I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Tiemaguan Pass.

"Governor, His Majesty's order!"

"read!"

“Jiangzuo was besieged at Zhenbei Pass, and the Six Garrisons quickly dispatched 20,000 troops to repel the Northern Barbarians.

Yan Kang was also confused after receiving the imperial edict from His Majesty.

"Where is Zhenbeiguan?"

Yan Kang was the governor of the Six Garrisons, but he didn't know when such a checkpoint appeared in the northern border.

"My Lord, it seems to be the latest city built in Jiangzuo, fifty miles north of Anding County. It was the port where Jiangzuo and Mobei people used to trade with each other."

"Oh? It was built so quickly?"

Yan Kang couldn't believe it.

But even so, Jiangzuo was still under siege. If there was no reinforcement, it would surely be besieged to death by the northern barbarians.

Jiangzuo has to send the Six Garrison Army to reinforce it repeatedly, which is really a big trouble.

To save or not to save is the big problem Yan Kang has to face now.

Now that the Mobei Army is invading everywhere, Yan Kang's Six Garrison Army is scattered and stationed in various places, and is completely unable to transfer more troops.

If we want to save Jiangzuo, we must draw elite defensive forces from all over the country to help it break the siege.

But now the Six Towns Army can hardly protect itself, and the lost cities are not yet

But the emperor's order is hard to disobey...

Yan Kang thought about it again and again and decided that he could only delay the time temporarily and send a small number of troops to give an explanation to His Majesty.

As for whether Jiangzuo can get out of trouble, it has nothing to do with Yan Kang.

……

Zhenbeiguan.

Jiang Zuo stood on the city wall and looked at the northern barbarian army camped in the distance.

The army led by Igena has almost besieged Zhenbei Pass.

Jiang Zuo was very curious: could the logistics of these Mobei troops from the grasslands really support them in besieging Zhenbei Pass?

Jiang Zuo is not afraid of competing with them in logistics.

Yang Feng's face was solemn: "Sir, are we just going to wait like this? In fact, we can use that..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of trumpets coming from outside the city.

"The northern barbarians are about to attack?"

Yang Feng was shocked and quickly ordered the Anding Army to prepare for defense.

But the next moment, the Northern Barbarian army showed no signs of gathering to attack. From afar, one could see the Northern Barbarians pushing several catapults slowly approaching Zhenbei Pass.

"Notice!"

Yang Feng shouted.

The soldiers at Zhenbei Pass were already ready.

Looking up, I saw a few shadows suddenly appear in the sky. They were the catapults of the Northern Barbarian Army, projecting towards Zhenbei Pass.

"Be careful to avoid it."

But the Northern Barbarians did not throw a boulder, but a person, no, to be more precise, a group of corpses.

"It's the bodies of Yan Jun!"

Yang Feng was shocked.

This group of northern barbarians wanted to use this method to intimidate and intimidate the defenders of Zhenbei Guanzhong.

In an instant, an atmosphere of fear permeated Zhenbeiguanzhong.

"Don't get close, beware of the plague."

Jiang Zuo reminded again and again.

He was very worried that the northern barbarians might have deliberately thrown some sick corpses in, hoping to infect the defenders with the plague.

"Go and ask them to bring the masks over. Be careful and stay away from these corpses."

Jiang Zuo ordered again, then turned around and said to Yang Feng: "Immediately aim the cannons at those catapults and fire a few shots at them."

There are now a total of twenty cannons deployed at Zhenbei Pass, and there are ten new-style Anding cannons on the north gate tower.

The catapults still did not stop, and continued to throw corpses towards Zhenbei Pass in an attempt to intimidate the defenders.

A shot from the middle, right?

Catapult versus cannon, let's see who gives in first.

"Set off the fire!"

Boom!

The loud noises were deafening.

Ten cannons on the city wall fired at the same time, aiming at the catapult and firing an iron cannonball.

The group of northern barbarians under the city wanted to throw the bodies away, and they had no idea what was happening.

The next moment, the cannons blew the catapults to pieces.

They were originally powerful tools for engineering projects, but several of them were lost immediately.

Upon seeing this, Igna hurriedly ordered his troops to withdraw to a safe location.

"There's actually that weapon in the city!"

Igna once again recalled the battle in Anding County.

In any case, once this city is captured, these weapons will be under the control of the Mobei Army.

After several rounds of bombardment, the group of northern barbarian troops outside the city hastily evacuated.

The bodies thrown into the city were also properly disposed of.

At this time, Huo Nian'an from Youzhou Army came to Jiang Zuo quickly and suggested, "Sir, according to my observation, the number of Northern Barbarians at the south gate of the pass is the least. We can break out from the south gate. Please give the order!"

The 5,000 Youzhou troops under his command were now under the command of Jiang Zuo.

Zhenbei Pass had been besieged by the Mobei Army for several days. Both sides were engaged in a silent war, and the few shots just now were the only confrontation.

If this continues, there will be dissatisfaction in the army.

"Don't break out, keep defending."

Jiang Zuo ordered.

Huo Nian'an couldn't understand, so he suggested, "Sir, the Six Towns Army is very close to our pass. If we can get their help, we won't have to be afraid of the Northern Barbarian Army outside the city."

"We don't need reinforcements from the Six Towns Army."

Jiang Zuo said again indifferently.

"Sir, this..."

Huo Nian'an was extremely anxious, but he didn't know what to say.

It is rumored that Lord Jiang Zuo has never been defeated when facing the northern barbarians, but now it seems that Huo Nian'an is a little skeptical.

Is it really a good idea to continue to fight with the northern barbarians like this?

It is obvious that the Mobei Army will not take the initiative to attack. Its purpose is to trap a large number of Yan troops in Zhenbei Pass.

The fact that they used this siege tactic was enough to prove that their Mobei army had sufficient food and grass.

But there are nearly 100,000 people in Zhenbei Pass, and they consume a large amount of food and grass every day. Now they are besieged and cannot get food and grass replenishment. They may not be able to hold out for a few more days.

"Let's go back to the south gate to defend it."

Jiang Zuo ordered.

"As ordered..."

Huo Nian'an didn't know what to say, and left with a sense of uneasiness and helplessness.

……

Tiemaguan Pass.

"Governor, this is a secret letter from Jiang Zuo."

Someone sent a secret letter to Yan Kang.

"Oh? Isn't Jiangzuo besieged by the Mobei Army? How can they send a letter?"

Yan Kang was extremely puzzled. He opened the letter and saw that it said: "Governor Yan, everything is fine at Zhenbei Pass. The Six Towns Army should re-stabilize the defense line and garrison the key points. There is no need to send troops to assist the Zhenbei Army. Be careful of the enemy's siege and attack."

Surrounding the spot for support?

Yan Kang put down the letter and thought to himself, "This Governor-General is already in enough trouble, how can I have the troops to rescue you in Jiangzuo? If it weren't for the Emperor's order, I wouldn't care about your life or death at all."

Before this, he had originally planned to send a small force towards Zhenbei Pass, pretending to rescue Jiangzuo, but now it seems that there is no need for this at all.

But when I think about it, what Jiang Zuo said makes some sense.

The Mobei Army besieged Jiangzuo, most likely with the goal of ambush the Yan Army that came to reinforce.

In this case, Yan Kang should keep his troops in place.

Anyway, now that we have the letters from Jiangzuo as evidence, if the northern barbarians break through the city in the future, the Six Garrison Army will not have to bear the crime of not rescuing friendly forces.

Jiang Zuo, you said this yourself, so don't blame me, the Six Towns Army, for not helping you in the future...

After thinking about it, Yan Kang immediately wrote a letter and prepared to send it back to the capital.