Gao Yaxian said this, his eyes were scattered, and Su Dingfang shouted repeatedly: "Enterprise Father! Enterprise Father!"

Gao Yaxian finally recovered and looked at Su Ding Fangyan and said, "At this moment, we will do our best to be considered King Xia. Zhao State took Xia State, and within ten years, there will be no day to forget the bloody battle in Gaoyang City today, and I, Gao Yaxian, but I hope that Lord Zhao will treat the people of Hebei well in the future."

Speaking of this, Gao Yaxian paused and said, "You will lead the remaining brothers to surrender. This is your adopted father's last wish, and you must do it."

"Entertainment Father!" Su Dingfang said with tears.

Gao Yaxian said, "Don't be the child I hate the most. A real man should cherish his usefulness and do some work. You are still young and don't have to accompany me, the old man. Although King Zhao is a humble person, he is a wise master. Don't let down the expectations of your adoptive father."

Shortly after saying that, Gao Yaxian took his last breath while Su Dingfang and the soldiers cried.

Finally, Su Dingfang and more than a hundred Xia troops in the arsenal surrendered, and the siege general asked Xu Shiji for instructions, and Xu Shiji said that he would incorporate all of them.

The bloody battle of Gaoyang came to an end, leaving behind Gaoyang City, which almost turned into white land. Although the two armies did not intend to slaughter, the fierce street fighting left the residents in the city without ten or two. After Gaoyang broke through the city, the generals of the Zhao army followed Xu Shiji to inspect the whole city, but they saw traces of fierce fighting everywhere in the city.

The soldiers were busy restraining the two armies and the bodies of civilians. The vehicles pulling the bodies pushed one car after another.

Seeing this scene, Xue Wanjun couldn't help but say: "It's really not worth the effort to capture Gaoyang City. If the Xia army fought so hard in every city, our army would have captured Hebei even in ten years."

Yuchi Gong said, "It is better not to attack the city unless it is absolutely necessary. The casualties of our army are also above 3,000."

General Zhao Quanting said, "Fortunately, the Xia army was able to defend in Hebei, only Mingzhou is left. After capturing Gaoyang City, the grain channels between Youjing and Mingzhou were opened. Even if they did not pass through Yongji Canal, they could reach them continuously by land."

Xu Shiji nodded after hearing this and said, "The generals are saying very well. Today, all the soldiers have worked hard and have a day off. Reward the three armies and go south to attack Xia tomorrow. I will send another good news to Li Yang, saying that our army has captured Gaoyang City."

After the news of Gaoyang City being captured by the Zhao army came out, the defenders of Hejian, Xindu and Xia army had no intention of fighting anymore, and they all surrendered in a glance. First, Hejian County joined the county and then Xindu County was also under the attack of Yinghefu and Ertuo's grassland cavalry, and all counties in the county were subdued.

Qi A Shu, the general of Yinghefu, even led the light cavalry to break through Julu City in Xiangguo County of Li Tang and directly broke into Wu'an County. On the north of Liu Heita's base camp, there were cavalrymen with the vanguard of the Xi tribe scout in the north of Mingzhou.

At the same time, the Western Route Army suddenly caught fire, and the Western Route Army led by Guo Xiaoke continued to advance.

The Western Route Army had a total of 15,000 troops. Most of them were the soldiers of Marine and Dingling. As well as the Han army soldiers in the western Liaoning County, after capturing Yanshan County, Bohai County, Guo Xiaoke led his army south with the vanguard of Diji.

Li Deyi, a gentry entrenched in Pingyuan County, was originally an old subordinate of Liu Badao. Liu Badao was in charge of the Pingyuan and gathered tens of thousands of people under his command, named Ajiu Army, and occupied Douzihang. He was also a prince in the rebel army. After Liu Badao's death, Li Deyi continued to command his troops and was still called Ajiu Army.

Li Deyi fought guerrillas in the Bohai and plain counties for several years, but since Li Badao's death, the uncle's army has been getting worse and worse. All the nearby small counties and towns were taken down, and the rest were big counties and cities. However, the uncle's army could not capture at all. Later, he heard that the Zhao army came to attack the Xia army and saw that the Zhao army was in a huge situation, Li Deyi took the initiative to lead tens of thousands of bandits to surrender.

Guo Xiaoke was originally a turtleman, and he was always willing to come to bandits like Li Deyi. At this moment, Guo Xiaoke made his own decision and suddenly replaced him, allowing Li Deyi to set aside tens of thousands of bandits to be pioneers.

Li Deyi agreed immediately and led the Ah-jiu army to open the way forward. As the rebel army across the Bohai Sea, the Ah-jiu army was a local tyrant, and they were all familiar with the Hebei area. So they saw the Xia army prefectures and counties along the road.

In front were thousands of light cavalry, without saddles, and riding naked horses. They set off the road in front of them, and a few broken flags with three-character characters written by the uncle army fluttered in the wind. And there were black bandits like locusts passing by, 30,000 to 40,000 people, soldiers holding rakes, hoes, axes, and wearing tattered clothes like beggars.

After Ah Kui's army, thousands of brave and powerful cavalry were rolled up, followed by well-equipped Zhao army infantry and Ding Ling's soldiers.

Whenever a city was encountered on the road, the Zhao army first and then fought back, while the uncle army stepped forward under the banner and intimidated the city. Li Deyi simply erected two flags, one side said that the whole city surrendered without any offense, and the other side said that if they resisted stubbornly, they would destroy the city and wash the city.

The defenders on the city were disdainful to see the uncle's army who was like a chaotic person, but they did not dare to neglect the Zhao army when they saw them from afar behind.

It is rare for bandits and regular troops to merge, but the Zhao army is famous for being good at fighting, and Ah Kui's army is a local tyrant. How can the two sides join forces with the cities of Bohai County to resist? As a result, the officials and guards of Bohai cities surrendered one after another.

Regarding the surrendered city, Guo Xiaoke only left a few people to station, and keeping his promises was really unrestrained. Guo Xiaoke even followed the surrendered Xia army officials and asked them to show up and surrender to the Zhao army for the cities along the way.

In this way, the effect was great. The Zhao army broke into seven cities in a row, but encountered a nail under Yangxin City, the capital of Bohai County.

The Xia army's county magistrate refused to surrender, so Guo Xiaoke and Li Deyi led the Zhao army and Ajiu army to attack the city. In just half a day, the city was captured by the Zhao army, which was ten times more than the defenders. After the county magistrate broke the city, he swallowed gold and committed suicide, while Guo Xiaoke made the uncle's army wash the city against Yangxin City.

With the example of Yangxin, all counties in Hebei are now surrendering to Guo Xiaoke's power. Many city guards surrendered early before the banner of Ah Kui's army arrived. Guo Xiaoke and Li Deyi led their troops to almost no bloodshed, and they traveled south all the way, breaking the Bohai Sea and the plains, as if they were entering a land of no one.

The progress was not only unexpected by Guo Xiaoke himself, but even Wen Yanbo, who was in charge of the rear base camp, exclaimed.

The current situation of the Zhao army is that Li Chongjiu's 30,000 troops went deep into the army alone. In the west of Yuchi Gong, the Western Route Army was frustrated by Liu Heitahuo, and returned to Hejian to meet with Xu Shiji. Xu Shiji's middle Route Army was still in a bloody battle in Gaoyang City. Instead, Guo Xiaoke, as a side army, rushed 500 miles, broke through 19 cities, and took the lead in attacking Qinghe County.

Even Xu Shiji, who was fighting hard in Gaoyang City, shook his head when he heard that Guo Xiaoke had captured the two counties, saying that this general who was born in Wagang with him was really amazing.

When Guo Xiaoke entered Qinghe County, the county seat of Qinghe County, Linqing, the important town of Guantao, had already surrendered as early as when Li Chongji 90,000 naval troops were attacking along the river. The road ahead of Guo Xiaoke's Eastern Army was even more unobstructed. Guo Xiaoke and Li Deyi took the opportunity to enter Guantao City and stayed here. Guo Xiaoke immediately sent 6,000 Mahashi cavalry to cross the Yongji Canal and rush to assist Liyang City.

This time, the other counties of Qinghe County did not even wait for the Zhao army flag. The guards of each county who were still waiting and watching voluntarily surrendered, and Qinghe County was basically pacified.

In fact, after the Zhao army arrived in Linqing, it opened up the back road of Liyang City. Li Chongjiu was no longer alone in Liyang City.

The situation of Li Chongjiu's battle against Liu Heita in Hebei was already very clear. Liu Heita was trapped in Mingzhou and could not move. Although Li Chongjiu was in charge, Li Yang had Li Shentong, Wang Bo's army attacked left and right, and seemed to be in a difficult situation.

However, as Guo Xiaoke's army arrived in Linqing, the Marine cavalry in Dudiji would reinforce Liyang City for another two or three days, and the grassland cavalry could arrive in Mingzhou in a few days. Xu Shiji and Yuchi Gong's Zhao army could also arrive in Mingzhou within ten days. The strategy of splitting and attacking that Zhang Xuansu had formulated was basically achieved.

So even Wang Bo was going to rob Wuyang County, but he was afraid of the arrival of the main force of the Zhao army and retreated across the Yellow River.

Li Chongjiu, who was in charge of Liyang City, heard that Guo Xiaoke's East Route Army had made rapid progress and had arrived in Linqing and sent a sudden source of help. At the same time, Xue Wanche and Luo Shixin heard from the Qishui that they had defeated Li Shentong's grain transport fleet on the shore of Yongji Canal and burned more than a dozen Tang army's grain ships.

After hearing the news, Li Chongji couldn't help but smile. Xue Wanshu said to Li Chongji: "Daji has arrived suddenly, and the safety of Li Yang City is worry-free. It is the opportunity to go out of the city to defeat Li Shentong."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Just because of this, I will send an order to leave three thousand soldiers to guard Liyang City, and the remaining five thousand horses left the city. I will also order Li Wenxiang to lead the Hebei surrendered army to Qishui and join me."

After Li Chongjiu ordered, he left Xue Wanshu to take charge of Li Yang.

He personally led 5,000 soldiers out of the city. At the same time, Li Wenxiang led 8,000 Hebei surrendered troops to Qishui and met Li Chongjiu. Li Chongjiu established a camp five miles away from the Tang army camp. At that time, Li Chongjiu and Li Shentong's 20,000 Tang troops confronted each other across the Qishui. Xue Wanche and Luo Shixin's 2,000 cavalry were cruising on the back of the Tang army, threatening the Tang army's food route.

Li Chongjiu looked into the Tang army camp from afar. He speculated that Li Shentong's current situation would either bet on a decisive battle with him and force him to retreat, or he would take advantage of his six thousand cavalry before he arrived and retreated decisively.

What choice would Li Shentong make?

In fact, Li Shentong, who was on the other side of Qishui, did not know how to answer this question. The Xia army was defeated like a mountain, and the Zhao army advanced so quickly, far exceeding Li Shentong's expectations. As Li Yuan said, she was still grazing horses on the barrier yesterday, but today it was already drinking horses in the Yellow River.
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