In December 2785, Zhao Hong and Qi Yun's 100,000 bear soldiers finally arrived in the north of Zhao.

The northern border is a collective name for Wu'an County, Chengtian County, and Huai'an County in the north of Zhao State. It has been more than half a year since the barbarians entered the customs. During this time, the people of the three counties suffered greatly. In particular, some villages and small towns outside the big cities were basically looted.

According to the news from the scouts, the barbarian army that has remained in the three counties in the north now and the barbarian army that has entered the customs one after another has a total of nearly 180,000 people. However, they did not join forces in one place, but traveled around and plundered in their respective tribes. Where there are villages and small towns of the people of Zhao State, there are them.

The barbarian army did not have a sound establishment like the armies of Zhou Tianzi and the major vassal states. They were based on tribes, and the leaders of each tribe led their own warriors to form armies. Then countless tribes gathered together and were uniformly dispatched by the barbarian king.

At the beginning, nearly seventy or eighty tribes attacked Heishi Pass under the leadership of the barbarian king. After the pass was broken, the army went south, and the various tribes scattered in all directions, wandering and plundering in the vast northern border of the Zhao Kingdom.

Among the many barbarian tribes entering the customs, there are three major tribes that are really strong. The Frostwolf Tribe, the Holy Snow Mountain Tribe, and the Black Eagle Tribe. Each of the three tribes has nearly 30,000 people roaming the north. In addition, most of the rest are small and medium-sized tribes, ranging in number from a few hundred to a few thousand.

Qi Yun had fought against the barbarian army in Heishi Pass for many years and was very familiar with the barbarians. The barbarian army is strong, especially the three tribes of Frost Wolf, Holy Snow Mountain and Black Eagle, which are even stronger and braver. Although he now has 70,000 soldiers in his hands, no matter which of the three tribes these 70,000 bear soldiers encounter, they will inevitably be wiped out.

Only by avoiding these three main forces, try to cut off those weak tribes first, and gradually consume the total strength of the barbarian army. Then he joined forces with the Zhao soldiers who stayed behind in the cities in the north to test the decisive battle with the three major tribes.

Qi Yun has led troops for many years and is well versed in the art of war. Knowing that it was dangerous to lead troops into the north this time, not only had to face the fierce barbarian army, but also had to be on guard against the cold arrows shot from behind Zhao Huai's back. So be cautious and walk on thin ice along the way. After entering the northern border, the army continued to move rapidly across the land of the three counties. The route of the march was also extremely secretive, jumping through ravines and swamps, and going wherever there was no one. Once you encounter a lonely weak barbarian tribe, immediately encircle and suppress it. Fighting is often over within half a day. After the battle, the troops immediately turned around and burrowed into the mountains, and disappeared without a trace. Within two months, he achieved very good results, and successively killed nearly 10,000 barbarian troops.

Over time, however, the barbarians began to appreciate this vast army that was constantly roaming the north. This army is designed to target small tribes that are lonely. So the small tribes scattered all over the place began to slowly gather together. And began to send a large number of eagle riders to patrol and reconnoiter around their tribal stations.

The eagle rode in the sky, and not a single plant or tree could escape their eyes within a radius of two hundred miles around the tribe. It greatly increased the difficulty of Qi Yun's raid on small tribes. Moreover, the barbarian army has always been known for its speed and mobility. There were also eagle scouts in the heavens to deliver news. Once Qi Yun's army was discovered, countless eagle riders flew out in all directions to ask for help. The barbarian tribes are unusually united, and as long as they receive a signal for help, they will lead troops to rescue them no matter how far away.

Qi Yun often managed to catch a small tribe that was lonely, and was preparing to encircle and annihilate him. His scouts came with the news that countless barbarian tribes, large and small, were already on their way to the rescue. Fight it, and most of the barbarian army who are afraid of being rushed to the rescue have taken the back road. If you don't fight, it's not easy to catch a lone tribe, and if you miss the opportunity, you don't know how long you have to wait. It made him neither left nor right, and it was a headache.

Qi Yun is a very cautious soldier, knowing that this expedition is extremely dangerous, and with the eldest prince accompanying the army, there can be no mistakes. Therefore, many times in such a situation, he gritted his teeth and ordered the withdrawal of the army, and quickly broke away from the encirclement of many tribes of the barbarian army.

However, the further back you go, the less chance you can catch the barbarians and the small tribe alone. Seeing his troops constantly shuttling back and forth in the ravines and dense forests all day long, exhausted but with nothing, and little food and grass left, Qi Yun finally couldn't help it.

On February 7, 2786 AD, most of Qi Yun once again surrounded a small barbarian tribe of three or four thousand people, the Chishui tribe, at the foot of Yelang Mountain, which was more than 100 miles away from Pingliu City.

Qi Yun, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally ordered the whole army to attack.

This time, however, the old man fell into a trap carefully designed by the barbarians.

The Chishui tribe was the bait, and within a radius of more than two hundred miles from Yelang Mountain, there were seven or eight barbarian tribes waiting for Qi Yun to take the bait. And among them is the frostwolf tribe, one of the three main forces of the barbarian army.

The scouts kept coming in the news that countless barbarian armies were approaching Yelang Mountain. However, the battle to encircle and suppress the Chishui tribe was not as smooth as expected. Although this tribe is small in number, it is extremely powerful. It was with 4,000 people to resist the charge of tens of thousands of troops again and again.

Qi Yun had no choice but to give up the encirclement and suppression, and quickly retreated to Pingliu City with his troops.

As soon as the troops entered the city, the barbarian armies from all walks of life pursued them to the city one after another. And the scouts are still coming, not only the seven or eight barbarian tribes near Stratoflow City are gathering. There are also countless armies of barbarians from other places who are also moving in the direction of the stratosphere.

There are 10,000 defenders in Pingliu City, and 8,000 Black Flag soldiers who have been stranded here. Together with Qi Yun's more than 60,000 people, there are a total of 80,000 troops. Moreover, the city walls are tall and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Pingliu garrison Wang Ming and the eldest prince Zhao Hong saw that there were twenty or thirty thousand barbarian troops gathered under the city, and they didn't care too much. But Qi Yun felt the crisis. The barbarian army was certainly not gathered on such a large scale for a small stratospheric city. It should have gotten the news that the eldest prince was in Pingliu City, and came to the eldest prince. Years of military service gave him a hunch that the current Stratoflow City was in danger.

At Qi Yun's insistence, Zhao Hong finally decided to abandon the city and break through and retreat to the Northern Underworld.

On February 8, 2786, 80,000 Zhao troops rushed out of the south gate of Pingliu City under the cover of more than 10,000 people who had not yet assembled the barbarian army outside the city. After a bloody battle, he repelled the barbarians outside the city and quickly retreated east to the northern underworld. They were followed by several barbarian tribes, and barbarian armies from all over the north were constantly joining in pursuit.

The news of the retreat soon spread to the Huanghong of Beiming County, and then to the Qin army camp. As soon as Qin Feng received the military report, he immediately rushed to the Zhao army camp on the east bank of the Wei River with Mo Bing, Shi Ling'er and others.

Sure enough, as he expected, tens of thousands of Zhao troops and people wanted to cross the river and flee to Beiming County. But now that there were only more than fifty ferries left, what Qin Feng was most worried about had happened.

When he came to Daying, Qin Feng didn't talk nonsense, and immediately took all the ferries to the west of the Wei River. At this time, Huang Hong also realized that he had indeed made a big mistake by burning the ship. Hurriedly sent people to collect boats around the east bank of the Wei River, preparing to receive the eldest prince Zhao Hong, Qi Yun and others to cross the river.

Qi Yun sent news that the place where Zhao Jun crossed the river was chosen to be on the golden sand beach east of the Wei River. And this is the place where Qin Feng and Yuan Yun killed the evil Jiao before.

A round of red sun rises from the waterline of the Wei River, and under the bloody morning sun, more than 50 ferries are neatly arranged on the shore of the golden beach.

On the bow of the ship, Qin Feng, Mo Bing and the others looked anxiously into the distance. If nothing else, Qi Yun's army should be on the .......