Jeju is mostly Han Chinese, usually ridden on the head by the Xianbei people as a prestige, and his heart has long been full of anger, so Qu Hong knew that with his remaining 1,000 troops could not hold the fortification, he did not hesitate to lead the troops to flee to Dongpyeong-gun, which is located west of the siege.

Dongping County is a small county, and there is only one large-scale county town in Fan County, Qu Hong thought that he was fast enough, but he didn't expect that Ye Min once commanded Zhenhai Capital, which belonged to the category of special operations, and paid the most attention to the speed of soldiers. Leaving Qi Xiao to open a warehouse to release grain, buy the hearts of the people, and gather the armor of the arsenal and the captured horses, while he led the Chifeng army to go up by boat, and Qu Hong went to Fan County with his front and back feet.

Fan County only has a regular 300 soldiers, the city is only one person high, I am afraid that it will not last for half a day to lose, Qu Hong was frightened by the death of Wei Chi Yu, just saw the red maple leaf-shaped flag shining on the enemy ship, abandoned Fan County again, and retreated to Yuancheng County in the neighboring Xiangzhou.

Ye Min did not pursue, his task was not to destroy the enemy and occupy the city, but to ensure the smooth flow of the Yellow River on the east road, so that the grain and grass of Qingxu and Xu could be sent to the front line of Yuzhou and Luozhou without being affected. He was stationed in Fan County for a day, and when Qi Min arrived after dealing with the shackles, the two armies were divided into front and rear teams, and the mighty attack slippery platform was made.

The slip platform is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, the ground is chong to the point, it is the transportation hub of the south and the north, the city is built near the river, the inside and outside are threefold, the high and steep and dangerous solid, the nearest city wall is only 20 steps away from the Yellow River. For thousands of years, there have been countless crucial battles here, such as the Battle of Guandu, where Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought and finally ended with Guan Yu beheading Yan Liang.

Seeing that the slide was in sight, Qi Xiao summoned Ye Min to ask for advice. Xu You had an explanation of the coordination between the two armies before leaving, mainly Qi Xiao, but he wanted to listen to Ye Min's opinion and not be arbitrary. This is because Ye Min has risen too fast, and his prestige is not yet able to convince the public, so he needs Qi Xiao's support to bring a belt. However, everyone knows that when the Western Expedition is over, Ye Min will definitely have to take charge alone, and no one will be qualified to control him except Xu You.

Ye Min said: "The slippery platform is located in Pingchuan, although there is no danger to defend, but it is different from other cities, inside and outside three, high and low, criss-crossed, even if there is a thunderbolt cannon to break through the outer city, our army can storm inside, if the enemy is stubbornly resistant, then the casualties must be very large, it is better to besiege the city on three sides first, and then seek a good strategy." ”

Siege is always a strategy, Ye Min is to imitate the game of chess, first besiege the city, test the enemy's response, observe the opponent's will and determination, and then improvise.

According to the report, there are 3,000 elite soldiers stationed in Yuzhou, with sufficient grain and grass, and they can eat for several months. If you besiege the city alone, it may not be effective. Qi Xiao's face was heavy, and he said: "The general ordered us to arrive in Xingyang before the ninth day of the fourth month, if we can't overcome the slipway as soon as possible, this will delay the crime of the military aircraft......"

As soon as these words came out, the main cabin of the fighting ship was silent. Cui Dian is familiar to everyone, Xu You has no mercy in governing the army, rewards and punishes crimes, and only engages in military law, if he can't arrive in Xingyang on time on the ninth day of the first day of April, Wang Shibi's supervision department is not used to coax children to laugh.

"Marshal, early tomorrow morning, I am willing to lead more than a thousand people who dare to die to attack the city, if not, come and see you!" It was Cuiyu Military Academy Captain Sima Lianzhi who spoke, his ancestor was originally a partial branch of the Sima clan in Hanoi County, and later he crossed to the south in clothes, and his family fell into the middle of the road, and he has fallen into a poor family in his generation. Less self-studious, skilled in arches and horses, called both civil and military, after joining the Cuiyu Army, he was prominent, and was valued by Qi Xiao, and entered the Tiger Hall to study in the fourth period, and was gradually promoted to a school captain.

Of course, Qi Xiao would not let Ai Jiang go to death like this, and said: "Mercy is loyal and courageous, once the time is ripe, I will appoint you as the vanguard, but you can't be in a hurry now, the more urgent it is, the more you have to plan and act." ”

Qi Xiao's power lies in judging the situation and never acting recklessly, if not, how can he entrench in the 100,000 mountains for many years, and develop the immortal thief from scratch, and develop a good life and prosperity? In the end, the result of the discussion was still according to Ye Min's intentions, first to drain the water around the slide, and then plan and calculate.

After landing at the ferry port three miles downstream, the two armies set up camp, took the method of encircling three ques, and cruined the north river with warships, sealing the north gate, sealing the east with the Cuiyu army, sealing the south with the Chifeng army, and letting go of the west to break the enemy's stubborn resistance.

It was night, the second quarter moon emitted a hazy light, Ye Min took more than 30 guards to patrol around the south city, wanting to check whether the opponent's defense had any weak points, suddenly the south gate was wide open, and more than 200 fine horsemen picked up the bell and came straight to Ye Min.

The captain of the guard, Wei Huban, was clever and heard the sound of horses' hooves first, and immediately escorted Ye Min to retreat into the camp. The twenty-five guards who left behind the broken were all brave men who were transferred from Zhenhai to listen to the use, all of them were not afraid of death, first erected shields to form a formation, shot more than 30 Wei soldiers with crossbow machines, and then relied on the solidity of the new-style mountain armor, not afraid of the scattering of short bows, and stood up with maple spears and sharp knives to fight to the death, delaying time, and finally all of them were heroic under the saber, but they also exchanged nearly 80 lives of the enemy.

The ratio of infantry to cavalry, one to three, was simply unthinkable in previous field battles. Therefore, the cavalry is not invincible, as long as the equipment is leading, the training is rigorous, the tactics are skillful, and the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, what is there to fear?

Before the war started, it almost lost the lord of the first army, directly threatening the overall situation of the Eastern Route Army. Qi Xiao was furious because of this, and was ready to severely punish Dong Dahai, the deputy of the Chifeng Army, and treated him for not persuading the military master to commit the crime of risking himself, but he was protected by Ye Min and was willing to ask for punishment.

Liang Xiaode, the supervisor of the Chifeng Army, said to Qi Xiao neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Marshal, how to deal with this matter, you have no right to intervene!" The Supervision Department will conduct a comprehensive investigation, and after reaching a conclusion, report it to the Supervision Envoy for ruling, and then the Supervision Envoy will report back to the military commander. ”

Qi Xiao, as the assassin of Yanzhou, the general of the fourth grade, and the descendant of Xu You's lineage, did not dare to cross the line to challenge the authority of the Supervision Department, and said: "It's my fault, I shouldn't interfere with your company's law enforcement." However, it is understandable that the Lord Ye Army also violated the marching regulations in order to reconnoiter his own safety. I would like to ask your company to add this opinion to report, and if necessary, I can sign and draw ......"

Liang Xiaode said: "Okay, I will report the words of the military commander to the supervision envoy...... After all, from the military commander to the soldiers, it is the responsibility of the Supervision Department to listen to everyone's opinions. ”

Qi Xiao nodded when he heard this, there was no doubt about the fairness of the Supervision Division, he turned to Ye Min, a little worried, and said: "Suo Yu is so rampant, he dared to go out of the city to attack in the midst of the siege, this is to show us that we will not hesitate to fight to the end, and it is impossible to force them to abandon the city and flee or surrender at the smallest cost." I suggest that a general attack be launched at dawn tomorrow, regardless of casualties, and that this battle be ended within three days! ”

"No need!" Ye Min stared at the slippery city in the distance and said, "I have a plan to break the enemy!" ”

The city of the slippery platform is built more distinctively, but what is more distinctive is the building in the city, the habits of the local aborigines are mostly thatched huts, and the Xianbei people live in felt tents, densely packed with rows of rows, the information of the secret mansion has been carried with a few words, in the dozens of pages thick dossier like dust to the sea, it is easy to be ignored, but Ye Min firmly remembered it in his heart - this is one of the elements of becoming a famous general, and he did not let go of any details.

The Chu army set up an inclined mound higher than the city wall in the east and south directions overnight, and ten nest cars were distributed in a fan shape, which could take in a panoramic view of the layout of the city, nearly fifty thunder cannons were staggered on the flat ground in the rear, the army with swords and guns was in a good position, the fluttering flags covered the sky and the sun, the heralds who galloped accurately conveyed the orders to the various combat units, and the people of the supervision department held their sharp knives tightly and followed closely on the left side of the team, they not only had to fight and kill the enemy, but also always pay attention to the merits of everyone in their jurisdiction, and exercise the right to supervise the war when necessary.

In the early hours of the morning, the night as rich as ink was torn open by the light that ran through the sky at the beginning of the east, and the city slowly revealed its complete outline, and suddenly the Chinese army beat the drums, the sound shook in all directions, and the thousands of archers who boarded the mound waved the flags with the scouts on the nest car, and more than 10,000 rockets rose off the string one after another, soared to a height of more than 30 meters, and then fell into the city at a more violent speed.

The flammable material infused with sesame oil touched the huts and felt tents in the city, and almost instantly, the fire engulfed the entire street, and then spread like a wild horse to the surrounding area. At the same time, the thunder cannon smashed into the city wall and the wall head with unmistakable roar, and the defending Wei army had no time to dodge, and was plowed by the huge stone cannon, leaving deep blood marks, and many people were crushed into flesh before they could feel the pain.

After holding on to three waves of blows, the outer wall collapsed, and if it had been before, the defenders were not panicked and could calmly retreat into the second wall and rebuild the defensive line. But now the city is full of fire, thick smoke obscures the vision, thousands of ordinary people rushed into the streets, began to rush to the west gate, the coordination and deployment between the various departments has also become a problem, when Sima Lianzhi led the dead through the gap in the collapsed city wall, and plunged the bright blade into the back of the enemy's heart and chest, these Xianbei people who were not good at defending the city completely collapsed.

The defeated army is not as good as the civilians struggling on the edge of life and death, when hundreds of Wei troops rode horses and wielded knives, trying to kill the bloody road in the congested crowd, but were beaten off their horses by the angry Han people with bamboo poles, hooks and sickles, axes and agricultural hoes, some people rushed over, opened their mouths to tear the ears of the Xianbei people, and even swallowed the bitten flesh into their stomachs with blood, and those cavalry who were lucky enough to rush out of the West Gate were greeted by a long-awaited Chifeng army, and a rain of crossbow arrows like locusts, venting the breath of death that made people desperate.

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The battle lasted until the afternoon, when the defenders of the slippery army were killed and wounded, and only a hundred horsemen escaped, and the entire city was burned down by fire, turning into a hell on earth. Ye Min's face was heavy after entering the city, he had actually considered a variety of plans to conquer the slippery platform in advance, and the fire attack was put last, or the fire attack was not in his consideration.

Because the homeland of Yuzhou is the holy land that gave birth to Chinese civilization, after being invaded by the Hu people, thousands of years of clothes and crowns fell into mud, allowing enslavement and trampling, but these have nothing to do with the Han people in the city. Although the city can be easily broken by fire, the people in the city will inevitably suffer a catastrophe. The killing is too much, it hurts the peace of the sky, and it is not conducive to the established strategy formulated by Xu You before the war to unite all the forces that can be united, but last night's inspection was boldly attacked by the Wei army's elite cavalry out of the city, which made Ye Min realize the strong will of the Wei army to stick to the lonely city, if he hesitated and the kindness of the woman, not to mention how many people he would die, and misunderstood Xu You's strategy, it would be an endless disaster, far from being comparable to the life and death of the people in Huatai County.

Therefore, he finally chose to attack with fire, and the ending was as expected, and he conquered the slip platform with great effort, but looking at the bloody scene in front of him, how could he be indifferent?

One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, perhaps, this is the fate of all generals!

The east road is going smoothly, the middle road of Zuo Yan also lives up to expectations, with three bow bed crossbows to launch more than 100 treadmill arrows into the city wall, in the east and west sides of the pile of earth with bows and crossbows to suppress the wall head defenders, flying bridges, ladders, watchtower cars, Yi Xun cars, Linchong cars appear in turn, Ming Jing led the troops to ascend first, bloody battle for two days and nights, conquered the southern town of Xuchang, Yuzhou.

Xuchang is the only place to enter Luoyang from Yingchuan County, control Ruluo in the west, lead Huaisi in the east, gather boats and vehicles, transfer Yitong, take Xuchang, Yuzhou, Yongzhou and even Yangzhou, Jiangzhou All kinds of resources can be transported here relatively quickly, as a logistics supply point for the front army, with the Yellow River waterway in Qingxu, it can support at least eight months of war.

Fighting a war is always about logistics!

Xu You will not repeat the lesson of Huanwen and Guanzhong, which fell short due to lack of grain, and the grain road must be transported from the river, not over the boundless mountains of the Qinling Mountains.

Leaving 2,000 men to hold Xuchang, Zuo Yan marched all night and surround Xingyang by surprise. Unexpectedly, after the 5,000 defenders of Xingyang were ordered to harvest the surrounding grain fields in advance by the order of Shihe Wenhu, they took the people hostage and retreated into the Tiger Prison Pass, and then prepared to defend the danger together with the Tiger Prison defenders.

Zuo Yan then repaired Xingyang, strengthened the city defenses, rushed to build siege equipment, and sent scouts to explore the surrounding geographical environment, waiting for Xu You's main Chinese army to come to meet.

At the same time, Tan Xiaozu of the West Road also captured Yangcheng, Yangcheng has one of the eight passes of Luoyang, the road is dangerous, there are 12 curves, circling in the loop, will go back. The Tai Douxing led the troops to break through strongly, killing and wounding more than 1,000 people, and it was also the largest casualty battle among the armies of the Western Expedition so far.

After Keyang City, the Jingzhou army continued to go north to capture Xincheng and Linru, and arrived at Yique Pass along Yishui. Yique is located in the south of Luoyang, Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan sandwich the road into the mouth of the que, Yishui is divided, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period is one of the fortresses. The terrain here is peculiar and dangerous, the terrain at the north and south ends is open like a plain, which can be used by tens of thousands of troops to fight against each other, but the two mountains are extremely narrow, and are separated by Yishui, the Yongdao that is as long as six miles is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is also called "Tianque"!

Because of the heavy casualties in Yuyuan Pass, the Douxing was eager to make up for the merits, and said during the military discussion of the Great Tent: "Military commander, the imperial court is attacking Luoyang in four ways, Qi Xiao and Ye Min are still in the slippery platform, and the whip is beyond reach; Zuo Yan and Shan Zongbu have arrived in Xingyang, but they have not made persistent efforts to conquer the tiger prison, but have waited for the general's Chinese army, isn't this a delay in the fighter? Only our department is making the fastest progress, Yique is in sight, as long as this pass is broken, Luoyang has lost the barrier, and it can be lowered! ”

Tan Xiaozu was indispensable, looked at Xue Xuanmo, and said with a smile: "What does Yanzhang think?" ”

Xue Xuanmo, the word Yanzhang, pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and said: "With the combat strength of my Jingzhou army, it is not difficult to break through the Yique Pass, but it is necessary to Keluo...... Military marshal, Luozhou Thorn Shi He Wenhu is a son of Xianbei with eight surnames, and he is also a good fighter who fights old people, with him, I am afraid it will not be easy. ”

Tantai Douxing was angry and said, "I'm afraid that he will be an egg!" After beating Yique, He Wenhu is a sick cat without minions, Luoyang City is not fake, but no matter how strong and solid, how many cannons can he stand the thunder cannon? When the general arrives, there are 100,000 Chinese troops, and 40,000 brave people in the left department. At that time, our Jingzhou army will all become decorations for accompanying the prince to study! ”

With the Thunder Cannon, the strong city of the world is no longer in the eyes of the Chu people, which is the confidence brought by the leap forward in science and technology. Tan Xiaozu looked at the others again, and saw that everyone was eager to try, and it was obvious that the words of the Tangtai Douxing represented the opinions of most of the Jingzhou generals.

Xu You is a general, everyone is obedient, and the military orders of the General's Mansion have always been unbiased, and the military supply will never be close to the Cuiyu Army, but the Jingzhou Army and the Liangzhou Army are preferred.

Since the general did not order the Jingzhou army to stand by in front of the Yique Pass in advance, let alone who would attack Luoyang, then if the pass was really broken, and then Luoyang City, the first merit of the Western Expedition would no longer be able to run away.

It's a very strong temptation!

If Tan Xiaozu wants to lead the group of tigers and wolves in Jingzhou, he can't go against the will of the majority of the people, not to mention that from his point of view, it is natural to fight and make meritorious contributions, and there is no reason to refuse.

The only thing to worry about is how many people will die in the fight against Yique Pass?

(Wang Xuanmo attacked the slippery platform, worried about the property in the city, and was unwilling to attack with fire, resulting in the siege of the city for more than 200 days and not being defeated, and finally being beaten by Wei reinforcements, which can be regarded as one of the famous jokes in the history of war.) ）