The battlefield in Hebei was fought vigorously, and the fiercest battle did not take place on the side of the Yellow River, but in Hengzhou.

Wang Caotian, the temporary commander of the three armies of Shence, personally took the vanguard, drove straight into the city of Hengzhou, and attacked for a day and night, with heavy casualties on both sides of the enemy.

The brave Liang soldiers climbed up to the top of the city in waves, and rolled down in waves, and the battle situation was unbearable.

Zhen Badao's department, it took half a day to take Luquan, rectify it slightly, and also march to Hengzhou.

At this time, Hedong Jiedu made Fang Tianhua lead 1,200 archers and cavalry to hide in the dense forest.

Sure enough, the governor of the male Jia cavalry, the Jiupin battle general Yan Zhan Shiya personally unified the ten thousand male Jia iron cavalry and rushed over.

Fang Tianhua killed diagonally, although he couldn't repel Yan Zhan Shiya, but he bought time for Wang Caotian. Wang Caotian stopped the siege and withdrew his troops for thirty miles.

In one day and one night, more than 8,000 people were killed in the battle, more than 2,000 were seriously wounded, and countless were lightly wounded. There are also some seriously wounded who have not had time to evacuate and are estimated to have fallen into the hands of the enemy. In total, more than 12,000 people were killed or wounded.

"How did Shi Jinchong do it!!"

The situation was not good, Huo Zizhen rushed to the front line from the rear troops and set up the Shuai battalion. In the camp tent, he was furious, slapped the table and scolded: "Tell Shi Jinchong that he can't take Weizhou today, let him get out of the Hebei battlefield by himself and go to Da Sima to confess!" Finger scout, roared: "You directly relay my words and ask him if he is a waste!" ”

The battle of crossing the river was not smooth, and the heavy armored army of the Tiger Ben Army Xiao Han suffered heavy losses, and could not rush three times in a row, unable to echo Huo Zizhen's march to Xiangzhou. And the enemy's iron cavalry was like a tide, rushing towards Huo Zizhen's Flying Tiger Army in waves, losing 10,000 people in a day and night. The pioneer officer Huang Ying was injured and has retired from injury, and now he is in front of the second division Zhonglang General Chen.

The enemy pounced again.

Huo Zizhen was in a hurry, personally picked up the knife, and rushed to the battlefield.

Huo Zizhen, the eighth-grade general, went to the battlefield in person, and the handsome flag moved, and the school was inspired. This round of kills was also killed, Huo Zizhen's mood improved slightly, and at the same time received good news that Xiao Han's fourth charge not only successfully landed, but also directly killed under Liaocheng City, and began to organize the siege. The ironclad army attacking the city is like a group of iron ants climbing the city, as long as they are willing to be ruthless, they can attack almost everything. And Xiao Han, one of the top ten generals of the Great Liang Dynasty, is precisely one of the people who love to be ruthless, and he is the number one general of the Ximen family. At the same time, Zhang Yunlong's first division of the Xuanjia Army, which was armed to the teeth with iron armor, had all crossed the river and was approaching the camp of the Flying Tiger Army.

"Hahahaha! God live up to me! Huo Shuai waved his big sword, threw down the seriously injured number to the people to take care of, personally unified the army, and went straight to Xiangzhou.

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"Report to the marshal, Tang Qi's department has captured the Dihe crossing, and is attacking Bo ...... at this time" The herald's words were not finished.

Huo Zizhen said impatiently: "Tell Tang Qi to take down the entire Dizhou and then report it." ”

"Yes!"

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"Grandma's, there are archery masters in the city!"

Tang Hu fell from his horse with an arrow in his body, and that arrow actually penetrated the iron armor. A large bruise on Tang Hu's shoulder was swollen high, and blood spurted from the wound.

As soon as Doctor Wang pulled out the arrow, he immediately bandaged him, and asked suspiciously: "How can there be such a powerful shooter in a small town?" Judging from the distance and strength, at least he is also an archer of the seventh rank. There are such people defending the city, so we have to be careful when attacking the city. ”

Tang Yuan led three hundred death squads to Zhanhua City.

Compared to the booking time, it was a full hour late.

All kinds of obstacles on the road made it impossible for them to improve their marching speed, not to mention Tang Yuan, even the veteran Zhang Nu was not in a rut.

The road is not easy to walk, and there are too few baggage trucks, and it is too difficult for soldiers to walk with heavy loads.

The walls of Zhanhua City are very low, which is inferior to the courtyard walls of some large families in Luoyang City, but even so, it still plays a vital role.

There were not many soldiers stationed in the city, and there were no strong men, just a handful of men, hiding behind the wall and shooting arrows, the arrows were extremely accurate and full of strength.

The two sides exchanged arrows, and after the first round, the 2nd Independent Regiment had suffered more than 30 casualties. And judging from the density of the arrows, the other party didn't seem to have hurt a single one.

After fighting for less than half an hour, Tang Yuan suddenly ordered the gong to be beaten and temporarily stopped the attack.

"Why did you take it down?" Zhang Nu, the overseer, rushed to Tang Yuan's side and glared.

Tang Yuan pointed to the map and said, "You came just in time, I don't think we need to fight like this," he pressed his hands on the map and pointed to the surroundings of Zhanhua City, "There are very few enemy soldiers, why should we only attack around the south gate?" It is better to separate and attack the east, south, and west gates. ”

"What about the North Gate?" Zhang Nu frowned.

"Keep it for them, give them a chance to escape, and they won't fight with us." Tang Yuan said.

Zhang Nu said angrily: "What? There are 300 of us, besieging dozens of people, do we still have to keep them alive? No, they all have to be killed! ”

Tang Yuan said: "After the north gate goes out, there is only one road to go, and there are dense forests on both sides, we can fight an ambush." ”

Zhang Nu said sharply: "How many cavalry do we have? Can you make sure that there is not a single one left? ”

Tang Yuan's tone also raised, "Can't you see that there is an experienced elite soldier on the other side?" And all we brought were new soldiers, and if we were also elite soldiers, even if we fought like that just now, we should be able to rush through. It's not that I'm raising the prestige of others to destroy my own ambition, besieging from all sides, and we can't row. It's better to force them out, take Zhanhua City, and complete the task. In addition, arrange cavalry to ambush at the north gate, once their infantry rushes out, we can cavalry rush and kill. This is the most cost-effective. ”

Zhang Nu thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll continue to lead the troops to fight the south gate, and you can look at the arrangements for other places." ”

Tang Yuan said: "There are a hundred people left at the south gate, led by Zhang Jianjun. Chen Bao and Tang Hu, each of you will take 80 people to the east gate and the west gate respectively. All the cavalry, come with me and go to the grove at the north gate to set up an ambush. ”

"Tang Hu is injured." Liu Zhan said.

"Hey, I'm fine." Tang Hu half-clad in armor said: "A little injury, it's not in the way." ”

The horses from the baggage carts were untied and handed over to the cavalry, and there were now twenty-eight horses in all.

One horse died of exhaustion on the way, and the other horse broke his rope when crossing the river, and he didn't know where he swam.

Leaving Zhang Nu, Chen Bao, and Tang Hu with one horse each, Tang Yuan led the cavalry and ran to the north gate.

When passing by the west gate, he also craned his neck to look, although the gate was closed, but there were only a few male soldiers standing at the head of the city.

After changing the tactics, the attack went much smoother than expected.

Chen Bao actually went to the head of the city himself, cut down more than a dozen people, opened the east gate, and eighty people broke in.

When he broke in, the iron man's eyes were instantly ruddy, and he couldn't bear to look at the miserable situation in the city, he was starving all over the ground, and the living people were as thin as dry bones.

"Kill the South Gate!" Chen Bao took the lead and rushed to the south gate.

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Tang Yuan led the cavalry to hide in the woods, and waited for a long time before blocking the three male deserters and catching one alive, and the other two died under the chaotic blade.

"How?" Tang Yuan was wondering.

A war horse flew out of the city, and a shrewd little warrior smiled and said: "Kill more than forty male soldiers in the city, capture three alive, and wait for General Tang to fall." ”

Tang Yuan was overjoyed and brandished his spear: "Enter the city!" ”

When the people in Zhanhua City saw the Liang army entering the city, they went to the streets one after another, beating gongs and drums to welcome the Liang Dynasty soldiers.

Tang Yuan asked the soldiers not to disturb the lives of the people, but anyone who violated discipline would be severely punished. Later, he handed over the task of military discipline to the overseer Zhang Nu, and he came to the yamen of the city to see that it was empty, so he decided to rest here for a day.

The crowd was so tired that some of the soldiers fell asleep while sitting on the ground.

Tang Yuan didn't blame them either, he just sat in the hall and looked at the four captives in front of him. There were several horsemen standing beside him. These guys have horses to ride, but they have retained a lot of physical strength, and they are originally carefully selected elite soldiers, and at this time, they still seem to be in good spirits.

Not long after, Liu Zhan escorted four people to walk in, and Tang Yuan raised his eyes to see that it was four male people.

In fact, the appearance of the male Jia people is not significantly different from that of the Han people, but their head shape makes people feel very awkward.

"How did you come up with this headshape?" Tang Yuan walked over and looked at it, grabbed a man's whip and said, "This is too ugly." ”

Tang Yuan just let out a heartfelt emotion, and there was no intention of humiliating people, but the four male soldiers glared angrily.

Tang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'll still ask you, who is the most powerful archer?" ”

The four of them did not speak.

Liu Zhan rushed over and kicked the knees of the four people: "Kneel!" ”

The four men were crooked, and they refused to kneel when they were kicked down.

Fu Ying narrowed her eyes and picked up a wooden stick.

"Stop fighting." Tang Yuan sat in the Taishi chair, crossed Erlang's legs, and motioned to Liu Zhan and Fu Ying, the two good brothers, to dissipate his anger, he suddenly smiled and said, "They can't understand our words, and it's useless to fight." ”