As the name suggests, "Fenbei" means that the north of the Fen River, Yubi, Huagu, Dingyang, Yao Xiang and other important towns are all listed. Yao Xiang is the deepest place that the Qi army can reach in Fenbei. After taking Yao Xiang and Dingyang, the battle situation has been decided. Northern Qi will completely take hundreds of miles of fertile soil in Fenbei.

Gao Yanzong's goal was very clear. Shidian City, the new city built and protected Yao Xiang by Yuwen Hu, was completely ignored by Gao Yanzong. Gao Yanzong left behind a large number of cumbersome troops and secretly selected thousands of brave and warlike men from the various armies and marched towards Yao Xiang.

In the night, the Qi army soldiers in the helmet and armor were all strong and mighty. The sweat had already soaked in their bottom clothes, but no one took off their armor. Everyone would like to admire him when they came to see him! Gao Yanzong, who was riding on a tall horse, was also covered in thick iron armor. He looked at the foot of the black mountain with a cold expression. Under the moonlight, a river like silver was flowing quietly... A tall city opposite stood like a golden soup, which was Yao Xiangcheng.

After two days of secret marching, they safely bypassed the new city and captured Qincheng in one fell swoop on the way. The worries were resolved. Now, as long as they cross the river, they could attack Yao Xiang. Gao Yanzong was too fast. Before Yao Xiang received any news, Gao Yanzong had already come with the power of Mount Tai to suppress the top.

The new army was rushing for two consecutive days, but the soldiers were not tired at all. Instead, they were full of excitement. Even if their eyes were covered with blood, they would be extremely excited. If Gao Yanzong ordered them to dismount and break the city, they would never have any words.

The map is beautifully painted with various interlude lines. The route designed by Gao Yanzong is fast and hidden, and has hidden it from more than a dozen Zhou army checkpoints. Even if it happened to be discovered, Gao Yanzong did not avoid it at all. He directly ordered people to sweep the Zhou army completely. These rough and bold combat methods are very much in the appetite of the Xianbei men.

After following Duan Shao for several months, Gao Yanzong has made great progress. In the past, according to his ideas, he was to confront each other face to face head-on, but now he has learned to be flexible and sleek, both as strong as a tiger and as a fox as a cunning person. He has become a bit like a general.

"There is Yao Xiang in front..." Gao Yanzong put down his arm and pondered, "This city is not easy to fight... The left prime minister took it down three months ago, and later it was taken back by Yuwen Xian..., and then the Zhou army has been using Dingyang, Yubi and Yao Xiang as strongholds to deal with our army. We are very frustrated in the fight. Now, we will grab it again..."

"We have now gone around to their north. Qi Lianmeng surrounded the south and west sides. Reinforcements were stopped and we can't get there. We have more than a month to take it down, but I hope it can be faster...!" Gao Yanzong turned his head and glanced at his subordinates, "Do you have any good ideas?"

"Governor, the terrain here is dangerous, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are rivers, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. According to the last general, our army can only take one way to attack..." A general waved his hand and said, "Send a thousand warriors to cross the river quietly, and seize the opposite shore with lightning speed, and then the subsequent troops attack and take down Yao Xiang!" He then added, "This is how the left prime minister captured Yao Xiang at the beginning..."

Gao Yanzong thought about it and rejected it, saying, "This method is not good. Look at the terrain, the area is small and the city tower is high, which is not suitable for large-scale siege battles..." He raised his whip and pointed at the opposite side, "See? The area on the shore is very narrow. Even if our people stabilize their feet on the shore, they will not be able to gain a foothold for a long time, and they cannot use it at all... If they go down the city tower with arrows, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties..."

He smiled bitterly and said, "This time, for the sake of hidden insurance, I only brought more than 2,000 people here, and there is not as much force as others... The reason why Zuo Qingchu could take it down was that he could do this regardless of the cost, but I can't... No, I have to change my way..."

"Governor, we might as well build a military camp first and slowly plan..." This is a seeking stability. Gao Yanzong shook his head and rejected it, "No, our army not only has Yao Xiang to take it down, but also has more important things to do. We don't have time and can't drag it down with them. We must break through as soon as possible..."

"This Yao Xiang is indeed a hard bone..." All the generals were speechless. Gao Yanzong pondered for a while. "This way, soldiers are very fast. We might as well test it first... Send hundreds of heroes to cross the river first. If the Zhou army finds it, we will camp on the spot and rest for one night. If the Zhou army does not find it, we will cross the river and capture Yao Xiang in one fell swoop... In such a short time, they will definitely not have time to react..."

Gao Yanzong's order was quickly implemented. The generals selected more than a hundred soldiers with good water properties from the army. When a cloud covered the moon, they took off their armor and swam across the river with their shields. At the beginning, they were smooth sailing, and hundreds of people were sent to cross the river. When the third batch was in the middle, the dark clouds suddenly moved away, and the moonlight scattered, and the Qi soldiers who secretly crossed the river were discovered by the other side.

The Zhou army soldiers pointed in this direction and shouted: "Qi army attacked! Qi army attacked!" A stone shocked a thousand layers of waves. After the Zhou army, who was still in a daze, was shocked, they grabbed their weapons to guard the city walls.

The general of the Qi army gritted his teeth and wanted to smash the city gate with hundreds of people. Zhou army learned about the Qi army's night attack in advance, and organized them one after another. The rain-like arrows shot towards the city. The Qi army had to disperse the people, hid behind the shield and dared not look up at all, and gradually could not withstand the pressure.

On the other hand, the Qi army generals who saw all this were as dark as the bottom of the pot, and they subconsciously looked at Gao Yanzong. Gao Yanzong's expression was still calm, and the ancient well was not waved. All of this seemed to be the result he had expected. "The attack failed... It seems that it still doesn't work, okay... let them evacuate quickly."

"Let them retreat batch by batch, slower, otherwise they will go out of the city to pursue..., we will arrange more people here and all of them will be able to support them, and the bigger the momentum, the better... The rest of the people will camp on the spot."

It is destined to be impossible to achieve anything tonight. Gao Yanzong turned around in disappointment and suddenly said to several generals: "Arrang a few spies, pretend to be the common people, enter Yao Xiang from the east, tell them not to move first, wait for orders..."

"You go and find out the personal preferences, character and situation of the prefect of Yao Xiangcheng. Don't worry... You can also find out slowly..."

He held his hands behind his back, lowered his head and thought, ordering one by one.

"Put the flags of our army all over the mountains and fields. Tomorrow morning, I will order the entire army to practice as usual. The momentum will be great. We must make the opponent think that there are tens of thousands of people coming..." His toes turned, and his boots crushed a stone.

"Governor, we arranged for spies. Shouldn't we go and ask about Yao Xiang's city defense and military deployment? Why should we go and ask about these..."

Gao Yanzong smiled mysteriously and said, "You don't understand, you just need to obey my arrangements, and I'll let you fight..."

The Qi army failed to attack and retreated calmly, showing a huge momentum on the other side. The prefect of Yao Xiang did not dare to pursue him. After this night attack, Gao Yanzong seemed to have forgotten that there was another Yao Xiangcheng who wanted to fight. He was training troops all day long, and occasionally gathered thousands of people around the river. He walked around and went back, just like he was taking a walk.

Gao Yanzong lived a comfortable life, but it made Yao Xiang feel anxious all over the city. Every time Gao Yanzong's troops appeared, Yao Xiang's prefect was always extremely excited. It was not happy, but scared!

Gao Yanzong was also very cool in the circle. All strong men, both infantry and cavalry were armed to their teeth. One day, the prefect quietly climbed up to the city tower to see, and a feather arrow flew over to his scalp, almost scaring him to faint, and never dared to come again from then on.

Several generals in the city couldn't stand it anymore. "The Qi army is like this every day, just to suppress our morale. The prefect should lead by example and boost morale. How can we be a turtle with a headscared turtle?"

The prefect said angrily: "Look outside the city, there are probably five or six thousand Qi troops. What should you do if you want me? Could it be that you go out to fight against them? No! Keep it to me! No soldier or soldier can be transferred without my orders!"

The whole city entered a state of emergency alert. These days, not only outside, but also inside Yao Xiang was also full of complaints. Because the Qi army cut off the contact between Zhou army and Yao Xiang, the city was short of money and food, and could no longer pay military pay. However, the prefect suppressed the treasury's money and food, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Both inside and outside were facing difficulties and people's hearts changed.

One day, Han Laosan, a small school guarding the city in Zhou army, said to his brothers around him: "The Qi army outside is too powerful, and the city is messy. I guess this city cannot be saved. I have to find a way out for myself..."

Several primary schools were shocked, "Brother, do you mean?"

Han Laosan sighed heavily and said, "It's not me that... our prefect is really... Alas, it's hard to describe it..."

"We will follow him, and I won't say that we are frustrated, and we can't even fill our stomachs... You are my brothers, so I won't hide it from you. I plan to vote on the opposite side. Who of you will go with me?"

Several people looked at each other, and one of them said, "But... but we all have families and some industries in the city, so we just don't want it?"

"..." Several people were speechless for a moment, obviously hesitating. Han Laosan sneered:

"Or what if you have shallow eyes? You don't think about it. If the Qi army really breaks through the city, can we settle down with the prefect? ​​The situation is now very obvious. Our prefect cannot fight others. It is better to surrender earlier and find a way out for the future..."

A man hesitated and said, "You can't let them break through so easily... Yao Xiang is the foundation of the prefect. If he doesn't die, what should he do?"

Han Laosan glared and said, "What do you care about him? Just take care of yourself! He has done the matter of abandoning the city and running away. You forgot that three months ago, Qi Jun took Yao Xiang, and he didn't even put a single fart, so he ran away with his concubine's son, rolled up gold, silver and soft soft. If General Yuwen hadn't taken Yao Xiang back again, could we still stand here?"

He knocked on the battlements and said, "We all surrendered at the beginning, so we might as well surrender again. Is this kind of thing happening less? As long as we can save our lives, if we don't want that little bit of bullshit, what do you think?"

Several people nodded. Seeing that the plan was successful, Han Laosan smiled sly and said, "I have contacted there for a long time. Once they lead the army to attack, we will immediately open the city gate and cooperate with the outside world! When the reward is received, we will all give it. After getting the money, we will no longer be in the army. We will go back to our hometown to hide our names, buy a few fields and villages, and live our peaceful life!"

His turbid eyes were cut into everyone like a knife, "We have agreed. Now we are all grasshoppers with a rope. Whoever dares to let out a little wind will die!"

Han Laosan quickly conveyed his willingness to surrender to the Qi army through his spies. Gao Yanzong received the news from the city, smiled and said, "It's OK, gather everyone together and we will attack the city!"

"Oh, this prefect is also a talented person who can force so many of his subordinates to rebel..."

While the Zhou army and the Qi army were confronting each other, hundreds of Zhou army suddenly turned against each other and opened the city gate. The Qi army captured Yao Xiang. Qi Lianming cooperated with Gao Yanzong to remove several Zhou army camps around Yao Xiang in one fell swoop. Gao Yanzong returned to the army and prepared to attack Dingyang.
Chapter completed!