"You say, the foreign grandsons of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force won't notice it, right?"

"Shut your crow's mouth!"

In the middle of the night, Lin Zhen, the general of the Southern Army, glared fiercely at Wei Yun, who was speechless, and immediately looked at the west with worried and worried eyes.

In that direction, as many as sixty or seventy thousand soldiers of the Liaodong Expeditionary Army were resting there, only a few miles away from Jijing. At this distance, almost all the cavalry of the Jizhou Army can ride a horse and run back and forth in a very short time, not to mention the Liaodong expeditionary soldiers with superb equestrian skills that are not inferior to the Yuyang Iron Cavalry, after all, they are from a nation on horseback, a grassland tribe.

"Knock knock! Knock knock! ”

Upstairs in Jijing City, there was a sound of drums that resounded in the sky, and this sound fluttered and swayed, and it was unsurprisingly transmitted to the ears of the Liaodong expeditionary sergeants who were only a few miles away from Jijing and rested.

"What are those bastards doing when they don't sleep in the middle of the night?" A sleeping soldier was woken up, turned over and sat up, looked in the direction of Ji Jing in annoyance, and cursed in the grassland language to express the anger in his heart.

Not only this soldier, but in fact, almost half of the soldiers were woken up, and they wanted to kill in the capital of Jijing at this moment, but at the same time, they also knew that this was an impossible thing, at least in a short period of time.

The royal capital of the Zhou Dynasty, the city wall is too high, and the moat is too deep, unless the people in the city take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with them, otherwise, not to mention that His Royal Highness King Yan promised them a city, even if it is ten, it is difficult for them to attack the city in a short time, because the city is full of soft eggs!

"Continue to rest, Hugh has to pay attention, and when it is dawn tomorrow, you and I will go to the city to fight!"

A foreign cavalry general who seemed to be a leader said with some anger. He immediately pulled over the cashmere blanket covering his body and completely covered his ears.

Seeing this, the rest of the soldiers followed suit and covered their heads with cashmere stalls to keep out the cold, hoping to stop the noise from Jijing.

Where did they know, just when they thought that Ji Jing was going to do something to trick them, they were in Ji Jing. An army was about to withdraw from the city.

"Boom—"

With a loud sound, the Yongding Gate on the south side of the capital city of Hebei slowly opened, and then an infantry slowly walked out of the city.

It's the Southern Army!

In order to facilitate the march, the southern army at this time has removed most of the heavy armor of the whole body, especially the cuirass, and they wrap their heavy armor in steps and carry it behind their backs, which makes the southern army originally strong in defense because of the equipment. Now it has become extremely fragile, if the Liaodong Expeditionary Force perceives the Southern Army's intention to withdraw from Jijing and leads the crowd to attack, it will undoubtedly be a devastating disaster for the Southern Army.

And it is precisely because of this that there is a dialogue between Lin Zhen and Wei Yun.

The leading general. It is the general of the Southern Army, Le Jun, otherwise this fierce general is also extremely nervous at the moment, staring at the west with a pair of tiger eyes. I'm afraid something will happen there.

Fortunately, a few days ago, the Liaodong Expeditionary Force had been harassed by the tired tactics of Changsun Xiangyu, so that they no longer paid any attention to Jijing at night, which gave the Southern Army the opportunity to catch the loophole and quietly slip away from under the noses of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force.

Nodding to Lin Zhen on the city tower, Le Jun waved his hand, as if this was some kind of signal, and the southern sergeant began to quietly retreat towards the south under the cover of the resounding drums on the city tower.

Rushing in the dark, especially in the current situation of the great enemy, this is an extremely test of willpower, because it is uncertain when the Liaodong Expeditionary Force will notice the changes here. Lead the crowd to attack.

It is precisely because of this that Xie An chose the Southern Army as the first army to evacuate from Jijing, and the Southern Army was a heavy infantry. The speed of the march is not fast, if it is left to be the last few retreating soldiers and horses, it is very likely that because of the slow speed of the march, it is very likely that the soldiers of the northern Xinjiang side will catch up, and at that time, the southern army will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the Hanhan Valley Pass; Second, the willpower of the southern army is strong, and they are more able to shoulder such a test of will, as long as they can successfully and quietly evacuate from under the noses of the enemy, this will obviously have an encouraging effect on the evacuation of the follow-up army soldiers.

I have to say that at this moment, the southern army is simply walking on thin ice, every soldier and general is tense and always pays attention to any wind and grass around them, but then again, even if the atmosphere in the army has almost condensed, the southern army is still silent, and no soldier makes even the slightest sound, which makes people sincerely admire the tenacity and discipline of the southern soldiers.

They did not dare to hold the torches, because the light of the torches would attract the attention of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force, so they could only rush in the dark, as far away from Jijing as possible in the shortest possible time, and run as far as possible.

However, even the three generals Lin Zhen, Le Jun, and Wei Yun didn't expect that just when they thought that this trick had succeeded, they saw that in the forest on the southwest side of Jijing in the distance, a small group of people was lurking behind the woods, looking at the southern army evacuated from the capital of Jijing with a solemn expression.

The first two generals are Youdou and Zhang Qi.

"It is worthy of His Royal Highness, that eldest grandson Xiangyu's trick has not been able to deceive His Highness in the slightest......"

In Youdou's eyes, a deep admiration for Yan King Li Mao appeared, and he lowered his voice and muttered with a bit of sarcasm aimed at Ji Jing's eldest grandson, Xiangyu.

"Huh!" Zhang Qi smiled faintly when he heard this, and responded in agreement, then looked at the southern army in the distance, licked his lips and said, "If His Highness allows me to send troops to ambush at this time, it would be great!" If the troops were sent at this moment, the infantry would definitely die, and even, if they were lucky, they could capture the southern gate of Jijing......" However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Youdou.

"No!" With his right hand, he patted Zhang Qi's shoulder, and Youdou lowered his voice and said, "The reason why Jijing was able to resist our army for several months is thanks to the help of the city wall...... Even so, we will be able to capture Jijing in the end, but I am afraid that it will take an extra month, and now His Royal Highness can't wait to take the whole of Hebei! -- At present, the first thing we want to do is to capture Jijing, don't make any troubles, and startle the people and horses of Jijing! ”

"I know. I'm not just talking about it! Seeing Youdou teaching himself a lesson, Zhang Qi was a little unhappy in his heart, raised his right hand and patted Youdou's hand on his shoulder, looked intently at the southern army in the distance, and said with a smile, "The first army to evacuate is really infantry." It seems that His Royal Highness is right, that eldest grandson Xiangyu is really a cautious person......"

"It's okay!" Never minding that his hand was slapped off, You Dou shook his wrist and said in a low voice, "Whether it is cavalry or infantry, anyway, those people in Jijing want to leave, let's let him go." We just need to sit back and wait to receive Jijing...... His Royal Highness said that there were only two places for those soldiers and horses in Hebei to go, one was to cross the Yellow River to Puyang, and rely on the Yellow River to prevent our army from continuing to move south; The second is to withdraw to Chaoge and reorganize the formation...... Whether it is Puyang or Chaoge, it is at least half a month's journey from Hebei Kyoto. Half a month, enough for the Liaodong Expeditionary Force to catch up and kill it! I don't believe that while being hunted down, the eldest grandson Xiangyu can still come up with any tricks to save the situation. ”

You can see it. Youdou is still a little unconvinced by the military adviser Changsun Xiangyu who is a military advisor in the mouth of Li Mao, the king of Yan, as the so-called things gather people in groups, since Li Mao looks down on literary and strategists, how can those fierce generals under his command take Changsun Xiangyu, Li Xian, Liu Qing and other literary strategists too seriously?

"Hmm!" Hearing Youdou's words, Zhang Qi nodded heavily, and said with a smile, "In that case, we just need to watch it here......"

Youdou nodded and said. "Once all the men and horses of the Hebei side withdraw from the Beijing division, our army will immediately enter the city, as for the pursuit. It will be handed over to the Liaodong Expeditionary Force first, and when the two of them fight to defeat both sides, I will go out again on the Yuyang Iron Cavalry and reap the benefits of the fishermen! ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Zhang Qi chuckled a few times, and sincerely praised the strategy of Li Mao, the king of Yan, in his heart.

However, what made You Dou and Zhang Qi feel troubled was that the retreat speed of the southern army was too slow, as if those people were all abysses at their feet, and they walked extremely carefully one by one, so that You Dou and Zhang Qi were really irritable in their hearts, and they couldn't wait to run out and tell each other loudly: You run away quickly, we will not pursue.

However, for the sake of His Royal Highness's plan, You Dou and Zhang Qi could only barely suppress the irritability in their hearts, and patiently waited for the soldiers and horses of Jijing to retreat to the south.

Following the southern army, the evacuation from the city was the northern army of Beichi Hou Wenqin, followed by the soldiers of the city defense division under the Weiwei Temple, on this day, the Jijing side evacuated a total of three armies.

Seeing a glimmer of light gradually light up in the sky, and the city gate of Jijing slowly closed, Youdou and Zhang Qi glanced at each other helplessly, because they knew that for the sake of caution, I am afraid that Jijing would only evacuate these three armies today, and as for the rest of the army, most of them will be left until tomorrow.

But what puzzled Youdou and Zhang Qi was that in the next three days, Ji Jing had no intention of withdrawing his troops, which made him a little puzzled.

Could it be that those people in Jijing didn't actually think about withdrawing their troops and fleeing?

But why did they reduce the number of defenders?

Just when Youdou and Zhang Qi were secretly wondering, finally on the fourth day, that is, on the night of August 4, Ji Jingfang repeated his old tricks again.

[Good fellow, be cautious!] ]

Glancing at Youdou, Zhang Qi was a little crying and laughing, although he secretly complained in his heart that the soldiers and horses on Ji Jing's side were retreating too slowly, but they were not good at telling others, so they could only endure the depression in their hearts and continue to monitor Ji Jing's every move.

Infantry, still infantry!

Those who were evacuated from Jijing on 4 August were still infantry, but looking at the banner, it seemed that it was the Jizhou Army that had come to aid Jijing not long ago.

[Is it finally coming?] ]

Licking his lips, Youdou and Zhang Qi cheered up.

"The infantry is all gone, and the only cavalry is left, right?"

"Ah," nodded and said in a low voice, "The Jijing army has about 30,000 cavalry...... And this is the only remaining soldiers and horses in the capital of Jijing! ”

"Thirty thousand cavalry...... Zhang Qi touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "Actually, if we attack Jijing at this moment, Jijing can also be captured......"

You Dou shook his head when he heard this. Zhengse said, "Your Highness means that this battle must be safe, don't alarm the soldiers and horses on the Jijing side, if you can, let the expeditionary force fight them to the death, and minimize the losses of our Northern Frontier Army!" ”

"I see, that's ......," Zhang Qi suddenly realized.

But just after that. Things have changed, I don't know why, the only remaining 30,000 or so Jizhou cavalry in the capital city did not leave Jijing alive or dead, so that You Dou and Zhang Qi connected to the forest outside the city for a few nights, but they all gained nothing. As for the news from the monitoring sites of several other city gates, the cavalry of the Jizhou army was clearly still in the city.

[What's going on?] Is the cavalry of the Jizhou army still retreating? ]

Hidden behind the grove, Zhang Qi looked at the direction of Jijing with annoyance, and suddenly. He seemed to think of something, and said with a strange expression, "Hey, Youdou, you say...... Will those cavalry of the Jizhou Army not dare to come out? ”

"Don't dare to come out?" Youdou was stunned when he heard this, and then he came to his senses after thinking about it.

Yes. You must know that when the previous infantry on the Jijing side withdrew, the Jijing capital would beat drums loudly to cover up the movements of those infantry during the retreat. As the last army to evacuate from Jijing, when the cavalry of the Jizhou army was evacuating Jijing, there was no one to help them beat gongs and drums to confuse the public. What's worse is that it was the infantry that withdrew before, and those people just need to take care of themselves, but now it is the cavalry who are preparing to evacuate in the capital of Jijing, and those people not only have to manage themselves, but also manage the war horses under their crotches, after all, once the war horses under the crotch make any noise, this will make the previous efforts go to waste.

Think about it too. More than 30,000 war horses were evacuated at the same time, and the Liaodong Expeditionary Force was not deaf, so how could it not be heard?

Undoubtedly. As long as the cavalry of the Jizhou Army threw off their horse's hooves and ran for their lives, the Liaodong Expeditionary Force, which was only a few miles away from Jijing, could detect it at the first time, and immediately launched a pursuit battle of riding and slashing.

In other words, when the cavalry of the Jizhou Army officially withdrew from Jijing, it was his northern army that would not take Jijing, and the plan of its lord Li Mao, the king of Yan, to drive the tiger and devour the wolf had also been successfully implemented.

"No wonder those cavalry didn't dare to go out of the city for a long time, it seems that they also realized that once they got out of the city, they would be chased and killed by the expeditionary force day after day......" The corners of his mouth flashed a cruel smile, Zhang Qi's face was full of happiness as if he had taken revenge, after all, a while ago, Fei Guo, the commander of the Jizhou Army, did leave him with an extremely profound lesson.

Things seemed to be as Youdou and Zhang Qi expected, on the night of August 9, the cavalry of the Jizhou Army, which had been pulling back the other armies for several days, could not hold back, so they opened the city gate at night, and in a roaring sound of horses' hooves, nearly 30,000 cavalry of the Jizhou Army officially withdrew from Jijing and retreated to the south.

There was no need for Zhang Qi or Youdou to report the news, and the foreign cavalry of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force obviously noticed something, and they were angry and led the crowd to chase after them.

Seeing that the Liaodong Expeditionary Army, a foreign cavalry that was now dispensable, was chasing the ass of the cavalry of the Jizhou Army, You Dou and Zhang Qi glanced at each other, and secretly admired the high skills of their master, Li Mao, the king of Yan.

Anyway, the grassland has now surrendered, and the subordinate army of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force, which has a big tail, is already dispensable, so let these people chase the Jizhou army and go dog to dog-eat-dog!

With all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, You Dou and Zhang Qi returned to the Northern Xinjiang Army camp with some joy and reported to Li Mao the changes in Jijing.

And the next day, that is, on August 10, the fifth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Mao, the king of Yan, led an army of 50,000 northern Xinjiang to officially enter Jijing, announcing that Jijing, the royal capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years, finally fell into the hands of Li Mao.

Although it took a total of ten days before and after, but the soldiers were able to take Jijing without blood, even if it was Li Mao, the king of Yan, he couldn't help but be a little proud, after all, he saw through the eldest grandson Xiangyu's plan to hide the sky and cross the sea, and avoided unnecessary conflicts with the Jizhou army, as for the loss of the Liaodong expeditionary force that went to chase the Jizhou army, it was obviously not within the scope of Li Mao's measurement, even if this foreign cavalry was destroyed, Li Mao would not have the slightest distress.

The so-called one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither!

This is Li Mao, the king of Yan, although he values martial arts and light literature, it is undeniable that this person is also a hero in the world.

After capturing Jijing, Li Mao did not rush to move his army south to chase Li Shou and Xie An and others, on the contrary, he set up a banquet in Jijing to reward the three armies. It may be that the people from Jizhou are in a hurry, so that there are still a large number of materials in the city that have not had time to be destroyed, including a large number of fine wines.

While imagining in his mind the scene of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force and the Jizhou Army fighting with the mussels, while drinking heavily to celebrate that his northern frontier has finally conquered Jijing, the royal capital that represents the imperial power, to be honest, Li Mao, the king of Yan, is in a very good mood.

However, this good mood lasted less than two days......

On the twelfth day of August in the fifth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when Li Mao, the king of Yan, had not woken up from a hangover because of the army for several days, and rested in the palace Yangxin Palace, a palace where only the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty could stay, a rush of footsteps alarmed him.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Le Xu's anxious and inexplicable expression.

"Your Highness, something is wrong......

"What?" Pinching the bridge of his nose to make himself more sober as much as possible, Yanwang Li Mao asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Inside the city...... The wells in the city were all given laxatives, and the sergeants did not check it, and after drinking it, they vomited and diarrhea one by one, and even affected the war horses, so that from last night to the early hours of this morning, most of the war horses were so thin that they collapsed......"

"What?" Li Mao, the king of Yan, heard this, his face changed greatly, and he was about to speak, when suddenly the three generals Youdou, Zhang Qi, and Cao Da outside the palace walked in together, and said loudly, "Your Highness, those troops who have evacuated from Jijing...... The Southern Army, the Northern Army, and the Jizhou Army are back again! ”

"......" Yan King Li Mao's face changed again and again, without saying a word, he grabbed his clothes, dressed them haphazardly and led everyone to the city tower, and immediately looked out of the city.

I saw that outside the city, the guards of the original Jizhou army, who were obviously preparing to retreat and flee to the south, were lined up neatly outside the city at this moment, provoking the defenders in the city without fear.

Offense and defense swap!

A word suddenly appeared in Yan Wang Li Mao's mind, and immediately, as if he understood something, he was so angry that his handsome face was distorted.

"These bitches raised them!"