In the night, dozens of giants were entrenched in front of the gate of Hezhou City, one high and one low, supporting their slender arms. From time to time, he would throw out his hind arm and throw the rope bag wrapped in gravel out of the coffin.

The rope bag hit the ground heavily, the gravel in the bag scattered in all directions, the bullets rained down, and the unfortunate people and horses near the landing point all fell to their heads and blood, bones and tendons. The Tibetan cavalry had had enough of the thunderbolt artillery, and they all avoided the attack range of the artillery carts.

A Song army was stationed at the head of Hezhou City, and Yao Ji was dressed in bright light armor, holding a waist knife, standing under his general's flag. Wisps of black smoke rose from the city behind him, blurred in the night, except for the smell of burnt fire in the air, reminding people that this place had just passed a violent Zhurong disaster.

In the afternoon, after destroying the gate of Hezhou City, Wang Cun, a general under Jing Sili, was the first to lead the army into the city. After several repeated tug-of-wars, the Song army, which was better at urban warfare, drove out the defenders in the city and captured Hezhou City as they wished.

However, the Tibetans who had withdrawn from the city unexpectedly set fire to the city, and in the blink of an eye, the few buildings in the city were shrouded in raging flames. The inhabitants of Hezhou had already evacuated from the west gate after the destruction of the city gate. Mu Zheng gave the order, although there were a few knots in his heart, he didn't have too many scruples.

But for the Song army, a burned city is already very troublesome to clean up, and if it is in the case of the enemy army may counterattack at any time, it is even more likely to become the main cause of the rout.

Moreover, the two Tibetan cavalry that had stayed outside the city at the beginning had been repeatedly tempted since the beginning of the battle, rushed forward, and quickly retreated. After Mu Zheng left the city, he made even more concerted efforts to block the retreat of the official army, but only under the threat of thunderbolt artillery did he settle down a little. However, the troops who stayed behind in the big camp, when there were still flames burning in the city, had already sent people to report to Wang Shao urgently, and the first part of the Mu Zheng army was climbing over the hills south of the tributary river valley, intending to attack the big camp from the mountains.

The grain hoards and back roads were threatened, and in such a situation, Wang Shao could only let Yao Ji lead the Jingyuan army into the city where the fireworks had subsided, block the city gates, and then go to the city to rest. As for the main forces, they alternately covered the large battalions returning to the river valley.

"Mu Zheng's morale is not declining!"

"That's because they're still dreaming unrealistic dreams."

"As long as Xiangzi City can be safe and sound, Mu Zheng's dream should wake up, and then they will collapse without a fight."

Mu Zheng will not waste the advantage in troops, which has long been expected by the entire strategic division. After receiving the emergency military report from Xiangzi City, he was not so panicked. Wang Shao summoned the people to discuss the matter, but both Miao Zhu and Jing Sili remained excited because of the successful capture of Hezhou. Mu Zheng's counterattack on the back road of the official army is regarded as the struggle of the trapped beast before death.

"We are responsible for dealing with the enemy on the side of Hezhou City, and as for the rear there are capable people to deal with."

"Everything is prepared, don't worry."

"There's Han Yukun in Keno Castle......"

"Han Jiyi is the best at guarding the back road, and the day before yesterday, he specially transferred the group of people who helped defend Weiyuan Fort last year. I hope he can save me food and don't swallow most of the beheading in one bite like he did last year! ”

Miao Lu's words provoked a burst of laughter. In the laughter, Wang Shao listened to the confident dialogue of the generals under his tent with satisfaction. But he still kept enough calm, Mu Zheng's plan to survive in death, the team selected must be the elite of the elite, and it is very likely that Xiangzi City will be in danger. Even if Wang Shao saw that there was Wang Sunchen's signature behind the military report in Xiangzi City, he also felt that this small castle, which was only fifty miles away from Hezhou City, had the possibility of falling. But in private, Wang Shao thought that as long as Kenuo Fort was unharmed, even if Xiangzi City was lost, the hearts of the army would not be lost, and it would still be easy to recapture it.

However, if you can keep it, you should keep it, Wang Shao nodded Miao Zhi: "Give it, you lead the headquarters back to Xiangzi City, be more stable, and be careful of ambushes." ”

Miao Zhu was ordered to lead the army into battle.

Wang Shao settled down, it is enough for 3,000 people to go back, let's see what other tricks Mu Zheng has!

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Kono Castle.

It didn't take much time to re-equip the generals of the Guangrui Army with their former subordinates. Everything is familiar, even if some places are not in line with the past, they can be adjusted spontaneously.

When the sound of horses' hooves from the mountains and the night wind reached the city at the same time, the Guangrui army, which numbered in the thousands, also rushed to the city gate. Liu Yuan was still opposing Han Gang's reorganization of the Guangrui Army before, but when he saw the team that had fought and lived in front of him again, he suddenly fell silent, turned his face, and looked out of the dark city with the pheasant.

The rumbling hooves seemed to be galloping thousands of horses, like hundreds of war drums, beating together in the mountains.

Han Gang first turned around and let the Guangrui army rest on the spot, and then asked the cavalry expert. "Liu Yuan, how many rides do you listen to thieves?"

Hearing Han Gang's question, the former commander of the Guangrui Army opened his mouth to answer. But when he opened his mouth, his voice was inexplicably hoarse. He hurriedly coughed twice before replying in a normal tone: "Listen to the sound of a thousand horses." ”

Han Gang calculated with his superficial cavalry common sense, "From Hezhou to Keno Fort, to say the least, there are a hundred miles away. To run a hundred miles, you need at least one person and two horses, that is, five hundred people. That's a little too little. ”

"No, the army of thieves should be thousands." Liu Yuan corrected, "Carrying an extra horse during a night attack will get in the way, it will be difficult to control, and no one will do this." ”

"Then their horses still have enough physical strength?!" Han Gang hurriedly asked.

"Generally speaking, when you go out of the camp at night, you must have brought spare war horses. But after approaching the target, they will change their horses, and then hide the horses in a safe place—the horses of these thieves should be left ten or twenty miles away. Liu Yuan spoke eloquently, and his proficiency in cavalry tactics was revealed between his words, "But as Ji Yi said, the physical strength of the war horses is limited, and now that they have rushed for a while, it is time to stop and rest." ”

As soon as Liu Yuan's words came out, the sound of hooves near a distance of one or two miles weakened a lot, only the same as before, and after a while, it was completely quiet.

Han Gang had been discerning the direction of the sound of hooves in his ears, judging from the place where the sound had disappeared, it was the direction where Xiangzi City was located.

Liu Yuan was also pointing to the slightly blurred mountain shadow in the night, "The thieves are divided into two parts, sandwiched by the road to Xiangzi City. ”

"The thieves don't want us to rescue Xiangzi City." Han Gang clapped his hands and laughed twice, "Fortunately, Tian Qiong walked fast, otherwise it would be troublesome to block it." ”

"What should I do?"

“…… Rest, wait for the dawn to fight! They did not dare to storm the city. Han Gang had no intention of taking risks, and he knew that he did not have the right to risk the safety of the whole army.

"This ......" Liu Yuan hesitated as if he had a different opinion.

At this moment, Han Gang continued, "However, you can't let the thieves outside the city smoothly cut the interest rate, you have to give them some after-shows. ”

"Show?" Liu Yuan didn't know what the word Han Gang meant.

Han Gang smiled and issued one order after another.

Most of the defenders at the head of the city withdrew, leaving only clusters of torches, and three to five hundred men stood on top of the walls for vigilance. Even a thousand Guangrui troops entered the camp tent by the city gate to rest.

Only one infantry, commanded by the infantry, was ordered to come to the southern gate.

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Qingyi Ghost Zhang held a dry cloth and personally wiped the sweat on his beloved horse. Fang had just been spotted too early when approaching Fort Kono, and had to charge ahead of time. But now that the road to Xiangzi City has been successfully blocked, in addition to laughing at the sluggishness of the Song people, there is only the illusion of chasing and defeating the retreating Song people in a few days.

But at a glance, looking at the middle of the shadowy city wall not far away, a spark of fire suddenly appeared.

Qingyi Ghost Zhang suddenly stopped, he knew very well what this meant, "The Song army actually opened the city?!" ”

At the open gate, a dozen rangers came out first, and they ran forward for hundreds of paces, whistled backwards, and then, a fiery dragon snaked out of the door. A stream of light composed of hundreds of sparks left the protection of the city walls.

Qingyi Ghost Zhang suddenly became nervous, watching the Song army's rangers gradually approach, together with the infantry behind them, step by step closer to the place where the thousand cavalry led by him were standing. It's just that the infantry of the Song army was still more than a mile away, so they changed from a queue on the march to a phalanx.

The array of countless sparks was more awe-inspiring than the city in the rear, and the sound of war drums sounded in the array, looking like it was about to turn around and attack.

"Is this going to be prepared to fight hard?" For the unwise actions of the Song army, Qingyi Jiegui Zhang welcomed it very much, and as soon as the order was given, thousands of elites were ready to fight, waiting for the horn of attack at any time.

But after half an hour, there was no Song people advancing, only the drums kept ringing.

At this time, Qingyi finally understood that this was the harassment and temptation of the Song people, and there was no intention of fighting.

The anger of being fooled welled up in his heart, and the attack password was already on his lips, but he tried his best to press it down, "How can I let you get your wish?!" ’

"The gates are open!" Someone around reminded the young patriarch.

If you can defeat the Song army in front of you, follow them closely, take advantage of the situation to attack the city, and capture Keno Fort. The temptation of the open city gate was indeed great, and after hesitation, Qingyi Ghost Zhang gritted his teeth, his palm holding the reins was wet, and he didn't say anything at the end.

"I thought he wouldn't be able to help it."

At the head of the city, Han Gang sighed regretfully, he was ready to let the Guangrui army sleeping by the city gate call up to guard the gate, but he didn't expect that the generals led by the Tubo people were so cautious.

"Let them come back! Changing people from the west gate to the mountain, there is no need to light a fire, and the sound can be a little louder. ”

"Don't let them sleep!"