Haocheng is not a military center, but it should not be underestimated. It can connect north and south, and is considered a must-pass place for Da Yan to march south. Of course, the Ming Dynasty did not know the importance of Haocheng, so Haocheng has been stationed tens of thousands of troops all year round, and the city walls are high and solid, so it is difficult to conquer.

Zuo Houde led his soldiers to station three miles away from Haocheng and ordered his subordinates to discuss in the camp.

"General, this Haocheng is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and we are not enough troops, how can we overcome it?"

Zuo Houde smiled and said, "Do you know why I want to stay here three miles away?"

The left and right lieutenant shook his head and said he didn't know.

Zuo Houde smiled and said, "This place is three miles away from Haocheng, and it is covered by mountains. Haocheng must not know that we are waiting for us. We marched all the way, and the soldiers must be tired. He told his subordinates to rest quickly now. When it is at night, our army will be careful. There is no cloud in the air. Today is fifteenth. The moonlight will be bright tonight. Taking advantage of the moonlight to attack the city tonight, we are full of energy and the defenders are tired, and we will definitely be able to capture it!"

At night, the moonlight was indeed bright. Zuo Houde stayed in Zhuo County for four years and hunted all year round. He also learned a lot from the hunters, but he could also see some celestial phenomena.

Zuo Houde led his men to march carefully, not afraid of being discovered by the enemy, but the later they found out, the more beneficial it would be for Zuo Houde and others. The formation of soldiers under his command was uniform, and they held their shields and walked slowly. Zuo Houde took the lead and moved forward.

Three miles away, not far away, there was night along the way, and with no sound, I went straight to one mile away, and the enemy troops on the city discovered Zuo Houde's army. At this time, the defenders in the city slowly woke up, but were tired.

When Zuo Houde saw it, he ordered the soldiers to speed up a lot, but he still gradually moved forward with shields and a uniform spacing. The rain of arrows on the city hit, and he failed to organize Zuo Houde and others to march.

From time to time, soldiers who were shot in legs and feet fell to the ground with muffled groans, and they all squatted and held their shields to cover their torso. Their heads and robes were bypassed by them and continued to move forward.

Before the defenders who had arrived in the city had completely entered the battlefield, Zuo Houde and others rushed to the city gate. Fortunately, Zuo Houde had already inquired about the situation. Haocheng had no moat, and this broken city pillar was useful for the faction.

Of course, Zuo Houde and others did not leave all their hopes on the broken city pillars, and they still used cloud ladders to attack the city. Zuo Houde led the way and took the lead in climbing up the cloud ladders. Then they protected their body with heavy armor. The shield in their hands also protected many key points. They used their hands and feet together, and they would rush up to the city wall without long time.

He shouted: "The first one to climb is the Zuohoude of Youzhou!"

The soldiers under the city also shouted to the audience: "Cai!"

On the city wall, Zuo Houde held a shield and charged forward, like a plowing ox, and pushed the defenders fell from the city wall one after another. He picked up another shield, his body slanted, protecting his whole body, and continued to charge.

However, afterwards, more soldiers climbed up on the city wall. Zuo Houde had suddenly rushed to the front of the defender's flag. A shield general slapped the city wall, drew his sword and slashed it. The battle flag that the guard general tried his best to protect fell in the eyes of the soldiers on both sides: "If you don't surrender at this time, when will you wait!"

Soon, the soldiers under the city even broke through the city gate. A lieutenant took the lead in rushing into the city, and the defenders in the city were dispersed into a group. There was no need for motivation at this time, and the soldiers of the entire army would try their best to chase the defeated enemy.

Zuo Houde had no strength to chase after him. He sat on the city, picked up a pot of clean water and drank it. He held a layer of blood scab on his face with his left hand, and there were already rushing military doctors bandaging the wounded soldiers.

The battle ended soon.

After the war, the results of the battle were counted. This time the siege was too smooth. Zuo Houde didn't expect it, so Zuo Houde couldn't wait to see the results of the battle!

He beheaded 1,800 people and captured 6,000 people. Seeing this, Zuo Houde frowned. Why did he look like this? Then he continued to watch and died of 3,400 people. He knew the reason at once. Unexpectedly, he trampled so many people to death!

"You go and ask a few surrendered soldiers, why so many people have died?" Zuo Houde said to his personal guards.

After a while, after hearing what the surrendered soldiers said, Zuo Houde understood what was going on. It turned out that this was the impact on the city when Zuo Houde and others were first discovered one mile away.

At that time, most of the defenders in the city were sleeping soundly. Suddenly, they heard such a loud voice and almost made a "camp roar". The guards were quite experienced and finally let the defenders calm down. Unexpectedly, Zuo Houde attacked the city wall again and then broke the city gate.

As a result, the soldiers who had just been pacified were stimulated again. Suddenly, fear, nervousness, and all the negative emotions of death emerged. The city was in chaos, and there were stampedements, and countless casualties were injured.

Zuo Houde felt a little lucky when he heard this. After all, this siege was affected by this, the casualties were greatly reduced. After instructing his left and right to look forward to the surrendered soldiers, he sent someone to Dingcheng to inform the news.

After the messenger passed the news to Dingcheng, it was noon the next day.

"Break Haocheng overnight! Good! What a powerful general, it really greatly exalted the majesty of our army!" said General Li Anguo, Zhennan.

"Send the order. Within ten days, I will break through Mobei City. Instruct General Yangwei to return to Dingcheng, I will send someone to hand over Haocheng immediately."

When Zuo Houde waited for the military order from Dingcheng again, there were also troops coming to garrison. After the two sides handed over, Zuo Houde led the army back to Dingcheng.

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In the Ming Dynasty, the camp of the Northern Army, Lu Xiaoxian received the news that Haocheng was broken. He couldn't help but murmured: "Attacking Haocheng at night, what a great general who is a great Yan is showing his power! He will send an order and go to Haocheng quickly. How can I get it back if I throw it away?"

After Zuo Houde's army returned to Dingcheng, the army of Dingcheng had already begun to attack the city - Mobei City, the border town of the Ming Dynasty, was always facing Dingcheng from afar. Like Zuo Houde's previous conquering Dingcheng was to prevent the support from the rear of Mobei City, so that the army could capture Mobei City and move south smoothly.

After entering the city, Zuo Houde went directly to the Central Army camp to report.

"The last general Zuo Houde has met the general." Zuo Houde directly bowed to General Zhennan.

"It's been hard for General Zuo to break through Haocheng." Li Anguo helped Zuo Houde up and encouraged him again.

"General Yang Wei, I have attacked Mobei City twice today, but I have not been able to capture it! I wonder what General Yang Wei thinks?" Zuo Houde originally thought about how to get involved in the great contribution of "Mobei City", but he didn't expect that Li Anguo asked Zuo Houde directly.

"I am willing to give it a try!" Zuo Houde bowed.
Chapter completed!