In the fifteenth year of the calendar, March 18

Yan Kui and Tang Xiang led 18,000 soldiers and horses to Jun County, and as soon as they entered the territory, they saw that the towns of Jun County were clear and clear, and outside the county seat, they could not even see a wild dog.

Tang Xiang led the army to find a suitable place to camp near Jun County, and Yan Kui, who did not believe in evil, led more than 100 cavalry to survey the surrounding terrain, but found nothing.

After coming back and talking to Tang Xiang and Wang Yuan, the two laughed, and Wang Yuan took the initiative to explain Yan Kui's doubts.

"Since the last time General Yan and Tang Pingdong attacked Jun County, the Zhou army was scared a lot, and afterwards, Ji and Ning sent the Western Zhou Ming Weihou and the commander of the forbidden army, Lu Ba, to personally lead 50,000 horses to garrison here.

After this person arrived in Jun County, in order to ensure the defense of Jun County, he ordered the people to be relocated, and took the initiative to shrink the defense line to the area around the county seat. ”

"The Commander of the Forbidden Army? This is the top military of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yan Kui ignored what Wang Yuan said, but was a little surprised by Lu Ba's identity.

Up to now, although Yan Kui has won a lot of battles with the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the generals of the Western Zhou Dynasty who have defeated such as Suo Ya and Xue Yang are Si'an generals, but Lu Ba, a military giant-level opponent, he is still the first to go head-to-head.

In fact, this is not entirely correct, Yan Kui almost fought against Lu Ba before, but because Xue Yang attacked Xiao Guan, Yan Kui returned to the rescue and Lu Ba who came to sit in the town was wrong.

Therefore, although this is the first time the two have faced each other, to a certain extent, it is also a "reunion" again.

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Wang Yuan didn't know the Tao inside, he thought that Yan Kui had heard about Lu Ba's position, and he was jealous, so he opened his mouth to comfort Yan Kui.

General Yan Mo was shocked by this Lu Ba's status in the Western Zhou military, the reason why this person can rank among the top of the Western Zhou military is not because of his military achievements, but because he is a confidant of Taizong of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and he was able to steal a high position under his shadow.

In fact, this person was born in a guard, and his ability to fight was mediocre, and he wanted to cooperate with Xue Yang's troops to attack Xiaoguan together, but was defeated by our army.

If it weren't for the fact that General Pingdong Gu Nianyuhu Beach could not afford to lose, so he didn't send pursuers to pursue, I'm afraid that the 50,000 troops in this Junxian County would have been folded in half today. ”

Yan Kui didn't react at first to what Wang Yuan meant by saying this to himself inexplicably, but later he realized that he was worried about his cowardice, and couldn't help but smile.

"Brother Bo Shi is thinking too much, just now I asked Lu Ba's position, not because I was worried about his talent, but because I was thinking about what reward the court should give me if Yan captured this Lu commander alive."

Although Wang Yuan disdains Lu Ba's ability to fight, there is one thing to say, Lu Ba's status is in the Zhou army, not much worse than the two commanders of the Zhou army, Ji Linbing and Ning Dewu.

Such an important big man, Wang Yuan thought about defeating the other party, but he never had the intention of capturing him alive, and now when he heard Yan Kui release such a "wild speech", he was directly stunned in place.

On the contrary, it was Tang Xiang, who was silent, laughed when he heard this: "General Yuan Han is so angry, if he really captures Na Lu Ba alive, Your Majesty will not say anything about protecting you as a marquis." ”

Yan Kui smiled heartily, stroked his palms and said, "Okay, Yan will use this guy to exchange for a marquis." ”

Seeing Yan and Tang laughing, Wang Yuan also reacted, and the two main generals were using this to show their determination to win to the army.

After all, the Jin army has few soldiers, and it is the besieging party, the time and place are favorable, and the only thing that can be compared to the Zhou army is morale, so Tang and Yan will sing and release the attitude of capturing Lu Ba alive, treating the 50,000 Zhou army as nothing, and inspiring the morale of the army.

Thinking of this, Wang Yuan suddenly realized, and was surprised that Yan Kui could perform like this.

Tang Xiang, as a general of the Northern Jin Dynasty, although his reputation and ability are not very notorious, but he can sit in this position now, and he naturally has a few brushes under his hands, and his routine of belittleing the opponent's general and improving the morale of his own army is easy to understand.

But Yan Kui heard before that he was just a butcher who killed pigs, he had such spirituality in less than two years in the army, and he was skillful in motivating morale, and he cooperated tacitly with a battlefield veteran like Tang Xiang, and he was not weak, he was really amazingly talented, and his future life was terrifying.

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Not to mention that Wang Yuan was surprised that Yan Kui inadvertently showed his hand, after Tang Xiang and Yan Kui finished singing the double reed, they withdrew some idle people and began to carefully discuss the countermeasures for attacking Jun County.

Seeing that the two of them were so happy just now, but Lu Ba is not a fool, and the 50,000 Zhou army is not 50,000 pigs, and there are many head-to-head battles with fewer victories, but few siege battles can be successful.

The battle of Junxian was not as good as Yan Kui's previous performance............

On the same day, Tang Xiang and Yan Kui, together with Wang Yuan and several other deputy generals and generals, looked at the map around Jun County for half an hour, and took people to the four city walls of Jun County for a walk, and did not discuss a proper siege strategy.

In the end, Yan Kui slapped the table: "Anyway, I don't have a clue now, fortunately, it's better to try it first, and see Zhou Jun's quality first." ”

When Tang Xiang heard this, they looked at each other a few times, and agreed to Yan Kui's proposal.

Early the next morning, Yan Kui and other generals of the Jin army led 10,000 troops out of the camp and went straight to the west gate of Jun County.

After two pillars of incense.

10,000 Jin troops came to the city wall of Jun County, and the father and son of the Lu family had already gotten the news, stood on the city tower and waited for it, and saw the two flags of "Yan" and "Tang" played by the Jin army under the city.

Some Zhou generals were ready to move, and proposed to Lu Ba that while the Jin army was now unstable, go out of the city to attack and kill, Lu Ba thought about it and was a little tempted, but in the end he rejected this proposal.

"The purpose of our army is to stick to Jun County, there is no need to go out of the city with the Jin army to confront the duel, pass on the commander's order, without my order, no one is allowed to go out of the city to fight, violators, beheaded!"

"The last general will be ordered."

Lu Ba said resolutely, although the generals were unwilling, they no longer dared to disobey the military order, so they had to retreat sullenly.

On the side of the Jin army under the city, they didn't know the turmoil on Lu Ba's side, they led the army to stop at about a thousand steps in front of the city wall, and did not rush to attack the city directly, but sent people to scold the Zhou army, hoping to lead the Zhou army out of the city.

It's a pity that Lu Ba issued a military order in advance, all the generals of the Zhou army should not fight, and the hundreds of households sent by the Jin army to scold the formation were so tired that their throats were smoking, and it was useless, so they had to go back to report to Yan and Tang.

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In front of the Jin army.

Tang Xiang asked the hundreds of households to go down to rest, and turned his head to look at Yan Kui next to him: "Yuan Han, it seems that Lu Ba is determined to defend it." ”

Yan Kui rode on the red flame horse, holding the reins in his hand, and nodded solemnly: "This is troublesome, if it goes out of the city and fights our army, we still have a chance of winning, and it is bent on defending, with the strength of our army, I am afraid that the siege of the city will be......... It's not enough. ”

Tang Xiang smiled bitterly: "The matter has come to this, there is no other way, let's try it first." ”

As he spoke, Tang Xiang waved his hand to the guards next to him, and the guards immediately took out two order flags from behind their backs, waved them up and down a few times, and several strong men on the wooden platform of the Chinese army immediately began to beat the big drum in front of them.

"Knock knock."

"Knock knock."

Accompanied by the sound of drums, the Jin army on the left and right flanks received the military order, led by several Jin generals, divided into about 6,000, carrying cloud ladders, following behind the siege vehicle, roaring towards the city wall of Junxian County.

on the city walls

Lu Ba was dressed in armor, his beard was like a halberd, and he held a long knife in his right hand, and looked coldly at the Jin army that was approaching under the city, until the Jin army entered the city wall within 300 steps, his eyes turned slightly.

Three hundred steps is exactly the range of the Zhou army.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Without Lu Ba's orders, the lieutenant next to him had already drawn out his long sword, swung it hard, and gave the order violently.

The archers of the Zhou army, who were half-squatting and hiding behind the female wall, heard the order, and as soon as the bowstring in their hands was loosened, the arrows that had been ready to fire for a long time broke through the air with a sound, and flew towards the Jin army running under the city at great speed.

"Ahh Yes! ”

"Ahh

With a scream, many of the Jin soldiers who were shot fell to the ground, but the comrades next to him didn't look at him, followed behind the shield soldiers, gritted their teeth and continued to charge.

Finally, after leaving a few hundred corpses and wounded, the Jin army finally erected the ladder on the city wall, the siege vehicle also came to the city gate, and the trebuchet behind it also briefly caused heavy losses to the Zhou archers.

At this time, under the loud command of the Jin generals, hundreds of Jin soldiers held swords and guns, blocked their shields on their heads, and kept climbing towards the city tower along the ladder.

However, what the Jin army who were blocked by the shield and the sight of the bow and arrow was that what the Zhou army on the city wall moved a boulder weighing almost dozens of catties and a pot of boiling oil and gold juice.

"Bang."

"Brush."

"Ahhh

Perhaps a sturdy shield could withstand a sharp bow and arrow, but it could not stop the heavy boulders and the hot oil that flew everywhere, and soon the soldiers who had been smashed by the boulders and burned with the oil were defeated.

And the most serious thing is that the Zhou army on the city wall took this opportunity to shoot rockets, igniting the fire oil, and the half-permeable cloud ladder and the city immediately set off a sea of fire.

The painful howls were accompanied by wisps of scorched flesh, like purgatory on earth.

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Yan Kui, who was supervising the battle behind the battle, frowned slightly when he saw this scene, not only because he couldn't bear the miserable situation of his own soldiers, but more because he saw that the Zhou army's defense was so tricky.

He glanced at Tang Xiang, who also looked ugly next to him, and took the initiative to propose.

"Retreat, the Zhou army is very well prepared to defend the city, and it will not help if it continues to fight, it will only increase casualties."

Tang Xiang nodded, and said a little unwillingly: "If you increase the number of people to fight, such a failure in the first siege of the city will be damaged, and it will be even more difficult to storm in the future." ”

When Yan Kui heard this, he urged the horse to run a few steps forward, pointed to the figure on the west city wall of Jun County, turned around and shook his head at Tang Xiang: "Roughly count, there are seven or eight thousand Zhou troops on this west city wall, if our army attacks on a large scale, I dare not say that there are too many, and we will still have the confidence to block us for half an hour."

And Jun County is small, and there are defenses in it, half an hour, enough for the rest of the city wall to send people to support, at that time tens of thousands of horses sat in the west city wall.

If our army fails to attack, I am afraid that it may still be attacked by its exit from the city, so this move must not be done. ”

"Alas........."

After hearing this, Tang Xiang thought about it in his heart, felt that what Yan Kui said was reasonable, and couldn't help but sigh: "If that's the case, then it's ......... Retire. ”

Soon after, the Jin army Mingjin withdrew its troops, and after suffering thousands of casualties, Yu Yu retreated.

The second hit Jun County is not good.

And this is not the worst news, what surprised Yan Kui and others even more was that the news of the defeat of the Jin army in Qingnan finally came, and in the hearts of the generals of the Jin army in Beiling, they were covered with a layer of haze.

However, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and there is good news when there is bad news, and on March 20, Yan Kui received good news from Qingyuan.

Huang Weier successfully gave birth to a son for him on the first day of March, and the mother and son were safe............

Yan Kui, who was happy with his beloved son, was overjoyed in his heart, and invited his colleagues to celebrate at a banquet that day, and when everyone celebrated, the adverse effects of Qingnan slowly dissipated, and the morale of the Yan and Tang coalition troops recovered.

However, Yan Kui has a happy event, Di Yi under Beiling City does not have this luck here, I heard that the war in Qingnan is unfavorable, and the hearts of the Beiling Jin army are fluctuating, and at this time, Beiling City sent a second wave of peace talks.