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Yecheng, north of the Zhanghe River, west of Taihang, east of Qilu, south of the Central Plains, the geographical location is very important.

The water rushes eastward day and night, not stopping for a moment because of an impending war, and seems to flow until the earth is desolate.

In the first year of Long'an, in late June, tens of thousands of Hexi foot soldiers crossed the Zhanghe River and slowly appeared in the west of Yecheng.

Hexi County is really here!

I saw 30,000 Hexi soldiers lined up, standing majestically in the wind, and the hem of the placket swayed with the wind.

30,000 people stood silently, putting great pressure on the people in the city.

Murong He, Li Wei, Li Xian and others gathered at the head of the city, pointing to the city and discussing.

And Shusun Jian also hid in the crowd, quietly looking at the Hexi army outside the city.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Suddenly, with the sound of a passionate war drum, the originally silent Hexi Great Array suddenly boiled.

Countless soldiers wielded swords, spears, and shields, raising their heads to the sky and howling, howling like wild beasts, and the pressure like a mountain rushed towards them.

When the defenders of the city saw this scene, they were all frightened.

Some timid people were so frightened that they trembled and barely stood firm by holding on to the city wall.

Fortunately, these are the real Yan army, otherwise this battle has not started, and the Wei army may have lost half of it.

Li Xian saw that the defenders were unbearable, and he sneered and didn't say anything.

He wanted Murong He to arch his hand, and pretended to say: "King Luyang, go see Zuo Sima first." ”

"After the instructions, let's talk about the handover."

Murong He nodded absentmindedly, wishing that Li Xian had left earlier.

Seeing this, Li Wei next to him rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The king of the minister sent the envoy." ”

Saying that, Li Wei followed Li Xian towards the city gate.

The two turned their horses, and while there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said, "Rong Ren, it seems that you want the golden cicada to come out of its shell." ”

"Hahaha, if you don't leave, I'm afraid I'll be worried about my life."

After the joke, Li Xian secretly told Li to argue: "After I leave, I hope that Li Changshi will act cautiously. ”

As Li first left Yecheng, the Wei army in the city no longer had any scruples, and began to seize the city wall to replace the Yan army.

Lian Uncle Sun Jian also swaggered beside Murong He, standing proudly at the head of the city.

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"Zuo Sima, I am fortunate to live up to my mission, and I am here to restore my life."

"Rong Ren has worked hard, when the war is over, I will ask for credit for your Excellency."

"Oh, Zuo Sima is too serious, and it doesn't take a lot of time to speak, but he doesn't dare to say that he is meritorious."

"Hahaha, Rong Ren is too modest, it is precisely because of your continuous procrastination that the Pontus Governor has time to arrange his troops."

"By the way, there is another important piece of information to report to Zuo Sima."

At that moment, Li Xian told Wang Zhenwei all about Li Wei's secret defection.

"Is this Li Wei reliable? Could it be that the enemy surrendered? Wang Zhen said suspiciously.

"In fact, it doesn't matter whether Li Xian surrendered by fraud or not, as long as the Wei army's iron cavalry is annihilated, the little strength in Yecheng is not enough to plug the teeth in Hexi."

"Well, that's true."

"Forget it, I'll talk about this later, and then blocking the Wei army's iron cavalry is the key."

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"King Luyang, do you think we can trick Wang Zhen into the city?" Uncle Sun Jian suddenly opened his mind.

"Impossible! That Wang Zhen is a famous general in Hexi, how could he make such a low-level mistake? Murong He rolled his eyes and said.

"Wang Zhenwei will definitely send troops to take over the city defense first, and then he will enter the city with confidence."

"The widow advises you not to waste your efforts, and prepare to fight."

At this moment, a shout came from under the city, and it turned out that it was a Hexi person asking Murong He to open the city gate.

Murong He stood at the head of the city and stubbornly refused: "General Wang, please forgive me for breaking my promise, can you give another day of grace?" ”

"What?! King Luyang, what do you mean? ”

Wang Zhen feigned anger and said, "Could it be that you want to postpone the handover again?" ”

"Exactly! I also ask General Wang to be considerate of this king. ”

"Whew! Be considerate of you. ”

"Lao Tzu told you, hurry up and open the city gate, otherwise Hugh blame Ben will not be polite."

If there was no secret instruction from Murong De and the support of Wei behind him, Murong He would never have had the courage to argue with Hexi.

However, now he was bold and said: "Don't blame Zuo Sima, please wait a little longer, no!" Half a day, half a day. ”

Looking at Murong He, who was full of nonsense at the head of the city, Wang Zhen secretly sneered.

Of course he knew who the other party was waiting for, wasn't he just waiting for the 30,000 iron horsemen of the Wei army?

But it's a pity that he is still waiting for Wei Jun to take the bait.

He pointed to the head of the city and said sharply: "Give you half a pillar of incense time, if you don't open the city gate again, a certain general will immediately order the siege of the city." ”

Seeing that the persecution of the people in Hexi was very urgent, Shusun Jian understood that Murong He was afraid that he would not be able to get rid of it for long.

So, with a secret gesture, the 10,000 Yan troops on the head of the city were all ready to fight.

Soon time passed quickly in the deliberate tearing between the enemy and us, but the two sides never tore their faces and were still scolding each other.

Even if Wang Zhenwei knew that the defenders in the city had become the Wei army, he still did not debunk the other party's ghost tricks.

And the same is true of Uncle Sun Jian, he has always hidden behind Murong He, and the other party is messing around with the Hexi people.

When the patience of the Hexi people gradually ran out and they were about to launch an attack on Yecheng, there was a sudden rush of horses' hooves in the east.

Hearing this familiar horn sound, Shusun Jian was simply ecstatic.

Originally, he thought that the cavalry would not appear until tomorrow, but he didn't expect Yu Liyan to come so quickly.

With the appearance of the Wei army's iron cavalry, it means that the 30,000 Hexi foot soldiers in front of him have 'plunged' into the encirclement of the Wei army.

In the eyes of Shusun Jian, the encirclement of the Wei army is comparable to a net of heaven and earth.

Not to mention 30,000 people, even 30,000 birds, and never want to fly out.

Yu Liyan, who was galloping wildly, was also in a very happy mood, and ordered the iron cavalry to attack and be sure to annihilate this Hexi army.

As soon as the order was issued, 30,000 Wei army iron cavalry came out furiously and besieged the Hexi Army in the middle.

The Hexi Army seemed to be "flustered" and hurriedly shrank its forces and defended in situ.

In the outermost part of the country, the Hexi army formed a tight defensive line with thick vans to resist the onslaught of cavalry.

The spearmen hid behind the wagons, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate the lost cavalry.

As for the crossbowmen with the weakest defensive capabilities, they are all in the innermost part of the formation, carrying out long-range strikes.

This formation was summed up by the Hexi Army after thousands of battles, and it was specially used to deal with Hu Qi in the field.

Although the panic at the beginning was not a pretense, relying on its own well-trained, the Hexi army still completed the formation in the shortest possible time, and did not mess up due to the surprise attack of the Wei army.

This is very important, and it did not lay a solid foundation for the victory in the Battle of Yecheng in the future.

After the Wei army's iron cavalry appeared, it still followed the original tactics and rushed up to the Hexi array.

This is also the tactic that Hu Qi is most proud of, and has defeated the Central Plains infantry phalanx many times.

"Attack, kill all the people of Hexi!"

With General Wei's order, 50,000 Xianbei cavalry began to move slowly.

It is worthy of the Tuoba cavalry, which has few opponents in the north, and the momentum that erupts when the cavalry sprints is very terrifying.

Wave after wave of shouts of slaughter was raised, and the heavy horses' hooves trampled on the earth with a loud roar.

"Shoot!"

The horses galloped Hulu riders fired thousands of arrows, and the riding and archery skills of the grassland people were really not simple, and the dense arrows poured down like a torrential rain.

However, to Hu Lu's surprise, the tricks that had been tried and tested against the Han army were ineffective this time.

Most of the arrows were blocked by the round shields in the hands of the Hexi soldiers and the paper armor on their bodies, and the damage caused was negligible.

Seeing this scene, Uncle Sun Jian at the head of the city couldn't help but feel depressed.

The Hexi Army is worthy of being the strongest army in the world, even if it is in the danger in front of it, it still forms a formation to meet the battle without any chaos.

Although the Wei army seemed to be attacking bravely and flying like arrows, it was never able to crush the Hexi formation.

It seems that it is a little difficult to besiege and kill 30,000 Hexi infantry with 30,000 iron cavalry alone.

Thinking of this, Shusun Jian was a little hesitant, thinking about whether to bring 10,000 foot soldiers in the city to help.

However, he wanted to wait a little longer until the situation became clearer.

After all, the war had just begun, and the Wei army still had the upper hand, so there was no need for him to worry.