Shi Le only stayed in Youzhou for a few days, and he was ready to return to Xiangguo, not that he had already sorted out Youzhou, there were still many forces in Youzhou who did not listen to him, such as Duan's Xianbei and his different dreams, and for example, several Taishou appointed by Wang Jun such as Shao Xu. But because Tuoba Xianbei was strong at that time, and he was very bad with himself, just like the sword of Damocles hanging over his head, he didn't dare to stay for a long time, for fear of causing unnecessary trouble, so he appointed Liu Han, a native of Yan State, to temporarily take charge of Youzhou, this Liu Han is not Shi Le's descendant, he has always been Wang Jun's person, and later took refuge in himself. Shi Le was afraid that he would rashly appoint an outsider and cause changes in Youzhou, so he could only grit his teeth and admit it.

At this time, Shi Le received an urgent report from Xiangguo, and Shi Le was shocked, so he immediately prepared to lead his troops out of Youzhou, and his family and most of his family were in Xiangguo. Shi Le ordered the general Kong Chang to lead an army of 30,000 to take the lead, and he stayed for a few more days, hastily appointed the governors of the counties and counties of Youzhou, and prepared to return to the division.

At this time, the first wave of materials and population transported by Zhang Tong had already arrived in Shangdang County, and Shangdang County Cheng Mohan personally led people to arrange, Chu Yun besieged Xiangguo, and Shi Hu of Wei County did not show his fangs, so it went smoothly.

After a long journey, Lu Zhong's Third Cavalry Brigade finally came to the outside of Handan City.

"Captain, we have arrived, Handan is worthy of being a rich crown in the sea, the famous capital of the world, and this majestic city wall is not owned by ordinary cities. Zuo Song, the deputy commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade who led the way at the front, ran to Lu Zhong and said with a smile. Lu Zhong looked at the lanterns on the head of the city, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, they agreed to hang three red and three white lanterns at the gate of the city, and the north gate was not closed, and the state army entered on its own, until now Lu Zhong was relieved, everything was going well.

"Into town. Lu Zhong also said with a smile.

"Brigade commander, why don't I go in first to explore the way?" said the deputy brigade commander Zuo Song, not that he felt that there might be a problem, but that during the march of the Iron and Blood Army, the main and deputy brigade commanders must not get together, so as not to be caught in a net, and the deputy brigade commander was already leading the team in front, so Lu Zhong nodded without thinking that there was any problem.

The deputy brigade commander ran back to the front of the team, he rode the third brigade with a wave of his hand and entered Handan City like a snake, this deputy brigade commander called Zuo Song was a homeless person recruited when Chu Yun was still in Taihang Mountain, he was promoted to deputy brigade commander over the years, don't look at the deputy brigade commander is only equivalent to the chief of staff of later generations and has no real power, but they are the reserve cadres carefully cultivated by the iron-blooded army, once the army is expanded, they are the best candidates for the brigade commander.

Zuo Song was a wealthy family when he was young, although he was not a child of a family, but he was also born in a landlord family, and he received a good education since he was a child, and he was a rare Confucian general in the iron-blooded army, and his ancestral martial arts and sword skills were good, which was very valued by Chu Yun.

Zuo Song marched into Handan City, he originally thought that they would definitely be warmly welcomed as the army of the imperial court, but after he entered, he didn't find any living people inside. The more Zuo Song thought about it, the more wrong it became, and the few soldiers who had gone to investigate the surroundings just now did not come back to report, but at this time, the army of the Third Cavalry Brigade had already entered nearly halfway.

"Obey my orders, and the whole army stops. Zuo Song finally realized that something was wrong.

"General, they seem to have found out. And just above the castle tower, which was only two hundred meters away from Zuo Song, a young man in armor looked at the iron-blooded army under the city gate with a glass of wine. His face was solemn, as if he had encountered a great enemy, and the army under him seemed to be forbidden, and thousands of people were like one person, not noisy or chaotic, this was the Bingzhou army? If it was really the Bingzhou army, why could Liu Kun be beaten by the Huns like a lost dog?

This person is Shi Hu, who has long occupied Handan City, he has not spoken, and several generals around him have not dared to say more, the blood stains on the head of the stone Buddha have not yet dried, and they are very afraid of the nephew of this leader.

"The whole army retreats, withdraw first. Zuo Song said immediately, but it was too late.

"Close the gates and catch turtles in the urns. Shi Le threw away the wine glass in his hand, everyone got the order, and immediately scattered out, with a loud bang, the broken dragon stone on the city gate actually fell directly and slowly, dozens of iron-blooded soldiers were shocked, they ran over, trying to lift the broken dragon stone, the iron-blooded army's bravery was unreservedly displayed at this critical moment. But the manpower was finally too late, and dozens of people used all their strength to resist the slowly descending Broken Dragon Stone, and dozens of people were almost all crushed under the Broken Dragon Stone.

"Don't be in a hurry, lean over and lean over. Zuo Song knew that they were ambushed, but he was not flustered, he loudly commanded the hundreds of cavalry who came in to approach him, he didn't believe that Handan City was so big, and they wouldn't be able to run out of the four gates.

Lu Zhong outside the city was taken aback, and with the soldiers in front of him coming to report, he quickly came to the north city gate, and he found that the city gate was completely sealed.

"Sufa (Handan County Order), I will grass your ancestors, pass on my order, you go to the remaining three city gates of Handan City to investigate, which city gate is not closed, quickly report to me. In addition, we sent someone behind us to inform Zhao Hu, the commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade, and told him that we had encountered an ambush, and let them decide on their own merits, and it was best to retreat immediately. Lu Zhong immediately arranged, he had no authority to order the Fifth Infantry Brigade, so he could only implicitly tell Zhao Hu that he hoped that they would retreat, and at this time the sound of fighting in Handan City had already sounded.

Zuo Song led the iron-blooded army into the city to explore the way to escape, carrying countless arrows, but they underestimated Shi Hu's arrangement, their northern gate was closed by the Broken Dragon Stone, and the roads in several other directions were either pitted that they couldn't get through, or they were blocked by debris, and they didn't have any way except to abandon their horses and escape from the roof. But it was very difficult for them to let this group of cavalry give up their horses.

Zuo Song had the heart to fight with the enemy, but now they have not seen the rest of the enemies except for a few enemies, and the other party does not even give them a chance to fight fairly, Zuo Song has a trace of despair in his heart.

"Abandon the horse, let's go from the roof. Zuo Song said in a trembling voice, as a cavalryman, losing their companion horses means that they have abandoned their proud glory in order to survive. The soldiers of the Iron Blood Army were unwilling, but their men had already been killed and wounded by arrows in the sky, and if they continued like this, they would be killed senselessly.

"The first article of the Iron and Blood Army's military regulations is that those who disobey the order die, and all obey the order. Zuo Song touched the yellow horse that had been with him for two years, his eyes were full of tears, and the yellow horse also seemed to feel the sadness of the master, and it kept hitting Zuo Song's chest with its head, trying to make the master feel better.

"Brother, I'm sorry. Zuo Song closed his eyes, and the long knife in his hand slashed out with all his might, hitting the neck of the yellow horse, the neck of the yellow horse was almost cut off by Zuo Song, and the tears in Zuo Song's eyes finally dripped down. The yellow horse's big eyes have been looking at its master, it was killed by its own master, there is no hatred in its eyes, only doubts, it doesn't know if it has made its master angry, and slowly its big eyes lose their lustre.

"Kill all the horses and go from the roof. Zuo Song wiped away his tears, knocked a few arrows off with the knife in his hand, and then took the lead on the roof. When the rest of the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army saw this scene, they all took action, and the wailing of hundreds of war horses overwhelmed all the voices on the battlefield.

Shi Hu stood at the height of the city gate and saw this scene, he didn't know what he was thinking, but the people around him all felt something, after all, they were all cavalrymen, they knew how cruel it was to kill their mounts, how cruel it was to a cavalryman, they were all full of faint admiration and fear for the Iron Blood Army, this feeling may not have been discovered by themselves, those who are ruthless to themselves are even more ruthless to others.

"It's really a terrible army, is this the Bingzhou Army?" said an adjutant general, his words resonated with everyone, and also made Shi Hu look at him.

The adjutant general looked at Shi Hu and looked at him, his heart was cold, he said the wrong thing? Who knew that Shi Hu just raised his hand and patted his arm: "You are right, this is indeed a terrible army." The deputy general heard Shi Hu's approval, he was relieved, and just about to say something, Shi Hu suddenly made a move, his hands poked out like lightning, grabbed the deputy general's head like two iron gates, and then clicked, Shi Hu actually broke the deputy general's neck, and the deputy general's head drooped down, this scene frightened everyone, and everyone knelt down.

"Hmph, this is the end of destroying one's own prestige and raising the morale of others, a terrible army?hahaha, only my warriors of the Qiang tribe are the most terrifying, you all go to prepare, they all follow our plan step by step to death, and now it's time for us to close the net." I'm going to see if they're terrible or we're terrible. Shi Hu laughed and went down the tower, and when Shi Hu left, they stood up stiffly.

Zuo Song climbed through the ambush circle from the roof with the remaining 600 or so men, and the arrows fired at them became scarce, and they knew that they were safe for the time being. Of the 900 people who entered the city, a third died, and Zuo Song had to abandon all those who were seriously wounded. They gathered together with ugly faces, Zuo Song counted the number of people slightly, and then gave an order, they could no longer separate, they could only flee together. Because they were ambushed at the north gate, Zuo Song ordered all to go south, he didn't believe that all the four city gates were blocked, so he thought in reverse, they fled from the farthest south gate, which may not be feasible.

Lu Zhong, who was outside the city, also tried to find a way to enter the city to meet Zuo Song and others, you must know that there are only more than 2,000 people in the Third Cavalry Brigade, and almost half of them have entered the city. But Handan City is several meters high, they are all cavalry, there is really no way, the four gates are all closed, and Lu Zhong can only watch his brothers in the city being killed. He now knew that Handan City was a trap, but he still had the only hope that his brothers in the city would kill him.

Zuo Song led hundreds of brothers and kept marching towards the south, and along the way they barely met anyone in Handan City, which was like an empty city. They could only walk forward by feeling, for the first time they felt that the city was so hateful, the group had been walking for more than half an hour, and they had not even reached the south gate.

Just when they turned a corner and came to the main road north and south of Handan City, everyone's dark color became serious, Zuo Song pushed away the soldiers in front, his face became solemn, and dense cavalry appeared in front and behind them, these people wearing armor and holding scimitars blocked their way.

Zuo Song knew that this was all planned by the enemy, and they were going to consume their physical strength, and now that the enemy had reached the harvest season, Zuo Song's face turned hideous: "Brothers, we are an iron-blooded army, what is our oath to enlist?"

"Kill all the Hulu and rebuild the mountains and rivers. This slogan of the Iron Blood Army once made the Hu people within the Iron Blood Army very resistant, but Chu Yun thought that as long as they joined the Iron Blood Army, spoke Chinese, wore Han clothes, revered their ancestors, and identified with Han culture, then they were all Han people, so after several years of integration, whether it was the Huns in the Zahu or even the Iron Blood Army, they all thought they were Han people, so when everyone shouted this slogan, everyone did their best. They also know that today is likely to be the moment of their death, but they are not afraid, their families will be properly taken care of by the governor, and the Hu people among them even hope that through their own death, in exchange for the true acceptance of the Han people, their family members will say that the martyrs' families will become first-class people like the Han people.

"Kill. Zuo Song didn't talk nonsense, with Zuo Song's voice, hundreds of people of the Iron Blood Army killed the cavalry on the opposite side without hesitation, and the cavalry of the Qiang tribe also raised their knives and killed the Iron Blood Army, on the narrow road, the infantry faced the cavalry directly It was a massacre, the soldiers at the front of the Iron Blood Army blocked the torrent of cavalry with their bodies, and the soldiers behind took advantage of the enemy's cavalry to slow down, and they quickly killed the past.

Under this terrain, it was difficult for the cavalry to chisel the infantry, which gave the Iron Blood Army an opportunity, and the Iron Blood Army, under the leadership of Zuo Song, tried to pull the enemy off the horse while chopping the horse's legs, and it was difficult to fight for a while.

"Waste, it's all waste. Shi Hu watched from a distance that his subordinates couldn't take the enemy for a while, his face was pale, originally he thought that the Iron Blood Army was designed by himself like other Han troops, and he would definitely have no fighting spirit at all, and he would even surrender on his knees. That's why he only sent out five hundred men, but now it seems that he underestimated the enemy.

"The whole army will be dispatched, and within half an hour, give me all the opponents, otherwise you generals and colonels will all die, and I will be captured alive by the man in the chain mail. Shi Hu said angrily, Zuo Song brandished his long knife in front of his eyes and was invincible, his sword technique was ancestral, but it was changed by Chu Yun himself, it was more suitable for the battlefield, he had killed twenty or thirty people, like a tiger's momentum and dazzling record, let him stand out from the crowd, Shi Hu fell in love with him at a glance.

Shi Hu is jealous of his ability, as long as his martial arts surpass him in his army, he will be killed by various means (historical facts), of course, as Shi Hu becomes more and more powerful, the people who surpass him are almost extinct, and Shi Hu is called the first military general under Shi Le, which is not controversial. However, Shi Hu still retained his previous hobby, and when he saw an outstanding general, his first thought was to destroy, and Zuo Song's performance today made Shi Hu rise this perverted desire.

Although the Iron-blooded people could not exert all their cavalry strength, their tall and endurance supermen were slowly shown, and the Iron-Blooded Army was slowly smoothed out with a momentum equal to their combat effectiveness, and with Shi Hu's order, the addition of the remaining Qiang cavalry as a new force made the Iron-Blooded Army slowly fall into passivity.

Zuo Song also reached the limit, when he slashed to death a Qiang soldier in front of him, he was cut in the arm by another Qiang soldier, his knife could no longer be held, and then his head was hit hard by a hammer, and his eyes were black and could no longer hold on. Just as he was about to be made up by the other soldiers, a man in ornate armor approached.

"This is the man who the general ordered to be captured alive and taken away. Zuo Song was set up by a few people, and the rest of the iron-blooded army wanted to rush over to save Zuo Song, but they were stopped by layers of Qiang soldiers.

After more than half an hour, Handan City fell into a death-like silence again, more than six hundred iron-blooded troops were all killed, and they also caused three or four hundred casualties among the Qiang people, all the living Qiang cavalry were silent around the battlefield, many people silently took off the helmets on their heads, although they were all enemies, but they felt that the other party was worthy of respect.

How could Lu Zhong, who was waiting anxiously outside the city, not hear the fighting in the city, his whole person fell into self-blame, Chu Yun once told them that before entering a city, they must first check the city gate, and send scouts to find out the situation in the city, but he didn't even remember the governor's instructions, and didn't seriously send someone to check carefully, so that nearly half of the brothers fell into a desperate situation, thinking about his continuous mistakes, his face turned pale.

"Brigade commander, a large force of cavalry has come from the south, at least a few thousand people. The scout suddenly came to report, and Lu Zhong's face became even more ugly.

"The whole army retreated. Lu Nan bit his lip tightly, the blood was about to come out, obviously this order was not so easy to make.

Just when the Third Cavalry Brigade encountered the second major setback, Guo Yong in the middle was unstoppable, and he stopped until he broke through Nanhe County in Julu County, and because of the work of the Supervision Department along the way, they almost did not encounter decent resistance, if it wasn't for Zhang Tong's repeated orders to stop the attack, maybe he would be able to create a miracle.

And Chu Yun in Xiangguo, he also had to face the first fierce battle he entered in Yizhou, Xiangguo City dispatched 5,000 cavalry, led by the generals Tao Bao and Guo Quan, and slaughtered out of the city, Chu Yun directly retreated more than ten miles, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.