Chapter 651 Ruins

"Why are you so slow?" Huo Yanwei's face was slightly blue, and the blue veins on his single-eyed eyes were beating slightly. Everyone around him knew that this was a sign of his anger at the money. The personal soldier quickly knelt down and reported: "Report to the general that after the Wu thieves broke through Xia Cai City, they burned and killed all the nearby villages and moved all the people to Huainan. Even a few escaped were hidden in the swamp forests. This person was found by the avant-garde. I hope the general will understand it!"

"Okay OK! You go down first!" Huo Yanwei waved his hand irritably and signaled the personal soldiers to retreat. This news is not a good omen for this military operation. Although the Liang army can transport military funds through Yingshui and does not need to collect military rations from the local area, the Wu army quickly wiped out Liu An's rebellion and moved the people of Huaibei. The speed of the head coach's reaction and the organizational ability of the army are both amazing. It is not easy to attack a famous city like Shouzhou under the defense of such an army, not to mention that the mother country is engaged in a battle of survival and death in the strong Hedong, and I am afraid that I don't have much spare time to take care of myself.

On this side, the Liang army in Huaidong will not send troops to respond. His actions are not so much to open the road to invade Huainan and provide a bridgehead for a larger conquest in the future, but rather a little restraint of the Wu army. After all, in recent years, the Wu army led by Lu Fang has been like an insatiable giant beast, swallowing a large area of ​​land in the south. If he even annexed Ma Chu this time, no one in the south can restrain Lu Fang. This is definitely not good news for Liang Kingdom, who has no time to look south. But can his march achieve the goal of restraint? Huo Yanwei had no idea at all.

"General!" Yu Hou saw the main general sitting there without saying a word, but frowned and thought, and had to whisper a reminder. Huo Yanwei came to his senses and looked up at the man kneeling down. He saw that the man was wearing a green robe. Although there were stains on the robe and a big hole was torn on the right sleeve, it was still obvious that the robe was originally quite good. However, the owner of the clothes looked blue and purple, thin, covered in filth, and foul smell on his body, which was simply hungry.

"Where are you from?"

"Ah?" The man kneeling on the ground looked dazed at this time, looking in a daze, as if he was still recalling the tragic scene that happened not long ago. He suddenly heard Huo Yanwei's question, but did not hear the question clearly. He couldn't help but look up and looked at Huo Yanwei with an inquiring look.

"Are you going to be dying? The general asked you? You still don't answer!" The captain on the side was anxious and angry when he saw the man in this way. He snatched up and swept over. He had been with Huo Yanwei for many years, knowing that the master was in a bad mood at this time. If he was angry by the man's stupidity, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape with a military stick. The man didn't know what was going on, so he was kicked to the ground by the captain, and a stench suddenly came out. The captain looked closely and saw that it was the man who was big ******* and pulled all over the floor. When he thought that his feet were probably also touched, he became even more angry and scolded: "Where do you think this is? Are you in the pit behind your house?"

You have to draw your sword if you backhand.

"Stop!" With a sudden shout, the captain immediately stopped his hand and bowed to the side. Huo Yanwei's face became increasingly ugly, but he still restrained it. At this time, the man woke up like a dream, knowing that he had walked from life and death, and quickly kowtowed and begged, "God forgive me, forgive me! The villain has eaten reed roots in the past few days, the little fish, and his stomach is broken, so he really can't help it. Give me your life!"

"Let's take this guy to clean it first, get some hot soup for him, change his clothes, and bring it back for a question!" Huo Yanwei said in a deep voice. The captain responded quickly and brought the man who was grateful to him. A soldier came in to clean it.

After about a while, the man was brought in again. At this time, he looked much better. He was wearing a sour robe that ordinary soldiers often used to wear outside the armor. His wet hair was no longer thinking about it. He emitting a disgusting stench. Even his face turned blue with cold and hungry blue. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Huo Yanwei twice before raising his head to wait for Huo Yanwei's question.

"Where are you from? What is your career?"

"Caomin is a commoner in the old city of Xiacai. He opened a tofu shop at home to make a living?"

"Oh?" Huo Yanwei heard that this person was the commoner in Xia Cai's old city, and immediately became excited, sat up straight and asked, "You said you are the commoner in Xia Cai's old city, why are you here? Could it be that you are deceiving someone's family?"

The man's face turned pale when he heard this, and he kowtowed repeatedly: "Even if the Cao people are bold, they dare not deceive the general. Who knows Luji Tofu House in the city of Cai? The younger one is Lu Da, the son of the owner of the shop. If the general doesn't believe it, he can find someone to confront him. There is half a false statement, and even if the younger one is cut into pieces, he dares to complain."

Huo Yanwei called Li Aiya and asked a few questions, confirming that there was indeed a Lu Ji Tofu Floor in Caicheng. He then asked the man a few questions about business. After confirming that it was true. Huo Yanwei asked: "Bencao you are from the Lu family, so why are you not in the city but here? What happened in Caicheng?"

When Lu Da heard Huo Yanwei's question, he suddenly started to cry. After a while, Lu Da stopped crying and said sadly: "Now there is no Caicheng, nor the Lu family tofu shop." So he moved all the people after Lu Runxing led his troops to attack Caijiucheng a few days ago, and set fire to the houses and blow up the city walls before leaving. At the end, Lu Da Da Da: "Now, the houses in Caicheng are all destroyed, the people are separated, the wells are blocked, and the city walls are blown up. At this time, only ghosts are heard at night, and there is no breath of a stranger."

"You said that the Wu army moved all the people in the city, so why haven't you been moved?"

"The villain happened to go out to collect beans and escaped this disaster. The Wu bandits moved to the people in the city. When they set fire to the city, the villain happened to be in the high ground outside the city, and they witnessed all this. The little relatives were already captured by the Wu bandits. They didn't know how to live or die. In the past few days, the villain separated his flesh and blood, wandering among the mountains and lakes. It was really better to die than to live or die!" At this point, the man fell to the ground and cried again. Even though Huo Yanwei had been through the battle formation for a long time and had seen life and death, his heart had been polished like iron stone. At this time, he heard the man crying and felt a sense of pity.

"Let's take him down first! You're good at taking care of him!" Huo Yanwei ordered. When the man was taken down, he called the personal soldiers on duty outside and ordered: "Give me instructions and prepare a hundred cavalrymen. Some family wants to go to Cai to see him in person."

On the high ground outside Xiacai City, the drizzle has stopped, and the moonlight shines on thorns and shrubs, reflecting various strange-shaped black shadows. Under the blowing of the river breeze, it changes unchanged, like countless evil ghosts, making people feel palpitations.

Huo Yanwei stood under an old locust tree and quietly looked at the ruins of Xiacai Old City not far away. From a distance, there was no light in the city. The evening breeze blew through the void of the ruins and made a whimpering sound, like a ghost crying. There were several moving spots of light on the water surface of the Huai River to the south. This should be the ship patrolling by the Wu army. Huo Yanwei spitted, and his heart was filled with bitterness.

At this time, a sound of grass and trees came from the hillside not far away, and the soldiers around him immediately became nervous. The warriors who had been through the battle formation silently drew out their swords and carefully blocked the main general behind him. At this time, a few birds cries came from the hillside. The secret code indicated that they were going to the outpost to inspect the ruins of Xia Cai. The tense atmosphere immediately relaxed. The soldiers surrounding Huo Yanwei put away their weapons and sat back to their positions.

After a while, a panting man rushed back to Huo Yanwei, bowed and said, "Report to the general that there are no traces of people in the city, all the houses have traces of burning, and they are basically unusable, the wells have been blocked, the three gates have collapsed, and there are several large holes in the city wall."

"Well, you go down and rest first!" Huo Yanwei nodded. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said, "Come here, prepare, some family wants to go down and take a look!"

The head of the personal soldiers looked at the face of the commander in surprise. Huo Yanwei's face, which was usually mysterious, was a little more anxious at this time. He didn't dare to say much, so he bowed to take the order and turned around to arrange it. Soon the personal soldiers dispersed and began to clear the bushes on both sides of the road. Huo Yanwei jumped onto the war horse and broke down to Cai Jiucheng.

The horse's hooves hit the stone road, making crisp sounds, echoing on the long street. Huo Yanwei was sitting on the horse's back, and the sergeant guided in front was holding a rosin torch in his hand. The flames kept changing with the wind. The changing light shone on the ruins on both sides of the road, showing various strange images of light and land. After observation with his own eyes, Huo Yanwei's last glimmer of hope was also shattered, and the destruction of the city was more than he thought.

The elephant is even more serious. Xiacai Old City, the fortress, has almost completely lost the value of guarding the intersection of the three rivers. The manpower and time spent on renovating is too great for the Liang army at this time, and the Wu army, who is solemnly on the other side, will never stand aside and watch the fun. Without this point, the strategy of Shouzhou is a castle in the air, and there is no way to talk about it. Huo Yanwei has to admit that his march is probably about to end before it even begins.
Chapter completed!