The two of you said this, and I said something that Yuan Shu didn't know what to say for a while, but thinking about it, it seemed that only this method was feasible in front of him, so he said: "That's the case, then let's handle it like this, by the way, General Liang will bring more dry food when he leaves, you can eat while hurrying, so that you will have the strength to fight when you arrive in Shexian County." ”

"Thank you for your concern." Liang Gang hurriedly clenched his fists and said, and then left the camp, which ordered Li Feng's soldiers who originally belonged to him.

Li Feng stayed behind and began to urge the army to cook.

Under the city of Shexian City, there were countless ladders rushing forward, and under each ladder were ten soldiers of the Fifth Legion, who carried the ladder with one hand and a weapon in the other, and rushed forward like a roar.

Behind the army, there is a big banner of Xu Zi unfurled in the wind, and the commander of the legion, Xu Huang, and the military advisor Xu Shu are looking at the scene in front of them.

"Gongming, everything is planned, whether we can successfully attack Shexian is related to the next situation, we must pay close attention." Xu Shu said with a straight face at this time. No matter how high his intelligence is, a siege war like this must be fought in real terms, but it cannot be solved with a word or two.

"The military division can rest assured, and the deputy commander of the regiment will lead the troops, so we can just rest assured. In the county, we have already planted people in Shexian County, and with their cooperation, Shexian County can be captured in less than an hour. Xu Huang said with confidence. This is also due to his confidence in his subordinates, and the daily military training during this period is not in vain. In line with Zhang Chao's policy of sweating more during training and shedding less blood during wartime, they started everything from actual combat, and although there will be some injuries during training, it is always good that when the two armies fight, the result of death is much better.

Xu Shu on the side heard Xu Huang say that there were also people in the city who responded, and couldn't help but sigh and nodded, "Our lord is powerful, and he has already arranged for the members of Tianyan to do everything, if we can't win like this, then we will really become sinners." ”

"Rest assured, the military advisor will definitely win." Xu Huang also nodded and said.

At the same time that the army received the order, it also ushered in a group leader of the Tianyan members, and when this person told them about the situation in Shexian County, he was indeed very surprised at that time. He didn't expect that a small county would have ambushed two thousand people by members of Tianyan.

This number is not small for a city with a population of 50,000, not to mention that the garrison of Yuan Shao here is only 5,000.

With the cooperation of this secret army, Xu Huang is even more confident in taking this place, and now all they have to do is how to use this advantage to achieve the expansion of victory. Fortunately, with Xu Shu's clever plan, coupled with Ji Ling's successful rebellion, all the plans are seamless, and the next thing is to see how effective the army is, and Xu Huang is very confident in this, so there should be no problem.

Under the gaze of Xu Huang and Xu Shu, the deputy commander Ji Lingzheng led 30,000 soldiers to launch a fierce siege.

Thirty thousand trained elite forces approached the castle tower with a ladder, slashing their bows and arrows from under the city walls with one hand, and then strode forward.

Facing the soldiers of the Fifth Army Corps who were eyeing him, the general guarding the county town was sweating profusely. Because of military spending, it is impossible for him to train the army like the Five Legions, you know, the most important thing to need during training is food, if the physical strength can't keep up, it's better not to train.

It is precisely because of the lack of strength that the soldiers of the county are rarely trained, and it is not difficult to do so, most of them will also work part-time, and they will go to farming when they have time, and even some people will do business, etc., which also makes the combat effectiveness of this army very pitiful.

Now that the troops are inferior to the other side, the combat strength is not as good as the other party, and the general defending the city is really innumerable, and he can't hold the city wall, and the eyes that look at the rear from time to time have already exposed his worries.

"Quick, keep releasing the arrows, and don't be stingy with those sleepers and boulders, and the oil and oil, and throw them all down." Knowing that his advantage was only one city wall, the general guarding the city said to his subordinates anxiously.

"General, we only have bows and arrows in our hands, no pillows and boulders, and we have run out of oil." A Qu chief beside the general, who was in charge of five hundred people, whispered.

"What? It's only been a long time, why is it gone, what's going on? The general guarding the city looked stunned, and intuitively told him that something must be wrong.

"That's the case, some black-clothed men with weapons suddenly appeared in the city, and they actually surrounded the munitions depot in the city, and the things there couldn't be transported at all, and Li Quchang had already rushed over with his soldiers."

"There are men in black in the city." Listening to this report, the general guarding the city said badly, and his face changed greatly: "That must be the internal response of the Fifth Legion, and the number of people should not be too much, so you and the two Qu Commanders of Wang and Sun will lead the troops forward, no matter what, you can't mess up in the city first, kill those black-clothed people, and then quickly bring over the items guarding the city." ”

It is said that the general who defended the city was also decisive, and as soon as he heard that something was going on in the city, he immediately made a decision.

As soon as Qu Chang heard that he was going to send the other two Qu Chang down, it would be equivalent to sending a full 2,000 people, so the strength to defend the city would be weak, so he couldn't help but remind him, "General, but in this way, we have too few soldiers to defend the city." ”

"Don't worry about me here, you just have to go, as long as you are fast enough and can transport the items defending the city in time, you can defend the city, and I have already sent someone to ask for reinforcements, I believe that it will not be long before the Yuan Shu army will arrive, and we will be safe at that time." The general defending the city said very decisively, in his opinion, although it is a little difficult for 3,000 people to defend the city, but with the height of the city wall, he is also seventy percent sure.

Hearing what the general said, the Qu Chang had no choice but to nod his head and agree, so he called the king and Sun respectively, and they led their men down the city wall and went straight to the direction of the city's munitions depot.

After seeing that there were only 3,000 troops under his command, the general also gritted his teeth and shouted loudly, "Don't panic, the bow and arrow are shooting, as long as we can hold out for an hour, reinforcements will come, so the victory will be ours." ”

The general's shouting like this had a great effect on morale, especially when he heard the news that reinforcements were coming, these 3,000 people were full of morale after shouting.

It's just that such soldiers soon changed with the next change, that is, under the city, thousands of black-clothed people suddenly rushed towards the city gate with sharp weapons.

The sudden change caught everyone off guard, and when the general defending the city found these people, those men in black had already rushed up to the city tower and started hand-to-hand combat with them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ji Ling, who was outside the city, rushed up from the cloud ladder with an army of 30,000, so under the attack from both sides, the 3,000 soldiers defending the city were quickly overwhelmed by the number of troops like a vast sea of troops of the Fifth Legion, and finally died to the death.

The whole battle did not take an hour from the beginning to the end, and when they saw that the Yuan flag on the city was torn off and replaced with a tall and big Zhang Zi flag, Xu Huang and Xu Shu were both happy on their faces, and then the army waved and said to the remaining 70,000 people: "Go, enter the city." ”

Zhang Xun also led the army to Shexian non-stop.

Although such a continuous rush is a great drain on physical strength, Zhang Xun can't care so much at this time, he has heard of the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Army Corps, so he doesn't think that the county defense soldiers who have not been trained can hold on, he just hopes that the other party can hold on for a while and wait for his arrival.

In this way, in a hurry, the thirty-mile road was walked twenty-five miles, and when you could see the city wall of Shexian County from a distance, and even the torches on the city wall in the dark, there was indeed a scout in front of you to send the news, that is, the county town of Shexian had been lost, and now it had been occupied by Zhang Chao's Fifth Army.

"How can it be so fast." Hearing that it was occupied so quickly, Zhang Xun was naturally shocked. That's 5,000 people, and even 5,000 pigs can't be killed in less than two hours.

When Zhang Xun was still shocked, the scout came with even worse news, Xu Huang actually led a large army to kill them, and now he has gone out of the city, and the two sides are less than five miles away.

"What?" Hearing that Xu Huang was out of the city, Zhang Xun's face changed.

For Xu Huang, Zhang Xun has heard of him, and he knows his strength very well, he is confident that he will not be the opponent of the other party, not to mention that he only has 30,000 horses, and at the same time, he was immediately frightened, and hurriedly made a decision: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly, return to meet the lord." ”

Shexian has been taken, so it is naturally useless to stay here, even so, it is better to withdraw earlier, at least it can retain its strength.

In this way, the 30,000 troops who had just run twenty-five miles were transformed into the rear army, and they ran back again.

It's just that the speed of the army has been significantly reduced this time, and those who ride horses are naturally better, and for most of the infantry, this kind of running is also exhausting.

But no matter how much he complained, he could only turn around and run now, because a powerful trembling sound had already reached his feet, and it should be the cavalry of the Fifth Legion. Thinking that it might be a small game to be overwhelmed by being overtaken, the infantry began to run in a hurry, which quickly caused the ranks of 30,000 men to become chaotic.