In front of a summer village at the western foot of the southern section of Taihang, more than 200 Xia troops are struggling to resist the onslaught of thousands of Yuan troops.

The Xia army was already in decline, and although it tried its best to resist, it was impossible to resist under the continuous attacks of the Yuan army. Xia Pawn led the way, a military candidate, his task is to defend this camp, it seems that he is a diehard, the soldiers around him fell one by one, still holding the shield and shouting to resist, full of madness.

The military is not really afraid of death, only where the military order is, defend the cottage, and if you dare to flee without a fight, you will be subject to military law. If you lose your life, you will also be involved in your family.

After attacking Yuan's army, there were more than a thousand Zhao troops, standing quietly among the mountains, watching the battle ahead. The leader was Jiang Yiqu, with a cold and hard face, standing on a high place, without a trace of emotion at the bloody battle ahead.

It has been more than ten days since Yuan Shao ordered the troops to attack Xia. On the third day, Jiang Yiqu personally led his soldiers to attack the Xia army's villages to the west. Stationed in Taihang for a long time, he also had a clear understanding of the topography of the roads in the mountains and the garrison of the Xia army, and his subordinates also developed into an army that was good at mountain warfare. All the way to the west, the city was attacked, and in a few days, several military villages of the Xia army were broken, killing and wounding hundreds of Xia soldiers.

"This Xia army is tenacious!" Jiang Yiqu's voice was slightly cold.

As an attacker, the casualties will not be small. In these days, Yu Yu broke through more than ten miles in the Taihang Mountains, and the price of smooth progress was the lives of hundreds of soldiers.

Seeing that the resistance of the enemy army in Xia Zhai was getting weaker and weaker, Jiang Yiqu's eyes were cold, and he immediately ordered: "Solve the battle as soon as possible, and the whole army will enter the village to rest!" ”

This place is already in the north of Longxi Mountain, and after crossing this place, it will completely enter the territory of Shangdang. The progress is smooth, the defense of the Taihang Xia army is dull, the reaction is slow, and they only know how to defend the camp and fight for themselves, although they are brave, but they are not difficult to deal with.

Jiang Yiqu was curious, Xia Jun's reaction was a little wrong compared to the past. This village has been broken, and the remaining dozens of summer soldiers have retreated westward in a hurry.

"Poor Kou Mo chase, enter the village!" Looking at Zhao Pawn, who was breaking into the enemy village one after another, Jiang Yiqu's brows soothed: "Order the rear army, ordnance supply, replenish it as soon as possible!" The scout continued to come forward to investigate, and the twenty miles of ridge roads before and after were all cleared by Ben General! ”

"No!"

"I never thought that these Xia troops were so vulnerable, and the generals came to the west and attacked all the way, but there was no enemy. On Zhao Gong's side, there must be a big reward! "A cadre of Zhao Military Academy and lieutenants got together and seized some wine and meat from Xia Village.

"Don't be careless, Xia Jun is not so easy to deal with! We've only broken a few stockades along the way! Jiang Yiqu also took a sip of wine and said lightly.

"Stop!" Looking at the subordinates one by one, their faces were a little red, and Jiang Yiqu immediately ordered: "Give the general back to the camp, lead the soldiers to repair, and increase vigilance to prevent the Xia army from sneaking attack!" ”

"No!" Jiang Yiqu governed the army quite strictly, and his subordinates immediately received orders and did not dare to slack off.

"General! The report came from the rear that there was a Xia army, haunting near Lin Xi! The scout chief hurriedly entered the account and reported it.

With a frown, Jiang Yiqu's eyes flashed with suspicion, and he immediately ordered: "Send more people, investigate clearly, contact General Chunyu of Lin Xi County, and ask him to cooperate!" ”

After thinking about it, Jiang Yiqu instructed several captains who were still in the tent: "Go back to your own tent, open tomorrow, continue to march west, go straight out of Longxi Mountain, and the soldiers will come to Hukou!" ”

Hearing Jiang Yiqu's order, one of the captains hesitated a little and gave his hand to Jiang Yiqu: "General, there is an enemy in the rear, is it too risky to go west again." If we go deeper, once we are cut off from the rear by the Xia army, we will definitely be in a bad situation. The soldiers are also tired these days, so let's take a break and wait for the arrival of Zhao Gong's army, and then march again! ”

This is a cautious person, Jiang Yiqu said secretly in his heart, but he shook his head slightly: "Ben will have his own plans, he will be on guard, you don't have to say much, just listen to orders!" ”

Early in the morning of the second day, when the weather was slightly cold, Jiang Yiqu led the army again, along the Taihang Mountain Road, groping, and cautiously headed west.

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In a mountain pass in the northwest of Linshu County, Zheng Gu and Yang Chou led nearly 2,000 people to lurk here.

This partial position of general, in the military system of the Xia Army, is a bit of a panacea, and it is also easy to use. Like Zheng Gu and others, those with sufficient qualifications but insufficient meritorious service will all be promoted to partial generals.

The Zhao army attacked, and the Xia army was naturally prepared, and the enemy attacked fiercely, and it was taken by surprise at the beginning. The Taihang Xia Army, a few years ago, had Yang Feng do it for him, and after Yan Rou came back, he was fully responsible for resisting the Xia Army.

I had always thought that Yuan Shao would take the Jingcheng area as the attack point, after all, its movement in Changshan was the largest, and the direction of the march of the Zhao army to the west was also northwest. Now it seems that it was Zhao Jun who made a noise to attack the north and the south.

Taihang was too big, the mountains were endless, and Yan Rou was in Jingcheng, and the whip was beyond his reach, so he couldn't command the southern response to the Zhao army in time.

Zheng Gu and Yang Chou and others have also been entangled with Jiang Yiqu for many years, and they have suffered a lot in their hands. Seeing its ferocity, the light troops rushed forward, and several people got together, and had the idea of fighting its rear road.

Most of their soldiers were the Black Mountain soldiers of the year, although they have been replaced over the years, but this "tradition" of crisscrossing the mountains has been preserved. Coupled with the familiarity with the Taihang Mountains, the soldiers of each village gathered and detoured to the east. Over the years, the two sides have found many roads in the Taihang Mountains.

On the one hand, the Xia Zhai on the way west of the Zhao army was ordered to resist Jiang Yiqu and deplete his morale, and on the other hand, he wanted to find an opportunity in his rear. exposed his whereabouts before, just to attract Jiang Yiqu back to the army, but unfortunately Jiang Yiqu ignored it and still hurried west, which made the two of them at a loss.

"Is there such a war? I waited so obviously to cut his back road, and it was just that he Jiang Yiqu didn't return to the army, and he dared to attack the west so boldly, I was really not afraid of the annihilation of the whole army! Yang Chou spat and said hatefully, obviously letting Jiang Yiqu play cards unreasonably and disturbing his mind.

"Lin Yuqiong's Chun Yuqiong, there is no movement yet?" Yang Chou asked the scout.

"Back to the general, no! Except for sending a small number of people out of the city to investigate, the garrison did not send troops! ”

Zheng Gu and Yang Chou came here, and they had two preparations, either to attract Jiang Yiqu to withdraw his troops, or to attract Chun Yuqiong to go out of the city to ambush, but unfortunately, at this moment, things did not go according to their ideas at all. The two of them, gathering the troops of the various villages in the west, have already taken the risk, and they can't help but panic at this time.

"Jiang Yiqu is not afraid of death, we will fulfill him, we will return to the army, cooperate with the Hukou garrison, and beat him!" After a pause, he patted his thigh and said solemnly.