The Hexi Corridor, which is now the land of Liangzhou, belonged to the nomadic land of the Yueshi before the rise of the Xiongnu.

Mao Dun, the male lord of the Xiongnu, was once sent as a hostage to the Yue clan by his predecessor Shan Yu Touman, that is, his father, in order to seek the stability of the Xiongnu clan.

Later, the Xiongnu became stronger and stronger, and started a war with the Yueshi, and Mao Dun took the opportunity to steal a good horse and fled back to the Xiongnu.

After that, Mao Dun succeeded to the throne of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and raised the troops of the whole clan to attack the Yue clan, and the Yue clan was defeated.

Later, after decades of continuous attacks on the Yueshi, the Xiongnu finally forced the once powerful Yueshi out of the Hexi Corridor.

Most of the Yue clan migrated westward.

The remaining small number of people fled into the Han realm and attached the Han people.

At that time, it was the reign of Emperor Xiaowen, and after consideration, the Han Dynasty placed them in the area of the Luopan Mountain, which was rich in water and grass and sparsely populated within the Great Wall.

Later, the Yueshi City was built next to the Luopan Mountain, so that the Yueshi could gather and live in Hu, and at the same time let them help the Han Dynasty guard against the Xiongnu in the north.

To the north of Yueshi City, there is the grassland.

To the west, it is Xiao Pass, after Xiao Pass, to Nantong Tianshui, to the west to Liangzhou.

Yang Tiao was originally a local wealthy family, and he was friendly with the Hu people, and when he heard that the Han Dynasty attacked Longyou, he responded with the troops of the clan.

At that time, Anding County was in turmoil, and officials in many places fled, not to mention someone to take care of Yang Tiao.

So Yang Tiao coerced the local officials, entered Yueshi City, and defended the city.

Later, the Wei army came to help from the eastern part of the country, and there was panic in the Yueshi city.

It's just that he didn't expect the Wei army to be defeated in Longyou, and even Emperor Wei, who came to Guanzhong in person, finally left Chang'an in disgrace.

Yang Tiao and the others were bold.

Later, the Han army occupied Xiao Pass and sent people to meet it, so that Yang Tiao finally settled down.

The only thing to worry about is that during the period of Emperor Xiaowu, the Han Dynasty vigorously suppressed the Xiongnu, and Yueshi City began to gradually lose its value.

This city, which was built hundreds of years ago, is now in a dilapidated state due to a lack of repairs.

In view of the fact that the city was not easy to defend and was too far away from Xiao Pass, Zhao Guang suggested that Yang Tiao lead his army to move west, but Yang Tiao refused.

The reason is very simple, in Yueshi City, he is considered a snake on the ground.

But if you leave your hometown, you have to obey people's orders.

Besides, Yang Tiao believed that in order to control stability, the Han army would definitely not give up the important place of Yueshi.

Zhao Guang was helpless against Yang Tiao's stubbornness, so he had to fund some materials, and at the same time agreed with him to echo each other, if there was any disharmony, he had to send someone to report it as soon as possible.

The arrival of the cold winter has made the communication between Yueshi City and Xiao Guan more and more blocked.

Whether it was Zhao Guang of Xiao Guan or Yang Tiao of Yueshi City, because of the defeat of the Wei army in Longyou, he had a certain contempt for the Wei army.

Coupled with the severe cold of the settled winter, everyone thinks that the Wei army will have to wait until the beginning of spring next year at the earliest before it has the opportunity to re-send troops.

Therefore, not only Yang Tiao, but even Zhao Guang was underprepared for the Wei army.

Before the news of Linjing being pacified came, Xiahou Ba had already led three thousand elite horsemen to a place thirty miles away from Yueshi City.

At this time, the defenders of Yueshi City were still ignorant of the arrival of the Wei army.

When the sentry sent by Xiahou Ba learned that Yueshi City had no reaction to his arrival, he was overjoyed, and first ordered the army to dismount and rest, and at the same time not to raise fire, so as not to expose the target.

waited until it was dark, and picked out three hundred elite daring people, and at the same time promised to be generous and profitable, and personally led people first.

From time to time, a school officer dissuaded, "The general's status is precious, and the Yue Clan's Yang thief is just a thief, why is it worth the general's risk?" Why don't you besiege the city first, wait for the arrival of the general's army, and then attack the city? ”

Xiahou Ba said, "Otherwise, the Yue clan is in disrepair, the city walls are short, the defenders in the city are insufficient, and they are defenseless, so it is the right time to break it." ”

When I arrived at the Yueshi City, it was already the third watch.

Not only were the people in the city already asleep, but the soldiers of the Yang family at the head of the city were also hiding in the corners to raise a fire to keep warm.

Xiahou Ba led three hundred elites to a broken corner of the city wall, took off his armor, wore thick woolen clothes, and took the lead, digging with a sharp blade and climbing up.

Yue's city was built in the early Han and Han dynasties, built with rammed earth, there were no bricks outside, and the city wall was not high, Xiahou Ba quickly climbed to the head of the city, looking at the fire.

The Wei army, who had crept up to the top of the city, attacked and killed the sleeping soldiers who were sitting by the fire, and then opened the city gates.

The Wei army, who had been waiting outside for a long time, rushed in.

At this time, the soldiers of the Yang family who were patrolling finally discovered the abnormality.

"Kill!"

Xiahou Ba was still in the lead, rushing straight to the Yang family's soldiers who were patrolling the city.

Prepared or unprepared, plus the Wei army is elite, how can the soldiers of the Yang family resist it?

The patrol defenders suffered heavy casualties in just one shot, and they finally alarmed the defenders of the city at the cost of not one of them.

Seeing that the defenders had been alarmed, Xiahouba ordered all battalions to enter the city quickly on the spot, and at the same time had people light torches and set fires everywhere to create chaos.

For a time, the city was on fire.

There is a tooth city in the Yueshi City, which is the place where the Yang family family lives.

The movement of the outer city did not disturb here for the time being, so Yang Tiao was still asleep.

A soldier banged on his door in a hurry and shouted loudly, "Sect Chief, Sect Chief, no, the Wei army has entered the city!" ”

Yang Tiao was awakened by the concubine room beside him, still bedridden, and said with sleepy eyes, "Wei Jun? What Wei Jun? Wasn't the Wei army far away in Xinping County? ”

"Sect Chief, it's true! This Wei army came out of nowhere, and the city gate was lost somehow, and now the city is in chaos, Sect Chief, please hurry up! ”

Hearing the words of the soldiers outside the door, Yang Tiao woke up with a spirit, hurriedly dressed under the service of the concubine, and opened the door.

"What's going on? What about the men who keep watch tonight? ”

The pro-soldier said with an anxious face, "It's gone, it's all gone, and now the city is in chaos, it's all the Wei army!" Patriarch, what can I do? ”

Yang Tiao noticed that the shouts of killing outside were constantly approaching this side.

Not far away, the firelight lit up the night sky, and I don't know if it burned the house or the torches held by the Wei army.

Under the light of the lamp and candle, it can be clearly seen that the blood on Yang Tiao's face is rapidly fading.

The scene of the Wei army approaching the city, he did not imagine it.

But what he envisioned was to detect the enemy early, notify the Han army at Xiaoguan in time, and defend the city.

The worst thing is that even if the Yueshi City is not enough to defend, he can calmly lead the clansmen to retreat to Xiaoguan before the arrival of the Wei army.

It's not the city in front of me that doesn't even know where the Wei army came out of it or when it entered.

"How many more people can we muster?"

Yang Tiao quickly came to his senses, he forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart, and asked Xiang Bing sharply.

"Sect Chief, except for those guarding Yacheng, there is no way for the guards outside to get in touch."

"So there's only a hundred?"

Yang Tiao dared to lead the troops to resist Wei, naturally he would not be useless, and after a short panic, he quickly made a decision.

He immediately said, "You quickly gather all the clansmen in Yacheng, pack up your things, and listen to my orders at any time." ”

Then he turned around and returned to the house, and instructed the concubines in the house to help put on their armor, and then carried their swords and went to join the people in Yacheng.

Along the way, when he encountered a subordinate who was scurrying and screaming, he stabbed him to death with a sword, and at the same time kept shouting, "Quickly go to the open space in the middle of Yacheng and gather!" ”

In the center of Yacheng, the pro-soldiers had already protected the Yang family's more than a dozen people, waiting in the open space.

Yang Tiao didn't explain to them, and directly asked the pro-soldier general who was guarding Yacheng, "Where did the Wei thief come from?" ”

"Sect Chief, the south side has the most fire, and there are shouts of killing in the east and west, but there is no movement in the north."

"Okay, let's go from the north at once."

Yang Tiao did not hesitate for a moment, and said decisively.

"Sect Leader, what if there is an ambush in the north?"

Elder Youzong asked hesitantly.

"Wei thieves attack the city at night, how can they be fully prepared?" Yang Tiao retorted, "Hurry up!" If you don't leave, it's too late! ”

After speaking, he ordered his own soldiers to open the way in front and led the clansmen out of the city in a panic.

A woman held the corner of Yang Tiao's clothes, "Ah Lang, Shiro hasn't come here yet, and now I don't know where to ......."

Yang Tiao turned around and said angrily, "How can you burden the whole clan because of one person? Whoever doesn't come, it's life and death! ”

After that, he urged everyone to speed up their pace.

In the dark night, some people couldn't keep up with the team, stumbled, and didn't know where they were, at first they were afraid of Wei Bing, and they only dared to whisper.

When he heard that he didn't respond to himself, he was anxious, so he didn't care about anything and shouted loudly.

Although Xiahou Ba successfully entered the city, he was not familiar with the main roads in the city, so he could only lead people all the way to the center of the city.

At the same time, he also instructed his soldiers to constantly throw torches, causing confusion and increasing the momentum.

Along the way, there were constantly soldiers of the Yang family, some who broke up and did not form an army, and some who tried to resist, all of which were killed by Xiahou Ba.

When he rushed to the gate of Yacheng with his people, he saw that the gate was wide open, and the lights were bright, and there were people flashing from time to time, and there was not a single guard on Yacheng, which seemed very chaotic.

Xiahou Ba is overjoyed, the defenders of this Yue's city are indeed a rabble!

shouted at the moment, "Yang thief, take your life!" ”

After he rushed to Yacheng and let people search, he learned through interrogation that Yang Tiao had already run away from the north gate.

Xiahou was in a hurry and hurriedly asked people to catch up.

It's just that Yue's City was originally specially divided by the former Han Dynasty for the Hu people who came to live, and it was surrounded by grazing places.

The horses helped him a lot.

Some of the Yang family's ignorant horseback riders or stragglers fell into the city and were captured by the Wei army.

Under interrogation, Xiahou Ba learned that after Yang Tiao took his cronies and clansmen out of the city, he rode to the west.

Cao Zhen, who was behind the army, was extremely happy to learn that Xiahou Ba had attacked Yueshi City at night.

said to Xiahou Ba, who came to greet him, "Therefore, General Zhengxi (Xiahou Yuan) has five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days, and Hubu Guanzhong." You led the army to rush to the Yue clan and lightly broke the Yang thief, which is quite a legacy of your father. ”

Xiahou Ba was praised by Cao Zhen, but instead of being happy, his face was ashamed, "If you can't capture and kill the Yang thief in this battle, it's really the fault of the general." ”

"The Yang thief is just a thief, and he escaped without harming the overall situation. What I like is that I see that Zhongquan has the style of a general, and it seems that Dawei wants another general. ”

Cao Zhen didn't care about Yang Tiao's escape, but praised Xiahou Ba.