"General Hu, when did Thief Feng escape and where did he escape? We must find out immediately."

Xiahou Baji said urgently, with a very anxious look on his face.

It is easy to find out these two points. After all, the Wei State has been running Guanzhong for many years, and Hu Zun is from a local wealthy family. It only takes a while to find out something.

According to several nearby natives and a small Hu tribe, the Shu captives had already withdrawn from the camp yesterday and headed west.

Not long ago, a dozen or so riders came out and ran in the direction of the Shu captive.

It seems that in all likelihood, it is the person left by the Shu captives to make the final arrangements.

"General, should we pursue or not?"

"If the Shu captives want to run away, they can run far in one day." Xiahou Ba said with an ugly face, "What's more, they have many horses in their army."

The most important thing is that one thing must be determined as soon as possible.

"General Hu, the news from Jingyang, when will the next news come?"

"I have already given orders, and there will be fast horses delivering the news every day."

After hearing this, Xiahou Ba's expression did not soften much: "Even so, what we know now is news from two days ago at most."

It takes one day from Jingyang to Linjing, and another day from Linjing to Yuezhicheng.

This is still imaginary, but in reality, it may take half a day longer.

"What's the meaning?"

Hu Zun was still a little unable to react.

"Is Thief Feng pretending to be suspicious, or is he really cowardly and running away?"

Xiahou Ba's face turned livid, "It would be fine if he ran away in fear, but if he pretended to be suspicious, then where is his real army?"

"Wushi City and Jingyang City?"

Hu Zun's expression also changed.

"When I look at Thief Feng, he has thousands of men and horses, but he doesn't look like a suspicious soldier..."

Hu Zun was somewhat reluctant to believe it, or he wanted to find an excuse to convince himself.

After all...how can you use tens of thousands of cavalry as suspects?

Xiahou Ba was also a little hesitant.

But the neatly stacked wood that the Shu captives left behind in the camp made him feel inexplicably frightened.

There seemed to be a person looking at him proudly in front of him: Do you think I am confused by you, or am I confusing you?

"No, we can't take this risk!" Xiahou Ba said through gritted teeth, "General Hu, you are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case."

"You should lead the army back to Linjing first. If there is a change in Jingyang, you can make preparations in advance."

Hu Zun asked: "What about you?"

"I will stay and guard Yuezhi City!"

"But Ruona Feng's move was just a pretense of retreat..."

"It doesn't matter, you can leave all the cavalry behind, plus the Yuezhi City defenders, it will be enough to deal with it!"

Xiahou Ba, who felt that he had fallen into a fog, could only grit his teeth now.

Xiao Wenhe... really should not be underestimated!

Between advancing and retreating, people feel a sense of dilemma.

Hearing what Xiahou Ba said, Hu Zun could only nod his head, "That's fine, then General Xiahou must be careful."

Although doing this may damage the morale of the soldiers, for now, it seems that this is the only way.

It is impossible to determine where Xiao Wenhe's real army is, and he is really too passive.

"A good defender hides under the Nine Earths, and a good attacker moves above the Nine Heavens..."

Xiahou Ba murmured to himself, "Whoever can fight with General Zhang in a street pavilion is a good person? It turns out that I underestimate the world's heroes."

These words slapped the two of them in the face, and Hu Zun coughed in embarrassment:

"As the general said, this thief Feng is too cunning and cunning, and we wouldn't want to defeat him..."

Xiahou Ba did not answer Hu Zun's words. He felt vaguely uneasy about Feng Yong's behavior of hiding but not hiding, showing but not showing.

"General Hu, do you think we should notify General Fu Guo in Chang'an and ask him to lead the army north now..."

"Isn't it good?" A look of embarrassment appeared on Hu Zun's face, "General Fu Guo is stationed in Chang'an, mainly to prepare to support Da Sima."

"If the situation is unclear and the general of the auxiliary country is allowed to lead the army northward at this time, wouldn't it have an impact on Da Sima's southern expedition?"

Seeing that Hu Zun disagreed, Xiahou Ba thought for a moment and felt that he was too worried.

Then he laughed at himself: "I didn't think carefully."

The southern expedition against the Shu captives was sent by the Grand Commander immediately, and His Majesty came to fight against the objections of the important ministers in the court.

If Nan Zheng was affected by improper handling of Feng Thief, then the name of incompetence would definitely be pinned on the two of them.

It was his own wish to kill the thief to avenge his father, so he took the initiative to ask for help and came to the battle line with the Shu captives.

If his incompetence affects the overall situation of the Southern Expedition, even if he is born with the surname Xiahou, he will probably have to return to Luoyang to stay in cold storage.

Anding County has favorable geographical location and friendly people. As for the weather, it just depends on God's will. If you get it, you will be lucky. If you lose it, you will still get two out of three.

Even if we can't attack, can we still not defend?

Jia Wenhe is also a human being, not to mention Xiao Wenhe with a small character?

Xiahou Ba was secretly re-energizing himself.

On the surface, Hu Zun said that it was impossible for Thief Feng to use Wan Qi as a suspect, but in fact he was a little worried.

After leaving the cavalry he brought with Xiahou Ba, he hurried back with the remaining infantry the next day.

Just one day after Hu Zun left, the cavalry led by Feng Yong appeared in front of Xiahou Ba again.

Everything was as usual, there was no need to set up camp again, they just repaired the camp that Xiahou Ba had not had time to destroy, and then set up camp again.

When Xiahou Ba at the top of the city saw all this, his face became extremely gloomy.

"General, should we let General Hu lead the army back?"

The general below asked in a low voice.

"No need!" Xia Houba gritted his teeth, "Thief Feng's move is just to contain our army. If General Hu comes back, I'm afraid he will play into Feng's hands."

"If he has the ability, why don't he try to capture Yuezhi City?"

If the first time Thief Feng really saw through the reality of Yuezhi City and didn't dare to attack the city, then this time, he has an extra cavalry in his hand. He doesn't believe that Thief Feng really dares to attack the city?

His mind had just turned here when he saw the Shu captives below already making moves.

The wood that was originally placed in the camp and had not yet been processed was moved out.

Looking at the formation, it seems that they are beginning to build siege equipment.

When Xiahou Ba saw this, his face was so gloomy that he almost shed tears: How dare he? How dare he?

At the foot of Yuezhi City, Feng Yonggang put down his telescope when Zhao Guang came over and said, "Brother, are we really going to attack the city?"

"If I don't attack the city, why would I have people build this ladder and rush the car?"

Feng Yong looked at Yuezhi City in front of him and said calmly, "I'm not here for tourism. Go and call the people from the Yi Congjun."

Those who have more than 1,000 captains in the Yi Cong army are either the first to be promoted by the captain's mansion, or they are directly placed in the captain's palace. After coming over, they all salute: "I have seen the king."

Feng Yong nodded and pointed at Yuezhi City:

"The highest point of this city is only three and a half feet (more than eight meters). The ladder can be used to climb over it. Tomorrow the Yi Congjun will begin to attack the city. Is there any problem?"

Most of the cities that require siege equipment to attack are more than ten meters. For large cities, they can reach twelve or even fifteen meters.

An eight-meter-long city like Yuezhi City should not be too high or too low, because its original purpose was to be a shelter for the barbarians from the Han Dynasty, and it was impossible to build it too high or too thick from the beginning.

Although after Xiahouba took over, he built on the original foundation.

However, the foundation of the city is not good. Unless it is demolished and started over, no matter how much it is built, it is impossible to build a city more than ten meters tall.

Although Feng Yong did not have an engineering battalion at hand, he did have cannon fodder.

As long as he made up his mind to launch an ant attack on the city, it would be a simple matter.

After all... In addition to the dazzling siege equipment of the Huqiang Xiaowei Mansion, antfu siege is one of the most important means of siege in this era.

It doesn't matter whether the attack can be captured or not. What matters is putting pressure on the Wei army and sending a wrong message to the Wei army.

Qu Shuai, the tribal commanders who joined the Yi Cong Army, basically came with the intention of selling the heads of warriors from their own tribes.

After hearing what Feng Junhou said, everyone agreed one after another.

After arranging all this, the leaders of the Yi Congjun went down to make preparations. Only then did Zhao Guang come over and ask, "Brother, what should I do, little brother?"

"The Wei cavalry outside the city will be left to you. If one of them rushes over and affects the siege..."
To be continued...