Whether it was the Vietnamese army led by Sun Ning, or the ghost cavalry on the opposite side, everyone didn't expect that the victory and defeat in this battle would be so fast.

When the two heavy horses smashed together like two hammers, the people turned over on their backs, and soon, the thousand heavy horses of the ghost Rong quickly collapsed.

Because they were defeated generals under the Vietnamese army before, their mentality has not yet adjusted, and they are all injured and their strength is incomplete.

Coupled with the fact that they did not expect that they would fight a decisive battle with the same heavily equipped heavy cavalry, and that the opponent had more troops, this made them even more afraid in their hearts, so they were afraid before fighting.

As a result, the Ghost Rong Heavy Cavalry was quickly engulfed and died, until the whole army completely collapsed. And the onslaught of the Vietnamese army continued, constantly rushing forward.

Some of the four thousand light horsemen behind the ghost subconsciously caught up, and then there was an even more tragic scene.

Under the impact of heavy cavalry, they were like clay sculptures and paper paste, and they were penetrated and shattered in front of them, and they were immediately crushed. The rest, seeing that the situation was not good, immediately scattered, intending to turn the situation around with the means they were best at riding and shooting.

However, these sporadic arrows are really not a threat to the heavily armored iron horseman, and the arrows hit the body, just clanging, and then they rebound to the ground, and it is difficult to lose a single bit.

The only problem may be that the more agile and fast light riders are not something that the heavy riders can keep up with.

But that didn't hurt, because the target of this Vietnamese heavy cavalry was not these light cavalry that had lost their threat at all, but the city of Jizhou, which had completely opened its gates and lost any protection.

In this way, when the ghost Rong light cavalry kept galloping and firing arrows to harass them, the three thousand heavy cavalry ignored them, and roared into Jizhou City.

When these ghost cavalry, who had no concept of defending the city, realized that the situation was wrong and wanted to make amends, the more than 20,000 Vietnamese troops in the rear also moved.

More than 20,000 Vietnamese troops pressed on the whole line and rushed directly to the ghost cavalry in front of them in a state of encirclement, which frightened them to the point of scattering.

Although they didn't know how to defend the city, they had rich combat experience, so they naturally saw their own situation at once. Once the Vietnamese army really surrounds him, then the whole army will really be annihilated here.

Therefore, they immediately changed direction, broke into pieces, and galloped away in different directions before the encirclement of the Vietnamese army was formed.

Since you can't do anything, and the city can't be defended, let's protect ourselves first.

But even so, the Vietnamese army did not really let them go, and under Sun Ning's orders, they sent light cavalry to pursue on the one hand, and used bows and crossbows to obstruct and kill the enemy.

So in just over half an hour's confrontation, the 4,000 Guirong light cavalry quickly reduced their strength to 3,000, and then they left in embarrassment.

As for Jizhou City, which should have been garrisoned by them, at this time, the banners above were replaced by the Dayue Army Flag, which was the first to enter the city, which means that the entire city has completely changed hands!

However, the casualties brought by this battle to the Vietnamese army were only more than 300 people......

When Sun Ning officially entered Jizhou, took over all affairs, and learned the result from his subordinates' reports, he was also surprised and happy: "Good! Now you should know that those seemingly powerful Oni Rong people are not as terrifying as you imagined, right?"

"What Your Majesty said is, now it seems that the so-called ghost Rong people are nothing more than that, their shortcomings are shorter than ours, as long as we grasp this, why worry that the land of Hebei and Northern Xinjiang will not return to the hands of my court!" Feng Yonglong immediately replied.

"Very well, pass on this word to boost the morale of our army. Because this Jizhou is just the beginning, under my leadership, we will soon take the other cities one by one, and truly block the Guirong army that intends to invade the Central Plains in the south on the line of the Yellow River!"

These words once again caused all the soldiers to be in a mood and cheer continuously.

This is not only because Sun Ning promised them a prospect of victory, but also because everyone believes that this promise will soon become a reality.

Because over the years, everyone has followed His Majesty the Emperor, and they are really achieving the set goals little by little. From the south of the Yangtze River to the Central Plains, and then to the north of the Yellow River. His Majesty the Emperor is precisely to the facts

Prove to everyone that you can achieve the goals you have set.

After encouraging the morale of the army and arranging people to guard the city and maintain local law and order, Sun Ning officially paid attention to this important town in Hebei.

Then, as the relevant details were reported one by one, Sun Ning's brows gradually furrowed, and the joy just now faded a lot.

The situation in Jizhou is even more unbearable than imagined.

Compared with the bad situation in the city and the subordinate counties at this time, the dilapidated appearance of the city just seen is not a big problem.

For a city, in addition to city defense, the most important things are two points, people and food.

And now Jizhou, but there are few of both.

"There are only more than 50,000 people in the original northern city...... How is this possible?" Sun Ning looked at the report in his hand, and couldn't believe his eyes.

Although when he entered the city, he saw a scene of withering, but this specific number still frightened him.

You must know that in the Central Plains, not to mention a big city like Luoyang Kaifeng, there are more than 100,000 people in the general state capital, and there are many 200,000. And then this Jizhou, but only less than half of the people's population?

"This figure may not be accurate, but the gap is not too big......," Feng Yonglong said with a wry smile, "But as some local people say, in fact, the population of Jizhou is still more than 100,000, but because of the forced requisition and transportation of grain by the Guirong people before, and the fact that some tribal leaders took the opportunity to take them into slavery, plus those who did not want to suffer and fled, in this way, only half of the population remained." Moreover, most of them are still old and weak......

Sun Ning exhaled a turbid breath: "No wonder, it seems that in this way, maybe there should be a lot of people who have fled in the nearby mountains and wilderness. The next thing we're going to do is to think of bringing them back into the city."

"Your Majesty is benevolent. However, the problem in the city is not only the scarcity of population, but also the lack of food. According to the courtiers, the grain stored in the granaries of the government is less than 5,000 stones, and if it is supplied to the people in the city, it will be less than ten days."

"Then let's allocate some of our rations to help them first." Sun Ning sighed, these will also become his own people next, but they can't really starve to death.

However, he also knew that this could only solve a temporary emergency, and if he really wanted to change the withering situation in Jizhou and even the cities of Hebei, he also needed to defeat the main force of Guirong and regain a large amount of materials and wealth that had been embezzled from them!