The most important thing to defend the city is to have sufficient food and grass, a supply of troops that can be continuously replenished, excellent commanders and generals, and the determination to live and die with the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the leadership of Zhao Yun, the Youzhou army has been fighting with Yan Rou for more than 20 days, and every day for more than 20 days has been a hard-fought battle. If you roughly estimate that the Youzhou army killed not 10,000 enemies, but also 8,000. But as the saying goes, if you kill a thousand, you will lose 800. The battle losses of the Youzhou army have reached more than half, and the more than 7,000 people are now less than 3,000 capable of fighting. And among these more than 3,000 people, many of them were injured.

The reserve white horse Yi had been engaged in the battle to defend the city as early as three days ago, and now only more than 600 of these reserve white horse Yi have survived. Although he can grow into a strong warrior faster after the baptism of battle, Zhao Yun also has an indescribable discomfort in his heart when he sees these once fresh lives pass away. He used to wonder if it was worth it to stay here.

If it weren't for Yuyang's unexpected loss, then the Youzhou army might now be defending against foreign enemies in Yuyang's fortified city, or it might have already used superior forces to fight against the enemy. The loss of Yuyang deprived the Youzhou army of the opportunity to choke the throat fortress of Youzhou and block the enemy north of the Great Wall. Now guarding the Luhe camp is no way, Zhao Yun has not thought about the choice of retreating to the south of the Luhe River and sticking to Lucheng. However, the result of letting the enemy into Guangyang County was that Yan Rou could strategically choose to attack Lucheng or simply go south around Lucheng to Jixian County, while Wu Huan's cavalry might burn and loot everywhere in Guangyang County.

I have to say that it is worth holding on to the camp north of the Luhe River, but now the problem is that this temporary earthen city is full of the possibility of collapse and being breached, and the soldiers are getting fewer and fewer as they fight. The camp in the north of Luhe is a camp, and naturally there are no people living in it, so there is no supplement in the city. Now the battle losses of the Youzhou army have reached an unsustainable level.

Yan Rou's army was different, Yuyang had already recruited thousands of recruits to defend the city, and now Yuyang's 3,000 elite infantry had moved south, fully supplementing the losses of Yan Rou's army. And some local forces and weak tribes of Wuhuan who had been watching on the sidelines now also saw an opportunity to join Yan Rou's anti-Gongsun Zan camp. In their hearts, Gongsun Chan first fought a decisive battle with Badun, and although he was victorious, he also hurt his vitality; Now that Liu He's 50,000 army and Yan Rou's 20,000 army are attacking from the north and south, there is also a fierce Jizhou Yuan Shao behind this, and the seemingly powerful Gongsun Chan now seems to be able to defeat in a battle. Speculative psychology is shared by everyone, let alone this opportunity to seize the fruits of victory. So they all joined. Together, there are about three thousand of them.

So in this way, although Yan Rou's siege killed and wounded tens of thousands of horses, now it has replenished nearly 6,000 fresh troops. According to Yan Rou's observations in the past few days, he found that the defenders of Youzhou had long lost the spirit of defending the city, and there were mostly wounded soldiers on the city tower.

Yan Rou looked at these newly attached centaurs, and a ruthless color flashed in her eyes, it turns out that my superiors invited you not to come, and now it is not so easy to pick the fruits of victory, at least you have to pay some price for me in this city. "Passing on my military order, the Youzhou army is already at the end of the canopy, and their defenders are less than half, and everyone is wounded. Today is a key battle for us to break through the Luhe North camp, defeat Zhao Yun in one fell swoop, and go south to Guangyang. Today, we will let all the new forces go into battle and capture the Beida camp in one go. After Yan Rou finished speaking, he looked at the generals under his account, "General Zou Lie led 1,500 foot soldiers to attack the eastern city, General Qi Zhou led 1,500 foot soldiers to attack the western city, and the Chinese army was led by the commander of the Wuhuan Cliff King to lead the headquarters of 1,000 people, and the Wuhuan troops and several castle lords attacked together to break the city in one fell swoop." Yan is here to set up a celebration wine for you, waiting for you to come back and drink freely. ”

The generals each received military orders, gathered men and horses, and in a short time, the trumpets and cannons sounded three times, and the drums beat to attack the city. When these more than 7,000 people surrounded the earth city like ants, Zhao Yun knew that it had now reached the most critical moment. Yan Rou's troops are fighting more and more, and if there is no accident, the Youzhou army will definitely lose this battle, and sooner or later it will have to retreat to the south bank. But today's defensive battle must be won, because once defeated, the jade will be burned. At least now I still have a trump card in my hand that I haven't used, and this trump card is 1,500 white horse righteous servants.

These 1,500 men have not been on the city wall in these more than 20 days of offensive and defensive battles. It's not because Zhao Yun is hiding his secrets, it's because Zhao Yun knows that sooner or later there will be this moment. When the enemy can't hold it because of us, the sudden slaughter of the whole force will seriously damage the enemy's morale. And at critical moments, one of the most elite troops must take on the heavy responsibility of defending the city.

At the same time, Zhao Yun also made the worst plan, he had arranged for Gongsun Xu and Liu Yong to lead two hundred reserve Bai Ma Yi to escort the wounded soldiers to the south bank of the Lu River, and Pegasus reported to the defenders of Lucheng and Jixian County to prepare for defense, and at the same time reported to Gongsun Zhan about the war in the north, so that General Gongsun could prepare early.

Gongsun Fan was also among the wounded who retreated south, he was also fatal, although he was seriously injured that day and lost too much blood, but now after a month of recuperation, he has gradually woken up. He couldn't have imagined that after he was injured, Zhao Yun took these soldiers to hold on to the north bank of the Lu River for more than a month, and he couldn't imagine how many twists and turns there were in the story. But this time he went south, after all, he could return to Jixian County to recuperate slowly, and his eldest brother should not blame him.

When the wounded soldiers crossed the river, they heard the shouts of killing in the sky, and the battle of life and death had begun.

The White Horse Yicong is the most elite army in Youzhou, each of them is good at bowing horses, elite weapons, and strong bodies, excellent armor, not afraid of death, everyone can be one as ten. Due to the lack of archers in the city for many days, Yan Rou's troops seemed to have forgotten the existence of the Youzhou Army and the White Horse Yicong, and hundreds of people died under the bow or crossbow of the White Horse Yicong before they reached the city. However, there were still many people who climbed the city wall, and in the face of waves of enemies, Bai Ma Yicong showed a very strong fighting ability, and his hand qi knife fell, and he often only had a moment to rest when the blade was curled. Zhao Yun, Tian Jing and other generals were killed, and the other guards of the city were also brave, and everyone was desperate. Yan Rou's more than 7,000 horses simply did not have the slightest advantage.

After a long stalemate, Yan Rou finally withdrew his troops. Because first, because of the appearance of 1,500 white horse retinues, the morale of the enemy has been greatly increased, and Tucheng is difficult to take for a while; The second is that the troops besieging the city today have many subordinates and different commands, and many people are greedy for life and afraid of death, and do not have the courage to fight desperately. However, the last trump card of the Youzhou army has also been used, which means that they have no basis for it, and it is sooner or later that the Beida battalion will be breached. The purpose of collecting troops today is to rearrange the attacks of the various units tomorrow, otherwise the lives of the soldiers will be wasted in the near future.

Watching Yan Rou Mingjin withdraw his troops, Zhao Yun already knew Yan Rou's thoughts in his heart. Even if it can be defended today, I dare not say whether it can be defended tomorrow, and it seems that the whole army is going to be prepared to retreat. When Zhao Yun thought of retreating, he suddenly thought of Xiahou Lan in his heart, and he didn't know what happened to his five hundred cavalry, and there was no news for more than 20 days. It seems that the plan has failed, and I don't know what will happen to the more than 500 of them after they leave, and whether everyone will see each other one day.

Xiahou Lan led 500 cavalry to attack the Xianyu auxiliary army formation that day, and after burning Yan Rouyuanmen, he first retreated to the west, threw off the pursuing soldiers, and then rushed thousands of miles, bypassing the Great Wall north of Yuyang, and went straight to the prairie. This way, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, ate and drank dew, and it was important to see the grassland, and finally saw the people.

As long as there is abundant water and grass on the grassland, there will be a small tribe of several hundred people. At present, the grassland where Xiahou Lan is stepping is the territory of the Wuhuan Cliff King. King Wuhuan raised an army with Yan Rou and recruited a large number of tribal warriors to the south. Today, most of these tribes are old and weak, women and children, and there are very few adult men, and there is basically no guarding force.

Xiahou Lan made a charging gesture to the cavalry behind him, and more than 500 people surrounded and suppressed a small tribe of 100 people, like a tiger entering a flock, and almost did not encounter any effective resistance. Killing all the people was the order they received when they came out, on the one hand, spreading a terrifying atmosphere and forcing everyone in the grassland tribe to endanger themselves; On the one hand, he continued to attack the root of the Wuhuan Cliff King until he led his troops to the north to rescue. In less than a quarter of an hour, the battle was over, and Xiahoulan asked the soldiers to deliberately let go of a living mouth to report the news. It is very difficult to find the royal tent of the king of Wuhuan Cliff in the vast grassland, and Xiahou Lan wants to use the news of these herdsmen to attract the princess of Wuhuan Cliff to send her last armed initiative to come to the door and fight him in a decisive battle.

After the battle, replenishment is a top priority. In addition to fresh water, fat sheep, and sweet cakes, there is also a need to replenish war horses. For long-distance running, one person and two horses can ensure speed. Now is the right time to take advantage of this opportunity to collect horses. Don't look at the tribe is very small, but there are a lot of horses, there are dozens of them.

After Xia Houlan and the cavalry finished correcting, they set fire to the tent and all the supplies, and then continued to search for the next target. After ten days of burning, killing and looting, the herdsmen of the Wuhuan tribe thought that the Han people were crazy. For so many years, it has been them who have robbed the Han people, and there has never been a Han people who have wreaked havoc on the grasslands. Even if a war breaks out and the Wuhuan people are defeated, the Han people will seal their official positions and give them many benefits. Now they are burning and looting in the grassland, what is going on?

The successive massacres had already reached the ears of the princess of Wuhuan Cliff. The tribal elders had already begun to condemn the Wuhuan Cliff King for using force against the Han people without permission. If they can't protect their people, they may turn to other tribes. For example, the difficult building of Xiwuhuan. The princess had a headache in her heart, and now there were more than 1,500 cavalry and thousands of herdsmen under the king's tent. I heard that there are only a few hundred of these Han Chinese, and their own troops should be able to defeat them and control the situation. But once defeated, what to do, once the king's tent is breached, then there will be nothing left of the foundation of the Wuhuan Cliff King. "Shouldn't you send a message to Lord Cliff and ask him to bring his troops back to help?" The princess asked tentatively to several generals under the tent.

"The princess's words are wrong, I heard that these Han people are less than five hundred, and it is not a good skill to attack weak tribes, you must know that our Wuhuan cavalry is the first in the world. I will take a thousand men to kill all these dogs. When the king returns, the princess will also be credited. If you go to send a letter to the king, it will ruin his big event of attacking Youzhou, but it will not be good! "It was the commander of the thousand who spoke.

The princess was still a little worried, "I heard that they all play white horses, could it be Gongsun Zhan's white horse righteous servant." Moreover, Lord Qiaowang is obviously fighting with the Han army in Yuyang, how could the Han people come to our grassland, could it be that Lord Qiaowang was defeated? ”

"Don't worry, the princess, Lord Qiaowang will not be defeated if he leads five thousand elite soldiers. These Han dogs enjoyed the fish that slipped through the net before the destruction of Youzhou City, and Ha Chi went here, regardless of his black horse and white horse, he would definitely kill them without leaving a piece of armor. Hachi insisted again and again, and many people under the account echoed, and the princess had no idea, so she had to order Hachi to lead a thousand elite cavalry and five hundred herdsman auxiliaries to the south to find the main force of the Han five hundred cavalry for a decisive battle.