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When Xie Yan and the others touched the enemy's camp, they suddenly heard the sound of fighting on one side, they were all startled, and then they saw the flames on that side.

Someone set fire to the enemy camp before them.

who is it?Like everyone else, Xie Yan had this question in his heart.However, the question was quickly answered. Xie Yan opened his eyes wide in surprise when he saw a familiar figure slashing at the enemy with a horse and a knife in the flames.

Li Wenhua? !

How could he be here!

Without waiting for Xie Yan to think about it, the soldiers who led the army had already seen that the opponent was his own, so Xie Yan rushed in with his comrades without thinking about it.

With a sound of "Keng", a knife swung from the side, and split the knife that was slashing at Xie Yan. Xie Yan took the opportunity to make up the knife, and Xie Yan had no time to turn around until the enemy fell to the ground.

It was Li Wenhua, smiling at him, "Xie Xiaoyan, don't come here without any problems!"

Although the venue is not suitable, it can be regarded as an acquaintance in a foreign land, Xie Yan said pleasantly: "Brother Li, long time no see."

Li Wenhua patted him on the shoulder, "I'll talk about it later, you come with me, and we'll burn the enemy's food and grass."

They can't take these grains and grass with them, so it is better to burn them to cut off the enemy's retreat, so that they will have nothing to eat even if they come back alive, let's see what they will use to fight against the generals of Daqi.

Xie Yan responded, and followed Li Wenhua to search for it. Xie Yan's tight heart didn't let go until the flames shot up into the sky.The battle was imminent, and the enemy army must have expected that they would make a sneak attack by detour. Many soldiers on this trip came with the determination to die, but they did not expect that this battle would be so easy.

Before the enemy came back to support, Xie Yan and the others quickly retreated with Li Wenhua's team.On the way back, Xie Yancai knew that Li Wenhua had been here for almost four months after Li Wenhua’s brief statement. After the enemy attacked, he led many people to escape successfully, and then organized some strong men to form a team for guerrilla warfare. fight back.This is the base camp of the enemy army, the reason why it is so easy to get it is because when Xie Yan and the others came, he had already led people to burn three food and grass points of the enemy army.When the enemy's reinforcements passed by, they had already run away, so that they could not lose much of their own troops, and they could disperse the enemy's troops.

On the way back to support Xiao Chengzhou, Xie Yan and the others received another battle report from the front: King Cheng was seriously injured, our soldiers were about to be unable to resist, and some soldiers rushed back to escape for their lives.

As soon as this news came out, there was a commotion in their team, and the joy of attacking the enemy's rear camp just now was poured with cold water. Some people were angry, some were hesitant and timid.

Xie Yan heard that his heart was about to burst, and he was worried about Xiao Chengzhou's injury. Then he looked at the soldiers commotion around him, seeing that the morale of the army was already on the verge of collapse, he couldn't help but sternly shouted: "I'd rather die than be a deserter!"

The surroundings suddenly fell silent because of his words, and many soldiers who were shaken because of their mood were ashamed.

Xie Yan said to Li Wenhua: "Brother Li, take me there."

Li Wenhua gave Xie Yan a consoling look, and pointed to a soldier to give his horse to Xie Yan. Then he reined in and said loudly: "The destination of a soldier is the battlefield. Only soldiers who die in battle, not those who died of fright! It is my uncle." Qi Erlang, show your bloodliness, don't be afraid and don't retreat, and go to the front line with me to support!"

As the wind howled, all the soldiers raised their weapons high, "We will live and die together with the Great Qi!"

Snowing.

The team restarted and accelerated, Xie Yan and the cavalry took the first step.He waved his whip and rushed to Xiao Chengzhou's side against the wind and snow.When they arrived at the front line at dawn, the snowflakes floated in front of them with the smell of blood.

At the back of the battlefield, a few simple tents were set up on the spot. Auxiliary soldiers kept bringing back the wounded soldiers on the front line. The tents could no longer fit, and many of them were placed outside directly. It was cold and snowy, and medical supplies were scarce. Resign yourself to fate.

Xie Yan once again saw the cruelty of war, and he went straight to the general's tent.Kong Qing and Chang Shan stood outside with bearded faces. When they saw Xie Yan coming, they looked at him carefully as if they just knew Xie Yan, and then said respectfully: "The prince is inside."

Xie Yan frowned and opened the curtain, and saw Xiao Chengzhou, who was said to be seriously injured in the battle report, sitting at the head, his expression was a bit tired and haggard, but he didn't look like he was seriously injured at all.

"Brother Zhou?" Xie Yan was stunned for a moment, "Are you okay?"

Xiao Chengzhou had already raised his head when Xie Yan lifted the curtain. Seeing Xie Yan who suddenly appeared, Xiao Chengzhou got up immediately, and said solemnly, "Why are you here?"

"You are all injured, of course I want to come here." Xie Yan walked over, "But...you don't seem to be injured?"

Xiao Chengzhou shook his head and said, "I'm not injured." He took Xie Yan's hand, noticing that Xie Yan's tiger's mouth had been worn out because of holding the knife, he hurriedly found out the wound medicine and applied it to Xie Yan.

Xie Yan didn't feel the pain until now, and frowned slightly, but this little pain really didn't affect the joy of knowing that Xiao Chengzhou was not injured.He glanced at Xiao Chengzhou and guessed in a low voice: "Is that fake news?"

"Naturally." Xiao Chengzhou carefully wrapped Xie Yan's mouth, "Soldiers never tire of deceit. The difference in the number of enemies and us is too large. It is difficult to win without some means."

"So what's the situation now?"

Xiao Chengzhou looked at the hourglass next to him, and said, "In another hour, we can lead our troops to retreat."

"It's too risky." Xie Yan sighed. This move can easily disturb the morale of the army. If the soldiers leading the team were a little timid, they might not rush to support like them, but would lead the troops to retreat and defend the city, and then ask for support. .Then these soldiers who fought on the front line were directly abandoned. Those who escaped faster might save their lives, and those who escaped slower would either die under the iron hooves of the enemy or become captives without dignity.

Seeing Xie Yan sigh, Xiao Chengzhou hurriedly said, "Ah Yan, don't worry..."

"I know." Xie Yan smiled, "I met Brother Li, he must have come to the border early on your order and made a lot of arrangements."

Xie Yan knew better that Xiao Chengzhou couldn't afford to be defeated, and it was fine if he died, but he had a special status, and the enemy would probably arrest him and use him to threaten Emperor Zhaoyuan.Either Xiao Chengzhou slayed himself to protect his family and his own face, or waited for Emperor Zhaoyuan to bow his head and negotiate peace.After being redeemed, he will also lose all his face, and it is even more likely that he will be targeted by the public and be accused of being the culprit that led to the defeat.

Xie Yan just felt sorry for Xiao Chengzhou and felt scared for him.In Xie Yan's eyes, Xiao Chengzhou was like those jugglers, walking tremblingly on the tightrope all the time, if he was not careful, he would fall to his death and lose everything.

Xie Yan had been on the road for several days in succession, and now that he was staying in the tent without the cold wind blowing, he warmed up, and the exhaustion deep in his body couldn't stop rising up.Xiao Chengzhou asked Xie Yan to sleep on the back bed for a while, and there was another fight in an hour.Xie Yan felt that he really needed to take a good rest before he could have the strength to continue killing the enemy, so he didn't refuse, and lay down on the bed with his clothes on.

Afterwards, Li Wenhua came in, glanced at Xie Yan who was sleeping deeply, thought flashed between his brows, and then discussed the battle plan with Xiao Chengzhou.

Xie Yan didn't sleep for a while, and was woken up by Xiao Chengzhou.He was still a little dazed, Xiao Chengzhou twisted the wet handkerchief and wiped his face with his own hands, Xie Yan suddenly became sober.

After leaving the tent, many wounded soldiers who were lying outside the tent just now have been carried away, and retreated quietly first.Xiao Chengzhou came out after Xie Yan. He pretended to be seriously injured and stayed in the tent for a day and a night to "recover his injuries".As soon as he appeared at this time, many soldiers shouted excitedly: "General!"

When Xiao Chengzhou first arrived, everyone called him the prince. After several days and nights of life-and-death battles, the soldiers on the front line were convinced of him and changed their name to general. This is respect for a general on the battlefield.

Xiao Chengzhou nodded to them, then turned to Xie Yan and said, "Be careful."

Xie Yan nodded, then watched Xiao Chengzhou lead the people away, Xie Yan took a deep breath, and led Nan Xing and the others back to the light infantry team where he was.

Soon, Xie Yan heard the sound of Ming Jin.

Xie Yan retreated with the team. He knew that this was a strategy to lure the enemy, but he was still a little worried about whether the enemy would be fooled.Fortunately, the enemy army did not disappoint him. Also, they persisted here for almost five days with too few people, and even if they did not retreat, they would soon be unable to persist.The false news of Xiao Chengzhou's serious injury was released again, and the generals who were a little greedy and aggressive would not be able to help but send troops to catch up with them and harvest them.

Da Qi's army retreated while fighting, Xie Yan was guessing when Xiao Chengzhou would counterattack when he suddenly heard the drums beating.

Xiao Chengzhou suddenly appeared in the team, leading the horse, waving the military flag with the word "Qi" in his hand, pointing his long knife at the enemy team that was chasing, and shouting: "Kill!"

Li Wenhua shouted: "Kill!"

Then, he led his team and rushed to the enemy team first. Xie Yan and his team were not far behind. They are so tired.

The enemy army was stunned for a moment when they saw the Daqi army who had turned back and killed them, as if they couldn't believe that this team that had been killed by them in pieces had the guts to cheat, until the blade split the flesh, There was blood dripping in front of them, and they recovered from the severe pain.

Then there is anger: You just want to turn defeat into victory?

The enemy army is very confident in its own strength. In fact, even if Xie Yan and the others join Xiao Chengzhou's army, it will be a drop in the bucket.But Xiao Chengzhou didn't fight the ground battle that he was not sure of. Amidst the sound of fighting, a brave team suddenly appeared behind the enemy.

The enemy army was thrown into disarray because of the sudden addition of this team, and it would be impossible to find the fighting rhythm just now. On the battlefield, timidity is contagious.The enemy army was attacked from two sides, and was soon defeated, and few escaped in a panic.

It wasn't until there was no enemy standing in front of him that the generals of Daqi came back to their senses from the battle, and then there were cheers from the rest of their lives.They actually survived this battle and kept this front, even though there is only a small county town that is almost empty behind them, but if they can keep this county town today, they will be able to keep a bigger city in the future.

When the teams reunited, Xie Yan noticed that the leader of the team that suddenly appeared was actually a lieutenant general who was ordered by Zhou Yao to stay in the barracks together.

What about Zhou Yao?

Xie Yan was puzzled, and saw that the officer untied a bundle from his waist, raised his hand casually, and a jet-black head rolled down into the snow. The head was blue and white, and it was Zhou Yao's head.

Some generals shouted angrily: "Chen Pif, who beheaded the commander in chief?"

Deputy General Chen said loudly: "I killed it!"

All the soldiers who heard it exclaimed.

"Vice General Li, be safe and don't be impatient." Xiao Chengzhou said in a low voice, "Vice General Chen, what's going on? Why did you kill the commander in chief."

Deputy General Chen sneered: "As the commander in chief, Zhou Yao was greedy for life and afraid of death when the general was wounded and stood firm on the front line, so he took the lead in deserting! Anyone who disturbs our army's morale will be punished!"

"Impossible!" Lieutenant General Li didn't believe it at all.

Deputy General Chen snorted coldly, "If you don't believe me, just ask the soldiers I brought. If any one of them says no, Chen will let you kill him and use his head to make atonement!"

General Li's tiger eyes turned to the soldiers behind Vice General Chen, "Is what Vice General Chen said true?"

The team was silent for a moment.

Then, someone couldn't help but said: "It's true, as soon as the news of the prince's injury came, Coach Zhou ordered his troops to be prepared."

When Xiao Chengzhou led his troops to the battle, Zhou Yao led some soldiers to stay behind.

Every time the battle situation was reported on the front line, the soldiers in the rear became tense, and anxiety and fear gradually spread among the soldiers.Someone suggested to Zhou Yao that he couldn't wait any longer, because outnumbered enemies are like hitting a stone with an egg, so it is urgent to ask soldiers for support.

Zhou Yao didn't reply for a long time, he just kept saying that he made his own decision.After news of Xiao Chengzhou's injury came from the front line, all the soldiers gathered in Zhou Yao's tent were in an uproar. Some said they had to call for reinforcements, some wanted to rescue Xiao Chengzhou, and some wanted to bring the remaining soldiers to support.

But Zhou Yao is the coach, without his order, no one would dare to stand up for himself.

In the end Zhou Yao asked people to prepare elite soldiers and horses.

"We all thought that the coach was going to the front line to support the prince, but we saw him leading people in the opposite direction."

"Deputy General Chen thought that he was going to call in troops for support, so he said that the commander of the first battalion should not be responsible for this matter. The commander sits in the rear and needs to stabilize the morale of the army, but the commander insists on going in person."

"The ones taken away by the coach are all the elite soldiers left behind. This is clearly to escape, and the elite soldiers are with him just to save his dog's life!"

The soldiers in the rear were already afraid of the front line being defeated, Zhou Yao only took the elite soldiers away, which made them even more frightened, as if they had been abandoned, and life and death were no longer in their sights.In the end, under the leadership of Deputy General Chen, the two sides clashed, and Deputy General Chen killed Zhou Yao in a rage.

After explaining the whole story, Deputy General Chen said: "The supervising army is aware of this matter, and after it is reported to the emperor, whether it is fine or death, Chen has a clear conscience!"

The soldiers under him hurriedly called out for him.

Xiao Chengzhou raised his hand to suppress the noisy scene, and said: "The general will explain the reason to the emperor. It is not suitable to stay here any longer. Clean up the battlefield quickly and return to the camp!"

After Xiao Chengzhou finished speaking, he walked to Xie Yan's side.

Xie Yan was angrier than Deputy General Chen, cursing in a low voice: "Zhou Yao is really not a thing, luckily he was not allowed to escape with others, otherwise we would not have won so easily just now."

Xiao Chengzhou rubbed his head, didn't continue the topic, just said with a smile: "After this battle, Ayan, you are going to be promoted."

Sure enough, Xie Yan immediately put Zhou Yao aside, and said with sparkling eyes, "I killed a lot of enemies this time, and I will never be a soldier again!"

Xiao Chengzhou smiled gently, and took his hand carefully, and saw that the tiger's mouth, which had been bandaged not long ago, should have cracked again now, and the bandage had been stained red.

"Ah Yan, thank you for your hard work." Xiao Chengzhou said pitifully, if it wasn't for him, Xie Yan could have stayed in the capital with peace of mind and continued to be his young master, so why would he have to suffer all this.

"It's very bitter." Xie Yanfan held his hand, smiling foolishly, "But because you're here, I'm happy with it."