Mai Tiezhu led a thousand subordinates to gallop to help, and the sudden appearance of this thousand-strong Huainan infantry also surprised the Guanzhong cavalry who were immersed in killing. They galloped all the way, killing here with lightning speed, and caught the city defenders by surprise, but now they were also caught off guard by this Huainan army that suddenly appeared.

To the city, the county commander reached out and touched the quiver, but he took it out.

Despite trying to save on arrows, the arrows ran out.

"Mingfu, reinforcements, reinforcements have arrived!"

After half a day of fierce fighting, the fierce and brave county lieutenant was wounded in many places, and the white cloth wrapped around the wound on his left arm had already been dyed dark red. There was even a bruise on his face, but at this time, his face was full of excited smiles, "Reinforcements have arrived, it's our reinforcements." ”

Liu Hongji, the county commander, looked at it, and saw a flag fluttering at the street in the distance, and then the Huainan infantry of the brigade came in formation with shields and guns.

"Damn, reinforcements are coming." Liu Hongji breathed a long sigh of relief, and almost when he was about to give the order to surrender.

"It's really auspicious people who have their own natural appearance, and if they don't die today, they will have a blessing." The county lieutenant laughed.

The Guanzhong cavalry in the city also discovered the arrival of the Huainan soldiers at this time, and they gave up continuing to clear the rebels in the city, turned around and began to assemble, preparing to turn back and defeat this newly arrived reinforcement.

Liu Hongji lifted his sword and roared, "Those who are not dead squeak, all the fucking ones come out and fight with the rebels!" ”

The number of cavalry in Guanzhong was not large, and the defenders in the city were even less, and the cavalry in Guanzhong entered the city by surprise, but at the insistence of the county commander Liu Hongji and the county lieutenant. It's been so long. At this time, the reinforcements of the brigade arrived, and Liu Hongji and the others breathed a sigh of relief, the sullen breath that had been chased everywhere just now could finally be spit out. Liu Hongji also saw clearly that all the people who came were infantry, but at this time, the cavalry in Guanzhong were all in the neighborhood of the city. The neighborhood in the city was not a good place for cavalry to fight, and now it was blocked by reinforcements in the city, and it was time to take advantage of this momentum to defeat the rebel cavalry. He didn't hesitate, he rushed down when he raised his sword first, and the county lieutenant behind him also rushed forward with the rest of the people.

"Kill!" Mai Tie Staff had already dismounted, and stood in the front with a large knife in his hand. Take it step by step. Several horses galloped forward, and the iron rod was not afraid, he raised the big knife in his hand high, and slashed forward with fierce force. Hand up. The knife fell, and the knight who rushed to the front stepped down the spear and did not stab it, but the head of the war horse had been completely chopped off by the wheat iron staff, and the head was lost, and the war horse suddenly fell to the ground, and under the huge inertia, it slid forward, and the knight was caught off guard. It has been pierced by several spears.

Liu Hongji and his subordinates also rushed straight to the back of the Guanzhong cavalry, and a street battle in the city began, and the battle was extremely fierce. People keep falling, but more people fill in the empty seats.

"Shoot the arrows!" Qian Shixiong shouted.

Behind the pikemen and shield men were three columns of crossbowmen. At this time, the two armies were in close combat, the pikemen blocked the cavalry, and the crossbowmen behind were given the opportunity to show their skills. If it is a hedge on the battlefield outside the city, the archers will only have three shots. But now, these Guanzhong cavalry are trapped in the narrow streets of the city. There was no cavalry superiority at all, the archers were behind. You can shoot as many arrows as you want.

Armed with a broadsword, Mai Tie Staff led his infantry to move forward, and at their feet were one rebel corpse after another.

The setting sun shone on the tip of the spear of the Huainan army, crimson dots, blood splashed, and in front of the two armies, there was a desperate roar everywhere.

Dengzhou, the county seat of Neixiang.

The county town has already been breached, Yang Xiu's army went out of the military pass, and the people and craftsmen were not counted, but there were also 180,000 Han Fan cavalry, 70,000 cavalry, and 110,000 infantry. Yang Xiu almost brought all the soldiers of the Beijing Division, except for the garrisons in Tongguan, Pujin Pass, and Xiaoguan, all the other active soldiers Yang Xiu mobilized and personally unified the customs. After going out of Wuguan, entering Dengzhou, the first city encountered in the countryside refused to surrender, Yang Xiu directly ordered the siege of the city on all sides, the small inner township city soldiers were less than a thousand, how to resist such a fierce attack, less than an hour, the inner city and countryside completely fell, for the resistance of the inner city and countryside, Yang Xiu's reply was to kill the officials and defenders in the city, no one was left, only a life was left for the ordinary people, but the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable, regardless of the official warehouse or private houses in the city, all the gold, silver, money and even food have been looted, Then the people were driven to the barracks to transport food and equipment for the army.

"Haven't you had any news back yet?" Yang Xiu, dressed in gold armor, asked the guards.

"Back to your majesty, not yet."

"It's all a bunch of waste, 30,000 forward cavalry, let them raid a Nanyang, and there is no result yet."

Shangshu Yuanheng of the Ministry of War said on the side, "Your Majesty is angry, please be more patient, I believe that at this time, the vanguard army is sweeping through Dengzhou, Nanyang, Xiangcheng, and Luyang Passes, and Zhucheng Pass must have been taken, and the messenger of the victory will come soon." ”

"There are only 5,000 guards in Nanyang, and the leader is only Guo Yan's son, if their 30,000 cavalry can't even beat the little rabbit cubs of the Guo family, then they really have the heart to come to see me." Yang Xiu snorted coldly, "Quickly clean up the battlefield, send some soldiers and horses to stay, most of them will set off immediately, and we will go to Nanyang first." ”

"Why don't you go directly to Xiangyang?" Yuan Heng asked.

"Although Xiangyang is important, there is no rush for the time being. Take Nanyang first, and then seize Luyang Pass, let's clear the periphery of Xiangyang, and block Yang Lin's way south. Then let's attack Xiangyang calmly, Xiangyang, even if Yang Lin comes by detour, but Xiangyang and Nanyang are all in our hands, and Yang Lin is too late. At that time, we will rely on the important town of Xiangyang Jiancheng to fight a decisive battle with Yang Lin and destroy him in one fell swoop. ”

Yang Xiu held the fixed sword, thinking in his heart, Yang Lin definitely didn't expect that he would send troops in a big way this time, not only to fight for Jingxiang with all the troops in the pass, but also to get out of the martial arts pass so quickly. Now Yang Lin may have just left Luoyang, and he is slowly walking on the road. When Yang Lin arrived in front of Luyang Pass, he suddenly found that the gate was already a banner in Guanzhong, and Yang Lin must have been taken aback at that time. Well, when he knew that he had captured Nanyang and captured Dengzhou, he was afraid that he would be even more surprised.

The guards brought Yang Xiu's war horse, Yang Xiu stepped on the guard's back and got on the horse, full of spirit, who would die of the deer, it is still unknown.

"Report!"

"Qi Yu Majesty, urgent report ahead."

"Speak."

"When our forward army attacked Luyang Pass, the Luoyang rebel cavalry arrived and suddenly killed, its momentum was fierce, our army was defeated, and thousands of cavalry were annihilated. In addition, the 800 forward cavalry attacking Xiangcheng had already captured Xiangcheng, but a thousand infantry reinforcements arrived in Nanyang, and there were no 800 cavalry at present! ”

Yang Xiu clenched his teeth, his hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, he exhaled a long and deep breath, and spit out a few words from between his teeth, "What about Nanyang City, have you taken it?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the defenders of Nanyang are well guarded, and they have failed to deceive the city gate, and now they have surrounded Nanyang City and launched a siege, and there is no result for the time being."

"Rubbish, get out!" Yang Xiu shouted angrily, and the guards who reported it retreated.

Yuan Heng cautiously glanced at Yang Xiu and asked, "Your Majesty, will we continue to advance towards Nanyang City now?" ”

"No, the diversion will be diverted, and the soldiers will be divided into two ways. Immediately dispatched 50,000 soldiers and horses to seize Luyang Pass, and I led the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Nanyang City. Yuan Heng, you personally led the 50,000 soldiers and horses, no matter what, you must take down Luyang Pass for me, understand? ”

Yuan Heng swallowed his saliva, he didn't want to accept this task, but looking at the emperor's gloomy face, he didn't dare to refuse, and finally had to take the order.

Ruzhou, Jiacheng.

After Yi Feng got up, he first played a set of boxing as usual, then danced his sword and drew a bow to shoot at the target, and finally led his mount to walk a circle of horses, and when he came back, he was already sweating profusely, and he didn't need to prepare hot water for a bath, so he jumped directly into the water and swam happily, and then returned to the camp.

As soon as he returned to the camp to change his clothes, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and there was already a report from the guards outside, "Li Changzhi asks to see him." ”

"Come in."

Li Mi came in, with a smile on his face, Yi Feng immediately knew that there should be good news.

"What good news, you can't wait so much to come and tell you."

"It is indeed good news, Qin Qiong and the two generals rushed to Luyang Pass in time yesterday, and the next big battle was passed, annihilating and capturing 5,000 rebels in Guanzhong, and Luyang Pass has been stabilized. In addition, the rebels besieged Xiangcheng and Nanyang two cities yesterday, Xiangcheng was defrauded of the city gate, almost lost, Xingxian ordered Liu Hongji and the county lieutenant to organize the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend desperately, and at the critical time, Nanyang sent a thousand Huainan troops to the north to Luyang Pass to assist in the defense of the 1,000 Huainan army just passed, reinforced in time, and finally annihilated the 800 rebel cavalry. Yesterday, 20,000 rebels besieged Nanyang, and the soldiers of the Nanyang defenders were united and did not give the rebels any opportunity. ”

Hearing that Luyang Pass was already in control, Yi Feng breathed a sigh of relief, "Sure enough, it's great news, the first battle of the division is a great victory." Since Luyang Pass has been stabilized and Xiangcheng has not been lost, then we have to step up our efforts to the south now, but don't let Nanyang be lost. ”

"There is also news, after Yang Xiu learned that the raid on Luyang Pass failed, he was furious and sent Yuan Heng to lead 50,000 troops to the north, wanting to take the pass again, and he himself personally led 100,000 Han soldiers and horses to besiege Nanyang City."

"Now that Qin Qiong and Lai Cheng have arrived at Luyang Pass, there is nothing to worry about. Yang Xiu still had to divide his troops at this time, but it was useless. However, I remember to send a letter to Guo Yan in Xiangyang, telling him to stick to Xiangyang and wait for our army to arrive. As for General Guo Xiao of Nanyang City, let him rest assured that we will rush to relieve the siege immediately. Let him guard Xiangyang, don't fall for Yang Xiu's tricks, give him a chance to take advantage of it, and lose Xiangyang. (To be continued) R580