"King, Qiu Linju asks to see!" While he was talking to Li Ru, the voice of the dragon came from outside the door.

"Huh?" Liu Yuan sighed lightly, without much hesitation, and ordered: "Bring him in!" ”

"Wen You, Qiu Linju is in charge of my Xia Kingdom's foreign military espionage, here, something will happen!" Seeing Li Ru's puzzled face, Liu Yuan explained to Li Ru.

Li Ru nodded, thoughtful.

"Meet the King!" Qiu Lin fell into the house.

"Get up!" Liu Yuan turned his head to look at Qiu Linjue: "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to the king, the secret agent planted in Jizhou came to report that the Yuan army has a troop and horse to move north! It seems to go in the territory of the usual mountains! ”

"Going north? Changshan? Yan Rou has withdrawn, what does Yuan Shao want? Liu Yuan muttered softly.

Li Ru didn't know much about the situation of Heji, and the sporadic information he obtained naturally couldn't think of a reason. Silent and waiting for Liu Yuan, who was thinking.

"Jing Cheng? Jing Chen! After a long time, Liu Yuan spoke, and his expression was not very good-looking.

He and Li Ru quickly went to the palace lobby, ordered someone to get the map, and after studying it carefully, Liu Yuan became more and more sure, and said to Li Ru: "I'm afraid, Yuan Jun's goal is really Jingcheng!" ”

Li Ru swept the map and said in a deep voice: "Our army occupies Jingcheng, like a nail, pierced in Changshan and in the heart of Jizhou. If Yuan Shao can recover it, he can get rid of a big threat! ”

At this time, Li Ru also agreed with Liu Yuan's judgment.

Liu Yuan and Li Ru were still studying, and they didn't wait long before Yan Rou's messenger for help came from Jingcheng. Yuan Shao sent Gao Gan to lead 5,000 troops to the north, and together with the soldiers of Changshan County, he sneaked to Jingcheng and launched a surprise attack.

Yan Rou was taken by surprise, and with a small number of troops, and the previous eastward raid, the losses were not small, and the resistance was quite difficult, so he quickly sent people for help.

"It's a good Yuan Benchu, the lonely side sent troops to the east, and his counterattack came, so fast, so unexpected!" Liu Yuan said coldly: "He is not afraid of setting off a full-scale war with my Xia Kingdom?" ”

"I'm afraid that Yuan Shao can also see that our army's ambition is not in the east, and I'm afraid he just wants to recapture Jingcheng!" Li Ru sighed.

Without much hesitation, Liu Yuan decisively ordered: "Pass on the order of King Gu, Su Li will immediately send troops to the east to support Yan Rou, and it must not be delayed!" ”

……

At this time, under the Jingcheng Pass, the killing was in full swing, and hundreds of Yuan troops were storming the Jingcheng. In the ice and snow, under the city, Yuan Jun was a soldier, holding a big shield, and attacked Jingcheng.

Gao Gan personally sat in the Chinese army, looking sharply ahead. Sergeant Yuan, facing the arrows of the Xia army, rushed forward at the risk of death. The road outside the pass is narrow, and such siege weapons as Jingqi cannot be placed, and the soldiers cannot be placed, so they have to send hundreds of people at a time.

The gate is not wide, and only a few ladders can be placed, and under such "simple" conditions, Yuan's army struggled to attack the city. Under the city gate, more than a dozen soldiers, pushing the rushing cart, shouted and crashed into the strong city gate.

"I didn't expect that Yan Rou's reaction would be so fast, our army had been careful and careful, launched such an assault, and was still blocked by it!" Looking at the figure of Yan Rou commanding resistance above the city pass, Guo Yuan sighed beside him.

"Such a general, he is willing to be a Hulu minion, he should be killed!" Gao Gan said in a cold voice, seeing that the hundreds of soldiers in front of him were overwhelmed, he decisively ordered a general on his side: "Han Meng, change a group of people, you personally lead people to rush to the city!" ”

"No!" The Yuan soldiers in front were ordered to retreat, and Han Meng personally led people to replace them and continued to attack, not giving the Xia army in the city a chance to breathe.

Yan Rou was at the gate, seeing the retreating Yuan army, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Han Meng took over with hundreds of fresh troops. didn't care much, and hurriedly ordered: "Huanglong, you take people down to rest, Zhang Sheng, put your people up!" ”

"Obey!"

Zhang Sheng soon led his subordinates to control the city, Changge out of the female wall, rolling stones fell, arrows were released, and cloud ladders were pushed by cloud ladders. Huang Long and Yang Feng led people behind, cleaning up the corpses of Xia Jun on the city wall.

The Yuan army can't be used under the city, and the Xia army is the same in the city, and there are not many soldiers and horses.

Since yesterday afternoon, Yuan's army rushed to the city, and the sentry posts placed in the east were quietly pulled out, and no news could be transmitted. Yuan Jun came, he really beat Yan Rou at a loss, this day was cold, his hands and feet were stiff, and the soldiers might not be able to hold the knife steadily, but Yuan Jun dared to carry out this siege and bloody battle, Yan Rou could not have expected it.

If it weren't for Yang Feng patrolling the city and leading people to resist desperately, he would quickly come up with support, but I was afraid that Jing Cheng would really be overcome.

Yuan Jun came here, well prepared, with a large number of people, and most of them were elite state soldiers in Jizhou. On the Xia Jun's side, even winter clothes are not ready, and it is really difficult to resist.

The soldiers who returned from Yan Rou's attack were still resting, and their combat strength had not fully recovered. At this time, the Jingcheng Xia Army had only a thousand or a few hundred capable fighters. It lost a lot of troops and blocked the first wave of Yuan's most ferocious offensive, but then it was followed by a steady stream of strong attacks.

Gao Gan was also determined to die, and he never seemed to think of taking down Jing Cheng easily. From the very beginning, the tactics of adding fuel were used, and the whole army was divided into more than a dozen groups, each with hundreds of troops, and took turns to go to the city.

Yesterday's three rounds of offensives, not overcome, today at sunrise, they will attack again, until now, never stopped, high-intensity attacks, almost oppressive Yan Rou breathless.

As the side that rushed the city, the losses of the Yuan army were naturally not small, and today, the number of Yuan troops killed and wounded under the city has reached thousands. It's really not small, but Yan Rou's mood is getting heavier and heavier, and Yuan's offensive is still so fierce. Gao Gan does not seem to be shaken by "that little loss" at all.

"Soldiers, the general has already asked King Xia for help! The reinforcements will arrive soon, and after holding on to today, Jing Cheng will hold it, and he will be with you and swear to defend the city! Yan Rou shouted loudly, cheering for the Xia army defending the city.

"Defend the city to the death!" Under the leadership of Zhang Sheng, Sergeant Xia roared. It seems that a few shouts are enough for confidence.

A knife slashed at a Yuan army warrior who climbed the city, and he swung his knife to defend, and the two knives slammed into each other, making a piercing crashing sound. Sergeant Yuan's body flickered, and he was stabbed in the abdomen by the spears of the two sergeant Xia soldiers who saw the opportunity next to him, struggled a few times, and fell into the city.

A ladder was pushed down by several summer pawns, and the three enemy pawns on the ladder fell down and fell not lightly. A few arrows swished through the air, and the Xia pawn who pushed the ladder fell two people, and it didn't take long for another cloud ladder to come up again. Today, there are more than a dozen cloud ladders damaged by Yuan's army attacking the city.

The bloody battle between the two sides did not stop for a moment. Yuan's army attacked wave after wave, and the soldiers still had room to rest. The Xia army is different, although it was divided into several waves by Yan Rou, but after all, there were few people, and with oil, this oil and water could not compare to the enemy army.

"General be careful!" Suddenly, Yang Feng knocked Yan Rou down, and an arrow was inserted into the pillar of the city tower, and the shaft of the arrow shook up and down at high speed. Yan Rou's fall immediately attracted the attention of the guards who came to defend the city.

Yan Rou forcefully lifted Yang Feng who was pounced on him, got up and said loudly: "Ben will be fine, don't be distracted,!" "The situation of laxity in resistance for a short time was suddenly curbed again.

Touching his left jaw, Yang Feng pounced too violently, he touched the ground with his face, and he knocked it lightly. Spit out a mouthful of blood foam. Unable to care less, Yan Rou said to Yang Feng: "Zhang Sheng insists on holding on for another two quarters of an hour, and you will immediately put you on top!" ”

"No!"

Under the city pass, looking at Yan Rou who stood up, and continued to command the Xia army to resist, Han Meng put away his longbow and secretly said that it was a pity. Then the sword was raised: "Intensify the attack for me, kill!" ”

From sunrise to sunset, the Xia army defending the city was exhausted, and the bloody battle was so far, and then forced by the cold air of the twilight, the situation of the defenders was not good. The Xia army in the city was like this, and the Yuan army under the city was not much better, trembling, and his movements were slow, and he couldn't rush anymore.

"This Xia Jun is so difficult!" Han Meng personally led the team to attack the city several times, but at this time there was no effect, and he scolded angrily.

"General, it's dark, the cold is coming, the soldiers really can't fight, let's stop today!" Guo Yuan said to Gao Gan, who had stood outside the city for a day, his face was frozen and purple: "My Yuan army is elite, so casualties are under danger, I look really distressed!" ”

The soldiers of the Yuan army who fell under the city, there were thousands of direct battle casualties, if it wasn't for the red-eyed killing, and the cadres and overseers were raised, I was afraid that they would have dispersed early. Even so, it's not much closer to a collapse.

"Withdraw!" Gao Gan didn't say much, and finally a trace of unbearability appeared in his expression, and then disappeared.

On the city gate, looking at Yuan Jun who was slowly retreating, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the Xia army still had combat strength, but there were only five hundred, and even the soldiers who had not recovered their combat strength were used by Yan Rou before they could resist it. Naturally, there were a lot of losses, Yuan Jun, the offensive was too fierce.

As soon as their spirits were relaxed, they all collapsed to the ground, regardless of the coldness of the ground. Yan Rou's hands were already a little frozen, and she trembled and leaned against the female wall to look out, making sure that Yuan Jun had withdrawn before she settled down.

Holding on to the stiff and tired body, he led people to drive up the soldiers lying on the ground, so that they could sleep to death, and I was afraid that they would never wake up.

Inside and outside the Jingcheng Pass, there was silence. At night, several bonfires were set up, and Sergeant Xia gathered around the fire with weapons, huddled together to keep warm.

Yan Rou and Yang Feng, Zhang Sheng and the soldiers gathered together and did not speak. Yan Rou's eyes were a little erratic, and she kept staring at the outside of the gate. Touching the armor, this armor, it's so cold.

It wasn't until news came from Dongguan that Captain Han Juzi led two thousand reinforcements to arrive overnight, and Yan Rou fell headlong and passed out.