Yu Du was annoyed. According to the pre-plan, Tao Sheng was supposed to come here to help him at this time, and the two of them also mobilized some of their confidants to surround the area.
"Wait a minute!" A person shouted outside the hospital: "Yu Du is the murderer who killed Sui Shuai!"
Everyone was surprised and turned around to look, only to see a thin man with a body over nine feet tall leading a group of soldiers outside the gate of the medical center.
"Zhangba!?." Yu Du was panicked, but he still shouted forcefully, "Zuo mustache Zhangba, who do you think you are? Don't talk nonsense and frame me!"
Zuo Zhuzhangba sneered, came to Sui Gu's body to check his wounds, and said sternly, "Is Sui Gu really so dead? We'll know at a glance."
Zuo Zhuzhangba looked over and found traces of blood on Suigu's waist. He turned over Suigu's body along the bloodstains, and then tore open Suigu's robes along the bloodstains. Sure enough, everyone saw a shocking fatal injury behind Sui Gu.
"Okay!" Liu Shi drew out his sword again and said angrily, "Yu Du, what do you think this is? You are the only one who has ever touched Sui Shuai!"
After Liu Shi led the way, several generals nearby drew their sabers and surrounded Yu Du on guard.
When Yu Du saw that the matter had been revealed, he shouted and turned around and ran towards the hospital. Several generals, including the soldiers brought by Zuo Mouzhangba, chased Yu Du who was about to run away.
"Kill!" As soon as everyone chased them into the inner courtyard of the hospital, Yu Du's confidant who was ambushing inside shouted, picked up his weapon and slashed at Zuo Miao Zhangba and others and launched an attack.
In an instant, the two parties were engaged in a melee. Not only the ambushes in the medical center, but also the surrounding ambushes came out. The Black Mountain Army finally broke out into internal strife, causing chaos for a while.
At the entrance of the alley. Tao Sheng also hid behind the house with his confidants, watching the two parties fighting. Zuo Zhuzhangba, Liu Shi and others were driven out of the hospital due to their small number and fled back to the base camp with their own soldiers.
Tao Sheng let out a long breath, and after estimating the time it would take for most of the two parties to fight together, he quietly came to the east gate with his trusted followers. and waved flags to signal.
When the Qingzhou Army saw the flag moving, they stopped their attack and slowly gathered towards the east gate. Two quarters of an hour later, the two parties in the city completely separated. Tao Sheng saw that the time was right, so he waved his hand and asked a group of confidants to open the city gate.
The drawbridge was lowered and the city gates slowly opened. Yuan Xi saw it clearly. He gave an order and the Qingzhou soldiers rushed towards the east gate.
Han Meng was eager to achieve success and asked Yuan Xi for orders to enter the city first. He quickly advanced with more than 4,000 horses and attacked the Prefectural Mufu in the center of the city as expected.
Xu Chu, who was sent out by Yuan Xi, brought two thousand Suwei infantry with him. As soon as they entered the city, they climbed up the city wall near the city tower, and took over from Tao Sheng's subordinates to occupy the south gate.
Other generals such as Hao Zhao, Zhou Cang, and Tai Shici also led their subordinates into the city and surrounded and advanced in an arc.
Once the Qingzhou Army entered the city, they shouted and put their flags on the city wall. Both sides of the Montenegrin arms fight were shocked. Only then did they remember that there was a common enemy outside.
Yu Du and others quickly ordered the soldiers to be restrained and stopped fighting. Yu Du came to the front of the formation and asked angrily: "How did you seize the land? How did the Qingzhou soldiers enter the city?"
Liu Shi cursed and said, "Yu Du, you plotted to kill Commander Sui. It was you who colluded with the Qingzhou soldiers. You led them into the city!"
"Liu Shi, how dare you say that again! If I kill you, I won't collude with the Qingzhou soldiers to betray Yecheng!" Yu Du said angrily.
The troops on both sides were shouting at each other. Yu Du's men were small, but more than 6,000 men and horses were gathered together. Liu Shi, Zuo Zhu Zhangba and other Suigu's old tribe had many men, but they were scattered around the city wall. At this time, the people gathered together Not dominant.
Zuo Zhuzhangba hesitated for a while and said: "Why don't we each stop our troops and drive the Qingzhou soldiers out of Yecheng together before we settle the matter."
"Bullshit!" Liu Shi yelled, "The current situation is unclear. How dare you guarantee that Yu Du is colluding with the Qingzhou Army? As soon as Yu Du is released, what should he do if he joins forces with the Qingzhou Army? "
Zuo Zhuzhangba heard what he said. He also hesitated, and as a result, the two sides relied on each other to exhaust each other.
Koto.
"Lord Changshi, something big happened!"
In the lobby of the Sheriff's Mansion, Zhang Zhao was handling government affairs. Seeing Zhou Yu barging in like this, he suddenly felt bad. Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Yu opened his mouth, his expression changed.
"whats the matter?"
In Zhang Zhao's eyes, Zhou Yu, a young man, has always been calm. If it were not a matter of life and death, he would not look so nervous and ugly.
"Read it yourself?" Zhou Yu handed him the secret letter.
"How is this possible? In the early hours of this morning, troops from Kuaiji County landed from the northeast of Lou County. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Don't predict. In less than a day, Lou County will definitely fall, and within three days, they will definitely attack Wu County... They obviously I asked my lord to stop in Kuaiji and arrived in Lou County in no time."
Zhang Zhao's calm heart couldn't help but panic, and he read it carefully.
"Sailor!"
Zhou Yu calmed down at this time, squinted his eyes and said: "We have ignored the powerful navy in Kuaiji. Ordinary ships are not enough to travel by sea, but the navy in Kuaiji has the ability to travel by sea and approach Wuxian County."
"You mean, the navy in Kuaiji didn't fight the master in Kuaiji, but came to sneak attack on Wu County?" Zhang Zhao's eyes widened.
"inevitable!"
Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and said: "I guess the troops from Kuaiji County who landed in Lou County are just part of them. Their navy may have passed through the Yangtze River Waterway, followed Taihu Lake, and attacked Wuxian County directly."
Through Taihu Lake, Kuaiji's navy can directly attack the southwest area of Wuxian County and enter the city through the two southwest gates.
Zhang Zhao took a deep breath. After all, he was also a man who had gone through the storm. He calmed down and began to think, and said, "Gong Jin, how many troops do you think the Kuaiji County soldiers have this time?"
"I measured it, it should be at least fifteen thousand!"
Zhou Yu thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid the number of troops is around 20,000."
"We in Wu County only have 5,000 soldiers and horses. Even if we add 2,000 county soldiers, we can't stop the Kuaiji County soldiers!"
Zhang Zhao's heart sank and he said: "This matter must be reported to the lord and the eldest son, so that they can send troops to rescue me immediately. Wu County must not be lost."
"It's too late!"
Outside Yecheng.
Yuan Xi and Xu Huang anxiously looked into the city. Although they couldn't see what was going on inside, they were relieved when they heard the shouts of killing and saw Xu Chu occupying the south wall.
Except for leaving Guo Jia and Gu Yong to guard the camp with 5,000 soldiers, Yuan Xi ordered Xu Huang to command the rest of the troops and all rushed into the city to control the chaos.
Zhang He's two thousand eucalyptus soldiers were also transferred by Yuan Xi during this expedition. These two thousand heavily armored infantry formed a small formation and pushed forward, gradually squeezing the more than 30,000 Montenegrin troops in the city to the north of the city. , the space is limited, the width of the lane is limited, and the Montenegrin army's numerical advantage cannot be fully utilized.
Yuan Xi rode his horse to the front of the three-square formation. He looked at the Black Mountain Army divided into two sides and gave Xu Chu a few instructions.
After hearing this, Xu Chu shouted loudly: "General Yu Du, you will make the greatest contribution to the success of the matter! You hold the right wing and watch us attack the rebels! After the war, you will be promoted to a higher rank."
When Zuo Zhuzhangba and others heard this, they were all very angry, thinking that Yu Du had indeed defected to the Qingzhou Army and came to join forces with them.
The infantrymen of the Qingzhou Army occupied the high places in the corridors of nearby houses, took out their crossbows and fired arrows at the Black Mountain Army such as Zuo Miao Zhangba and others. The euphorbia warriors also finished their adjustments and waved their halberds to squeeze the Black Mountain Army. Yuan Jun took the lead for a while.
Just when Yuan Xi was happy that the war situation had improved, he rode a fast horse into the south gate, galloped to his side, and reported, "Major General, General Zhang sent people to report that Zhang Yan's tens of thousands of people have arrived in magnetic territory. It’s only half a day’s journey from Yecheng!”
Xu Huang and Yuan Xi suddenly felt urgent. If Tao Sheng hadn't presented the city, they really wouldn't have been able to capture Yecheng before Zhang Yan returned to help. It seemed that a quick battle was needed.
"General Xu, the Black Mountain Army is just a bandit like the Yellow Turbans. As long as their leader is destroyed, they will collapse without a fight!" Yuan Xi said.
Xu Huang understood what Yuan Xi meant, and he ordered a gathering of his five hundred most elite soldiers.
Taishi Ci, Zhou Cang, and Hao Zhao also gathered around and asked for orders to attack. The situation was urgent, and Yuan Xi immediately agreed.
Emperor Taizong Li Shimin captured two kings in Juhu Lao and defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande. I wonder if Yuan Xi can defeat Yecheng and Zhang Yan in one fell swoop! However, during the Battle of Qingzhou, Yuan Xi did defeat Tian Kai and Liu Bei in one battle.
As for whether Yuan Xi can make new achievements in this battle, it depends on God's will. In the battle of Qingzhou, the initiative lies entirely in the hands of Yuan Xi's army, and it can be said that the initiative in this battle only accounts for half.
Because the streets were not very wide and the Montenegrin army was densely crowded, it was not suitable for a cavalry assault, so it gave Yuan Xi's army the best opportunity to counterattack.
Under Xu Huang's order, the five hundred people all put on fine fish scale armor and lined up in order holding fine steel halberds.
Yuan Xi loudly ordered: "Whoever kills a general will be rewarded fifty gold and promoted to the first level!"
"Mighty! Mighty!" all the soldiers shouted.
Xu Huang waved his hand, and the Euphorbia man retreated slightly. The nearby archers fired intensively, completely suppressing the Montenegrin army.
As soon as the arrow rain stopped, Zhou Cang shouted and rushed towards the Black Mountain army formation impatiently.
Xu Huang, Hao Zhao, Tai Shici and others were not willing to be outdone. He also led five hundred warriors to attack the generals of the Montenegrin Army.
Yuan Xi gave the order again, and the heavily armored Euphorbia warriors once again attacked the central army of the Black Mountain Army.
"Come out!" "Get up!" Following the neat chants, the euphorbia warriors waved their halberds in rows, and the halberd blades made of fine steel emitted a cold light, constantly reaping the lives of the Montenegrin soldiers.
Five hundred elite soldiers formed their own teams. Led by generals such as Hao Zhao and Tai Shi Ci, they advanced in cooperation with each other. Zhou Cang rushed to the front. He tried his best to block the spears and spears coming from the opposite side, and then wielded his long knife to chop and chop.
Several long halberds were thrust at him, and Zhou Cang dodged sideways, then rushed forward and slashed. Several other spears at the side also thrust at him, and Zhou Cang dodged again. But he was still stabbed in the thigh by a spear.
Zhou Cang broke into a cold sweat from the pain. He stood up on one foot, cut off the spears with his sword, and picked up two more Montenegrin soldiers with his backhand. The elite soldiers of the Qingzhou Army also took advantage of this time to fill in and cover Zhou Cang alternately.
Hao Zhao and others quickly moved forward. When he got to Zhou Cang's side, he shouted loudly: "You don't want your life, you are trying to show off by yourself!"
Zhou Cang grinned and said, "I have killed two enemy generals. If you don't kill more, I will ride on your head!"
Hao Zhao yelled and cursed. He supported Zhou Cang with one hand, and waved his long knife with the other hand to advance with the surrounding soldiers.
Yu Du looked worried in this formation. The Qingzhou Army was brave and good at fighting. It was the strongest team he had ever fought against. This made him worried. And his current situation is very embarrassing. If he doesn't attack the Qingzhou Army, he will admit to colluding with them.
But if you help Zuo Zhuzhangba and the others. Once the Qingzhou army is defeated and Zhang Yan returns to Yecheng, he will definitely not be able to escape the crime of harming his own people.
Just when Yu Du was hesitating, Tao Sheng appeared in front of them with his cronies and said, "General Yu Du, the Black Mountain Army is gone and the defeat is irreversible. Why do you have to fight with them to the end? Second Young Master Yuan is a hero worth relying on, why not? How about joining him to do something great together?"
Yu Du sighed. He deeply hated the officers and soldiers and the noble landlords. He was determined not to surrender, but the situation forced him to find a way out for himself.
Yu Du suddenly figured it out. He shouted loudly: "Tao Sheng, you are a real traitor, I will not let you go, just wait!"
After saying that, Yu Du took advantage of the gap between the Qingzhou Army and ordered more than 6,000 troops to retreat towards the north gate.
Yu Du's subordinates had no intention of fighting, and when the order to retreat was given, they all rushed to the north gate.
The north gate was guarded by Sui Gu's cronies. In order to seize the city gate, the two sides began to fight in a melee.
When Liu Shi, Zuo Zhuzhangba and others saw Yu Du attacking the city gate behind them, they thought that he had really defected to the Qingzhou Army and wanted to cut off their retreat so that they could encircle them together with the Qingzhou Army. *****Liu Shi saw that the situation was critical and ordered a team of troops to be deployed to stop the poison.
But with such a mobilization of troops and horses, the Montenegrin Army's formation began to appear slightly chaotic, and the Euphorbias and the five hundred elite soldiers advanced even faster. On the other hand, Yu Du's subordinates were eager to escape, and each of them violently seized the city gate. Sui Gu's cronies gradually became unable to resist.
Hao Zhao shouted and ordered the elite soldiers to speed up their attack on the central army of the Black Mountain Army. They forced themselves into the Montenegrin army and made a small incision.
Under the cover of the elite soldiers, Taishi Ci took out the big bow from behind and added a feather arrow. Taishi Ci released his right hand, and arrows flew like meteors towards a Montenegrin general.
"Mighty!" In the shouts of hundreds of elite soldiers, the enemy general fell to the ground, and everyone expressed their admiration for Taishi Ci.
Taishi Ci moved slightly, took an arrow and shot again, seriously injuring another general.
Naturally Xu Huang was not to be outdone. He also took out the divine arm bow under the cover of his soldiers. He raised the bow with his left hand and pulled the bow string with his right hand. The arrows shot out naturally and smoothly, killing an enemy general without any sound.
Xu Huang's movements didn't stop, and after a slight change of position, his eyes locked on an enemy general. The bowstring made of bison sinew was stretched into a full moon, and with a "whoosh!", the arrows shot out at a rapid speed, nailing the enemy general without missing a beat. The general's chest.
Every time the Qingzhou Army yelled, the morale of the Black Mountain Army soldiers dropped by one point, and it happened to be Liu Shi who was most struck by Taishi's mercy. Seeing that several of their own generals had been killed at once, the Montenegrin army felt frightened and gradually began to think of escaping.
At this time, Yu Du's subordinates also took advantage of the chaos and took control of the city gate. After a "squeaky!" sound, the north door was opened. Yu Du's thousands of people ran wildly, fearing that they would run too slowly and fall behind.
Once the precedent of escape was set, the Black Mountain Army was no longer restrained by leaders such as Zuo Mouzhang and Ba, and slowly gathered into a torrent of escape. It takes a while. The Black Mountain Army has collapsed across the board, and those who are slower to escape will be killed and captured by the Qingzhou Army.
As soon as the Qingzhou soldiers occupied the entire city wall, soldiers shouted from above: "A large enemy force appears in the northwest!"
Yuan Xi and Xu Huang quickly climbed onto the city wall, and sure enough they saw tens of thousands of soldiers marching towards Yecheng under the banner of the Black Mountain Army. ***** Yuan Xi did not dare to be careless and ordered the surrounding city gates to be closed. Eliminate the remaining Black Mountain bandits in Ye City.
Zuo Zhuzhangba escaped from the north gate of Yecheng with the remaining tens of thousands of Black Mountain troops in a state of embarrassment. When they escaped for more than a mile, they discovered the more than 10,000 Montenegrin troops marching from the northwest to where they came from.
The strong and vigorous Zhang Yan was riding on a Ye Qing war horse. He led the Black Mountain Army to the outside of Yecheng with hundreds of personal guards, the "Feiyan Army". From a distance, he saw Yu Du leading his troops to bypass his team and head west.
Zhang Yan knew clearly in his heart that Yecheng had been lost and that the whereabouts of Yu Du's Black Mountain Army were unknown, so there must have been a problem with his release of troops. Zhang Yan then saw Zuo Miao Zhangba coming out of the north gate with nearly 10,000 remaining troops. He rode up to catch up with Zuo Miao Zhangba, and immediately asked: "Zhangba! Why did Yecheng fall? Where is Yudu? Where is Suigu?"
Zuo Zhuzhang made a sound, jumped off his horse and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, "Shuai Yan, I'm sorry for you! Yecheng was lost, and Sui Shuai was poisoned to death!"
Zhang Yan was shocked and angry. He also jumped off his horse, grabbed his left beard and said angrily, "Tell me clearly how Yecheng was lost!"
Zuo Zhuzhangba, with his head drooped, weakly recounted what had happened.
Zhang Yan let out a long sigh after hearing this, and murmured: "Am I destined not to be a prince? Am I not destined to escape the fate of thieves and bandits?"
"Shuai Yan! Let's fight back to Yecheng and take it back!" Thunder Lord roared with a voice as loud as thunder.
"Yes! Take back Yecheng and kill all the Qingzhou soldiers!" All the generals, big and small, were excited.
"Shut up!" Zhang Yan shouted and said, "Are the Qingzhou soldiers so easy to deal with? Their cavalry kept attacking us and others along the way, and it took just a few thousand cavalry to do this. We are in great distress! Yecheng has been occupied. The number of Qingzhou soldiers in the city is unknown. Do you want to die?"
After Zhang Yan's scolding, the generals calmed down, and Zhang Yan ordered: "Dahong, Lei Gong, arrange for your brothers to set up camp in the west to prevent their cavalry from chasing after them. Zuo Miao Zhangba, you come with me Inspect Yecheng!"
Everyone got the order and went down to make arrangements. Zhang Yan took the "Feiyan Army" and Zuo Zhuzhangba to patrol around Yecheng. They first came to the north gate where the Black Mountain Army escaped. Yuan Xi ordered the surrounding city gates to be closed, and the Qingzhou Army had already come to the city walls to set up defenses.
Yuan Xi, Xu Huang, and Han Meng were also inspecting the city defense at the north gate, and they saw Zhang Yan and his group. Zhang Yan also saw them. This time everyone was a little surprised and familiar. The battle of Changshan was still fresh in Yuan Xi's memory.
Zhang Yan shouted. He shouted: "The commander above is the Qingzhou Army. May I ask who he is?"
At Yuan Xi's signal, Xu Chu shouted loudly: "You are the second son of the Yuan family. General Yuan"
Zhang Yan burst out laughing: "Young Master Yuan is famous far and wide, and he has made great military exploits. He was a rare hero at that time. It is not unfair to lose at your hands! I am Zhang Yan in Changshan. I will ask the Major General for this debt." !”
Yuan Xi had a thought, and while asking Xu Chu to pass on the message, he made a gesture of wiping his neck to Tai Shi Ci. Xu Chu shouted loudly: "Zhang Yan, listen, my young master said that when you broke into the city, you hunted down the Yuan family members in every possible way. We will also record this account..."
Before Xu Chu finished speaking, Taishi Ci took a step back and quickly took out the arrow from his back. When he took out the arrow and unstrung the bowstring, he suddenly stood up and shot at Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan also looked at the city wall above. When Taishi Ci retreated, he realized something was wrong. When the arrow was shot, he instinctively picked up the small buckler hanging next to the saddle to resist.
"Boom!" With a sound, the sharp arrow penetrated Xiao Dun and directly inserted into Zhang Yan's forearm. Zhang Yan cursed angrily and rode his horse to move to the left. However, his Feiyan army reacted very quickly and took out their small shields to surround Zhang Yan and move slowly.
Yuan Xi cried out in his heart that it was a pity, but at such a distance, and looking at each other face to face, it was not easy to kill such an agile general like Zhang Yan by surprise.
After Zhang Yan returned to the main formation, Yuan Xi ordered: "Show the flag and ask Guo Jia and others to stay in the camp. Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao will also garrison in the camp after they return."
"Young General, don't you want to eat Zhang Yan's troops?" Xu Huang asked.
Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "These may just be his vanguards. Zhang Liao and others came to report that Zhang Yan's reinforcements were tens of thousands of troops, and our army couldn't take a bite. Zhang Yan lost Yecheng and brought the main force to return reinforcements. Other places should It is easy to be broken by father and others. In this case, Zhang Yan will definitely return to his home base at the border of Hebei and Hebei. Our army's goal of regaining Wei County has been achieved."
"The Black Mountain bandits are so cheap!" Han Meng said holding his breath.
Yuan Xi never thought of letting the Black Mountain Army go. With such a highly mobile bandit by his side, how could he feel relieved? However, after such a series of battles, the strength of the Black Mountain Army was greatly reduced, and the threat to Jizhou was not as good as before.
In fact, there was an idea that Yuan Xi never mentioned. His worst plan before was to let Zhang Yan and his tens of thousands of troops enter the city, and then divert water from the Zhang River to flood the city, annihilating Zhang Yan and the main force of the Black Mountain Army in one fell swoop. Historically, Cao Cao also used water to attack Lu Bu, and Li Shimin used water to attack Liu Heitai in Xingtai.
But Yecheng is our own territory after all. Once the flood floods Yecheng, the only remaining prosperous and prosperous city in the late Han Dynasty will be gone. Moreover, the Yuan family was heartbroken, so Yuan Xi kept this idea in his heart until the last moment.
