Chapter 443 The Western Expedition to Chen Shui
Ouyang Chen was like a fish that had been caught, twisting his body frantically, waving his limbs wildly, trying to break free of Ye Heng's big hand.
It's just that all Ouyang Chen's attempts were in vain, his eyes were round open, constantly protruding from his sockets, his face turned from white to red, from red to dark, slowly revealing the color of blue and black, his body slowly calmed down, and finally remained motionless, hanging in Ye Heng's hands like a dead fish.
Ye Heng let go of his fingers and slapped his palm on Ouyang Chen's chest at the same time, fearing that he would not die completely and shatter his heart. After all, many people in the rivers and lakes will fake their death methods such as turtle breathing techniques, and if they really want to destroy a person, they can't be careless.
Ouyang Chen's body was thrown far away in the prison, dark red blood overflowing from the corners of his mouth, his eyes were wide open, and he didn't blink to death!
Ouyang Yunqing, who was far away in the imperial capital, was discussing important matters with the third prince Li Bei, when he suddenly felt a palpitation, and immediately knew that something bad had happened. The change in his expression naturally attracted the attention of the third prince, and asked, "Lord Qing, what's wrong with you?"
"I have a very bad feeling, something must have happened!" Ouyang Yunqing replied.
"Will it affect our plans to seize the throne?" asked Li Bei immediately.
"I don't know, it's not sure what happened. Ouyang Yunqing replied, "Third Prince, I'll go back and investigate what happened today!"
The third prince nodded and said, "Prince Qing, please, if you find out anything, please notify me as soon as possible." ”
Ouyang Yunqing hurriedly left after agreeing, and the third prince watched Ouyang Yunqing go away, muttering, "I hope it won't affect my plans!"
Ouyang Yunqing returned to the palace and immediately ordered the investigation of all links, while he paced back and forth in the study, anxiously waiting for news.
Gradually, news from all sides kept coming back, all of which were feedback that everything was going as usual or going well, until it was dark, and Ouyang Yunqing did not receive any unfavorable news from him. However, his heart became more and more uneasy, because there was only one last person left who had not returned, and that was Ouyang Chen.
Since Pingcheng was too far away from the imperial capital, he couldn't get in touch with Ouyang Chen for a while, could it be that something happened to him?
Ouyang Yunqing secretly pondered: "What will happen to Chen'er? He took 30,000 Dongqing troops to Pingcheng, Pingcheng is in the hands of the imperial court, there should be no accident! What the hell is going on, is it that I am thinking too much? But this intuition is so obvious, something must have happened!"
Ouyang Yunqing stayed late in the study, wanting to read a few books to calm down, but he couldn't read it, so he sat on the chair and fell asleep unconsciously. In his sleep, he dreamed that Ouyang Chen said goodbye to him by spitting dark blood from his mouth, and couldn't help but wake up from his dream.
"Chen'er, Chen'er!" Ouyang Yunqing broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't help shouting.
"Lord, Lord, what's wrong with you?" a maid asked with concern outside the door after hearing the voice.
Ouyang Yunqing stabilized his mind and said, "Send this king a cup of hot tea!"
The maid agreed and hurriedly prepared hot tea, Ouyang Yunqing leaned back in the chair and said to herself, "Could it really be that something happened to Chen'er?"
Early the next morning, the three teams assembled in Pingcheng set off at the same time after an order, and collected Pingzhou in three directions. Gao Lang was responsible for staying in Pingcheng, looking at the army in the distance, Gao Lang said with confidence: "With such a tiger and wolf army, we will definitely be able to recover the lost territory and wipe out the enemy, so why worry about not succeeding in a big deal!"
The three-way army went all the way to the west, and the siege of the city was like a bag to get something, and the rebels were crushed all the way, and there was little to resist, and it took only two days for them to gather outside the ancient city, and all other places were recovered.
Garrisoned in the ancient city was a strong army from the original Chenshuizhou, but it was a pity that the elite of the army was exhausted before, and the combat power was seriously reduced. Faced with the siege of the city, the rebels defending the city were in a panic. At this time, the situation was completely reversed from what happened to Pingcheng before, and 80,000 elite soldiers came to the city, and the momentum was overwhelming, which made the rebels tremble!
The people in the city were rejoicing, and when the three-way army launched a general attack, a group of enthusiastic young people organized and took the opportunity to seize a city gate and let the city coalition army enter the city. The rebels stationed in the ancient city of the soldiers and horses are not much, and the combat power is insufficient, now the abdomen is under the enemy, it is simply a touch of collapse, many people see the Pingcheng army rushing over, immediately throw down the weapons in their hands, kneel to surrender, the Pingcheng coalition army almost did not take much effort to capture the ancient city.
Li Quanben was the lord of the ancient city, and he was thrilled to recapture the state city with his ancient city army. Under Ye Heng's arrangement, he took over the ancient city as soon as possible and restored control here. In order to raise grain and grass, the rebels levied on the people of the ancient city, and the people in the city were empty.
Li Quan posted a notice to gather the people of the whole city, and every household was given a month's ration to alleviate the urgent needs of the people. At the same time, the whole city was recruited to encourage everyone to join the army to defend the country. After experiencing the ravages of the rebels and the pain of losing protection, men of appropriate age signed up one after another, adding a large number of reserves to the Pingcheng coalition army.
After stabilizing the ancient city, the three-way army continued its westward march and entered the territory of Chenshuizhou.
After learning the news that Gupingzhou had been recovered by the Pingcheng army, the rebels in Chen Shuizhou immediately organized an army to deploy defenses on the border, wanting to stop the pace of the Pingcheng army. The Taiyin Sect also gathered the strength of its local branches and mobilized the strength of the entire sect to support the rebels.
At the same time, Wu Haoren, the leader of the Taiyin Sect, issued an order to invite people from the rivers and lakes to come to help. Although the results were not as remarkable as expected, they also received help from Chen Shuizhou and some surrounding sect gangs. Among them, the biggest supporters were the Murong family, who mobilized the warriors of all the branches set up in the west and appeared at the rebel garrison for the first time.
When the two armies met, Wu Haoren was completely dumbfounded! He knew that the current Pingcheng army was not what it used to be, but when the 80,000 troops were waiting on the opposite side, his heart suddenly froze!
The rebels stationed at the border gathered almost all of Chen Shuizhou's combat strength, and there were only 40,000 people when they were full, and a large part of them were still old and weak. But the people and horses on the opposite side knew at a glance that it was a dragon spirit and a fierce army, with the potential to swallow mountains and rivers, and it was unstoppable!
"Where did the Pingcheng Army come from to conjure up so many powerful divisions, and what their combat strength was before, this sect leader knows very well. Even if you ask the imperial court for help, where can there be so many elite legions in the Shuntian Empire?" Wu Haoren frowned and said in great confusion.
"Sect Leader Wu, the enemy is strong and I am weak, how can we fight this battle?" The high-ranking members of the rebel army and the representatives of all parties who came to help looked at Wu Haoren in unison.
"For the sake of today's plan, we can't avoid it, then we can only break the cauldron and sink the boat, and put it to death and come back to life! General Fang, the army is under your command, and we will go all out to meet the enemy!" Wu Haoren said loudly. He knew in his heart that after seeing the might of the Pingcheng Army, many people were already retreating. In particular, the rebels who were instigated to rebel were not very loyal in the first place, and they could easily betray the Shuntian Empire, so how could they be desperate for themselves? Most of the people in the rivers and lakes who came to help Chen were sect gangs that had close ties with the Taiyin Sect in the past, and these people were good at doing things that were the icing on the scene, and they had to rely on them to fight a life-and-death battle with the Pingcheng army, and I am afraid that it would be difficult for them to hold out until the end. The best way now is to fight to the death with the Heijo army before all kinds of unfavorable factors break out!
"Thank you Sect Master for your love, the last general will definitely do his best to stop the invading enemy from Chen Shuizhou!" General Fang thanked Wu Haoren, and then personally led the generals out of the formation to fight the Pingcheng army!
"Colleagues, all the heroes of the rivers and lakes, which one is willing to go to war to destroy the momentum of the thieves in Pingcheng?" General Fang asked left and right. General Fang also knew that the combat power of his own sergeants was below that of the Pingcheng army, so he wanted to send a few masters to fight before the army went to war, and if he could win, he could improve his morale.
The generals on Chen Shuijun's side looked at each other, and no one wanted to fight. They are also considered to know their own family affairs, and the generals in the army have been sent out before, with the strength of their people, they can't provoke the big beam at all, so it's better not to go out and embarrass people.
"Since everyone is so humble, let our Murong family fight the first battle!" At this time, the representative of the Murong family stood up and said.
"Then trouble the Fifth Elder!" General Fang said to the representative of the Murong family.
This person is Murong Tu, the fifth elder of the Murong family, who is fully responsible for the affairs of the Chen Shuizhou branch of the Murong family, and is the power of the martial sect, and has a very close relationship with the Taiyin Sect. At this time, he came forward to take the lead, not only showing his strength, but also showing his relationship with the Taiyin Sect, if he can win a few battles, the status of the Murong family in Chen Shuizhou will not rise in the future?
"It's okay, the old man hasn't walked around in the rivers and lakes for a long time, it is estimated that the juniors have already forgotten the name of the old man, and today I will take the Pingcheng Army to practice and practice, so that the people of the world know what the 'Wind Sword' is!"
"Then I wish the Five Elders a victory!" General Fang said, and then ordered the drummers: "Drum and cheer!"
"Knock! knock! knock!"
The war drums sounded, and the five elders of the Murong family urged their horses out of the battle, came to the front of the two armies, and shouted: "Xiao'er opposite, who dares to fight with the old man?"
Pingcheng Fang glared at Murong Tu angrily, and immediately several people asked for battle, Ye Heng said: "Everyone, the person who fought on the opposite side has the strength of the Martial Sect Rank, this is our first battle with Chen Shuijun, Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose, who has the certainty of victory?"
"I know this person, it's the fifth elder of the Murong family, Murong Tu of the Wind Sword, why don't I meet him!" Feng Zhenkun, the leader of the Heavenly Thorn Camp, said with his chest straight.
"Then trouble General Feng!" Ye Heng said with his fists clenched.
War drums also sounded in the camp of the Pingcheng Army, and Feng Zhenkun only shouted "Drive!" and stepped off the war horse and immediately shot out!
"He's Xiaoxiao, report your name!" Murong Tu asked arrogantly when he saw the big man who rushed out of the opposite array like an iron tower.
Feng Zhenkun snorted coldly, his horse speed did not decrease, he took out his portable saber, and shouted: "Heavenly Thorn Camp, Feng Zhenkun!" and killed towards Murong Tu.
Heavenly Thorn Camp!
After hearing the name of the Heavenly Thorn Battalion, not only Murong Tu, but even the entire rebel camp was in a commotion!
The strength of the first legion of the Shuntian Empire is fought with a knife and a gun, even if some people are not convinced, they only dare to boast behind their backs, and even show disdain, once they really face the Heavenly Assassin Battalion, many people's hearts are immediately like a spike, and their hearts are inexplicably constricted.
Of course, the five elders of the Murong family were no exception! Murong Tu knew that he had kicked the iron plate, but he had to send an arrow on the string, so he could only face it head-on.
"When did the Heavenly Thorn Battalion run to Pingcheng? Elder Murong may have to lose this battle!" General Fang said extremely depressedly, thinking of taking a few victories to boost his morale, where would he have thought that the Pingcheng Army would be a trump card as soon as he appeared! Murong Tu's strength was certainly good, but compared to Feng Zhenkun, his momentum was completely suppressed, and he was unable to display his full strength at all.
Murong Tu is a famous man of the older generation, nicknamed the Wind Sword, which means that his swordsmanship is known for being fast and flexible, but after meeting Feng Zhenkun, his strengths cannot be brought into play at all.
Feng Zhenkun's move was not fast, but every knife was as heavy as a mountain, and the oppressive people were breathless. Murong Tu's swordsmanship was often interrupted by only half a move, and he had to make a new move, especially when the two of them fought on horseback, which seriously restricted Murong Tu's flexibility, and in less than twenty rounds, Murong Tu knew that he was defeated and invincible.