Chapter 95: Madness

The good news of Zhong Su's victory in the first battle was transmitted to the palace, and the emperor was so happy that he took the good news and read it three times, and each time he had to say the word "good".

As long as the emperor re-emphasizes the six princes, the robbery of grain and grass can be purchased and sold, at most, it will be a formality, and there will be no heavy punishment at all.

Concubine Xian was also greatly relieved after learning the news. Since the grain and grass were robbed, she began to act in a low-key manner, not fighting or grabbing, and more often than not, she closed her door to thank customers, with an attitude of repentance for the six princes. This attitude is naturally for the emperor to see, and she doesn't care what the other concubines in the palace think.

Now Zhong Su has attributed his military exploits to the six princes, and the virtuous concubine is also grateful in her heart. If it weren't for Zhong Su's presence, she probably wouldn't have had much hope for the six princes to compete for the throne. Concubine Xiangui knew very well in her heart that the six princes had the talent to govern the country, but they were not so outstanding in martial arts, so she knew better than anyone how much water this military exploit was. But no matter what, let's pacify the emperor first. Zhong Su's care for the six princes, she also wrote it down, and only asked to report it again in the next day.

After winning the first battle, Zhong Su took advantage of this morale and began to attack Lianzhou City, which was taken by Xiya, after the whole army was reorganized. Although it took a lot of work, the army left behind by Xiya in Lianzhou City was relatively weak, and it was not difficult to break through, and it didn't take long for Lianzhou City to be taken.

With this city, the military exploits of the six princes are stable. After that, Zhong Su was ready to do business, he could not have this kind of credit, but other soldiers could not do it. After all, everyone is protecting the country with their own lives, and no one's merits can really be deprived. These soldiers also need military merit to be promoted and rewarded, and this right cannot be deprived.

Ran Ning did not follow Zhong Su to transfer to Lianzhou City. Lianzhou City has just been taken, it is not safe, Xiya must find a way to attack it back, Ran Ning is not ready to change places lightly, the old city is now safe, and it is very close to Lianzhou City, there is no need to fight this trouble, and if the battle situation changes, it can also be attacked and retreated.

Just when Zhong Su was busy restoring the original order of Lianzhou City, Chu Chuan sent a letter.

Chu Chuan has already resolved the war in the country, and after the situation in Nanyan is completely stabilized, the current monarch of Nanyan is ready to directly abdicate and let Chu Chuan become emperor. The reason why this decision was made was also because Emperor Nanyan's body was in condition, he was poisoned by the prince who was vying for the throne before, and now although the poison is cleared, it has also injured the five organs.

Zhong Su asked Xiao Wu to bring the news to Ran Ning, and after Ran Ning read the letter, she went to Chu Yan and told him about Nanyan's current situation.

"Your brother said that when the palace is stable, he will come to pick you up." Ran Ning said to Chu Yan.

"Master, will you go back with me?" Chu Yan is still most concerned about Shen Feng now.

Ran Ning thought for a while and said, "Probably not." ”

Her stepfather probably won't like to live in the palace, and he won't like so many rules, so he probably won't go back with Chu Yan.

"Then I don't want to go back." Chu Yan said seriously, not the kind of angry at all.

Ran Ning smiled, "You are the prince, how can you not go back." You're in good health now, and you shouldn't have any problems going back. ”

"I'm also Master's apprentice, and Master will go wherever he goes." Chu Yan knew that he could get better to this point because of his master, and if he hadn't had master, he would still be that frail and sickly child.

Ran Ning didn't persuade deeply, anyway, this matter depends on Chu Chuan's attitude in the end.

"Then wait until your brother sends someone to pick you up." Ran Ning said. Chu Yan is close to Shen Feng, she is naturally happy to see it, but she doesn't know what Chu Chuan will think, after all, Chu Chuan is also a master who can spoil his younger brother very much.

"Well, then I'll write a letter to my brother." The civil strife that my brother pacified was something worth congratulating, and Chu Yan felt that as a younger brother, he had to send a letter to congratulate his brother, and by the way, he also said what he meant.

"Okay." When communicating between other brothers, Ran Ning naturally has no position to say.

Lianzhou City is still in the martial law stage, and Xinbei's soldiers have already stood on the city wall. The people feel very comforted to be able to return to the protection of Beixin, and they are also enthusiastic about the soldiers, and those who have the conditions will send some food and water to the soldiers patrolling the streets, which should not be taken, but in order to make the people feel at ease, they will still accept it, but they will not eat it on the street.

The fighting has left many people homeless and confined to dilapidated temples. Zhong Su ordered porridge to be given to these people. After all, they can only feel at ease when they are full, and I am afraid that this battle will take a long time, and the people will be at ease, so that they will not revolt and make trouble, and they will not suffer from the enemy on their backs.

Early in the morning, as soon as Zhong Su had breakfast, the soldiers in front came to report that the Xiya army had approached the city gate.

It's been a few days since the last battle to capture the city, and it's almost time for the West Cliff to counterattack. If he can win this time, then Lianzhou City will be completely in Beixin's hands. At that time, they will also start to plan their next strategy.

"Inform all the soldiers and prepare for battle immediately." Zhong Su ordered.

"Yes!" As soon as the soldier gave the order, he went to inform him.

"Little Five."

"Master." Xiao Wu, who had been following Zhong Su's side, immediately responded.

"Go pick up the young lady and take her to safety." Zhong Su said.

He made an appointment with Ran Ning that Ran Ning would bring him some snacks this morning and treat him to a treat. This time should have been in town. Now that the war is about to start, and the city is not safe, Xiao Wu must find Ran Ning and take her away.

"Yes, the little ones will do it." Xiao Wu didn't dare to delay at all, so he hurriedly went.

Ran Ning went to Lianzhou City with Zunchen this time, and when she first entered the city gate, she was fine, but halfway through, some soldiers began to inform the people to hurry home, and the Xiya army came. The people ran back one after another, begging God to hope that the Beixin army would win, and quickly let the Xiya people get out of Beixin's territory.

At this time, Xiao Wu also found Ran Ning, hurriedly ran forward, and said, "Young lady, the West Cliff Army is coming to disturb, and the master asked me to take you to a safe place to hide." ”

Ran Ning was not very worried, nor did she show fear on her face, and said, "There is a master here, don't worry." ”

With Zunchen here, Xiao Wu was indeed a lot more relieved, thought about it, and said: "There is an inn near here, young lady go there to hide first." ”

Ran Ning was silent for a moment, shook her head and said, "Take me to a place where I can see my husband." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Wu didn't know what Ran Ning was going to do.

"I know I can't help him, but I want to watch him. Master also had to go and watch the battle, just in case. Instead of being scattered, stay in one place. Ran Ning said. She had to look at Zhong Su to rest assured. If she hides in the inn, Xiao Wu will inevitably have to stay to protect her, and Zhong Su will have one less helper by his side. If you can't use it, it's just that, and if you can use it, you can't make Zhong Su unable to find someone.

Zunchen doesn't have any opinions, Ran Ning is Zhong Su's daughter-in-law, Shen Feng's daughter-in-law, no matter what aspect he considers, he will protect her thoroughly.

Xiao Wu hesitated, gritted his teeth, nodded, and took Ran Ning and Zunchen to the front line.

When the three of them climbed the tower, Beixin's army had already been assembled, and it was facing the Xiya army from afar, and it seemed that it was ready to go to war at any time.

This time, the general sent by Xiya was very strong, and his beard blocked half of his face, and it was almost impossible to see what he should look like. In terms of body type, that person should have a lot of strength, but it will also give people a very bulky feeling, but being able to serve as a general should not be a simple character.

"Who is the general of the other party?" Ran Ning asked.

"I heard that it was a man named Gwa, but I hadn't heard of it before, and I didn't know what style of command it was." Xiao Wu said. He has followed Zhong Su for many years, and the famous generals know some of it, but this Gueva is obviously not included.

Ran Ning looked at Gvar from a distance, and the person's appearance was not very clear, but ......

"Master, have you noticed that Geva's hair seems to be a little purple?" This color is not usually noticeable, but when the sun shines, there is a difference if you look closely.

Zunchen frowned slightly, "Indeed, it's not the usual color. ”

Generally speaking, the difference in the appearance of people in Beixin and the surrounding three countries is not particularly large, especially the color of the hair, which is basically black, only occasionally some people have a natural light hair color, a little similar to maroon, and then the hair of people who have been hungry for many years will be yellow...... But no one had ever seen dull purple hair.

Before Zunchen could think about it, the war began.

The three of them hid behind the city wall, and the West Cliff was not able to attack the city for the time being, so it was still very safe here.

The chaos of the battlefield carried a kind of order that belonged to the army alone, and no one was fighting with all their might, and the battle situation could not be distinguished for a while.

After a while, Gewa broke through the encirclement and rushed towards Zhong Su. Zhong Su was not afraid to fight at all, and faced the battle head-on.

Zhong Su holds a □□ in his hand, in fact, Zhong Su does not pick weapons, it seems that any weapon can be used in his hands, but in ordinary life, it is a sword, and a gun is commonly used on the battlefield.

And Gewa was holding two axes, and once the axe was hit, it would be seriously injured.

Zhong Su fought against Gewa, and the soldiers around him didn't dare to lean up, so as not to be injured by mistake, so they could only clear the enemy soldiers near Qingli, and they couldn't care about the main general at all for a while. Zhong Su's moves are atmospheric, and every blow is aimed at the opponent's vital point, compared to Geva's moves, which are more insidious, and what is even more rare is that his strong body is very flexible on the battlefield and has not become a burden.

The two fought each other in this way, and Gueva suddenly exerted his strength, threw one of the axes at Zhong Su, and then slapped Zhong Su with one palm. Zhong Su reacted quickly, and after dodging the flying axe, he also threw out a palm to confront him.

Two internal forces erupted, shaking the surrounding soldiers. At this moment, Zhong Su suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, obviously injured.

Geva also took the opportunity to swing another axe and slash at Zhongsu. Just when the axe was only half an inch away from Zhong Su's neck, Zhong Su suddenly grabbed Gueva's arm, pushed his axe away, and then slapped a palm on Gueva's chest, Gueva was knocked back several meters, Zhong Su threw □□, and the gun directly penetrated Gueva's body and nailed to the ground.

Gvar stared, fell backwards in a dead eye, and ended his life.

Zhong Su did not stop because of this, his internal force as if it could not be stored in his body, a large number of explosions, the enemy soldiers who had just caught up flew out, and then pulled out the □□ and began to fight.

"Not good!" Zunchen was the first to notice the problem, "Su'er is crazy. ”

As soon as he spoke, he saw that Zhong Su had already fought a bloody path, and there were corpses of enemy soldiers and corpses of his own soldiers.

Ran Ning suddenly thought of the scene when she saw Zhong Su's madness for the first time, when Zhong Su's internal force only ruined the courtyard, and this time it was obviously stricter, everyone was no longer the enemy in Zhong Su's eyes, and fighting seemed to have become Zhong Su's only belief now.

The bloody road split by Zhong Su was full of corpses, and it was difficult to find even a whole corpse. Ran Ning couldn't see Zhong Su's face, she could only see a back, and this back made Ran Ning instinctively feel dangerous—a danger that could ruin it.

Countless enemy soldiers died in Zhong Su's hands, and many Beixin soldiers looked at Zhong Su in horror, and finally died in his hands - at this moment, this is no longer a battlefield, but a Shura field of death.

Zunchen didn't dare to wait for a moment, and immediately went to stop Zhong Su. Yuan Hengyang also discovered the situation and hurriedly notified the drummer to retreat.

Ran Ning stood on the city tower, looking at the chaos in front of him, his heart was a mixture of shock, fear, sorrow, and compassion, and he didn't know which one was more.

Zunchen's shot did not completely stop Zhong Su's killing, although he no longer targeted others, but the collision of internal forces was still injuring countless people.

The soldiers of Xiya were on the run, and the soldiers of Beixin were also on the run, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while, almost out of control.

Ran Ning looked at the crazy Zhong Su, and suddenly understood the meaning of Zhong Su's title of "Broken Halberd Scholar......

- "Broken halberd" means fiasco.

- If Zhong Su is normal, then he must be the one who will make the other party collapse. But once Zhong Su went crazy, killed a thousand enemies and injured himself eight hundred, he was still injured and killed by Zhong Su, even if he wins, it is a defeat, and the defeat is more tragic than the other party.

Even a hundred victories can't make up for such a self-inflicted defeat, which is the sadness of Zhong Su, and it is also a kind of irony.

Ran Ning thought that the reason why Zhong Su carried this title was also a kind of self-blame and self-awakening. The price behind his constant victories is equally heavy.