Yanzhou Group is planning for its own future. The sky over Yanmen was covered with war clouds. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun rushed to Pingcheng on their front and back feet, and Chun Yuqiong also came to Gaoliu City.

In recent years, Yuan Shao abandoned Kojiyi, and Chun Yuqiong was in the limelight for a while. He was the Eighth School of Xiyuan during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, a veteran general under Yuan Shao, and a representative of the military power of the Yingchuan faction of Yuan Shao's group. The Yingchuan system and the Jizhou department have been fighting openly and secretly. So when Tian Feng persuaded Yuan Shao to come to Gaoliu together, Chun Yuqiong immediately expressed his dissatisfaction. In his opinion, Tian Feng was deliberately preventing himself from making meritorious contributions.

Gaoliucheng was the western governor of Dai County in the Western Han Dynasty, and the county was adjusted in the Eastern Han Dynasty. This city has stood on the border for hundreds of years, has experienced countless wars, and time has left mottled traces on it.

Tian Yu arrived in Gaoliu and came to see the guard Yan Zhi, who also knew that the Qing and Youyou armies surrounded Gaogan, and Gaoliu had become a place of right and wrong at this time. Seeing Tian Yubing coming, he was overjoyed, so he asked Tian Yu to help him defend Gaoliu. On this day, the second general was chatting in the mansion, and suddenly heard a report that Jizhou soldiers were coming. So they went out of the house together, climbed to the top of the city, and watched the enemy's situation.

I saw the big flags outside the city waving, the camps were continuous, the drums and trumpets were frequent, and the killing spirit was rising. The two generals glanced at each other, summoned the left and right, and ordered the three armies, reorganize the troops and horses, and prepare to defend the city.

As soon as Chun Yuqiong arrived, after setting up the camp, he led the schools out of the camp to view the city, and saw that although the Gaoliu city was high, the circumference was relatively small. So they wanted to make the army attack the city. Someone under his command said: "Gaoliu City is small, it is not easy to attack the city since ancient times, it is better to besiege it, the sun and the moon are open, and the enemy army is defeated without a fight." ”

Chun Yuqiong heard this and said angrily: "Our army has come from afar, and the food and grass are not enough, and the benefits are in a hurry. If you besiege but not attack, what can you do when the army runs out of food? ”

When he did not listen, he first ordered the soldiers to cut down trees and build equipment in all directions, and prepared for the siege. After all the preparations were made, he ordered the three armies, lined up in formation, and marched noisily. The moat south of Takayanagi Castle was shallow and was quickly filled in. Jizhou saber and shield hands in front, archers followed, and groups of men and horses, following behind the building cars and ladders, slowly approached the city.

The drums thundered like thunder over the battlefield. The soldiers shouted and shouted, and soon a ladder was set up on the wall, and before the ladder there was a group of warriors, each holding several long poles, on which hung a cowhide, which was used to disturb the sight of the defenders of the city, and to shield the bows and arrows. Climb up to cover the warriors under the ladder.

The archers above and below the city have taken the lead in ruthless shooting. With the sound of strings, the arrows poured and flew in the sky as if they didn't want money. Every time with the commander's order, countless arrows like weeds were planted on the ground above and below the city. Wailing sounds, people are dying every breath. The soldiers did not have time to grieve, so they hurried up to the vacant positions one by one in the midst of shouting orders. The work of the dead soldiers continued.

After a rain of arrows came and went, the archers' arm muscles began to ache and weak, so they quickly retreated in an orderly manner, and then it was time for the warriors to perform. The sons and daughters on the ladder have a small shield hanging on their left arm, a sharp blade in their mouths, and they use their hands and feet together to climb up the ladder quickly. When he reached the battlement, he raised his shield to protect the door, took the sword in his right hand and danced it in the air, and his comrades under him supported him with force behind him, and the soldiers above him leaped forward with the strength of his strength, and crossed the city wall to the top of the city. After a roll, he stood up and fought the defenders. After one went up, the second quickly climbed up, with a shield and a horizontal sword, his back against the battlements, and continued to come up under the cover of his robe. When the number of people increased, blood flowers bloomed above the city, and flesh and blood flew sideways.

Siege is a tragic and bloody thing. Many people fell silently on the way to the charge. Some of them were stabbed to death by indiscriminate gunfire as soon as they entered the city, and some were shot in mid-air by bows and arrows, hit by rolling logs and stones, scalded by boiling water, and injured by lime dust......

At all times, the head of the city and the city below, the terrible screams will sound. Chun Yuqiong rode a horse and watched the battle behind him expressionlessly, as if the soldiers who kept falling at the head of the city were not living lives, but just chess pieces that could be discarded at any time. One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, nothing more than that.

The Jizhou army surrounded the four cities, but only stormed the southern and eastern cities. Tian Yu invited Yan Zhi to defend the southern city, where the battle was fiercest. This is the first time since Tian Yu joined the army that he stood alone and commanded the troops to defend the city. He did a great job. As soon as the Jizhou military man approached to erect the ladder, he asked people to pour fire oil on the ladder, and then set it on fire. After the oil was exhausted, the iron pot was overturned, and the boiling water was poured down, rolling wood, stones, etc., as long as it could be thrown, it was thrown down by the Qingzhou army. After the melee battle began, Tian Yu withdrew all the archers, leaving only a few people with better archery skills to follow him. If you find that there are Jizhou warriors landing in the city, the long sword is pointed, and several feather arrows fly over. Since the beginning of the war, there have been many first-class deaths at the hands of these sharpshooters.

Above the city, the fire was blazing, and the young and strong people in the city were organized to rescue the wounded and transport supplies. The residents of Gaoliu City are no strangers to defending the city, for hundreds of years, their ancestors have been here and have repeatedly fought wars with the Hu people, and the fierce genes have been deeply rooted in their blood inheritance. And now, although it is not the Hu people outside the city, as long as they attack Gaoliu City, no matter who it is, they are their enemies.

The tragic offensive and defensive battle lasted a whole day. Chun Yuqiong saw with his own eyes countless soldiers who fell on the road and ran forward and never got up again, and also saw with his own eyes that above the city, a team of Jizhou soldiers risked their lives to kill them, but they were driven down by the defenders. One corpse after another was thrown down and thrown under the city walls as if they had broken through a cloth bag. There, blood flowed silently, and corpses were stacked on top of each other.

When the winter sun shone on his body and he couldn't feel the warmth anymore, Chun Yuqiong gave the order to withdraw his troops. After the strike, the two families tacitly began to fight on the battlefield. Collect broken arrows, knives and guns, then carry the corpses and throw them into a huge pit in the distance to be burned and buried. so as not to produce epidemics.

With moaning and howling, the tired Jizhou soldiers supported each other, clothed in the glow of the setting sun, and returned to the camp. This time, they will find that there are many familiar faces in the camp, and there are many fewer of them. But they didn't say anything, just silence. In the distance, darkness crept in. No one knows how long this troubled world will last. More than ten years ago, when they were in their hometown, they often got together and complained about the Son of Heaven at that time. And now, the mediocre and incompetent Emperor Xiaoling in their eyes makes them miss it immensely. After all, although life was a little sad at that time, there was no need to struggle in this bloody and chaotic world.

When Chun Yuqiong attacked Gaoliu, Yuan Shao's side also set up a position and prepared to start a war with Huang Zhong and other generals.