Chapter 826: Sunrise in the East (51)

Mo Yanhe, who was stationed in the Holy City, fell into a huge panic. His news channel with He Lin was completely cut off. Tens of thousands of armed bandits were active in the black mountains and white waters, blocking all channels leading to He Lin. Even though It was he who sent his most elite men in disguise to sneak out secretly. It was like a meat bun beating a dog. He would never come back. Outside the Holy City, there seemed to be an airtight net that wrapped him tighter and tighter. in it

There are 10,000 palace guards stationed in the Holy City, but now, their scope of activities has been limited to a dozen miles around the Holy City. Once a small group of troops strays far away from the Holy City, they will be attacked endlessly. , harassment, as time went by, this kind of uninterrupted and endless attacks became more and more frequent, and the scale became larger and larger. The most spectacular one, Mo Yanhe witnessed tens of thousands of bandits pouring into the Holy City from all directions, although the opponent This time the action was more like a demonstration than an siege, but it still put huge pressure on Mo Yanhe.

The Holy City is the holy land of the Donghu people, and there is no room for loss. Over the past year, he has lost nearly two thousand palace guards one after another. In Mo Yanhe's view, these palace guards with strong combat capabilities deserve to die. It's not worth it. They were all ambushed while on duty and died in the hands of the enemy.

After the Donghu people took control of the entire Liaodong Peninsula, most of the Donghu people have migrated from this poor black mountain and white water to more prosperous areas. There are very few Donghu people left in the holy city. Most of them They are the family members of the palace guards who stayed here. Although there is enough food and grass and military supplies are piled up, the lack of soldiers has become Mo Yanhe's biggest headache now.

With the loss of soldiers, he has incorporated all the Donghu people in the holy city who are over fifteen years old and under sixty years old into the army. Although the addition of these people supplemented the palace guards in terms of numbers, there is no doubt that it has lowered the combat effectiveness and execution ability of the entire army.

There has been no news from He Lin for a long time. This is the worst news. It only means one thing. He Lin can no longer even maintain the communication channel with the Holy City. There are tens of thousands of bandits active here, and on the other side of He Lin, like this situation occurs. It can only explain one thing, He Lin was surrounded

Mo Yanhe didn't know how long he could hold on if Helin fell. No matter how much food and supplies there were in the city, they would one day run out. With such a small number of soldiers, when the Eastern Expeditionary Army attacks in large numbers, if one of them dies, one will be missing.

He fell into despair

Mo Yanhe, who was already making final preparations, received good news today. An envoy from Helin had gone through a lot of hardships and got through the encirclement of the bandits. He was wearing ragged clothes. Appeared in front of him with scars all over his body

"General Mo Yanhe, my companions all died in the hands of the bandits in order to protect me." The messenger burst into tears. "All the royal orders and tokens we carried fell into their hands. I was the only one who escaped by chance." A life"

"How is He Lin? How is the king?" Mo Yanhe didn't care about this.

Grabbing the scarred messenger with one hand. asked anxiously

The messenger burst into tears. This was not a pretense. But it was a true display of temperament, because Dong Hu was really going to end. The messenger's tears dispelled Mo Yanhe's last doubt. In the messenger's intermittent narration, Mo Yanhe finally understood the current situation outside.

The Battle of Yulin ended with King Thorpe's complete defeat. Under the Liaoning Acropolis, Yuwen Ke and Kirgiz were killed in the battle, and the main force of Donghu was completely lost. His soldiers and horses here have become the last essence of Donghu.

Mo Yanhe was dumbfounded and sat down on the chair with a bang. He was stunned for a long time before he stood up and said, "I want to lead the army to Helin and fight to the death with the Eastern Expeditionary Army."

"General!" the envoy shouted, "We can't go. Now outside Helin City, hundreds of thousands of Eastern Expeditionary Army are besieging us. Not to mention whether the general can get out, even if we get to Helin, it will be difficult to restore the defeat. In vain." It’s just an increase in casualties, and even the last bit of our Donghu people’s vitality will be lost. Your Majesty, please General Mo Yanhe to guard the holy city and leave the last bit of seed for Donghu!”

"The king said?" Mo Yanhe looked at the envoy blankly.

"The king ordered General Gaoche to bring the last batch of combat-effective soldiers from Helin, escort Prince Suo'etu, break out, and run towards the Holy City. As long as Prince Suo'etu can reach the Holy City safely, we will There is still hope for Donghu!" the messenger said.

"Gaoche? Didn't he join the Liaoning Guard? Why is he still here when Yuwen Ke and Kirgiz died in the battle?" Mo Yanhe asked doubtfully

"General Gaoche was ordered to garrison Jiepukou. Later, when the situation was over, General Gaoche led the remaining troops to break through and return to Helin. However, only half of his more than 10,000 troops were left. They had just arrived outside Helin City. The king then sent someone to send the young prince Suo'etu and ordered General Gaoche to return to the Holy City immediately. The king said that Suo'etu would be the new king, with General Mo Yanyan as the first auxiliary minister, and General Gaoche. As the second assistant, he assisted the prince to ask for the forehead picture, and tried his best to make a comeback," the envoy said.

Mo Yanhe stood up excitedly, "Where is Gao Che now?"

"Returning to General Mo Yanhe, General Gaoche has now arrived at a location more than fifty miles away from the Holy City. Because the Eastern Expedition Army is chasing after him, and there are bandits blocking the way in front, he has fought hard all the way, and the villain is not ready now. Do you know where General Gaoche is?" the envoy said.

"Come here!" Mo Yanhe stood up, "Send an order to Pintuo and ask him immediately to lead three thousand palace guards out of the city to meet Prince Suo'etu and Gao Che."

He looked at the messenger, and the messenger said knowingly: "The villain is willing to be the leader."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, but now is really not the time to rest."

At the mouth of the Qipanshan gorge, tens of thousands of bandits were launching a frantic attack on the Donghu army at the entrance of the gorge. At the narrow mouth, there were rows of people wearing armor and holding sharp knives and guns. They were obviously the elite troops of the bandits. At the mouth of the gorge, they faced waves of Donghu cavalry attacks. Around them, more naked bandits shouted crazily and fought with the attacking Donghu soldiers. The formation of the Donghu people It has been compressed to a small size, but the mouth of the gorge is still under the control of the bandits.

Under the general's flag, Gao Che looked at his subordinates who fell one by one with distress, and said dissatisfiedly to Helan Xiong beside him: "Commander Helan, these are the people who are determined to follow me and defect to the governor. It would be too bad to die like this." not worth it!"

He Lanxiong smiled, "We have to do a full play and make Mo Yanhe completely believe in you, then all these sacrifices are worth it. General Gao Che, Ye Feng has already said before, how many people you die will be replaced by how many people we will replace for you." Your strength will not be damaged."

Listening to He Lanxiong's words, Gao Che couldn't help but think: "Are the people you supply to me still my people?" But now that the matter has come to this, what else can he say?

"Will Mo Yanhe send someone to help?" He was a little uneasy.

"Of course, don't forget, Suo'etu is here with you!" He Lanxiong smiled and looked behind Gao Che, where a Donghu Xiaowang Suo'etu was tightly tied to his back with a belt and had been sleeping.

At the same time, at the top of Qipan Mountain, Mu Gulu looked at Niu Teng beside him with dissatisfaction, "General Niu, these soldiers blocking the gorge are all elites trained by me. Wouldn't it be too much to die in vain like this?" It’s not worth it anymore!”

"Nothing is not worth it!" The smile on Niu Teng's face was the same as that of He Lanxiong. "This is a key step for us to take over Donghu Holy City. We would rather die here than make any mistakes. You know, if we can't get it, Mo Yanhe's trust, if we attack the Holy City forcefully, more people will die."

Mu Gulu didn't speak anymore, glanced sideways at Niu Teng, and thought to himself, isn't this a way for your Zhengdong Army to weaken my followers? Unlike Agu Huai'en and Gao Che, Mu Gulu is. An ambitious man feels heartbroken when he sees his troops fall one after another under the attack of high chariot cavalry. At this time, every person who falls represents his own efforts. He was weakened, but there was nothing he could do about it, because he knew clearly that among the tens of thousands of bandits, the forces controlled by the Supervisory Office of the Eastern Expeditionary Army far exceeded his own. It was now that he and Niu Teng stood between him and Niu Teng. The people around him are almost all powerful forces from the Overwatch Council. As long as he shows a slightly dissatisfied look, he is afraid that something unexpected will happen immediately.

"Here it comes, the palace guards are here!" Mu Gulu suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted. The arrival of the palace guards meant that their mission had been completed. The next step was to retreat. The palace guards had come earlier, he You can save a little more strength.

Niu Teng glanced at him with a half-smile, "Well, they are indeed here, Mugulu. We can blow the horn and let the brothers retreat, but the next task is still very heavy. We have to chase them closely." Holy City.”

Dozens of horn horns were blown at the same time, which was an order to retreat. The bandits who had been desperately attacking the Gaoche troops suddenly dispersed in all directions with a loud noise, and fled in all directions. At this time , the rumble of the palace guards' horse hooves was heard overwhelmingly.

"It's our turn!" He Lanxiong pulled out the scimitar from his waist and looked at Gao Che with a smile, "General Gao Che, go ahead and join the palace guards. Let's go to the Holy City to visit Mo Yanhe."

Gao Che glanced at the palace guards rushing in the distance with a complicated expression, then drew out his scimitar and shouted loudly: "Attack, meet up with the palace guards, let's go to the Holy City."

Pinto led the three thousand palace guards like tigers down the mountain, dispersed the bandits around, and gathered together with the high chariots that broke out from the front.

"Gaoche, where is the prince?" Pinto asked loudly. Immediately, he saw Suo'etu tied to the back of the cart, and his expression changed, "What's wrong with the little prince?"

"The little prince is fine. Gao Che doesn't want the little prince to see such a dangerous scene, so he lets him sleep for a while. It won't take long before he wakes up."

"Let's go and we'll reach the Holy City soon. If these bandits get caught up, we'll be in trouble!" Pinto said loudly, "I'll open the way, you follow closely."

After saying these words, Pinto turned his horse's head and headed for the road leading the way. He had no idea that the people he was leading the way were actually a group of murderers. (To be continued)