When the smoke of gunpowder filled the cloud city, Niu Jian had already led the Zhao army and surrounded Jiuyuan, and in his words, not a single bird could escape.

Of course, what Niu Jian is most worried about is not Lou Yuan, who has become a trapped beast, in his opinion, Lou Yuan is already a dead man, what he is most worried about is Zhao Yong, who is stubbornly guarding in Cloud City. This battle plan, as far as Niu Jian himself is concerned, is opposed. The major affairs of the military family have always sought stability and justice, but Zhao Yong uses soldiers, but he prefers to use danger and strangeness. It's not a taboo, but it's not resourceful. With Niu Qian's idea, the war must be steady, step by step to receive the nine originals and five originals, this is "to win with the right and the odd", prefer to use the odd, but it is easy to fall into death.

Fortunately, this time he faced Lou Yuan, a suspicious person, otherwise according to Zhao Yong's plan, Niu Jian would never agree.

He calmly leaned on the chariot, looked at the annoying temperament of the building that was still fluttering on the head of the city, smiled contemptuously, and said, "Order, siege the city." ”

Suddenly, the water-like Zhao army rushed to the head of the city of Jiuyuan, although the Zhao army, which occupied an absolute advantage, was also a siege ladder, the quality was by no means comparable to the annoying building, and the rows of cloud ladders leaned against the city wall, and the annoying people of the building did not seem to have any good way except to greet them with bows and arrows. However, Lou annoys people and doesn't like armor, and the shield is not as wide as Zhao Jun's, and the area that can be defended is very limited. Most of Zhao Jun's bows and arrows were obtained through trading with Korea, and their quality and lethality were very impressive, far from being comparable to Lou's annoying bows and arrows.

And Lou annoying's side, it is indeed inferior to the Central Plains countries in defending the city, especially they who have been accustomed to fighting immediately, if it weren't for Lou Yuan's requirement for them to stand on the city wall to meet the enemy, I'm afraid they would be eager to open the city gate and directly send troops to fight with the Zhao army in a cavalry battle. Now he can only stand on the city wall, beckoning the attack of the Zhao army with bows and arrows. There are no bed crossbows, and there are no stones and logs, and the price of defending the city is flesh and blood. The casualties of the Zhao army are increasing like crazy, and the casualties of Lou are also slowly increasing. Zhao Jun's bow and arrows were indeed sharp, almost suppressing Lou Annoying people within the city wall, and they didn't dare to show their heads.

Niu Jian looked at the corpses of Zhao Jun that were accumulating under the city wall, and was unmoved, he was a veteran, and in his eyes, casualties at this level were not worth paying attention to at all. He was concerned about the battle between the two armies at the head of the city of Jiuyuan. On the surface, the Zhao army is dominant, relying on the suppression of bows and arrows and the chaos of the other party, even if the Zhao army is pressed on the ladder, it is not far from climbing the city wall, it is only a matter of time. However, Lou Annoying seemed to have no backbone, allowing Zhao Jun's arrow rain to penetrate their chests one by one. This is an extremely abnormal phenomenon, either the commander of the defense is misdirecting and cannot control the situation, or Lou Yuan has another conspiracy.

"Order, the archers speed up their attacks, and be sure to keep the enemy at the head of the city."

"The cavalry on the left flank is ready to attack at any time."

Jiuyuan City said that it was not a big deal, but if you want to surround it, it is indeed very difficult for Zhao Jun's current military strength. What's more, according to the time arrangement, now there is an ambush in the direction of Guyang, and Niu Jian is also surrounded by three missing one, and the north gate towards Guyang is let out, and only a small number of troops are arranged, the purpose is to hope that Lou Yuan will break through from here.

"King, Niu Jian is so cunning, although there are very few troops in the direction of Guyang, it may not be that he has the intention of ambushing." In the city guard mansion, Lou Yuan slowly swayed on the city defense map, trying to find out Zhao Jun's flaws, and finally locked his eyes on the north gate.

"This is a common trick used by the Central Plains people." Lou Yuan said slowly, "Although there were messengers coming and going in Guyang three days ago, there was no trace of them in the past two days. Either the Zhao army has captured Guyang, or it has already controlled Kongdao and is ambushing us here. ”

Lou Yuan regrets it now. Because in his heart, he always felt that there was a trap in the clouds, and Zhao Jun had the courage to cover the sky, and he did not dare to keep his king still in a lonely city, so near the clouds, in addition to the troops wandering between Yuanyang and the clouds, there must be an ambush as a response, one bright and one dark, in response to the actions of the city in the clouds.

However, judging from Niu Qian's layout now, there must be something wrong with the direction of Guyang, which shows that Zhao Jun blocked his escape path from the north and south, and he originally thought it was the door of death, but it became the door of life, if he went all out to attack Yunzhong, maybe at this moment the city in the clouds had already reached his hands, and King Zhao had also become his own prisoner.

Miscalculated, Lou Yuan muttered, the person who made this plan was really too bold, he thought he was like a gambler, so it seemed that the other party was even crazier than himself. Moreover, I am afraid that this person is none other than Zhao Yong, the king of Zhao, otherwise, who would dare to use the king as a bait?

"In any case, for the sake of today, only the North Gate can escape. The other gates are all caught in the anxious battle with the Zhao army, and they will definitely not be able to escape, not to mention, the cavalry units of the Zhao army are still waiting outside the city, and we may be captured if we escape from the other city gates. ”

"This king knows, but if he escapes from the north gate, will he still fall into the ambush of the Zhao army?" Lou Yuan gritted his teeth and said, in this grassland, no one has calculated himself, and this time, he has seen the cunning of the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty, this ......" The other generals looked at each other, not knowing how to answer him.

At this moment, I heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and a soldier outside the door responded: "King, the Zhao army has attacked the south gate, and our army is almost unable to defend it!" ”

"Order the other divisions to increase the speed of the attack, and be sure to seize the city gates at the opportunity. Let the North Gate guards get out of the way and leave a way for Lou Yuan to live. ”

With the breaking of the south gate, the entire defense system collapsed instantly, the Zhao army entered the city, and the defense of the other city gates will fall into heavy pressure, as long as the Zhao army captured the city gate, if Lou Yuan did not escape, there was only one way left to tie his hands and capture. At this time, Niu Jian was more concentrated, and the more he arrived at this time, the more he had to pay attention to accidents.

Sure enough, just when the Zhao army was attacking the city in a hurry, the four gates of Jiuyuan suddenly opened, and a column of cavalry rushed out, the building of the north gate went straight to the hole, and the building of the remaining three gates rushed towards the Zhao army's main formation, and the cavalry phalanx of more than 1,000 people rushed to the Zhao army's main formation, with a spirit of not afraid of death, exerting the last residual heat.

Seeing this, Niu Jian also immediately ordered that the cavalry on the right flank pursued the fleeing troops at the north gate to prevent Xu Yuan from fleeing before he controlled the Kongdao, and the rest of the cavalry met the enemy and annihilated this Loufu cavalry. So, the cavalry of the Zhao army began to launch horses, and rushed towards the Lou Fu cavalry, this is the second duel between the two cavalry, the last time, the Zhao army is to win more with less, and this time, the Zhao army is mainly anti-guest, with superior forces to meet the charge of Lou Fu.

This Lou Fu cavalry is also brave, it should be Lou Yuan's personal guards, whether it is combat effectiveness or equipment, it is better than the cavalry unit that the Zhao army faced before. This made Zhao Jun a little underestimated, and he was soon beaten by the other party. Seeing that the opponent's attack was strong, the commander of the Zhao army no longer dared to underestimate them, gathered into a battle formation, and had to fight hard with the opponent. The other party obviously did not show weakness, and rushed forward against the Zhao army, and the two cavalry fought to the death under the Jiuyuan City that was about to be breached, and they were on par. Niu Jian was on top of the chariot, and obviously noticed the situation here, but this kind of thing was like a battle between trapped beasts, so he didn't have to care, and ordered the rest of the soldiers to press towards the other party, and be sure to annihilate this Louyuan cavalry. For a while, the Zhao army outside the city, except for the troops who had already received the siege order, all surrounded the other party, and they must let this trapped beast be equipped with a halter.

At this time, the opponent's offensive became fierce, and after engaging with the Zhao army, he suddenly launched a charge and rushed behind the Zhao army's cavalry. The general of the Zhao army thought that the other party would engage him with a white blade to the death, but he didn't expect the other party to suddenly break the inertia and directly launch a charge, which he didn't expect. And Lou Furen took advantage of this opportunity to pass through the gap between them and rush west when the Zhao army's encirclement and annihilation troops had not yet formed!

"Not good, in the middle of the scheme!" Niu Jian suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly ordered: "Full speed pursuit!" Be sure to capture the opposing generals alive! ”

However, at this time, the encirclement and annihilation formation of the Zhao army had been formed, and the cavalry troops of the Zhao army were wrapped in it. And the phalanx of chariots led by Niu Jian also had to turn, and when they began to pursue each other, the annoying person had already fled and disappeared. Niu Jian had no choice but to order, the cavalry continued to pursue, and the rest of the troops, Mingjin, entered the city.

Lou Yuan looked at the Jiuyuan City that was gradually moving away in the distance, and the expression on his face became more and more hideous. He really didn't flee in the direction of Guyang as Zhao Jun hoped, and in the same way, he didn't take it easy. Instead, he hid himself among a group of cavalry and pretended to be a rout, the purpose of which was to attract the attention of Zhao Jun and take the opportunity to escape. Today, there is not much he can do, only this life, which he cherishes very much, and will definitely not be handed over to Zhao Jun to dispose of. In his opinion, even if Zhao Jun will treat Lin Hu well, he may not be kind to himself, which are two different things.

"King, how shall we deal with ourselves in the future?" A general looked at Lou Yuan with emotion and couldn't help asking.

Lou Yuan reined in his horse, looking at a kind of remnant defeated generals, there are about five or six hundred people, these are his hardcore troops, and they can be regarded as his most loyal team, in the eyes of these people, only he Lou Yuan is the greatest king.

"Let's go, let's go to the Holai Mountain, which is not far from here, and is also separated from the Yiqu people by a big river, so it will not be attacked easily. I believe that this king, one day in the future, this king will take you back to this vast grassland and recapture what belongs to us! ”

Just when there was a fierce battle on the grassland, in the Hanchan Hall of Handan City, the eunuchs who came and went were also very nervous. Han Qian was sitting in the hall, looking calm and composed, but in fact, she was still very nervous and worried in her heart. Although she is already the mother of the child, she has never forgotten the pain of childbirth, but when she heard Han Chan's painful cry in the hall, she was also on pins and needles. Zhao Yong was devoted to the military and political affairs of Zhao State, except for his sisters, he really did not have any other palace people, which made Han Qian both sweet and worried. To put it bluntly, she is afraid that foreign officials will say that she is seducing the Lord, she has seen this kind of remarks in South Korea, and Zhao Guoma will not be an exception.

"Looks like it's time to find some sisters." She couldn't help but think about it, and suddenly complained to herself, her own sister's life and death were uncertain, and she was still here thinking about it, it was really damned.

At this moment, I heard a cry from the hall, Han Qian's heart was raised to her throat again, and after a while, an old palace man ran out, holding a baby, and said to Han Qian: "Queen, Madame gave birth to a princess!" ”

(End of chapter)