Chapter 1373 Yuyang


    On the sixth day after the Xianbei besieged Jicheng, Tian Feng rushed to Yan Liang''s camp. Together with Yan Liang, he led the soldiers, crossed the Juma River, marched north, and entered the old Yan territory.


    On the eighth day, Wen Chou brought another army together, and the two armies went to Zhuo County.


    "Has Jicheng been captured now?" Tian Feng asked Wen Chou without even exchanging pleasantries.


    Seeing Wen Chou shaking his head, Tian Feng let out a long breath, and immediately got out of the carriage with the support of his attendants, and sat staggeringly on the stone beside him.


    The attendant knelt on the ground, pinching Tian Feng''s legs.


    "I am old, and my legs and feet are not working... The two generals laughed at me..." Tian Feng said weakly, feeling that his legs were not his own.


    Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked at each other and said, "Mr. Tian is polite."


    "Have you received any distress papers from Jicheng?" Tian Feng took a few breaths, waved at Yan Liangwenchou, motioned the two of them to come closer, and asked softly.


    "Mr. Tian, ??I just received a letter asking for help from Jicheng yesterday..." Wen Chou took out a roll of scarves from the leather pouch around his waist, handed it to Tian Feng, and said with some concern, "Jicheng is in dire straits now. I''m afraid it won''t last long..."


    "Xianbei Wuhuan teamed up, the strength is extraordinary..." Yan Liang also frowned, and said, "Based on this, Jicheng has been besieged for eight days, if there is a little carelessness..."


    Tian Feng flicked the help scarf in his hand, smiled, and said: "Xianyi''s handwriting is still very strong..."


    Wen Chou was a little anxious, and said: "Don''t be joking, Mr. Tian, ??it''s already this time, what kind of character is there to talk about!"


    Tian Feng laughed loudly, patted his thigh and said: "Don''t worry, don''t worry... think about it, if the situation is critical, do you have time to choose words and sentences, and carve words carefully?"


    Yan Liang tilted his head and rolled his eyes, feeling a little dazed.


    "Come here! Send this request letter to the general!" Tian Feng greeted, and then said, "Reassure the general, Jicheng is not in danger..."


    Wen Chou still didn''t understand, and said, "This... Mr. Tian, ??can you explain in detail?"


    "What''s there in Jicheng?" Tian Feng didn''t dislike Wen Chou''s dullness, and explained, "Except for the second son, they are nothing more than ordinary people with money and goods, and where can we not get these people with money and goods? Why? Want to besiege Jicheng?"


    "Because of the second son?" Wen Chou said subconsciously.


    Tian Feng laughed, and said: "What do the Xianbei people want the second son to do? The Xianbei people live in the desert, and what they lack most is salt and iron. How much can there be in Jicheng?"


    "Yuyang!" Yan Liang said in a deep voice.


    Tian Feng glanced at Yan Liang approvingly, nodded and said: "Yuyang is a place where salt and iron are produced, and the Xianbei people besieged Jicheng, but they used it as bait to trick us into taking the bait. Yuyang, seize the salt and iron!"


    Yuyang County, since the Qin Dynasty, has become an area where farming and nomads compete. The simple reason is that here in Yuyang, there are grasslands, mountains, forests, salt fields, and minerals, although these minerals are not big. Mine, but in the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was enough.


    Tian Feng concluded that the Xianbei people were using the strategy of attacking the west, attacking Jicheng on the surface, but actually trying to mobilize Yuyang''s troops, and then raid Yuyang to plunder the salt and iron resources in Yuyang.


    After all, salt and iron are the most scarce on the grasslands. If the Xianbei people can obtain a large amount of salt and iron, then the Xianbei people will be able to strengthen their strength invisibly, and Yuyang, which has suffered major damage, will inevitably decline. Under the circumstances, it will be even more difficult to defend the Xianbei people again in the coming year. If this continues, Youzhou will be completely lost under the horseshoes of the Xianbei people in a short time.


    "Plundering Yuyang is far more cost-effective than forcibly capturing Jicheng..." Tian Feng stroked his beard and signaled to the attendant that he didn''t need to move the blood in his legs and feet. After shaking his legs twice, he felt that the numbness had passed, and then Standing up, "Xianbei''s Ke Bi Neng is very ambitious, and he must be able to account for this, so this time..."


    Tian Feng has dealt with Ke Bineng before, and knows Ke Bineng''s character. It is precisely because Ke Bineng has great ambitions, so he will not be satisfied with just looting here in Jicheng, what he wants is more Many, even preparing to occupy Youzhou, and then laying the foundation for its further strength.


    "Xianbei had a good idea. He lured us to Jicheng, and then captured Yuyang. Even if we reacted, we couldn''t catch up. We could only watch the Xianbei plunder..." Tian Feng narrowed his eyes , said, "In this way, when the spring of the next year begins, the Xianbei people, who may have acquired a large amount of wealth, salt and iron, will unite with the Wuhuan people to send troops from the east and west sides of Youzhou at the same time, and Yuyang will be able to do so in just two or three months. Humans will definitely not be able to recover... At that time, we can only retreat to Jizhou and give up Youzhou..."


    "If this is the case, Yuyang''s current defenders are less than 5,000..." Yan Liang frowned and said, "I''m afraid they can''t resist the Xianbei invasion! But... here in Jicheng..."


    "Jicheng is naturally to be saved..." Tian Feng smiled, nodded and said, "The two generals are here, and a certain one happens to have a plan, so it might as well be like this..."


    ………………


    The setting sun is like blood, the sky is gradually dimming, and all the light seems to be the color of blood.


    Tian Chou was like an ant on a hot pot. He stood on the gate tower of Yuyang with a few guards anxiously, looking at the retreating guards on the city wall, frowning deeply, helpless.


    The sound of shouting and killing around was deafening, but Tian Chou seemed deaf to it. He stood silently like a clay sculpture, as if he had lost his soul. In the south, look at the sky, but there is nothing to see these days, only the chaotic Xianbei people, surrounding the city.


    Tian Chou has sent three batches of soldiers asking for help, but none of them succeeded in breaking out. They were all entangled by the Xianbei people who were always on guard all around, and finally died on the way to ask for help.


    Yuyang originally didn’t have many war horses, and after three batches of help were dispatched, it was tantamount to losing hope...


    Maybe the first time, or the second time, all the horses will be desperate to charge all the horses in one direction, maybe the third time, change the direction of asking for help, maybe...


    However, these assumptions are completely meaningless.


    The handsome Su Li personally led the reserve soldiers to climb up the city wall, ready to make the final blow, completely defeating the tenacious defense of the Han army on the western city wall of Yuyang. The Xianbei people concentrated their superior forces through their superiority in numbers, continuously and non-stop aiming at a point on the defense line of the Han army''s defenders, carrying out key attacks, and finally successfully tore a hole in the defense line of Yuyang City. Now this gap has turned into a huge gap, and what needs to be done now is to cut through this gap again to completely defeat the overall defense of the Han army, and the plan to occupy Yuyang City has gradually become a reality.


    Su Li roared, and led a hundred of the most stalwart Xianbei warriors, like wild beasts out of the cage, they rushed fiercely at the Han guards on Yuyang City. The soldiers of the Han army lined up on the city wall more than two feet wide, barely forming a defensive formation, resisting the pounce of the Xianbei people, and never took a step back. The two sides are staggered together, and every time they advance or retreat, it means that an unknown number of corpses of soldiers from both sides will fall down.


    Su Li climbed over the city wall, roared, and rushed into the array holding his battle axe, smashing the array of Han guards to pieces!


    Xianbei was immediately excited, and Qi Qi let out a cheer. They roared, shouted, and rushed towards the Han soldiers defending the city like crazy, pushing the Han army''s line back continuously.


    "Ling Jun!" The guard standing beside Tian Chou said eagerly, "Retreat! If you don''t withdraw, I''m afraid it will be too late!"


    Tian Chou closed his eyes in pain, he knew that Yuyang City was about to fall...


    The overall defense of Yuyang City is about to collapse due to the loss of the west city wall, and the west city gate must be breached, and then the whole city will fall into the hands of the Xianbei people.


    Yuyang City is about to fall...


    ………………


    Wen Chou led 3,000 cavalrymen to the southern suburb of Yuyang before sunset.


    Under the shining of the setting sun, Yuyang City was filled with blood, the sound of fierce fighting, the low sound of horns, mixed with the rapid sound of drums of the defenders, and the noisy shouts of both sides, all gathered together to form a huge The roar was like two wild beasts biting and fighting each other viciously before nightfall, with fur flying and blood splattering.


    Wen Chou vaguely saw that the flag representing the Han army was still flying over Yuyang City, so he couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Finally, they lived up to the hopes of generals Yuan Shao and Tian Feng. At the most critical time in Yuyang City, they gathered almost all the cavalry that could be taken away, and brought them with them, just to rush to Yuyang without the Xianbei people noticing. At the foot of the city.


    Wen Chou frowned, observing the distant battlefield, his long hair draped over his shoulders fluttered with the evening wind from time to time.


    Except for some formal occasions, Wen Chou doesn’t like wearing a dou 鍪, which seems to be somewhat similar to the Hu people. It seems that he doesn’t like it naturally, so even if Yan Liang persuades him, he doesn’t like wearing it. Although the douhou may play a protective role to a certain extent, Wen Chou feels uncomfortable and inconvenient. He would rather dishevel his hair than wear a douhou.


    Wen Chou beckoned, and several middle-level non-commissioned officers, Jun Hou and Tun Zhang, automatically gathered forward.


    "Look!" Wen Chou pointed with his finger and said, "Xianbei people are crazy! Normally, according to the time of day, this time should be repaired by Mingjin, but have you seen the huge bonfire lit over there? This shows that Xianbei People are not going to retreat, they will continue to attack Yuyang City overnight! This group of mad dogs, attacking Yuyang day and night, must be very tired! We have come all the way, although it is also very hard, but compared to attacking in the wild For Xianbei people who can''t rest in the city, we have taken advantage of it!"


    "So, I am going to launch a surprise attack from the side and rear of the Xianbei people. The center is the front arrow, and I will lead it personally. The main purpose is to split and destroy the formation of the Xianbei people. You and you will lead the two wings..." Wen Chou ordered two military lords, Continued, "The two of you are mainly multiple flags, driving forward continuously, driving the Xianbei people who have destroyed the formation, and not letting them stop! The sky is about to be completely dark, and the Xianbei people don''t know what we are doing. How many people are there? These Xianbei people who are left behind must be replaced by exhausted soldiers who have already defeated the city. If they want to run away in fear, we can push them directly in one breath and directly attack the opponent''s main formation !"


    "Do you all know what you are doing?" Wen Chou looked around and saw that no one raised any objections, so he waved his hand, "Go down and prepare, organize the queue, and prepare to attack!"


    Immediately, the middle-level military academy dispersed, and in the middle of the queue, the orderlies ran around in the dim twilight, and the queue gradually unfolded and formed.


    "Hmph..." No scouts from Xianbei came up until now, Wen Chou looked at the flames above Yuyang''s west city, "Does this mean that you think you have captured Yuyang, so you didn''t send scouts? Hmph, no matter what Whatever, go die!"


    Wen Chou raised the long knife high, and then slashed down, his legs were hard, the horse hurt, and with a long neigh, he galloped out first, the guards at the side quickly followed, and soon the cavalry of the brigade followed After Wen Chou died, he went to kill Xianbei outside Yuyang City.


    It is getting closer and closer to Yuyang City.


    Wen Chou can see the swaying figures above and below the city, the flames and blood between swords and guns; he can hear the shouts and screams on the battlefield, the clash of swords and guns, the sound of horns and horns below the city, and the sound of war drums above the city. ;Smell the smell of blood floating in the air, the burnt smell after being burned, these sights, hearing and smells, and the tragedy and pain that permeated the battlefield, stimulating Wen Chou''s adrenaline soaring, he raised his sword high He raised it up and let out a loud roar: "Kill these Xianbei dogs!"


    The thunderous sound of horseshoes became more and more clear and louder, and finally turned into a continuous roar, covering the sound of fighting on the top of the city.


    The Xianbei people panicked, even the war horses under their crotches paced back and forth restlessly, neighing lowly, where did these cavalry come from? !


    Su Li suddenly left the defenders behind, stepped back and lay down on the **** battlements, looking in the direction of the sound of horseshoes, only to see Wen Chou''s cavalry divided into three parts, sweeping from the horizon!


    Su Li''s complexion changed drastically, and he roared hoarsely: "Blow the horn! Set up defenses! The enemy raids, raids..."


    However, it is too late. If Suli is no longer above the city, maybe he can organize a defense in time, but Xianbei''s main attention is all on the west gate, and they are already preparing to enter the city in line. Such a group of Han Chinese cavalry?


    Wen Chou waved his long knife and shouted loudly: "God bless the man! Kill!"


    The following cavalry also echoed: "Kill!"


    The sound of killing suddenly resounded, shaking the entire Yuyang. More Han people heard the shouts outside the city. They also exhausted all their strength, echoed with tears in their eyes, and shouted after them: "Kill!" ! Kill! Kill!"


    Amidst the thunderous shouts of killing, Wen Chou''s cavalry were like a flood that broke through the embankment, roaring, roaring, and roaring all the way, carrying the wind and thunder all over the sky, and with the momentum of thunder, they rushed into the Xianbei area like a thunderbolt. In the camp under Yuyang City!


    (end of this chapter)