Xingyang Town, this third-level town is close to the city. The lord is Li Mi who is dependent on Nurhaci, and was used by Nurhaci to threaten Hulao Pass.

Li Mi was a hero, but he was not willing to become a vassal of Nurhaci. He recruited soldiers and accumulated strength in Xingyang Town.

Because there was no war in Li Mi's Xingyang Town, the population has reached 400,000, and Li Mi recruited 30,000 soldiers.

Excluding the defenders scattered all over the place, the defenders in Xingyang Town were 20,000.

The Xingyang Town Guards had not experienced battle for a long time, because the Hulao Pass defenders were basically hiding in Hulao Pass and did not dare to go east.

Nurhaci didn't mobilize Li Mi's troops very much.

From a geographical point of view, Li Mi's troops need to be used to block Heluo's troops from intervening in Guandong.

The long-term lack of combat has led to the Xingyang Town Army gradually losing vigilance.

It was heavy snow again, and Xingyang Town was covered with three inches of snow, and each family swept the snow in front of the door.

The defenders patrol the streets, and soldiers ransomed shops and merchants coming and going from time to time.

"The guards in Xingyang Town are too lax in defense."

Zhu Ji, the commander of the Jinyiwei, pretended to be Li Mi's soldier and successfully entered Xingyang Town.

"Li Mi has a heroic spirit in the early stage. Once she becomes comfortable, she will decline whether she is vigilant or ambitious. She will be close to villains and stay away from wise ministers."

Zhu Ji was very clear about Li Mi's personality.

Li Mi was wise and powerful in the early stage, but he began to let himself go in the later stage.

Li Mi, who was born in the Sui Dynasty, was somewhat similar to Yuan Shao, who was born in the late Han Dynasty.

Zhu Ji led dozens of Jinyiwei, disguised as soldiers of Li Mi's army, and ran rampant in Xingyang Town.

I wanted to chase the light cavalry, but the bow and knife were covered with heavy snow.

Zhu Ji took a knife to meet him in Xingyang Town, while Hulao Pass, Geng Gong, Dugu Yongye, and Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Zong Shidao and others who came secretly rewarded the three armies and sent troops in the evening.

"Although the soldiers have snowed heavily tonight, they are often said that soldiers are intrigue. This time, Xingyang can be determined by a battle!"

Deng Ai, who has the talent for forcibly marching, is the core general in the attack on Xingyang this time.

Deng Ai has little effect on the frontal battlefield, but when it comes to surprise attacks, no one can surpass Zhang Hua's power at present.

Deng Ai broke the wine bowl, and many military generals, school captains and commanders present also broke the wine bowl to show their determination.

Fan Zhongyan personally visited Hulao Pass to deploy: "Deng Ai, Jiang Wei, Xue Rengui, and Qi Bi Heli led 20,000 troops as the front drive, Zhong Shidao, and Zhong Shizhong led 20,000 troops as the central army. I, Zhang Huangyan, Jiang Qin and others, led 20,000 troops from the palace. Geng Gong continued to stay at Hulao Pass."

"Abide by the order!"

The sky was dark, the wind was howling, and heavy snow was flying. The Xia army's flag was torn by the strong wind, and it actually broke.

Many soldiers saw the flag breaking and showed ugly expressions.

This cold winter is extremely cold, otherwise the tribes on the prairie would not have frozen so many cattle and sheep to death.

It is really hard for Deng Ai to choose to send troops in such bad weather.

A military Sima said to Deng Ai: "General, the flags are frozen and cracked, which is an ominous sign. You should wait until the wind and snow before sending troops to avoid frostbite."

Jiang Wei snorted coldly: "Compared to frostbite, attacking Xingyang Town with greater losses. Do you want to march on a snowy night or climb the city wall with arrows? Although the flags are broken, they are just caused by the weather, not an ominous sign."

“…”

The Sima of this army also had a group of middle-level officers thinking about it. It seemed that the losses of a forced attack on the city were indeed greater. Otherwise, Jiang Wei and Deng Ai would not have chosen to send troops in such bad weather.

Sixty thousand Xia troops left Hulao Pass in batches and disappeared in the wind and snow.

With Deng Ai's talent for forcibly marching, Deng Ai and Jiang Wei's 20,000 front troops marched quickly in the snow.

Jiang Wei understood why Zhang Hua appointed Deng Ai as the core general of this surprise attack.

Deng Ai's talent is almost at a level that is against the will of heaven and can be used to create various military miracles.

Even so, many of the Xia army's troops were frozen to death due to the low temperature at night. The war horses fell down as they walked, making it difficult to resist frostbite.

Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Xue Rengui, Qi Bi He Li and others continued to march forcibly.

One general succeeds and thousands of bones are woven.

If Ci does not take charge of the troops, once the troops are sent, there will be casualties.

The casualties at this time are also to avoid greater casualties in the future.

"General, dozens of people have frozen to death!"

Zhong Shidao, two old brothers from Zhong Shi, braved the cold winter, and dozens of people from Zhong's army were frozen to death by the road.

"When you capture Xingyang, you will bury them."

Zhong Shidao also remained calm at this time and was not shaken by casualties among the Zhong family army.

In Xingyang Town, the guest patrols and fights the updates in the cold streets. The city gates are closed, and the defenders who are defending the city gates are yawning boredly.

Xingyang Town has never been attacked. The Hulao Pass defenders were as timid as rats and did not dare to leave the pass easily. These defenders believed that the heavy snow was so safe that Xingyang Town was even more foolproof.

"Come on, this one, you can drive big or small!"

"Big, big, big!"

"Small, small!"

A group of defenders gathered beside the copper brazier, wrapped in tattered cotton coats, rubbed their hands happily. From time to time, someone made a fuss and used one or two or three cents of salary to gamble, and soon lost all their money.

Zhu Ji led a dozen Jinyiwei, pretending to be Li Mi's personal soldiers, patrolling everywhere.

"Where did your general go?"

Zhu Ji scolded the defenders with a straight face.

The defenders who were shaking their semen quickly stood up and thought that Zhu Ji was from a general in which camp.

"Our general went, and went to Chen's house in the town..."

"I get it, you guys keep going."

Zhu Ji frowned. The Xingyang Town Guards were indeed rotten. Not only did the soldiers neglect their duties, but even the generals looked for flowers and willows, and they also hooked up with the widows in the town.

In the entire Xingyang Town, only Li Mi's personal soldiers may have combat effectiveness. As for the city defense soldiers, they are only a little stronger than ordinary township heroes.

"Brothers, let's go on, keep going!"

"Everyone whispered quietly. The group of people just now might be the lord's personal soldiers."

"It's okay. I've stuffed him two taels of silver just now. Since he dares to accept it, he won't report it to us. Let's continue!"

The defenders at this city gate continued to live a drunken and dream and shouted loudly.

Zhu Ji brought more than a dozen Jinyiwei to the northwest city corner, and drank the soldiers patrolling the northwest city corner, and took over their patrol.

Zhu Ji asked someone to raise a torch as a signal.

After a while, torches lit up under the city. Deng Ai, Jiang Wei, Xue Rengui, and Qibian Heli's troops had arrived at the city!

The Xia army began to dig soil into ladders, and then climbed the city with a flying hook.

Zhu Ji controlled the corner of the northwest city, and all this was going on in secret, and no one noticed the Xingyang defenders.

"Widow Chen is still charming, she is in the age of a tiger and wolf, and she is so hungry that she is so thirsty that she has a unique taste."

After indulging in lust, the guard general returned to the city gate and saw a group of subordinates gambling. He was not angry. Anyway, no matter which young master wins money, he will be filial to him with a piece of tea.

"I'm not here for this period, is there any abnormality?"

"General, it's cold and cold, where will there be any trouble? If you insist on saying something is abnormal, a team of soldiers came to ask where the general went."

"That's right, the brothers were going to patrol the northwest corner of the city, but the group of people said that the lord was worried about us and transferred them to the garrison. But it's better for the brothers to keep warm on the city tower than to blow the wind in the corner."

These soldiers said a little bit by bit, and said something happened.

"not good!"

The reason why the guard general could climb to this position was that he followed Li Mi to the battlefield. At this time, he realized that most of the alcoholic smell had retreated, and he was scared and sweated.

"General, what's wrong?"

"Idiot! Those people are not the personal soldiers who were transferred by the lord to change defense, but the enemy soldiers! Follow me to the corner of the northwest city!"

The guard general kicked the group of soldiers who were gambling, and the staggering guard soldiers quickly got up, picked up their weapons, and followed the guard general to the corner of the northwest city.

However, it was too late.

Under the torches of Zhu Ji's Jinyiwei, at least hundreds of Xia army soldiers had already entered the city, and the northwest city corners were filled with Xia army soldiers!

"No, the enemy soldiers have already climbed the city, retreat quickly!"

The guard general saw the firelight shining, and a large number of Xia soldiers climbed the city, their scalps were numb and they were so scared that they were scattered.

A stream of light flashed from the darkness and penetrated the guard's throat accurately!

“Woo woo woo woo…”

The guard's choked screams because the trachea was pierced by a bow and arrow, and his eyes gradually lost their spirit and fell on the cold city wall.

"The general was killed!"
To be continued...