The Romance of the West Chamber: The Bells are Ringing

In the tranquility of the Buddhist hall, Mrs. Cui Xiangguo finally spoke, her voice gentle and calm: "General, if you can successfully repel the thieves, I will naturally fulfill my promise and marry Yingying to you."

Du Que responded with a smile: "Madam, I already have a wife, Yingying can't be my concubine, right? Besides, you have agreed before that whoever retreats the traitor, Yingying will marry. If I am righteous If my brother Junrui doesn’t write to me, do you think I will definitely come to fight off the enemy?”

Mrs. Cui Xiangguo was silent. She had planned this before. After the rebels retreated, she could use the excuse that the rebels were not retreated by Zhang Sheng and delay the marriage.

He also said that Yingying would be married to Du Que, but he could use the excuse that the daughter of the prime minister could not be a concubine. Du Que would definitely not divorce his first wife, so Yingying did not need to marry Du Que.

And if Du Que is really willing to divorce his first wife and marry Yingying as his wife, then Du Que will become a vassal town, which will not reduce but increase the power of the Cui family, which is not a bad thing.

But now Du Que's words hit the mark, and Mrs. Cui Xiangguo couldn't help but think to herself: "This martial artist is quite clever. I think he has a deep friendship with Zhang Sheng's eight worshippers. This is difficult."

He turned around and looked at Zhang Sheng. When he saw Zhang Sheng looking at him eagerly, he nodded and said, "Well, what I said naturally counts."

Qintong listened next to Zhang Sheng and felt disdain in his heart: "This thief old woman is just looking at you carelessly. She doesn't say yes or no. Then she will be so shameless! Look at this warlord Du How to say."

Du Que raised his eyebrows, obviously knowing what he was thinking, laughed, and said, "Well, in order to avoid Madam being in trouble in the future and being accused by Xiao Xiao, why not do this!"

He turned around and pulled Zhang Sheng up and said, "Jun Rui, come with me. We will go to the front of the formation together. You will command and drive back the thieves!"

Zhang Sheng was about to resist, but when he felt something was wrong with Du Que's fingers, he knew something was wrong. He looked up and saw Mrs. Cui Xiangguo's pale face. He suddenly understood in his heart and thought: "Ah, my sworn brother is still thoughtful!"

So he smiled and said: "Okay! Okay! Since I promised Madam to fight off the thieves, I should naturally take the lead!"

Turning to Mrs. Cui Xiangguo, he said: "Madam, I will go and fight off the thieves. If I die in front of the battle, the little lady will ask Madam to find a good family to marry!"

After saying that, he waved the folding fan in his hand and pulled Du Que out of the Buddhist hall with his head held high.

Qintong saluted Mrs. Cui Xiangguo and Elder Farben, then rushed out following Zhang Sheng.

Walking to a high place in front of the formation, Du Que pulled out the flag and put it into Zhang Sheng's hand. He looked at Zhang Sheng seriously and said: "Jun Rui, this command flag represents the power of command. You must remember that no matter what happens, you must command the soldiers calmly and protect yourself."

Zhang Sheng took the command flag and felt that its weight was extraordinary. He understood that this was a huge responsibility, and he became a little overwhelmed and said, "Brother, do you really want me to command this?"

Du Que pulled Zhang Sheng behind him and saw Mrs. Cui Xiangguo and Elder Farben peeking out from behind the mountain gate.

"If you don't take command on my behalf and kill the traitors, then do you still want to marry your little lady Yingying?" Du Que asked with a smile.

Qintong understood immediately and hurriedly said behind Zhang Sheng: "Yes, Sir, I think Mrs. Cui Xiangguo will probably cheat!"

Zhang Sheng banged the folding fan on the piano boy's head with a loud bang, and shouted: "You dog slave, is it your turn to talk nonsense?"

The piano boy felt pain, stuck out his tongue, took a few steps back, and said no more.

Du Que patted Zhang Sheng on the shoulder and encouraged: "Jun Rui, you are my good brother, I believe in you. As long as I am here, you can wave the flag with confidence!"

Zhang Sheng looked at the bandit soldiers in the distance and felt heroic in his heart. He took a deep breath, waved his command flag, and then shouted loudly: "Soldiers, our mission is to drive these bandits out, charge!"

In fact, Du Que had already arranged everything. The soldiers only waited for the flag to be waved before launching an attack. As for who waved the flag, the officers had already agreed, so there was no need to worry about it this time.

The soldiers quickly gathered and lined up to attack. They held weapons and high morale, like an invincible army.

Zhang Sheng stood high in front of the formation, standing next to Du Que, holding the command flag tightly and watching the soldiers charge forward. He had mixed emotions, nervous and excited at the same time. He knows that this is an important test and an opportunity, and he must give full play to his abilities.

The rebel positions were getting closer and closer, and the soldiers rushed to the front line. They waved the weapons in their hands and sounded the battle horn. The soldiers followed the footsteps of the advancing brothers and rushed towards the enemy with high morale.

The battle broke out, with swords flashing and arrows raining down. The soldiers fought bravely and attacked the enemy's positions. The captains issued command commands from time to time, allowing the soldiers to launch the offensive in an orderly manner.

Zhang Sheng watched the battlefield intently. He listened to Du Que's instructions beside him and kept changing the command flag. He was sometimes nervous and sometimes excited, but he knew that he could not hesitate at all and must calmly command the soldiers. With his sworn brother by his side, he would never has a problem.

The tense atmosphere of battle filled the air. Du Que was about to ask Zhang Sheng to wave his flag to reorganize the formation to ensure that no enemy was missed. Suddenly, with a "swish" sound, an arrow flew towards Zhang Sheng. This scene happened so suddenly that everyone present was shocked.

When Qintong saw him behind him, he was immediately eager to save him, but he hesitated for a moment and thought to himself: "Humph, this playboy will die if he dies, what does it have to do with me?" His eyes were anxious and nervous. Undecided.

At this moment, Du Que pulled out the long sword from his waist and pushed away the feather arrow with surprisingly light movements. The arrow made a sharp sound on the edge of the sword, then flew to the ground and stuck straight into the ground. The tail of the sword was swinging, only an inch away from Zhang Sheng's feet. Du Que's eyes were sharp and decisive, and he had obviously been alert to this danger.

Zhang Sheng was very frightened. He had been celebrating his victory just now, but he didn't expect the danger to approach so suddenly. His heart beat faster and his face turned pale. He realized that if Du Que hadn't taken action in time, he might have died.

Du Que looked at the distant position, his brows furrowed slightly, and he seemed quite dissatisfied.

He said to Zhang Sheng: "Junrui, are you okay?"

Zhang Sheng shook his head tremblingly and replied with a trembling voice: "Thank you, sworn brother, for your timely action."

Du Que nodded, held the sword in his hand tightly, and looked around cautiously.

The soldiers also became vigilant, scanning every corner of their surroundings for fear of being attacked again.

Qintong stood aside, his face ashen, thinking in his heart: "Humph, this playboy, I hope he has a good life this time."

At this time, there was chaos in front of the formation, and only one bandit was seen, waving a spear, and headed straight towards Zhang Sheng and Du Que as if they were in a deserted place.

The guards in front of Du Que could not resist, and the bandits broke through to the front of the formation and stabbed Zhang Sheng in the chest who was holding the command flag.

When he was stabbed, he saw that the person holding the command arrow was just a scholar with no strength to tie a chicken, and the person next to him was in strict armor and was obviously a general. He turned the spear head, saw that his armor was protecting him, and stabbed the general in front.