Even the veteran Bo Lu on the battlefield was shocked and the two armies fought fiercely from the third evening the previous night until the sunset the next day. When the last ray of blood-like setting sun disappeared in the sky, the last battle of the leopard flag fell on the battlefield.

Yao Changkun once let go of the hole, hoping that some of the Leopard Guards could escape to the periphery, so that Bo Lu could easily deal with them, but what surprised him was that no one of the Leopard Guards escaped. Yao Changkun did not believe that such a powerful force on the battlefield could not see such obvious loopholes. This only shows that they did not want to escape, and they were determined to die here.

After figuring this out, Yao Changkun immediately recruited Bolu and used his cavalry to attack and divide the Baotao Guards.

Baotaogu knew that there was a trap at the foot of the mountain, but they still rushed down without hesitation. Before going from the middle of the mountain road to the position of the Zhengbei Army, the Zhengbei Army used their powerful long-range strike force to set up a road of death. The Baotaogu fell one after another one more than a thousand meters away. But what moved all the soldiers of the Zhengbei Army were that they actually held the bodies of their companions and used their shooting bodies to block the rainy thunder fire and rushed towards the position of the Zhengbei Army.

On this road, the Leopard Guard paid nearly two thousand people, but they finally rushed into the position of the Northern Expedition Army and opened a hand-to-hand contact with their opponents.

After almost a day and a night of battle, the Baotao Guards all fell at the foot of Niujiao Mountain, but the Northern Army also paid a price of more than 3,000 people, which made Ding Qiu a little angry. The Northern Army gathered two main battle camps here, plus Bolu's 10,000 Mongolian cavalry and Yao Changkun's control of the envoys. More than 60,000 people fought against the army that was less than 10,000 people on the other side. They even formed this way.

The soldiers of the North Army were indeed red from their eyes. Now they were cleaning the battlefield. Whenever they saw the dead Leopard Guards, they stabbed them without saying a word. Most of the officers of the North Army chose to turn a blind eye. Although this battle was not a suspense of victory or defeat, they were indeed very exciting. There have been several times when Jiang Guangyu killed less than a hundred meters away from the central army's banner.

Jiang Guangyu died. He died not far from the central army flag. At his feet, the officers of the Baotao Guard were piled up layer by layer. From the beginning of the war, Jiang Guangyu gave up command of the entire army and allowed the soldiers of the Baotao Guard to rush to the death on their own. He assembled all officers above the school lieutenant to form a powerful force to rush straight to the opponent's central army. If he could kill one or two of the opponent's main generals, he would make a profit.

But he forgot that before the Central Army of the Northern Army, it was Jiang Xu, Meng Zhu and the remaining more than a thousand men of the Modao Team. The two thousand Modao Team lost almost one-third of the victory in Liangzhou. In this battle, Yao Changkun did not want to let them suffer any losses. He trained a Modao Team. So far, the entire Northern Army had only this little manpower. The loss of so many people in Liangzhou was probably a pain in the governor.

In this battle, the Modao Team became a bystander and was only responsible for the protection of the central army. What Yao Changkun did not expect was that this inadvertent action finally played a big role.

Jiang Guangyu's final crazy action was unexpected by any general, and even Yun Zhao could hardly imagine that he would give up the command of the entire army and gather all the generals of the troops to form such an attacking team. The strong in the army are respected and those who can become officers are basically extremely brave. This team has powerfully penetrated the defense line of the entire Northern Army, seen the flag of the central army, and even seen the face of the opponent's general.

It was at this moment that Jiang Guangyu saw the sword formation standing in front of him.

Jiang Xu was so excited that he scratched his ears and foreheads like a monkey. Such a battle made him watch, which was indeed unbearable, but even though he was missing a string in his mind, after getting too many boards, he knew that the military orders were not violated. Seeing that his opponent was actually delivered to him, it was reasonable that he was displeased.

The team of hundreds of officers did not cross this sword formation after all, and their desolate limbs made Jiang Xu and Mengzhu's military achievements.

The horse boots stepped on the ground and made a mumble sound. The splashed blood mud made the black uppers of the shoe red. Shangguan Biao walked over with a team of soldiers. In his hand, he held a horse skin and a flag. It was obtained from the tree on the top of Niujiao Mountain. When Jiang Guangyu went down the mountain, he did not take away the flag of the Leopard Guard flying high on the tree.

As the highest commander here, Yao Changkun took over the military flag representing the Leopard Guard, carefully folded it neatly, and turned around and handed it to Jiang Xu.

"Jiang Xu, you bring a team of riders, whip them up and give them to the governor!"

"yes!"

Turning his head and looking at the battlefield like Shura hell, Yao Changkun was in a state of ease. Putting aside his position, Leopard Taowe was a respectable opponent.

"Send the order to bury these Leopard Guards at the foot of Niujiao Mountain. Jiang Guangyu, Gao Xingwang and other senior generals buried in the mountain and erect a monument for them." Yao Changkun said: "The soldiers who died ourselves were burned on the spot, took the ashes and sent them back to Xingling!"

"Yes!" The generals around bowed and took the order.

"All troops, rest for one night, set off tomorrow, go to Yizhou to meet with the governor! Take down Cheng Qun, and peace will be restored in the north!" Yao Changkun waved.

"The Northern Army Victory!" The cheers of soldiers came from the surroundings.

After tying the horse back and walking a few steps, Yao Changkun turned around, looked at the battlefield again, and murmured: "I hope I will never encounter such an opponent and such a battle again!"

In Yizhou City, Cheng Qun's figure was obviously hunched down. The army that was about to retreat was about to set off, but stopped again. Liu Hanqing returned from Qinzhou. The news he brought back made Cheng Qun's last trace of luck ruthlessly shatter.

The retreat is gone! Without Li Hongchao's navy, the Jinwu Guard could only stand firm in Yizhou and was destroyed in the end. There was no other possibility. The Fourth Master's army had not completely pacified the Central Plains, and the 100,000 troops of the Northern Expedition Army had already approached the south of the Yangtze River. Even if the Fourth Master could draw reinforcements, it would be difficult to save the nearby fire from afar.

The Jinwu Guard, without a retreat, began to strengthen the defense of Yizhou City. More than 100,000 people in the city were driven out of Yizhou City, and they were not allowed to take away a piece of food and a drop of water. These were all needed for the Jinwu Guard. Ten thousand people were displaced, and they would cause great trouble to the conquest of the Northern Army. Yun Zhao, who regarded himself as the lord of the northern land, would not sit idly by. It would not be easy to place the 100,000 people, and at least it would buy more time for himself.

Standing on the city tower, watching the people who were driven away from the city by the soldiers' steel knives and whips, crying and begging, and watching them stumble and disappear into their own vision, Cheng Qun's heart did not have a trace of turmoil, and he was already ashamed.

The order to Liu Xuyong has been issued. He did not know whether his order could reach Liu Xuyong's hands, nor did he know whether Liu Xuyong would follow the order to attack the Northern Army in order to move closer to Yizhou City. This is a suicide attack. Whether Liu Xuyong can reach Yizhou City is not within Cheng Qun's consideration, but doing so can at least reduce the pressure on Yizhou City. After all, Liu Xuyong still has more than 20,000 Qianniu Guard soldiers who are used to fighting. If Liu Xuyong is determined, it will inevitably cause great trouble to the Northern Army. Without several times the strength, the Northern Army will not be able to intercept Qianniu Guards.

I have done everything I can, and now I can only passively wait for Yun Zhao's arrival.

As the guards led by Cheng Qun, the Jinwu Guards have expanded over the years and have more than 30,000 soldiers. In Tianshui County and Daji County, the gateways of Yizhou City, Cheng Qun each stationed 5,000 troops as guards of Yizhou City, and the rest of the troops gathered in Yizhou City.

Under Yun Zhao's control, when Yao Changkun was the commander of the four states, he chose this place as the location of the control prefecture. After Cheng Qun entered, he also chose Yizhou. It can be seen that Yizhou is the center of these four states, both military and political. Its urban defense facilities are the most complete among the four states. The north is short of water, and it is rare to see a moat in large cities. However, Yizhou City has a circle moat that is more than ten meters wide, which wraps the entire Yizhou City. Outside Yizhou City, there are many fortresses. As the guardian of Yizhou City, it is an extremely difficult task to complete. After driving away tens of thousands of people in the city, Cheng Qun collected all the food, which was enough to support his army to hold on for a year.

Come on, Yun Zhao! No matter how sharp your mouth is, here, I will break a few of your front teeth. Cheng Qun looked at Yizhou City with increasingly perfect urban defense facilities and said in his heart.

Yun Zhao bypassed Liu Xuyong from Jiaozhou and ordered Jamuha to lead the cavalry to cut off the passage from Jiaozhou to Yizhou, trapping him in Jiaozhou, and the main force of the Northern Expedition Army went straight to Yizhou.

On March 11, Huo Zhenting's Sixth Battalion took Tianshui County.

On March 13, Zhou Guangyi's seventh battalion took over Daji County.

On March 15, Yun Zhao's personal guard camp, Su Dingfang's Anqing camp, Hu Zehua's Panshi camp met with Huo Zhenting and Zhou Guangyi's two troops, and approached Yizhou City.

In the camp of the Northern Army, in addition to the large flags of the Northern Army, there are two other flags that are particularly eye-catching. One is the commander of the commander of the military guards, and the other is the commander of the Baotao Guard. What these two general flags mean when they appear here is, all the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard in Yizhou City know about it.

On March 20, Yao Changkun's four state envoys personally led Wang Qiang's Fourth Battalion and Meng Yaolu City Camp arrived one after another. The troops also arrived with Bolu's 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 large-scale tent soldiers led by Tuli. Yizhou City was besieged.
Chapter completed!