While Hu Yantuo was still dreaming about taking Fengcheng, he only saw his own Beiyi soldiers and horses turning around and attacking his own troops.
Behind the Beiyi soldiers were the Anxi soldiers. Not only did they not climb the city wall to defend the city, they opened the city gates wide and charged over. Beiyi himself was first attacked by his own troops, and then hacked by the Anxi army, causing heavy casualties.
Five thousand men and horses want to capture the capital of Anxi, which is really a bit of a dream.
This is what King Anxi said personally, and it is indeed true. Anxi and Beiyi had exchanged attacks with each other many times. Even new soldiers from Beidi and Dingliao could grow up quickly if they were thrown into the land of Anxi.
As for the two thousand northern barbarians in the west of Fengcheng City, they were slaughtered before they even reached the city gate. On the east side of the city, the guard Fu Qitong looked around, but after waiting for half a day, he didn't see a single sign of the Beiyi soldiers and horses.
"I have no courage, bah!" Fu Qitong is also a talented general, and is not afraid of fighting at all. No one comes, but it seems a bit boring.
Outside the gate of Nancheng, there was a deep forest with no wind, and many trees were swaying, startling waves of birds. Apparently there are quite a few people hiding in this forest.
"Master Duan, why did you take us here on a detour?" A deputy general looked at Duan Tong suspiciously.
Duan Tong's identity as a Central Plains person was well known in Beiyi. Even though he is one of the Four Mastiffs, there are still not many Beiyi people who can accept him, let alone how many can think highly of him.
"Do you want to make meritorious service?" Duan Tong asked the deputy general without answering.
"I think so. But Mr. Duan hasn't said why he brought us here yet." The deputy general has already put his hand on the hilt of his knife. Three thousand men and horses are not many, but they are not a small number. If this Duan Tong doesn't answer his questions or leads them to surrender, I will kill him with one knife and turn around to attack the east gate of Fengcheng without hesitation.
Duan Tong glanced at the deputy general's hand on the handle of the knife and said, "I advise you not to act rashly. Although we have already touched Fengcheng, once we are discovered, we will all die here."
Duan Tong took advantage of Hu Yantuo's troops to attack Fengcheng and quietly led his troops to bypass the east gate of Fengcheng and went straight to the south gate. He hid in the woods and waited quietly.
"If Mr. Duan is afraid of death, we have to go back." The deputy general did not move lightly, but he did not want to hide here like mice with Duan anymore. If people find out when they go back and they become cowards to avoid fighting, not to mention the army, there will be no place for them even in the tribe.
Duan Tong smiled and said: "You want to capture Fengcheng with 10,000 people? You have fought against Anxi many times in the past, and you all know the victory, defeat, and casualties. Now think about it, can 10,000 people capture Fengcheng? Do you need more from me? Tell me?"
The lieutenant general was silent. Twenty years ago, several powerful tribes in Beiyi united and gathered an army of 200,000 troops, all of them pressed at the feet of Fengcheng. They wanted to capture Fengcheng in one fell swoop, march into Anxi, and then plot against the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, the journey was uneventful, but when they arrived at the foot of Fengcheng, they encountered a disastrous defeat.
Two hundred thousand troops surrounded the four gates of Fengcheng and were unable to capture them for two months in a row. In the end, reinforcements from other cities in Anxi and the north were surrounded outside. The soldiers and horses in the city charged in time, dividing and strangulating the 200,000-strong army, causing countless casualties.
In the end, only less than 20,000 people fled back to Beiyi. After this battle, Beiyi did not dare to look south for nearly twenty years. Only occasionally, thousands of people would come to harass the people and rob some money, food and property. As long as they encounter the defenders of Anxi, they will flee north, fearing the army like a tiger.
"What do you mean by that paragraph now? Please explain clearly!" the deputy general came back to his senses and asked insistently.
Duan Tong pointed to the south and said: "A full attack can only count 7,000 soldiers and horses, and it is impossible to shake Fengcheng at all. General Huyantuo's move is no more than a moth flying into the flame. But we must make General Huyan's attack effective. !”
"When the situation in the north is settled and the city is relaxed, we will leave the woods and quietly set off south, raising more flags along the way. When the city in the south sees us, it will definitely think that something has happened to Fengcheng and send troops to rescue it." Duan Tong stopped. , looking at the lieutenant.
The lieutenant general didn't understand, but he didn't want to show his cowardice. He looked straight at Duan Tong, which made him feel bored, and then said: "We will wait for the reinforcements to leave the city, then rush into the city and occupy the rear city. Fengcheng will not be difficult to capture! "Duan Tong's eyes flashed with excitement.
"But we only have 3,000 people. General Huyan... will definitely not be able to support us. Won't we be trapped and die in Anxi?" The deputy general was a little surprised. Six thousand people went to attack Fengcheng. The deputy general had already guessed Huyantuo in his heart. of victory or defeat.
"We still have an army of 140,000!" Duan Tong chuckled.
The deputy general frowned and looked at Duan Tong. At this time, there was no clear hostility in his eyes, but more doubts: "Mr. Duan, have you forgotten that Master Huyan has led his army to Dingliao?"
"Did Lord Huyan really go to Dingliao? I don't think so. Just wait, there will be news within three days. Lord Huyan will lead an army to counterattack Fengcheng. Fengcheng is in danger!" Duan Tong said very confidently.
The deputy general was doubtful, but seeing that Duan Tong neither ran away alone nor reported the news, he had no choice but to suppress his doubts and decided to wait three days to see if he was sure.
As the sun gradually set, the Anxi soldiers who had pursued them returned victoriously. In front of the leading general's horse, a head was tied and tossed around. It was Huyantuo's head, with that stunned expression on his face. He couldn't believe that he was going to die.
The result of waiting for this head is to be hung on the north gate of Fengcheng as a demonstration.
The news flew with the wind and reached Hu Yanlan who came over on tiptoe. After Hu Yanlan was briefly stunned, she couldn't help but have a hint of joy on her face.
"Is there only the head of General Hu Yantuo? Is Duan Tong dead?" Hu Yanlan asked the spy pretending to be sad.
"I didn't see Lord Duan, I only saw General Hu Yan's head." The spy reported truthfully.
After all, Duan Tong was one of the Four Mastiffs. In front of Hu Yanlan, who was also a member of the Four Mastiffs, the spy expressed his basic respect for the Four Mastiffs.
"Damn the Central Plains people! Send the order, and the army will follow me to attack Fengcheng to avenge General Huyantuo and Lord Duan!"
It was Qi Guokuoxie's idea to allocate 10,000 soldiers and horses to let them seek their own death.
The Central Plains were experiencing drastic changes and they were conquering each other. It was the best time for the Northern Yi to lead their troops southward. With the current strength of Beiyi, Qi Guanguoxie has no problem at all in going south to the Central Plains. There is only one problem now, and that is this Central Plains man in the Beiyi Army.
In fact, over the years, there have been many people who fled from the Central Plains to Beiyi and surrendered. They were either border defenders or desperadoes. However, even if such people go to Beiyi, they can only serve as pawns waiting to be dispatched. In the next battle, they will be the pioneers and die in the hands of their own people.
But Duan Tong is different. He is now one of the Four Mastiffs and holds a high position. He was also aware of the military deployment of the Beiyi Army. If he defected to the Central Plains again, it would be hard to say who would win.
Qi Guokuoye also found the Great Khan Meng Mulie and suggested that he should be eliminated first. But Meng Mulie laughed it off and said that this person must be of great use.
As the most loyal minister of the Great Khan of Beiyi, Qi Guokuoxie felt that he had to kill this threat first. So, he found Hu Yanlan, the Northern Yi think tank, and Hu Yanlan hit it off with him.
Hu Yanlan didn't think that Duan Tong would pose any danger to Beiyi, she just wanted to see how powerful this person was and wanted to see his true ability. What's more, this time Qi Guoxie proposed to assign people from the Huyan tribe to Duan Tong, including his brother-in-law, which Huyanlan couldn't ask for.
The Huyan tribe should all die! Hu Yanlan had this idea in her heart all the time.
Soon, early the next morning, an army of 140,000 troops came to Fengcheng City, their battle flags hunting in the wind, their swords and spears shining with cold light.
"Lord Huyan, are you attacking the city now?" Mimu Ma came over and asked.
Hu Yanlan glanced at him: "Hahahaha, can't we use our war horses to hit the city wall? General Mimuma, please be patient. I will lead my troops to surround Fengcheng later. The general will lead 30,000 troops and take a detour to the east. , setting up an ambush, preparing to ambush the reinforcements arriving from the north."
Mi Mu Ma is no stranger to this kind of tactics. Beiyi lacks siege equipment, so this kind of tactics of encircling a point and calling for reinforcements is indispensable when attacking a fortified city. The captured prisoners were then dragged to the city walls and brutally killed to frighten the defenders in the city. The effect was always quite good.
Mi Mu Ma led an army of 30,000 people to the east on his own. Hu Yanlan watched him leave with a sneer on his lips. If Duan Tong was still alive and saw the secret wooden horse again, he would definitely know that he was tricked by Bei Yi. By that time, it is unknown whether Duan Tonghui would kill someone in anger or return to the Central Plains.
"I'm really looking forward to it!" Hu Yanlan put away her smile and pointed the riding crop in her hand at Fengcheng: "Surround!"
The mighty Beiyi army rushed toward Fengcheng like a tide, and indeed like a tide, they separated when they met the city, encircled the left and right sides, and wrapped Fengcheng tightly.
Anxi King Zhang Lizheng was overlooking the Beiyi soldiers and horses under the city. This was not the first time he had seen such a magnificent scene. There were thousands of people and no one could see the edges.
"The last time I saw him...Dad was still there..." Zhang Lizheng said with emotion.
Several figures flashed past in the woods south of Fengcheng City. They went back to report: "Report, Mr. Duan, our Beiyi soldiers and horses have surrounded Fengcheng. There are several people outside the south city gate alone." Thousands of them!"
The deputy general looked at Duan Tong with some surprise. He didn't know whether he was a human or a god. What he said was true.
"Master Duan, where are we going now? Shall we continue going south?" This time, the deputy general calmed down a lot and his expression was no longer so hostile.
"Well, let's go! To the south of Fengcheng is Zhongcheng." No one among the three thousand people was clamoring to turn around and fight. They all followed the footsteps and headed towards Zhongcheng.
