When the setting sun left the last trace of dusk in the sky, the Bingzhou army, which had been fighting fiercely under the city of Huaixian for a whole day, finally began to slowly retreat.

Standing on the city wall and looking up and down, the plains were full of corpses and chaos. Blood and fire intertwine to form a tragic picture.

An enemy soldier in the city who had broken his hands and feet but did not die let out a wail. Although the wounded were taken away when the state army retreated, it was impossible to carefully inspect them one by one on the battlefield, and there were always unlucky wounded soldiers who were not found in time and stayed.

Hanoi Captain Fang Yue stood at the head of the city and frowned at the wailing below. Then he drew the bow and set the arrow, and when the bowstring cracked like a broken silk, the wailing below came to an abrupt end.

Fang Yue withdrew his bow and arrows, silently turned around and walked down the city. The surrounding soldiers did not give out the praise and cheers of the other party as usual, and depression and tiredness shrouded the hearts of every soldier guarding Huaicheng.

Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang was waiting for Fang Yue under the city. As a civil official, Wang Kuang naturally did not dare to stand at the head of the city to fight, but he was also decent in terms of logistics arrangements and organizing the people to defend the city, and there was no mistake at all.

When Fang Yue came to his side, Wang Kuang immediately congratulated him and said, "The ability to defeat the enemy army today is all thanks to the merits of Captain Fang. ”

Fang Yue waved his hand tiredly and said, "The king has won the award." Today's ability to repel the enemy army is due to the soldiers' lives, and the top and bottom are concentric, so that the king is also present on the battlefield to boost morale, which is what we have today. ”

Although Fang Yue and Wang Kuang were not subordinate to each other in terms of establishment, before Liu Wei's military system reform, Fang Yue was Wang Kuang's general. Wang Kuang has the grace to support him, so Yue has always been extremely respectful to Wang Kuang in his attitude.

Wang Kuang was very happy when he heard this, and he was extremely optimistic about the situation on the battlefield.

"People say that the wolf cavalry in Bingzhou is the strongest army in the world, and today's battle really deserves its name." Wang Kuang said with emotion.

"They are not the main force of the state army." Fang Yue had to correct him.

"What?" Wang Kuang's eyes widened in astonishment.

Although he did not climb to the top of the city, but when he heard the sound of killing outside, and the danger in the city was continuous, Wang Kuang already felt that the enemy's strength was not weak, and he couldn't imagine that this army was not the main force of the Bingzhou army.

Fang Yue was so tired that he didn't give any explanation to Wang Kuang, and left with his hands.

He is not like Wang Kuang, who has no military experience, and still has a clear understanding of the opponents who are fighting.

The strength of the army that can fight in the east of the river and the state army is by no means to the extent it is now.

According to the information transmitted by the unified investigation agency, the attack on Huaicheng was the soldiers and horses of Zhang Yang, the Shangdang Taishou as the vanguard force. And Fang Yue knew that what could really represent the core strength of the Bingzhou Army was the 10,000 Bingzhou elite cavalry under the command of Lu Bu who was about to arrive.

That is the real number one strong army in the world, and every time Fang Yue thinks of the terrifying strength that is coming, he suddenly has an unrivaled sense of fear in his heart.

Fang Yue didn't tell Wang Kuang about the fear in his heart, it wouldn't be good for anyone. At this time, he only hoped that the reinforcements from the imperial court would arrive in time.

The defenders of Huaicheng had 5,000 men, and if they drove the people to defend the city, they gathered 40,000 people. Although the fighting power of the poor people is not high, they can still hold out for a period of time in the early stage if they rely on the city.

And now the Zhang Yang army besieging the city has about 8,000 men, and the real core elite soldiers are only 3,000. Fang Yue could see that Zhang Yang didn't put all his strength on at the beginning, although he didn't know why he did it, but even so, the siege of the city in the past few days also made Huaicheng feel great pressure.

Zhang Yang is not an ordinary person, but Fang Yue is confident that he can still defend it. At least until Lu Bu arrived.

In the next few days, Zhang Yang did not stop attacking, but the repeated siege performance was also unremarkable. It wasn't until the tenth day that Zhang Yangjun's attack suddenly became fierce.

Even Wang Kuang, who didn't understand military affairs, felt the difference in this siege, and the pressure on everyone doubled for a while.

Fang Yue understood that it was Zhang Yang who took out all the pressure box bottoms, including the three thousand elite soldiers, to fight to the death with Huaicheng. It's just that it's strange that he's suddenly so desperate, but when I think about it deeply, I suddenly feel a chill.

Zhang Yang fully understood the reason why he did this, and it was the same as Fang Yue's frightened conjecture:

Lu Bu is coming.

As the vanguard of the Bingzhou Army, Zhang Yang is still extremely strong about taking Hanoi.

Compared with the impoverished Shangdang, Hanoi is much richer. And this is also an opportunity to show strength, not to mention that strength is respected is the traditional rule within the state army, and the expansion of strength after occupying Hanoi also helped Zhang Yang's voice in the Xindu court.

But on the other hand, fighting a war is also a cost. Zhang Yang's own strength is not strong, and he doesn't want to lose too many troops, but it is under this idea of gaining and losing, Zhang Yang's army did not fight with all his strength at the beginning, and the result was that under the stubborn resistance of Huaicheng, they lost their troops in the siege of the city in the past few days.

Soon, Lü Bu's army had already entered Hanoi, and judging from the terrifying marching speed of the Bingzhou cavalry, Zhang Yang would probably have to break the city in these few days if he wanted to lead the great achievement of capturing Hanoi alone.

Therefore, Zhang Yang suddenly launched a ruthless attack today, not only came to the city to command the siege, but also sent the 3,000 elite soldiers he had been keeping.

Zhang Yang fights so hard, and the effect is still very obvious. The head of Huaicheng City was in constant danger for a time. Zhang Yang's subordinate Mu Shun also successfully attacked the city wall and occupied a small area. Other soldiers, inspired by Mu Shun's pioneers, rushed to the gap opened by Mu Shun, and the situation was extremely critical for a while.

Fang Yue personally arrived with a team of personal soldiers and stared at Mu Shun, and the two immediately exchanged hands. The two of them have the same martial arts, but when Mu Shun rushed up, he had already suffered two injuries, one of which was extremely serious and his stomach was broken, and it was completely supported by his own bravery. At the beginning of the battle with Fang Yue, it was still evenly divided, but after more than a dozen rounds of fighting, he gradually lost his physical strength, and he was swept away by Fang Yue and smashed down the city.

The city wall is more than a foot high, and Mu Shun also killed two of his subordinates when he fell, and the person immediately fell unconscious, and his soldiers hurriedly snatched him back to the camp to heal his injuries.

Mu Shun's fall from the city wall had a great impact on the morale of the soldiers who attacked the city, and Fang Yue's morale was greatly boosted, and he quickly drove Zhang Yangjun off the city again.

The battle between the two sides lasted until late at night, and Zhang Yangjun finally returned in vain.

This siege was the most intense since the beginning of the war, and in the next few days, Zhang Yang's army became a little weak, and it rained heavily for several days, and Zhang Yang's siege became more and more difficult.

Zhang Yang was depressed, summoned his subordinates to the camp tent, and threw a tantrum on them.

"You think you're brave on weekdays, but why can't you even take a small Huaicheng at this time? If General Lu's army arrives in a few days...... Won't we be ridiculed? ”

The subordinates in the tent bowed their heads in shame when they were reprimanded by Zhang Yang. At this time, a soldier came in to report that Mu Shun, who had been seriously injured and unconscious, woke up.

Zhang Yang was angry at this time, and said casually: "Such a useless person, why bother me with life and death?" ”

Mu Shun was originally a captain of the party school, although he was obedient to Zhang Yang and was willing to hand over military power to him, but his previous sensitive identity made Zhang Yang always suspicious of him. At this time, Zhang Yang was angry, and he didn't stop him, so he expressed his dissatisfaction with Mu Shun.

However, even if Mu Shun was at fault, he was injured in battle, and Zhang Yang said such a cold word and abandoned him as if he were abandoned, which made the other soldiers present feel cold.

Zhang Yang didn't realize his gaffe after speaking, and was still indignant. At this time, another soldier entered the account to pay tribute, and Zhang Yang said angrily: "How important is the military situation, the lowly soldier dares to disturb it many times.

The soldier just came in to do his duty, and before he could speak, he was angrily reprimanded by Zhang Yang. Facing the furious Zhang Yang, he trembled with fright, knelt on the ground, and stammered: "General, general, small, small, General Lu's army is here, and it is outside the camp." ”

"What!" Zhang Yang's eyes widened in vain. But after a while, he sat down weakly.

"Come with me to meet General Lu." Zhang Yang said weakly.

At the end of July of the fifth year of Guangxi, under the city of Huaicheng, the county seat of Hanoi, an endless army of black pressure spread all over the plain. Iron Horse Jingo, throwing the whip and breaking the stream.

There was a quiet and sparse atmosphere on the battlefield, and the military formations of the state army were divided into hundreds, separated from each other, and neatly aligned. Every soldier quietly guarded his position, as immovable as a mountain. The Hanoi army at the head of the city was also affected by the momentum of the Bingzhou army and fell silent.

Fang Yue also stood silently on the city wall, his eyes were round, and he seemed to be fearless, but if he looked closely, he would find that his hand holding the spear was already trembling slightly.

Even if no one explained, the Hanoi defenders on the city walls had already seen that this force was different from the previous day's annexed state army.

Its speed is like the wind, and its speed is like a forest; Aggression is like fire, immobile like a mountain; It is difficult to know like yin, and it is like thunder. These few sentences in "The Art of War" are simple, but how many people have been able to do it throughout the ages?

And the Bingzhou army in front of them perfectly interprets the words in "The Art of War", which is also the reason why they can become the strongest army in the world. Almost at that moment, all the soldiers on the city wall, including Fang Yue, began to be afraid.

I don't know who gave the order in the military formation, and the state army began to move. The footsteps of thousands of people converged into a huge roar, and when the first man in front of the army let out a roar of charge, followed by the shouts of tens of millions of people in unison. Roar the sky and drink the moon.

With the momentum of destroying the world and destroying the world, the state army slapped on the wall of Huaicheng like a huge wave.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）