Outside the city, seeing such a shocking change, Ma Qiu and his soldiers were stunned on the spot. After a while, Ma Qiu was the first to react, and quickly stepped forward to personally pacify and rectify the panicked soldiers, and at the same time organized the soldiers to attack inward.

However, by this time, the collapse of the city's buildings was still continuing, and there was a strong bow attack near the gap. The strength of the resistance is far from being comparable to before.

Hit the trick!

Seeing that the attacking soldiers were repulsed, Ma Qiu's face suddenly became ugly, and when he summoned Zhang Lu and ordered him to gather all the rebel troops here, and attack inward at any cost to open up the cut off connection.

Ma Qiu himself led the remaining less than 2,000 soldiers to quickly rush towards the other defensive loopholes in his memory, hoping to rush in as soon as possible to join the troops trapped in the city.

So far, Ma Qiu still has one thing to talk about as comfort, that is, his judgment of Xie Ai's military style is still relatively accurate, and he is keen to take risks.

At this time, in the city, Hu Run and other generals had already led the Huainan soldiers to rush towards those soldiers who were panicking.

These people were still immersed in the excitement of capturing Yecheng first, and the next moment they suddenly encountered a shocking change, especially when they realized that the back road was cut off, the panic was even more terrifying. So much so that when the Huainan army suddenly came out of the streets and alleys, the battlefield was quickly divided into several pieces, unable to echo each other, and each fought with difficulty.

This is the main reason for Xie Ai's arrangement, when he moved north to prepare to capture Yecheng, he never felt that he could stubbornly hold Yecheng until the main army of Huainan came to help. Once Shi Hu sent troops to interfere in the situation in Yecheng, it would inevitably cause big variables.

And when Ma Qiu led the army to appear near Yecheng, the Hebei villagers who were called the righteous army but were actually mobs were just as Xie Ai had guessed.

First of all, it is impossible to defend Yecheng completely, so Xie Ai does not regard this as a target, he intends to use this as a bait to lure those possible enemies, of course, mainly against the enemy forces on Shi Hu's side.

With the strength of Xie Ai's current forces, it is impossible for Yecheng to be defended, and the enemy army will attack sooner or later. But there is always a difference between active attack and passivity, and this difference can sometimes lead to the victory or defeat of a battle, and the advantage accumulates from this.

At least for now, the more than 3,000 enemy soldiers trapped in the city will not think that the Huainan army is not strong enough, or that they are brave and good at fighting to rush into Yecheng, but because the enemy army deliberately induced and carelessly rushed into the trap, they are in an extremely dangerous situation.

With that, enough over there.

There has never been an accurate measure of strength in war, and three thousand cavalry can crisscross the countryside and defeat several times the number of people. But the same 3,000 people, trapped in a city with complex terrain, and under the deliberate inducement of the enemy, can exert combat effectiveness, which is incomparable.

At the moment, Xie Ai did not know that the battle of Liyang had already had a result, but this did not prevent him from making the right arrangements at the right time. The only thing he can rely on is the 5,000 Huainan army under his command, but even if it is the elite of the Huainan army, once it spreads out in the field, under the impact of the enemy's almost equal amount of elite cavalry, it will only be defeated and invincible.

What is a qualified general?

Taking the lead and loving soldiers like a son is only one of the means, not the only means. Xie Ai himself is just an ordinary person, he can't inspire morale before being in the battle array, and even the crowd takes the head of the enemy general, he was also confused about people like him before, is he qualified to warden the war?

However, the Governor set a very suitable example for him, and the Governor was also not a brave choice, but he was able to win the support of the Huainan Army. One of the most important points is that the Governor, as a true commander, can create a battlefield environment that is most suitable for his soldiers to display their combat power in every battle, and he does not hesitate to risk his life for this.

Just like the earlier fierce defense of Yanjin, with the lonely and weak people to meet the enemy of the multiplier, it seemed unnecessary at the time. But when the armies are all gathered on the banks of the river, and the armies of the north and south face each other across the river, this persistence can be rewarded handsomely.

Unable to hold on, the field is weak, but the enemy will not be bound by these difficulties. Therefore, Xie Ai set up a Yecheng with loopholes everywhere, and at the same time put on a certain defensive force to block the chaotic army of those rabble, and lure the main force of the enemy army to engage in street fighting.

He was sure that the enemy army would enter the city, because even if there were loopholes everywhere, this was Yecheng, a big city of extraordinary significance to the people of Hebei, even if the enemy army had insights, they had to step into it. If you can't even turn a blind eye to a city full of loopholes, then what's the point of these enemy troops heading south?

The area in Yecheng is vast and there are many buildings, which is an advantageous battlefield for the Huainan army. Even if the number of enemy troops is several times larger, the Huainan army has the strength to hold on to a corner. At the same time, after the enemy army enters the city, a considerable part of the troops will be attracted to the city, which can also alleviate the risk that some reinforcements will face.

In fact, just as Xie Ai expected, although the more than 3,000 enemy soldiers who entered the city were still resisting, it could be seen that they were elite divisions, but they already had the fear of falling into a trap, and there was a lack of unified and flexible dispatch in this chaotic street and alley.

The officers and men of the Huainan Army knew about this tactical plan early on, and once it was achieved, they were stimulated with vigorous morale. Between the rise and the fall, the officers and soldiers of the Huainan Army were like dragons and tigers, dividing and surrounding the originally huge pawns little by little and then annihilating.

Soon, the corpses of enemies were littered in this chaotic area, and the smell of blood was so thick that the dry streets were soaked in blood and turned muddy.

The commanders and generals in the army column did not even dare to show their heads and shout to command the battle, because in some of the remaining buildings near the battlefield, there were always Huainan soldiers occupying the Xingsheng Heights, using the crossbows and strong bows that the army carried not much to snipe the enemy generals who dared to take the lead, so that the enemy army was always in a headless fly, fighting separately, and could not assemble.

Because of its own initiative, Yecheng is to a certain extent the home of the Huainan army, so while attacking these more than 3,000 soldiers, the Huainan army still has a part of the surplus troops, on the one hand, to block the attack of those chaotic troops outside the city with low intensity, and on the other hand, to create a situation where there is still spare strength, so as to deter the cavalry outside the city who are still wandering and looking for opportunities.

Ma Qiu was wandering outside the city at this time, and he hated it in his heart. The Huainan army's tactics are not clever, but until now, Ma Qiu was annoyed that he had chosen the wrong place to break through, rather than the decision to attack the city.

The Huainan army could not hold Yecheng, this is an obvious thing, even if it starts all over again, Ma Qiu will still choose to attack Yecheng. Because this is the main purpose of his coming south, and once he occupies Yecheng, it will also be of great help to accept the defeated army that has retreated from the Liyang front.

If there is no solid stronghold of Yecheng, if he blindly sends reinforcements, he is just a wandering army, and the Huainan army can easily enter Yecheng for reinforcements in the midst of the rout. With his 5,000 people, it is difficult to block the vast area south of Yecheng.

So his fault was not to attack Yecheng, but to fail to hold the temptation to take Yecheng at the last moment, and rashly drove in too many troops, so that he went straight into the Huainan army. If many parties advance together, although the progress may not be fast, it will be stable, and it will be difficult for the Huainan army to get the opportunity to outflank and encircle most of his troops.

But if you think about it a little deeper, the reason why Ma Qiu insisted on quickly conquering Yecheng was not only because he learned that the Huainan army had won a great victory in Liyang and that reinforcements would arrive immediately. It is also necessary to use such a devastating victory to deter the powerful military leaders around them, and then use them for their own use.

"The dog thief has caused me a big deal!"

At this time, night has fallen, but with the faint starlight, you can still see that there is no lack of people shaking around Yecheng, and you can guess that it must be those Hebei rebels who left Yecheng before are watching the battle situation to decide where to take refuge.

When Ma Qiu rushed around the city, the holes in the city's defenses that he originally thought were already in full bloom at this moment, although the possibility of the enemy's bluff could not be ruled out, but what if it wasn't?

At present, Ma Qiuxin's army strength is less than 2,000 people, and if he falls into the trap of the enemy army in the city again, he doesn't even dare to imagine the outcome. So in the end, he still didn't dare to rush to those loopholes, and when he returned to the same place, he heard that the sound of fighting in the city had gradually weakened, and his mood couldn't help but be even lower.

At this moment, the offensive of the chaotic army led by Zhang Lu was rapid, and it was several degrees stronger than in the daytime. However, the enemy's counterattack was also more rapid, and the rain of arrows completely covered the area, far from being comparable to the weakness of the day.

When Ma Qiu's personal soldiers entered the battle again, Zhang Lu came over with a nervous expression, and there were also some sporadic arrows hanging between the two layers of battle armor on his body, I don't know if it was deliberate or the truth.

But now Ma Qiu was in no mood to pursue the matter, and his eyes were as dark as lead water, and he condensed and said, "Withdraw the army." ”

"Withdrawal? But there are still ...... in the city."

When Zhang Lu heard this, his expression couldn't help but be stunned, he was not deliberately acting at this time, but he really wanted to capture Yecheng and rescue those soldiers trapped in the city.

This is not about morality, but it is difficult to ride a tiger, before he was determined to take refuge in the king of Zhongshan, so as soon as Ma Qiu led the people to the south, he immediately led the people to surrender. But he didn't expect the situation to evolve to this situation, thousands of elite soldiers fell into Yecheng, but the city has not yet been conquered, and someone must always stand up and take the blame for such a mistake.

Ma Qiu is a general who has been quite used in recent years under the command of King Zhongshan, even if it is difficult to escape the blame, but what good will happen to him, a like-minded person? If he can't turn the situation around, maybe he needs to stand up and take most of the blame for his mistakes. Therefore, his current battle intent is even more fiery than Ma Qiu.

"I said withdrawing troops, do you have any objections?"

Ma Qiu's face became darker after hearing this, and then he sighed, stepped forward and put his hand on Zhang Lu's shoulder and whispered: "This battle is unfavorable, not a crime of war." There are many traitors in Hebei to help the southern thieves, although the army came south to rush to Santai, but there is ** common disturbance on the back road, and the army has to withdraw with hatred, otherwise the army will be completely gone, you understand? ”

Zhang Lu was now afraid that he might become a scapegoat, so after listening to what Ma Qiu said, his eyes were still wandering for a while, and after a while, he gradually came to his senses, and then turned his head to look at the outskirts of the black hole, and said hatefully: "The army has already invaded Yecheng, if it weren't for the bad things of these rural traitors, how could they be invincible!" ”

Hearing Zhang Lu's statement, Ma Qiu's solemn expression became a little relaxed, and he patted Zhang Lu on the shoulder and said fiercely: "The countryside is cunning, it's really hateful!" I fought hard with Zhang Jun to kill through the siege of these traitors, although the bloody battle was not able to defend Ye City, but I was finally able to drive thousands of soldiers back, and this battle would not be in vain! ”

Zhang Lu had already realized before, and when he heard Ma Qiu's clear hint, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly raised his hand and clenched his fist and said: "Although there are many traitors in Yedi, there are still many loyal and righteous people who always have their hearts set on the king. If it weren't for General Ma's efforts to save him, I am afraid that we and other righteous soldiers would not be besieged by a group of thieves, and it would be difficult for them to return to the king! ”

"Lead a horse to Zhang Jun!"

Ma Qiu finally showed a smile on his face at this time, and his attitude towards Zhang Lu was also much kinder, and only after Zhang Lu turned over on the horse, did he step forward and sigh again: "The situation in Hebei is in turmoil, no matter who the Shishu does not know who to entrust to be safeguarded." Although I serve the king, I usually feel that I am weak, even if I want to treat people with sincerity, I am afraid that I will cause trouble. For example, Shi Kan also worshiped his ancestors in the past and did things with his son, but what about now? Even if there is a moment, it is inevitable that he will die in the end! ”

"General Ma is a famous general of my Hebei Zhuangwu, although I live in the countryside, I also yearn for a long time. It is a great blessing to be with the general today! ”

Zhang Lu smiled all over his face, leaned over and said: "People with lofty ideals are all righteous and angry. In this troubled world, brothers still have grievances and grudges, and mixed blood blind dates, how can it be the right way to preserve! ”

He couldn't hear that Ma Qiu didn't dare to stay near Yecheng to fight now, and he was afraid that he would be punished by the King of Zhongshan if he returned like this, so he wanted to put the blame on the heads of those rebellious soldiers and villagers near the left. At this moment, I want to make a string of confessions with him, and I am worried that he will have his heart on that relative.

At the moment, whether it is for the sake of his life or his future, he naturally chooses to unify his voice with Ma Qiu. And having said that, Zhang Jackal's seed was just a little sheltered by his family's rich contributions in the past years, and they didn't have much of a relationship with each other. If he can take advantage of this to closely unite with Ma Qiu, it will also be an opportunity for him.

After making confessions to each other, Ma Qiu did not hesitate, he had already given up rescuing the soldiers trapped in the city, because it would not be long before the news of the Huainan army's victory in Liyang would reach Yecheng, and I don't know what kind of variables it would cause at that time.

So for now, he still focused on more practical interests, and soon he led the crowd to pounce on the Hebei rebels around Yecheng. On the one hand, it is natural to look for some people who carry black pots, and on the other hand, the captivity of some people is also to give an explanation to King Zhongshan, so that this trip will not be in vain.

Moreover, he also has no lack of resentment against these wall grasses, and in addition to venting his anger, he can also capture some Ding Zhuang to supplement the huge losses in this battle.

Although more than 3,000 people were trapped in the city before, the war horses were all left outside the city, since Zhang Lu was so knowledgeable about current affairs, Ma Qiu was not stingy to lend these war horses to Zhang Lu's subordinates temporarily. Once again, the huge cavalry team of thousands of people was integrated into a large cavalry team, and after giving up the attack on Yecheng, they directly pounced on the chaotic troops who were lingering around Yecheng.

Seeing that he had become the main target of the soldiers, the leaders of the rebellious army were also terrified for a while, and they fled backwards, but how could their feet be against the four hooves, especially the area around Yecheng is a good field battle place for Siye Pingchuan.

Soon, these rebellious soldiers shot and killed countless soldiers like wolves, and then they were divided and besieged, and a large number of abandoned weapons surrendered, all of them had no strength to fight, and only a few could escape.

Ma Qiu was in need of a scapegoat at this time, and the leaders of the powerful army who surrendered when they saw the opportunity was not good, naturally they would not be soft, and shot dozens of people one after another, their heads were cut off and hung on horseback, and then they drove nearly 10,000 surrendered soldiers, and before the conclusive news came from the south, they went to Xiangguo.

The distance between Xiangguo and Yecheng is not too far. Although many soldiers escaped along the way, when they arrived at the camp of the Shihu army in the northeast of Xiangguo, there were still thousands of soldiers left.

Ma Qiu led the crowd back, but he couldn't see the panic of the defeated army, and after placing the soldiers in the camp outside the city, he led Zhang Lu and several other leaders of the rebel army who had already unified their voices to hurriedly enter the camp to resume their lives.

"The Last Death Penalty ......"

As soon as he entered the camp, Ma Qiu hurriedly knelt on the ground, stepped forward on his knees, and roared sadly in his mouth.

Shi Hu, the head of the big battalion, sat in it, compared with a few years ago, there were a few more vicissitudes, but a little less ostentatious, Ma Qiu was like this in front of him, his face had suddenly sunk, and he said angrily: "I sent you to attack Yecheng and attack the southern thieves, why did you return in a hurry?" ”

Ma Qiu bowed deeply to the ground, and told the previous rhetoric in a trembling voice, and Zhang Lu and the others did not dare to relax at this time, and they also had the courage to help on the side.

"Yecheng was actually obtained by the southern thieves?"

When Shi Hu heard this, his angry eyes were almost like copper bells, this news was even more difficult for him to accept than Shi Kan had already defeated the southern thief and held Ye Land steadily. Especially after hearing that it was the Hebei thieves who came to the aid of the Huainan army, he was even more furious, and got up angrily and roared: "Kill all those captured thieves!" If the Lord had been willing to listen to my good words in the early years, why would it have accumulated into a catastrophe so far! ”

When Ma Qiu heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, he still underestimated the king's determination to capture Yecheng, if it weren't for blaming those chaotic troops, he was afraid that it would be difficult to have good results in this defeat.

But when he heard that Shi Hu was going to kill all those captives, Ma Qiu still couldn't help but feel heartache, knowing that those people were what he planned to use to make up for his losses, so he was busy and dared to ask for mercy: "The king, please calm your anger, the people of Yedi, in fact, there is still no shortage of hearts to the king, such as Zhang Lu and the like." It's just that the Shikan dog thief is too incompetent, and he has been sitting in an unstable place for many years, so he is taken advantage of by the southern thieves. In the future, the king will be in turmoil, and he still needs the service of the people, if it is ......"

"You have been defeated and humiliated, I haven't asked for the guilt, and you dare to say more to ask for the lives of others? Come, peel off his armor for me and imprison him in the army, and then he will be punished again in the future!" ”

Shi Hu was even more furious when he heard this, and directly copied a copper talisman on the case, and smashed it at Ma Qiu.

When Ma Qiu heard this, he put down his heart, knowing that he had escaped this disaster. If anyone really does evil to the king, he will immediately be beheaded outside the tent, and there is no need to say anything about the future crime. After all, there is a lack of people under the command of the king at the moment, and he is a rare talent, and it is inevitable to beat, and his life is worry-free.

After Ma Qiu and the others were imprisoned, Shi Hu no longer mentioned the matter of killing those prisoners, and the difficult situation in the past few years has made his violent willfulness a little restrained. What's more, the enemy of Huainan has now arrived in Hebei, and it is not bad for those captives to stay and use them as human life consumption.

After the mood calmed down a little, Shi Hu summoned people to the account again.

Ma Qiu's little caution, he didn't fail to see it, and even before Ma Qiu returned, what happened in Yecheng had already been reported. But now is not the time to find out the truth, otherwise it will only embarrass him even more. Ma Qiu knew how to plunder a large number of Dingkou and return, which could be regarded as saving his face a little.

It's just that when he thought that Yecheng actually fell into the hands of the southern thieves, he was like a fish in his throat, and his heart was also full of a sense of crisis, and he lost patience with the situation that Xiangguo was still in a stalemate. ”

At the same time, he gave a death order to the generals, whether the city surrenders or not, he has to take Xiangguo in the near future! In fact, at present, most of Xiangguo has been out of control, and Cheng Yao and others have less than 10,000 weak troops under their control, and they have abandoned most of Xiangguo, but they are trapped in Mingtang Piyong in the west of the city, especially burying Shile in the attack position of the army near Mingtang.

Although Shi Hu had already made it clear that he was usurping, he still did not dare to bear the notoriety of destroying the tomb of the ancestors. Especially at the moment, the veterans such as Kui An in his army see this more important, although they are Shi Hu's generals, they are also the former ministers of the ancestors. If Shi Hu didn't even care about the tomb of the first king, their situation in the future would also be worrying.

At present, Shi Hu's main concern is not the affairs of Xiangguo, but the movements of the Huainan Army. He now has 70,000 or 80,000 people, most of whom are from the Qian tribe, and some of them are from the Hu Yi and Jin people, and their military strength is not weak, and they are also known as 200,000 armor to the outside world.

Especially before the recovery of Xiangguo, many Hu tribes between Yu and He were wiped out first. Even if the Huainan Army continues to go north later, it definitely has the strength to fight. After all, between the advance and retreat of the army, the strength is uncertain, Xiangguo and Yecheng seem to be not far away, but there are many field battles on the way, which is the absolute home of Shihu.

But in his heart, there was always a kind of horror that even he didn't want to admit about the battle with the Huainan army, so after a little muttering, he summoned the Xianbei Murong envoy who had joined the army earlier, and said after meeting: "I am going to enter the Xiangguo, and the system is imminent, if your family master still has the mind to wait and see, and when Hebei is pacified, I will lead a strong army to conquer, and the disaster of exterminating the clan will be in a thought!" ”

After Feng Yi heard this, he lowered his head and said: "The Duke of Liaodong has no idea of fighting with the king, why is the king hostile. What's more, now that Henan is moving, if the king ......"

"Liaodong Gong? Which Liaodong Gong? I heard that Murong Jun has repeatedly sent people to the south, but the southern thieves have not yet been sealed. Moreover, Shen Weizhou's little raccoon dog has repeatedly sent boats to fund the rebels of the Murong family, and has seduced a large number of Jin people to return to the south. This son is arrogant and ferocious, even my Hebei people don't look at it, just a mongrel of Murong in Liaodi, do you think he will be kind? ”

After hearing this, Shi Hu sneered: "I won't lie to you, go back quickly and tell Murong Jun that I will fight in Hebei in the south thief in the future, if he is willing to send people to help me, there is no need to look at the official name, and it is not impossible to be crowned king." But if I wait and see, when I finish the southern matter, I will kill its mountains and rivers, just like the lonely soul of the Duan family! ”

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