The two wings of the Dingyan army were caught off guard, and they were actually broken through from the two wings by the infantry of the Zhou army, and the cavalry behind the two wings had been transferred to the middle by Li Yiyu, and suddenly the battlefield situation began to tilt vigorously towards the side of the Zhou army.

The two wings of the Dingyan army retreated, and the middle road was like an arrow, isolated, and then surrounded by the Zhou army.

Li Yiyu saw that the situation was not good, and knew that there was no way to return to heaven, so he had to order the whole army to retreat and withdraw to Suizhou City for defense.

Thanks to the fact that Li Yiyu's troops were all cavalry, they fled quickly, and even so, there was no reason for the encircled salient in the middle to survive. At the same time, under the pursuit of the middle of the Zhou army, it also paid a lot of losses, and the Dingyan cavalry that fled back to Suizhou City with Li Yiyu was less than 15,000 people.

Since the dispatch of 30,000 troops, in two battles in two days, Li Yiyu's troops have lost half of their soldiers.

Chai Rong immediately ordered the whole army to set up camp outside the south gate of Suizhou City.

At this time, the military strength of the Zhou army was less than 40,000.

The Zhou army began to massacre the prisoners of the Dingyan army, and thousands of prisoners, whether they were injured or not, were slaughtered, but Chai Rong just didn't see it, and the Zhou army couldn't afford to raise prisoners, let alone fight on the land of other countries.

In addition to the original 30,000 defenders in Suizhou City, there were also 15,000 cavalry of Li Yiyu.

The strength of the Zhou army is already about the same.

What's more, seventy percent of the 30,000 defenders were crossbowmen.

In large-scale combat with cold weapons, the attacking side will rarely carry crossbow troops.

Because although the crossbow troops can eliminate some of the opponent's soldiers in advance and inflict some blows, if they wait for the opponent to approach, the crossbow troops have no way out but to escape. If the other party is a cavalryman, then there is no choice but to wait for death.

So. With the exception of the defenders, few attacking units will have a large number of crossbowmen, and at most they will be equipped with a single percent.

In this battle, there were not many crossbowmen in the Zhou army, but a large number of siege ladders and infantry were prepared for the siege.

The configuration of both sides was decent, with bows and crossbows for defending the city and infantry for the siege.

The cavalry of Li Yiyu in Suizhou City dismounted and could be used as soldiers defending the city. However, the cavalry of the Zhou army dismounted as infantry was not competent.

The cavalry dismounted to defend the city, at least by smashing stones, beating wood, and dousing boiling oil or dung.

But if the cavalry dismounted and attacked the city, it would be too difficult.

Therefore, the more than 10,000 cavalry of the Zhou army could only stay near the camp to be on guard. to respond.

Chai Rong was already difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and he knew in his heart that even if Suizhou was captured at this time, the Zhou army would not have the strength to attack Yinzhou again. Not to mention attacking Xiazhou. Chai Rong only wanted to capture Suizhou and hold on to it, because Chai Rong still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, that is, the Zhou army, which was originally an auxiliary one way, had already captured Youzhou, and now that the Dingnan army was attracted to Suizhou, then the other Zhou army could successfully attack from Youzhou to Xiazhou.

Chai Rong was right, there were only 80,000 troops in the five states, and now there are 60,000 people who are attracted to Suizhou. Moreover, 15,000 people had been lost, and the 5,000 defenders of Youzhou City were annihilated by the 30,000 allied troops of Guo Jin of Zhangwu Jiedu, Wang Rao of Baoda Jiedu, and Feng Jiye of Shuofang Jiedu. There were only 15,000 Dingyan troops in Xiazhou.

Guo Jin then led his army north to Xiazhou.

Youzhou fell. Xiazhou was in an emergency, and Li Yiyin had no choice but to order Li Yiyu to lead his troops back to Xiazhou to assist in defense.

As a result, there were only 30,000 defenders in Suizhou City.

But the situation is still unfavorable to the Zhou army, if the defenders of Suizhou are brave, only 10,000 people are needed to resist the attack of 30,000 Zhou troops, not to mention that there are 30,000 defenders in the city.

Chai Rong still wanted to attack the city to try, the next day, Chai Rong ordered Bai Chongzan, Shi Yanchao, Fu Yanneng, Xiang Xun four people each led 5,000 people to attack the four gates of Suizhou, for the sake of safety, Chai Rong instructed the four people, if the defenders are tenacious, they will retreat, not to attack hard.

The siege began on all sides at the same time, and after waves of attacks, Suizhou City was unharmed, but the Zhou army paid hundreds of lives.

Chai Rong knew that he couldn't force his way, so he ordered the siege to be suspended and convened his subordinates to discuss.

Everyone couldn't think of a good way to siege the city, but Zhao Kuangyin suggested: "Your Majesty, Suizhou and Shizhou are close to each other, why don't you ask the Ming army for help?" The Chen Wuming army has fought each other, they have firearms, and the siege gate can be said to be a victory in every battle. ”

But Xiang Xun objected, saying: "This matter is not appropriate, my country's original intention was to capture the five states of Dingyan, if you ask for help from the Ming army, then who will capture Suizhou at that time?" Besides, there is no price, how can the Ming army send troops to help? ”

Chai Rong frowned and said: "I'm not worried that the Ming State and the Zhou State will compete for the land of the five states, if they want, send troops from the river to the west, why wait until this time?" The Ming State and the Liao State had a peace treaty, and they would not occupy the land of the five states of Dingyan, but what Xiang Aiqing said was reasonable, if he asked for help from the Ming State, then this price may not be something that the Zhou State could afford. This matter will not be discussed for the time being, and I want to wait for the battle report of Guo Jin, the envoy of Zhangwu Festival. ”

As a result, the Zhou army set up camp outside Suizhou City and entered a stalemate with the Dingyan Army in Suizhou City.

At this time, the 50,000 Liao army easily broke through Shengzhou, and divided the troops into two routes, one route was Yeluwan led 30,000 troops south to attack Fuzhou, and the other route was Yelu Anbo led 20,000 troops to rescue Xiazhou.

In the eyes of Liao, the Dingyan army could not become the territory of Liao, and if Fuzhou was captured, then Liao would have three more states, and as a result, Liao would have a place to go south.

The cavalry and archery skills of the Liao cavalry should not be underestimated, the Liao cavalry is a cavalry, the second is a crossbow soldier, a combination of the two, this is the biggest advantage of the nomads, not the Central Plains soldiers can reach.

Yang Ye originally had an in-law relationship with Fuzhou, got the emperor's will, quickly led the army north to Fuzhou, and the contact with the folding family to change clothes is a piece of cake, marched overnight, arrived in Linzhou three days later, changed the military uniform of the Zhou army, and then went to Fuzhou.

The cavalry was fast, and Yelu Anbo led an army of 20,000 to Fuzhou half a day earlier than Yang Ye.

In the land of the three states, the population is only about 50,000, and the army is only more than 8,000.

Excluding the 800 defenders who had been annihilated defending Shengzhou and the 800 defenders stationed in Linzhou, there were only more than 6,000 defenders in the city of Fuzhou, of which 2,000 were cavalry.

If Yelu Anbo launched an attack as soon as he arrived, then perhaps by the time Yang Ye arrived, the state city had already changed hands.

But Yelu Anbo did not expect that the Ming army would participate in the war, and the Ming State had made it clear that he would not participate in this battle, which made Yelu Anbo feel relieved, and attacked a Fuzhou with thousands of people with 20,000 cavalry, is it not easy to capture?

So when he arrived outside the city of Fuzhou, Yelu Anbo ordered the army to set up camp, rest for one night, and attack the city early tomorrow morning.

However, Yang Ye rescued his father-in-law, did not dare to delay at all along the way, marched overnight, and finally arrived in Fuzhou City that night. (To be continued......)