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In the Youzhou Army at the head of the city, when four officers were talking and laughing, the laughter stopped abruptly. Only heard the four sounds of "poof, poof, poof, poof", and all four sharp arrows hit the throats of the four people. They didn't snort and fell.

This change made everyone dumbfounded: they didn't expect Yuming to be so far away, but four arrows were fired at once, and the arrows were killed.

"General!" The four Sui soldiers standing next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help the four officers who were shot dead.

And at this moment, Yu Ming had already mounted four more sharp arrows, and then shot away.

"Whoosh"

A moment later, the four Sui soldiers who had gone to help the people also became corpses and fell on the city wall.

"Siege!" How could Luo Shixin let go of such an opportunity, and immediately ordered a large-scale attack.

Yu Ming continued to shoot arrows at the enemy, and he specifically shot at the people who looked like officers on the city wall, and every time he fired arrows, four Sui soldiers would fall on the city. was so frightened that the generals who defended the city, including Luo Shou, did not dare to show their heads on the city wall again.

And in this case, the soldiers defending the city were also flustered, and their defensive strength was much lower than before.

The city shouted and killed, and the battle was very fierce.

After nearly two hours of repeated battles, the Liaodong Army finally attacked the head of the city and occupied several sections of the city wall, which could be used by the follow-up troops to land.

The difference from the day ago is that the casualties of the Youzhou army are significantly larger. In addition to Yuming personally going into battle and shocking the audience with the stunt of one shot and four arrows, the main thing is that the Liaodong Army used an improved arrow tower, which can effectively resist the stone throwing of the Youzhou Army.

And in the confrontation between the arrow tower and the city wall, the archers of the Liaodong Army on the arrow tower are obviously much cheaper, they are condescending, and they are all wearing heavy armor that heavy infantry and heavy cavalry will wear, even if they are shot by the archers of the Youzhou army, they will not be injured, and the heavy armor of the Youzhou army is worn by the infantry defending the city, and the archers are all wearing leather armor, and they can be shot through the heart by the longbowman with an arrow.

As the war gradually turned into an advantage, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chi Jingde and others should also chase after the poor and each led a group of death squads to rush forward.

The Youzhou army finally couldn't stand it, and the city wall of Linyu Pass was lost after holding out for an hour.

Cheng Yanjin led the army from the city wall to the city gate, raised his Xuanhua big axe, and split the door bolt with one axe, and put the Liaodong army outside into Linyu Pass.

Luo Shou knew that the general trend had gone, so he led his own troops to retreat to Beiping City.

After the Liaodong Army conquered Linyu Pass, it immediately divided its troops into two, one went north to Juyong Pass, and cut off the retreat of the Youzhou Army to the grassland. while the other attacked Zhuojun and opened the southern gate to Beiping.

The guard of Juyong Pass is Xue Wanche, and the guard of Zhuo County is Xue Wanjun, and these two people are Xue Shixiong's sons. They were very resentful of Yuming's use of tactics to obtain Liaoxi County, so they fought to the death. In the end, although the Liaodong Army conquered the above two places, it also suffered heavy losses, with more than 10,000 casualties.

In late June of the 10th year of the Great Cause, the Liaodong Army surrounded Beiping Province from the north, east, and south.

At this time, there were 70,000 Youzhou elite soldiers led by Luo Yi, the governor of Youzhou, and Luo Cheng, his son Yingyanglang, in Beiping Mansion. Among them, there are 10,000 world-renowned Youzhou iron horses.

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In the governor's mansion of Beiping City, the generals of the Youzhou Army were discussing countermeasures under the convening of Luo Yi. The scene was enveloped in an atmosphere of dreary despair.

When Yuming attacked Liaoxi County, Luo Yi expected that the Liaodong Army would definitely come to attack Youzhou, so he made full arrangements and defenses. But what I didn't expect was that Yuming was so brave, and the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army was so strong, in just half a month, Juyong Pass and Linyu Pass were broken, and Zhuojun in the south was also lost, and now the 70,000 troops in Beiping have been surrounded by 150,000 Liaodong Legions, and there is no escape.

"Father, don't panic! The walls of Beiping City are tall and thick, and there is plenty of grain and grass in the city, even if you hold on for half a year, it will not be a problem! We can stand by and wait! Luo Cheng said unconvinced.

"Cheng'er, where are there any reinforcements now? As early as last year, the elite division of the imperial court lost almost as much as in the first battle of Yanmen Pass. Otherwise, the Holy Lord would not be indifferent to Yuming's occupation of Liaoxi County! Luo Yi sighed: "Moreover, even if there are soldiers in the imperial court, they can't be sent." The land of Hebei in the south of Youzhou is controlled by the bandit Dou Jiande, and the west is the territory of the rebel Liu Wuzhou. ”

After Luo Yi's military advisor Zhao Shizhu heard this, he also nodded again and again: "Yes! Now the Sui Dynasty has actually gone to the general trend, I heard that even Li Yuan, Xue Ju, Li Liang and others have rebelled, and now the places actually controlled by the Great Sui are only Guanzhong, Dongdu, Xiangyang, Jiangdu and a few other isolated cities, most of the counties and counties are occupied by bandits and strong soldiers. The chaos in the world has appeared, and now we should vote for a powerful candidate and plan it out as soon as possible! ”

After Luo Shou fled back, in order to cover up his defeat, he naturally praised the combat effectiveness of Yuming and the Liaodong Army, which also filled the Youzhou Army with a sense of defeat.

In the eyes of several of Luo Yi's generals, choosing to surrender to the Liaodong Army was actually a good choice. After all, the chaos in the world has just begun, and at this time, the Liaodong Army, although it can't catch up with the old qualifications of people like Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin and others, can also be mixed with the founding heroes.

But Luo Yi was silent, he didn't think about taking refuge in Yuming, but he just received a tip, saying that Yuming's father Yuhua had already started an incident in Jiangnan, claiming to be King Xu, establishing Changyu Chengdu as the world, and occupying Huiji, Wujun, Jiankang and other places in one fell swoop. He played the banner of "traitorous ministers and Qing monarchs", and the spearhead was directly aimed at Pei Ju and Pei Yun, important ministers in the court. put on a posture of attacking Jiangdu.

Therefore, Luo Yi took into account: Although Yuming is very powerful now, he is only a concubine in Yuvalve, and after the confluence of Yuvalve's north and south in the future, Yuhua and become the emperor will inevitably establish Yucheng as a prince, and Yuming can only be crowned a prince at most. In this way, even if he surrenders to him, he will inevitably not be reused in the new dynasty in the future.

When he voiced this concern, all the generals were worried. After a while, Luo Chengfang got up and said, "Father, the previous defeat was caused by our army's good at cavalry and not good at defending the city. It's not that our army is incompetent, but the child thinks that we can lead our army out of the city and fight a field battle with it. We won't be defeated! ”

Luo Cheng's words also hit Luo Yi's heart. Although Yu Ming has won a few battles before. But the Youzhou army was not convinced. Because they were good at cavalry warfare, not defending cities.

They believed that the reason why the Liaodong Army won was because of their sharp siege equipment and the fact that they were outnumbered. It's really fighting in the field, and the Youzhou Iron Cavalry will inevitably win.

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Early the next morning, Yuming received an invitation letter from Luo Yi, wanting to ask him to fight on the banks of the Haihe River south of Beiping City.

Regarding Luo Yi's letter, all the generals of the Liaodong Army were a little disdainful, thinking that the Youzhou Army had now reached the point of exhaustion, and even if they did not make an appointment to fight this battle, they would not be able to hold Beiping City. And the commander of the Youzhou army, Yu Cavalry, asked the Liaodong Army to fight in the field, wanting to give full play to his strengths, and even possibly set up some conspiracy here to assassinate Yuming. You shouldn't be fooled by this.

But Yu Ming insisted on agreeing, after all, the first time he enlisted in the army to participate in the battle, it was with Luo Cheng to fight against the sneak attack troops of Goryeo. It can be said that the friendship between the two is a friendship of sharing adversity and suffering.

When he made his first expedition to Goryeo five years ago, Luo Cheng was a partial general, and Yu Ming was only the captain.

But now, Yuming has an army of 100,000 and has become the prince of the Great Sui Xiong, and has become the first king with a different surname, and has also become a concubine.

And Luo Cheng was only promoted to the Eagle Yang General. The status of the two is completely different.

However, although the two have had different encounters in the past five years, Yuming is a person who values feelings. He hoped to recruit Luo Cheng's father and bring the Youzhou Iron Cavalry under his banner without blood. Otherwise, if Beiping is stormed, even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory, and the Liaodong Army will suffer heavy casualties. In the past half a month, in order to conquer Juyong Pass, Linyu Pass and Zhuo County, the Liaodong Army has suffered more than 10,000 casualties.

He also knows Luo Cheng well, and knows that he is arrogant and wants to do a great career. This person has ambitions, but he also attaches great importance to affection, and it is impossible to use any indiscriminate means when interviewing him.

"That's it! You don't need to say anything more! If we can win this battle, we will greatly reduce casualties, and we can even occupy Beiping City without bloodshed and surrender Luo's father. Yu Ming glanced at Wei Chi Jingde at this time and said, "Jingde, you sent someone to inform Luo Yi and Luo Cheng, and said that I agreed!" Tomorrow morning, I will be waiting by the Haihe River! ”

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Early the next morning, the armies of both sides drove to the bank of the Haihe River in the south of Beiping City, the flags fluttered, the drums were beating, and the Liaodong Army and the Youzhou Army set up a phalanx, standing solemnly.

Between the two armies, there was only a shallow river, knee-deep, and this was the Haihe River, which was in the dry period.

The Liaodong army was all dressed in black helmets and black armor, with heavy infantry armed with spears and shields in the middle, and cavalry riding tall horses and long knives on the wings.

In the middle of the 10,000 iron cavalry array, there was a young general riding a white horse, wearing a white helmet and white armor, and carrying a Liquan treasure spear. Behind him, the flag bearer holds a large flagpole with the word "Yu". Needless to say, no matter whether you are on the enemy or the enemy, you can guess that this is Yuming.

Luo Cheng looked at the lineup of the Liaodong Army, his face sank like water, and he found that he really underestimated the Liaodong Army. Not to mention that everyone is tall and has sharp weapons, just such a neat and solemn military appearance in front of him proves that this is a well-trained iron army, and its combat effectiveness is definitely not overwhelmed by the Youzhou Iron Cavalry under his own command.

Both armies have finished their formations and are ready to wait for the commander to announce the attack.

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