Compared with the first siege battle, the second siege battle is easier for the Iron Blood Army, after all, there is less siege vehicles that pose the greatest threat, and the ladder of the Huns is also seriously lost, generally speaking, the besieging side must first replenish the equipment, and then it will start again, but Hu Yanyan can't wait, this veteran who has had a glorious past, is already a little biased, after all, his only son is dead.

Easy is also relative, the siege of the city every night still gives the Iron Blood Army a big headache, after all, their number is too small, Chu Yun has recovered a lot after a night's rest, with him at the head of the city, the Iron Blood Army is still very morale, the two sides fought fiercely for a morning, and then the Huns slowly retreated, and after lunch, the Huns continued to attack.

In the next few days, Chu Yun didn't know how to get over, the Huns divided the infantry into three parts, and attacked the city in rotation in the morning, noon and evening, except for the possibility of resting for two or three hours after midnight, the rest of the time was fighting. The number of the Iron Blood Army was already small, and Chu Yun could only do it himself, and many times he couldn't sleep for an hour a day. Chu Yun hadn't gone down the city wall for three days, and in between the Huns' attacks, he would squint on the city wall for a while, and the other iron-blooded troops could take turns to rest.

However, even if Chu Yun is so desperate, Zhongyang City is not too good, and now more than half of the iron-blooded army in Zhongyang City has been killed or wounded, if it weren't for Chu Yun's preaching that the Huns would not leave behind after the Huns broke the city, so the Han people and Zahu in the city also actively helped defend the city, they really didn't necessarily hold on.

But the Huns did not please either, they left more than 10,000 corpses under the city, and the casualties on the first day of the siege were the highest, and the Huns changed their strategy in the next few days, so they were far less than the losses on the first day.

And Zhang Tong outside the city was not just watching, under his leadership, the cavalry of the Iron Blood Army defeated the engineering materials mobilized by Huyanyan from Pingyang, and then under their harassment, the Huns could not make their own products, so they lacked equipment, so there was little progress.

Moreover, Zhang Tong's army dragged the cavalry of the Huns, and the hiding place of the cavalry of the Iron Blood Army was exposed under the careful search of the Huns, Zhang Tong simply came out with more than 3,000 cavalry, and the cavalry of both sides could attack each other several times a day. However, because Zhang Tong hid more than half of the cavalry, the Huns thought that the Iron Blood Army was only 3,000 people, so the Huns continued to attack the city with confidence and boldness, and there was a forbidden army to guard against these cavalry, and they were not worried.

In a small battle with only a few hundred people on both sides, the iron-blooded cavalry and the Hun forbidden army almost tied, which made the commander of the Hun forbidden army not surprised, and every day he was interested in looking for the iron-blooded cavalry to fight, and completely lost his vigilance against other things.

"Governor, take a break. Ma Hui walked over and handed Chu Yun a kettle, the kettle was dirty and I don't know how long it had been used, but Chu Yun didn't care, picked it up and took a big sip, it was irresponsible to be poor in the war. More than half of Ma Hui's Eighth Infantry Brigade has been killed or wounded, because it is a defensive battle, so the Eighth Infantry Brigade is the main force, and Ma Hui has also played a very good level. Chu Yun was concerned about the defense of the front and the south, and the west was completely handed over to Ma Hui, Ma Hui performed very well, and the Huns began to focus on attacking the west city wall from the day before yesterday, and they were all resolved by Ma Hui one by one.

"Go and rest, I'll just sleep here. The Huns are the same as us, they are also tired, let's hold on for a few more days, and that will be the moment for us to counterattack. Chu Yun patted Ma Hui on the shoulder and encouraged, in fact, Ma Hui is much better than Chu Yun, but the maturity shown by Chu Yun made Ma Hui naturally surrender to Chu Yun.

Another three days have passed, Chu Yun is like an old pawn squatting on the ground with a big bowl of food, he has not gone down the city wall for the past few days, eating and drinking is the same as a soldier, and he has killed more than a thousand Huns, this invincible posture and the style of sharing weal and woe with his subordinates have always made the morale of Zhongyang City very high, which is also the reason why Zhongyang City is as stable as a rock.

The Huns killed and wounded thousands more, Hu Yanyan put 30,000 infantry and 20,000 auxiliaries into battle, and even viciously used auxiliaries to consume the resources of Zhongyang City, but even so, his troops were as stretched as the iron-blooded army, and the auxiliaries were in a high anti-war mood, they refused to fight, and Huyanyan cut off dozens of heads to no avail, so they had no choice but to appease and let them rest for a few days. However, Hu Yanyan couldn't let the defenders of Zhongyang City rest, and he used his 10,000 cavalry as infantry, which put huge pressure on Zhongyang City.

Hu Yanyan has long deviated from the plan that Liu Cong gave him, originally he was going to make a detour to Xihe County and enter the state, but they were dragged by the iron-blooded army, and now although Liu Cong is angry, he will not order Hu Yanyan to avoid Zhongyang City, because Hu Yanyan is a meritorious veteran, and once Hu Yanyan sends troops, even he, the emperor, cannot directly point fingers, this is the tradition of the Huns.

There was no accident in the army of Tianjing Pass, they were originally a ragtag army that the Huns looked down on, so they consumed the troops of Shangdang County in Tianjing Pass, which was originally the target of the Huns, and now Ling Huni has done a good job, and thousands of people have been killed and wounded, but they have firmly attracted part of the energy of the Iron Army.

And the battle of Pingjingu, just started, the imperial brother Liu Yi was very cautious with his troops, after he came to Pingjingu, it took a long time to set up camp, and then slowly started with the iron-blooded army, Liu Yi's caution made Guo Yong of Pingjingu very uncomfortable, he originally thought of several plans, to attack instead of defending, but were destroyed by Liu Yi's caution, the two sides can only compete for patience and strength.

However, a fierce battle broke out at the Pukou Pass defended by Zhou Bin, whether it was Shi Le's desire to appease his subordinates, or to give Liu Cong an errand, of course, it could also be that they wanted to destroy the Iron Army. In the Hukou Pass, the two forces were in a white hot at the beginning, but the Hukou Pass was ordered by Chu Yun and Zhang Tong personally supervised the construction, and no less than 100,000 people were used, so the city wall was very tall, and although the Shile army worked hard, there was no progress. However, the drastic attrition still made Zhou Bin constantly ask for help, he had 15,000 men under his command, but Shi Le's army numbered tens of thousands.

At this time, Mo Han and others in Changzi City finally found out that something was wrong, and the order passed by Chu Yun from Lishi City was also sent to Mo Han, hearing that Chu Yun was killed, Guo Shuzi and other generals immediately led the army to the rescue, and Changzi City stationed a cavalry brigade, an infantry brigade, plus two reserve brigades that can be expanded into a regular army at any time, and the strength is very strong.

Mo Han also had some intentions, Chu Yun was the soul of the entire Iron Blood Army, if something happened, then the Iron Blood Army would collapse immediately, but he thought about it for a long time with the order that Chu Yun gave him, and finally rejected Guo Shuzi's suggestion.

"General Guo, this is an order personally issued by the Governor, you can take a look. Mo Han handed Chu Yun's order to Guo Shuzi, who obeyed Chu Yun's words, and finally he sighed and didn't say anything.

"General Guo, if our side achieves results, then it will be a disguised way to reduce the pressure on the governor. After Mo Han finished speaking, Guo Shuzi's eyes lit up, he stood up and arched his hand at Mo Han and left. The military operation in Shangdang County, Guo Shuzi can decide on his own, of course, the logistics are controlled by Mo Han and Wang Lian, and Mo Han said this, which is equivalent to telling Guo Shuzi that he fully supports Guo Shuzi's actions.

Although Shangdang County was attacked from three sides, it was still very stable, Chu Yun was very well arranged, Chu Yun was such a person who took one step and saw three steps, after so many years of experience, Chu Yun has also matured.

Time flies, ten days have passed, Zhongyang City has reached a very critical moment, although all the adult men in Zhongyang City have been recruited into the army, but there is still an inevitable crisis, after all, too many veterans have died, and these people are just newcomers. Several times the Huns almost broke the city, but with Chu Yun's desperate efforts, they turned the corner.

Now in Zhongyang City, except for Chu Yun's personal guard, 670 iron-blooded cavalry, the rest have participated in the battle, the Eighth Infantry Brigade has almost been wiped out, there are only more than 1,000 people left, and they are all wounded, and after 20 days of hard fighting, there are only more than 1,800 people left in the 7,000 iron-blooded army, and Zhongyang City may miss at any time.

And the Huns also had suffering, under the almost crazy command of Huyanyan, except for the 20,000 forbidden troops, all the rest became siegers, and even because of the disobedience of the auxiliaries, Huyanyan slaughtered 2,000 people. In this case, half of the 60,000 Xiongnu siege army was killed or wounded, and the continuous war also caused problems in their logistics, Zhang Tong frantically attacked the Huns' grain routes, they and the forbidden army were cavalry, so it was difficult for the forbidden army to prevent the cavalry of the iron-blooded army.

The Huns are also in a desperate situation, if they can't take Zhongyang City within three days, then they can only retreat, after all, the Huns have lived in the territory of the Han people for so many years, they are like their ancestors, relying on looting and marching, basically they are now the same as the Han people, if there is no grain and grass, they can only withdraw the army. Moreover, the south of the Zhongyang River was cleared by Chu Yunjian, and there was not even a figure, and the Huns couldn't grab anything even if they wanted to.

Hu Yanyan has been in a very bad mood these days, and he has basically tried everything he can, but whether it is Zhongyang City, which is shaky but extremely tough, or the cavalry that is as slippery as a loach outside, he is annoyed.

His wife sent him a letter that she wanted to take a son from their family and become her heir, which added fuel to the fire. His son Hu Yancheng was not born to his wife, his wife gave birth to four daughters to him, and for this reason, Hu Yanyan married the daughters of two Han families, but he didn't expect him to have Hu Yancheng in the second year, so the relationship between Hu Yanyan and his wife turned out to be worse. However, his wife's family is the link between him and the crown prince Liu Ji, so the two can only maintain a superficial affection, and one of the side concubines of the prince Liu Ji is his wife's sister.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his son died, the hateful yellow-faced woman in his family wanted to steal his family property, which made Hu Yanyan not angry.

This sentence is well known to many people, but how many generals are there who are doing it? Huyanyan is no longer a question of anger or not, but has been carried away by anger.

The forbidden army of the Huns is the absolute descendant of Liu Cong's father Liu Yuan or his grandfather Liu Bao, and they are also the pillars of optimus that support the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, so the generals of the forbidden army are very arrogant, of course, it is also related to their family background, the general of the forbidden army in the army of Huyanyan is called Jin Ming, and he is the cousin of Jin Zhun of Liu Wei's father-in-law, because Huyanyan's wife is also the sister of Liu Wei's side concubine, so the two are still a little related.

In recent years, the forbidden army has rarely made major moves, except for the time when it broke through Luoyang, there was no plan to send troops to fight at all at other times, because Jin Ming was like a wild horse that had escaped, especially after encountering the cavalry of the iron-blooded army, it can really be said that he would meet a good talent, and the two sides were inseparable, and the battle of wits and courage of the cavalry every day made Jin Ming very happy.

But that morning, just as Jin Ming was about to go out of the camp to find the Iron Blood Army, the general Hu Yanyan sent someone to invite Jin Ming to go to the camp of the Chinese army, and Jin Ming didn't want to go very much. In his opinion, Huyanyan is already old, and has lost the courage of the Huns, a small Zhongyang City, which has not been fought for more than 20 days, and is not worthy of being a general. However, Jin Ming is not a fool, of course he will not say it directly, but he already looks down on Hu Yanyan in his heart.

When Jin Ming came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Hu Yanyan personally came to the door of the big tent to greet Jin Ming, you must know that this gave Jin Ming enough face, Jin Ming is only a fifth-grade general, but Huyanyan is a second-grade general, but this makes Jin Ming even more disdainful.

There are only Hu Yanyan and Jin Ming in the big tent, Hu Yanyan, as a veteran, does not hide it, and directly says that in addition to his purpose, after listening to Hu Yanyan's words, the last bit of respect for Hu Yanyan in Jin Ming's heart has also disappeared.

"General, you let the forbidden army dismount as an infantry siege? You're not kidding, are you?" Jin Ming stood up and looked at the tall Hu Yanyan, but the momentum was not weak at all, don't look at Hu Yanyan is a general, but he has no successor, the decline of the Huyan family is certain, and their family is on the rise, as long as the prince succeeds to the throne, then they will become the first family, he used to have a very good attitude towards Hu Yanyan in respect. But now that Hu Yanyan wanted to meddle in the forbidden army, Jin Ming jumped up immediately like a mouse whose tail had been stepped on.

"General Jin, Zhongyang City is now crumbling, the forbidden army is the strongest army of our Huns, I only need you to send me five thousand people, then one day can break through Zhongyang City, we are all working for Your Majesty, I hope General Jin can understand." Hu Yanyan was also in a very bad mood when he heard Jin Ming's refusal, but he couldn't directly command the forbidden army, so he could only persuade him with good words.

But no matter how he persuaded him, Jin Ming didn't agree, and the short-tempered Hu Yanyan was completely annoyed: "Jin Ming, I am the general of the unified army personally appointed by His Majesty, although you are a forbidden army, but you are also my subordinate, you must carry out my orders, the old man has been crisscrossing the field since he was a teenager, you were not born at that time, I will ask you now, do you listen to my orders or not." ”

"The general is a chaotic order, forgive me, unless there is an order from His Majesty, otherwise, hehe, farewell. Jin Ming turned around and walked out of the big tent directly, and the quarrel between the two made the generals waiting outside the big tent look at each other, and everyone heard the roar of the general in the big tent, and they all bowed their heads deeply.

Jin Ming continued to lead the cavalry to find trouble with the Iron Blood Army, of course, he would not completely ignore the victory on the battlefield, he divided the forbidden army into two parts, 10,000 people continued to set up an ambush at the north gate, and he took another 10,000 people to fight the cavalry of the Iron Blood Army.

During this time, Zhang Tong's pressure was very huge, and his cavalry asked to send troops directly, because Zhongyang City was almost breached several times, but he still withstood the pressure, he trusted Chu Yun very much, and he was still looking for an opportunity. The main force of the cavalry under his command was hidden more than ten miles away, and he asked Mao Qing to attract Jin Ming's attention with three thousand iron-blooded horsemen. The two of them have even made friends for so many days, and there have been several times when Jin Ming has sent wine to Mao Qing, and Mao Qing has also sent wild things to Jin Ming many times. Mao Qing's ability to command troops during this period of time has been greatly improved, although he is only twenty-five years old, but he can also take charge on his own, as long as this period of time passes, then he will be able to smoothly take over Guo Yong's class, which is also won by himself, and the iron-blooded cavalry is not so easy to surrender.

After a day of fierce battles, Zhang Tong finally found that when it was time for the decisive battle, the Huns were all exhausted, and Mao Qing told Zhang Tong about Jin Ming's complaints, and Zhang Tong found that the other party had infighting, which was simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Of course, the generals of the two hostile forces actually made friends on the battlefield, which can be regarded as a strange story for the ages.

Zhang Tong released a carrier pigeon, and now the news of Shangdang County is all transmitted by carrier pigeons, which is very fast, but Xihe County has not yet implemented it, Zhang Tong quickly sent someone to Pingjin Valley to ask for a carrier pigeon during this time, this carrier pigeon was personally trained by Chu Yun, Zhang Tong hopes that a miracle can happen and find Chu Yun. If Zhongyang City were to fight them inside and out, then the odds of winning would be greater.

Chu Yun was a little numb, he inspected the city wall, just like going to rest earlier, the Huns rarely attacked the city at night these days, and because the Huns were war-weary, the army was unstable, which gave the iron-blooded army time to breathe, and he was just about to go back to rest, a carrier pigeon appeared in front of him.

"Little Ash. Chu Yun was overjoyed to see this carrier pigeon, he learned the art of taming beasts from the Beast God Mountain, trained these carrier pigeons, and became an indispensable way to pass the iron-blooded army, his memory is very good, this carrier pigeon was trained by him himself, and there can be news from the outside, how not to make Chu Yun excited.

Chu Yun gently stroked the carrier pigeon for a while, and he didn't have anything to eat, so he went down the city wall, returned to his mansion where he hadn't come back for more than 20 days, found some rice and fed the carrier pigeon, and then temporarily put it in a cage, and he still needed to reply.

He took out the letter box and took out the letter inside, and after reading Chu Yun, he put it on the candle and destroyed it, Chu Yun's face changed and he worked on the stool for a long time, then turned around and entered his bedroom, in a secret pavilion Chu Yun took out a small box, and then Chu Yun felt inside and took out a small package wrapped in cloth.

Chu Yun carefully opened the package, and a stone as white as jade was revealed, and Chu Yun took a deep breath and ate it in one bite.