Zhu Nao

Han Feng hurried to the south of the city, but the scene in front of him shocked him: the flag hanging on the city wall had been cut off, and the defenders had completely lost their order and fled in all directions.As expected, the south city gate has fallen!

"Don't escape! Go back, go back, and take back the tower!" In the chaotic crowd, Han Feng first brandished a long knife, angrily berating the soldiers, trying to drive back the defenders who had retreated like a tide.It's a pity that the effect of this move is not good, the morale of the army has been disturbed, and the soldiers only care about fleeing and refuse to obey the military orders.

Han Feng first chopped off two deserters in a hurry, trying to deter the fleeing soldiers.But this only allowed the scattered soldiers to bypass him and continue to flee, and it was still only Fengmao Lingjiao who were willing to turn around and stand firm.

Seeing this, Han Fengxian's personal soldiers anxiously persuaded: "Tongman, we can't hold it anymore, let's withdraw quickly!"

Han Fengxian was not reconciled, and he hesitated while riding on the horse.

"Tongman, if you don't withdraw, it will be too late!"

The south city gate was broken, and it was not a certain defeat. There were still thousands of defenders in the city, as long as the city gate was taken back.But the worst part was that Han Feng couldn't effectively mobilize his soldiers first, and Shizhou might not be able to defend it.

Han Feng gritted his teeth first, and finally decided to give up.He turned the rein of the horse and said, "Bring me back Brother Lingcha, let's retreat together!"

……

A moment later, Han Feng rushed into the guard with a group of personal soldiers.

The gate of the guard was opened, and as soon as they entered, they saw several corpses lying on the ground, and a Changsha soldier was rummaging for belongings inside.Seeing Han Feng waiting for someone to come in first, that group of soldiers rushed up immediately with a knife.

Without further ado, Han Feng took the lead and knocked down several people like chopping melons and vegetables. His personal soldiers followed up and cut down all the Changsha soldiers in the courtyard in an instant.

"Brother Lingcha? Brother Lingcha!"

Han Feng yelled several times first, and hurried around the courtyard, but he didn't see Ge Lingcha.Although there were several corpses lying in the courtyard, it was obvious that most of them had escaped in the chaos.

Han Feng first clenched his fists angrily, then turned around and rushed out.

The soldiers caught up: "Commander, retreat quickly! A large number of enemy troops will come over soon!"

A look of hesitation flashed across Han Fengxian's face, he pricked up his ears to listen to the distance between the shouts of killing and the sound of horseshoes, and then rushed into the nearby alley sullenly.

"Brother Lingcha! Where are you?!"

After crossing two streets, Han Fengxian suddenly heard a scream from the alley next to him.He quickly turned his head and rushed in.

In the alley, a slightly bloated figure was walking slowly with a blood-stained long knife.Beside the man lay the corpse of a soldier from Changsha. Obviously, the scream was made by this soldier, and blood was flowing from the corpse.

That figure was very familiar, Han Feng immediately caught up with him and grabbed the man's shoulder: "Sisi?!"

Sisi was taken aback, subconsciously raised the knife and slashed, but Han Feng easily grasped her wrist first--the daughter of the desert had also galloped on the battlefield before being captured, and the Changsha soldier didn't expect this, so she became a knife Down the dead soul.

There was a lot of blood on Sisi's face and body, and it was hard to tell whether it was her own or someone else's.She saw Han Fengxian clearly, and was also taken aback: "Tongman?"

Han Feng first said viciously: "Where is Brother Lingcha?"

Sisi was startled, and asked the same question: "Where is Brother Lingcha?"

Han Feng knew that Sisi hadn't met Ge Lingcha yet, so he cursed "Damn" angrily.He was about to turn around and continue looking for someone, but Sisi grabbed his sleeve and said anxiously: "He came to look for me? I didn't see him, Tongman, you take me to look for him together."

Han Feng frowned first, and stopped for a moment in his footsteps, then suddenly drew his knife and slashed back with his backhand!

Sisi was stunned, with blood gushing from her neck, unable to speak a word, she knelt down slowly to the ground.

Han Feng first broke away her hand holding his sleeve, and said coldly: "It's in the way."

He turned his head immediately, and said viciously to several soldiers who were standing still: "No one is allowed to tell about this matter! I will kill anyone who dares to say it!"

None of the soldiers dared to speak up.

Han Feng left Sisi who fell on the ground first, and continued to run deep into the alley.

The shouts of killing are getting closer and closer, and a large group of Changsha soldiers will arrive soon, and it is impossible to stay here for long.

"Commander, withdraw!!" The guards were so anxious that they could tie up Han Feng and take him away first.

Han Feng also knew that if he didn't leave, he would be surrounded, so he gritted his teeth and finally ran to the north of the city.

As soon as he walked out of the alley, a group of people also ran out of the alley next to him.Han Fengxian's soldiers immediately put on a defensive posture, but when they took a closer look, they turned out to be one of their own, and the leader was Ge Lingcha!

Han Feng was startled for a moment, and immediately rushed forward in three steps and two steps, grabbing Ge Lingcha's lapel: "Where did you go?"

Before Ge Lingcha could speak, the soldiers behind hurriedly said: "Commander, we were surrounded by a group of Changsha soldiers just now, and we happened to meet the deputy envoy, who led us out."

Han Feng looked at the messy group of soldiers first, and then let go of brother Lingcha's lapel.

Ge Lingcha said: "Tongman, you go first, I'll go find Sisi!"

The group of soldiers behind him also followed him and was rescued by him once, as if they were willing to go through life and death for him.

However, before he could take two steps, Han Feng dragged him back first.Han Feng frowned first and said: "I have already ordered people to escort the people in the guard to transfer. It is too late for you to go back now, and you will just die if you go! The pursuers will arrive soon, go!"

Ge Lingcha looked at him in surprise, hesitating in his steps, as if he didn't know whether to believe him or not.

Han Feng didn't look at him at first, he just dragged him away, scolding: "You still can't trust me?!"

After a moment of delay, the shouts of killing came a lot closer, and the Changsha army seemed to be taking a small path.

Brother Lingcha finally lost the strength to resist, and was dragged by Han Feng first and ran towards the north gate together.

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rich county.

At dusk, Xie Wuji stood outside the camp, looking far away in one direction.Wu Cong and a few soldiers stood behind him, all looking anxious.

The sky darkened quickly, but the fields were still silent.

Wu Cong finally couldn't help but say: "General, how about..."

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes was faintly heard in the distance.Wu Cong quickly calmed down, stretched his neck and looked forward.

After a while, a man on horseback rushed back first: "General, you're back!"

Xie Wuji and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

After another moment, a cavalry force of more than a dozen people appeared in everyone's field of vision.These people were the scouts sent by Xie Wuji to investigate the situation. They were supposed to come back in the afternoon, but they were still gone after a while, so Xie Wuji sent another scout out to look for them, and waited here again.

The team came back to Xie Wuji, dismounted and saluted one after another: "General."

Xie Wuji asked: "What happened on the road, why did you come back late?"

The leader said awkwardly: "General, today we went to Shuinan Village to investigate. The villagers there are very cunning. We were careless for a while and just thought they were ordinary people. Unexpectedly, they are all cult believers in the whole village. They took us there under the pretext of Looking at the cult’s position, they deliberately tripped us up and tipped off the cult. We almost fell into their way, but fortunately, before the cult’s army arrived, we noticed something strange and forced them to tell the truth before we fled back.”

He said again: "It's all due to the carelessness and negligence of the subordinates, who almost killed everyone. Please punish the general."

Xie Wuji shook his head, indicating that he did not intend to convict, and said: "Report in detail what you have seen today."

……

After listening to the reports of the spies, it was already dark.Xie Wuji returned to the house, lit a candle, unfolded the map, and watched it in detail.

Although the scouts he sent out today almost got caught, they didn't fail. They found a new cult stronghold nearby, and it was only a few dozen miles away from their garrison.

In fact, the cultists are not difficult to deal with. Those people are just a mob. Very few people know the art of war and tactics, and there are not even a few decent weapons.The problem is that there are too many people on the other side, and their identities are difficult to identify.On weekdays, they seem to be just ordinary people, but they can pick up their hoes and sickles at any time and come to fight them to the death.Fighting against such an opponent is the most difficult.

Xie Wuji closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then asked: "The news from Qingyang hasn't come yet?"

Wu Cong shook his head: "Not yet."

Qingyang is not their territory, but it has not been captured by Xuantian Sect.In Qingyang City, there is a Qingyang Hou named Zhu Yue, who is the current Qingyang City Lord.

That Zhu Yue is different from Zhu Nao, but he is a well-documented and well-documented royal family member, the eighth grandson of the Taizu of this dynasty.Their branch has followed the Marquis of Qingyang for generations, has a deep foundation in Qingyang, and even has thousands of private soldiers.

For the past few days, Xie Wuji has been planning how to take back Yanzhou, but his current strength is really insufficient, even if he can take Yanzhou, he can't hold it, so he needs reinforcements.However, it was difficult for his soldiers stationed nearby to help. Although Guanzhong could send troops, the journey was far away. A long march required sufficient food and grass, and it took a lot of time to raise food and grass.As for the Shu Mansion, the mountains are high and the water is far away, beyond reach.

So the best way Xie Wuji can think of at present is to control the strongholds of Yanhe and Luoshui as soon as possible, and stick them around Yanzhou like a few nails.When the reinforcements from Guanzhong or Shuzhong come, they can cut off the reinforcements of the cult through these strongholds and launch a siege to Yanzhou City.However, he now has too few soldiers and horses, and it would be very disadvantageous if they are divided too widely, so his staff suggested that he should join forces with other nearby forces to deal with the cult members.

Ever since, Zhu Yue from Qingyang became Xie Wuji's best choice at present.

Hearing that there was no reply from Zhu Yue, Xie Wuji rubbed his brows and said nothing.After a while, he put away the map and said, "It's getting late, go and rest."

……

In the morning of the next day, Xie Wuji came out after inspecting the military situation, and was about to go back to rest, when a soldier chased him up: "General! Qingyang's envoy is here!"

Xie Wuji was slightly taken aback, and immediately said: "Arrange immediately, I will personally summon you!"

……

Not long after, an envoy was brought into the hall.

The envoy saw Xie Wuji sitting upright in the hall, he obviously didn't expect the ruthless General Chang Sheng in the legend to be so young and handsome, he was stunned for a while.When he came back to his senses, he realized his impoliteness, and hurriedly bowed to Xie Wuji: "This subordinate, in the name of Marquis of Qingyang, is here to pay respects to General Xie."

Xie Wuji said: "There is no need to be too polite." Then he cut straight to the point, "I wonder what the Marquis of Qingyang has to teach?"

The envoy said: "Hou Gong heard that General Xie was leading an army to resist the mob, and he admired General Xie very much. If General Xie needs anything, Hou Gong is willing to help."

Xie Wuji heard such good news, but he was not happy.He knew very well in his heart that the Marquis of Qingyang would never help without reason, and there must be corresponding conditions.For all alliances and joint ventures, the more open and honest the conditions are, the better. It is best to have a piece of paper with a seal as evidence.If you are not clear and talk in empty words, you will have endless troubles.

So Xie Wuji said: "I don't know how the Marquis of Qingyang would like to help?"

The emissary said with a smile: "How many soldiers and horses and food and grass does General Xie want? As long as Duke Hou can get it, he will never shirk it."

Xie Wuji heard his good words without any basis, so he simply stopped talking, just looked at the messenger indifferently, waiting for him to come up with his own conditions.

After a while, the messenger was embarrassed by Xie Wuji, and he continued to speak.

"General Xie is young and promising, intelligent and courageous, he is a man who stands up to heaven and earth. Duke Hou has always admired General Xie for his character." The messenger said, "I am here today, not only to answer General Xie's request for reinforcements for Duke Hou, but also to represent him. Duke Hou came to ask General Xie to marry him."

The envoy took out an exquisite letter from his bosom, and respectfully handed it to Xie Wuji's messenger: "Hou Gong has a daughter, fifteen years old, beautiful and intelligent, familiar with poetry and books, and has long admired General Xie... "

Xie Wuji was stunned for a moment.