It was the middle of the day, and the sun was warm in the cold winter.

Yuan Cheng's general Liu Xun led 5,000 troops, and 10,000 thieves from Yuan Fang rushed to Xincai City, but they were in vain.

Xin Cai has already gone to the city empty, empty streets, lifeless. Obviously, tens of thousands of people in Xincai have all withdrawn from Xincai many days ago.

"Bastard!" Liu Xun shouted angrily, he didn't expect Liu Qi to move so fast, so fast that he had nothing to do, "Enter the city and station!" Five thousand men entered the city first.

Feng Zhou, who was belated, saw such a situation, and his heart sank. Yuan Fang greeted Feng Zhou covertly, Feng Zhou understood, and was about to take advantage of Liu Xun's entry into the city to talk to Yuan Fang.

"Isn't this General Feng Zhou?" Liu Xun's shrill voice came, Feng Zhou's face stiffened, he forcibly endured the murderous thought, and said in a deep voice: "The last general has seen General Liu!" ”

Although both of them are generals under Yuan Shu, Liu Xuntan is Yuan Cheng's henchman, and Yuan Cheng is the old man of the Yuan family, so he has always looked down on Yuan Ji's family.

"Xincai City has been captured, you are too late!" Liu Xun's face did not change and he was greedy for all the credit for attacking Xincai Kongcheng, "As for the fact that the granary was burned down the night before, you are like a lost dog, General Yuan has truthfully reported it to the lord." ”

Liu Xun said "truthfully", Feng Zhou knew that it must be Yuan Cheng's retribution, there is no doubt about this. Yuan Fang quietly pressed Feng Zhou's hand that was about to draw the knife, and shook his head at Feng Zhou imperceptibly, signaling Feng Zhou not to be impulsive.

Liu Xun put all this into his eyes, sneered, and said condescendingly: "The pursuit is General Lao Feng, presumably with General Feng's 'talent' will be able to kill Liu Qi'er without leaving a piece of armor." Hahaha! The meaning of contempt made Yuan Fang, who had always been calm, couldn't help but draw a knife and kill someone.

Liu Xun said that he swaggered into Xincai City.

"Sooner or later, slaughter him!" Feng Zhou couldn't help cursing anymore after Liu Xun left.

"It's not too late to let him jump for a few days, now it's important to pursue Liu Qi'er!" Yuan Fang exhaled lightly, looked at Liu Xun's back, and his eyes were full of murderous intent, "The whole army is open, immediately march to Xincai Ferry, and pursue Liu Qi at full speed!" ”

Xincai ferry port is a mess, and the wolf smoke is billowing.

There was not a single boat, not a single boat, not even a single figure. It is clear that Liu Qi burned the boat as he left, and even the ferry port suffered serious damage.

Yuan Fang and Feng Zhou looked at each other, the boats on the other side of the river were burning, Yuan Fang looked at the black smoke billowing and said, "Judging from this fireworks, Liu Qi should have just left." ”

"Damn!" Feng Zhou was furious, "Immediately build a wooden bridge, and the horse army will cross the river to pursue!" ”

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The sun is setting in the west, and the mountain breeze is light.

After crossing the Rushui, Zhao Yun and Li Tong did not stop, and without a moment of rest, they rushed to Xinxi with 5,000 soldiers of the Euphorbia Battalion.

After most of the day's rapid march, the two finally came to the dense forest five miles away from Xinxi.

"Order the army to quickly make an improvised siege ladder on the spot, and attack the city immediately after sunset!" Zhao Yun first ordered the officers and men of the whole army to rest on the spot, and then ordered the craftsmen of the army to speed up the preparation of siege ladders.

"Uncle Zhi didn't have much time to buy us, so we had to make preparations for the siege as soon as possible." Although Zhao Yun didn't know much about what Liu Qi and Chen Zhi were doing in the Baiyi camp of more than a thousand people, he could still guess this point by dragging the Yuan Shu troops who were pursuing.

"General Zhao, although the city wall of Xinxi County is strong, the defenders are only 3,000 horse troops." Li Tong, as a righteous hero in the Jiangxia area of Runan, knew a lot about the defenders of Xinxi County, and said: "The guard general is Yuan Xiong, the adopted son of Yuan Shu, although his martial arts are not refined, but he believes that the horse army is the elite of Yuan Shu, and he is proud of nothing. ”

"Oh?!" Zhao Yun looked overjoyed and asked, "General Li is so familiar with him?" ”

Li Tong said with a smile: "Before joining the army, a certain was also a wealthy family in Jiangxia County, and he once gathered a group of righteous men to attack Xinxi, and he knew a little about Yuan Xiong. ”

"General Lee, please, elaborate."

"His army is indeed an elite, and with our current 5,000 foot soldiers, even if the number is exceeded, it will take a lot of effort to win him. Besides, he is holding on to the fortified city, and we really can't take much advantage. Li Tong frowned slightly, and said: "General Zhao, I am an old enemy with him, why don't I bring 2,000 people to call for battle, lead out Yuan Xiong, and then General Zhao leads 3,000 people to attack the city?" ”

"No way!" Zhao Yun rejected Li Tong and said, "It's too risky to do this......

"We don't have much time left, General Zhao!" Li Tong resolutely said, "We don't know anything about reinforcements, we can't wait any longer." The longer we wait, the more dangerous we become, and the more dangerous they are! ”

Zhao Yun glanced at Li Tong deeply, took a few heavy breaths, and said, "If you have any mistakes, how should I explain to my eldest brother?" ”

"Hey, hey." Li Tong smiled indifferently, "Just because Yuan Xiong wants to take my life, he looks down on me too much!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Yun was not a hesitant person, and immediately decided: "There is General Li, you bring two thousand halberd soldiers to lure the enemy, don't forget to come back safe and sound, the lord's halberd battalion still needs you to command." ”

"No!" Li Tong responded with a bang, lifted a pair of halberds, and led 2,000 troops to lure the enemy out of the city. Zhao Yun stared at Li Tong's back with worried eyes, and said secretly: If you have one less hair, Yuan Xiong will definitely bury you!

"Is the siege ladder ready?!"

"General, it's done!"

"Prepare for the siege!" Zhao Yun ordered the soldiers of the Euphorbia battalion to set up long ladders one after another, waiting for Li Tong's good news.

Xinxi County, under the city wall.

"Yuan Xiong dog thief, come out quickly and die!" Li Tong stood outside the east gate, shouting towards the city wall.

There was a stir on the city wall, but when he saw a young military general standing up surrounded by many generals, and a scribe standing beside him, Yuan Xiong laughed wildly: "Li Tong Xiaoer, if you have the ability, you will attack it!" Why bother with the power of the tongue. ”

Li Tong scolded angrily: "Shrunken turtle, it seems that the lesson last time made you reveal your true nature, hahaha." Two thousand soldiers looked at Yuan Xiong at the same time and laughed.

"Ahhh It's just too deceitful! Yuan Xiong was about to tell Ma Jun to prepare to charge into battle, but the scribe beside him shook his head at him, signaling that he was going to fall for the other party's plan.

Li Tongdun was surprised, according to Yuan Xiong's character, it is unlikely that he can bear it, could it be that there are high-ranking people to help? As soon as he thought of this, Li Tong immediately looked carefully at the city wall, and after seeing the scribe, Li Tong secretly said Sure enough!

Zhao Yun saw that Li Tong had not led out the other party for a long time, so he drove his horse to the front of the formation and asked, "General Li, what's the matter?" ”

Li Tong smiled bitterly, pointed to the scribe beside Yuan Xiong and said, "With the help of the masters, it seems that they are going to stick to the high wall!" ”

Seeing that the sunset was about to be drowned in darkness, Zhao Yun gritted his teeth and said firmly: "I can't care so much, let's attack!" ”

Li Tong nodded and said in a loud voice: "Sons! Besiege! ”

At the sound of an order, more than 5,000 soldiers of the Euphorbia battalion set up five long ladders and leaned on the city wall, and climbed the siege ladder one after another to fight for a new breath.

Yuan Xiong smiled coldly and said, "Release the arrow!" ”

The archers converted from the horse army swished towards the long ladder with arrows. Suddenly, the halberds on the long ladder were hit by arrows and fell. Even so, the soldiers of the Euphorbia battalion were not forced back, and they climbed the long ladder one after another, fearless of death.

"Boiling oil!" Under Yuan Xiong's order, the hot oil flowed down the long ladder. The slippery and hot ladder could barely stand, and it couldn't stand steadily, Yuan Xiong said: "Rockets are waiting!" ”

Whoosh! Whew! The long ladder full of fire oil instantly burst into flames.

"Help! ......""Firefighting! Fight the fire......"

Dozens of soldiers turned into fire men, wailing in the fire. When Zhao Yun and Li Tong saw it, they were furious: "Dog thief, dare to do this!" Then he climbed up the ladder of fire and stormed the walls as fast as he could.

"Take your life!" Zhao Yunya's corner gun instantly stabbed dozens of shots, stabbing to death more than a dozen archers besieging next to the wooden ladder, and jumped onto the city wall. Li Tong then attacked the wooden ladder on the other side.

"Kill me!" Li Tong shouted angrily, and a pair of short halberds were like flying double dragons, constantly stabbing to death the swordsmen who besieged him, while slamming towards Yuan Xiong.

"Give it to me! Kill them! Yuan Xiong panicked at this time, and hurriedly called the sergeant to block the advance of Zhao Yun and Li Tong, but he and the scribe retreated towards the city surrounded by all the guards.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang from the west gate, which was deafening.

A guard hurriedly rushed over and said, "General, it's not good! I don't know where to run out of the West Gate, 3,000 men and horses have broken through the West Gate, and they are about to kill them! ”

"What!" Yuan Xiong and the scribe's faces suddenly changed, and the West Gate was breached! "Let's go!" Almost in unison, the two of them shouted at the same time.

"Haha! Brothers, here are our reinforcements! Kill! Zhao Yun shouted, there were already many soldiers of the Euphorbia Battalion on the city wall, following Zhao Yun's footsteps to kill Yuan Xiong and the others who were constantly retreating,

"Quick! Come on! At this time, Yuan Xiong no longer had the invincible momentum on the city wall, and now he longed for his parents to give birth to his two legs, gather the defeated soldiers and escort the scribe towards the south gate.

More than two hundred horsemen and guards were guarding the two of them while shooting arrows behind, hoping to stop the pursuit of Zhao Yun and the others. The 3,000-strong horse army was attacked by Zhao Yun, most of them died under the front and rear attacks, and a few were still fighting in the trapped beasts and did not surrender.

Only Yuan Xiong's more than 200 cavalry guards were re-encircled, and they retreated all the way to Qisi County in shock.

"It's too late for the end, and I almost put the second general in a dangerous situation, it's really damned!" Liu Hu hurried over and met Zhao Yundao.

"Where, where! General Liu came at such a timely time! Zhao Yun hurriedly helped Liu Hu up and asked, "If it weren't for your help, how could you defeat this hard bone so easily." ”

"Hahahaha!" Several people looked at each other and smiled, and Liu Hu immediately arranged for personnel to count the battlefield and asked, "Where is the lord?" ”

"I'm afraid the lord is entangled with the other party at this time. But don't worry, it will come soon with our round. Zhao Yun couldn't help but explain when he saw Liu Hu's worried look.