The time gradually came to the end of June, and after a long journey of more than a month, Zhou Yi walked outside Dai County, and then was stunned by what he saw.

Thick smoke billowed from the sky above Dai County, which stood next to the Qiyi water, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and countless large armies surrounded it and attacked from all sides.

I saw that there were people crawling everywhere on the tall and five-zhang city wall of Dai County, watching this battle, the Youjun army was using the most conventional siege tactics: ant attachment.

Like ants, large numbers rushed up to attack, and the main tools were flying ladders and cloud ladders.

Countless rockets flew in the air, and the entire Dai County exploded like a fireworks, and the rockets were like a dense spark of flying fireworks.

The fire flickered above and below the city, and black smoke rose everywhere.

The ladder was full of people, rolling wood and stones fell one after another, and people were constantly being hit and falling from mid-air; The most unbearable thing is that from time to time there is oil pouring down on the head of the city, and it will catch fire. The soldiers who had burned up on their bodies were desperately rolling under the city walls, and the burning armor could not be taken off for a while, and the people were burned to the ground.

A group of people pushed the cowhide cart close to the city gate, there were stone caves on both sides of the city gate, specially poured oil, and after a while, the cart turned into a pile of blazing firewood.

Sergeant You's soldiers went one after another, and there were constantly casualties.

The battlefield looked extremely tragic.

Zhou Yi looked at the tragic battlefield, his heart sank slightly, at this time he was on the east side of Dai County, and the north was the Youjun camp.

The sound of "bang" sounded, and as soon as Zhou Yi turned around, he saw the military Sima Peng Chong walking over with a military commander. Zhou Yi hurriedly descended the high slope and came to the leeward place.

Peng Chong introduced to Zhou Yi, "Marshal, this is a scout sent by the acting king, waiting for us."

The commander gave a military salute to Zhou Yi and said, "Tian Rong, the scout of the first division of the 10th Army, has seen Marshal Zhou."

Zhou Yi pulled Peng Chong and Tian Rong to the east, farther away from the Daixian battlefield.

Zhou Yi first asked, "How is the battle situation in Dai County?"

Tian Rong said with an ugly face: "The battle situation is not good, when the Youjun army just besieged the city, it didn't pay attention to the camps outside the city on both sides, but only concentrated its forces to attack the city.

After losing too many troops, the Youjun changed their tactics and launched a fierce attack to take the two camps outside the city. Then they will encircle on all sides and attack Dai County."

Zhou Yi then asked, "How many soldiers are there in Dai County now?"

Tian Rong thought for a while and replied, "I broke out of Dai County a week ago, and when I came out of the city, there were still 30,000 soldiers in the city."

Zhou Yi knew that this Tian Rong could be brought to him, and he must have gone through layers of tests. The Tang army has its own way of distinguishing between friend and foe, not to mention, there are detective inspectors in the army, and they are good at identifying enemy women.

Zhou Yi continued, "Since you were sent out of the city by the acting king to find us, there must be some explanation from the acting king, right?"

Tian Rong nodded, then took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Zhou Yi with both hands, and said in his mouth: "This is a letter written by the acting king, and the acting king's explanation is all in it."

Peng Chong leaned over and watched with Zhou Yi, and just halfway through it, he exclaimed, "The acting king actually didn't let us save Dai County?"

Zhou Yi glanced at Peng Chong, and said angrily: "Peng Jun Sima, you don't have enough sense of secrecy, and besides, it's not that we don't save Dai County, we have more important things to do."

Peng Chong nodded, what was explained in the letter was indeed an important matter. Zhou Yi looked at Tian Rong who was standing on the side and asked, "Do any of you know anyone who is going to the city?"

Tian Rong listened to Zhou Yi's words, and was a little surprised, the eighteenth army had already arrived at the edge of Dai County, but now he asked the way to Dangcheng. Although it was strange, he still replied honestly: "Marshal Zhou, this city is not far away, we scouts know the way, and we will lead the way to our comrades in the 18th Army."

Zhou Yi listened to Tian Rong's words, nodded, and said, "That's the best. Without further ado, let's go now."

It is said that hundreds of counties in the three counties of Shanggu-gun, Yuyang-gun, and Gwangyang-gun to the east of Daijun have been asked to recruit the people

Before the grain is paid.

Li Arc, the prime minister of Youguo, personally stared at the grain transportation and used his whole body to adjust the grain. The grain and grass in front of the Daijun Youjun army are hoarded in the city, guarded and transported by the Shanggu county soldiers, and on the main road near the city, the grain convoy is endless, like a long dragon, the front is not seen and the tail is not seen.

The scout captain of the 18th Army stood in front of Zhou Yi and Peng Chong and reported: "Marshal Zhou, Sima Peng, this Shanggu County soldier has dispatched a total of 10,000 soldiers to guard the city, and every time they go out of the city to transport grain, about 2,000 men and horses are dispatched, including three or four hundred cavalry with complete armor and good military appearance, which should be regarded as the elite and core force of the grain transportation army.

It was followed by a long line of infantry, marching in long columns along the main road; The line of four people is in a row, and the line looks about three or four hundred paces long."

Zhou Yi held the horsewhip in his hand, raised it and fixed his helmet, and asked, "How about the equipment of these Shanggu soldiers?"

The captain of the scout said with a smile: "This army is okay except for the cavalry, the infantry army is not comparable to us at all, most of the armor is not complete, a few people do not even have helmets, the stature of the soldiers is staggered, all kinds of weapons are mixed, I am afraid that only those cavalry have strong combat effectiveness."

Zhou Yi's eyes rolled and he had an idea.

Just after noon, when the smoke in the city was about to disperse, the soldiers of Shanggu County, who were on duty today, had just sat down, eating dry food with clear water, and leaning against the battlements of the city wall.

The little soldiers watching the wind from the corner tower shouted, "Look! There's a troop of soldiers and horses from the south?"

When the soldiers who were eating heard the shouting, they stood up one after another and stuffed the uneaten dry food into their arms.

"Knock Knock ......"

After a while, a large drum was heard from the corner tower, and the soldiers of Shanggu County in the city looked up.

But inside the city, you can only see the soldiers of Shanggu County coming and going on the wall, but you don't know what happened.

The lieutenant of Shanggu was serving as the county magistrate at this time, and when he heard the sound of drums, he said, "I'll take people to Nancheng to have a look, and you can control the soldiers and horses for a while, and wait for my heralds."

"Whoa!"

Several other generals answered.

At that time, the drums were beating loudly, as if there was a military situation, and more and more soldiers were sent up to the city, and the atmosphere suddenly became urgent.

It was not until the afternoon that the lieutenant of Shangya, who had gone to Nancheng to check the situation, returned to the county office, and the generals of Shanggu County came to the county office one after another to wait for the county lieutenant to convey the news.

Shanggu County said succinctly: "There was a force of Tang cavalry, maybe more than a thousand horsemen, and the rangers wandered around outside the city, but they ran into our grain army, and our equipment and training were not as good as those of the family, and it didn't take long for the third battalion to resist and fled north."

A general standing next to him heard this and sighed, "The cavalry of the Tang Army is really brave!"

When the lieutenant of Shanggu heard this, he lowered his face and said, "I don't think this Tang cavalry is anything remarkable, it's just the idea of riding fast and hitting our grain road. That's why I want to transport grain and grass to the front camp again."

Another general listened to the words of the county lieutenant of Kamiya and wondered, "County captain, are you still transporting grain?" What if I get robbed again?"

Captain Kamiya smiled and said, "My idea is that we will leave one battalion of soldiers and horses to defend the city, and three battalions of soldiers and horses to go out of the city. One battalion of men and horses out of the city carried food, and the other two battalions of men and horses laid in ambush. There is no grass on the carts, but dirt and stones."

"Oh! ——」

"The county lieutenant has a good move, this is a trick to lure the enemy, so that the Tang army can light the enemy and let them fall into the scheme!"

When the Shanggu soldiers in the city quickly moved, the three battalions of soldiers and horses left the city, and soon parted ways and rushed to their respective destinations.

However, the actions of the soldiers of Kamiya did not deceive the scouts of the 18th Army.

Hearing the news of the scout's return, Zhou Yi smiled and said to Peng Chong, "This Shanggu County Lieutenant has read the military book, and he is a little anxious, but it's a pity that he met us."

Peng Chong nodded, this time the goal of the Eighteenth Army was not those grain and grass, but the city.

Zhou Yi jumped on the back of his beloved horse vigorously and said to the generals of the 18th Army, "The first division follows me, and we are going to rob!" The 2nd and 3rd Divisions followed the military Sima, and before it got dark today, they had to put it

Take the city for me!"

"Whoa!"

The Eighteenth Army was divided into two groups, the larger one galloping towards the city. The smaller group slowed down a little and walked towards the official road.

On the official road between Dai County and Dangcheng, there was dust. Lieutenant Kamiya personally led a battalion of soldiers and horses to escort the cart, and the cart was loaded with stones, so he couldn't go fast at all, and if he looked at it from a distance, he would mistakenly think that this grain army was transporting a lot of grain and grass.

Captain Shanggu's heart was uneasy, he wanted to go out of the city to exterminate this Tang cavalry, so he had the intention of making meritorious contributions. But when I went out of the city and was blown by the wind like this, I regretted it a little when I was hot and cold for meritorious service.

But it's too late to say anything now, and if he doesn't continue to walk hard, but turns back now, then his prestige among the county soldiers will be gone.

Just as Captain Kamiya was thinking wildly, he felt the earth tremble, and his years of military experience had made him understand that it was the movement of thousands of horses' hooves on the ground.

"These Tang cavalry really gave me face and didn't let me come for nothing."

Immediately after that, the county lieutenant of Kamiya beckoned to the surrounding county soldiers and said, "All lined up! Don't think about running away, the enemy is cavalry, and it is better to die in battle than to run away and be killed. Hurry up! Waiting for support!"

The grain transport army quickly formed a formation, relying on the grain trucks, forming a circular formation, in the middle of the road, ready to resist the onslaught of the cavalry of the Tang army.

Looking at the cavalry of the Tang Army that was getting closer and closer, Captain Kamiya fantasized about letting the other party turn on his back. But the abrupt "whoosh! Whoosh!" The sound interrupted his fantasies.

Captain Kamiya looked up at the sky, and saw a small dark cloud flying over, and he cried out in a terrible voice, "It's an arrow! Hide!"

The shields of the Ueya-gun soldiers were very rough, and some soldiers did not even have shields. The sudden arrow strike took the lives of hundreds of people in an instant.

Immediately afterward, a louder tremor sounded, and Captain Kamiya got out of a carriage and looked up, his whole face instantly bloodless.

I saw that the distance was densely packed with people, and the familiar armor style and black lacquer all showed the strength of the Tang Army's foot soldiers. And the number of people is also very large, at least 5,000 people.

Captain Shanggu regretted it at this moment, he was completely caught in the trap of the Tang Army, what cavalry with less than a thousand people? What plundered grain and grass? The purpose of the Tang army was to be in charge of the city, as well as the countless grains, grasses and ordnance in the city.

The grief-stricken captain of Shanggu County held a ring-headed knife and rushed towards the Tang army without hesitation, and the surrounding Shanggu county soldiers saw that their own county captain was so brave, and they rushed out one after another.

However, in front of tens of thousands of Tang army foot soldiers, the two thousand county soldiers were like a wave, which was instantly wiped out by the huge wave. As for the two battalions of county soldiers ambushed on both sides of the official road, they had already been crushed and killed by the Tang cavalry, and there were corpses of Shanggu county soldiers, broken banners, broken weapons, broken shields, and visible organs and blood pools all over the ground.

When Zhou Yi came to Dangcheng with the First Division of the Eighteenth Army, the flag at the head of Dangcheng had already been replaced by the flag of the Tang State.