicated to maintaining business and travel security and tax collection. In addition, it is to maintain a beacon tower in the city, responsible for the daily beacon communication.

Xu Jun on the beacon tower saw a large black figure in front of him with the snow light. He lit a torch to see carefully, but exposed his position. He Ruodong shot him down. The suicide squad charged and quickly jumped up to the top of the city, broke into the gate, rushed into the city. The soldiers of Chaoyi had already fallen asleep and hurriedly got up in panic. Many people died before they even got the weapons. They moved faster and fought and retreated, and were surrounded by the suicide squad behind them. With the corpses of hundreds of soldiers on the spot, the other residents, people and businessmen in the city also ordered them to go home and close their doors, and the city quickly returned to peace.

Chen Kefu led the central army and the defenders arrived soon, ordered the soldiers to rest for a while, and ordered He Ruolong to lead 500 people to set up defenses to the south of the city to prevent the Xu army from discovering the help of the Wei River. Then he raised the battle flag to urge the army to promote the army.

Some soldiers were not satisfied with their doubts, so they asked the officers to come forward to ask where Chen Lei's troops were dispatched?

At this time, Chen Kefu looked at the confused soldiers and said solemnly: "Attack Linjin and seize the return to Guandong Pass!"

After hearing this, many soldiers thought that the emperor wanted to lead everyone to capture Linjin Pass and cross the Yellow River to Luoyang, Guandong. They were all excited. They had been entering Guanlong for several months in a blink of an eye, and they couldn't help but miss homesickness. Previously, everyone went deep into the enemy territory alone, and there were many veterans rumored that the emperor would go straight to Guanzhong and attack Chang'an. This made many soldiers feel a little worried. Although they trusted the emperor, they still couldn't help but feel scared when they thought that there were only 20,000 people to attack Chang'an. Now that the emperor wants to fight back to Luoyang, this is undoubtedly a great thing.

When the soldiers thought that Chang'an would fight sooner or later, but it would be a bit risky to fight with only 20,000 people. It would be better to wait for a break and mobilize the army before coming again.
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