Not to mention how Xiang Ao attacked Lady Fan's city, at this time, the fortress on the edge of the Yellow River in the west of Rong County was in a critical situation.

"Taishou, Xiaguan has put most of the troops in front of the fortress on the east bank of the Yellow River, although the terrain of the fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the enemy army shows the public, Xiaguan is afraid that the defense is not good for the Huns to cross the Yellow River!" Li Jin was a little haggard at this time, and the Xiongnu's strong attack on the fortress in the past two days really made Li Jin tired.

"Brother Jinxian doesn't have to worry too much, this official has written to Wuyuan, and I believe that the two chiefs will send reinforcements soon!" Jiang Zhuo comforted Li Jin, but the slight worry between his eyebrows was difficult to hide.

"That's it!" Li Jin is still worried in his heart, or three days? Or five days? Li Jin didn't know if he could defend it. Rong County's troops are not much, plus the soldiers such as the post supervisor used by Rong County for security, Rong County has only 3,000 soldiers. Left 1,000 to defend Rong County, and the remaining 2,000 elite soldiers were all sent to the fortress.

Jiang Zhuo knew that if he insisted on waiting for rescue like this, he would not allow time, so he planned to take a risk, but he was worried that the strategy would fail and Rong County would lose it faster, so he didn't dare to move. However, Li Jin was quite concerned about the risky plan he had done, and he had been groping for two days.

"Taishou, if the Huns want to capture the fortress, they need to cross the river as many as possible, but from the three seals to the section of the fortress river, only the fortress can try to cross the river. At this time, the Xiongnu were unable to raise the whole army to attack the fortress due to the terrain, and the lower officer suggested that hundreds of cavalry idle in the fortress ambush the river bank and give the Xiongnu a heavy blow! ”

"What Brother Jin Xian said is true, but it is not easy to establish Rong County, and it is an important city in the south of my northern region, so there must be no mistakes. It is better to be cautious than to go first. ”

"No!" Li Jin was a little helpless, and what Jiang Zhuo said was true, if Rong County was lost from the hands of the two, no one could bear such a big responsibility.

At this time, the Xiongnu camp on the west bank of the Yellow River ushered in one person. This person is the Southern Xiongnu who previously accompanied Bian Jing to set up a single Yu Fuluo, before the Bianjing armament was broken, Yu Fu Luo took the initiative to ask for a break, but used the extraordinary riding skills of the Huns, led hundreds of Xiongnu elites to break through the formation, and rushed to Rong County, which the Huns wanted to capture.

"Shan Yu is finally here!" The commander of the Southern Huns, who was in charge of storming the fortress, received Yu Fuluo and said with a sigh of relief.

"What's going on at this point?"

"Yu Danyu, although the Xiongnu army in the south of our country is strong, the Yellow River is indeed difficult to cross, and the only ferry is blocked by the fortress set up by Xiang Ao, and we have no other way than to attack!"

"The Han people are good at defending the city, isn't it because of my weakness to attack the enemy? Stupidity! Yu Fuluo shouted angrily, and lay down the captain of ten thousand and the commander of the thousand and so on. Seeing this, Yu Fuluo held his breath in his heart, and he was very unhappy.

"Today's truce will reward the three armies, and after this order is re-arranged, tomorrow Linger and others will break through the siege and kill the Han people!"

"No!" When everyone in the tent heard this, they were all excited and said yes.

At this time, Jiang Zhuo and Li Jin were pondering in the county seat of Rongxian County.

"Brother Jinxian, today the Huns suddenly stopped attacking, I don't know what it means!"

"The scouts came to report that a pair of men and horses had rushed to the Hun camp on the east bank, and it was impossible to find out who it was. But from Yijin's point of view, since the arrival of this person can affect the Xiongnu siege arrangement, he must be a nobleman of the Southern Xiongnu. Li Jin looked at the western sky and muttered, "Even the head of the thief army this time!" ”

"Oh?! How so? Jiang Zhuo asked softly.

"Our offensive and defensive sides have been fighting fiercely for more than three hours since the time of Chen, and even if we stop our troops, we should not be at this time. However, as soon as the man arrived, he stopped, and did not worry about the unstable morale of the army. This person must be a person with extraordinary prestige, but he can determine the life and death of the Southern Xiongnu in one word. Who is it if not the chief? ”

"What Brother Jin Xian said is very true. In this way, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult for the two of us to defend the city! Jiang Zhuo sighed secretly.

"Taishou don't have to worry!" Li Jin didn't have the slightest worry at this time: "If we keep storming the Yellow River fortress, we won't be able to move." If this person is conceited and designs risks, the lower officials will be able to repel the Southern Xiongnu. ”

"Oh?! What is the clever plan of the first brother, come quickly! ”

"If you are too anxious, you have to come up with a plan depending on the situation. Wait tomorrow to take a closer look at this person's movements! ”

"It's the official who is reckless, and tomorrow's plan depends on Brother Jin!"

"It's too polite, both of us are worried about the Lord and the people, just for the benefit of the people in the Northern Regions!"

Jiang Zhuo didn't say much when he heard this, and he was also a little looking forward to tomorrow's battle. Although Jiang Zhuo has no great talent, he is indeed extremely stable, and he is also loyal to Xiang Ao, especially admiring Xiang Ao's vision, and the few people he has subdued in the past few years are all dragons and phoenixes among people, presumably Li Jin also has something extraordinary.

The next day, as Li Jin had guessed, instead of taking turns attacking the previous two days, Yu Fuluo ventured to cross the Yellow River at night before dawn. At dawn, the number of Southern Xiongnu soldiers who reached the other side of the Yellow River had exceeded 10,000, and the remaining thousands of Southern Xiongnu soldiers were still stepping up to cross the river.

"This man was so bold that he ventured across the river at night. But we underestimate it! ”

Jiang Zhuo was even more anxious at this time than before, so many more than 10,000 soldiers attacked the fortress, I am afraid that the fortress will be captured in less than two days, and it will be close to Rong County.

"Taishou, the Xiongnu have crossed the Yellow River, and it is a waste to barely hold the fortress at this time. It is recommended that the elite soldiers of the fortress withdraw to Rong County, and we only need to hold Rong County and wait for rescue! Li Jin hugged his fists and said: "It is extremely wasteful for the fortress and more than 1,000 cavalry in Rong County to be used to defend the city, and I also ask Taishou to lead more than 1,000 cavalry to lead more than 1,000 cavalry to defend Rong County." ”

"After all, there are more than 1,000 elite horsemen in the Northern Regions, and the Huns don't dare to attack Rong County with all their might!"

"What Brother Jinxian said is extremely true, and this official handed over more than 1,000 cavalry to Jinxian. It's hard to go out and help defend the city! ”

"Do your best."

As a result, the garrison soldiers in the fortress withdrew to Rong County with the assistance of hundreds of cavalry in Rong County, led by Li Jin. He even burned all the baggage in the fortress, leaving no trace behind.

The herdsmen and farmers around Rong County were moved into the city by Jiang Zhuo as early as when the Southern Xiongnu came to attack, but many of the Southern Xiongnu who were attached before did not enter the city, in vain to rebel when the Southern Xiongnu attacked Rong County.

Jiang Zhuo suffered from the lack of troops, and did not deal with such dissenting Southern Huns, forcibly confiscated weapons and horses, and dismissed.

After the fortress retreated to Rong County, Yu Fuluo did not rush to attack the city, but spent nearly a day gathering everywhere, not forgetting that he was still a nomadic herd of the Southern Huns. By the time it was dawn the next day, Jiang Zhuo had already found that there were more than 20,000 Xiongnu besieging the city outside the city.

"Shan Yu, why are you in a hurry to attack Rong County? The Huns in southern Wunan are not good at attacking cities, and if they attack strongly, they may suffer a lot of casualties. ”

"You can know that although there are Qiang people dragging Xiang Ao in Lady Fan City, there are still many generals in the Northern Regions, if you don't capture Rongcheng as soon as possible and use it as a stronghold to gather more people of our generation, how can you confront Xiang Ao?" As soon as the commanders and commanders thought about it, they nodded yes one after another, shouting Shan Yu Yingming.

"Blow the trumpet, siege!" After the soldiers had eaten breakfast while Yu Furo was waiting, they sounded the horn to attack the city.

"Kill!" Yu Fuluo was extremely helpless at this time, the Huns were not good at attacking cities, and there were no mountains and forests here, so they could not concoct some siege equipment such as ladders. At this time, the strong attack had to raise all forces to face the city gate and use people to pile up the city gate.

"Strategist, we still have three days to reach Rong County!"

"Hmmm! The whole army is advancing at full speed, and it is necessary to rush to Rongcheng in the early morning of the third day! ”

"No!" The scout took the order and left.

Five days ago, Wuyuan had received the news. However, everyone was in various places, and Xi Zhong had to lead the reinforcements alone. When passing through Dacheng County, Xi Zhong did not stop, but still hurried to Rong County. Although Rong County does not have any resources, it is a key defensive place in the western part of the Northern Regions, and it cannot be lost.

"Captain Li, Rongcheng is in such a crisis, why are we still mediating on the periphery?"

"County Lieutenant Wang doesn't have to worry!" Li Jinji said calmly: "Rongcheng is solid, there are 2,000 soldiers and horses in the city, not to mention, there are tens of thousands of people to help defend it, and it is impossible for the Huns to break the city in three days." ”

Wang Wu also felt justified when he heard this, but he was still worried a lot.

"County Lieutenant Wang, wait patiently!" Li Jin patted Wang Wu's arm and comforted: "At this time, the Southern Xiongnu are in full swing, and we only have more than a thousand cavalry, even if we assault, we can't get too much benefit." Wait two more days when the Huns are tired, and that will be the time for us to attack. ”

Li Jin wanted to annihilate the Southern Xiongnu in one fell swoop, but there was a lack of manpower, even if he broke the Xiongnu, there was no one to pursue and encircle and annihilate. Another function of waiting for the opportunity is to wait for the arrival of reinforcements, which is bound to wipe out all the Southern Xiongnu who still have different intentions, so as to help Xiang Ao's administration in the future.

At this time, Yu Fuluo, who felt the crisis, was even more anxious, it had been six days, if he could not capture Rong County in the next two days, Yu Fuluo had to withdraw his troops and retreat to the Western Regions to wait for the opportunity. Even so, Yuvro still attacked the city with all his might, leaving no one behind.

In order to make it impossible for the Han army to defend Rong County, Yu Fuluo only attacked a city gate. 20,000 horses attacked the city gate in turn, not only ramming the city gate with iron and wood, but also using human lives to build a human ladder in order to climb the city wall.

As a result, the siege, which was originally a little simple and gentle, was extremely tragic. Under Rongcheng are neat or mutilated corpses, both of the Huns and the Han army. However, the vast majority are still the corpses of the Huns themselves. However, a small number of Han soldiers were not very hit by the thrown arrows and fell from the city walls.

Jiang Zhuo even went into battle in person, under the protection of elite soldiers, commanding the city defense on the city wall. The further he went, the more Jiang Zhuo understood what Li Jin's so-called strategy meant. After Jiang Zhuo understood Li Jin's strategy, he commanded his soldiers to defend with all his might, and even ordered the craftsmen in the city to make arrows with all their might, so as to consume the fighting power of the Southern Hun soldiers as much as possible.

This battle was the first battle that Jiang Zhuo commanded alone since he was in the Northern Regions, and it was also a rare battle to defend the city in the Northern Regions, and Jiang Zhuo felt deep pressure. Jiang Zhuo was extremely glad that he had studied a lot of military books with Xiang Ao in the past, and Jiang Zhuo didn't know how to command.

Soon, two days passed. On the third day, Yuvro went against the odds and launched a siege at night with the help of a little moonlight.