The main force of the Zhaoyi Jiedushi Li Yun's army was defeated by the Northern Han army in Taipingyi, and the entire army returned to defend Luzhou.

Li Yun was defeated and was deeply afraid of the power of the Northern Han army. The Zhang Chenghao's troops sent to make the final test. If Zhang Chenghao's troops did not have the help of the Black Eagle Army, they would be completely wiped out. Li Yun would no longer dare to go out of the city to fight and prepare to defend Luzhou to the death. Li Yun was very good at fighting the city, and he built three lines of defense outside the city. The position spread ten miles outside the city and was divided into a barren circle, a warning circle and a city defense circle. Li Yun also asked someone to dig a moat and strengthen the city wall. There were a large number of crossbows, halberds, halberds, vertebrae, stones, giant trees, thorns and other defensive objects on the city wall. Eight stone throwing cars were set up inside the city wall.

Hou Dayong disagreed with defending the city to the death. In addition, the Black Diao Army was good at fighting in the field, Hou Dayong made a request to govern the city outside Li Yun, the governor of Zhaoyi. Considering that there were many defenders in Luzhou City and insufficient food preparation, Li Yun let the Black Diao Army be stationed at the Spike Pass eight miles away from the city. The Black Diao Army garrisoned the Spike Pass to give full play to the advantages of the Black Diao Army's cavalry, restraining the enemy from the side, and reducing the pressure on the defenders in Luzhou City. More importantly, Li Yun thought of losing his troops and losing generals, and if the Black Diao Army was also annihilated, he could prove to Your Majesty that it was not that Li Yun's command was not that Li Yun was ineffective, but that the Northern Han Army and the Liao Army were too powerful.

After receiving the order, the Black Eagle Army immediately rushed to the Spike Pass. The Spike Pass was backed by the mountains, and there was a plain in front of it, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Lion Camp sent a scout cavalry to closely monitor the every move of the Northern Han army and the Liao army. At the same time, fortifications were built and ready to be built. After a part of the vanguard of the Northern Han army was surrounded and annihilated by the Black Eagle Army, it launched a tentative attack on Luzhou City. Seeing that the city was tightly defended, it surrounded but did not attack, waiting for Liu Chong to arrive.

The combat policy that Hou Dayong conveyed to the Black Diao Army was: the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy stops and disturbs us, the enemy is tired, and we fight, the enemy retreats and chases us. Under the guidance of this strategy, the Black Diao Army attacked the Northern Han Army in a group, and successively ate several small troops of the Northern Han Army.

Liu Chong personally led the main force of the Northern Han army and the main force of cavalry, Yang Shisu, the governor of Wuding Jiedu, of Liao Kingdom, to set out from Tuanbai and defeated the Zhou army in Taipingyi. After Liu Chong saw that the city defense of Luzhou was very strict, he was unwilling to attack for a long time, so he left 6,000 people to besiege Luzhou. The army circled the city south and rushed straight to Zezhou. If Zezhou was successfully captured, Tokyo would be just around the corner. Only by capturing Chai Rong alive could the hatred in his heart be relieved.

Liu Chong was originally the cousin of the Later Han emperor Liu Zhiyuan. He was the governor of Hedong during the Later Han Dynasty. After the Northern Han emperor Liu Chengyou killed all Guo Wei's family, Guo Wei raised an army to defeat Liu Chengyou. Liu Chengyou was killed by his confidants in the northwest of Bianliang City. Guo Wei did not proclaim himself emperor at that time, but instead made Liu Chong's son Liu Yun the emperor. Liu Chong was of course happy to learn that he made his son the emperor, but Liu Yun was disarmed by the 700 cavalry sent by Wang Jun. Liu Yun died soon after. After Guo Wei established the Great Zhou Dynasty, Liu Chong was called emperor according to Taiyuan, known in history as the Northern Han. At this point, Zhou and Han became mortal enemies.

Chai Rong received the war report and learned that the troops and horses were completely wiped out, and the Northern Han army and the Liao army had arrived in Luzhou. The military situation was urgent, and he tried to dissuade all the ministers and decided to fight in person.

Chai Rong knew that the Battle of Gaoping was a battle of life and death in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He had just ascended the throne and did not have enough prestige in the army. If he sent generals to lead troops, an accident would occur and the situation would be uncontrollable. Individual expeditions could control the army to the greatest extent and prevent accidents. The generals held their own troops and could not lose their tails, which had become a common problem since the late Tang Dynasty.

Chai Rong deployed three troops to send troops: Fu Yanqing, the governor of Tianxiong, and Guo Chong, the governor of Zhenning, led his troops from Guzhen, Cizhou to the northwest, and inserted into Liaozhou, cutting off the retreat of the Northern Han army and Liao army; Wang Yanchao, the governor of Baoyi, led his troops from Jinzhou to the northeast, and attacked Luzhou from the side; Fan Aineng, the commander of the cavalry and army, He Hui, the commander of the infantry, Bai Chongzan, the commander of the Yicheng, the commander of the guards, the commander of the cavalry and infantry, Li Chongjin, the commander of the Zhengzhou defense envoy, Shi Yanchao, the commander of the former Yaozhou regiment Fu Yanneng, and the commander of the Xuanhui envoy Xiang Xun led the vanguard to Zezhou to meet the enemy; Liu Ci, the governor of the Heyang, led the rear of the army as a strategic reserve.

The reconnaissance cavalry of the Lion Camp soon discovered that the main forces of the Northern Han Army and the Liao Army were heading south, and there were not many enemy troops besieging Luzhou. Hou Dayong led the Black Eagle Army to the city of Luzhou to look for fighter jets.

The Northern Han army set up a suspicious formation, and the Northern Han camp tents were densely spread outside the city, with flags flying, and ordered the cavalry to take turns to run outside the city, causing dust to fly everywhere. Then, they fought against the Black Eagle Army with five thousand troops, leaving behind a thousand soldiers besieging the city.

After Luzhou City was besieged, it was cut off from the outside of the city, and it was unknown whether the main force of the Northern Han Dynasty went south. Li Yun did not know the facts and ordered more than 10,000 Luzhou troops to guard the city closely, and did not allow one soldier or one soldier to leave the city.

Seeing that the Northern Han army had many soldiers and had a strict formation, there was no chance to defeat them. The Northern Han army was to surround Luzhou and did not want to eat the Black Dichou Army. If the Black Dichou Army fights the Black Dichou Army and the Luzhou defenders attack, they will be defeated in this battle. Therefore, after the confrontation between the two sides, they did not launch an attack. After shooting with bows and arrows for a while, they each withdrew their troops.

The battle during the day made Hou Darong vomit blood. The Luzhou army was over 10,000 people surrounded by only a thousand northern Han soldiers. They dared not go out of the city to fight, wasting the opportunity of the fight. It was such a big joke. On the way back to the Gingding Pass, Hou Dayong was flirting with the eighteen generations of ancestors who were flirting with Li Yun in his heart. The other rough lieutenants cursed. Hou Dayong thought that the Luzhou army led by Zhang Chenghao was tenacious in fighting, and was not a person who was afraid of death, so he couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a soldier, a group of people who are bullied."

Hou Dayong ordered the Lion Camp to send people into the city several times, but they were intercepted by the Northern Han Army, and several soldiers were lost. He returned without success during the day. At night, Hou Dayong was afraid that the camp would be attacked by sneak attacks, so he arranged the officers on duty and ordered to strengthen his vigilance. Late at night, he took He Wulang, Du Gang, and Chen Meng to check the guard posts set up by the Black Eagle Army again. Hou Dayong was attacked one after another in Cizhou and almost died, so he transferred He Wulang, who was very skilled in martial arts, to the Lion Camp, and was in a position of the guard team. When he returned to the camp, Hou Dayong felt sore and weak all day, and he could only take a break until now.

Hou Dayong practiced the Qi training method in Chen Tuan's scriptures several times to calm his mind. When his mind gradually became clear and clear, a strange idea suddenly appeared, which scared Hou Dayong. "I know the process and result of the Gaoping War. If I lead the Black Eagle Army to follow the Northern Han Army and defend Jiangzhuling, and I can catch Liu Chong, then, hasn't history changed? Or during the Battle of Bagongyuan, sneak attacks from behind, how will the Gaoping War change?"

“Can I really change history?”

“Can history change?”

"What will happen if history changes?"

Hou Dayong used to think about how to survive in troubled times. Now that the Battle of Gaoping has begun, he suddenly grasped the opportunity to change history, his heart was beating wildly, but his thoughts were as unclear as if they were confused.

"I don't want so much. Anyway, when Hou Dayong appears, history has changed. But there seems to be no Battle of Cangzhou in history books. Is it because the Battle of Cangzhou did not happen in the history before I came, or did it happen without records in history?"

"This is not my fault. How to change in the future can only be taken one step at a time. Now you can't think too profoundly and do what you should do."

Hou Dayong recalled the details of the Battle of Gaoping. After all, the Battle of Gaoping is a battle example learned many years ago, and it is one of many battle examples. The overall progress is known, but the details are not accurate.

Hou Dayong listed what he knew:

Time: Between March 13th and 20th, the specific time is inaccurate;

Location: Bagongyuan at the junction of Gaoping and Zezhou County;

Progress: First, the Northern Han army attacked first, the general of the Great Zhou army, He Hui and another general, fled, and the Great Zhou army was defeated first; second, Chai Rong led the army to counterattack, and the Northern Han army was defeated; third, after the reinforcements of the Great Zhou army arrived, the Northern Han army was defeated; fourth, Liu Chong escaped from Jiangzhuling. Because Hou Dayong was moved by another Huarong Road at that time, he was deeply impressed by Jiangzhuling.

Hou Dayong reorganized his thoughts. The Black Diao Army was the vanguard of the Tianxiong Army. The Black Diao Army's task was to attack. The attack and defense battle in Luzhou City has become a stalemate. Thousands of Northern Han troops outside the city must not be able to break the Luzhou City with tens of thousands of defenders. The purpose is not to attack the city, but to trap the Luzhou army and prevent it from leaving the city to fight. Now that the main force of the Northern Han army and the Liao army have gone south, the Black Diao Army has lost the significance of guarding the Spike Pass. The Black Diao Army should follow the main force of the Northern Han army and the Liao army and take the opportunity to start from behind.

Hou Dayong summoned all the captains and gave their opinions to everyone. Everyone was surprised by Hou Dayong's opinions. Shi Hu reminded: "If you give up the Spike Pass without authorization, you will be dealt with by military law. For example, the Northern Han army and the Liao army captured Luzhou City, the Black Eagle Army would not escape his responsibility." Kuang Cao, Wang Qingshui agreed with Hou Dayong's opinions, and Hu Ji and Su Wensen did not express their opinions. Because Guo Jiong made contributions on Lufeng Mountain, Hou Dayong asked him to command the Jackal Camp, and he expressed his support for Hou Dayong.

Hou Dayong finally made up his mind and marched towards Zezhou. Before going to Zezhou, Hou Dayong was preparing to attack the Northern Han army surrounding Luzhou City again, and it would be best to steal some war horses and arm the 400 united troops.

In the early morning, when the sleep was at its peak, the Black Eagle Army quietly appeared outside Luzhou City. The detectives of the Lion Camp learned that the coalition forces divided the troops to guard the four gates, and the East Gate had the weakest troops, with only about 1,500 people. Hou Dayong ambushed the main force of the Black Eagle Army between the East Gate and the South Gate, and ordered the Wolf Camp to feint the South Gate and lead the North Han army to rescue the East Gate. After the North Han army of the East Gate came out of the camp, the main force of the Black Eagle Army took the opportunity to ambush.

Shan Zongyuan ordered the soldiers of the Wolf Camp to light torches, galloped horses in front of the North Han Army camp in the South Gate, and shot fiercely at the North Han Army tent of the South Gate. The camp of the North Han Army in the South Gate was ignited by the fire. With the wind, the fire spread rapidly. A few soldiers from the North Han Army in the South Gate put out the fire in the camp, and most of the soldiers rushed out of the camp. The Wolf Camp was not interested in fighting, but just shot the pursuers with arrows. Seeing that there were not many enemies coming, the North Han Army in the South Gate followed closely and wanted to annihilate this abominable enemy. The cavalry and horses of the Wolf Camp were quick and fast. The Northern Han Army chased for a while, and saw that many soldiers were shot and killed, they were afraid of ambushing, so they stopped chasing.

When the North Han Army of the East Gate saw the camp of the North Han Army of the South Gate, they immediately raised their troops and headed straight for the South Gate. Not far from the camp, they were hit by iron arrows like storm, and suffered heavy casualties. The generals of the North Han Army of the East Gate were very good. After holding on, they quickly curled the troops into a group and fought back with bows and arrows. Hou Dayong did not want to fight in close combat, but when he saw that it was difficult to divide the North Han Army of the East Gate, he ordered the withdrawal.

The defenders in Luzhou City saw a fire in the camp of the Northern Han army outside the city, and the Eastern Han army was attacked again, and shouted and shouted to kill him. They knew that the Black Diao Army was attacking the enemy. Zhang Chenghao and other generals asked for battle one after another, and wanted to attack the Northern Han army inside and outside the Black Diao Army. Li Yun, the governor of Zhaoyi, saw that the sky was not dawn and the situation was unknown. He was afraid that the ambush was imminent, so he ordered the troops in the city not to attack, and those who violated the order were killed.

The generals who asked to fight watched the Black Eagle Army and the Northern Han Army fight outside the city. The impatient sergeants began to shoot arrows out, but the Northern Han Army was all outside the arrows, but they just wasted arrows. Finally, they had no choice but to watch the Black Eagle Army disappear. At dawn, most of the tents of the Northern Han army camps at the South Gate were burned, and between the East Gate and the South Gate, there were Northern Han soldiers who fell to the ground with arrows.
Chapter completed!