On the wall of Qiancheng, a fat man with a naked forehead was holding a simple knife in his hand. He looked at the Northern Wei army, which was retreating rapidly like a tide below. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief. His originally straight waist suddenly became loose.

"Zhi Niang, these Northern Wei people finally retreated!"

The siege of the city for several consecutive days made Fan You physically and mentally exhausted. In order to block the Wei army's offensive, he even went on the battle himself and sent all his foundation. Although there were many casualties, he was not attacked by the Wei army.

Touching his belly, he turned his face and shouted, "Hurry up, let someone get some food, let the brothers fill their stomachs, the civilians carry the injured brother to treat and clean up the battlefield..."

"yes!"

A large number of civilians rushed up on the top of the city, carrying the wounded and carrying the wounded, moving the bodies on the ground, and busy themselves.

In the gray sky, it suddenly started to rain. The rain fell on the city walls and mixed with blood, gathering into small blood-colored streams.

Although winter has passed, the weather in the north is still a little cold. The cold raindrops hit Fan You sneeze a few times, and the flesh waves on his body rolled.

Next to him, a man wrapped in white cloth on his head spoke with concern: "Preserve the plate, now the enemy has temporarily retreated, you might as well go back and take a rest."

"That's right, you are now the spiritual pillar of the entire army, and your health is important!"

Fan You felt very tired at this time and stopped showing off when he heard his subordinates' advice.

"Forget it, I'll go back first. You can watch it and don't let the Wei army take advantage of the loopholes."

"yes!"

The men around responded.

Then, Fan You led a team of personal soldiers to slowly walk down the city wall. Under the city tower, there was a luxurious carriage waiting. This was King Kang's car. After capturing the city that day, it turned into his spoils.

Walking into the carriage, Fan You lay directly in the arms of a plump maid. Under the massage of the two maids beside him, he fell asleep in a drowsy way.

The chariot came to a huge mansion, and the maid who accompanied him woke him up tremblingly.

After returning to the room, Fan You sat down, the maid immediately fed hot water and began to soak his feet, massage him, and relax his muscles and promote blood circulation.

A man dressed in a scribe next to him stood with his hands down.

"How long can the food in the city last?"

Fan You asked with his eyes closed.

"Thanks to the batch of grain we found from the royal palace last time, we can hold on for another month!"

The scribe responded.

“One month.”

Fan You patted his thigh gently, "The time is still enough. The next life and death depends on whether Datong and others can persuade Liu Feng."

"This matter is beneficial or harmless to Liu Feng. My subordinates believe that he will send troops to rescue him, and maybe he has already set off."

The scribe said with a hint of confidence.

As the scholar said, Yang Zong counted 30,000 troops the next morning, crossed Langshou Mountain, which bordered Gaohe Prefecture in the north, and went directly north. Yinyang County was not too far from Qiancheng, and the army marched normally and could reach it in just ten days.

At this time, Liu Feng also brought the county magistrate Ding Quan to the north of Yinyang County for inspection.

“What’s this place called?”

On the horse's back, Liu Feng pointed to the mountain pass in front of him and asked.

"Report to the lord, this is called Niujiao Gorge, and it is Langshou Mountain when you pass through it."

"This place is good, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Northern Wei army will definitely pass by here. Let's repair the defensive city camp here, from here to there, all the way to build it."

Liu Feng pointed ahead and said.

"Yes, after my subordinates returned, they immediately recruited civilians to come here to repair them."

"Well, remember, this city camp is an important defense measure for us to resist the Northern Wei army. We should not cut corners, and of course we should not oppress the civilians too much. We should let them have enough food so that we can have the energy to work."

"Please rest assured, lord, my subordinates will do it properly."

Ding Quan patted his chest and promised.

On the afternoon of the same day, after Liu Feng finished his inspection in the north, Ding Quan summoned 30,000 civil servants to start repairing the city camp in the Niujiao Gorge area. Yinyang County is originally a large county with a large population. If it weren't for the fear of delaying spring plowing, even if it was recruited 100,000 civil servants, it would be fine.

City camps are different from ordinary marching camps that are demolished when they are opened. They are military camps built by cities and are suitable for long-term garrison.

The city walls of the city camp are at least five feet high and eight feet wide; the women's walls are four feet high and two feet wide. A battle tower is set up every 100 steps, and a shed is set up with one shed, a horse pit is set up outside the city.

The city camp designed by Liu Feng is a bit different from the conventional city camp. Similar to the combination of the checkpoint and the city camp, in addition to the city camp, there are two long walls extending out and constructing around the surrounding mountains.

The purpose is to completely block all the routes of the Northern Wei army. Fortunately, there are many mountains and forests here, which is a natural barrier, so the project volume is not too large. It is estimated that after the Northern Wei completely captured Gaohe Prefecture, the city camp was completed ahead of schedule.

On the third day after Yang Zong led his army north, Liu Feng asked a Jinyiwei to pretend to be himself, and then took a team of light cavalry to conceal his movements, quietly crossed Langshou Mountain, and chased him along the marching route of Yang Zong's army.

Unlike the vibrant Yinyang County, since entering Gaohe Prefecture, Liu Feng found that this place was also deserted, with a large area of ​​fertile fields deserted outside and grass growing on it, with very few fields planting crops on it.

When I passed some villages along the way, almost all the people inside left, most of them were uninhabited villages.

It is naturally impossible for so many people to move south. Most of them joined the White Lotus Army with their families, and then they were consumed as cannon fodder when conquering the city.

Although it is a rebel army, it is essentially no different from the bandits. They do not have their own base and only know how to drive hungry people to loot in various places, destroy productivity, killing and robbery, causing more people to be displaced, and normal agricultural production conditions are destroyed, which is extremely harmful.

Of course, this is also their way of survival. After all, if they stay in one place, even if they are not surrounded by the imperial court, they will be short of food due to their huge population base.

"Master, according to our itinerary, we will be able to catch up with General Yang at noon tomorrow. It's too late now. Our people have found an abandoned village in front of us. It's better to rest there and rush on the road early tomorrow morning."

Liu Feng took a sip of water, looked at the gradually dim sky, nodded and said, "Okay."

This time he went north, in order not to attract attention, he only brought fifty Jinyiwei by his side, and his defensive power was relatively weak.
Chapter completed!