King Yuwen gave an order, and a team of 150,000 troops marched out of the city. General Chen Jinchao led 80,000 troops as the vanguard, King Yuwen and more than 40,000 troops sat in the center, and Zhao Jian led 30,000 troops.

After the adjournment, more than 50,000 troops were left behind in Tongyuan City, and under the leadership of General Chu Bing, the city was well defended.

After King Yuwen's troops left the city for more than fifty miles, they did not go south to attack the capital as King Zhenxi wanted. Instead, they suddenly turned north and followed the path that King Yuwen took when he fled south.

Go north.

It turned out that King Yuwen had already made a plan to take a shortcut to capture Yinzhou Prefecture, the capital of Tupan, in order to force Deyong to withdraw from the Central Plains and resolve the difficulties in Wuling Prefecture.

General Chen Jinchao led the forward troops, riding light and fast horses, around the state and across the country, and along the northwest mountains, quickly advancing northward. Within a few days, the troops had entered the northern border, turned quickly, and headed straight for

At the Northern Territory Pass, the capital city left the Gulu Pass.

The scouts from the front came to report that nearly 50,000 Tufan soldiers and horses were attacking a city in the northwest direction of the army. The battle was very fierce.

Chen Jinchao opened the map and looked at it. The place where the battle started was Xingjing County, located in the northwest corner of the Northern Territory. He thought that if he took Gulu Pass directly now, the city would be easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the 50,000 native soldiers came back to help, they would definitely pose a threat to our army.

The force of a pincer attack is very unfavorable for seizing Guancheng. It is better to encircle and suppress it first, weaken the effective strength of the Tufan soldiers, and then go north to seize the pass, which will have a greater chance of victory.

Therefore, Chen Jinchao immediately ordered his troops to change direction and go straight to Xingjing County.

It is said that after Wu Kui led the officers and soldiers to retake the county town from the Tufan, in order to prevent the Tufan soldiers from attacking again, he worked with the common soldiers all night to strengthen the city defense, and at the same time mobilized all troops to prepare for the fight against the Tufan soldiers.

In the first ten days or so, Tufan soldiers were busy marching south to attack the city and seize territory, and they had no idea about the lost Xingjing County. But gradually, as some people in the surrounding cities who had lost the city fled to Xingjing County to take refuge, Tufan discovered

The city had been lost, and 20,000 Tufan soldiers were sent to capture the county seat.

At that time, there were nearly 30,000 officers, soldiers and civilians in Xingjing County who could participate in the defense of the city. This was the last Central Plains city in the northern region. Everyone was united and resisted to the death, repelling the enemy's attacks again and again.

city.

After several attempts to attack the city failed, the Tufan soldiers stopped attacking and camped outside the city for repairs. It turned out that they were waiting for another 30,000 reinforcements to be sent from the mainland.

The fighting stopped for a while, and the officers, soldiers and people in the city breathed a sigh of relief. They all took the time to rest and adjust, treat the wounded, and repair the fortifications.

However, Lan Meier gave Wu Kui an idea, asking him to bring thousands of elite soldiers out of the city to sneak attack on the Tufan soldiers outside the city, inflicting heavy losses on them unexpectedly and wiping out their effective strength. He could not just stick to the isolated city and wait for death.

Wu Kui always obeyed Lan Meier's advice. He immediately gathered nearly a hundred strong village warriors and went to find a soldier leader and asked him to send two thousand people to follow him out of the city to attack the enemy.

The soldier was originally rescued by Wu Kui and others, and hearing what he said was reasonable, he agreed, and personally led nearly 3,000 people out of the city with Wu Kui.

At dusk, more than two thousand people left the city in the dark, marched five or six miles at night, and arrived at the camp of the Tufan soldiers. They used crossbows to pick up the soldiers on sentry duty, and then rushed into the enemy camp in silence.

Wu Kui led 800 men in the front, killing everyone he saw. The more than 2,000 soldiers who followed behind mainly destroyed the tent and quickly cut the ropes holding up the tent, causing the tent to collapse immediately.

The Tufan soldiers failed to attack the city for several days and were already very tired and tired. They did not expect that the trapped Central Plains people would dare to leave the city for a sneak attack. They were unprepared and were killed by surprise.

Hundreds of tents that were chopped down in an instant were also ignited by the candles in the tents, igniting raging fires. In less than a moment, the entire Xiying Village was a sea of ​​​​fire. The Tufan soldiers who woke up from their sleep fled like ghosts crying and wolf howling.

Three enemy camps in the southeast, north and south suddenly saw a fire burning in the west. The soldiers fled one after another, knowing that they were being attacked by surprise. However, they did not know the strength of the enemy's troops and did not dare to rush to stop them. They all escaped from the camps and fled to the north.

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Here, under the leadership of Wu Kui, the officers and soldiers of the Central Plains swept through four enemy camps and set fire to them. After watching the enemy flee north, they did not pursue them. Three thousand people swept away all the weapons and food that could be taken away from the camps.

Everything that was empty and could not be taken away was thrown into the fire and burned. Then, taking advantage of the fire, they quickly evacuated and returned home with a full load.

This battle not only killed four to five thousand enemies and caused a lot of losses to the Tufan army, but also seized a large amount of supplies, which promptly replenished the city's needs, boosted the morale of the army and the people, and boosted morale. It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone. Wu Kui also benefited from this.

He won the support of the people, and they all called him the general who protects the city.

The Tufan army withdrew twenty miles to the north, waited for the arrival of backup troops, and then came back again. The Tufan army of nearly 50,000 troops surrounded the small county of Xingjing. After several attacks, the county wall was already in danger.

The soldiers and civilians in the city resisted to the death and repelled the enemy's attack with their flesh and blood bodies.

On this day, it has been nearly two months since the siege of the city. The Tufan army outside the city has run out of supplies. They are determined to capture Xingjing City within the next two days. The leader of the Tufan army, General Abuka, concentrated all his troops at the east gate of the city.

launch an attack.

At this time, the East City Gate had almost completely collapsed. There was only a pile of rocks of varying heights. There were barriers piled up with trees, earth bags and various debris on the pile of rocks. The soldiers defending the city fought the enemy on a pile of rocks.

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The city is even more desolate. It has been without food for three or four days. In order to support the officers and soldiers defending the city, ordinary people have not eaten all their food for several days. The weak, sick and wounded have been lying dead on the streets. In addition, the streets are full of injured soldiers and soldiers.

People, the whole city is filled with the smell of blood and stench, flies are flying everywhere, and howling is everywhere, it is a miserable scene.

The Tufan soldiers attacking outside the east city gate discovered that there were almost no arrows shot out of the city, and only some stones and wooden sticks flew out weakly. Under the leadership of a hundred-household chief, the first group of Tufan soldiers rushed in through a gap.

Got to the city.

The Tufan soldiers behind immediately shouted and rushed in. The Tufan soldiers rushing in front suddenly saw the head of a hundred households flying towards them. Before they could react, several Tufan soldiers were knocked to the ground.

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The Tufan soldiers who had just rushed into the gap were stunned by the shower of people in front of them. Five or six people flew out sideways, and some were torn in half and thrown out.

They heard a beast roar coming from the city, deafening and shuddering. A giant beast with bloody flesh suddenly appeared in front of them and rushed toward them. They all let out heart-rending screams.

Just when the leading troops of the Tufan soldiers had almost rushed into the city gate, the fast cavalry troops led by Chen Jinchao arrived. They rushed and killed all the Tufan troops outside the city.

When King Yuwen's army rushed into Xingjing County, the local soldiers inside thought they had arrived and were about to shout excitedly, but they were killed on the spot. Under the fast horses and swords of the northern soldiers led by Chen Jinchao, they were like

Like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, all the Tufan soldiers were quickly wiped out.

General Chen Jinchao knocked the last Tuban soldier to the ground. After wiping the blood on his sword with his shirt, he put it back into its scabbard. At this time, he raised his eyes and looked around, and was shocked by what he saw.

Behind a pile of corpses, stood a giant, as tall as two people. He was holding a Tufan soldier in each hand, like two big mallets, but one of the two soldiers had no head.

One of the arms was gone, and the human form was gone. Surrounding the giant were corpses scattered about, and behind him stood about a hundred people. It was impossible to tell whether they were soldiers or civilians. They were all in ragged clothes, with their flesh and blood in their hands.

Each holds a knife, a gun, a stick, etc.

When they realized that reinforcements had arrived and they had been saved, they cheered and cried with joy. Some people rushed up and hugged the giant's legs and began to cry. The giant threw away the two cripples in his hands and raised his hands.

Wiping the blood on his face, he showed a slightly scary smile.
Chapter completed!