The growth strategy of the emperor who wears books

The Southwest King also didn't know if he got the news that the big merchants dispatched troops to support the front line. These days, the attacks have become more and more fierce, wave after wave, completely desperate.

The merchant army used rockets, javelins, and catapults to stop the enemy on the shore. Baskets of stones were transported to the war zone, and a hill was almost leveled. Hundreds of thousands of feather arrows and javelins were also used. After rushing to work day and night, more than 1 weapons were released. Up to now, every weapon cannot be wasted.

After clearing up the battle situation, it was dark again, and the soldiers were able to rest.

But this kind of rest is also scary. The two armies are facing each other, and the attacking side will always have the initiative. They don't know if the enemy will make a surprise attack while they are asleep, so they must be vigilant at all times, even in their sleep. Can't fully relax either.

Qu Xiaotian looked at the map in the military account, the dim light shone on his sad face. He is not yet sixty now, but his face has been eroded by the flames of war, his skin is dark and rough, and the corners of his eyes float when he is not smiling. There are obvious wrinkles, and the hair is much grayer.

When times are troubled, they go through life and death on the battlefield, while some people are drunk and dream of death in the court.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

The autumn wind invaded the tent with a chill, bringing a biting cold. General Qu couldn't help coughing again and again. The violent coughing involved the sword wound on his body, causing another burst of severe pain.

"Father, how are you doing?" Lieutenant General Qu Zhanyi saw that Qu Xiaotian was clutching his chest and his face was blushing from coughing, and hurriedly reached out to support him.

"No problem!" Qu Xiaotian waved his hands and said with difficulty, "Help me to sit down."

Qu Zhanyi helped him to the seat, poured him a glass of water, Qu Xiaotian drank it in one gulp, and after a while, his complexion gradually softened.

"Father, it's getting late, you should rest early!"

Qu Xiaotian kept his gaze on the huge map, and sighed for a while: "I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive?"

Qu Zhanyi said: "According to the news reports from Kyoto, it should be within a few days."

Qu Xiaotian pondered for a while, then said: "My father feels more and more uneasy these days, Yi'er, you can send someone to investigate the situation again."

"Yes, my son takes orders." Xiao Zhanyi responded.

Qu Xiaotian told him to check the military defense again, and when the other party came back and reported that everything was normal, he lay down on the bed.

A day of fighting consumes a lot of physical strength and energy, but when it's time to go to sleep, it's hard to fall asleep.

Qu Xiaotian woke up for a long time before finally falling asleep. After sleeping for less than two hours, he was suddenly awakened by a deafening siren.

He suddenly sat up from the bed, because of the rapid movement, he was dizzy for a while, Qu Xiaotian raised his hand to support his head, before he could take a breath, he heard an urgent report from his ear.

"Enter."

As soon as the words fell, a soldier scrambled in and crawled in: "General, something is wrong, the enemy army has crossed the river."

Like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, Qu Xiaotian was shocked: "What did you say?"

The soldier shouted anxiously: "The enemy sailors swam across the river, climbed up the watchtower and killed our sentry. Now their ships are about to land!"

Qu Xiaotian didn't expect the Southwest Army to be so vicious, they only attacked once during the day, and then launched another surprise attack at night.

The hinterland of the Xunjiang River is more than five kilometers wide, and it is late autumn now, and the river is so cold that they choose to make a surprise attack in this way.

Qu Xiaotian hurriedly put on his armor and rushed outside the tent, only to see a blaze of flames rising into the sky, not far away, dozens of warships, large and small, were already approaching the shore.

A group of burly men on the shore held daggers in their hands, and their movements were strange. They cut the neck of an archer with a dodge, and the rocket that the archer had just lit or pulled halfway fell straight down.

The warships in the distance were getting closer and closer, and there were also rockets flying towards them.

One of them pointed directly at Qu Xiaotian's face.

"Father!" Qu Zhanyi, who was killing the enemy death squad, turned around. Seeing this scene, his voice changed in shock.

Fortunately, Qu Xiaotian's treasured sword was not old and his reaction was quick. With a sharp swing of his spear, he successfully cut off the feather arrow flying towards him.

Qu Zhanyi's heart dropped a little when he was hoisted high in the sky, but the next second, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and he was actually stabbed from behind with a dagger.

Qu Zhanyi's expression changed, but he didn't turn his head back, but quickly returned his hand, and stabbed back with his sword.

The triumphant smile on the enemy soldier's face instantly froze, and then there was an expression of disbelief in his eyes.

No matter what I thought about it, I never thought that I, who had just made meritorious service, was about to meet the King of Hades.

I can't die...

Absolutely do not rest in peace!

When the soldier let go of the dagger and fell to the ground, Qu Zhanyi didn't have time to take care of it. Instead, he yelled to the confidants around him who were assisting him in the battle: "Protect the general!" and then continued to attack the other attackers.

About half a moment later, all the members of the enemy's death squad on the shore were killed, but our army also suffered heavy casualties, paying twice as many sacrifices as the enemy's.

"Pay attention to filling the position, occupy the shooting point!" Qu Xiaotian shouted, and the remaining soldiers quickly filled the vacant positions, and then drew arrows and bows to shoot towards the approaching battleship.

The enemy warship was ignited, and the flames lit up half of the sky, but it didn't stop them from attacking.

Finally, the ship docked.

One soldier after another stepped across the flames and jumped off the warship, like a group of Shura ghosts struggling out of hell, howling and bleeding everywhere they passed.

Seeing his brothers who fought bloody battles fall one after another, the soldiers' hearts were on fire, their eyes were red, resentment and despair were intertwined, and they were almost crushed.

"General Qu, I, Tu Meng, respect you as a hero. Now that the big business is gone and the people's hearts are not in favor, why should the general work for that stupid king? If you surrender to this king, when the king takes down this big business, you will be determined." I promise you to worship your prime minister and become a marquis, for generations to come."

"Hey, you traitorous minister, how dare you ask me to surrender, as long as the old man is alive, he will not let you enter this Xuncheng Pass."

"Stubborn!" Tu Mengzhan's voice sank a bit, "Qu Xiaotian, don't toast and eat fine wine."

"I don't eat any wine. Today, I will use the blood of your thieves to commemorate the souls of thousands of soldiers under my command." Qu Xiaotian shouted loudly, and then cut off the head of a lieutenant general in front of him with his sword, "Sacrifice your life!" Going to a country in calamity, seeing death as a sudden return, soldiers, go!"

This action immediately aroused the enthusiasm of the remaining soldiers, but at the same time, it also completely angered the mighty Southwest King on the opposite side.

"Kill, don't leave a single one behind!" The order was cold and solemn, like a message from the god of death.

In the blink of an eye, the battle between the two sides became fierce.

The rest of the soldiers were so angry that they even threw their helmets and armor on the ground.

When the two armies fight, the weak are afraid of meeting the strong, and the strong are afraid of meeting the desperate. The muddy water that comes out is endless, and the final result is destined to swallow them up.

Tu Mengzhan watched these soldiers who swear to support the great merchants fall down one by one before his eyes, bloodthirsty light appeared in his sinister eyes.

He seemed to see that the top of power was waving to him.

The killing and plundering blinded his eyes, and probably blocked his ears. Tu Mengzhan didn't hear the sound of horseshoes coming from a distance.

I don't know who shouted "reinforcements are coming--", which made the fierce and anxious battle stand still for a moment.

Qu Xiaotian and Qu Zhanyi, who were covered in blood, were also stunned, and then they listened carefully. Sure enough, it was really the sound of horseshoes!

Although the sound was not clear, judging from the continuous rhythm, there should be a lot of people.

The father and son shouted almost at the same time: "Soldiers hold on, reinforcements will come soon—"

Once the reinforcements arrive, what are they afraid of?

All of a sudden, the morale of the merchant army soared, while the enemy's morale was in turmoil.

"Hold on, don't panic, kill them all!" Han Rulie, the left-wing commander of the Southwest Army who followed Tu Mengzhan and watched the battle coldly, shouted when he saw this, then raised his weapon and walked towards Qu Xiaotian.

"Let's see my subordinate behead this old man Qu and celebrate my king's entry into Xuncheng."

He intends to take off the heads of the generals of the merchant army, so as to crush the arrogance of the enemy into the dust, and then wipe them all out.

This Han Rulie was tall and strong, with an imposing manner, and his sword skills were superb. He was an unstoppable existence in the Southwest Army.

Sure enough, he quickly killed Qu Xiaotian all the way.

If it was General Qu in the past, he might still be able to contend with him, but at this time, Qu Xiaotian was seriously injured and exhausted, so he was no match for Han Rulie at all.

After more than a dozen moves, he has no power to parry.

When Qu Zhanyi and the rest of the soldiers saw the old general they admired the most being rubbed on the ground by that man, bullied and humiliated by stepping on his neck, their eyes turned red with anger.

"Dog thief, let him go!" The veins on Qu Zhanyi's forehead were bulging, and he wished he could fly over immediately and smash Han Rulie's body into thousands of pieces. In the blink of an eye, the wounds of swords, guns, swords and halberds were all over his body.

Han Rulie poked the ground with a knife in one hand, looked lazy and arrogant, and looked at him leisurely. The more the other party was in pain, the more unparalleled pleasure rose in his heart.

Feeling that the game is almost done, he flipped his wrist and raised the long knife, intending to cut off Qu Xiaotian's head.

"Father—" Seeing that Qu Xiaotian was about to separate from his body, Qu Zhanyi roared with tears in his eyes.

In the next second, blood blurred his vision.

The blow was too great, Qu Zhanyi took several steps back and could hardly stand still. If he hadn't been protected by his confidantes, he would have been riddled with holes by the enemy's opportunity to kill him.

until……

"Lieutenant Qu, General Qu, he's fine!" Until he was in a haze, Qu Zhanyi heard someone whispering excitedly in his ear.

Like a person in despair who suddenly received a glimmer of hope, Qu Zhanyi was pulled out of the emptiness by these words.

In the flames, he saw Han Rulie clutching his bleeding shoulder, and let out a shrill scream.

The author has something to say: Second update, make up for yesterday's

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