Just when Wei Yan was in charge, Zhao Tuo's Qin army had already divided into two routes. One route was led by Zhao Tuo and Zhao Guangyi, and continued to advance towards Chengdu. All the way, led by Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu, attacked Xiang Yu in the east.

After the three brothers of Zhao Tuo discussed, the unification also believed that the current big trouble was Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, as long as these two people were eliminated. The other forces will not be a problem, and the major event of the restoration of the country will be just around the corner!

As a result, the 350,000 army was divided into two routes from Nanning, opening the prelude to the Central Plains War. However, the three brothers never expected that there would be a Cao Cao in the middle.

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Yulin.

"Report! Thirty miles ahead, I found a large group of people and horses, heading towards this side! ”

"Oh? Who is it? At this time, Xiahou Yuan asked.

On their military flags, there is a word "Qin" written on it! The scout reported truthfully.

"Probe!" Xiahou Yuan immediately said.

The scout answered, and then left the city again.

Xiahou Yuan, who was standing on the city tower, watched the scouts go out of the city, and there were some doubts in his heart. He muttered, "Qin? Whose troops will it be? ”

A quarter of an hour later.

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar, and Xiahou Yuan, who had been standing on the city tower, was naturally attracted by the sound of horses' hooves for the first time. Stand up and look at it now. I saw dozens of horsemen, riding horses towards the city. And Xiahou Yuan also saw clearly at this time that these dozens of horsemen were all scouts in his army.

Xiahou Yuan saw that a few people were so anxious, and hurriedly asked people to open the city gate and let people enter the city. And when the scouts entered the city, they didn't dare to rest, and hurriedly went up to the city tower to find Xiahou Yuan.

When he saw Xiahou Yuan, the scout's standing was unsteady, and he collapsed.

Before Xiahou Yuan could step forward to help the scout, he only heard the scout say sadly: "General, Yuguan is lost!" ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Yuan was suddenly shocked: "What? And what about the brothers of Yuguan? Who attacked Yuguan? ”

"Report to the general, it was the Qin army that attacked Yuguan. Everyone else is dead! Now the Qin army is now heading towards Yulin at a high speed, with a strength of about 200,000 troops! Retreat, General! ”

As soon as the scout's words came out, several people present, including Xiahou Yuan, were stunned.

"How much?!" Xiahou Yuan asked here

"Two hundred thousand. Retreat, General! The scout replied again.

"Aren't you a pastime? This violent Qin has been destroyed, where did so many Qin troops come from. Come on, drag me down, cut it off!"

"General, slow! I don't think he's telling a lie. When Qin Shi Huang pacified the world, he left an army to garrison South Vietnam. And this army is rumored to be half a million people! At this time, the master who was standing aside stood up and reminded.

"Sir, are you saying that this Qin army is a South Vietnamese garrison of foreign races?" Xiahou Yuan was a little uncertain.

But I saw that the Lord Bo sighed and said, "Yes! I think that nine times out of ten it is Zhao Tuo's old Qin army! ”

After listening to the conversation between the two, everyone gasped. Previously, Cao Cao had always been worried that Liu Bang would come to crusade against him, so he let Xiahou Yuan go to Yulin to be a guard, but now, what he was waiting for was a Qin army that was even more tricky than the Han army!

Now the total number of defenders in the entire Yulin City does not exceed 25,000, if it is really as the scouts said, there are as many as 200,000 Qin troops attacking. Whether this Yulin is guarded or not, in fact, it is all the same. Because, sooner or later, this city will fall into the hands of the Qin army!

The ancients said: Ten and surround it, five and attack it, twice the time. That's what I'm talking about!

"General! Withdraw! ”

"Yes! General, withdraw! ”

When the following generals heard this, they hurriedly requested.

After a moment of contemplation, Xiahou Yuan said, "No! Even if it is a retreat, the losses must be minimized! In addition, immediately get up early in the morning and send it to Cangwu and Changsha urgently, so that General Xiahou and the king can send troops to the rescue!

I will take ten thousand men and stand here for an hour! Mi Hua and Long Bin, you two take 10,000 horses and horses, and load all the grain and grass in the city onto the ship for me! Not a single bucket of these grains and grass can be left for them! ”

"The last general obeys!" The two immediately ordered 10,000 men and hurried to the granary in the city. Seeing this, the lord Bo immediately returned to his mansion in the city and packed up the grain book.

And Xiahou Yuan also quickly concentrated the remaining forces in the city on the tower to delay the Qin army.

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Just when the Jiujiang army was just ready to fight, the Qin army came to the city!

The yellow sand is all over the sky, and the war horses are roaring.

I saw that among the Qin army under the city, two people slowly walked out, and these two people were Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu!

Xiahou Yuan looked at the two people who walked out, and said with a slight sideways look: "Who is coming?" Why the attack?! ”

"Hahaha, I have admired the name of General Xiahou for a long time, and I am Zhao Tuo's second brother - Zhao Kuangyin is also!" Zhao Kuangyin hugged his fist towards Xiahou Yuan on the city tower.

When Xiahou Yuan heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Zhao Kuangyin? ”

"It is under you, I heard that General Xiahou is extremely brave, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary!"

"Humph! Less sycophants?! If you want to fight, you will fight! Xiahou Yuan on the city tower snorted coldly, obviously not buying Zhao Kuangyin's account.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin was not angry, but said with a smile: "My Qin army came this time, not intentionally to ask King He Jiujiang to form evil, but to crusade against Xiang Yu and avenge the emperor!" ”

"Humph! Don't make evil? Then who will bear the lives of a thousand soldiers in my Yuguan?" Immediately, Xiahou Yuan gave an order, and the Jiujiang army shot at the Qin army under the city tower.

Zhao Kuangyin saw this, how could he endure it anymore? Under the cover of the guards, the returning Chinese army immediately gave the order to attack the city with all its might.

For a while, the war horses neighed, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

As soon as Xiahou Yuan saw the Qin army attacking the city, he immediately asked people to take their bows and arrows and shoot them at the captains in the Qin army. In less than a moment, there were more than a dozen people in the Qin army who died in the hands of Xiahou Yuan.

However, what made Xiahou Yuan unbelievable was that the combat effectiveness of the Qin army in front of him greatly exceeded that of the Jiujiang Army under his command! Its siege position was orderly and flawless. After a while, a Qin army climbed the city tower, and when Xiahou Yuan saw this, he didn't dare to slack off at all, and immediately slashed towards the Qin army who climbed the city tower with a big knife in his hand.

Within half an hour of the start of the battle between the two armies, the Qin army occupied the city tower, and Xiahou Yuan saw that the general situation had gone, so he immediately ordered the troops to withdraw into the city to delay the Qin army. At the same time, people went to inform Mi Hua and Lang Bin to set fire to the grain.

In this way, with the help of the terrain in the city, the remaining Jiujiang army once again successfully delayed the Qin army for half an hour. However, the price paid was that more than 10,000 people were lost! Even Xiahou Yuan was wounded by dozens of wounds, and under the cover of the deputy general, he broke through from the south gate, went to the riverside, and boarded the fishing boat that had been waiting here for a long time.

After Zhao Kuangyin entered Yulin, he was also distressed when he learned that the granary was burned. But he was unable to return to the sky, so he had to give up and immediately let Zhao Pu issue a document to appease the people.

Then, he personally led the army to chase and defeat Xiahou Yuan.