When night fell, the originally crumbling Xiumier City was still full of people, and everyone took advantage of the retreat of the Zhou soldiers to start building fortifications. In the past few days, they have risked their lives to fight back, just to wait for hope to come. And the appearance of the Golden Armor God of War today is also the emergence of hope.

Compared with the Zhou Ying South Route Army, it was not very good, Ruan Yu led the troops back, and after resting, Ruan Yu, Chang Xiu, and Huang Ping got together.

Ruan Yuxian asked, "How about the loss?"

Chang Xiu replied: "The attack of this group is very targeted. Crossing our positions is mainly for the purpose of destroying firearms. Part of the ammunition burned out. The artillery was also somewhat damaged, but the worst losses were suffered by the gunners. ”

Artillery was not something that those slaves could do as soon as they put down their farm tools and became soldiers, and the Southern Route Army could not afford to lose them at all.

Huang Ping interjected: "What I'm worried about is not today's losses, but the future battle situation. ”

Ruan Yu was puzzled: "Do you think they will come out to stir up trouble when we attack the city in the future? Although this group of cavalry is not weak, just three or two thousand people will not shake our big battalion. Tomorrow you will continue to besiege the city, and I will lead the cavalry to guard the periphery. ”

Chang Xiu said: "This is not a way, they can endure until today, and there must be a detailed plan after that." Besides, the enemy's elite is native to their hometown. Targeting us at one point is like a quick knife to bleed, after all, it is a trouble. You must know that we are here alone, and there are still two cities behind us that belong to the enemy, if we are attacked from three sides, even if we have a numerical advantage, there is a possibility of defeat. ”

Huang Ping also said: "I'm not worried about the opponent attacking, if they attack, it's okay, I'm afraid that I will attack the enemy and retreat, and I will station the enemy to attack." If the other party comes to Ruan Yu, will you chase it or not? If you catch up, you may be tricked, just like this time back to the Wind Valley. If you don't chase and can't stop the attack, in the end, in the constant movement, they are led by the nose and gradually eliminated. ”

Ruan Yu sighed: "The kite tactics were also used when I followed the generals in the past, and I have to say that it is indeed quite disgusting." But it can't be so consumed, although the morale of this city is high, but after all, it has been beaten by us for a few rounds, and I'm afraid it's almost over, I think it's better to concentrate on attacking the city. ”

Chang Xiu thought for a while: "That's right, let's strengthen the guards tonight, firearms, grain and grass must be doubled, and we will attack collectively tomorrow morning, and take Xiu Mi'er City within two days, so it's useless for them to jump and be happy." ”

Huang Ping said worriedly: "For the sake of today's plan, this method is okay, but I am still worried, they have the motive to endure so far, I am afraid that this surprise attack will still have an inside story, maybe tomorrow we will step up the siege of the city is also expected by them......"

Ruan Yu opened his mouth and said: "Now the situation can not tolerate fear, their strategy is nothing more than because of the small number of soldiers, so they choose not to meet us head-on, instead of thinking of any perfect plan, it is better to take advantage of the huge advantage in troops to take the city." ”

The three of them didn't pay attention to anything else for the time being, so they decided on a siege plan first. In fact, the Southern Route Army and the Northern Route Army had the same problem, there were too many eggs for recruits. During this period of time, there have been several siege battles, but they are not yet proficient in engaging the enemy. Parida's cavalry charged, and although they had fought back, they would have done better if they had been a hundred battle elites.

If Ruan Yu is in command today, there are more than 10,000 veterans of the 'Beichen Army' under Chai Shengnan. Then this group of cavalry rushed in, and it is really hard to say whether they can rush out.

After a night of strict defense, nothing happened. The sky was white, dawn had come, and the camp of the Southern Route Army was active again, preparing for today's battle.

At this moment, two or three hundred remnants of the army came to the barracks, and when they got closer, the leader shouted: "Military report! Charlotbeth rebels, Charlotbeth rebels! Go and tell the general!"

The three men in the barracks listened to the battle report, and the person who came was an officer they had left behind in Charlotbeth City, and he reported the latest situation. Yesterday evening, a large number of young men of Charlotte City attacked the garrison left behind in an organized manner.

The 2,000 men of the Southern Route Army were caught off guard and were taken by surprise, the garrison commander was killed, and the 2,000 men only escaped more than 200 people, and rushed from the city of Charlotte overnight, and they were about to arrive after dawn. The rest were either killed or scattered because there were no horses.

So far, these three people still don't know, and this has absolutely nothing to do with yesterday's surprise attack.

On the second day, the siege continued, and due to the raid of Parida the day before, the morale of the city was greatly boosted, and it still resisted stubbornly. In the afternoon, someone suddenly came to report that the cities that had been subdued, including Micheng, also rebelled last night. It's just that they are a little farther away, and there are not many garrisons left behind, so they will come.

The three of them met again, and Chang Xiu spoke first: "Micheng also rebelled, and it seems that he fell for the enemy's conspiracy from the beginning." ”

Huang Ping also said: "Yes, it's good to surrender." Resistance, no matter what, is just to lure us deeper. ”

The three of them have already understood each other's plan, the small city that surrendered at the beginning, even if it resists, it can't be delayed, it is better to surrender to preserve its strength, and by the way, let the Southern Route Army divide its troops to guard. Until Charlotte City relied on the fortified city to resist, it not only consumed a large number of troops of the Southern Route Army, but also had to send 2,000 people to guard it. On the side of Xiumier City, the main force gave up defending the city, and waited until the Southern Route Army was tired of attacking the city.

Ruan Yu smiled bitterly with resentment: "That is to say, all the cities that are occupied now have been re-mastered by them, and the remnants of the fortifications like Charlotbe have also been repaired with our help." We've been busy all these days?"

Chang Xiu said: "It's better to just be busy in vain, now a lot of military resources have fallen in Charlotte City, and our soldiers and horses have dropped from 20,000 at the time of entry to less than 15,000." Now the army is stuck here, the logistics are insufficient, and the people's hearts are unstable. There is also the cavalry harassment of the golden-faced god of war. If those cities are coming together, I am afraid that it will be a hard battle. ”

Huang Ping also said: "I also said that how can the golden-faced god of war have so many elite cavalry, even if Xiu Mier is a relatively large city in the south, it is impossible to support it, and now it seems that these cities should have the elite cavalry together." ”

Ruan Yu was angry: "The battle is like this, how can I explain to His Highness!!"

Chang Xiu: "Don't be so annoyed, although we have lost a chip, there is still a chance." ”

Huang Ping also said, "What are you going to do?"

Chang Xiu took a few steps in the camp tent: "There are only two ways for today, the first is to break through Xiumier City as soon as possible." ”

Ruan Yu frowned and said: "It's not easy, our artillery can't attack in a formation for a while, relying only on manpower to attack the city has too many casualties, and there is a golden-faced god of war hidden in the shadows......"

"Then choose the second road and go north to Dadun Pass!"

Huang Ping said worriedly: "I can understand your thoughts, but it's not too risky, Dadun Pass is stronger than Xiu Mi'er City, and now if you are not careful, you will be wiped out by the whole army." ”

Chang Xiu didn't care: "Since we entered, when have we not been taking risks? Dadun Pass is indeed strong, but it has become a quagmire here." This step-by-step lure strategy has completely plunged us into a vast sea of enemies with every common people. If you go and attack the cities one by one, not to mention the loss of troops, the probability of rebellion is too high. Even if we keep more troops, we are just constantly consuming our advantages. Dadun Pass is different, they are controlled by the Charles, and they have been eating and taking cards on the north-south passage, not only have few friendships with many cities in the south, but even have a little enmity. If we were to attack the Charlies, it would never be as united as we were here. ”

Ruan Yu thought for a while and asked, "Then what if the golden-faced god of war doesn't remember his past grudge and comes to reinforce him?"

Chang Xiu said: "Then destroy her on the way to reinforcements! Her cavalry is the elite of these cities, and they are all locals." Not only is she familiar with the terrain, but also the people of each city, didn't she smoothly introduce you to the Huifeng Valley last time? If we go to attack Dadun Pass, it will definitely be beyond her expectations. Otherwise, if she doesn't make a move, she will sit back and watch us attack Dadun Pass. Otherwise, she would have come to the rescue knowing the righteousness, and in this way she would have lost her advantage. ”

Ruan Yu didn't think about it for too long, and said: "Continue to strengthen the offensive in the afternoon, and let's go north to Dadun Pass early tomorrow morning." ”

Chang Xiu and Huang Ping understood that Ruan Yu strengthened the offensive in the afternoon before the whole army pulled out the camp, and gave the other party the illusion that I was going to lay down here, so that when they went north, they could be caught off guard.

......

The Northern Route Army still stormed Jinniu Pass in the past two days. The hand of the last attack, Muradin, also struggled with the question of whether to continue the attack, and finally suppressed his thoughts.

Now that the army on the North Road cannot advance or retreat, it is good to delay for a while, and ask his 20,000 troops to take turns to defend the city. Although there is a chance of winning by taking the initiative, the loss will not be small. Especially when the Zhou army retreated and camped, they went to attack again, which was too far back and forth, and it was easy to cause accidents.

And at this moment, under a mountain peak a little far away from Jinniu Pass, Huangfu Yan led 2,000 men and horses to camp far away.

This hill is called Gazi Cliff, and unlike other difficult peaks, there is a small flat area on top of this cliff and a cliff behind it. The front is suitable for small groups of people to go up the mountain immediately, and as for the cliff behind, it is not impossible to climb it with ropes. So it's a trail to break through.

Huangfu Yan didn't rush to lead a large army up, but just brought more than a dozen familiar subordinates and quietly touched it. He didn't know if there would be an enemy up there, but since he could find out about it, he couldn't guarantee that the enemy wouldn't find out. It's always right to be careful.

A dozen or so people traveled lightly, pretending to be people collecting medicine, and slowly advanced through the mountains, reaching the peak not far away, and Huangfu Yan found that there were indeed enemies here.

He didn't act in a hurry, but observed carefully. It was a sentry post with only a few simple houses. After all, it is not easy to build on such a high mountain.

Sure enough, there was an open space on the top of the hill, and if camped it was enough to settle three or five hundred people. From a distance, there were about twenty or thirty people at the outpost, which was less than expected. However, it is not surprising that if you look closely at the entrance to the upper and lower peaks, the entrance is very narrow, and if someone attacks from below, as long as five or six men defend the danger and have sufficient weapons, the thousand eight hundred men will not even think of rushing up.

Look at the fire frame not far from the outpost, which should be used to light wolf smoke and send signals. The twenty or so people here are not to hold the mountain, but to delay the time when the enemy attacks, and release a signal to Jinniu Pass.

Looking at the only way up and down the mountain, there is a cliff behind it, and to some extent, these more than 20 people are also outcasts. It's good that people don't attack here, but if there is an enemy attack, they have nowhere to retreat. In view of this, there are not many people arranged here, so they each bring some dry food to carry it.

After analyzing the situation, Huang Fuyan looked at the more than 20 defenders, perhaps they had not been cared about for a long time, or perhaps they knew that they were outcasts. Therefore, I didn't pay attention to standing guard on duty, and I didn't arrange regular patrols.

When night fell, the mountain wind on the Gazi Cliff was howling, and the temperature difference between day and night was huge, and the soldiers standing guard stayed for a while and then entered the house, and the whole open space was almost undefended.

After observing for a while, Huangfu Yan was ready to make a move. In a flash of lightning, their group quickly took control of the outpost, killing only three people on the way, and didn't even make much noise.

Huangfu Yan asked people to suppress the other enemy soldiers, and then pulled out the person who seemed to be the leader and smiled: "Okay, this lord, let's talk." ”