The First Brigade of the Chinese Army was responsible for the cavalry behind the palace, riding an excellent war horse with dragon horse blood, and it only set off from Jinzhou City, and it was only a dozen kilometers away.

After that, the Jin army, although they rode carefully selected excellent war horses, they had already been on the road for two days.

Therefore, even if the Huaxia cavalry only moved slowly at the speed of long-distance running, it was never really caught up by the Houjin army.

The two sides were at a stalemate with each other, and soon they ran to a place only a few kilometers away from the watchtower set up on the South Mountain.

Between the city of Jinzhou and the city pass set up in Nanshan, there was no black smoke and fires everywhere as before, and in the original plan, the soldiers of the 1st Brigade did not receive the order to burn the mountain in this area.

The reason why this place should be kept is that the Huaxia military hopes that the soldiers of the Houjin Army can follow the cavalry troops of the palace and go to the Lushun defense line together, so that they will not return to their hometown because of the failure of the siege task in Jinzhou City.

At this time period, the visibility near the positions of the two sides has become much clearer, and it can be seen clearly that the number of cavalry troops of the Houjin Army that fell behind is about two Niu Lu.

Rushed to Nanshan Pass in advance, and a cavalry company that got up to meet it also arrived, and the Houjin army also stopped far away but could see the location of the Huaxia army, waiting for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive.

The three cavalry companies and one guard company of the mixed 1st Brigade covered each other and retreated to Nanshan Chengguan, and after confirming that the cavalry of the Houjin Army pursuing behind would not exceed 1,000 at most, Zachdan immediately mobilized the two cavalry companies with the team and made a sudden counterattack towards the enemy.

The Houjin cavalry faced the Huaxia cavalry, which was almost in number but had an absolute advantage in equipment, and did not come to engage the Houjin army as arrogantly as the previous Jinzhou Campaign and Fuzhou Campaign.

The Houjin officer, who led the team, naturally ordered to break away from contact with the Huaxia army and retreat back, and in the end, they were pursued by the cavalry sent by Zakdan for two or three kilometers, which made the morale of the ordinary soldiers of the Houjin army, who had always thought that they were chasing and killing the Huaxia army, suddenly lowered a lot.

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By the time Yue Tuo arrived outside Jinzhou City with the Houjin Forward Cavalry Troops, he had just received the news that the troops he had sent before had failed to raid Nanshan Chengguan.

He also knew that it was impossible to encircle the Jinzhou defenders of the Huaxia Army at this time, coupled with the forced march of the past two days, the spirit of the entire forward cavalry unit was already highly tense, whether it was the physical strength of the people or the physical consumption of the war horses, it was very large, and he needed to let his team stop and take a rest in Jinzhou City before he could continue to act.

He did not enter the city from the north, but went around half a circle and entered Jinzhou through another city gate, which was still intact and its surrounding city walls.

However, when they reached the street, they could see that several large potholes had been blown out of the avenue not far from the city gate, and there were several mixed corpses of people, horses, and livestock on the ground.

The horse's thighs were broken, and the skin on the body was even more open, and the abdomen facing the ground was blurred with flesh and blood, and the intestines and internal organs mixed with blood flowed all over the surrounding bluestone slabs.

Many places in the city were filled with thick smoke, and the wooden houses that were originally used as material warehouses, barracks, and headquarters by the Huaxia Army were all caught in flames.

After snorting, I could still smell the smell of sulfur and fire oil wafting in the air, and it was obvious that the Huaxia Army had added a lot of accelerants when igniting the fire.

Mel Zhangjing, who had entered the city first to check the situation in the city and look for a place to rest and camp, returned to Yue Tuo's side, and the two of them walked up the steps together to the castle tower at the side gate.

Melle Zhangjing reported to Yue Tuo as he walked, "If you return to your master, there is no longer half a grain in this Golden State City, and including the barracks where those muddy soldiers and horses are located, almost all the slightly larger houses have been set on fire by that group of mud.

In the wells that we have searched all over the city, we have found the carcasses of cattle, and this water source is so poisonous that it is impossible to drink.

There are many traps in the corners of some lanes, or at the entrances of some houses, and many people have been tricked because they can't see clearly. The most hateful thing about this group of Nikans is that they have also planted a large number of mines in the city, and as they walk, they may step on the mechanism and explode the medicine bag not far away. ”

As soon as he spoke, there was a violent explosion from another city gate, and Meler Zhangjing said angrily, "Master, this group of Huaxia Nikans is simply a group of rats with hidden heads and tails, they dare not come out to fight with us in a dignified manner, they only dare to use mines to harm people, and when we break through Lushun City, the minions must kill all the Huaxia mud in that city." ”

"If you can really break through Arthur City, you can kill as much as you want, and no one will stop you." During the two days of his journey, Yue Tuo liked to hear the word landmine the most.

I only heard him continue with some annoyance, "You are just a brain, when did you say that you must be upright in the war." However, the mines are also really hateful, we have made a detour, but the large army led by the fourteen Baylors himself behind them is in trouble, they have a lot of carriages and horses transporting grain and grass, and they can't take a detour to take the small road, they can only take the official road, and I don't know how he clears those annoying mines. ”

While the two were talking, a huge explosion suddenly sounded from outside the city and inside the city, and the violent and piercing explosion stimulated the Houjin vanguard cavalry troops inside and outside the city.

Yue Tuo's side Melle Zhangjing had an irritable look on his face, and he couldn't control his anger and pulled the collar of his robe, gritting his teeth and gasping for a long breath before slowly calming down.

Yue Tuo glanced at Mailer Ezhen beside him, patted the other party's shoulder and comforted, "Actually, except for a few models, most of the power of this mine is very ordinary, just that bit of gunpowder, at most a few people will be blown up, as long as we have ······ under our command"

Suddenly, a series of violent explosions were heard at the north gate, and the successive explosions were so dense that it was almost impossible to tell how many explosions had been made.

The tower where Yue Tuo and Meler Ezhen were located shook lightly in this series of explosions, and the two of them hurriedly held the battlements with their hands, and when they turned their heads to look at the north gate, they could see that the bricks and stones were flying in all directions, and the smoke and dust from the rammed earth city wall inside it enveloped the entire city tower.