The Xiongnu tribe suddenly tore their faces with the border Yan army, and fought in the north of Shanggu County in the Yan country, receiving this news, Zang Di, who regarded the Xiongnu as the greatest hope, was of course like hearing a thunderbolt from the sky, and his eyes suddenly turned black, and after quickly holding his footing, Zang Di immediately asked the little eunuch Zhongxing who came to report with red eyes: "Why?" Why did the Xiongnu on the other side of Zaoyang suddenly go to war against us? Is there any reason for this? ”

"I don't know." Bank of China said with a sad face and said: "Shanggu just reported that several Xiongnu tribes in the area of Zaoyang seemed to be crazy, and suddenly united to fight south, killing many of our border people, and robbing us of many things. ”

Zang Di's face was pale, and he looked at the Yan army's southern expedition team that was still setting off in turn, Zang Di pondered for a moment, and then instructed the Yan State official next to him: "Three edicts, first, strictly seal the news, and never let our expeditionary army know about this situation." Second, give an order to the side of Shanggu County, only to guard the camp and the city, and not to send troops to fight back. Third, immediately send people to contact those Xiongnu tribes, to see what they are doing to turn their faces with us, if it is our fault, how to make amends, we must not delay our major event of asking for help from the Xiongnu because of this matter. ”

The Yan officials present hurriedly agreed, but Zang Di's face was still very blue, looking at the Yan army that was heading south, Zang Di's heart couldn't help but give birth to a panic, and said secretly: "The widow's side has just started an army, and the Xiongnu on the border suddenly turned their faces with the widow's army, is it that the sky is going to kill my Yan country?" ”

Zang Di may be a little too worrying at this point, because the Yan army has long been secretly prepared for rebellion, in fact, after the Yan army suddenly raised troops, the surrounding Han army was still obviously a little caught off guard, so that two days later, when the southern expeditionary Yan army successfully crossed the border and officially stepped into the territory of Hengshan County, which was named the land of Zhao State, it did not encounter the Han army's resistance along the way. At the same time, Yan Guo's meticulous work also found out important news, which confirmed that although the Han army Hengshan County Guard Yan Shao recruited county soldiers at the first time and gathered troops to prepare to quell the rebellion, because the time was too hasty, there was absolutely no possibility of forming an army of more than 10,000 people before the Yan army arrived in Dongyuan to meet the battle.

This important news made Zang Tu feel a little at ease, and also made Zang Di's eldest son Zang Quan, who led the army out, greatly increased his confidence, and did not discuss with Yan Xiangzhao, who assisted him on the expedition, and directly ordered the Yan army to march south at the speed of a rapid march, and it only took three days before and after, and led 20,000 Yan troops directly to the Qu Rebellion City in the north of Hengshan County. It only took one day to take the county seat of Quyi, forcing the county order of Qushun to abandon the city and flee south with the remnants of the defenders, which gave the Yan army a good start.

The victory in the first battle naturally increased Zang Quan's confidence, and also made Zang Quan once again order the Yan army to rush south, along the Chi Road to take Hengshan County to govern the Dongyuan City, Zhao Shi turned the tail and kindly suggested that Zang Quan divide his troops to attack the two county towns of Quyang and Kucheng on both sides of the Chi Road, and eliminate the hidden dangers of the Yan army on the grain road, but also met with Zang Quan's categorical refusal, saying: "Our strength is limited, and the division of troops will only give the tyrant army the opportunity to defend the East Wall, only to concentrate the forces and take the East Wall first is the best policy." ”

At the moment, the 20,000 Yan army continued to go south, and it still only took two days to approach the vicinity of Dongyuan at the speed of a rapid march, and the result was that Zhao Shi turned off the tail unexpectedly and surprised Zang Quan, the Han army Dongyuan County Shou Yan Shao did not concentrate his forces to defend the city, and chose to lead less than 8,000 troops to set up a camp outside the city, and put on a posture of a decisive battle with the Yan army outside the city.

After confirming this through careful work, Zhao Shi immediately became suspicious and said, "What the hell is Yan Shao Pifu doing?" His troops are only one-third of ours, and he can be stationed in the big city of Dongyuan and concentrate his forces to hold the city, so why do you have to go out of the city and set up camps? Give us a chance to fight a decisive battle outside the city? There must be some conspiracy involved, right? ”

"Xiangguo is too suspicious, so many conspiracies and tricks are coming?" Zang Quan smiled confidently: "No matter what Yan Shao Pifu is for setting up camp outside the city, we can't miss this opportunity, seize the time to continue south, take advantage of the opportunity of the tyrant army to set up camp outside the city, and fight them to the death outside the city!" ”

Zang Quan did not get what he wanted this time, he pulled the army to the city of Dongyuan, the Han army camped outside the city decisively refused the invitation of the Yan army to fight a decisive battle, and chose to defend the camp to the death, although Zang Quan deceived the Han army camp is not as strong and tall as the city, and immediately launched an attack on the Han army camp after a little preparation, but was repelled by the Han army led by Yan Yan with limited fortification advantages, and successively repelled two large-scale attacks of the Yan army.

It was only after the Yan army failed in the third attack that Zhao Shi turned his tail to see Yan Shao's intentions, and hurriedly said to Zang Quan: "Childe, it seems that Yan Shao's intention should be like this, deliberately set up camp outside the city, taking advantage of our eagerness to fight, luring us to attack his out-of-town camp with all our might, first using the out-of-town camp to consume part of our morale and troops, and then retreat to the city to defend the city." In this way, we can not only contain our main army, so that we can not spare our hands to attack other cities in Hengshan County, but also buy more time for other tyrant armies. ”

After pointing out Yan Shao's vicious intentions, Zhao Shi turned his tail and said: "The best way is for us to quickly divide our troops, first take Quyang and Kucheng in the northwest and northeast, protect our grain routes, and the main force will march east to take Jingcheng, cut off the road for the enemy in Taiyuan to reinforce Dongyuan, and then wait for the rear army led by our king himself to arrive, and then it will not be too late to join forces to take Dongyuan." ”

Zang Quan categorically rejected Zhao Shi's proposal to turn off the tail after just a little calculation, and said: "No, we can't divide the troops, and the outside of the city is a great opportunity for us to annihilate the Hengshan tyrant army in one fell swoop, as long as we attack and take the camp of the tyrant army outside the city, use the field battle to weaken the tyrant army as much as possible, and then take Dongyuan and completely annihilate the remnants of the enemy in the city, then even if we don't have to divide the troops, we can get the entire Hengshan County at our fingertips." ”

Persuasion was useless, Zhao Shi had to let Zang Quan toss casually, as a result, after all the three strong attacks on the first day failed, Zang Quan, who refused to give up, launched three strong attacks on the Han army camp on the second day, but under the calm command of the young marshal army old man, the Han army, which was only one-third of the Yan army, still resolutely held the camp outside the city, even if the casualties were quite small, it never gave the Yan army a chance to enter the self-army camp, gritted his teeth and persisted until it was slightly dark, and the Yan army was forced to return to the camp to rest.

That night, Zhao Shi, who was quite keenly with his sixth sense, was uneasy, and asked to see Zang Quan overnight, and strongly persuaded Zang Quan to arrange an army in advance to prepare for a surprise attack, and sent scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Han army's camp, so as to prevent the Han army from taking advantage of the cover of night and retreating to the city overnight to defend the city. Zang Quan once again categorically refused, believing that the Han army had held the camp for two consecutive days, and would definitely not take the initiative to abandon the camp and return to the city so soon, and refused to let the Yan army soldiers who were tired from the fierce battle during the day prepare for the battle late at night, so that the army could rest at ease, and then continue to attack the Han army camp on the third day. Zhao She's good intentions repeatedly persuaded him, but Zang Quan still didn't listen.

As a result, it was just the early morning of the third day, Zang Quan regretted his decision, and when Zang Quan and Zhao Shi were still having breakfast together, the Yan army scout sent an urgent report, saying that although the camp of the Han army outside the city was still the same and the drums were constantly beating, it was empty and there was no half of a figure. Zang Quan was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly led the army out of the camp to check the situation, and only then did he find out that the Han army had really given up the camp outside the city that still had the value of sticking, and all of them withdrew to defend the city in Dongyuan City, and the camp flag did not move at all, and the drums were beaten by the Han soldiers tying sheep to the war drums and beating them with sheep.

Of course, this discovery made Zang Quan ashamed and angry, and it also made Zhao Shi have to shake his head and sigh, and said secretly: "The overall strength is already huge, and it was played by a county soldier of less than 10,000 people by the tyrants. ”

Still after finding out that he was being played, Zang Quan, who knew how difficult the siege war was, reremembered Zhao Shi's suggestion to drop the tail, and quickly decided to divide two partial divisions, and turned back to fight Quyang and Kucheng to protect the grain road, and at the same time solemnly considered the problem of the main force to hit Jingcheng first, but before Zang Quan made this decision, the fine work sent to Jingcheng sent an urgent report, saying that there were already 8,000 Han troops from the direction of Taiyuan who rushed to Jingcheng to set up defenses, and held all the dangerous points in Jingcheng, which was already known for being easy to defend and difficult to attack. It basically shattered the hope of the Yan army to quickly take Jingcheng. Moreover, Yan Jun also heard the rumors, saying that these 8,000 Han troops were just the vanguard of the Taiyuan Han Army, and there were more Taiyuan Han troops rushing towards Jingcheng. Zang Quanwen was also taken aback again and said, "So fast? The army of tyrants in Taiyuan County fell from the sky, how could it come so quickly? ”

"The eldest prince, the Taiyuan tyrant army came so quickly, there is only one possibility." Zhao Shi turned his tail and pointed out the key to it, and said: "Even the tyrant court has long been prepared, and it has long been expected that our king will rebel immediately after receiving the edict asking him to go to Guanzhong to face the saint, so the army that has been assembled around us early will close the net as soon as we start." ”

"Nonsense!" Zang Quan said angrily: "If the Tyrant Han Court is so well prepared, won't the main force of the Zhao State in Handan be about to arrive in Hengshan County?" ”

"Childe! Urgent, Handan County urgent! ”

As if to slap Zang Quan's face, before his roaring words fell, a guard quickly rushed into the Chinese army's tent and saluted Zang Quan: "Qi Yu Gongzi, we sent to Handan County to send an urgent report, five days ago, Zhao Xiangxia said that he had led the main force of Zhao State from Handan to the north, along the gallop road to the east wall, the strength of about 36,000 people!" ”

Before the guard's report was finished, Zang Quan's face had already become as white as the winter snow that had not yet completely melted in the field, but Zhao Shi shook his head helplessly, and sighed secretly: "Sure enough, it is a trap, and the imperial court has really been prepared." ”

Zang Quan is not completely dead, after thinking for a while, Zang Quan forced a smile and said: "Don't worry, Xia said that although the puppet came faster than we expected, but we still have hope, after Zhao Hui, the county guard of Julu, is the royal family of Zhao State, my father has sent someone to contact him, persuade him to establish himself as the king of Julu, and raise troops to respond to us, as long as he moves, Xia said that the puppet will not be able to come to reinforce the Dongyuan battlefield, we still have opportunities and hopes." ”

Syllable! Another resounding slap was drawn to the face of poor Zang Quangongzi, and just in the evening of the same day, Zang Di sent someone to send an urgent report, saying that the envoy sent by Yan Guo to rebel against Zhao Hui had been taken down by Zhao Hui on the spot, and sent to Guanzhong together with Zang Di's rebellion letter, and at the same time, Zhao Hui was already urgently assembling Julu County soldiers and preparing to go north to participate in the counterinsurgency. At the same time, Zang Di also asked Zang Quan and Zhao Shi to step up the siege of the city, and be sure to take the two important towns of Dongyuan and Jingcheng before the main force of the Han army reacted.

"Take Dongyuan and Jingcheng, how can I take this?" Zang Quan finally wailed and said: "Xia said that he had already gone north from Handan five days ago, if it was fast, it would take three days, and at the latest in five days, his army would be able to reach Dongyuan, and in three or five days, how could I be able to take Dongyuan?" There is also Jing Cheng, that battlefield is so narrow, and there are reinforcements from the Taiyuan tyrant army, how can I take it? ”

"Eldest prince, the only way now is to retreat quickly." Zhao Shi turned his tail and spoke again, saying: "First keep our army, stick to the local city, and wait for reinforcements from the Xiongnu, otherwise, if we don't withdraw quickly, when Xia Shuo's army arrives, we can't withdraw even if we want to." ”

Zang Quan was somewhat shaken, but considering that once he retreated, it would be tantamount to tying himself up, and Zang Tu not only did not order himself to retreat, but on the contrary, he also let himself step up the attack, so he would definitely not be able to explain if he withdrew like this. So after thinking about it, Zang Quan made a decision that would definitely make Zhao Xiangxia laugh and crooked his mouth, gritted his teeth and said: "I can't withdraw, and I don't divide my troops to fight Quyang and Kucheng, all the troops stay here to besiege the city and send reinforcements, Xia said that the Pifu is in a hurry to rescue Dongyuan, and it must be all the way to the north, we hurry up and let the army rest at ease, and when Xia Shuo's army arrives, and he has a dignified frontal battle, as long as Xia Shuo is defeated in the field, our game of chess will be alive again." ”

"But eldest prince, are we sure of this?" Zhao Shi turned his tail and reminded: "As soon as the enemy's reinforcements arrive, the strength will immediately become more than double ours, are we sure that we will win the decisive battle with less?" Also, Jing Cheng's tyrant army is not a fool, and after receiving the news that Xia Shuo's reinforcements have arrived, he will definitely send troops over to reinforce him immediately! ”

"Soldiers are expensive, not much!" Zang Quan gritted his teeth and said: "I don't believe it, the Yan State Iron Cavalry in my hand will not be able to defeat the rabble that Xia Shuo hastily built in the field!" That's it, wait for work, and when Xia says that the puppet is coming, we will fight him to the death! ”

The disparity in strength is huge, and what the kind-hearted Zhao Shi didn't know was that in fact, even if Zang Quan adopted his advice and withdrew in time, the Yan army would definitely not be able to reverse the situation that had gradually fallen into passivity, because at this time, the more than 20,000 Yuan Han troops led by Tao Xi, the general of the Han army, had already set off from Jinyang and were rushing towards the battlefield of Hengshan County day and night, and they could arrive at Jingcheng in two or three days at most. At the same time, the 40,000 Qi Han troops that Qi Xiang Zhu Jishi had already prepared had also set off from all over Qi and crossed the plain to the west, and they were also rushing towards the Yandi battlefield at the fastest speed, and Zhu Jishi, who personally led the army to the battle, also openly threatened: "The credit for defeating the traitors of Yan State, no one wants to rob with Benxiang, Benxiang is decided!" ”

Not only that, but Li Zuoche's side, after arriving in Dai County to take over the defense of Dai County, just received the news that Yan Guo had indeed rebelled, Li Zuoche immediately gathered 20,000 troops at the fastest speed and handed them over to Gongsun Tong, the general of the Han army, to lead him, and ordered Gongsun Tong to directly march east from Dai County to Fuyang, coerce Jicheng, and make the Yan army, which was already seriously insufficient, even more difficult to take care of.

What's even more exaggerated is that after receiving the news of Zang Di's rebellion, Xiang Kang, who was also prepared, immediately decided to lead 100,000 Han troops including Guanzhong, Hedong and Sanchuan to personally lead the army to extinguish this rebellion, and at the same time, what will definitely make Zang Di's father and son angry is that after making this decision, Xiang Kang even said in a big way: "Xia Shuo, Gongsun Tong and Tao Xi had better slow down for me, don't wait for me to rush to Yandi with the army, Zang Di's head had already been cut off by them to be used as a urinal. ”

Of course, the Yan army is not completely without opportunities, as Zang Quan said, if he can take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Zhao army to rush to the rescue of the Hengshan battlefield and defeat the army led by Xia Shuo head-on, the Yan rebels will indeed have hope of continuing to jump.