The last time he attacked Xiangcheng, because King Yu had insufficient estimates of the strength of the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry, and he was not prepared to be able to reach Xiangcheng so quickly, so Pingzhou was so easy to defeat.

But this time it was different. Knowing the strength of the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry, Yuanling County dared to do this, obviously preparing to fight the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry. Although Mo Zizai didn't know where Yuanling County had such strong confidence, the lion also used all his strength to fight the rabbit, so Mo Zizai directly took more than half of the 20,000 imperial troops away, leaving only 3,000 people to guard Pingzhou.

"Prince, there are three routes to attack Yuanling County."

In the central army tent, Yang Yanzhang expanded the map and pointed to the three cities on the map and explained to Mo Zizai: "These three roads need to pass through Yaocheng, Linqiancheng, and Zhaoyuancheng."

"Of these three cities, Zhaoyuan City is the largest city, with the most troops stationed, and is also closest to us."

"oh."

Mo Zizai took a look at the three routes. Except for the route of Zhaoyuancheng, the other two routes were not close to each other, so he pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Which route do you think is better for us?"

"Zhaoyuancheng!"

Yang Yanzhang put his finger on Zhaoyuan City, and then explained: "Take the nearest route, issue Zhaoyuan City, and go straight to Yining."

"Our trip is to suppress the rebellion. As long as we defeat the county town of Yuanling County, Yining, we will naturally surrender without fighting."

“Take the closest route?”

Mo Zizai nodded, then turned to look at Han Qu. This time he attacked Yuanling County. In case of precaution, Mo Zizai specially summoned Han Qu from the capital. So after hearing Yang Yanzhang's opinion, he asked Han Qu again and said, "General Han, what do you mean?"

"The last general also believed that he should march from Zhaoyuancheng, and there are two reasons."

Han Qu said, "First, it is what General Han just said, "Traveling to the far city is the fastest and most convenient, while the second is because of the food and grass problem."

"It is no exaggeration to say that the strength of the Yuzhi Army is invincible in the world, but food and supplies are a big problem."

"Our army now only has 30,000 civilians recruited from Pingzhou to escort food and grass for the army. If we use troops from Yaocheng and Linqian City, we must also divide some of the troops to restrain Zhaoyuancheng. Otherwise, Zhaoyuancheng will have many troops. If we send troops to cut off our army's food and grass, our army's supply will have major problems."

"So I think instead of separating the troops to restrain Zhaoyuancheng, it is better to start directly from Zhaoyuancheng and take the imperial edict to prevent future troubles."

Seeing that the two commanders under his command proposed to attack Zhaoyuancheng first, Mo Zizai naturally would not object. He nodded and made a decision directly: "Okay, then start with Zhaoyuancheng first!"

The Yuzhi Army had a total of 20,000 troops, of which Yang Yanzhang led 5,000 Red Flame Dragon Cavalry, and Han Qu led 10,000 troops composed of the original border army and the Yulin Army. As for the remaining five thousand people, Mo Zizai led it.

However, Mo Zi said that it was five thousand imperial troops, but strictly speaking it should be seven thousand troops, because in addition to the five thousand imperial troops, his subordinates also had two thousand criminal camps commanded by Chen Jiu, which were also placed under his command.

Since Chen Jiuyang had good care of the wounded soldiers and killed the priest, Mo Zizai directly handed over the two thousand sin camps to his hands. In Mo Zizai's plan, these two thousand sin camps were specially used to fight tough battles.

After all, my own direct troops are reluctant to be injured, so how can these guilty people still be reluctant to use them?

With sufficient food and grass supply, the army led by Mo Zizai and the other two soon came to the city and headed towards Zhaoyuan.

...

The garrison of Zhao Yuancheng was named Xing Jun, and he was also from Situ Yao's group. He was originally a county magistrate in the city, but after Hu Ming took control of Yuanling County, he cut off the county magistrate without saying a word, and then directly held all the power of Zhao Yuancheng in his hands.

At this moment, he was standing at the top of the city, looking at the Yuzhi army camping under the city, deep worries flashed through his eyebrows.

Although there were 30,000 troops in Zhaoyuan City and they were still defending the city, he should have an absolute advantage, but every time he thought of the Red Flame Dragon Knight's record, he felt a deep sense of insecurity, fearing that the Red Flame Dragon Knight would attack again at night and take him away Zhaoyuan City.

"Mr. Xing, the Yuzhi army is strong and will definitely not beware of us taking the initiative."

Deng Yu, the guard standing by, looked at Xing Jun's worried expression, couldn't help but move, and spoke up and said, "Why would you rather take the lead and rush to kill them for a while when they are not stable?"

"Even if you can't kill too many people, it's good to slash their aura."

"Take the initiative?"

Xing Jun was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded subconsciously. It seems that it is not impossible to take the initiative. The victory or defeat on the battlefield is not all about strength, but more about the control of timing.

As Deng Yu said at this time, the Yuzhi army was just a new arrival, and there was such a strong Red Flame Dragon Cavalry. He would definitely not have expected that he would dare to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight. If he could really catch them off guard, no matter what the result of the battle would definitely boost the morale in the city.

Thinking of this, Xing Jun couldn't help but feel a little moved. He stood by the city wall and observed carefully for a while. After confirming that the Yuzhi Army was not prepared, he took out a talisman and whispered to Deng Yu: "I will give you two thousand elite soldiers. If you attack from the main gate, I will observe the movements under the city wall at any time."

"If their army gathers together, I will immediately beat the ball. Then you must not fight and you must retreat as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, Sir, the Red Flame Dragon Knight is so powerful that I will definitely not mislead the situation."

Deng Yu took the order, clasped his fists and bowed, and said, "Please wait for good news, and the final result will definitely bring good news."

Xing Jun looked at Deng Yu's back as he took the order talisman to summon soldiers, and felt a little relieved. Deng Yu had been following him for many years, so he would be relieved if he took action.

As long as Deng Yu can successfully attack, no matter what the result is, he will greatly boost his morale.

After all, the Red Flame Dragon Knight is so famous that even when facing this cavalry, I feel stressed, let alone others. So if I can break the myth of the Red Flame Dragon Knight, then my defense will be much easier.

Just as Xing Jun was thinking, Deng Yu had already summoned the soldiers. As the gate of Zhaoyuan City opened, Deng Yu led two thousand elite soldiers to directly attack the Yuzhi army who was still camping.

"When attacking the strong with weak, and unexpectedly, the guards in the city are not bad."

Just as Deng Yu led his troops out, Mo Zizai and Yang Yanzhang were standing in front of the central army's camp, looking calmly at the two thousand soldiers who came out without any turbulence, as if they had expected it.

"I thought it's not bad, but he underestimated the strength of the Yuzhi Army."

Han Qu looked at Deng Yu, who was in charge of the leader coldly, and couldn't help but shake his head. He and Yang Yanzhang, one of whom was the apprentice of the military god Mo Congyi, and the other was struggling and struggling from the northern battlefield to the garrison. How could he have thought that Xing Jun would take the initiative to attack?

Thinking that Xing Jun would take the initiative and act like such an unprepared appearance, there was no doubt that the two were fishing in order to lure Xing Jun to send troops out of the city to fight.

"What a pity, there are only two thousand people."

Mo Zizai looked a little regretful, then waved at the messenger. As the messenger's flag changed, the seemingly unprepared Yuzhi Army directly broke out a team of about a thousand cavalry and headed straight for Deng Yu.

"Not good, I've been trapped!"

Seeing that Deng Yu was about to reach the camp of the Yuzhi Army, a team of cavalry came out of the Yuzhi Army, which immediately changed Xing Jun's face, "Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and let Deng Yu retreat quickly!"

"Bang~bang~bang~bang~"

Deng Yu was rushing forward with his head down, and was about to reach the camp of the Yuzhi Army. Suddenly, he heard the sound of Mingjin coming from the city tower. He couldn't help but wonder, why did he start Mingjin before he could fight?

But he followed Xing Jun for many years and learned that Xing Jun was not a messy person, so he guessed that something happened, so he stopped rushing to the rush without any hesitation and prepared to turn the formation and enter the city again.

Deng Yu's reaction speed was very fast, but he was rushing too far forward, and it was not easy to turn around for two thousand troops, so before his army's formation was adjusted, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind him.

When he looked back, his soul suddenly appeared, and a team of cavalry covered in heavy armor were only coming towards them.

"It's the Red Flame Dragon Rider!!!"

The name of this cavalry flashed in Deng Yu's heart instantly. Then he did not hesitate at all and directly ran forward with all his strength, without even caring about his team.

As a general of Zhaoyuan City, Deng Yu was still very strong. With all his strength, he instantly surpassed many soldiers and ran to the middle of the team after a while.

And as he left, the Red Flame Dragon Knight also rushed to the end of his team.

With the cultivation level of the Bone Forging Realm, these soldiers who were fleeing were almost killed by the Red Flame Dragon Knight with one knife, and they had no ability to fight back at all.

It's just strange that the Red Flame Dragon Knights had the strength to defeat this army in an instant, but they did not do so. Instead, they could maintain their horse speed and chase after them slowly, as if they were deliberately driving them away.

Seeing that Deng Yu and the others were about to run to the city gate, another general under Xing Jun, Liang Ming, quickly said, "Sir, open the city gate and put Deng Yu and the others in."

“Things are a little bit wrong.”

Xing Jun saw something wrong, looked at the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry with a gloomy expression, and said, "They can clearly wipe out Deng Yu and the others, but they still follow behind and don't do anything. It's probably just to enter the city when the city gate is opened, and the city gate cannot be opened."

"How is that possible?"

Liang Ming was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief: "There are only about one thousand people, and there are archers on the city wall. How dare they get close?"

"I don't know, but the city gate cannot be opened."

Xing Jun shook his head. He couldn't figure out where the thousand Red Flame Dragon Cavalry got the confidence to hit the city gate, but he knew that the city gate could not be opened. If these thousand cavalry could really kill in, Zhaoyuan City might be broken in an instant.

"grown ups……"

Liang Ming wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Xingjun, "Okay, don't say anything anymore. Let's see the situation first and decide whether to open the city gate."

After hearing what Xing Jun said, Liang Ming knew that Xing Jun had decided, so he stopped saying anything.

At this moment, Deng Yu and his friends who ran to the city wall found that the city gate was not open. They couldn't help but feel a little panicked and opened their mouths to shout loudly on the city wall: "Sir, open the city gate quickly!!!"

Seeing that the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry was about to chase after him, more and more soldiers gathered under the city gate, but there was no reaction on the city wall. Deng Yu instantly understood Xing Jun’s plan. He gritted his teeth and said no more. Instead, he shouted at the soldiers beside him: "Brothers, don’t be confused, resist the wall and guard. There are archers on the top of the city, and they dare not kill him."

"As long as they retreat, the city gate will naturally open!"

Although Deng Yu's idea was good, the soldiers at this time were already killed by the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry. At this time, there was chaos. Some people even waved their swords to kill the robes that were blocking their faces in order to get closer to the city gate.

The commander of the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry who was responsible for pursuing this group of people was Zheng Anmin. Seeing that Zhaoyuan City showed no sign of opening the city gate, he couldn't help but frown slightly, then raised his right hand and let all the thousands of Red Flame Dragon Cavalry stop outside the range of Zhaoyuan City archers and stop chasing.

"Wei Shou, what should I do? Do you want to continue chasing you?"

Seeing that Zheng Anming stopped, a red-flame dragon rode his horse and asked Zheng Anmin.

"Don't worry."

Zheng Anmin looked up at the wall of Zhaoyuan City, and then said lightly: "Let's wait here for a while to see if these people can call them to open the city gate. If not, rush up and kill them."

The reason why the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry sent out one thousand of them was to make the guards of Zhaoyuan City feel lucky. Once they felt that these thousand people were not worth worrying about and opened the city gate, Zhaoyuan City could be taken down today.

Now, it depends on whether the guards of Zhaoyuan City are cautious enough.

Just as Zheng Anmin was waiting, these silenced soldiers had almost run to the area of ​​the city gate. Looking at the closed city gate, these people first begged Xing Jun to open the city gate. After the begging failed, they began to curse, allowing Deng Yu to stop it, but they had no effect at all.

However, no matter how much they make trouble below, they seemed to have not heard of the execution on the city wall and refused to open the city gate.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the remaining soldiers under the city were scolding him a little tired, but Zhao Yuancheng still had no intention of opening the city gate. Zheng Anmin couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I didn't expect that the guards of Zhao Yuancheng were really cautious. It seems that they couldn't open the city gate."

"Since that's the case, it's useless to keep them. After killing them, you'll return to the camp."

"Here!"
Chapter completed!