As soon as the Jizhou Army repelled the first attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the Long Arrows and Ballista of the Northern Xinjiang Army launched a second round of intensive attacks, and then the second batch of assault camps went up again, not giving the Jizhou Army any time to rest at all.

Xu Da gave orders continuously, attacking, attacking, and capturing the city.

The sound of killing up and down Yecheng shook the sky, and flesh and blood flew sideways.

The Jizhou army only had 3,000 people, and in the face of the three simultaneous attacks of the Northern Xinjiang Army at any cost, the strength was too thin. They simply could not stop the Northern Frontier Army's wave after wave of attacks.

Especially after Guan Yu saw that the Northern Xinjiang Army launched two offensives without success, he personally led three hundred guards to the city to fight, which made the exhausted and scarred Jizhou soldiers unable to parry. In the face of the sharp sharpness of the Northern Xinjiang Army with Guan Yu as the arrow, the Jizhou soldiers could not resist it and retreated one after another, with extremely heavy casualties.

Guan Yu danced the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and his whole body was dripping with blood, as if he was soaked in blood. He tirelessly killed, killed, trampled on the corpses of the enemy, carried the enemy's head, and fought tenaciously.

Crashing headlong into the blood-spattered headless corpse in front of him, Guan Yu's eyes suddenly brightened, and he shouted: "Brothers, it's here, it's here, kill the stone steps, open the city gate......"

Guan Yu's roar was like a thunderbolt on the ground, suddenly waking up the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang who were intoxicated with blood and killing. With an excited cheer, the Northern Frontier Army poured down like a flood that burst its embankment.

The Jizhou army was unstoppable, and the army could not be defeated, and some were even pushed down on the stone steps and trampled to death.

Guan Yu also couldn't help himself, running non-stop with the surging flow of people, shouting hoarsely: "Open the city gate, open the city gate......"

Then the northern sergeants who rushed up to the city tower cut the sling, and the suspension bridge fell with a loud bang.

Xu Da was overjoyed, flew on his horse, raised his gun and shouted: "Drumming...... Kill into the city, kill into ......"

Thousands of soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army shouted with the sound of thunder, rushing towards the city gate like a tide in the thunderous sound of war drums.

In the fierce hand-to-hand combat between the soldiers on both sides, the city gate opened a crack in the reinforcements.

The soldiers of the Northern Frontier, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, lifted the heavy crashing wood and hit it continuously, and the deafening sound of the impact spread far and wide with the thick fishy wind.

Several Jizhou soldiers who tried to reclose the city gate were knocked upside down and flew up, screaming and falling into the crowd, and then they were hacked to death with knives and stabbed to death. At the city gate, the fierce battle was unprecedentedly fierce.

The city gate was ajar, and the impatient northern Xinjiang soldiers roared in, and the barely supported Jizhou soldiers were immediately completely submerged by the rolling torrent.

Yecheng fell into the hands of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

………………

In late February, Qinghe Country, Heilong Bay.

Black Dragon Bay is located between the Iwa River and Tobu Castle.

According to Xu Da's order, Zhao Yun led the iron cavalry from the gall Tao City of Julu County to the south, crossed the Zhangshui River from Boluojin, and then entered the Qinghe Kingdom eastward, crossing the Qinghe River from the direction of Heilong Bay, preparing to raid Dongwu City and cut off the grain and grass transportation of the Gongsun army.

Although the army going south this time was commanded by Xu Da, the role of cavalry in the siege battle was very limited, and it was a waste to attack the city, so Xu Da did not let Zhao Yun and the others' iron cavalry go to Yecheng, but arranged for them to have another task.

Zhao Yun and Lu Bu led their troops to cross the river first and reach the south bank.

A scout came on horseback.

The scout turned over and dismounted, came to Zhao Yun and Lu Bu, and reported loudly: "Report to the two generals, the Yellow River has opened ahead of schedule." ”

Zhao Yun and Lu Bu were taken aback.

"Has the Yellow River section of Pingyuan County ever opened a river?" Zhao Yun asked urgently.

"The weather is getting better and better, and within three to five days, all the 400 miles of the Yellow River in Pingyuan County will be opened." The scout said affirmatively, "I used to be from Plains County, and I am very familiar with this place. This year, the opening of the Yellow River belongs to the 'Wenkai River', and the ice begins to thaw from top to bottom, and the ice level is stable and discharged, so there will be no danger of ice dams blocking the river and causing ice floodplains. ”

Zhao Yun's face became even more solemn when he heard this, and he asked: "So, the sections of the Yellow River in Wei County and East County in Yanzhou have been opened?" ”

The scout replied, "General Hui, that's exactly right. ”

Zhao Yun was flustered for a while, and he was speechless for a long time. After a while, he stepped forward and patted the scout on the shoulder, and said, "You've worked hard, go down and rest." ”

Lu Bu beckoned to the guards behind him, and one of the guards hurriedly took out the map from the leather bag on his horse's back and spread it on the ground.

Zhao Yun half-knelt on the ground, pointed to the map and said: "If the Yellow River section of Wei County and Yanzhou East County in Jizhou has been opened, then the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro concentrated in Liyang of Wei County and Dunqiu and Weiguo in Yanzhou will cross the river in the near future and join the Yellow Turban Army of Yuyan, and the time for the Yellow Turban Army to go north to Jizhou is likely to be advanced." ”

Lu Bu nodded, pointed to Gaotang City of Pingyuan County on the map and said, "Gaotang City is one hundred and fifty miles away from Ganling City and two hundred and fifty miles away from Jieqiao. If Tian Kai and Liu Bei's army crossed the river in these two days, they could quickly support Gongsun Zhan. ”

Then he looked at Zhao Yun, who was frowning, and whispered: "If the lord wants to completely annihilate Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, it is too difficult. ”

Zhao Yun smiled bitterly: "Heaven is not beautiful, and people are not as good as heaven." The top priority is to immediately inform the lord of this situation, the situation on the battlefield has changed abruptly, please deal with it as soon as possible. ”

Gao Changgong and Zhang Liao quickly crossed the river.

Zhao Yun gave a brief introduction to the battlefield situation and said: "The lord has sent someone to send an urgent letter, and at present, he and Li Jing's 30,000 troops are facing off against Gongsun Zhan's army in Xifeng Pavilion, while Yuan Shao's army is stationed in Linqing Pavilion, which is sixty miles away from Xifeng Pavilion. Because Yuan Shao's army threatened the safety of both Gongsun Zhan's army and Ganling City, Gongsun Chan did not dare to attack. The tripartite armies then reached a stalemate. ”

"The army of Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao has been firmly pinned down by the general." Zhao Yun said, "Now wait for us and Xu Da's army to outflank each other." As long as Xu Da and we reach the line of Ganling City, Beiqiu and Linqing Pavilion on time, the siege will be completed. ”

Zhang Liao waved his hand excitedly and said, "It is a pleasure to fight with the lord. There has been no war for two years, and a fight is a war of more than 200,000 people. Okay, happy. After the encirclement, who do we fight first? Yuan Shao or Gongsun Zhan? ”

"Hit Yuan Shao first." Zhao Yun said calmly, "But now the situation has changed. The Yellow River is open, Tian Kai and Liu Bei can kill the battlefield at any time, and the Yellow Turban Army can also cross the river north at any time. We can ignore the matter of the Yellow Turban Army for the time being, they will not cross the river to the north in the short term, but Tian Kai and Liu Bei will definitely cross the river. Therefore, it is best to divide our forces to block and delay their attack speed to ensure that the army has enough time to completely annihilate Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao. ”

"How many of them are there?" Gao Changgong asked, "We have limited troops, we can't divide too many troops, once we delay the total annihilation plan of the main battlefield, the responsibility will be great." ”

"According to the news obtained by the lord, Tian Kai and Liu Bei originally went south to Yanzhou with the main force of 20,000 Gongsun troops." Zhao Yun then analyzed the situation.

In Zhao Yun's opinion, after more than two months of continuous expeditions, the Gongsun army will definitely have losses, but it will not be too large. Because of the first battle of Dongguang, Gongsun Zhan almost wiped out 300,000 Yellow Turban Army, which was too shocking to the Yellow Turban Army. Wherever the Gongsun army went, the Yellow Turban Army probably fled in despair and did not resist at all.

After Tian Kai and Liu Bei occupied the four northern counties of Yanzhou, they may have recruited a group of prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army on the spot. In this way, excluding the garrison of Qingzhou, the strength of the Gongsun army to return to Jizhou should exceed 20,000.

Zhao Yun said: "In other words, we need to send at least 5,000 iron cavalry to block it. In order to ensure that it can be stopped, it is best to send more than 10,000 iron horsemen. ”

Gao Changgong, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao did not speak.

The four of them had 24,000 iron cavalry in their hands, and they were very sure of the 10,000 iron cavalry in Gongsun Zhan's hands, but if they sent 10,000 iron cavalry to block the enemy's reinforcements, the advantage would not be so obvious.

After encircling the enemy, the key to whether or not you can quickly annihilate the enemy and defeat the enemy depends on the iron cavalry. If the Iron Cavalry and the enemy are defeated, not only will the army not be able to completely destroy the enemy, but it may also be broken through by the enemy.

No one dared to make this decision, and neither did Zhao Yun, so he invited the three of them to discuss it together.

"Where is Brother Tiande and Elder Brother Yun's army now?" Zhang Liao asked.

"If everything is normal, they should be on their way to Qinghe Country in a hurry." Zhao Yun said, "After Tiande and the second brother are ordered to conquer Yecheng, they will go east to Qinghe Country and join us as soon as possible. Yecheng was more than 400 miles away from Qinghe State, and they marched day and night, arriving in about three to four days. ”

"Of course, the premise is that Yecheng must be taken within one to two days. If he can't attack for a long time, Yuan Shao will inevitably come back after getting the news, and he will not risk losing Yecheng to help Gongsun Zan attack the Northern Frontier Army. As soon as Yuan Shao leaves, we and Gongsun Chan will be left to fight a decisive battle wholeheartedly. But the problem that followed was that due to the lack of our troops, we could not completely solve Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Chan was also cut off from his own back road, and the grain and grass could not be replenished, and he would soon withdraw his troops.

If Yecheng can't be captured, the situation will become very serious, so whether or not Yecheng can be captured is the key to this big war.

"I don't know if Yecheng has been taken by Tiande and the second brother." Zhao Yun said worriedly, "I don't know if the siege will be successful, so I can't make up my mind to divide the troops." ”

The four of them deliberated for a long time, and finally decided not to divide the army for the time being. The army immediately attacked to the west, and after taking Tobu City, it immediately went to Ganling City and Beiqiu to meet Xu Da and Guan Yu.

At this time, the whereabouts of the Iron Cavalry Army had been fully exposed. If Xu Da and Guan Yu's army had not yet arrived at the rendezvous site, then the plan to encircle and annihilate them would have completely failed. Therefore, whether and when to divide the troops is still to wait until after meeting Xu Da and Guan Yu's infantry army. (To be continued.) )