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On the second day of the first lunar month, Fan Dongjun's eyelids jumped when he got up in the morning, and he always felt a bad premonition in his heart. Halfway through, a group of crows hovered low in the sky, scraping and screaming, bringing a sense of foreboding to this gloomy snowy and cold day. Although it was the New Year, due to the successive handsome orders issued by the Marshal's Mansion, Fan Dongjun could not sit at home.

"Is Zhang Zhen coming?" When he arrived at the gate of the county ya, Fan Dongjun jumped off the mule and asked the official standing in front of the ya.

"Back to the Ming Mansion, Zhang Zhen will go out to inspect yesterday and has not come back yet." The tall and thin servant with a red face hurriedly said.

Fan Dongjun's footsteps suddenly stopped, his eyebrows raised upward, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became a little stronger. suppressed the panic in his heart, and said with a dry smile on the surface: "I guess I rested in which fort post last night." When Zhang Zhen will come back, he will notify a certain voice immediately. ”

In the afternoon, a government official came to report, and the beacon smoke signal in the north rose as usual, and a pillar of smoke was safe.

However, Zhao Xiong still hasn't returned.

After another hour passed, the sky was already a little dark, but Zhao Xiong and his men were still nowhere to be found.

Fan Dongjun began to worry, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart was even stronger.

After turning anxiously for the hundredth lap in the charcoal-burning house, he finally lost his breath.

Although the beacon reported peace, he still knew Zhao Xiong's person. A very conscientious general. If it weren't for the accident. How could he not have come back now.

Thinking of the handsome orders issued by the Shuai Mansion in recent days, Fan Dongjun already had the worst feeling in his heart.

"Someone!"

Fan Dongjun shouted and called several deputies in the county office, the county lieutenant, the chief bookkeeper, etc., as well as other secretaries, officials, and assistants.

On the one hand, he sent people to the Zhang Xiong military camp in the west of the county to inquire about the whereabouts of Zhang Xiong and his party, and told the arrester that if Zhang Xiong did not return to the military camp, then immediately let the officers in Zhang Xiong's camp know the situation in front of him. Let them gather their men and get ready.

At the same time, he sent the county catcher to take two people on horseback to the Taogu Mountain outpost to inquire about the situation.

After sending these two people out, he asked the young men in the city to immediately gather and distribute them with spears and other weapons.

Before dark, he gathered three hundred men. These 300 people are all natives of Liaoxi County, including about 100 Xi Hu, these are all Xi people who moved from Liaoxi back then, all of them are proficient in martial arts bow horses, and nearly half of the Xi people also rode their own horses.

There is this hundred Xi Hu. Fan Dongjun finally felt a little calmer in his heart.

When it got dark, the captors sent to the barracks were about to return. He also brought back the town soldiers in the west of the city, Zhao Xiong really did not return to the camp, the deputy town general Zhang Degong who stayed behind gathered the remaining two hundred soldiers, and when it was almost dark, Zhao Xiong still did not come back, and he already knew that the situation was not good, and decisively came to the county seat with two hundred people.

Two hundred town soldiers arrived, and there were five hundred soldiers in the county town of Liaoxi at once. When Zhang Degong came, he had already brought most of the ordnance in the battalion.

Among them, what made Fan Dongjun the happiest was a hundred bows and ten thousand arrows.

Fan Dongjun handed over the responsibility of command and prevention to Zhang Degong, who was an old soldier, and immediately asked Fan Dongjun to summon another group of young men to help move stones and wood and put them in the city, and set up a pot on the city and began to boil hot water and oil.

After arranging these, the head catcher sent by Fan Dongjun to Taogu Mountain has not yet returned, and even the spies sent by Zhang Degong when he was in the camp have not heard the slightest.

It was getting late, and Fan Dongjun and Zhang Degong had already understood, and it was estimated that something had happened to these people.

Li Jing's army is coming!

Zhang Degong, who had been waiting for confirmation of the news before, couldn't hold back at this time, turned around and called his own soldiers, and sent him to Youzhou with Fan Dongjun who had just written an urgent report.

Although a lot of preparations have been made, it is also a hundred and twenty miles from here to Youzhou City. Together, they are only 200 soldiers and 300 young and strong, which is too few. If it is really the Liaodong soldiers attacking, judging from the fact that Zhao Xiong and others have never returned, the scale is definitely not small.

The small county town of Liaoxi has no danger to rely on, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are even more demoralized.

As night was approaching, the head catcher he had sent out earlier finally returned, along with one of the three spies sent by Zhang Degong, both of whom were out of breath and even carrying arrows on their backs. Six people were pulled out in two, and only two wounded people returned.

The news they brought made Fan Dongjun and Zhang Degong even more heavy.

The Liaodong Army really sent troops to attack, and the Taogu Mountain outpost had been occupied, and according to what they saw, the Liaodong Army's selection of the front had been killed all the way. The spy insisted that the vanguard of the Liaodong Army alone had at least a thousand or more men. And, that's just the striker!

There are 1,000 forwards, which makes Fan Dongjun's heart like ashes. He believed in the judgment of the spies in his heart, the Liaodong soldiers appeared so many cavalry in the west at once, then in the broader plains in the east, there might be more Liaodong soldiers there.

However, there is also a possibility that in order to maintain the secrecy of the raid, the Liao soldiers may not have many soldiers.

The Liaodong Army's sudden dispatch of troops was definitely not just for a small Liaoxi County.

However, although Youzhou is only one hundred and twenty miles away, Youzhou has been the military center of the north for hundreds of years, and it is not easy to capture.

Perhaps, the purpose of the Liao soldiers is to pass the military capital?

The military capital is in the northwest of Youzhou, in the southwest of Liaoxi County, and the distance is also about 120 miles.

Youzhou is the largest town in Hebei, and Junduguan is the first fortress in Youzhou.

They are all fortresses, but Jundu Pass is only a pass, and the defense is definitely not as good as Youzhou. However, as the western gate of Youzhou, it is very important to defend Youzhou. Especially now, the nine troops transferred by the imperial court have been assembled in Datong one after another. If they take the Yanzhou outside the Guan, then the Jundu Pass will become the last gateway for Youzhou to block the imperial army.

Zhang Degong's face gradually turned red, and he was taken aback by his guess and judgment.

If Li Jing's target this time is Jundu Pass. If the guard in the pass is raided and lost. Then Fuzhou was completely surrounded by officials and soldiers. And the military capital is lost. Yanzhou is not guaranteed, and then it is inevitable that the imperial army will swarm in from the military capital and kill directly under the city of Youzhou.

Youzhou has Liu Dashuai personally in charge, and the military capital is now guarded by Liu Yue's brother Liu Yan, with 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Zhang Degong had already made up his mind to hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements. But now, after thinking about it carefully, I began to hesitate again. He is very clear about the importance of the military capital pass to Youzhou. If the military capital is lost, it will be a disaster for Youzhou Town. Not to mention. He also didn't think that with the five hundred people in the city at the moment, he would be able to hold Liaoxi and block the attack of the Liao soldiers.

Perhaps, he should take advantage of the enemy's arrival and withdraw with these soldiers to Junduguan.

He didn't dare to withdraw to Youzhou without a military order, but if he was to withdraw to the military capital pass, he could use the defense army capital pass as a reason. Perhaps, not only will he not be guilty, but he will also be meritorious.

He whispered this idea to Fan Dongjun, who frowned and hesitated.

Stay here, and die for a lifetime. But go to the military capital pass. Looks like a good idea. But the Liaodong soldiers were about to be killed, and they had to run one hundred and twenty miles to Junduguan at this time. It is by no means an easy task, at least there are at least a thousand cavalry in the vanguard of the Liao soldiers.

Once caught up by the Liaodong soldiers in the wild, there is only one way to die.

Fan Dongjun was still hesitating and couldn't make up his mind, but it didn't take long for a group of people to suddenly stumble from the east.

At first glance, it was some defeated soldiers in Huairou County, southeast of Liaoxi County.

Those panicked defeated soldiers brought even more heavy news to Fan Dongjun, the Liaodong cavalry of the brigade suddenly killed Huairou County, and the people in the city were caught off guard. The town general Zhou Fang and the county commander Gao Long ordered the city gate to be closed, but then Li Jing's Daxu appeared under the city, and the Liaodong soldiers shouted out a few words, and the Huairou town soldiers Yu Hou Jiang Shouyi suddenly mutinied, killed Zhou Fang and Gao Long, opened the city gate, and surrendered Li Jing.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the town general Zhou's personal army took advantage of the chaos to escape from the city.

"There are already Liaodong cavalry on the way to Youzhou, and they can't get through!" Zhou Zhi, the leader of the pro-soldier team from Huairoulai, was Zhou Fang's nephew, and sighed.

After hearing the news that Li Jing actually led the horse to come in person, and that Huairou had been lost, even Fan Dongjun understood the bad situation at this time. According to Zhou Zhi's words, there are at least 5,000 cavalry under Huairou City, and all of them are one person and two horses, the elite of the elite. As soon as the overwhelming cavalry team appeared, the soldiers in Huairou County collapsed.

Although it is said that the cavalry is attacking the city, it is not as good as the infantry.

But if there are 5,000 cavalry attacking the city, and only 500 defending the city, and half of them are newly recruited young men, it is already clear who will win and who will lose.

After Li Jing captured Huairou, he had already sent cavalry to the south of Huairou and Liaoxi counties, intercepting their way back to Youzhou City.

"Let's go, go to Junduguan!" Zhang Degong couldn't wait for Fan Dongjun's opinion anymore. Fan Dongjun had no objection and immediately passed on the news.

Huairou in the east was lost, and there were already Liao army rangers on the way south to Youzhou, and now, the only way to survive was to the east. The military capital is a dangerous fortress, and there are 10,000 garrisons, as long as they can escape, there is still a glimmer of life.

Without any further hesitation, Fan Dongjun, Zhang Degong, Zhou Zhi and others immediately opened the city gate and advanced towards the military capital pass in the west. The people of the city had heard the news by this time, and there was chaos everywhere.

Because the three prefectures of Ji, Tan and Ping had already fallen into the hands of Li Jing, the barrier of the Yanshan Mountains north of Lulong Town had already lost its effect. On the North China Plain of Pingchuan, Liu Yue did not station heavy troops in Huairou, Liaoxi, and Luxian on the Lushui line, but gathered his troops and horses in Youzhou, as well as Fuzhou and Junduguan in the northwest, and made every effort to guard against the imperial officers and soldiers in the west.

Liu Yue did not station heavy troops on the front line of Huairou because there was no danger to defend here, and the cavalry under Li Jing was the most suitable for fighting on the plains. Instead of arranging the limited forces on the Lushui line, it is better to simply shrink and use the strong city of Youzhou as the center of defense against Li Jing. And on the other hand, Ji Tan was originally the territory of Youzhou Town, and he did not garrison troops on the front line of Lushui. As soon as Fan Xinglong died, Ji Tan killed Fan Xinglong and surrendered to Li Jing, he was too late to arrange it, and after the end, in order not to stimulate Li Jing, he simply did not plan to defend this line of defense.

As a result, the four counties of Lushui added up to less than 5,000 soldiers and horses. In the face of Li Jing's simultaneous raid, they lost one after another!

On the evening of the second day of the first lunar month, Li Jing's troops went to Huairou, and the city was killed by the Marquis of Yu to kill the county and the town to open the city and surrender.

In the early morning of the 3rd, Lin Wu, the commander of the Crane Army, led his troops to Liaoxi County, and the officials and soldiers in the city had fled, and Lin Wubing took Liaoxi County without blood.

At noon on the third day, Wang Yanzhang, the commander of the crane army, led a thousand cavalry to Luxian County, and the city was closed to defend it. Wang Yanzhang directly launched a wave of fierce attacks, with a strong bow and a hard crossbow, stormed the city panicked and feared less than a thousand soldiers and young defenders, Luxian County Commander personally risked the arrow stone on the city wall to command the defense of the city, but was directly blocked by Wang Yanzhang's archers.

Within half a day, more than half of the defenders in the city suffered casualties, and the county commander, the county commander, and the town general were killed in battle.

Wang Yanzhang then suspended the attack, sent envoys to persuade him to surrender, and after promising not to kill and surrender, not to loot property, and to rape women, the gate of Luxian City was finally opened, and the city surrendered.

On the fourth day of the first month, the soldiers and horses of the crane army made Gao Siji lead a thousand cavalry to the southeast of Youzhou along the canal city of Yongnu County, this city since the original Zhenguo army plundered Youzhou, has been occupied by the Zhenguo army three times, Gao Siji suddenly led the army to arrive, did not encounter the slightest strong resistance, the county order and the defender generals in the city directly surrendered to the city.

From the first day of the first month to the official attack on Lulong Town, to the fourth day of the first month to take Yongnu, the battle led by Li Jing dispatched 10,000 elite cavalry before and after, and the troops were divided into four routes, and within three days, they had completely taken the four counties of Liaoxi, Huairou, Luxian, and Yongnu, and achieved the established goal of seizing the area north of Lushui before Li Jing sent his troops. (To be continued......)