It's night, and the moon is cool.

On the same day, Xi Luan withdrew a total of 170,000 people from Feng Yi, and as soon as Shi Hanqing left, there were still 160,000 elite soldiers left under Xi Yan's command. But since the news of the rebellion came out, Xi Yan was immediately placed on the charcoals.

All the surrounding cities were cut off from the supply of food and grass, and the soldiers of the military palaces in the northwest were eyeing the surroundings, just waiting for the army under Xi Yan's command to show fatigue and rush up. I don't know how many people in the camp harbor evil intentions, and I don't know when their heads will be cut off, and then they will be used to ask for merit.

In the past few days, several groups of people have come to assassinate, all of whom were cut down by Liu Peiqi and Zhan Feihong, who was guarding outside.

After careful consideration, Xi Yan finally decided to withdraw from Jincheng, take the Qunqu Mountain, and go south to Lingjiang...... Perhaps, I really have to leave to save the rest of the things I still care about.

But at the moment when the decision was made, the agitated and muffled sound of the horn came from outside the city.

Is it yourself...... Can't go anymore?

While he was ridiculing and speculating, there were already scouts coming from outside the line.

"General! The Northern Qin army came to attack the city, and it was less than twenty miles away from the West City at this time! ”

Really...... When he can go, he can't make a decision; When he decided to leave, he couldn't leave...... Creation is to play tricks on him like this, and the good luck in Chongdu City in the past is not left in the northwest battlefield.

Xi Yan's face sank, "How many people?" ”

"The striker is about 30,000!"

Xi Yan immediately calculated the chances of defending the city in his heart, and after only a moment's effort, he ordered: "Immediately integrate all the horses and horses, and follow me out of the city to meet the enemy!" ”

"Wait!" Liu Peiqi suddenly raised his hand to dissuade, "General, you are already Da Zhao's enemy at the moment, do you still want to die for Da Zhao?" Listen to the advice of the last general, abandon the city, and while the Northern Qin army is still twenty miles away, we will immediately lead the troops to leave! ”

"Shut up!" Xi Yan turned around and glared at Liu Peiqi angrily, his tone was as agitated as thunder, he thought he was not a benevolent person, but if he wanted him to expose innocent people to Fu Mang's iron hooves again, he was not so cold-blooded.

"Once Jincheng is lost, one hundred and fifty miles from now will be Lingzhou! Do you want Fu Mang to go to Lingzhou to slaughter the city again!? ”

Faced with the young general's questioning, Liu Peiqi could only be speechless.

All the people of Jincheng were evacuated to Lingzhou, but in the face of this last opportunity to evacuate, he still persuaded again: "General! Even if the iron cavalry of Northern Qin is about to set foot in Jincheng, do you have to defend it!? ”

"Guard."

"Even if we're going to be besieged here, won't you ever evacuate?"

"There are still 160,000 people in the city, why should we abandon the city and leave!?"

"Do you have to be like this?"

Xi Yan turned his head suddenly, his burning gaze seemed to burn Liu Peiqi to ashes, "Even if no one will remember us, even if the Northern Qin army is about to set foot in Jincheng, maybe for the sake of Da Zhao, we will all bury our bones here...... But there are still many innocent people behind him, to fight, to defend! ”

Looking at the back of the young general resolutely walking down the city tower, Liu Peiqi seemed to see the entire sky in the northwest covered by thick clouds on his shoulders. Liu Peiqi knew that if he was still alive after this battle, no one would be able to stop his rise.

However, outside Jincheng, 150,000 troops had been assembled. The city gate behind him slowly closed, Xi Yan immediately raised his gun, and said slowly: "Even if Da Zhao bears me, I am still a citizen of Da Zhao today, and the mountains and rivers under my feet ...... It's still the land. The troops obeyed the order, mounted their horses and killed the enemy with me! ”

In the distance, a line appeared outside the city.

Then, the black-pressed enemy army appeared in the eyes of the Great Zhao soldiers, looking at the enemies who came up like a tide, but there was no fear in their eyes.

By this day, most of them have long since put life and death on the line.

What if there are no reinforcements? As long as we have a breath left, we will not let the enemy invade our territory.

Behind him, the gates of the city slowly closed, and the 150,000 troops were already in formation, and the heavy cavalry, all in heavy armor, lined up at the front, followed by the infantry and archers. Archers and lancers lined up on both sides, waiting only for the enemy to approach and detour to the flanks to meet the enemy.

Xi Yan raised his eyes and carefully estimated the distance between the enemy army and his own.

Three hundred and fifty steps is not enough...... It's a little closer.

The word "Fu" on the opposite military flag has been vaguely seen, and the Northern Qin Army led by Fu Mang has a clean military appearance and strong combat power...... Almost all the generals who have fought against him will no longer want to understand Fu Mang's blade.

But at this moment, there was no fear in the eyes of the Da Zhao soldiers, there was only composure and fortitude, or a strong belief in protecting the mountains and rivers.

When there were only 300 steps between the two sides, the general suddenly shouted, "Release the arrow!" ”

In an instant, the arrow feathers broke away from the bowstring and pressed down on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, the sky was obscured.

In the Northern Qin army, the soldiers saw the rain of arrows coming through the air, and methodically formed a formation to resist with shields. Fu Mang, the general of Northern Qin, sneered, "Don't measure yourself!" Keep marching! ”

The distance between the two sides was even closer, two hundred paces...... One hundred and fifty steps!

"Heavy cavalry, charge!"

With another loud shout, Da Zhao's cavalry rushed out like a sea of mountains, this kind of fearless spirit that although tens of millions of people went to me, they rushed straight to Xiaohan on the battlefield.

One hundred and fifty paces is the best distance to charge, and when charging at this distance, when the hand-to-hand combat is the fastest.

At the moment when the two sides were about to meet each other, Xi Yan immediately took the lancers and archers to make a roundabout, intending to disrupt the enemy's lineup. However, Fu Mang was also a battle-hardened person, so he immediately saw through Xi Yan's intentions and ordered the entire army to be closely connected and not leave gaps.

Although the Northern Qin army is the division of tigers and wolves, the Great Zhao army on the other side is more courageous.

Heavy cavalry and lancers charged ahead, while archers roamed around the perimeter to disrupt. For a time, the momentum of the Great Zhao army was high, relying on the advantages of men and horses to come and go in the enemy army like the wind.

He exhausted his own surplus, and the Northern Qin forward army was crushed at the touch of a button, and the 30,000 people were consumed in an instant, while the Great Zhao side had almost no losses.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and at the head of Jincheng City, the sentinels looked out that a large number of Northern Qin troops were coming towards Jincheng not far away. When Xi Yan heard the news, he did not love war, and immediately gave the order to withdraw the troops.

The city gate was closed again, and Xi Yan stood at the head of Jincheng, seeing that the enemy who was several times his size was slowly pressing towards Jincheng.

When they collided under the city, Xi Yan had already learned the fierceness of the Northern Qin army, their military discipline was strict, and every soldier was like a sharp blade, and he was not afraid of the cruelty of the battlefield at all.

Although the Twelve Praetorian Guards under his command were the most elite of the Great Zhao Dynasty, they might be inseparable from the Northern Qin Army in peacetime, but when the grain and grass were about to run out and the medicine was not guaranteed...... It's hard to say exactly how it will end......

In all likelihood, what you are fighting here will be a losing battle.

Thinking of this, Xi Yan asked very calmly: "How many days is the grain and grass in the city enough?" Have all the people of the city been evacuated? ”

He knew that he had to be calm, if he even panicked, the generals and soldiers in the city would be shaken, and what he was most afraid of was the instability of the army.

Liu Peiqi's eyes darkened, and he said respectfully: "Grain and grass, at most, it is enough to last for five days." All the people have been evacuated to Lingzhou. ”

"Five Days ......"

Xi Yan didn't feel much surprised, and still said lightly, "If you stick to it...... Well, we won't have reinforcements. ”

Although he was almost dead, there was no smoke wave in Xi Yan's eyes, his mood had become cold, and there were naturally not many ups and downs in his face.

"Even if the Great Zhao army comes, most of them are to encircle and suppress our so-called rebel army." Xi Yan's face gradually calmed down, but there was a sudden pride in his chest that went straight to the clouds, "Qingyun is dressed in white clothes, and he shoots the wolf with a long arrow." Even if I am destined to bury my bones here, I want these hundreds of thousands of Northern Qin troops to accompany me to bury! Xi Yan said word by word, and Liu Peiqi was terrified when he heard it.

For two days in a row, the Northern Qin army outside the city was preparing for the siege, and after two days, Jincheng had been besieged.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, there is no need to divide the main and secondary, each direction is the main attack. Xi Yan couldn't help but remember that more than a month ago, it was the Great Zhao army led by his brother who attacked the city. More than a month has passed, and the location has not changed, but the offense and defense have changed.

On the third day, as soon as the sky was bright, the Northern Qin army moved...... It seems that the city is about to be attacked.

Dozens of ladders came slowly from all sides, and at the head of the city, all of them were Da Zhao soldiers with the heart of death.

As early as a few days ago, Xi Yan ordered several deep ditches to be dug outside the city. Thanks to this, the Northern Qin army could not get one step closer to Jincheng for a while, let alone erect a ladder in front of the city wall.

Seeing this, Fu Mang, the general of Northern Qin, ordered a catapult to be set up in the distance. Although the catapults of Northern Qin were much behind Zhao, their own army was superior in numbers, and even if they were caught in a fierce battle here, Fu Mang believed that the Great Zhao defenders in the city would not last long.

Xi Yan watched the menacing Northern Qin army from the top of the city, and ordered: "Pass on our military order, when the enemy army is close to one hundred and fifty paces, the archers of the whole army will shoot a round. ”

Liu Peiqi was a little puzzled, "One hundred and fifty steps, will it be too close?" ”

Xi Yan shook his head, "Now we don't have many arrows, and we can't withstand much consumption." And it is easy to break armor with flat shots, but it is difficult to break through armor with projectiles. Flat fire at close range, the most lethal. ”

"Yes," Liu Peiqi ordered again, he was ready to take over the command of the army, after all, Xi Yan was the first time to go to the battlefield, although he had a brave spirit and was familiar with the art of war, but if he encountered a strong enemy army, he still had to rely on himself, a battle-hardened man.

But he didn't expect that Xi Yan would not flinch, and he had always taken it as his responsibility to guard the mountains and rivers, and he was not afraid of the enemy's iron hooves at all.

"Order the rear army, boil oil and boiling water!"

Military orders have been issued one after another, and all the preparations that can be made in the city have been done to the extreme, as for what the result will be, Xi Yan has no heart to guess anymore.