Originally, the army stationed in Hezhou had 30,000 Mengyuan troops, but Timur also heard that Chaoxian was besieged, so he hurriedly took 20,000 soldiers and horses to rescue Chaoxian.

The geographical location of Chao County is not too important for Hezhou, but now that the Qingfeng Red Turban Army has a water army, Chao County is very important.

Chaohu Lake is connected to Luzhou, and Hanshan and Chaoxian are connected to the south. Li Pusheng and Hao Shisan joined forces, so if Chaoxian was lost, it would leave an unimpeded grain route for the Qingfeng army in the southern expedition, and the Red Turban Army could use the waterway to continuously transport the grain and grass of Luzhou to Hanshan.

Timur also believed that Hao Shisan's Red Turban Army had few troops, and the division of the Red Turban Army was a good thing for the officers and soldiers. He can break through each one, first break the Red Turban Army besieging Chao County, and then join forces to attack the Red Turban Army besieging Hanshan, and the siege of Hezhou will be solved.

As for the transfer of most of the troops in Hezhou, whether Hao Shisan will take advantage of the situation, this point was also considered by Timur first.

There are 10,000 defenders left in Hezhou, even if Hao 13 dares to boldly fight Hezhou, as long as Hezhou insists on one or two days, Timur will lead the periphery army to encircle, and in the hinterland of the official army, Hao 13 will definitely be wiped out if he does not have a military advantage.

Therefore, Timur did not hesitate to bring an army of 20,000 to rescue Chao County.

When Timur arrived in Chaoxian County first, he secretly complained, knowing that something was wrong, and nine times out of ten, he fell for Hao Thirteen.

The infantry led by Mao Gui did not engage him at all, but all took Li Patou's boat and retreated to the water, leaving only an empty camp, and Mao Gui's army was not far away, not far from the water, using the cannons on the big boat, and kept greeting him.

Timur also sent strong bows and crossbows to attack the ships, and even the crossbow arrows shot by the strongest crossbow could not reach the ship, but the guns on the ship could hit his military formation, and there was no suspense in the battle, and he did not hurt a red turban thief, but he lost two or three hundred.

"Lord Pingzhang, Hezhou, Hezhou is lost!" A bloodied Hezhou rout, reported.

Timur's expression was distorted, as if he had eaten a sour date, and he roared angrily: "I left 10,000 troops in Hezhou, why didn't I defend it for even a day!" ”

The defeated soldiers said weakly: "They pretended to be the Zhongshu Pingzhang Hama of the imperial court, sneaked under the city gate, smashed the city gate with artillery, tens of thousands of troops followed, the defenders fought hard for half a day, but the enemy army was many and brave, most of them died, and a small number surrendered!" ”

Timur's teeth also clucked, and he pulled out the treasure knife on his waist with a brush, gritted his teeth and said: "Hao Thirteen", a sword slashed the rout, and the blood sprayed Timur's face.

Also Timur smelled the smell of blood and finally calmed down.

The strategic significance of Hezhou City was so important that the Red Turban Army could threaten Jiqing (Nan/Jing), Quarry (Ma'an/Shan) in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the wealthy Hangzhou and Suzhou in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

These problems don't need to be considered by Timur first, the key is that Hezhou is the supply line of Timur's tens of thousands of troops, and the reason why he dares to fight for a long time with Hao Shisan is because Hezhou is in his hands. Through the supply line of the Yangtze River, the soldiers, grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River can be continuously received. Dealing with the Red Turban Army under the city of Dunbingjian, Timur also waited for work with ease, with the help of the financial and material resources of Jiangnan, and the financial and material resources of the two isolated cities of Hao Thirteen Luzhou and Shouzhou, and Timur had an absolute chance of winning.

As soon as the state was lost, the situation was reversed.

also led to Timur's tens of thousands of troops, cut off support. To the east is Guo Zixing's Chuzhou Red Turban Army, to the north is Jiancheng Luzhou, to the west is the vast Chaohu Lake, and the state is lost, and Timur's army is surrounded by the Red Turban Army on all sides. Although Hanshan has considerable grain and grass, there is no backup, so he can only sit and eat the empty mountain.

First of all, Timur had no time to spend time on Mao Gui and Li Pusheng, leaving 5,000 infantry into the city to assist in the defense, and led a group of troops to Hanshan.

Timur's soldiers also rushed to Hanshan with great momentum, without saying a word, with the army directly attacking the camp left by Hao 13, Hanshan guard will stumble Ma Jianzhu will impact the enemy, dare not slack off, and quickly open the city to send troops to help the battle.

The front camp of Hao 13 was empty, and the rear camp was an open space, and in less than half an hour, it was razed to the ground by the army of Timur.

Sun Deya was responsible for containing Hanshan's Yuan army according to Hao Shisan's orders, since Hao Shisan's departure, he did not send troops to attack Hanshan at all, but shrank all the troops in the back camp, and closed the door.

10,000 against 70,000, Sun Deya did not have the courage to take on the battle, and he had never encountered such a powerful enemy.

Jiao Lu led all the heavy equipment of the Qingfeng army to follow Sun Deya to stay in the camp, there were a large number of catapults and artillery, seeing that the enemy had entered the range of artillery and catapults, it was time to give the enemy a cold blow, if the enemy exceeded the range of catapults, it would be much easier to break the camp.

He angrily persuaded: "Dashuai, let's fight!" ”

Sun Deya wished that he would be able to drive a somersault cloud at this time, or know how to escape from the ground or something, fighting, he felt that he had more than 10,000 people and could not defeat 70,000 troops, and he fled, he didn't even have a place to go, and he felt that there was nowhere to escape.

Sun Deya lay under the wooden fence of the camp, secretly looked at the outside of the camp, and said in a low voice: "Pass on my military order, no one is allowed to make a little noise, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

The feathered arrows flew towards the camp like locusts, and the enemy was already within the range of the bow and arrow, and the soldiers lying on the ground like Sun Deya, even if they were hit by the arrows, did not dare to make a sound.

Sun Deya's own arm was also hit by a feather arrow, the pain made him grin, he couldn't hold back not to make a sound, but his mouth was moving, muttering: "Jade Emperor, Da Luo Immortal, save my old grandson and save ......"

Sun Deya only hoped that a pious prayer could move the immortals on duty, seeing that the vanguard of the Yuan army had arrived under the wall, and the armor and face could already be seen clearly, Sun Deya sighed secretly: The gods can't save me.

Sun Deya stared, looking at the clear-faced Yuan Jun in front of him, only to feel a flash of cold light in front of him, an iron gun had been poked on the ground in front of him, less than an inch away from Sun Deya, Sun Deya could even smell the breath of cold iron at the tip of the gun, he closed his eyes and secretly shouted: My life is over.

At this moment, I heard Timur roaring: "Tripping Ma Wanhu, we have fallen for the Red Turban Thief, the Red Turban Thief's camp is empty, the main force of the Red Turban Thief has broken through Hezhou, hurry up and collect the troops, lead the army to kill Hezhou with me, and take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Red Turban Thief to recapture Hezhou!" ”

Timur also saw that several of Hao Shisan's camps were empty, and he didn't want to waste time for the last small camp, and two rounds of feather arrows were fired at the barracks, and there was no movement in the barracks. With a wave of his hand, he pulled back all the troops that were about to break the camp.

Sun Deya saw that the enemy was far away, and his escape technique had already allowed him to escape, only to remember that he had been hit by an arrow in the arm, and in fright, he couldn't help but let out a miserable scream: "Damn, it hurts my old grandson to death!" ”

Tripping Ma Nai was born as an officer, knowing the importance of Hezhou to their army, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly dispatched a large number of artillery and catapults in Hanshan City, leaving 15,000 people to defend Hanshan, and followed Yexian Timur to Hanshan City directly, preparing for a decisive battle with the main force of Hao Shisan's Red Turban Army.