Hanoi, Commune County.

The enemy army rode mightily and unswervingly, and finally converged under the city of Gongxian. The huge number of soldiers gathered into various phalanxes, so that the guards looked from the top of the city, like huge waves and dark clouds of the sea and sky, huge and heavy, pressing in front of the city wall, and even more on everyone's hearts.

When this huge army presses up, will the not-so-towering city wall of Gongxian be the first to collapse?

This is the trembling question of the guards at the head of the city, and it is also the question that Jiang Yiqu, who led the army to attack the city, pondered.

Hebei's army, just like a bulky and hideous beast, although limited by its own size, every time it turns around and attacks, it must take a lot of time, but it is precisely because of its huge size, its attack, whether it is for the purpose of active attack or passive defense, the offensive is destined to be very amazing.

Thinking about it carefully, Yan Xing took advantage of the fact that Yuan Shao gathered a large army to besiege Gongsun Zhan, and sent troops to attack Bingzhou in many ways, which really caught Shi Gaogan off guard and repeatedly lost his army and land.

But what about after the initial offensive? The tall and sturdy Jinyang City and the Huguan relying on natural dangers are all cities and passes that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Yan Xing's army is destined to be unable to conquer in a short time.

This gave Yuan Shao's army enough time to react and rescue.

Chun Yuqiong with 30,000 main forces into Jingcheng, galloping to aid and state, the Yuan army is composed of Hebei elite soldiers under Yuan Shao, brave soldiers, complete armor, and fierce and warlike Wuhuan cavalry, specially prepared to deal with the Xiliang cavalry under the command of Yan Xing.

Jiang Yiqu, on the other hand, led 20,000 Chaoge soldiers and horses, as a partial division, to counterattack the areas around Gongxian and Jixian, threaten Hanoi County, where Yan marched, and forced the Hanoi soldiers and horses who attacked Shangdang to come back for reinforcements.

Although the soldiers and horses under his command are not as good as the main elite cavalry led by Chun Yuqiong, Jiang Yiqu also has an elite cavalry, that is, the ironclad cavalry recruited, trained, and formed by Hebei at a cost of a lot of money and food.

Yan Xing's Xiliang Iron Cavalry as the leader of the army to defeat Li Dao and Guo Yan, the famous name has spread to the ears of the Kwantung Prefecture, and the wealthy Hebei is also unwilling to be left behind after getting Youzhou, and the armor such as horse armor, iron armor, and cavalry is not difficult for the craftsmen of Hebei, so Yuan Shao began the process of forming the Hebei Iron Cavalry.

Hanoi and Wei County belong to the same corner of the place, there are no mountains and rivers to obstruct them, and the Hebei Plain is even more flat and unsafe, so after the rebellion of Luyi and the intensification of the battle between Yuan and Yan, as the front line of the Chaoge battalion to resist the invasion of the Xiliang cavalry, Yuan Shao specially deployed three hundred ironclad cavalry.

In this way, on the whole, although the Hebei army was a passive counterattack at the beginning, from the current momentum, they who had the advantage of strength had turned around and steadily overpowered the Yan marching army that had taken the initiative to attack before.

Jiang Yiqu, who was sitting on horseback, had a smile on his face at this moment, and he thought maliciously that on the next battlefield, he would use the ironclad cavalry of Hebei under his command to smash the fierce battle scene of the cavalry formation under the command of Yan Xingjun.

"General Jiang Zhonglang, do you want to attack the city?"

The general under his command, Zhao Rong, approached Jiang Yiqu's side and asked with a smile.

"There's no hurry."

Jiang Yiqu shook his hand, the city defense system of Gongxian County was established by the Yuan army at the beginning, and the fortifications were complete, and after the Yan marching army captured it, many city defense fortifications were repaired and strengthened, which was not so easy to capture.

Moreover, the defender in the city, Lu Yi, took the initiative to shrink his troops, this was to build an iron wall, and he couldn't just rush into it in a hurry.

"Drain the morale of the enemy troops in the city first!"

Jiang Yiqu sneered and said, he waved his hand, and the horn sounded in front of the Chinese army, and the exclusive flag bearer followed and waved the flag, and a team of light horsemen who were on standby saw the flag from afar, and then they also raised the flag to echo each other from afar, and they all patted their horses and went out to fight.

As long as the morale of the guards at the head of the city is consumed first, the enemy's morale is shaken, and the enemy army is exhausted, and when the army attacks the city next, the Hebei soldiers can do it with one blow and break the city first.

Although it will take some more hours, the victory lies in the safe use of troops, anyway, the city of Gongxian is bound to win.

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"Koji Rat, as a military general, you actually retreated into the city and couldn't avoid the battle, if you are still a seven-foot man, quickly go out of the city and fight with me!"

"Luyi dog thief, you turned your back on the enemy before, and now you are hiding in front of people, you are really embarrassed, if you still have a man's heart, you dare to go out of the city to fight!"

"Lu Yi Zhuzi, I'm afraid I'm not scared to pee, I can't help myself when I fall on the city tower, hahaha-"

All kinds of insulting and ridiculing voices spread from outside the city to the city, and Lu Yi, who was sitting on the tower of the city gate, had never put on armor, and he watched the enemy formation outside the city with a calm face, tilting his head sideways as if thinking about something.

"Brother, let me lead a team of people out to teach these villains who don't know the height of the sky!"

With a black face, Koji walked in front of Koji Yi to ask for battle.

Lu Yi smiled, "Why, a few words will provoke you to sit still, knowing that it is Jiang Yiqu's trap, you have to step into it?" ”

"I, if I don't pursue, just drive these annoying enemy horses away."

"No need. The tricks of the children's family, let him go presumptuously. ”

"But, this will make other generals in the army look down on us!"

Speaking of this, Koji deliberately lowered his voice.

In addition to the soldiers and horses led by Lu Yi in the city, there are also Hanoi soldiers of the horse play and trial and solid department, these military officials originally revered the Lu Yi in the north of the Wei Zhen River, but after seeing the suspicious soldiers of Lu Yi being identified, the Gongxian being besieged, and the Lu Yi avoiding the battle, they have great doubts about the ability to use troops under the prestige of Lu Yi.

Perhaps, the victorious Koji Yoshi, died as early as the first battle of Makino.

With such a mentality, coupled with the military order of "no battle without an order" in front of Lu Yi, Ma Wan, Xingu and other departments simply watched from the sidelines, and sat back and watched the Hebei soldiers outside the city provoke and insult Lu Yi. It's just that the soldiers of their subordinates will inevitably look down on Lu Yi and the soldiers and horses of Lu Yi's department.

Lu Yi's eyelids moved slightly, and he didn't speak for a long time.

As an enemy general who defected, it was common sense for him to be rejected by the original generals in Yan Xing's army, even if he was Yan Xing, a hussar general who was also a Liangren, he was afraid that he would also have a heart of observation and vigilance against the rebellious behavior of Lu Yi who had defected from Hebei.

This time, the all-out attack and the state, Lu Yi was on the front line of confrontation with the Hebei soldiers, but he was not reused, nor was he allocated additional men and horses, but only as a group of suspected soldiers to feint against Chaoge, with the soldiers and horses of Xu Huang, Ma Lin and others.

This kind of scheduling is beneficial to Xu Huang, Ma Lin and other departments, but it is not a good errand for Lu Yi.

Sure enough, the Hebei army quickly saw through Lu Yi's suspicious plan of feints, and then there was a counterattack from the Hebei army, and the soldiers and horses of the Chaoge battalion poured out of the nest and strongly besieged Gongxian, wanting to force Xu Huang, Ma Lin and other Hanoi soldiers and horses to retreat back to help.

At present, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and they are not all soldiers of their own headquarters, and Lu Yi has to be cautious in the face of Jiang Yiqu's strong attack.

"Let them go first."

Lu Yi, who had been silent for a long time, finally confided a few words.

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Outside the city, in the formation of Yuan's army.

"General Zhonglang, Lu Yi is really patient, so he refuses to go out of the city to fight, what should we do?"

Zhao Rong, who was wearing armor and sweating profusely, rode his horse to Jiang Yiqu's side again, he wiped the sweat on his face, and said irritably.

Now that spring has turned into summer, it is not a comfortable thing to be covered in the open space outside the city and still exposed to the sun.

Jiang Yiqu glanced at him and asked:

"Is there any movement of the enemy forces on the other side of Ji County?"

"No, this group of Sanhe soldiers all look like they can't shrink out."

"Hmm." Jiang Yiqu nodded, squinted his eyes and thought about it, and then said:

"Pass the order, let Wei Yuanjin and Lu Weihuang start to lead the army to attack the south and north gates of Gongxian, the crossbowmen will reach the trench near the east gate and release arrows, and the scouts in the army will continue to pay attention to the enemy troops in the direction of Jixian."

"No!"

After Zhao Rong received the order, he excitedly commanded the commander and the standard-bearer to convey the order. A moment later, the Yuan army's large array began to change, and Wei Yuanjin and Lu Weihuang took their headquarters with their soldiers and horses to take the rushing car and the cloud ladder to detour through the south and north gates, and began to attack the city wall of Gongxian.

And the crossbowmen sent by Jiang Yiqu arrived outside the moat of the west gate one step ahead of the other, and had already begun to shoot arrows at the guards on the city head.

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On the top of the city.

"Brother, quickly put on armor to avoid arrows!"

Lu Yan saw the Yuan army outside the city attacking, and the crossbowmen outside the city shot arrows at the city, he hurriedly walked along the female wall, ran to the city gate tower, and shouted at Lu Yi, who was still standing still and did not know how to dodge.

"It's okay, these arrows can't hurt me."

Lu Yi smiled and waved his hand lightly, and the soldiers around him were already holding shields and guarding in front of him.

"Go back and guard your part of the wall."

The koji who was sent back had a tense face, but he couldn't confide for a while with a stomach full of words, so he could only stomp his feet and hurriedly walked back.

After Lu Yan left, Lu Yi asked his own soldiers to remove their shields, so that he could clearly observe the movement of enemy troops outside the city.

Obviously, although Jiang Yiqu's ability to use troops is not outstanding, he can settle down to fight steadily, and he did not recklessly storm the city wall because of his absolute superiority, on the one hand, he launched an attack on the south and north gates, and on the other hand, he stabilized the base of the Hebei soldiers, did not dispatch easily, and also sent scout posts from time to time to explore the direction of Ji County.

This is to constantly put pressure on the Gongxian and continue to consume the physical strength and morale of the defenders at the head of the city, so as to finally launch a general attack, fully press the army, and seize the city wall in one fell swoop.

Of course, Jiang Yiqu still thought that if he wanted to force himself out of the city to fight, wasn't the big array he set up outside the city aimed at himself.

Rubbing his thick beard, he withdrew his eyes from outside the city, looking at his armor hanging on the edge of the city wall, also exposed to the sun, and quietly pondered.