In Wu County, Liang Qian was arranging the eastward retreat, and suddenly got a report, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said Okay, the Jin people are coming, and Wu County is saved! So he hurriedly sent people to contact the Jin army, and at the same time asked the big families in the city to prepare some wine and food to prepare for the royal master.

- In fact, he was still young, had little experience, and had little experience, so he didn't think about figuring out how many Jin soldiers were coming first......

Therefore, the soldiers sent by Chen An to Wu County to investigate the situation ran out not far away, and they bumped into people from the county head-on, and they returned together to report to Chen An. Chen An immediately shook Yao Yizhong up and informed him of the matter. Yao Yizhong also said: "The situation is not clear, we must be afraid of fraud, and I hope the general will be cautious." How could Chen An be cautious, even if he said: "Don't miss the opportunity, the time will never come again!" And we and others have not been in the enemy's territory for a long time, how can the thieves set a trap for me? You can keep this, I'll go to Wu County! ”

So he didn't listen to Yao Yizhong's advice, and hurriedly led his troops out of the city. At dusk that day, news came back that General Chen had successfully entered Wuxian County, was arranging the city guards, and continued to spy to the north. Yao Yizhong's mood at this time was similar to Liu Yang's the day before yesterday - the sky is unfair, how come the more reckless you are, the better your luck?

The main force of the Jin army came over the mountains, and in the few hours that Chen An left, more than 1,000 people drove into Jiexiu City, and Yao Yizhong's heart was determined. But soon, the soldiers also came to kill......

Zhang Raccoon led his troops to leave Jiexiu a few days ago, and slaughtered all the way to the northwest, and soon looted Zhongyang and Xi County, because the grain was still not sufficient, but planned to send some soldiers and horses north to Pingtao, to share the fruits with the Maqiu equinox. However, having been entrusted with the important task of commanding the whole army, Zhang Raccoon still planned to return to Jiexiu after a little meal and went to the back of the mountain to set up a formation and build a fortress, but sent the farewell general to lead 3,000 troops to return first.

Then from a distance, he saw the banner of the Jin family set up at the head of the city, and the general was shocked, and hurriedly returned to report that Zhang Raccoon knew. Zhang Raccoon couldn't help but be stunned, and said in his heart, could it be that the third brother had already been defeated? At such a dangerous pass, how did the Jin people kill it so quickly? Hurriedly gathered the soldiers and came to seize the border.

However, tens of thousands of troops were scattered everywhere, and they really couldn't gather in a short time, and in the end, there were less than 10,000 people who reached Jiexiu City. Yao Yizhong hurriedly closed the four gates, boarded the city to protect it, and lit a beacon fire at the head of the city to notify the friendly troops who came to help.

Zhang Raccoon rode his horse to patrol the city, but when he saw the flag fluttering on the city, he tacitly calculated that the defenders should be about 2,000. Storming the city with five times as many troops would have caused heavy losses and would have been difficult to overcome in a matter of days......

After all, Jiexiu City is not very large, as long as the defenders are enough to protect the number of walls on all sides, and the morale does not fall, and the equipment is well-equipped, the ants will be attached to it, and it may be difficult to perform, and most of them will use siege equipment. However, large attacking tools are difficult to transport and carry, and they are generally made temporarily, so it will take three days, right?

I am afraid that in the past three days, the Jin people will continue to increase their troops, and they will continue to kill from Pingyang, and they will be sandwiched between the mountains and the city, and their situation will be dangerous!

So Zhang Raccoon set up camp under the city, on the one hand, he urgently summoned all the troops, including the Guo brothers, to join him, and on the other hand, he divided half of his troops and went south to block the mountain pass. As long as Jin aid can be blocked outside Xihe County, then one or two thousand enemy soldiers in Jiexiu City are not afraid.

Yao Yizhong looked at the city, and after thinking about it for a while, he had already made clear the layout of the enemy general. He is also worried that if the back road is cut off, he and Chen An will now have more than 2,000 people alone, and with the lack of food, it will be difficult to hold Jiexiu and Wu County. In particular, you have to think about how to deal with Shi Hu if he returns and successfully unites tens of thousands of troops?

So he summoned all the generals, crossed his arms and shouted: "If the karma is divided, I am safe, and if the situation is combined, I have no luck." Now that they are separated, how can I allow them to be reunited?! "Three hundred people were selected to dare to die, and when Zhang Raccoon was not stable, he suddenly opened the city gate and rushed out.

At this time, after several days of slaughter and looting, the morale of the soldiers did not rise but fell - so the wandering soldiers and the pawns of the plunderers could not last long - basically people had no fighting spirit. How easy it was to rob the people before, but most of the people ran away, and it was not easy to find...... Now that he has encountered the Jin army, it has only been ten days since he was defeated, and the aftermath is still there, how dare he fight head-on?

So Yao Yizhong only had 300 people, and he was killed in the fortress with one blow, and everyone was invincible. Zhang Raccoon led the personal guard troops, rode a horse to intercept him, and fought several battles with Yao Yizhong, regardless of victory or defeat, but nearly half of the soldiers beside him ran away and were forced to turn their horses away. Fortunately, Yao Yizhong did not expect that with such a fight, he would be able to completely repel the enemy army dozens of times his own.

Zhang Raccoon returned to his base, poured out the fire, and rectified the soldiers, but there were two percent less...... In fact, there were not many people killed by the Jin soldiers, but many of them took the opportunity to desert. He was feeling ashamed and frightened, and suddenly he had an urgent report, saying that thousands of Jin troops had broken through the mountain pass, killed the troops who had just gone to build a fortification, and were already approaching Jiexiu City......

Zhang was forced to order the entire army to retreat and retreat to Zhongyang City, waiting for the various divisions to join - the most important thing, waiting for Shi Hu to return. O king, because most of the generals refuse to obey, I really cannot bear the burden you have left me...... Especially the Guo brothers, who were the first to part ways with me, will speak in front of the king in the future and severely punish the two fangs!

And the Guo brothers also at about the same time, after looting Zhongdu and Jingxian, they led their troops south to Wu County. When they didn't pass, there were six or seven thousand people, and when they came back, there were only more than four thousand, and the rest were ordered to go north to Qi County and continue to "collect" grain and materials. In Erguo's thoughts, now that we have grabbed enough food for four or five days, we should be able to successfully conquer Wu County - I hope that the group of Diao people has not escaped, and we can wait for the slaughter of the city to vent our anger!

Whoever wants to have to report it, saying that the head of Wu County has set up the banner of the Jin family. Guo Rong still didn't believe it, and said: "This will be Diao Min, take the opportunity to attach Jin, and use it to confuse me." How could the Jin people come so quickly? "Rode his horse and went close to observe. As a result, when the Liang calf in the city saw this, he repeated his tricks, and shot again, and an arrow hit the neck of Guo Rong's mount.

- Although Liang Qian is young, he has strong strength, especially good at using Wujun's strong bow, shooting one hundred and twenty steps, but unfortunately the training age is limited, resulting in slightly worse accuracy, so he originally wanted to shoot the general, but he hit his horse by mistake.

The mount "sighed", flipped on its side and fell to the ground, and Guo Rong was lifted off, and he fell into a stumbling position. As soon as the trilogy helped him to his feet, he heard a drum sound, the city gate opened, and he rode first, roared out, and shouted with a spear: "General Chen of Longshang is here, and the thieves can come and test my edge!" ”

Guo Rong was stupid on the spot - Chen Anlai also, did the Jin people really break through the mountain pass defense line and enter Xihe and Taiyuan? ! Hurriedly get on the horse and go. After Guo Quan was behind, he ordered a flurry of arrows to force Chen An to retreat, and he was able to save his brother.

In this way, the army has no fighting spirit - it was originally here to suppress the people, but who would have thought that they would run into the Jin army...... So just like Zhang Raccoon, he retreated and defended the central capital, and at the same time sent people to report to Jinyang - it is estimated that Shi Hu should recover Jinyang, when will he come back to command the three armies?

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Let's say that after Guo Yin and Xu Xian occupied Jinyang City, they immediately sent a message to the people of Siye, saying that Liu Hu made a rebellion and seduced the rest of Tiefu to take the state.

With such fanfare, the news will inevitably leak - Shi Hu got the report before the Jin people because of this - but there is no way to do it, only relying on two or three thousand still confused soldiers in Jinyang City, plus four or five thousand residents, it is impossible to garrison such a majestic city.

Guo Yin has a deep foundation in Taiyuan County, and since he took office, he has also established some prestige, so the officials preached the words of the two, and most of the people believed it, so they helped the old and the young, and rushed back to Jinyang - in just three days, more than 10,000 people were enriched.

The hundred-year-old family of the Yangqu Guo clan is also a family of generals - from the Yanmen Taishou Guo Yi and Yangqu Zhenhou Guo Huai - there are naturally many children who are familiar with martial arts, although there are no famous generals, after all, they select young and strong, control the people, and are barely competent. So Guo Yin appointed more than 20 of his sons as generals, reorganized the soldiers, and selected 2,000 young men in the city to strictly train them to defend the city.

The Guo clan also went south one after another to inquire about the news, and soon after, they sent an urgent report back, saying that Shi Hu had been convinced and was rushing back. Continued, Guo then summoned the elders and generals, and told him the truth:

"Although Tiefu is evil, it is not as good as Shihu, since Shihu Linzhou, every time he plunders the army, reproduces and strips the people, although he continues to make the king beg in every way, he does not change his behavior, but whips and reprimands the king. In order to seize the Jin base, they actually made their wooden soldiers climb first, pave the road with corpses, and then break into Pingyang County. Now that he was defeated in Pingyang, he refused to retreat, and strictly ordered the king to levy 10,000 soldiers again, and looted the food of the people to fill his army rations. Continue to make the king pity you and others, and can't bear to see the innocent fill in the ravine, so he has no choice but to set up a flag against Zhao to welcome the Jin division.

"In the Shihu army, the food has been exhausted, that is, it has returned, and there is no choice but to Jinyang He. We can only defend the city with all our might, but in seven or eight days, he will retreat, and the Jin army will be approaching, and a state will be safe. If not, Shi Hu has announced that he will slaughter all the creatures in Taiyuan counties, regardless of the people of the country and the Zhao people, and the young and the long will be punished, and the chickens and dogs will not be left! You should also know Shi Hu's temperament, how can this statement be false? Now that parents, wives and children are all in the city, once they are lost, the whole clan will be wiped out, how can they fight hard in order to be protected by the heavens?

"God will bless those who are self-reliant, and they will abandon the first rats!"

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but look at each other. One of them arched his hand and asked: "I don't know if the second duke rebelled against Zhao Toujin, is his intention sincere?" If we retreat to Shihu and return to the Zhao family after being cared for, or if we stand on our own feet according to Taiyuan, then we and the common people will all be burdened by the second duke......"

Guo Yin replied sincerely: "You are too worried. Shi Hu has always been fierce and cruel, how can we be caressed by it again? Is he willing to soothe people? Compared with the message to Xiangguo, the Jin army arrived at the city earlier, how dare we fight against the king? As for Taiyuan, it is even more whispering, who can use a state or even a county to resist the world? If there is nothing attached, I will be the head of the Duke Xu, that is, if you do not take it, you will also be cut off for the Jin people or the Zhao people.

"I have really ordered someone to go to Chang'an and surrender to Pei Da Sima, don't doubt it."

The person who asked him earlier nodded, and said: "After dozens of years of mourning in the state, only Liu Zhijun caress us and others, and the people are willing to die." It's a pity that God doesn't bless Liu Yuanjun, Wang Shi retreats, the thief enters, Shi Sheng is okay, Shi Hu really wants to kill us and others! Today, if the second prince sincerely returns to Jin, we will only listen to the order of the second duke, defend Jinyang, and wait for the king to come north. ”

So he assigned his duties and went to the city to guard, but before he could arrange it, Shi Hu arrived.

Shi Hu originally thought that as long as he returned to the army, the generations of Xu Xian and Guo Yin's scholars would inevitably tremble and surrender, or they would abandon the city and leave, who wanted the gates of Jinyang to be closed, and there were countless defenders in the city, and there was no intention of opening the door to greet each other - and even played the banner of the Jin family. He rode to the moat, shouting and answering the words. Xu Xian was afraid of shaking the hearts of the people in the city, so he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to wear armor, and the soldiers covered him with a big shield, and trembling close to the city wall, and immediately ordered people to shout: "Now I have been demoted, Tai...... Thou shalt return to the east, and thou shalt not come against me. ”

Shi Hu scolded: "Shameless old dog, repeated thieves!" In the past, you fell into poverty, my king of heaven is not guilty, but gave you a heavy responsibility, my family has never treated you badly, but those who have people's hearts, how can there be reason to rebel? ! ”

Xu Xian ordered people to scold: "Huayi does not stand side by side...... This is still a slogan that circulated from Guanzhong - "What's more, you and other thieves take advantage of the chaos to harm my people." Shi Le first chased Liu Zhijun, and then killed me and the people of the state, I am just to keep my useful body, and I am just temporarily perched on the branches, how can I say favor? And thou art fierce, almost not a living man, but like a wild beast, even more than Shiler, and Shile actually ordered you to guard and merge, it is to slaughter all people! I am now in response to the heavens, return to Jin, echo the king, if you know the opportunity, you can retreat, if not, you will die under the city of Jinyang! ”

Shi Hu was furious, immediately took off his bow, and shot an arrow towards the city. Xu Xian was startled, and hurriedly retreated, only to hear the sound of "duh", the arrow actually penetrated the shield in front of him, and the thick arrow cluster was only a finger away from the tip of Xu Xiaozong's nose, still trembling slightly......

Xu Xian was so frightened that he fell on his back, but fortunately, the soldier next to him quickly reached out and supported him. He immediately shouted: "Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows, and the world will be peaceful!" Then he turned and left, not daring to come up to the city again.

Random arrows were shot down on the city, but Shi Hu immediately stood in the rain of arrows, and breathed for several breaths, and no arrow could reach his body. Immediately, he slowly led his horse back to the battle, but frowned and said to Yin Nong, the general who followed: "I watched the city and put arrows, although it was weak and could not hurt me, but it can be seen that there are many people, and it is not easy to overcome Jinyang Xiongcheng...... Today, my department is only a few thousand horsemen, but the enemy is in the field, but ten thousand troops can be defeated, and the city is on the ground, but it is not the director. And the grain is not enough, so what can I do? ”

Yin Nong was also helpless, and finally had to say: "The king is an arrow today, and the old thief is almost scared to death, and he will not dare to go out of the city to attack the edge of our army." It is better to set up a village for the time being, collect the food of the wild people in the four towns first, make the soldiers feasted, and then recruit the countrymen as soldiers, and drive the Zhao people to go first, or maybe it will work...... Yuci is in the east, but fifty miles away, and there are more than 1,000 soldiers. ”

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