Three Kingdoms

On the sixth day when the Xianbei people 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 and another army gathered together, and the two armies settled in Zhuo County.

"Is Jicheng captured now?" When Tian Feng saw Wen Chou, he even skipped greetings and asked directly.

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

The attendant knelt on the ground and held Tian Feng's legs and feet.

"I am old and my legs and feet are no longer good... The two generals are laughing at each other..." 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 too polite."

"Have you received any distress documents from Jicheng?" Tian Feng took a few breaths, waved to Yan Liangwen Chou, motioning for the two of them to come closer, and then asked softly.

"Mr. Tian, ​​I just received a letter asking for help from Jicheng yesterday..." Wen Chou took out a roll of silk from the leather bag around his waist, handed it to Tian Feng, and said with some worry, "Jicheng is in extremely difficult circumstances now. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on for long…”

"Xianbei and Wuhuan join forces, their 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-seeking scarf in his hand, smiled, and said, "Xianyi's handwriting is quite elegant..."

Wen Chou became a little anxious and said: "Mr. Tian, ​​please don't make fun of me. It's already this time and you don't have to talk about whether you have character or character!"

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

Yan Liang tilted his head, rolled his eyes, and felt a little stunned.

"Come here! Send this letter asking for help to the general!" Tian Feng greeted, and then said, "Let the general relax, Jicheng is not in danger for the time being..."

Wen Chou was still a little confused and said, "This... Mr. Tian, ​​can you explain it in detail?"

"What's there in Jicheng?" Tian Feng didn't dislike Wen Chou's slowness and explained, "Apart from the second young master, there are just some ordinary people with wealth. And where can't these people with wealth be obtained? Why? Are you coming to besiege Ji City?"

"Because of the second young master?" Wen Chou asked subconsciously.

Tian Feng laughed and said, "What do the Xianbei people want from the Second Young Master? The Xianbei people are in the desert, and what they lack most is salt and iron. How much can Jicheng have?"

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

Tian Feng glanced at Yan Liang approvingly, nodded and said: "Yuyang is the origin of salt and iron. The Xianbei people besieged Jicheng. They are just using it as bait to lure us into the bait. On the one hand, they can attack the reinforcements, and on the other hand, they can divide their troops and capture them easily." Yuyang, seize the salt and iron!"

Since the Qin Dynasty, Yuyang County has become an area fought over by farmers and nomads. 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 during the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was enough.

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

After all, salt and iron are the most scarce on the grassland. If the Xianbei people obtain a large amount of salt and iron, then the Xianbei people will invisibly increase their strength, and Yuyang, which has suffered major damage, will inevitably decline. Under this circumstance, it will be even more difficult to defend the Xianbei people again next year. If this continues, it won't be long before Youzhou will be completely lost to the Xianbei people.

"Plundering Yuyang is far more cost-effective than forcibly capturing Jicheng..." Tian Feng stroked his beard and signaled that the attendants no longer needed to move the blood in his legs and feet for him. He shook his legs twice and felt that the soreness and numbness had passed. He stood up and said, "Kebi Neng from Xianbei is very ambitious, and he must have considered this, so this time..."

Tian Feng had dealt with Kebineng and knew Kebineng's character. It was precisely because Kebineng had great ambitions that he would not be satisfied with just looting in Jicheng. He wanted something more. Many, and even prepare to occupy Youzhou, and then lay the foundation for its further strength.

"Xianbei had a good idea. He attracted us to Jicheng and then captured Yuyang. Even if we reacted, we would not be able to catch up. We could only watch the Xianbei people looting..." Tian Feng narrowed his eyes. Looking at it, he said, "In this way, when the spring comes next year, the Xianbei people, who are said to have obtained a large amount of salt and iron, will unite with the Wuhuan people and send troops from the east and west sides of Youzhou at the same time. It will definitely be impossible to recover... By that time, we will have no choice but to retreat to Jizhou and give up Youzhou..."

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

"Jicheng naturally needs to be saved..." Tian Feng smiled, nodded and said, "The two generals are here, and someone has a plan, so why not..."

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The setting sun was like blood, the sky gradually dimmed, and all the light seemed to be the color of blood.

Like an ant on a hot pot, Tian Chou anxiously stood on the city gate tower of Yuyang with a few guards. He looked at the retreating guards on the city wall, his brows furrowed and he was helpless.

The shouts of killing all around were deafening, but Tian Chou seemed to turn a deaf ear. He stood silently like a clay sculpture, as if he had lost his soul, motionless looking at the bloody scenes of fighting above and below the city, occasionally turning his head to look. Looking to the south, I looked at the horizon, but I saw nothing these days, only the noisy Xianbei people surrounding the city.

Tian Chou had sent out three batches of troops to ask for reinforcements, but none of them could successfully break out. They were all tightly entangled by the Xianbei people who were always on alert, and eventually died on the way to ask for help.

Yuyang originally didn't have many war horses. After three batches of reinforcements were dispatched, it was like giving up hope...

Maybe the first time, or the second time, you make a desperate move to charge all the horses in one direction, maybe the third time you change the direction of asking for help, maybe...

However, these assumptions are completely meaningless.

Marshal Su Li personally led the reserve soldiers to climb the city wall, preparing to make the final blow and completely defeat the Han army's tenacious defense on the west wall of Yuyang. Through their numerical superiority, the Xianbei people concentrated their superior forces, continuously and without rest, aimed at a point in the Han army's defense line, carried out key attacks, and finally successfully tore a hole in the Yuyang City's defense line. Now this gap has turned into a huge gap. What needs to be done now is to strike the gap with another knife to completely defeat the Han army's overall defense. The plan to occupy Yuyang City has gradually turned into a reality.

Su Li roared loudly and led a hundred of the toughest Xianbei warriors, like wild beasts out of their cages, to fiercely pounce on the Han army defenders on Yuyang City. The Han soldiers lined up on the city wall more than two feet wide, barely forming a defensive formation, resisting the Xianbei attack and never taking a step back. The two sides were intertwined, and each advance or retreat meant that countless bodies of soldiers from both sides would fall.

Su Li climbed over the city wall, roared, and rushed into the array with his tomahawk, instantly smashing the Han army's garrison array to pieces!

Xianbei was immediately inspired, and all cheered. They roared, shouted, and rushed towards the Han soldiers guarding the city like crazy, pushing the Han army's line back continuously.

"Your Majesty!" the guard standing next to Tian Chou said eagerly, "Retreat! If we don't retreat, it may 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 was about to collapse due to the loss of the west city wall. Then the west city gate would inevitably be breached, and then the whole city would fall into the hands of the Xianbei people.

Yuyang City is about to be destroyed...

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Wen Chou led three thousand cavalry to the southern suburbs of Yuyang before sunset.

Under the shining of the setting sun, Yuyang City was covered in blood, with fierce fighting sounds, low horn horns, mixed with the rapid 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 fiercely before nightfall, with fur flying and blood and flesh splashing everywhere.

Wen Chou vaguely saw the flag representing the Han army still flying over Yuyang City, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they lived up to the hopes of generals Yuan Shao and Tian Feng. When Yuyang City was in the most critical moment, they gathered almost all the cavalry they could take 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 and observed the battlefield in the distance, his long hair scattered on his shoulders flying in the dusk wind from time to time.

Except for some formal occasions, Wen Chou didn't like to wear a douche, which seemed to be similar to the Hu people. It seemed that he was born not to like it, so even if Yan Liang persuaded him, he didn't like to wear it. Although the douchi may have a certain protective effect, Wen Chou felt uncomfortable and inconvenient. He would rather wear his hair disheveled than wear the douche.

Wen Chou waved his hand, and several middle-level non-commissioned officers, army chiefs and others gathered together and came forward.

"Look!" Wen Chou pointed with his hand and said, "The Xianbei people are crazy! Normally, according to the weather, this time should be the time for repairs, but have you seen the huge bonfire lit over there? This means that Xianbei If the people are not prepared to retreat, they will continue to attack Yuyang City all night long! This group of mad dogs must be very tired after attacking Yuyang day and night! We have come all the way, although it is also very hard, but compared to attacking in the wild For the Xianbei people who cannot rest in the city, we actually take advantage!"

"So, I am going to launch a surprise attack from the side and rear of the Xianbei people. The center will be the front, which I will personally lead. I will mainly split and destroy the Xianbei people's formation. You will lead the two wings respectively..." Wen Chou ordered two military princes. , continued, "You two are mainly just holding multiple flags, driving forward to keep the Xianbei people who destroyed the array from stopping! It's going to be dark, and the Xianbei people don't know who we are. How many people are there? These Xianbei people who are left behind must be replaced by tired soldiers who have already served the city. If we want them to run away in fear, we can push them over in one go and directly attack the opponent's base. 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 entered the queue. The orderly soldiers were running around in the dim dusk, and the queue began to take shape little by little.

"Hmph..." Until now, no scouts from Xianbei have come. Wen Chou looked at the fire above the city head of Yuyang West City, "Does this mean he thought he had captured Yuyang, so he didn't send any scouts? Hum, No matter what, just die!"

Wen Chou raised his long sword high, and then slashed it down. He exerted force on his legs and the horse was in pain. He let out a long neigh and galloped out first. The guards on the side quickly followed, and soon the cavalry of the brigade also followed. After Wen Chou died, he went to Xianbei outside Yuyang City to kill.

We are getting closer and closer to Yuyang City.

Wen Chou could see the swaying figures above and below the city, the light of fire and blood between swords and guns; he could hear the shouts and screams on the battlefield, the collision of swords and guns, the horns of horns below the city, and the sound of war drums on the city. ; He could smell the smell of blood floating in the air, the burnt smell after burning, these senses of sight, hearing and smell, as well as the tragedy and pain that permeated the battlefield, stimulated Wen Chou's adrenaline to surge, and he raised his sword high He raised it and let out a loud roar: "Kill these Xianbei dogs!"

The thundering sound of horse hooves became clearer and louder, and finally turned into a continuous roar, covering up the sounds of fighting on the city top.

The Xianbei people were panic-stricken. Even the horses under their crotches were pacing uneasily, neighing lowly. Where did this cavalry come from? !

Su Li suddenly dropped his opponent from the garrison, took a few steps back and lay on the bloody battlement, looking in the direction where the sound of horse hooves came from, only to see Wen Chou's cavalry divided into three parts and sweeping in from the horizon!

Su Li's expression changed drastically, and he roared at the top of his lungs: "Blow the trumpet! Set up a defensive formation! The enemy attacks, attacks..."

However, everything was too late. If Suli was no longer above the city, he might be able to organize a defense in time, but Xianbei's main attention was all on the west gate, and he was already preparing to line up to enter the city. How could he expect that there would be a sudden attack from behind? Such a group of Han cavalry?

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

The cavalry that followed also echoed: "Kill!"

The sound of killing suddenly rang out, shaking the entire Yuyang. More Han people heard the shouts outside the city. They also used all their strength to echo together with tears in their eyes. They followed behind and shouted: "Kill." ! Kill! Kill!”

Amidst the thundering shouts of killing, Wen Chou's cavalry roared, roared, and roared all the way like a flood that broke a dike. With the wind and thunder all over the sky, they rushed into Xianbei's city with thunderous momentum and destroyed everything. In the camp under Yuyang City!