The sound of whimpering horns broke the silence of dawn, and the chaotic sound of horses' hooves continued to sound outside Jicheng, and Cheng Yu, who was still asleep, was suddenly awakened, hurriedly opened his bloodshot eyes, turned over and jumped off the bed, opened the door, and ran towards the city wall.

Since the Wuhuan Iron Cavalry invaded Youzhou, Cheng Yu has never had a good rest, and he stayed up all night last night, for fear that something would happen, until the end of the day, Cheng Yu couldn't bear it, so he went back to rest for a while.

Cheng Yu rode a war horse and galloped quickly from the Taishou Mansion to the city gate, and on the way happened to meet a scout who came to pay a respect, and the scout told Cheng Yu that the Wuhuan Iron Cavalry was moving outside the city, and seemed to be preparing to attack.

Cheng Yu hurried up, did not make any stops, and quickly arrived at the east gate.

At this time, the five generals Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin also rushed here at the same time.

The crowd did not greet each other, but after looking at each other, they immediately ascended the tower.

When Cheng Yu, Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and others stood on the city tower, they were immediately shocked by the actions of the Wuhuan people outside the city.

Outside the city, the dust was flying, and tens of thousands of Wuhuan people were running back and forth from Sanlipo to the moat, and the knights on horseback were all disgraced.

The uplifted highland of Sanlipo has been razed to the ground by the Wuhuan people, the high slope is gone, the vegetation on the slope is also gone, and groups of Han people captured by Wuhuan are digging the soil with shovels under the leather whip of the Wuhuan people, putting the soil into sacks, and then tying their mouths with ropes. It was then handed over to the Wuhuan cavalry parked nearby. The Wuhuan cavalry carried the sack full of dirt to the moat. Then the sacks were all thrown into the moat, stirring up layers of spray.

Seeing this, Cheng Yu, Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and others immediately understood that the Wuhuan people were going to fill in the moat.

There are many Wuhuan people, and they are even more busy, going back and forth countless times in this section of only three miles. And the sacks full of dirt were thrown into the moat little by little, and the water in the moat began to overflow continuously, if it continued like this, it would not take much time for the moat to be filled, and then the Wuhuan Iron Rider was unhindered, like walking on the ground, across the moat, straight to the city of Jicheng.

Cheng Yu suddenly felt a cold sweat, although this method was a little clumsy. But for the Wuhuan people, it is not a bad opportunity to attack the city.

Besides. Cheng Yu also saw that in a large open space to the west of Sanlipo, Han craftsmen captured by the Wuhuan people were processing large trees into ladders, crashing wood, wooden shields and other objects.

It seems that the Wuhuan people stayed under the city of Jicheng for two days, and finally couldn't help it and were about to start attacking the city.

Before the reinforcements arrived, the Wuhuan people were about to attack the city, and Cheng Yu suddenly felt an invisible pressure like a mountain, pressing directly towards him.

"The Wuhuan people must not be allowed to fill in the moat!" Cheng Yu frowned, his face gloomy, and turned to Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin who were standing behind him and said, "Otherwise, Jicheng will not be protected, and the people in the city will inevitably be destroyed by the Wuhuan people." The five are the generals of the Youzhou Army, and they are all from Youzhou, can you bear to see your fellow villagers being so destroyed by the Wuhuan people? ”

Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin all looked at each other, their expressions gloomy, and they all lowered their heads in shame and remained silent.

Seeing this, Cheng Yu continued: "Five generals, Zhongde knows what you have been worried about, the lord killed most of the officers of the Jizhou army overnight, you are afraid, afraid that the lord will also attack the Youzhou army, so everyone has been in danger, and the morale of the army is even more sluggish, so that they have been defeated by the Wuhuan people one after another, right?" ”

"Cheng Beijia, we do have this worry, everyone is speculating that the Jizhou Army has suffered such a catastrophe, and our Youzhou Army is estimated to not be too far away."

Although Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin did not respond positively, Cheng Yu could see from the expressions on the faces of the five of them that they had basically acquiesced.

Cheng Yu then said: "The matter of the Jizhou Army is the result of some officers of the Jizhou Army taking the blame for themselves, they plotted to rebel, but they were discovered by the lord, which is why they were punished so severely. Our Youzhou Army and the Jizhou Army have nothing to do with each other. You can rest assured that as long as you don't have a bad heart, the lord will never do anything to you, on the contrary, if you can establish meritorious deeds, the lord will also reward you for your meritorious deeds. I have followed the lord for many years, and I know that the lord has clear rewards and punishments. Moreover, Cao Jianshi and I can vouch for you......"

Cheng Yu persuaded hard, and the Wuhuan people outside the city were in full swing to fill in the moat, and time was losing little by little.

"Cheng don't drive, don't say it, I, Yan Rousheng, am a native of Youzhou, and I am a ghost of Youzhou when I die. Youzhou is my hometown, and I will never allow foreigners to trample on this land. Today, it is enough to have Cheng Don't drive, we are a group of Youzhou people, willing to fight to defend our hometown! Yan Rou suddenly interrupted Cheng Yu's words and said loudly.

As soon as Yan Rou spoke, the four generals Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin all said in unison: "We are willing to fight to defend our hometown!" ”

Cheng Yu showed a smile on his pale face, his eyes were full of excitement, and he immediately bowed deeply to Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin.

Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin went down to the city tower one after another and began to rectify the soldiers and horses.

The soldiers in the city were all natives of Youzhou, and as soon as Yan Rou was so instigated, they immediately became filled with righteous indignation, sweeping away the previous low morale of the army.

At this time, Cheng Yu came to the school and saw that the morale of the army suddenly became high, and secretly said in his heart: "The morale of this army is low, and sure enough, it comes from these five generals......"

Cheng Yu came to the general platform on the school field, and said encouraging words to the soldiers of the whole army, he is an expert in this regard, and he is the best at encouraging morale.

In addition, Cheng Yu even announced a heavy reward, anyone who kills a Wuhuan cavalry will be rewarded with 1,000 yuan, a reward of 10,000 for killing the Wuhuan leader, and a reward of 100,000 for killing the lord of the Wuhuan tribe.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men!

Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin led the army together to prepare to go out of the city to fight against the Wuhuan people.

Cheng Yu commanded from the side and instructed Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and others how to attack.

According to the deployment, Yan Rou led the elite soldiers to rush out from the east gate, shot the Wuhuan people with bows and arrows, and harassed the progress of the Wuhuan people. Tian Yu and Tian Chou fought out from the south gate, detoured back to the east gate, and attacked the flank of the Wuhuan people. The two brothers, Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin, led their troops out of the north gate, detoured back to the rear of the Wuhuan people, and launched a sneak attack.

When Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and the Wuhuan people fought, Cheng Yu put down the drawbridge and let Yan Rou lead the army to kill them, and the three soldiers and horses flanked the Wuhuan people together.

After the deployment was completed, Yan Rou, Tian Yu, Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin each led their own armies and waited at the city gate according to the deployment, while Cheng Yu stood on the city wall, ordered people to beat the war drums, and then opened the city gate, and the three soldiers and horses went out of the city together.

Yan Rou led 5,000 archers to fight out of the east gate, and across the moat, he began to shoot indiscriminately at the Wuhuan people on the opposite side.

The Wuhuan people were caught off guard and were shot down in a large area, and then began to counterattack, holding bows and arrows on horseback, and confronting Yan Rou and others.

Arrows from both sides flew over the moat, dense like raindrops, and countless people were killed by the arrows.

Cheng Yu watched the battle from the city tower, his brows furrowed, he ignored one point, the Wuhuan people are nomads, born to be knights on horseback, and they are very good at archery, riding and shooting, which is extraordinary.

Moreover, the Wuhuan people did not stand and shoot arrows like the archers, but a group of people in Wuyang rushed over from a distance on horseback, and when they were about to approach the range, their arms instantly opened the bowstring, and the arrows on the bowstring were shot out, the eyes, hands, and hearts were all in a line, no aiming, it seemed to shoot arrows randomly, but in fact, it was already aimed at the enemy's position, and its rate of fire was staggering.

The most troublesome thing is that after the Wuhuan people shot an arrow, they spread out to the wings, then went around in a circle, and went back again, going farther and farther, so that the arrows shot by the foot archers who were hard to aim missed.

Wuhuan people came and went, so repeatedly shot several rounds of arrows, basically every thousand people for a wave, very regular, the first wave of arrows just shot, the second wave of arrows also came with the shadow, although the five thousand archers brought by Yan Rou are well-trained, archery skills, but in the face of Wuhuan these horseback control people, it seems slightly insufficient.

"Reinforcement!" Cheng Yu immediately sent another order, and he saw that Yan Rou's troops were obviously insufficient, so he immediately made a decision and transferred out the other five thousand archers reserved.

Yan Rou and the others felt quite pressured, after all, there were only 5,000 people, while the other party had tens of thousands, and they were all elite horsemen on the grassland, and their riding and archery skills were very good, and in just a moment, his army was shot dead by the Wuhuan people More than 2,000 people, and there were still more than 1,000 people who were injured by arrows to varying degrees, but they still insisted on fighting, just to defend their hometown.

At this time, reinforcements continued to pour out of the city, and Yan Rou became more emboldened when he received support, and commanded the army to continue to shoot at the Wuhuan people on the other side of the moat, but let the archers scatter and not adopt a dense formation to reduce casualties.

At the same time, the 2,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry led by Tian Yu and Tian Chou killed from the south, and the cavalry was like a sharp knife, directly inserting into the flank of the Wuhuan people, and the infantry followed closely behind, cutting off the Wuhuan people. (To be continued......)