These people who were instigated by Liu Fang were often the people who were most familiar with the local people's household registration, so Liu Fang's ranks expanded dramatically in groups of three or five.

Liu Fang was not only not worried, but was complacent, looking at the extremely bloated team, he thought in his heart, this time, I am afraid that he will be promoted again.

By the time of Wuhe, there were nearly 20,000 of the 6,000 people at the time of departure.

This is a behemoth, needless to say, when he was far away in Wuhe, Azig heard the news that there was an army of unknown origin coming from north to south to Fengyang City.

What does Azig think?

He's afraid, he's worried!

Now the north and south sides are attacked by the enemy, although there is no shortage of troops, food and grass in the city, but the city has been besieged for a long time, which has a great impact on the morale of the city, and now there is another enemy army attacking from the north, and the number of troops is 20,000, can you not worry Azig?

Azig was worried, gritted his teeth, and decided to defend the enemy outside the city, and he sent a force of 5,000 elite horsemen out of the north gate to meet the incoming enemy.

Look, look, isn't Liu Fang looking for death?

The stronger the strength, the greater the pressure, isn't this for his "20,000 army", suffered a catastrophe?

It is said that cavalry can at least use one as ten, and 5,000 cavalry can meet 20,000 infantry, isn't that as easy as drinking porridge, swallowing it in one bite.

But Liu Fang is stupid, stupid and stupid.

From the five rivers to the north bank of the Huai River, the goods were stunned for three days.

Why?

Go slowly, Liu Fang's descendant "elite", that is, more than 3,000 Hengyang guards, is a "veteran" who just put down his hoe and fought a battle, and now he is placed among the more than 10,000 "recruits" who have never even touched a weapon, can they still clean up the queue and march? Hell yes!

Plus the "recruits" are all locals, along the way? How many steps can you walk without meeting a few familiar neighbors, relatives and friends?

So? Is the road getting slower and slower, and the more people gathering? Most people don't come with the slogan of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty" or "making meritorious contributions" or "sealing the wife and son"? Their idea is simple, they come to eat for nothing.

Does Liu Fang have grain? Before, Yangzhou Governor Jiang Boli's grain hadn't been eaten yet, wasn't it? Wu Zheng sent food again.

What advantages does Liu Fang have? But he can carry it clearly, he doesn't hide his selfishness, and he is "generous".

The comer did not refuse, which directly caused his team? Less than 20,000 people from the Five Rivers? By the time they reached the north bank of the Huai River, there were more than 25,000 people.

In three days, the number of troops has increased by at least six thousand...... Whoever gets Liu Fang will win the world!

……。

Waiting on the South Bank? Qing Cai, who planned to defend himself against the enemy outside the city, was stunned and didn't survive.

They withdrew.

The reason is simple? When Azig sent them out of the city, he had strict orders? No river crossing to meet the battle.

Cavalry crossing the river, already difficult? Need a lot of manpower and material resources? Still need enough ferries? Unlike the infantry, even if you can't sit on the boat, you can swim across the boat by climbing the side of the boat or holding a log.

Moreover, the fierce battle between the two gates of Fengyang City is in full swing, and Azig also needs to guard against this cavalry after it goes out, in case it doesn't come back, wouldn't that weaken the defensive strength of the defense?

Therefore, Azig wanted to defend against the enemy on the south bank, and the enemy army ashore was taken by surprise, which was also in line with the art of war and tactics, and when any army crossed the river and landed, it was a good opportunity to defeat the enemy.

Besides, it's still an elite cavalry, and it can be said that it has come and gone without a trace.

However, Liu Fang made them wait for three days, and Azig in Fengyang City couldn't wait any longer, so he ordered the cavalry to return to the city, intending to close the city gate and ignore it.

This Liu Yishou's luck was really good, less than two hours after the Qing cavalry retreated, his army reached the bank of the Huai River.

Okay, more than 20,000 people, under an order, the whole army crossed the river, and the entire river was full of people, and it was black and oppressive.

If the Qing cavalry hadn't retreated a little earlier, God knows, it wouldn't have been a human being, but a corpse.

The cavalry didn't even have to charge, just with the arrows that the Manchurians were good at, they could make the Huai River red.

But God favored Liu Fang, and let Liu Fang cross the river easily, although there was chaos, and many people were drowned and missing, but finally crossed the river smoothly.

It's just that this time it took two whole days to cross the river.

This is still Liu Fang himself is also anxious, he thinks about attacking the north gate to make meritorious contributions, and he can't let General Chi monopolize the credit, he left thousands of "rear troops" who did not cross the river, and led the "army" to the north gate.

But at this time, his "soldiers" were still huge, at least 20,000 people.

……。

Azig was forced to order the cavalry back to the city.

But whenever it is possible, he doesn't want to, after all, the cavalry is not good at defending the city, and if the troops are sufficient, the cavalry will not be needed.

Then why did Azig order the cavalry to return to the city?

Actually, Azig wanted to slip away.

This battle could not be fought, there was no news from the long-awaited imperial court reinforcements, and the reinforcements of Yanzhou Dolbo did not move their nests when they arrived in Xuzhou, but the north where reinforcements should have appeared the most, and the enemy army appeared.

If you really have to wait for the army in the north that doesn't know where to come from to block the north gate and be attacked on three sides, it will be difficult to leave.

Under the desperate attack of Li Guo and Chi Erhan, Azig finally retreated.

If you want to escape, you must have cavalry, and you must have cavalry to break the rear, otherwise you will be caught up by the enemy.

Azig's retreat was very well arranged, taking advantage of the night, quietly out of the western city, blocking the pursuers with cavalry, and after the main force was safe, he deployed ambushes on the way, and then covered the cavalry's westward retreat.

Chi Erhan and Li Guo were already fighting enthusiastically at this time, how could they think that Azig, who has always been arrogant and arrogant, would also want to slip away?

Besides, there are indeed a lot of troops in the city, according to Chi Erhan, even if the young master sends reinforcements, he may not be able to capture Fengyang City for another half a month.

But what Azig didn't expect at all was that when everything was going smoothly for the retreat plan he had deployed, someone was stunned and mixed sand into his bowl.

……。

Liu Fang came late.

When he arrived outside the north gate of Fengyang City, it was already dark.

It stands to reason that at this time, Liu Fang should order to camp one or twenty miles away from the city to rest, deploy scouts, etc., and wait until dawn the next day to launch an attack on the north gate.

But all the tactics and tactics are not effective for Liu Fang.

Liu Fang believes that the iron should be struck while it is hot!

He would never think that the soldiers would be physically exhausted after crossing the river and then marching in a hurry, nor would he think that the siege of the city would mobilize and boost morale.

He felt that if he still had strength, the soldier should have strength.

So, Liu magnified his hand and waved, "Attack!" ”

It's strange to say, these people really have physical strength, under Liu Fang's loud shout, countless people rushed to the north city wall, but no one raised any objections, such as what is the defensive strength on the city wall, such as the location of the main siege target, and then for example, whether it is a wave siege, and even the most basic ladder for siege is not prepared.