It was getting late, and the Song army was in the tent.

Sent Wu Xiaoyun to fight, but there was still no good news back, Yue Zhenchuan, who was sitting on the upper left side of the military tent, his expression was as calm as water, but his heart was like thousands of ants crawling around.

It wasn't until sunset that the garrison inquired about staying overnight, and Yue Zhenchuan got up and ordered the soldiers to set up camp tents for the garrison.

After making a choice, he risked his inner speculation to Yu Zhendong, worried that going to the Song army in Yancheng would most likely encounter stubborn resistance from the Yan army.

However, he also patted his chest to Yu Zhendong and assured that the two Song armies and 50,000 elite soldiers would definitely capture Yancheng and pull out the nail that went to Bury Mapo.

In this regard, although Yu Zhendong was angry, he understood Yue Zhenchuan's difficulties.

When he was in the Liang Kingdom, Yu Zhendong had witnessed the strength of Yan Qi.

It is also clear that in the place where the Yan army is stationed, it is extremely difficult to capture the city of Dayan.

There is no longer a chance for the early stage, when Dayan is empty and the Song army is like entering a no-man's land.

Although he was forgiven by Yu Zhendong, Yue Zhenchuan was still trembling and anxious in his heart.

It is impossible to sit in the military tent from the front end and wait for the return of the good news with peace of mind. The longer the time drags on, the more dangerous the Song army may be.

In front of Yu Zhendong, Han Junshan, and Zhao Yanpu, he left the military tent many times and sent guards to Yuanmen to check if any messengers had returned.

As a result, each time it was unsuccessful.

Gradually, Yue Zhenchuan became anxious, anxious, and angry, and because of the generals, he didn't dare to jump like thunder and vent his inner depression.

When night fell, shrouding the sky, in the camp of the Song army, flags and torches were planted, and the Song soldiers patrolling the night, holding torches and wearing war knives, patrolled back and forth in all directions.

After the guards probed again and returned in vain.

Outside the gate, a messenger rode a fast horse, approached from a distance, rushed into the gate with great momentum, and showed the waist card symbolizing his identity to the guards of the gate, and the guards let him go, and the messenger rode his horse and rushed into the barracks.

Before arriving at the military tent, he tied the war horse to the horse stake, and rushed into the military tent in a hurry.

Breaking into the military tent, he noticed that Yu Zhendong, Han Junshan, Zhao Yanpu, and Yue Zhenchuan were all there, and the messenger panicked for a while, clenched his fists, and didn't know what to say.

Yu Zhen sat on top of the military tent at the east end, paying attention to the messenger rushing in, his eyes glanced at Yue Zhenchuan many times, and he couldn't help asking, "What happened?" ”

"That's right, what's the matter, tell the truth quickly." Yue Zhenchuan knew the identity of the messenger, and estimated that there was news coming back from Yancheng, so he hurriedly urged.

When night fell, the army was stationed in the barracks, and at this moment, whether things were good or bad, he had to understand them, so as to make arrangements for the facts.

In this way, although the messenger had concerns, he still had the courage to report to Yue Zhenchuan: "General Yue, Huang Zhonglang was defeated in Yancheng and was captured alive by the generals of the Yan army.

At present, Huang Zhonglang has become a hostage blackmailed and intimidated by the generals of the Yan army, Wu Zhonglang has a difficult choice, and does not dare to attack easily, so he sends villains back to the camp to inquire. ”

When the words fell, the atmosphere in the military tent suddenly condensed, and Yue Zhenchuan, who had infinite hopes for Huang Shaofeng, suddenly seemed to have become a soup chicken, listless.

Yu Zhendong, Han Junshan, Zhao Yanpu, in their faces, also rose in a state of disappointment!

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment!

The forward of the Song army not only did not capture Yancheng, but was also heavily damaged by the Yan army.

"What, Huang Shaofeng was captured by Yan Jiangsheng, so possible!" Yue Zhenchuan took the case, screamed angrily, and didn't believe what the messenger said!

Yu Zhendong's expression was slightly flustered, but he never jumped like thunder, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, the Song army won again and again, the army bred pride, and the defeat in Yancheng happened to make the whole army officers and soldiers clearly understand what kind of enemy they will face in the future.

However, Yu Zhendong still asked coldly: "General Yue, what's the matter, didn't you say that most of the Yan troops left behind in Yancheng were old, weak, sick and disabled, why were they hit hard by the Yan army, could it be that the information collected was wrong, and the Yan general Hou Mingfeng never led the main army to retreat to Fumapo?" ”

"General, the information is absolutely correct, a spy witnessed Hou Mingfeng leading the main force of the Yan army to bury Mapo. As for why Huang Zhonglang failed, the final general will definitely find out. Hearing this, Yue Zhenchuan hurriedly stood up and defended to Yu Zhendong.

After speaking, Yue Zhenchuan's gaze shifted to the messenger, and before Huang Shaofeng left, he patted his chest and promised to capture Yancheng within two hours.

Now that he was defeated and captured, near Yancheng, what happened, he was in the military tent, and there was no messenger to deliver information, so there was no way to understand.

His tone was furious, and he asked the messenger: "You say, does the main force of the Yan army exist, and how many people survived under Huang Shaofeng's account?" ”

"General, when Wu Zhonglang led the troops to Yancheng, all the Yan troops who were fighting in the battle withdrew into the city, at that time, Huang Zhonglang had been captured alive, and nine out of ten of the Song army were killed by Yan Cai." The Messenger reported what he knew.

"Damn!" Yue Zhenchuan said angrily.

At this time, Yu Zhendong, who was sitting above the military tent, waved his hand and signaled to Yue Zhenchuan: "General Yue, although Yancheng is small, but in order to go to the burial horse slope and the main road, whether our army has the opportunity to seize Hanshan County is all in the burial of the horse slope, and now the soldiers are trapped in Yancheng, what do you and I think the emperor will explain?" ”

This problem, Yue Zhenchuan had already realized that since Yu Zhendong said it, the more serious the problem was, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "General rest assured, the last general will personally lead the troops to Yancheng, and before dawn, he will definitely succeed in capturing Yancheng." ”

"I don't need your promise, before dawn, if you can't capture Yancheng and attack Hanshan County, leave it all to General Han!" Yu Zhendong's words were flat, but he indicated that if the war was unfavorable, Yue Zhenchuan's position as a forward general would be banned.

"The general can rest assured, the last general will never live up to the general's expectations, let alone embarrass the emperor!" Yue Zhenchuan's words were sincere, cut the railway, and left the military tent quickly.

Walking out of the military tent, Yue Zhenchuan raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and ordered the guards next to the military tent to inform the troops under the tent to assemble quickly and go straight to Yancheng with him.

At this moment, Yue Zhenchuan was puzzled, could the defenders of Yancheng be beaten with iron, Huang Shaofeng was a tiger general under his account, he had quite military merits, and he carried a large number of stone throwers, how could he be hit hard by Yan Qi.

In this matter, there must be a cat!

Yancheng.

The blood is permeated, and the night generals add a bit of horror to the inside and outside of the city.

The confrontation between the two armies of Yan and Song is always at the touch of a moment, and there is a possibility of war.

On the city wall, Lei Zhanhu and Gu Yue threatened Wu Xiaoyun and the Song army with Huang Shaofeng, thus constantly delaying time.

Secretly sent soldiers to quickly strengthen the city walls and build walls while the war had not begun.

At the same time, arrange the defense of the city, and make sure that the Song army forcibly attacked the city, the city was breached, and the whole army retreated to the city and fought to the death with the Song army.

Under the city wall, Wu Xiaoyun, the general of the Song Army, every time he saw Huang Shaofeng hanging under the banner of the Great Yanlong, his heart was furious, and he jumped like thunder.

grabbed the war knife and slashed hard, and pointed in the direction of Yancheng, wanting to ignore Huang Shaofeng's life and death, and ordered the whole army to attack Yancheng.

However, he was afraid of Huang Shaofeng's identity, and he didn't dare to act rashly, Huang Shaofeng was Yue Zhenchuan's favorite general, today, if he killed Huang Shaofeng in a negative anger, even if he finally captured Yancheng, there was no way to explain to Yue Zhenchuan.

However, he witnessed the Yan army on the city wall, rushing to build a defense, because of Huang Shaofeng's life, when the war broke out, countless Song soldiers died, he hated Huang Shaofeng to the core, and was full of murderous anger towards the Yan army.

When the sky was all dark, and Wu Xiaoyun's patience reached the extreme, Yue Zhenchuan led his troops to rush over and bring 50,000 Song troops to the front line.

Wu Xiaoyun held back his anger, quickly joined him, and reported the Yan army's intentions to Yue Zhenchuan.

Under the black sky, Yue Zhenchuan listened to Wu Xiaoyun's report, rode his horse to the periphery of the city wall, looked up at the city wall, and saw Huang Shaofeng who was hanging under the banner of the Great Yan Dragon with an embarrassed expression, and also saw the resolute demeanor of the Yan army under the light of the torch.

Suddenly realized that the Yan army had a strong fighting spirit and a firm will, and before the battle, it was too light on the enemy to end up in the current situation.

At the head of the city, the guards noticed the appearance of a large number of Song troops, and Huang Shaofeng also noticed that he also saw Yue Zhenchuan appear under the city wall.

couldn't help but be overjoyed, fought hard, and shouted to Yue Zhenchuan: "General, save the last general, the Yan army in the city is mostly old and .......weak." ”

Before he finished speaking, Lei Zhanhu raised the crossbow in his hand and pulled it and shot it at Huang Shaofeng's back, causing a scream.

Under the city wall, Yue Zhenchuan witnessed Huang Shaofeng's situation, but he never expected that Huang Shaofeng would end up in such a situation, and Song Jun's face made him lose his face.

Paying attention to the angry look on Yue Zhenchuan's face, Wu Xiaoyun said: "General, the Yan army took Huang Zhonglang as a hostage, and the last general was worried about Huang Zhonglang's safety and did not dare to attack the city, what should I do now?" ”

Yue Zhenchuan was heartbroken about Huang Shaofeng's situation, however, in order to keep his status as a forward general, he had to sacrifice Huang Shaofeng.

The longer the army is delayed in Yancheng, the more beneficial it will be to the Yan army, if the Yan army comes back to help, at that time, it is almost impossible for the Song army to tear a piece of meat on the big Yan.

With a ruthless heart, Yue Zhenchuan made a gesture to Wu Xiaoyun to wipe his neck, and secretly instructed the other party not to care about Huang Shaofeng's life or death, attack quickly, and quickly seize the city.

On the city wall, Lei Zhanhu and Gu Yue saw the situation of the Song army under the city wall, heard Huang Shaofeng's words, and knew that there was a forward general of the Song army, leading the Song army under his tent, and all appeared below Yancheng.

With more than 20,000 Yan troops in the city alone, it was difficult to stop the Song army when the city wall was seriously damaged.

Lei Zhanhu stood quietly beside Gu Yue and said softly: "General Gu, the Song army is prepared, it is not a way to continue, according to the current situation, we estimate that we will not be able to hold on until dawn!" ”

He has a mortal heart, and he is also aware of the current situation of the Yan army, and he does not dare to be arrogant, thinking that defeating more than 20,000 Song troops will resolve the immediate crisis.

"General Lei, you must hold on for two days, otherwise you will be ashamed of the general!" Gu Yue's face was embarrassed, but he still said in a firm tone.

Since the appearance of the main force of the Song army, he realized that it was impossible to hold Yancheng.

However, before the Song army occupied the broken city, even if the Yan army was all killed, it would have to stop the Song army's pace.

When there was silence, Gu Yue's tone was firm: "General Lei, if the Song army breaks the city, the whole army retreats to the city, and fights to the death with the Song army according to the defense of the city, and never stops." ”

Lei Zhanhu and Gu Yue knew that when a large number of Song troops appeared under the city wall, unless they abandoned the city and fled, the whole army must be prepared for the city to be destroyed and killed.

Fortunately, when the Song army approached the city, the Yan army was still like a rainbow, and there was no jealousy in their expressions, and the army showed no signs of fleeing.

Lei Zhanhu nodded, and Gu Yue said again: "General Lei, tell the whole army to get ready, the main army of the Song army has arrived, it is possible to ignore Huang Shaofeng's life and death, take the lead in using catapults to storm the city, we need to preserve our strength, and when the Song army approaches, we will fight again." ”

Lei Zhanhu didn't answer, his palm touched the scabbard, ready to fight at any time.

What's more, on the city wall, although there are no wall battlements, but with sandbags, a wider and higher fortress is built, and in a short time, the Song army does not want to conquer it.

As he spoke, suddenly, a loud buzzing sound sounded in the distance, coming from within the city walls, and soon the sound became thicker and thicker.

"It's not good, the Song army is attacking the city, the whole army retreats, hide quickly!" With his rich battlefield experience, Lei Zhanhu guessed what the Song army was going to do.

Hearing this, the Yan sergeant quickly shrank and hid behind the sandbag.

Huang Shaofeng, who was hanging on the dragon flag, heard the voice and shouted in panic: "General, general, don't, don't .......!" ”

In the chaos of stones, a boulder struck and smashed on Huang Shaofeng's head accurately, making a muffled sound, Huang Shaofeng vomited blood from his mouth, died on the spot, and his body was hanging under the dragon flag, swinging back and forth.

At that moment, countless boulders fell from the sky, as if the sky had collapsed, and the boulders in the Milky Way were washed out by the current, some smashed on the sandbags, rolled down the city wall, and some smashed into the walkway, with a loud bang, scattered all over the ground.

This kind of rough and brutal attack has never stopped since the beginning, Yue Zhenchuan seems to rely on a boulder to smash Yancheng into the ground, and not give the Yan army in the city a little way to live.

Fortunately, there were sandbags to protect the Yan army, hiding behind the sandbags, the number of wounded was limited, and there were no deaths.

However, the Song army was in a hurry to break the city, and did not give the Yan army a chance to resist at all, and the huge stones, like meteorites in the sky, kept falling from the sky.

Within half an hour, the rough attack never stopped, the limited defense formed by the sandbags, there were gaps in many places, and many boulders fell to the ground and broke, causing casualties to the Yan army.

It seems that after determining that the Yan army in the city wall rarely survived, the Song army's stone throwing machine siege slowed down, on the contrary, a large number of Song troops set up cloud ladders, moved forward quickly, and came in the direction of Yancheng.

Obviously, the Song army planned to take advantage of the fact that the Yan army was in a state of complete concealment, and quickly attacked and conquered Yancheng in one fell swoop.

In the dark night, as if Gu Yue, who had experienced a disaster, Lei Zhanhu, climbed on the sandbag from the walkway, raised his head to pay attention to the situation under the city, and noticed the actions of the Song army, Gu Yue couldn't help but say: "General Lei, the situation is dangerous, I am afraid that you and I will live up to the general's expectations." ”

"Fight to the death and strive to change the current situation between the north and the south!" Lei Zhanhu licked his dry lips and shouted to the Yan Army on all sides: "Fight, brothers!" ”

Hearing the sound, the hidden Yan army, like a lurking beast, rushed out, climbed on the sandbag, picked up the crossbow, and shot at the Song army approaching under the city wall.

There were also Yan troops, who picked up the boulders that fell in the corridor of the city wall and threw them at the Song army. Or, take up the boiling water and pour it out, and use all the methods in the aisle to stop the Song army from advancing to prevent the Song army from climbing the mountain wall.

Under the city wall, Yue Zhenchuan noticed the traces of the shrinking Yan army, and also ordered Wu Xiaoyun to lead the forward army to attack and capture the city in an all-round way.