Qin Lang knew that he would not have much time to attack, and if he delayed under Beizhong City for too long and made Zhang Xi ready to defend on the flanks, then his surprise attack would be meaningless.

Therefore, Qin Lang would rather take a risk and quickly storm Beizhong City, striving to break through this place in the shortest possible time, and then continue to advance eastward.

According to Qin Lang's estimate, if he could break through Beizhong City within five days, he would still be able to grasp the initiative on the battlefield.

But reality can't make Qin Lang get his wish.

His opponent, Zhang Yi, is not an incompetent.

Although the walls of Beizhong City are short and the troops are insufficient, at least Zhang Yi is really good at defending it.

In order to be in a hurry, Qin Lang wanted to attack the city with manpower without too many siege equipment, but Zhang Yi had already prepared for this.

The base wood under the root of the earthen wall can effectively prevent the Wei army from attacking the city by building a human ladder, and re-ramming the poured earthen wall, at least in the short term, does not have to worry about the possibility of being destroyed by the Wei army.

In addition, after Zhang Yi learned of Qin Lang's movements through the reconnaissance cavalry, he did not hesitate to send a military envoy in advance to ask Zhang Xi for help. Zhang Yi predicted that he only needed to hold on for about seven or eight days before he could wait for reinforcements from home.

Both sides have their own reliance, but in terms of time, it is not good for Qin Lang.

If it was just a one-on-one offensive and defensive duel, then Qin Lang was still sure that he would be able to defeat Zhang Yi and capture this Beizhong City. But if you add a time limit, it's not easy to say.

Qin Lang really tried his best, he had already used all the methods he could think of.

During the siege on the first day, Qin Lang, who did not have the assistance of siege equipment, found that the defense of Beizhong City exceeded his imagination and lost 300 people in the attack on the first day, Qin Lang immediately ordered a temporary truce.

Qin Lang may not be able to find problems in advance, but he can still solve problems as soon as they are discovered.

Since the first day of the attack found that it was impossible to climb the earthen wall of the North Middle City by means of a human wall, it was necessary to stop quickly and send people to cut down trees and build an improvised hook ladder.

Qin Lang doesn't have much else, but there are many people, and it doesn't take half a day to build twenty or thirty pairs of simple hook ladders.

The next day, the Wei army was assisted by a hook ladder and began to continue to strengthen the offensive.

This time it was much more efficient than the first day's attack, but if Zhang Yi could really only rely on the city wall to defend, then he could not be called a good general.

Generals who are really good at defending must not only use various advantages in city defense to resist the enemy in the defense of the city, but more importantly, they must have the ability to respond quickly enough to respond to the situation, discover the enemy's offensive focus in a timely manner or even in advance, and strengthen the defense of the enemy's offensive focus through their own command adjustments.

In this regard, Zhang Yi is indeed much stronger than his opponent Qin Lang.

Therefore, the result is that no matter how Qin Lang adjusts the focus of the attack, Zhang Yi can always predict or find out in time.

Even if he is trapped by the lack of troops, it is impossible for Zhang Yi to make up for every loophole through command, but Zhang Yi's own force value is not bad, once he fights on the city wall of the first soldier, although many small loopholes exist, but in the end, under Zhang Yi's battle or the fight of the Han soldiers, it cannot be used by Qin Lang.

After all, Qin Lang is not the kind of genius-type commander who can easily catch as long as he gives a flaw.

Therefore, in this North Central City, Zhang Yi guarded it for another three days without danger.

Qin Lang was really a little anxious, and he even thought about whether he was desperate to strengthen the attack, desperately kill casualties, and storm Beizhong City.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was dissuaded by his army Pei Qian.

Score the first and second prizes.

The attack on Beizhong City is to clear the early warning and protection of the Shu thieves on the flank, not to fight the Shu thieves here. It is okay to capture Beizhong City regardless of casualties, but the next Wei army will continue to advance, and will go to Wenxian to attack the flank of the main army of Shu thieves, and this time the opponent is not Zhang Yi, but Zhang Xi, a famous general in the world.

The casualties are too large, what to do to fight Zhang Xi?!

Moreover, Pei Qian reminded Qin Lang not to forget that this time he led his troops into Hanoi County, and the first priority strategy was not to repel the Hedong Shu thieves led by Zhang Xi, but to enter Wen County to exchange defenses with Xiahou Ba, so that Xiahou Ba could lead the army to support Yanzhou.

If there is a fighter plane on the battlefield that can directly break Zhang Xi, then Pei Qian will not stop Qin Lang, after all, if he can relieve the siege of Hedong, it is also something that Pei Qian, the leader of the Hedong family, wants to see.

But now Qin Lang's irrational approach is meaningless to the battle situation at all, and if he doesn't dissuade him, Pei Qian may die in this chaotic army.

And after listening to Pei Qian's persuasion, Qin Lang did calm down a little, but. Limited too.

The main thing is that Qin Lang really can't help it.

It's not that he can't distinguish between priorities and priorities, but he doesn't take down this Beizhong City, and let the Shu thieves stop him here, how can he support Wen County?!

Bypass?!

From a theoretical point of view, Beizhongcheng is not far from Wen County, and the current supply of grain and grass in the army is still enough, so it is not impossible to bypass it.

However, in terms of the actual battle situation, there is no room for actual operation.

Qin Lang had a total of 20,000 people, and after four days of attack, there were about 1,000 casualties, and there were more than 18,000 left.

The Shu thief generals who bypassed Beizhong City and went to Beizhong City in Wen County were not fools, how could they sit back and watch themselves advance eastward.

When the time comes, it will inevitably follow you, bite your own tail, and delay your own march.

And Zhang Xi, who attacked under the city of Wenxian County, should have received the news of the attack on Beizhong City at this time.

Even if Zhang Xi has not completely adjusted the deployment of the army and done a good job of flank defense at this time, the most basic thing is that the reinforcements sent to Beizhong City should already be on the way.

That is to say, Qin Lang broke through so directly, it is very likely that he will directly collide with the reinforcements sent by Zhang Xi, plus the "tail" hanging behind him!!

Where is this to go to Wen County for support, this is directly to send to death.

Therefore, the current Qin Lang, if he does not build Beizhong City, he will not be able to move forward with peace of mind at all, and there will be no "priority strategic purpose" emphasized by Pei Qian.

Of course, it is necessary to be calm, but to attack, it is also necessary to attack.

Just when Qin Lang clarified all the battlefield situations, rejected Pei Qian's advice, and was ready to exchange casualties for time. Zhang Yi retreated.

Yes, Zhang Yi withdrew his troops from Beizhong City.

In fact, Zhang Yi didn't want to withdraw, his Beizhong City was well guarded, but Zhang Xi ordered someone to send a military order to let him withdraw and converge, and Zhang Yi didn't dare to disobey the military order.

And Zhang Xi Zhang Xi actually didn't want to give this order, but there was no way, the situation had changed.

Reality is a thing, sometimes, really, often really doesn't make people happy.

For example, Zhang Xi, and Meng Da.

Zhang Xi really wanted to leave the 30,000 troops brought by Qin Lang in Hedong, so he sent a combination of Ma Dai and Meng Da to ambush Qin Lang on the side of the Taihang Mountain Road.

But who knows, Qin Lang is quite brainy, and he actually divided his troops and marched into Hanoi County with 20,000 county soldiers.

And at this time, in fact, Zhang Xi was not in a hurry, Zhang Yi, who he sent to Beizhong City just in case, blocked Qin Lang in time.

Zhang Xi has enough troops now, as long as he leaves some people to contain Xiahou Ba in Wen County, and he takes the main force to encircle and suppress it, Qin Lang's 20,000 Cao Wei soldiers will not be able to run.

But just when Zhang Xi was about to make a contingency. Zhang Xi received a military report from Meng Dajun's envoy.

The cavalry of Bingzhou went south, and the strength was no less than 20,000 Taihang official roads, which could not be blocked.

Meng Da was also unlucky.

Originally, Meng Da was at the Taihang official road crossing, taking advantage of the terrain and the hesitation of the enemy commander Dai Ling, and defended the official road without danger.

Really, as long as Dai Ling doesn't have enough determination to break the net, then Meng Da will be very easy to defend it, and this credit is also nine out of ten.

Moreover, in the future, this record will be spread out, and it will be enough for Meng Da's long-faced 5,000 infantry to stop 10,000 cavalry, even if it has a terrain advantage, but such a record is a miracle in itself.

Meng Da is even already fantasizing that he has been promoted to marquis because of this merit and is famous all over the world.

But at this time, the state assassinated Shi Bi and went south with 20,000 Bingzhou cavalry.

Bi Rail, a civilian official, he has no military strategy, and his greatest ability is to sit in the local area and implement government orders.

History can prove that Bi Rail's military strategy level is not as good as Qin Lang's.

In his opinion, Dai Ling had 8,000 cavalry, and he did not dare to attack an official camp with only 2,000 guards, which was purely passive and negligent, and delayed the fighters.

Therefore, when Bi Rail and Dai Ling merged, Bi Rail immediately deprived Dai Ling of his command as the assassin of the state.

On the question of whether the assassin has the right to deprive the general of the Hou General of the command, Dai Ling is not sure, after all, the two are not a system.

But Dai Ling knew that he, the later general, was promoted by the late general Cao Zhen, and Bi Rail, the assassin of the state, was personally appointed by the Son of Heaven.

If the general Cao Zhen is still alive, Dai Ling may still fight for it. But alas, now the general is gone.

Therefore, Dai Ling handed over the military power without saying anything.

After Bi Rail took control of the army, his first order was to let 5,000 cavalry go and storm Mengda's camp.

Well, it was a miserable loss.

(End of chapter)