Between the lightning and flint, the pro-soldier lost Tao Huang and pounced on Yang He's big sword.

The sound of a sharp blade slicing through the flesh and skin made the body of the soldier split in two, floating in the air.

Seeing this, Tao Huang's eyes were red, he roared angrily, and fought Yang He with a knife.

After all, it took too much energy to fight back and forth, and after less than twenty rounds, Tao Huang gradually couldn't withstand Yang He's attack.

Yang He saw the opportunity and slashed it in his waist.

If Tao Huang hadn't dodged in time, this knife would have disemboweled him.

Although he escaped by luck, he and Tao Huang were already beaten by Yang He's attack and lost their ability to fight.

He clutched the wound on his waist and covered his intestines that were about to flow out, and vomited blood in his mouth.

With the rapid flow of blood, Tao Huang swayed in place and was a little unsteady on his feet, he only felt that the sky was spinning in front of him, and he might faint at any time.

Seeing this, Yang He was overjoyed: "Tao Huang, you will definitely die today!" ”

After saying that, Yang He danced the big knife and killed again.

Seeing that the situation was critical, several of Tao Huang's personal soldiers rushed to him, grabbed Tao Huang, and separated several people to risk death to block Yang He, and the rest of the personal soldiers couldn't help but say, and Tao Huang ran away on their backs.

Originally, the camp that Tao Huang was in charge of was already in danger, and when Tao Huang left, all the resistance forces completely collapsed.

After Yang He killed the few soldiers who stopped him, he wanted to lead the team to pursue Tao Huang, but was stopped by Lian Jun.

"A lost dog doesn't care about him, hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Tao Kan already knew about the sneak attack on Xichang by General Zu Ti's army. We have to rush to help. ”

The order was issued, and even if Yang He was dissatisfied in his heart, he could only press it, promised, and led his troops to suppress the remnants of Tao Huang.

At the end of the battle, after a short repair of the army for half an hour, Lian Jun selected 5,000 elites to pursue Tao Kan.

It would be false to say that there is no hurry, and Zu Ti's raid on Xichang was a dangerous act.

You must know that Xichang is far away in the hinterland of Luling, and as the seat of Luling County, the defense of Xichang County is not comparable to that of ordinary small counties.

As a raid force, Zu Ti definitely can't carry more supplies with him.

In addition, Zu Ti has also laid a new foundation, and the news has been revealed, and the difficulty of attacking Xichang again can be imagined.

Catch up with Tao Kan at this time to lead the troops back to help, if he can't arrive in time to support, then the situation left for Zu Ti will be a front and back attack, and the enemy will be attacked on the back and back.

And so the five thousand men marched in a hurry.

However, what Lian Jun never expected was that when the 5,000-strong army had just marched to the vicinity of Nan'an County, Tao Kan, who was supposed to be withdrawn, set up an ambush here, which caught Lian Jun off guard.

Five thousand soldiers and horses entered the encirclement in an instant.

If it weren't for the strict discipline of the Jingzhou Army, if it weren't for Lian Jun's proper command, these 5,000 people would have been eaten by Tao Kan.

The loss of these 5,000 people is small, but if Yuzhang loses these 5,000 people to defend, it will be dangerous.

Not to mention whether Zu Li's strange army can be safely withdrawn, I am afraid that Yuzhang will be taken away by Tao Kan.

If it really comes to this point, he won't even have the face to see Yao Yu.

It was originally a military operation against Luling, but it turned out to be cheapened by Tao Kan.

No, Lian Jun hurriedly commanded the remnants to retreat and preserve the living force.

Fortunately, Tao Kan's purpose was only to ambush, not to eat all the 5,000 soldiers and horses.

To be honest, if you want to eat all these 5,000 soldiers and horses, Tao Kan's teeth are not so good.

No, after repelling Lian Jun, Tao Kan immediately led the army to Xichang without stopping.

At this point, it is basically obvious that Tao Huang's 3,000 people are the bait, the bait to coax Lian Jun to be fooled.

If you don't use your nephew as bait, how can Lian Jun be fooled?

Although this ambush did not cause too many losses to Lian Jun's troops, it played a very different role in the morale of both sides.

Lian Jun's headquarters was ambushed and retreated to the Yuzhang border in despair.

On the contrary, it was Tao Kan's department, which went to the direction of Xichang with high morale, and wanted to annihilate the Zu Ti department of the surprise attack with the Xichang defenders.

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Under the city of Xichang, Zu Ti 3,000 soldiers and horses were set aside, and the guard at the head of the city was Tao Kan's nephew and Tao Huang's cousin Tao Pei.

Receiving the news, Taupé was armed in advance.

Although there are not many defenders in Xichang, it is still no problem to hold out until Tao Kan returns to the army.

"Father, the enemy is obviously on guard. If we knock out the emerging news, Tao Kan must also know. At this point, you may have already returned to the defense. The plan for the raid has failed, and it really can't be done, so let's retreat. Otherwise, if we are caught between the front and back, we will all have to explain here. ”

In the Chinese military tent, Zu Lian admonished.

Zu Ti looked at his eldest son faintly: "What do you know." At this time, if we give up attacking Xichang, Tao Pei will definitely go out of the city and delay our footsteps. As long as we wait for Tao Kan's reinforcements to return, our army will still have to face the risk of being flanked in front and back. ”

Zu Lian sighed: "Then father, don't we have no way to live." ”

"No, there are still some, that is, to take Xichang before Tao Kan returns."

"Father, you're joking, we're traveling lightly and without any siege engines. The number of people is only a few people, how difficult it is to take Xichang. ”

"If you want to live, there is only one way. I have calculated, it will take about five days for Tao Kan's reinforcements to come back, and within five days, Xichang must be taken. Otherwise, you, my father and son, will only have their souls buried elsewhere. ”

Zu Lian's mouth opened and he stopped talking.

He looked back at his younger brother Zuzhi, and the two brothers had similar expressions.

3,000 people took Xichang County in five days, this is not a joke, what is this?

The defenders in Xichang City are not vegetarians.

However, Zu Ti didn't care about this, but asked Zu Lian to recruit some people from various villages and towns outside the city.

In this regard, Zu Lian did not understand very much: "Father, what do you want the people to do?" ”

"You have time to ask this, you might as well do what I say. Unless, you want your father to die under the city of Xichang. ”

Hearing this, Zu Lian shuddered, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he hurriedly did so.

In this way, Zu Lian went to recruit the people, and Zu Li, together with his youngest son Zu Zhi, led his soldiers to attack Xichang.

They built the simplest siege ladder and braved the rain of arrows to climb the city walls.

In terms of boosting morale, Zu Ti is a good hand, and he doesn't need to say anything, as long as he takes the lead, those soldiers will be grateful and follow the courage.

Three thousand people, attacking day and night, Tao Pei was a little delirious.

He even suspected for a moment that the enemy army outside the city was not 3,000, but 30,000, otherwise, why was the combat strength so strong? How can the pressure be so great?

As a last resort, Tao Pei could only lead his own soldiers to rush to the head of the city to defend and put out fires everywhere, for fear that if he was not careful, he would be broken through the city wall by Zu Ti and capture Xichang.