The Hebei scholars who were accompanying the army were still talking loudly, as if they were not fighting, but on an outing.

Li Shentong's Tang army's goal of promoting troops was to achieve its goal. Seeing this elite Tang army, dozens of Hebei scholars in Hebei were really much more respectful to the combat power of the Tang army.

Li Shentong heard the praises of the scholars from Hebei, and his face was full of spring breeze, but his heart was as cold as the cold winter. If he had known that Wang Bo was such a person, no matter what Li Shentong said, he would not have gone alone to lead 20,000 Shandong Tang Army's main force to attack Li Yangcang.

"I didn't expect that I, Li Shentong, are now in a state of difficulty in riding a tiger. I would have known that I wouldn't have boasted about Haikou at the beginning." Li Shentong said in his heart. He has always been a very face-saving person. If the army came to Liyang City and did not hand in a single arrow, then what would the generals and the scholars of Hebei see him?

Thinking of this, Li Shentong looked at the Tang soldiers behind him, and thought that he had 20,000 troops, and there were only 10,000 Zhao troops in Liyang City. Why bother to retreat? It would be better to restrain him.

So Li Shentong thought about the place to camp.

Li Shentong opened the map, and on the map, Li Yang was built on the north side of the Dali Mountain.

The west gate directly connects to the ancient ferry of Weihe River, then connects to the Qi River in the west, Dunqiu in the northwest, Yongyu in the southwest, and Qikou in the southwest.

On the north side of Liyang City is Qiankou City. This place was built by the Northern Wei Shangshu Pushe Gaolong when he built Yedu, where the furnace was built, also known as Qiankouye, and then to the north is Mingzhou. On the east side, it is Jindi and Liyang Duke.

Li Shentong thought about it for a while and decided to camp fifteen miles northwest of Liyang, where he echoed the main force of Liu Heita in Mingzhou. At the same time, he monitored Li Yangcang and could retreat to Hanoi if it was not good.

After Li Shentong made the decision, the Tang army immediately followed Dunqiu and Qishui generation stationed in Daying.

In order to prevent Li Chongjiu's Youyan Iron Cavalry, not only Li Shentong, but also Tang army also stationed along the river. As the primary event of camping, it has been implemented.

At this moment, on the top of Dayi Mountain in the south of Liyang City, Li Chongjiu was wearing a cloak and looking into the distance from the top of the mountain. When Wagang was occupied by Liyang, Li Mi built a central military pavilion on the top of Dayi Mountain to monitor the Yellow River waterway.

Li Chongjiu, Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanche all looked at the rolling Yellow River.

Xue Wanche said: "In the past, Emperor Guangwu of Han used You and the troops of the two states to conquer the world, and first established a camp in Liyang to block Hebei. Later, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought with troops, and Liyang was the place to win. At present, the Yongji Canal is connected, Liyang is surrounded by the big river in the south and the canal in the east. The north is connected with Ye, the prime minister, and the west is Henei. In the future, if there is a small official, Youjing will be out of reach. It is better to set up a platform in Liyang to control the military affairs of Hebei, Henan and Shandong."

Before Li Chongjiu could speak, Xue Wanshu scolded: "Now Liu Heita, Yu Culture has not yet been pacified, and Li Shentong is still in Hebei. You have not yet obtained Long before you can see Shu."

When Xue Wanche heard his brother's scolding, he said unconvincedly: "Take the world with Youyan. Only Guangwu has traces to follow. Guangwu is above the valley, Yuyang's cavalry, and destroy all the heroes in the world. Why not learn from it today?"

While the two were arguing, a sudden probe came to report to him: "The Tang army general, King Huai'an, is setting up a line in the Qishui River."

Qishui, Dunqiu.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but smile and said, "The Book of Songs says that if you send your son to Shiqi, as for Dunqiu, it seems that Li Shentong is a gentleman."

Xue Wanche and Xue Wanshu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and the quarrel was just over.

Li Chongjiu asked: "Where has Li Wenxiang's Hebei surrendered army been?"

Xue Wanche reported, "It has reached Neihuang. The king wants to meet Li Wenxiang and attack Li Shentong."

Xue Wanshu said, "Li Shentong has 20,000 troops, but our army is less than 20,000, and nearly half of them are Hebei surrendered troops. If they suddenly start a war with the Tang army, they are not sure of winning, and Wang Bo will come back at any time. Moreover, the front line of Qishui where the Tang army is stationed is not conducive to the implementation of our cavalry."

Li Chongjiu said, "Li's magical skills are exhausted. Wang Bo met with him. He knew that he had become an isolated army, but he could not advance and was afraid of people laughing at him when he retreated. He was actually trapped here. Since his general had lost his spirit, what would he be afraid of?"

Li Shentong looked at Xue Wanche and said, "I will ask you and Luo Shixin to lead a thousand light cavalry to bypass the Qishui River and raid Li Shentong's food path."

"No!" Xue Wanche obeyed the order and strode away.

Hejian County, Gaoyang City.

The city was covered with blood.

The soldiers shouted and killed for a while.

The siege of Gaoyang City lasted for a full twenty days.

The main attacking side was Xu Shiji, a famous general of the Zhao army. He attacked the Xia army camp in Yishui, captured Dou Jiande alive, and established a great reputation.

The master guarding one side was Dou Jiande's sworn brother Gao Yaxian, and he was also a famous general of the Xia army.

After the persuasion of surrender was ineffective, Xu Shiji's army had more than 20,000 troops, and joined forces with Yuchi Gong and Xue Wanjun who had retreated north, with a total of 30,000 troops, and began to siege Gaoyang City, where Gao Yaxian was stationed in 10,000 Xia army soldiers.

At the beginning of the war, the two sides fought fiercely. Facing the 30,000 elite troops of the Zhao army, Gao Yaxian's troops refused to let in a single inch of their defense.

Both armies above and below the city were built of dead bodies and piled up like mountains.

After ten days of fierce fighting, even though the famous general Xu Shiji was in charge of command, he was still helpless. The soldiers who were invaded by the Zhao army were suffering heavy casualties. Gaoyang City was like a hard walnut, slashing the Zhao army's big teeth. In order to conquer Gaoyang City, Xu Shiji had no choice but to use the sulphur bombs and eight-pointed cannons made by the Zhao army's Armory Shop were reserves for attacking the Yongnian City of Mingzhou, Mingzhou, from Liu Hei's base camp.

The turbulent bombs were exhausted, and most of the eight-shot cannon was broken. Finally, on the 17th day of the siege, Zhao Jun used the eight-shot cannon to break into a city wall in the south of the city.

The two armies fought on the city wall for a whole day, and finally the Xia army declared that the city wall was lost.

Originally, according to ordinary wars, the city walls were lost, and the defenders were powerless, but under the command of Gao Yaxian, the Xia army still engaged in a fierce street battle with Xu Shiji's siege army for two days.

Most of the 10,000 troops guarding the city of Xia army were wiped out.

Now the war in Gaoyang City is coming to an end, inside the arsenal of the south of the city.

Nearly a hundred soldiers of the Xia army were still resisting stubbornly. Su Dingfang held a big knife and climbed to the third floor of the arsenal with Gao Yaxian on his back.

The Xia soldiers held the stairs, and Su Dingfang placed Gao Yaxian on the ground, pressing the bleeding wound on the other party's left chest with tears in his eyes, saying, "Entertainment Father!"

Gao Yaxian slowly opened her eyes, glanced at Su Dingfang, and asked, "What's the situation?"

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "Person Liu and Captain Liu have all died in battle. To protect us, Uncle Lin, who was blocked at the intersection of the street, may also be..."

"I understand." Gao Yaxian's face showed a happy smile instead.

Su Dingfang shed tears and said, "Entertainment Father!"

Gao Yaxian said calmly: "Maybe you ask me, why should I defend a city that I can't defend at all?"

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "Entertainment Father, no matter what you say, I will do it without blinking."
Chapter completed!