The enemy army had already reached two hundred steps away and was about to open the city at this time, but the winch was stuck. Zhou Fei immediately ordered: "Cut off the iron chain!"
The soldiers wielded their axes and cut off two iron chains, and the heavy suspension bridge suddenly fell. At the same time, two soldiers directly pulled the iron chains and lifted up the seven-foot-long iron pestle.
They only have the last step left, "Pick up the shield and follow me!"
Zhou Fei jumped towards the corridor. The soldiers picked up their shields one after another and followed the general and ran towards the city. As soon as they arrived at the city, they saw the opponent with bows and arrows shooting towards them. The soldiers raised their shields to meet them. Nine soldiers formed
A shield wall.
Zhou Fei took off the door bolt and opened the city gate. He saw the cavalry throwing away their torches, jumping onto the suspension bridge and charging into the city. He turned around and shouted: "Get out of the way!"
More than a dozen soldiers dodged to avoid it. At this time, Li Zhongzheng led 500 troops to cover up the city gate. He was only 30 steps away, but he saw the Jin army originally blocking the city gate dodged to the side and exposed himself.
The dark city gate.
Just when Li Zhong was stunned, a dozen cavalrymen suddenly rushed in from outside the dark city gate, rushing in like lightning. The forward Zheng Yannian took the lead with a big sword in his hand.
Li Zhong was shocked, turned around and ran away. A cold arrow shot out, hitting his neck immediately. Li Zhong fell from his horse. Dozens of steps away, Zhou Fei stopped coldly.
The crossbow was fired.
The cavalry rushed into the city like a flood that broke a dike. The five hundred soldiers could not outrun the cavalry, and they all knelt down and begged for mercy. Zhou Fei was worried about Beicheng, so he borrowed a dozen horses and rode towards Beicheng with his men.
At this time, fighting also broke out outside Beicheng. Li Bing led his army to surround the two thousand soldiers waiting outside Beicheng. The fierce battle ended after less than a cup of tea. Lieutenant General Ma Hong knew that the situation was over, so he ordered to lay down his weapons and surrender.
The north city gate opened, and Li Bing led the army into the city. He happened to meet Zhou Fei, who was riding towards him. Zhou Fei got off his horse, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See you, general!"
Li Bing quickly helped him up and said apologetically: "This time I ignored the weather, which caused the army to be discovered by the enemy in advance. Thank you for standing up at the critical moment, otherwise we would have been in big trouble."
Zhou Fei cupped his fists and said with a smile: "It's not too much trouble. If it doesn't work, just use iron fire thunder to blow open the city gate. It's the same."
Li Bing smiled bitterly and said: "I led an army of 20,000 to fight against 5,000 enemies, and there was a famous scout general like you. In the end, I actually used iron fire thunder to blow up the city gate. I didn't even have the shame to go see the King of Jin."
Zhou Fei secretly shook his head. Iron fire thunder was originally the best siege weapon. Since His Highness King Jin restricted the use of iron fire thunder, famous generals such as Li Bing, Yao Jin, Kang Bao and Pei Xin were no longer willing to use iron fire thunder easily.
I was afraid that I would be laughed at for using Iron Fire Thunder.
At this time, Zheng Yannian also stepped forward and clasped his fists and said: "General, the enemy general saw our cavalry approaching and fled eastward in panic. Let the general decide whether we need to pursue him!"
Zhou Fei suddenly remembered something and said quickly: "We can't let them escape. This is related to whether we can successfully capture Yanzhou and Yizhou."
Li Bing quickly asked: "How do you say this?"
"Michigan Governor Shi Wang Jinhua told me that Zhu Si issued a strict order that as long as Miszhou asks for help, the troops from Yanzhou and Yizhou must come to rescue!"
Li Bing's eyes lit up, this is indeed an opportunity!
He asked again: "Contact the other party like this?"
"There is an eagle tower in the military camp, and the communication is through the letter eagle, because the letter cannot be sent until dawn. This matter is not urgent, but the enemy must not be allowed to escape."
"But the enemy troops have fled west, how can they contact Yanzhou and Yizhou?"
"According to what I know, Xinying is also connected to Gaomi County. They must have fled to Gaomi County!"
Li Bing nodded and said to Zheng Yannian: "You can lead 10,000 cavalry to pursue the enemy and be sure to annihilate them all!"
"I humbly obey my orders!"
Zheng Yannian immediately mobilized his troops and led 10,000 cavalry out of the city to chase east. Under the guidance of his guide, he divided his troops into three groups to outflank the fleeing enemy troops.
A curfew has been implemented in the city, and the fleeing soldiers came to surrender one after another. At this time, the governor Zhao Ban hurried over with several officials, bowing and saying: "I am the governor of Mizhou Zhao Ban. Welcome the Jin army!"
Li Bing waved his hand and ordered: "Take it!"
Several soldiers rushed forward and pushed Zhao Ban down. Zhao Ban was shocked and shouted: "I am not guilty!"
Li Bingbing snorted coldly, "You are so innocent, do you think we are fools? You helped Zhu Si open up salt fields, recruit salt workers, and tried your best to help him transport salt. Now that Zhu Si's army has collapsed, you should run away.
, do you think you can escape the reckoning by pretending to welcome me?"
Zhao Ban suddenly turned pale and said anxiously: "I am protecting the people, not loyal to Zhu Si!"
Li Bing shook his head, "You don't need to explain, I won't kill you. You go and explain to His Highness Prince Jin!"
Li Bing waved his hand, and the soldiers took Zhao Ban down. Li Bing glanced at several trembling officials and said, "Is Chang Shi Wang Jinhua here?"
Wang Jinhua stepped forward quickly and said, "I'm here!"
Li Bing said: "From now on, you will be the acting governor of Mizhou. Help me stabilize the situation in Mizhou!"
Wang Jinhua was overjoyed and quickly bowed and said: "I will definitely try my best!"
At dawn, Zheng Yannian returned with nearly 2,000 deserters. Dou Qiang originally wanted to withdraw his troops to Gaomi County to wait for reinforcements from the two states, but the infantry was not fast and they were overtaken by pursuers after only 30 miles. Ten thousand Jin cavalry followed them.
During the interception, Dou Qiang was killed by random arrows during the breakout, and the other soldiers surrendered.
Zheng Yannian said to Li Bing: "There is another important piece of information. While Dou Qiang was retreating, he also sent people to the salt field to notify the five thousand troops to withdraw to Gaomi County. It is estimated that the five thousand troops in the salt field will retreat soon!"
Li Bing and Zhou Fei looked at each other, and both of them thought of a plan to annihilate the five thousand troops.
...........
In fact, Li Bing had made arrangements in advance on how to annihilate the five thousand troops in the salt field. Yang Meng led 20,000 troops to board the ship from Jimo County, Laizhou, and arrived at the salt field along the coast. There is a natural harbor in Huangshui Bay to the west of the salt field.
The army disembarked from there and surrounded the five thousand army. However, the battlefield was changing rapidly. Xue Qiang actually sent someone to notify the five thousand army to withdraw to Gaomi County, which would inevitably make Yang Mi's army empty-handed.
Li Bing immediately made adjustments. He sent letters asking for help to Yizhou and Yanzhou every other day, and then sent people to Huangshui Bay to notify Yang Meng, allowing the fleet to continue south to Haizhou, land in Haizhou, and attack Linyi County in Yizhou.
, he himself accurately calculated the time and led 10,000 cavalry to the east.
It is about two hundred miles from the seaside salt field to Gaomi County. The commander-in-chief of Zhu Si's army is called Tang Xize. He is from Yingzhou and is about forty years old. Like the commander Dou Qiang, he was a general of the Tang army. The informant said that the Jin army was attacking.
He was also quite nervous. Gaomi County was only a small county, and it was really hard to say whether he could hold out until reinforcements arrived. But Tang Xize had no choice. He could only obey the order and withdraw to Gaomi County first, and then discuss countermeasures with Dou Qiang.
Under the leadership of Tang Xize, the five thousand troops marched quickly northeast. There was an official road from the seaside to Gaomi County. Although it was relatively dilapidated, the march was still very convenient if there was no baggage.
The army marched all the way north. The terrain in this area was hilly and there were many mountain roads. Despite this, Tang Xize was still very cautious. He knew that the opponents were all cavalry, so he tried to march on mountain roads. If he encountered an open area, he did not stop and speeded through.
The army traveled safely and safely.
Two days later, the army arrived at Hutou Mountain. Hutou Mountain was named because it resembled a tiger's head. For the marching army, it was a road sign. Seeing it meant that it was not far from Gaomi County, thirty miles at most.
, the soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief, and even Tang Xize felt that he was worrying too much.
It was now morning, and Tang Xize ordered the march to speed up in order to reach Gaomi County in the afternoon.
The army rushed all the way, not even bothering to eat lunch, and finally arrived in Gaomi County in the early afternoon.
Gaomi County can only be regarded as a small county. A war broke out here during the Anshi Rebellion. The entire county was abandoned. The surrounding people moved to Laizhou or Zhucheng County. In addition, Li Zhengji and his son brutally exploited the farmers.
Gaomi County is still in a bleak state after decades, and its population has never recovered. Except for the area around the county seat, there is almost no human habitation in the distance.
But when the army came to Gaomi County, everyone was chilled. The city was densely packed with defenders, and the Jin army's red-bottomed black dragon flag was planted on the city. The high city walls and closed city gates made Zhu Si's army insurmountable.
obstacles to overcome.
The five thousand soldiers were at a loss, and the generals were panicking. They had to walk for more than three days to the nearest county town, but they had no dry food. Should they turn back?
Countless pairs of eyes looked at the general Tang Xize, and Tang Xize's mind went blank. This was a result he never expected. He didn't meet the Jin army on the road, so he thought he was at ease. Unexpectedly, the Jin army was waiting for him here.
Woolen cloth!
What to do? Attack, they have no siege weapons, retreat, they have no food, Tang Xize suddenly fell into a dilemma.