Just when the Han army was concentrating its forces to fill the moat outside the east city, one mile away from the west city gate, Zhao Yun had led 10,000 troops to quietly ambush in a forest, patiently waiting for the opening of the west city gate, he was very confident in Wu Ban, and even more confident in the Eagle Strike Army, he knew very well that the strong combat effectiveness of the three hundred Eagle Strike Army was not pressed by the three thousand army.

Time passed little by little, and there was still half an hour before the second watch, Zhao Yun turned around and shouted in a low voice: "Pass the order, don't slack off, and be ready to attack at any time." ”

In the Nan'an Hostel in the southwest corner of Taiyuan City, three hundred soldiers of the Eagle Strike Army have put on full armor, each with a spear, a combat knife, a pair of crossbow arrows and a round shield, more than a dozen soldiers are still carrying long ropes, the soldiers are trembling, lined up in six rows, Wu Ban said to everyone: "General Zhao Yun is already waiting outside the city, our task is to seize the West City Gate, to be fast, to be ruthless, to be clean, not to have pity, not to neglect the military order, violators of the order will be beheaded!" ”

"Obey!" The soldier shouted in a low voice, his voice neat and powerful.

At this time, Zhang Qu hurriedly ran over and said, "General Wu, the patrol soldiers on the street have passed." ”

Wu Ban nodded and waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”

Three hundred Eagle Strike soldiers rushed out quickly, their costumes were exactly the same as Cao's, their ranks were neat, their movements were swift and powerful, and they trotted towards the west gate, and the rhythmic sound of 'Click! Click! Click! 'The sound of footsteps.

Just as they were approaching Xicheng, exactly two dozen Cao soldiers who had changed the guard came down from the city, all of them were exhausted, stretching their waists, yawning, and walking towards them.

"Whose subordinates are you?" The Marquis of the First Army asked.

Wu Ban sneered, and a word burst out from between his teeth, "Kill!" ”

Three hundred eagles struck the army together with crossbows, the arrows were dense and powerful, more than 20 Cao soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, all were killed, not a single live mouth was left, but the screams of the Cao soldiers alarmed the defenders at the head of the city, more than a dozen people have been lying on the female wall to look down, because the night is dark, they can't see the situation below, but they feel a little confused, an officer asked loudly: "What's going on down there?" ”

Wu Ban agreed: "It's nothing, a brother has stumbled and fallen." ”

He gave Zhang Jin a glance to the army, and said in a low voice: "I'll go open the city gate, and you will take two hundred brothers and prepare to rush into the urn city!" ”

Wu Ban led a hundred people to walk quickly towards the head of the city, and as he walked, he said in a loud voice: "I am ordered by the king to take over the city gate, you can evacuate!" ”

Dozens of soldiers in the city were stunned, the army was in charge of General Qian, when was it asked by Wang Tingshi, but this army was all Cao Jun armor, they didn't react for a while, Wu Ban strode up to the city and shouted, "Do it!" ”

He raised his sword and slashed the leading officer to death at the head of the city, and his subordinates behind him swooped up, quickly surrounding more than 20 Cao soldiers, and before they could react, more than 20 people were stabbed to death by random spears.

A few soldiers ran to pull the city gate hub, the city gate below slowly opened, and the two hundred eagle soldiers who had been waiting under the city rushed into the urn city under the leadership of the military marquis Zhang Jin, and ran towards the outer city gate.

At this moment, the jǐng bell on the inner city suddenly rang on the spot, the sound was piercing and loud, echoing in the night sky, Wu Ban turned around, only to find that a Cao soldier had escaped and rang the jǐng bell, Wu Ban was furious, and threw the spear in his hand with all his might, and the spear pierced the chest of the Cao soldier and nailed him to the ground.

However, the sound of the report jǐng alarmed the defenders of Dongcheng, and some soldiers hurriedly reported to Zhaozhao, who was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly realized that the Han army was attacking the west in the east, filling the moat in the east, and attracting the defense of the defenders, but their real target was Xicheng.

Zhao suddenly remembered that the Han army who had not been caught, he was so anxious that he stomped his foot, and shouted: "Come with me, he turned over and got on his horse and led nearly two thousand soldiers to run towards the west city gate." ”

There were more than 400 defenders in Xicheng, most of them were concentrated in the outer city, and there was no need for jǐng bells at this time, and the soldiers in the outer city had already been violently attacked by the Eagle Strike Army.

On the road of Shangcheng, one hundred and fifty soldiers of the Eagle Strike Army were fighting fiercely with the Cao army with shields and spears in their hands, the road was very narrow, less than one zhang wide, and the three hundred soldiers of the Cao Army were condescending and had the advantage of strength, but they were killed by the Eagle Strike Army and retreated, and the corpses were piled up all over the road.

Twenty soldiers of the Eagle Strike Army dismounted and released arrows, the arrow method jīng accurate, an arrow shè out, a soldier must fall to the ground with an arrow, only a moment, there were sixty or seventy people hit the arrow, frightened the rest of the Cao soldiers to retreat, seeing that the enemy was about to kill the city, more than 300 Cao soldiers have been killed and wounded, the remaining soldiers were frightened, the military heart quickly collapsed, I don't know who shouted, "Escape!" ”

The soldiers of the Cao army at the head of the city scattered and fled, and the Han army occupied the head of the city, opened the city gate, lowered the drawbridge, and raised torches to signal.

Zhao Yun saw the torches on the city from afar, and was immediately overjoyed, he turned on his horse and shouted: "Brothers, go into the city!" ”

"Kill!"

10,000 Han soldiers launched an attack, shouting, overwhelmingly killing the city, rushing to the city in a moment, Zhao Yun took the lead and rushed into the city gate, and the surging Han soldiers behind poured into the west city gate like a big cháo.

And at this time, the army led by Zhao was hurrying to come, there were more than two hundred steps away from Xicheng, he stopped his horse, and watched the surging Han army into Xicheng in amazement, for a while, he turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of Beicheng, he knew that Taiyuan had been lost, and it was to see if he could escape from Beicheng

From the arrival of the Han army in Taiyuan at dusk, to the capture of Taiyuan through the two watches, the time before and after was less than four hours, and at this time, Yedu had just been determined, and the beacon fire came from the direction of Taiyuan.

Cao Pi paced back and forth restlessly in the room with his hands in his hands, he was extremely anxious in his heart, and there was a beacon fire from Taiyuan, indicating that it must be the Han army attacking and annexing the state, what should he do at this time? My father mobilized 250,000 troops to concentrate in the plains, 60,000 troops in Guanzhong, and 30,000 troops in Youzhou and Liaodong, while Yedu and Hebei only had 50,000 troops to defend them.

Is he going to lead these 50,000 troops to save Taiyuan? Not to mention that he has no right to mobilize the army, even if he can mobilize it, he transfers the army to Taiyuan, so what will Ye do?

Cao Pi was upset in his heart, and stopped looking at the roof and sighed, at this time, a soldier reported, "Xin Changshi is asking to see him outside the mansion!" ”

Xin Changshi is a strategist Xin Pi, the official prime minister Changshi, Cao Cāo ordered him to assist Cao Pi, is one of Cao Pi's most trusted henchmen, and is also Cao Pi's right-hand man, Cao Pi heard that Xin Pi was coming, and hurriedly said: "Quickly invite him in!" ”

Not long after, Xin Bi walked into the inner hall quickly, Xin Bi came for the matter of Taiyuan, the reason why he was so concerned and anxious, because his brother Xin Ping was an official in Taiyuan, he was really worried about his brother's safety.

"See the eldest son!" Simbi bowed.

Cao Pi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Changshi, please take a seat!" ”

Xin Bi sat down and said, "Does the eldest son know about the Taiyuan Beacon Fire?" ”

"How could I not know!"

Cao Pi sighed and said, "Now I'm upset and don't know what to do, please teach me Changshi." ”

"It's very simple, the eldest son should immediately send troops and order General Xu Huang to lead 20,000 people to save Taiyuan."

"But" Cao Pi hesitated and said, "I don't have the right to use troops, have you forgotten Changshi?" ”

"I know the way, but the son has the prime minister's gold medal, and he can use the gold medal to transfer troops to Taiyuan."

Cao Pi was a little embarrassed, his father gave him a gold medal when he left, this is an emergency transfer order to prevent similar chaos when the ambush is over, only limited to Yedu, now it is an accident in Taiyuan, which is related to the overall situation of the world, he sent troops without reporting to his father, is this okay?

Xin Bi knew that Cao Pi was embarrassed, and persuaded in a deep voice: "Gongzi doesn't have to worry, and the state already belongs to the hinterland of the Central Plains, for Yedu, even more important than Guanzhong, if the state is not guaranteed, Yedu and Taiyuan are only separated by a Taihang Mountain, the Han army can be killed at any time, if we are forced to move the capital, Hebei will not be guaranteed, so Taiyuan's strategic position is extremely important, if Gongzi has to wait for the Prime Minister's order, once the fighter plane is delayed, causing serious consequences, the status of Gongzi will have a huge impact, no less than the last Yuan's rebellion. ”

Cao Pi's heart was in a mess, and his mind was blank, and after a while, he bit his lip and said, "Let me think about it again." ”

"Childe, don't think about it anymore!"

Xin Bi got up suddenly, glared at Cao Pi and said sharply: "Now is the time to test Gongzi's decision, half an hour has passed since the beacon fire showed jǐng, and Gongzi still can't make up his mind, doesn't this seem that Gongzi is indecisive, sooner or later he will have to transfer troops, it is better to transfer troops now, even if he can't save Taiyuan, but at least it still shows Gongzi's decision, so that the prime minister will not blame Gongzi for being slow to rescue." ”

"Okay!" Cao Pi was finally persuaded by Xin Bi, he took out the gold medal, put on a robe and said, "Let's go to the barracks!" ”

Cao Pi and Xin Bi walked out of the mansion, turned over their horses, and the two of them rushed to the military camp outside the city under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, and after a while, they ran to the gate of the military camp, at this time Xu Huang had received the news, and led the officers out of the camp to greet them.

"See the eldest son!"

Cao Pi and Xu Huang went north to Liaodong together, formed a deep friendship, and also won Xu Huang's support for him, he turned over and dismounted, and quickly stepped forward to show the gold medal, "General Xu, I order you to immediately lead 20,000 jīng Rui to Taiyuan, leave now, without the slightest delay." ”

Xu Huang was stunned, to mobilize his army to go to Bingzhou, there must be a tiger talisman, just a gold medal is not enough, the gold medal is only limited to the transfer of troops in the capital city.

However, Xu Huang also knew that there was an accident in Taiyuan and the situation was critical, he looked at the prime minister's gold medal in Cao Pi's hand, bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and resolutely said: "Obey the order!" ”

Xu Huang turned back to the deputy general Zang Ba and said: "I personally led 20,000 troops to Taiyuan, you can lead the army to stay in Yedu, and obey the orders of the eldest son." ”

"The last general obeys!"

Xu Huang walked quickly back to the camp, and Zang Ba quickly handed over military power, and half an hour later, Xu Huang led 20,000 Jīng Rui Cao troops to leave Yedu overnight, marching all the way to the north, and marched rapidly in the direction of Taihang Shanjing.

At this time, it was two watches in the night, Cao Pi and Xu Huang didn't know what to do, and at this time, the Han army had already invaded Taiyuan City.