Yanzhou City, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

"Lord, there is news from Xuzhou that Situ Lei has agreed to unite." Wei Dong replied.

Zhao Xun put down the teacup in his hand, not surprised at all by this news, "It seems that this Situ Lei is also a smart person and knows his own direction of development." ”

Feng Ziming smiled and said, "Since Situ Lei has already participated, then let's wait for King Murong Cheng's requisition action again." ”

"Let the logistics team transport grain and grass materials to the south of Yanzhou and hoard them. Let Murong Cheng be informed, and he will say that we are ready to act. In addition, let our people increase their activities in Yuzhou and find out the situation in Yuzhou, especially the location of the Qi army hoarding grain and grass. Zhao Xun said in a deep voice, "Since the conquest of Situ Lei last year, the Qi army has hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Yuzhou as the grain and grass needed by the more than 300,000 troops in front. These places must be explored clearly to facilitate our actions. ”

Wei Dong nodded and said, "My subordinates understand that since the beginning of the year, we have sent a large number of people to Yuzhou. Once an operation is to be launched against Yuzhou, it can not only listen to intelligence, but also provide support for the operation of the army. ”

"In addition, our policy in Yanzhou is much better than that of Yuzhou, and Yuzhou has been used as a garrison for the army last year, and the local people have suffered greatly. Once we act, the people of Yuzhou will not be our resistance, but our help. ”

Zhao Xun also knew about the situation in Yuzhou that Wei Dong said. Last year, the land of Yuzhou has been used as the place and logistics base of the Qi army, and hundreds of thousands of army branches are located above Yuzhou, causing a lot of harm to the local people. The military regulations and military discipline of the Qi army are far less good than those of the Zhao army. In addition, the land of Yuzhou is also newly recovered by the Qi army, and the people's hearts have not yet been attached, so some of the behaviors of the Qi soldiers in the local area have made the people, merchants, and gentry of the big clans in Yuzhou gradually turn away from the Qi army. It is also because of this that Zhao Xun has an idea about Yuzhou.

In March of the second year of Changping, Murong Cheng once again launched a campaign against Situ Lei. The army was dispatched but more than 10,000, respectively, Yangzhou and Jingzhou went north, such as Yuzhou to gather, to converge the Xuzhou army, Yanzhou army and Tang army, and then attack the two passes, wanting to break Yongzhou. At this time, the eyes of all the princes began to converge here, waiting for the real action of this Qi army.

"Lord, the Qi army has 80,000 troops on the front road, and now it has been stationed in Huaiyang Mansion in Yuzhou, and the commander is Xu Yandong, the general of the original Shence Army. The grain and grass of the Zhao army were exhausted in the land of Runan, which was used by the army of 200,000. Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, was also stationed in Runan with the Middle Route Army. Xu Yandong has sent someone to send an order, asking our troops to go to Chen County, Huaiyang Mansion to join him, and want to raid Huaiyin Mansion and go straight to Xuzhou. ”

Zhao Xun said unhurriedly: "Finally started, send an order to the avant-garde army Xu Qing, let him command 10,000 soldiers as the vanguard of our army, and act with the Qi army, what to do, he should know in his heart." ”

Wei Dong said hesitantly: "Lord, 10,000 soldiers, is it too few, will this make the Qi army dissatisfied?" After all, this is not even our army, and it is only one-eighth of the front army of the Qi army. ”

Feng Ziming said with a smile: "10,000 is a lot, Murong Cheng doesn't care how many of us are, what he cares about is our attitude." As long as we send men with him, he will be relieved. 10,000 people, just right. ”

"Wei Dong, where have the rest of the Avant-garde Army and the Rearguard Army gathered now?"

"The words of the lord of the meeting are now gathered in the Chen Liu's generation, and they all appear as logistics teams, gathered here under the pretense of transporting grain and grass for the army, and can be dispatched at any time."

"Very good, let the various departments prepare to assemble, once the vanguard of the Qi army breaks into Huaiyin Mansion, Murong Cheng's middle road will immediately move eastward, then, our operation will officially begin."

Just like last year's conquest of Situ Lei, the Xuzhou Army and the Tang Army began to make corresponding efforts. The Tang army began to move south in Yanzhou, preparing to go to Huaiyang Mansion to join the Qi army and form a coalition army. And the Xuzhou army is the same, preparing to leave Huaiyin Mansion and enter Yuzhou.

However, to everyone's "surprise", before the Tang army and the Xuzhou army converged, the combined forces of the Qi army and the Yanzhou army suddenly marched east and attacked the Huaiyin Mansion in Xuzhou.

The three major cities of Huaiyin Prefecture, Huaiyin, Quyang, and Huaipu, are all fortresses to defend Yuzhou. Especially after the Qi army occupied Yuzhou, this was the front line of the Xuzhou army to resist the invasion of the Qi army. In these three cities, in order to resist the invasion of the Qi army, the Xuzhou army paid a lot of price. However, it is also here that the Qi army, which used to be Yuzhou, has not been able to attack for a long time......

However, since the Qi army and the Xuzhou army became the alliance army to conquer Situ Lei, there were many fewer defenders here, and the defense was also reduced a lot. And the defenders of the Xuzhou Army here did not expect that they would be the target of the Allied forces.

As Zhao Xun expected, he sent 10,000 soldiers, but he was not taken to heart by Xu Yandong, the commander of the front road of the Qi army, but just attributed it to his own side, and then ignored it. What Murong Cheng wanted was his own attitude, not really relying on the strength of the Yanzhou Army.

The three cities of Huaiyin, Quyang, and Huaipu, with Quyang at the forefront, were the primary targets of the Qi army's raids. At this moment, the Qi army suddenly appeared under the city, which really surprised the Xuzhou army defending the city and was at a loss.

Without giving the defenders of Quyang City an answer, the Qi army began to launch a strong attack. Although Quyang City is strong and thick, the defenders are not as many as when they resisted the Qi army in the past. At the same time, Quyang County and several surrounding counties, including towns and villages, Wubao Walled City, were subjected to a strong attack by the Qi army, commanded by Xu Yandong, the commander of the front route army, and the army of 90,000 people, divided into several roads, invaded Xuzhou in a big way.

In March, the spring flowers are blooming, and on the earth, everything begins to wake up. But now, the war is coming again. What Zhao Xun didn't expect was that the cities around Quyang did not receive early warning from Li Chi of the Xuzhou army, and he didn't know that the Qi army was about to attack. In other words, Li Chi saw that the soldiers and people here were sacrificed, and it was also to hide it from the Qi army, and he didn't know about the Qi army's attack at all.

Xu Qing was also part of the attack on these small towns, but, unlike the Qi army, he mainly persuaded the people here to move to Yanzhou. Of course, those who do not obey are also a soldier who speaks......

"Ruthless enough, decisive enough!" Zhao Xun heard that Xu Qing, who was fighting on the front line, returned and only sighed. However, he also knew that Li Chi was the most correct to do this. Only in this way can Murong Cheng feel that the Xuzhou army is unaware of his attack, and he will march with confidence.

"Kill! Kill! Kill ......" outside Quyang City, 80,000 Qi troops gathered here and launched a strong attack on Quyang City again. And the defenders of Quyang City are only less than 10,000. After all, they didn't expect that the Qi army would attack their allies.

He Jun, the defender of Quyang City, is worried about himself at the moment, it has been three days since the Qi army attacked, and the attack is faster and faster day by day. Although he sent back an urgent request for reinforcements to the rear, looking at the situation in front of him, the Qi army was preparing for a full-scale attack today, and the defenders had suffered a lot of losses after a night of fierce fighting last night, and the most important thing was that in the city, there was not much reserve of equipment and materials for defending the city.

The 80,000 army began to prepare early in the morning, and after half an hour, nearly 100,000 troops were arrayed in the vast open space under Quyang City. With an army of nearly 100,000 people, the black pressure seems to have no end, which makes people feel fearful.

Including the logistics team and the sergeants who operated the equipment, there were more than 100,000 Qi troops. The army laid out ten phalanxes, of which one on the left and one was cavalry, and the rest were all foot soldiers.

The phalanx in front of the line is the siege phalanx, and at the front of each phalanx are the sword and shield soldiers, followed by the assault soldiers carrying ladders or pushing the carts rushing the city; The phalanx at the back generally does not participate in the siege, their task is to press the formation, this kind of pressure formation is generally called the Chinese army, and the generals in charge of the command are generally in this Chinese army. There were 10,000 cavalry on each flank of the infantry formation, and their task was to deal with possible enemy surprise attacks and protect the two flanks of the entire army. At the same time, he is also responsible for breaking through the city gate, immediately rushing into the city and opening the breakthrough.

"Command the army, attack the city immediately!"

In the land of the Chinese army, there was a burst of cheers. Then, hundreds of war drums rang out violently. Suddenly, the "boom" rolled in mid-air like thunder before a storm, roaring up. As the drums of war sounded, the nearly 100,000-strong army felt as if they had been dosed with a dose of stimulant. Loudly shouted. It's like thunder.

"Damn the Qi army, treacherous, even attacking the allies! What a damn one! ”

"Archer, prepare!"

"Stones, rolling wood, and fire oil, all prepare for me, let these treacherous grandsons know today that my Quyang City is by no means so easy to capture."

As soon as He Jun, the defender of Quyang City, saw everyone's momentum, he suddenly felt bad. It seems that the Qi army is preparing to storm this place. It seems that the next battle, Quyang City, is very likely to be...... Can't hold it...... Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, He Jun immediately gave a sharp order, so that the 10,000 defenders and more than 10,000 young people in the city quickly moved, and all kinds of city defense equipment were pushed to the top of the city.

"Attack ......"

With an order, the Qi army began a large-scale attack amid the thunderous drums of war, only to see an attacking phalanx break away from the main formation. A neat formation slowly pressed towards Quyang City.

The 10,000 attacking army slowly approached Quyang City, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters. At a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, the soldiers began to slow down their march. The sword and shield soldiers at the front of the line raised their shields at the same time, and the soldiers behind them who carried the ladder and pushed the cart were also protected by other sword and shield soldiers with shields, and they did this to defend against the arrows shot down from the city wall......

"Crossbowman, counterattack!"

"Catapult, projectile!"

Seeing the orderly advance of the Qi army, He Jun sighed secretly, and then ordered a counterattack. Immediately, an order was given, and the arrows on the city wall rained like clouds, soaring into the air, and swooping down to become an enemy army. The stone throwers in the rear were launched one after another, and huge stones the size of a grinding disc flew into the air together. The overwhelming flying stones, the black press, covering the sky and the sun, that scene is really shocking!

"Buzzing ......" arrows rained down, but most of them were shot at the shields, making a buzzing sound, and the non-commissioned officers were not aligned, causing too many casualties. However, the huge stone that followed left the Qi soldiers who were besieging the city devastated. I saw countless boulders flying into the air from the top of the city, and the next moment they smashed into the large army of the Qi army, which was slowly advancing with a shield.

Dozens or hundreds of boulders poured down like a shower, raising a cloud of dust when they landed. In the dust, many of the besieging soldiers were smashed to the ground, their shields shattered, and blood splattered everywhere. Then there was a wail, and it was the wounded soldier expressing his pain.

But the living are still advancing, aren't they afraid? No, they are afraid, but on the battlefield, it is like this, there is no advance or retreat, there is still a possibility of life, once they retreat, they will definitely die.

The Qi army deliberately came to attack Xuzhou, how could it be unprepared? How can you sit and watch the equipment of the defenders and do your best? Immediately, in the rear of the Qi army, large crossbow machines and stone throwing machines began to exert their power. The crossbow arrows with the thickness of the baby's arm and the huge stone bullets rose into the air one after another, flying from the Qi army formation to the head of Quyang City. Suddenly, the treatment that the Qi army had encountered, and the defenders of the Xuzhou army also tasted it. Suddenly, blood splattered and wails continued......

Although it was only a moment, the Qi army relied on the suppression of the equipment that far exceeded the defenders of Quyang City in number, and destroyed a lot of things defending the city, and the crossbow machines and catapults on the city wall were all hit by the catapults of the Qi army and were destroyed a lot. Not only that, the huge number of crossbows and catapults of the Qi army also killed many soldiers defending the city, causing great damage to the defense of Quyang City. The most important thing is that it has brought great psychological pressure to the soldiers defending the city.

In the roar of the siege equipment, the defenders' posture of suppressing the besieging Qi army suddenly slammed and weakened a lot. Seizing this excellent opportunity, Xu Yandong sent two more phalanx of Qi troops to attack, and suddenly, 20,000 troops also began to rush towards the city like a tide, but they launched the most fierce attack at any cost!

The battle was very brutal, blood was flying all over the sky, crazy shouts resounded in the sky, the wounded were still fighting hard, the soldiers who died in the battle fell unwillingly, and the two sides were like red-eyed bulls fighting each other.

Time moved slowly in the blood, from morning to noon, and then from noon to afternoon, and finally in the evening, the battle continued, and under the sunset, except for the endless shouts and killings, it seemed that no other sound could be heard, and up and down the city walls of Quyang Chengfeng, only a mountain of blood and corpses were left.

Obviously, Xu Yandong is determined to take Quyang City this time, and take this border city that has hindered their attack on Xuzhou countless times, and the heavy army fortress. You must know that in the past, Xu Yandong, as the general of the Shence Army, was also the main general who seized the land of Yuzhou. There have been attacks on this place before, but they have all ended in failure. Now, not to mention that this is the first breakthrough point of this raid. It is for the sake of the past that he will also take this place, and take it with the fastest and most ferocious momentum.

Countless sergeants, wave after wave, regardless of the cost, in order to defend the city, in order to suppress the Qi army's wave after wave of terrifying offensives, the defenders of Quyang City paid an extremely heavy price.

Finally, when Xu Yandong once again rotated a new group of troops to attack the city, the defenders of the city could not be suppressed. The Qi soldiers attacked Quyang City and opened the city gates. Immediately, as the moon set in the west, the army of Qi roared through the city gate like a flood that opened the floodgates.

Seeing this scene, the coach Xu Yandong, who was watching the game in the rear, finally couldn't help but shout excitedly, and the generals under his command also showed excited looks.

"General Xu Qing, how powerful is my Qi army?" Xu Yandong smiled and asked Xu Qingdao, the commander of the Yanzhou Army beside him.

"Qi Jun's divine might, it is really extraordinary, I admire it!" Xu Qing said in a deep voice. Xu Yandong did not let himself participate in the siege this time, he knew very well that this was because the other party was putting pressure on him to let him know the ferocity of the Qi army.

However, Xu Qing didn't take it to heart, as the captain of Zhao Xun's personal guard battalion and the general of the Yanzhou army, he had seen a more fierce siege battle than this one. However, of course, Xu Qing would not fail to cooperate with Xu Yandong's pretentiousness. Otherwise, he would not have been able to avoid this terrible siege.

Seeing that the city gate was broken and the enemy army poured in, He Jun, the defender of Quyang City, couldn't help but feel nervous, and immediately ordered the army to resist. However, how is it the opponent of the Qi army, which has been greatly boosted. In just a few moments, the cavalry of the Qi army entering the city rushed to the middle of Quyang City.

As the so-called general trend is irresistible, the cavalry of the Qi army is rushing into battle, how can the defenders be the enemy? In addition, most of the defenders have been damaged on the city wall, how can they stop the brave Qi army?

Looking at the swarming enemy army, He Jun's face turned pale, but there was no way at all, the city wall had been lost, and there were no soldiers in his hands to fight back, how to resist?

"General, please rush out of the city with us, otherwise it will be too late! Now that the Qi army has treacherously launched a surprise attack on us, we should immediately withdraw to the land of Huaiyin or Huaipu, and make plans, so that we can report the situation here to the rear in detail. The captain of the guard hurriedly ran to He Jun and anxiously persuaded.

After a little hesitation, He Jun finally stepped on the war horse, and under the escort of the personal guards, he escaped from the east gate. Not long after He Jun left Quyang City, Quyang City finally fell. This heavy city, which had withstood several onslaughts by the Qi army, finally fell into the hands of the Qi army.

With the four gates being taken by the Qi army one after another, Quyang City basically fell into the Qi army. As the sun set, the Qi army, which had already entered the city, began to clear the remnants of the guards, and the brutal street fighting continued, fighting, wailing, and the battle continued until it was nearly evening. The people of the city hid in their homes, hiding from the war.