Zhaodu, Youjing City.

The Turkic attacks were very fierce at this time. Some of the Turkic cavalry bypassed the severely defended Huaihuang and Yuyi Town, and directly opened an opening on the Great Wall on the frontier and broke through Juyong Pass.

You should know that the Juyong Pass is not the Juyong Pass rebuilt by Xu Da, the queen of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, but it is still the old city repaired during the Qin and Han dynasties. It has been disrepair for a long time. The Zhao army adopted a focus on defending the city walls, while the troops along the Great Wall were relatively insufficient. After the Turks captured Juyong Pass, which was guarded by dozens of garrison soldiers, more than 10,000 Turkic cavalry came to the army to attack Youjing.

In Shanggu, Yanmen besieged the Turks who had no actual results in nearly a month, and this surprise attack almost achieved a breakthrough.

The north road of Youjing suddenly burst into flames.

You should know that Youjing has developed rapidly in recent years, and the structure within the Youjing wall is not enough, so many scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have moved outside the city. The north of the city is the Linshuo Palace where the royal family is located; the east of the city is the Caoshi and the Quotation Field, and the west of the city is the strategic important place of Youjing, where the masterpiece craftsmen is located, and next to the Yongji Canal in the south of the city is a cargo store and inn.

Once the Turks break through, they will inevitably destroy the outside of the city.

Now the Secretariat has moved from Linshuo Palace to the city.

There is a fierce debate in the Secretariat.

Lin Dangfeng, Minister of Revenue, and more than a dozen ministers from merchants, said to Wen Yanbo, who was in charge of Youjing: "The Turkic cavalry has attacked Changping City, and the Cao Market in the east of the city has not been alienated. There are still nearly 10,000 merchants in Huhan who have not yet been alienated. There are still goods worth tens of millions of yuan in the cargo warehouse in the south of the city, so there is no time to move them away."

Another minister said, "I beg Prime Minister Wen to order the garrison troops in the city to cover the evacuation of merchants."

Wen Yanbo frowned and said nothing. On the side, Gao Xudao, Minister of Personnel, and Zhao Heran, Minister of Works, and more than a dozen ministers from the Youjing gentry, all looked disapproving.

Zhao Heran knocked on the table and said sternly: "Nonsense. You know that the Turks defeated Changping, only a few dozen miles away from Youjing. It took only one or two hours for the Turkic cavalry to arrive. There were less than 10,000 old and weak garrison soldiers in Youjing City, nearly half of which were temporarily conquered three months ago, and the elite troops in the country had already followed the king to the south to fight."

"These nearly 10,000 garrison soldiers are going to guard Youjing City. If you leave the city to cover those merchants as you said, if you are ambushed outside the city, will you bear it? "

Zhao Heran's words sound very reasonable at first glance.

Some people also said: "There are royal families, queens, ministers, families, etc. in Youjing. Nearly 100,000 people. This is big, but now tens of thousands of merchants and goods in warehouses. This is small, and you must never lose the big because of small."

Lin Dangfeng held back his anger and said, "Why are you losing the big ones because of the small ones? If I were to say this in the past, of course I wouldn't mention this. But now the king led a 50,000 army to the south and arrived at Yongji Canal soon. Why should we worry about the loss of Youjing City? The Turks fled into the transit and were just a small group of people. With just a few thousand people, why shouldn't the soldiers in Youjing attack? Only three thousand people are enough."

"No. No," Gao Xudao said, "How do you know that it is thousands of people? What if this is the Turkic strategy to lure the enemy, maybe a large number of people are still behind."

"What are the risks?" said a stern scholar, a stern minister, "the army soldiers were originally designed to protect the people. If they do not kill the enemy and defend the people, what's the use of it?"

"Bastard!" Zhao Heran said, "If you have any identity, don't look at what this place, you can't even see the main book of the little seventh grade, and you dare to put out the poems here."

Lin Dangfeng glanced at Zhao Heran and said, "Shu Zhao is so majestic and evil. So what if the seventh-rank master's book is? He is just for the people's righteousness. You don't eat without farming or weaving clothes. You don't go out of carriage and horses, and you get in the palace. How can you know the hardships of the people? What you spend a day is what others pay for a year. You sit at home and guard the wealth of thousands of dollars. Of course, you don't care about the floods of others and refuse to let the soldiers leave the city to rescue them."

Seeing that his face was torn apart, Zhao Heran shouted angrily: "Shangshu Lin, you have to touch your conscience when speaking. You and the merchants do not produce, and you only get nothing to work. They also say this with their face. If it were farmland and crops outside the city, I would like to send troops to protect the grain without saying a word. But now you are planning to come and go, not for you, the stinky public servants."

Lin Dangfeng said in a row: "Shangshu Zhao, do you look down on our merchants? If you come to be the Minister of Revenue, you should have a account in your heart. Now more than one-third of the taxes in my Great Zhao are all derived from merchants. Your gentry and family hide their population and reduce their land. What is the output of one-tenth of the merchants?"

Zhao Heran was angry and embarrassed and said, "Shangshu Lin, are you trying to provoke the opposition between scholars and merchants? Don't forget when it will be the turn of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce..."

"Enough!" Shangshu Zuo Pushe Chen Xiaoyi slapped the table. Chen Xiaoyi was always majestic, and the ministers couldn't help but go against his intentions in person.

Chen Xiaoyi walked into the hall and shouted sternly: "Look at what you are all in your rank. The two ministers of the current dynasty actually quarreled in front of all officials, what kind of morality can they say."

Chen Xiaoyi was angry, Lin Dangfeng and Zhao Heran stopped talking at the moment, and then the foot sounded in the hall.

But when Wei Zheng, the governor of Zhuo County, came strode and said to Wen Yanbo, "The people in the east of the city have not yet evacuated. Please send soldiers out of the city immediately to respond."

Wen Yanbo heard Wei Zheng say this and said, "Mr. Wei is here just right, and I have the intention."

Speaking of this, Wen Yanbo said, "Zhuo County Chief Xu Wu, Deputy Chief Xu Har followed the order."

The two of them clasped their fists and walked forward together.

Wen Yanbo said, "Xu Wu immediately blocked the three gates in the south, west, and north of the city. The soldiers went up to the wall to guard the city, and conquered the people and strongly defended the city. All the other irrelevant people would stay in the yard."

"No!" Xu Wu shouted loudly.

"Chen Ke, you immediately lead three thousand soldiers out of the east of the city and evacuate the people."

Chen Ke clasped his fists and asked, "Do you introduce them into the city? I'm afraid there will be Turkic spies among the Hu merchants."

Wen Yanbo pondered for a while and said, "If you are lenient, you will be accommodated in the city and then placed in Qiminfang. If you are not lenient, you will deal with it yourself. Just put the soldiers and the people first. If it is really difficult to achieve both, put the city first."

"No." Chen Ke immediately took the order.

Chen Ke immediately ordered three battalions and headed eastward.

Chen Ke was the old subordinate of Li Chongjiu and an old brother of Qiqian Village. Therefore, Li Hu and Li Chongjiu trusted him very much. Chen Ke smoothly became the deputy commander of Zhuo County.

The soldiers of the Sanqian Township carried long spears and arrows and trotted along Nanmen Street. Half of the Sanqian Township soldiers were temporarily recruited and were brave and brave. They had been practicing for less than two months, but they fought to protect their hometown and had a high morale.

Outside the east of the city is the market and the market, but at this time the east of the city must be in chaos, congesting countless people, and merchants entering the city. It is impossible for the soldiers to go out from the east of the city.

Tsui Hark immediately asked three thousand soldiers to go out from the south of the city. In the Yongji Canal in the south of the city, thousands of sails gathered and the dock was stopped. There were only three or three ships docked there. All passenger and cargo ships drove far away from Youjing City when they learned that the Turks had broken into the border wall.

Tsui Hark led his three thousand soldiers to go around a bend to Cao City, Chengdong.

After several years of operation by Li Chongjiu and Wei Zheng, the Cao Market in the east of the city was already a monument. Apart from the lack of city walls, it was almost a new capital city. No matter how many Hu Han merchants from south to north settled here, most of the largest large-scale trading companies in Zhao State set up cabinets here.

One is Huaihuang Town, one is Yuyi Town, and the other is Youjing Cao City, which has become the three major prosperous commercial centers of Zhao State.

At the moment, Turkic soldiers were about to come. Seeing this prosperous place and being burned to a disaster, the soldiers all felt a little unbearable.

The merchants and the people were already frightened. Seeing that Zhao Jun appeared outside the city, they rushed up like drowning people catching straw.

"General, show us a way out!"

"The east of the city was blocked, and there was a big carriage in front of me. Where was the people blocked!"

"Behind us, we have all our wealth and property that we have been operating for many years. We only want the general to keep it here. I am willing to donate half of our wealth."

The merchants said one after another.

Chen Ke heard the crowd begging so much and stomped his feet heavily and said, "Don't worry, King Zhao is leading the army to assist Youjing, I, Tsui Hark, will not sit idly by, don't worry."

Chen Keyan said at the moment: "Take the people and enter the city south!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cavalry arrived and clasped his fists to Tsui Hark and said, "General, news came from the beacon tower. One hour ago, the Turks captured Changping County. Now some of the Turks are entering the city to loot, and the other is coming to Youjing."

Chen Keyan said: "I understand."

"You, you, and you," Chen Ke pointed at the three lieutenants and said, "You three lead their own troops to the roof of me!"

"Go to the roof?" The three captains were surprised.

Chen Ke nodded and said, "Yes, there is no city wall in Cao City in the east of the city. We can only use houses as barriers to resist the Turkic cavalry."

"That's great!" The three captains were all happy.

"I've wanted to fight him for a fight, so I'm so angry."

At that moment, the three lieutenants, led various troops to carry ladders, bows and arrows, and rushed towards the houses. You should know that although the grass market was built in a mess, it was built along both sides of the official road, and it was compact in pieces.

Now that the troops are in chaos, many people who are lucky enough to go, or who are inconvenient in their legs and feet refuse to leave, but they see Zhao troops rushing into their houses and climbing up the ladder to a high place. These people can't help but cheer. There are even many young and strong young people who pick up bricks, kitchen knives, and people who are not afraid of death. They pick up protective weapons, and they reunite near Caoshi and wait for the opportunity to move.

Just when more than 2,000 Zhao soldiers occupied all the four sides of Caoshi, a fire pier closest to Youjing ignited black smoke.
Chapter completed!