[Datang Shuanglong] Aspiration

Such a joke by Song Shidao immediately dragged Xu Ziling down from the "commanding high ground of morality".

It is said that Xu Ziling originally planned to continue to "educate" Song Shidao, but he was stunned by the thunder, and even forgot all his lines. He was stunned for a long time, and then angrily countered: "I am talking about loyalty! Second brother, you His thoughts are so nasty..." At this point, Xu Ziling rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "But, if I really fall in love with Young Master Zhong, how can it be your turn?" You don’t need me to teach you the truth!”

Song Shidao was a little dumbfounded, but he had just taught Xu Ziling a "severe" lesson, and now he was unwilling to give in, so he curled his lips and said, "That's not necessarily the case, as the saying goes, 'Falling flowers are intentional, flowing water is ruthless', even if Young Master Ling, you are close to the water... If Master Zhong really likes you, how can it be my turn? So, it is God's destiny that you have no fate."

Xu Ziling was about to continue the verbal fight, but Kou Zhong hurriedly returned to the courtyard, wondering: "What were you talking about just now? How did I hear that there is love and no love, fate and no fate..."

"We were just chatting casually. By the way, why did you come back so soon, where is Mr. Yang?" Xu Ziling changed the topic and asked back.

"I asked Mr. Yang to go to rest," Kou Zhong sighed, "He is also quite old, and he came to join me in such a busy manner, of course I want him to take good care of his health." Speaking of this, Kou Zhong turned his eyes After looking at Xu Ziling and Song Shidao for a while, he said again: "I always feel that the expressions of the two of you are weird. You were not just chatting casually just now, were you?"

Song Shidao said with a smile: "It's really not that casual. In fact, Xiaoling just expressed his admiration for me..."

"Wow!" Shuanglong jumped up together, Kou Zhong glared at Xu Ziling, and said with grief and indignation: "Young Master Ling, you actually dig my corner while I'm busy?!"

Seeing that Kou Zhong was about to roll up his sleeves and beat him, Xu Ziling said violently, "Dug your head, Young Master Zhong, you are such a stupid pig!" He gritted his teeth and looked at Song Shidao, saying, "Second brother, you really are provoking me!" A master of alienation..." He had only spoken halfway before he had to deal with the "pig's trotter" that Kou Zhong waved over.

Smiling and watching the two good brothers wrestling together, Song Shidao shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "Thank you for the compliment, let me give in."

After arguing with his good brother for a while, he took the opportunity to vent the sulking in his heart, so Kou Zhong stopped his hands and said, "Stop joking, what's going on?"

Song Shidao folded the letter paper in his hand and put it into the letter box tied to Falcon's leg. After watching the messenger go away, he responded: "I have already written to ask for help from Dad. Before the reinforcements arrive, we will You have to hold on!"

Kou Zhong's eyes lit up, then dimmed again, and said with a wry smile, "Will the old man agree to send troops? It's freezing cold now... plus Li Er has [-] elite soldiers, more than double the number of young commanders." , how long can we hold on?"

Song Shidao approached Kou Zhong, grabbed his shoulders, and said solemnly: "Young commander, where's your courage? I'm already prepared to live and die with you, yet you still say such despondent words?! "

"You..." Kou Zhong's heart warmed and he was quite moved, but he couldn't help asking, "Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Even Xu Ziling was able to analyze that Song Shidao didn't have the intention to fight back, and he was equally clever. And how could Kou Zhong, who had a better understanding with Song Shidao, not notice it?It's just because he cared too much about the relationship between the two that he couldn't ask the question as straightforwardly as Xu Ziling.

During the squabble just now, Xu Ziling was punched in the cheek by Kou Zhong. Originally, he was covering his face in anger, but when he heard this, Xu Ziling couldn't help laughing "haha", and said to Master Song. He cast a mocking look.

"Who do you think I am?" Song Shidao glanced secretly at Xu Ziling, and immediately let go of his hands, his expression gradually becoming bitter, and said, "Just now Xiaoling said that he would join hands with you to take me as a hostage to force the old Dad sent troops to help! I really... feel so cold."

Kou Zhong was startled, and immediately explained anxiously: "There is no such thing, don't listen to Ling Shao's nonsense! Actually... Actually, I don't want you to stay. What's the point of dying together?"

"It's fine if I think it's interesting," Song Shidao hugged Kou Zhong, and said, "More importantly, you should have confidence in me...Let's go, let's discuss how to fight this battle, and want our lives? I'm afraid Li Shimin doesn't have that ability yet!"

Xu Ziling looked at Song Shidao and Kou Zhong's shoulder-to-shoulder silhouettes in silence, and silently mourned: Second brother's acting skills are good enough, and his skills are high, he really can't accept it... In other words, "thankful" describes him Master Ling?Talking about loyalty to a stupid pig who is deeply in love, he is almost full!

However, Xu Ziling had to continue to "hold on" and go desperately with his good brothers...

The grass field is a withered color, dotted with flakes of white snow, which looks both bleak and lonely.The dense sound of horseshoes broke the atmosphere, and thousands of cavalry galloped across the wilderness, their silver blades reflecting a murderous intent.

"We have just passed Weicheng, and we are about to arrive at Wagang. Li Shimin's army is stationed in Xingyang after Wagang. Laotu, I will leave it to you. Take us to find the shortest road and go for a stroll under Xingyang city. Take a lap!" Kou Zhong was wearing heavy armor, riding in the lead, holding Jing Zhongyue in his hand and pointing forward, very majestic.

Tu Shufang, the old general of Wagang Zhairang, responded in a powerful voice: "Young commander, don't worry, no one is more familiar with the terrain around Wagang than I am. Old Tu, I can lead the team with my eyes closed!" He lashed the horse with a whip. body, lead the way forward, and run into the gradually falling night.

After Li Shimin captured Luoyang, he only stayed in the city for a few days, assigned important government affairs to his capable ministers, and then personally led the army to set off again, heading east—anyone with a discerning eye can see his next goal It was indeed Peng Liang's Young Marshal Army!

However, it is not easy to come when the army goes out. After the victory in Luoyang, Li Shimin's army is indeed in full swing, but no matter how "vigorous" he is, the soldiers under him can't help but eat: if the food and grass can't keep up, the war Don't mention anything; so Li Shimin hurriedly ordered the logistics to raise food and grass, while slowing down the march, and Xingyang, which is located between Pengliang and Luoyang, is a good place to stop troops and store food.

In the distance, thousands of cavalry rushed forward under the reflection of the rising sun; on the city of Xingyang, the horn of the enemy's attack suddenly sounded!

"Unfaithful and unfilial, the heart of a tiger and a wolf - Qin Wang Li Er, dare to go out of the city to fight?!"

Thousands of people shouted in unison, repeating the same sentence over and over again. Li Shimin, who heard the horn and rushed up to supervise the battle on the city wall, looked solemnly and calmly at the well-equipped cavalry: The army's crossbow arrows stopped before the attack range, and after a few more provocations, the front army and the rear army switched and ran back in a mighty manner.

"Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling..." Li Shimin squinted his eyes halfway, staring at the two guys who came at the front of the horse and followed the tail of the team when they went, and shouted: "Send my military order, immediately gather the whole army, and pursue Come to the enemy!"

"Here!"

"Shimin," Li Shentong hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking: "Are we going to chase them out like this? Will there be an ambush..."

"Second Uncle, don't worry, they rushed to the city at full speed just to delay our army, and there must be no time to set up an ambush." ​​Li Shimin smiled proudly: "Small tricks are nothing!"

Xu Ziling rode his horse and looked back into the distance. After a few cups of tea, he slapped his thigh and said, "Li Shimin is coming after me. I said earlier that he couldn't be scared out of the city by our few words. How could he?" So stupid?!"

"I also don't think it's possible, but if he likes to chase, just chase him. Let us take him for a lap, and we can still delay the time." Kou Zhong clamped his horse's belly and smiled easily.

According to the strategy discussed by Song Shidao and Kou Zhong, instead of waiting for Li Shimin's army to attack in Pengcheng, they should take the initiative to attack, and first use the cavalry with superior movement speed to delay and consume the enemy as much as possible-there are mountains near Xingyang and Wagang. Lin, and the old Wagang general who is familiar with the terrain, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling can fight a guerrilla war with Li Shimin first: the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy is tired and we harass... Even if Li Shimin is not fooled, he will go back and forth like this Well, it will take a lot of time.

During this period of time, whether it is Pengcheng, Liang County, Qiao County, Jiyin County, etc., they are constantly strengthening their fortifications: and these fortifications are not used for a decisive battle with Li Shimin, their ultimate goal is to "delay "——Thousands of soldiers and horses are placed in each place, relying on the advantage of the location to waste time, if you can't fight, you can run, if you can't defend the town, you can abandon it, and put aside all your shamelessness!

All in all, so what if both Pengcheng and Liangjun were occupied by Li Shimin?There are quite a few territories under Kou Zhong's name, including Qi, Lu, Beihai, Langya, Donghai and other counties, plus Yangzhou, Jiangyin and so on.With Li Shimin's strategy of war, before completely defeating the young commander's army, it is impossible for him to disperse his forces to defend the territory, so as not to be defeated one by one; in addition, Li Shimin does not have the brutal temperament of loving to slaughter cities and disturb the people, so Kou Zhong followed him. It’s exhausting—running around with soldiers and horses, anyway, there is food everywhere, when you are full, and the enemy comes, you can change places...Inside the city, on the mountains and in the countryside, this is the true meaning of guerrilla warfare.

Consume each other's forces, and also consume time, let's see who can spend more than whom!

But of course, if you want to play with Li Shimin, you will always have to pay the price in blood.Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling surrounded Li Shimin several times. Although they were able to fight fiercely to break through the siege each time, the young marshal's troops also lost batch after batch... The most recent time was also the most dangerous, only Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling The two narrowly escaped by relying on their superb martial arts, and the others were all killed in battle.

"Even Lao Tu couldn't get away this time..." Kou Zhong, who was covered in blood, had reddened eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's all watch from the sky, I will avenge my brothers sooner or later! "

"Hiss!" Xu Ziling pulled out the arrow embedded in his flesh, and said with a wry smile, "Let's talk about revenge later, let's go to Donghai County to meet up with my second brother... But there are our last soldiers and horses stationed there. Now, if you light it up again, you really don’t need to continue playing.”

"Don't make us look so miserable," Kou Zhong snorted and said with a smile, "That bastard Li Er also lost a lot, not only killed tens of thousands of our troops, but also taught us to take advantage of the chaos to assassinate Luo Shixin and Changsun Wuji And his brother-in-law Chai Shao! Ha, did you see his face just now? That expression of wanting to eat people..."

"You're so proud of yourself," Xu Ziling sighed weakly, "Those ice and snow won't melt for at least a month, we won't be able to hold it... Will your father-in-law come, or not?" If there are reinforcements, I want to escape to Lingnan to bask in the sun!"

"Show your head, didn't you say that you would fight to the death and never retreat?" Kou Zhong put his arm on Xu Ziling's shoulder, and the two walked staggeringly.

"The reason why I said that is not all because of you?" Xu Ziling rolled his eyes and continued: "Of course it is also because of my money... But now that the soldiers, land and money are almost gone, why should we bother?" Looking for a dead end? See how shrewd the second brother is, he has been hiding in the rear, he can't even see a person, and he said he wants to live and die with you? Believe he is a pig!"

"You can't say that. He has to coordinate the overall situation and adjust his strategy at any time. It's also very hard... Speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for several months." Kou Zhong said, with a bit of yearning in his expression Feelings.

Xu Ziling grinned and said, "Don't worry, he's definitely living a much better life than us!" He couldn't help but sigh slightly, and said, "I still can't play with the second brother after all, he promised to be with us on the surface." Fight to the end, what's the result? The Young Marshal's Army has only ten thousand people left, and there is only Donghai County left in the territory we can control...Even I don't have confidence and don't want to continue to hold on. I can assure you that he has even prepared the boat, and when we fight a few more battles at the end, when we are almost unable to hold on, everyone can go directly to the south by boat."

Kou Zhong said somewhat displeasedly: "If it wasn't for his guerrilla tactics, we wouldn't be able to hold on early in the morning, and you didn't object before?"

"Indeed, his tactic is great," Xu Ziling said with a wry smile, "but while consuming the enemy and delaying time, this tactic is also slowly consuming our fighting spirit to fight desperately. The territory was lost one by one... Sooner or later, our will to survive will overwhelm everything, and in the end we can only obediently follow the second brother and escape by boat."

Patting Kou Zhong on the shoulder pretending to be vicissitudes, Xu Ziling continued to shake his head and said, "Young Master Zhong, Young Master Zhong, the two of us together can't beat him, and God destined you to be eaten by him for the rest of your life."

"Hey, I'm happy with myself, it's none of your business!" Kou Zhong curled his lips and said with a smile: "To be honest, if he had decided on a retreat from the very beginning, I would be very unhappy, because at the beginning, I I really wanted to fight until the last moment. But now we have fought against Li Er dozens of times. That bastard seems to have won, but in fact he didn't get any benefits. Then why should I die in vain? Wait until I go back Following the Northern Expedition with Dad's army, sooner or later, you will be able to avenge your revenge!"

Xu Ziling covered his face and said, "If I hadn't reminded Second Brother, you two would have fallen out long ago!"

Indeed, it was precisely because of Xu Ziling's "reminder" that Song Shidao used a roundabout way to achieve his goal: he was never willing to die in vain, let alone compromise easily, but Song Shidao also cherished Kou Zhong's life, Cherish this relationship, it is much better to be happy than to die together.

"Hey!" Kou Zhong laughed and said, "What good will it do you if we fall out? Could it be that Ling Shao, you really fell in love with me..."

Xu Ziling said angrily: "Shut up, stupid pig, I won't bother to take care of your business anymore!" He paused, and continued: "In fact, the second brother is very kind to you, this time he basically saved The advisers and generals of the Young Marshal's Army, we will leave together by boat, as long as those members are still there, rebuilding the Young Marshal's Army won't take much effort... As for the loss of money and food, it will be fine for the Song Clan to pay for it , and you have to pay back the money you owe me!"

Just as Kou Zhong wanted to respond, his expression suddenly became serious. He turned his head and looked into the distance for a moment, and he couldn't help but change his face in shock: "Li Er Shunfeng set fire to it! No, he will block the exit of this forest at the same time, and send heavy troops to encircle us! If we If you can't escape, then everything is over..."