Han Qinhu sat on the ground, and the military doctor pulled out the arrows from his armor and treated his wounds.
The sergeants sat around and looked at the city in the distance without saying a word.
Han Qinhu frowned and looked to his left and right, "It is the virtue of Qi people to coerce civilians to defend the city!"
"There are not many soldiers in the city anymore, they are just civilians. The next time we attack, they will no longer be able to stop us!"
"After seizing the city, I will personally reward the soldiers with double the cultivated land!! My own rewards will also be used to distribute them to everyone. If anyone dies in the battle, I will take care of his family!! Continue the army
If you are a householder, you will never leave your country!"
"If you can kill a soldier, I will reward you with a war horse! There is no limit to the number of soldiers!" Han Qinhu said loudly to his left and right, not caring about the scars on his body.
The depressed expressions of the sergeants immediately softened, and they cheered one after another.
On the city wall, Li Qihu held a spear and stared at the Zhou people in the distance. The sergeants were cleaning up the corpses. Many military doctors were walking back and forth on the city wall, bandaging wounds. A general lowered his head and stood beside Li Qihu.
around.
"General..I.."
"Why did you rush out early?"
"The situation is critical and I dare not wait any longer."
Li Qihu frowned, "What's going on with those civilians?"
The general immediately panicked, "I really don't know this. I just rushed out with my auxiliary troops. Those behind are not my men. At this moment, an old man with gray hair strode up to Li Qihu.
"General Lee!"
"Don't blame Vice General Lu, it's all our own fault..."
The old man had a straight face and said seriously: "The general has been very kind to us. We have never been able to find a chance to repay him. Now is the time."
"Our whole family can only survive because of the general. He was granted farmland and allowed my two children to work as officials in the school. I also fought with the Zhou people in the past, and now there is not much time left. If I can help
If the general takes away a Zhou person, then I will be worthy of it!"
After hearing his words, several leaders in the distance nodded.
"There are ten of us. One hundred for him, it's worth it!" "Unless we die first, we won't let his thieves enter the city!!" "Kill!!"
"kill!!!!"
Someone shouted, and soon, there were people inside and outside the entire city wall responding, and the shouts of killing continued one after another, deafening.
Han Qinhu outside the city listened to the shouts of killing that rushed out of the city. The smile on his face froze, and his eyes gradually became frightened. Beiheng, Xinshan South Great Wall.
Yao Xiong stood on the general platform and looked at the many soldiers below.
I saw that he was tall and tall, wearing armor, with a solemn appearance and extraordinarily majestic appearance. He exuded the demeanor of a general, which made people dare not look down upon him. He looked at the crowd and said loudly:
"The Pseudo Zhou colluded with the Turks and came together to invade."
"There are more and more Turks outside the Great Wall, from Niuchuan, Huaihuang, Rouxuan, all the way to Anzhou. Along the thousands of miles, there are Turkic cavalry!" "Some people say there are 200,000 of them!"
"Someone said they had a hundred thousand!"
"I don't care how many there are! In the past, we stationed here and made it difficult for them to move. Even now, there will be no change! I only worry that there are too few of them! Not enough for us to share the reward!!"
"Zhang Heizu's reinforcements are on the way! How can we let him come and share our military merits?! Before he arrives, how come a few Turks' teeth have to be broken?!"
Several generals laughed, and the sergeants struck their shields with their swords.
"These people dare to set up camp outside the Great Wall with such arrogance. Do they think we dare not go out?!"
"Great military exploits are ahead!! I will lead you to take them!!"
"kill!!!"
Yao Xiong immediately got on his horse, and the sergeants in front of him began to prepare.
Outside the Great Wall, Turkic civilians were building camps, and mighty cavalry patrolled back and forth. The entire wilderness was almost entirely filled with Turkic cavalry.
The Turkic Khan arrived in person, and more than 100,000 cavalry lined up at the frontier, stretching for thousands of miles. There were flocks of cattle and sheep. The civilians built temporary residences. When the good news came from Yang Zhong, they went south together and broke through many lines of defense.
Enter Hengzhou.
The city gate was slowly pushed open.
The next moment.
"Boom~
The heavy cavalry filed out, Yao Xiong was wearing armor, and so were the horses under his crotches. Iron-like monsters formed the front army. When they started running, the entire ground began to tremble.
The Turks who were lazily setting up camp on the opposite side suddenly reacted and quickly gathered to prepare for a counterattack.
Outside the endless fortress, the cavalry began to collide. In a moment, the men were on their backs and their horses were overturned.
Everywhere was the neighing of war horses and the roar of soldiers.
Yao Xiong fought with great impact. He ignored the many cavalry and rushed straight to the flag tent in the distance. After staying in Beiheng for a long time, Yao Xiong had fully mastered the method of fighting outside the Great Wall. The Turks
People are extremely difficult to defeat. They have a large number of iron tools, the weapons are equally sophisticated, and their equestrian skills are superb. They have just defeated the grassland overlord. As a brand-new force, their combat effectiveness is in a period of rising strength.
They have a large number of veterans who have participated in the Rouran War, and their organizational strength is not weaker than Zhou Qi's elite. If they are scattered, they can still gather together again to fight.
As soon as Yao Xiong attacked, he was almost surrounded by people. Everywhere he could see were weapons stabbing him. The army immediately began to reduce its strength.
But Yao Xiong was confident when he dared to charge out. The Turkic cavalry were extremely powerful in small-scale battles. When they fought in the form of a thousand-man team, Yao Xiong was defeated several times and almost died several times.
In the formation, he was rescued from the left and right.
But once they start to gather and fight with more than ten thousand people, chaos will inevitably occur. Moreover, there is no awareness of protecting the main flag. The main flag leader only has his own soldiers around him, and the rest are just cooperating with his tactics.
In combat, their generals do not regard the army as a whole, but as a collaborative method of multiple wholes. Each officer can have his own ideas. Without fixed formations and tactics, the general's command is rough, which can easily lead to accidents.
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Yao Xiong attacked from left and right, fighting his way through the sea of ​​people towards the enemy's main flag.
One hundred thousand people cannot be piled together. The Turkic cavalry is distributed along the border of thousands of miles. The army here is less than 10,000 people. Even so, it is still much more than Yao Xiong's knights.
Yao Xiong saw the enemy's general, a young man wearing exquisite gold-plated armor with a childish face. He was shouting to the left and right at this moment.
The flags are constantly changing and orders are being sounded, asking the troops to protect the general.
This is the difference between commanding the whole and non-whole. If Yao Xiong encountered such a situation, he would definitely order the first team to retreat and the second team to protect the flanks. However, the Turks' order here is simple, that is, they order to protect the main general, but do not say who to send. Come to protect.
In an instant, the enemy began to become confused. Some wanted to protect the flanks, while others wanted to block Yao Xiong's road. The knights collided with each other, blocking each other's road. It was obviously a wide plain, but the knights were forced to pile up at this moment. At the same time, many people were unable to move.
Yao Xiong grinned and raised the horse again.
"kill!!!"
He roared and charged out, waving his horse from side to side, and the knights fell mourning. He rushed in front of the general, who immediately fled and the flag fell.
The officers led their troops to retreat to the surrounding areas. They wanted to see the situation clearly before making a judgment.
Yao Xiong picked up the flag, turned around and retreated into the city without pursuing the general. The knights came out and the city gate opened wide.
But the Turkic knights did not pursue them. They were still recalling their own knights.
Yao Xiong was covered in blood. The knights he brought out were all injured, and many of them failed to come back. He rushed into the city wall and showed the captured flags to everyone. The defenders on the city wall immediately cheered.
The Turks outside the city were still evacuating in batches at this moment and began to gradually move away from the city wall, as if they were worried about being charged and killed again.
Not only those here, but the Turks in other places also gradually retreated and no longer pressed so hard. They did not want to become the main attacker. They came to rob the Zhou people. The Zhou people had not started fighting yet, but they were here. It's really not worth fighting the Qi people to the death!
As they gradually distanced themselves, the pressure on the northern defense line eased a lot...
Cheng An.
Gao Chen stood at the entrance of the alley, secretly staring into the distance. The carriage in the distance was slowly approaching.
There were two knights leading the way, and the people along the road hurriedly got out of the way, and some stood on both sides to salute.
Cheng'an was extremely prosperous, with people coming and going. Even in front of him, there were several people surrounding a vendor. They also saw the approaching carriage, and quickly stopped what they were doing and headed in the direction of the carriage. See you in worship.
Gao Chen gritted his teeth and looked around, ready to go.
The next moment, he rushed out and ran towards the carriage. The two knights had already seen him and hurriedly raised the spears in their hands. "Lu Gong!! The common people are wronged!!!"
He flew out, but suddenly knelt down beside the car, his whole body pressed against the ground.
The two knights raised their spears but did not drop them. They looked at the carriage behind them in shock. Lu Qubing poked his head out of the carriage and quickly got out of the carriage. Just as he was about to step forward, the knights hurriedly blocked him.
The knight lifted Gao Chen up, groped up and down, but couldn't find a weapon, and then pushed him in front of Lu Qubing.
Lu Qubing looked at the man in front of him. He was tall, with clean skin and neat teeth. He didn't look like he was from a lower class background. "What grievances do you have?"
Gao Chen raised his head, looked at the knights on his left and right, and frowned.
Lu Qubing had his carriage parked aside and asked the knights to stand guard in the distance. He asked again, "What grievances do you have?" "Gong Lu, I am personally accompanied by He Bacheng, the Right Prime Minister of the Fifth Army."
"My master sent me here to tell you something important about General Anxi."
Lu Qubing was stunned and pulled him into the car. The carriage continued to move forward. Lu Qubing saw blood oozing from his arm. He was a little shocked and asked, "What's going on?!"
Lu Qubing knew about He Bacheng. He followed Taozi to attack Lidi Huiluo at the frontier fortress. As a result, he lost his official position as general of the town and was brought back to Yecheng. He was not punished at all and even became an official.
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Gao Chen lowered his head with tears on his face and said, "Gong Lu, after I arrived, I went to the county government office and informed the gatekeeper of the important matter of meeting you. The gatekeeper said that you were not here and asked me to come back another day."
"I just came back when I was attacked. All four of my brothers who were traveling with me were killed. I was the only one left alive. I hid here and there and didn't dare to go to the government office again, so I had to block your way on this road.
the way."
Lu Qubing was shocked, "I haven't left the government office in the past few days. Guarding the door... is not good!"
Lu Qubing immediately realized something. He quickly stuck his head out again and ordered: "Return to the official office!"
"Send a few people to Mr. Xu's mansion!! If you see him, take him down temporarily!! Capture him alive!!"
The knights were stunned for a moment, but still rushed out.
Only then did Gao Chen inform Lu Qubing about what was going on in Ye City. Lu Qubing frowned.
"Thief!" "Traitor!!"
Lu Qubing scolded: "It's all because of these villains that the country is in such turmoil! He Shikai, a villain, was like this in the past, and Cui Ang was not a good person. In the past, his son served as a priest here.
"Jiu, you don't know, at that time I thought his son was a good person and I respected him very much. He had a close confidant named Fei Zongxian."
Gao Chen was stunned and interrupted the other party helplessly, "Mr. Lu... I have to go back in a hurry to tell the news."
"The head of the family said that you have enough food and grass here. If the temple really runs out of money to send outside the Great Wall, you have a way to solve it."
"Cheng'an has enough food! Don't worry, I will find a way to solve it! It's just that Cheng'an is too close to Yecheng, so I can't openly deliver food. Almost all the talents in the court have been driven away, and I can't
I know someone...
"However, I know King Lanling. I can tell him about this and ask him to help!" "King Lanling is the most talented person. He is kind and benevolent. In the past, he just..."
"Lu Gong!!!" Gao Chen interrupted again.
"Then I'll go back and resume my life first."
"Don't be anxious. I'll find a doctor to take a look at you, and then I'll send someone else to find your head. Everyone outside will definitely be eyeing you now."
Lu Qubing frowned, "The old official Xu who is the gatekeeper has been in the county for many years and is very friendly to us. He cannot be someone sent by He Shikai, but the attack on you is clearly related to him.
Relatedly, Cheng'an's army of thieves has been extremely rampant in these years, I think he may be a spy of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty!!"
When they returned to the official office, Mr. Xu had long disappeared, saying that he had taken leave and returned to his home yesterday.
Not long after, the knights sent by the road hospital also came back. Old official Xu's mansion was empty and no one lived in it, but the city gatekeepers had never seen him and he never left the city at all.
........ Yecheng.
He Shikai returned to his mansion exhausted.
His mansion was extraordinarily luxurious, much more luxurious than the original Gao Dudu. After serving the emperor for a day, He Shikai felt sleepy and was about to go back to sleep, but a servant came to report.
"Master!"
"A magician came here and said he has a great gift for you."
The monk laughed. Ever since he became a servant, there have always been people coming to seek refuge. Among them were many strange people and strangers, and he did not refuse. He slowly sat on the upper seat and waved his hand, "Just right, go and take care of him."
Zheng Daoqian called over and I asked him to help me see how capable this alchemist is."
Some servants changed his clothes, and some brought him many delicacies.
He Shikai ate a big meal. After Zheng Daoqian arrived, He Shikai asked him to sit aside and eat with him.
As the first person to defect to him, He Shikai attached great importance to Zheng Daoqian and rewarded him with many beauties, money, and official positions. He Shikai was never stingy with his subordinates.
While they were chatting, the alchemist was brought over, two people, an old man and a woman.
He Shikai looked at the pair in astonishment. He pointed at the woman and laughed, "Could this woman also be able to do divination?" The old man took a step back and lowered his head, but the woman laughed, "He Gong said that.
Yes, I am best at divination."
"oh?"
He Shikai realized something was wrong. He looked to his left and right, and immediately there was a warrior standing behind him. He Shikai then asked: "Then what are you trying to divine?"
"My divination and prediction are about big things now." "Oh? Big things?"
He Shikai narrowed his eyes, "Then you divination first, and I'll see if it's right or wrong."
The woman slowly wiped off the dust on her face, revealing her beautiful face. However, He Shikai did not look at her again, his eyes were cold, he had played too much with the beauty. The woman said softly: "I divined that He Shikai wanted to
The big things you are trying to accomplish are bound to fail."
"I divined what you and Cui Ang were plotting, and it was discovered by He Bacheng, the right prime minister. He sent someone to inform Cheng'an's Lu Qubing. At this moment, He Bacheng's disciples were beside Lu Qubing, and they were
Prepare to inform Gao Changgong, Gao Jun and others about the matter."
"They will ambush in Sizhou in advance, waiting for your people to start exchanging food, and then suddenly come out and use conclusive evidence to force the emperor to attack Cui Ang and you. Of course, at the same time, they will smoothly deliver the food to Liu Taozi
Go to your side."
He Shikai stood up suddenly, snatched the sword from the warrior beside him, and rushed to the woman's face. He pointed the sword in his hand at the woman's throat.
He Shikai's whole body was trembling with anger. His eyes widened and his lips trembled. "You, who are you?!"
"I'm just an alchemist. I came here just to get rich. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to He Bacheng's mansion now and ask He Bacheng to come over. If he is willing to come, that's it.
If you don’t know it, if he runs away or brings someone to kill you, then you know it.”
"how?"
He Shikai's eyes widened, "Fart!! You were clearly sent by Liu Taozi..."
"My lord, don't panic or lose your mind. If what I say is true or false, you will know if you send someone to try it." "As for my identity, just treat it as an alchemist. I will ask you clearly."
What’s the benefit?”
"Like you, I want Liu Taozi's life. Other than that, I have no other purpose."
Chapter completed!