The enemy came as a surprise.

According to the distance, the dead soldiers of the palace traveled normally, and Gu Qing, Li Twelve Niang and the others were one step faster than them, so they arrived a day earlier than the dead soldiers.

With the warning of the guards, everyone in the county office suddenly became nervous, everyone showed a look of vigilance, and the air was inexplicably filled with an indescribable solemn atmosphere.

Gu Qing asked calmly, "How far is the enemy from the city, and how many people are there?" ”

The scout guarded and said: "Thirty miles away from the city, there are about two hundred horses, all of them are black-clothed knights, holding swords, axes, halberds and other weapons, and they are making food at this moment. ”

Gu Qing looked at the sky and said, "It's afternoon at this time, presumably they are waiting for it to get dark and launch a surprise attack." We need to hurry up and prepare. ”

Li Shiniang frowned and said: "There were only more than 100 people in the palace when they left Chang'an, why did there be more than 200 people in Qingcheng County?" ”

The corners of Gu Qing's mouth twitched, and he said, "Maybe I got the order of King Ji on the way and increased the number of people, so that I would win the battle." ”

Turning his head to look at Song Gensheng, Gu Qing was still in the mood to smile: "You have a big face, two hundred people rushed thousands of miles from Chang'an to take your life for you, if you want to have a little conscience, just wipe your neck with a knife." ”

Song Gensheng's face was pale, no matter how righteous and awe-inspiring a person was, he would still be afraid when the knife was about to hit his neck.

Facing everyone's playful eyes, Song Gensheng tried to squeeze out a smile: "Haha, it's funny." ”

Gu Qingchao's surrounding guards and heroes in the rivers and lakes bowed to the ground, and said awe-inspiringly: "Today, with the help of all righteous people, Gu and Song County Ling deeply feel the great virtue of the monarchs, if they can not die, they will be rewarded in this life, and if Gu is unfortunately killed in battle, this grace will be repaid in the next life." ”

Song Gensheng pursed his lips and said: "Even all the righteous people are working hard for Song, all of them are Song's faults, this kindness is deep, Gensheng should worship each other." ”

Saying that, Song Gensheng knelt down on his knees in front of everyone and bowed solemnly.

Everyone hurriedly stepped aside, Luo Fei stretched out his hand to help him up, and said: "Song County Order doesn't have to be like this, you are a good official who asks for the life of the common people, and I will work hard for you to work hard for the common people, this is a great righteousness, not a person, and the Song County Order can be accepted calmly." ”

Song Gensheng stood up, still bowed, and said: "Kindness is remembered, don't repeat it, if you can't resist the thief, please flee quickly, save your life, just do your best, don't need to fight hard." ”

Gu Qing patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You go to the house and hide, and leave the rest to me." ”

Song Gensheng's eyes were red, and he choked up: "I shouldn't have bothered you, if there is a next time, I will never be so reckless." Gu Qing, you have to take care, you must save your life, don't miss it, you have a bigger future than me, and you are calmer than me, your ambition cannot be annihilated by me. ”

Gu Qing smiled: "Don't worry, if I can't beat me, I will definitely turn around and run, just do my best for my friends, there is no need to work hard." ”

An ugly smile tugged at the corner of Song Gensheng's mouth, and he turned around and went back to the room.

Zhang Huaiyu stood next to him and gave him a blank look, and said, "Your skills in talking nonsense are getting better and better, if you can't beat you, will you really escape?" ”

Gu Qing Zhengse said: "Of course I will escape, I know that I can't fight and still send him to death, what's the point of dying?" It's better to leave a useful body and take revenge after you have the strength. ”

Zhang Huaiyu sneered: "Do you think I'm also a fool?" Fool me with this nonsense. ”

Gu Qing sighed, this girl is not cute at all, not as easy to deceive as Zhang Huaijin.

"Gu Qing, Song Gensheng is right, your ambition can't be annihilated by him, if you really can't resist it, I will do my best to protect you and escape."

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Night came quickly, and under the night of the county seat, there seemed to be a suffocating atmosphere, even the air was stagnant, and the heavy and oppressive atmosphere was overwhelming.

Gu Qing arranged for everyone to have a full meal very early, and ordered all the lights inside and outside the county office to be extinguished.

Everyone took their positions, hiding in the dark night, quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Gu Qing sat on the steps of the backyard of the county government, half-closed eyes and silently reviewing all the organs he had arranged, seizing the last time to check and fill in the gaps, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

It would be great if he had an obedient personal guard army in his hands, the number of people did not have to be too much, one or two hundred people, all of them were elite soldiers, and their skills were equivalent to the standards of special forces in later generations, and only two hundred enemies could be easily destroyed under the need for work.

After returning to Chang'an, I still have to find some guards by my side, Fu Chong, who I met when I robbed Wannian County Prison last time, seems to be good, I hope to get this person from Yang Guozhong's hands, seeing that Yang Guozhong is about to become the prime minister, Yang Guozhong, who has become the prime minister, probably doesn't look down on Gu Qing, the friendship between the two is almost coming to an end, while there is still a friendship, it is good to hurry up and ask Fu Chong to come over.

Thinking about some messy things in his head, this is Gu Qing's habit before every big event, only cranky thinking will relax his mind and not be too nervous.

Li Twelve Niang sat beside Gu Qing, gently wiping her sword with a white silk scarf, and the cold light of the waning moon was reflected on the blade, like a pool of autumn water trembling.

"The hour is coming, when the letter is raised, it is the time to fight for your life, Gu Qing, I regret it at the moment, I shouldn't have let you come here." Li Twelve Niang stared at the sword in her hand and said lightly.

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Song Gensheng's business is my business, how can I not come." ”

Li Twelve Niang stared at the snow-white blade and said softly: "I think of your parents, Gu Qing, ten years ago your parents died in battle to protect Zhongliang, ten years later, their only son is also doing the same thing, he is also risking his life to protect Zhongliang, to be honest, I am very afraid, I am afraid that tonight will be a night that I will hate for the rest of my life, Gu Qing, you have to take care of yourself, don't let your aunt hate for life." ”

"Auntie, don't worry, I will. Auntie, you have to take care of yourself, and don't let tonight become the thing I hate the most in my life. ”

Li Twelve Niang sighed faintly: "Life is really a circle, the cycle repeats, at this moment I am still like a dream, why did I return to the starting point of the year, could it be that the fate of the Gu family was cursed by God?" It is destined to become a stone step from generation to generation, with the footsteps of loyalty......"

Gu Qing said in a deep voice: "History has never favored anyone, every step I take is my own path, and it has nothing to do with my parents." ”

In the dark night sky, a rattling arrow dragged the dazzling firelight, screamed upward, and exploded under the night sky.

Gu Qing and Li Twelve Niang's pupils shrank into pintips.

"The fire of faith has been raised, and the enemy is in danger."

"Prepare for war!"

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A black-clothed cavalry of more than 200 people slowly entered the city in the moonlight, and the horses snorted restlessly, kicking and stomping on the straight streets in the county.

The shops on both sides of the street have long been closed, and the street is pitch black, as if they have made an appointment, and there are no lanterns hanging in front of all the shops, and more than 200 people are riding horses on the street where they can't see their fingers, like ghosts crawling out of hell.

It was strangely quiet, silent, unbright, and not even a dog barking. The knight at the head was covered with a black cloth on his face, and a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

Wrong! It's so quiet, it's a little weirdly quiet.

Looking ahead, at the end of the street is their target tonight, Qingcheng County.

The knight at the head suddenly reined in his horse and stopped, and the more than 200 people behind him did not make a sound at all, and their movements also stopped in unison.

"Forge ahead!" The knight at the head ordered in a cold tone.

More than 200 people quickly moved their horses' heads without saying a word, and instantly formed a circle formation of twenty people, and under the order of the leader of the leader, the circle array slowly moved forward.

When the street was halfway through, the windows in the attics of the shops on both sides suddenly opened, and rows of cold crossbows were aimed at them, and the knights were startled but not confused, and flew up from their horses in the blink of an eye, and the moment they left the saddle, rows of arrows and crossbows shot down, but the dead soldiers reacted too quickly, and most of the arrows and crossbows in this row missed, and only four or five dead soldiers did not have time to dodge, and were shot squarely, screaming and rolling down from their horses.

"There is an ambush, get rid of them!" The knight at the head shouted as he pointed to the windows of the attics on either side.

More than two dozen figures flew towards the attic, and a cat rushed in through the window.

I could only hear a burst of screams in the attic, and a dozen or so heroes and guards flew out of the window and fell heavily to the ground, their bodies covered with blood, and the ambush on the left and right sides of the street had been pulled out of the battle just now.

After the screams, silence returned to the middle of the dark street.

"Formation, keep pushing!" The knight at the head ordered.

The knights returned to the team without saying a word, and were adjusting their positions, when in a dark corner of the street in front of them, they suddenly heard a string vibration, and the knights led by them were shocked and shouted: "Get up! ”

When the knights fell back on their horses, they found that more than a dozen of the dead soldiers had died, and they had bamboo branches with the thickness of their little fingers sharpened, and even the horses they rode were not spared, and they were full of bamboo branches that fell to the ground and died, and they were not alive.

The knight's eyelids twitched fiercely.

King Ji raised the dead for many days, and today he used it for a while, he originally thought it was just a very simple task, traveling thousands of miles, storming the county government, and quietly fleeing after killing the county order, and that's it.

However, reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.

As soon as they entered the county seat, they didn't even touch the edge of the county government, and just on this inconspicuous street, they lost nearly 20 people, and 1/10 of them were killed or wounded.

The knight at the head finally realized that today's task was not simple, and it could be described as extremely dangerous.

Organ. I didn't expect that there was an organ on this street, and this is only the outer part, who knows what kind of killing machine is in the county office.

"Cheer up, leave twenty men to ride horses and form a cone, let the horses rush over, and the rest of the men dismount, form a formation and walk, unsheath their swords, and be on guard." The knight at the head snorted coldly.

The dead soldiers, who had numbered less than two hundred, formed a circle again, and this time no one dared to despise the enemy, and each of them fought with a spirit of twelve points, and walked forward with their swords tightly, as if they were facing a great enemy.

The cavalry of twenty men quickly formed a formation, and then launched a charge towards the county government in front of the street, and kicked the horses in the belly fiercely, and the horses galloped wildly.

Running less than a hundred feet, I saw the figure shaking in the darkness on the side of the street, and immediately the knight's eyes flashed with fierce light, and the halberd in his hand stabbed out violently, and after a few screams, four more heroes died under the halberd.

At the same time, Song Gensheng sat in the room in the backyard of the county government, his body was straight, and the pen in his hand hovered on the paper, for a long time, and finally slowly put down the pen.

"Minister, Shuzhou Qingcheng ordered Song Gensheng to die without words."

"The ministers heard that 'people do not stand on the soil, and they do not eat without grain', so the sages said that the 'community' is the soil, and the 'millet' is the valley, and together they are called the 'sheji', which means that the Son of Heaven stands on the soil, plants the grass and eats, and thinks that it is the livelihood of all the people. In ancient times, the three emperors and five emperors split the soil to merge, control the water to solidify, and then to the Qin Emperor to dominate the world, Liu Han divided the same surname, and Wenjing did nothing to rule and finally became the hegemony of Emperor Wu, why not? Because the cultivator has his land, he feeds his country, the people are rich, and the country is rich, and the country is rich, and the saint can conquer the world, so the minister thinks that the rise and fall of the country's fortune lies in the labor of the cultivator, in the capital of the field, and in the benevolence of the saint......"

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Outside the county office, the dead soldiers have paid a lot of price and forced to break into the gate of the county office.

Gu Qing's corrupt temperament really took advantage of it, and the organs arranged on both sides of the shops played an important role, and when the dead soldiers were killed at the gate of the county government, there were only more than 150 people left in the team of more than 200 people, and a long street buried nearly a quarter of the combat strength of the dead soldiers.

However, the disparity between the forces of the enemy and the enemy is still very great at the moment.

The casualties on Gu Qing's side were not small, more than a dozen guards and heroes were arranged on both sides of the street, and they had also died in battle, and there were only more than 40 people left in the county office.

More than 40 people against more than 150 enemies, Gu Qing and they are still about to face a fierce battle of life and death.

Outside the county office, the eyes of the dead soldiers led by him were fierce, and tonight because of the light enemy, he really suffered a lot of losses, but he killed a county order, and he lost so many people, and His Royal Highness King Ji might not be able to spare him after returning to Chang'an.

Panic turned into anger, and the knight at the head pointed to the closed gate of the county government and shouted, "Knock the door open!" ”

A group of knights advanced on foot, with neat footsteps and a tight formation, it was obvious that they had an unusual experience before becoming dead soldiers, and they were soldiers who had been baptized by the fire of the army.

Gu Qing stood on the roof of the county yazheng hall, looking at the dead soldiers of the strict array outside, and his heart couldn't help but sink.

He didn't expect that the dead soldiers raised by the palace were actually the same as the army, and the fight between individuals and between individuals and the army were completely two concepts.

Gu Qing only felt that the odds of winning had dropped a few points.

Turning her head to look at Li Shiniang, she found that her face was also pale, obviously she also noticed that something was wrong.

How did the heroes of the rivers and lakes win or lose against the army in array?

The result is almost no suspense, no matter how high the skill of the heroes of the rivers and lakes falls in the formation of the army, it is also the end of death in the blink of an eye, the battle array for the army is the best way to kill the enemy after thousands of years of countless wars to sum up, the heroes of the rivers and lakes only rely on the courage of personal blood, how to resist the wisdom of countless predecessors?

"Aunt Li, we must find a way to destroy their battle formation, force them to give up their formation, and fight on their own, otherwise none of us will be able to run tonight." Gu Qing said in a deep voice.

Li Twelve Niang nodded, bit her lower lip, and said, "I'll break through their battle formation!" ”

Gu Qing hurriedly said, "No! Personal strength is extremely small in front of the army, no matter how high the martial arts are, it is useless, Aunt Li must not take risks! ”

Li Twelve Niang said impatiently: "Then what do you say?" ”

"Wait for them to come in, and when they come in, they will be suppressed for a while by means of traps and arrows, and then everyone will be gathered to charge together."

Li Twelve Niang nodded, and said with a somewhat happy expression: "Fortunately, you arranged the organ, I didn't think so much when you set up the organ, I didn't expect it to be so useful." ”

"People who are afraid of death and are too lazy to practice will inevitably think more about the side door and left ways to save their lives and operate normally." Gu Qing said modestly.

Outside the county office, the dead soldiers had finished their formation, and they launched an attack on the gate of the county government with neat steps.

Before he could reach the gate, he suddenly heard a whooshing sound of shooting, and another sound of the mechanism being triggered, and countless bamboo branches shot into the bodies of the dead soldiers, and the dead soldiers fell down five or six people.

The knight at the head was almost mad, and from the moment he stepped on that damn street tonight, he didn't engage the enemy head-on at all, just rows of cold arrows and traps hiding in the shadows had already killed dozens of people, and it was too embarrassing to be the enemy of such a lewd villain who hid his head and tail.

"Live or die, slam the door open, rush in and leave no chickens and dogs behind!" The knight roared like madness.

The dead soldiers below are also extremely aggrieved, they have dealt with so many people and things in the dark over the years, but tonight is the most maddening, one after another, the organs are unguardable, just dodged a burst of mechanisms, the psychology is a little lax for less than half a moment, and the next mechanism shoots out in an unexpected place.

So the dead soldiers also became ruthless and slammed the county gate violently.

The gate could not withstand the tossing of dozens of people, and it didn't take long for the vermilion gate to finally fall to the ground under the violent impact.

The dead soldiers were in good spirits, and they were about to rush in to kill a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, who knew that before they entered the door, they saw more than a dozen things that looked like wine jars flying in front of them, and the dead soldiers quickly retreated and dodged, some of them couldn't dodge, and the wine jars smashed on their bodies and shattered, and some of the wine jars fell to the ground and shattered.

As soon as the dead soldiers dodged this wave, they immediately smelled the strong smell of alcohol emanating from their bodies and on the ground, and the dead soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what kind of deadly mechanism this was, and it didn't seem to be too lethal at the moment.

In the next instant, the dead soldiers were slapped in the face.

In the center of the front yard of the county government, several arrows with open flames at the front of the end suddenly shot out, and the arrows were not accurate, some were shot on the ground, and some were shot on the threshold.

Miraculously, after the rocket landed, a blue dark flame suddenly rose on the ground in a square circle, and the flames spread rapidly, and the dead soldiers who were smashed on their bodies by the wine jar were shocked to find that their bodies were also on fire, and the surface of their clothes lingered like ghost fires, and they could not be extinguished, and more than a dozen dead soldiers were on fire, rolling on the ground in pain.

The chivalry of the leader was already deranged, and he grabbed his hair and roared, "What is this?!! ”