In Dali City, the marshal Zhang Qing began a large-scale reorganization of soldiers and horses. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The first is conscription.

The king of Dali personally issued an order to recruit the young and strong people and refugees in the city to enlist, and the total strength of the army was expanded to 40,000 people, and there were no more soldiers to be recruited after reaching the limit.

Then, it is the division and training of troops.

Create a Flame Army...... The Battle of Ximen witnessed the super combat effectiveness of the refugees in Jianchang Mansion, so Zhang Qing decided to use the refugee soldiers as the team, plus the young and strong soldiers to establish the main infantry battalion, with a strength of 20,000 people, and the whole army's armor and banners were all bright red, named the Flame Army! Chu Lianjun was appointed as the general, Chi Xue as the left general, and Niu Ben as the right general, and the training began from now on.

The first to build the Hurricane Army...... Appointed 200 soldiers from heaven as cavalry captains, with the palace soldiers left by the princes and nobles and the children of the family, plus the elite soldiers of the Yang Mansion Army to establish a cavalry battalion, with a strength of 10,000 people, the whole army was red, and it was named the Wind Army! Huyan Xiaofeng was appointed as the general, and the training began from now on.

The Ice Rain Army was formed...... The defenders of the four gates were redivided: Niu Ben, the general of the east gate, had 3,000 defenders; Qin Muxue, the general of the north gate guarding the city, has 2,000 defenders; The general of the south gate guarding the city was bloody, and the defenders were 2,000 people; Zhao Bing, the general of the West Gate guarding the city, had 3,000 defenders, including 900 pikemen and 800 monks. The east, west, south and north gates are changed by the fire army for three hours every day, and the defenders are all concentrated at the west gate to secretly set up a strangulation camp, the whole army is snow-white, with a strength of 10,000 people, named the Ice Rain Army! Yang Yu was appointed as the general, Zhao Bing as the forward general, and Qin Muxue as the general who broke the formation, and the commander Zhang Qing personally trained the troops.

The three armies have been established, and the armies are actively reorganizing their armies for war, and the king of Dali inspects the results of military training every day.

The Xixia army outside the east gate is also training, the 100,000 army is overwhelming, the military drum shakes the sky, the military horn roars all night, the soldiers shout to break the earth, the kind of invincible momentum, as if training for a few more days, the Dali army will be so frightened that it will wave the white flag and obediently open the city gate to surrender.

Tuoben, the commander of the Western Xia, had received the exact news that the commander of the opposite city was Zhang Qing, the general of the Great Song Town, so the mood of the defeat in the siege had calmed down, and he was no longer in a hurry to advance.

He was drinking tea and playing chess with his military advisor in the tent......

"Dashuai, even if he has three heads and six arms, as long as the Great Song Kingdom does not send rescue troops, he will not be able to solve this siege dilemma!"

“…… Well, let's not rush, let's play with him slowly. “

"The marshal is wise, my army suddenly went south, Dali City can't collect a lot of food in the short term, and I estimate that the food in the city is enough to eat for three months at most."

"How well is the food and grass prepared for our army?"

"You can rest assured, the king of Xixia personally supervised the grain and grass, and the country is constantly delivering it to us, and I sent people to the state capitals of Dali to search for food, hehe, it is enough to play with him for a year and a half."

“…… Oh, by the way, Simon pretended to be dead and survived the soldier, is he conscious now? I want to bring him in for questioning. “

"My subordinates were about to report to you, and the king of Western Xia sent someone to pick him up early this morning, and I suspect it has something to do with his nonsense."

"What the hell did he say?"

“…… Mighty Vajra! “

In the Kaifeng Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty, in the embassy of Dali Kingdom, Ren Piaoling was waiting for a vacant position with hot tea, as if he was waiting for someone.

There are a few early-blooming plum blossoms in the yard, indicating that the long and cold winter is coming, he stared at the plum blossoms blankly, and couldn't help but sigh slightly, and a familiar voice sounded before the sigh fell, "Brother Ren, Brother Ren, you are worried about the siege again, don't worry, don't worry, why hurry, don't worry, hahaha!" “

Ren Piaoling smiled when he heard this, and said angrily to the people: "Brother Linghu, you are a person, you don't comfort others when you are sad, and you only care about laughing at people." “

Ling Huju sat down lightly and continued to laugh: "When you see the plum blossoms that bloom early, you think of the tragic scene of Dali City starving and freezing in the ice and snow...... Brother Ren, it's useless to think too much! ”

“…… Oh, what about the chessboard, doesn't it say that it is easy to play chess? ”

Ren Piaoling was helpless, a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he reached out and took out the bamboo chessboard hidden under the table, and began to play chess with him.

"Brother Ren, the old rule, as long as you win me, you can ask a question!"

"Brother Linghu, you've been winning these days, can you let me go back once or twice?"

"You, your heart is not quiet, try to be quiet, and you can win me if you calm down."

Ren Piaoling smiled bitterly, frowned at the chessboard, and began to think seriously......

The Dali War entered a phase of stalemate, and there was no war, only a large amount of grain that was slowly consumed.

Time passes, time is like an arrow, and winter is coming.

The beautiful scenery of Dali snow drifting is still the same, but the people who enjoy the beautiful scenery are not old, and the people in the city are struggling to think about how to survive this long and cold winter.

The people outside the city did not have a good time, the wind howled, and the snowflakes carried in the sky like a waterfall, sometimes winding up, sometimes pouring down, madly ravaging the land, raging the people on the land. The once-in-a-century winter came unexpectedly, at first it was just cold, then it was freezing, and then only numbness remained, and many Western Xia soldiers were frozen to death......

The cold weather was a kind of salvation for the defending side, because they hid within the walls; And for the besieging side, it is a punishment, because the north wind blows......

The vast land turned into a snow-white ice field, and apart from the howling cold wind between heaven and earth, all that remained was deathly silence.

On the day of the New Year, the king of Dali was in a good mood and deliberately set up a sumptuous dinner in the palace to entertain hundreds of officials and generals guarding the city.

The generals re-acquainted themselves with their king through the Battle of Simon, and they were full of enthusiasm and passion. The children of the family and the princes and ministers were originally people who drank and drank all the time, and drinking and dancing with swords and amusing were their forte, and the banquet was full of warblers singing and dancing.

Qin Muxue took a few sips of liquor on a whim, and attended a Khitan dance, the prairie was proud and ambitious, and the exotic people danced beautifully, which immediately provoked the applause of those children of the family, and they all projected Yang Yu with envious, jealous and hateful eyes, but they were glared back by Zhao Bing's cold eyes.

After the Khitan women finished dancing, there was thunderous applause, and the children of the family danced or danced with swords in order to pay tribute to her.

Seeing this, the king of Dali shook his head and smiled bitterly, staggered down from the throne to toast the handsome Zhang Qing, and then toasted the four swords of Yanmen one by one.

When everyone was wondering, suddenly the Yang Mansion hurriedly reported that Yan Xiaofeng and Xiaobai were attacked on the way to the palace, and Zhang Qing and Yanmen Sijian hurriedly said goodbye to the king of Dali. When the children of the family saw that Qin Muxue was also gone, they were all lonely, fighting with each other and drinking to relieve their anger, and after a while, they were drunk most of them.

The two injured have been sent to the Yang Mansion for treatment, and Xiaobai only fainted due to the internal force, and there is no major problem.

Chu Lianjun carefully inspected Huyan Xiaofeng's injuries, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Xiaofeng has no injuries all over his body, the bloodthirsty sword broke out of the sheath and was stained with blood, indicating that he had fought with the attacker and injured the other party, but why did he appear in a state of suspended animation in the Demon Dao for no reason?" It's just puzzling......"

Qin Muxue picked up the bloodthirsty sword and looked at it repeatedly, only to see that the sword body was bent, and the white long sword had now turned into a hideous long knife as red as blood, her eyebrows jumped suddenly, and she exclaimed: "You see, the bloodthirsty sword has completely changed its appearance, this is ...... Is this ......?" she was so excited that she couldn't speak for a moment.

"It seems that this is the legendary Red Flame Demon Knife!" Zhang Qing finished speaking for her, his expression was solemn, there seemed to be frost knots between his eyebrows, as Huyan Xiaofeng's brother-in-law, he was naturally no stranger to the history of Huyan's family.

Yang Yu said anxiously: "The bloodthirsty sword has been transformed into the Red Flame Demon Knife, will Brother Feng's fake death have anything to do with this sword?" “

"Maybe Xiaoyu is right, the Red Flame Demon Knife is likely to have been influencing Xiaofeng, or that they are influencing each other." Zhang Qing frowned, and his expression relaxed, "We are all thinking about Xiaofeng's bizarre fake death, but we forgot about business, let's go!" Go to the scene of the incident. “

The scene of the attack was just outside the main gate of the palace, and the heavy snow covered the footprints of the attacker and Huyan Xiaofeng, and there were no traces of the fight or blood, leaving only the mark of Xiaobai's trot.

Qin Muxue was the first to open her mouth to analyze: "I think it should be Xiaobai running in front, and after discovering the attacker, the other party suddenly made a killing move, and Brother Feng came to the rescue, with a sword...... Oh, it should kill and injure the other party with one knife, and after the shot, Brother Feng suddenly fell into the demon road. “

Yang Yu didn't blindly follow her this time, he threw out a question mark: "I have a question, the attacker must have escaped quickly after being injured, if Brother Feng fainted after making a move, he should also be able to see it, then...... Why didn't he come back to kill Brother Feng and Xiaobai? “

Shocking question!

Yes, why?

Such a godsend, and effortlessly!

Qin Muxue stroked Yang Yu's head to express her approval, the two have become closer and closer recently, and others have long been accustomed to it, only Zhao Bing, a woman like fire, couldn't get used to it, so she walked over and slapped her hand away.

On the edge of the imperial city, in the lonely snow, the figures of five young people stood fixedly, frowning one by one, all thinking about the shocking question raised by Yang Yu......

Suddenly, Chu Lianjun's shoulders trembled suddenly, he raised his head, looked into the distance with tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Yes...... He's back! “

"You mean," Zhao Bing was the first to react, "it's the killer night cat!" “

Qin Muxue and Yang Yu also said in unison: "It must be him!" After the two finished high-fives, they quietly held hands together, and a sweet smile appeared on their faces.

"But," Zhang Qing frowned, "who is he coming back for?" “

Night Cat is a professional killer who appears for one thing: to kill!

It was just a chance encounter in the snow, and the fact that he didn't kill Huyan Xiaofeng, who faked his death, showed that he was in a hurry to kill someone, so ...... Who is his target in Dali City?

Everyone felt the gravity of the matter in vain!

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Qin Muxue paused her throat, paced back and forth in the snow with her hands, and began to analyze the case: "The night cat seriously injured Sister Bing for the first time, killed Jiang Taigong for the second time, assassinated Qian Wuqi for the third time, assassinated Chihu for the fourth time, and fought with Brother Feng here for the fifth time...... I really don't see what the relationship between his five shots is with each other? “

A word woke up the person in the dream, and Chu Lianjun immediately realized the mystery: "The connection is the king-slaughtering operation back then!" He's going to kill the top 10 killers, and ......"

He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and the last word "I" was finally unspoken.

"The analysis is correct! It is said that among the top ten killers of that year, there were four great divine soldiers...... Flaming Blade...... Red Flame Demon Blade...... And ......" Zhang Qing muttered to himself in contemplation, "...... Mighty Vajra! “

"Oh no, go to the palace!" He was shocked.

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