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Zhang Jin's 80,000-strong army and Feng Xiaoci's army have been facing off for nearly half a month. n∈n∈，.

Since Feng Xiaoci's autumn offensive, Zhang Jin, who has not yet recovered from Zhang Xuan's painful blow, has adopted evasive tactics.

On the one hand, he divided more than 20,000 troops into pieces, personally led the elite to the north, and sent his henchmen to lead their own teams to various counties in Hebei to loot property and recruit sporadic bandits in various counties in Hebei.

At the same time, Zhang Jin said that he sent someone to feign Feng Xiaoci and told Feng Xiaoci that the bandits had internal strife due to disagreement, Zhang Jin said that he had been killed, and the bandits had fled for their lives.

Feng Xiaoci led the army into Gaojibo and annihilated the remnants of thousands of troops in Gaojibo, so he no longer took Zhang Jin's scattered army to heart as he fled to various counties, and began to reorganize his army and horses to prepare for the next step of suppressing bandits, and pointed his sword at Gao Shida and Dou Jiande.

Zhang Jin said that he thus gained a precious two-month respite, and in just two months, he bloodied Zhao County, Xiangguo County, and Wu'an County, forcibly recruited strong men, recruited mountain bandits, and his power expanded rapidly, and the number of troops increased sharply from more than 20,000 to 80,000.

Zhang Jin said that he led his army back to Qinghe County, recaptured Gaojibo, and led a large army to advance to Qinghe County.

Feng Xiaoci realized that he underestimated the enemy and did not kill them all, causing Zhang Jincheng to grow stronger, he regretted it in his heart, but he had no choice but to refuse to defend Qinghe County and confront Zhang Jincheng's army

Night had just fallen, and the birds in the woods were still chirping noisily.

A Sui army of more than 1,000 people entered the woods, and immediately startled a large number of flying birds, and flew away in a daze, fortunately, the thief army in the distance did not notice the abnormality of the woods, maybe they didn't think that the Sui army would come here at all.

This is the army sent by Feng Xiaoci to seize the grain, after half a month of confrontation with the thief army, the food of the 20,000 Sui army is about to be cut off, Feng Xiaoci was extremely anxious, and unexpectedly got a news.

A fleet of thieves carrying grain was anchored in a canal about 20 miles away from Qinghe County, and Feng Xiaoci immediately sent his general Chen Gang to lead a thousand soldiers north along the east bank of the canal. Prepare to attack and capture this convoy.

Zhang Jin's army was stationed on the west bank of the canal, but Chen Gang led the Sui army north along the east bank, groping through the woods for nearly twenty miles, and they finally saw the grain fleet. More than 100 boats were moored in the canal, each covered with tarpaulin, and heavy as if it were filled with grain.

There were bandits stationed on both sides, but there were only a few hundred thieves on the east bank, and they lit two bonfires. They were drinking wine and eating meat around the bonfire, and several drunken soldiers were dancing in front of the campfire.

"Are there any houses around here, let's go find a few women to have fun with!" A soldier shouted in a strange voice.

Another soldier pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "You are dreaming! Where could there be dwellings where the king's army passed? I heard that there are brothels in Qi County, when will we take Qi County, we can go to visit the brothels in Licheng County. ”

"Don't talk!"

A lieutenant came over and kicked the two soldiers hard, scolding: "Go to the shore and have a look, don't let people sneak up on our grain ship." ”

The two soldiers came to the river with a curse and shook their bodies. They peed as they looked across the river, and the night was so dark that they couldn't see the other side at all

At this time, a soldier seemed to feel the grain ship shaking, and he rubbed his eyes, no! How did the boat that was supposed to be close to the shore leave the shore and get to the middle of the river?

He was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, turned around and yelled. "Someone stole the ship!"

At the moment when he turned to shout, several crossbow arrows came from the water, and shot at the back of the two soldiers with great speed, 'Poof! ' Crossbow bolts shot into their bodies, and the two soldiers screamed and fell into the river.

The sudden situation by the river made all the thieves soldiers stunned, and they all turned their heads to look at the river.

At the same moment as the screams came out, there was a bang in the woods, and hundreds of arrows whistled from the trees. Screams rang out on both sides of the bonfire, and the thieves were in a mess, many of them jumped up, stumbled and ran into the distance, and the second round of arrows arrived, and many of them were shot while running, screaming and falling.

At this time, a thousand Sui troops rushed out of the dense forest, wielding spears and horizontal knives to chase and kill the thief soldiers who were scattered and fleeing, and more than a dozen soldiers released arrows together, shooting the thief captain who had fled to the river to death, and the thief soldiers shouted wildly and ran desperately.

The Sui army rose up and chased the fleeing thief army in all directions, but at this time, the main general Chen Gang was wrong, and the thief army screamed loudly, but there was no movement on the other side.

At this moment, suddenly a soldier shouted on the grain ship: "General, there is no food in the grain ship, it is full of sand!" ”

Chen Gang suddenly realized that he had been fooled, and he shouted urgently: "Retreat immediately!" ”

But it was too late, and there was a scream from the side of the grain ship, and more than 1,000 thieves hiding on the ship came out and cut down all the 20 Sui soldiers on the ship.

Immediately afterwards, there was a fire on all sides, tens of thousands of thieves and soldiers came from all directions, surrounded a thousand Sui regiments, and the general was Zhang Jin, who held a big iron gun and shouted: "Those who surrender will not die!" ”

Since the partial general Chen Gang led a thousand troops to rob the grain ships of the thieves, the main general Feng Xiaoci was restless in the city, seeing that the remaining military rations could only support three days, and if no food arrived, his military spirit would collapse.

Although Feng Xiaoci had the intention to abandon Qinghe County and retreat to Liaocheng, after all, he spent a lot of effort on Qinghe County, rebuilding the city wall, digging the moat, and dredging the abandoned Cao River, through which the boats on the canal could directly enter the city.

Moreover, giving up Qinghe County means that they can only retreat to the west bank of the canal, and he will not be able to explain to the imperial court and the saints.

Feng Xiaoci sent several teams of scouts to inquire outside the city to inquire about the news, but did not find any information that the thieves had left the camp, and the camp of the thieves was very quiet, which made him let go of his heart slightly.

At the time of the third watch, Feng Xiaoci had just fallen asleep, and was awakened by a knock on the door, and a soldier reported outside: "General Qiyu, General Chen is back, and a grain ship is coming!" ”

Feng Xiaoci was overjoyed, hurriedly put on his armor and ran to the north city, he ran up to the city to look down, only to see the lights of the Cao River under the city, dozens of soldiers standing on a big ship with torches in their hands, for the general is the partial general Chen Gang, behind him is the black ship, there are hundreds of them.

Chen Gang saw Feng Xiaoci appear, and he was about to speak, when a cold dagger had already pressed against the back of his heart, and one person said coldly behind him: "If you dare to make a ghost, I will kill you with a knife!" ”

Chen Gang was anxious to save his life, and finally gave in, he shouted loudly: "General, I have returned with a full load of humble duties, all of them are grain ships, and there are tens of thousands of stones of grain. ”

After speaking, he ordered the soldiers to lift the tarpaulin on the ship, and the soldiers at the head of the city suddenly exclaimed, only to see that under the firelight, the ship was full of thick sacks, and the soldiers split several sacks, and the corn inside poured out, flashing with a golden grain luster, and several large ships behind were full of grain, and the soldiers in the city were all excited.

Feng Xiaoci secretly rejoiced in his heart, 20,000 grains! He could support it for months, and he didn't even have time to ask about the situation of the thief army, so he immediately ordered: "Open Water City!" ”

The iron fence on the water city creaked open, and the big ships covered with oilcloth quickly sailed into the city, and when the grain ships were still the last dozen or so, the fleet suddenly stopped, Feng Xiaoci frowned, leaned out and shouted: "Why don't you enter the city yet, what are you rubbing?" ”

At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed not far away and shouted: "General, there is an enemy situation!" ”

Seeing a dense number of soldiers killed in the dark, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a general was leading the army of black pressure to kill the city gate, Feng Xiaoci was taken aback, and shouted repeatedly: "Close the water gate!" Close the water gate! ”

But the water gate was blocked by the fleet, and the iron fence could not be closed, at this moment, a shout of killing suddenly sounded in the city, Feng Xiaoci turned back sharply, but saw countless thief soldiers killed from the grain ship, only to hear a soldier shouting: "General Chen has rebelled." ”

Feng Xiaoci's mind was 'Buzz! He suddenly understood that the grain ship was a trap at all, and Chen Gang must have had an accident when he went to seize the grain ship, and they should have been caught by the thief army.

Chen Gang surrendered to the thief army and came to deceive the city, Feng Xiaoci took a few steps back, sat on the head of the city weakly, and his heart was full of ashes, he knew very well in his heart that Qinghe County was finished, and his army was also finished.

Feng Xiaoci suddenly roared, turned over on his horse, and rushed towards the city with a big knife in his hand, he wanted to kill the traitor general with his own hands to vent the hatred in his heart.

At this time, the fleet on the Cao River became a natural bridge, and countless thieves followed the ships into the city from the water gate.

Feng Xiaoci just rushed down the city wall, but met the main general of the thief army, Zhang Jin, the king of Qinghe, Zhang Jincheng sneered and stabbed Feng Xiaoci with a spear.

Feng Xiaoci swung his sword to meet the battle, and the two fought fiercely at the city gate.

At this time, the city has fallen into a sea of fire, the people cry for their fathers and mothers, wailing all over the place, the military camp was also ambushed in the city in advance and the thieves set on fire, hundreds of camp tents were burning, 20,000 Sui soldiers were awakened in their sleep, and rushed out of the camp one after another, most of them were unarmed, and some soldiers were even barefoot, and they were slaughtered by the thieves who came to slaughter them very badly.

The soldiers of the Sui army finally broke down and rushed out of the city gate desperately to flee for their lives, but Zhang Jin's 80,000-strong army had already laid a net around the county seat of Qinghe.

Feng Xiaoci and Zhang Jin said that there were more than a dozen rounds of fierce fighting, Feng Xiaoci saw that the situation was not good, sold a flaw, turned the horse and fled, Zhang Jin said where to let him escape, he yelled, urged the horse to catch up with Feng Xiaoci, and pierced Feng Xiaoci's heart with a shot.

Feng Xiaoci screamed and died on the spot.

In this battle, only a few thousand of the 20,000 Sui troops fled, 3,000 were killed in the melee, and more than 10,000 surrendered, but Zhang Jin said that there was no one left, and ordered all the surrendered Sui troops to be beheaded.

The cold wind was bitter, the remnant sun was like blood, and in the blood-stained wilderness outside Qinghe County, there were countless corpses of Sui soldiers, flocks of crows hovering in the sky, quacking, and an old dead tree hanging down its dead branches weakly.

The 20,000 Sui troops who followed Laihu'er to fight in Goguryeo were almost wiped out in Qinghe County, and at this time, there were only eight days left before the arrival of the New Year

(To be continued.) )