Three days later, at night, the soldiers at the head of Ying County observed that there seemed to be a commotion behind the Wei army.

The Wei army was numerous and the camp was more than ten miles in a radius. If there was fire in the north of the camp, soldiers would continue to be dispatched from the south to the north...

When Xiao Qi heard the news, he was very excited: "Could it be that Jia Fu came to attack the Wei camp as promised?"

After he hurriedly reported to Feng Yi, the cautious general of the Western Expedition hesitated again: "I haven't received a reply from Jia Fu yet. Is this really attacked or Cen Peng's trick? Is it difficult to tell if it's going to lure me into the battle?"

However, Qingqi was not patient: "General, Jia Fu is separated from us by Wei army. He must detour Yiling and then take the water route to contact us. This round trip is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Perhaps the messenger has not returned yet, and Jia Fu has arrived in advance! However, his command is only more than 3,000 people, and facing Cen Peng's army is like an ant biting a giant elephant. The Wei army is very cautious. Even if they are panicked for a moment, they will respond calmly after they notice Jia Fu's number. The ancients said that those who are hard to succeed and fail, and those who are hard to get and lose. When they are no longer there, they will not come again!"

After repeated begging by Qingqi, Feng Yi finally agreed to his request for battle. Qingqi was overjoyed and immediately returned to Yingxian to reorganize his troops. After three giant artillery fired in the Wei army for several days, Yingxian was in a mess. All the residents retreated to Jiangling, leaving only eight thousand soldiers. Qingqi ordered three thousand of the most elite ones in one breath. After gathering in the west gate of Yingxian, he stood on the roof and inspired everyone to say:

"In recent days, we are like rats on the streets. We are always worried about huge rocks flying over our heads. We are not willing to eat and cannot sleep at night. The rats are still fast and biting dogs, let alone people? The Wei army only relies on flying stones. Although there are many people, once we fight together, we are just a local chicken and a tile dog! Today, the siege of the Lord will leave the city side by side and destroy the Wei gang's siege equipment in one fell swoop so that the soldiers can live for a few days!"

He asked someone to raise a Yanhan Red Banner: "Come to the enemy in the face of the battle, follow the torch of our Yanqi as the direction of attack, work hard!"

In order to ensure the secret of the raid, no one answered it. The faces of the three thousand soldiers were shrouded in the night and were not clear. I don’t know whether it was mostly fear or excitement.

Feng Yi had already taken over Ying County’s defense. Seeing this, he strengthened his determination and bowed to Qingqi: “I beat the drums for General Huya. If there is any disadvantage, I will return quickly and enter the city from the west gate. I will personally respond.”

The Wei army's giant artillery was a mile outside the north gate, but considering that the front was inconvenient to attack, the Xicheng Gate was out of the Xicheng Gate. Three thousand people put out the torches and stopped. After they came out of the city one after another, they swam across the shallow moat, and barely formed a team with the flames at the top of the city, and then went around the north.

Most of the Wei army seemed to have been transferred to the north, and the defense in the south of the camp was greatly reduced. But even so, when the Shiqi brought people to the north of the city and could see the shadows of three giant cannons, the Wei Zugs sentry on the tower still found them. The sharp trumpet sounded, and the Wei camp was restless.

"Assault with me!"

Seeing that the trail was exposed, Qingqi issued an order to charge, and the giant cannon was only one mile away from them. The drum beats at the head of Yingxian were also beaten in time, and everyone gradually became brave. They followed the flame flag beside Qingqi, holding sparse arrows, and advancing without hesitation.

However, when they were about to rush to the giant cannon, the originally silent Wei army camps around them suddenly burst out with drums. Tens of thousands of Wei soldiers pushed down the thin wooden walls and appeared in front of everyone. The order was in order, with spears like forests and powerful crossbows shooting. How could there be any panic in the attack!

"Oh no, it's a plan."

Qingqi exclaimed that something was wrong and was about to lead the team to evacuate, but he saw an ambush in the southwest of his side.

They were attacked from front and back, but strangely, the Wei army was not intercepted, which gave the illusion that "you can collapse and rebel back to the city with just a little effort."

But when the Qingqi and the others were about to retreat to the moat, they realized that the Wei army was deliberately restraining their offensive, just like jackals chasing injured prey, following behind them.

If Ying County opened its city, the Wei army would definitely take the opportunity to rush in!

Qingqi immediately understood. He turned around and looked at Ying County. Feng Yi was commanding and responding. Of course, General Feng also knew the danger. In the fire, he frowned and did not make a decision to open the door.

The Han army assault troops encountered five times or eight times the enemy besieged, and their morale was already drained. Countless people kneel down and surrendered into the moat, and only more than a thousand people gathered closely around the side of the Qingqi.

Looking at their simple faces, Qingqi made the most difficult choice in his life. He bowed to the city and shouted in a voice that might not be heard from above: "General, please close the city gate!"

Then, Qingqi turned his horse's head resolutely, rushed forward with the flame flag beside him, and rushed towards the Wei army that was constantly rushing!

...

At dawn, Cen Peng, the hunter who arranged this trap, saw the corpse of his prey.

The lieutenant at the battle reported to him the situation of the fierce battle last night: "General, this man has obviously retreated to the moat. Seeing that the general's plan is coming, he suddenly turned his troops and rode his horse to attack. More than a thousand Wu soldiers around him also fought to the death."

But he was still submerged in the crowd of Wei soldiers. The flame flag fell, the halberd broke, and the halberd was finally killed in battle. Cen Peng looked at the remains of this man, his armor was damaged, his body was injured everywhere, and the helmet on his forehead was gone, and he only wrapped a headscarf. When he opened it, he saw a huge wound inside, slashed with a ring knife, penetrated deep into the skull, and the blood had dried up...

"This thief did not fall down on his forehead, but instead took the opportunity to fight again... A pair of halberds were quite powerful, killing more than 50 soldiers from our army in the front and back!" The captain remembered the desperate figure of Qingqi, and was still a little scared.

Cen Peng said with a sigh: "This person is as brave as Fan Kuai. What a powerful general under Liu Xiu's command."

Regarding the issue of how to deal with the enemy's remains, some people suggested beheading, and some people suggested killing the corpse, using this method to anger the city and lure the enemy out again, but Cen Peng shook his head, and he knew that Feng Yi would never be fooled again.

"Swallow the remains of the stern period and sent them to the city and returned them to Feng Yi."

He maintained enough respect for the general Han Huya. Just when the generals and captains secretly complained about General Cen's kindness, Cen Peng issued another amazing order!

Cen Peng turned around and looked at the three giant cannons that Qingqi had sacrificed his life but could not be destroyed in the end. His tone was chilling.

"As for the other Wu soldiers' bodies, they will be returned one by one."

...

The career of restoring the Han Dynasty has been going on for more than ten years, and Feng Yi has lost many of his colleagues, but he has never been as sad as he is today.

Qingqi was not only his Yingchuan Township Party, but also Feng Yi recommended it to Liu Xiu. Since the Dragon, he has made outstanding achievements. Whether it was the early small groups wandering in Xuzhou to find a place to settle down, overcoming obstacles for Liu Xiu, and several times to break into danger. Later, the regime was established, fighting in Huainan, and fighting with Chimei. Qingqi made many great contributions, was granted a title of marquis and generals, and came to Jingzhou to be Feng Yi's deputy to recruit soldiers and farming. Whenever Feng Yi was assigned, Qingqi would do everything beautifully.

But now, he died in front of Feng Yi. When Qingqi turned around and fought, Feng Yi was at the top of the city. Seeing Qingqi shouting, he didn't know what he said. It was not until his body was returned that he learned from the Han soldiers who had returned together that he was calling...

"Close the city gate quickly..."

Feng Yi couldn't help but tear his clothes. He personally wiped the body for Qingqi, but General Tiger Teeth's eyes could not be matched.

Feng Yi whispered to the old friend: "When I was in Yingchuan, I heard of the name of filial piety in all directions. Your mother is still there. If I am lucky enough to survive, I will definitely serve you as my mother."

However, Qingqi still stared at him. His unfinished concern might not be in his private affairs, but the three giant cannons that could not be destroyed...

What makes people even more intimate is that after this battle, the Wei army began to build giant cannons and moved their positions forward to three hundred steps, just outside the range of the small trencher on the city.

And when they started moving again, not only were stones, but also the corpses of the dead soldiers in battle!

It was summer, and the body was smelly. When it was thrown into the city by a giant cannon, the violent impact caused it to split. The nearby ones left a pool of blood mud marks on the city walls. If it flew away, it fell into a rotten rain of flesh and blood in the city...

Whether it was the soldiers who were defending Ying County or the new soldiers who were supplemented from Jiangling, they were all in panic and feared to the limit. Sometimes, some people asked Feng Yi to attack again in anger, but the general of the Western Expedition only remained silent.

Jia Fu's letter was sent only in the past few days. It turned out that he had tried to raid the Wei army, but Cen Peng was also very cautious in the north of the camp and could not find a chance. That day, Cen Peng deliberately exposed his flaws and lured the Han army to attack.

Cen Peng is a gentleman who returns from the body of Shiqi, and is also a despicable villain who humiliates the dead. His selfishness can be full of respect for his opponent who died bravely, but his public will be able to do anything for victory!

Feng Yi will not make the same mistake a second time.

But he had no way to save the sluggish morale of Ying County. The rest of the Wei army's siege equipment began to advance, and the death-deathed people arrived first several times. Ying County could no longer hold on, so Feng Yi could only resist and arrange to abandon the city.

Cen Peng seemed to have predicted Feng Yi's retreat. On the day the North Gate was broken, three heavy stone-throwing cannons were built in the western part of Ying County. The bombardment targets were aimed at the corridor between Ying County and Jiangling, which was protected within the city wall, Yangshui Bridge!

Large rocks flew into the air. Although most of them fell into open spaces or sun water, occasionally one or two hits the bridge, which was enough to break the wooden bridge, chariots and horses fell into the water, and the Han army was hit hard again.

Before the Wei army chased, Feng Yi barely completed the evacuation plan. Ying County was abandoned, and the Han army retreated into Jiangling City. Feng Yi even dug the Yangtze River embankment, allowing the surging river water to pour into the Yangshui River, making the river surface at least twice as wide as temporarily preventing the Wei army from siegeing the city.

But the new giant cannon has been built on the north bank of Yangshui, and the one-armed giant has taken shape little by little.

Cen Peng's tactic of fighting a day was enough to slowly grind Jiangling to death. Although there was no shortage of food and water, as the defeated soldiers in Ying County retreated, rumors spread everywhere, and the hearts of Jiangling began to float. Local forces, which had been waiting and watching the Han army, would probably rush to surrender once they were stoned above their heads.

When the anger disappeared, the Han army's side generals and the captain were also brave enough - even the throne failed, so what can the rest of the people?

"The day when the new giant cannon is built is the time when Jiangling collapses." Feng Yi fought for so many years and was so desperate for the first time. He, who was able to compete with Cen Peng, became a disadvantage because of the appearance of the giant cannon.

Just when Feng Yi was pressed by Cen Peng step by step and could only choose between fighting to the death and evacuating from the waterway, a small boat from Jiangxia made him feel relieved!

After reading the letter, Feng Yi looked east, tears filled his eyes.

Their persistence was not empty, and their sacrifices were not in vain.
Chapter completed!