Eight hundred miles of Luliang mountain range from north to south stretching down, like a dragon, undulating, spectacular.

Lishi, located in the hinterland of Luliang, surrounded by mountains, ravines and ravines, sufficient water sources, fertile land. When this natural ecology has not been destroyed, the loess is covered with patches of ancient forest trees, and the surrounding area is full of life.

The water rushes down from the stone, sweeps through the southwest valley of the stone, merges two rivers, and flows into the big river. Outside the stone city, more than 30,000 Xiongnu troops stood in strict formation, and Xihe County, which had few major generals, looked a little fragile and trembling in the face of the Hun army like tigers and wolves.

"Take Lishi, and the West River will be in the hands of my Huns!" Looking at the panicked Han army at the head of the city, Ji Louyuan smiled. After only five days of raising troops, they first raided the thousands of Han troops west of Meiji, and wiped them out, capturing more than 3,000 people and many ordnance and weapons. The harvest is quite abundant, and the Huns are not scarce in war horses, so they have few sharp weapons and armor.

Mainly guarded and pro-army, 30,000 troops were recruited, and they quickly went south, along the river to the south, rushing for more than 700 miles, and approached Lishi. Although the Xihe River has a vast area and abundant water and grass, it is sparsely populated and the land is mostly undeveloped. In the entire territory of the West River, hundreds of miles of uninhabited places abound.

In addition to Meiji, it is the most prosperous county of Lishi County, it can be said that the small area south of the West River with Lishi as the center is the essence of the county of Xihe, and it has naturally become the primary goal of Ji Louyuan.

After three days of attack, the dark clouds of the Xiongnu iron cavalry quickly spread over the territory of Xihe, and it was not until they arrived at Lin County, which was more than 70 miles away from Shi, that the officials, soldiers, and civilians of Xihe reacted. Ji Louyuan's invasion of Xihe this time was as swift as thunder, and he tried to fight quickly, ignoring the Han people and Hancheng along the way, and did not give the Lishi soldiers and civilians much time to react.

But seeing that Lishi Chengchi was surrounded by groups, Ji Louyuan's nerves relaxed a lot, this kind of small border county town with no more than 3,000 households, weak troops, and did not gather the people in time to gather the young and strong, in the face of his army of more than 30,000, he could break the city with a hand.

"Order, the army rested in the village for three days, and the accompanying craftsmen built siege equipment such as ladders, and then broke the city in one fell swoop!" Ji Lou Yuan coldly ordered Sitie: "Wan Qianjin, you take two thousand horsemen, keep an eye on Lishi City for me, and don't let go of a single person in the city!" Wan Qian held his fists and took his life.

"Dangfu, you led 5,000 troops south to Pingzhou County, and blocked the Xihe River leading to Taiyuan and Hedong for me, and did not allow the Xihe Han people to escape!" In Ji Louyuan's eyes, the tens of thousands of Han people in Xihe are the greatest wealth, and what he wants is not a Han people who have fled to Xihe County. There is no land, no population, which is not what he wants.

Helan Dangfu excitedly promised. Last year, he had missed the battle of Tuge, and this time he was fortunate to go south with the army, and Helan Dangfu was full of energy and wanted to make war achievements.

A group of 5,000 horsemen separated, drove the cattle and sheep with the army, and headed southeast under the command of Helan Dangfu. The 30,000-strong army slowly retreated and camped ten miles west of the city.

With the assistance of Han craftsmen, the efficiency of the Huns' camp was improved more than a notch, and two hours later, a huge camp stood in Lishixi City, bringing great pressure to the Han people in the city.

Thousands of scouts were scattered out, all over the counties in the south of the West River, monitoring the Quartet, especially the two counties of Lin County and Gaowolf County behind it. The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, even if the entire Xihe County faces his army, it is not enough, but Ji Louyuan still reminds himself at any time to be careful.

Leaving the stone city, the Taishou summoned the guards in the city to discuss with the noble families in Xihe County in the palace, and the atmosphere was solemn, and no one said a word for a long time. "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Huns are in turmoil, the army is pressing, and the situation is precarious, is there a good way to retreat from the enemy?" Still too shou reluctantly spoke, his eyebrows were full of worry.

"Looking at the Xiongnu army outside the city, there are tens of thousands of people. The barbarians suddenly arrived, and our army was caught off guard and underprepared. The soldiers are in danger, the Huns outside the city are riding, the messengers for help are all shot, and the news cannot be transmitted, and the stone is in danger! The county lieutenant came from a famous family, but he had some knowledge, and replied in a deep voice.

There was silence in the hall again, sighing, and there was some confusion, and when Taishou saw this, he couldn't help but stop it. There was a sudden silence in the hall, and the Taishou glanced at everyone, turned his head and asked the first county lieutenant: "How many troops are available in the city now?" ”

"Two thousand county soldiers and government servants, and then recruiting some young and strong people to make up the number of three thousand is the limit, and the combat power is worrying, compared to the tens of thousands of Hun cavalry outside the city, our army is really weak!" The county lieutenant spoke heavily, showing the contrast between the two sides, and there was obviously no confidence between the words.

When the families in the city heard this, many of them were frightened, and the situation in Lishi was so corrupted. It was another argument and discussion, there were no cards in the hand, and there was no result in the discussion.

"That's it! At this point, it is useless to say more. For the sake of today's plan, we can only defend the city and never bow to the Huns, otherwise the city will be broken and the people in the city will suffer. With such a big move by the Xiongnu, it is absolutely impossible to hide for long, and the nearby states and counties will definitely get the news soon. Taiyuan Zang envoy Jun and assassin Shi Zhang envoy Jun will definitely send troops to help, now we need to get the city to work together to resist the enemy, and I hope that all the virtuous people will support! "It's still too stubborn and slappering.

"It's all up to the envoy's arrangement!" I couldn't think of any ideas, and everyone in the hall agreed together. All the families are the same, they don't dare to slack off, if the families of the Central Plains are afraid that they still want to preserve their strength. These border counties are not the same, they know in their hearts that if the Xiongnu break the city, they will lose a lot or even be wiped out, who makes most of the wealth in their hands, will naturally be the Xiongnu as the primary target.

The Xiongnu army cultivated for three days, completely eliminated the fatigue of the long-distance attack, and began to slowly press up to Lishi County. In the past three days, the defenders in the city felt great pressure, and the initial blood came up, and there was also the meaning of fighting with the Huns. After three days of precipitation, including the generals, they were a little apprehensive, not to mention the ordinary soldiers who were heterozygous, and they were all terrified.

Ji Lou Yuan gave an order, tens of thousands of troops went out, and the Hun warriors dismounted, set up ladders, and went straight to the city wall. There are few defenders in the city, less than 1,000 guards on each side, and the combat power is low, Ji Louyuan is very simple to besiege on all sides.

The surroundings of Lishi, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly became full of murderous sounds. Since ancient times, siege battles have been the most brutal, especially such a strong attack. Even though the Han army had a mixed combat strength and few people, it still caused a lot of casualties to the Xiongnu, and many soldiers were shot down by the arrows at the head of the city before they could approach the city wall.

With the blood at the beginning, the defenders of the city can still be on par with the siege of the Huns, rolling stones and wooden arrows, blocking several waves of Huns who want to climb the city. But after a long time, there were thousands of Xiongnu shooters who were good at shooting outside, and the casualties of the Han army in the city began to increase.

After all, it was not the elite of the Han army, and after more than an hour of continuous strong attacks by the Xiongnu, the defensive position of the Han army began to waver. Especially the young men who were temporarily recruited, even though they had the blood of a boy from the North, they were not trained, they did not practice the battle formation, and in the face of the cruel bloody rain, they first collapsed under great pressure. After the Huns ascended the city, Lishi had already walked into the abyss of falling.

In another half an hour, under the huge gap in strength, Ji Louyuan did not care about casualties, and the Han army finally couldn't stand it anymore and broke up the city. The first was the West City, and then the remaining three Xiongnu broke into the city.

Looking at the Hun soldiers who rushed into the city excitedly, Ji Lou Yuan showed a little smile on the corner of his mouth, and then sank: "It seems that we will also start to strengthen the infantry training of the Hun soldiers." "In the siege battle just now, even if it was a short blow and a long one, in Ji Louyuan's opinion, the casualties were still larger. In Xicheng alone, there were five or six hundred soldiers who lost.

After the Han army in the city was cleared, Ji Louyuan slowly entered the city under the escort of the army. Looking at the northeast, Taiyuan's Zang Min should have a move!