The Fengxiang army attacked Xingzhou besieged Shunzheng County and failed to surrender, so they launched a fierce siege.

The 25,000 Sichuan Army defended the city and fought bravely and bloody in an orderly manner.

After ten days of fierce fighting, the Fengxiang Army lost nearly 10,000 yuan, and the Southern Sichuan Army was not as strong as the combat effectiveness, which also lost more than 6,000 yuan.

Li Ziqi inspected the city wall with a solemn face and steady steps, and nodded to the soldiers guarding the city from time to time.

After many days of bloody battles, the soldiers were exhausted. Most of them participated in the war for the first time. They were inevitably afraid. Some couldn't help but ask boldly when the cavalry would come to help.

Li Ziqi replied: "The Fengxiang Army attacked Longyou, and Xingzhou was only one of the battlefields. The cavalry had already gone to Longyou to fight against the cavalry of the Fengxiang Army. Although there were no cavalry, the Jiedushi would definitely reinforce Xingzhou.

The Fengxiang Army suffered huge losses in the siege of the city. It was a big fight, and then it declined again. It was exhausted three times, and it was impossible to attack the city for a long time."

The Fengxiang Army's offensive was indeed in one go, and then declined and exhausted three times.

The leading coach is Li Jilin, the adopted son of Li Maozhen.

Because Li Maozhen was furious and killed a lot, the generals of Fengxiang Army were afraid, and Li Jilin led his troops to fight and was eager to make contributions.

Unfortunately, things went against my wishes. I attacked the city at all costs, but even though I lost thousands of soldiers, I failed to capture the city.

The morale of the Fengxiang Army was frustrated, and many generals and officials suggested not to attack again.

Li Jilin fell into a dilemma and had to adopt a moderate strategy, siege, and occasionally feint attacks and real attacks, and the two armies fell into a tug-of-war of confrontation.

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Yuanzhou, the former remnants of Xiasuijie, colluded with some Dangxiang people in Longyou and led more than 10,000 troops to break through the Longshan defense line.

The Dangxiang Army joined forces with tens of thousands of troops and rushed towards Huining County, Huizhou where Zeng Hao was guarding.

When Zeng Hao heard the news, he reduced his troops and retreated to the city, and reported military information to Lingzhou, Lanzhou and Liangzhou for help.

Huining County was supported by Wei Fufeng's property. Although the city wall built by rammed earth had no concave and convex walls, it also had defensive functions.

Dangxiang's military forces besieged Huining City and launched a siege. The city defenders were only 5,000. Faced with the attack of tens of thousands of Dangxiang's military forces, they tenaciously resisted the bloody battle.

There were twelve attacks in five days, and corpses were everywhere inside and outside the city, and bloody and pungent. Both sides suffered heavy casualties and were killed and killed. The killing was red-eyed and he was still alive.

Because more than half of the casualties were killed or injured, the morale of the army in the city was on the verge of collapse.

Zeng Hao stood on the city wall, looking bitterly outside the city. The endless tents meant a huge gap in the strength of our enemy and us.

Zeng Hao regretted it in his heart, but he made a wrong decision because he couldn't bear to leave this city built by himself.

Woo! The horn sounded long and heavy.

Zeng Hao's heart trembled, and then his eyes showed ruthlessness, and his unyielding fighting spirit overwhelmed everything. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers, regardless of whether they were afraid or not, could only grit their teeth and hold weapons, waiting for the enemy's attack.

Dangxiang's military strength was running towards him like a herd of cattle, carrying dozens of cloud ladders and waving long swords.

Thousands of archers shot at the head of the city, holding various armors on the head of the city to resist the rain of arrows, screams one after another.

Dangxiang's military force rushed to the city and raised a ladder.

The military forces on the city wall threw down all kinds of items to attack, and the enemy brave men quickly climbed the ladder, watching a hand-to-hand fight on the top of the city happen again.

Suddenly, the sound of the rumbling horses rushing came.

Zeng Hao's eyes suddenly opened wide, and in the distance, he saw hundreds of cavalry rushing into the military camp of the Dangxiang people. Soon the fireworks rose and the tents of the enemy camp were ignited.

"Left Wing Capital." Zeng Hao shouted in surprise. The Left Wing Capital passed Huizhou and went to Liangzhou by Ulan Ferry. He also entertained the Left Wing Capital.

The rear was attacked, and the Dangxiang military offensive was immediately stopped and they all looked back.

Zeng Hao stood high and saw hundreds of cavalry waving long swords, traversing the enemy camp and setting fire to kill. The charge route was arc-shaped, as if a strong wind blew across the enemy camp, and after killing and setting fire, they fled far away.

The cavalry of the Dangxiang military force gathered to pursue them. Hundreds of cavalry who walked away gathered their knives and picked up their crossbows, and turned back to look at the moon and fired one after another.

A group of dozens of Dangxiang cavalry fell off the horse, and then another group of Dangxiang cavalry caught off guard, and hundreds of them died under a group of crossbow arrows.

Suddenly, two hundred cavalrymen turned their horses to retaliate.

Because hundreds of deaths were suddenly killed, the other Dangxiang cavalry were horrified and instinctively slowed down their horses and watched the enemy recoil.

The cavalrymen who were revolving around, one by one, caught the reins of the horses that had lost their masters, and one by one took away a horse and ran away.

The Dangxiang cavalry, who reacted, was furious and bent their bows. Unexpectedly, a fierce crossbow arrow flew into the air. Nearly a hundred Dangxiang cavalry screamed.

Hundreds of cavalry raided far away, and Dangxiang cavalry gathered more and more, and thousands of cavalry were hunted down, but they were massacred when they looked back at the moon.

The Dangxiang cavalry's bows and arrows could not reach the enemy at all, and the enemy's shooting was accurate and fierce. They chased them all the way, and five or six hundred Dangxiang cavalry were injured and killed.

After chasing for dozens of miles, the Dangxiang cavalry finally gave up.

This battle came too suddenly. After counting, Dangxiang's military strength was lost by nearly 2,000, but no enemy was left behind.

The consequences of this disadvantage have caused serious setbacks in the morale of the Party and the Army.

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Hundreds of cavalry fled far away and entered a hill, and hundreds of soldiers emerged from the grass and trees.

The cavalry dismounted one after another, and a bearded general shouted loudly: "It's so fuckingly."

The other cavalry were also talking, and several generals walked quickly.

The soldiers emerging from the hills came over and walked over to the generals and the cavalry to comfort and take care of the war horses. The scene was chaotic but full of joy.

Zhang Ji stood behind, with more than a dozen guards beside him.

The cavalry officers walked quickly to Zhang Ji, saluted respectfully, and reported the results of this battle.

Finally, the bearded general said happily: "Sir, if we harvest two hundred war horses this time, our combat power will inevitably increase greatly."

Zhang Ji smiled and nodded, saying, "I am satisfied with the results of this battle. The next step is to harass the enemy. Do not seek to kill the enemy, and do not greed for profit. The purpose is to restrain the enemy and reduce the pressure on the defenders."

The generals nodded one after another, believing in Zhang Ji's command.

Zhang Ji said again: "Again, you must remember that our advantage is a surprise attack. The most taboo is to fall into the enemy's camp. We will harass you for a few days and wait until the reinforcements in Lingzhou arrive and we will leave."

"Sir, if the reinforcements in Lingzhou arrive, wouldn't it be easier for us to cooperate?" asked a general.

Zhang Ji explained: "I said that our advantage is a surprise attack. If we participate in a large army confrontation, we must not evacuate at will, otherwise it will shake the morale of the army and cause a defeat."

The generals nodded, and Zhang Ji said again: "This time we can kill the enemy and win, mainly because of unexpected strategies. In addition, we have more important tasks to switch to the battle and continue to surprise attack the Fengxiang army. Thirty thousand Fengxiang army sent troops to Qinzhou, and we attacked them."

The generals nodded, and Zhang Ji said again: "You must be clear that the surprise attack is to undermine Fengxiang's morale and thus affect the support of the Dangxiang tribe. Many Dangxiang tribes are on the lookout. Our purpose is to let the neutral Dangxiang tribe continue to watch."

The generals nodded, and Zhang Ji smiled again: "The military strategy is said to be virtual and solid. When the reinforcements in Lingzhou arrive, we will leave, and the Dangxiang Army must be wary of it at all times, which is no less than participating in the war directly."

The generals nodded convincedly, and Zhang Ji asked them to rest and prepare to go to the battle.

Zhang Ji sent three letters to Lanzhou, one to Liangzhou, and one to Lingzhou reinforcements.

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The next day, Xia Suijieduo launched another siege battle, but the defenders who received support were greatly motivated and resisted tenaciously.

As soon as the city was attacking, horse hooves rushing again appeared in the distance.

This time, the Dangxiang Army was prepared and dispatched cavalry to fight.

Seeing hundreds of cavalry coming from the west, thousands of Dangxiang cavalry waved their long swords and howled to fight. They didn't want to get hundreds of meters away. The enemy suddenly retreated in a circle, and still looked back at the moon's crossbow arrows to greet them.

However, Dangxiang people are good at horse fighting and are well prepared, so not many of them were shot this time.

Thousands of cavalry chased after them bravely and chased for more than ten miles in one go. The riding skills of the left wing were not bad. They ran on horses without any worries and finally got rid of the pursuit.

The siege continued, and shortly after thousands of Dangxiang cavalry left, rumbling horse hooves came from the east.

Hundreds of cavalry attacked, and the Dangxiang Army was forced to divide its troops to fight. The siege was immediately affected and the subsequent strength was no longer sustainable.

As hundreds of left wings approached the enemy camp, they evacuated in circles and evacuated, causing the killing Dangxiang Army to watch and curse.

Unexpectedly, the evacuated left wing turned back, and only after a rain of arrows really flew far away.

Subsequently, the Dangxiang Army took a small team to swim.

The consequences were even worse. The team that went out could hardly come back and lost another hundred war horses.

The Xiasui Jiedushi re-arranged, half of the military forces were preventing the city, and half of the military forces were attacking the city, which indeed curbed the attack of the left wing capital.

In fact, Zhang Ji had already led the left wing to leave decisively and went south to attack 30,000 Fengxiang troops.

Surprise attacks are about accidental. If the enemy is guarded against, surprise attacks cannot achieve success are the second priority. The most feared thing that is surrounded by those who fall into the trap.

Due to the support and harassment of the left wing capital and the arrival of the reinforcements in Lingzhou, the morale of the soldiers guarding the city was greatly improved. After two days of bloody battle, Lingzhou's 20,000 troops arrived, including two thousand cavalry.

The arrival of Lingzhou reinforcements commander adopted the suggestion of the "Transportation Envoy", occupied the favorable terrain, and built camps with the Yellow River back, causing people to spread the news that the 20,000 troops in Liangzhou would meet.

Upon hearing the news, the Dangxiang Army immediately gave up the siege and turned to attack reinforcements.

Reinforcements formed camps to resist, and the two sides fell into a war. Three wars a day, the reinforcements successfully defended, but there were thousands of casualties, and the two armies faced off.

When it was dark, ten thousand Lingzhou reinforcements went to Huizhou City and entered the city.

The reinforcements who were leaning against the Yellow River gave up the camp and stayed away at night, becoming the mobile combat power that echoed the periphery.

Zhang Ji's suggestion that the city will not be lost, which means undefeated. Just keeping the Dangxiang Army in order to restrain the Dangxiang Army from going to Lanzhou is a great achievement.

Zhang Ji led the left wing capital to the south, and the 800 left wing capital cavalry were already worthy of their reputation, but there were only four hundred crossbows, more than two hundred bows and arrows, and hundreds of baggage troops.

Baggage supply is indispensable, taking into account the substitute cavalry.

The 30,000 Fengxiang Army left Qinzhou to fight westward, in fact, half a month later than the Dangxiang Army's attack.

The military plan was that the Dangxiang Army captured Huizhou, the Fengxiang Army captured Weizhou, and finally joined forces to attack Lanzhou, and then the Dangxiang people were ruled by Longyou.

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