Time turned back a day ago, Xu Rong led his army to the Qiyuan Pass, succeeded in a surprise attack, and captured the Xidamen Yang City of Yuzhou in one fell swoop.

After taking down Yangcheng, Xu Rong's military force did not stop. He sent Li Meng to lead a thousand elite cavalry, crossing the road and heading straight to Yangdi, where the county seat was located.

Li Meng's strange soldiers took advantage of the opportunity of winning the battle and rising morale, and advanced rapidly. In less than half a day, he led the elite cavalry and quickly approached the Yangdi City and began to prepare to attack the garrison outside Yangdi City.

At this time, Kong Yichang, in Yangdi City, was sitting high in the hall to deal with military affairs. Because military affairs have risen recently and military affairs are complicated, Kong Yichang is an elderly person after all. After reading the dense official documents on the bamboo slips, he felt his eyes ache. The official who reported the matter in the hall had already stepped down. Kong Yichang simply put down the bamboo slips in his hand, closed his eyes, and wanted to take a nap.

Just as Kong Yichang was halfway into his dream, his consciousness was blurred, and suddenly there were noisy people outside the hall and his footsteps were messy. The sudden sound scared Kong Yichang, who was confused. He struggled with his arm against the desk and actually swept the inkstone, brush and a pile of bamboo book next to him. Even his wide clothes were dyed black with ink, which looked particularly dazzling.

Kong Yi, who was originally awakened by the noisy sound, was in a bad mood. Now, seeing that his official uniform was covered with ink, he felt even more angry and wanted to scold outsiders loudly.

But before Kong Yichang could speak, the voices of outsiders in the hall were already loudly heard.

"Empression, urgent military information, a large group of Xiliang soldiers were found outside the city!"

"What?"

Kong Yichang didn't react for a while, thinking that he was sleeping dizzy and heard the wrong thing. The person who came was his own job, so Kong Yichang hurriedly asked him to come into the hall and say it again.

"There are a large number of enemy cavalry outside the city, with flags everywhere and dust rolling. The envoy, the Xiliang soldiers have already reached the city!"

"ah?"

When Kong Yichang heard this, he was stunned. He stood up in a hurry, pointed at his own way of doing things, and wanted to give orders, but he was nervous for a moment, and his throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't speak. When he raised his hand, the ink stained on the official robe was still dripping down, but at this time, Kong Yichang's face was already ashen and he had no intention of paying attention to these things.

Don’t be employed to see Kong Yichang unable to speak, and his face looked very ugly. After waking up quickly, he immediately went to find a phlegm bowl and patted Kong Yichang’s back, and then spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm from his throat. Kong Yichang then drank a few more sips of water, and then took a long breath.

"How about the sixth battalion soldiers outside the city?"

Kong Yichang, who came to his senses, quickly asked the troops stationed outside Yangdi City. Over the years, Kong Yichang, the governor of Yuzhou, also announced his joining the Allied Army to fight against Dong in Guandong, not only asked the state soldiers to step up recruitment, but also exercised the governor's power to command troops, recruited soldiers from other counties from other counties to come to Yangdi to meet.

Under the rule of Yuzhou, there were six counties of Yingchuan, Runan, Liang, Chen, Lu and Pei. The majority of soldiers sent by the counties and states were 6,700, and the few were 2,300. The Yangdi City could not accommodate so many soldiers for a while, so Kong Qi asked the soldiers from each county to camp outside Yangdi City. The soldiers from the six counties each established six camps according to the county, and the state soldiers under Kong Qi were stationed in the city.

At this time, Kong Yichang asked about the sixth battalion soldiers outside the city, and was naturally afraid that the soldiers outside the city would be defeated directly, so the Xiliang soldiers who were rushing to attack the city from the east would be able to directly attack the city.

Don't do it and answer:

"The cavalry of the Xiliang soldiers is very fierce. The vanguard took advantage of the lack of troops outside our city and broke through two camps of our army one after another. Fortunately, many soldiers from the Chen County and County were using strong crossbows to defend the enemy and forced the enemy cavalry back. Now the six battalions outside the city have gathered the broken soldiers and shared their voices. They are fighting with the Xiliang cavalry. The situation outside the city has barely stabilized!"

Chen Wang Liu Chong of Chen State was brave and good at using crossbows. He was known to be able to win ten shots. In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turbans were in charge. Many officials in the Chen State left the city to flee. At that time, Liu Chong had thousands of powerful crossbows, so he recruited soldiers from the territory, stationed in Duting, guarding Chen State, and those with ulterior motives in the county and county centers knew his power. No one dared to respond to the Taiping Road uprising, and Chen State was able to save it. Moreover, his prime minister Luo Jun was also a good minister who was responsible for the people's governance. There was a constant stream of people who fled to Chen State, with the number of people reaching tens of thousands.

This time, King Chen Liu Chong of King Chen also responded to Guandong Prefectures and County. He claimed to be the general of the Han Dynasty. While leading troops stationed in Yangxia, the northern border of Chen State, responding to Chenliu's coalition troops, he sent Chen State county soldiers to Yangdi to join Kong Qiong. Most of the soldiers of Chen State were chewing crossbows, and they were very elite. This time, they relied on them to repel the Xiliang cavalry who were studded in the camp.

"Just settle down, that's fine!"

Kong Yi breathed a sigh of relief. If he didn't do anything just now, he was shocked, and almost made him feel that the Xiliang soldiers were about to attack the city. Since the situation outside the city had barely stabilized, the Xiliang soldiers should not dare to attack Yangdi City for the time being.

Don't take the initiative to look at Kong Yichang. Seeing that he had recovered, he knew that the military situation was urgent and could not be ignored for a moment, he quickly said:

"Eunuch, although the situation outside the city is a little calm, the only one who repels the Xiliang soldiers is the vanguard. They are still fighting against each other. I am afraid that the large number of Xiliang soldiers will come soon, so I should make a fuss early at this time!"

“Yes, yes!”

Hearing his own words, Kong Yichang, who woke up, nodded again, and said hurriedly:

"Hurry up, summon all the soldiers and horses in the city, close the gates on all sides, carry the equipment guarding the city, and all the weapons guarding the city are on the front of the city to defend. Also, send people out of the city to tell the soldiers and horses outside the city, and let them stick to the camp and never abandon the camp outside the city. Well, also, quickly gather all the officials in the mansion and go to the hall to discuss strategies to retreat to the enemy!"

After receiving the order, he responded to the promise and ran out of the lobby to pass the order. After a while, the officials in the city were engaged in the rituals and the officials of Gongcao were engaged in the rituals. The officials of each Cao hurriedly gathered in the hall. After everyone knew that the soldiers and horses of Xiliang were at the city, they began to discuss a plan to retreat to the enemy.

Some people believe that morale is the most important in the battle formation. Now the soldiers and horses outside the city have been attacked by the vanguard of the Xiliang soldiers, and their morale is declining. At this time, the soldiers and horses in the city should be sent to join together with the soldiers and horses outside the city to repel the vanguard of the Xiliang soldiers first, and then they can defend the city and defend against the attack of the main force of the Xiliang soldiers.

Some people believe that the troops outside the city have been broken by the Xiliang soldiers. It is the time when morale is depressed, so how can we risk sending troops to fight the fierce Xiliang soldiers in the wild. Once we lose in the battle formation, we may not even be able to defend Yangdi City, so it is best to strengthen the troops on the city and strictly guard against them.

In the past, Kong Yichang sat high in the hall, discussing political affairs with many officials and evaluating people, and talking freely. He also liked the officials to express his opinions and listened to them as both sides. However, today, seeing many officials arguing about the countermeasures of the hostility, Kong Yichang, who was originally frightened, felt even more dull and had a split headache.

Finally, it was a military official who suggested that the situation of the enemy outside the city was still unclear. It is still unclear what the next plan of the Xiliang soldiers was, and it is still unclear whether to fight or defend. It is better to send people to the top of the city first, which is to boost morale at the top of the city, and to observe the situation of the soldiers outside the city with your own eyes, and then everyone can make plans.

This was a compromise and safe way. Kong Yichang, who was upset, had his eyes lit up when he heard the argument in the hall. He immediately asked the driver to engage in the car to prepare for the trip. Then he would go out in person and lead many officials to rush to the city to inspect the situation outside the city.

Don't do the car that was ready for travel, and then Kong Qiong was surrounded by a group of officials and got on the exclusive carriage of the governor, accompanied by many ceremonial vehicles and horses, making a big noise on the street, and hurried to the direction where the city wall was.

For a moment, the people on the streets of Yangdicheng were all paying attention to the rushing chariot frame of the governor, and they were talking about what big things happened. In addition, the city gates were closed and the troops were mobilized, and the shouts of killing outside the city were heard one after another. Many people quickly smelled a sense of danger, and the pedestrians on the street were also in a hurry and rushed home. All kinds of rumors spread like wildfire, and the hearts of the people in the city suddenly fell into panic.

Kong Yichang himself naturally didn't know these things. At this time, he was also anxious and stood panting on the head of Yangdi City, not caring that his official robe had been wet with sweat on his back.

His eyes followed the direction pointed by the fingers of the accompanying servant, and he saw that there were only four of the six camps outside the city. The other two camps were emitting black smoke at this moment, and there were still a little fire in the camp. The brief battle outside the city had stopped. The open space where the two sides had fought was already dead, and the injured war horses fell to the ground and whine, as if they were in the underworld.

The soldiers and horses outside the city guarding the camp near the city wall were mobilized at this time, gathered at the camp gate and fence, unsheathed swords and crossbows, and made a look of being strictly guarded. However, the other two battalions of the other battalions that poured in the camp had not yet completely stabilized, like frightened birds, with a momentum of collapse.

In the distance, many Xiliang cavalry were roaring and running back and forth, showing off their might towards the city and the camp outside the city, and making various provocative actions. Many heads were hung around their horses' necks. From a distance, it looked like a small head of Jingguan was moving, and there were also Qiang and Hu cavalry, who were stained with blood, galloping horses, shooting arrows from afar, and shouting out all kinds of dirty words in Hu language.

Further away, among the dense forests, birds were rising and hovering, and the enemy's flags were looming, as if large groups of soldiers were lying in ambush. And there were bursts of smoke and dust rising from the official road from the east. That was the situation where thousands of troops were rushing forward.

Kong Yichang and the officials around him were shocked when they saw this momentum outside the city. They were either famous men who were not good at military affairs or native people from Central Plains County. Although they had seen some of the Yellow Turban soldiers, how could the messy Yellow Turban soldiers compare with these Qin Hu cavalrymen in the border counties who were extremely fierce and fierce. For a moment, the people on the city's heartbeat quickly accelerated with the sound of horse hooves outside the city.

Kong Yi was a little older and rushed to the top of the city. His hands and feet were already sore. At this time, he was frightened and his legs were weak. He almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he stood beside him, so he didn't take his eyes and quickly. He quickly reached out to support him quickly, and finally did not make a fool of himself in front of everyone.

Seeing that the Xiliang soldiers were so fierce, no one among the officials dared to open the city gate to fight. They all looked at each other and did not dare to speak. Although Kong Yichang was also shocked, he was the governor of a state. He was worried that the war outside the city would deteriorate, but he could not show it in front of everyone. He could only stop on the top of the city in the name of patrolling the city wall defense, so that the soldiers on the city could closely monitor the movements of the Xiliang soldiers outside the city. Whenever there was any movement, they would immediately report it to themselves.

Several small-scale battles occurred one after another outside the city. When the sun was going down the mountain in the evening, many of the officers who accompanied him were already hungry because they were running back and forth, and they were so hungry that they put their chests on their backs. However, the worried Kong Yi had not yet entered the water from afternoon to evening. Where did they dare to make a sound? They could only continue to do so.

After the last ray of sunlight was swallowed by the night, the sound of the horn of the retreat of the Xiliang soldiers finally came outside the city. The many officials at the top of the city were very glad and ran over to congratulate Kong Yi. At this time, the soldiers outside the city finally dared to send scouts to see if the Xiliang soldiers were really retreating.

As soon as the Xiliang soldiers retreated, the news inside the city became smoother again. The scouts sent by the soldiers outside the city soon transmitted the information about the Xiliang soldiers' retreat that they had seen to the city. Kong Yichang was still on the top of the city at this time. Among the ignition lights of the torches on the top of the city, he was holding his weak body, looking at the direction of the Xiliang soldiers' retreat, and secretly praying not to let these evil spirits come here again.

So when he heard the information from the scouts outside the city with his own ears, he screamed in surprise:

"What, with such a huge momentum outside the city, these Xiliang soldiers only have one thousand cavalry?"

Kong Yichang screamed, but no one around him dared to speak out. Everyone lowered their heads in shame. Looking at the deadly city, Kong Yichang felt that his headache was suddenly on and his whole head was about to crack.

He was both annoyed and frightened at this moment. He was annoyed that only one thousand Xiliang soldiers were scared, and tens of thousands of troops inside and outside the city were facing a great enemy. The entire Yangdi City was also worried and panicked. What was shocked was that these Xiliang soldiers were so fierce that if there were ten thousand Xiliang soldiers coming next time, what would he do to resist?

Thinking of this, Kong Yichang's chest, standing on the top of the city, was undulating violently. When the evening breeze with a little bloody smell, his eyes turned black, his throat raked, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and his whole body fell backwards.

"Entertainment, envoy, go and call a doctor!"

Many officials and soldiers surrounded him and shouted, and the city was suddenly in chaos.

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A few days later, Kong Yichang was scared by the Xiliang soldiers on the top of the city. The news that he was already in a critical illness and coma when he returned to the mansion spread wildly and soon spread to the camps of both the enemy and us.

When Dong Zhuo, who lives in Biguiyuan, Luoyang and was commanding the capital relocation matter, he laughed loudly when he received this information. The officials of the prefectures and counties in Guandong were indeed all obsessed with embroidered pillows. Before the war began, he was already scared to death. While he was proud, he also quickly ordered that the enemy in front of Yuzhou was no longer worth worrying about. He only needed another governor to be appointed by the court, and Yuzhou returned to his control. He asked Xu Rong to lead his troops to move to Chenggao and instead guard against the alliance troops gathered in Yanzhou's sour zao.

At the same time, he went north from Changsha and killed the Jiangdong tiger Sun Wentai, who was the governor of Jingzhou, and the prefect of Nanyang, Zhang Zi, and led the strong and unstoppable Jiangdong Circle, the elite soldiers of Huai and Si, and the Ruishen of Jing Chu met with Yuan Shu in Luyang. Yuan Shu was naturally overjoyed by this powerful general who came from heaven and helped the powerful general, and immediately made a promise to report to Sun Jian as the general of defeating the enemy and the governor of Yuzhou.

Therefore, just a few days after Yan Xing led his troops to leave Yangcheng with Xu Rong, Sun Jian led his army to show off his might and drove into Yangdi.
Chapter completed!