"The soldiers are fast, leave Pingshan County to Zhongmou, and the army will not stop for a moment, and it will approach Huai'an overnight!"

After Zhou Yu got the news of taking Pingshan, Shuai Qi waved his flag and ordered to march eastward overnight, directly approaching Huai'an, the old nest that Wu Qi had been operating for a long time, and vowed to pull out the three county towns of Wu Qi with lightning speed.

With Zhou Yu's order, Wu Yunzhao and Muhandas led 20,000 horses on the left, Zhou Yu and Zhou Dewei led 20,000 horses in the center, Pei Xingyan and Suo Dila led 30,000 men on the right, a total of 70,000 horses and horses approached Huai'an, fifty miles away, overnight.

In the vast night, the torches all over the mountains are like twinkling stars in the sky, which makes people dazzled. The 70,000 Guishan coalition army was huge, the footsteps shook the ground, the mountains and rivers changed color, and the Han army scouts hurriedly flew to report to Wuqi.

"This Zhou Yu is really inching!"

Wu Qi, who was sitting in Huai'an, couldn't help but be angry after getting the news of the coalition army's attack overnight, and scolded him: "If it weren't for Your Majesty's instructions to let you a few times, Linpu and Pingshan would not have given it to you easily, and you still want to take Huai'an in one go?" How arrogant! ”

But annoyed to annoyed, Wu Qi still admired Zhou Yu's military talent, but he didn't expect this guy to be non-stop after taking Pingshan, and he approached Huai'an overnight, this courage is by no means comparable to ordinary generals. I underestimated him before, even if there was no advice from the Son of Heaven, it would not be easy to win him, and I really couldn't help him if I didn't do my best.

"This Zhou Yu is really a fierce rival, I underestimated him before!"

Wu Qi immediately put on his armor and said to Fu Zhi: "Although Your Majesty told Zhou Yu to win a few times, Huai'an City must not be lost, otherwise the Guishan army will drive straight into the defense line and go deep into the northern part of Jiaozhou. The general was not subject to the military orders outside, and I decided to go out of the city to fight. After General Yanji was captured, our army was short of generals, so we had to bother Gong and Mr. to defend the city. ”

"The general is in charge of going out of the city, and he will definitely try to defend Huai'an!" Frustrated, he gave his hand to the command.

Due to the advance of the Guishan army, Wu Qi has sent someone to put his half-married wife Wu, and Sun Jian's widow is also his eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Wu. and Sun Ce's widow Yu Zhiruo, plus Sun Jian's two sons Sun Kuang and Sun Lang, who were not yet weak, sent people to Cangwu and handed them over to Wang Shouren to take care of.

And half a month ago, Wu Qi had dismissed all the people in the city and let them move to Xinning County in the north of Jiaozhou. As a frontline position, Huai'an will inevitably usher in a brutal bloody battle in the future, bloody wind and rain, and the situation of a mountain of corpses and a sea of flesh will definitely be indispensable. The current Huai'an City is already an empty city except for the defenders and a month's grain and grass.

"Prepare the horses!"

Since he agreed, he agreed. Wu Qi turned on his horse and took the most elite 2,000 soldiers under his command, plus 15,000 defenders out of the city overnight, and rushed to the front line fortress to resist the attack of the coalition army.

After the Battle of Linpu and the Battle of Pingshan, Wu Qi's men and horses have lost more than 5,000 people, and the total strength has been less than 45,000 people. The rest of the men poured out.

In the dark night, He Yuanqing and Jiang Song each led 10,000 horses to garrison the dangerous Guniuling and Chiwei Beach respectively. These are the two main roads leading to Huai'an, Wu Qi has set up the arrow tower crossbow platform here half a year in advance, dug traps, placed rejecting horses, piled up rolling stones and wood, and made all defensive preparations.

It's just that Jiang Song has just retreated from the Pingshan front. Before they could catch their breath, the Kushan Army followed. Jiang Song hurriedly ordered the formation to be formed, with the crossbowmen in front, the sword and shield soldiers in the center, and the pikemen in the back. Wait for the area around Chiwei Beach, and send scouts to ask Wu Qi for help.

Wu Qi led the army to leave Huai'an County to reinforce the front line, while waiting for the news of the scouts, the Guishan army was strong, coupled with the lack of major generals under his own troops after Yang Qilang was captured, if there was no reinforcement from Huo Qubing and Xu Huang, this battle would be very difficult, even if it could withstand the onslaught of the coalition army, it would be a situation where the enemy would be killed by one thousand and eight hundred.

The two armies are only forty or fifty miles apart, and they have reached a situation where they are close to each other, fighting for the ability of the generals, fighting for the quality of the soldiers, any conspiracy and trickery is useless, and only by showing absolute strength can we achieve the final victory!

"Driving ......"

In the dark night, the sound of horses' hooves is as fast as a hail in summer, galloping from the south.

Wu Qi, who was looking forward to it, looked sideways slightly: "Hmm...... It should be news from Xu Gongming's side, right? I don't know how the battle is going? ”

"Report ......"

The dusty, unkempt scout came to Wu Qi and turned over and dismounted, this one hundred and fifty miles of fast horses and whips took two hours, almost the crotch of the war horse tired prostration, people naturally will not be much better, after dismounting, the legs weigh more than a thousand pounds, staggered and fell in front of Wu Qi.

"It's been a hard journey!" Wu Qi turned over and dismounted, bent down and helped the scout up, "How is the battle situation on General Gongming's side?" ”

"Huhu ......" the scout gasped heavily, and said with a heavy heart, "Pei Yuanqing, Wei Changhui, and Li Xiucheng led 150,000 coalition troops to Hepu, and Xu Gongming, Su Dingfang and other generals went out of the city to meet separately. ”

Wu Qi frowned: "Hepu is close to the sea, the terrain is flat, there is no danger to defend, and it is not surprising that it is surrounded." The Hepu city wall is much taller and thicker than Huai'an, and it should be safe for a while, and Xu Gongming and Su Dingfang are enough to hold it until reinforcements arrive. But it seems that Hepu's reinforcements can't be counted on, and I don't know what the situation is on General Yu Linhuo's side? ”

The Kushan army was menacing, and in the night it was already possible to see the torches in the mountains and fields in the southwest, which were getting closer and closer like stars in the sky, and the neighing of people and horses gradually became clear.

Time could not be delayed for a moment, Wu Qi ordered to garrison troops on the Qingshipo between Guniuling and Chiweitan, ready to meet He Yuanqing and Jiang Song at any time, and sent someone to inform He Yuanqing and Jiang Song: "Hold the position to the death, even if you fight to the last person, you are not allowed to retreat!" ”

"No!"

The scout agreed, turned on his horse, rolled up a puff of dust, and sent orders to Chiwei Beach in Guniuling.

Just as Wu Qi was standing on a high place and looking south, someone ran up from the bottom of the hillside: "General, general...... Dai is back! ”

Wu Qi turned his head to look and found that it was Jinyi Wei Qianhu Dai Zong.

A few days ago, the secret message conveyed by the Son of Heaven to let Zhou Yu win a few games first was sent by him, and he did not go back after sending the letter, and stayed on the front line to serve. Because of his excellent foot strength and talent, most of the liaison between the three corps fell on Dai Zong.

"Huh...... Dai Qianhu is really a good journey, the scouts of Hepu have just come back and have not been a stick of incense, and you will come one after another, and the reputation of the Shenxing Taibao is really well deserved. Wu Qi gave a thumbs up and praised Dai Zong.

Dai Zong's face was not red, his heart was not beating, and he was not panting, and he arched his hand to Wu Qi and said: "If it weren't for the vanguard of the Guishan reinforcements on the road, and I took a detour, I would have been able to come back half an hour earlier." ”

"Wang Ben's reinforcements have arrived?" Wu Qi frowned and asked, it seemed that the situation was getting more and more serious.

Dai Zong took the pottery bowl from Wu Qi's own soldiers, poured several mouthfuls of water, and finally wiped his mouth with his dusty sleeves and said, "Who said it wasn't?" There are at least fifteen thousand or so cavalry, and they have approached Yulin City for a hundred miles. But General Huo asked me to come back and tell the general that after arranging the defense of Yulin, he would lead a strong army to Huai'an to support by noon tomorrow at the latest, so that the general must withstand the attack of the thieves! ”

Wu Qi bowed slightly: "I, Wu Qi, swear to defend Huai'an, as long as there is still a breath left, I will never let the footsteps of the thieves step into Huai'an!" ”

Dai Zong drank a pot of wine on dried meat and pickles in the night, then got up and bowed to Wu Qi and said, "I'm idle, please ask the general to arrange a task for me!" ”

"Dai Qianhu's feet are outstanding, and the connection between my Qingshi Slope and Chiwei Beach and Guniuling is all on you!" Wu Qi was not polite, and immediately gave an order to Dai Zong.

"Even if it falls on Dai!" Dai Zong agreed, took the Pu knife down the hillside, and rushed to Guniuling.

In the dark night, the 20,000 horses led by Muhandas and Wu Yunzhao slowly approached the Guniuling defense line, and saw that the arrow towers on both sides of this dangerous road were densely packed, and there were many horses and guns, so they did not dare to attack rashly, and hurriedly sent troops to ask Zhou Yu for instructions.

"Attack, strive to break through the defense line before dawn and kill under Huai'an City!"

Zhou Yu gave the order without hesitation, Wu Qi had no way to retreat, and he would inevitably fight to the death, and the brave would win when they met on the narrow road, and the road to Huai'an could only be washed away with blood.

"Kill!"

As Zhou Yu's order was conveyed, Wu Yunzhao made a move with a spear in his hand, and the burly Muhandas was not far behind with a pair of copper hammers in his hand, and led the shield pawns to charge forward side by side, "Use the shield to block the bow and crossbow of the Han army, and release rockets to burn their arrow towers!" ”

"Whoosh ......"

In the earth-shattering sound of killing, under the light of the shaking torches, the arrow tower set up on the Guniu Ridge fired arrows in unison, and tens of thousands of arrows rained down in an instant.

The sound of "aggressive ......" rose and fell on the mountain ridge as dense as a summer rainstorm, and it was the sound of crossbow arrows falling on the shield.

"Rolling stones!"

Seeing that the lethality of the arrow rain was weak, He Yuanqing threw a rolling stone with his own hands, and ordered the ambush soldiers on both sides of the mountain road to throw rolling stones and wood.

Although this mountain road is not very steep, the slope can still be condescending, and for a while, the grinding disc like rolling stones rumbled down, and the logs that needed to be surrounded by one person also bounced down and smashed into the coalition formation that rushed to the front.

The shield could block the crossbow arrows, but it could not withstand the huge impact of the rolling stones, and in a moment the battlefield was full of screams, and countless coalition soldiers were killed on the spot by the brains of the rolling stones and wood.

The shields in the hands of those soldiers who were lucky enough to escape were smashed to pieces, and they dodged the rolling stones and trees, but they could not dodge the dense rain of arrows, and they fell to the ground with a scream. (To be continued.) )