The most important thing is that a scout team sent by Hua'an in advance to stop between Jiaozhi City and the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army can completely block the scattered rebel rout, so that the rebels in Jiaozhi City will not know that their main force is defeated, which also provides an opportunity for Hua'an to open the gates of Jiaozhi City.

The pro-battalion formed a front-line formation, and under the personal leadership of Hua An, launched a counter-charge against the swarming rebels, and the soldiers were killed for a while, and then stopped, and handed over the task of pursuing the fleeing enemy to the cavalry of Thunderstorm.

In a battle, the rebels dropped thousands of corpses on the spot, Hua An asked the pro-military battalion to change into the rebels' armor, and then took the pro-military battalion and 20,000 main infantry, holding torches and running towards Jiaozhi City.

At the head of the line were the soldiers of the pro-battalion disguised as rebels, and among them, there were dozens of local guides, who were responsible for breaking the gates of the city and allowing the Northern Expeditionary Army to storm the city.

At this time, most of the rebel generals in Jiaozhi City were excited, and the huge flames ignited in the direction of the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army made them take it for granted that the two-way army responsible for the sneak attack had succeeded, and the Jin army must have collapsed.

The torches in front of them were getting closer and closer, and most of the rebel generals standing at the head of Jiaozhi City laughed at the incompetence of the Jin army in their hearts, they thought that the team in front of them was the main force of the triumphant army, and the Jin army had been defeated in a very short time, and several generals asked to open the city gate to welcome the triumphant warriors.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the rebel commander decided to wait a little longer, and when he was sure that the men and horses in front of him were his main army, it would not be too late to open the city gates.

Soon, the pro-soldier battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army has arrived at the city of Jiaozhi, and the follow-up 20,000 infantry are also in a steady stream of arrivals, the light of the torches is not very strong, but it is enough to illuminate the armor of the soldiers.

"Open the door, open the door, open the door!"

"The Jin army is vulnerable and has been beaten away."

"Open the door, open the door."

The guide of the Northern Expeditionary Army shouted loudly under the city.

The rebel commander no longer doubted, stretched out his hand, and gave a loud order: "Open the gates of the city and welcome the triumphant warriors into the city." ”

"Click, click, click......" The heavy gate of Jiaozhi City was slowly opened.

As soon as the city gate opened, the Northern Expeditionary Army's pro-military camp rode into the city slowly, and the subsequent 20,000 infantry quickly followed.

As soon as the pro-military camp entered the city, half of the men and horses were divided, dismounted and ran towards the city wall, while the other half of the men and horses firmly controlled the city gate.

For hundreds of Northern Expeditionary soldiers poured into the city, and the rebel generals standing on the city wall were a little surprised, the soldiers poured into the city, what was this for?

"It's not good, it's Jin Jun." Suddenly, a rebel general noticed the anomaly, and the 20,000 infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army who came in later did not change into the rebels' armor, so they were recognized as soon as they approached the city gate.

The rebel generals were all shocked, and when they raised their eyes, the tens of thousands of troops densely surging under the city were the men and horses of the Jin army, and what made them even more frightened was that the 1,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army had entered the city, and firmly controlled the city gate, and were rushing towards the city wall, and Jiaozhi City was obviously unable to hold it.

"General, let's go! The Jin army has come to kill. ”

"Quick, help the general retreat."

Several rebel generals supported the somewhat old rebel generals and retreated south along the city wall, the guards beside them tightly guarded and retreated.

"Kill...... Capture the rebel alive, capture the rebel alive. Seeing that his identity had been exposed, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army's own battalion shouted to pursue the rebel generals.

The rebel generals were shocked and retreated south like lost dogs, and the soldiers guarding behind them were beheaded by the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army's own battalion from time to time.

Soon, the 20,000 main infantry of Hua'an and the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the city along the way.

As soon as he entered the city, Hua An issued an order for Zhao Wu and Tie Niu to lead 6,000 soldiers to attack the east and west gates of Jiaozhi City, while Hua An led the rest of his men and horses to advance to the south gate of Jiaozhi City.

Half an hour later, in addition to nearly 2,000 men and horses annihilated by the Northern Expeditionary Army, most of the rebels had escaped from Jiaozhi City and retreated into the dense forest in the south of Jiaozhi City.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army completely controlled Jiaozhi City, it did not immediately pursue it to the south, because the terrain of Jiaozhou was extremely complicated, and the dense forest valleys were everywhere, and the rebels lived here all the year round and were very familiar with the nearby terrain and climate, while the Northern Expeditionary Army came from the Jiangnan area, and was obviously not familiar with the terrain here as the rebels, and the soldiers were also a little uncomfortable with the climate here, and their physique had obviously declined, and the number of sick soldiers began to increase.

These made Hua'an anxious and uneasy, and did not dare to continue to advance southward, moreover, most of the main force of the rebels was in the north of Jiaozhi City, in addition to the 60,000 horses besieging Guilin County, there were nearly 30,000 rebels who intended to sneak attack the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, in addition, the 30,000 horses of Shu entrenched in Xinggu County may also move eastward at any time, so that the Northern Expeditionary Army will face the threat of a maximum of 120,000 troops, and to fight against these horses, it is necessary to have a city as a support, Jiaozhi City is surrounded by mountains and rivers, which is the best support for the Northern Expeditionary Army.

And the most important point, most of the rebels' grain and grass are in the south of Jiaozhou, and to transport these grains and grass to the north, it must pass through the vicinity of Jiaozhi City, and the Northern Expeditionary Army controls Jiaozhi City, which is equivalent to controlling the rebels' grain route and jamming the rebels' necks, and from the rebels' hoarding of 40,000 horses to guard Jiaozhi City, it can be seen that the importance of Jiaozhi City in the minds of the rebels.

Now, the Northern Expeditionary Army has taken control of Jiaozhi City, which is a bolt from the blue for the main force of the 60,000 rebels besieging Guilin County, once the supply of grain and grass is not available, 60,000 horses will become the military merit of the Jin Army's Guangzhou Army.

In order to recapture Jiaozhi City, the rebels will definitely try their best to harass the attacking Northern Expeditionary Army, and in order to deal with the possible harassment of the rebels, Hua'an is also thinking about countermeasures.

After dawn, the Thunderstorm Legion, which was in charge of pursuing the rebels, rode into the city of Cochin, and as soon as they entered the city, the thunderstorm dismounted and walked towards Hua'an.

"How is it, what is the result of the pursuit." As soon as Hua An saw the thunderstorm, he asked straight to the point.

"Don't mention it, after chasing for dozens of miles, I only killed more than 500 people, and the rest all ran away." The thunderstorm seems to have some resentment.

"Oh, the rebels are retreating so quickly, your men are all cavalry!" Hua An asked suspiciously.