… Han commanded the army and slowly spoke to the middle camp. This large battalion Xu Huang set up a front scarf knife, and now the camp wall of the front camp was set on fire by Cheng Yin regardless of the casualties of the soldiers, so he could only retreat to the middle camp for defense.

Xu Huang commanded the army to retreat, and the soldiers of Cheng Yinsuo's subordinates at the camp wall that had been lit over there did not stop it, and immediately climbed over the camp wall that had been burned, but they were afraid that if they were one step too late, they would be swallowed up by the fire, and the five hundred cavalry soldiers last night were the best proof. Only a little over a hundred people were able to come back. It can be described as a heavy loss. But when they had climbed over the walls of the camp, they were greeted by a rain of arrows of death. While directing the retreat of the army, Xu Huang ordered: "Archer, don't stop, release the arrows!" Shoot the arrows! ”

"Woohoo,"

With Xu Huang's command, the archers couldn't stop pulling their bows and releasing their arrows, whether their hands were cut by the bowstring, or their arms were stretched to the point that they were sore, the soldiers gritted their teeth and persevered, and every time they opened their bows, the rain of arrows could kill a group of enemies, and the recruits began to gradually realize the importance of obeying orders on the battlefield.

Although the rain of arrows was dense, it could not completely stop the enemy troops who had climbed over the camp wall from approaching, most of these enemy troops had dark faces, obviously smoked, and many places on their armor were scorched, which showed the fierceness of the fire. The fire on some of the soldiers was still extinguished, and after climbing over the camp wall, they flew into Xu Huangjun's formation.

Xu Huang calmed down and shouted coldly: "The sword and shield hand is on top with a leather shield!" The pikeman... Tuli! Spike! ”

"Ha drink", kill! ”

The pikemen let out a loud cry as they stabbed the spears they clenched in their hands.

"Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly! ”

"Poof! Burst! Burst! ”

The sharp spear easily pierced the body of the enemy who broke through the rain of arrows, and blood overflowed from the place where the spear pierced, and these eyes were suddenly blank, and the spear head was gently withdrawn, and the corpse suddenly fell to the ground. Xu Huang's soldiers didn't look at it, and slowly continued to retreat backwards under the order.

"Whew

The fire at the camp wall burned bigger and bigger, forming a wall of fire, separating the two armies, seeing that no more enemy troops had climbed over the camp wall, Xu Huang breathed a sigh of relief, beckoned the adjutant general and asked: "The camp walls on both sides have been cut off?" ”

The adjutant general heard this and replied: "General Hui, after the enemy set fire, we have cut off the place where the camp wall is connected to the camp, and the fire will not spread to the camp. ”

Xu Huang nodded and said, "Okay!" And retreat into the middle camp, and then organize a thousand soldiers to go to the Yellow River to draw water, every other hour, pour water on the camp wall of the middle camp, in case the enemy army burns the camp wall in this way. ”

The adjutant general heard it and replied loudly: "No! ”

Xu Huang commanded the army to slowly retreat into the middle camp, smiled coldly, and muttered: "Cheng Yin, you are bringing about your own destruction." Obviously, this move set fire to destroy the camp wall, and the loss of Cheng Yin's department was far greater than that of Xu Huang.

And after Xu Huang's army retreated into the middle camp, a junior colonel came to report on the close: "Report to the general, Han Sui's army crossed the river to attack the fortifications." ”

Xu Huang knew that this was the drunken general who was in charge of the battle, so he nodded, and then instructed the deputy general next to him: "Now that there is a wall of fire to block, Cheng Yin will not attack so quickly, and you will let the soldiers retreat into the middle camp and immediately deploy defenses, do not relax." "I see that the adjutant general should be down. Xu Huang immediately led the guards and rushed to Linjin Pass to direct the defense.

On the Linbei Pass, Xu Huang saw that the soldiers of Han Sui's department under the pass were holding the boat, and kept putting arrows on the gate, and then took the ladder from the boat to the gate, and the soldiers couldn't help but climb up from the ladder.

When Xu Huang saw it, he laughed and said, "Linjin is dangerous, how can it be so easy to break through." Sword and shield hands step forward and block the enemy's bow and arrow! The spearman stepped forward and pushed the enemy's ladder to! Fast! Go get the biggest logs again! ”

After Xu Huang's series of orders were issued, the sword and shield hand immediately stepped forward with a leather shield to block the bow and arrow shot by the enemy from under the city.

"Whew

The ladder was opened, and the whole ladder came backwards, and the long ladder was full of soldiers.

"Boom

The ladder fell heavily into the water of the Yellow River, which was not much better than falling on the hard soil, the ladder fell on the surface of the Yellow River, and immediately fell apart, and the wreckage of the ladder was washed away by the water of the Yellow River, and the wreckage of the ladder was washed away by the water of the Yellow River, and in less than a stick of incense, the wreckage of the ladder was gone.

When the ladder fell to the surface of the Yellow River, some of the soldiers who were hung on the top of the ladder jumped into the Yellow River, and some of them held the ladder to the death, and those at the bottom of the ladder were more lucky, so they immediately jumped back into the boat and hid to the side. Whether it is leaving the ladder and jumping into the Yellow River or holding on to the ladder, they are all buried on the Yellow River like the ladder.

The fall of the ladder even overturned the nearby boats. Many of the soldiers on the boat immediately fell into the Yellow River, and with the turbulent water of the Yellow River, even those who knew the water did not dare to say that they could swim in the Yellow River without hindrance, and it was unknown how many of the soldiers who fell into the water would be alive.

Several ladders were overturned, causing Han Sui's attack to be frustrated for a while, but this was nothing. I saw that above the city, Xu Huang commanded the soldiers to lift several of the largest pieces of rolling logs to the women's wall, Xu Huang's tone was calm, and he shouted mercilessly: "Push the rolling logs down and smash their boat!" ”

"Whew! Call! Call! ”

Several huge pieces of rolling logs fell from the top of the Guancheng nearly ten zhang high, and smashed heavily on the boat under the Guancheng, only to hear the loud sound of "boom boom" and then look closely, the boat under the Guancheng was smashed a lot, and many of them were dragged by the big waves splashed by the rolling logs into the Yellow River water, and the Han Suijun under the Guancheng was in chaos.

Xu Huang smiled slightly, and ordered loudly: "The archer is ready to release the arrow!" ”

"Woohoo,"

The attack of the rain of arrows made the situation worse for Han Sui's army under the Guancheng, and many soldiers who fell into the Yellow River and knew how to breathe appeared in the nets. was attacked by a rain of arrows, and was unsuspecting, and he was hit by several arrows in the head, and died tragically in the river.

On the other side of the city wall of Pujin County, Han Sui saw that his soldiers had suffered heavy losses, frowned, and said secretly: "Didn't Cheng Yin attack in front?" How to close the defense so tightly. Seeing that the rain of arrows continued to fall above the city, and the soldiers suffered heavy losses, Han Sui ordered: "Mingjin withdraw the troops!" ”

"Dangdang,"

The sound of Mingjin sounded, and the soldiers of Han Sui's department heard it, as if they had been amnestied, and quickly drove the small boat to the east coast, and they were afraid to take a step too late.

Above the city, looking at the enemy retreating in panic, Xu Huang laughed and said: "Cooperate with Cheng Yin's straw bag to investigate the army." It was Han Sui's biggest mistake, and the generals next to him laughed when they heard it

Xu Huang repelled Cheng Yin and Han Sui's army one after another, the morale of the recruits was greatly boosted, and in the face of the attack of Cheng Yin and Han Sui's army in the next few days, the defense of the recruits was very successful, although the middle camp under the pass was also forcibly broken by Cheng Yin, but the loss of Xu Huang's troops who were guarded by the battalion was far less than Cheng Yin, not to mention the Han Sui army that had to rely on ships to attack the Linjin Pass.

However, as time passed, Xu Huang's smile gradually disappeared, his brows became tighter and tighter, and only the last rear camp was left under the closed city, and under Cheng Yin's repeated attacks regardless of losses, the rear camp was also dangerous. But even if the rear camp is lost, Xu Huang is not afraid, there is a dangerous pass in the Linjin Pass, which is not so easy to break through in Cheng Yin.

And now what worries Xu Huang the most is the problem of grain and grass, since the arrival of Cheng Yin's army has been a full seven days and seven nights, Xu Huang's storage in the customs can be said to be very little, since yesterday. The soldiers can no longer eat their stomachs, and they can continue to fight today, to a large extent, because of the morale accumulated before. But after all, people have to eat, and if they can't feed the soldiers today, I'm afraid that tomorrow the morale of these soldiers will plummet, because they are new recruits after all, and this situation has not been experienced.

Up to now, Xu Huang's soldiers are actually more than Han Sui and Cheng Yin's combined, but Xu Huang does not dare to send troops out, because if it is a field battle with Cheng Yin's army, with the combat strength of these new soldiers, I am afraid that Cheng Yin only needs to pull out 5,000 cavalry to win, and now Xu Huang's only way is to defend to the death. But how long can he hold on to the grain and grass, Xu Huang also has countless hearts in his heart, and can only secretly hope that Zhang Xiu's reinforcements will arrive soon.

When it was close to dusk in the afternoon, the soldiers repelled the enemy army through the net, and a grain officer came to see Xu Huang, leaned into Xu Huang's ear and whispered: "General, there is not much grain and grass left." When Xu Huang heard this, he frowned and said, "Didn't you halve everyone's meal yesterday?" ”

The grain officer replied: "The general villain has done this, but the grain and grass are still not enough. ”

Xu Huang asked, "If the soldiers are full, how many meals can they provide?" ”

The grain officer replied, "Three meals." ”

Xu Huang heard this, and secretly calculated, the soldiers had three full meals, counting today's dinner. That is, tomorrow night the food will be exhausted. Xu Huang sighed helplessly, and instructed the grain officer: "Let the generals have a full meal tonight, and tomorrow the two meals will be halved by the whole army, even the generals." ”

When the grain officer heard this, he responded, "No! ”

The smoke of the cooking slowly rose, and the soldiers were originally worried that they would not have enough to eat, they could only eat half of their three meals in a row, and they had to defend the city every day, which consumed a lot of physical strength, if they didn't see Xu Huang, they would only eat half of it, and they couldn't help but say that the reinforcements would support them. I'm afraid that morale will drop faster.

Now that they have enough to eat, the soldiers are overjoyed. The cheers resounded from all over the place, and the morale was immediately boosted. It's just that some shrewd soldiers don't think so, only half of the previous three meals suddenly returned to normal today, and they can't help but think that the food should be running out, so these shrewd soldiers not only eat themselves, but also secretly put away the food in case they still have something to eat when the food is exhausted.

After nightfall, Xu Huang was patrolling the back camp under the gate. At this time, a small colonel came to Xu Huang and whispered a few words in his ear, and Xu Huang was pleasantly surprised to hear it: "Really? ”

The junior colonel replied: "They said so, the generals on the border did not dare to call the shots, so they came to invite General Xu." ”

Xu Huang heard it and said, "Quick! Take Ben with you! After speaking, he hurriedly followed the soldier to the gate. Xu Huang went to Guancheng, and the deputy general immediately came to Xu Huang's side and said: "General, there are people below who claim to be sent by Lord Jing Zhaoyin to deliver grain, and the last general has already asked them to transport a bag up, which is full of grain, but the last general does not dare to call the shots, so he has come to invite the general." ”

Xu Huang heard it and said hurriedly: "What are you hesitating about, let's transport it first." After a pause, he added: "Let the soldiers bring all the silverware, in case this is a trick of the enemy army to poison the grain." ”

The adjutant general heard this and immediately followed Xu Huang's instructions. Xu Huang came to the edge of the city and looked down, and in the darkness, he vaguely saw several large ships under the city, and the boats were full of big bags, which should be filled with grain. Xu Huang hurriedly asked the soldiers to extinguish the torches, and then kept putting the basket down, and asked the people on the boat to put the food on the basket and then pull it to the close.

And the grain that was transported Xu Huang commanded the soldiers to carefully inspect it with silverware, and then asked the grain officer to find someone to put it away after it was not poisonous.

Fortunately, the battle for several days almost sank all the ships collected by Han Sui, so that Han Sui did not send soldiers to patrol the Yellow River, otherwise this kind of smuggling of grain would not have gone so smoothly.

After a while, the adjutant general came to Xu Huang's side again and said, "General, this is a letter from Lord Jing Zhaoyin to the general. ”

Xu Huang hurriedly opened the letter after receiving it, and saw that the letter said on his face was full of joy. Seeing this, the adjutant general couldn't help asking, "General, but there is a great joy?" ”

Xu Huang nodded and said: "The lord has pacified Ma Teng, the Ma family has surrendered from Ma Teng, the lord's army has returned to the division, although the food transported here is not much, but it is enough for the army for a day, with the buffer of this day, it will definitely be able to wait for the lord's army." ”

When the adjutant general heard this, he was puzzled: "Since Lord Jing Zhaoyin can use this method to transport food for our army, why won't he do it tomorrow night." ”

Xu Huang replied: "The letter from the positive side said that Han Sui's army blocked the Yellow River, and he asked the Huangfu Mansion to lead the troops back in Chang'an City to forcibly break through and then let the grain ship come to transport grain. ”

While the two were talking, a junior colonel came to report: "Report to the general, Han Sui came to attack the city, and the grain ship has left when he sees that the opportunity is wrong." ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he immediately knew that it was the news that the Emperor's Mansion had broken through Han Sui's blockade of the river was known, so he ordered: "Pass the order, strengthen the defense, and then let the grain official count the amount of grain, and report it to the general." ”

When the colonel heard this, he immediately gave the order. Xu Huang also rushed to the edge of Guancheng with his lieutenant general, and instructed the soldiers above Guancheng to light the torches first, and then strengthen the defense. However, Xu Huang's might as well be a little redundant, and the soldiers of Han Sui's department obviously only came to drive the grain ship, and did not attack Guancheng, but patrolled around outside the attack range of Guancheng to prevent any more grain ships from approaching.

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