On March 16, after a arduous march, the Black Eagle Army finally arrived in the northwest of Gaoping. Hou Dayong urgently ordered the Lion Camp to do something urgently, to clarify the location of Jiangzhuling and Bagongyuan, and to draw a detailed and accurate topographic map. All the captains were puzzled, so why the commander wanted to find these two places specifically, Hou Dayong smiled but refused to answer.

At this time, a large army gathered between Gaoping and Zezhou, and most of the people had fled. The entire place was basically soldiers. The Black Eagle Army hid its traces all the way and tried not to contact the Northern Han Army and the Liao Army. When they found the specific location of Jiangzhuling, the Black Eagle Army quietly sneaked to Jiangzhuling.

According to Chai Rong's deployment, Governor Li Yanchong led an army of 2,000 troops to guard Jiangzhuling. Li Yanchong was surprised when he saw the Black Diao Army suddenly arrived. After asking about the reason, he realized that the Black Diao Army came from Luzhou. Li Yanchong was worried that there were few soldiers and could not defend Jiangzhuling. After the Black Diao Army arrived, the troops guarding Jiangzhuling were greatly enhanced to reach 4,000 people. Moreover, the Black Diao Army was well-equipped and looked a bit like an elite soldier, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

In the history that Hou Dayong knew, after the defeat of the Northern Han Dynasty, Liu Chong would escape from Jiangzhuling. The defenders of Jiangzhuling abandoned Jiangzhuling because they believed the rumors of the defeated army and let Liu Chong go, causing a great achievement to fly away from their hands, which affected the career of the defending generals.

Hou Dayong made up his mind that no matter how the situation changed, the Black Eagle Army defended Jiangzhuling to stop Liu Chong. Hou Dayong brought He Wulang, Du Gang, Chen Meng and other personal guards to Jiangzhuling to check the terrain.

Jiangzhuling is in a dangerous terrain. The valley is about 500 meters deep and about two miles long. The valley is mostly seven or eight meters wide, and the narrowest place is less than four meters. On both sides of the valley are cliffs like knife cutting. In a stretch of ridge, a gray path seems to appear at the bottom of the valley.

Hou Dayong secretly admired Chai Rong. Chai Rong was completely unscrupulous. If Li Yanchong defended Jiangzhuling, Liu Chong would be unable to fly. Unfortunately, Chai Rong's magic tricks failed because he encountered a group of "superficial" soldiers.

Hou Dayong ordered the soldiers of the Lion Camp to draw the terrain of Jiangzhuling into a detailed map, called Shi Hu, and discussed the many details of the ambush. Shi Hu felt very puzzled and said, "The war has not yet been fought, and the commander seemed to have concluded that the Northern Han army would pass here, but I am afraid it may not be."

Hou Dayong could not explain the reason, so he said with sloppy eyes: "No matter what, it is always beneficial to make arrangements early to understand the terrain. Remember, the five elements are uncertain and you will lose completely." Hou Dayong used Marshal Liu Bocheng's catchphrase casually.

After the Black Diao Army arrived at Jiangzhuling, the Great Zhou Forefront Battalion happened to send people to contact military affairs in Li Yanchong's army. Li Chongjin, the head of the guards' personal cavalry and infantry, learned that the Black Diao Army had arrived at Jiangzhuling. At this time, he was not in enough troops, so he sent people to Li Yanchong's army and urgently ordered Hou Dayong to lead the Black Diao Army to the Forefront Battalion to join forces.

Li Chongjin was the nephew of Taizu of Zhou, Guo Wei. After he brought the vanguard camp to Zezhou, he fought against the vanguard army and the Liao army many times. Seeing that the enemy was in great force, he was anxious. When he learned that the Black Diao Army had arrived in Jiangzhuling, he hurriedly transferred the Black Diao Army to the vanguard camp.

Hou Dayong was amused and laughed when he received the order. He was lucky to capture Liu Chong in Jiangzhuling, but the plan was not as good as the plan for heaven and man, so he could not violate the order. He could only lead the Black Eagle Army to the Great Zhou Forward Camp to meet. Before leaving, he repeatedly hinted that Li Yanchong would defend Jiangzhuling to the death.

Li Chongjin and Hou Dayong were about the same age, with brocade clothes and embroidered jackets, a wolf waist and ape body, and a general demeanor. Li Chongjin was very arrogant. After Hou Dayong gave the military salute, he did not give Hou Dayong a seat. After giving a few words of coldness, he asked Hou Dayong to return to the camp. Hou Dayong was very angry, but he was under the roof, but he could not help but bow his head.

At this time, the Northern Han Army, Liao Army and the Great Zhou Army were very close, and the two sides were in a staggered state.

Hou Dayong ordered the Lion Camp to send a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to inquire about information. The Lion Camp reported an important information to Hou Dayong. A Northern Han Army's baggage unit was stationed in Shuangtougou. Shuangtougou was behind the main force of the Northern Han Army, transporting food and grass to the Northern Han Army of Gaoping every day. The Black Eagle Army lieutenants heard that they were going to attack the baggage unit and were ready to avenge a single arrow. Hou Dayong was extremely cautious and ordered the Lion Camp to investigate and find out the movement rules of the baggage unit. Finally, Hou Dayong decided to rush to attack the baggage unit, bypassing Dayang and Macun, and set up an ambush at the Roudao Ridge between Shuangtougou and Gaoping.

After listening to the attack plan of the Black Eagle Army, Li Chongdi thought it was feasible and agreed to the combat plan.

Hou Dayong asked the united troops to stay in the camp and brought all the cavalry. After a marching, the next day, Hou Dayong led the Black Eagle Army to the pre-rest location. The Tiger Camp in the Black Eagle Army was hidden on the cliffs on both sides of the Round Ridge, preparing crossbow arrows and large stones. The Leopard Camp blocked the high-level direction, and the Jackal Camp was ambushed near Shuangtougou, blocking the enemy's reinforcements while preventing the enemy from escaping back to Shuangtougou.

The name of Round Ridge is sinister, but it is not a good place to set up an ambush. On the right is a gentle slope and on the left is a flat land. Hou Dayong saw that the distance from the hillside to the path was very close. While he was on the way, the flat ground on the right was conducive to the deployment of cavalry, so he decided to set up an ambush here.

As soon as dawn, the Northern Han army stationed in Shuangtougou set out from the camp, and more than a dozen cavalrymen ran to the front as outposts. Soon, a team of cavalry came to the gentle slope, and a rider took his horse to the hillside and went to the halfway slope. He looked at the surroundings and did not continue to go up the slope. A rider below the slope shouted: "Wang San, you are too timid, no one is too stupid to ambush on this small hillside.

Kuang Cao was lying on the top of the mountain from the grass, and he could see the rider's shallow beard. The rider was very young and covered with acne. He heard his companions shouting and felt a little embarrassed, so he rode down the hillside.

The Northern Han outpost moved forward and soon arrived at the ambush area of ​​the Leopard Camp. The soldiers of the Leopard Camp were hidden in a small woods. The soldiers near the road raised their bows and arrows. If the Northern Han outpost discovered the Leopard Camp, they immediately attacked with arrows.

When the Northern Han outpost approached the lurking ground, a war horse from the Leopard Camp suddenly sniffed. After hearing this, the Northern Han outpost knew that there were ambushes, so he quickly turned his head and wanted to run away. A row of bows and arrows shot, and more than a dozen outposts were all shot.

The Northern Han Army's baggage troops were about a thousand people, and they appeared in a long snake formation in a small hill. When they saw the outpost making a gesture of passing through, they felt relieved and boldly passed through the small hill.

These outposts were faked by soldiers from the Leopard Camp to lead the Northern Han army into the ambush circle. When Kuang Cao waited until most of the baggage troops entered, he beat the snare drum according to the prior plan.

After receiving the order, the Hu Camp shot towards the Northern Han army with crossbow arrows. The Northern Han army launched a retrospective shot behind the baggage. The General of the Northern Han army brought a guard team of 200 cavalry and a 300 infantry. Seeing that there were not many people on the hillside, he organized an escort team of cavalry to rush up the hillside.

When the Black Eagle Army heard the sound of drums, they knew that all the Northern Han army had entered the ambush circle and rushed up from all sides. The left side of the flat ground was conducive to the Mercedes-Benz. The Black Eagle Army was full of cavalry and soon surrounded and divided the Northern Han army.

When the General of the Northern Han Army saw that the Great Zhou army surrounded from all directions, he was not panicked. He commanded the cavalry to return to the baggage team and asked the infantry nearby and the farmers who transported food and grass to surround the baggage as a cover and shoot arrows from the inside out.

The Northern Han soldiers who had no time to collect them were quickly cut into several sections by the Black Eagle Army. After the Black Eagle Army eliminated most of the Northern Han army, the Northern Han army guards that gathered together to resist were unable to escape and destroyed.

Hou Dayong ordered Guo Jiong to call the Northern Han army, and asked him to put down his weapons and surrender. Guo Jiong stepped forward and said, "All soldiers, Zhou, Han are brothers, why bother to make a big move? You put down your weapons and avoid death. The Black Eagle Army let you go home."

After hearing Guo Jiong's call, some of the soldiers in the Northern Han were moved. The General of the Northern Han Dynasty was unmoved and replied, "If you want me to surrender, first ask me whether the bow and arrow in my hand agree." After that, he pulled the bow and arrow and went straight to Guo Jiong. Seeing that he was outside the arrow, Guo Jiong didn't care too much. He heard the bow string "bang" and a celestial feather arrow flew towards him. Guo Jiong was very skilled and saw that he was right and flashed to the left. However, the celestial feather arrow shot on his shoulder. Guo Jiong suffered a pain on his shoulder and was already hit.

Seeing that the arrow inside was harsh, Hou Dayong raised a shield and said, "I am Hou Dayong, the deputy commander of the Black Eagle Army. You are surrounded in it. If you do not surrender, there will be only one dead end. The soldiers inside have wives, children, and young. General, don't harm many soldiers with the idea of ​​you alone. If you are a man, I will let you live and decide your life and death on the battlefield another day."

Immediately afterwards, another string sounded, and an arrow came straight towards Hou Dayong. Seeing that the enemy's arrows were in trouble, Hou Dayong was prepared and protected himself with a horse shield. Hou Dayong clearly saw the movement track of the Diaoyu Arrow. When the Diaoyu Arrow came to his side, the arrows were driven by a horse shield. The arrows collided. Hou Dayong felt as if he was hit by a big stick in his arm, and the horse shield almost lost his hand.

Hou Dayong stopped persuading surrender and ordered arrows to be fired. After two rounds of bows and arrows, there were only a few Northern Han troops behind the baggage truck. The soldiers of the Wolf Camp rushed up. As soon as they arrived at the baggage truck, a general rushed out, followed by seven or eight soldiers.

The Northern Han general had an arrow inserted on his shoulder, and he was injured. He held a spear in his hand and was very skilled. The soldiers of the wolf camp who were approaching were assassinated one after another. The captain Shan Zongyuan stepped forward, and the Northern Han general stabbed him with a shot. Shan Zongyuan used a knife frame. Unexpectedly, the Northern Han general used a virtual move. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Shan Zongyuan grid, the spear stabbed Shan Zongyuan in the chest like lightning. Shan Zongyuan could not dodge, so he shot and fell off his horse.

The Northern Han general used the power of assassinating Shan Zongyuan, and a spear was elusive and no one could catch it. In an instant, the Northern Han general rushed out of a hole in the Black Eagle Army.

Hou Dayong was on the other side of General Northern Han’s breakout. Seeing General Northern Han rushing out, Shan Zongyuan led the wolf camp to fight. It was not until the Northern Han army could break out of the siege. Seeing General Northern Han took Shan Zongyuan off his horse and rushed out, wanting to block the attack, but it was too late.

The wolf camp was chasing her, and the Northern Han general hung his spear, took off his bow and arrow, and shot it backwards. The strings sounded and the wolf camp did not dare to chase her, and watched the Northern Han general escape.

When Hou Dayong saw that the Northern Han general had actually ran away, he couldn't help but admire his courage. He hurried to see Shan Zongyuan. Shan Zongyuan stood up with a suffocation. It turned out that Shan Zongyuan was stabbed in the chest. Fortunately, there was a bronze mirror for heart protection. The tip of the spear slid down the bronze mirror and stabbed the left shoulder.

The Black Eagle Army soldiers captured several injured Northern Han Army soldiers. Hou Dayong realized that the powerful general who broke through the siege was named Liu Jiye. Hou Dayong recited Liu Jiye's name twice, but felt that the name was very familiar, and he didn't remember to hear it there for a moment.

Hou Dayong did not expect that the courageous general Liu Jiye he met today was Yang Jiye, the old Linggong of the Yang family general. Yang Jiye was originally named Yang Chonggui, and his father Yang Xin was a local tyrant in Linzhou. He took advantage of the chaos of the Five Dynasties to occupy Linzhou and claimed to be the governor. When Yang Xin surrendered to the Later Han Dynasty, in order to make friends with Liu Chong, the governor of Hedong, he sent a young Yang Chonggui to Taiyuan. Later, Yang Xin surrendered to the Great Zhou, and Yang Chonggui stayed in Taiyuan. Yang Xin died, and his son Yang Chongxun succeeded to the Northern Han Dynasty with his son Yang Chongxun (Yang Chonggui's younger brother) and then he surrendered to the Northern Han Dynasty with Linzhou. Yang Chongxun later surrendered to the Great Zhou. Although there were such recurrences, Yang Chonggui's life in Taiyuan was not affected by any chaotic and special era of the Five Dynasties. Yang Chonggui was highly valued by Liu Chong, and accepted Yang Chonggui as his grandson and changed his name to Liu Jiye.

Liu Jiye followed Liu Chong to fight south this time and served as commander of the Sanyuandu, which was actually Liu Chong's personal guard. Liu Jiye was determined to lead the troops to fight, but Liu Chong knew that he was brave and let Liu Jiye lead a thousand troops to guard the baggage. Unexpectedly, he encountered the Black Eagle Army ambush, and Liu Jiye, who had just experienced the war, was defeated.

The Black Eagle Army replenished military rations and burned the baggage convoy.
Chapter completed!