When Gao Ran received Chun Yuqiong's order to return for help, the people had already arrived in Xiuwu, and it was only fifty miles away from Wude City, where Zhang Yang's general Yang Chou was stationed. In Gao Ran's opinion, Yang Chou is just like his name, he is a clown who is not ranked, as long as he is given a few more days, he will definitely be able to drive Yang Chou out of Wude.

It's just that Chun Yuqiong's order came very urgently, and it was directly related to the survival of Yecheng, so although Gao Ran was very reluctant in his heart, he hurriedly led the army to retreat, not daring to delay on the road.

Gao Lan's retreat, Zhang Yang's pressure suddenly eased a lot. He immediately reported Gao Lan's movements to Zhao Yun, and when Zhao Yun learned about it, he immediately ordered Chen Gui to lead 5,000 infantry from Zhou County and pursue along Gao Lan's retreat route.

Xiuwu City was a hundred miles away from Zhou County, and when Zhao Yun received Zhang Yang's report, three days had passed since Gao Ran's evacuation from Xiuwu, which meant that the distance between Chen Gui and Gao Ran was at least five days' journey.

Zhao Yun's order to Chen Gui was to follow and ensure that Gao Ran was completely withdrawn from Hanoi to Wei County, and if Gao Ran was found to be ambushed in Wei County, then Chen Gui was responsible for intercepting him from behind to prevent him from retreating in the direction of Huguan.

Chen Gui didn't know if Gao Ran would really be ambushed, but he really wanted to fight a famous general like Gao Ran to see who was stronger between Shen Xijun and Yuan Jun.

Gao Ran retreated all the way north, passing through Lugushan Mountain, Qi Yuan, and Black Mountain, because the road was mountainous, so the speed of the march could not be accelerated. Chen Gui was eager to make meritorious contributions, and most of the soldiers in the Shenxi army were recruited from the mountains near Danshui, and they were used to the rugged mountain roads, so the speed of the march was at least thirty percent faster than that of Gao Lan. By the time Gao Lan had passed through Montenegro and arrived at Dangyin, Chen Gui's troops had actually rushed to the edge of Qishui at the southern foot of Montenegro.

When the scouts who had reconnoitred before the examination suddenly returned and reported to Chen Gui that they had found traces of the large group of men and horses that had just passed in the north of Montenegro, Chen Gui's heart moved, and he asked the troops to cross Qishui immediately. Then he hid in the black mountains, but he was no longer in a hurry to move forward.

Located in the south of Dangshui and at the northern foot of Montenegro, Dangyin City originally belonged to Hanoi, but it was occupied by Yuan Shao a long time ago and became an outpost acropolis in the south of Yecheng. Dangyin is only ninety miles away from Yecheng, and the infantry can arrive within two days of marching, Gao Ran will stop his troops in Dangyin, not only to rest, but also to find out the situation of the troops surrounding Yecheng before returning to Yecheng.

Yecheng is located between Fushui and Zhangshui, and there are acropolis such as Dirty City, Jiuhou City, Wucheng and Pingyang City in the periphery of Yecheng. After Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu led their troops into Wei County. First, it captured Qingyuan, Guantao, Ping'en and other counties in the northeast of Wei County, and then went west to the Liang period, forty miles north of Yecheng, bypassing several acropolis outside Yecheng. The roads leading from the Liang period to Gloo and Gaoyi have all been opened, Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu do not have to worry about the logistics supply of the army in foreign operations, Liu Hui, who acted as the general leader of Liu He and the affairs of Jizhou, had already prepared enough food and grass for the Zhenwei army and the Zhenwei battalion.

In the Liang period, after Tai Shici received Gao Lan's secret protection to return to Yecheng, he discussed the ambush plan with Xian Yufu.

Tai Shi Ci said: "There are more than 10,000 Yuan troops left in Yecheng and the four surrounding acropolises, and the soldiers and horses brought back from Hanoi will not exceed 15,000 at most. The total strength of our two battalions this time was 35,000, which was 5,000 to 10,000 more than Yuan's army. Gao Ran will definitely not approach Yecheng before we find out the specific deployment of our two battalions of soldiers and horses, if we want to ambush Gao Ran. First of all, he had to take the acropolis of Wucheng, and then use Zhangshui to block Gao Ran outside. ”

Xian Yufu looked at the terrain around Yecheng and suggested: "Otherwise, our troops will divide into two roads and feint to attack Yecheng all the way." The Yuan army in several acropolis was forced to return to Yecheng, and the other way went around to the downstream of Pingyang City and took Pingyang first. Then they took advantage of the situation to occupy Wucheng, so that by the time Chun Yuqiong and Gao Ran noticed it, it was already too late, and their soldiers and horses would not be able to get together. ”

"I agree with your suggestion to divide the troops, but I think it is better to detour from the downstream of Pingyang City than from the upstream of the Dirty City, because taking the upstream can cut off the road for Chun Yuqiong to escape in the direction of Huguan."

"Okay, then take a detour from the upstream of the dirty city, this time is it on the Zhenwei camp or the Zhenwu camp?"

"You rushed over from Bohai and ran the farthest distance, so let's rest for two more days this time, you are responsible for the feint attack on Yecheng, and the ambush on Gaolan is under my command."

The two quickly decided on the specific matters of dividing the troops, and then Tai Shici led the army to leave the Liang period at night, walked west against the water for a day and a night, and went around to the Acropolis Filthy City located directly west of Yecheng Ten miles upstream. Tai Shi Ci organized the troops to cross the sewage first, then the Zhangshui, and finally quietly approached Wucheng along the Zhangshui.

According to the agreement, three days after Tai Shici left, Xian Yufu led the Zhenwu battalion to leave the Liang period and marched directly to the south, coming to the north bank of Fushui.

The distance between the two rivers is only nine miles at the shortest point and only twenty-two miles at the widest point, and Yecheng is located in the wider place of the two rivers. The north and south walls of Yecheng are almost built on the banks of Fushui and Zhangshui, so that Fushui and Zhangshui become the natural moats of Yecheng.

Chun Yuqiong stood on the top of the North City Tower and looked down, and when he saw the soldiers of the Zhenwu Battalion pushing out hundreds of catapults, his face suddenly changed.

"Holy, how can there be so many catapults!"

It didn't take long for bucket-sized stones to begin to fly from across the river, many of which landed directly on the top of the Guan Tower, and some on the top of the city, killing dozens of Yuan Jun who could not hide.

"Bastard, don't panic! Although the catapults of the Zhenwu battalion have a long range, they can't cross the river, as long as they dodge some, and when they waste all the stone bullets, they can only stare dryly! ”

Not long after Chun Yuqiong's scolding words, the catapults on the other side of the river really stopped shooting, and just when he wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that the soldiers on the other side of the river actually began to push rafts and boats into the river, obviously to rush to cross the water. At this time, Chun Yuqiong was nervous, and he hurriedly mobilized the soldiers in the city to climb the northern city wall, preparing to wait until the soldiers of the Zhenwu battalion who crossed the river were about to dock, and then attack from the city.

Xian Yufu on the north bank of the river smiled wickedly, looking at Chun Yuqiong in the clairvoyant mirror. "Hmph, is it really Lao Tzu going to rush the water from the northern section of Yecheng? A fool would do that! ”

It turned out that although Xian Yufu's task was to feint Yecheng, he divided the feint into two phases when he made a specific operation, the first of which was to make a posture of rushing to cross the water on the opposite side of the north city wall with great fanfare, and the second stage was to arrange for troops to cross the river ten miles downstream of Yecheng, and then turn back to attack the east gate of Yecheng.

If Chun Yuqiong wasn't put enough pressure, how could he transfer the troops from several acropolises back to Yecheng?

Chun Yuqiong finished deploying at the head of the city, only to find that the Zhenwu camp on the other side of the river had put away the raft and ferry, so he knew that he had been swept away. Just when Chun Yuqiong was annoyed and angry, there was a sudden sound of attacking drums outside the east gate, and Chun Yuqiong hurriedly rushed towards the east gate again.

For a whole day, the soldiers of the Zhenwu battalion did all kinds of water grinding work around Yecheng, but they did not get in close contact with the Yuan army defending the city, and tried to avoid exposing themselves to the crossbows and catapults at the head of the city. Chun Yuqiong's legs and stomachs trembled by Xian Yufu's toss, and later they simply didn't do anything, allowing the soldiers of the Zhenwu battalion to make trouble outside the city.

On the second day, Xian Yufu changed the way of playing, and Chun Yuqiong was tossed again.

At the third watch of the next night, the Zhenwu battalion suddenly exerted its strength, and 10,000 people quietly crossed the river to the west gate of Yecheng, and then launched a fierce offensive, and even the ants were used to attack the city. Chun Yuqiong, who had just fallen asleep, was so nervous that he couldn't even wear shoes, so he hurriedly mobilized the troops of several other gates to rush to the west gate to defend, and then the attacking Zhenwu army was repulsed.

At dawn, the Zhenwu army withdrew, and Chun Yuqiong was afraid for a while. At this time, Yuan Jun in the city finally understood that the Zhenwu battalion on the other side of the river was not just playing tricks to fool people, but really trying to fight for his life, which was really scary.

After dawn, Chun Yuqiong gave an order to the two acropolis guards of Wucheng and Pingyang south of Yecheng, asking them to lead their troops back to Yecheng and temporarily abandon Wucheng and Pingyang.

After another day, Tai Shi Ci finally went around from the south of Zhangshui to the vicinity of Wucheng. After finding out that Wucheng was not garrisoned, Tai Shici organized his troops to cross Zhangshui again at night as quickly as possible, and successfully captured Wucheng before dawn the next day.

When Tai Shi Ci and Xian Yufu made these moves, the spies sent by Gao Ran happened to return from the vicinity of Yecheng, so there was a major omission in the information they brought to Gao Ran, and this omission was the root cause of Gao Ran's defeat.

Gao Ran thought that the Zhenwei Battalion and the Zhenwu Battalion were still north of Fushui, so he immediately led his army to leave Dangyin, and after two consecutive days of marching, he arrived on the opposite bank of Wucheng in the afternoon of the next day. According to the normal deployment, there were 1,500 people stationed in Wucheng at ordinary times, so Gao Ran did not feel that Wucheng would pose any threat to him, and his marching plan was to cross Zhangshui in the evening of the same day, and then spend the night in Wucheng. After the troops arrived in Zhangshui, Gao Ran commanded the troops to cross the river in an orderly manner, and when the troops of the front army were about to enter Wucheng after crossing the river, the upheaval suddenly occurred!

The 15,000 soldiers of the Zhenwei Battalion, who were waiting for work, slaughtered from Wucheng, like tigers descending from the mountains, and like wolves rushing forward, and defeated the unprepared forward troops of the Gao Lan Division with a single look. Tai Shici led 3,000 light cavalry to the front, and soon killed to the shore of Zhangshui.

Gao Lan, who had been ambushed by Bandu, did not care about the nearly 10,000 troops who had already crossed the river, and hurriedly fled towards the upper reaches of Zhangshui with 4,000 soldiers and horses who had not yet had time to cross the river, but walked less than ten miles and was stopped by Chen Guibu, who was following behind.

Gao Ran led the army to charge, Chen Gui commanded the longbowmen and strong crossbowmen to fire, in the chaos of the battle, Gao Ran weighed several arrows, one of the arrows pierced Gao Ran's neck, Gao Ran was killed on the spot, and the Yuan army that returned to Yecheng was annihilated. (To be continued......)