February 24th.

Not only did Liu Heitai not surrender, but he became more courageous as he fought more and more. He expected that Qin Hu would gather 200,000 troops to surround Mingzhou and Mingshui County would be empty, so he adjusted his deployment and personally led his army out of the city to attack Mingshui County at night.

Liu Heitao did this in order to cut off the Ming River and leave the Yan army with no way out, thus creating panic.

Qin Hu also didn't expect that he would be so courageous that he would dare to lead troops out of the city himself. If Mingshui County failed to take it and Qin Hu got the news, he would be stuck in the middle of the two Yan armies.

Before Liu Heitai left, he left Fan Yuan behind to defend Mingzhou.

Before Qin Hu left, he left behind General Huben Cheng Mingzhen.

Liu Heita's army fought very bravely, but Cheng Mingzhen was also very resourceful and resolute, so the two sides were inseparable from the beginning.

At night, Qin Hu didn't get any news at all, and he didn't know about it until the morning.

At that time, Cheng Mingzhen only had a thousand soldiers and horses, and they were not elite. When he learned that Liu Heitai personally led an army of 60,000 to attack the county town, he was a little panicked at first.

Liu Heitai divided the army into four groups and attacked the four city gates at the same time. The Yan army was in chaos because they knew that they had too few troops.

In order to boost morale, Cheng Minzhen personally went to the city to supervise the battle. He fought until dawn and defeated Liu Heita five times. However, the morale of the Han Dong Army was still very high.

Liu Heitai discussed with Wang Xiaohu and decided that continuing like this was not an option. If Qin Hu sent reinforcements and made dumplings for them, the consequences would be disastrous.

When daybreak was approaching, he asked Wang Xiaohu to return immediately with 20,000 troops and horses to block Qin Hu's reinforcements. At the same time, he ordered the fortification soldiers to move forward and start digging tunnels, hoping to enter the city through the tunnels.

Sure enough, Qin Hu was very anxious after getting the news. He knew that once Mingshui County was occupied, the supply lines and retreat routes of hundreds of thousands of Yan troops would be cut off, and people's hearts would be in chaos. This is the key to life and death.

, so he immediately led troops to rescue himself.

But in this way, he fell into Liu Heitai's trick.

When Qin Hu's army just arrived near Shahe, Wang Xiaohu's ambushed army immediately came out from both sides of the road. Because the incident happened suddenly, Qin Hu was anxious, so he didn't even have time to release the scouts, so he didn't find out this place.

There was an ambush along the way, and for a while, the Yan army fell into a fierce battle.

In fact, in a battle like this, the party being ambushed will definitely suffer heavy losses. Fortunately, Qin Hu personally led the team, and the Yan army had iron-clad military discipline and extremely sophisticated equipment, so they were able to retreat completely.

However, the rescue failed.

Qin Hu's army retreated fifteen miles before they stabilized their formation. Qin Shubao and Yuwen Chengdu guarded the two wings and temporarily forced Wang Xiaohu back.

But after only half an hour's rest, Qin Hu once again ordered Yuchi Gong to break through Wang Xiaohu's blockade and rescue Mingshui County at all costs.

He and Yuchi Gong personally acted as the vanguard and launched the attack, but Wang Xiaohu tried his best to block it like crazy. In addition, the road was narrow and the army could not move. After an hour, the Yan army retreated again.

"If this continues, Mingshui County will inevitably fall, and we must launch another charge." Qin Hu was dismayed at first sight. If this continued, he was afraid something big would happen, so he desperately tried to break through the blockade again.

At this time, Xu Shiji came down from a hillside and reported to Qin Hu: "Your Majesty, I saw Liu Heitai digging a tunnel. Once the tunnel reaches the city, the city will inevitably fall. What should we do?"

Qin Hu was also anxious, but he had no choice but to order to charge again, but failed for the third time and still ended in failure. In this way, the battle reached too dark.

At night, amid heavy snowfall, Mingshui County fell and Cheng Mingzhen was captured alive.
Chapter completed!