What an idiot! Aren't you afraid of losing the city gates? Liu Tong, the city defense force of the Zi clan, knew that it was the appearance of a thousand irregular troops. And the enemy army is mostly cavalry, not far from the city gate, if one charges over, it is too late to close the gate.

What's more, seeing that the Huns under the city are about to be cut open, once cut out, the Chinese army will be besieged, and the victory of this battle is in sight. However, if the enemy's Chinese army captures the empty Zishi in the rear, as long as some people enter and control the whole city, the loss will be incalculable, and the abundance of people and grain and grass in the city will undoubtedly be a nail in the West River.

And the Huns who roamed outside became an echo of it. Even if the enemy in the city is finally besieged and annihilated, the losses inside and outside the city are incalculable!

Liu Tong is also a person who has been in battle for a long time, so he doesn't know all kinds of gains and losses, and suddenly an evil fire rises. He did not know who was in charge of the military affairs in the city, and he did not inquire about the appointment of the post when he left. It's just that Xun Zhen doesn't understand military affairs, but he doesn't know people, and appoints a person who doesn't understand military affairs to lead the troops.

The march and battle must be analyzed in detail, old man Xun! If there are a lot of troops in the city, it is a good strategy to attack inside and outside the city. But this little force in your city is a drop in the bucket, and it can't form a flanking attack at all, maybe this little force is a bit useful, and it can play a role in shaking the enemy's military heart, but your city is empty, and the danger is far greater than the benefit!

When Liu Tongzheng condemned Xun Zhen and the guards, he saw that there was chaos in the Hun army. The two armies were already in a stalemate, and the Huns' fear of being surrounded and annihilated because of the disadvantage of ordnance and formation was suddenly infinitely magnified by the army that rushed out behind them. The Hun army formation was loosened like a taut rubber band, and suddenly lost its elasticity and tension, and collapsed softly.

The overall tactics were suspected, the local organization was lax, and like a contagion, the confusion began to spread.

Yan Rou's eyes were vicious, and she couldn't see the change! As soon as he signaled, the bannerman began to wave the flag in his hand, and the drum beat loudly. At this time, Liu Tong heard the sound of horses' hooves in the east and was also deafening, and saw the sky raising tumbling dust in the distance.

It turned out that Yan Rou arranged for Xiahoulan to be arranged in the east, but he was afraid that the Huns would see the Han army coming, go east and south, and then plague the hinterland. Now that the Huns have been bitten, there is no need to stop them, according to the prior agreement, Xiahoulan has already slowly approached the battlefield, and as soon as he heard the sound of drums, he rushed in with this new force.

The number of people who came this time was more, and the addition of people and horses again and again made the Huns panic even more. Who knows, will there be an army to join!

The Huns were completely panicked, Hu Chuquan kept boosting morale, and when he felt that his morale was unusable, and he was in danger of being divided and surrounded and completely annihilated, he resolutely gave the order to break through to the west! The Han army in the west is small, the pressure is not great, Hu Chuquan's sense of smell is very sensitive, and his judgment of the battlefield situation is also accurate.

Yan Rou in the east deliberately laid down heavy troops, with Yin Li and Xiahou Lan, while the Liangmao army in the west was the least numerous, and when the Huns fled west along the gap between the Liangmao army and the city wall, Liangmao even restrained the momentum of the attack and expanded this space.

"Third uncle, don't encircle and annihilate? Let them go? ”

"The trapped beasts are still fighting, the strength of the two armies is equal, we are also running for a long distance, and the dead soldiers will increase the casualties, let them go!"

Yan Rou said expressionlessly, he didn't want to completely annihilate this gang of scourge that harmed Pingyang and Xihe counties, but Liu Kuan often warned himself to cherish the lives of his soldiers, and not to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. Yan Rou was also influenced by Liu Yu, although it was a disaster for Hu Chuquan, after all, it was also a grassland tribe, and it was also a nation that he planned to pacify and rule, and tried his best to subdue it, rather than kill it all.

"The order, Yin Li and Liang Mao pursued, mainly to drive away, and not to fight rashly. After he entered the encirclement of Ma Chao and Zhang Yan, he would make a calculation. The herald ordered the Xiahou Lan Department to march to Pingyang after the war and pacify the county. ”

After the order was completed, Yan Rou breathed a heavy sigh of relief as he watched the herald leave, now the Huns did not capture Zishi, and did not get in touch with the Han people. And they will inevitably enter the encirclement of Ma Chao and Zhang Yan, Tuoba Liwei, and Dou Bin to the west. As for Pingyang County, although it was plundered by the Huns, after all, they would not occupy the city, not to mention that the Huns had not entered Pingyang for a long time, and the losses should not be large.

The Huns are still breaking through, and the Huns who have been divided and left behind have obviously been abandoned by the large army, and the Han army is still fighting in addition to Liangmao in the west, and the Yin Li Department and Xiahou Lan Department in the east are still fighting.

The Huns retreated into the empty space, allowing Liu Tong to clearly see a comical scene.

Not far from the city gate, there was a veteran in wide and ill-fitting armor, who was covered by a helmet with half of his head, and even covered his eyes, revealing a half-white beard, holding a sword in his right hand, riding a yellow horse, lying on the horse's back, holding the reins of the horse in his left hand and clutching the saddle tightly, as if he was about to be jolted down at any time, the veteran was shouting, directing the seven or eight hundred men to chase westward!

When the sergeants of the Liangmao Army saw the veteran working so hard, they immediately felt that it was a shameful thing for them to give way to the Huns, and they all suspected how wrong it was for the general to let himself bluff.

Fortunately, the Huns were good at riding and came and went like the wind, otherwise it seemed that they would have been killed by the old general and his slow-moving sergeants. The veteran's expression was indignant, you didn't even block the west road! Seeing that they couldn't catch up, and seeing that Yin Li's troops in the east followed at this time, and the Liangmao Division, which was not very hard in the west, also began to pursue, he changed his mind. Because the old guy saw the eastern troops going west, leaving a gap, and saw that the Xiahou Lan Department was clearing the surrounded Huns, he waved his sword and led the seven or eight hundred people to turn around and kill to the east.

At this time, the city gate opened again, and out of the city rushed out a group of foot soldiers, again seven or eight hundred men, and this group followed the old general to kill the Huns, who had been completely surrounded in the east.

Yan Rou looked at the old general coldly, noncommittal, unlike Liu Tong, who was watching this scene with his mouth wide open.

"Summons Xiahou Lan, you can be surrendered!"

Seeing that the situation on the battlefield had been determined, Yan Rou set his horse and headed towards the city.

Liu Tong, Duan'er, Hongli and others followed, and the hundreds of guards behind them were immediately divided into three teams, one team rushed to the city, and the two teams were scattered on both sides.

When Liu Tong entered the city, he saw an unexpected scene again, only to see a lot of soldiers and villagers standing on the city wall, and a lot of wood and stones were piled up, as well as iron pots, oil drums, water basins, and a lot of young people were transporting these materials to the city wall.

There were many women in the city treating the wounds of the wounded soldiers and villagers, and some old people and women were boiling porridge and bringing food to the people on the city walls.

No wonder, I said, how can this Zi clan resist the attack of Hu Chuquan, it turns out that the whole city has been mobilized!

At this time, an official of the Zi clan stepped forward, Liu Tong had seen it before, but he couldn't name it.

"The little one has seen Master Hou!" The official knew Liu Tong, and as he spoke, he took several officials behind him to salute Liu Tong.

"The general of the town army has arrived, and Xun Zhen is called to come and greet him!" Liu Tong didn't see Xun Zhen and was a little angry.

When the official heard this, he looked at Yan Rou timidly, "Tell the general, Lord Xun went out of the city to kill the enemy!" ”

What? Liu Tong's jaw dropped when he heard this, the old general who was covered by a helmet just now was Xun Zhen!

"Xun Zhen is really brave and strategic!" Liu Tong said sarcastically.

"That's," the official said proudly, "When our Lord Xun learned that Pingyang County had fallen, he expected that the Huns would attack Xihe and would definitely attack the Zi clan, so he concentrated the soldiers, grain, grass, and ordnance of the county towns of Xihe County to the Zi clan. The Huns would not occupy the county seat, and when they sacked the county seat, they found that it was only an empty city. And when I thought that Zishi was also an empty city, I found that we were waiting for us! ”

"Oh, how many defenders do the Zi clan have now?"

"Nearly five thousand, we have concentrated the guards of various county towns, and we have also mobilized three thousand village warriors and countless people!"

"It's amazing, I still know about the people's war." Liu Tong was very surprised, this Xun Zhen was really unexpected by himself.

"How many days have you been holding out?" Yan Rou thought that Liu Tong was teasing, and also knew that the Zi clan was already defending the city before he arrived.

"Report to the general, the Huns came in the early hours of yesterday morning, and we only held for a day and a half, and they were beaten away by the general. With our Lord Xun here, the Huns will attack for a month and a half, and they will not want to enter the city! ”

When Liu Tong looked at this official and praised Xun Zhen, he suddenly remembered that this official was Xun Zhen's original subordinate under Lishi, and he was Lishi County! No wonder, he appreciates Xun Zhen so much, it seems that he is his iron fan.

Yan Rou nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and continued to walk forward.

"This lord, quickly lead the way, let's go to the mansion. By the way, I called someone to find the fierce general Xun Zhen back. Liu Tong said with a smile.