The city gate was actually nothing serious with two explosive packs, but the vibration caused by the explosion damaged the door folding.

Seeing the city gate falling, the Han army was stunned. Zhou army cheered and rushed into the city without ordering.

"It's the deputy envoy's spell, it's the deputy envoy who opened the city gate, everyone rushed forward!"

When the Zhou army broke through the north gate, Zhao Kuangyin was fighting with difficulty. After two explosions, the sound of fighting suddenly came from a distance.

"Brothers, the deputy envoy has broken through the north gate, let's rush forward!"

The fall of the North Gate, the Han army was already a little panicked, and the Zhou army was in high spirits. Even if there were heavy casualties, they were no longer afraid.

Yang Gun had led a thousand troops to attack the Zhou army at the East Gate, while Li Cungui went to the North Gate to command the battle. The two agreed to keep all the Zhou army that broke in. Once the Zhou army retreated, he would attack him on both sides.

However, things went beyond the expectations of the two. Zhao Kuangyin knew that the retreat was cut off, but he did not choose to escape. Li Cungui relied on the city wall to resist the Zhou army, and was not worried about anything. However, he thought that the city gate would fall one side.

The three armies were robbed, and some people in the Han army began to flee. The Zhou army fought bravely to fight the enemy and continued to expand their advantages. The defeat of the Han army had already emerged, and some people had no time to escape and directly chose to surrender.

Yang Gun felt something was wrong, so he brought people to check it out, and found that tens of thousands of Zhou troops were pouring in. The northern city was in chaos, and the figures of Zhou troops were everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Yang Gun immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops. The defeat in this battle was decided, and it would be useless to stay. He would not fight the Zhou army to death, and he would have to sacrifice in vain.

So he gathered his troops and planned to leave the city from the north gate, notify Yuci and Qingyuan counties in advance, and report to the Liao court at the same time, but the troops he brought were not enough...

When Zhao Kuangyin was in action, it was already in the middle of the night. When the battle in the city ended, it was already dawn and Taigu was taken down.

Guo Hao rode into the city and saw Zhao Kuangyin and others. Zhao Kuangyin was covered in blood and a sad look appeared on his face. Wang Shenqi, Wang Zhengzhong and others also looked a little ugly.

"Brother, Qingyi..."

At this time, a soldier brought a body over. Who was not Liu Qingyi? Guo Hao's face turned pale when he saw it. Unexpectedly, Liu Qingyi died!

Because Liu Qingyi can speak Khitan language, Guo Hao is optimistic about him, but he didn't expect that he would die here...

"What's going on? How could Qingyi be like this..."

"He is trying to protect me!"

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes turned red, and the other brothers were silent.

Guo Hao took a deep breath. Their brothers are friends of life and death. They usually play well, but suddenly one missing is missing, which is really hard to accept.

But Guo Hao still has something to do: "Come on, send it back to Bianliang for a good life. What is the situation in the city? What are our casualties?"

Now is not the time to be sad, the military situation is the main one. At this time, Wang Shenqi stepped forward and said, "Deputy envoy, we lost more than 900 brothers just now, and the casualties in Yuen Long were also very heavy, more than a thousand..."

When Guo Hao heard this number, his heart hurt. More than two thousand people, that was two thousand lives. He had taken an army of ten thousand before, and he looked very majestic. In fact, when he went back, he couldn't know how many people could live.

"Reorganize the army and take turns to rest. Be careful of the Han army's sneak attacks. Don't disturb the people in the city. Take back all the bodies of the brothers and let them be buried..."

Guo Hao issued a series of instructions and then came to the governor's mansion. The officials of the Northern Han Dynasty had already run away, leaving only a few minor officials, and there was no time to escape.

Guo Hao sat in the main seat, Zhao Kuangyin and others sat down, and several minor officials knelt on the ground and saw Guo Hao trembling.

"When did the Khitan reinforcements arrive?"

Guo Hao's voice was very calm, and the little official didn't react for a while. Yang Guangyi shouted: "Why do you want to ask you, when will the Khitan soldiers arrive?"

"This day, yesterday afternoon..."

"Where did they come from and from which gate did they enter the city?"

"I don't know this either, I only know the city they entered from the north gate."

"North Gate?"

Guo Hao frowned, feeling that he had miscalculated this time. He only thought that the Khitan would directly send troops to attack him, but forgot that the Khitan might also help the Han army defend the city.

"How many of them are there, and where are they now!"

"They have three thousand people. After you attacked, they left through the north gate. As for where they went, they really didn't know."

This is the style of the Khitan. If they can't beat it, they will run away. However, they have now entered the Northern Han Fudi. If the Khitan sends a large army, they can only fight or retreat.

After the interrogation, Guo Hao did not kill the minor officials, but locked them up, showing his kindness again.

There are only more than 7,000 people left in them now, so there will be fewer and fewer people if this continues. Guo Hao needs to replenish his troops now, but will the two Jiedu governors help him?

"A man came and sent someone to tell the two governors that we had taken Taigu and needed their help in urgent need of their help, so that they could send more people over!"

Although he may not necessarily help, he always has to try it. It is already very close to Jinyang to take down Taigu, but he is likely to face the forces of Yuci and Qingyuan counties at the same time.

When Liu Chong learned of the news of Taigu's loss, he was really panicked and immediately issued an order to Liu Chengjun to mobilize his troops and make sure to stop Guo Hao.

However, there were only twelve states in the Northern Han Dynasty, and the whole country was only 30,000 troops. He could not give up border defense and devoted his efforts to the whole country, and in the end he could only gather 8,000 troops.

This time, Liu Chengjun personally commanded and led the 8,000 army of the Northern Han Dynasty, plus Yang Gun's 2,000, counting 10,000 people, waiting for Guo Hao between Yuci and Qingyuan.

The two military governors were a little surprised when they heard Guo Hao take down Taigu. Judging from this posture, Guo Hao's previous words were not bragging. In just one month, he won two cities in a row, so he was really not a waste of time.

"Guo Hao has 10,000 troops, and now there are only 7,000 troops left. The Han army has 10,000 troops between Yuci and Qingyuan. If we don't help him, it will be difficult for him to advance."

The Luzhou Jiedushi Mansion, two Jiedushi sat together, and they were all waiting to share the credit. It seems not that easy now.

"It's okay for the Han army to say that the Khitan army is troubled. According to people from the front line, the Khitan sent only 3,000 troops this time, so Guo Hao was lucky enough to take Taigu. If the Khitan adds reinforcements, Guo Hao may be in danger."

After Qin Fen, the governor of Anguo, finished speaking, Li Yun nodded.

"My people are stationed near Longzhou. This road cannot be accessed. Liaozhou has to rely on you. I also have to distribute some of my troops to take over Taigu."

"In this way, all the troops we can move are used, and we can't divide the troops to help Guo Hao. He only has seven thousand soldiers now. Can he defeat Liu Chengjun's 10,000 Han troops?"

"Who knows, it seems that this kid is still a little capable at the moment. I heard that if the Khitan reinforcements had not arrived, he would not have used so many people at all. In fact, I also want to send troops to help him, but I am a little powerless."

Qin Fen was silent when he heard this. He was the same. Although the two were local governors, they still had to guard the border, and their troops were limited.

Guo Hao received a reply from the two and thought this was very difficult. If the troops were not strong enough, he would have to move forward!

"Do you really need to use explosives?"

Guo Hao has not been idle for a while. After working for a long time, he has only made about twenty explosive packs. To be on the safe side, he plans to use them all on Jinyang and strive to win Jinyang in one fell swoop.

Now that his future is blocked, he will suffer great casualties without explosives. If the two military governors cannot help him, he will have to ask the court for help.

Bianliang City, in the imperial palace.

Guo Wei learned that Guo Hao had broken two cities in a row, injured Zhang Yuanhui, and scared Li Cungui away. Now that Liu Chengjun has taken action in person, there is indeed a lot of troops of ten thousand.

Guo Hao asked for more troops. Is it possible that Li Cungui is not an ordinary person? If he finds that Guo Hao does not move forward, will he lead the army to attack him?

When Taigu Governor's Mansion heard about Liu Chengjun, Guo Hao was a little helpless.

I knew that Northern Han was not easy to fight, but now I have reached the third level. Guo Hao doesn’t know how to do it next, and there are two levels left behind.

It is impossible to take the initiative to compete. Let’s take a break in Taigu for a few days. Instead, he still has more than a thousand prisoners. If he uses them, he might be able to replenish some troops.

Guo Hao looked at the map repeatedly, trying to find a good idea. The place where the Han army stationed belongs to Taiyuan Prefecture, and Jinyang is behind him. As long as Liu Chengjun is defeated, Jinyang will be in front of him.
Chapter completed!