After receiving the news that the enemy army was going in three ways, General Hu thought carefully and decided to take the opportunity to make a contribution.

Bai Zheng warned him that this attack must be stable, just block the enemy's attack, and wait until the city occupied by the power sect is overcome, and then destroy the enemy's main force after the large army comes. Obviously, in order to compete for merit, General Hu has forgotten these words to the clouds.

When Bai Zheng asked General Hu to go to war again, he had already sent a letter to the north and south, asking them to wait for an opportunity to attack Yanbei, and send a department to cut off Wei Zeng and Zhang Ling's back route.

Gu Chayi's army had gone around from the south, behind the 10,000 men, to support the besieged defenders of the Force Sect. Zhang Ling also led his troops north, bypassing the 10,000 men to support the besieged people.

Wei Zeng kept a close eye on the movements of these 10,000 people, as long as they retreated, then Wei Zeng would definitely not miss the opportunity to sneak attack them. But Wei Zeng didn't expect that what he was waiting for was indeed an attack.

Bai Zheng was very happy to receive the news of General Hu's victory, and ordered General Hu to hold on and continue to block the enemy, while he himself led more than 20,000 iron-blooded soldiers, intending to deal the final blow to the enemy in the city.

After the Sect of Power occupied Hexi, they concentrated on repairing several large cities, and they held out until the arrival of the regular army of Bai. However, the Iron Blood Army in the middle brought a large number of siege equipment, and the strong attack ability of the Iron Blood Soldiers was really terrifying, and in less than half a month, only this big city with more than 10,000 defenders was not conquered.

But in the face of the attack of tens of thousands of iron-blooded soldiers, the defenders of the Power Sect were almost unable to support it. Five tower carts, and dozens of ladder carts were already under the city walls, and under the cover of heavy crossbows and catapults, the iron-blooded soldiers were about to carry out another strong attack.

The iron-blooded warrior's heavy crossbow is powerful and penetrating, and even if it is a projectile, once it is shot, it is difficult to escape death. The crossbowman on the building car is even more accurate, as long as someone shows his head, it is a fatal blow. The besieging soldiers were stubborn and fearless in the face of a rain of arrows, and they could cause chaos when they stormed the city.

The Power Sect was able to hold off for a few days by virtue of its large number of people, and now that more than half of them were killed or wounded, it was really difficult to hold on any longer.

"The enemy can't resist anymore. If it hadn't been dark early yesterday, this city would have been ours long ago. The day before yesterday, General Hu defeated 60,000 of the enemy's 10,000 men. The enemy is nothing more than that. Take this city today, and destroy the enemy army that came to the west of the river with my 60,000 men. Bai Zheng encouraged.

The 20,000 iron-blooded soldiers cheered, and then under the cover of heavy crossbows and catapults, the siege began.

The defenders of the Cult of Power were demoralized, but everyone knew that if the city was lost, none of them would survive. Under the desperate efforts of the defenders of the Sect of Force, they caused a lot of trouble for the iron-blooded soldiers to attack the city. But with the sound of an old city collapsing, the confidence of the defenders in the city also collapsed completely.

Bai Zheng hurriedly ordered people to attack the city along the collapsed wall. Bai Zheng will not give the defenders in the city a chance to fill the gap.

Just as the Predators shouted and climbed the walls, intending to end the battle and enjoy the joy of victory. A rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded in the southeast.

"It turned out to be the horse team of the Yanbei rebels. I have long heard that after Wei Zeng defeated the Zhan Tu people, he gathered some Zhan Tu people for his own use, and it seems that this is the army. If it is a head-on confrontation, I am confident that these cavalry will not return. But they actually appeared at this time, but it was a bit of trouble. Order the besiegers to withdraw, and the rear team will intercept them and retreat as they fight, and when we have regrouped, we will fight back immediately. Bai Zheng ordered.

Gu Chayi's horse team took advantage of the attack of the Iron Blood Army to kill him, and the Iron Blood Warrior was unprepared and was approached by the horse team. Gu Chayi was beaten by 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers a few days ago and was powerless, and now he took this opportunity to vent all the grievances of the previous days.

The Predators are well-trained, and each is not only a crossbowman, but also a hoplite. Although the attack of the Gucha team was defeated, it was not without the power to fight back. Especially those teams that form formations are the nemesis of light cavalry. Therefore, although the iron-blooded warriors were defeated and retreated, they did not actually hurt their muscles and bones.

The defenders of the city were also demoralized when they saw the arrival of reinforcements, and they all cooperated with Gu Chayi's horse team to fight out of the city and repel the iron-blooded army.

"We received news that the enemy was coming here from both the north and the south. If we go late, we may be surrounded by enemy troops. This is a letter from your General Zhang, asking you to retreat with me. Without further ado, just get ready and go with me. Gu Chayi threw a bronze medal to the officer defending the city, and then said.

After checking that everything was correct, the officer who defended the city accepted the order, but still asked, "Where is our lord now?" Why, the Lord didn't come to our aid. ”

"Zhang Ling was targeted by 10,000 people, Wei Zeng has already rushed to support, and we will also go to support Zhang Ling. Even if you want to leave Hexi, you have to destroy the 10,000 people first. Gu Chayi said.

When Bai Zheng counted the casualties and prepared to regroup his troops to fight back against Gucha, a bad news came: General Hu's 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers had fallen into a bitter battle while pursuing the enemy army, and were now retreating here.

"Didn't I tell him to stick to the order and wait, why take the initiative to fight? As long as we wait a few more days, as soon as reinforcements from the north and south arrive, the enemy will definitely be wiped out. By the way, what are the movements of the enemy forces in front of us now? Bai Zheng complained, and then asked the people around him about the movements of Gu Chayi's army.

"The enemy did not stay, and soon after we left, they retreated to the east, and they gave up the city. The direction in which they went was where General Hu's 10,000 men were located. ”

"It seems that the enemy wants to concentrate his forces on destroying General Hu's troops. If General Hu holds on to the village, he will not be afraid of them, but now there is some trouble. Quickly order people to follow me to support General Hu, but I can't let the enemy succeed. Bai Zheng immediately decided.

General Hu was also holding on to Bai Zheng's orders, waiting for the arrival of the large army. However, after the victory in World War I, General Hu's confidence was greatly increased, and he believed that he could make great achievements with his 10,000 men.

Wei Zeng originally wanted to contain these 10,000 people, cover Zhang Ling and Gu Chayi to attack the enemy's rear, and wait for these 10,000 people to retreat before killing and injuring them.

Unexpectedly, the next day, General Hu formed a formation and attacked Wei Zeng's 30,000 army. In the face of the strong attack of the iron-blooded soldiers, Wei Zeng had to avoid the enemy's edge and retreat a few miles.

General Hu had already watched the movements of the Yanbei Hedong coalition army, Gu Chayi's horse team ran too fast, General Hu couldn't catch up, Wei Zeng's main force was too large to be defeated at one time, and Zhang Ling's army of less than 20,000 people became his target.

In the past, General Hu had suppressed the yellow-clothed rebel army, and this time he attacked all the way. Therefore, General Hu was very contemptuous of the powerful army, and after repelling Wei Zeng's men, he immediately killed Zhang Ling, who had not gone far. General Hu believed that victory in this battle would come soon.

However, Zhang Ling has learned from the pain since the defeat of Kansai, and this time the uprising sent all the elites of the Power Sect. This army of 20,000 people is also the most elite unit he has trained in the past six months, although it is not an opponent of iron-blooded soldiers, but it is not something that can be defeated in a moment.

General Hu hurried hundreds of miles to catch up with Zhang Ling's troops, and then there was a bitter battle, although the iron-blooded warriors were strong, but in the face of the Tianjia army composed of martial arts masters, they still failed to take advantage.

Wei Zeng retreated, and as soon as he set up camp, he received the news that Zhang Ling had been attacked. Wei Zeng was also surprised by the arrogance of the enemy army, but he immediately mobilized troops to support him.

The iron-blooded soldiers, who were originally on the attacking side, had to take a defensive position after Wei Zeng's arrival.

After a day of fierce fighting, looking at the war that had dragged on, General Hu began to regret this rash move.

The Celestial Armor resisted the attack of the iron-blooded warriors and did not rout in the battle. Wei Zeng's reinforcements arrived in time, and under the attack from both sides, this 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers suffered a great blow.

General Hu tried to repeat his old trick, trying to repel the coalition forces with a volley of heavy crossbows, and then tore a hole in it to escape the encirclement. However, the coalition forces had already learned to be obedient, and when attacking, they formed a straggler formation, and the damage from heavy crossbows was greatly reduced, and they relied on the numerical advantage to attack in turns, consuming the energy of the iron-blooded soldiers, so that they could not have a good rest.

On the one hand, General Hu sent a letter asking Bai Zheng for help, and on the other hand, he ordered people to hold on. Bai Zheng is only two days' journey from here, and he believes that as long as he can survive two days, he will definitely be able to turn the corner.

But when Gu Chayi's horse team joined the battle group, General Hu was completely desperate.

After two days of confrontation, General Hu's army was exhausted in the face of harassment by the enemy in turn. In the face of the attack of the Gucha team, he couldn't show the majesty of the first battle.

Faced with the imminent rout, General Hu was determined to fight to the death and ordered the remaining soldiers to form a cone formation and break through to the west.

"The enemy is about to break through, and we must not let them escape. Yu Chaogui took the people from the Guanshan camp to intercept them, and he couldn't let one go. Wei Zeng ordered.

"Kill so many of us and still want to run? Wuzhuang, you also take the Tianjia Army forward, the time for revenge has come. Zhang Ling also ordered.

The 8,000 wrecks of the Guanshan Battalion and the nearly 10,000 troops of the Tianjia Army are the elite of the two armies, and they will never suffer a loss in melee combat.

The Iron Warrior is also very strong, but against an equally tough and energetic opponent, there is no chance of victory.

After a great battle, 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers were completely dispersed, and less than 1,000 escaped.

Bai Zheng rushed over as fast as he could, but he still didn't have time. Looking at the defeated remnants of the soldiers who fled back, Bai Zheng was very angry in his heart.

"I'm not teaching you why you should take the initiative to attack after repelling the enemy army. I thought you had followed me for many years and should be a reliable person, but I didn't expect you to obey military orders. What use do I keep you? Someone came, pushed him out and beheaded him. Bai Zheng pointed to General Hu who had fled back and said.

"Bai Shuai, I have followed you for eight years, and I have also made great contributions for you, you just look at the love of eight years, spare my life." General Hu pleaded.

Seeing this, the generals also pleaded for mercy.

"Just because you have followed me for eight years, I handed over 10,000 soldiers to you, but you were greedy for merit and rashly advanced, so that 10,000 soldiers were wiped out in one fell swoop. If I keep you, where is the military law? Whoever dares to intercede for him again, I will behead him! Bai Zheng drew his sword and said angrily.

"Isn't it because of you that I'm greedy for merit? In order to surpass Di Xianlan, you have to take the credit for yourself. Have you given us a little credit for all the past achievements? I was finally able to lead the army alone, and I naturally wanted to make a name for myself. ”

"I've always seen you promote you honestly, but I didn't expect you to have this in mind. If I don't kill you today, you will surely be killed in the future. Bai Zheng said as he stabbed General Hu in the chest with a sword.

Bai Zheng looked around, and saw that all the generals had unbearable expressions on their faces, so he calmed down a little and said, "Don't listen to this person's nonsense. I made a promise that as long as Yanbei is pacified, the credit is everyone's. I will personally ask the court for my life, and then everyone can be knighted. ”

At this time, the messenger from the north road arrived, and the news came that Udeli had successfully entered the border east of the river.

When Bai Zheng heard the news, the unhappiness in his heart was swept away, and he immediately ordered the main forces of the three armies to attack the Luohe River.