72. The First War
Su Ze got the surrender of Lu Miaozi and Shang Xiuxun.
But this news is also limited to the three of them.
The reason for not announcing it to the public is the special status of "Pegasus Ranch" in the Datang world.
It is a shepherd of war horses and a neutral merchant.
Therefore, all the rebels and forces are maintaining their friendship with Pegasus Ranch.
In such a situation, of course, Su Ze would not push Pegasus Ranch to the forefront.
Isn't it good to hide behind the yin people and give a fatal blow to the anti-kings from all walks of life?
Of course, Pegasus Ranch also has its own enemies.
For example, last year's "Four Great Kou".
Another example is the information that Shang Xiuxun just received:
Cao Yinglong reconciled with Xiao Mo and Zhu Cang's father and daughter, formed an alliance, and prepared to take Sichuan first, then attack Pegasus Ranch, and then Jingling and Xiangyang.
And the cooperation conditions proposed by Xiao Mo are, first of all, to eliminate Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
Cao Yinglong and Zhu Cang's father and daughter both hated Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to the core, so they hit it off, and attacking Pegasus Ranch was just a bait.
Now all three sides have selected elites to form a 10,000-strong division, commanded by Xiao Miao's general Dong Jingzhen, gathering in a secluded place near Pegasus Ranch, ready to meet the exhausted expeditionary forces of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
No matter what route they take to Pegasus Ranch, there's no way they'll be able to escape their eyes and ears.
This military horse also included another team composed of more than fifty martial arts masters, specializing in dealing with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
Su Ze took the information, and after reading it, he just smiled and didn't speak.
Lu Miaozi first popularized the strategic position of Jingling and Xiangyang.
Lu Miaozi said: Xiangyang is connected to Bashu in the west, Xiangchu in the south, and Heluo in the north.
During the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Shu, and Wu fought hard for this city, causing Guan Yu to die here.
Later, the Western Jin Dynasty invaded Wu, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty Huanwen Northern Expedition was based in Xiangyang.
Therefore, Lu Miaozi's conclusion is that the reason why the Six Dynasties were able to protect the left side of the river was because of the strong soldiers in Huainan and Jingxiang.
Su Ze nodded and added: Xiangyang is located in the upper reaches of the Han River, which is the transportation key point of the four provinces of Hubei, Henan, Sichuan, and Shaanxi.
If you want to go south from the Central Plains, or enter the Jianghan Plain from Guanzhong, you can't help but take Xiangyang first.
If you want to take Xiangyang, you must first take the tomb.
Shang Xiuxun was concerned: Why did Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling come on an expedition?
Su Ze smiled and broke Kou Zhong's purpose.
He said: Kou Zhongwan rejected the proposals that had been made for several days to make him king.
Kou Zhong's statement is:
"The reason why we were able to establish the base of Liangdu was completely by chance, so it was purely an outlier to survive in the cracks of the major forces, so the more we could not attract attention, the more ideal it was. The idea of being a king is really harmful and unprofitable in front of us. “
"I'm going to go to the Pegasus Ranch to borrow men and horses to build an invincible cavalry army, and when I come back, it's time to attack the East China Sea. “
Although Shang Xiuxun is a snack, his head is still enough.
She didn't ask Su Ze why he could clearly understand what Kou Zhong said, but just asked cautiously:
"Then should we borrow someone to lend a horse to Kou Zhonglan?"
Lu Miaozi glared at her: "Why do you lend it to him? Help him fight the world, and then announce to the world that we are in their camp?"
Su Ze glanced approvingly at this prospective father-in-law, and analyzed more clearly:
"Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, the two bastards, regard fighting the world as a game. Regardless of whether they will succeed or not. In case one day in the future, they say: I am tired of playing this game, so I will not play it anymore. Wouldn't the military generals who followed them cry to death?"
"Will this still be the case?" Shang Xiuxun couldn't believe it.
"From what I know of them, it's probably the vast majority. Su Ze sneered.
"Then what should we do now?" Shang Xiuxun did not have the decisiveness of the previous killing.
With Su Ze to rely on, Shang Xiuxun turned back into a weak little woman.
"Let's light up the thousands of troops, let's show off our muscles. Su Ze laughed, not taking the tripartite alliance of Cao Yinglong, Xiao Miao, and Zhu Cang to heart at all.
Pegasus Ranch really has a lot of troops.
Tens of thousands of warriors were assembled, and tens of thousands of horses were prepared.
In this era, Li Shimin only has 1,500 black-armored horsemen, and he can run rampant in the world.
With these tens of thousands of cavalry, Su Ze should become more confident in his struggle to dominate the world.
The 2,000 vanguard troops spread out on both sides to form a passage of men and horses, and at the same time drew their swords and shouted "Long live the field master!"
At the end of this road, Shang Xiuxun, who was dressed in armor and heroic and frightened, rode a snow-white, without a trace of miscellaneous hair, a war horse with the best of a divine horse, galloping towards her, silver-white armor and bright yellow shawl blowing in the air behind her, looking at the following mortal female god of war.
She swung her sword and shouted, "Go!"
The sound of hooves shook the sky, and in the afternoon sun, the 10,000 elite riders of the pasture rushed away from the earth like a tide.
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Two days later, when the 10,000 elite horsemen of Pegasus Ranch arrived on the battlefield.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling have already used their tactics, triggering a civil war between Cao Yinglong, Xiao Miao, and Zhu Cang.
Shang Xiuxun led people to rush into the battlefield and became "the last straw that broke the camel's back".
Cao Yinglong, Xiao Miao, and Zhu Cang were completely defeated, and the army was defeated like a mountain.
Su Ze rode on a horse and carried the "Past Mida Sutra".
The five demon gods swirled wildly, trembled, and finally shattered, and the huge shattering heart demon power turned into a huge whirlpool and descended on the battlefield.
Soul Vortex!
Su Ze controlled the attractiveness of the "Soul Vortex", not collecting the souls of the living, but only the souls that had died, separated from the body, and drifted out.
The deaths of thousands of people, the souls of thousands of people, were purified into pure soul energy by the "Soul Vortex", which was fed back to Su Ze.
Su Ze was so comfortable that he was about to fly.
I felt that the increase in his spiritual power this time was enough for him to survive the fourth thunder tribulation.
And the system also ran out:
"Ding, congratulations to the host, the host's skill has greatly improved, and it can absorb the spiritual power and blood that are scattered on the battlefield. Of these, Blood Gas +1. +1。 +1.。。。 ”
Su Ze's ears kept dinging, and he hurriedly said: "Stop, stop, system, you can count silently, and finally report a total number to me." ”
There is no need to report the number in the system, Su Ze took a look, and the blood and qi value of eight thousand is proper.
After the great victory, the warriors happily cleaned up the battlefield.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling came to greet everyone in the ranch.
Liu Zongdao's single eye shot a hot look, and he laughed loudly from afar: "Brother Zhong is good, but in just one year, you have become a world-famous young marshal." “
Kou Zhong rode his horse to him, leaned over and hugged him, and said with a smile: "It's just a little bit of a false name, how can it be worth Uncle Liu's teeth." ”
Shang Xiuxun happily wanted to give Kou Zhong 10,000 war horses.
Kou Zhong said with a backbone: "After I open Yang Gong's treasure house, I will get the gold and silver and then use the money to buy war horses." ”
Su Ze nodded secretly.
Kou Zhong knew that the chance of getting the world was less than one in ten, so he didn't want Shang Xiuxun to destroy his neutral position, lest he be liquidated by the future lord of the world.
This bastard boy still knows how to think about others, and he is not bad enough to go home.
It is not possible to borrow soldiers and war horses on the bright side, but to clean up the battlefield, all the gains are given to Kou Zhong.
Thousands of captives, countless weapons, thousands of war horses, and heavy materials such as food, gold and silver. All to Kou Zhong.
Pegasus Ranch even sent 2,000 soldiers to help Kou Zhong escort the prisoners and transport military supplies back to the Liang capital.