Outside of the northern city of Yinzhou is the only place where the terrain is not flat, with rolling hills, winding rivers, shrubs and weeds...... Zhang Shutong led five hundred knights and carefully searched and advanced. The ears, eyes, and eyeliner that were previously sent to this area have all disappeared, and there must be Yang Hao's men and horses in this area. Li Guangrui didn't know that Yang Hao actually took the risk of using Yinzhou, the only place of foundation, as a bait to lure him in, but he wanted to besiege the city to send reinforcements, and the key to success was that the defenders in the city must not be allowed to get in touch with the reinforcements outside the city, so he must ensure that there will be no enemy reinforcements within the safety range he set.

The siege battle, since there is a city in the world, began to appear continuously, I don't know how many times the siege failed to fight, is the city defenders saw the banner of reinforcements outside the city, the weak defenders will break out at that moment infinite warriors, morale like a rainbow army will instantly burst out of strong combat effectiveness, and the siege army will be greatly depressed at this moment, so that a blow and collapse, the attack and defense from then on. At the very least, once the two sides meet, the siege will be exponentially more difficult.

The most successful siege before was Li Shimin's attack on Luoyang, Li Shimin's militia trapped Luoyang City, and sent troops to defend all important passes around Luoyang, while Li Yuan divided and disintegrated the princes in the rear, and reduced the number of soldiers and horses to aid Wang Shichong of Luoyang as much as possible. When Dou Jiande personally led the army to rescue Luoyang, Li Shimin waited for work in the Tiger Prison Pass, defeated the reinforcements, and then carried the defeated flag of the reinforcements to Luoyang City, the defenders in the city immediately collapsed, and as soon as the army's heart was scattered, it was difficult for the gods to recover immediately, and defeat was inevitable.

Li Guangrui also knew that Yinzhou was difficult to overcome, although the fortification of Yinzhou City was much stronger than he expected, so his initial idea was to defeat Yang Hao's tired troops who had returned in panic first. The situation in Yinzhou is very different from the geography and Luoyang, where Wang Shishi was guarded at the beginning, but the methods used by Li Guangrui are similar to those of Li Shimin.

Li Yuanli lured all walks of life to oppose the king, making them give up the rescue of Wang Shichong, while Li Guangrui asked his son to fight Linzhou and Xiazhou, inducing Zhi Yuxun and Yang Chongxun to rest assured and lead their troops back to their lair, the effect was the same, they were all to weaken the strength of the reinforcements as much as possible.

Li Shimin guarded the dangerous passes outside Luoyang City, preventing the reinforcements from converging with the defenders, there was no such geography around Yinzhou, but his soldiers and horses were far more abundant than Yang Hao, and he could use his camp to artificially create insurmountable fortresses around Yinzhou.

Dou Jiande led an army of 100,000 people, fierce and invincible, but he was defeated in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, Yang Hao was more alert than Dou Jiande, Yang Hao did not directly set up a decisive battle with him, so that he could succeed in a battle, but he could continue to strengthen the offensive against Yinzhou, forcing Yang Hao to take the initiative to find him for a decisive battle.

Li Guangrui thought about it repeatedly, his plan was absolutely flawless, as long as the two super powerful forces of Song State and Khitan did not intervene, within a month and a half, he was 100% sure that Yinzhou would be brought back under his rule, and Yang Hao, the only person who posed a threat to his position, would be like a lost dog even if he did not die, and he would never have the power to return to heaven.

The terrain outside the northern city of Yinzhou is not easy to arrange a large number of people, so in addition to setting up a ten-mile company battalion on both sides of the defense inside and outside the city of Yinzhou, he also constantly sent troops to strengthen the vigilance of the northern line, preventing Yang Hao from unknowingly ambushing heavy troops here, suddenly breaking the camp into the city, and joining the defenders.

Zhang Shutong, the commander of the battalion, cautiously led his headquarters to inspect and advance all the way, and unknowingly entered the ambush circle carefully deployed by Yang Hao's headquarters.

In charge of this ambush were Commander Li and Mu Yu. Commander Li's big name is Yaoliu, Li Yaoliu. It is the nephew of the Li family in Yinzhou, he is a military general in Yinzhou, and he knows the geography of this generation well, while Mu Yu is good at ambushing traps, among the shrubs and grass on both sides, they dug many shallow pits that only allow one person to hide, which is a method for hunters to ambush large beasts, the pit is not very deep, the whole body is buried in the soil, the top is planted with turf, the head is covered with a shield, and the gaps are slightly exposed for breathing, it is seamless, it is Zhang Shutong's outpost scouting horse leading the horse on foot, walking past them, As long as you don't step on the shield they disguise under the turf, you don't want to discover their existence.

The Tanma outpost walked past in front of them, they didn't pay attention to the flat area with only some wild grass growing under their feet, only the bushes and the distant hillsides and valleys, beware of someone suddenly killing, and then, the battalion commander Zhang Shutong arrived with five hundred Xia Zhou soldiers.

"Kill!" Li Yaoliu was the first to jump up, and the Yipin bow in his hand whistled and shot the first arrow, heading straight for Zhang Shutong, who was sitting on a tall horse.

"Woo~~~~" The mournful horn sounded, and the Yinzhou soldiers who were lying on both sides of the road jumped up, like soul-hooking messengers killed in hell, and countless sharp arrows broke out of the air and roared away.

Their ambush location is an arrow field on both sides of the road, outside the traditional arrow field, even if the Xiazhou soldiers' war bows shoot arrows here, they no longer have strong lethality, and their bows can still shoot effectively, without worrying about shooting too much and injuring the friendly troops in ambush on the opposite side.

"Whoosh!" Countless sharp arrows came suddenly, like a sickle cutting grass, and in an instant, even people and horses were shot down, and the sound of people roaring and neighing horses sounded.

"Whoosh!" The cold sound of arrows breaking through the air continued to inflict a brutal blow, and the rain beat the remnants of the load, and the soldiers on their horses had no time to fight back, and they did not know where to return fire in panic.

Zhang Shutong had already been hit by an arrow and dismounted, and was trampled by the panicked war horse, and the leader of the squad just shouted: "Dismount, fall down, cast a signal!" As soon as he finished speaking, two sharp arrows passed through his chest, causing him to plant a horse stock on his back. However, his shout finally alerted the panicked soldiers, and a cloud-piercing arrow burst through the air with a sharp roar, and the arrow carried a wolf smoke signal and made a long mark in the air.

The remnants of the soldiers grabbed their horses one after another, and with their horses as cover, quickly fled to the grass on both sides, raised their shields, drew their swords, and in a panic stretched out their bows and arrows, and fired indiscriminately in the direction of the ambush.

"Sweep the battlefield!"

Still a teenager, but Mu Yu, who already has a somewhat mature and calm military general's style, shouted, with a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, he jumped forward and began to sweep quickly and violently.

The left and right rush to kill is called the swinging formation, the sharp pawn charge is called the jumping, the battle against the Kou, trapping the strong and breaking through the crowd, surrounding, intercepting, clearing, all in one go, the remnants of the Xiazhou soldiers were cut into several sections by them in an instant, and they were quickly cleaned up.

"Withdraw!" Li Yaoliu gave an order, immediately withdrew his troops, and all the lightly clothed soldiers quickly rushed to the valley in the distance, their war horses were all on their horses, and they hid in that valley, as long as they arrived, they could quickly leave the battlefield.

After half a pillar of incense, thunderous hooves sounded, and a huge cavalry team roared, but all they saw were dead bodies everywhere and a few wounded horses that were desolate and neighing...... The same scene is also being staged on the Eastern Front, the iron cavalry is vertical and horizontal, all over the mountains, the Xiazhou soldiers and the Zhejia army drive the horses like flying, and relax and shoot, people on both sides continue to fall off the horse, and when the two sides of the forward like a stone, they quickly put away their bows and draw their swords, enter the hand-to-hand combat, the sword and halberd intersect, sonorous and powerful, the men are ruthless, and the plagiarism is superb!

With a flash of the sword, the head of a staggered soldier flew up, and the blood-spattered headless horseman continued to rush forward for several feet, and fell off his horse with a bang.

"Bang" a big earthquake, a Xia army soldier with a shield was split in half by a big axe, so that the axe is a broken general, this guy is black and strong, bearded, whistling, roaring like thunder, brave on the ground, a big plate axe in his hand, commanding, like Cheng biting gold reincarnation, the war horse is next to death and death.

The grassland turned into a bloody battlefield, and the horn sounded in the distance, and the countless soldiers of the Xiazhou battalion were like a surging tide, covering here from both wings.

Half of the arm, the broken body was painted all over the ground, the Zhejia army roared, and roared away, and retreated into the distance before the Xiazhou army completed the siege......※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ and got Yang Hao, Zhe Yuxun, and Yang Chongxun soldiers in three places, respectively, using different tactics to attack and harass them, and after the attacks became more and more frequent, Li Guangrui looked up to the sky and laughed, he coughed twice, and instructed the general: "Let him attack, wait for the battle, and see if he can afford to drag it, Or can I afford to drag it. Let's see if he can afford it, or if I can afford it, strengthen the siege, fight to the death, and force Yang Hao to fight me head-on! ”

Yinzhou City once again withstood the pressure of a strong attack, and the broken corpses, broken weapons, and corpses could be seen everywhere above and below the city, and the extremely strong smell of blood permeated the entire battlefield, and there was an extremely miserable scene everywhere. The fire raged in this area, and the continuous accumulation of bushes and firewood baked the entire city wall, and the heat above and below the city was rolling, forcing the soldiers to stay away.

On that side, the city and the city were constantly shooting at each other, arrows, poisonous smoke balls, thunderbolt arrows, and eighteen kinds of weapons showed their magical powers. On the battlefield where the shooting is like rain, a large siege fortress has begun to take shape, countless Xiazhou soldiers are like ants coming and going, transporting stones and civil engineering in front, the wooden frame cowhide curtain on both sides is still intact, but the cowhide curtain on the huge wooden support above the head has been full of holes, and people are constantly falling down with arrows, but the wide and heavy siege fortress is constantly widening, heightening, and reinforcing it, and Li Guangrui has manpower.

It is conceivable that when it is level with the city, countless pedals will be on the head of the city at the same time, and the unreachable Yinzhou City will become a flat land for them, and the angry and fierce hatred of the Xia Zhou soldiers who have suffered so much will pour out on Yinzhou City.

"Sister, there was a rainstorm a few days ago, and now they are baking it day and night with a fire, and there are already several huge cracks in the wall of the southern city, if it collapses, the consequences are unimaginable."

Flame hurriedly ran into the castle tower and said to Dong'er.

Dong'er is facing the sand table to deploy defenses to several subordinates, the enemy siege is becoming more and more fierce, the daily siege methods and main attack direction are different, she has to make full use of the limited forces in her hand to redeploy.

Several generals took the order to go, Dong'er looked at Yan Yan, the beautiful armor on Yan Yan's body was already full of gunsmoke and dust, and there were a few smoke marks and blood stains on his charming and delicate face.

And Dong'er has already been trained by Xiao Xuan and Yelu Xiuge, and she faintly has a bit of the calmness and perseverance of a general, maybe she is not a strategic qualified commander, but these days in the city defense battle, she has faintly surpassed Ke Zhenwei in terms of tactics, those generals who originally disagreed with women, and only obeyed her because she was the woman of the city lord, have been convinced by her at this moment and obeyed her wholeheartedly.

"I know that the officials have returned, and they are constantly restraining Li Guangrui on the outside line, but Li Guangrui, the old fox, is not simple, he is attacking Yinzhou more and more fiercely, regardless of sacrifices, attacking the city day and night, the only purpose is to force the officials to lose their breath, from guerrilla warfare to decisive battle."

Dong'er pursed her lips and smiled, and her expression was full of trust and pride in her officials: "Originally, if we only relied on this city, Li Guangrui's plan would definitely succeed, but unfortunately, he didn't know that our officials had other plans." We have to hold on no matter what, we must hold on until the news of the fall of Xiazhou comes, Yanyan, you come. ”

Dong'er turned around and looked at the sand table, which was the defense map of Yinzhou City, the terrain and troop deployment in the city were clear at a glance, and the small flags representing the enemy were planted outside the city.

Dong'er said: "Li Guangrui has been attacking our Yinzhou day and night, with a thunderous momentum, and the biggest weakness in my city is the limited number of troops......"

Flame blurted out, "It's not just that the number of troops is limited, it's simply extremely scarce. ”

Dong'er gently patted her fragrant shoulder to appease slightly, pointed to the city defense sand table and said: "Yes, my Yinzhou City has thick walls, and the terrain is really good, if there are sufficient troops and available morale, it will not be a problem to defend it for a year, but now we have too few manpower, and Li Guangrui has too few siege equipment, and we have used the stupid method of burning day and night, and it has been quite effective because of a heavy rain."

The key to breaking the city is nothing more than a breakthrough point, as long as a breakthrough point is found, torn and expanded, the city will inevitably be lost. We must be prepared for the loss of the outer city, but whether we can defend it or not, we must not ask the officials for help, otherwise all our efforts will be in vain. Yanyan, you see, our inner city has been reinforced, and the sheep and horse city has been built behind, and the city in the city is trapped, once the outer city is lost, we will retreat into the inner city and continue to hold on.

At the same time, I have informed Doll and Miao Miao to concentrate their horses, and if the inner city is lost, they will take advantage of the weakness of Li Guangrui's soldiers and horses between the streets and alleys to tear a hole and break through from the northern city. ”

Yan Yan was surprised: "Break through from the North City? Lee Guangrui's defense on that front line was the strongest. ”

Dong'er said: "I know, that's why breaking through from Beicheng is the most unexpected." I have already communicated with the officials, and he has also agreed to break through from the northern city once the situation is dangerous, and we old and weak women and children, if we go from the other three sides, how can we get rid of Lee Kuan-rui's light cavalry? Only in the north, breaking through their position, crossing the Wufo Ridge, and entering the continuous mountains and rivers, can there be a glimmer of life. ”

At this point, she paused and added, "Of course, this is just a necessary precaution. The inner city is not so easy to capture, and the Xiazhou side is ...... Whether it succeeds or not, the news should be known in the next few days. ”

Yan Yan pursed his lips and asked, "What if Xia Zhou doesn't succeed?" ”

Dong'er's face became grim, she was silent for a moment, she pointed to the sand table with her finger, and said: "It's better to go north, cross the Wufo Ridge, pass through the Mingtang River, avoid the ground Jinze, wait for the opportunity, and make a comeback!" ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ camels are standing slowly in front of the formation, bowing their heads and grazing, and the humans of all things are going crazy, they can be regarded as the calmest creatures on the battlefield at this time.

The whirlwind cannon on the back of the camel is roaring and firing stones at the head of the city, and the fist-sized stones break through the air, although they can not cause damage to the strong city wall, but they can effectively kill and injure the enemy's life, even if it is a warrior with a big shield, the stone can also penetrate the big shield, under the attack of this stone rain, the head of the city of Xicheng temporarily entered a silence.

The Xiazhou army quickly pushed the improvised siege weapons such as ladders and trench bridges to a short distance below the city, waiting for the rain of bullets to rest for a while, and launched an offensive. But in a moment's effort, the city suddenly let out a roar like a bull's roar, and three short spears with the thickness of a goose egg shot out, and the faint shadow of the spear flashed, and it pierced the bodies of the two camels, and the short spears passed through the camels' bodies, and a cloud of blood mist rose in the air, and it plunged into the ground with a buzzing sound, and the soldiers who were operating the whirlwind cannon next to them fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, there was a second and third howl, and after a few moments, a stone the size of a millstone rose into the air and smashed accurately on a trench bridge, and the improvised trench fell apart at once, smashing several soldiers underneath it, and making a howl that did not resemble a human voice.

"Storm the city!"

The general of Xiazhou screamed in annoyance, and suddenly people gathered like ants to shout and kill the sky, arrows broke through the air, bullets and stones were like rain, countless soldiers forcibly attacked forward, and many figures appeared at the head of the city, and a tug-of-war began again. This time the battle may last for a long time...... On the Five Buddha Ridge, Yang Hao looked at Dong'er's letter from the city worriedly, the empathetic Dong'er couldn't help but tell him the real situation in the city, the city lord, but he didn't want him to worry too much, so he was very careful in wording, but Yang Hao still felt the difficulties in the city. Although Li Guangrui had many soldiers and horses, he lacked powerful siege equipment, and it stands to reason that the defender of the city should not be more embarrassed than King Qing when he attacked Yinzhou, but ...... His biggest weakness is that he has risen too fast, the expansion of his troops cannot keep up with the expansion of his status and power, and there are too few defenders in the city. Xiazhou, has Xiazhou arrived?

Yang Hao thought of the plight of his wife and children in the city, and his heart was suddenly extremely irritable, he couldn't wait to step on the war horse and single-handedly enter the enemy camp, as long as he could break through and return to Yinzhou City, instead of guessing the situation in the city here and enduring endless suffering.

Suddenly, Mu Yufeng rolled into his camp made of pine wood, his face was swollen and red, panting, holding a piece of paper tightly in his hand, and he cried with joy: "My lord, there is news in Xiazhou, take it down, let's take Xiazhou down!" ”

Yang Hao was ecstatic, and jumped to his side with an arrow, before Mu Yu could hand over the letter, Yang Hao had already snatched it away, and there was only a clear line of big words on the paper scroll: "Congratulations to Taiwei, Xiazhou has arrived." Zhang Pu worshipped from afar. ”

Yang Hao's eyes closed, clutching the paper roll tightly, and his whole body trembled.

From Xiazhou to Yinzhou, Yang Hao did not have a perfect communication line, even if there were some settings, Li Guangrui swept all the way, and the locust-like army had already destroyed the possible arrangement, so this message was delivered day and night by horsepower, he received the news, Li Guangrui had no reason to be slower than him, Yang Hao opened his eyes and ordered loudly: "Immediately inform the three armies of this news!" Immediately report the news to Yinzhou City! Immediately inform the two generals Yang Chongxun and Zhe Yuxun. Prepare for a big counteroffensive! ”