However, he said that Song Jian ran all the way for thirty miles with hundreds of guards, returned to the camp of the Qiang army, was shocked, and ordered the Qiang army to hold the camp. Not long after, two or three thousand Qiang soldiers who had lost their armor and failed to form an army returned to the Qiang army camp one after another.

Bian Zhang saw that the Qiang army had been defeated for a while, and hurriedly came to Song Jian's Chinese army tent, Bian Zhang saw that Song Jian was embarrassed, and said: "King Pinghan, how can the Han army be so powerful?" I don't know ...... of our army's food and grass."

Song Jian snorted coldly, smashed his fist on several cases, and said hatefully: "Han army cub, you deceive people too much!" Our army has run out of food and grass, 15,000 people, only 3,000 people have returned, this revenge will not be avenged, and they will not be people! ”

When Bian Zhang heard that the grain and grass were all destroyed, his face was pale, and he said tremblingly: "Ping...... King Pinghan, there is no food and grass...... But how can you continue to march......"

Song Jian said in a deep voice: "The grain and grass in the army can last for four or five days, in case it doesn't work, we can send troops to loot the grain of the people of Jincheng County, and we can also maintain it for a while!" ”

Bian Zhang nodded and said: "King Ping Han is really resourceful, now, our army still has 30,000 people, the Han army is only a few thousand, and it is already overstretched to defend various cities, our army can surround Jincheng City, Yunwu City, and Yuzhong City at the same time, and each of them can be broken, and great things can be done!" ”

Song Jian barely squeezed out a smile and said: "Lord Bian has a very good plan, tomorrow I will first ask the soldiers to loot the people's food, and the day after tomorrow, I will raise 30,000 troops to surround Jincheng City, Yunwu City, and Yuzhong City." If these three cities can be broken, Ningcheng can also be decided in one go! ”

Bian Zhang nodded yes, and then, Song Jian and Bian Zhang were no longer worried, and began to drink happily!

However, he said that when Zhao Yun and Fu Wei led the army back to Ningcheng, Xu Shu and Zhang Ji had already been waiting on the city tower for a long time. Everyone sat down, and Zhao Yun told Xu Shu and Zhang Ji the results of the battle, and the two of them were naturally overjoyed when they heard it. Zhao Yun groaned: "Now, the Qiang army's grain and grass are all destroyed, and the 30,000 Qiang army is afraid that it won't last long. ”

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Zilong don't worry, now that the people of Jincheng County have already cleared the wilderness and retreated to the city, the Qiang army will not get a grain of grain." Tomorrow, you can continue to send elite cavalry from Yunwu City, Ningcheng City, and Yuzhong City to raid the raiding team of the Qiang army. Besides, in the past few days, the clouds are thick, the wind is cold, and within three days, it will inevitably snowfall heavily, and when the time comes, without our Han army sending troops, the Qiang army will also freeze to death and starve to death! ”

Zhao Yun nodded, and said loudly: "Yuan Zhi's plan is very good, tomorrow, you can break the raiding team of the Qiang army first." Immediately ordered Huang Zhong and Xu Huang to act according to the plan, and there must be no mistakes. ”

After receiving the order of General Zhao Yun, the herald immediately got off the city tower and went out of the city, and went towards my Yuzhong City and Yunwu City with a whip.

The next day, the Qiang army dispatched nearly 10,000 people, left the camp, dispersed into dozens of teams, and headed towards the people's villages in all directions of the Qiang army camp. As a result, Zhao Yun went out of Ningcheng, Huang Zhong went out of Yuzhong City, and Xu Huang went out of Yunwu City, using superior forces to break the raiding teams of the Qiang army. The Han army suffered almost no casualties, beheaded more than 6,000 Qiang soldiers, and captured more than 5,000 usable horses. Song Jian learned that the Qiang army not only did not plunder a grain of grain, but instead folded more than 6,000 soldiers, and was shocked and angry, so he beheaded more than a dozen Qiang army defeated soldiers and hundreds of households to show the public, so as to shock the army's heart. But today's Qiang soldiers have long become frightened birds, their morale is sluggish, they have no fighting spirit, they can't live in fear, and there is even a desertion incident!

Song Jian and Bian Zhang are also in a dilemma. Let's march, I'm afraid that the grain and grass won't be able to support it for a few days; Retire from the army, and I am afraid that the Han army will chase and kill. Song Jian and Bian Zhang discussed for a long time and decided to divide their troops to surround Jincheng City, Yunwu City, and Yuzhong City. Song Jianqin led 8,000 Qiang soldiers to attack Jincheng City, Bian Zhang led 7,000 troops to attack Yunwu City, and Song Jian's deputy general Shi Yaji led 7,000 troops to attack Yuzhong City. As soon as the Qiang army pulled out of the camp and marched into the army, the news of the march of the Qiang army by the Han army was reported to Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang. Zhao Yun discussed with Xu Shu, Zhang Ji, and Fu Wei, regardless of whether there would be heavy snowfall, and decided to send troops from Jincheng City, Yunwu City, and Yuzhong City to attack the Qiang army at the same time on the fifth day.

Zhao Yun left 2,000 men for Xu Shu, Zhang Ji, and Fu Wei to garrison Ningcheng, and he led a thousand Han troops to gallop to aid Jincheng City. When Zhao Yun led his army to Jincheng City, Song Jian's 8,000 Qiang army was only ten miles away from the south gate of Jincheng City. Zhao Yun saw that Luo Xian and Zhang Wei would defend the city with bows and arrows, rolling logs, stones, fire oil, and gold juice (boiling feces and urine, which can not only scald the enemy, but also dirty, and the wounds are easy to rot and difficult to treat. When it's ready, my heart is overjoyed. Jincheng City is backed by the Yellow River and only needs to defend the east, south and west. Zhao Yun ordered Luo Xian to guard the west gate and Zhang Wei to guard the east gate, and he personally guarded the south gate.

Song Jianyu led the army to the south gate of Jincheng City ten miles to set up camp, around Jincheng City to check a circle, and left 2,000 people at the east gate and west gate of Jincheng City to set up camp, and the water around Jincheng City was blocked. Song Jian saw that Jincheng City had already prepared, so he had to let the Qiang army cut down trees everywhere and make siege equipment. After several hours, the Qiang army reluctantly made dozens of simple ladders, Song Jian saw that it was late, and it was inconvenient to attack the city, so he asked the Qiang army to bury the pot and cook earlier, hold the big camp, and attack the city again tomorrow.

Just after the next hour, the Qiang army carried the ladder and attacked the eastern, western, and southern walls of Jincheng City at the same time. Zhao Yun, Luo Xian, and Zhang Wei commanded the Han army to defend and counterattack in a hurry. Zhao Yun ordered the Han army to shoot arrows only after the Qiang army entered the land of arrows, so as not to waste arrows. Now, in the middle of winter, the Qiang army is mostly wearing felt hats and leather armor. Zhao Yun saw that the Qiang army entered the land of one stone, so he ordered a thousand Han troops to divide into two rows in front and rear, and took turns shooting rockets at the Qiang army. In an instant, hundreds of Qiang soldiers were hit by rockets and became burning men, and the Qiang soldiers were in pain, scurrying around, rolling on the ground with their companions in their arms. Seeing this, the Qiang soldiers who had not yet been hit by the arrow were frightened and refused to come forward.

Seeing this, Song Jian immediately beheaded several Qiang soldiers and hundreds of households, and the Qiang soldiers had to bite the bullet and rush to the city wall with a cloud ladder. Zhao Yun saw that the Qiang army arrived at the root of the city wall, so he asked the Han army to smash the rolling wood and stones, just when the Qiang soldiers screamed and cracked their lungs, the Han army's fire oil and gold juice gave them a winter shower, and the Han army naturally left someone to shoot rockets, and now the rockets are borrowed from the fire oil on the Qiang army, just a little bit. I saw that the Qiang army under the city was really miserable, but the Han army did not have the slightest mercy in their hearts, and used all available methods to harvest the lives of these Qiang soldiers. Seeing this, Song Jian had no choice but to order the Qiang army to retreat in a heartbroken manner. The siege of the Qiang army, before and after only half an hour, this battle, the Han army of Jincheng City suffered more than 100 casualties; The Qiang army left more than 2,000 corpses at the eastern, western, and southern gates of Jincheng City; The siege ladders of the Qiang army were almost completely burned. Just when Jincheng City won the great victory of defending the city, Yuzhong City and Yunwu City were also celebrating their great victory in defending the city!

Song Jian learned that there were only more than 5,000 people left in his 8,000 Qiang army, and nearly 1,000 of these more than 5,000 people no longer had the slightest combat power, he was shocked and angry, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the left and right guards hurriedly stepped forward to support him. After a while, Song Jian ordered all the Qiang troops at the east and west gates of Jincheng City to withdraw to the camp at the south gate. It's really a disaster, Song Jian received the news of the fiasco of the Qiang army in Yunwu City and Yuzhong City, and Song Jian vomited blood in shock. What made the Qiang army even more desperate was that that night, heavy snow fell from the sky, and overnight, there was a foot of snow. Now, the heavy snow has closed the mountain, and in just one day, the wood for the Qiang army to make food and heat has been exhausted, followed by the Qiang army's grain and grass, and even Song Jian can only barely use two meals. As a last resort, Song Jian could only pass the order to kill the horse for relief.

Finally came to the moment when the Han army agreed to counterattack, this ugly day, Zhao Yun ordered the Han army to eat a full meal, when the time came, Zhang Wei took hundreds of Han troops to guard the city, Zhao Yun and Luo Xian each led a thousand Han troops out of the east and west gates of Jincheng City, people were ranked, horses were wrapped in hooves, and quietly approached the Qiang army camp. Today's Qiang army camp is already dead, and the Qiang soldiers are cold and hungry, nesting in the camp tent and waiting for death. Zhao Yun and Luo Xian did not receive the slightest resistance, so they led the Han army into the camp of the Qiang army, and the Han army set fire to it everywhere, cutting down anyone they met, regardless of the hard state that some Qiang soldiers had already died.

But said that at this time, Song Jian was already bedridden and couldn't take care of himself, and the guards had to flee on foot with Song Jian on their backs, and before they could run a mile, they saw Luo Xian riding a horse and killing with a gun, and before the guards could react, their heads had already landed, and the remaining Qiang soldiers begged for mercy, and Luo Xian also knew that the person who fell to the ground was Song Jian. Luo Xian ordered Song Jian to be brought back and all the Qiang troops surrendered were beheaded. This time, the Han army attacked the camp, and it was only half an hour before and after. In this battle, the Han army suffered almost no casualties; captured Song Jian, the leader of the Qiang army, and beheaded more than 5,000 Qiang soldiers; More than 100 horses were seized! Just when Zhao Yun won the victory of Jincheng, Huang Zhong of Yuzhong City also broke through the camp of the Qiang army and beheaded Shi Yaji, the deputy general of the Qiang army, and more than 4,000 Qiang soldiers; Xu Huang of Yunwu City also broke through the Qiang army camp, captured Bian Zhang, and beheaded more than 4,000 Qiang soldiers!

Zhao Yun ordered Song Jian and Bian Zhang to be imprisoned in Jincheng City for the time being, and then make a decision after Li Mu was revealed.

This time, it took nearly 20 days from the plundering of Jincheng County by the Qiang army of Caohan and Heguan to its defeat. The Han army suffered more than 1,000 casualties; captured Song Jian and Bian Zhang, and beheaded more than 46,000 Qiang soldiers; More than 20,000 horses were seized.