As the name suggests, "Fenbei" is north of Fenshui, and important towns such as Yubi, Huagu, Dingyang, and Yaoxiang are among them. Yao Xiang is the deepest part that the Qi army can reach in Fenbei, and after taking Yao Xiang and Dingyang, the battle situation has been decided, and the Northern Qi will completely pocket hundreds of miles of fertile soil in Fenbei.

Gao Yanzong's goal is very clear, Shidian City, a new city built by Yuwen to protect Yao Xiang, was completely ignored by Gao Yanzong, Gao Yanzong left a cumbersome majority of the people, and secretly selected thousands of brave and warlike soldiers from various armies to march towards Yao Xiang.

In the night, the Qi army sergeants with armor on their helmets were all fierce and mighty, and the sweat had already soaked through the bottom clothes, but no one took off their armor, and whoever came to see it had to praise this is really a mighty army! Gao Yanzong, who was riding on a tall horse, was also wearing heavy iron armor, and he looked at the foot of the black mountain with a grim face, and under the moonlight, a river like silver flowed quietly...... A high city stands on the opposite side, which is impregnable, and it is Yao Xiangcheng.

After two days of secret marching, they safely bypassed Xincheng, and on the way, they broke through the city of Qin, and their worries were solved, and now as long as they cross the river, they can attack Yaoxiang. Gao Yanzong's speed is too fast, Yao Xiang has not received any news now, and Gao Yanzong has already come with the momentum of Mount Tai.

After two consecutive days of marching and running, the sergeants did not feel tired at all, but their faces were full of excitement, even if their eyes were bloodshot, they were extremely excited, if Gao Yanzong ordered them to dismount at this time to attack the city, they would definitely not say anything.

The map is beautifully drawn with all kinds of interspersed lines. The route designed by Gao Yanzong was fast and hidden, and he had passed more than a dozen Zhou army checkpoints, even if he happened to be discovered, Gao Yanzong did not dodge at all, and directly ordered people to sweep the Zhou army cleanly.

Following Duan Shao's side for a few months, Gao Yanzong has grown a lot, and in the past, according to his thinking, it was to face to face with the opposite side, but now he has learned to be flexible and tactful, with both the fierceness of a tiger and the cunning of a fox, he is already a bit of a general.

"It's Yao Xiang in front......" Gao Yanzong lowered his arm and muttered, "This city is not easy to fight...... Three months ago, Zuo Xiang took this place, and then was taken ......back by Yu Wenxian, and then the Zhou army has been using Dingyang, Yubi, and Yao Xiang as a base to deal with our army, and we are very aggrieved to fight, and now, we will snatch it again......"

"We have now rounded up to the north of them, Qi Lianmeng is encircling in the south and west, the reinforcements have been stopped, we can't get there, we have more than a month to take here, but I hope to ...... faster!" Gao Yanzong turned his head and glanced at his subordinates, "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

"Dudu, the terrain here is dangerous, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are rivers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, according to the last general, our army can only attack one way to go......" A staff general waved his hand and said: "Order thousands of warriors, quietly cross the river, seize the opposite bank with lightning speed, and then the follow-up troops will attack again, and take Yao Xiang!" He then added, "That's how Zuo Xiang captured Yao Xiang's ...... in the first place."

Gao Yanzong thought for a while, dismissed it, and said: "This method doesn't work, you look at this terrain, the area is narrow, and the city tower is high, which is not suitable for large-scale siege warfare......" He raised his horsewhip and pointed to the opposite side, "See?" The area on the shore is very narrow, and even if our people stabilize their footing on the shore, they will not be able to gain a foothold for a long time, and they will not be able to use it at all...... They will go down from the tower, and we will suffer heavy casualties......"

He smiled bitterly: "This time, for the sake of concealment insurance, I only brought more than 2,000 people over, and there are not as many troops as others...... The reason why Zuo Yuanchu was able to win it was because he didn't care about the cost, he could do this, but I couldn't...... No, we have to do it another way......"

"Governor, we might as well build a military fortress first, and slowly draw a ......" This is a quest for stability. Gao Yanzong shook his head and vetoed, "No, our army not only has Yao Xiang to take, but also more important things to do, we don't have time, we can't drag it down with them, we have to break through as soon as possible......"

"This Yao Xiang is really a hard bone...... all the generals were silent, and Gao Yanzong pondered for a while, "In this way, the soldiers are fast, we might as well test it first...... Send hundreds of strong men to cross the river first, if the Zhou army finds out, we will camp on the spot, rest for one night, if the Zhou army does not find out, we will cross the river in one fell swoop and capture Yao Xiang...... In such a short period of time, they definitely didn't have time to react......"

Gao Yanzong's order was quickly implemented, the generals selected more than 100 soldiers with good water nature from the army, and waited until a cloud covered the moon, then took off their armor and swam across the river with a shield on their backs.

The soldiers of the Zhou army pointed in this direction and shouted: "Qi army sneak attack!" Qi army sneak attack! One stone startled a thousand waves, and the Zhou army, who was still in his sleep, grabbed weapons and guarded the city wall.

The generals of the Qi army gritted their teeth, and with hundreds of people, they wanted to smash open the city gate, and the Zhou army learned in advance that the Qi army was attacking at night, and the scattered ones were also organized one after another, and the arrows like raindrops were fired at the city, and the Qi army had to scatter the people, hiding behind the shield and not daring to raise their heads at all, and gradually unable to withstand the pressure.

On the other side, the generals of the Qi army who saw all this in their eyes had faces as black as the bottom of a pot, and they all subconsciously looked at Gao Yanzong, Gao Yanzong's expression was still calm, and there was no wave in the ancient well, all of this seemed to be the result he had already expected. "The attack failed...... It doesn't seem to be working, so ...... Let them get out of the way. ”

"Let them withdraw in batches, slowly, otherwise they will go out of the city to pursue the ......, we will arrange a little more people here, all of them will respond, and the momentum will be bigger, the bigger the better...... The rest were camped on the spot. ”

It is destined to be impossible to achieve anything tonight, Gao Yanzong turned around with some disappointment, and suddenly said to several generals: "Arrange a few spies, pretend to be some of the people, enter Yaoxiang from the east, let them not move first, and wait for orders......"

"You go, inquire about Yao Xiangcheng's personal preferences, temperament, and situation, don't worry...... You can also ask slowly......"

He put his hands behind his back, looked down and thought, and ordered one after another.

"Put this flag of our army all over the mountains and fields, and order the whole army to practice as usual early tomorrow morning, and the momentum must also be huge, and we must make the other side think that we have 10,000 people ......!" He spun on tiptoe, and his boot crushed a stone.

"Governor, we arranged spies, shouldn't we inquire about Yao Xiang's city defense and troop deployment? Why bother asking about these ......? ”

Gao Yanzong smiled incomprehensibly and said, "You don't understand, you just need to obey my arrangement, and I'll let you fight when the time comes......"

The Qi army failed in its sneak attack, retreated calmly, and put on a huge posture on the opposite bank, and Yao Xiang did not dare to pursue it. After this night attack, Gao Yanzong seemed to have forgotten that there was still Yao Xiangcheng to fight, and he was training soldiers and horses all day long, and occasionally gathered thousands of people to spin around on the river, and went back after a walk.

Gao Yanzong's life was comfortable, but it made Yao Xiang's whole city panic, every time Gao Yanzong's soldiers and horses appeared, Yao Xiang's Taishou was always excited, not happy, but scared!

Gao Yanzong slipped in a circle and slipped very windy, all strong men, whether they were foot soldiers or cavalry, they were armed to the teeth, one day Taishou quietly climbed the city tower to see, a feather arrow flew over with a swish, almost scared him to faint, and he never dared to come again.

Several generals in the city couldn't stand it, "The Qi army is like this every day, just to suppress our morale, Taishou should take the lead and boost morale, how can you be a turtle with a shrunken head?" ”

Tai Shou said angrily: "Look outside the city, I'm afraid that the Qi army has five or six thousand, what do you want me to do?" Isn't it possible to go out and fight them? Not! Defend me! Not a single soldier can be mobilized without my orders! ”

The whole city has entered a state of emergency alert, these days is not only external, Yao Xiang is also boiling internal complaints, because the Qi army cut off the connection between the Zhou army and Yao Xiang, the city is short of money and food, and can no longer afford to pay military salaries, and the Taishou is pressing the money and food of the treasury, which has caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Both inside and outside are facing a difficult situation, and people's hearts are changing.

One day, Han Laosan, a small colonel of the Zhou army guarding the city, said to his brothers around him: "The Qi army outside is too powerful, and the city is in chaos, I estimate that this city can't be saved, and I have to find a way back for myself......

Several junior colonels were taken aback, "Brother, what do you mean?" ”

Han Laosan sighed heavily, and said, "I didn't say it...... We're too conservative...... Alas, it's hard to put it into words......"

"Let's mess with him, let's not talk about grievances, I can't even fill my stomach...... you are my brothers, I won't hide it from you, I plan to go to the other side, which of you will go with me?"

Several people looked at each other, and one said, "But...... But we all have a family and some property in the city, so we don't want it? ”

"......" Several people were speechless for a while, obviously still hesitating, Han Laosan sneered and said:

"Or do you say you're shallow-eyed? You don't want to think about it, if the Qi army really breaks through the city, can we fall with the Taishou? Now the situation is obvious, we are too defensive to fight, it is better to surrender as soon as possible, and we can find a way out in the future......"

One hesitated and said: "You can't let them break through it so easily...... this Yao Xiang is the foundation of Taishou, he won't die to protect the city, what should he do?" ”

Han Laosan glared and said, "You don't care what he does, just take care of yourself!" It's not that he hasn't done anything about abandoning the city and fleeing, you forget, three months ago, the Qi army took Yao Xiang, he didn't even let out a fart and ran away with his concubine's son wrapped in gold and silver, if it wasn't for General Yuwen to take Yao Xiang back, can we still stand here? ”

He knocked on the battlements and said, "We all surrendered at the beginning, so we might as well surrender again, does this kind of thing happen rarely?" As long as you can save your life, that bit of bullshit face, don't want it, what do you say? ”

A few people nodded, and seeing that the plan succeeded, Han Laosan smiled slyly and said, "I have already contacted that side, once they lead the army to attack, we will immediately open the city gate and come to meet with each other!" When the time comes, we will all distribute it, and after getting the money, we will no longer be soldiers, go back to our hometown incognito, buy a few fields and a few villages, and live our peaceful life! ”

His cloudy eyes slashed at everyone like a knife, "We have discussed, now we are all grasshoppers on a rope, whoever dares to reveal the slightest rumor will die!" ”

Han Laosan quickly conveyed his intention to surrender to Qi Jun through spies. Gao Yanzong received the news from the city, smiled, and said, "It's okay, gather all the people, let's attack the city!" ”

"Oh, to be able to force so many of his subordinates to rebel, this Taishou is also a talent......"

When the Zhou army and the Qi army confronted each other, hundreds of Zhou troops suddenly turned against each other, opened the city gate, the Qi army broke through Yao Xiang, Qi Lian Meng cooperated with Gao Yanzong, and pulled out several Zhou army villages around Yao Xiang in one fell swoop, Gao Yanzong returned to the division, preparing to attack Dingyang.