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Sheguo City, School Martial Arts Field.

A general in his early thirties was teaching his soldiers the art of archery, surrounded by soldiers.

This general is the general of the city guard of the country, the former general of Yuan Shao, after Jizhou was occupied by Gongsun Bai, he obeyed Zhang He's persuasion to surrender to Gongsun Bai, and was ordered by Zhang He to guard here.

I saw him bend his bow and set up arrows, explain the skills of drawing the bow and aiming to the soldiers around him, and then the bow pulled the full moon and came out.

Shout!

The sharp arrow broke through the air and hit the red heart of the arrow.

A hundred steps away, three arrows in one hand, the arrow hits!

Good!

The surrounding sergeants erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

"Newspaper"

An anxious cry came, and everyone looked up, only to see a school flying horse coming, running towards the recruit with a panicked face.

"General Qiyu, and the state cavalry...... And the state cavalry is coming! The school shouted out of breath.

"What!" Zhao's face changed drastically, and he shouted urgently.

"The defenders of Rencheng abandoned the pass, and the people of Bingzhou opened the gate, led tens of thousands of cavalry across Zhangshui, and were killing Shiguo City!"

Hearing the voice, he couldn't care about the soldiers beside him, and under the support of a cadre of personal soldiers, he rushed out of the school martial arts field, turned over his horse, and raised his long knife and galloped towards the west gate.

Above the tower of the west gate of the city of Shiguo,

Standing at the head of the city, a pair of tiger eyes staring closely into the distance.

Thundered!

With the faint sound of thunder, I saw a dark cloud slowly gushing out of the sky, and then covering the entire sky, rolling in like a river draining the ground, and the whole ground was trembling.

It was not only the ground that trembled, but also the defenders above the tower, and there were only 2,000 guards in the city. How to withstand tens of thousands of enemy troops. Even if the walls of the castle are thick, in addition to the grassland and forests around the city, it is not a problem to build a simple wooden ladder. Although the simple wooden ladder siege suffered huge casualties. But even if the people of Bingzhou use ten to fight one, they can easily fight out two thousand Gongsun troops.

Tens of thousands of cavalry from the state surged. Like a stormy wave, under the deafening sound of horses' hooves that filled the sky and the earth, the defenders on the city tower were in a trance, feeling that the entire city was like an island, and was instantly besieged between the rolling torrents.

Tens of thousands of Bingzhou cavalry, under the leadership of Yuan Tan, slowly stopped.

Yuan Tan reined in his horse's feet, narrowed his eyes, and looked towards the city tower. I saw that thousands of Gongsun troops were waiting for each other, with a look of disdain at the corner of their mouths.

With a choking sound, he drew his sword and roared to the sky.

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

The tens of thousands of Bingzhou cavalry behind them raised their long knives in unison, letting out a roar like a tsunami, and the long knives of the forest shone brightly in the sunlight.

Jiang Qi, who was beside Yuan Tan, had sharp eyes, and suddenly found that it was his former friend Zhao Zhao who was standing at the head of the city, and hurriedly said: "Lord, it is the general who guards the city." ”

"Lead?" Yuan Tan couldn't help but have a bright look in his eyes.

When he was still in Jizhou, he had always been close to Zhaozhao. When he went to Bingzhou, he originally wanted to bring a lead, but he couldn't do it for some reason, and now he sees each other. Maybe you will be able to take the city without blood, so that the surprise attack on Yecheng will increase the chances of victory.

Yuan Tan hurriedly led the crowd out of the horse, greeted the leader of the city, and shouted loudly: "Zijing, I haven't seen you for many years, don't come to harm?" ”

The corners of his mouth twitched, and then his expression regained his composure, and he also returned the salute to Yuan Tan, shouting, "The eldest son." Now that he has joined the general, there is no need to be polite. Whether to fight or retreat, listen to the convenience. ”

Yuan Tan laughed and said: "Zijing and I were like brothers. How can I meet each other in arms, my Guanzijing is now only a lieutenant under the command of Gongsun Bai, if you abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I will worship you as the general of Pingbei, but what? ”

A faint look of disdain appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he sneered, took off the longbow on his back, bent the bow and set up an arrow, and an arrow broke out of the air.

Shout!

With a fierce sound of breaking the sky, the sharp arrow swept over Yuan Tan's head, hitting the flagpole of the big flag behind him, only to see that the flag was broken with a click.

Ho ho

After a moment of silence, the morale of the Gongsun army on the city tower was greatly boosted, and they all let out cheers, their expressions were excited, and the shock and horror brought by the people of Bingzhou just now disappeared in an instant.

Before the two armies fought, the battle flag was folded first, and Yuan Tan and the others all changed their faces.

Without waiting for Yuan Tan to react, the top of the city was already raining arrows, so startled that Yuan Tan and the others hurriedly beat their horses and turned around and ran wildly, running a hundred steps away before daring to stop.

When he turned around, Yuan Tan was so angry that he was smoking, pointed to the head of the city, and roared angrily: "Send someone to cut down trees immediately, and build me twenty siege ladders within two days, I don't believe that just 2,000 people can stop my tens of thousands of troops." I'm going to cut a thousand knives to vent the hatred in my heart! ”

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Gongsun Bai, who was fishing in the General's Mansion, couldn't help but look shocked when he heard that Yuan Tan led tens of thousands of cavalry out of Huguan and rushed to attack the country. You must know that Sheguo is only four or five hundred miles away from Yecheng, and once Sheguo City is broken, Yecheng will be threatened.

Gongsun Bai no longer had the intention of fishing, and while ordering people to invite the ministers and generals, he went back to the room to change his clothes.

By the time Gongsun Bai rushed to the hall, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Fu Zhu and other generals were already waiting in the hall. When Gongsun Bai saw these strategists and generals, he didn't feel a little at ease.

Now his subordinates are also full of talents, including Guo Jia, Fu Zhu, Tian Yu, Tian Feng, Judge and others, Wu has Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Tai Shici, Yan Liang, Chou and others, this lineup is no worse than Cao Mengde, if such a luxurious lineup is exploded by Yuan Tan, it will be a shame.

However, at this moment, Tian Yu led the Youzhou military town to the north, Zhang He and Tai Shici each led the Taiping army and Mo Yunqi to guard the area along the Yellow River in the south, not in Yecheng, but he still had two cavalry in his hands, the white horse and the flying wolf cavalry, totaling 15,000 fine cavalry.

After learning the news of Yuan Tan's invasion, the generals began to talk about it.

The judge said: "The lord doesn't have to worry, there is a danger of Fushui and Jiuhou City in the west of Yecheng, and Hugh Yuan Tan's 40,000 cavalry, even 100,000 cavalry, can't kill the foot of Yecheng." ”

As soon as the words fell, they heard a burst of disdainful boos from Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Guan Hai and others.

According to the trial, he can be regarded as a resourceful person, and he suffers a loss because he has not yet figured out Gongsun Bai's style. Passive defense has never been Gongsun Bai's style, and the normal law should be that since Yuan Tan dares to invade, he must fight him so that he can't take care of himself.

And what makes Gongsun Bai even more aggrieved is. Yuan Tan is just tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, if it weren't for the people of Jizhou to recuperate for a while. He had already gone to pull Yuan Tan to pull it out, but he didn't expect Yuan Tan to take the initiative to attack.

Gongsun Bai said lightly: "Since he wants to fight, he can't let him live until next year, and now that the city is in danger, you can just talk about how to fight." ”

Zhao Yun laughed: "It's just 40,000 fine horses, it's not like I haven't fought before, last time I fought a close match, and this time I added Brother Yan's 10,000 flying wolf rides." He must have come and gone. ”

The judge on the side was stunned, and hurriedly reminded: "General Zhao, the enemy army has 40,000 elite cavalry, even if we wait for one enemy and two enemies, we are doomed to defeat." ”

After reviewing this sentence, he regretted it again, because he found that except for Tian Feng and Fu Zhi, who resonated with his words, the other generals once again showed disdain for his words.

Yan Liang didn't wait for Gongsun Bai to answer, and took the first step to bow down to him and said: "The last general asks that this time the last general will select five thousand elite soldiers from the flying wolf cavalry as the vanguard to rush to the aid of Sheguo City, and the lord will lead the remaining soldiers and horses to gather the grain and grass after the town." ”

Gongsun Bai looked at the eager look in his eyes, and suddenly understood his intentions in his heart, since the formation of the Flying Wolf Ride. has been following Bai Mayi to charge from behind, and he has not done it alone, and Yan Liang has been voting for Gongsun Bai since he voted for him. Except for the miraculous achievements in the battle of the Heitan River, there have been no obvious achievements since then, and he is eager to make meritorious contributions.

He nodded slightly at Yan Liang.

Zhao Yun also walked over gently, patted Yan Liang's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I wish Brother Yan a victory!" ”

The hands of the two tiger generals were clasped tightly.

Gongsun Bai was messy in an instant, so don't do it in front of Ben Hou......

His expression was solemn, and he immediately dispatched troops to arrange for the attack on Yuan Tan.

Ling Yan Liang selected five thousand flying wolves to ride, each with ten days' food. light cavalry gallops to aid the country; Ling Chou temporarily took the rest of the flying wolf ride, and reorganized his outfit with Zhao Yun's white horse. Prepare to go on the expedition in three days; Ling Fuzhi, Tian Feng and others quickly prepared grain and grass to supply the needs of the army.

Under the city of the country. The two armies fought fiercely for two whole days, and during these two days, they suffered five or six hundred casualties, while Chen's army lost more than two thousand soldiers. Judging from the numbers, the casualties of the Bingzhou army were more than those of the Gongsun army, but the Bingzhou army had more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, and more than 2,000 soldiers were only injured in the skin, and the vitality of the lead was greatly damaged.

Downstairs in Shiguo City, the corpses were piled up, but fortunately it was early autumn, and the corpses had not yet decomposed. The air was filled with the smell of blood and death.

In addition to shooting at each other at the head of the city, the two sides launched a fierce siege battle. The moat has been filled, and countless cloud ladders rush towards the Yangcheng Tower in waves.

Moreover, there are more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the state army, which can take turns to attack, and the Gongsun army has few soldiers and does not dare to rest, so they can only take advantage of the rest of the enemy army at night to take a nap with weapons on the city tower. Fortunately, the soldiers wore cotton clothes under their leather armor, otherwise in this severe cold season, sleeping when they were more exposed and heavy would inevitably cause a large area of severe cold and lose their combat effectiveness. But even so, hundreds of people still had a cold and fever and retreated from the tower.

The night was deep, and the moonlight shone coldly on the tower.

He was covered in blood, his hair was scattered, his beard was like grass, and he was holding a long knife and looking at the city tower in a daze.

There were two dark circles around his eyes, and his face was extremely haggard and emaciated, only two of which were still blazing and glowing like a wolf.

He sighed slightly, looked at the soldiers sleeping on the city tower, and muttered: "It seems that I can't wait for reinforcements, so I can only withdraw from this city, and I can't throw all these brothers here." ”

and state army camp tents.

Yuan Tan sat in the middle, and on both sides stood Xin Ping, Xin Bi, Jiang Qi and others, and everyone was drinking and reading books (ww.uuknshu.om) while discussing the war.

Jiang Qi raised his glass and smiled flatteringly at Yuan Tan: "The general of the chariot is really powerful, I don't think this trick will last long." Now he waited for the soldiers to be broken in half, and the arrows were exhausted, and he was just around the corner. Haha......"

Yuan Tan on the side smiled slightly: "If I guess correctly, I will evacuate Yangcheng in the next two days, maybe in the early morning of tomorrow." ”

Jiang Qi looked startled and asked, "In that case, why don't you surround it on all sides?" ”

Yuan Tan said with a smile: "This is Zhongzhi's (Xin Commentary)'s plan, if it is surrounded on all sides, its retreat will be cut off, and it will inevitably fight to the death, and the day of breaking the city is far away." If he is allowed to flee on his own, the city will fall into our hands in the next two days. As for the trick that escaped, General Ben has arranged a place for them to bury their bones, and they are waiting for the head of the trick to come and offer it. ”

Jiang Qi looked stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and asked in surprise: "The general sent two generals, Zhao and Lu, to leave with 5,000 soldiers and horses yesterday, could it be ......?"

Yuan Tan laughed and said: "To flee west, you must pass through the Sanzhi Mountain Road, Zhao Rui and Lu Weihuang, the two generals, have been waiting there for a long time, let him know the fate of betraying the general, haha......" (To be continued.) )l3l4

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