6

After taking Hexin Island, Yuan Xian led 10,000 Red Dragon troops to the upper reaches of the Xiaoling River and stormed the ferry with the left battalion. The defenders of the Northern Front, who were already struggling to support, saw that Yuan Xian had led 10,000 people to come, and they instantly lost their fighting morale and fled to the city. Yuan Xian did not pursue, but ordered the river-crossing troops to quickly set up camp and fortify, turning the left battalion into a river-crossing battalion across the Xiaoling River. She then ordered the right battalion to stop harassing her, and instead crossed the river in the upper reaches of the Xiaoling River, and marched to the north of the Tuhe River to camp. At dusk, except for the east side, Tuhe City was surrounded by the Shuoguo Legion.

"Yuan Hua, how is this good?" In the watchtower of the inner city, Dai Ying sat down after listening to the battle report. "Didn't you say that as long as she runs out of food and grass, she will transfer troops back to Jieshi, how can you say that the attack will be successful?"

"Don't panic, my lord, although he was defeated today, there are still 18,000 men and horses in the city, and it should be enough to guard the river for a few more days." Yuan Hua followed Dai Ying's side, trying to calm him down in a gentle tone. "Now that Yuan Xian is attacking, he must know that the Jieshi is surrounded and the grain and grass have been broken, so he wants to make a desperate bet. I saw that they were still hunting in the mountains two days ago, and the grain and grass had already bottomed out. In this way, it will be even more difficult for her to ride a tiger after crossing the river, and as long as we hold it for another three or five days, she may not have this chance to withdraw her troops at that time. ”

After hearing the explanation, Dai Ying immediately asked, "Is it really as you said?" At this moment, he really wanted to be the same as Yuan Hua expected.

"My lord," Yuan Hua walked to the map, "Right now, Yuan Xian is leading troops to surround me on three sides, leaving the east side alone, why?" The Word is 'a besieged city that must be lacking.' She wants us to see that there is still a way to go, and that we will not desperately defend the river. In this way, she can't wait to take down the Tuhe stronghold first, and then bring troops back to help. ”

"That means she's at the end of the crossbow now, and she can't afford to drag it out?"

"Exactly. Therefore the Lord is to keep the city with all his heart. ”

As the two were talking, they heard a loud bang outside the window, and then a dark shadow flashed from top to bottom on the balcony.

"Someone!" This frightened Dai Ying a lot, he held the sword in his waist in his hand, and sent someone to check it.

Several guards cautiously walked to the balcony with long contradictory cards, set up formation, and one of them went up and kicked open the balcony door, only to find a black thing lying on the balcony.

"Report to the lord, it's a dead pig."

"Dead pigs?"

Yuan Hua heard that it was a dead pig and hurriedly said: "Don't move, let the lowly go up and take a look." As he spoke, he took a handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose, and slowly approached the dead pig, only to find that it was a wild boar that had been shot by a crossbow and had just been slaughtered. If you look closely, you can see that the boar's belly is sewn up, and I don't know what is bulging inside.

"Slice it open and see."

One of the guards cut a hole with his sword, and saw the white rice overflowing from the boar's belly, and it didn't take much to see that it was deliberately filled in. Yuan Hua was surprised by what this meant, so he heard someone standing on the island in the middle of the river shouting.

"General Dai, this is the military rations just brought from Shanhaiguan and the game we hunted ourselves, the rice from Xiaozhan Station, and the wild boar from Songling, which are not delicious. General Yuan instructed to send some samples to the brothers opposite! ”

Before the shouting in the river stopped, he saw the scouts coming to report that several places in the Daocheng City had received wild boars and rice thrown by Xiangyang cannons from the opposite side.

Dai Ying suddenly shouted after hearing this: "It's too much to deceive people!" As he spoke, he drew his sword and cut off the case of playing against Yuan Hua on weekdays.

On the side, Yuan Hua's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly stretched out his hands and said again and again: "The lord is angry, the lord is angry." ”

"Yuan Hua, Yuan Hua, you are smart and confused for a while!" Dai Ying pointed at the sword in his hand, and Yuan Hua was so frightened that he stretched out his hand and retreated. "Just now you said that this Yuan Xian's army rations are about to run out, and now they have sent things to us, and they clearly said that they arrived from Shanhaiguan. Your wishful thinking, it's empty! ”

"Lord, don't mess with yourself, don't mess with yourself." Yuan Hua persuaded on the one hand, and thought about how to end it now, "If the lord is in chaos now, he will be in line with Yuan Xian's intentions." She wants us to lose our fighting spirit tonight, and the lord must survive the moment first. She wants us to give up Tuhe, even if the lord wants to withdraw, he must think of a perfect strategy, otherwise they will all fall into Yuan Xian's grasp. ”

"So what do you think is the case now?"

"Evacuation is to withdraw, so it seems that Xiaoling River can't be delayed, and can only rely on Daling River to drag it to the heavy snow and cover the mountain. It's already winter, so we don't have to wait much longer. However, even if it is a withdrawal, it cannot be simply left, and after this arrangement, Yuan Xian will definitely set up an ambush on the eastward road. Lord, let me think of a foolproof solution. ”

7

The early morning of the tenth day of October was kicked off by the sound of explosions that shook the whole city, and everyone woke up from their sleep and prepared to enter the tense battle, all shocked by the scene before them. I saw a sky-high fire burning on the high ground in the city, and the black smoke obscured the early morning sun. The towers on the high ground, which were originally regarded as command platforms, were now all engulfed in flames.

It turned out that late yesterday night, Mu Gong dismantled several Xiangyang cannons and transferred them to the island in the center of the river, and assembled them overnight, and projected pieces of stone fire bombs at the watchtowers on the opposite bank before it was dark. In this way, after launching an attack, the northern front seemed to have lost its main commander for a while, and the various departments had to fight separately, and soon the ferries and gates in the city fell into the hands of the Shuoguo army.

Although there was a fire in the sleeping place, Dai Ying was unscathed. After finding the wild boar projected on the opposite bank on the balcony yesterday, he knew that the watchtower was no longer safe, so he withdrew from the inner city with Yuan Hua and others overnight.

"Report! General, the scout from the east of the city came to report. A large number of men and horses withdrew from the city at the east gate of Tuhe, about three to five thousand. Although there are a large number of officers among them, there is no banner in sight, and I don't know if Dai Ying is mixed in. ”

Fifteen miles outside the eastern city, Yuan Xian had already prepared 8,000 soldiers and horses to intercept Dai Ying here. In order to facilitate the ambush, Yuan Xian rarely changed his red cloak and changed to a black dress.

"I didn't expect to escape quite quickly, this is less than half an hour before the general attack is launched." Yuan Xian glanced at the direction of the sun shadow, thinking about whether this fugitive army would be just a bait released by Dai Ying at such a time. "Explore, don't let go of any wind and grass around the city."

A moment later, another scout came to report, saying that after a large number of men and horses left the city, another 500 cavalry left the city and rushed to the north of the city. Yuan Xian looked at the scene in the city and felt that the time was almost there, and she judged that this was where Dai Ying was really hiding. "The hussar followed me and went to take Dai Ying's head!"

More than 1,000 hussars whipped all the way, and within half a moment, Yuan Xian and others went to the northeast of the city to the path leading to the mountain, and saw a group of people and horses running along the road, and they were all tightly wrapped, as if they were afraid of being seen. One of them was riding a black horse, although his figure was not burly, but he had a general demeanor, which was very similar to the appearance of Dai Ying that Yuan Xian had seen across the river before. Seeing this, Yuan Xian showed out his steel spear and led the cavalry to kill directly.

Seeing that it was Yuan Xian who killed, the dark horse sent a few followers to resist and then turned his horse and ran. Yuan Xian didn't even look at it, and after three or two shots, he opened a bloody road and went straight to the dark horse. The black horse was born tall and capable, and it was two feet tall and easy to step out of, and although Yuan Xian's horse was not weak, it was difficult to catch up for a while.

Before he knew it, Yuan Xian had run out for more than ten miles, and most of the entourage behind him couldn't keep up. Yuan Xian suddenly remembered that seven years ago, she was chasing Zhong Li like this, and then looking at the surrounding mountains and dense forests, if there was really an ambush, it would be very dangerous. She estimated that the two horses were ten feet apart, and if she missed the shot, she had to give up. Suddenly, she looked up and saw the dense pine branches, and saw that she was still pinned to her waist, so she put the steel spear behind her back, drew her knife and flew to the distant branch. The branches fell in response, and the black horse was startled for a while, Yuan Xian seized this moment and raised his hand to take out the gun, and the tip of the gun was entering the horse's stock.

A man was thrown seven or eight feet away from a black horse, and if there was no trunk to stop him, he would have rolled out. Yuan Xian took the knife and was about to step forward to check, and saw this person take off his scarf. Yuan Xian couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw it. "Oh no, I've been tricked!"

This person looks quite similar to Dai Ying, but Yuan Xian can still tell the difference between the two. I saw that although this man was on the verge of death, he was smiling. Su asked...... General Yuan is brave and martial, but he is still inferior to the lord, and he is inferior by three points. "Although he has no energy, his words reveal infinite pride." The lord expected that you would chase after you, so he asked me to pretend to be in order to turn the tiger away from the mountain. Now it seems that I have no regrets even though I die. ”

When this person was breathing, Yuan Xian saw that the ambush was full of birds, and he faintly heard the sound of drums and horns. Knowing that something was wrong, Yuan Xian hurriedly returned the same way, and as soon as he came out of the mountains and forests to join the cavalry, he saw a scout covered in dust and blood on his face come forward to report.

"General, general, no! Dai Ying, Dai Ying took advantage of the time when our troops intercepted the remnants of the army, and led a large army to kill from all parts of the city, the sea, and the mountains. Our troops are now in great confusion and have suffered heavy casualties, so please send reinforcements to the general as soon as possible. ”

"Sure enough." Although Yuan Xian had expected it, after hearing this, his brows tightened, and he felt dizzy. "Hurry up to the right battalion and order it to send reinforcements, and the rest will go back with me."

Although it only takes less than half a moment to go back, when they say goodbye, the original 7,000 men and horses are now only a few Panlong military flags still struggling to support. Outside the Panlong Banner, a large number of three snowflake flags poured towards the center, and there were bows and crossbows and spears guarding the outermost side, and more than 10,000 people could not form such a battle.

Yuan Xianfang was about to look forward to the impact in the array, but he was pushed back by a burst of impermeable bows and crossbows. If it weren't for her subordinates to stop her, she would probably have to try two or three times. At this moment, one of the enemy soldiers could be heard shouting.

"Yuan Xiannu is looking for it again, your Uncle Dai has been waiting here for a long time. I heard earlier that you are impulsive at a critical time, and today I saw it and it really deserved its reputation. The old man in the small city of Tuhe will give you first, and as for the life of Zhong Li Xiao'er in Liaoxi, when you reach Da Linghe, I will discuss it with you. Goodbye! ”

It's good to provoke, but when he heard the word Zhong Li, Yuan Xian instantly felt a block in his chest, and although the cold wind was blowing, his throat seemed to be burning. When Dai Ying led the troops out of her field of vision, she took a breath. However, as soon as the cold wind stirred, she coughed violently, and the base of her tongue was sweet, and blood splattered down her mouth and nose.

"General!" Seeing this, the guards stepped forward to support Yuan Xian, who almost fell off the horse. "Don't be angry, general! General Yuan said that if there is such a reaction, it is a warning for mood swings here. If you get angry again, you are likely to hurt the nerves of the real world. ”

Although Yuan Xian understands this better than anyone else, he still doesn't know Zhong Li's safety at this moment, but he made a low-level mistake of being lured by the enemy at a critical moment, so that there is still suspense about the belonging of Liaoxi, and no matter how you think about it, you can only hate yourself. In the past seven years, although I have tried hard to correct the problem of being high-spirited at the critical moment, and I have tried my best to solicit the opinions of others at the last moment, there seems to be some traction in the dark, which leads to the end with enthusiasm.

Although she knew that Zhong Li didn't care about life and death here, and she also knew that there might not be more variables in Liaoxi, but if she really lost for a while, causing Zhong Li's Xuanlong Army to be wiped out here, she was afraid that she would not have the face to see Zhong Li.

"Chase." Yuan Xian lay on his horse and said to everyone, "Don't let Dai Ying cross the Daling River!" ”