The next day, until noon, at this slightly warmer moment, Yuan's army, which was stationed a few miles away from the east pass of Jingcheng, dispatched again. The battles of the first two days were too tragic and bloody, and the Yuan army obviously did not recover, and the morale was not very high.

Under the city pass, the bodies of the fallen soldiers of the Yuan army were placed on the ground and were not cleaned up. The night passed, invaded by the cold of ice and snow, covered in fog and frost, and had been completely frozen and hard. The corpse whose face could be seen still maintained the hideous, fearful, and unwilling on its face.

The tragic situation in one place made the Yuan army feel heavy, and the morale was weakened, and it was difficult to recover in a short time.

Gao Gan knew that the previous bloody battle failed to conquer the city, and today, under the condition that the morale has not recovered, it is not suitable to attack again. But it was clearer that there was not much time left for him, and he had to come again.

"General, the last general, please give the order to attack, and I will definitely take the well today!" Arrayed outside the pass, Han Meng asked Gao Gan for his life.

Gao Gan didn't respond, and looked at the well and closed it. There was a quiet place above, and in the face of the arrival of his own army, it seemed that there was no tension in the previous two days, and Sergeant Xia was on standby, and there seemed to be a few more flags.

"Where is Yan Rou!" Gao Gan suddenly shouted.

Up and down the city pass, it was surprisingly quiet, only the echo reflection of Gao Gan, and there was no answer on the pass, as if he was silently waiting for Yuan's attack.

"Retreat!" Gao Gan said in a low voice.

"What?" Guo Yuan, who was next to him, didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked.

"Withdraw the troops and return to the camp!" Gao Gan raised his voice and ordered.

Han Meng was puzzled: "General, why is this?" ”

"Obey the order!" There is no explanation.

Under the hesitation of Gao Gan, Yuan's army withdrew without launching a wave of offensive.

Jingcheng was closed, looking at the retreating Yuan army, Yang Feng sighed: "It's a pity, the chief general of the Yuan army, is so cautious!" ”

Last night, Han Juzi came to help, and Yan Rou fell ill and passed out. The heavy responsibility of guarding the customs naturally fell on Yang Feng, Zhang Sheng and Han Juzi. The three of them discussed, originally planning to take advantage of Yuan Jun's ignorance of this news and attack again, and deal a heavy blow. Two thousand fresh forces are enough to inflict heavy damage on them. It's a pity that after all, some flaws were still exposed, and Gao Gan was careful and retreated.

"Just keep the city pass!" Zhang Sheng knew that the old brother wanted to take the opportunity to perform well, and when he saw his sigh, he rarely persuaded that he did not have the usual sense of "recklessness".

In the evening, in the Yuan army camp, Gao Gan put away the letter, spit out a breath of turbidity, and said to Guo Yuan and Han Meng: "The reinforcements of the Xia army have really arrived!" ”

Xia Guo has secret agents in Jizhou, and Yuan Jun is in Bingzhou, so naturally there are also. The transfer of the Xia army was not much hidden, although it came a little late, it was still in the hands of Gao Gan after all.

"Fortunately, the general is wise, otherwise our army will not notice, and if we attack again, I am afraid that we will suffer a big loss!" Han Meng was below, and his heart palpitated.

Guo Yuan frowned: "What should our army do next?" ”

"Now that the Xia army's reinforcements have arrived, Jing Cheng is no longer able to go down, so let's withdraw!" Gao Gan shook his head.

"Then how do you explain to the lord?"

"Just report it as it is! Before the expedition, the lord had an instruction, Jingcheng, if you can go down, you can't go down, and you don't need to force it! Gao Gan didn't have much pressure: "It's just a pity that I can't defeat the enemy, and I feel ashamed of them!" ”

"Send someone to keep an eye on the Jingcheng Xia army, tomorrow, we will withdraw the army!" Gao Gan commanded in a low voice, but he couldn't help but smash the handsome case: "It's a failure!" ”

Even if he behaved calmly, Gao Gan had a strong unwillingness in his heart, and he obviously had a chance to win the enemy pass, but he was only half a step away. This feeling made Gao Gan extremely aggrieved.

This raid at the end of the second year of Chuping, the Yuan army stormed, the Xia army defended to the death, and ended with the retreat of the Yuan army. The losses of the Yuan army were not small, and the Xia army of Jingcheng was the same, the Xia army that was originally stationed here had 3,000 people, and after two battles, there were only a few hundred people left who could fight. Taihang Xia Jun is broken.

Yuan Jun's actions this time are not only on Jing Cheng's side. At the same time as Gao Gan's raid on Jingcheng, Cui Juye was also ordered to move, leading the Changshan army to attack the Xia army's stronghold in the Taihang Mountains from the south.

On the basis of the original Taihang group of thieves, Yan Rou built and strengthened a lot in the mountains, and obtained dozens of large and small camps, stationed troops on them, and thought they were strongholds.

The Xia army in the Taihang Mountains is not too many, and the heavy troops are all stationed in Jingcheng, and there are only some guards in the cottages everywhere. Cui Juye led 3,000 Changshan soldiers to come, and the offensive was fierce, and it was difficult for the Xia army to resist.

In three days, Cui Juye led his troops to seize the camp in Kezhai in the mountains, captured more than 10 large and small Xia villages, and broke through the forces of Yuan's army to the west for more than 20 miles.

He still did not give up, but still wanted to move westward, and gathered the rest of the cottage troops in the south to resist in Shangai City. With its back to Taiyuan and the support of the Suli army, it could be stopped.

Under the city of Shangai, Yuan's army had already attacked the city several times, but failed to take it under the strong resistance.

"Cui Fujun, the Xia army is defending the city, and it costs the lives of the soldiers to attack the soldiers, I'm afraid I won't be able to take it. We've already attacked westward so far, it's too much of a rush, so let's strike the army! The new lieutenant Jiang Yiqu suggested.

Cui Juye has been invincible all the way, and the Taihang Xia Army can't stop it, so he finally breathed a bad breath. Hearing Jiang Yiqu's words, I saw that it was indeed difficult for Yuan Jun to reach the top of the city, and the sky was full of ice and snow, which was indeed not suitable for combat.

"The results of this battle are not small, and I have an explanation for the lord, so let's withdraw!" Cui Juye decisively listened to the suggestion and ordered.

With the withdrawal of Cui Juye, the battle was eliminated and completely calmed down on the front line of Taihang. Both parties can finally wait for the New Year with peace of mind.

The retreat of the Yuan army naturally will not all withdraw from Taihang, the cottage of the Xia army fell into the hands of the Yuan army, was used by it, reinforced, and left the soldiers to garrison, and the previous Yuan Shao in the mountain set up a village.

Although the confrontation in Taihang was short, it was particularly tragic and cruel due to the bad weather. In general, the Yuan army made a small profit, and the Xia army's forces were forced to move westward a lot. And Yuan Jun, with the cottage obtained this time, monitors the mountains, except for Jingcheng, it is difficult for the Xia army to enter Jizhou as easily as before. And Jing Cheng was hit hard by this, and Yuan Jun took strict precautions, so he would never dare to move lightly.

Next, the Xia army was to move west, and the Yuan army was to go north. For a long time, between the two sides in Taihang, the forces will be in a relatively balanced situation, or they can fight in the mountains, but it will not have much impact on the overall situation.

"Gao Gan and Cui Juye played well! It's a pity that I didn't take the well after all! Yecheng, after getting the battle report of the two, Yuan Shao praised it, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for not taking the well.

"Lord, the results of this battle have been beyond our expectations!" Xu You said with a smile: "The forces of our army have entered the mountains for twenty miles west, and the Jingcheng Xia army is even more prominent in our territory. He will fight again in the future, if he finds a small path to cut off the back road, it will be a lonely city, and if it is left to be dangerous, what is there to fear? ”

"After this battle, the threat of the Xia army's attack on our Jizhou will be minimized. The northern border of Jizhou, Changshan Zhao Kingdom, Ke'an! The lord can rest assured to go north and attack Youzhou! Xun Chen also spoke.

After thinking about it, he nodded slightly, and ordered Chen Lin to record the order: "Let Jiang Yiqu be the general of Hengshan, and be fully responsible for the villages of our army in Taihang, monitor the Xia army, and guard the Xiguan for the lonely emperor!" Gao Gan went north to Zhongshan to reorganize the army, and ordered Hu Shao to cooperate fully and prepare for the north to Youzhou! Cui Juye and Han Meng had meritorious service in this battle, and they countered the previous ones, and Gu continued to stare at Jing Cheng Xia Jun! ”