The enemy army had already killed two hundred paces away, and it was time to open the city, but the winch was stuck, and Zhou Fei immediately ordered: "Cut off the chain!" ”

The soldiers swung their axes and cut off the two chains, and the heavy drawbridge fell with a bang, while two soldiers pulled the chains directly and lifted the seven-foot-long iron pestle up.

They only had one last step left, "Pick up the shield and follow me!" ”

Zhou Fei jumped to the road, the soldiers picked up their shields, followed the main general to the city, just arrived at the city, only to see the other party bow and arrow to shoot this side, the soldiers raised their shields to meet each other, nine soldiers formed a shield wall.

Zhou Fei took off the bolt and opened the city gate, only to see the cavalry throw away their torches, jump on the drawbridge, and kill the city, he turned around and shouted: "Get out of the way!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers dodged in a hurry, and at this time, Li Zhongzheng led five hundred troops to cover the city gate, only thirty steps away, but only saw the Jin army that was originally blocked at the city gate flashed to the side, revealing the city gate of the black hole.

Just when Li Zhong was stunned, more than a dozen cavalry suddenly rushed in from outside the city gate of the black hole, rushing in like a lightning speed, and the striker Zheng Yannian took the lead with a big sword in his hand.

Li Zhong was shocked, turned around and fled, a cold arrow 'whoosh!' The ground shot from the ground, the middle of the neck, and immediately shot through his neck, Li Zhong fell from the horse, dozens of steps away, Zhou Fei coldly put away the crossbow arrow.

The cavalry entered the city like a flood that broke the embankment, and the five hundred soldiers could not outrun the cavalry, and they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

At this time, a war also broke out outside the northern city, Li Bing led a large army to surround the two thousand soldiers waiting outside the northern city, and the fierce battle ended in less than a cup of tea.

The north gate opened, Li Bing led the army into the city, and happened to meet Zhou Fei who was galloping on horseback, Zhou Fei turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to kneel down on one knee and salute, "See the general!" ”

Li Bing hurriedly helped him up, and said apologetically: "This time I was negligent in the weather, which caused the army to be discovered by the enemy in advance, thanks to you withstanding it at the critical moment, otherwise it would be a big trouble." ”

Zhou Fei clenched his fists and smiled: "It's not a trouble, it's really not the same to blast open the city gate with iron fire and thunder." ”

Li Bing smiled bitterly and said: "I brought 20,000 troops to deal with 5,000 enemies, and a famous scout general like you, in the end, I actually had to bombard the city gate with iron fire and thunder, and I didn't have the face to see the King of Jin myself." ”

Zhou Fei shook his head secretly, originally the iron fire thunder is the best siege weapon, since His Royal Highness the King of Jin restricted the use of iron fire thunder, Li Bing, Yao Jin, Kang Bao, Pei Xin These famous generals are no longer willing to use iron fire thunder easily, for fear of being laughed at by people for using iron fire thunder.

At this time, Zheng Yannian also stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "General Qiyu, the enemy commander saw that our cavalry was killed, so he fled east in a panic, whether it is necessary to pursue, please decide!" ”

Zhou Fei suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "We can't let them escape, it's related to whether we can successfully capture Yanzhou and Yizhou." ”

Li Bing hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Michigan Governor Shi Wang Jinhua told me that Zhu Zhu had issued a strict order that as long as Mizhou asked for help, the troops of Yanzhou and Yizhou must come to the rescue!"

Li Bing's eyes lit up, this is indeed an opportunity!

He asked again, "So in contact with the other party?" “

"There is an eagle tower in the barracks, and the communication is through the letter eagle, because the letter cannot be sent until dawn, and this matter is not urgent, but the enemy must not be allowed to escape."

"But the enemy army has fled west, how can they contact Yanzhou and Yizhou?"

"As far as the lowly knows, Gaomi County also has a connection with Xinying, and they must have fled to Gaomi County!"

Li Bing nodded and said to Zheng Yannian: "You can lead 10,000 cavalry to pursue the enemy army, and you must annihilate them all!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Zheng Yannian immediately dispatched his troops and led 10,000 cavalry out of the city to chase eastward.

A curfew has been imposed in the city, and the fleeing soldiers have come to surrender, at this time, the assassin Zhao Ban hurried over with a few officials, bowed down and said: "The humble position is the Mizhou Assassin Zhao Ban, welcome to the arrival of the Jin army!" ”

Li Bing waved his hand and shouted: "Take it!" ”

Several soldiers rushed up and pressed Zhao Ban down, Zhao Ban was shocked and shouted: "No guilt in Xia!" ”

Li Bing snorted coldly, "What a guilty one, are you a fool for us?" You helped Zhu Zhu open up the salt pans, recruit salt workers, and try your best to help him transport salt, and now that Zhu Zhu's army has collapsed, you should run away, do you think you can escape the reckoning by pretending to be welcome? ”

Zhao Ban's face turned pale suddenly, and he said urgently: "I am here to protect the people, not to be loyal to Zhu Zhu!" ”

Li Bing shook his head, "You don't have to explain, I won't kill you, you go and explain to His Royal Highness King Jin!" ”

Li Bing waved his hand, and the soldiers took Zhao Ban down, and Li Bing glanced at several trembling officials and said, "Can King Jinhua of Changshi be there?" ”

Wang Jinhua hurriedly stepped forward, "The lower official is here!" ”

Li Bing said: "From now on, you are the history of Mizhou's assassins, and I will stabilize the situation in Mizhou!" ”

Wang Jinhua was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Xiaguan must do his best!" ”

As soon as the morning dawned, Zheng Yannian came back with nearly 2,000 deserters, Dou Qiang originally wanted to withdraw to Gaomi County to wait for reinforcements from the two states, but the infantry was not fast, and he was caught up by the pursuers after only walking out of thirty miles, and 10,000 Jin cavalry intercepted before and after, Dou Qiang was shot by random arrows in the breakthrough, and the other soldiers surrendered.

Zheng Yannian said to Li Bing: "There is another important piece of information, while Dou Qiang is retreating, he also sent people to Yanchang to inform the 5,000 troops to withdraw to Gaomi County, and it is estimated that the 5,000 troops in Yanchang will retreat soon!" ”

Li Bing and Zhou Fei glanced at each other, and both of them thought of a plan to annihilate the 5,000 troops at the same time.

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In fact, how to annihilate the 5,000 troops of the salt field, Li Bing had already made arrangements in advance, Yang Meng led 20,000 troops to board the ship from Jimo County, Laizhou, and arrived at the salt field along the coast, there is a natural harbor in Huangshui Bay to the west of the salt field, 20,000 troops disembarked from there, and then surrounded the 5,000 army, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, Xue Qiang actually sent someone to inform the 5,000 troops to withdraw to Gaomi County, which will inevitably make Yang Mi's army empty.

Li Bing immediately made adjustments, he sent a letter of help to Yizhou and Yanzhou every other day, and then sent someone to Huangshuiwan to inform Yang Meng, so that the fleet continued to go south to Haizhou, landed in Haizhou, and went straight to Linyi County, Yizhou, and he himself accurately calculated the time and led 10,000 cavalry to the east.

About two hundred miles from the seaside salt field to Gaomi County, the chief general of the Zhu Jun Army is called Tang Xize, a native of Yingzhou, about forty years old, and the same as the commander Dou Qiang, he was a general of the Tang Army, and he was quite nervous when the messenger said that the Jin army was coming, and he was quite nervous, Gaomi County is only a small county, and it is really difficult to say whether he can guard until the reinforcements arrive, but Tang Xize has no choice, he can only obey the order, withdraw to Gaomi County first, and then discuss countermeasures with Dou Qiang.

Under the leadership of Tang Xize, the 5,000 troops marched quickly to the northeast, and there was an official road from the sea to Gaomi County, although it was relatively dilapidated, but if there was no baggage, the march was still very convenient.

The army went all the way north, this area is hilly terrain, there are many mountain roads, despite this, Tang Xize is still very cautious, he knows that the other party is cavalry, so try to choose the mountain road to march, if it encounters an open place, do not stay, speed up the passage, the army all the way safe and sound.

Two days later, the army arrived at Hutou Mountain, named after Hutou Mountain because it resembles a tiger's head, for the marching army, it is a road sign, seeing it means that it is not far from Gaomi County, at most thirty miles, the soldiers are relieved, even Tang Xize feels that he is too worried.

At this time, it was the morning, and Tang Xize ordered to speed up the march and strive to feel Gaomi County in the afternoon.

The army rushed all the way, not even taking care of lunch, and finally arrived in Gaomi County in the early afternoon.

Gaomi County can only be regarded as a small county, when the Anshi Rebellion broke out a big war here, the entire county was deserted, the surrounding people moved to Laizhou or Zhucheng County, coupled with the cruel exploitation of the peasants by Li Zheng's father and son, Gaomi County is still very bleak after several decades, the population has never recovered, except around the county seat, there are almost no people in the distance.

But when the army came to the city of Gaomi County, everyone was cold, the city was densely packed with defenders, the city was planted with the black dragon flag of the Jin army, and the high city walls and closed city gates became an insurmountable obstacle for the Zhu Jun army.

The five thousand soldiers were at a loss and at a loss, and the generals were panicking, the nearest county town to them had to walk for more than three days, but their dry food was gone, should they turn around and go back?

Countless pairs of eyes looked at the main general Tang Xize, Tang Xize's brain was also blank, this was the result he definitely didn't expect, he didn't meet Jin Jun on the road, he thought he was at ease, but he didn't expect Jin Jun to be waiting for him here!

What to do? Attacking, they had no siege weapons, retreating, they had no food, Tang Xize suddenly fell into a dilemma.