The autumn wind rustled, but it couldn't stop the fierce killing intent.
Li Zitong's front generals Ye Xiaobian and Fang Jie led 30,000 troops along the way. In just five days, they broke into more than 300 miles of Huainan and met Chang Yuchun's troops who had set out from Liyang in the Huoqiu County area.
The two armies set up their respective battle formations. Fang Jie had a golden crown on his head, wore a golden leaf chain armor, and held Fang Tian's painted halberd. He urged his horse out of the battle and shouted loudly: "I am Fang Jie, the general under the command of the King of Chu. Who dares to come and die?" ?”
"The thief is so brave. Chang Yuchun will come to take your head."
Chang Yuchun roared angrily, and with a wave of yellow geldings, Pegasus came out of the formation.
"Are you the Chang Yuchun who captured Fugongyou alive?" Fang Jie sneered when he heard this, "You can only bully and bully people in name only like Fugongyou. It is your misfortune to meet me today!"
"The rat is seeking death!"
When Chang Yuchun heard this, he immediately jumped into a rage. The golden-backed seven-star sword in his hand struck Fang Jie like a mountain, and the murderous intent like a stormy sea rushed towards Fang Jie crazily.
"open!"
Fang Jie roared angrily, and with all his strength, the halberd in his hand collapsed outwards.
Just hearing a loud bang of gold and iron was like a thunder exploding in the plains, which shocked the eardrums of the soldiers of the three armies. Tens of thousands of soldiers all looked sideways and involuntarily protected their eardrums.
"Hiss... that's awesome. I never thought there were people with such martial arts skills among the bandits. It seems I will be defeated today without even getting a single head!"
Chang Yuchun thought about the task that Xue Rengui had given him before departure, and couldn't help but secretly complain.
"Ding dong, the system has detected that Chang Yuchun and Fang Jie are fighting. Chang Yuchun has not entered any state, and the current force value is still 99. Fang Jie has entered the fighting state, with force +3, and the base force is 95, and the current force value has increased to 98 .”
"Ding dong, the system has detected Fang Jie's four-dimensional ability, which is 86 in command, 95 in force, 71 in intelligence, and 63 in politics."
The swords and halberds collided, sparks flew, and the two warriors fought for more than thirty rounds. Chang Yuchun showed his weakness, turned his horse and drove away, shouting again: "The thieves are brave, brothers, retreat quickly!"
Chu general Ye Xiaobian, who was holding the battle at the rear, saw that Fang Jie had defeated Chang Yuchun. He immediately waved his horsewhip, and the 30,000 Chu troops swept away like a tide. Chang Yuchun led his troops to fight and retreat, and nearly 30,000 Chu troops were injured. Thousands of people were able to escape the Chu army's pursuers.
The Chu army took advantage of the great victory and marched into Huoqiu County. The magistrate of Huoqiu County, Ren Ze, was just a piece of grass. When Du Fuwei dominated Huainan, he had a flattering attitude towards Du Fuwei and used Du Fuwei in everything. He immediately changed his tactics and surrendered to the Sui army.
Now that the Chu army was powerful, he still did what he did before, tearing down the red eagle battle flag of the Sui army on the top of the city, and opened the city gate to welcome the Chu army into the city.
Li Zitong himself was born into poverty. The reason why he started the rebellion was because corrupt officials imposed excessive taxes and excessive taxes. Therefore, he hated the behavior of robbing the people. After starting the army, he repeatedly issued orders to clarify military discipline and kill anyone who dared to disturb the people. Therefore, after the Chu army entered the city, military discipline was still strict, and there was no burning, killing, looting or looting.
After a period of settling in, the situation in the county quickly settled down. The common people are the most pragmatic. No matter you are the Sui army or the Chu army, as long as you don't harass us, we will never cause trouble.
At dawn the next day, a sudden noise from outside the tent woke Fang Jie from his sleep. He was so startled that he jumped up from the bed, quickly put on his armor, picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd and walked out. As soon as he got out of the tent, he saw the general Ye Xiaobian coming out of the tent, and he hurriedly walked forward and asked.
"General Ye, what happened?"
Ye Xiaobian glanced at Fang Jie and smiled helplessly, "I was just woken up too. I don't know what happened!"
At this time, a Chu army general ran over in a hurry. He didn't even have time to salute, and said breathlessly: "Two generals, something bad has happened. The Sui army suddenly came back with carbines. The county was surrounded by Sui armies on all sides." Surrounded."
"What?"
Ye Xiaobian was shocked when he heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, and he murmured to himself: "What should we do? What should we do?"
"How many troops are there in the Sui army, and who will lead it?" Fang Jie glanced at Ye Xiaobian with great dissatisfaction. As a general, he was so frightened that he became such a coward. How could such a person be worthy of the current general?
"The Sui army numbered about 70,000 to 80,000 people, and the army carried a banner with the word Xue. I think Xue Rengui personally led the army!"
"Didn't you say that all the main forces of the Sui army rushed to Jingxiang? Why are there so many Sui armies here?"
Ye Xiaobian felt a sudden darkness, and almost fell to the ground when his vision went dark.
"Quick. Come up to the wall with me!"
Fang Jie knew that it was impossible for Ye Xiaobian to stand up and take charge of the overall situation, so he didn't bother to care about him at this time, and led a group of his soldiers to climb the city wall in a hurry.
Even though he was prepared, Fang Jie secretly took a breath when he saw the scene below the city.
Amidst the continuous sound of horns, the flags covering the sky and the sun were like a dense forest. Behind the flags appeared densely packed and well-arranged soldiers of the Sui army, extending from the bottom of the city wall to the end of the field of vision, touching the ground to the sky, endless. . Tens of thousands of swords and halberds merged into an endless black forest, and the cold and murderous air spread across the void, spreading endlessly over the town of Huoqiu County.
Under the military flag, Xue Rengui stood on horseback with a horizontal halberd, wearing a white robe and silver armor. Chang Yuchun and Lu Heng were separated on the left and right.
"General Fang, what should we do?"
Ye Xiaobian also walked up to the city wall at this time, looking at the Sui army under the city like black clouds pressing down on the city. His courage was almost scared to death, and he asked Fang Jie with a mournful face.
Fang Jie took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The Sui army is powerful. Huoqiu is no more than a small county town. It is difficult to stop the Sui army. I think we should abandon the city and leave. The right way is to save the army now."
"Absolutely not!"
As soon as Fang Jie finished speaking, he saw Ren Ze running over from the city in a hurry, raising his hands to Ye Xiaobian and saying, "General Ye, you must not abandon the city!"
Ren Ze also just heard the news about the Sui army's siege of the city, and hurriedly went to the city wall to see the situation. Unexpectedly, he heard Fang Jie's suggestion to abandon the city and leave, and hurriedly tried to dissuade him. If 80,000 Sui troops were to break through the siege, how could he, a scholar, escape? If he was caught by the Sui army, how could he survive?
Fang Jie glanced at Ren Ze with disdain and said, "General Ye and I are discussing military affairs. How can you speak here?"
Ren Ze said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "General Fang, although the official is a surrendered minister, his heart is with the King of Chu. That's why he came to dissuade General Ye. He must not abandon the city and leave, otherwise he will lose a good opportunity to fight!"
Fang Jie suddenly became furious when he heard this, "What do you know about fighting skills like a wallflower? Get out of here quickly, otherwise don't blame my Fang Tian Hua Ji for not having eyes!"
