Huang Ning led the army to retreat to the Zitong fortress to look for fighters, and on the other hand, he hurried to ask Zhou Cheng for help.

Zitong is located in the middle of the Dragon City and the Xiao Cavalry Camp, it is the necessary place to reach the Dragon City, the whole fortress is built according to the Zitong Mountain, it was built to prevent the Liukou from running around, and then the Liukou was destroyed, and this place was abandoned.

After Huang Ning led the army to settle in, he made the Zitong city wall taller and thicker. With Huang Ningka here, Hu Bugui had no choice but to forcibly pull out the nail in order to continue his journey.

After all, the siege is a vicious battle, and the troops who do not return to Hu are good at fighting tough battles and encounters, and he is not very good at this kind of siege warfare.

Liao Song could only make suggestions on the side, as for the other generals, they had a way to deal with thousands of war beasts, but in the face of the high city walls, they were helpless.

After paying huge casualties, Hu Bugui decided to besiege the Zitong fortress without attacking it, and used the method of dragging to kill the army in the fortress.

On the one hand, he surrounded the Zitong fortress, and on the other hand, he also sent spies to explore everywhere to understand the situation in the northern land.

When he learned that the Dragon City had been lost and that the army had crossed the Henghe, his heart was full of worry.

"General Hu, his subordinates believe that at this moment, a strong brigade should be sent to the north bank of the Henghe River, burn the ships of the Li army, and cut off the retreat of the Li army. Liao Song suggested.

Hearing Liao Song's suggestion, Hu Bugui had other opinions.

He believed that at this time, the northern border was firmly in the hands of the Li army, and if he sent troops to attack the crossing, the success rate would not be large, and he would lose some of his brothers in vain, so he decisively rejected this suggestion.

So it's a pity that an excellent opportunity to cut off the retreat of the army was easily let go by Hu Bugui.

But there is no way to fight in the north, and the Zitong fortress Hu will not return, but he will take it, and he will have to avenge the brothers who died in the battle in Zitong.

In order to reduce casualties, Hu Bugui still adopted the method of besieging but not attacking, and after Liao Song's suggestion, he also built a high platform outside Zitong City to observe the situation in the city at any time.

In this way, after a month, the Li army of Zitong City had already run out of food, and seeing that the victory was in hand, Hu Bugui was full of joy and prepared to receive this fortress, but he didn't want to, and the reinforcements of the Li army came.

Hu Qiao received Zhou Cheng's order, set out from Longcheng, and led 5,000 light cavalry straight to Zitong Fortress.

Of the five thousand cavalry, Hu Bugui didn't take it to heart at all, and directly ordered Liao Song to take the cavalry of the Xiao cavalry battalion to compete with Hu Qiao.

The result was also obvious, Hu Qiao's troops were defeated and fled, and the 3,000 cavalry were killed to only a few hundred, a crushing defeat.

And this defeat also deepened Hu Bugui's understanding of the army.

He was originally worried that there were too many soldiers in Longcheng's army, and if he led the troops deeply, it would be easy to be ambushed, but now when he heard that Liao Song had almost completely annihilated the enemy cavalry, his confidence immediately rose.

When Liao Song was transferred back and asked him to surround Zitong, he personally led 30,000 soldiers straight to Longcheng, preparing to sweep the north.

Seeing that the Zitong fortress was about to be taken down, Hu Bugui wanted to lead the troops to set off, and he seemed to be in a hurry.

The reason why he couldn't even wait for this time was that Hu Bugui had been suppressed for too long, and he had surrounded Zitong for a whole month, and the soldiers were holding their breath and needed to vent out.

Liao Song doesn't care, after all, the army is nonsense.

It's just that I never thought that on the night when Hu Bugui took away 30,000 soldiers, Huang Ning received the news from somewhere, and led the Li army trapped in the city to counterattack and directly penetrate Liao Song's Chu army camp.

It doesn't matter if you lose, but the situation of no return is dangerous.

Huang Ning's 20,000 soldiers would directly threaten Hu's situation.

And Liao Song was defeated, and he had to spend time organizing the defeated soldiers, and he had no energy to support Hu Bugui anymore.

However, fortunately, at this time, Zhou Cheng happened to be transferred back to Tiandu City by the Imperial Court of Liguo, and the 20,000 troops originally stationed in Longcheng were not commanded, and he missed this excellent opportunity to besiege and kill Hu Bu Wang.

When the remnants of Huang Ning's army arrived in Longcheng, Hu Bugui happened to lead the army to retreat, and he escaped a catastrophe.

Since then, 40,000 troops have been stationed in Dragon City.

And Hu Buhui, who retreated in a hurry, also wandered in the north, causing a lot of pressure on the army.

Han Ming had insight into the cause and effect, and knew that a surprise attack was no longer possible, so the only way to do that was to storm and take Dragon City.

I heard that Han Ming had led a large army to capture the crossing of the Henghe River, and was gathering a large army to rush in the direction of Longcheng. Liao Song was keenly aware of this opportunity, so he suggested that Hu Bugui lead his army north and block in front of Longguan.

This time, Hu Bugui did not insist on his own opinion, followed Liao Song's suggestion, and led the army north.

On the side of Longcheng, Huang Ning just spent a few days stabilizing the mood of the defenders of Longcheng, and it didn't take long for Min Zheng to come with the defeated army, which made the already demoralized Longcheng soldiers even more disappointed.

Knowing the reason for Min Zheng's failure, Huang Ning was so angry that he scolded. After all, the Henghe crossing is the best line of defense for the army to maintain the results of the battle, and now that the crossing has been lost, if you want to suppress the Chu army, with only the current soldiers and combat strength, I am afraid it will be very uncomfortable.

Huang Ning began to organize soldiers to hold on again, and on the other hand, he sent people to Liguo for help.

At this time, Min Zheng had a bad idea again, preparing to mobilize 40,000 troops stationed in Longguan to come over for reinforcements, but was vetoed by Huang Ning.

Huang Ning knew in his heart that there were nearly 60,000 troops in Longcheng, and if he held on, there was still hope. Even if it is defeated, there is still Longguan as the last barrier of the country.

However, if the garrison troops of Longguan are mobilized, it will inevitably lead to the emptiness of the pass, as long as Longcheng is not defended, Longguan will also be unprotected.

Huang Ning still saw this situation quite clearly, even if Longcheng couldn't stop it, he wouldn't use Longguan's troops.

Min Zheng was also dizzy for a while, and he was refuted by Huang Ning, and he also understood. In addition, there are so many troops in Longcheng, and it is not so easy for the Chu army to capture it.

Huang Ning knew that the Chu army was coming, and he had already cleared the wilderness, and sent troops to scavenge all the grain and grass around Longcheng, and was ready to fight a protracted war.

In order to prevent people in the city from communicating with foreign troops, he also sent troops to implement a ban in the city, as long as they went out at will during the ban period, there was no forgiveness for killing.

This iron-blooded method set off a wave in Longcheng, and the people of Longcheng dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and they were secretly looking forward to the Chu army coming in soon.

Although it is very unpopular with the people, Huang Ning knows that this is something that cannot be helped, you must know that they originally belong to outsiders, although the people of Longcheng surrender on the surface, they still face the Chu State in their hearts.

Especially those Longcheng officials who surrendered to Chengcheng, since they can vote once, they are guaranteed to vote a second time.

On the tenth day of martial law in Dragon City, the 100,000 army led by Han Ming slowly arrived at the city of Dragon City.

Looking at the dense banners on the city wall and the tight arrangement of soldiers, Han Ming knew that it would be another tough battle.

Although it is inevitable that there will be one tough battle after another on the battlefield, the art of war is well said and the strategy is good.

Problems that can be solved with strategy are more beautiful than hard battles, and they can also maximize the preservation of combat power.

As for the strategy when attacking the city, if this is an enemy city, it is naturally difficult to use a strategy, but after all, this is the territory of Zhongchu, and the military and the people are centrifuged, so it is the best strategy.

Han Ming had already thought of countermeasures on the way here.

Strategies must be used, but the city must still be attacked. As soon as Han Ming arrived in Longcheng, he immediately organized his soldiers to attack, and it was a white-hot stage, even the big killing weapon Breaking Mountain Cannon was used, and several times he attacked the city wall, but in the end he was pressed back by the swarming Li army.

Min Zheng heard that the Chu army was attacking the city fiercely, and almost took the city wall several times, so he hurriedly brought people to fight the fire.

And Huang Ning, in order to prevent the people in the city from making trouble at this time, specially sat in the Longcheng City Guard, as long as there was any change in any place, he commanded the troops to suppress it.

The two of them were one outside and one inside, but they didn't let Dragon City set off a little storm.

It seems that it is indeed not a problem to persist for a year and a half.