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The frontline of Ji County has been fierce for two months, but the county town of Zhangdao before dawn seems unusually calm.

As the first general under Han Sui's account, and ordered to supervise the rear defense, Yan Xing did not dare to slack off, and all the city defenses were carefully inspected and rectified, but there has been nothing to do in the past two months, and he has made several reports, the main force of the Sizhou army and horses is still in Sanfu, and the biggest threat force near the left is only the Ma Teng Army Pang De Department.

Every day, there are exploration horses in the left nearly 100 miles to carefully explore, Deng Ji in the three counties to carry out the wall clearing, except for the direction of Ji County, there is no population at all, and there is no sign of the activity of the brigade.

Deng Jifang only cared about defending the three auxiliaries and could not threaten the Dao. The nominal allies don't know when they will stab themselves in the back, and after two months, the focus of the scouts sent by Yan Xing has gradually changed to the direction of showing relatives.

Even Yan Xing's Chinese army in the city of Zhengdao was encamped under the east gate in the direction of Xianqin.

The fighting on the front line is unfavorable, and the consumption of grain and grass is also large. The day before yesterday, Yan Xing sent 3,000 military horses to escort the grain and grass to be delivered, and the fast horses reported that they had arrived safely in the army outside Ji County, and the grain army was already on the way home.

Although the Xiliang army was unfavorable in attacking Sanfu in Ji County, it had not yet reached the last moment - when the war was completely unfavorable, the lord would naturally transfer him to join the war.

There is nothing wrong with the affairs of his own family, and there is no threat to the existence of the main prince Han Sui's military horses for the time being, so he arranged the guard at the head of the city, and after nightfall, Yan Xing took off his armor and slept peacefully.

As dawn approached, he slept soundly.

It was the sound of fighting from the western city wall in the distance that woke him up suddenly, and he turned over and sat up. Outside the door, there was already the sound of panicked footsteps of the guards on duty.

"General, there is a shout of killing from Ximen!"

Don't listen to the panicked voices of the guards. Yan Xing also knew that something had happened, and he was very anxious, and his only hope was for a small group of horse thieves who didn't know whether they were alive or dead nearby.

For two months there was nothing to do, and only two or three men remained at the head of the city at night, and the rest of the sergeants slept and rested, and were defenseless. If the sudden enemy is either Ma Teng or Deng Ji, the city of Qidao is in danger, and the army will have no food and grass!

So many scouts were scattered outside the city. How did the enemy get to the city gates?

"Take my armor! Find out more about the attacking enemy! ”

"Urgently send all the troops to the meeting!"

I couldn't wait for the guards to take the armor and put it on, and Yan Xing, who was putting on his clothes indiscriminately, had already pushed the door out and looked west.

There was no fireworks to illuminate, and it seemed that even the bonfire lit on the castle tower in the distance had been extinguished, and it was dark and mushy in the distance, but the roar of fighting did not stop at all.

Yan Xing's heart sank to the bottom, and he didn't need to explore the horse express. This situation is not caused by a small stream of thieves.

In the city, a few of the soldiers who were suddenly awakened were in a hurry to find armor and horses, most of them were at a loss, and some were so frightened that they fled from the barracks naked and ran around the streets.

The chaos is widening. The reprimands of the little officers in the dark were rarely heeded.

After a while, the general stationed at the west city wall sent an urgent fast horse to arrive: "Report! The Sizhou army and horses attacked the West Gate, and the matter was urgent, so I asked the general to send troops to help! ”

"How was Simon when you came?" This is the worst-case scenario. The other party has no intention of calculating, and it will be difficult to defend the small county again. Yan Xing only made one last hope, and asked with a gloomy face, "How about the outnumbered attackers?" ”

The fast horse that reported the news was estimated to have come in a hurry, and the details were unknown: "I don't know the geometry, I only see those who are dressed in black and black armor, so I know that it is the Sizhou Army!" When the villain came, they had already climbed the wall and were fighting with the defenders of the city, and the matter was urgent!"

In other words, during this period of time, the West Gate may have fallen, and maybe the Sizhou soldiers and iron cavalry are entering the city.

Sure enough, after a few words, the sound of fighting gradually evolved into a chase and shout, and it has extended to the city.

Xichengtou has fallen.

The guards put on battle armor for Yan Xing, and 6 sergeants gathered over. It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and in the chaos, the seven thousand defenders can still remember that there are only two thousand sergeants gathered in the Chinese army.

Suddenly attacked, the sergeants were frightened, and those who gathered together had no intention of fighting, it was impossible to recapture the West Gate, and the loss of the army rations was a foregone conclusion, the only difference was whether the thousands of sergeants under his command could be saved in the end.

Lost the army's food and straw, and the lord Han Sui had no intention of holding himself accountable afterwards, Yan Xing immediately made a decision and ordered the guards: "Open the east gate, go out of the city and avoid its front!" You and the others left people to shout in the streets, and our military horses gathered ten miles outside the east gate! ”

Ren Yanxing is known for his bravery, and at this time, he has to retreat without a fight, and withdraw from the road before making plans.

The Chinese army went out of the east gate first, dozens of guards shouted around the city to collect the guerrillas and disperse, so that Yan Xing dealt with it effectively, and at noon, the defeated soldiers who came then gathered ten miles away from the east gate of the road, and after counting, there were more than 4,000 soldiers.

It's just that the army has lost all its food and grass, and a lot of armor, equipment, and war horses have also been lost.

At this time, Yan Xing realized that it was Xu Huang's Dangkou army in Sizhou who suddenly killed from the sky, and after the other party occupied the road, he immediately began to reorganize the garrison, and did not go out of the city to chase the defeated soldiers.

How the soldiers and horses of Sizhou concealed many scouts and suddenly killed from behind, but it is not clear in any way. The small county town garrisoned by the first army of Sizhou was not something that more than 4,000 defeated soldiers could recover, and Yan Xing had no choice but to retreat to Ji County and join forces with the lord Han Sui.

Before Yan Xing's defeated army arrived, Han Sui had already been retribution.

In addition to the horses led by their own families, Cheng Yi and other heroes and Qiang people who responded also needed Han Sui, the leader of the alliance, to support the military rations, and now tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside Ji County are only enough for the army to use for the first day, how can Han Sui not be in a hurry?

Ji County is exhausted, and there is enough food for the soldiers in its inner tun, maybe it will not take ** day to completely break the city, but the battle is unfavorable, and the army has long been unstable.

In the battle of thousands of people, the defeated soldiers were like a tide, and even if Han Sui wanted to intercept the news, it was impossible to stop it.

When the news of the loss of military rations spreads, not to mention taking Ji County to attack Sizhou, it is a great luck that these tens of thousands of troops can maintain without collapsing and fleeing!

How to deal with Yan Xing, who had lost grain, was not yet a top priority, and in order to stabilize the morale of the army, it was necessary to solve the problem of grain and grass first.

Deng Ji had already cleared the wall in Xiliang, and Han Sui had no other hope. For now, one can only count on the generosity of his ally Ma Teng.

You know, it's also in the rear of the county. Ma Teng also had a large amount of grain and straw, and sent his number one general Pang De to supervise and guard it.

Han Sui had no choice but to invite his righteous brothers to come to the big tent to discuss the matter of borrowing grain. However, the gap between the two families is still there, and Ma Teng's old hatred has not disappeared, how can he repay his grievances with virtue and lend him food? His son Ma did not listen to the persuasion, but only refused to relieve Han Sui on the pretext that the military rations were actually insufficient.

Unwilling to borrow grain, Ma Teng asked Han Sui to send troops to attack the city. If the city is broken, the grain and straw in it will not take a penny.

The armies of Xiliang are only for profit, before the discussion, Cheng Gongying had already expected this result, and when Ma Teng left, he said to Han Sui: "Deng Ji sent a division to attack the Dao, and the army will not be coming. It's urgent! However, the defenders of Ji County are also tired, Ming Gong might as well be honest and tell Yang Zhugong Qiang Hao Chieftain, do the act of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat, the whole army will die forward, and take Ji County to support himself before the Sizhou army arrives! If not, please return to Jincheng. Don't get caught up! ”

Han Sui followed his words, and invited Cheng Yi, Yang Qiu and other heroes and Qiang Chiefs to discuss matters, saying that the loss of the Dao and the loss of military rations required all armies to move forward desperately. Break the Ji County Crisis Relief Bureau.

Cheng Yi, Yang Qiu and others were in an uproar with the Qiang chieftains.

When Han Sui became Gongying, it was easy to stir up the public, and he was ready to fight to the death to seize Ji County first. Outside the tent, the horse was urgently reported, the Sizhou military god, Deng Ji personally led the two armies of Huya Xiaocai, and had gone out of the land of three auxiliaries to aid Ji County.

In this decisive battle, Deng Ji was also desperate, with the strength of Sizhou, the four armies had gathered to Hanyang County, to destroy Han and Ma.

The army will be short of food, Deng Ji's army is here again, Chengyi Yang Qiu and other local heroes beat drums in their hearts, and persuaded Han Sui together: "You can't do anything, you should retreat to Jincheng and settle the two counties, run Xiliang, and make plans in the future!" ”

Even Cheng Gongying also persuaded the army to retreat, Han Sui was helpless, and ordered the army to secretly pack up and prepare to return, but he hid Ma Teng, who refused to borrow grain and did not know that Deng Ji was coming.

Concealing Ma Teng, hoping that when the Sizhou army arrives, there will be one or two of them to resist behind, so that his own family and horses can withdraw.

Anyway, on weekdays, the two armies set up their own camps, and they will not interact with each other unless there is something important, so they can hide it.

But the Sizhou army came very quickly, but in half a day, the striker had arrived outside Ji County.

The first to arrive at the forward, for the Huya Army Lu Kuangzhi shooting sound school, all light cavalry archers, after arriving outside Ji County, do not rest, first take turns to pour several rounds of arrows into the army, before entering Ji County to rest.

The Weilie army fought extremely hard to defend Ji County, and was unable to go out of the city to help at this time.

There are a lot of letters mixed with the arrows that were shot, waiting for the sergeants to pick them up and watch, the words on the books are different, and some of them are Xiliang people to persuade the old people to surrender; Some of them were Deng Ji and Ma Teng, and they took the Han Sui level, and they wanted to divide Anding County to the Ma family, and Deng Ji took Wuwei.

In addition to disturbing the morale of the army, such an obvious divisive plan Han Sui naturally could not be fooled. However, Han Sui did not move, and Ma, who was still dreaming of breaking Ji County and taking Sizhou, couldn't sit still after seeing the letter, and just persuaded his father to be generous in delivering grain, but failed, fearing that the two families would have another incident, and wanted to go to Han Sui's army to explain clearly, or keep himself as a hostage, and show his intentions.

In the past, when the horse arrived at the Han Sui military camp, as long as the people led by him were not more than 100 people, the sergeant on duty never asked, and let him enter and exit freely, but this time it was different, only stopped and not let in. The chief of the guard said: "The lord is just and the chief of Chengyang Zhugong Qiang Hao, I don't see a guest today, and the young general will come back tomorrow!" ”

Xiao Xiaotun Chang ate the ambition leopard dared to push his horse, this must have come from the instructions of the above, the more so, the more Han Sui doubted his father and son's heart, and he needed to explain it clearly in person.

It's just that the tun chief didn't let in the slightest wind and guarded the gate of the village to death.

"All alliances, if you discuss matters, why don't you invite my family?" Ma Ben was a tantrum and killed people at every turn, but the guard on duty had a hard mouth, which provoked Ma Mengqi to riot, stabbed him in the abdomen, pulled out the bloody gun, and asked angrily: "A certain is the nephew of Han Gong, who dares to stop me?" ”

Killing a small tun chief is nothing, as long as he explains it clearly to Han Sui, no one will come to embarrass his eldest son of the Ma family.

The rest of the soldiers on duty in the camp were frightened, no one taught them how to deal with this change, although the guns and halberds in their hands were clenched, but no one really dared to face each other with weapons, and could only watch him lead dozens of guards into the camp.

If there are those who are a little smarter, they rush to Han Sui's account to report first.

After walking more than 100 steps to the camp, the sergeants passing by were in a hurry, many of them were carrying bags on their shoulders, and a large number of sergeants were dismantling the camp tents and loading supplies onto the livestock carts as far as they could see.

This is a weather that is ready to be dialed, and Ma suddenly woke up: "Han Wenyue has already wanted to collect his troops and return!" ”

After he understood, he was so frightened that he was drenched in a cold sweat, and Han Sui's move to set off without telling him showed his heart to harm his Ma family.

If the move to conquer Sizhou fails, and Deng Ji's soldiers and horses are not pressing, the two families will inevitably start fighting for the lord of Liangzhou again, and there will be endless infighting, so it is not surprising that Han Sui behaved like this.

However, the covenant has been shattered, so there is no such thing as killing the chief on duty, and his own family breaking in like this is probably a sheep into the tiger's mouth and giving his life.

The horse turned around sharply, led the guards to leap out of the Han Sui military camp, and the horse whipped up and did not reverse.