In early April of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Hanoi, Li Cheng. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Cheng is on the south bank of the Jishui River, thirty miles away from Pinggao City on the north bank. At the end of March, the lieutenants Fan Fang and Lü Fan led their troops to cross the Jishui River and attack the city, approaching Wen County.

This place is only forty miles away from Wen County, once lost, Wen County has no danger to defend. Zhang Nan asked to go out of the city several times for support, but Guo Tu refused, and the city was quickly lost.

Losing Li Cheng is equivalent to losing Jishui River, Zhang Nan was very angry and had a fierce dispute with Guo Tu. At this moment, Yuan Shao's order arrived, Guo Tu was transferred to Chang'an, and the battle in Hanoi was commanded by Gao Rou. Before Gao Rou did not arrive in Hanoi, the Hanoi army was temporarily led by Zhang Nan.

On the afternoon of the day Zhang Nan received the order, he gathered an army of 10,000 and launched an attack on Li Cheng.

As the battle became more and more intense, more and more troops were put into the battlefield of Li Cheng. Zhu Zhangnan wanted to divide troops to garrison Heyang and Wenxian, and the attack force was obviously insufficient, so he asked Luoyang for help several times.

At this time, Fu Zhu had already left Luoyang, and Lou Gui was temporarily in charge of military affairs.

Lou Gui, the word Zibo, is a native of Nanyang County, Jingzhou. When he was young, he traveled to Luoyang, and Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were old acquaintances.

If it was in another time and space, Lou Gui had already taken refuge in Cao Cao at this time and became an important adviser under Cao Cao, but in this time and space, because of the influence brought by Li Yi, Yuan Shao was driven from Jizhou to the Central Plains by Li Yi early and occupied Nanyang, so Lou Gui, who used to be an old acquaintance with Yuan Shao, naturally became Yuan Shao's subordinate. However, its status is not as high as that of the people of frustration, trial, Xu You, and Feng Ji.

Now, the trial was defeated by Yuan Shao, Fu Zhu, Xu You, Guo Tu and others were not trusted by Yuan Shao, and Feng Ji wanted to follow Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao asked the scheming Lou Gui to temporarily take charge of Luoyang's military affairs.

Lou Gui sent a letter to Zhang Nan, asking him to suspend the attack and wait for the order of the lord Yuan Shao to decide whether to support Hanoi.

The next day, Yuan Shao's letter was delivered to Luoyang. Yuan Shao ordered Lou Gui to immediately send troops to support the Hanoi battlefield.

Jiao Touch and Wei Yuanjin immediately led 10,000 troops to cross the river overnight and rushed to the battlefield in Hanoi.

In early April, Zhu Ling gathered an army of 20,000 to attack Li Cheng.

Li Cheng was very small, and under the overwhelming attack of 20,000 troops, he could not bear it, and he groaned in pain.

On the tower of the west gate, there was a river of blood and corpses.

To the deafening sound of war drums, the enemy roared like a tidal wave.

Captain Fan Fang staggered on the city wall with a bloody spear in his hand and a wounded leg, ignoring the enemy troops swarming under the city, and ordered loudly: "Throw the corpse down to me, empty the city wall, hurry, hurry up, hurry up ......"

"General, this is our own brother...... "How can we throw him outside the city walls, holding a scarred corpse?" ”

Fan was expressionless, bent down and grabbed the already stiff corpse, and said sharply: "Drop it, hurry up and ......"

"General......

"I'm dead, throw my body down too." Fan Fang said in a hoarse voice, "The corpses on the city wall must be emptied, otherwise we will die faster." ”

The soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense were like hungry beasts, tearing at their prey and drinking scarlet blood to their heart's content.

Fresh lives are lost in the blink of an eye.

Fan Fang's spear broke, he smashed open the enemy's corpse with one punch, snatched the enemy's war knife with his hand, stepped on the corpse horizontally and vertically, and fought bloodily, constantly shouting in his mouth: "Kill, kill me ......"

The spear cut through the chaotic crowd and stabbed into Fan Fang's thigh accurately. He let out a terrible scream, his sword slashing across his foe's cheek like lightning, and then slashing into another foe's chest. In the burst of blood, the archers behind the enemy soldiers fired a fatal arrow in an instant.

Fan Fang retreated again and again, the war knife in his hand fell to the ground weakly, and the heart-rending pain made his screams extremely tragic.

Spears flew like they came, one, two, three......

Fan Fang's body was lifted high and flew out of the city with a sky full of blood.

The big slam on the west gate fell with a bang.

Lu Fan's heart trembled violently with the loud sound of the big slam on the city tower and the screams of the enemy soldiers, and anger and shame rushed straight to his head, as if he wanted to tear his body apart alive.

Lu Fan was originally a native of Runan County, Yuzhou, and was only a county official of Runan County when he was young, but he had an excellent appearance. There is a family surnamed Liu in the city, the family is rich and the daughter is very beautiful, Lu Fan went to ask for marriage, Liu's mother disliked Lu Fan and was unwilling to agree to the marriage, but Liu said: "Do you think Lu Ziheng will be a poor person?" It means that in her eyes, Lu Fan has his extraordinary talent, and he will be noble in the future, so she decided to marry Lu Fan.

In the first year of the first peace, the Yellow Turban Army in Runan was rampant, and Lu Fan, as a county official, naturally suffered from the key care of the Yellow Turban Army at home. Lu Fan just fled with his family. When Li Yi, who was still a hussar general at the time, led his troops to the area of Yanqing and Xu in Yu to quell the rebellion, Lü Fan joined the Northern Xinjiang Army.

After years of struggle, Lu Fan has grown from a small tun commander to a captain with a team of 2,000 men.

The bloody war knife was raised high, and Lu Fan let out a terrible howl like a bloodthirsty beast, and roared: "Brothers, kill it, take back Xicheng, recapture Xicheng......"

More than 300 soldiers fought bravely along the stone steps covered with corpses, blood dripping down the moss-covered stone walls like a spring, and their lives passed quietly in the bloody rain.

On the pontoon bridge of the Jishui River, Hanoi Taishou Tian Yu, appointed by the Jicheng Imperial Court, ran with all his might.

Li Cheng was in crisis, and Tai Shici had to send troops to support. However, the forces he sent were very limited, and there were no generals to lead the team. At this time, Tian Yu, who had already broken away from the northern Xinjiang army and served as the Taishou of Hanoi, stood up, and he asked Tai Shici to give him 800 soldiers, and he could rescue Li Cheng.

Although Tai Shici did not want the lord, the righteous son who had left the military system, to set foot on the battlefield again, the situation was critical, and he could only let Tian Yu go out.

So, Tian Yu took the 800 men and horses carefully selected by Tai Shici for him and rushed to Li Cheng.

The sound of war drums from inside the city was majestic and tragic, as if a group of strong men were facing death.

"Quick, quick......" Tian Yu was the first to rush onto the suspension bridge, panting and shouting, "Kill to Xicheng, kill to Xicheng......"

The soldiers rushed into the east gate and hurried along the long street in the direction of the west gate. The sound of neat footsteps and the impact of armor are intertwined, and the momentum is like a rainbow.

Long arrows were like locusts, and the dense bows and crossbows on the city tower aimed at the northern Xinjiang reinforcements and launched a crazy shot.

"Raise the shield ......" Tian Yu raised the round shield above the top, his eyes widened angrily, "Rushing through the arrow array...... Kill ......"

"Kill the ......" 800 soldiers shouted in unison, 800 shields were raised at the same time, and the resentment and hatred in the hearts of the soldiers in northern Xinjiang were ignited in an instant, and the roar swept over the city like thunder, "kill ......"

Tian Yu took the lead, rushing into the enemy group like a tiger, his sword flying up and down, bringing up pieces of blood, and the blockers were invincible.

Eight hundred soldiers followed, unusually brave.

On the long street, the sea of people was like a tide, the sound of killing was like thunder, and the soldiers on both sides fought bloodily and vowed not to give up. For a while, blood was pouring out, and severed limbs and stumps flew in the sky in a dense stream of arrows. The West City Gate opened its bloody mouth in the stormy blood waves, wantonly devouring fragile lives.

Lu Fan and nearly 100 soldiers were swept into the battle formation of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and with the surging waves, they launched a stubborn impact on the city wall again and again.

The drums of war outside the city suddenly rose high, and groups of tough enemy soldiers raised their weapons and rushed madly onto the western city wall amid the deafening sound of killing.

The offensive momentum of the Northern Frontier Army was quickly contained.

The enemy troops rushing down from the western city wall were like huge waves falling from the sky, crushing and tearing apart the unbreakable battle formation of the Northern Xinjiang Army little by little, and rows of Northern Xinjiang soldiers howled, fell, and disappeared under the heavy blows of the huge waves.

Tian Yu was hit hard, covered in blood, and under the desperate protection of several personal guards, he withdrew from the battle formation in embarrassment.

"Tian Yuanjun, you take a break, I'll go to the front." Lu Fan endured the pain all over his body, and reluctantly stood up with the battle knife in his hand.

Tian Yu shook his head, wiped the blood on his face, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Have you seen Fan Fang?" ”

Fan Fang used to be a good friend of Tian Yu's father, but later in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Fan Fang was thrown into the command of Gongsun Zhan, and Tian Yu's father was under the command of Li Yi.

After Tian Yu's father died in battle, Fan Fang once took care of Tian Yu.

A few years ago, Gongsun Zhan fought side by side with Li Yi, and the relationship between Tian Yu and Fan Fang was also very good. Later, Gongsun Chan and Li Yi had a bad relationship, and the contact between the two was less.

In the Jizhou War the year before last, Gongsun Zan was defeated and Fan Fang was captured. After Fan Fang joined the Northern Frontier Army, the relationship between the two became close again.

Lu Fan's face was sad, and he said sadly: "The soldiers who defended Xicheng have all been killed. ”

Tian Yu spat a mouthful of blood on the ground, scolded angrily, and then ordered: "Order, burn the city, and prepare to retreat." ”

Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "Burning the city?" Right now? ”

"Burn it now, and I'll burn it wherever I can." Tian Yu pointed in the direction of the East City Gate and said, "Except for the East City Gate, all of them were burned for me." ”

Lu Fan hesitated and said, "Tian Envoy, there are still people in the city......

"I told you to burn the city." Tian Yujian's eyebrows were upside down, and his bloodstained face looked extremely hideous and terrifying, "Light me immediately." ”

Lu Fan swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, looked up at the battlefield of fierce fighting a hundred steps away, and shook his head painfully.

On the tower of Nancheng City, a beam of flame suddenly rose into the air, and a black pillar of smoke soared into the sky.

Then, the northern city was also caught in flames. (To be continued.) )