Tian Yu has been in the army for many years, and has served as a taishou in many counties, and he has fought more than a dozen times in the city defense battle, facing the Montenegrin army that is nearly ten times larger, calmly commanding, and repelling wave after wave of enemy attacks.

A fierce battle lasted from morning to dusk, and the Montenegrin army ambushed more than 6,000 corpses under Dingxiang City, while more than 800 soldiers and civilians defending the city lay in a pool of blood, and the battle was unprecedentedly tragic.

On several occasions, the first of the Black Mountain thieves had already climbed to the top of the city, and the situation was precarious. Tian Yu held a sharp blade and took the lead in a bloody battle, personally cutting down more than a dozen thieves, which greatly encouraged the morale of the army, and the three armies used their lives to drive down the thieves who climbed the city wall again and again......

In the melee, Tian Yu, who was the chief general of the three armies, hung a color on his shoulder, but he was slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire, and after a simple bandage, he went to the city again to supervise the battle; The soldiers were deeply encouraged, each brave, everyone competed for the lead, although the attack of the thief army was wave after wave, but Dingxiang City stood still.

In the evening, the sky began to rain in the autumn, and the walls became slippery, which made it even more difficult for the besieging Montenegrin army.

Seeing that the sky was dark and the wind and rain were getting urgent, Zhang Yan could only reluctantly order the troops to retreat, but he didn't expect that Dingxiang City, which was not tall, would be so difficult to attack. More than 6,000 strong lives were paid, but in vain!

At dawn the next day, a team of 3,000 men came from the south under the banner of "King".

It turned out that Tian Feng received Tian Yu's distress document, and knew that Dingxiang was in danger, so he gave Wang Ling 3,000 men and horses, and ordered him to rush to Dingxiang to rescue day and night. After four days of rapid travel, he entered the territory of Dingxiang. Echoing the defenders of the city.

Reinforcements came from the south, and Zhang Yan had no choice but to divide his troops to meet them again, and sent his general Wang Dang to lead 10,000 people to block the attack, preventing the reinforcements from approaching the city of Dingxiang.

Although two reinforcements came, Zhang Yan did not have a trace of worry, but became more confident.

"The officers and soldiers came all the way from Yanmen and Jinyang, but there were only three or four thousand people in each army, which is enough to show that the state was empty, and there were no more extra troops to mobilize. Eighty percent of Yuan Mai's main force is holding Cao Cao in Henan, which is a good time for our army to use force. This time, he has taken more than 10,000 strong lives under Dingxiang City. Break the city no matter what! The day the city was broken. Slaughter all the creatures in the city, kill him and leave no chickens and dogs! ”

Zhang Yan sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, her eyes spewing flames, and she made an oath. The tenacity of the soldiers and civilians in Dingxiang City was really a bit beyond his expectations. This deeply stimulated the self-esteem of the big leader of the Black Mountain thieves. So swear to slaughter the city!

"Pass my orders. Immediately summon other tribes on Taihang Mountain to come to help and swear to break the decision! If you don't come, you will be removed from the Montenegrin army in the future! ”

With Zhang Yan's order. Immediately, dozens of sturdy scouts galloped out of the camp of the Black Mountain Army and galloped towards the lair of the other tribes of Montenegro.

On the Taihang Mountain, in addition to the 60,000 or 70,000 people led by Zhang Yan, there are at least dozens of tribes of all sizes entrenched in various mountains, ranging in size from three or four thousand troops to five or six hundred. Zhang Yan gave such a stern order, and then summoned thirty or forty thousand Montenegrin troops to help, it was not a problem.

In the following days, it rained continuously over Dingxiang, which was not conducive to the siege. Zhang Yan did not move, but firmly besieged Dingxiang City, waiting for the Montenegrin troops to come to help.

Hanoi County is governed by Huai County, Zhenxi General's Mansion.

When Yuan Mai received Tian Yu's 800-mile urgent letter, it was already late at night, and when he saw Tian Yu saying in the letter that the Black Mountain thieves had entered Koudingxiang with a force of 70,000 troops, he immediately sent someone to summon all the civil and military staff to the mansion overnight to discuss.

It didn't take much effort, but Fu Zhu, Xu Shu, Zhao Yun, Wang Shuang, Liang Xi and others came to Yuan's mansion one after another to discuss countermeasures.

"Alas...... It's my fault, I shouldn't have begged Master Shi to let Gongsun Xu go, so that the tiger was left behind! After listening to Yuan Mai's narration of the military situation, Zhao Yun fell into deep self-blame.

"Second brother doesn't need to say it, it's useless to regret it!"

Yuan Mai stretched out his hand to stop Zhao Yun's guilt, saying that his mistake in this matter was even greater. Zhao Yun has followed Gongsun Chan for many years, and he feels guilty about Gongsun Xu, and it is human nature to intercede for Gongsun Xu, but why did he let Gongsun Xu go?

Perhaps, he is just unwilling to break his promise to Zhao Yun. But the character of this soft-hearted woman is very different from the original "no poison and no husband", where did the ruthlessness that killed Yuan Xi without even blinking an eye go?

"Yuan Mai, Yuan Mai, you have to learn the lesson this time, you must be ruthless in dealing with the enemy, you must not make the same mistake again in the future, let the tiger return to the mountain, and the future will be endless!" Yuan Mai closed the paperwork in front of him and muttered to himself in his heart, admonishing himself in heartache.

If it weren't for the help of Gongsun Xu's regular army, Tian Yu's pressure would not be so great. His momentary kindness brought disaster to the soldiers and civilians of Xiang. If because of Gongsun Xu's help, the Black Mountain thieves broke Dingxiang City and slaughtered on a large scale, their own sin would be great!

Zhao Yun was also in a heavy mood, and took the initiative to ask: "Tian Yu's subordinates only have five or six thousand troops, and it is really difficult to fight against the Black Mountain thief army. Gongsun Xu was let go by my intercession, please give an order to Lord Assassin Shi, and allow Zhao Yun to raise the division of the first brigade and go north to relieve the siege of Xiangzhi! ”

"No!"

Yuan Mai raised his hand and categorically rejected Zhao Yun's request: "I'm afraid that you will remember the old relationship of the Gongsun family and let Gongsun Xu go again." You better stay and guard Hanoi, this time, I want to personally conquer Dingxiang and share the victory with Zhang Yan! The black mountain thief is entrenched in the abdomen of my Yuan family, like a cancer, if it can't be eradicated, it will be a big trouble for the heart. This time, even if he can't kill Zhang Yan, he will be hit hard, so that he will not dare to act rashly! ”

Tian Chou cautiously suggested: "If you send someone to appease Zhang Yan, I don't know if it's feasible?" ”

Without waiting for Yuan Mai to speak, Fu Zhi vetoed it first: "This is simply impossible, it's just in vain, don't let the messenger go to Zhang Yan's place to die in vain!" As a general, the lord supervises the military of Hebei, Qing, You, and the four states, and has an army of 300,000 under his command, Zhang Yan is still unconvinced, how can he return to the prince? If he had this intention, he would not have acted so unscrupulously! ”

After listening to the words of the frustrated professor, the hall was silent.

Yuan Mai was very much in favor of Fu Zhu's words, and the relationship between the Yuan family and the Black Mountain thieves was already on the same footing. After years of confrontation, hundreds of battles have been fought large and small, and tens of thousands of people have been killed on both sides, and it has been decided that Zhang Yan will not surrender to the Yuan family again.

Later, Zhang Yan would rather form an alliance with Gongsun Zan than belong to the Yuan family, which further illustrates Zhang Yan's determination. The Yuan family and the Black Mountain thieves are already incompatible, either you die or I die!

Fu Zhu also suggested: "Actually, Gongzi, you don't have to go north, you can repair a letter to Bingzhou Assassin Shi Gaogan, and let him send troops to attack Zhang Yan's rear, which will definitely force the Black Mountain thieves to retreat." ”

"Huh...... Don't even think about this matter, if it weren't for Gao Gan emptying Jinyang's granary, I wouldn't have racked my brains to raise food during this time! ”

Yuan Mai picked up the teacup and moistened his throat, smiled bitterly, and then told Fu Zhu about the fact that when Gao Gan went north to Youzhou, he transported 500,000 stone grains and grass from Jinyang.

After hearing this, he shook his head and sighed: "I have already proposed to the lord that if the states go their own way, this situation will be difficult to control, and they will not be able to support each other, how can this battle be fought?" ”

Xu Shu, who had been silent, opened his mouth to analyze: "Since our army entered Henan, the Huns in the west and the Black Mountain thieves in the east have attacked together, and they obviously echo each other. According to Shu's inference, it is likely that he was instructed by Cao Cao, so he attacked left and right and attacked together! ”

"How could this Hun and Montenegrin rebels listen to Cao Cao's instructions? They can't beat it? Wang Shuang was puzzled.

Yuan Mai nodded in agreement with Xu Shu's opinion: "What Yuan Zhi said makes sense, the Black Mountain Army and the Huns attacked at the same time, and it is likely that they were instructed by Cao Cao. Cao Cao controls the Son of Heaven in his hands, and casually canonizes them an official position in the name of the imperial court, and lets them send troops, Hu Chuquan and Zhang Yan will definitely obediently obey their orders! ”

Fu Zhu sighed again: "It's a pity, the lord didn't listen to my opinion at the beginning, and served the Son of Heaven to please him, but listened to Feng Ji's words, thinking that if he got the Son of Heaven in front of him, he would be restrained." As a result, Cao Cao struck first and got the Son of Heaven to Xuchang, and everything was done in the name of the Son of Heaven, which greatly occupied morality, which is really unfavorable to us! ”

"Yes, it is rare for Mr. Gong and Mr. to have insight into this move in advance, but my father did not make good use of it, and Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to take the lead, which is really suffocating!" Hearing this matter be mentioned, Yuan Mai sighed.

In the confrontation with Cao Cao in the future, he will inevitably use the name of the Son of Heaven to suppress himself, so as to occupy morality and put himself in a situation of disobedience, and he must find a way to resolve Cao Cao's advantage in the future, otherwise he will be too passive!

However, for a while, Yuan Mai didn't have time to think about what method to use to resolve it, so he could only put this thought in his heart for the time being. Let's talk about solving the siege of Dingxiang first!

After some military discussions, Yuan Mai made a decision on the rescue plan.

At present, Hanoi has a total of 30,000 troops, including 20,000 foot soldiers, 3,000 cavalry, a few days ago Zhang Liao sent the captured Xiongnu war horses to Huai County, Wang Shuang selected 2,000 people from the foot soldiers to expand into the cavalry ranks, so that the cavalry of Huai County reached 5,000 people.

At present, the war in the area of Liyang and Yanjin has fallen into a stalemate, and Cao's army should not have any extra troops to invade Hanoi, even if it comes, Gao Shun's 10,000 people are only two days away from Hanoi, and they can completely return to the army to rescue.

Therefore, Yuan Mai decided to personally conquer Dingxiang and fight a decisive battle with the Black Mountain thieves. Wang Shuang was sent to lead 1,500 "white feather cavalry", plus 1,500 light cavalry, and set off north overnight.

After dawn, he and Xu Shu and Zhou Cang led 10,000 foot soldiers to follow. Leaving Fu Zhu, Zhao Yun, and Liang Xi to guard Hanoi, and Xu Sheng's 5,000 sailors stationed in Mengjin, it should be able to ensure that Hanoi is as stable as Mount Tai in a short time.

After the transfer was completed, everyone took their own orders and went to work. Yuan Mai asked the maid to pack his bags for him and prepare to go on the expedition, when suddenly a soldier came to report: "I caught a few sneaky people outside the city, claiming to be the brother of Lord Assassin, I don't know what to do?" (To be continued......)