The sky turned white, the night faded, the sky became clearer, and the Qinshui River was exposed to its vista more clearly.

The Qinshui source comes from the northeast foot of Taiyue Mountain, and it goes from north to south through the high mountains and ridges of Taiyue Mountain, and turns to the southeast to Qinshui County. It is early summer. The mountains and fields are full of rain and streams, and the Qin River, which is more than a hundred feet wide, isolates the east and west.

The location of Qinshui County is the widest area in the upper reaches of Qinshui River.

However, the widest part of the valley on the west bank of Qinshui River in this section is only seven or eight hundred feet tall; the east bank is much narrower, only one hundred three or four feet wide; the two wings are about ten feet tall, twenty or thirty feet tall, and rolling Pogangqiu Ridge.

Qinshui County is located in the northwest and is built on the mountain and water. The terrain on the north side of the city is the most steep, the slopes on the west side are steep, the Qinshui on the east side are the easiest to the south. The enemy troops who have been besieging Qinshui on the city for more than ten days have mainly stationed the camps in the south of the city.

The Qinshui River Ferry, which connects the post road, was built in the late Eastern Weekly and is about four miles away from the south gate of Qinshui City.

The enemy troops set up a small camp on the west side of the ferry overnight, each with hundreds of soldiers stationed in the southwest.

The Chihu people have always been strict and tyrannical insults against the surrendered army, but whenever they capture a city, they will slaughter and plunder them in large numbers as a supplement, and they will also breed the desire for tyrannical killing of soldiers.

From this scene in front of us, we can see that the most ordinary soldiers in the past will indeed improve their combat effectiveness after being stimulated by the violent and aggressive human nature and being strictly regulated by the strict military discipline.

In the past, it was hard to imagine that the Yunzhou foreign troops in front of them could be so stable after the cavalry troops were easily annihilated.

Yesterday at Qinjingyi, all the rhythm was under the control of the Yiqi Camp, but even so, it was repeatedly pulled on the flank for three or four times before completely breaking the enemy formation. The difficulty was greater than expected, and the casualties of the Yiqi Camp were slightly higher.

"Zhong Yingqiu, the magistrate of Qinshui, met His Highness!"

Qinshui City is built on the mountain and by the water. There are only two city gates in the west and south. There is another long slope outside the west gate.

After losing its main cavalry, the enemy was unable to understand the background of the tomb guarding army. In order to prevent attacks from inside and outside, they voluntarily abandoned the camps built on Changpo outside the west city, and retreated to the banks of the Qinshui River, and re-arranged the defenses based on the ferry.

Qinshui City also released the siege.

Qian Shangduan stayed in the remnants of Weishui Village and led a small number of troops to raise grain and fodder from Pu Jiang and other states to transport them to Taiyue Mountain. Qiao Jien followed King Jing Zhao Tuan and entered Qinshui territory as soon as possible.

In the early morning, Qiao Jien also represented King Jing and brought Hu Yu and others into Qinshui City. At this time, he led officials such as Qinshui County Magistrate Zhong Yingqiu and others to the camp at the Xiling River in the Ferry River to meet King Jing.

Zhong Yingqiu, the magistrate of Qinshui, was less than 40 years old, with thin cheeks and led the soldiers and civilians to defend the city for several days, and his appearance was even more haggard. Although he was a scholar, he was wearing a leather armor, a belt and a long sword. He walked up to salute King Jing Zhao Tuan with joy.

Qiao Jien was so old that he had been in camp for several days. It was already quite difficult to climb the hills and climb the hills now. He was a little staggering, but Zhong Yingqiu was walking steadily, and his haggard face also showed a sense of determination.

When the enemy army was holding troops under Qinshui City, they attacked two rounds first. They saw that it was difficult to get out of the way and then set up camps in the west and south. In recent days, several rounds of offensives were launched, and Qinshui City remained unmoved.

In addition to the relatively steep city of Qinshui, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the main reason is that officials such as Zhong Yingqiu are good at dispatching and the military and civilians in the city are firm in resisting.

There were only more than 300 civilians recruited from Qinjingyi. The camp, which was about four miles away from Qinshui, was still very simple. At present, only a five or six-foot-deep long moat was dug out on the gentle slope on the east side, and obstacles such as horse-resistance and deer antlers were deployed. Behind the moat was a temporary tent.

King Jing Zhao Tuan ignored Qiao Ji'en, Zhang Xin and others' dissuasion, and personally rushed to the front to supervise the battle; Xu Huai also agreed with this.

Regardless of the fact that the enemy will reinforce from Zezhou, Yangcheng and other places at any time, the Yunzhou foreign troops on the west bank of Qinshui are still at a disadvantage in terms of size of the troops, and the Qinshui defenders need to participate in the war.

Neither Xu Huai nor Zhang Xin nor others were enough to make the Qinshui defenders obey orders; only by relying on the reputation of King Jing Zhao Tuan, can we expect the Qinshui defenders to cooperate in combat.

King Jing Zhao Tuan's tent was simple and could not accommodate seven or eight people to sit and discuss matters. Everyone sat directly under an old elm tree in front of the tent, with several benches made overnight, surrounding a sawn low tree stump. Even if everyone sat down, they would hold a military meeting.

First, the Taiyuan City where the Lusi Department was located was besieged. Then, the Chihu East Route Army entered Hehuai after the New Year, and the channel was cut off. Qinshui City was isolated in Taiyue Mountain. Zhong Yingqiu and other Qinshui County officials had not received accurate information from the outside world for four or five months, and they knew that the enemy soldiers were rampant in Hehuai.

Although most of the cities on the two wings of Taiyue Mountain have not yet fallen, thousands of enfeoff soldiers wandered and robbed among the cities. Zhong Yingqiu and the military and civilians of Qinshui have always been in panic.

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Fortunately, Zhong Qingqiu, Qinshui County Magistrate, Chief Corps and other assistants still had the word "conformity" in their hearts. They were not tempted by the enemy soldiers and stood in the tomb guarding army to help.

Seeing Zhong Yingqiu's joyful look, everyone knew that he must have misunderstood that Chihu people were forced to retreat after they were defeated in Hehuai. The soldiers of Dayue went north to chase and defeat, and followed the situation to resolve the siege of Zhucheng in Hedong. They sat down and asked how many soldiers would pass through Qinshui and break into Shangdang Highlands through Qinshui River Valley. He returned to the city and prepared early for the things to reward the generals.

Zhang Xin, Deng Gui and others couldn't speak. Xu Huai sat silently on the side, but Qiao Ji'en laughed and opened the conversation for King Jing Zhao Tuan:

"The enemy soldiers are fierce and stubborn. This time, the flood season has arrived. The rivers have surged, and the rain has destroyed the roads and flooded the four fields. The enemy soldiers are strong with cavalry. The war horses have first entered the Hehuai area and the epidemic is plagued by the disease, so they have to retreat to the north of the Yellow River. Our troops are temporarily unable to compete with each other for victory or defeat. Although our dynasty is in Zhengzhou, Weizhou gathers 200,000 troops, and Jingzhao Prefecture has once again assembled tens of thousands of troops in the west to prepare for the enemy. However, they still sent envoys to negotiate peace in the court. There is still a dispute in the court, but His Highness is thinking that the soldiers and civilians of Hedong have been defending the enemy for several months and have led us to first to resolve the dangers of the soldiers and civilians of Hedong. As for other reinforcements, it may take another ten days and half a month before they can go north."

"Your Highness leads only three or four thousand men?" Zhong Yingqiu asked in a daze.

The northern end of Qinshui City is high above you, and you can see the size of troops entering the river valley on the west bank of Qinshui. The total number is about 3,000 people, and the number is not even as large as that of the foreign soldiers in the besieged city. Not to mention that there are still tens of thousands of enemy soldiers rampant in Ze, Lu and other places east of Taiyue Mountain, and reinforcements are possible at any time.

"The enemy soldiers seem to be crowded in Zelu and other places, but it is not scary at this time."

Deng Gui was delighted when he saw Zhong Yingqiu's face suddenly changed into a worrying face. He knew that he felt very hopeful that the only soldiers were the only ones to reinforce Zelu and other places at this time. He said,

"Not to mention that there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court about to start, as long as the thieves and captives in front of us, it is not enough to resist the edge of our troops. Yesterday, our wing cavalry camp raided Qinjingyi, and the enemy sent thousands of cavalry to reinforce. Zhong Langjun saw how many cavalry fled back? If most of the cavalry sent by the thieves were annihilated by us like we cut melons and chopped vegetables, would they easily give up the camps in the west of Qinshui City and retracted to cross the river to defend?"

"That's right - Ying Qiu is too expecting and too eager to neglect His Highness and the generals!" Zhong Yingqiu apologized.

Although Zhong Yingqiu was a scholar, he used to like poetry, songs and essays more than military writings and military strategies. However, since the Chihu people in the Southern Invasion for several months, he has personally organized the military and civilians of the city to work hard and train and defend, and is a first-hand view of the matter of commanding troops and fighting.

Although he did not see tens of thousands of troops coming, he could also tell what Deng Gui said was true.

On the one hand, he stood at the top of the city yesterday and saw a large number of enemy cavalry advancing westward. However, when the guards of the tomb army occupied the Pogang on the west side of the valley, only a few enemy cavalry escaped back in a panic. Even at the edge of the valley, there were several small-scale battles between the two sides, which were the guards of the tomb army with absolute advantage.

On the other hand, the foreign troops in Yunzhou gave up the siege and camps on the west side, and when they were huddled to the side of the ferry at night, they could also see the guilt and timidity of the enemy.

King Jing Zhao Tuan next introduced many events that happened since the Chihu people invaded the Hehuai River and Huai River and the current more detailed situation to Zhong Yingqiu. After Zhong Yingqiu digested the news, he proposed the next combat plan.

Since Xiao Gan, Yue Hailou, Cao Shili and other troops surrendered to the territory of Zelu and others at this time, there may be reinforcements tonight as soon as possible. Even though considering that the main troops of Xiao Gan and his troops would not be so swift, they could gain more time for them, they would have to defeat the enemy in the west bank valley within two days at the latest and control the West Bank Ferry.

The guards of the tombs had limited troops. In addition to the need for the defenders to directly participate in the offensive, they also needed to recruit a large number of civilians from Qinshui City to participate in the construction of camps outside the city.

On the one hand, this is to paralyze the enemy and mislead them to think that they will not be subjected to fierce attacks in a short period of time. On the other hand, they also need to consider that if the attack fails, they cannot defeat the enemy on the West Bank before the main enemy aid arrives. Can all their troops retreat to Qinshui City?

Qinshui City is small and strong, and the guards of the tombs are in control. Of course, there is no need to be afraid of the enemy's strong attack. But the problem is that the passages entering and leaving Qinshui City were blocked by the enemy's troops, and they were surrounded and could not be fully covered. How long can the food and grass be supported in the city? Or can we expect that after them, there will be a large group of Western Army Jianrui who came to help each other in time to rescue the siege?

Build camps in the southwest of Qinshui City and stationed elite troops to ensure that the western foothills of Taiyue Mountain west of the river valley will not be infiltrated by the enemy. This will not only ensure that the continuous transmission of grain foam will be carried in from the western foothills of Taiyue Mountain and Pujiang and other places, but also ensure that the recruitment of new Jianyong will be short of the troops from these areas, but also that when the situation is in the most unfavorable situation, they can also evacuate and evacuate into the western foothills of Taiyue Mountain in time instead of trapping Qinshui City.
Chapter completed!