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On this day, when the two were cultivating hard, some soldiers came to report.

"General, King Ruyang's army has entered the boundary of Calabash Valley."

Zhou Tong got up immediately when he heard the words, and said to Zhou Zhiruo, "Zhiruo, I'm afraid I have to leave for a few days."

Zhou Zhiruo was not obsessed at this time, and said simply and neatly: "I'll help you pack your bags right now." After finishing speaking, she turned and left immediately.

Looking at Zhou Zhiruo's leaving figure, Zhou Tong felt that he liked this woman more and more. When the two of them were alone, they were obsessed like goblins, and they were decisive and reasonable in the face of major events. She was really his good wife.

The thought in his mind disappeared in a flash, and he immediately solemnly said to the guard who sent the order: "What is the specific situation?"

The personal guard took out a letter from his pocket and said, "This is a letter written by General Li Shouquan."

Zhou Tong checked carefully after receiving it, and gradually clarified the situation on the front line.

He made a plan with Zhang Dingbian and Kang Maocai to lure the snake out of the cave, and the key lies in this gourd valley.

"King Ruyang, this Gourd Valley is your burial place!"

A cold murderous intent flashed across Zhou Tong's eyes. As long as this plan can be implemented smoothly, he can seize the land of Xiangfan, and sweeping the land of Jingchu will not be far away.

"Let Du Sandao come to see me."

The guards immediately took orders to leave, and after a while, the commander of the guards, Du Sandao, hurried over.

"General!" Du Sandao saluted respectfully.

Zhou Tong said in a solemn tone: "How is the training progress of the three guards, Jin Yi, Viper, and Ye Xiao?"

Du Sandao said: "The Viper Guard is originally composed of martial arts experts who are proficient in assassination. Although the training period is short, they can be called elite."

"Ye Xiaowei is in charge of intelligence collection, and there are still many shortcomings. However, there are many Han people who hate Yuan Ting deeply. If we leave now, it can barely be used."

"As for Jin Yiwei..."

Du Sandao hesitated for a moment, then said, "The situation there is beyond expectations..."

Hearing this, Zhou Tong interrupted him and said, "I see, I will go and see Jinyiwei in person."

"You immediately lead Viper and Ye Xiao to sneak into Xiangyang and Fancheng for me. You must complete the Chongming plan at all costs."

Du Sandao said in a sonorous tone: "Yes, General."

Zhou Tongyu said earnestly: "Sandao, this time you have a great responsibility. The [-] army is not as important as your mission this time."

"Only when the Chongming plan can be completed will we have a real foundation, and only then will we have hope for the restoration of the mountains and rivers in the future."

He grabbed Du Sandao's arms and said earnestly, "Three Swords, the lives of tens of thousands of people in the Chongming Army, the hope of the people in the world, and the great cause of expelling the Tartars are all up to you!"

Du Sandao was overwhelmed by Zhou Tong's words, his eyes were red, he knelt down on the spot, and roared: "The general entrusted me with a great matter, and I will definitely repay it with death."

Zhou Tong lifted him up, and said in a deep voice, "I hope that you can take everyone to complete the task and come back safely."

Du Sandao bowed his head, bowed three times, then turned and left.

Looking at his leaving figure, Zhou Tong gradually regained his composure, his eyes as dark and deep as an abyss.

"I hope you won't let me down!"

Chapter 69 Iron cavalry charging into battle

After Du Sandao left, Zhou Tong quickly arrived at Houshan Jinyiwei's base.

Just after arriving here, the daily oath came faintly from the valley.

"The general is also a god and man, who came to rule the rivers and mountains, save the people and the people, and shine on the mountains and rivers."

"Wear brocade clothes on your body, and have loyalty in your chest."

"I will swear allegiance to the general!"

……

This is one of Jin Yiwei's daily training, the purpose is to brainwash them, so as to ensure their loyalty to Zhou Tong.

If Viper and Night Owl guards were external special operations forces, then Jin Yiwei was an internal organization, used to monitor the interior of the Chongming Army and at the same time provide ideological guidance.

Even Du Sandao only knew about the existence of Jin Yiwei, but didn't know its secrets.

Since the establishment of the Jinyi Guard, it has been divided into Jinyi and Dark Guard. Jinyi is Zhou Tongming's eyes and ears. It is used to monitor, control and guide the army, and has a formal position.

At the same time, Zhou Tong also secretly set up dark guards. Only Zhou Tong knew the identity of each hidden guard, and the training location was also separated from Jin Yi.

Now the composition of the army is becoming more and more complicated. In order to maintain absolute control over the army, apart from influencing by force and prestige, Zhou Tong's most important means are the brocade clothes and dark guards.

Jinyi is a reference to the political commissar of the Taizu of the Red Dynasty, while the dark guard has the shadow of Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei.

Such a combination of light and darkness, coupled with Zhou Tong's prestige in the army, is enough to firmly control the entire army.

After Zhou Tong entered Jinyiwei's residence, all the Jinyiwei watched him with incomparably fanatical expressions, and everywhere they went, they fell to their knees.

"The military spirit is available!"

There was a flash of light in his eyes, and he called the commander of Jinyiwei immediately, and ordered: "Select a group of qualified Jinyi and dark guards, and start to infiltrate the army. All information will be reported every day."

"Yes, General."

Zhou Tong patrolled around, checked for omissions and made up for vacancies, and after giving some targeted guidance again, he left quickly.

When he returned to the room, Zhou Zhiruo had already packed his luggage for him.

"Zhiruo, I won't be away for too long when I go out this time, at most half a month, I will definitely return to Wudang Mountain."

"You must take good care of your health, did you hear me?" Zhou Tong urged.

Zhou Zhiruo stepped forward and gently hugged his waist, and said softly, "Husband, you must be careful on the battlefield."

"My child and I are waiting for you to come back."

"I...I will miss you."

Zhou Tong leaned over and kissed her lips domineeringly and fieryly, and it took a long time for the two to separate.

He was ruthless, suppressed the reluctance in his heart, let go of Zhou Zhiruo, and said, "I'm leaving!"

Zhou Zhiruo just nodded silently, lowered her eyes slightly, not daring to look at him, for some time there was water in her eyes.

Zhou Tong picked up the knife, put on his bag, and stepped to open the door. The moment he walked out of the door, he paused for a moment, and said without looking back, "Wait for me to come back."

Zhou Zhiruo raised her head, touched her belly with both hands, stared blankly at his leaving figure, and did not move for a long time.

……

At this time, Zhou Tong's personal guard Viper and Ye Xiao had nearly 5000 people, and Jin Yi and Dark Guard had more than 1000 people.

Zhou Tong personally led [-] bodyguard cavalry and rushed towards the direction of Calabash Valley. They did not stop all the way, and arrived at the destination within a day and a night.

At this time, Li Shouquan's army was stationed on Calabash Mountain, also known as Calabash Zui, and it was the only highland in the surrounding area.

After passing the calabash mouth, there is the Calabash Valley. The two sides of the Calabash Valley are cliffs, which are difficult to climb. As long as you pass through the Calabash Valley, you can quickly reach Fancheng.

King Ruyang deliberately led his army to station in Gourd Valley. At the same time, the Yuan soldiers in Fancheng and Xiangyang had been mobilized and besieged from all directions.

Zhou Tong pretended not to know, and when he arrived at Calabash Mountain, he personally led his troops to fight with King Ruyang's army in Calabash Valley for three days.

The armies of the two sides were fighting, and Zhou Tong had no intention of defeating the enemy. Instead, he used recruits to fight and train on the battlefield. With him personally leading the battle, the two sides suffered mutual injuries every day, and fell into a stalemate.

On this day, King Ruyang suddenly marched out with an army, shouting: "Song Qingshu, you are dying."

In an instant, a large army came from the back of Calabash Mountain, and the back of Calabash Valley was also supported by Yuan soldiers. Looking from the mountain, there were enemies in all directions, densely packed, at least [-] troops.

Seeing this, Zhou Tong was not afraid of being overjoyed, and thought to himself: "The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty in Xiangfan have entered the urn!"

After a short period of joy, he rode on the horse and looked down at the Yuan court army. His face gradually became solemn. He knew in his heart that the most critical moment had come.

If they want to defeat King Ruyang's army and the reinforcements from Xiangfan in the first battle according to the previous plan, they must hold Calabash Mountain and wait for Zhang Dingbian's actions.

Zhang Dingbian has already led the crowd, prepared the boats, packed the rain gear, and sent people to block the water outlets. According to the water situation of the Han River at this time, as long as there is another heavy rain, the entire army of the tens of thousands of King Ruyang can be wiped out. funeral.

"The next thing is to depend on God's will. In the land of Huguang, this season is really rainy. I hope God will make it beautiful!"

Zhou Tong raised his head to look at the sky, then stirred up his true energy, and spread his voice to the three armies, roaring angrily: "A mere Tartar, dare to attack our army, wait for me to kill you without leaving a single piece of armor."

It was the first time since he arrived at the battlefield that he personally led the army out. Three thousand cavalry charged from the mountainside, roaring down like a torrent of steel.

"kill!"

Zhou Tong held the Yanyue Saber, and Yuan soldiers fell like straw wherever he passed, and he couldn't even stop him for a moment.

The light of the sword was like a dragon, and the blue dragon went out to the sea to slash all directions, the sound of wailing and blood drifted away, and the blood flowed into a river in a blink of an eye.

The three thousand iron cavalry were like a black dragon, rushing to kill in the ocean of Yuan soldiers, Zhou Tong charged forward with his own strength, his swords and brilliance were invincible.

Such a heroic gesture almost made the Yuan soldiers present think that they were descended from heaven.

The Yuan soldiers in front retreated in fear, and the Yuan soldiers in the rear were urged to step forward, and they became a mess.

"Hahaha, yuan soldiers, jackals too! Bullying the weak and fearing the hard, what can I do?"

"Slay the enemy chieftain today, and the iron cavalry will defeat the ten thousand armies!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The main general was so brave that the morale of the army under his command was greatly shaken, and three thousand cavalry rushed straight to King Ruyang, wanting to kill him.

King Ruyang was terrified, he didn't dare to confront the front, he hastily mobilized his army to resist, while he withdrew himself to retreat.

Zhou Tong saw that there were more and more armies on all sides, and King Ruyang retreated to escape again, knowing that it was difficult, he succeeded, the inner energy surged, and the long knife in his hand flew away like a real dragon.

Keng!

A light flashed in the sky, and before everyone could react, it had already slashed at King Ruyang.

King Ruyang's personal guards blocked each other with their bodies, and the long knife pierced through the bodies of 17 people, cut off the banner of the Chinese army, and the momentum remained undiminished. It passed through King Ruyang's hair and smashed his iron helmet .

King Ruyang was frightened into a cold sweat, fell off his horse, was embraced by his personal guards, and hurriedly fled towards the rear.

Zhou Tong laughed loudly, and said in a sonorous tone: "King Ruyang, if you dare to appear in front of me next time, be careful with your head!"

He urged the horses to turn around, the yuan soldiers were in a mess, no one dared to stop them, three thousand cavalry roared, rushed out from the army, and turned back to the Calabash Mountain station.

King Ruyang withdrew until he was in the middle of the army, and then he said in shock: "There is such a brave general in the world? Could it be that heaven and man came to the world?"

Chapter 70

Ruyang Wang's army and Yuan soldiers from Xiangfan and Xiangfan encircled each other, with nearly 20 generals, and Hulu Mountain was surrounded by water in all directions.

Every day, the Yuan soldiers would come to attack in large numbers. The two armies fought extremely fiercely. Zhou Tong was brave, and the Yuan soldiers who had killed many times with a Yanyue knife lost their helmets and armor.

King Ruyang saw that he couldn't fight for a long time, so he secretly sent people to dig a tunnel to fight, but Zhou Tong discovered it in advance, pretending not to know, until the tunnel was dug out two days later.

In the middle of the night, Yuan soldiers secretly attacked the camp from the tunnel, but Zhou Tong, who had been prepared for a long time, killed thousands of Yuan soldiers in the tunnel.

As time passed, the fighting between the two sides became more and more fierce. After all, Yuan soldiers were outnumbered and moved forward inch by inch.

The Chongming Army's 3000 men, relying on the fortifications that had already been built on Hulu Mountain, fought in trench warfare and desperately resisted.

For seven days in a row, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and the food and grass of the Chongming Army was seriously insufficient.

If it weren't for Zhou Tong's prestige suppression, the army's morale would have been unstable, but the shortage of food and grass was gradually exposed.

At the most critical moment, Zhou Tong ordered to kill the horse, and picked wild grass and night fruits on the mountain to satisfy his hunger.

Zhou Tong did not expect that there would be no rain for seven days in Huguang. He had already sent people to inquire about the past climate of this place. rain.

King Ruyang's army was supported by food and grass from Xiangfan and Xiangfan, and gradually gained the upper hand.

He sent a large army to shoot arrows continuously, with letters of persuasion hanging on the arrows. During this period, he even recruited thousands of Han people to persuade the soldiers on the mountain to surrender, so as to disintegrate the fighting will of the Chongming army.

At this time, Jin Yiwei played an important role. On the bright side, Jin Yiwei is equivalent to the political commissar of later generations. After fighting, he publicizes Zhou Tong's heroic deeds, unifies his thinking, and boosts morale, so that the entire army can maintain a high enough morale in the face of adversity. .

However, at this time, Zhou Tong also began to feel worried.

With his martial arts, if he wanted to break out of the siege, he only needed to lead the army of [-] cavalry, which was enough to break out of the encirclement.

But the original battle plan will come to nothing, and the capture of Xiangyang will become far away.

In the evening, Li Shouquan asked to see him, and persuaded him: "General, the situation is critical now, there is no rain, and the Yuan army's offensive is getting more and more fierce."

"The general might as well lead the crowd to break through and leave me and the rest of the army here as bait."

"Otherwise, if something happens to the general, our great career will be completely hopeless."

"General, please think again!"

Zhou Tong said decisively: "This plan is definitely not feasible. I have decided to live and die with the soldiers under my command, and fight to the last soldier."

"If you let me hear this again, I will kill you without mercy!"