The fall of the North City Gate has long been reasonable, in order to support the South Gate, Zhang Xun transferred all the elite forces guarding the North City Gate, among the remaining 3,000 men, the recruits who have not gone through the battle formation occupy the vast majority, the weakness of the garrison and the desperate attack of more than 10,000 people of the Sixth Division, the resistance of the North Gate is only symbolic, and even the time of a pillar of incense has not been held, and the battle flag of the Sixth Division has been planted on the north gate of Yinling City. The three thousand Yuan soldiers guarding the north gate surrendered to the dead, and the rest were scattered as birds and beasts.

Hou Cheng, the deputy commander-in-chief, took control of the city tower, opened the city gate, Tai Shici and Gao Ran led the army into it, and the sixth division took the north gate of Yinling almost without blood.

At this time, the commander of the Fifth Cavalry Division, Yu Xuan, led 3,000 light cavalry to enter the city, and at the same time brought Zhang Liao's order. Zhang Liao ordered that after the 6th Infantry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division entered the city, they quickly controlled the east and west gates, and immediately launched an attack on the main force of Yuan's army at the south gate, so as to completely annihilate Zhang Xun's men and horses at the south gate of Yinling.

Tai Shi Ci, Gao Lan, and Yu Poison immediately divided their troops into three routes, Gao Ran and Yu Poison each led a brigade of men and horses to attack the West Gate and the East Gate respectively, and Tai Shi Ci led the main forces of the Sixth Division and the Fifth Cavalry Division to attack Zhang Xun at the South Gate.

If any city is attacked from the outside, it is easier to attack from the inside. Yu Poison led a brigade of light cavalry to quickly fly to the east gate, rampage, and killed the Yuan army defending the city without wasting any effort, opened the east gate, and Hao Meng's eighth infantry division, which had already been ambushed outside the east gate, immediately entered the city and attacked Zhang Xun's main force from the direction of the east gate.

The chickens and dogs in Yinling City barked. Shouting to kill the heavens, he fell into chaos.

Zhang Xun soon received the news of the fall of the North Gate, and suddenly a cool air rushed to his head from the soles of his feet, it's over! It's all over! A thought flashed through Zhang Xun's mind, he was tricked! It turned out that Zhang Liao's fanfare attack on the south gate turned out to be a feint, but his real target was the north gate. Now most of Yinling City has fallen, and he is under the enemy on his back, and he has no power to return to the sky.

"Captain Zhang. The big thing is gone. Yin Ling can't be saved, while the West Gate has not yet fallen, let's withdraw quickly, otherwise we are afraid that the whole army will be destroyed! Han Hao's first thought at the moment was to escape.

Zhang Xun only hesitated for a breath or two. This is the time of the two breaths. Enough for him to think through one thing. That is, Yin Ling is indeed unable to hold it, and for Zhang Xun, what is most needed at this time. At this critical moment, a moment and a half of hesitation is likely to bury the army in Yinling City, and it is necessary to quickly break through from the West Gate before the Xuzhou army completes the siege.

"The armies obeyed the order, immediately assembled, and broke through to the west gate!" Zhang Xun briefly issued an order, and the situation in Yinling City was urgent, and he was no longer allowed to drag mud and water.

When Gao Ran's first brigade of infantry had just arrived at the West Gate, there was a clash with the Yuan army guarding the gate, and he saw Zhang Xun personally leading a large army to come in a hurry. Although Gao Ran only had 3,000 men under his command, he was fearless in the face of Zhang Xun's tens of thousands of horses, jumped on his horse and raised his gun, shouting: "Zhang Xun is leaving!" Stay alive! ”

Zhang Xun's soul was in danger, at this time he was already a frightened bird, there was still a mood to fight, while the West Gate was still in the hands of his soldiers, Zhang Xun led the army to flee wildly.

The deputy general Han Hao fought with Gao Ran with a gun, but he couldn't fight Shihe, and was stabbed under the horse by Gao Ran's gun, and died instantly.

Gao ran forward, the steel spear was picked, as if entering the realm of no one, immediately blocked the main crossing of the city gate with a horizontal gun, and cut off the torrent of Yuan soldiers who wanted to escape out of the city, and shouted: "Those who descend will not die!" Don't you surrender soon! ”

The main general Zhang Xun has fled, the deputy general Han Hao has also died under Gao Ran's gun, the dragons are leaderless, the Huainan soldiers are already defeated at the moment, and they have no intention of fighting, Gao Ran led the army to block the city gate, and the shouting of killing is getting closer and closer, the brigade of the Xuzhou army has surrounded it, and the Yuan soldiers who want to save their lives can only choose to lay down their arms and surrender at this moment.

The inside of Yinling City was almost a pot of porridge, Tai Shi Ci Gao looked at Sun Guan Hao Meng and led his troops to be busy collecting and surrendering the Yuan soldiers who surrendered to Cheng, and they also had to exterminate the sporadic troops of the Yuan army who were stubborn and resistant, which gave Zhang Xun a chance to escape. After Zhang Xun escaped from Yinling, he ran all the way to the west almost non-stop, and only dared to stop and take a breath when he fled to Xiquyang, which was hundreds of miles away. Seeing that the Xuzhou army did not catch up, he was a little determined, checked the soldiers and horses, and lost more than half of the 50,000 horses, leaving less than 20,000 people.

When Zhang Liao entered the city, the order of Yinling City had been restored. In this battle, more than 10,000 Yuan troops were annihilated, more than 20,000 people were surrendered, and the only fly in the ointment was to let Zhang Xun escape. However, in general, the battle of Yinling was still a complete victory, and the Xuzhou army exchanged less than 3,000 casualties for the result of destroying 30,000 enemies, especially the capture of a well-defended city, which can be described as an unprecedented victory. Zhang Liao planned this battle, expected the enemy like a god, showing the demeanor of a famous general, and the divisions and brigades lined up neatly, from Tai Shici's eyes of Sun Guan Hao Meng, there was a light of great admiration.

After only resting in Yinling City for one day, Zhang Liao immediately ordered the Fourth Army to set up camp and march into Wangshouchun. Although he achieved a great victory in Yinling, Zhang Liao was not complacent, let alone asked for merit and reward, but quickly marched to Shouchun, the first target of Huainan was Shouchun's Yuan Shu, defeating a Zhang Xun was nothing at all, not to mention that the lord had been delayed on the north bank of Huaishui for a long time, and the advance speed of the Fourth Army was already greatly lagging behind, so Zhang Liao had to rush to Shouchun against time.

Zhang Xun fled back to Shouchun in defeat and wept in front of Yuan Shu. "Your Majesty, the minister deserves death, he fell for the trick of the enemy general Zhang Liao, and lost the important town of Yinling, please surrender to your majesty!"

After Ji Ling died in Yicheng's fiasco last month, less than a month later, Yin Ling spread evil news again, which made Yuan Shu feel heartbroken. Although Yuan Shu was angry that Zhang Xun lost the Yin Tomb, Ji Ling Han Hao was killed, Lei Bo Chen Lan surrendered to the enemy, Yuan Shu's subordinates will fall into the stars, and the enemy is at present, it is the time to employ people, and Yuan Shu also had to pardon Zhang Xun's crimes. Instead of being demoted, Zhang Xun was transferred from a lieutenant to a general, but was only punished by Yuan Shu for one year. In fact, there is no point in punishing Zhang Xun for a long time, even if Zhang Xun is not punished, he can't get half of the money and food, Yuan Shu only deducted half of the official's money and food before, this time he has failed repeatedly, lost his teacher and lost his land, and the territory of the Great Chen Dynasty has shrunk strictly, and without money and grain to pay taxes, the life of the Dachen courtiers is even more difficult.

Zhang Liao's Fourth Army came very quickly, and soon broke through the only barrier to the east of Shouchun, Xiquyang, and the troops approached the east bank of Feishui, and the troops pointed directly at Shouchun.

The news reached the Shouchun Palace, the court was in a panic, now the main forces of Shouchun are concentrated on the south bank of Huaishui, refusing to guard Liu Ze in Huaibei, now Zhang Liao suddenly drove straight in, the soldiers pointed to Shouchun, and after Zhang Xun's soldiers defeated Yinling, there were almost no enemy soldiers to the east of Shouchun, how to resist Zhang Liao's men and horses, the ministers were discussing.

Situ Yang Hong said: "Liu Ze came victorious, the north and south sides attacked, the lonely city of Shouchun is already in danger, if you stick to it again, it will inevitably repeat the mistakes of Yinling, it is better for Your Majesty to abandon Shouchun and invest in Lujiang County in the south." Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, is the confidant of His Majesty, and he will be able to protect His Majesty's thoughtfulness. ”

Si Li's lieutenant Qiao Rui said loudly: "Your Majesty must not abandon the capital, Liu Ze came from Xuzhou, although he has won repeatedly, but its food and grass are short, and he will not be able to stay for a long time, Shouchun City is tall, the defense is tight, there are still 80,000 soldiers inside and outside Shouchun City, and the Xuzhou army led by Liu Ze is only more than 70,000 people, what is there to fear?" What's more, the rude land of the mountains and wilderness of Lujiang, His Majesty is the body of ten thousand gold, how can he set foot in it? The minister thought that as long as our army withdrew the Huaishui troops and stuck to Shouchun, the walls were cleared, and Liu Ze would inevitably retreat after all the grain. ”

Yuan Shu didn't want to go to the ravine of the Lujiang River, listened to Qiao Rui's words, nodded yes, so he withdrew the defenders on the south bank of Huaishui, gathered all the men and horses in Shouchun City, and then wantonly scavenged grain and grass to capture Ladin, and cleared the wilderness within a radius of 50 miles from Shouchun, cut down all the trees, and burned all the houses. The people near Shouchun were all suffering, crying and wailing, and congested the road.

Liu Ze swept Yuan Shu's forces in Huaibei, stationed troops under Cai, and confronted Shouchun across the river. With the aftermath of Yicheng's great victory, many generals took the initiative to ask for help, asking to fight across Huai and go straight to Shouchun. Liu Ze did not agree, and did not move in Xia Cai. The two roads to encircle Shouchun is Liu Ze's established plan, the first army is in Yicheng to annihilate the Ji Ling Department, the enemy of Shouchun has become a bird with a frightened bow, and it will inevitably be strictly guarded by Huai, and if the first army is alone, it is not a good policy, so Liu Ze still has to wait for the fourth army to win in Yinling, and then implement the river crossing operation according to the original plan.

After the end of the Battle of Yinling, the commander of the Fourth Army drove straight in, aiming at the empty Shouchun City, Yuan Shu could no longer sit still, and hurriedly withdrew the troops stationed along the Huai River to enrich the defense force of Shouchun. In this way, the defense of the Huaishui line was useless, Liu Ze seized the opportunity to set up a pontoon bridge on the Huaishui, and the first army commander drove forward, crossed the Huaishui mightily, and advanced to Shouchun with all his might.

At the same time, Zhang Liao led the Fourth Army to also force the crossing of Feishui and completed the rendezvous with the First Army under Shouchun City. The Xuzhou army set up two large camps in the east and west under Shouchun City, the first army was stationed in the west camp, and the fourth army was stationed in the east camp, besieging Shouchun City. (To be continued......)