Zhang Jin said that the 80,000 troops and Feng Xiaoci's army have been confronting each other for nearly half a month. n∈n∈,.

Since Feng Xiaoci launched the autumn offensive, Zhang Jin, who has not recovered from Zhang Xuan's pain, said that he has adopted the tactic of avoidance.

On the one hand, he broke up more than 20,000 troops into pieces, personally led the elite troops to the north, and sent his confidants to lead their own teams to various counties in Hebei to loot property and recruit sporadic bandits from various counties in Hebei.

At the same time, Zhang Jin said that he sent someone to surrender to Feng Xiaoci, telling Feng Xiaoci that there was an internal strife due to disagreement of opinions. Zhang Jin said that he was killed and that the bandits had split and fled their lives.

Feng Xiaoci led his army into Gaojipo and annihilated thousands of remaining troops in Gaojipo. He no longer cared about Zhang Jinsheng's scattered troops who fled to various counties. He began to rectify the army and horses and prepare to continue the next step of suppressing bandits, pointing his sword at Gao Shida and Dou Jiande.

Zhang Jin said that he had gained a precious two-month chance to breathe. In just two months, he slaughtered Zhao County, Xiangguo County and Wu'an County, recruited strong men and recruited bandits, and his power was rapidly expanded. The number of troops increased sharply from more than 20,000 to 80,000.

Zhang Jin said that he led his army back to Qinghe County, seized Gaojipo again, and led a large army to advance towards Qinghe County.

Only then did Feng Xiaoci realize that he underestimated the enemy and did not kill them all, which led to Zhang Jincheng's growth again. He was very regretful, but he had no choice but to refuse to defend Qinghe County and Zhang Jincheng's army.

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As night fell, the birds in the woods were still chirping and making noise.

A group of more than a thousand Sui army entered the woods, and immediately shocked a large number of birds and flew away in a daze. Fortunately, the thief army in the distance did not notice the abnormality in the woods. Perhaps they had never thought that the Sui army would come here.

This was the army sent by Feng Xiaoci to seize grain. After half a month of confrontation with the bandit army, the 20,000 Sui army's food was about to be cut off. Feng Xiaoci was extremely anxious and unexpectedly received news.

A grain transport fleet of a bandit army was moored in the canal about twenty miles away from Qinghe County. Feng Xiaoci immediately sent general Chen Gang to lead a thousand soldiers to the north along the east bank of the canal, preparing to attack and capture the material transport fleet.

Zhang Jin said that the army was stationed on the west bank of the canal, but Chen Gang led the Sui army to the north along the east bank and groped in the woods for nearly twenty miles. They finally saw the grain transport fleet. More than a hundred ships were moored in the canal, each ship covered with tarpaulin, and it seemed to be filled with grain.

There were thieves stationed on both sides of the straits, but there were only a few hundred thieves on the east coast. They lit two bonfires. They were drinking and eating meat around the bonfire, and several drunk soldiers danced in front of the bonfire.

"Are there any residential houses nearby? Let's find a few women to play with!" a soldier shouted loudly.

Another soldier curled his lips and said disdainfully: "You are dreaming! Wherever the King's army passes, where can there be residential houses? I heard that there are brothels in Qi County. When will Qi County be taken down? We can go and visit the brothels in Licheng County."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

A lieutenant came over and kicked two soldiers hard, scolding, "Go to the shore and take a look, don't let someone attack our grain ship."

The two soldiers came to the river cursing and shook their bodies. They started to pee. While peeing, they looked at the other side of the river. The night was deep and they could no longer see the other side.

At this time, a soldier seemed to feel the grain ship shaking. He rubbed his eyes. It was wrong! How did the boat that was close to the shore leave the shore and go to the middle of the river?

He was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, turned around and yelled. "Someone stole the boat!"

Just as he turned around and shouted, several crossbow arrows shot from the water surface and shot into the back of the two soldiers extremely quickly. With a "puff!" crossbow arrows shot into their bodies. The two soldiers screamed and fell into the river.

The sudden incident by the river made all the soldiers of the thief army stunned. They turned their heads and looked at the river.

At the same time as the screams came, a clapper sounded in the woods, and hundreds of arrows roared from the woods. The screams suddenly sounded on both sides of the bonfire, and the soldiers of the thief army were in chaos. Many soldiers jumped up and stumbled into the distance. The second round of arrows arrived again, and many people were shot while running, screaming and falling.

At this time, a thousand Sui troops rushed out of the dense forest, waving spears and swords to chase the soldiers of the thieves who were running around. More than a dozen soldiers shot arrows together and shot the thieves' sect captain who was about to escape to the river to death. The thieves' soldiers shouted wildly and ran desperately.

The Sui army was so fierce that they were chasing the fleeing bandits everywhere, but at this time the chief general Chen Gang discovered something was wrong. The bandits screamed loudly, but there was no movement on the other side.

It was at this moment that suddenly a soldier shouted on the grain ship: "General, there is no food in the grain ship, it's all sand!"

Chen Gang suddenly realized that he had been fooled, and he shouted anxiously: "Retreat immediately!"

But it was too late, and there was a scream from the other side of the grain ship. More than a thousand thief soldiers hiding on the ship came out and chopped over and fell into the water.

Immediately afterwards, fire was shining on all sides, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the thief army came from all directions, surrounding a thousand Sui army. The leader was Zhang Jincheng. He held a large iron spear and shouted: "The surrenderers are exempt from death!"

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Since the general Chen Gang led a thousand troops to rob the thieves' grain ships, the chief general Feng Xiaoci was restless in the city. Seeing that the remaining military rations could only be supported for three days, and no more food came, his morale was about to collapse.

Although Feng Xiaoci was willing to give up Qinghe County and retreat to Liaocheng, he spent a lot of effort on Qinghe County to renovate the city wall, dig the moat, and clear the abandoned Caohe River. The ships on the canal can directly enter the city through Caohe River.

Moreover, giving up Qinghe County means that they can only retreat to the west bank of the canal, and he will not be able to explain to the court and the emperor.

Feng Xiaoci sent several teams of scouts outside the city to inquire about the information, but did not find out the information about the thief army leaving the camp. The thief army camp was very quiet, which made him slightly relieved.

At the third update, Feng Xiaoci had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by a knock on the door. A soldier reported outside: "General Qi, General Chen is back, and a grain ship is coming!"

Feng Xiaoci was overjoyed and hurriedly put on his armor and ran towards the North City. He ran up to the city and looked down. He saw that Caohei was brightly lit under the city, and dozens of soldiers were standing on a large ship with torches in their hands. The general was Chen Gang, and behind him were the black ships, with hundreds of ships.

When Chen Gang saw Feng Xiaoci appear, he was about to speak when a cold dagger had already pressed against his back. He said coldly behind him: "If you dare to make a ghost, you will kill you with one knife!"

Chen Gang was eager to save his life and finally surrendered. He shouted loudly: "General, he returned home with a full load of low duties, all of which were grain ships, with tens of thousands of stones of food."

After saying that, he ordered the soldiers to lift the oil cloth on the ship. The soldiers on the city wall exclaimed immediately. Under the flames, the ship was filled with thick sacks. The soldiers split several sacks, and the corn inside poured out, flashing with a golden luster of food. Several large ships behind were filled with food. The soldiers on the city were all very excited.

Feng Xiaoci was secretly happy in his heart. Twenty thousand grains! He could support him for several months. Before he could even ask about the situation of the thief army, he immediately ordered: "Kaishui City!"

The iron fence on the water city opened creakingly, and large ships covered with oil cloth quickly entered the city. When there were still more than a dozen grain ships, the fleet suddenly stopped. Feng Xiaoci frowned and leaned out and shouted: "Why haven't you entered the city yet? Why are you rubbing against it?"

At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed at a distance and shouted: "General, there is an enemy situation!"

A large number of soldiers broke out in the darkness, and the sound of horse hooves sounded. A general was leading a dark army to come to the city gate. Feng Xiaoci was shocked and shouted repeatedly: "Close the water gate quickly! Close the water gate!"

But the water gate was blocked by the fleet and the iron fence could not be closed. At this moment, a shout of killing suddenly sounded in the city. Feng Xiaoci turned around suddenly, but saw countless thief soldiers killing from the grain ship. Only one soldier shouted: "General Chen has rebelled."

Feng Xiaoci's mind was "buzz!" He suddenly realized that the grain ship was just a trap. There must have been an accident when Chen Gang went to seize the grain ship. They should have been caught by all the thieves.

Chen Gang surrendered and came to deceive the city again. Feng Xiaoci took a few steps back and sat on the top of the city powerlessly, his thoughts were gone. He knew very well that Qinghe County was over and his army was over.

Feng Xiaoci suddenly roared, turned over to the horse, held a big knife in his hand and rushed to the city. He wanted to kill the rebel general with his own hands to vent his hatred.

At this time, the fleet on the Caohe River turned into a natural bridge, and countless thieves followed the ship and entered the city from the water gate.

Feng Xiaoci just rushed down the city wall, but met the thief general, Zhang Jincheng, the king of Qinghe, and Zhang Jincheng sneered and stabbed Feng Xiaoci with a gun.

Feng Xiaoci waved his sword to fight, and the two fought fiercely at the city gate.

At this time, the city was already in a sea of ​​fire. The people cried and cried, and screamed everywhere. The barracks were also ambushed in the city in advance and set fire to ignite. Hundreds of camp tents were burning. Twenty thousand Sui soldiers were awakened in their sleep and rushed out of the camp. Most of them were unarmed, and some soldiers were even barefoot and were slaughtered by the killing thieves.

The Sui army soldiers finally collapsed and rushed out of the city gate to escape, but Zhang Jin said that the 80,000 troops had already laid a net of heaven and earth around Qinghe County.

Feng Xiaoci and Zhang Jin said they had fought fiercely for more than a dozen rounds. Seeing that the situation was not good, Feng Xiaoci sold a flaw and fled. Zhang Jin said that there was no place for him to escape. He roared and urged the horse to catch up with Feng Xiaoci, and pierced Feng Xiaoci's back heart with one shot.

Feng Xiaoci shouted and died on the spot.

In this battle, only a few thousand Sui troops fled, and three thousand were killed in the melee, and more than ten thousand surrendered, but Zhang Jin said that no one was left and ordered all surrendered Sui troops to behead.

The wind was cold and the setting sun was as bloody. In the wilderness outside Qinghe County, stained with blood, there were corpses of countless Sui army soldiers. Groups of crows hovered in the sky, clattering, and an old dead tree hung down its dead branches weakly.

Poor, the 20,000 Sui army that followed Lai Hu'er in Goguryeo was almost destroyed in Qinghe County. At this time, there were only eight days left before the arrival of the New Year.
Chapter completed!