Hou Dayong marched from the Singding Pass to Zezhou, following the Northern Han Army and Liao Army from afar, without contacting its main force, and specifically looking for various transportation teams and reconnaissance teams. Zhang Yuanhui, the commander of the Northern Han vanguard and the governor of Wuning, sent a scout to find out that this Great Zhou army was about 2,000. Zhang Yuanhui saw that his soldiers were few, and repeatedly set up ambushing, trying to eat the Black Eagle Army.

The Black Eagle Army was very cautious in its operation. Hou Dayong sent a large number of Lion Camp reconnaissance cavalry to always pay attention to the movements of the Northern Han army and the Liao army. According to Hou Dayong's arrangement, the Lion Camp captain Wang Qingshui divided the reconnaissance cavalry into a group of three. In the morning, afternoon, first and middle of the night, each dispatched three groups, each of which investigated the situation within ten miles. After Zhang Yuanhui set up an ambush, he was soon discovered by the Lion Camp reconnaissance cavalry. The Black Eagle Army stopped advancing and hid in the mountains and forests. Zhang Yuanhui waited left and right and did not see the Black Eagle Army. He sent a scout, but no trace of the Black Eagle Army was found. After Zhang Yuanhui returned in vain, the Black Eagle Army followed the butt of the coalition army from afar.

The Black Eagle Army was like a mosquito, always flying around the hunting dogs of the Northern Han Army and the Liao Army, and biting it from time to time. When the hunting dogs discovered it, the mosquitoes had already sucked blood and flew away. The Northern Han Army and the Liao Army were annoyed by the Black Eagle Army, but they had no choice but to do anything about it.

Hou Dayong knew that the decisive battle between the Great Zhou army and the Northern Han army and the Liao army would be launched in the Gaoping area. At this time, Liu Chong was eager to arrive at Zezhou and advance to Daliang, and would not do his best to deal with the Black Eagle Army. As long as the Black Eagle Army was cautious and guarded against the slums, there would be no big problem. Hou Dayong relaxed and waited patiently for the arrival of the war. After camping every day, he arranged some time to read books and practice martial arts.

After Hou Dayong obtained the method of practicing Qi in "The Sword Technique of Heavenly Dun" taught by Chen Tuan, he tried to practice it and found that it could regulate the respiratory and nervous system. The last time he was infected with the aconitum poison, he felt the most obvious. Hou Dayong treated this method of practicing Qi with a normal mind, as practicing yoga, and practiced it before sleeping.

Before I knew it, I had been practicing qigong for nearly two months.

After camping for one day, Hou Dayong was practicing in the camp. Suddenly, he heard a small military tent outside the account. Two primary schools lowered their voices and talked softly. The two primary schools talked about the beautiful women they saw in Cangcheng without saying a word. Although the primary school was very low and was separated by the camp, Hou Dayong could still hear clearly and smiled knowingly. The men in the army were lonely and often talked about the opposite sex. On the nights of the military academy, the boys' dormitory would talk more or less about this topic every day. After listening for a while, Hou Dayong suddenly realized that the two primary schools were waiting for dispatch in the small military tent outside the camp, and were not on duty and sergeants, so they had to speak every day. Why had they never heard them speak before? Has his hearing improved?

Hou Dayong listened quietly, only to feel the sound of the patrol soldiers outside the tent walking, the sound of the wind, and the talk of the two soldiers, clearly heard it clearly. It seemed that his hearing had indeed improved. Hou Dayong's hearing improved for some reason, and ruled out many possibilities. In the end, he still believed that it should be attributed to the daily Qi training.

After He Wulang became a personal guard, Hou Dayong often discussed sword techniques with him. The five styles of He Family sword techniques improved by Hou Dayong were more simple and fierce. Hou Dayong asked someone to make some wooden swords, wrap them with cloth strips, stain them with lime, and then chop against He Wulang. At first, He Wulang had the upper hand, often getting three or five swords, and he wanted to cut Hou Dayong for about ten swords. After all, He Wulang had practiced He Family sword techniques for more than ten years, and Hou Dayong only had a few months. Hou Dayong made rapid progress and his skills were fine. When He Wulang saw Hou Dayong's improved He Family sword techniques, he was faster and fierce, simple and effective. Instead, he asked Hou Dayong for advice and practiced the five styles of He Family sword techniques.

Since Hou Dayong felt that his hearing increased, Hou Dayong's coordination and control had also become better, and his body became more agile. He Wulang had no advantage when facing swords with He Wulang. Hou Dayong went to compete with Shi Hu again. Shi Hu was a good swordsman, and he helped Hou Dayong to rescue the siege at Fu Yanqing's mansion. What surprised Shi Hu was that Hou Dayong was still the five-style sword technique, but it was extremely sharp, and the moves were difficult to guard against. Shi Hu used all his skills, but he only had a slight advantage.

After Hou Dayong competed with the two, his confidence in his sword skills increased greatly.

On March 12, the Northern Han Army and the Liao Army vanguards approached Zezhou.

The Black Eagle Army brought plenty of food and grass on this trip. Along the way, they also robbed a lot of food and grass from the Northern Han Army's grain transport team. In addition, according to Hou Dayong's request, some dried meat was prepared for each sergeant, but the quantity was not large, and it was quickly consumed. The soldiers marched every day and had a lot of movement. The soldiers had small hands growing in their throats, hoping to get a piece of fat pork to satisfy their cravings. The personal guard Du Gang specially prepared some jerk for Hou Dayong. Hou Dayong was embarrassed to enjoy it alone, so he distributed it to He Wulang, Du Gang and Chen Meng. The jerk only lasted for two more days than ordinary sergeants, and there was no more. Hou Dayong touched his tight abdominal muscles and sighed: "There is a good figure now, there is no fat at all."

Perhaps the army was greedy and was particularly sensitive to food. When the Lion Camp reconnaissance cavalry was out on routine patrol, they unexpectedly discovered a simple grain silhouette of the Northern Han Army in a valley. There were 500 Northern Han Army guards, about eight miles away from the main force of the Northern Han Army. Since the Battle of Cangzhou, the Black Eagle Army has attacked various transportation squads many times, fighting this kind of battle with more and more. They have a lot of experience. The captains are very proud of seeking war.

After Hou Dayong and Shi Hu discussed, they decided to burn the granary. Shi Hu led the Leopard Camp, the Bear Camp and the Wolf Camp to attack the granary at night. When they were one mile away from the granary, the captain Su Wensen led the Leopard Camp to take rockets and quietly approached the granary, set the rockets, and burned the granary. Even if the work was completed, the captain Hu Ji led the Bear Camp and the Captain Kuang Cao led the Wolf Camp to then respond.

After dark, the soldiers of the Third Battalion quietly forced them to the granary.

There was still a mile away from the granary. The Bear Camp and Wolf Camp stayed to support him. The captain Su Wensen led 300 soldiers from the Leopard Camp to burn the granary alone. Just as he was about to approach the granary, he suddenly heard the sound of drums and horses rushing out of the mountains and forests, surrounding the Leopard Camp. Su Wensen immediately fell into a large area of ​​soldiers. The captain Su Wensen knew that he had been trapped, turned his horse's head and broke through the way he came. At the same time, he took down the bow and arrow and shouted: "Let the arrow." The soldiers of the Leopard Camp kept getting caught in the arrow, but they still used a strong bow to shoot away the Northern Han cavalry that they wanted to kill. The soldiers of the Leopard Camp had all had strong bows, regardless of casualties, and concentrated their strength to break through the way they came. The encircled enemy did not expect that the opponent's bow and arrow were so fierce that dozens of people were shot and killed. The soldiers of the Leopard Camp broke through a hole and broke through the siege.

The cavalry of the Northern Han Dynasty was anxious and reluctant. The soldiers of the Leopard Camp kept turning back and shooting the pursuers with strong bows. The Northern Han Army was extremely powerful and tightly bit the soldiers of the Leopard Camp. When the soldiers of the Leopard Camp came to the Xiong Camp, there were less than a hundred cavalry when the Wolf Camp responded to the ground. More than two hundred Leopard Camp soldiers did not follow. Shihu ordered the Bear Camp and the Wolf Camp to let the Leopard Camp out of the Leopard Camp and shoot fiercely against the Northern Han cavalry. Four hundred iron arrows were in the dark like a huge net, blocking the fastest cavalry. The Northern Han cavalry who had not been caught was red in his eyes. Although they saw an ambush, they were not afraid at all. No matter how many ambushed soldiers were, they rushed straight towards them.

The soldiers of the Leopard Camp took advantage of the opportunity of the Bear Camp and Wolf Camp to block the enemy and turned their horse head. Shihu ordered the soldiers of the Leopard Camp to use a strong bow to suppress the position. After the Leopard Camp soldiers stood firm, they shot arrows at the Northern Han cavalry rushing in front. The powerful bow was exerted, and the Northern Han cavalrymen were shot up and overturned, and the momentum of the attack was blocked.

Shi Hu personally led the Bear Camp, and the Wolf Camp attacked the Northern Han cavalry from the left and right wings, and began a cruel hand-to-hand battle. The Bear Camp was full of spear soldiers, usually well-trained, with five people in a row. When the charge was carried out, the long spears were like forests. The horses behind him followed and were trampled into meat mud. The Wolf Camp soldiers were sword-headed and they were extremely advantageous in fighting in close proximity. The Northern Han cavalry was cut by the light of the swords that were overwhelmed by the sky and the earth-shaking swords. Shi Hu rushed straight towards the officers of the Northern Han army. Shi Hu used a long sword, and the Northern Han generals used a long spear. When the two horses intertwine for the third time, the Northern Han generals stabbed the spear on the chest. Shi Hu turned sideways and made too long, and clamped the spear with his left arm, and took the knife down, and killed the Northern Han generals under the horse.

The Northern Han cavalry could no longer withstand the attack of the Black Eagle Army. Seeing that the main general was killed, they turned around and ran back. The formation of the Northern Han infantry in the back was chasing the defeated Northern Han cavalry. The Black Eagle Army rushed up like a tiger. The Northern Han infantry was divided by the cavalry and could not resist effectively, so they had to flee everywhere.

The soldiers of the Leopard Camp suffered heavy losses. The brothers who were training together on weekdays were killed in a blink of an eye. They were all angry. Regardless of whether the Northern Han army surrendered or not, they would shoot arrows and kill the Northern Han soldiers who had not escaped.

The Leopard Camp, Bear Camp, and Wolf Camp chased to the granary. The granary defenders had closed the gates, arranged their rifles, and sprinkled iron rings, waiting for the Black Eagle Army to attack. Shihu ordered Su Wensen to take the remaining Leopard Camp soldiers to stand in front of the granary for four hundred steps, took out the rockets, lit the fire, and shot them at the granary. The granary defenders were not as good as the leopard camp soldiers. Although they tried their best to fight back with arrows, most of the arrows they fired fell in front of the Leopard Camp soldiers.

It was windy in the evening of March, and the granary was flammable and caught fire soon.

Seeing that the mission was completed, Shi Hu had already caught fire, and ordered the Bear Camp and Wolf Camp to force the soldiers of the Leopard Camp to take away the soldiers. Su Wensen returned to the garrison, knelt in front of Hou Dayong, and cried bitterly. This battle was the largest casualties of the Black Eagle Army since the founding of the army. There were 207 elite Leopard Camp soldiers who had lost countless injuries, but they were also very good at fighting. They won fewer successes and defeated the ambush of the Northern Han army and burned down a granary.

Hou Dayong did not blame Su Wensen for his carelessness. Since he went south from Luzhou, he has been guarding against the Northern Han Army to set up an ambush, but in the end he was still in a rush. Fortunately, the Northern Han Army did not know that the Black Diao Army had strong combat power, and some underestimated the enemy. The ambush was ambushed and suffered defeat. At dawn, the Lion Camp came to report that the main force of the Northern Han Army left, and the granaries were all fake and there was no food in it. Hou Dayong brought the Black Diao Army soldiers to the battlefield last night. The main force of the Northern Han Army was in a hurry and did not collect the bodies of the Northern Han Army soldiers. The bodies of the two sides were intertwined together. Hou Dayong ordered the bodies of the Black Diao Army soldiers to concentrate, wiped them clean, wrapped them in cloth, buried them on the spot, and marked them. After the battle, the cemetery was rebuilt. At the same time, Meng Shu was ordered to check the names and hometowns of the dead soldiers, make a good list, and prepare to pay pensions. The bodies of the Northern Han Army were not allowed to be insulted and buried in large pits.

After many wars, Hou Dayong saw corpses everywhere, with different skills and blood flowing into a river, but he always felt panic. After a long time, he sighed: "It's really a general who has achieved success and has been undone."

There were many wounded soldiers in the Black Eagle Army during this battle. Seeing that Han Qi was too busy, Hou Dayong asked each battalion to issue five soldiers to form a medical team. He followed Han Qi to learn the treatment methods. During the war, he joined each team as a full-time medical officer in the team to treat the injured soldiers in time. There are many prescriptions in "Taibai Yin Mei". After Han Qi finished his work, Hou Dayong asked him to see the efficacy of the prescription. Han Qi knew most of the prescriptions. He only knew the name of the prescriptions, but did not know the specific medicines, so he copied them. Hou Dayong asked Han Qi to select some prescriptions to see if they could make simple and easy-to-use powders, pills or plasters.

The Black Eagle Army successively retrieved some lost war horses. Hou Dayong drew 100 people from the united soldiers and organized them into the wolf camp. The entire army continued to move south.
Chapter completed!