Hanoi, Yi County.

Liantian beacon fire has spread from Yixian to the east, this is the distress signal of the Yuan army, the attack of the Guanzhong army has been prepared as early as the beginning of the year, Yan Liang and Jiang Qi have strengthened the defense of the possible attack points of the enemy army in the entire Hanoi, according to Yan Liang's original plan, it is not such a passive defense, if you can capture the Jiguan at the beginning of the war, even if you do not attack to the east of the river, then you can at least hold the Jiguan with a small number of troops, and the saved troops can more effectively set up a defensive line along the coast to prevent the Guanzhong army from crossing the river.

It's a pity that Cui Geng, who guards the pass, is not a good person, Yan Liang failed to break through the Kei Pass for half a month, and he didn't want to lose too much, this time the Chen Cao coalition army was menacing, although Yuan Shao said that there were many generals, but there were many places to defend, before there was no war, Yan Liang could not divide too many troops here for the time being.

As the throat between Hanoi and Hedong, Jiguan was firmly held by Cui Geng at this moment, and Yan Liangli couldn't make it up, and he was also worried that Chenggao would cross the river to attack, so he didn't dare to stay in Jiguan for too long, so he could only order Jiang Qi to set up a defense in Yixian and Yuanxiang, but the offensive of the Guanzhong army came too quickly, and the defense had not yet been fully established, Bao Geng had already led the army to capture the relatively weak original township, and Cui Geng led the army to attack Yixian, and the offensive of the Guanzhong army was more fierce than imagined, just one day, Jiang Qi had to light a beacon fire, Seek help from Yan Liang's side.

The flames continued for days, but the rescue was delayed.

"General, what should I do?" The sound of fierce fighting, a steady stream of Han troops swarmed, rushed to the city, and was constantly driven down by the Yuan army defending the city, the stone bullets sent by the catapult kept falling on the city wall, and the rammed earth city wall continued to tremble, as if it could collapse at any time.

In this attack, hundreds of catapults were moved out of Jiguan, and there were countless ladders and rams, Jiang Qi felt that if the city could speak, would Yixian be flattered? An unfamous county town has taken so many siege equipment to attack, and this battle is enough to attack the county.

"Let the people in the city help transport the stone and wood arrows, and all the soldiers will go to the city to defend the city!" Jiang Qi gritted his teeth, what should I do? What could he do? Yan Liang didn't come for a long time, obviously that there was also an attack on that side, and he was dragged down, and now he can only defend to the death.

"Whoa!"

Yixian, a small city that was not famous before, seemed to collapse at any time in the stone bullets and crossbows of the Guanzhong army, but it seemed to have tenacity, Cui Geng attacked for three days, and every time it seemed to be about to break through, but it was driven down by the defenders in the city.

"The city of projectiles has not been able to be broken for three days in a row!" In Cui Geng's camp, listening to the report of the general, Cui Geng was also a little annoyed, Yixian is not a strong city, the height of the city wall is more than two feet, and it does not bring much advantage to the defenders, just such a city, 10,000 troops, with hundreds of catapults, hundreds of ladders and city hammers, but it has not been able to break through, which makes Cui Geng feel a little damaged.

He is a general under Chen Mo, the first group of generals to follow Chen Mo, all these years of fighting in the south and the north, what enemy has not seen? What Jiancheng has never been broken, but at this moment, he is blocked from this district and county, how can he have the face to see Chen Mo?

"General, more than half of our army's ladders and rams have been burned, and the soldiers have been attacking for three days in a row, and their morale is also a little low, why don't you take a truce for the time being and rest for a day before attacking?" A partial general looked at Cui Geng and hesitated.

"No, our army's morale is low, and the enemy army is probably even more unbearable, now it's up to us to see who on both sides can hold on!" After Cui Geng hesitated for a moment, he shook his head, and looked at the incomplete Yixian Dao from a distance through the tent gate: "Pass my military order, mobilize all the catapults to the direction of the West Gate tomorrow, and bombard the West Gate with all your might, even if the West City is destroyed, the city will be broken tomorrow!" ”

"Whoa!"

Early the next morning, Cui Geng mobilized hundreds of catapults to Xicheng, under the protection of the soldiers of the three armies, the catapults were slowly pushed to the battlefield, Jiang Qi obviously also saw Cui Geng's plan, this is to see the weakness of the city wall, want to forcibly collapse the city wall, mobilize manpower at the moment, crazy archery, although can not stop the other party's footsteps, but at least can not let the other party approach the city wall so easily, but personally led the troops out of the city, want to destroy the catapult.

Cui Geng naturally guarded against this hand, personally commanded the soldiers and horses to intercept, the two sides fought outside the city, Jiang Qi was finally defeated and was driven back to the city, and the catapult was protected by countless shield soldiers, and finally included the city wall into the range.

"Crunch ~ boom ~ "

One by one, stone bullets burst out of the air, falling in the direction of the city wall with a terrifying scream, hundreds of stone bullets, like meteorites falling from the sky, constantly bombarded the city wall, and at the same time, Cui Geng also arranged archers to continuously pour arrows at the city.

The soldiers defending the city were gradually suppressed, hiding behind the female wall and not daring to probe, Jiang Qi personally climbed the female wall, roaring to boost morale, but was shot by a stray arrow and snatched down by the guards.

"Boom~"

At this moment, a section of the city wall finally failed to hold up and collapsed, and the soldiers hiding behind the female wall screamed and fell down the sliding earth and rock.

"Keep banging!" Cui Geng's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he asked the catapult to increase its strength.

"General, withdraw!" Jiang Qi got up and shot an arrow, shooting a loaded soldier to death, followed by a cluster of arrows falling here, many soldiers around fell in a pool of blood, the guards pulled Jiang Qi and said miserably, the difference in strength is huge, and the equipment is not as much as the other party, and it can't suppress the opponent's catapult at all.

"Bastard!" Jiang Qi hammered the female wall fiercely, and the entire female wall collapsed directly, exposing everyone, which frightened Jiang Qi, and hurriedly hid behind the female wall, from the broken city wall, he saw that the Guanzhong army on the opposite side had begun to push the ladder towards the city wall, and knew that it was difficult to continue to resist, so he could only helplessly say: "Withdraw!" Go out of the east gate and break through with me! ”

Under such a fierce offensive of the enemy, it is not easy to defend the small city of Yixian County until now, Jiang Qi abandoned the city with the defenders in the city at the moment, although Cui Geng arranged an ambush, but the so-called return to the division could not be hidden, Jiang Qi was bent on breaking through, and finally failed to completely eliminate this Yuan army.

On the one hand, An continued to investigate Jiang Qi's movements, Cui Geng led his own soldiers into the city, Zhang Bang Anmin, Chen Mo let Cui Geng be the main general of this way, because Cui Geng has experience in governing the place, after breaking through the city, he can minimize the possible riots, and avoid the soldiers from entering the city without rules and killing and plundering the people.

On the other side, after Jiang Qi was defeated, he did not go to join Yan Liang, and ran all the way to Boxian County to prepare to continue to organize defense, Yuan Shao did not have many soldiers and horses left in Hanoi, Yan Liang and him, could only take advantage of the city, step by step fortification, every inch of land must be contested.

After having the previous experience, as soon as Jiang Qi arrived in Boxian this time, he immediately organized the people in the city to strengthen the city wall, and at the same time mobilized materials to defend the city, and ordered craftsmen to build trebuchets on the city wall overnight, preparing to stop Cui Geng here in Bo County.

On the other hand, after Cui Geng pacified the people, he also got the news that Jiang Qi was actively organizing defense, Jiang Qi's resilience and ability, Cui Geng had already learned in this siege battle, and it was so laborious to attack Yi County before, and this wave of counties may be more difficult to fight, and I can't help but feel a little worried.

"What's the general bothering about?" Just when Cui Geng was at a loss, he saw Bao Geng come in with a person.

"Dezu? Why are you here? Cui Geng was a little surprised when he saw someone coming.

Yang Xiu is now one of Chen Mo's staff, but in terms of status, he is naturally inferior to Jia Xu, Li Ru, Xu Shu and Xun You, too young, not qualified, and a little arrogant, without a certain ability, it is difficult to be courteous by him, Cui Geng doesn't like this person too much, but since he met in person, Cui Geng is not easy to ignore, and he got up to greet him immediately.

"I still have little seniority, so I invited the lord to come to the exhibition, as a general's military division to sacrifice wine, and I hope the general will give me more advice." Yang Xiu bowed and said, the etiquette is done very well, but people don't like it.

"Sit down." Cui Geng nodded, stretched out his hand, and understood that Chen Mo wanted to train Yang Xiu, Xu Shu also had a similar experience back then, and was a staff officer with the army in the battle of entering the customs, but at that time, Xu Shu followed Chen Mo, and later followed Xu Rong to ask for advice.

"Thank you." Yang Xiu nodded, knelt down at the position of Cui Geng's hand, and said with a smile: "I haven't congratulated the general yet, let's go down to the city first." ”

"Alas~" Thinking of the current situation, Cui Geng shook his head and sighed: "This county is just a small city, and the defenders are insufficient, and it took four days to break through, why is it happy?" ”

"But that Jiang Qi is a famous general under Yuan Shao, only in the river. Under the pillars of the North Fourth Court, he is quite good at fighting, and the general's ability to defeat this person this time is enough to make the general famous in the world. Yang Xiu shook his head, the city is secondary, and the most important thing is that Cui Geng defeated Jiang Qi this time, and that is the river. North Famous General.

"Even if the item is resurrected, under the disparity between the enemy and me, it may not be able to win." Cui Geng shook his head, and also knew that Yang Xiu was showing goodwill, so he didn't say anything, but he knew very well in his heart that he could defeat Jiang Qi because he had taken advantage of the strength and armament.

"I just came to see the general, and I saw that the general was worried, but I didn't know that the general had just won, so why was he worried?" After a few polite words, Yang Xiu pulled the topic to the point, and said with some curiosity.

"Dezu doesn't know, although this battle is won, but Jiang Qi still has the strength to fight again, at this time he has retreated to Bo County to organize defense, it has been quite difficult to attack Yi County before, if Jiang Qi is like this step by step, my soldiers and horses, I am afraid that he will be consumed to death." Cui Geng smiled bitterly.

"Bo County?" Yang Xiu looked at the map hanging behind Jiang Qi, thought for a while, and said, "No matter what, let's go to Bo County first." ”

Cui Geng nodded and said: "Dezu is reasonable, I am about to send troops after a little repair, is Dezu willing to go with me?" ”

"Nature." Yang Xiu nodded, he came this time to help in the war, and he would definitely go with the army.

"Tomorrow will be the army, and Dezu will follow me."

"Whoa!"