The Festival of the God of Wealth is a major festival in the Western Regions. Every year at this time, the Chengzhou Kingdom will be plunged into a lively celebration of the God of Wealth. But this year is different. The Jin army is coming. In the Chengzhou Kingdom, regarding the God of Wealth Festival, there are relatively few people.

The enthusiasm was much less intense than in previous years, but Xingcheng, the capital of the Zhou Kingdom, was celebrating as in previous years, with the whole city celebrating.

Zhan Bai's troops were over 150,000, while the Jin army was only 50,000. The strength of the two sides was completely out of proportion. In the eyes of the people of the Western Regions, Zhan Bai would win this battle.

Hou Quan walked back and forth, clenching his teeth and feeling extremely nervous. Tonight was the scheduled time to raid Xingcheng.

Hou Quan raised his head and glanced at the sky. It was almost Xu time. This time was the most important part of the God of Wealth Festival. People in the Western Regions would kill chickens and cows to worship the God of Wealth. Most of the people and nobles in the city would

Everyone will gather in the Palace Square to welcome this moment.

"They haven't come yet?"

Hou Quan shouted loudly to the left and right.

"Not back yet."

After receiving the soldier's answer, Hou Quan's face became even darker. Most of the people now went to the palace to celebrate. This time was the best time to raid Xingcheng, but two days ago, their whereabouts were traced by a caravan.

It turns out that Hou Quan was soft-hearted at the time and did not take action to kill people and silence them, which led the caravan to report the situation to the government.

Liu Xie's spy force has spread to Xingcheng, but it is not strong yet. There are only five people. Chen Peng, the captain of Xingcheng's spy, accidentally learned the news and was shocked. He immediately left the city, found Hou Quan, and reported the news urgently.

After being informed, Hou Quan immediately led a thousand soldiers from his headquarters to move thirty miles north, and only then escaped the search sent by the government.

Fortunately, although the government sent people to search everywhere, they did not think of the Jin army. However, it finally aroused their vigilance. As the God of Wealth Festival was approaching, King Cheng Zhou ordered to strengthen the city defense force. The city defense force changed from the previous one.

Two thousand men were sent to four thousand. Hou Quan got the news and regretted it too late.

However, Chen Peng suggested that Wang Suyi, a big businessman, was currently in Xingcheng and might be able to get help through him.

Hou Quan immediately wrote a letter in his own hand and asked Chen Peng to bring it to Wang Suyi.

Hou Quan had no retreat. Although Li Xun was kind to others, he also had clear rewards and punishments. Li Xun's order was only to harass the countries in the northern part of the Western Region. He immediately returned to the base camp of Zhenshi City before Zhan Bai's army arrived.

Hou Quan violated military orders and refused to return, putting the entire army in an extremely dangerous situation. If the plan really succeeds and captures Xingcheng and achieves such a great success, let alone credit or not, at least he will not have any chance of saving his life.

The problem is, once the plan fails, even if he escapes back to Zhenshi City, Li Xun will definitely deal with it with military law, and Hou Quan will definitely not escape death by then.

Zhou Pingyun walked over and said with a playful smile: "Boss, you seem very nervous."

Hou Quan had a cold face and said angrily: "If you fart, just let it go."

Zhou Pingyun chuckled and said: "Now is the best time to make a surprise attack. Waiting is not an option. How about this? We can wait for half an hour at most. If Chen Peng doesn't come, we won't wait any longer and attack immediately.

Whether we can succeed or not depends on whether God can bless us."

Zhou Pingyun always has a smiling face. This is his character. In fact, Zhou Pingyun is also extremely heavy and nervous at this time. If the plan fails, Hou Quan's life will not be saved, and his own fate may not be better.

Where to go.

Hou Quan pretended to be calm and said: "Don't worry, we will definitely win this battle."

Zhou Pingyun rolled his eyes: "You'd better tell the brothers below about what you said about fighting the law. There are seniors and young children in my family. Before I go to the war, my wife is about to give birth. This is my fourth child.

, the first three are all daughters, this one might be a son, I can’t die here, I want to..."

Before Zhou Pingyun could finish speaking, Hou Quan punched him and shouted viciously: "Shut your shitty mouth."

Zhou Pingyun rubbed the swollen left side of his face and did not get up. He just lay on the ground and silently looked at the dark starry sky. He had just lost his composure and was punched by Hou Quan, so his thoughts calmed down a lot.

Hou Quan looked at Zhou Pingyun and ignored him, just standing there quietly.

Half an hour passed quickly, and Hou Quan's patience had reached its limit. Just when he was about to order the soldiers to assemble, his soldiers ran over as fast as possible and shouted: "Boss, Chen Peng is here."

Hou Quan was shocked. Chen Peng was finally here. He urgently needed to know the specific situation of Xingcheng. Even if the city defense was strengthened to 4,000 people, he still felt that there was a chance, but the situation was unclear. It was dark and nothing was clear.

, I feel unsure. This is what Hou Quan is most afraid of. Now that Chen Peng is here, no matter whether it is good news or bad news, at least Hou Quan can know the specific situation, know himself and the enemy, and then he can make a decision.

When Zhou Pingyun, who was lying on the ground, heard Chen Peng coming, he jumped up and strode away with Hou Quan.

Chen Peng brought news that the number of guards in Xingcheng was still 4,000, without any reduction. However, the main generals in the city defense were all invited to leave by Wang Suyi. Xingcheng city defense now had soldiers but no generals, so many soldiers deserted and acted without authorization.

After leaving, I either went to the palace to see the sacrificial ceremony, or I went to have some fun on my own.

After hearing Chen Peng's words, Hou Quan was immediately shocked and ordered the entire army to mount their horses and go straight to Xingcheng.

A fire swept through the entire Xingcheng, and a fierce battle suddenly broke out in Zhenshi City, more than 600 miles away.

The two armies of Zhan Bai and Li Xun had been confronting each other for more than ten days. Li Xun remained unchanged and waited for changes, while Zhan Bai was planning secretly and gathered almost all the remaining troops in the entire Western Region.

When he arrived at Giant Rock City, he had nearly 200,000 troops in hand.

Zhan Bai stood on the chariot and stared coldly at the siege battle ahead. After more than ten days of preparation, the layout was completed. Zhan Bai suddenly marched in the middle of the night and moved in full force. He led nearly 200,000 troops and was surrounded by soldiers.

In Shicheng, the soldiers immediately launched a fierce attack.

After more than ten attacks and two hours of fierce siege, after losing nearly 10,000 soldiers, Zhenshi City remained unbreakable, Zhan Bai stopped the siege, surrounded Zhenshi City with 150,000 troops, and assigned 30,000 troops to Zhesha.

Let him bypass Zhenshi City and go straight to Xizhou, intending to capture Moyang City and cut off Li Xun's supply of food and grass.

Li Xun learned of Zhan Bai's military trends immediately and immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

The current situation is not dangerous, but everyone present is unanimously calm. First, Li Xun followed Shan Qiu's suggestion and strengthened the military strength in the rear in advance, gathering more than 10,000 scattered troops stationed in the seven countries in the eastern part of the Western Region, and with 5,000 troops

The horses returned to defend Moyang City, plus Zheng Chun's 5,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 10,000 defenders. The other 6,000 soldiers, with Zhao Zhang as the chief general and Li Zhaodi as the deputy general, were stationed two hundred miles east of Zhenshi City.
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