The tens of thousands of troops of the Hu Lawyers Association are moving in Gyeonggi, which is less than 100 miles away from Yecheng, and of course they can't stop the spread of news to all around.

Sometimes, the news of the people was better than the official news, and the news that tens of thousands of border troops were going to rebel was immediately based on the route of the Hu Lawyers Association's army, and quickly spread in all directions.

Since learning that there was an army of tens of thousands of people coming towards Yecheng at a rapid pace, the people inside and outside Yecheng were suddenly 'chaotic', and the people living outside the city hurriedly ran to Yecheng with their families, trying to hide in the city, which thought it was a safer place.

However, there are also more people in the city who flee outside the city with their families, because these more knowledgeable Yecheng people know better that hiding in the city is likely to be forced to help the government defend the city as cannon fodder, of course, during this period of history, the people may not only be used as cannon fodder, but also often used the people as military food.

When Hou Jingzhi was in turmoil, Emperor Wu of Liang was trapped in Taicheng, because the food in the city was eaten, and then he simply ate people, and Taicheng began to have more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, but when the city was broken, there were only a few thousand people left.

These fleeing civilians know very well that if the government cannot hold the city, after the rebels break through the city, they who help defend the city are more likely to be killed by the 'chaotic' army.

Not far to the west of Yecheng is the Taihang Mountains, which stretch for thousands of miles, and as long as these people can hide in the mountains to the west before the 'rebel' army arrives, then the safety factor will be even greater than in the city.

Although the Taihang Mountains during the Northern and Southern Dynasties have always been known for their abundance of robbers and horses, the strength of these bandits may not be as famous as the Taishan bandits, but they are not much worse. The people near Yecheng also know a lot about their situation.

However, even though they knew that there were a large number of bandits in Taihang Mountain, these people were still more willing to stay away from the scourge of officers and soldiers, and kept fleeing into the mountain.

Everyone still knows the truth that "bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like washing," and bandits may only rob their own money, but some officers and soldiers want to exchange the heads of the people for military merits.

At the beginning, the generals guarding the 'gate' also wanted to prevent the people in the city from escaping from the city, which caused a large number of people to be dissatisfied, and there were even some powerful officials and family members among them.

In order to avoid accidents, after consulting Yang Su, he finally opened the city 'gate' and let these people out of the city 'gate', but in order to prevent the rebels outside the city from 'mixing' into the city, it would be impossible for the people outside the city to enter the city. In desperation, many people outside the city also followed the continuous flow of people from the city to the mountains to the west.

While the people inside and outside the city were 'chaotic', the defenders in Yecheng quickly moved under the command of the general of the forbidden army, Er Zhu Hun Tianhe.

Under the leadership of the generals of their respective battalions, groups of soldiers climbed the city wall to guard according to the prior allocation, and a large cauldron was quickly set up on the city, and the original version of the biological and chemical weapons known as 'golden juice' were boiled inside.

The arsenal in the Sendu Garden on the west side of the palace has been stored in the arsenal that has not been touched for more than ten years, and this meeting has finally come in handy.

The soldiers quickly moved these equipment out of the arsenal, cleaned up the dust that had accumulated on it, and put it on the tall head of Yecheng after debugging.

Erzhu Hun Tianhe selected some of the most 'elite' soldiers, and then took them to a storehouse, which was filled with a large wooden chest, and when he opened it, he saw a treasure knife with a pitch-black and translucent handle.

The Xiangzhou knife used by the soldiers of the Yecheng Praetorian Guard on weekdays is the knife made by Xiangzhou, which is known as the most "fine" armor in the world near Yecheng.

Even the weapons used by some of the border troops are not as 'sophisticated' as the knife of a non-commissioned officer of the forbidden army, but these weapons in front of them seem to be much better than the Xiangzhou knife.

A forbidden army captain curiously picked up a steel knife, only to feel a stream of cool air coming out from the blade, revealing a terrible cool air, holding the horsetail sword spike on his waist and leaning up, feeling that the sword spike was broken into two before he could get up, the captain and the surrounding soldiers suddenly took a breath of cool air.

Erzhu Hun Tianhe shouted: "They are all stunned, these treasure knives are all sword made by Qi Wuhuaiwen and his disciples collected by Emperor Gao and Emperor Wenxuan over the years, and they are divine weapons that can cut off 30 iron armors in one go!" Now that the Hu Lawyers Association is leading the army to make 'chaos', you are all loyal and good people of the times, and now these swords are assigned to you and others to use, hoping that you and others will kill the enemy to repay the country's kindness. ”

may think that everyone is willing to listen to the empty words, so Erzhu Hun Tian and the words changed: "As long as the rebels are quelled this time, not only will these treasures and knives be left to you as heirlooms, but each person will also have 300 acres of fertile land and 100 horses of silk!" Those who have military merits can also be knighted! ”

Now these guards are happy, they are also the descendants of the Gao family for generations, but no one likes to listen to empty words, and now when they hear the reward of the imperial court, they suddenly cheer loudly with a smile on their faces.

Not only is a hundred pieces of silk worth a lot, but also hundreds of acres of fertile land that can be passed down for a hundred generations, as well as the divine soldiers that can no longer be made since the death of Qi's mother Huaiwen, these are all valuable and comparable to a thousand gold.

Not long after the last group of people who left the city left, the defenders at the head of the city saw a cloud of smoke and dust rising in the distance, and with the rumbling of horses' hooves, thousands of cavalry came to a few hundred meters outside the city.

Seeing that the 'gate' of Yecheng City was closed, the flags on the city were unfurled, the soldiers were in full armor, and they could vaguely see the smoke coming from the fire burning on the city's head, these cavalrymen immediately knew that the defenders in the city had probably received the news of their own attack, and knew that they would never be able to capture the city 'gate' again.

Under the command of the cavalry leader, the cavalry quickly circled the city to inspect whether there were camps of the defenders outside the city, because since ancient times, the generals who defended the city liked to set up camps in dangerous places not far from the city to take advantage of the situation, otherwise it would be difficult to defend the lonely city for a long time.

Seeing that there was not a single soldier of the defenders outside the city, the cavalry leader was immediately overjoyed, and he sent troops to guard several city 'gates' in Yecheng on the one hand, and sent people to report to the infantry army that followed dozens of miles away.

By the time Shen arrived in the afternoon, more than 20,000 infantry troops also came to Yecheng City, which had not been invaded by war soldiers for decades, and once again ushered in the siege of tens of thousands of troops.

And what people didn't expect was that the attack on Yecheng this time was actually an army led by the Shuozhou Assassin Shi Hu Lawyers Association, who had always been quite loyal.

Probably trying to persuade Xie Hu to change his mind, Yang Yu took Yan Zixian and several other Han officials to the east 'gate' city tower, looking at the endless army in the distance, Yan Zixian and others were suddenly dizzy.

However, after all, Yang Su followed Gao Huan to charge into battle in person, and he still looked calm and composed, not happy with things, not sad with himself.

Even the Hu Lawyers Association outside the city 'gate' was secretly impressed when they saw Yang Su's appearance, and at this time, Yang Su's voice came from the city tower: "General Hu Lu, I know that you just did this kind of wrong thing for a while, so let's change your mind earlier!" You have to think about the kindness of Gaozu and Emperor Wen to you over the years! ”

Hearing Yang Su's persuasion, Hu Lawyers Association still felt a little guilty in his heart, but he still said to Yang Su: "Lord Yang, if you hadn't waited for the Han officials to 'force' step by step, how could I have done such a thing, and now that the arrow is ready to be sent, you don't have to say more!" ”

As soon as he heard Hu Lawyers Association speak like this, Yang Su suddenly felt that things were not easy to handle, Hu Lawyers Association was a good hand at leading troops to fight, but like other Hu generals, he admitted death, once he made a decision, dozens of horses could not pull it back.

After thinking about it, Yang Su said loudly to the Hu Lawyers Association: "If this is the case, the crime lies all with me, and I am willing to die to thank the world, but now Your Majesty is a rare Ming Jun, why don't you let General Hu Lu continue to assist Your Majesty on my behalf?" ”

Hu Lawyers' Association didn't make a sound, and a general next to him who had been bowing his head and being speechless suddenly raised his head, laughed and said to Yang Su on the city tower: "Lord Yang, it's like this, don't bother anymore!" ”

Seeing the person who spoke, Yang Yu and the generals and soldiers in the city who knew this person were all shocked, and the person who spoke turned out to be Gao Yan.

No one thought that Da Sima and Changshan Wang Gao Yan, who had been sitting in Jinyang before and were responsible for commanding the armies of more than ten prefectures and counties in Hedong and Shanxi, would hide in the tens of thousands of troops of the Hu Lawyers Association who went south.

It turned out that since the Turks and other tribes withdrew their troops, the pressure on the northern front was greatly reduced, and at this time, Daxi Chengxing's army was also assassinated again by Yuwen Hu, the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and withdrew and returned to Zhengping County under the order of Yu Wenhu.

In this way, the foreign enemy has gone, so the contradiction of the domestic struggle for power has become the first place, so Gao Yan took the opportunity of the Hulu Association army to go south after some consultation with the strategists, and hid in the army, preparing to take Yecheng by surprise when passing near Yecheng.

However, Yang Su, who didn't want to be in Yecheng, was also very worried that the Hu Lawyers Association passed near Yecheng, and did not let the Hu Lawyers Association go south from Shuozhou-Taiyuan County-Shangdang County-Yecheng route, but directly from Shuozhou along the Hutuo River to the east into Changshan County, and then to Jizhou.

When the army of the Hu Lawyers Association had not yet arrived in Jizhou, in order to win over the Hu Lawyers Association and sabotage Gao Yan's 'yin' scheme, Yang Su gave Yang Su an order under the pretense of Gao Yin's order, asking the Hu Lawyers Association to turn east to pacify Wang Yong's forces, which had occupied the land of Sanqi for almost a year.

After receiving an order from Yang Su in the name of Emperor Gao Yin, Hu Lawyers Association suddenly didn't know what to change. Later, under Gao Yan's signal, Hu Lawyers Association pretended to act on Yecheng's orders, and quietly made arrangements.

On the second day, the Hu Lawyers Association still led an army of 50,000 to continue southward, and after reaching Qinghe County, when it was dark and no one was there, the Hu Lawyers Association transferred more than 30,000 town troops to the nearby meadows by the Qinghe River to hide.

The next day, the remaining 20,000 or so troops set off without waiting for dawn, and along the way, under the banner of 50,000 troops, they drove to Pingyuan County with great fanfare.

In order to be able to 'confuse' and 'confuse' the surrounding spies and scouts, the Hu Lawyers Association even sent the most 'elite' 1,000 'elite' cavalry and thousands of other cavalry around them, and these cavalrymen had some small branches tied to their horses, and the smoke and dust raised made the scouts who were watching from a distance believe that the Hu Lawyers Association's army had gone to Pingyuan County.

In the evening of the same day, the 30,000 troops, who had been resting for a day, followed the Qinghe River all the way west to the vicinity of Yangping County under the leadership of the Hu Lawyers Association, and then turned to Zhangshui to continue the upward stream.

Along the way, the army left the sparsely populated place for the sake of secrecy, but at this time, the land of Hebei was a relatively rich place after all, even if it was a remote place, there were people after all, and I don't know how many unjust souls were added along the way in order to keep it secret.

However, when it was only 100 miles away from Yecheng, because the surrounding area of Yecheng was densely populated, it was no longer possible to contain the fire, and Gao Yan saw that it was not far from Yecheng, and he could reach the city in one day at most.

Therefore, under Gao Yan's order, Hu Lawyer's Association ordered thousands of cavalry to quickly rush to Yecheng, trying to storm and seize the city 'gate' in one fell swoop, and he led the remaining more than 20,000 infantry to follow.

But I don't want to because Yang Su is not at ease with the Hu Lawyers Association, he sent a lot of scout agents, although most of them were cleaned up by the soldiers under the Hu Lawyers Association, but the leader who led these scouts was a general who had been with Yang Su for many years.

Because of his strong martial arts, and many of his brothers saved their lives, he escaped with his life, but by the time Yang Yu learned the news, the 30,000 troops of the Hu Lawyers Association led by Gao Yan were already less than 100 miles away from Yecheng.

By the time all the 30,000 troops of the Hu Lawyers Association came to the city of Yecheng, Erzhu Hun Tianhe had already led the army and was already ready.

This is next to the south wall of Cao Wei Yecheng newly built new Yecheng in later generations and called Nanye City, it was newly built in the early years of the Eastern Wei Dynasty when Gao Huan moved the capital to Yecheng, the city is 6 miles long from east to west, 8 miles and 18 steps from north to south, it is not much smaller than Jiankang City, but the prosperity of Jiankang lies more in the countless towns and cities outside the city, and Yecheng is just a city.

The tall walls and heavy gates seemed to be an unbreakable protective shell that had previously protected the weakening Hu and Han ruling classes in the city, but now they had become a barrier for Gao Yin and Yang Su and others, who hoped that Gao Yan would be able to return from the defeat under the city of Yecheng.

Yang Su didn't know that there was a famous saying in the Tang Dynasty 'one don't do, two don't stop', since he has begun to do the matter of grabbing the emperor's throne, where is there room to turn back and redeem it, of course, now there is also an idiom of 'arrow on the string, have to be sent'!

In addition, it is still that sentence, since ancient times, there has been no unbreakable fortified city, and today's Yecheng not only has tens of thousands of troops outside the city, but also a large number of Xianbei nobles who are not in harmony with Yang Su and others who are towards Gao Yan and Gao Zhan.

Erzhu Hun Tianhe has to guard the city wall on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has to send troops to guard against the turmoil caused by the internal should that may suddenly appear in the city, the pressure is not ordinary small, once the city is lost, he himself is also the object of Gao Yan and other Xianbei nobles to clean up.

Gao Yan under the city didn't seem to be in a hurry, because there were preparations in the city and the city gate was closed early, which caused the cavalry sent by the Hu Lawyers Association to not make meritorious contributions, but Gao Yan did not get angry because of this, but still rewarded these cavalry with a kind face.

I don't know if it's because there are not many troops in Yecheng or other reasons, Gao Yan ordered the army to slaughter pigs and sheep first to reward the soldiers, and he was not in a hurry to attack the city wall at all.

Soon after nightfall, the Hu Law Association thwarted the attempted sneak attack of the soldiers in the city, and hundreds of defenders who came to sneak attack were killed, which greatly reduced the morale of the defenders in the city.

When it was half ugly in the middle of the night, it was the most sleepy and weak time of the day, when a violent shout of killing suddenly sounded in the city, and then the east 'gate' of Yecheng was opened with the sound of swords.

Tens of thousands of troops who had been prepared outside the city quickly poured into the city from the east 'gate', and the forbidden army loyal to Gao Yin in the city suddenly came to resist, and the two sides quickly fought together, so there was a tragic scene in the city that was fought in the city before.

(Thanks to the sword qi like frost, I am a little padded jacket, the prince of the east of the five towns, and the brothers of Tianshan in Yijian Town, I have some small 'agitation' in my heart on the most potential Feng Tui, and I broke 100 so early on the first day!) ）