At the fifth update, it was still dark. On the top of Shunyang City, the fire sticks were clear, and the soldiers lined up and went back and forth, constantly patrolling. The city gate was closed tightly.

The atmosphere was tense, as if facing a great enemy.

A Xianbei man in a Western Jin battle robe climbed the city wall and looked at the dark wilderness filled with fog in front of him. His eyebrows were frowned and his expression was solemn.

He was Gu Huiliang, a member of the Xijin royal family who was sent here by Emperor Xijin Gu Huilong to serve as a county magistrate.

From a few days ago, after learning about the loss of Shangluo County, he ordered the city to be closed.

At the same time, a panic news was spreading rapidly in the city.

The Southern Dynasty Li Mu, who had won Ba County with thousands of troops, and became famous in one battle, and was known as the God of War, was leading the army north. Three days ago, he almost had no effort to clear the first obstacle on the road - Shangluo County, which was once seized by the Xijin from Beixia.

It is obvious that Li Mu's next target is this place, Shunyang County.

The two counties are three to four hundred miles apart. According to the marching rate, Gu Huiliang has five or six days left to deal with this sudden bad news.

The emperor led the army south, and the target was Li Mu.

The importance of Shunyang County to this emperor's southern expedition is self-evident.

As a must-pass way to go south to conquer, he was ordered to prepare a large amount of supplies and thousands of boats in the city to welcome the army to cross the river.

Now the boats and boats are all neatly parked on the south bank of the river. When they receive the news of the arrival of the army, they immediately cross the river to greet them.

How could he think that Li Mu, who should have been the target of the emperor's hunting, did not retreat but advanced, and dared to come forward on his own initiative. First, he seized the unprepared Shangluo County with lightning speed, and now he is heading to him again.

No one expected Li Mu to react like this, whether he was an emperor or a military self.

There was no preparation in advance. Once his army arrived, his city would be in danger!

The news had already been expedited by 800 miles to the emperor on the way south.

Three days have passed.

Although the city has reserved 100,000 troops of full baggage, there are only more than 10,000 defenders.

Usually, this number of defenders is enough to deal with any ordinary accidents. Even if they encounter strong enemies, they will be able to persevere until the arrival of reinforcements with city defense.

But this time, Gu Huiliang's long-term combat experience and intuition caused him to feel a chilling fear from the bottom of his heart.

It is obvious that the news that Li Mu, a man from the Southern Dynasty, took the initiative to attack, has also caused panic among his soldiers.

Once Li Muna's 70,000 troops arrived and the emperor's army had not arrived yet, Gu Huiliang could not imagine what the fate of Shunyang City would be.

His only hope now is that the emperor's army can go south faster, and faster. Only by arriving before Li Mu's army arrives can Shunyang be saved!

"General, Your Majesty has delivered the letter-"

Behind him, a loud call suddenly came.

Gu Huiliang turned his head suddenly and saw the soldiers holding a letter in their hands, strode up to the city wall, and rushed towards him.

He hurriedly went up to him. After reading the letter, the extremely distressed face finally showed ecstasy expression.

The emperor's army has arrived in Pingxing County and is coming towards Shunyang with all his strength. He will definitely arrive within three days.

The emperor ordered him to guard against the enemy and to wait until the army arrived.

According to estimates, Li Mu's army will take three or two days to arrive.

In other words, when Li Mu arrives, the emperor's army should be able to arrive at that time.

Gu Huiliang immediately ordered the soldiers to go to the ferry and took the ferry to the other side, making preparations to welcome the arrival of the emperor's army.

After everything was arranged, Gu Huiliang, who had been tense for several days, finally relaxed and felt tired. Thinking that he had been staying up all night and finally had a temporary breathing, he asked someone to continue staring, and he got off the city, fell to his head, and fell asleep.

In his sleep, he dreamed that he followed the emperor's conquest, and after taking Chang'an, he conquered Luoyang and the northern Central Plains, all fell into his hands. The Guhui tribe's army was once again stormed across the river and captured Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Dynasty people.

There is the most fertile land in the legend, the rich products, the endless gold, silver and treasures, and the endless beauties. I heard that the noble ladies of the gentry in Jiankang City are even more beautiful in the world...

He was salivating and immersed in his dream, but was awakened by a sudden news.

The spy who had just sent out returned in panic and said that he had seen the shadow of an army that was about to set off from a distance several miles away from the city.

Because the fog was covered in heavy fog this morning, I couldn't see the flag clearly, but it was very likely that it was the army of Li Mu, a native of the Southern Dynasty.

Gu Huiliang was completely shocked and his dream disappeared.

He couldn't believe it, and he was even more unwilling to believe that the five or six-day march had only been more than half a day, and Li Mu's army had arrived?

He didn't even have time to wear his shoes, so he ran up to the top of the city, opened his eyes wide, and looked ahead.

It was already dawn, dawn had arrived, and the sun had not yet risen. The wilderness outside Shunyang City was still shrouded in a vast white mist.

The white mist flows slowly, and there is no trace of human beings in front of you, or there is no movement in your ears.

The heaven and earth are solid, and the wilderness is silent. But there seems to be something faint, enough to destroy this calm appearance, and is quietly lurking in this thick fog covering the sky and the earth. Once it explodes and bursts out, it will be like a volcano, swallowing everything!

The conscience of the valley will be beating faster and the cold sweat will be rolling.

Just when he hoped that the spy had misjudged the mistake and reported the wrong news. The army that was coming in this direction was not Li Mu, but the remnant defenders of Shangluo who had retreated and fled here, without any warning, a black dot suddenly tore through the heavy fog in front of him and instantly appeared in his sight.

It was a cavalry in black. After the marching overnight, the dew had completely wet his temples, and even penetrated his armor, soaking his clothes and pressing them tightly on his body. But the target was in sight, and there was no trace of fatigue on his young and handsome face. On the contrary, looking at the city ahead that was within reach in the fog, his eyes were bright, and he emitted the fierce look like a beast that had been hungry for a long time. Finally, he saw the delicious prey with a strong desire. He was holding a hip. He lowered his war horse, carried a big banner on his shoulder, and rushed straight towards the city gate like lightning.

Above the flag, there is a hideous and mighty white tiger head, with the big words "Yingtian" and "Liwu" embroidered with gold on black background, attracting attention.

This is the battle flag of Yingtian Army embroidered by my sister and I was now carrying it on his shoulders.

Gao Huan vowed that he would climb to the wall and put the flag high on the top of the highest!

Gu Huiliang's pupils suddenly dilated.

He saw that just after this flag, one after another appeared, dozens, hundreds, and thousands.

The thick fog was instantly torn to pieces.

It seemed that in just a blink of an eye, I could not see a single person outside the city. The mountains and fields were everywhere, and soldiers rushing towards the city gate from the thick fog were filled with dense sounds of killing, almost shaking the entire city wall.

Countless enemies, without any warning, came out of the fog and rushed towards the city gate.

The arrows of coming and going were like rain. Countless fire-burning stone cannons hit the city like dark clouds and fell into the city. In the raging fire, the chariots hit the city gate violently.

The defenders at the city wall all changed color. Driven by the roar of the county magistrate Gu Huiliang, he took advantage of the benefits of commanding heights and tried his best to defend the city.

But Xianbei soldiers had never encountered such a brave and terrible enemy.

The cloud ladder was forcibly built. Under the shield formation, the legendary Southern Dynasty man Li Mu, who was named the God of War, took the Liwu Legion behind him to force the cloud ladder and kill the city.

He was unstoppable, and he stepped upwards, stepped on the bricks at the top of the city wall. The moment he waved his knife and shouted, it was like a heavenly soldier who had arrived in the world. The will of Xianbei soldiers could no longer be held back and collapsed quickly.

Under the city wall, the soldiers of Yingtian Army were full of fighting spirit and rushed to follow the figure and climb to the wall.

The battle of siege ends in half a day.

The city gate was opened from the inside, and the rest of the Yingtian army outside rushed in.

The ending is as high as the battle is as low as the battle is as low as the battle is as low as the battle is as low as

Shunyang County Governor Gu Huiliang died of arrows, and the city was successfully captured as Li Mu had planned in advance.

The flag was inserted high on the top of the city wall, waving in the wind.

As soon as he occupied the city, Li Mu issued the first order to rush to the ferry and control the more than a thousand ferry boats. He then comforted the people and ordered all the soldiers to rest on the spot along the river bank outside the city, waiting for the arrival of the Western Jin army.

At the ferry on the south bank of the Great River, along the river bank, some ignitions were lit. From a distance, it looked like a winding fire dragon, which was spectacular. More than a thousand boats were returning to the shore one after another, and the soldiers were busy rowing boats to consolidate the boats. The atmosphere was busy and tense, but it seemed orderly.

The capture of Shunyang was another big deal. Not only did the more than a thousand boats crossing the river, but the baggage and food supplies originally prepared for Emperor Xijin in the city were also put into their pockets. The soldiers finally had enough food and drink and were able to rest well.

During the day, Gao Huan followed Li Mu to attack the city, and his back was injured by a smashed flint. Fortunately, it was not serious.

The military doctor asked him to rest for a long time, but he was tired, but couldn't sleep. He came out of the wounded barracks and sat on the shore, looking at the figures of the soldiers who were busy doing things not far away. He was excited and confused and curious.

He knew that the key to winning the battle of Shunyang was to be fast and to compare with the opponent.

The seventy thousand army headed north to meet the enemy. With such a big movement, it is impossible not to disturb the opponent.

Therefore, we must be quick and we must hurry up and wait until the other party responds effectively and arrive before reinforcements arrive, and capture the city.

In order to achieve this goal, after easily taking the first stop of the unprepared trip to Luo County, his brother-in-law Li Mu only transferred 20,000 elite soldiers to follow him to pull out the army, and the rest of the soldiers came from behind. The 20,000 soldiers only carried enough food and siege weapons for three days, left all the other supplies, and set off on the road with light loads. From Shangluo to Shunyang, on the hundreds of miles of road, except for the necessary rest to recover their physical strength, they finally arrived day and night this morning, like a divine weapon from the sky, appearing in front of the unexpected Shunyang defenders from the fog.

Twenty thousand soldiers, all powerful generals, arrived here and after the last meal before the siege this morning, there was no surplus of food around. The reinforcements were still behind and had not arrived yet. If they could not capture the city, there would be no more meals. Once the Western Jin army, which had dragged far away, came, they would lose all their chances and their retreat had been cut off.

What's more, his brother-in-law Li Mu led the way, and the soldiers naturally rushed with him like a desperate attempt, with a tiger-like momentum and finally successfully captured the city.

Gao Huan knew that taking down Shunyang was just the first step for his brother-in-law to go north to go.

Soon, it took about a few days before Emperor Xijin led his army to the north shore and waited for their test before it truly arrived.

Gao Huan was not afraid. He had a kind of trust and worship for his brother-in-law without asking about the reason.

Only when a soldier is a god, can one gain a predecessor win over others' hearts and lose the courage of the enemy.

Gao Huan read the military books well and naturally understood this principle. He knew that his brother-in-law attacked and then seized Shunyang, and this method was used.

What made him confused and curious was how his brother-in-law planned to deal with the fiercely arrived 100,000 Xijin army.

A commotion suddenly came from behind.

Gao Huan turned around and saw his brother-in-law heading to the wounded barracks with his followers. He hurriedly got up, ran back, and stopped at the entrance of the barracks.

The injured soldier was moved when he saw that the master general did not forget himself and came to visit him in person.

Gao Huan looked at his brother-in-law's tall and upright back and felt the soldiers' love and respect for him. In his heart, he couldn't help but feel a deep and proud feeling.
To be continued...