In Dinglong, Gao Yanzong pulled out a long knife from behind the saddle, pushed the front armor with the tip of the knife, then clamped the horse's belly with both legs. The horse stepped out of its four hooves, ran up to a dirt slope, and rushed down the hillside.

Behind him were thousands of cavalrymen who were also armed to their teeth, rushing in line, rolling up smoke and dust on the mountain road, like a torrent.

The terrain under your feet is not suitable for cavalry battles. The land is too soft, the weeds and shrubs are too lush, and there are many stones and small pits, which will pose a huge threat to the high-progress cavalry. The battles in recent days have greatly reduced the elite troops of Gaoyanzong.

Yuwen Hu and Yuwen Chun increased their troops from two different directions to attack Gao Yanzong. Even though Dugu Yongye in Luoyang continued to transport troops, Gao Yanzong's army was under great pressure. These days, he has been trying to advance south and have a decisive battle with Yuwen Chun.

At this time, you cannot cherish your soldiers. So far, the most effective attack method against the Zhou army is to fight the cavalry. Two to three rounds of rushing back and forth can defeat the Zhou army on the opposite side, greatly undermining the morale of the Zhou army.

This avoided the Zhou army's realities and reality. Each battle was mainly cavalry, and the infantry did not have much effect. They only cooperated partially to do the work of sweeping the tail and picking up the bargains. This combat method that only exposed the teeth could easily cause misunderstandings from the Zhou army, magnifying Gao Yanzong's actual strength several times.

Furthermore, if it is replaced by infantry fighting, then both sides will have to fight for two hours to reveal the victory or defeat. Fighting with the elite soldiers of the Zhou army will cost the Qi army a heavier price. In this regard, cavalry warfare is the best choice for Gao Yanzong.

"Two days ago, His Highness Lanling King had already penetrated Xinxiang and Shaozhou and headed straight to Dinglong. General, should we be patient and defend our territory first? When Lanling King arrives, he will join the army and kill Yuwen Chun..."

A general put forward such an opinion. Now, on this battlefield, the pressure on the Qi army was too great. Whether it was Yuwen Hu, Yuwen Chun or Hou Longen, they were all dispatching troops to Yiyang and Dinglong...

Gao Yanzong shook his head, "No, now it will be too late if we don't take action." He pointed to the simple map drawn in the mud and said with a serious expression: "At this time, Yuwen Hu came here to see that the situation of the war was not good for the Zhou army, and he wanted to plan a way out..."

"Lost Fenbei and Fennan, but took down more than ten cities in Yiyang. For Yuwen Hu, it was equivalent to a draw with us... Now that the situation is not good, he must find face from Yiyang. Besides, he will never allow me to make trouble in his back. No matter what, he must destroy me..." Gao Yanzong smiled bitterly. The governor hoped that he could try to copy Yuwen Hu's back, but now it seems that this may be almost zero.

"It will definitely not work if you buy at the bottom... Then we will save Yiyang, it will be better than to leave ourselves here... Attack, defeat Yuwen Chun, and save Yiyang, we can retreat unscathed." All the generals understood that Gao Yanzong's strategy was to fight, take off as attack and advance as retreat.

"General, Tian Hong is opposite..." After Gao Yanzong defeated Yuwen Sheng, Tian Hong was appointed by Yuwen Chun again to guard against Gao Yanzong.

"I'm afraid of a ball!" Gao Yanzong glared and said, "There are not ten Zhou generals who were defeated by me, but eight of them are. Yuwen Sheng is still a general of the country. So what's the result? If he hadn't run fast, he would have become a ghost under the knife..."

Gao Yanzong felt a pain in his heart when he thought of the huge losses in the battle these days, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.

"Tear open Tian Hong's front and I'm going to chop him alive..."

After all, Tian Hong is a veteran and has rich experience. He has been fighting with Gao Yanzong for a while. He gradually came back to his senses. It turned out that the boy opposite was bluffing. At this time, it would be even more difficult for Gao Yanzong to advance.

The most difficult battle was carried out by Gao Yanzong and the heavy and light armor. These days, they cut pieces of flesh and blood from Zhou Jun like a sharp bone-clearing knife, and at the same time they were covered with gaps. Jianrui Camp and Xiongwu Camp reduced their personnel by half.

"Shoot, shoot arrows!" Facing the galloping war horses and the long sword and spear that were stabbing in, the captain of Zhou Jun shouted loudly. The crossbowman standing behind the infantry raised the bow and arrows and shot the feather arrows neatly.

The sky was as blue as it was, which was a very suitable weather for combat. Feather arrows fell like rain. Zhou army crossbowmen still held their bows, waiting for the Qi cavalry formation to riots, but they were disappointed. The cavalry was not affected at all. Thousands of feather arrows shot down, which made the cavalry rushing in the front slightly stagnant. Then the cavalry was still rushing to the formation, the formation was more neat and more grand.

The second wave of arrow rain also fell quickly, shooting dozens of cavalry and fell down. More than a dozen war horses were covered with feather arrows and collapsed while running. The Qi army on the horse's back suddenly disappeared and hid flexibly under the horse's belly. In this posture, Zhou army could not hit them at all.

The elite of Jinyang Army were not blown out, and they were not far from Baibaoxianbei. Tian Hong, who was standing not far away to watch the battle, felt a very bad feeling surged up. When he waved his hand, the deputy general immediately understood and went down to pass the order, "Spikeman, come forward! Go forward, the spear twitches, squat down!"

The sound of the cavalry and horse hooves rumbling, and the Qi army rushed very quickly. The captain was still organizing the Zhou army's crossbowmen to prepare. In a blink of an eye, the Qi army was fifty steps away. The sound of the horse hooves and armor colliding made people's scalp numb. They couldn't even hold the bows and arrows.

In front of the crossbowmen's queue, the spearmen were already arranged into a wall, and the spears were pointed diagonally, as thick as a mountain, which stabilized the morale of the army to a certain extent. As long as the Qi army crashed into it, it would definitely cause extremely heavy losses.

The crossbowmen were a little calmer and were about to shoot the third batch of feather arrows when the cavalry suddenly emerged from under the horse's belly, "Throw!" They grabbed the short spear hanging from the horse's neck and swung their arms hard to throw it out.

At that moment, the Zhou army in the forefront suddenly felt the sky darkening, hundreds of short spears suddenly flew up from the horse team, rushed into the sky, and slaughtered down. The sharp short spear suddenly pierced the soldiers wearing thin armor, and a large area of ​​Zhou army array, including the crossbowmen.

There was a moment of riot in the Zhou army formation. The Qi army seized the opportunity and the soldiers behind threw out their short spears again. At this time, the cavalry rushing in the front had already entered the Zhou army formation! Then the Zhou army fell down like crops, the neighing of war horses and the crying of people became one after another, and the Zhou army flags fell one after another.

Gao Yanzong waved his long sword and slashed and slashed in the crowd. His strength was amazing, and he had no general under his command. The man and the knights dressed in heavy iron armor galloped and fought in the Zhou army formation. After half a circle, the Zhou army's defense collapsed.

Tian Hong's heart was cold. He knew that the road from Qi army to Yiyang had been opened and the general situation was gone...

While Gao Yanzong was galloping in the Zhou army formation, he glimpsed the old man's figure from the corner of his eyes. He cut Zhou Shu who was blocking him in front of him into two halves with a knife, and spat on the ground with fierce and disdainful disdain...

Tian Honghua frowned with white sharp eyebrows, looked at the figure in the two armies deeply, and finally ordered: "Retreat..." with helplessness in her tone, Zhou's army was finally... defeated...

The sunset was like blood, Gao Yanzong and a group of soldiers were sank on the ground, lazy, and the rest of the soldiers were doing their daily finishing work. A team of cavalry rushed from the valley in the distance, and some soldiers stood up vigilantly.

"Don't panic, it's ours..." Gao Yanzong saw clearly the flag holding high.

The battle between Gao Yanzong and Tian Hong had just ended, and Gao Changgong also defeated Yuwen Sheng and Yuan Jie. The small front army officially met with Gao Yanzong. Gao Changgong took off his armor and walked quickly to the earth slope. Gao Yanzong's armor was covered with blood, and he sat there weakly...

Seeing Gao Changgong coming, he held the corner of his mouth and smiled and said, "Fourth brother, you are too slow. I have opened the road to Yiyang, and you have come here to get a bargain..."

Gao Changgong raised his eyebrows and smiled: "What are you saying? I'm here to beat Yuwen Chun to help you. Don't be ungrateful."

After all, Gao Changgong is his brother, and he always talks to him in a half-joking and half-threatening tone.

"The Grand Governor means to rescue Yiyang as soon as possible. Can you still ride a horse?"

"Now? I'm so exhausted. Can you give me a rest..., do you treat me as a livestock?"

Gao Changgong laughed without saying a word. Gao Yanzong glared at him and limped up from the ground, "Oh, I've ridden a horse for too long, and the big bird below has almost been smoothed... What are you laughing at? Are you my brother? Help me..."

This year-long war will come to an end after this battle.

...

"We were defeated..." Compared to the relaxed quarrel between the Gao Yanzong brothers, the atmosphere on Yuwen Chun seemed very solemn. A large number of generals sat there quietly, silently. What does Tian Hong fail to defend the front mean? Everyone present knew what it meant.

Gao Yanzong was going straight in, and Zhou's plan to take over Yiyang was shattered.

"Can you kill back?" Yu Wenchun asked in a daze for a moment.

Tian Hong shook his head, "It's impossible... Gao Changgong is here, Qi army joins the same army, the general trend is irreversible, we are defeated in this battle..."

"..." Yu Wen Chun sat quietly, looking faintly towards Yiyang. He fought this city for half a year, but failed to win it for half a year. All the fantasy of merits and honors in the past were broken into a moon in the water.

"Okay, let's withdraw our troops..." It seemed as if the wind blew across the window frame. Yu Wen Chun closed his eyes bitterly.

...

"What? Yuwen Chun was defeated too?!" Yuwen Hu, who was far away in the dragon gate, was full of fire and roared sternly. The generals sat down, sweating in their foreheads and backs. After that, Yuwen Hu felt dizzy and slowly leaned on the couch...

The war damaged tens of thousands of troops, Yiyang was not yet in the process, Fenzhou was lost again, Yubi was surrounded, Duan Shao and Huluguang attacked fiercely, what should he do? Returning to the court, Dugu Nigang and others would definitely take the opportunity, Yuwen Yong was not a good-for-nothing lamp, and the crowd would inevitably be in full swing. How should he explain to the people of the world? What should he do?...

Liu Yong mustered up the courage and set out and said, "Otatsukaku, things have come to this point, let's discuss peace..."

Yuwen Hu looked at him sternly, "Do you know...what are you talking about?"

Liu Yong bit the bullet and continued: "Otatsubashi, if we do not compromise, this war will probably last for a long time. We really can't stand it now! Fenzhou is already in the hands of the enemy, so we can only admit defeat. As long as the Otatsubashi negotiates peace with the Qi army, we can win a chance to breathe, evacuate from Longmen and return to the North Korea to rectify, and we will definitely make a comeback in the future. I hope Otatsubashi thinks three times!"

Everyone present was silent. Yuwen Hu pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, "Okay, do what you said, send an envoy, Xiang Gao Qi..."

"Peacekeeping..." He finally spoke out these two humiliating words.
Chapter completed!