Hua Mulan rode on horseback and watched the infantry attacking the city for a while, then turned her head and asked, "Brother Junsheng, do you want to capture this pass, or do you want to lure the main force of the Yan army over and inflict heavy damage on him here?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "The first goal is to capture this pass, and it would be best if we could lure the Yan army over in the process!" ”

Hua Mulan thought for a while and said to Zhao Junsheng: "There are not many defenders in this pass, only two or three hundred people, so you really don't have to worry about being attacked on your back." However······ Since the first goal is to capture this pass, although these siege infantry are good at attacking the city, this pass is dangerous, and it is not difficult to capture it in one day, but the casualties will definitely be large! ”

"You can see that they are skillful and agile in climbing siege ladders, but they are still lacking in mutual cover! This siege was a bit hasty, only the siege ladder was a siege weapon, if only the well fence could be used! ”

Zhao Junsheng observed for a while, stretched out his hand and beckoned to Yao Yong, who was in command of an infantry.

Yao Yong mistakenly hit and immediately came forward to hug his fists and said, "Envoy? ”

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the shrubs and thorn jungles on the slopes on both sides of the Green Pine Ridge and said, "Do you see the bushes and thorn bushes on both sides?" Although these shrubs and thorns grow densely and there is no road, this hillside is not too steep, and I want you to send two teams of men and horses with sharp blades to cut a path on both sides of Green Pine Ridge, and then cooperate with both sides to attack Green Pine Ridge head-on! Whoever captures Qingsongling first, will be promoted to one level and rewarded with thousands of cattle and sheep."

Although Zhao Junsheng received more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from Li Yuande and others, he did not completely deprive them of their military rights, the county soldiers and county soldiers were still led by these people, and these people were already grateful for keeping their official positions and lives, where did they dare to resent him? Besides, he acted under the banner of the emperor, and these people wanted to hate and hate the emperor.

Yao Yong mistakenly agreed: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

He rode away to organize his forces and open two roads up the mountain.

It may seem simple to carve out two paths up the hillside densely populated with shrubs and thorns, but it is not so easy, and at first many soldiers were scratched by the thorny thorns on their clothes and skin, and blood flowed.

Later, some people tied cowhides on their arms and hands, which reduced the number of injuries, but now it is summer, and although being fully armed can reduce injuries, it is so hot that everyone can't stand it after cutting for a long time, and from time to time someone faints from heat stroke.

Seeing this, Yao Yong had to order two other groups of men and horses to be rotated, and each group of people and horses would change to another group after two hours of work.

It took a whole morning to finally open up two mountain roads leading directly to both sides of the Qingsongling Pass.

At this time, the Yan army on the Qingsong Ridge began to panic, their forces were not very sufficient, and the Wei army attacked from the left and right sides at the same time, and they had to draw troops to defend on both sides, which weakened the strength of the frontal defense.

"Wu Baozhi!" Mulan watched for a while and then shouted.

Wu Baozhi turned his head and saw that it was Mulan who called him, he hesitated, Hua Mulan was not a general in Youzhou after all, did he want to listen to her?

As soon as he thought about the relationship between Mulan and Zhao Junsheng, he still agreed: "The end will be!" ”

Hua Mulan commanded: "Draw a hundred archers with good archery skills from among your people to provide long-range support to the besiegers, suppress the guards at the head of the city, and shoot accurately, don't shoot your own people!" ”

"Yes, General!" Wu Baozhi agreed and left.

It didn't take long for a hundred infantry with good archery skills to line up under the city wall and fire arrows at the defenders on the wall, which quickly suppressed the defenders, which relieved a lot of pressure on the besieging infantry.

Finally someone climbed the wall in one go, and more and more people climbed the wall, and the pressure on the defenders increased greatly, and they had to send everyone up, but the besieging soldiers had already played a rhythm, and they continued to throw troops into the wall according to this rhythm.

Qingpine Ridge could not be held after noon, and the defenders were killed one by one, and when there were only about thirty people left, all of them chose to surrender.

The soldiers were cleaning up the corpses, weapons, and arrows above and below the city wall, and the strong smell of blood spread out, which could be smelled from afar, and the smell of blood also attracted a large number of flies, especially in such a hot weather, the corpses were more likely to decay, and if they were not cleaned up as soon as possible, they would soon stink.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan passed through the busy figures of the soldiers and came to the city tower.

Hua Mulan held on to the female wall and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, I think we should strike while the iron is hot, and immediately set off to take Songyugou, which is twenty miles away, so that the commander of the Yan army will be even more flustered, only in this way can we force him to send troops, so that we can break through each and gradually weaken his strength!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and smiled when he heard this: "This suggestion is good!" Or ······ The battle against Songyugou is under your command! ”

Hua Mulan was not polite, and directly agreed: "Okay!" If I don't command well, you have to warn me, don't make a fool of me in front of so many people! ”

"In another year or two, I'm afraid that I won't be able to point you out, but I want you to guide me!" Zhao Junsheng said jokingly.

Hua Mulan's heart was sweet, "That's, don't look at who I am, I still study very hard!" ”

Zhao Junsheng originally thought that Hua Mulan would pull people over first, waiting for tomorrow morning to attack Songyugou, but she didn't expect her to raid Songyugou overnight, and the Yan army in Songyugou didn't expect that the Wei army would sneak attack at night, and when she reacted, Mulan had already climbed the city wall with her men and horses.

The battle ended in the middle of the night, all the two hundred Yan troops in Songyugou were killed, the Wei army's losses were not large, the Yan army was in chaos under the sneak attack, and could not stop the effective defense, and the Wei army recaptured this pass at the cost of dozens of people.

Yuyang County, Taishou Mansion.

The hall was full of people, but everyone's faces were extremely solemn, and the Wei army carried out the fortified wall to clear the wilderness, cut off the grain route, and then continued to recapture the border passes.

"So far, they've taken back three passes! Dashuai, the last general boldly speculated that Zhao Junsheng was going to cut off our way back, wanted to leave us in Yuyang completely, and blocked our reinforcements from coming, so that we would become a lone army! Vice General Feng Yu reported to Zhang Xingyu.

Shangshu Guo Yuan stood up and arched his hand: "Dashuai, the lower officials have heard a news in the past two days, saying that the Emperor of Wei has ordered to send 50,000 troops to reinforce Youzhou, and these 50,000 troops have now passed through Wuruan Pass!" ”

"What?" Zhang Xing's face changed, and he immediately asked, "Where did you get this news from?" Is it reliable? ”

Guo Yuan said: "It was inadvertently out of the merchants in the city when they were eating in the restaurant, and the lower officials were present at the time, and afterwards the lower officials arrested the merchant and interrogated him, he said that the news was brought back by his nephew who stayed in Pingcheng, and that he had to know the imperial decree to make money in business these years, and many businessmen sent people in Pingcheng to inquire about the latest decree issued by the imperial court, so as to receive the news in time!" ”

"For example, if you see that Wei sent 50,000 troops to reinforce Youzhou this time, then Youzhou's demand for various materials will increase, and the price will naturally rise, and the merchants will use the news to get the news before others and hoard materials, so they will make a lot of money!"

"Xiaguan also sent fine work to mix into Jixian County and surrounding counties, and found that prices are indeed rising, and the speed of rise is still very fast!"

Zhang Xing couldn't sit still, he got up and held the hilt of his sword and kept walking back and forth in the lobby.

Qin Du suggested: "Dashuai, Zhao Junsheng's main force should be in the border area, we send heavy troops to attack, we will definitely be able to catch his tail, and when he is defeated, we will find a way to deal with the 50,000 horses reinforced by the Wei army!" ”

The news that Wei has increased its troops to Youzhou by 50,000 has yet to be confirmed, but Zhang Xing did not have the time to send someone to further confirm it, if Zhao Junsheng was asked to take back all the passes on the border, his Yan army would really become a lone army.

Is it to send troops to find Zhao Junsheng's main force for a decisive battle, or is it ······

If he wanted to fight Zhao Junsheng, Zhang Xing was worried that the elite cavalry of the Wei army, which had disappeared, would suddenly come out.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Xing made a decision that surprised everyone.

That night, the Yan army in the camp in and outside the city of Yuyang County quietly left, and they disappeared without a trace under the cover of night, and more than 15,000 horses disappeared like this.

It wasn't until the next morning that the residents in Yuyang County didn't see a single Yan soldier on the street, and the Taishou Mansion was also empty, and the Yan soldiers and generals on the city wall were all gone, and the flags were gone, so people realized that something was wrong.

Some people dared to go out of the city to check the camp outside the city, but the gate of the camp was also open, and there was no one inside, not even a fart left.

The news was quickly learned by Wei Junzuo and the spies, who quickly passed the news to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng was taken aback when he received the news: "What, Yan Jun is gone?" How could it be gone? Are they coming this way? Or did you kill Jixian? ”

Bai Jinguang stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Near, so far, the last general has not received a report from the guard post, Yan Jun should not be coming to our side!" ”

"Quickly send someone to Jixian County to have a look, and order all localities to pay close attention to the movements of the Yan Army, and report it immediately once there is a trace of the Yan Army!" In addition, the detectives were widely dispatched to ride scout horses and increase the search range to thirty miles, and the Yuyang Army was a little bigger, and General Ben didn't believe that they could hide underground! ”

"Yes!"

At dusk that afternoon, news finally came from a detective outpost.

"General Qiyu, we have found the main force of the Yan army east of Yongnu County, and they are retreating in the direction of the border!"

Zhao Junsheng was surprised: "What? Are you kidding? Zhang Xing ran away with the people? ”

"Yes, the villain and the others are absolutely not mistaken, the Yan army is about fifteen thousand people, carrying a lot of baggage!"

Zhao Junsheng screamed strangely: "Hey, Zhang Xing actually took 15,000 people to run through to Yongnu County under our noses, he doesn't want to play with us?" Not afraid of making jokes? This old guy is really decisive, he waved his sleeves without taking away a cloud, he was very chic! ”

Cao Jiao said: "General, he didn't take away a cloud, but took away all the looted property!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment, turned his head and asked, "What did you just say?" ”

"I ······ I said that Yan Jun took away all the looted property and baggage, what, did I say something wrong? ”

Zhao Junsheng walked up to Cao Jiao and patted him on the shoulder: "Hahaha······ No, you reminded you too timely! Send the order down, gather men and horses to catch up with me, I will let him compensate his wife and break his army! ”

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