Hou Qinu chased the thick log all the way, and soon rushed down the city wall. Some of the soldiers of the Yuan army fled to the city, and some were blocked in the city gate. Hou Qinu was unceremoniously, picked up the log, saw one knock on one, saw two knock on a pair. The log is thick and long, and he can reach others, but others can't reach him, and he can only be beaten passively. The cave in the city gate was soon full of bloody corpses, and it wasn't until Han Yong led people to kill them that Hou Qinu dropped a sentence "This is handed over to you" and turned around to kill the city.

Seeing that this killing god had finally left, the remaining Yuan soldiers in the cave of the city gate had no intention of resisting, and threw away the swords and guns in their hands one after another, kneeling and begging. While Han Yong ordered the city gate to be opened, he sent people to catch up with him to assist Hou Qinu.

Daling can only be regarded as an ordinary county seat, and according to the regulations, there should be 1,500 defenders in the city. But this is the hinterland of Taiyuan County, and there is no war at all in peacetime, and even thieves are very rare. As a result, the county magistrate Gao Jin relied on the relationship between him and the governor **, so he ate empty salary, and the actual number of posts was only more than 800 people. Recently, Xianbei has made a lot of trouble, and Gao Jin is also afraid, so he recruited seven or eight hundred people to be assigned to four, but he is still not willing to make up for the posts.

But the county order is the county order after all, and Gao Jin's first reaction when he heard the enemy attack was that these people could not be Xianbei people, they were probably Liu Xin's army in the south, or the surrounding bandits. But there are not too many bandits in Taiyuan County, and Liu Xin's army is a little more likely. It must be said that Gao Jin's judgment is very accurate, and the decision made by Gao Jin next is even more wise.

Gao Jin didn't plan to command the army to fight back at all, but immediately ordered the domestic slaves to set up a few carriages, packed up the gold and silver, and took a few beautiful wives and concubines, and hurriedly left the county office and headed for the north gate. His reason is very simple, since Liu Xin's army has arrived here, then the counties in the south must have fallen, and with only a few hundred people in his hands, he will not be able to hold Daling City no matter what. He had sent two hundred reinforcements just now, just to delay the enemy's movements a little and buy enough time for his escape.

It's a pity that Hou Qinu blocked the news, and in the case of a shortage of troops, he still divided half of his troops to guard outside the east, north, and west gates. When Gao Jin's convoy came to the north gate and ordered the soldiers to open the city gate, the Han soldiers who were lying in ambush outside the city suddenly rushed in.

Gao Jin only thought about running for his life, so he didn't bring many guards, but asked people to inform the troops in the city to assemble at the county office, the purpose was to attract the enemy army so that he could escape calmly. As a result, he only brought a few dozen soldiers with him, and he was quickly cut down, and even Gao Jin himself became a ghost under the knife.

The fighting in the city didn't last long either. Most of the soldiers defending the city received Gao Jin's order, and most of them concentrated near the county office, except for those who died at the south gate and those who guarded the other three city gates, and except for some temporary deserters, there were only more than 400 people left. And after the recruited people learned that it was not the Xianbei people who attacked the city, they immediately scattered. The number of Yuan's army was actually less than that of the Han army that entered the city, and there was no suspense about defeat.

After eliminating the defenders near the county office, Han Yong quickly divided his troops to the other three city gates, and organized soldiers to pacify the people in the city and clear the remnants of the enemy. For defending the city, Hou Qinu is not good at it, this is Han Yong's strength, so now the command of Daling City has been handed over to Han Yong, which is a matter that was decided before departure.

Hou Qinu did not seize the time to rest according to their usual practice, but took the special forces to serve as volunteer porters and carried all kinds of city defense equipment to the city. Hou Qinu's special "weapon" also returned to its rightful position, but the original yellow-brown log was now red and white, the red was blood, and the white was brain, which showed how bloody the killing was just now.

Calm gradually returned to the city, and the people dared to go out of their homes, and Ding Zhuang was gathered again. The people who were still helping the Yuan army against the Han army just now have begun to help the Han army repair the city wall. However, the gates of Daling were not opened normally like Jiexiu and Wu County, but no one was allowed to enter or leave, for the simple reason that the Xianbei people were about to call. For the same reason, the people in the city work very hard.

Han Yong and his soldiers did not change into the costumes of the Yuan army, which was already at the forefront, and the level of protection of the Han army's armor was more than a grade higher than that of the Yuan army, and it was completely worth the loss to give up the high level of protection in order to confuse the enemy.

At the same time that Hou Qinu and Han Yong conquered Daling City, the army stationed in the area of Jiexiu and Wuxian also began to move. Gao Shun led a team of men and horses to kill the city of Pingzhou in Xihe County, while Zhang Liao led another group of men and horses to attack the central capital city in the northeast of Wu County. Because he didn't know whether Hou Qinu and Han Yong's sneak attack on Daling City was successful, Zhang Liao did not rashly send reinforcements to Daling.

The battles for the attack on Pingzhou and Zhongdu started almost at the same time, and they were all real strong attacks, and in order to grab speed, even trebuchets were not used during the siege. The soldiers, carrying long ladders, shouted and rushed to the city walls. The arrows and stones on the city rained down, and the crossbowmen under the city also reflexed mercilessly.

The two small county towns did not cause much trouble to the Han army, but the earth-shattering shouts of killing spread far away, and several other counties must have known about the battle that took place here. Therefore, after Zhang Liao captured the central capital, he did not stop at all, and continued to wave his army to the north and take Jingling directly.

Jingling County had already received the news that the Han army was attacking Zhongdu, and the county order sent people to Pegasus to Taiyuan for help, and at the same time recruited people to strengthen the city defense. However, the county commander had a fluke mentality, thinking that the Han army would not come over so quickly, so all the work was done unhurriedly. When the Han army appeared under Jingling City, many of the defensive equipment on the city had not yet been put in place, and Zhang Liao took Jingling City almost effortlessly.

At this time, the scouts sent to the direction of Daling also brought back news that Daling City was already under the control of Hou Qinu and Han Yong. When Zhang Liao received the report, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and divided 3,000 cavalry and asked Li Wei to take him to Daling, and the other 1,000 infantry also boarded the fleet composed of small fishing boats, and the target was also Daling. And Zhang Liao himself decided to personally lead the army to continue to move forward and capture Qi County.

Qi County is a large county in Taiyuan County, the city wall is taller than several other counties, and there is also an independent moat. The most important thing is that the Qi County Commander Discipline Section is a more serious guy. When he learned the news that the Han army was attacking Zhongdu, he began to levy people and strengthen the city defenses. And there was not a shortage of 1,500 soldiers under his command, and the logs and stones used to defend the city were also complete.

When Zhang Liao led his troops to the city of Qixian, it was almost dusk. The first few county towns were too easy to fight, which made Zhang Liao extremely contemptuous of Yuan Jun, and in the face of this small city, he didn't even think about it, so he directly ordered the siege of the city.

With the beating of the war drums of "dong dong dong", the soldiers of the Han army rushed to the city of Qi until the moat, and there was no movement on the city wall. Zhang Liao's brows furrowed, and he faintly felt that something was wrong. But the Han army moved quickly, and the soldiers in front had already erected a long ladder on the moat, and at this time, if Ming Jin withdrew his troops, it would be a big blow to morale, and Zhang Liao decided to take another look.

The best way to break through the moat is, of course, to set up a pontoon bridge, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and this method of using long ladders directly on both sides of the moat is much simpler. However, this approach has its drawbacks. If the moat is wide enough, this method is useless. At the same time, soldiers had to undergo a long period of training to be able to navigate the long ladder freely. Faced with the not very wide moat in Qixian County, the Han soldiers obviously chose the most direct method.

Just when the front team of the Han army walked to the middle of the long ladder, they suddenly heard a bang on the city, and the head of Qixian County, where there was no figure in sight just now, suddenly appeared many archers, flying like locusts, shooting straight at the Han soldiers on the long ladder.

The ladder was narrow, and the soldiers had no way to dodge it, but to fight forward. Although they were armed with the best armor and covered by shields, the Yuan army was condescending, and still shot and wounded many Han soldiers, some of whom fell into the moat after half rushing, and the river was covered with a red blood mist.

Seeing that his soldiers kept falling, Zhang Liao gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Bring the drumsticks!" ”

He knew that he had to persevere in this dilemma, and if he chose Mingjin, those soldiers who had rushed half of them would probably have no hope of coming back. Zhang Liao personally beat the war drums, and the morale of the Han army was suddenly greatly boosted, and the soldiers rushed forward desperately.

Suddenly, war drums also sounded on the head of the city, and it was the Qi County Commander and Discipline Department who beat the drums. With the sound of the drums, many rolling logs and stones were suddenly pushed down from the city, and jars of white mist and stench gold juice were poured down. Gold juice is a very vicious thing, in fact, it is boiling human excrement, and when it gets on the body, it not only causes burns, but is also poisonous and difficult to heal. It takes some effort to push the rolling logs and stones, and pouring the gold juice doesn't even require effort, just pull a man to do it.

Despite the heavy casualties, the Han soldiers bravely rushed to the city of Qixian County, the long ladder was also erected on the city wall, the crossbowmen rushed through the moat, and under the cover of the big shield, they shot back at the head of the city, and there were screams from time to time above and below the city.

The battle against Qi County lasted from before dusk until dark, and the Han army organized five consecutive assaults and paid a huge number of casualties of nearly 1,000 people, while Qi County was still in the hands of the Yuan army. Zhang Liao did not collect his troops, and ordered to fight at night.

On the sixth occasion, more than 20 soldiers finally climbed the head of Qixian County, but the follow-up troops failed to keep up in time, and the more than 20 warriors who stood at the head of the city were finally outnumbered and all died bravely.

Left and right persuaded: "General, the soldiers are tired from afar, if it is dark today, it is better to withdraw the troops for the time being and fight again tomorrow." ”

Zhang Liao shook off the brocade robe on his body, raised his knife and shouted: "No! If you can't take Qi County, you vow not to collect troops! ”