In the west of the city, the Qinshui River beach, the sky has been seen.

"Appeal ......"

Liu He drank the war horse, gently pulled the horse's head, not far ahead, the black pressure of the Xiaoguo army and the cavalry was gathering into a vast ocean, like a dark cloud weighing heavily on his heart, making him breathless, in front of the two armies, on the empty official road, there were thousands of corpses lying on the ground.

Most of Liu He's 2,000 men had been killed, and he himself was seriously injured and exhausted, with only more than 100 people around him. Similarly, the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army also dropped more than a thousand corpses. They are human beings after all, and they are also flesh and blood, and when their strength is exhausted! From the late night of yesterday to the dawn of the battle, it had been several hours of fighting, and the long knives in the hands of the soldiers were curled, snatching the weapons of the enemy soldiers or snatching them from the corpses on the ground and continuing to fight, and then curling the blades, and grabbing and grabbing again...... Liu He couldn't remember how many long knives he had replaced, let alone how many enemy soldiers he had killed in total.

A stream of viscous blood slipped from the corner of his forehead, sliding down the corner of his eye into his socket, Liu He couldn't help but squint slightly, and immediately felt a wave of dizziness in front of him, just when he was charging for the last time, the scimitar of a cavalryman of the Yan Army slashed at the corner of his forehead, almost stabbing him off the horse.

In front of the Xiaoguo Army, Xu Lema slowly came out of the battle, his eyes firmly locked on the bloodied Liu He, his eyes showed irrepressible admiration, and he said loudly: "General Liu He, this general respects you as a man, and you can't bear to harm each other, why don't you give up your sword and surrender and serve my lord?" ”

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Liu He's mouth, crossed the horse chopping knife in his hand, and said: "The general doesn't need to say much, please let the horse come over, Liu He can only fight to the death." ”

Xu Le sighed and said, "Since General Liu insists on this, then don't blame me for offending." ”

The sky is lonely, calm and windless, inexplicable tragedy and determination stirred in Liu He's tone, Liu He turned his head slightly, looking at the distance of the guard garrison on the west side, and a faint regret passed in his eyes, he has participated in the guard army for more than ten years, and today, it has finally come to an end.

"The whole army is ready, charge!"

The next moment, under Liu He's order, more than 100 cavalry guards once again raised the swords in their hands again.

Xu Le sighed lonely, raised his hand and waved it forward, and shouted coldly: "Bow and arrow ready!" ”

Not far away, Liu He snorted lightly, and the war horse under his crotch hissed and threw off his four hooves and rushed towards Xu Le's army.

"Kill!"

"Kill, kill, kill, kill ......"

Liu He's eyes were hideous, and the horse chopping knife in his hand was raised higher and higher.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Xu Le snapped, and the dense locust-like wolf tooth arrows shot towards the cavalry of more than 100 guards......

Liu He's eyes widened angrily, and he raised his long knife to slash, but unfortunately, this could not be cut down, and the dense locust-like wolf tooth arrows shot him into a hedgehog. The more than 100 people behind him did the same, becoming a humanoid hedgehog.

"Puff ......" followed by three in a row, like dumplings, and the more than 100 cavalry companies fell to the ground with their horses, silent.

Xu Le quietly looked at the corpses of more than 100 soldiers, couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, and said in a condensed voice: "Come on, Zhang Heng, leave two thousand soldiers to deal with the aftermath, tell the whole army, do not desecrate the remains of the enemy and our army, and bury the corpses of the guards and the more than 1,000 soldiers who died in our army!" Although they are our enemies, they are true warriors, and true warriors will always deserve our respect. ”

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Hu Yi had no intention of fighting, and led 800 remnants of the army to retreat to the Eastern Dynasty in a panic, because he was not in a straight line with Liu He to rescue the cavalry, so they did not meet. However, the shouts of killing from the reinforcements could be predicted, and Liu He's 2,000 cavalry were intercepted, and even encountered an ambush.

According to his guess, the 10,000 cavalry of the guard army were all killed in this battle. Without cavalry, then the whole army is a problem to collect food, without cavalry, then the infantry army will encounter the attack of the Xiaoguo army at any time when it goes out of the city, and without the cavalry, then the guard will be comprehensively suppressed, and can only be trapped in the city. But without reinforcements, without food and grass, how can you defend the city?

Just thinking about it, he suddenly saw the torches in front of him, a team of hundreds of people was surging, and the two armies collided on the official road, Hu Yi sighed, and was about to cheer up and lead the army to fight to the death, but suddenly caught a glimpse of the armor of this cavalry was actually a little familiar, and took a closer look by the firelight, it turned out to be his own guard.

"Stop!" Hu Yi was taken aback and hissed: "I am Hu Yi, the chief general of the guard, who are you waiting for?" How did you get here? ”

"General? Really a general! These hundreds of people rushed over in a messy manner, and rushed to Hu Yi with a long gallop and knelt on the ground, crying and saying: "General, Yangcheng...... Yangcheng is lost! ”

"Huh? Yangcheng is lost! Hu Yi's eyes were dizzy, he calmed down, and asked anxiously: "How could you lose it?" That's 2,000 cavalry...... In addition to the cavalry, there are 5,000 soldiers! How could it be lost? ”

"General, two thousand cavalry heard that the general was ambushed, and went to the rescue. After the cavalry left the city, Zhao Xunqin led an army of 8,000 to attack the West Gate, the West Gate guard surrendered the city, and the remaining general Wei Qiangwei killed himself above the East Gate, and the whole city fell. Qu Chang said silently.

"Let's go, we will face east!" Hu Yi took a few deep breaths and said tiredly.

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Zhao Xun rode into the city, looking at the yellow-skinned people and guards on both sides of the streets in the city, and couldn't help but shake his head again and again. Looking at the slightest fear of those people for the Yan soldiers, Zhao Xun frowned slightly.

"Order, let the surrendered guards in the city be unified in the barracks, and we will arrange food."

"Order, let the soldiers of the pro-guard army take over the whole city, and the soldiers of the Guards are not allowed to appear in the city at will. Let the original county magistrate and local officials come to assist in pacifying the whole city, and let the baggage battalion immediately bring grain and distribute it to the people in the city. ”

"Report ...... Qiyu Dadu, 10,000 cavalry of the guards, was ambushed by our army and annihilated! Hu Yi, the chief general of the guard, released him to the Eastern Dynasty as planned. ”

"Good! Very good! Give credit to all meritorious soldiers! Summoning the order, let him rest and recuperate, and immediately move to the east to the city! ”

And the officer of the guard army who was not far behind Zhao Xun couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the words, and unconsciously, his figure was slightly rickety.

Now the entire Dongchao City has fallen into silence, and only 800 soldiers of the 8,000 cavalry have escaped, which can be said to be the death of the whole army, plus the 2,000 cavalry of Yangcheng have also fallen into the hands of the Xiaoguo army, so all the cavalry is gone. In order to grab food, Hu Yi gathered all the cavalry in the three cities together and dispatched the whole army, so these cavalry were destroyed, which means that it was impossible to quickly go out of the city to grab food.

In addition, the fall of Yangcheng has blocked all the roads for the guards to go north. To the east, at that time, the sea, to the west, to the south, were all Xiaoguo army, and now the north road has also been cut off, they can be said to be the turtle in the urn.

"Captain Liu, who gave the order to the Yangcheng cavalry, saying that I was ambushed and asked for support?" Hu Yi asked in a sullen voice. After he was ambushed, he didn't ask for help at all, and even if he asked for help, it couldn't be so fast.

Captain Liu, who was also on the run, was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Aren't you the soldiers under the general?" By the way, it should be the captain of the general's personal guard, it's Xu Yan! ”

"Xu Yan? Well? Isn't he sick and can't act randomly? Damn it! Come on, spread the word! ”

After a while, the soldier reported back: "General Qiyu, Captain Xu also left the city shortly after the general left the city last night, and has not yet returned!" Hu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Xu Yan was afraid that he would go to the Xiaoguo Army after selling himself.

"The Xiaoguo Army is really powerful! Even the officers of the pro-guard around me can be bribed! Our every move is under the nose of the Xiaoguo Army! No wonder...... It's no wonder that our operations have been repeatedly under the control of the Xiaoguo Army, and have been repeatedly blocked. Hu Yi smiled bitterly.

"General, since the Xiaoguo Army has set up an ambush for our cavalry and Yangcheng at the same time, isn't the Xiaoguo Army's heavy city Lincheng an empty defense, so why don't we attack Lincheng, where there are all the logistics materials of the Xiaoguo Army. General, even if you die in battle, you can't starve to death! "There is a general who mentions yì said.

"This ...... Since the Xiaoguo army can ambush our cavalry and Yangcheng, how can Lincheng be defenseless? Hu Yi frowned.

"General, even if there is defense, there will not be too many defenders, we have more than 10,000 infantry troops here, break through Lincheng, we will get rid of this encirclement, no matter what, it is better than starving to death!"

Hu Yi frowned, and shouted in a muffled voice: "Okay, the army is assembled and immediately attack Lincheng!" Even if it is a failure, you will die in battle, as for this Eastern Dynasty, it is useless to stay, so give it up! ”

Immediately, nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Eastern Dynasty immediately took action and headed towards the city.

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"What? The Eastern Dynasty guards killed Lincheng? Zhao Xun was immediately stunned when he heard the return of the Eagle Eye Division. His original plan was to gather a large army in the Eastern Dynasty and make a forced landing on the other side.

"This Hu Yi is really bold! If it weren't for Lincheng's explanation, I'm afraid there might really be a problem. ”

"Send an order to Han Meng, unless the governor of Pontus arrives in person, otherwise, give me to defend the city."

"Order, let the cavalry of the Qinshui River Beach immediately kill Lincheng, and fight with the guards in the field and under Lincheng! Let Hu Xiang's infantry immediately enter the Eastern Dynasty City, pacify the people, and distribute food. Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.

"Wei Dong, this Yangcheng will be handed over to you, you don't have to do too much, just appease the people! The Governor of Pontus himself went to deal with the general of the guard. ”

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After noon, Hu Yi's subordinates rushed to the city without stopping.

"This is Lincheng! Brothers, take Lincheng, and have food and drink! After resting for a while, Hu Yi immediately ordered the siege of the city. Although there were no heavy weapons, the ladder was prepared quite a bit.

Lincheng city head.

"Want to siege the city? Although there are only 5,000 soldiers here, you want to conquer this city? Don't! Han Meng's expression was calm. He drew his horizontal sword, held it high above the top, and said loudly: "The whole army is ready, the archers are out!" Get ready! ”

In the sound of hurried footsteps, a thousand sword and shield soldiers and two thousand archers rushed behind the female wall, and faced the enemy army swept like a tide outside the city wall, looking calm and motionless.

In addition, there were more than a thousand young men who had been temporarily recruited, each holding a longbow and trembling behind the female wall.

"Kill ......"

In the roar of the landslide and tsunami, the 6,000 Guards infantry lined up in a somewhat chaotic and orderly formation, surging forward, and a thousand heavy infantry rushed to the front, they were the death squads, their only role was to form a wall, to withstand the attacks of the defenders' bows and arrows, rolling stones and wood, and even fire oil!

Three thousand light infantry, carrying ladders on their shoulders and shields on their backs, followed the heavy infantry, they were the main force of the city, and finally the two thousand archers who were responsible for covering and suppressing them.

Perhaps because he knew that this was a life-and-death moment, the guard soldiers were even more crazy and moved faster.

Upstairs in Lincheng City.

Han Meng's raised right arm seemed to be petrified, motionless, nearly three thousand archers stared at the sword in Han Meng's hand, the sword in Han Meng's hand did not fall, they would never dare to let go of an arrow. The heavy infantry of the guards could only be allowed to rush to within a hundred paces like a tide.

"General, the enemy's light infantry has rushed within a hundred paces!" Because Han Meng is now staying in Lincheng, he is also a general in Lincheng.

"General, the enemy heavy infantry has rushed to the front of the trench!"

"General. The enemy archers are already within a hundred paces! ”

This is the moment you have been waiting for! A trace of cold murderous intent flashed in Han Meng's eyes, and he raised his horizontal knife and swung it forward, shouting: "Release the arrow......"

"Woo Woo ......"

Nearly 3,000 archers suddenly filled their longbows, and the sharp arrows of wolf teeth were already on the strings, and the next moment, the piercing roar was incessant, and the dense arrows like locusts poured down from the towers, mercilessly accumulating in the surging array of guards.

The endless howls resounded in the sky in an instant, and the guards fell down one by one, especially the archers who followed at the end, and suffered heavy casualties! Han Meng did not use his troops according to common sense, and deliberately spared the heavy infantry and light infantry in front of him and did not shoot, just to shoot and kill the two thousand archers of the guards. Zhao Xun once said that when the situation is evenly matched, killing the opponent as much as possible will greatly damage one's own side, and even the phalanx and troops that can change the outcome of the victory and defeat will not hesitate to pay a certain price. The archers in the castle were all squirrels, who were good at archery and were not accustomed to defending with shields. To defend the city, you need to guard four gates, but the opponent only needs to attack one point. Therefore, Han Meng decided to deal with the other party's archers first, and he followed Zhao Xun for several years, and he also learned a little bit from hearing and seeing.

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