Pan Haoran's defeat in Yizhou came very quickly. After destroying the left-wing army led by Fu Xiao, Wang Haogu led his troops straight into Xingqing County and cut off Pan Haoran's food route and retreat. Tens of thousands of Mongolian troops who had been retreating were on the left and right, like two big iron pliers, cutting Pan Haoran's 40,000 troops into pieces. The first one to fail was 20,000 reserve soldiers. Next, Pan Haoran's last trump card was constantly destroyed by the Meng cavalry while fighting hard. In mid-August, the divided troops were almost eaten up. There were only about 10,000 people left by Pan Haoran, who were struggling to defend in Xingqing.

What made Pan Haoran even more desperate was that the last more than 10,000 people had been out of food for several days. If it weren't for the army that had been in operation for more than ten years, from top to bottom, he was his confidant, absolutely loyal to him, and had already collapsed. Even so, the despair in the Taolai town was still spreading.

Under the escort of his personal soldiers, Pan Haoran patrolled the defensive positions on the Taolai Town, constantly cheering the soldiers. Now, he still hopes that Zhang Zhiyuan still has 20,000 soldiers in his hand, and Linggao's brief description can also gather the army and launch an attack on Xingqing. In this way, his pressure here will be greatly reduced and he may break out. Fortunately, almost all the houses in Taolai Town are made of stone and are extremely strong. Relying on these houses in the town and those extremely narrow passages, the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers built extremely strong defenses, with a bed crossbow on the roof, and a large number of archers were stationed. The narrow passage restricted the cavalry's charge. Only a few soldiers were required to mount spears to effectively curb the enemy's attack. A crossbow can often shoot through several enemy troops. Because in these places, you have no way to avoid it.

In order to prevent the enemy's fire attack, all the things that are prone to fire such as the roof of the town were demolished. Only four walls were left, and all the residents of the town were requisitioned. They thought that the servitude could become a meat shield when necessary.

The special construction of Taolai Town has made the Mongolian Iron Cavalry, who has been unimpeded in the attack, have no choice but to do anything here. Every step forward has to pay a huge price. It is often useless to rush into the town and will be besieged from all directions, from heaven and earth at any time. It is impossible to display the strengths of the Mongolian people. Barutu and Wuliqi began to surround but did not attack. They knew very well that Pan Haoran, who fled here in a panic, would not support them for a long time, and food would become their shortcomings. Even if more than 10,000 people drink porridge every day, the consumed rice and grain would not be a small amount, let alone they had to fight. Now, what they care more about is Zhang Zhiyuan on the right.

Zhang Zhiyuan has not many soldiers who are used to fighting. Among them, the veterans have reduced their troops to more than 5,000 in their bloody battles with the Mongolian army, and the other 20,000 are reserve soldiers, and it is still acceptable to fight with the wind. If they really fight evenly or even against the wind, they will be useless. Wang Haogu's attack on Xinghe against Xiao has clearly proved this point. Killing Zhang Zhiyuan, Pan Haoran will lose his last hope, and it will be a fatal blow to the Yizhou army that resisted in Taolai Town.

Barutu did not fight against Taolai's town. He knew that Pan Haoran, who was so hungry that he had absolutely no strength to launch a counterattack. Even if he wanted to counterattack, he had to wait until the moment when Zhang Zhiyuan came to rescue. Brief Stories were no longer back. The military newspaper sent by Wang Haogu had clearly shown that this person had led his troops to retreat quickly to Yizhou City. The purpose was very clear, that was to control Yizhou City, use the solid city defense of Yizhou City and the soldiers left behind there to defend. Wang Haogu had already chased him out in a hurry, and could not leave too much time for Brief Stories to integrate the power of Yizhou City.

Yizhou is rich, with hundreds of thousands of residents in Yizhou City. Pan Haoran has always been ill-behaved. For many years, he has been collecting a large amount of food and grass. According to Wang Haogu, if Yizhou City is besieged and the city is defended to the death, the food and grass collected in the city will be enough to support a hundred thousand troops for several years.

If the brief description has gained a firm foothold in Yizhou City, Wang Haogu's plan will be dashed. Therefore, after Wang Haogu sent a military newspaper to Barutu, he immediately chased after him, and even Tienig's five thousand Mongolian cavalry abducted.

Brief description is a difficult opponent! Barutu admires the quick decision and the hero's behavior of cutting off his arm. At this moment, not everyone can dare to abandon the coach.

Before Zhang Zhiyuan was about to launch an attack on the Mongolian army, he received an urgent message from the brief description. The letter clearly told him that Pan Haoran was defeated and could not be saved. If Zhang Zhiyuan launched an attack rashly, he could only send tens of thousands of Yizhou men to the gates of hell. The brief description asked Zhang Zhiyuan to see the millions of people in Yizhou, and lead the army to retreat immediately, retreat to Yizhou City, join forces with him to defend Yizhou City, and fight against the Mongolian army and Wang Haogu.

Zhang Zhiyuan smiled wryly and burned the brief letter and said to the messenger: "You go back and tell General Jian that my Zhang family has received great favor from the Pan family, and I am also the personal soldier of Lord Pan Haoran. It is impossible to leave Lord Pan and run away by himself. No matter what the result is, I will do my last part, even if I use my own life to exchange for Lord Pan's life. Therefore, I will not go back. With General Jian's talent, there should be no problem in defending Yizhou City after returning to Yizhou City. If General Jian is still concerned about his old love, please treat my family well. In addition, Lord Pan's youngest son in Yizhou is a child of a wandering child, so please do not make things difficult for General Jian."

"General Zhang, please think twice. I believe you know that in Taolai Town, the Hongmen Banquet has been set up, waiting for you to fall into the trap. With the strength in your hands, how can you be the opponent of tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry? This is the life of tens of thousands of Yizhou Erlang!"

"If they can be exchanged for Lord Pan's life, I will do it without hesitation!" Zhang Zhiyuan said with a cold face: "You go quickly, come and send him out of the camp, don't let him contact anyone in the camp!" Zhang Zhiyuan ordered his personal soldiers.

"General Zhang, think about it again!" The messenger dragged out made his last effort. If Zhang Zhiyuan's more than 20,000 troops could withdraw from Yizhou City, it would play a great role in the future defense of Yizhou City.

After the messenger left, Zhang Zhiyuan issued an order to attack Taolai Town without hesitation. He did not dare to drag it on. The longer the time, the more the soldiers' courage would become weaker.

Zhang Zhiyuan used 5,000 direct troops as the supervision team to drive 20,000 reserve soldiers to launch a decisive charge against the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry opposite. Outside Taolai Town, the sound of killing sounds shook the sky, and the horse's hooves stepped on the ground. The entire Taolai Town was trembling.

In Taolai Town, Pan Haoran has 8,000 soldiers who can fight. After Zhang Zhiyuan launched the attack, he immediately concentrated all his strength and used his personal soldiers as arrows to break through. Whether he could break out depends on the initial stage of the attack. The longer the time, the less hope it will be. And in the town, there are still thousands of wounded soldiers, so they can only let them die.

Barutu and Uliqi have been preparing for today's battle for a long time, but when they saw more than 20,000 infantrymen on the opposite side launching a charge, they were still shocked. No one on the other side maintained a close formation. In fact, even if they had a formation, they would open up the formation during such a run. It was the stupidest act to appear in loose gaps and face the cavalry and hedge against the cavalry. Of course, they also understood that Zhang Zhiyuan on the opposite side did not care about the victory or defeat of the battle at all. All he cared about was whether Pan Haoran could break out.

Barutu raised his saber high and shouted loudly: "Take all over Yizhou, and today, warriors, attack!"

Zhang Zhiyuan waved his long-handled iron knife, rushed left and right, and charged forward along a straight line. In his eyes, there was only the Pan-shaped banner that had just rushed out of Taolai Town. He knew that under that banner, there was someone he wanted to save, Pan Haoran.

"Kill, kill, kill!" Zhang Zhiyuan shouted, attacking the cavalry opposite frantically. The fighting style of his life made him get closer and closer to the big flag in his eyes. The big sword cut off, pulled out the sword in front of his waist and continued to attack, followed the personal soldiers beside him to guard the left and right, and attacked desperately.

A desperate rescue was staged outside Taolai town.

From the early morning to the middle of the night, outside Taolai Town, blood flowed into a river, and corpses covered almost every inch of land. When the feet were stepped on the ground, the blood from a stream splashed. The Mongolian army patrolled the battlefield, and all the Yizhou soldiers who had breathed breath were cleanly and neatly added. In the middle of the battlefield, thousands of captured Yizhou soldiers knelt on the ground, trembling.

Dozens of torches reflected the excited faces of Barutu and Wuliqi. In this battle, Yizhou's main combat power was wiped out, leaving only a brief description of a remnant army fleeing to Yizhou City under the pursuit of Wang Haogu. The battle in Yizhou can be said to have ended.

"The two princes did not find the bodies of Pan Haoran and Sun Zhiyuan." The Mongolian generals returned disappointed one by one. In this battle, they almost wiped out Sun Zhiyuan and Pan Haoran's subordinates, but these two people were gone without a trace, no one was seen alive, and no one was seen dead.

"I actually let them escape?" Wu Liqi said incrediblely, "Can you escape like this? Prince Barutu, these two people escaped, but they left behind any troubles! This battle is not so perfect!"

Barutu stroked his white beard, "I just regret not being able to capture Pan Haoran alive, or holding his head to ask His Majesty the Emperor for credit. As for Pan Haoran, you can think he is dead!"

"How do you say this?" Wu Liqi said inexplicably.

Barutu smiled and said, "Pan Haoran has two roads. One is to cross Hengduan Mountain and escape to the hinterland of Dayue. From then on, he hid his name and lived this life."

Wu Liqi snorted: "He will definitely choose the second way, escape back to Yizhou City, regain his power there, and redeem his life and death with us."

"Then he will die very quickly!" Barutu laughed.

"Why do you say this? Yizhou City is his old nest?"

Barutu shook his head slightly: "If I expected it was right, Yizhou City would fall into the hands of Brief Stories. Brief Stories did not come to rescue Pan Haoran, but retreated quickly. If Pan Haoran went back, how could he let him go? Therefore, Pan Haoran could not enter the city at all, and he would be silently dealt with by Brief Stories. This person will not appear again, and no matter which path he chooses, it will not appear in our sight again."

"Didn't Wang Haogu go and pursue the brief description? There are thousands of Iron Cavalry of Tienig, who can escape back in the brief description?"

"The brief description of retreating so quickly and indeed, I must have been prepared. Wang Haogu will not have any results when he goes there, and he may suffer a loss."

Wu Liqi was surprised, "Then we have to warn Wang Haogu immediately and let him be careful?"

Barutu shook his head coldly and said, "No need. It is more in line with our interests to occupy Yizhou City. Let Wang Haogu fight him. It is best to fight both sides. Wang Haogu is not a good thing. Today he can resist Pan Haoran, so can't he fight against us in the future? This person is ambitious and talented, so it's best if he dies!"

"Tenig is also in his army!" Wu Liqi reminded.

Barutu said coldly: "Tenig is inexperienced. Compared with Jamukha, it is far from that. In the long run, how many years can I live in my Tatar tribe? Letting him go through some life and death tests will help him grow. Don't worry about him. Even if he loses, he will still have no problem running away. If he dies, it's worth it. What's the use of such a waste? It's better to die early. I still have time to train a successor."

Wu Liqi shuddered. In order to help his son grow up quickly, Barutu even let thousands of elite Tatars accompany him to take risks. This kind of cold heart is far inferior to him.!~!
Chapter completed!