Dou Jiande rode his horse and ran wildly, and the shouts of killing behind him became farther and farther away. It turned out that they were already breaking through the siege step by step.

After many years of military service, Dou Jiande was calm and composed, getting rid of the pursuit of several enemy troops and breaking into a dense forest next to the road.

The dense forests are stacked and just hiding. After walking in the middle of the night, the sky is getting brighter and the wind and snow are getting much smaller.

Dou Jiande looked back and saw that there were only a few cavalrymen, and all the soldiers were in a mess.

Song Zhengben, Ling Jing, and Zhang Xuansu all lost news and were trapped in the chaos, not knowing whether it was life or death.

Seeing this, Dou Jiande suddenly raised his head and laughed.

Cheng Mingzhen, a general who saved Dou Jiande from the side, asked, "Your Majesty, why are our army laughing when it is defeated?"

Dou Jiande looked back and said to Cheng Mingzhen: "I laughed at Li Chongjiu's wiseness and Xu Shiji was brave. Now our soldiers are trapped. If there are any more people intercepting me here, I, Dou Jiande, can only surrender."

Cheng Mingzhen bowed and said, "Your Majesty is so prosperous that Li Chongjiu and Xu Shiji could have expected it."

Dou Jiande said proudly: "Although our army is defeated, as long as I, Dou Jiande, do you know how can Li Chongjiu capture Hebei in one day? When I return to Leshou and regroup, it will not be too late to come again to compete for power in the future."

Dou Jiande and Cheng Mingzhen suddenly roared four times while talking.

Although the sound of the horn was blown extremely smoothly, it sounded creepy to the Xia soldiers. Last night, the foreign cavalry of the Youzhou Army blows such a horn and breaks into the Xia army camp, invincible.

Sure enough, the scene of the Xia army's worry became a fact. The French cavalry wrapped in animal skins appeared from all sides.

A general drove his horse out of it, and the other party clasped his fists and said, "King Xia, I received Ying from the Xi general and congratulated him, and served the orders of Duke Gu and General Xu. I have been waiting in this forest for a long time."

Dou Jiande was furious when he heard this.

The cavalry of Linneifan raised their bows and aimed them at the Xia army in the forest.

Dou Jiande looked back and saw that the soldiers' faces were full of desolation. Even if the soldiers still had courage, they were short of war horses, so there was no need to fight.

Dou Jiande was silent for a while and smiled, "Mr. Shanggu, I am really afraid of me, Dou. I will not stop myself, and I cannot be quick, haha."

Dou Jiande used his laughter to hide his words to Cheng Mingzhen beside him: "Mingzhen, if I have not broken through the siege, you go to Leshou to tell the Heita brothers. He will be the commander of my old Xia army."

"Your Majesty!" Cheng Mingzhen said hurriedly.

Dou Jiande shook his head and said, "It's me that the enemy wants to kill. You rely on your martial arts to break through the siege. The talent of Heita brothers is ten times that of me, Dou, and let him avenge me in the future. Did you hear that?"

"Your Majesty!" Cheng Mingzhen gritted his teeth and replied.

Dou Jiande laughed, patted Cheng Mingzhen on the shoulder, then pulled out a long sword from his waist, and suddenly felt heroic and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill!"

As soon as he finished speaking, thousands of arrows suddenly shot out in the jungle.

The wind and snow fell all night, and the wind stopped a little the next day during the day.

Li Chongjiu led the main army to cross the river from Yishui. The battlefield he saw was a mess.

The fields were covered with darkness. It turned out that the captured Xia soldiers were holding their heads and squatting in the fields, and a row of Youzhou soldiers stood with guns.

After the defeat, the Xia soldiers looked quite miserable. Under the fierce eye of the Youzhou soldiers, everyone dared to squat in the snow with their heads in their arms, motionless. Many people lost their shoes and were barefoot in the snow, trembling with cold. Many people were still injured.

Li Chongjiu stopped on his horse and Xu Shiji, who presided over the battle, came to greet him.

When he saw Xu Shiji, Li Chongjiu asked in the first sentence: "Have you got Dou Jiande?"

Xu Shiji replied: "Dou Jiande led hundreds of cavalry out of the siege last night and fled towards Boling County. I ordered Ying Hefu to lead three thousand cavalry to pursue him, and I must have caught up with him."

Li Chongji nodded, and Xu Shiji suddenly clasped his fists at Li Chongjiu and said, "I will report to Mr. Shanggu, I will apologize to you."

"What's the matter?"

"Yan, the general of Wei's army who attacked Liu Heita's camp, was also killed in formation, and more than half of the soldiers were injured. Now Liu Heita has gathered the remaining troops of the Xia army and retreated to the southeast."

"Yan Ye Le was killed!" Li Chongjiu's body shook. Remember that this was the first general who died in his army since he led his troops.

Xu Shiji said: "Liu Heita, the general of the Xia army's palace rear army, set up an ambush in the camp, and ordered our army to attack the rear army's camp to suffer heavy casualties. Yan Yelie fought all night and suffered dozens of injuries. Finally, he shot Liu Heita's brother Liu Shishen and died with an arrow."

The scene of Yan Yelie's death in battle seemed to be in front of him. Li Chongjiu sighed as he looked at the snowflakes falling in the air.

Li Chongjiu said, "Although our army attacked Dou Jiande at night, I can't feel at ease all night if this person is not eliminated. Among the Hebei army, such as Liu Heita, Cheng Mingzhen, Gao Yaxian, etc., are all heroes in the area. A mere Liu Heita is so difficult to deal with, let alone others, if they have time to let these people rule under Dou Jiande, it will eventually be a big problem for me."

Just as Li Chongji was talking to Xu Shiji, a cavalry suddenly rushed over and said, "Report to Duke Shanggu, Ying Hefu has captured Dou Jiande."

"Can you confirm?" Li Chongjiu remained silent on his face, but he was ecstatic in his heart.

"Yes, this is the golden seal on Dou Jiande's body." The cavalry presented Li Chongjiu with both hands.

Li Chongjiu took the golden seal and saw the four big words "Accepted in the sky" written on it.

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "Dou Jiande imitated the imperial seal and wanted to be ordered by heaven, which is a pity."

Xu Shiji said: "This must be Dou Jiande's belonging. Congratulations to Gong Shanggu, defeating Dou Jiande, and using this to unify Hebei."

Li Chongjiu smiled, looked at the vast land of Hebei, and nodded slightly.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "If you pass the order, don't be arrogant because of victory. Although Dou Jiande was captured, I want to sweep the land of Hebei. The entire army pursues the Xia army, and do not tolerate the thieves."

Xu Shiji agreed happily, and this was also his intention. When Dou Jiande's life and death were unknown, he had already asked Li Chongjiu to let the main force who had just passed through Yishui to pursue the remnants of the Xia army.

But unexpectedly, Li Chongjiu was even more cautious. Dou Jiande was not relieved and still ordered the entire army to attack and sweep.

Afterwards, Li Chongjiu ordered Wang Mahan, Xue Wanche and Wang Junkuo to pursue him in different ways.

October 16th.

Wang Ma Hanba was beating Beiping County, Boling County.

October 17th.

Xue Wanshu led the guards stationed in Hengshan County to attack and conquer Shenze County.

October 20th.

Li Chongjiu led his main force to catch up with the Xia army general Cao Dan. The Xia army was defeated. If there was no Gao Yaxian, Su Dingfang would respond, and Cao Dan would be destroyed.

Within October, Ying He Fuyan also led his army to conquer Zhongxinle, Xianyu, Anping and other counties in Boling County, and the entire territory of Boling County was controlled by Youzhou Army.

In November, Li Chongjiu attacked Gaoyang again, and the Xia army general Liu Heita retreated here, besieging the city for half a month, suddenly snowing heavily, and water dripping into ice.

Under Liu Heita's defence, Li Chongjiu's army attacked for half a month but could not break the city. Instead, the food and grass were exhausted. In the end, Li Chongjiu ordered his troops to retreat, and the battle in Hebei came to an end.

The news of the Battle of Hebei was like heavy snow that suddenly landed across the country, and instantly spread throughout the world.

It is cold winter at the end of the year, and the climate in Hebei this year is extremely cold.

The rivers north of the Yellow River are all frozen and frozen. Looking around, they are covered with silver.

A prison cart, groaning the snow-covered loess road, heading north.

In the prison car, an elegant man sat in Anzhi, holding a book of the Analects and watching carefully.

The young soldier who was guarding the side couldn't help but say in admiration: "Sir, you are not afraid of the bumps on the road. Can you read the book when you are shaking around?"

The elegant man smiled slightly and said to the soldiers beside him: "In the past, when he was an official, his mind was burdened by fame and fortune, and reading could not explain the taste of it. Now that he is in prison, everything is gone, but he has a good mood. He is afraid that there will be no time to study in the future, so he will not put it down."

The young soldier didn't understand much. The officer who was watching the custody said, "He Luzi, what do you know? This is the high-ranking official of the Xia army. This time he will be taken to Youzhou City and beheaded with his emperor. How many days will he have to live? Just let him go."

The young soldier heard this and said, "Is that so? Alas, it's a pity."

The elegant man smiled and said, "No one can die. Sima Qian said that there is a difference between Mount Tai and the feathers. In my heart, it is also a pleasure to die with loyalty and righteousness. Why bother to say it's a pity?"

The warded officer sneered and said, "You are just begging for death. Mr. Zhang, who doesn't know that Gong Shanggu is generous? If you are willing to say a few words, why will it be today?"

The elegant man smiled, refused to argue, and said, "No, not bad, I'm too stubborn. Thank you for your kindness, let me go."

While speaking, a group of people suddenly came to the road.

The soldiers guarding were all on guard. Although this person was to be taken to Youzhou for a beheading, if there were any mistakes on the road, their team of more than 20 people were responsible for escorting the soldiers.

When the officer heard that the other party seemed to be heading towards the prison cart, he secretly called it a bad idea and ordered the prison cart to stop. More than 20 soldiers guarding him set up a ring formation around the prison cart.

There were only five or six people coming, so they came to the prison car and stopped.

The warded officer held a horizontal knife and shouted, "The prison car is a serious offender in the governor's office. Please move out quickly, otherwise you will be killed."

The person in charge of the other party smiled and said, "I am looking for a resentful offender. In the prison car, Zhang Xuansu, the assistant minister of the Huangmen of the Xia Army."

The officer's face changed, and the other party smiled and said, "Don't make a fuss, this is the territory of Zhuo County, so what are the other bandits?"

After saying that, this person showed the custodian a document with a seal of verdict to the custodian.

The officer shouted anxiously, "It turns out that it was Ji who was engaged in it. The villain had no idea about Mount Tai." He immediately ordered the soldiers under his command to withdraw.

The other party nodded, rode his horse to the prison car, and said with a smile: "Zhang Huangmen, Ji Chuan is polite."
Chapter completed!