After Dong Run left, Li Yue stayed in Liyang for more than ten days, but no more orders came to Yecheng.

According to the news sent carefully, Ran Min was busy digesting more than 100,000 prisoners and replanting grain.

Hebei has temporarily settled down, with only sporadic searches and killings of Hu people in various places.

Li Yue then led his army across the Yellow River. As soon as he returned to Chenliu, he heard Cui Jin's report that Chenggao and Hulao Pass were easily captured.

But things were not going well in Yangcheng in the south. There were more than 4,000 Jie people and their families in the city. When they saw the Heiyun army approaching the city and colluding with the Huns defenders, they immediately mutinied and asked Zhang Yu for help.

And Zhang Yu was also working hard with his troops.

Yangcheng was of great strategic value to Xuchang. When it fell into the hands of the Heiyun Army, it formed a semi-encirclement situation for Xuchang.

Cui Jin only had 3,000 infantry and cavalry at his disposal, which was a lack of troops. He recruited the nearby Confederate army, but was unable to attack it for a long time.

In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, he asked Chen Liu for help.

Cui Jin sent someone to rush it overnight, indicating that the situation in the south is not good.

Yangcheng, as Liu Guo's home base, will definitely be carefully managed. There are more than ten thousand defenders inside, with sufficient food and grass, and well-equipped soldiers and armor. It will not be captured so easily.

But given the geographical location of Yangcheng, it had to be taken.

Li Yue put down his two infant sons, put on his armor again, and led 15,000 black cloud troops southward.

When they arrived at Weishi, the scouts came to report that Xuchang's troops had also moved, and 20,000 troops had entered Mi County.

Mi County is less than a hundred miles away from Yangcheng. Zhang Yu stationed troops here, and his thoughts are self-evident.

When they arrived at Yangcheng, the two armies met. Cui Jin and Liu Guo quickly came to apologize, saying, "My subordinates are incompetent."

"The thief general Sun Quzhi is a disciple of Sun Fudu... he and the people in the city refused to defend." Liu Guo also had a shameful face.

At the beginning of the year, Sun Fudu and Liu Zhu gathered three thousand Jie people to die in Hutian, intending to trap Ran Min, Li Nong and others. They were defeated by Ran Min and his entire family was killed. Unexpectedly, there were still fish that slipped through the net.

Quzhi and Fudu are common names for Jie people.

Li Yue looked at the tall city wall. Yangcheng is surrounded by Yingshui River in the south and the remaining mountains of Songshan Mountain in the west. It is a typical majestic city. Even a hundred thousand troops would be difficult to encircle it.

Liu Guo had some foresight in choosing this place as his base.

"Your subordinates don't listen to you?" Li Yue looked at Liu Guo with an unkind look, wondering if there was something wrong with this guy.

Liu Guogan laughed twice and said, "Our tribe... is very mixed. We are all Huns, but we are also divided into clans. The Xiongnu tribe in the southeast of the Henan River has only 7,000 people. The rest have been collected in the past few years.

Come together."

Li Yue nodded, barely making sense.

In troubled times, the Chinese people stayed together to stay warm, and the same was true for the Huns. Wasn't the composition of Heiyun Mountain also complex at the beginning? Bandits, refugees from the north, beggars from the south, etc.

"Zhang Yu has sent troops to Mi County. His intentions are with me. The governor should be careful." Cui Jin said worriedly.

Li Yue laughed, "If Zhang Yu is hiding in Xuchang, I can't do anything to him, but if he dares to come to Yangcheng, we will be there to help him."

The opponents that I looked up to in the past are no longer worth mentioning.

"Captain Yingwu!" Liu Guo flattered him.

Li Yue ignored it and said, "Send the order for the whole army to rest for two days to see if Zhang Yu has the courage to come over."

The camp is ready and Cui Jin has already prepared it.

The army fought from Hebei to Henan, but most of them were tired and in need of rest.

Two days passed quickly, and Zhang Yu still stayed in Mi County.

The enemy troops on the city became more and more arrogant, showing off their power on the city wall and shouting and cursing.

"Zhang Yu probably doesn't dare to come. Send the order and attack the city!" Li Yue had no time or energy to delay.

The Black Cloud Army cannot continue to fight outside. Sooner or later, the army will become mentally exhausted.

The war in Hebei has not stopped, they are just licking their wounds and accumulating strength. The next war will come soon, and Yanzhou also needs to be prepared.

The war drums roared, and a soldier named Heiyun walked towards the front line wearing armor and holding a shield.

Cui Jin launched and built more than 40 catapults.

The flag was waved, dozens of large stones were thrown at the city wall, and arrows rained down from the middle camp.

This kind of attack is only for suppression. It is impossible to defeat the defenders on the city, let alone knock down the city wall.

The main force in attacking a city still relies on men.

Thousands of Confederate and Black Cloud troops rushed up carrying long ladders.

But the counterattack on the city wall also started. Stones, hammers, and kerosene were continuously thrown down, endlessly...

There is not even a place to stay under the city.

The Southern Army and the Black Cloud Army were unsuccessful in attacking and retreated. The enemy stood on the top of the city and laughed wildly, insulting Li Yue.

Li Yue frowned and looked at Liu Guo, "Liu Governor bought a lot of property in Yangcheng."

Liu Guo's face has always been unsightly. If one more person dies here, his status and treatment in Yanzhou will drop one point. "Sun Quzhi is brave and resourceful and should not be underestimated."

After attacking for two consecutive days, the city still stood firm.

On the one hand, it was the reason why the city was strong, and on the other hand, Li Yue observed secretly and found that the faces of the soldiers looked tired and they no longer had the same vigor as before.

From last year to now, one battle after another, running back and forth, fighting repeatedly, it is strange that I am not tired.

Even steel will be tired, let alone flesh and blood?

Spending it in Yangcheng will be very detrimental to the Black Cloud Army.

Cui Jin also realized this problem, "This battle cannot be postponed for a long time."

"Send the order, the soldiers have another day's rest!" If we retreat now, Yangcheng will join forces with Zhang Yu in the future, making it even more difficult to capture.

The next day, Li Yue inspected the camps, greeted the soldiers and talked about everything.

"My subordinates are a little homesick... My parents are old and only my disabled brother can take care of me. Last year, my brother followed the governor to attack Shi Bin. He was stabbed in the left leg by a Jie man with a spear and became disabled..." said a young guerrilla Zuoying general.

"I don't know if my newly married wife is pregnant or not," another person said.

Although he was talking about his family's shortcomings, his words revealed his longing for him.

I visited several camps and found the same situation. Although it was not a complaint, most of them felt war-weary.

One piece and one piece of relaxation, the way of civility and martial arts.

Soldiers who are in a state of high mental stress for a long time will inevitably have problems.

Li Yue ordered the donkeys and mules to be slaughtered and rewarded the soldiers.

One day passes quickly and a new day arrives.

Li Yue put on his armor and stood in front of the formation, saying loudly: "This city cannot be conquered, and I cannot sleep or eat well. I am willing to attack this city with you today!"

The guard beside him repeated the words.

The soldiers were silent and looked at Li Yue blankly.

At this moment, the war drums sounded one after another, as if beating in the hearts of people.

In an instant, fighting spirit reignited in the eyes of the soldiers, and they shouted, "Destroy the city!"

Li Yue kept his promise and led his troops to attack the city.

The soldiers are all the bravest men in the army. If they are not on the battlefield for a long time, they will get rusty sooner or later.

Of course, as a coach, it is impossible for ants to actually climb the city, but to stand under the city where rolling stones and hammering logs cannot hit them.

But this was enough. The guards climbed up the long ladder like crazy tigers. Some even wore double armor and climbed up to the top of the city step by step. Their bodies were filled with arrows and they never retreated.

The resistance on the city was also extremely fierce. Everyone knew what would happen to them after the city was broken, and they stabbed them with spears from high above.

But the Black Cloud Army became crazy and rushed forward desperately.

After suffering more than a hundred casualties, someone finally reached the top of the city.

Where there is the first person, there is the second, the third...
Chapter completed!