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"You'd better ride my horse." Lu Zhongming suppressed a smile, his whole body was stiff.

Luo Shi said, "Hurry up! Don't be a mother-in-law! It's getting dark!"

In the end, Yu Chigong had no choice but to nod. Lu Zhongming signaled him to get on the horse first, and Yuchigong said again: "I'll come. You sit behind me."

Lu Zhongming got on his horse and landed behind Yu Chigong, and found that he was carrying a sledgehammer used by a blacksmith on his back. He thought to himself that this guy has high physical strength and extraordinary talent, maybe he is really good.

"Where are you going again?!" Qin Qiong asked from a distance.

Lu Zhongming went to the West Market, turned a corner, and shouted: "Meet at the gate of the city! Wait for me a little longer!"

Lu Zhongming and Yu Chigong took a trip to the West Market. Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin finally came back when they were getting impatient. The three of them left the city in the afternoon and headed for Yanmen Mountain in the northwest.

There were mourners everywhere outside the city. Lu Zhongming looked at the terrain and said, "Walk along the Hutuo River to find the water source."

"Well." Qin Qiong said: "Since there are groups of people, they must camp by the river."

Yanmen Mountain is the first ancient battlefield in the past and present. There is a saying in ancient times that "there are nine fortresses in the world, and Yanmen is the leader". King Zhao Wuling, Li Mu, Meng Tian, ​​Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and even Li Guang all fought against foreign invasion here.After driving for half a day, the sunset was like blood in the evening, and the mountainside was covered with green pines and white snow, forming a majestic and magnificent spectacle.

According to legend, when Zhaojun went out of the fortress, when Lu Zhongming passed a stone tablet, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.

The snow turned into ice on the mountain road, and the horse's hooves slipped. The four had to dismount and lead the horse on foot. Yu Chigong didn't say a word along the way, but Qin Qiong turned to look at Luo Shixin who was walking at the end of the team, and suddenly said, "Luo Cheng."

"Hmm." Luo Shixin didn't raise his head, silently looking at his feet.

"What?" Lu Zhongming asked blankly.

After a while, Qin Qiong said: "Brother Yuchi, I offended you just now, I offended you."

Yuchi Gong sneered, "It doesn't matter."

Luo Shidao: "Mules are used to walking on mountain roads, and have never fought in such a place. Don't blame me, brother."

Only then did Lu Zhongming know that Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin had always had a predetermined understanding and evaluation of Yu Chigong, and maybe they had investigated Yu Chigong in private where he hadn't heard of it.

Lu Zhongming then said with a sneer: "I don't know either, I've learned this."

Yuchi Gong said: "Using mules, we can pretend to be merchants."

When the night fell, the three of them had already reached the halfway up the mountain, and saw fires flickering in the distant mountains.That's where the white water swims.

This place is more than forty miles away from Dai County under Yanmen County. Judging by the posture, there are nearly a thousand people.

"So many?!" Qin Qiong's expression changed.

Luo Shixin thought there were only a few hundred Turkic people, but unexpectedly there were so many. There were hundreds of bonfires in the mountain.

Yuchi said respectfully: "Zhongming, you can take out what you prepared."

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin looked at Lu Zhongming, and Lu Zhongming said, "Ah? What? I just bought dinner."

Qin Qiong: "..."

After finishing speaking, Lu Zhongming took out food from the package and said with a smile, "Let's have dinner first."

Lu Zhongming bought sauced beef, each of them sandwiched a piece of cake, each ate, and Lu Zhongming gave Yu Chigong an extra piece to let him eat more.Luo Shixin asked, "What else?"

Lu Zhongming unloaded a package from his horse, and Luo Shixin wanted to open it without even looking at it. Lu Zhongming hurriedly said, "That's poison!"

Luo Shixin: "..."

Lu Zhongming said: "Be careful that the seven orifices bleed to death."

"What is this?" Qin Qiong asked inexplicably.

Lu Zhongming: "Red phosphorus."

The four of them were under the tree, using the last ray of sunset to study the red phosphorus brought by Lu Zhongming.

"Alchemy can produce this." Lu Zhongming said: "Calcined ore can also be used. I found a lot in the medicine shop. After we have inquired about the news, we will meet under this tree. Then we will split up and throw the red phosphorus into their bonfire." inside."

"Then what will happen?" Luo Shi asked.

"Then of course the seven orifices bleed to death." Lu Zhongming said: "It's them, not us..."

Everyone was speechless, Lu Zhongming said: "Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go to work when we are full, let's take a look at the terrain first."

Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong put away their weapons and sneaked into the woods. Lu Zhongming took down the bow, held it in his hand, and put it on the string.Yu Chigong stood silently behind Lu Zhongming.

Lu Zhongming turned his head slightly and asked, "Let's go?"

Yuchi Gong: "I...don't know how to fight."

Lu Zhongming thought of it too, and said, "I will protect you, follow me."

Lu Zhongming took the lead, Yu Chigong looked around vigilantly, and followed Lu Zhongming all the way. The two approached the Turkic camp. Lu Zhongming hissed and told Yu Chigong to lie down.

There was a bonfire in front of it, and a dozen or so Turkic soldiers gathered around the fire.They are uniformly dressed, they are all regular soldiers...not horse robbers.Lu Zhongming vaguely felt that they discovered something extraordinary this time.

Yu Chigong and Lu Zhongming hid under the bushes, and the Turkic soldiers walked over twenty steps away. Yu Chigong almost lay on Lu Zhongming's body, propped up on his elbows, for fear of crushing him.

"Do it now?" Yuchi Gong whispered.

Yu Chigong's heavy breathing made Lu Zhongming's ears itch, and Lu Zhongming whispered: "Wait a minute. Let me ask you, are these regular Turkic troops?"

Yu Chigong said in a low voice: "The Turkic people are all soldiers."

Lu Zhongming whispered: "A regular army is a team of one thousand?"

Yu Chigong shook his head, and said, "Very few, or tens or hundreds of people, leaving the team to loot. If it's a regular army, maybe it's just a forward."

That's right, Lu Zhongming thought, maybe there is a team behind... If the divine power is still there, it will be easy, just spray them to death with fire, and everyone can go back to drink and sleep.

"Go back and wait for them, get ready to do it," Lu Zhongming said.

However, the moment he was about to leave, he heard a hysterical shout in the distance, which startled Lu Zhongming.

Beside the bonfire, the Turkic soldiers laughed, and some shouted loudly.

And prisoners of war?It seems that before the invasion of Yanmen, these Turkic soldiers also robbed other places.Immediately afterwards, a man was dragged over and pressed to the ground.

The man gritted his teeth and was beaten until his head was bleeding. A Turkic soldier rode on him ferociously and began to tear his clothes.The men were stripped naked, and the Turkic soldiers began to untie their trousers.

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Yuchi Gong: "..."

The man who was raped was less than five steps away from them, his face was pressed to the ground, and when he saw the two people in the bushes, Lu Zhongming immediately waved his hands, signaling him not to make any noise.The man was like a soldier. When he saw them, he knew that they were here to save others, so he stopped talking, gritted his teeth and let the Turks do violence.

The Turkic soldiers started to work, and Lu Zhongming neither left nor stayed, and was forced to watch the whole scene with Yu Chigong, with mixed emotions in his heart, it is hard to describe in words, and he also felt that Yu Chigong had something against him, both of them were embarrassed have to die.

That man is also a bit muscular, like an officer and soldier. He just endured it without saying a word. Lu Zhongming had watched his two fathers do things when he was a child. Lie on the ground, after a while, the Turkic talent got up from him.

Lu Zhongming raised his hand as a gesture of comfort, and the man nodded silently, his eyes indicating that it was okay.Picking up his clothes and getting up to put them on, Lu Zhongming heaved a sigh of relief, thinking he could finally slip away, turned his head and whispered to Yu Chigong who was sticking to his neck, "Ready to retreat."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and they couldn't help but look at each other's lips.

Yuchi hummed, and looked away from each other unnaturally.

However, something happened again, the man just stood up, he was chopped off by the Turkic people, he couldn't even scream, and his head was chopped off.

Lu Zhongming: "!!!"

It was too late to say that, Lu Zhongming's muscles stiffened, and Yu Chigong immediately hugged him tightly to prevent him from rushing out.

"Calm down!" Yu Chigong whispered in Lu Zhongming's ear.

The man's body fell down, a lot of blood spewed out from the neck, and his limbs twitched in the snow. Seeing this scene, Lu Zhongming felt that the blood in his body was congealed, and his anger could hardly be contained.

The Turkic people around the bonfire laughed loudly, and the murderous Turkic soldier cursed casually, kicked the man's head casually, kicked him into the bushes, and rolled right in front of Lu Zhongming.

Lu Zhongming trembled all over looking at the head, but Yu Chigong covered Lu Zhongming's eyes with one hand, picked him up, and dragged him quickly away from the bushes.

"Huh...huh..." Lu Zhongming couldn't help panting.

"It's nothing." Yu Chigong put one hand on Lu Zhongming's shoulder, then hugged him, and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

Lu Zhongming closed his eyes, nodded silently, Yuchi respectfully said: "Turks are like this."

"It's okay." Lu Zhongming said with a trembling voice, "Thank you."

"What's wrong?" Qin Qiong came back and asked with a frown when he saw this scene.

Luo Shixin also came back. Seeing Lu Zhongming's livid face, he glanced at Yu Chigong at first glance, Lu Zhongming said: "No, I was just scared... um... How is the situation?"

"There are more than 100 prisoners of war." Qin Qiong said: "It should be a battle, the Sui soldiers were all tied up and thrown by the river."

"Make a plan." Luo Shi said, "How to save people, hey, you idiot!"

Lu Zhongming kept thinking about the soldier who didn't betray them, but was tortured and killed by the Turks, and he felt uncomfortable just thinking about it. He could call out just now, so that the Turks would find him and Yu Chigong, and stop what they were doing.

He didn't say anything, and he died in the end.

"Zhongming." Yuchi Gong said in a gentle and deep voice.

Lu Zhongming raised his head and found that the three of them were looking at him. Qin Qiong touched his head again and asked, "What are you scared of?"

Lu Zhongming shook his head, tried to calm down, thought for a while, and said: "The prisoners of war don't have horses, so they can't run fast. We need to create more time to distract the Turkic people and let their horses go, so that there is no hope of escape."

Luo Shixin used tree branches to outline the nearby terrain in the snow. Lu Zhongming divided the tasks and agreed on the meeting point. Everyone divided the red phosphorus and went to sneak attack.

Four people, attacking other people's camps with thousands of people is really daring. Before changing, Lu Zhongming would not think so at all, but Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong didn't pay attention to anyone at all. When leading the army in the past, there were tens of thousands of people. Even Yu Chigong didn't say anything about the courage to fight in and out.

In the middle of the night, the Turkic people had fallen asleep, leaving two teams of more than ten people patrolling the periphery.

Luo Shixin and Yu Chigong sneaked into the camp and sprinkled red phosphorus into the campfire.

Qin Qiong waved his hand from afar and arrived at the ambush site.

Lu Zhongming hid in the tree, drew out the first arrow, aimed at a distance, and loosened the string.

The patrolling Turkic was immediately pierced by an arrow through the neck, and fell to the ground without a sound. Qin Qiong drew his knife and cut the ropes of the prisoners of war one by one.

Lu Zhongming counted arrows one after another, each arrow was ruthless, and all the arrows were killed on the spot. Until the first cry, someone was awakened by the thick smoke and roared loudly. Suddenly, the whole camp was in chaos. Luo Shixin shouted: " Withdraw!" Then he covered his mouth and nose with a wet cloth and escaped from the camp.

The smoke filled the woods, and there were Turkic people coughing loudly everywhere. The horses were frightened. Qin Qiong cut off the ropes, stabbed the horses in the buttocks, and fled in all directions. Yuchi Gong shouted: "Zhongming! Go!"

Lu Zhongming knelt on the branch of a tree with one knee, the scene was chaotic, the Turkic man started to run out of the woods, Yu Chigong pulled out the sledgehammer from his back, and knocked the Turkic man to the ground on the spot.

Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong also began to cough and cry, and someone rushed out of the smoke and stabbed Qin Qiong in the back. Qin Qiong turned around as soon as he felt the wind, but the Turkic soldier was nailed to the tree by an arrow flying from the side!Luo Shixin almost tripped over the corpse, and finally someone found him and jumped on him. Luo Shixin turned his long sword and stabbed the man in the ribs.

Although the Turkic soldier was dead, his arm was tightly around Luo Shixin's neck. Yu Chigong rushed out from the side, swung away the hammer, and blocked Luo Shixin three times. At that time, he blocked a circle and smashed the brains of the four soldiers who rushed forward!

"Go!" Luo Shixin coughed.

Yu Chigong came out holding Luo Shixin's arms, and met Lu Zhongming who jumped down the tree, and the three of them ran towards the mountain road, when another Turkic soldier found them and shouted, but Lu Zhongming shot an arrow back, and shot the man in the throat, the sound suddenly stopped end.

Thick smoke drifted away in the dark night, someone with a torch chased him, Luo Shixin took the lead to rush to the end of the mountain road, jumped off the cliff.

Lu Zhongming stopped suddenly and shouted: "I, I, I..."

Yu Chigong rushed forward from behind and hugged Lu Zhongming, and the two of them fell head to toe.

At that moment, Lu Zhongming flew down the cliff in the air, and within a few breaths, a rope flew over and wrapped around Yu Chigong's wrist, and the two of them borrowed their strength and flew towards the opposite cliff, just like that, they flew over the steep place.In an instant, the Turkic soldiers chased to the edge of the cliff, arrows rained down like rain, Lu Zhongming stepped on Yuchi Gong's knee, turned around, and shot straight!

Several people cheered at the same time, which echoed in the dark mountain stream. The second time, Qin Qiong threw a rope around Yuchi Gong, dragged him back to the cliff, got on his horse and rushed off. mountain road.

The Turkic soldiers were completely enraged. Hundreds of people got on their horses and chased the four out of Yanmen Mountain. At dawn, the four rushed to their lives.

"I have to find a way to get rid of them!" Qin Qiong glanced back and said loudly: "It's getting closer!"

The war horses of Luo Shixin and Lu Zhongming have been pampered for a long time, and they are no match for the Turkic horses at all. Seeing that they are being overtaken little by little, the sky is pale, Lu Zhongming turns around behind Yu Chigong, and shoots the leader of the pursuers off the horse.

The Turkic army roared loudly and spread out into two wings to outflank them. Lu Zhongming said: "We must hang them! The prisoners of war haven't run far—!"

Qin Qiong shouted: "I will lead them away! You run towards the city!"

Qin Qiong was riding a white cloud horse, turned around, and was facing the Turkic soldiers to kill him!After breaking up the enemy's left flank, and flying the opponent's cavalry with a single shot, Luo Shixin was overwhelmed with pride when he saw it, and shouted: "I'll help you!"

Lu Zhongming was going crazy, and shouted: "Melee occupations don't rush too fast! Can you take care of the long-range—!"

However, Lu Zhongming's two lines of lasagna tears and maddened roar were scattered in the wind, Luo Shixin turned his horse's head and rushed over, dancing the long spear, and all the Turkic soldiers who met the iron spear were pierced by it!

Everyone was galloping on horseback, and Lu Zhongming had no choice but to shoot arrows to support them. Immediately afterwards, the sound of horseshoes sounded loudly, and more enemies rushed out of the mountains and came to kill them.And Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin had disappeared into the enemy line.

"Yichi Gong!" Lu Zhongming drew an arrow with his backhand, but he missed it, and the 36 arrows were all gone, he said anxiously: "Go back!"

"No!" Yu Chigong turned his head and said, "Hurry up! You are out of arrows!"

In an instant, the rumble of horseshoes in the distance was earth-shattering. Reinforcements are coming!

Lu Zhongming finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the leader of the army shouted from a distance: "Jinyang Liu Wenjing is here—which general is in front—"

While speaking, Yuchi Gong galloped his horse and passed the opponent's army, and then made a detour to catch up. Lu Zhongming didn't care to show his identity, and shouted: "Arrows come—!"

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin rushed out of the battle formation, only to see galloping horses approaching in the distance, Yuan Yao shot an arrow over hundreds of steps, brushed Qin Qiong's ear, and with a strand of hair, shot the pursuers off the horse.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of officers and soldiers each held a four-foot-long Mo Dao, and roared: "Kill——"

The officers and soldiers who came for reinforcements charged towards the Turkic people, and all of them rushed into the enemy's formation brazenly holding Mo Dao!At that time, all the officers and soldiers were holding mo knives, and with the force of the horse's rush, they beheaded the Turkic people under the horse!The Turkic soldiers were in chaos, scattered, and outflanked again. However, the officers and soldiers had just rushed once, and turned their heads again, and launched another charge against the Turkic army!

Qin Qiong cheered loudly and withdrew from the battle formation. The Turkic soldiers not only did not flee, but became more and more courageous as they fought.

In the early morning, the sun was shining brightly, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the fighting completely subsided, and the ground was full of Turkic corpses.

None of the enemy soldiers escaped, and all of them died in battle. Lu Zhongming turned his horse's head and looked at the scene in front of him. After the battle, there were corpses everywhere.

The leader of the officers and soldiers got off his horse, and several people came down one after another to greet him.

"Jinyang Commander Liu Wenjing." said the leading civil official in leather armor.

The four of them clasped their hands together and announced their names. Liu Wenjing glanced at Yu Chigong, as if realizing that he was from Xianbei, and there was deep meaning in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

"this letter……"

"I wrote it." Lu Zhongming replied.

"Several heroes are brave." Liu Wenjing said with a gentle smile: "I didn't expect to dare to break into the enemy's camp alone. I admire you."

Lu Zhongming saw the officers and soldiers lined up quietly behind Liu Wenjing, and asked: "Such a powerful combat force is simply a killer in horse warfare. Why didn't they be transferred to Yanmen Pass to protect the people?"

Liu Wenjing explained: "Little friend, you misunderstood. These are not officers and soldiers, but Tiance cavalry borrowed by the official from the Tang Palace. The entire Bingzhou has only such a one-thousand establishment."

Lu Zhongming nodded and remained silent. Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin found the escaped prisoners of war and brought them to Liu Wenjing. Lu Zhongming casually stated his guess, and Liu Wenjing asked the prisoners how they were organized and where they were defeated and captured.The more he asked, the more dignified his face became.

After a long time, Liu Wenjing ordered them to go back to the city first and walk on the snowy field. Qin Qiong said, "Is there still a future for the Turks?"

"Yes." Liu Wenjing said: "To tell you the truth, there are [-] Turkic troops following closely behind, who are planning to enter Jinyang. Why don't you come back to Jinyang with me, this battle is indispensable, and Liu will report it to the court , and reward everyone for their merits."

Lu Zhongming turned his head to look at Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, and then at Yu Chigong.Qin Qiong shook his head slowly, but Yu Chigong hesitated to answer.

Lu Zhongming smiled at Liu Wenjing and said, "I can't help you in the past now. The military situation is important. Please go ahead, Mr. Liu."

Seeing that Lu Zhongming declined politely, Liu Wenjing didn't force her, and said, "That's how I leave."

After finishing speaking, Liu Wenjing got on the horse, and when she turned around, she rode on the horse, raised her fists at the four of them, and said, "I look forward to seeing you again in Jinyang."

"There will be a period later." Lu Zhongming laughed it off.

Liu Wenjing and Tiance cavalry came and left quickly, and left like a gust of wind, the remaining four still got on their horses and went back to the city.

"It was a beautiful blow just now." Luo Shixin patted Qin Qiong on the shoulder with a bloody smile.

Qin Qiong said: "You are not bad, too."

"Zhongming?" Yu Chigong asked.

Liu Wenjing sent a horse, and Lu Zhongming rode that horse and walked slowly on the road, thinking about the timely reinforcements, when Yu Chigong called him, he looked up and looked at the three of them.

"What are you thinking?" Yuchi asked respectfully.

"Summary after the war." Lu Zhongming replied casually: "I think if the rescuers didn't come just now, we would have to die."

Several people laughed together, of course Lu Zhongming knew that even if the rescuers didn't come, he wouldn't die, although he was really embarrassed.

"Tantou." Luo Shixin said with a sense of humor, "You are good at kung fu, how did you learn it?"

Yuchi humbly said: "I practiced it when forging iron."

"There is no way, but it coincides with the way of the mace." Qin Qiong smiled and said: "The talent is extraordinary."

Yu Chigong smiled helplessly and nodded.

Lu Zhongming was immersed in thinking, Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong stretched their muscles and bones, but they were relaxed. When they returned to the city that day, it was already afternoon and they hadn't slept all night. Lu Zhongming ate something casually and lay down in the hall to sleep.Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong were still drinking, talking about yesterday's battle.

When I woke up the next day, there was another heavy snowfall and the sky was dark. Lu Zhongming was sitting by the stove, making and drinking tea by himself, Luo Shixin was sleeping, and Yu Chigong had already left.Lu Zhongming remembered that Liu Wenjing came to help so quickly, it only took one day, it must be Li Ji who mobilized all the connections and urged him to come as soon as possible.

Or maybe there is a military situation in other places, Liu Wenjing was paying attention to the battle situation at Yanmen Pass.In any case, it is a good thing to get rid of the danger of looting.

The door opened, Qin Qiong came back with a snowstorm, Lu Zhongming stepped aside, Qin Qiong put the dishes aside, and sat down to drink tea.

"How about we go to Jinyang next spring?" Lu Zhongming said.

Qin Qiong said: "Do you think Tang Guogui will become the emperor?"

"Well." Lu Zhongming said: "If it is not bad, it should be like this. You went out to inquire about the news? What did you inquire about?"

Qin Qiong said: "It's the fourth time in three years that the Turks entered and plundered the customs. This time Tang Guogong Li Yuan is dispatching troops to Jinyang, but he has no strength to deal with the Turks. They are too powerful. There are 20 people."

20, Lu Zhongming couldn't laugh or cry, he thought it would be great if he could breathe fire.

Qin Qiong: "What are you smirking at?"

"I'm not laughing at anything." Lu Zhongming replied with tears streaming down his face.

Qin Qiong said: "With Tang Guogong's little people, he can take care of one side, but not the other side. Jinyang and Shangdang's strategically important places cannot be lost. A small place like Dai County can only be left to Turks. Let's start the fight. Liu Wenjing's use of force this time is already very difficult, I guess Li Ji talked about moving him and lent him some troops."

"I think so too." Lu Zhongming said, "If Li Ji comes again, please have a good talk with him."

Qin Qiong nodded and remained silent. Lu Zhongming was still not sure about Li Ji's identity. After all, he knew very little about the Li family at that time. He might be a retainer, or Li Yuan's nephew, or even Li Yuan's son, or even that The legendary Li Shimin came in person.

Li Shimin's prestige has not yet emerged, nor has he made his mark. Qin Qiong will not care if he knows his name.