When any county seat is besieged by the enemy, the other two counties can send troops to rescue in time, so that the three counties can be guaranteed not to be lost.

Even if one county town falls into the hands of the enemy, the other two county towns can also play a diversion role, so that the local government cannot use this as a springboard to attack the hinterland of Xiliang on a large scale.

However, once two of the three cities fall into the hands of the enemy, then the last one is bound to fall into the predicament of fighting alone, let alone rescue or solve the difficulty, and even whether he can escape alive is another matter.

At this moment, Dingxian County has fallen into such a critical situation, although Liu Yuan, the magistrate of the county, has seen through the Meng Yuan army's deception of the city, but he is still helpless in the face of the current situation. At present, Kang County and Sichuan County have fallen into the hands of Meng Yuanjun, which is equivalent to cutting off his retreat.

This is also the reason why Bo Yalun chose to attack Sichuan County first, because only by attacking Sichuan County first can Kang and Ding counties not be able to retreat, and they cannot be combined with the county towns in the hinterland of Xiliang to wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

Knowing that Kang and Sichuan counties were all under control, Meng Ke immediately ordered an army of 100,000 to open Sichuan County, and he wanted to build Sichuan County without leakage, and in the future, Sichuan County would be equivalent to his springboard and front line for attacking the hinterland of Xiliang.

As long as Sichuan County is not lost, no matter how Meng Yuanjun fights in this battle, he can have a way home.

Meng Ke himself did not appear in Sichuan County for the first time, but left 10,000 troops to guard Kang County, and he himself commanded the remaining 80,000 troops to go to Dingxian, and he wanted to personally lay down a county seat.

Looking at Dingxian in front of him, which was besieged by a large army, Meng Ke showed a smug look on his face, for Liu Yuan, the magistrate of Dingxian County, the information he sent from Bo Yalun, he knew that this person was also a small capable person.

Liu Yuan is not a county official who has gone out of Dingxian County, and he is not even a native of Xiliang, but he can govern Dingxian County in such a complex environment, which can be regarded as a rare talent.

For the Mengyuan Empire, there is no shortage of elite soldiers, and even generals who lead troops to fight, what he really lacks is talents to govern internal affairs. Although Meng Ke was a great khan, in the court, except for the left minister Yelu Zijin, who was left to him by his father Khan, the other important ministers in the court were all the people of his uncle Zuo and Youxian Wang.

Every time he wanted to make some reforms, he would be strongly opposed by the two Wang Shu supporters, making it impossible for him to implement many government decrees.

Munch launched the war against Bactria this time, on the one hand, in addition to transferring the contradiction of the locust plague to Xiliang, and seizing enough food that could survive the winter; on the other hand, it is also to expand his prestige in the empire, and to regain some power from several important ministers of the imperial court and two uncles; Another point is to take the opportunity to discover a few more talents.

Although Liu Yuan was not Meng Yuan's person, Meng Ke still wanted to try to subdue him. So he sent an envoy into the city to persuade Liu Yuan to surrender to him.

In Meng Ke's heart, now Dingxian is already a fish on the chopping block, and he is allowed to do whatever he wants. Unexpectedly, as soon as he sent the envoy into the city with his front foot, he was beheaded by Liu Yuan on the back foot to show the public, and his head was hung at the gate of the city, making naked mockery of Munch.

As the saying goes, when two countries are at war, don't kill them!

Liu Yuan broke this rule, which made Meng Ke very angry, and decided to give up the solicitation of him, and even ordered that when he was caught, he would use the same means to deal with him.

Meng Ke rode his bloody horse to the city gate, pointed at Liu Yuan with his horsewhip and shouted: "Liu Manzi, I advise you to open the city and surrender quickly, otherwise after my 100,000 army breaks through the city, it will be bloodied for three days, so that you will know how powerful I am!" ”

Liu Yuan sneered, and commanded the defenders on the left and right: "Prepare the archers, aim at that person for me to shoot, if anyone can shoot him, this official will give you to ask for credit in front of the emperor!" ”

"Shoot the arrows!"

Countless arrows rained down on Munch.

Munch was horrified, turned the horse and left, and the sweat and blood under his crotch were the world's first-class peerless horses, and his ability to predict danger was extremely high.

As soon as the archers of the Dingxian defenders shot out, it sensed the danger, dodged the bow and arrows with a jump, and ran in the direction of the coming formation, leaving behind the overwhelming bows and arrows.

Before returning to the battle, Meng Ke was so angry that he commanded his army and was about to start attacking Dingxian.

Soon, a group of flying cavalry came out of the formation, this is a group of archers, can ride on a galloping horse to shoot accurate arrows, is one of the elite army of the Mengyuan Empire.

The archers from both sides were firing at each other, and Munch commanded the army to set up a chariot and ladder behind him. Although the Meng Yuan were nomadic people, and most of the battles were mainly cavalry, when it came to siege the city, they still prepared a lot of siege equipment, such as rushing carts, ladders and catapults.

Liu Yuan stood on the city wall, looking at the dense Mengyuan army below, his face was not afraid at all, he pulled out the saber he carried with him, pointed directly at Munch's camp, and shouted: "I'm waiting for the good sons of Great Xia, how can I be afraid of the barbarians?" Today, the official is here, Yu Er lives and dies together, and will never retreat! ”

The voice was generous and powerful, inspiring morale and inspiring people, "The man who bravely killed the enemy today, this official will definitely ask for credit for him." But if there are those who retreat in fear of war, don't blame the official for not sparing! ”

"The overseer team listened to the order, there was no order to withdraw the army, and those who dared to retreat would be killed! When approaching, those who will retreat first regardless of the army will be beheaded; The army does not care about those who retreat first, and the rear team kills the front team! ”

"No!"

Thousands of defenders responded loudly, and the sound shook the sky!

He also heard Liu Yuan command loudly: "The auxiliary soldiers are ready to shoot wood, falling stones, and wolf teeth, fire oil cans, set up oil pots, and prepare to boil gold juice; The arrows in the warehouse are also transported, so it is important to ensure that the bows and arrows do not stop. ”

This is not the first time Liu Yuan has commanded a city defense battle, but it is the first time he has faced so many enemy troops. Although his command is orderly, but the disparity between the two armies is too large, at this moment, all the people in the entire Dingxian County combined, I am afraid that there is not as many people as the Mengyuan army outside the city, how can this battle be fought?

Liu Yuan already had the idea of martyrdom, and only hoped to kill some more enemy soldiers. Unexpectedly, after the war started, it was not as devastating as both sides expected, but fell into a stalemate.

Although the number of Mengyuan troops is large, the city wall is so big, even if there is a ladder, it is impossible to climb up in a swarm. In addition, they are not good at siege warfare, and they are not very skilled in fighting.

The number of defenders in Dingxian County is not much, and they can barely defend the city wall, but they are not afraid of death, and there are many tools to defend the city, so that the Mengyuan army cannot attack it for a while. The city gates on the north and south sides had already been blocked by Liu Yuan for the people in the city, and several houses near the city gates were demolished for this purpose.

This battle was fought from morning to dark, and at the end of the day, there were many casualties on both sides, but no one was able to break the stalemate in front of them.