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"General Xu!" A lieutenant ran in front of Xu Kexing and gave a military salute.

"How?" Tsui Kexing asked.

"Back to the general, I will go to Tianzi Mountain to inspect the traces and confirm that two days ago, the other party has abandoned the Tianzi Mountain defense line and all the staff have withdrawn!" Captain Dao.

"A day ago?" Xu Kexing looked up at the sky, "How long does it take to get from us to Yanzigou?" ”

"With the speed at which our Dingzhou army is forcibly marching, it will take at least two days."

"Then how long do you estimate it will take for Liao Bin's troops to arrive?" Xu Kexing touched his chin and asked thoughtfully.

"We are advancing lightly, and when Liao Bin retreated, he was carrying a large amount of grain, grass, ordnance and other materials, and the speed of the march should be far behind us, and the last general estimated that even if they walked fast, it would take three days."

"You can rush to Yanzigou in three days, that is to say, there will be a whole day left for Liao Bin to attack Yanzigou. It is not easy to keep a day of money." Xu Kexing said, "It seems that we have to speed up the march, and we must hurry at night."

"General, the brothers have been walking for half a day today, the brothers are very tired, let's rest first, if we go too quickly, even if we arrive, our combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced!" Captain Dao.

Touching his crotch and sweating war horse, Xu Kexing nodded, "Yes, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. Rest, rest, let the brethren rest for two hours, and after two hours we will hurry."

The lieutenant looked up at the sky, "Rushing in the dark?" ”

"Yes, you have to hurry at night, every four hours, you will rest for an hour, so that you can maintain your strength to deal with the battle, I think, if Liao Bin's attack on Yanzigou is unfavorable, he will expect our reinforcements to come, and he will definitely send someone to intercept us."

Xu Kexing left 2,000 people in Niukou, and he led 8,000 soldiers to hurry, including 2,000 cavalry, after a rapid march for half a day, at this time the physical strength has reached a limit, after getting the order to rest, the soldiers breathed a long sigh of relief, sat on the ground, and seized the time to rest.

"Lao An, come here!" Xu Kexing waved his hand to summon Lao An who sent Qian Duo back to report the news, "You said that Qian Duo took a shortcut, right, if we also take this road, how much time can we save?" ”

Lao An said: "General Xu, this road is extremely difficult to walk, and the cavalry can't walk at all, if you take this road, you can save half a day."

"Half a day, it's very good, do you know the way?"

"I am from Qingyang, and I am very familiar with this place, so I naturally know this road."

"That's good, after two hours, you, lead the way, I'll take the foot soldiers to this shortcut road first, I can save half a day, maybe it will make a big difference."

"Jiang Jiaquan, come on!"

A Xuanwei general ran over in small steps, "What does General Xu command?" ”

"After General Chen knows the news, he will definitely do his best to gather his military horses and rush to Yanzigou to encircle and annihilate Liao Bin's department, and the one who walks in the front must be Qin Fei's cavalry troops, you lead our cavalry to rush along the main road, if Qin Fei's cavalry brigade catches up with you, you will be temporarily controlled by General Qin Fei."

"Yes, General Xu."

Two hours later, the sky has been dark, Xu Kexing with six thousand foot soldiers followed Lao An up the mountain, ready to take the mountain path, take a shortcut to Yanzigou, and the cavalry is still moving along the road, at night, the cavalry rush and infantry compared with the road does not have many advantages, especially Qingyang this place, although it is a road, but the road is still rugged, at night can not see the road clearly, the cavalry can only dismount, one hand with a torch, the other hand to lead the horse, if you accidentally let the horse break the hoof, that good war horse will be wasted. Although there is no shortage of war horses in Dingzhou, but in recent years, with the rapid expansion of the Dingzhou army, the demand for war horses has become more and more great, except for some very few troops such as the Changsheng Battalion and the Whirlwind Battalion, there are very few cavalry teams that can maintain one person and two horses. If the horses were to be abolished, the cavalry would immediately become infantry.

Behind Xu Kexing, Qin Fei lagged behind for half a day, but as time went by, the distance between Qin Fei and Xu was gradually shrinking, compared with Xu Kexing, Qin Fei was a simple cavalry unit, although now the Dingzhou cavalry could not maintain one person and two horses, but they were still equipped with pack horses, and they rode pack horses when they were on the road, and once they were ready to fight, they changed to war horses. This allowed Qin Fei's cavalry battalion to ride pack horses at night without any scruples, and the pack horses were scrapped, and they were generally slaughtered on the spot and then salted into salted meat.

Of course, in the Central Plains, where war horses are more expensive, even pack horses are reluctant to use them like this, and only Dingzhou, with the advantage of the prairie, will be so confident.

Chen Zeyue mobilized most of his men and horses this time, not only Qin Fei's cavalry battalion, but Gao Yaobu, who had just captured the Cangping Fortress, was also ordered to rush to Yanzigou, plus Xu Kexing's 8,000 men and horses, once Qian Duo successfully blocked Liao Bin in Yanzigou, nearly 40,000 people of the Dingzhou army pounced, and Liao Bin's troops could not escape.

Yanzigou, under the illumination of the uncertain torches, Liao Bin's expression finally became solemn, and he fought for a long time, but Qian Duo's department stood tall, and the situation that he originally envisioned to defeat the opponent with one blow did not appear at all, on the contrary, the Minzhou army pounced again and again, and was beaten backwards again and again, and the battlefield was full of corpses, but there was no inch.

The lights in the swallow ditch are bright, but in the gap in front of them, the city wall that lies there is dark and winter, without a trace of light, and it is extremely quiet, but Liao Bin knows that in that darkness, the Dingzhou soldiers are like fierce beasts quietly stinging there, waiting for their next attack.

"Zhonghua." Liao Bin summoned Kou Zhonghua, "The form is not good, depending on the situation, we will have to work hard to defeat Yanzigou, but, behind us, I estimate that Chen Zeyue's reinforcements must have been rushing up, once their reinforcements arrive and we haven't taken Yanzigou yet, none of our 20,000 troops here will be able to escape."

Kou Zhonghua nodded, "Yes, General, we can't stop at night, attack overnight."

"First bury the pot and make food, give the soldiers an hour, after they are full, immediately start the next round of attack, you take five thousand men and horses to intercept the enemy's reinforcements, if the enemy arrives first, and I have not yet laid the swallow ditch here, you must stop them and buy time for the main force."

Kou Zhonghua's face changed, after the break, it was a life of nine deaths, after hesitating for a moment, Kou Zhonghua said: "Yes, General Liao."

Patting Kou Zhonghua on the shoulder, "This is just a precaution, I believe that Qian Duo can't wait for their reinforcements, half a day of fighting, although we have suffered a large loss, but Qian Duo is even more miserable, the nameless high ground on the left beam has fallen into our hands, where have you set up a stone cannon, I believe that the left beam will soon fall into our hands, Zuo Liang will move his hand, this battle will basically end, you are just planning for the worst, once we open the passage, we will immediately notify you to retreat."

Kou Zhonghua nodded and said, "The last general understands that even if the enemy reinforcements arrive first, the last general will desperately resist and buy time for the main force."

"Okay, let's go!"

Liao Bin said well, in the half-day battle, Qian Duo, who was at an absolute disadvantage, suffered great losses, and above the left beam, the 1,500 soldiers who were unhappy were now left with only more than 700 people, which had been compressed to the last position, and the loss of the nameless heights exposed them to the blow of the opponent's long-range weapons. And there is a lot of money in the gap, there are still three of the ten eight-ox crossbows left, the two trebuchets have long been smashed into a pile of broken wood by the opponent, and although a thousand people are covered by the city wall, they have also lost three or four hundred people in several counterattack attacks, and there are less than six hundred people who can still fight at the moment. Fortunately, this section of the city wall is only more than 100 meters, otherwise people standing on the city wall would not be able to fill it.

Qian Duo was as lucky as ever, he even lost his armor, and personally led his troops to counterattack several times, but his body was still unharmed.

The opposite side is brightly lit, and the layout of the enemy army is clear at a glance, but Qian Duo is just looking, even if the opponent is sleeping in front of him at this time, he will never go out of the city, but under the lights, the wafting smell of food makes him salivate, and he sniffed in the air fiercely, and then took out a piece of ** dried meat from his arms, squeaked and bit it, took a few bites, and said loudly: "That guy has water, give me a little."

A soldier handed over an iron kettle, "General, that's all there is to it, you will be ready!" He took the kettle, raised his neck and drank it all, and sure enough, there were only two mouthfuls, shaking the kettle vigorously, sticking out his tongue to catch the last drop of water, "Mom, I am still burying the pot to make rice at this time, it seems that I am going to attack overnight. This is a bitter man, General Xu, General Chen, you have to hurry, it's too late, I'm going to kick my legs."

After eating two pieces of dried meat, the money leaned on the city wall, and the pillow was eight oxen crossbows, and he fell asleep, while some soldiers were busy nailing some wooden stakes to the broken city wall during the day, and then pouring gravel and earth on the back. If the fortifications are repaired a little firmer, they can take advantage of the fight.

The rumbling drum woke up the sleeping Qian Duo, a bone got up, lifted the hammer, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help but cry out bitterly, and in the Liao Bin army opposite, several improvised siege vehicles were launched, the height was much higher than the section of the city wall he was guarding, and twenty or thirty soldiers could stand on each one, and they were slowly pushed by dozens of soldiers, moving slowly to this side. Almost as soon as the drums sounded, the crossbows and trebuchets on the opposite side began to whistle, suppressing them to cover the siege soldiers from long-range attacks from the soldiers on the city.

"Motherfucker." Qian Duo cursed, threw away the hammer in his hand, and struggled to adjust the position of an eight-bull crossbow beside him, stone bullets and crossbow arrows whizzed over his head, and his own soldiers nervously held shields to protect him.

Finally adjusted the angle, Qian Duo squinted his eyes and began to aim, there was a strong wind in his ears, and then a miserable scream, when he turned his head to look, the personal soldier holding the shield for himself was shot by an eight-bull crossbow, and his body was taken far under the city wall, and then there was a sound of porphyry hitting the ground.

Qian Duo's face remained unchanged, he turned around, his hand was slammed, and the four crossbow arrows made a screaming sound, and with a bang, a siege vehicle on the opposite side collapsed, and the soldiers on it screamed and fell.

"Come on, I'm waiting for you!" Qian Duo waved his fist, "Quick, put arrows on the Bazhan crossbow!" He yelled