It's April of this year.

Zhou, Shiya Mountain City.

A long and narrow official road passes through the high loess slopes on both sides, leading to Lingwu in the south.

The climate here has also begun to gradually warm up, and the Huangshan Mountains, which were originally desolate, now have more mottled dark green.

On the gentle slope, Podoluo Ku lay down among the weeds, staring at the official road in the distance.

There was a loud sound of horse hooves on the official road.

Badara narrowed his eyes, looked left and right, and tightened his grip on the bow in his hand.

Several knights appeared on the official road, and they ran wildly in the direction of Shiya Mountain City.

Potara immediately buried his head in the soil.

The knights gradually disappeared into the distance.

When Podoro raised his head again, he could already hear the noise in the distance.

In the distance, there was a huge group of people rushing towards the mountain city.

The leader was an unarmored officer.

Podoro estimated that there were more than 300 cavalry, many with two or three horses, but no attendants. Less than one-third of them were wearing armor. The rest were not without armor, but had not put on it.

And behind the knight was a carriage connected to one another.

There are a lot of carriages, carrying loads of goods.

There were a large number of civilians accompanying them, but these people had little fighting ability.

Flags were flying, and the transport team passed by the official road in a swaggering manner.

The leading officer wiped the sweat from his forehead at this moment. The sunlight made him unable to look straight into the distance.

He covered his eyes with his hands and complained: "Why does it feel so hot this year??"

"It's only April and it's so hot. If it's May or June, how can we march?"

The knights following him were also quite tired at the moment.

"Even this war horse can't bear it. General, when we enter the city later, do we need to change our armor?"

Yu Wenhu believed that troops should not be sent out in advance, and he had his own reasons. When sending troops in the scorching summer, the fully armed soldiers would no longer be soldiers, but would become a sizzling hotpot.

The elites of both sides are known for their heavy armor, and the food they eat in the summer is easy to spoil. If they send out troops in full armor under the scorching heat, they are afraid of many casualties. If diseases occur again, something big will happen.

The officer's face was full of disdain, "No, if General Liu asks why we don't wear armor, he will say that our armor was left in Yongfeng!"

The other knights laughed.

One person cursed displeasedly: "It's really unfathomable that a guy like Liu Yong can still sit in Shiya Mountain City and lead the front line after losing Yongfeng."

"What's so strange about this? I don't know how to fight, but I know how to give gifts. I sent piles of things to the houses of the Duke of Jin and several young masters. Not to mention losing Yongfeng, I think he lost Chang'an.

Nothing will happen!"

The officer stopped them and said, "Don't talk nonsense."

But the knight just sighed, "The Duke of Jin wants to attack Qi, but it's hard for us. I haven't been home for three months, from Longxi to Xiazhou, and then to this terrible place."

"Stop complaining. After this delivery, you can go home!"

Everyone was talking excitedly.

"kill!!!"

The next moment, shouts of killing suddenly rang out from both sides. The men and horses were frightened. The horses neighed. The officers were shocked and turned pale. They hurriedly raised their heads and looked at the gentle slopes on both sides.

I saw someone standing up on the slope, holding a crossbow.

"not good!!"

"bunker!!"

The officer hurriedly gave the order, and the next moment, all the bows and crossbows were fired.

Arrows all over the sky fell from both sides, the knights screamed and fell off their horses, with nowhere to hide, and the ground trembled slightly.

From the front, a cavalry group appeared, fully armed and waiting for a long time.

Liu Taozi rode a blue lion and held a horse spear. The knights occupied the entire official road and rushed toward them.

The knights wanted to evacuate, but behind them were those carriages, blocking the official road, and on the gentle slopes on both sides were enemy crossbowmen.

A complete dead end.

The officer looked around with despair on his face.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the words of his colleagues who had withdrawn from Yongfeng.

"Wish to surrender!!"

He shouted loudly and jumped off his horse.

The knights on the left and right also followed.

Liu Taozi came running so wildly that the blue lion's horse's hoofs almost stepped on the officer's head, but Liu Taozi still reined in the horse. He raised the horse's stall and looked at the people who were kneeling in front of him to accept the surrender.

The crossbowmen on both sides stopped shooting at this moment. They stood on both sides, holding crossbows and aiming at these people.

The knights responsible for escorting did not dare to resist, and the civilian husbands even less dared.

Podoro rushed to Liu Taozi's side quickly. He almost flew down and walked to Liu Taozi's side with a smile on his face. Without waiting for Liu Taozi's instructions, he sent people to start tying up the prisoners and ordered the cars to

The horse turns around.

The soldiers were very busy.

Potara finally laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, there was a robbery outside the city, and another robbery outside the city. Why are they still unprepared? Yuwen escorted many good things!"

Liu Taozi said calmly: "The military system of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty is like this. Each department is clearly distinguished, and communication with each other must go through the general or Chang'an. There are advantages and disadvantages."

Potara didn't want to think about the reason. He just hoped that something like this would happen again.

The Zhou people were really rich. After robbing them several times, they got enough food to last them a long time.

Podoluo began to arrange other things, but Liu Taozi walked up the high slope and looked into the distance.

After an unknown amount of time, Podoro wiped his sweat and came to Liu Taozi's side again. He stood on tiptoes and looked into the distance.

"What are you looking at, brother?"

"This place is very close to Shiya City. It's impossible for Liu Yong not to hear it. Why didn't he send troops?"

Potaro's face was full of disdain, "Liu Yong was frightened to death by his brother in Yongfeng. Not to mention hearing the noise, his brother was killing people outside the city. He may not even dare to look outside the city."

"What do you think of Shiya Mountain City?"

Upon hearing the inquiry, Badara was stunned for a moment, then put on a serious face and said, "I feel very strong."

"In the past, Yongfeng Town was in charge, so the danger here was not obvious. But now that Yongfeng is in our hands, this city has become the first city against us. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one official road and one direction.

We can attack, the city walls are strong, and Liu Yong has hoarded many soldiers. If someone else were to be the commander, maybe we wouldn't be able to come and go freely within the Zhou territory so freely."

Liu Taozi nodded slightly, "I've made some progress."

Potra laughed, "I have followed my brother for many years. If I didn't make any progress, how could I survive until now?"

Liu Taozi looked at the city in the distance again.

"I want to capture this city."

"On the more than 100 miles from Yongfeng to Lingwu, there is only such a dangerous fortress. If we can capture this place, our troops can move around freely without any threats."

Podoluo's eyes widened. He just thought he had a big appetite and wanted to eat a few more grain transport teams. But he didn't expect that his brother's appetite was several times greater than his own. Do you want to forcefully eat Shiya Mountain City?

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Hatora frowned slightly.

Shiya Mountain City occupies a geographical advantage. Although it is not as exaggerated as Yubi City, it can definitely be regarded as a strong city. Liu Yong has more than 20,000 troops guarding here, but they only led less than 2,000 people this time.

The army is not at a disadvantage in terms of food and fodder. Instead, they have to worry about the enemy's reinforcements.

He found it extremely difficult to capture.

However, this is my brother's order.

Potara immediately raised his hands and saluted, "I want to be a pioneer!!"

Liu Taozi, however, just looked at Shiya Mountain City in the distance, seeming to be calculating gains and losses.

at the same time.

Liu Yong stood on the city wall.

The location of Shiya Mountain City is excellent. There is only one official road leading to the distance, and there are mountains on three sides. The soldiers running back and forth on the city wall look particularly uneasy at the moment.

Liu Yong hid on the tower, looking into the distance with fear in his eyes.

There were several scouts outside the city gate. They were the same people who had just passed by first. They reported the attack on the grain transport army behind them and asked Liu Yong to open the city gate.

But no matter how they begged, Liu Yong did not open the city gate. He even ordered people to block the city gate with debris and asked the people in the city to help defend the city.

The former guard of Shiyashan City looked at the frightened knights outside the city gate and said helplessly: "General, you can let them in first."

"No!" "That Liu Taozi is very cunning. Who knows if this is someone he sent."

Liu Yong's eyes were full of fear, and he was wearing heavy armor, but it couldn't make him feel at ease.

"Liu Taozi has arrived here, he must be coming to seize the city!"

"There is no way out here!"

"We must defend to the end! Defend to the end!!"
To be continued...