Zhangwu is the northernmost small county town in Bohai County, Jizhou, adjacent to Youzhou, but although Youzhou lost to the Bingzhou Army, Zhangwu is still under the control of the Jizhou Army.

Originally, Zhangwu did not have any soldiers and horses to defend, but since the Bingzhou army entered Youzhou, it has become a border fortress, and many newly recruited troops have entered Zhangwu one after another, making this originally relatively lonely coastal town lively.

Zhang Wu's county magistrate is named Jia Cheng, and Jia Chong has a little kinship, it is because of such a relationship that he has the opportunity to be recommended as the county magistrate of Zhangwu County, Zhang Wu is a third-class small county, originally inconspicuous, but with the tightening of the war situation in Youzhou, Zhang Wu's status has changed suddenly, which also makes Jia Cheng is confidence increase.

Some time ago, he entrusted the relationship to Jia Chong as a gift, at present, Jia Chong is a celebrity in front of Sima Shi, Jia Cheng hopes to transfer him back to Luoyang through Jia Chong's relationship, Jia Chong sent a letter to tell him to actively perform in Zhangwu, as long as he stays up for three years or two years, Zhang Wu has not lost, he will definitely say a few words in front of Sima Shi, and find an opportunity to transfer him back to Luoyang. Hearing this news, Jia Cheng seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, so he naturally tried his best to defend Zhang Wu, and was ready to stay up for two or three years, maybe Jia Chong really had a way to transfer him back to Luoyang.

However, it takes a little luck to hold Zhangwu, with the current strength of thousands of Zhangwu, and the state army really has to fight, he can't hold it at all, and the state army can even occupy the entire Youzhou, how can he put a small Zhangwu in his eyes?

Therefore, Jia Cheng hopes that the state army will have a far-sighted vision and take those big states and counties, and small coastal counties like Zhangwu, don't fall into their eyes. Jia Cheng has always hoped that Zhang Wu will be safe and sound, as long as there is no movement in the north, it will be the biggest good news for him.

It's a pity that it backfired, Jia Cheng sat idle in the county office this day, thinking about when he would be able to return to the prosperous and wealthy Luoyang, when he would be able to leave this desolate and remote place, thinking about it, he was a little napped, and as soon as he lost his eyes, he heard someone report urgently: "County Magistrate Jia, something is wrong, the north ...... A large number of soldiers and horses are coming to the north! ”

Jia Cheng suddenly struck a spirit, and his sleepiness disappeared, he hurried to the north gate of the city, climbed the city tower to take a look, and suddenly his face was like earth.

The north of Zhangwu City extends to the territory of Youzhou, all of which are the terrain of a horse and a flat river, and the scenery in the distance can be seen from afar, but Jia Cheng climbed the city tower this time, not to enjoy the scenery, but to observe the enemy's situation.

I saw that the north was dusty, and on the horizon, countless small black dots surged up, although they were small, but the number was extremely huge, like locusts and ants, and they were overwhelmingly surging towards Zhangwu City. Jia Cheng was so shocked that he was dripping with cold sweat, and couldn't help but secretly complain, it was terrible that the state army would attack on such a large scale, he hurriedly ordered all the sergeants to devote themselves to defending the city, although Jia Cheng also understood that this was futile, with the thousand eight hundred people under his command, how could he resist the large-scale attack of the state army, but out of instinct, he still had to stick to the city, even if it was given in vain, he could not easily let the state army enter the city.

In fact, the huge black spots like insects and ants that Jia Cheng saw were not the Bingzhou Army, or in other words, most of them were not the Bingzhou Army, they were the Youzhou Army who fled all the way from Linyu Pass to here.

More than 400 miles of road, the Youzhou army walked for nine days, broke through the three blockade lines of the Bingzhou army, experienced dozens of battles large and small, and paid a very heavy price, before reluctantly escaping from the boundary of Youzhou and coming to Jizhou.

At this time, Wei Qian may finally let out a long breath, this way is not easy, almost all of the people he brought are almost exhausted, this can be regarded as escaping, and finally came to the ground in Jizhou.

In the previous cognition, Wei Qian thought that the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army was the most powerful, and he really had nothing to fear, but after the infantry of the Bingzhou Army competed, Wei Qian realized that he was very wrong, and the combat effectiveness of the infantry of the Bingzhou Army was not inferior to the cavalry at all.

In order to block the southward movement of the Youzhou army, the infantry battalion and the shooting battalion of the Bingzhou army took turns to fight, built three blockade lines, and started a bloody battle with the fleeing Youzhou army.

The first blockade line took the Youzhou army three days, and the two sides fell into hand-to-hand combat with each other, and the battle was extremely white-hot, and in this land of Liaoxi County, corpses were everywhere and full of killings.

The strength of the infantry battalion made the Youzhou army appreciate the strength of the infantry of the Bingzhou Army for the first time, and the Bingzhou Army not only has strong cavalry field combat ability, but also the infantry is also the backbone of the field legion, although the number of the two sides is very different, but the infantry battalion does not want to retreat a step, they stick to the defense line, do not let the Youzhou Army approach.

This is the most arduous offensive and defensive battle, perhaps the war has never been easy, Wei Qian and Wang Qi are at a loss in the face of the solid defense of the Bingzhou army, they don't want to be blocked here, once they can't leave Youzhou, what awaits them in the end is only the fate of destruction.

So the Youzhou army launched a group charge like a whole army and a whole battalion, gathered all the troops that could be mobilized, and frantically rushed towards the defense line of the Bingzhou army, and finally tore a hole and broke through the defense line of the Bingzhou army.

originally thought that after breaking through the defense line of the western Liaoxi of the Bingzhou army, the next thing would be Yima Pingchuan, but I didn't expect that this was only the first level, and next, there were more difficult battles waiting for them.

In Youbeiping County and Yuyang County, the Bingzhou Army also has two strong defense lines, and each defense line passes through it, so that the Youzhou Army will not die and will have to shed its skin.

In the three blockade lines successively, more than half of the casualties of the Youzhou army were brought out from Linyu Pass, which was more than 40,000 and nearly 50,000 men and horses, but after breaking through the last blockade line of Yuyang County, the Youzhou army only had more than 25,000 people left, and half of the men and horses had been lost on the way to break through. Even Wei Qian and Wang Qi didn't expect that in the absence of the Bingzhou cavalry to block the attack, the defense line of the Bingzhou army was still so powerful, allowing them to lose half of Tai.

But all in all, they are still lucky, from the moment they looked at Zhang Wucheng, Wei Qian actually had a feeling of tears, it was not easy to break through this way, but they finally picked up a life and came back, and the result was still satisfactory to them.