The horse soldiers on the avenue flowed slowly, the surrounding mountains were stacked and the shadows in the distance were like dark clouds.

A horseman ran upside down on the roadside. Seeing Yelu Xiuge and others in front of the big flag and ceremonial war, the knight hurriedly stopped the horse, jumped off the horse, pressed his right hand and bent down, and said impatiently: "Report to the Grand Marshal, Jinyang has been captured by the Zhou army!"

Yelu Xiu Ge's face, whose eyes were originally looking at Tianyi's majestic face, changed his face, and quickly stopped his mount with a whip and pointed at the knight, "What! What are you saying?"

Yang Gun and other Liao generals around him immediately looked sideways and looked surprised. Yelu Xiu Ge asked, but it was not because he didn't hear it clearly, but because he was surprised, as if he hadn't come back to his senses.

The knight hurriedly said, "Jinyang has been broken!"

Yelu Xiuge's words and deeds were very decisive and straightforward, but then he said, "The news is true?"

The knight clearly said in Khitan: "It's true! First, the scout camp leader got the news from the Northern Han people, and then we arranged for our own people near the left of Jinyang to confirm it."

Yelu Xiu Ge was stunned for a moment, looking back at the horses that looked like long dragons in front and behind, and then looked at Yang Gun and others, as if he was a little confused. So many Liao army cavalry came from thousands of miles away, why did they come? He shook his head and said, "I can't believe it!"

The generals were also uproared and their expressions were shocked. A general asked, "Is there an important person in Jinyang who opened the door to offer the city?"

The knight who came to report said, "No, it was a forced breakthrough to break the city. Zhou army used gunpowder to explode a gap and then built soil to make a mountain, so as to break through the city!"

After hearing this, Yang Gun nodded seriously and pondered: "Xiancheng is indeed unreliable. The Liao Iron Cavalry has reinforced and responded in time. When Jinyang has hope of rescuing the siege, it is impossible for him to surrender quickly. However, this important fortress known as Longcheng was only half a month before and after being attacked. It would be too fast to fall like this, right?"

The people in the middle army were talking for a while. Yelu Xiu Ge finally began to accept this fact and sat on the horse with a stern face without saying a word.

Yang Gun turned his head and said, "You can order the army to stop marching for the time being."

Yelu Xiuge nodded with a veritable face.

The generals said angrily: "No wonder we are the capital of a country and a major city in the world. We can't defend it for half a month. Our Liao army goes to help thousands of miles away. How can we save it?" "I just said that the Northern Han Kingdom is not worthy of war, but they are just dragging us back. They are too useless!"

Yang Gun frowned and said, "The Northern Han army is not as unbearable as you think. In the southern countries, except for the Central Plains dynasty, the Northern Han army is the most powerful. Their soldiers fought for many years and could threaten the Central Plains forces for a few years ago. The earlier Central Plains dynasties and generations all swept the world from Hedong! The problem with the Northern Han country is that the land is small and the land is barren, and it cannot withstand long-term consumption; but the sturdy and majestic Jinyang City makes up for this, and when they are at a disadvantage, they can still rely on persistence. It is true that I can't believe that the Zhou army can go down to Jinyang for half a month..."

He turned to look at Yelu Xiuge: "Blacksmith Guo will become a big trouble for the Liao Dynasty!"

Yelu Xiu Ge gritted his teeth and said after a moment: "I really want to meet this person. Let's see if he has three heads and six arms!"

"No at this time." Yang Gun hurriedly advised, "The Zhou army claimed to have hundreds of thousands, and there were 200,000 troops; our army suffered a great loss when it was against the main force of the Central Plains with a partial army."

At this time, the main forces of the Liao army stopped on the road one after another. It was just after afternoon, and it was not the time for renovation. The army was noisy, and many people sat on the ground, watching and inquiring about the situation. However, for ordinary Liao army cavalry, they didn't know what was going on for a moment. At first glance, there were dense crowds of people and horses, and they could not see anything except the mountains.

After a long time, news spread in the army one after another. It turned out that Jinyang was captured!

The army was noisy and the noise was buzzing.

Even ordinary soldiers who work part-time herdsmen and cavalrymen do not understand national affairs very well, but they are also familiar with famous cities like Jinyang, which are famous all over the world. Rumors spread in the army, some say that Jinyang was captured in half a month; some say that it was ten days, because after counting on his fingers, he heard that the peace truce was discussed for five days (many people are specious about things).

People still don’t think much of the strength of the Han soldiers in their hearts, so all this comes down to Guo Shao… Everyone has the knowledge of which tribe is in what’s going on. Even on the grassland, there are many Han people. Therefore, it is difficult for people to accept and believe how strong the Zhou army is. But if someone says that a certain “monster” is abnormal, someone believes it. Even on the grassland, there are many legends of ghosts, gods, and beasts, and of course there may be other places.

When many herders were young, their parents used stories of monsters, ghosts and gods to scare them to make them obedient. Many people grew up in such legendary stories.

"Have you heard of thousands of people who died in Zhuozhou a few years ago?" A man from Liao army stared seriously and said in a deep voice.

He was not making noise and his voice was not loud. But the soldiers sitting cross-legged around him immediately moved to the place and put their heads over.

The man had a scary expression on his face: "Those corpses didn't have heads later!"

Someone asked curiously and impatiently: "Didn't the head cut off and take it to receive the merit?"

The man who spoke shook his head vigorously and said, "It is said that Zhou Jun will not cut off his head if he remembers his merits (the military law that Guo Shao decided at the beginning was still recorded in the past)." But this kind of thing was said from someone else's serious tone, and it seemed very reasonable and credible. Everyone wanted to listen to the follow-up, so naturally they were unwilling to argue with him.

The man continued, "Then the blacksmith Guo is a ghost monster and likes to eat human brains!"

"Ah..." The men with empty spirits were stunned, but they were very focused.

The man who spoke said, "He was originally a monster in the underground iron mine. He had three heads and six arms; the three arms on the left took three iron shields, and the three arms on the right took blacksmith's hammers, knives, and spears! His body was full of iron armor, and the same hard armor as pangolins. After Guo blacksmith came out from the ground, he could turn into the appearance of ordinary people and deceive the world; but when he was angry, he would reveal his true form! In Zhuozhou, someone saw his true form, killing people in the crowd while eating his brain! If he was invulnerable, his bow, arrow, sword, and gun hit him, he would break..."

The soldiers who attended the interview asked, "What should I do? How to deal with the monster iron armor!"

The man said, "What should I do? Jinyang Jiancheng couldn't stop it. Guo Blacksmith turned into a true form and walked up. He used a blacksmith's hammer to "boom" and knocked over the city wall. Otherwise, how could he capture the important city in less than ten days..."

"Hmph!" Suddenly a majestic voice came.

Everyone turned around and saw that it was Yang Gun, the deputy commander of the army, who was riding a horse on the road. The soldiers hurriedly stood up and stopped saying a word. Yang Gun raised the whip and pointed angrily: "There is nothing to do to spread rumors in the army, you don't know how to die!"

The man and the people around him showed fear.

Yang Gun said coldly: "I miss you for the first time, so let it go. If you dare to spread rumors, you will definitely not let it go!" He looked back and said loudly: "The Zhou army in the Central Plains has surrounded Jinyang for more than a month, and there are rebellions inside. Therefore, the Northern Han Kingdom unexpectedly lost Jinyang early. From now on, rumors are strictly prohibited. Who of you have seen monsters with your own eyes? If you don't see them with your own eyes, they will spread rumors!"

After saying that, Yang Gun patted his horse and went to the temporary garrison of the Central Army.

Yelu Xiu Ge had already found a stone on the side of the road and sat down. He held the scabbard on the ground. He sat in a big shape with his left hand, and the surrounding generals were sanitating their left and right.

"Jinyang was captured too quickly, and the troops were shocked, and rumors were already rumored." Yang Gun bowed.

Yelu Xiuge said: "Rutterances are strictly prohibited when passing through military orders."

"Yes." Yang Gun bowed.

Yelu Xiu Ge said coldly with a stern face: "I thought there was no need to go south anymore."

Yang Gun hurriedly echoed: "What the commander said is very true. According to the imperial edict of the Han Dynasty, our troops went south to lift the siege of Jinyang. We gathered people in Yinshan and defeated the Ri south, and there was no delay in the middle. Jinyang lost the city after being besieged for half a month. It is not a big mistake for us to fight ineffectively... The intention to send troops has been lost, so there is no need to fight this battle."

Yelu Xiuge said casually: "It's just a waste of time. I'm a little unwilling to give in and it's hard to explain to the tribes."

Yang Gun hurriedly advised: "Just as we discussed before, going south to fight the Zhou army is not a good fighter... The Zhou army had morale and confidence at the beginning of victory, and the whole country was full of troops; I was a partial army in the Great Liao Dynasty and came from afar. Moreover, after the Zhou army captured Jinyang, there were strong cities to rely on, advances can attack and retreats can be defended; we had no barriers, and the situation was very unfavorable."

Yelu Xiu Ge was also very rational. Although his face was not good-looking, he seemed to have made a decision. He said again: "I ordered the vanguard to retreat and change it to the rear army. The entire army passed through Xinkou, annexed the north of Xinkou, and then let our own people stationed in Xinkou. Then send scouts to find out the situation again and make plans."

The general interjected and said, "Is the general worried that the Northern Han army in Xinzhou will turn against him?"

Yang Gun helped answer: "This is just a matter of time sooner or later! Jinyang is broken, and the entire imperial court of the Northern Han Kingdom fell into the enemy, and there is no support in other places. Surrendering to Zhou Kingdom is of course the best way out... Don't forget that although the Northern Han Kingdom is an allied country of the Great Liao Kingdom, this place is still the territory of the Han Dynasty. What reasons do those officials and generals who do not submit to the same tribe? If they surrender to the Great Liao Kingdom, they have to be enemies with the Zhou army and continue to fight. The Zhou army attacked Jinyang with the purpose of occupying the entire Hedong."

Everyone nodded and said yes.

Yelu Xiu Ge slapped his thigh at this time, stood up suddenly, and made a quick decision: "Tell me the order, all the troops retreat north of Xinkou! The vanguard returned to guard Xinkou!"

"Affect the order." The generals bowed one after another.

Yelu Xiuge walked up a hillside and looked south. In the direction of his sight, there was only a dark and flooded crowd in the mountains, and then there was Chongshan. There was no way to see the Zhou army in the south blocking the troops. Just before he received the news of the break of Jinyang City, he was thinking about how to break through Li Chuyun's troops on the battle formation; thinking about the other party waiting for work, whether he would repair it for two or three days after getting close... As a result, no calculation was useful.

There are so many people in the army who have planned many solutions, but none of them expected that Jinyang would be captured immediately! The battlefield changes rapidly, and it is probably the case.
Chapter completed!