Chapter 561: An Empty City

Bingzhou, Yanmen

During the day, the military supervisor Ji Xiufeng led his small team to hurriedly leave Yanmen and return to Chang'an.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yanmen could not be defended. The garrison supplies were gone, and the next step would most likely be a hand-to-hand fight between the Sun family army and the Xianbei.

It was impossible for Ji Xiufeng to stay and die with the Sun family army. Going to Dai County was even more impossible! It was said that the garrison in Dai County was even worse.

He thought about it and decided to just go back to Chang'an. The reasons were ready. The Sun family army was suffering too much, and he wanted to ask for support from the Sun family army!

That night, the sky was sparse and windy, without rain or snow.

Yanmen was quiet and forbearing that night.

Under the organization of Qin Heng and Sun Ming, all the soldiers in Yanmen took advantage of the night to prepare to evacuate quietly.

Qin Heng was the last to appear. Before that, he went to see the members of the death squad for the last time. He didn't know how many people would survive this battle, but one person died and ten thousand people lived. This deal was worth it!

"Are we going to withdraw like this? Leaving an empty city for the Xianbei army?" The soldiers of the Sun family army were a little uneasy.

"Listen!" Sun Ming vaguely knew something. The people brought by Qin Heng had not been idle in the past two days.

"Retreat!" Qin Heng took the lead and stepped forward.

Whether it was the Qin family army or the Sun family army, they were very careful. The sound made by the army when evacuating was not loud, but it was particularly clear in this quiet night, making this world more empty.

Since Sun Ming ordered the gates of Yanmen to be opened in the southeast and west to let the people escape on their own, the people of Yanmen have evacuated most of them in these days.

They evacuated from the South Gate. In fact, compared with going directly to Youzhou from the East Gate, the South Gate took a detour and took some energy, but it was necessary.

This can cover up the fact that Sun's army surrendered to Pingzhou. They also know that this matter will be exposed sooner or later, but at this time, they can delay it as much as possible.

After the large army evacuated, Yanmen Pass became an isolated city.

On the city gate, a scarecrow was erected. From a distance, it looked like soldiers were patrolling.

When Qin Heng and Sun Ming led the army to evacuate, three or four hundred miles away, Yang Yingqin was camping in a sheltered place with 30,000 pioneers.

Xie Zhan held the tiger talisman and asked Yang Yingqin to lead 100,000 troops to the north to support Sun's army.

Yang Yingqin was worried about Yanmen, so he led 30,000 pioneers first, and the 70,000 troops behind were led by Zhao Biao.

At this time, except for the patrolling soldiers, most of the soldiers were resting. They were also tired after the rapid march.

Yang Yingqin couldn't sleep. He didn't expect to meet Yanmen's military supervisor Ji Xiufeng here. He learned about the situation of Yanmen and Sun's army from him. Yang Yingqin felt that Sun's army and Yanmen were almost unable to hold on. They couldn't resist the next wave of attacks from the Xianbei army.

When he realized this, he really wanted to let the troops not rest and move forward at full speed.

But no, the soldiers were too tired after marching all the way.

Tomorrow morning, let's set off tomorrow morning! Now there are only 300 miles left. Tomorrow, they will reach Yanmen with one go!

And there has been no bad news from Yanmen so far. No news is good news. If there is time, it must be time. Yang Yingqin could only comfort himself in this way.

The next day, the Xianbei army, which had had a full meal, organized another large-scale siege. However, when they rushed to the city wall, Yanmen Pass, which had been blocking them, was silent. In the past, when they started to attack the city, gold, wood, stones and other objects would be thrown at them, but today, nothing happened.

A warrior climbed up the ladder and successfully stood on the city wall. It was empty inside!

The Xianbei soldiers who saw this scene were stunned.

A moment later, the north gate of Yanmen was opened, and Tuoba Xun led everyone into the Yanmen city without anyone stopping them.

"What happened to the Sun family army? Are they playing the empty city trick on us?"

"Be careful, there might be a trap."

"Brother, you think too much. The Sun family army probably planned to evacuate Yanmen and go to Xinxing or Zhongshan to defend again."

"It is indeed possible. Up to now, there are probably only 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses left in Yanmen. If they don't withdraw, are they waiting to be wiped out by our Xianbei army?"

"Moreover, Sun Ming opened the other three gates a few days ago to let the people of Yanmen leave."

At this time, the soldiers who went to investigate the movements of the Sun family army also came back, "The Sun family army should have gone to the south."

All of these prove the fact that the Sun family army took the initiative to withdraw from Yanmen after realizing that it was impossible to do so.

Although everyone thought so, Tuoba Xun sent people to check it out for safety reasons, and found nothing wrong.

The Sun family army really left an empty city for them.

After confirming that there was no danger, part of the Xianbei army began to enter Yanmen.

The Xianbei king's tent did not move, and Tuoba Khan still lived there. He wanted to see when Dai County would be conquered.

Tuoba Khan did not move, and most of his generals did not move either.

But the Xianbei soldiers who entered Yanmen lived in a place that was sheltered from the wind and rain, and it was as lively as the New Year.

In some secret places, some guys with firm eyes ate dry food and counted the time silently.

At the hour of Mao, the night began to cover the earth. At the hour of Si, some soldiers had already started to rest.

Underground, after the members of the death squad were ready, they took out matches from their arms and struck them, and then quickly ran to the place they had prepared before, using up all their strength.

After nightfall, Qin Heng stood outside, looking at the night sky, and kept saying in his heart that they could do it, they must do it, they were all secretly trained, they would definitely complete the task successfully and survive.

Boom-Boom-Boom-

In the silent night, huge explosions, like silver bottles bursting, sounded one after another in all directions of Yanmen City.

In Yanmen Pass, in less than a quarter of an hour, many buildings and houses were blown into ruins. A small half of the 50,000 Xianbei troops stationed in Yanmen went to see their true god Allah directly in their sleep.

In the rumbling explosions, the entire Yanmen and the surrounding land were shaking.

In the Xianbei royal court not far away, Tuoba Khan was awakened, no, it should be said that everyone was awakened.

They all ran out of the tent and looked in the direction of Yanmen in panic.

"What's that sound? Did the earth dragon turn over? No, no—" Muye looked at Qin Heng, "General Qin Heng, did you make this noise?"

Qin Heng smiled but didn't answer.

Muye was dumbfounded, he knew very well what this expression meant.

Sun Ming said, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."