As for the small plans to attack the city such as digging tunnels, if Yao Junsu doesn't know how to prevent it, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for long in history.

Fang Xuanling said: "It is better to command the army to attack Xia County with all its strength first, and lay an ambush halfway between Anyi and Xia County, if Xia County is in an emergency, it will ask Anyi for help, if Anyi sends troops to rescue, it will be ambushed by our army, if it does not send troops, then Xia County will be captured by our army first, and it can also hit the morale of the defenders of Anyi and let it lose foreign aid." ”

Fang Xuanling's plan, the combination of yang conspiracy and trickery, was actually the most suitable strategy at this time, so after saying that, it was immediately adopted by Li Yin.

On the fourth day of the first month of November, Huang Junhan captured Yu Township in Hedong County, on the same day, Su Dingfang broke Sangquan County, on the fifth day of the first month, Luo Shixin entered Ruicheng, Qiu Xinggong broke through Yi Township, it didn't take much time, Li Yin's generals occupied the city in Hedong County except for Anyi and Xia County, and after a part of the soldiers in the sub-division stayed behind, he led his men and horses to join Li Yin.

On the thirteenth, Li Yin led the army to leave Anyi and go to Xia County, and asked Su Dingfang to take Wan Yu men and horses to find a favorable place to ambush halfway, and then personally led the rest of the army to besiege the county seat of Xia County, and after the siege equipment was ready, Li Yin ordered that the army began to attack Xia County!

The boulder thrown out from the catapult smashed on the city wall of Xia County, making a huge noise, many arrow towers like a fierce beast that chose people and devoured them, slowly pushed forward, and the soldiers in a neat and orderly formation went to Xia County from all directions to kill the city of Xia County, after seeing this situation, Wang Xingben, the guard of Xia County, suddenly sank to the bottom, knowing that his enemy was a fierce enemy in life, and should not be underestimated.

"General, do you want to ask Anyi for help?" A general beside Wang Xingben asked with a pale face, and after Wang Xingben heard it, he immediately reprimanded: "The battle has just begun, how can you ask for help?" Unless the city is about to break, I will never ask for help! ”

Wang Xingben said, glared at the general fiercely, and walked away with the others.

Five days after the battle of Xia County, the battlefield was in a mess, Xia County was already covered with blood, under the fierce attack of Li Yin's tens of thousands of elite divisions for several days, Xia County was already in danger, Wang Xingben finally couldn't withstand the pressure, let people break through, and went to Anyi for help.

When Yao Junsu, the general of Anyi, received the rescue emergency from Xia County, he frowned tightly, Xia County has 8,000 soldiers, the city is high and the food is sufficient, and the guard Wang Xingben is also a person who knows soldiers and is good at fighting, why did he only hold on for five days, and he couldn't stand it?

Yao Junsu's subordinate general, Xue Zong, seemed to see Yao Junsu's doubts, and said: "The commander of the enemy army, Li Yin, has been in battle for a long time, and most of his subordinates are experienced soldiers, and he is the number one fighter under Li Yuan, which is not comparable to ordinary people, and it is normal for General Wang Xingben to hold out for many days. ”

Yao Junsu snorted, "This kind of speech that grows the morale of others and destroys one's own prestige, don't say it again in the future." ”

Xue Zong asked timidly and carefully: "Then can we save Xia County?" ”

Yao Jun said: "If you want to hold Anyi, Xia County must not be saved, I will take 15,000 people out of the city, and you and Li Chuke will stick to Anyi, and there must be no slackness, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy." ”

Xue Zong and Li Chuke, the two generals, received the order in unison, and Yao Junsu ordered all the men and horses to leave Anyi and go straight to Xia County.

Even if the guards tell the reinforcements of ordinary soldiers, it may be just the moon in the water and the flowers in the mirror, and they may not really come, but if there are no reinforcements that exist in the same place, the soldier's will to defend the city will not be firm enough, and the city will be in danger.

The current Hedong County, the south, north, and west are all full of enemies, and Luoyang, which is located in the east, has fallen into the light of hundreds of thousands of Wagang troops, and fools know that Luoyang does not have the extra strength to save Hedong County.

Therefore, Yao Junsu divided 8,000 troops in Xia County to use each other as a rescue force to contain and disperse the enemy's forces, which was originally a strategy in line with the art of war.

In Yao Junsu's assumption, even if Li Yin personally led all the troops to attack Xia County, with the defense strength of Xia County, he would definitely be able to support it for at least a month, and by that time, Li Yin's army would be already sleepy and lacking, as long as he attacked at the right time and attacked Wang Xingben inside and outside, he would definitely be able to defeat Li Yin's tens of thousands of troops!

However, Yao Junsu never expected that his right-hand man Wang Xingben would only hold on for five days before he came to his rescue. Yao Junsu knew Wang Xingben and knew that if he hadn't reached a situation where he couldn't resist, he wouldn't have asked him for help, so if he didn't send troops to rescue Xia County at this time, Xia County would definitely be broken by Li Yin.

Although he brought most of his troops out of Anyi to rescue Xia County, Yao Junsu did not lose his vigilance, he knew that his troops were still less than Li Yin's army, and it was very easy to be reinforced, so he sent scouts everywhere to find out the road ahead and the intelligence on the battlefield in Xia County at this time.

The place where Su Dingfang arranged the ambush was still some distance from the road between Anyi and Xia County, and it was surrounded by tall trees, which made it very easy to hide the army.

But even so, it was almost detected by Yao Junsu's exploration horses, but fortunately Su Dingfang arranged around the secret sentry to find out when he was killed, and because some of the exploration horses happened to pass by from the place where Su Dingfang's army was located, so although Yao Junsu noticed that some of the exploration horses had not returned for a long time, he was only afraid of the bad luck, but he didn't know where they were damaged, so he stopped the army at this time and fell into a dilemma.

After Su Dingfang learned that Yao Junsu led the army out of Anyi City, he sent someone to report to Li Yin quickly, and Su Dingfang was afraid that Yao Junsu would hesitate, so he offered Li Yin a plan to let him show some flaws when attacking the city, so as to lure Yao Junsu to continue to march.

So just when Yao Junsu felt a dilemma, Tanma who went to Xia County to investigate the battle situation reported that some of Li Yin's army suddenly fell into chaos at this time, and several generals directly took the army to break away from the army and went straight to the north.

After Yao Junsu learned this information, his face was cloudy for a while, and finally he gritted his teeth and ordered the whole army to advance rapidly!

Because he knew the difference in strength between his army and Li Yin's army, in the case that Li Yin's army had not yet declined, Yao Junsu did not have the intention of defeating Li Yin's army, and he led his troops to rescue Xia County this time, one is to stimulate the morale of the defenders of Xia County, so that they can continue to hold the city, and the other is to interfere with and contain the enemy army, and wait for the opportunity to move, if you can fight one or two beautiful small-scale victories, then you can perfectly return to Anyi.