"Tiger Army?" The steward thought about it and seemed a little difficult to speak.

"What's wrong? You mean. Zhao Qian could see at a glance that Steward Zhang knew more or less about the details of the Tiger Army.

"This Tiger Ben Army is not a new force, the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau knows, right?" Steward Zhang finally came up with a name.

"Dragon Tiger Dart Game!" Zhao Qian gasped.

"What is the Dragon Tiger Dart Game?" Zhao Fu asked.

"It's ......normal that you don't know," Zhao Qian said.

The Dragon and Tiger Dart Game is an old dart game with a history of decades, but now the Lanhe Empire knows very little about it. However, Zhao Qian, as the first heir carefully cultivated by the Zhao family, had read many secrets stored in the Zhao family's secret room, and naturally knew the existence of the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau.

"The Dragon and Tiger Dart Game was the No. 1 Dart Game in the Lanhe Empire ten years ago." Zhao Qian explained for Zhao Fu.

"I don't know, I don't remember any of that." Zhao Fu shook his head, he had never heard of this dart game at all, and he didn't expect that this Dragon and Tiger Dart Game would be the number one dart game in the Lanhe Empire ten years ago.

"Yes, but then because of one thing, the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau had a conflict with our Zhao family......" Zhao Qian said.

Ten years ago, the Zhao family entrusted the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau to escort a batch of important goods to Nanwu, a subject of the Lanhe Empire, but that time, somehow, the originally reputable Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau smuggled the goods for the first time, which caused a sensation in half of the Lanhe Empire at that time, and also greatly affected the credibility of the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau at that time. Later, the Zhao family took advantage of the situation to begin to suppress the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau in an all-round way, so that the huge Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau had to sell the industries in various parts of the Lanhe Empire, and finally disappeared directly.

Some people say that the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau was later disbanded, and several leaders went their separate ways, and some people say that the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau was acquired by the Zhao family, and some people think that the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau did not go out of business, but just changed a vest and continued to do the previous business.

In short, there are different opinions about the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau, but no one knows the truth of the matter, and even the Zhao family does not know the whereabouts of the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau back then. But Zhao Qian can be sure that the shipment that the Zhao family asked the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau to escort to the Southern Wu State was a bureau set up by the Zhao family for the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau. At that time, the Zhao family also intended to involve the business of darts, but later the Lanhe Empire became stronger and stronger, and the security in various places became better and better, so the oil and water of darts naturally became less and less, and this matter was over.

Zhao Qian knew that the matter about the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau was the fault of their Zhao family, so it was no wonder that this Tiger Ben Army was specifically targeting Zhao Guo.

"This is another feud." After Zhao Fu listened to his forehead, he felt that the Zhao family was now a troublesome magnet, and everything was sucked over.

"This ...... I didn't expect such a character to be there. Zhao Qian also smiled bitterly, the current situation is gradually becoming clear, but it is still very unfavorable to them.

"No matter, just call it." Zhao Fu really doesn't want to think about it so much, anyway, it's the worst situation now, there is the defender of Zhao State united by the two heirs of Zhao State, and behind him is the imperial guard army that is already on the way to the imperial capital, and there is a tiger army on his side. This can be regarded as gathering more than half of the forces of the Lanhe Empire, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

The next day, as he said, Zhao Fu directly led the repaired army to Zhongzhou City, the center of Zhao State, by the nearest route.

Probably because the news of the defeat of the defenders of Geyang City had spread, and then Zhao Fu did not encounter any decent resistance, obviously the other party already knew that it was hopeless to deal with Zhao Fu and rely on the defenders in those places. Instead of dividing troops to defend, it is better to join forces, only then can we have a chance to block the world-famous general Zhao Fu and his soldiers and horses.

On the first day, Zhao Fu led his army to break through three cities in a row.

On the second day, Zhao Fu led his army to break through four cities in a row.

On the third day, Zhao Fu led his army to break through seven cities in a row.

On the fourth day, Zhao Fu led his army to capture the thirteen cities.

……

In this way, after seven days, Zhao Fu had already taken fifty-two cities from Zhao State, and the more densely populated areas behind, the shorter the distance between the cities, and the number of broken cities in the day was much more than in the first few days. Later, after getting accurate defense intelligence from Zhao Qian, and learning that the city in front of him did not have a decent defense force, Zhao Fu directly separated from Zheng Yuanbing in two ways, all the way into a no-man's land.

On the eighth day, Zhao Fu led his army to Jiulian City.

Jiulian City is located on the only road leading to Zhongzhou City from the west, and it is also a large and medium-sized city, according to the information obtained by Zhao Qian from the inside, the other party has gathered heavy troops in Jiulian City, wanting to slow down the pace of Zhao Fu and others.

Zheng Yuan's army arrived half a day earlier than Zhao Fu and was now engaged with the defenders of Jiulian City.

"How's the battle going ahead?" Zhao Fu asked one of Zheng Yuan's henchmen who came to pick him up.

"Report to the general, our army is in a bitter battle, but the other party is not our army's opponent, and in less than half a day, we can enter the city before evening." The man reported to Zhao Fu in a thick Chinese accent.

Zhao Fu was taken to a hillside not far away, which was a temporary command post established by Zheng Yuan and them, but Zheng Yuan was not there in front of him, but was taking the lead in the battle formation.

As reported by the henchman, both sides were locked in a bitter battle, and the reason for this bitter battle was that too many troops were invested.

Jiulian City is located in a large area of plain between the mountains, Jiulian City is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and the important passage to Zhongzhou is choked by the mountains. At this moment, no less than 100,000 troops had gathered on this originally small plain, and it suddenly became crowded.

With Zhao Fu conquering the fifty-two cities on the seventh day, he used Zhao Qian's name to recruit troops and horses all the way, and now he has gathered an army of 70,000 people, and Zheng Yuan took 30,000 Hu cavalry and 20,000 newly surrendered soldiers from his headquarters to fight fiercely with the defenders of Jiulian City on the plain.

Obviously, Jiulian City was different from the cities that Zhao Fu and the others encountered before, and the defenders of those cities were tasked with delaying the marching speed of Zhao Fu and the others as much as possible, so they only resisted decently.

And the positioning of Jiulian City is obviously different, the previous cities are all delaying time for Jiulian City, just to drag enough time for Jiulian City to build fortifications.

Through the telescope, Zhao Fu could see clearly that the fortifications of Jiulian City were densely built, not only were they full of rejecting horses, but even some difficult places to defend were dug deep and wide enough trenches. Many large and small stone forts for defense were temporarily built outside the city, which directly caused the cavalry under Zheng Yuan to not be able to gallop at will, and the combat power was greatly affected.

(End of chapter)