Liu Qi's three-way army marched together, when he came to Leiyang City, Leiyang County ordered the city to surrender immediately, Liu Qi ordered it to continue to be the county order, still guarding Leiyang, and then the army did not stop at all, and after three days came to Chenxian City ten miles away. Liu Qi ordered people to set up camp, rest and reorganize, and prepare to attack the city at dawn on the second day.

A spy had already reported the news of the arrival of Liu Qi's army to Zhao Fan, but now Zhao Fan was at a loss, although after the defeat more than a month ago, someone reminded him that Liu Qi would definitely attack Guiyang in the near future, and he also recruited nearly 10,000 troops in Chenxian County, the governing place of Guiyang County, according to Jianyi, and at the same time dug deep moats, strengthened the city walls, and prepared to hold on, but when he saw Liu Qi's army covering the sky. His face couldn't help but be bloodless.

"This, so many troops, at least thirty or forty thousand, how can we defend it?" Zhao Fan was like sifting chaff, and said tremblingly.

The defeat a month ago made him still have lingering palpitations, and when he saw Liu Qi's army again, he couldn't help but tremble, and he couldn't help but surrender.

But he saw Chen Ying, the captain of the military academy, and Bao Long stepped forward and said: "Why do you grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige? robbed his camp with a brigade of elite soldiers for the last general, and Liu Qi was definitely captured. ”

Zhao Fan didn't dare to let go of the two of them, sighed and said: "The two generals don't know how powerful Liu Qi's generals are, this is simply a tiger and wolf army, and Lingling's Xing Daorong can be regarded as a brave general, but what is the result?" Wasn't he killed by Wei Yan under Liu Qi's account? There is also that Huang Zhong, although he is nearly fifty years old, but he is brave and champion of the three armies, every time he goes out to fight, he is the first soldier, and he is also superb in archery, taking people's lives a hundred steps away, although the two generals are brave, they may not be opponents. ”

Chen Ying and Bao Long were so angry that they shouted loudly: "Lord Taishou, although rest assured, I will go out of the city to meet the enemy now, if you can't kill Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, please offer the head of Xiang Shangshang to apologize." ”

After the two finished speaking, they didn't wait for Zhao Fan's order, each led 3,000 men and horses, drank the order to open the city gate, and rushed up against Liu Qi's army.

Seeing that the other party dared to go out of the city to fight, Liu Qi couldn't help laughing, and immediately led the Chinese army to meet the battle.

"Kill, capture Liu Qi alive." When they saw Liu Qi's handsome banner approaching them, Chen Ying and Bao Long led 6,000 men and horses to launch a fierce attack on Liu Qi's Chinese army, as if they had taken medicine.

Liu Qi sneered, secretly laughing at the opponent's inadequacy, so he ordered Liu Shi to lead 5,000 troops to fight with him, but he was defeated but not allowed to win, lured the enemy to the open place outside the north city gate, and then launched an encirclement and annihilation battle against the opponent to completely disintegrate the opponent's combat consciousness.

Liu Shi received the order, and immediately led the army to attack, shouting loudly: "Liu Shi, the captain of the Chinese army, is here, and the thieves will be rampant." ”

Chen Ying shouted loudly: "It's not interesting to bully an unknown person like you, if you let Wei Yan, Huang Zhong or Liu Qi come up, you will definitely teach them a good lesson." ”

Liu Shi was furious when he heard this, and immediately led his army to attack.

Chen Ying laughed, waved the Ling flag, and the two armies killed from the two wings, trying to besiege Liu Shi at the core.

Liu Shi can be regarded as a battle-hardened person, so he naturally knows the other party's intentions, and he is not in love with war, and as soon as he comes into contact with the other party, he immediately leads the army to retreat.

Chen Ying saw the other party fleeing, and he was even more proud in his heart, and ordered the army to take advantage of the victory to chase and kill, and this time Liu Qi must be captured alive. Bao Long was also excited, leading an army of 3,000 to follow closely, hoping to catch up with the opposing generals immediately, surrender the enemy army and annihilate it, and prove his ability in front of Taishou.

"Hehe, Zhao Taishou has always said how heroic Liu Qi's army is, and now it seems that he is purely making excuses for his defeat, and today it seems that this is simply a group of rabble, we can capture Liu Qi alive and kill Wei Yan and Huang Zhong in one battle." Chen Ying looked at the fleeing Liu army and thought proudly.

However, not long after Chen Ying's army chased after him, he found that the enemy army in front of him suddenly stopped advancing, and Qi Qi turned around and faced his soldiers.

"Hehe, you can't escape, can you? Ben knows that there is a river ahead, and with your rabble, you still want to fight against the water? Come on, come on, Ben will guarantee that you will die as much as you come. Chen Ying looked at the army in front of him that had lost his armor and was in a scattered formation, and said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, the army would put on all the armor in a moment, and the formation was also restored, and then the enemy general waved the order flag, and this army rushed forward without hesitation.

"Haha, face the battle, this time I will let you see and understand, what is a real elite soldier?" Chen Ying waved the command flag, causing the soldiers under his command to attack immediately.

But soon he realized that something was wrong, because the soldiers in front of him were constantly retreating.

"What's going on? Attack me immediately, and if you take a step back, slash! Chen Ying immediately swung his sword and killed a retreating soldier, and hurriedly shouted.

As soon as the retreating soldiers stabilized their formation, Chen Ying immediately heard earth-shattering shouts of killing on the left and right flanks, and then saw a tide of soldiers rushing over and surrounding his three thousand people.

At this time, he was angry to find that the Baolong army, which was still in the rear just now, saw that the situation was not good, and had quietly led the army to retreat to the city.

"It's really hateful that Baolong, a horseman, escaped from the battle." Chen Ying scolded Bao Long angrily, and led the army to break through, but he didn't expect that the opponent's army was like an iron wall, and his own army broke through at one time, not only did not advance an inch, but killed and injured more than 300 people.

"Brothers, now is the most critical moment, give me a bloody path." Chen Ying took the lead bravely and led his own soldiers to start another round of killing, but unexpectedly, at this time, a feather arrow suddenly flew over and hit his throat accurately.

The one who shot that feather arrow was naturally Huang Zhong, who pierced through Yang in a hundred steps.

Chen Ying screamed, and the dead body suddenly fell under the horse.

As soon as Chen Ying died, the soldiers under his command suddenly lost their fighting spirit and threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Liu Qi hurriedly ordered Liu Shi to incorporate these surrendered troops, comfort them well, and don't slack off.

Liu Qi naturally knew that recruiting troops could not only replenish his combat strength, but also let those soldiers in the city see the hope of escape, so that they would not be desperate.

I am afraid that some stupid generals will kill prisoners during the siege of the city, or dig up people's ancestral graves, but the result not only does not have the effect of making others fearful, but makes the other party desperate, leading them to lose their war advantage, but to defeat. For example, during the Warring States Period, the main general who succeeded Le Yi to attack Qi was robbed, and he once dug people's ancestral graves outside the city, but was defeated by Tian Dan with a strategy.

Therefore, Liu Qi attached great importance to the preferential treatment of prisoners before the battle, and let Liu Shi treat them well, and at the same time, military regulations strictly stipulated that those who tortured and killed prisoners would be punished severely.

But it was said that Bao Long was originally following behind Chen Ying, and he was also full of pride and was ready to make meritorious contributions, but this person was relatively cautious, observing the surrounding situation while advancing, as soon as he saw the other party's backwater, he knew that this time he was afraid that he would hang, so he quietly gave the order and was ready to retreat at any time.

Sure enough, then seeing that Chen Ying's team began to retreat, he immediately made a decision and immediately waved his army to retreat, so that Chen Ying became a natural barrier to cover his timely retreat.

After Bao Long led the army back to Chenxian County, he still had palpitations, and said secretly: "This time it's really a good hanging, Ben Jiang almost gave away this little life, fortunately Ben Jiang is smart, otherwise he would have spilled blood on the battlefield like that Chen Ying." ”

But now Bao Long is no longer afraid, because he is very confident in this city, Chenxian County is high and deep, and the grain and grass are sufficient, even if he holds on for half a year, it will not be a problem, not to mention that the reinforcements from the surrounding Linwu, Qujiang, and Hanning counties are also coming one after another, and it is said that the reinforcements from Ganxian County in Jiaozhou are also coming in the direction of Chenxian, as long as the army defending the city lasts for half a month, it will definitely be able to change the shape for the better.

Therefore, after the defeat just now, Bao Long decided to learn his lesson and no longer go out of the city for a decisive battle, but stick to it and wait for reinforcements, and at the same time use the defense of the city to continuously consume the enemy's strength and reduce their morale.

If it hadn't been through the battle out of the city today, maybe Bao Long's strategy would still be a little useful, but now, due to the annihilation of Chen Ying's 3,000 men and horses and the main general, this blow to the soldiers defending the city was too great, plus Liu Qi openly recruited and gave preferential treatment to the soldiers under the city, which made the will of most of the soldiers defending the city begin to waver, plus Liu Qi prepared his newly developed siege weapon cloud ladder, so this time Bao Long was destined to be in vain.

Liu Qi saw that Bao Long had fled back to Chenxian County, and ignored him, first ordered the soldiers to fill the river with soil, and after everyone was busy for more than an hour and filled in a road, he ordered the siege troops to push the cloud cart under the city wall.

Looking at the huge ladder cart, the defenders of the city were all puzzled: "What is this?" Could it be that the enemy is trying to build a watchtower here? But the watchtower should also be built far away, what is the use of the enemy pushing it so close to us now? He was shot to death by us with a bow and arrow. Besides, the watchtower is not so low. Although this guy is much higher than the average siege equipment, he is also only one zhang long, how can he see the military situation in the city? ”

But when these ladder carts came to the bottom of the city, and soldiers climbed up along it one after another, and then set up a long ladder on it, and stretched out a hook at the top of the ladder, and slowly hooked it to the city wall, the defenders suddenly realized that this huge thing was actually a new type of siege equipment, and they couldn't help but change their faces greatly.

"Arrows, arrows, this is the enemy's siege machine." Bao Long, who was standing on the city wall patrolling, was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted.

The soldiers defending the city were also frightened, and immediately opened their bows, put on their feather arrows, and shot desperately.

However, they were depressed to find that because the base of the special siege equipment was nearly a zhang high, it was covered with cowhide, and ordinary feather arrows were difficult to penetrate, and the place where the feather arrows could shoot was not more than a foot away from the city, and the place only needed to run a few steps on the inclined siege ladder, and it didn't take a cup of tea to come to the city!

"How did the enemy come up so fast? And so let them go to the city? "Don't say that Zhao Fan on the side was so frightened that his face was colorless, his body was like sifting chaff, and even Bao Long was stunned, frightened by this new siege machine.

"Fight, open the gates, we surrender." Zhao Fan trembled and gave the order to surrender.