Three thousand miles in exile

On the Cangxia Plain in midsummer, the scorching sun is burning the earth.

There is a clear boundary between Giyangguan and Hecang County. The boundary separated by fences is endless fertile fields, and the outside boundary is wilderness overgrown with weeds.

The cavalry of the Qiyun army ran horses here from time to time, sometimes rehearsed formations to practice hedging, and sometimes strolled in the courtyard to patrol the border.

Every move in the Yangguanli cannot escape Qi Yunjun's surveillance.

"Report to General! The Northern Army rebelled against Yan! Ten thousand Yan troops have entered Giyang Pass!"

At that time, Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin were inspecting the racecourse in Haikou, Lufeng County.

The entrance to the sea in Lufeng County is a large piece of fertile water and grassland. Liu Zhan set up a horse farm here to breed excellent war horses.

"It's time to come." Liu Zhan sneered, not surprised at all.

Song Fenglin frowned. "The army of Yan has entered the Yang Pass, and since then the three passes have been in the hands of the State of Yan. They will help each other and will be even more unfavorable to us."

The wind blows down the half-person-high grass and makes the sound of Haloxylon.

Liu Zhan put his hands behind his back and his eyes were empty. "Of course we can't let the swallow thieves form a line of defense. No matter how hard the bone of Yangguan is, we have to gnaw it down."

It is not easy to fight against Yangguan, the city walls are towering, and the defenses are complete. If the 12 Northern Army and the [-] Yan Army are defending, the [-] Qiyun Army may not be enough.

But Liu Zhan had no choice. If he didn't take advantage of the time when the Yan army had just entered the city and hadn't fully integrated with the northern army, and then waited until the Yan army was completely subdued to Yangguan, the chances of winning would be even slimmer.

How to fight against Yangguan requires a careful strategy, head-to-head confrontation is the best strategy.

On the same day, the two returned to Jinyang City to urgently convene the generals to discuss matters.

In the meeting hall of the General’s Mansion, the surrounding candlelight illuminates the room. In the middle of the meeting hall is a sand table from the Cangxia Plain, and everyone is deducing countermeasures around the sand table.

"You must first consume the combat power in Yangguan before attacking the city. If you attack the city directly, just climbing the city wall will consume half of our people." Cao Zhuang looked extremely serious.

More than half of the people present had been stationed at Giyang Pass, and they were familiar with the terrain of Giyang Pass. Naturally, they knew very well how difficult it was to climb the city wall, and it was no different from walking through hell.

"Also, the gate of the city is extremely strong when poured with molten iron. Even if we use our strongest fighters to slam the gate, it will not be able to break open within two days and one night." Wei Chenggui has guarded the gate so he knows it very well.

Think about it when Da Chu spent 20 lives to win Yangguan. After that, the Yan army came to fight twice and failed to win Yangguan. The Xiongguan in Beijiang is not just talking.

"Of course we can't attack directly." Liu Zhan supported the edge of the sand table with both hands, and stared at the model of the Yangguan in the sand table with his dark eyes.

"Siege the city and fight for aid." Liu Zhan said his strategy.

For a moment, everyone's spirits were lifted.

"Do you remember the last time the imperial court transported grain to Yangguan?" Liu Zhan raised his head and glanced at these focused faces.

Li Xiaolian reacted immediately. "It was winter last year!"

The imperial court has not given food and grass to northern Xinjiang for more than half a year!

It stands to reason that the Ministry of Households will distribute food and grass to the Northern Army after the beginning of spring, but since the beginning of spring this year, the Zhou family has been struggling to deal with the siege of the aristocratic family. In addition, Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin entered Beijing soon, and then the Zhou family was destroyed. No one cares about the Northern Army up.

Zhou Sui rebelled against Yan because of food shortages!

Liu Zhan saw the problem in the depths of the Yangguan Pass, and there was no food for the Yangguan Pass!

The Yan army's 1 people entered the city just to swear their sovereignty, and the food and grass had not yet entered the city. He had to rush to surround the Yangguan like iron barrels before the Yan army's food and grass entered the city.

Liu Zhan knew that there was a shortage of food in the Yangguan Pass, and the Yan army must also know that the Yangguan pass would not last long, and the Yan army would definitely send troops to help. They fought against the Yan army reinforcements on the plain!

"Li Xiaolian, you lead [-] infantry to set up camp outside Yangguan, surround but not attack!"

"Cao Zhuang, you lead [-] cavalry to take care of each other with Li Xiaolian, and chase the reinforcements of the Yan army!"

Liu Zhan calmly and forcefully arranged military orders one after another. He couldn't give Zhou Sui time to react, so he had to surround the Yangguan Pass as quickly as possible and completely cut off their food and grass!

That night, Qi Yun's army was up and down, and the Jinyang City Yamen was up and down all night without sleep.

The No. [-] Battalion and No. [-] Battalion of the Qiyun Army Garrison Battalion all moved. Li Xiaolian led [-] infantrymen to rush to the Yangguan Pass in the dark on the fourth watch. They wanted to surround the Yangguan Pass before dawn!

When the distant sky turned white, Cao Zhuang led [-] cavalry to gallop out of the camp in an astonishing manner.

Soon the morning light illuminated the barren plain outside the Yangguan Pass, but Qi Yun's army, who saw the red tassels hunting around, had already surrounded the Yangguan Pass.

The soldiers guarding the city turned pale with fright, and hurriedly staggered down the city wall to report.

Zhou Sui only felt his head buzzing and was about to explode, and he pulled Yan Jun general Wu Rimo out of bed and roared angrily. "I told you to bring food and grass into the city. You went into the city empty-handed, killing me!"

There was a banquet for Yangguan last night, and Wu Rimo had just been promoted to the left deputy general of the Wang Jun, and he was so drunk that he was drunk on his head.

Wu Rimo, whose mind was in a mess, was dragged up the city wall by Zhou Suilian. When the cold morning wind blew, Wu Rimo's chaotic mind woke up for two minutes. All woke up.

"This, this!" Wu Rimo's back felt cold.

Zhou Sui was so annoyed that he wanted to kill someone. "I want you to bring food and grass for at least a month into the city, why don't you bring food and grass into the city!"

If there was no shortage of food for Yangguan, Zhou Sui would simply besiege the city with Qi Yun's army, but now the soldiers are all hungry, and they can't stand it for a few days!

Wu Rimo naturally understood why the right general, Wu Lin, did not allow him to bring food and grass. This was to prevent fraud in Yangguan, and asked him to test the reality before giving food and grass.

How could he have imagined that Qi Yunjun's actions were so swift, they surrounded the Yangguan Pass in just one night, without giving them any time to react.

"Ah!!! If I had known that I had voted for Liu Zhan, he would be better than you prairie wolves!" Zhou Sui regretted beating his chest and stamping his feet.

"Don't worry, general, the general on the right is my father and will definitely send troops to help!" Wu Rimo gradually calmed down.

Zhou Sui couldn't be in a hurry. "How many soldiers can the right general send here? Look at the strength of the troops outside the city. Can you spare at least [-] troops to cooperate with us?"

Of course not, Wu Rimo was sweating profusely, but he couldn't tell Zhou Sui the truth.

Looking around, Qi Yun's army has invested at least tens of thousands of troops outside the Yangguan Pass. If they want to take them down, the right general must send out 5 to [-] people to cooperate with the defenders in the Yangguan Pass, so that they can still fight.

But what Zhou Sui didn't know was that King Yan received his letter of investment and only asked Wu Lin to bring 2 people.

After the demise of Xixia, the Western Xia army invaded the grasslands in Mobei, and there were still remnants of Xixia fighting in the corner. However, Xixia sent troops to Mobei again last year.

The Xianbei Hu people who shared the Mobei grassland adjacent to Xixia were affected by it. Xirong drove the remnants of Xixia and the Xianbei Hu people to fight in Mobei. The Xianbei Hu people entered the extreme northern grassland occupied by Yan State in the spring of this year.

The extremely northern grassland adjacent to Mobei belongs to the Ministry of King Yan, and King Yan naturally does not allow the Xianbei people to get involved. At this time, the large army of the king army is fighting with the Xianbei people there.

Zhou Sui surrendered, and the king of Yan wanted to send the left general Yelu Longji to take over, but Yelu Longji was seriously injured in the battle with Qi Yunjun. The 15 left army in its heyday is now less than 6.

Yelu Longji was not stupid, he knew that whoever occupied the Yangguan would face Qi Yunjun, so he found excuses and refused to come.

This is the case with the tribes of the Yan State. Interested parties flock to them, and they run faster than rabbits when they harm their own interests. However, the King of Yan still has nothing to do with them.

Under such circumstances, it was not easy for the King of Yan to allocate 2 people to receive Yangguan. As for food and grass, he had to ask the tribes in the surrounding cities.

Qi Yun's army besieged Yangguan, and the news quickly spread to the right general Wu Lina.

At that time, Wu Lin was asking for food in Fengtang County, and the leader of the tribe who occupied Fengtang County was very unhappy, but Wu Lin was the man of King Yan, and General Wang Junyou wanted to show some face.

Just when he was about to send some food to get rid of the trouble, Wu Lin actually asked him to send troops to encircle Qi Yun's army together.

"My department only has [-] troops, so I can't go out all over the city. I also want to be stationed in Fengtang County, and I really can't take care of myself."

How could Wu Lin suffer this anger, but his son Wu Rimo was trapped in the Yang Pass, no matter what he had to find a way to save him, even if he threatened him.

At this time, Qi Yun's army was surrounding Yangguan to call for formation.

"How many of our compatriots have been killed by the dog swallow thief! How many families have been ruined! You Jiangyan can be worthy of giving to the dead bones inside and outside Yangguan!"

"It's shameful to descend to Yan as a Chu person! It shames your ancestors! The face of the family members is shameless! The descendants of future generations will never be able to lift their heads again!"

There were endless scolding voices one after another.

The soldiers of the Northern Army on the city wall all drooped their heads and their morale was low.

Recently, the cooks have been distributing less and less food, from two meals a day to one meal a day, and now there is only one palm-sized coarse-grain pancake per person per day, which is as thin as the back of a knife, and there will be nothing in three or two bites.

The general promised that the Yan people would bring food and gold and silver treasures, and promised to distribute them to each of them.

There is also a battle between heaven and man in the hearts of soldiers.

Liu Zhan sat firmly in the Chinese army and personally supervised the battle at the front.

So it was the second day.

"Report to the general! Liyangguan, Fanyangguan and Fengtang county defenders have changed!"

Wu Lin coerced and lured 6 people, and they gathered outside Fengtang County.

On the same day, Qi Yun's army came out in full force, [-] infantry besieged Yangguan, [-] infantry and [-] cavalry faced the Yan army's reinforcements, and Song Fenglin led [-] troops to stand outside Hecang County.

To besiege the city and fight for aid, Liu Zhan let Cao Zhuang take the lead in this battle.

At noon, the sun is rising.

The Yan army's reinforcements entered the boundary of Giyangguan, and Cao Zhuang led [-] soldiers and horses to line up between Giyangguan and Fengtang County.

Here is an endless wilderness. Qi Yun's army is divided into three square formations with [-] Mo Dao cavalry and [-] Lancers. Behind the cavalry is a defense line composed of [-] heavy armored shield soldiers, [-] spears, [-] Mo Dao soldiers and [-] step brave hands. .

Cao Zhuang's task is to stop the reinforcements from the Yan army, and not allow one of them to break through the line of defense!

For Wu Lin, the right general of the Yan Army, this battle was also a fierce battle, but he had no choice but to save his son.

Wu Lin only had [-] elite iron cavalry of the Yan army in his hands, in addition to [-] rangers and [-] infantry, those tribal leaders naturally would not send elites to help others capture the city.

The [-] reinforcements of the Yan Army faced the [-] elite Qi Yun Army.

When Yan Jun's striker appeared in sight, Qi Yunjun immediately sounded drums.

The heavy-armored shield soldiers stepped on the drums and erected their giant shields to the beat of the drum at a slow pace. Three horse-rejecting formations formed behind the cavalry phalanx.

When the horn of the Yan army sounded, the drumbeat of the Qi Yun army immediately became more urgent, and the Modao cavalry and spear cavalry were ready to go.

Cao Zhuang was not in a hurry, he was waiting for the Yan army to go first.

Facing Qi Yun's elite army, how will Yan Jun Wang Jun's right general Wu Lin respond?

Wu Lin had carefully studied the battle of Yelu Longji. He knew how difficult Qi Yun's iron shield formation was to break through.

Soon all the Yan troops in sight started to move, and the ones running in the front were all cavalry!This is to decide the outcome in a single battle!

"Kill!!" Cao Zhuang roared angrily.

Amidst the sound of thunderous drums, the cavalry of the three phalanxes of Qi Yunjun galloped out.

In the scorching sun, the cavalry from both sides collided with each other.

But Qi Yun's cavalry was like a sharp knife, sweeping forward invincibly.

Behind the cavalry, the heavily armored shield soldiers advanced steadily with their iron shields and yelling. They stepped into the battlefield all the way, stopped amidst the sound of sharp whistles, and plunged their iron shields into the soil.

Soon, the Yanjun iron cavalry ranger who slipped through the net rushed to the front and slammed into it.

The iron cavalry of the Yan army was astonishingly powerful like a small tank. Immediately, some iron shield soldiers were shocked, but they swallowed the fishy sweetness in their mouths and resisted it firmly.

The iron shields covered Mo Dao Shou and the melee infantry behind him, and Mo Dao Shou brandished a long knife behind the formation to harvest the cavalry rushing to the rear.

After the first wave of Yan Army cavalry rushed, a large number of Yan Army infantry also rushed to the rear.

So far, the battlefield has been in chaos.

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, the sounds of killing, roaring, and collision resounded through the wilderness.

Liu Zhan led five thousand personal guards and looked at the distant battlefield, his eyes were empty and his heart was like a deep pool.

"Guo Donghu." Liu Zhan ordered in a deep voice. "The general ordered you to lead four thousand cavalry to follow the Yan thief's back, and you must bring back Wu Lin's head to pay homage to the heroic soul of our army!"

Guo Donghu clasped his fists and drank in a low voice. "The last general obeys orders! He will not disgrace orders!"

The [-] personal guards under Liu Zhan's command were all the best of the elite, and Guo Donghu led the [-] Modao elites, who went around and attacked from the back of the wilderness.

At that time, Wu Lin was watching the battlefield with his [-] Yan army cavalry. When the most elite troops of Qi Yun army attacked like a big net, Wu Lin realized that there was no way out.

General Qi Yun used his troops so swiftly and boldly!

Not only did they come out in full force, they surrounded the Yangguan Pass, fought fiercely with the reinforcements, and at the same time sent troops to attack him!

He was careless!Wu Lin knew that there was no way out but a fight.

However, these four thousand Qiyun cavalry were more terrifying than the Modao cavalry in the battle formation, both in speed and strength.

Wu Lin's iron cavalry of the five thousand Yan army was quickly swallowed up.

"Get out! Break through!" Wu Lin roared, he couldn't die here, Wang Jun couldn't live without him.

For a moment, both sides were red-eyed.

The right general of Yan Jun Wang Jun, as long as he is taken down, it is equivalent to cutting off an arm of Yan Wang!

Guo Donghu roared, rushing forward desperately.

In the evening, the sound of fighting in the wilderness gradually subsided.

From the beginning to the end, Qi Yun's army's flag stood erect on the battlefield, red tassels gathered, and more and more Qi Yun soldiers gathered in groups to besiege the remaining Yan army.

"Report to the general!! Guo Donghu killed Yan Jun's right general, Wu Lin!!"

Liu Zhan looked up to the sky and smiled.

Great victory in this battle!

The good news quickly spread throughout Hecang County, which is adjacent to the battlefield, and then radiated to Jinyang City, Dazhupingding, Furongpingding, and the people cheered thunderously for a while.

Guo Donghu used the Modao to pick Wu Lin's head and raced around Yangguan.

"Zhou Sui, you bum! I have killed more Yan women than you have ever slept with! Come on! If you dare to betray Yan, don't be a coward, come out and fight your grandpa!"

The soldiers at Geiyangguan were in a state of confusion, Wu Rimo collapsed, Yan soldiers panicked and panicked, and Zhou Sui was even more confused.

Next, Liu Zhan ordered Yangguan to besieged and not attacked. At the same time, the battlefield was cleaned, the wounded were treated, and the fallen soldiers were compensated.

The soldiers who besieged Yangguan were rotated once a day to ensure that every soldier was in the best condition.

In the evening, Song Fenglin led the logistics team to the front line. The doctors from the medical department and the recruited young and strong rescued the wounded one after another.

So on the third day, Li Xiaolian got instructions from Liu Zhanxin.

More than a dozen big pigs were pulled to the front of the battle, and then their stomachs were disembowelled. Hundreds of cauldrons gathered around to make braised pork for Yangguan.

Li Xiaolian ordered the soldiers to take turns to shout at the front of the battle. "General Qi Yun has an order! Surrender without killing! Each person will be given three taels of silver and sent back to their hometown!"

The smell of meat is not the most tempting. Liu Zhan's promise is the ultimate skill to shake the soldiers of the Northern Army.

"General Qi Yun will do what he says! As long as you surrender, you will be sent out of northern Xinjiang immediately, and local children in northern Xinjiang who are willing to continue serving in the army can also be incorporated into Qi Yun's army. Three taels of silver will not be deducted!"

"General Qi Yun promised to the common people that the two years of tax exemption will be two years, and one day is no more than one day is less. How can you say there is such a loyal general!"

"As long as you surrender and abandon the city, you will be full, and I promise not to kill you! The money will be given!"

These words of persuasion sounded like the sounds of nature to the soldiers.

That night, some soldiers put down their ropes and climbed the city wall to escape. At first, there were a few people, and then dozens of people, hundreds of people, and thousands of people ran away.

Sure enough, Liu Zhan didn't lie to them, he would eat as soon as he came, and the money would be given immediately, and soldiers escorted him to Huangchuan.

In just one night, the battalion guarding the city wall in Yangguan was out of ten.

Zhou Sui turned around in a hurry, threatening, persuading and saying good things, no one could listen to those tired faces.

In Qi Yunjun's tent, Liu Zhan sipped the broth and ate it deliciously, then tore off a piece of fat and put it in his mouth.

Song Fenglin was peeling the apple with a knife in his hand, and Liu Zhan swept away all the small pieces.

"Report to the general, a total of 640 soldiers from the Northern Army ran away last night, and all of them have been sent to Huangchuan." Zhang Xiaoman reported on the logistics.

"There will be more people running tonight, so be prepared." Liu Zhan sat and waited for an apple.

Zhang Xiaoman agreed immediately.

Song Fenglin kept moving his hands, and asked faintly. "There are still [-] Yan soldiers in the Yangguan, will they break through?"

"If he dares to break out of the siege, he should break out when we start a war with the reinforcements." Liu Zhan twisted an apple and put it in his mouth, relaxed and reckless. "That guy Zhou Sui is still holding on, I'll see how long he can last."

"If the general promises not to kill him, then he must surrender immediately." Zhang Xiaoman mocked.

Liu Zhan's eyes turned serious. "If I don't kill him, can those souls who died in vain in his hands agree?"

Not to mention how many people were wrongly killed by Zhou Sui as Zhou Chan's executioner, how many soldiers did he kill madly during this time?

There are more than 5 Northern Army, and now I don't know if there are still [-].

"Zhou Sui can't escape." Liu Zhan was confident, and leaned against Song Fenglin again, teasing. "Ma'am, do you believe that someone will open the door to Yangguan for me?"

"The general predicts things like a god, so he must be right." Song Fenglin raised his eyes, and there was a smile in his eyes.

Liu Zhan was distracted for a while, and finally picked another orange and put it in his hand. "I want more."

Three days later at night, the Yangguan was in chaos.

The soldiers of the northern army violently killed Zhou Sui, and then fought with the Yan soldiers in Guanzhong. Some soldiers of the northern army took advantage of the chaos and opened the two gates of the north and south of Yangguan.

Li Xiaolian has been waiting for this day for many days!

Qi Yun's army, who was stationed all night for a while, swarmed into the city and controlled the situation in just one night.