Got rid of the pursuit of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, Zhang Xianzhong led the army into the boundary of Nanzhili, went all the way south, and met again with the rebel army of Gao Yingxiang, Liu Guoneng and other troops in Jiangbei, and the battalion was dozens of miles away, with hundreds of thousands of people.

At the same time, Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty suddenly knocked on the southern invasion, and the northeast border was in an emergency, and Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Zu Kuan to lead the army to the north to help. For a while, the strength of the official army in the Central Plains was unprecedentedly weak, and the pressure of the rebels from all walks of life decreased sharply, and finally there was a rare time to recuperate.

On this day, Dingguo was training his own soldiers in the camp, and while he was resting, Li Yongcheng, a personal soldier, suddenly came to Dingguo's side with a hippie smile and quipped: "Boss! These days I always watch you practice boxing, so boring! Why don't you use your weapons to play a few tricks today and open the eyes of our brothers? ”

"Good! The boss has a few tricks! Play a few tricks! Everyone didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and they all followed suit.

Dingguo smiled shyly and greeted Jin Tongwu on the side: "Okay, then I'll be ugly, and dance a few knives to cheer everyone up!" Lao Jin went to the tent and brought me a sword. ”

Jin Tongwu excitedly agreed, and immediately ran into the tent, holding Dingguo's portable sword.

Dingguo took the knife with his right hand, stroked the blade with his left hand, and then the blade of the knife rose upward, and his body jumped backwards.

I saw that the steel knife was spinning left and right in Dingguo's hand, opening and closing up and down, without revealing the slightest flaw. Everyone gathered around to watch, all holding their breath and staring, and they didn't dare to come out.

Dingguo was dancing happily, but he heard someone outside the camp gate can't help but cheer: "Good knife technique!" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look at the sound, and Dingguo also put the knife sideways and stopped.

I saw that the cheering person was about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, his dark face was covered with a beard, a black turban was wrapped around his head, he was wearing a scarlet shoulder wide robe over the gold lacquered mountain armor, and a pair of short boots on his feet.

Looking at this person's attire, it must not be an ordinary person, Dingguo hurriedly handed the knife to Jin Tongwu, stepped forward quickly, hugged his fists and saluted: "Zhang Dingguo in Xiaxiying, I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”

"Oh? It turns out that you are the Dingguo that Jing Xuan often mentions on his lips! It's better to see it for a long time! Doll, you have such skills at a young age, it's really rare! Rare! The man patted Dingguo on the shoulder affectionately, and halfway through his words, he suddenly grinned, "Hey, look at me!" I forgot to introduce myself, my surname is Liu, Liu Guoneng! Thanks to everyone's lifting, it got the nickname 'Breaking the Sky'! ”

Unexpectedly, the one in front of me was the famous leader of the rebel army who broke through the sky Liu Guoneng, Dingguo hurriedly made a move, and said respectfully: "It turned out that Uncle Liu was here, and the little nephew was not careful, and I ask Uncle Liu to forgive me." ”

"Hey, I'm just a big boss, let's not say much politely, just tell you so, my old Liu likes you from the bottom of my heart! How? How about being an apprentice for me? I can't treat you badly! Liu Guoneng looked Dingguo's solid body up and down, and his joy was overflowing, "Don't say it, you kid is really a good material for martial arts!" ”

Liu Guoneng's praise made Dingguo very embarrassed, only to see him scratch his head shyly, and said politely: "To be favored by Uncle Liu, Dingguo naturally can't ask for it, but without the consent of his father, Dingguo does not dare to make claims." ”

"Hey, don't worry about this, Jing Xuan has my own Lao Liu over there to say, you can say if you want to!" Liu Guoneng crossed his fists and stared at Dingguo motionlessly, for fear that he would run away if he was not careful.

When the words came to this, Dingguo no longer shirked, immediately knelt on his right knee, raised his head and hugged his fist and said: "Dingguo is willing!" ”

Liu Guo was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth when he saw Dingguo agree, and hurriedly stretched out his hands, lifted Dingguo up from the ground, and said with his chin in his head: "Okay, good!" I, Lao Liu, will find Jing Xuan to say! When you officially worship the teacher in the future, you call me Master in front of others, and call me Lao Liu casually behind your back, hahaha! ”

Coming out of Dingguo, Liu Guoneng immediately went to Zhang Xianzhong, and mentioned to him that he wanted to accept Dingguo as a disciple, Zhang Xianzhong knew that Liu Guoneng was good at marksmanship, and if he could teach him, Dingguo would benefit a lot, so he agreed without hesitation.

A few days later, under the personal auspices of Zhang Xianzhong, Dingguo officially worshiped Liu Guoneng as his teacher.

Liu Guoneng then taught his unique marksmanship and years of combat experience to Dingguo without reservation. Not only that, but even his beloved war horse "Erdoujin" was given to Dingguo without hesitation.

In just one month, under Liu Guoneng's careful training, Dingguo's martial arts have advanced by leaps and bounds.

By the middle of December, all the rebels had finished resting, and they had set up camp and parted ways.

Zhang Xianzhong led the Xiying Righteous Army to the east, passing through the city of Luzhou, recalling the fierce battle of the day, still had palpitations, immediately ordered to bypass Luzhou, since the 24th to break the nest county, the 25th to attack and occupy Hanshan, and then the city of Hezhou was surrounded.

Zhang Xianzhong's original intention was to encircle the point to send reinforcements, but who knew that he spent two days under the city, and there was no trace of official reinforcements. In desperation, the siege began in the early morning of the 28th.

The arduous task of taking the lead still fell on Zhang Kewang and Dingguo, Zhang Kewang divided the 3,000 elites into two teams according to the usual routine of the rebel army attacking the city over the years, of which 2,000 people climbed the city wall with escalators, and the other 1,000 people carried a square table on their heads and dug the foot of the wall under the city.

Who knew that the artillery of the official army in the city was dense, and hundreds of people were killed in the middle of the way, and finally rushed to the city, and the defenders of the city threw down the fire and burned all the escalators and square tables.

Zhang Xianzhong stationed in front of the main force, seeing that the front army was not attacking the city well, he immediately ordered people to continue to beat drums and cheer, which coincided with the wind and thunder in Tiangong, and for a time the drums accompanied by thunder shook the heavens and the earth, stirring the officers and soldiers on the city wall in fear.

In order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, Zhang Kewang transferred several tiger squatting cannons to bombard the West Gate. Under the fierce artillery fire, Ximen Tucheng was finally blown open a gap, and the Xiying rebels immediately swarmed into the city.

The city of Hezhou fell, and Li Hongye, the governor of the state, and Ma Rujiao, who was the resident of the imperial history, both died in the chaos.

After slaughtering all the rich households and opening the warehouse to release grain, Zhang Xianzhong ordered the army to rest outside the city for a day, and then withdrew from Hezhou on the 30th and entered Jiangpu, which was separated by a river from Nanjing.

The siege of the city must be que, due to the previous attack and the state losses are very large, this time Zhang Xianzhong did not intend to attack, only from the west, south, north three directions to surround the city, and deliberately left an east gate, want to wait for the official army to break through, and then annihilate it.

In order to reduce casualties as much as possible, Zhang Xianzhong sent dozens of fine workers, planning to enter the city from the east gate, and then the inside and outside should be united to take Jiangpu. Who knew that the officers and soldiers guarding the city had long been wary of this trick, and the city gate was extremely strict, and all the fine works sent were found out on the spot, and they were killed in front of the city gate, and no one slipped through the net.

Seeing that Jiangpu was heavily defended, and if it was attacked, he was afraid that he would have to lose many brothers, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but retreat, and withdrew to the west overnight without firing a single arrow, and retreated to Hanshan to station.

And after this period of recuperation, Xianglian's injuries have almost recovered. On this day, I had nothing to do, walking around in the old camp, and unconsciously walked in front of the pro-military camp of Dingguo.

"Oh, look who's coming! Sister-in-law, wait a minute, the younger one will report to the boss! Seeing Xianglian, Chen Xi, who was on duty at the door, immediately stepped forward with a smile on his face, opened his throat and shouted, "Boss! Visitors! ”

"Don't ......" Xianglian was hesitating to go in, and her face turned red when she was yelled at by Chen Xi.

Hearing that a guest came to the door, Dingguo hurriedly greeted him from the tent, looked up and saw that it was Xianglian, hurriedly stepped forward, and asked with concern: "Sister Xianglian, why are you?" The injury hasn't healed yet, so why are you walking around? Look at this cold day, quickly enter the tent to roast the fire and warm up! ”

Dingguo hurriedly let go of half of his body and welcomed Xianglian into the tent. The fire in the brazier was burning vigorously, and under the firelight, Xianglian's face looked extremely red. On fire, Xianglian roasted her hands that were a little purple from the cold, and after a while, her fingers gradually returned to blood.

"Does the wound still hurt?" Dingguo was the first to speak, breaking the awkward atmosphere in the air.

Xianglian shook her head slightly, and whispered: "It doesn't hurt, thank you Brother Ning Yu, if it wasn't for you that day, I'm afraid it would be ......"

Dingguo hurriedly interrupted Xianglian's words: "Don't talk about those unlucky ones, it's okay!" You're my dearest sister, and I won't let anything happen to you no matter what. ”

"In your mind, am I just your sister?" Xianglian frowned and muttered.

Xianglian's voice was too small, Dingguo didn't hear it clearly for a while, and couldn't help but ask again: "Sister, what are you talking about?" ”

"Nothing." Xianglian's originally flushed face instantly turned a little red, "Brother Ning Yu, do you like me?" ”

"Silly girl, of course I like it!" Dingguo blurted out without hesitation.

"I'm not talking about the kind of liking my brother for my sister! Do you understand? Seeing that Dingguo hadn't opened his mind for a long time, Xianglian couldn't help but be angry and anxious.

Xianglian's reaction made Dingguo a little confused: "What is that?" ”

"Brother Ning Yu, if you say...... I mean, if you were to marry me, would you be willing? It always feels a little strange to say this kind of thing from a girl's mouth, but for Xianglian, there are not so many scruples.

"Huh?" Dingguo had never thought about this at all, and was suddenly asked by Xianglian, and suddenly said, "I...... I've always treated you as your own sister, how can you have this kind of thought? ”

"Okay, got it." Xianglian tilted her head up slightly, holding back tears from flowing out of her eyes, "Just think it's me who is amorous!" Xianglian immediately got up and rushed out of the camp without looking back, leaving Dingguo alone to stare blankly at the flames in the brazier, at a loss.

"Zhang Dingguo! Get out of here! It didn't take long for Zhang Wenxiu's voice to come from outside.

"Three generals, three generals! The Boss is resting! In Chen Xi's obstruction, Zhang Wenxiu angrily broke into Zhang Dingguo's account.

Seeing Dingguo lying on the military couch, looking at the top of the tent blankly, Wen Xiu suddenly became angry, kicked over the brazier, turned his head and said to Chen Xi who followed up: "You go out, I have something to say to him!" ”

Chen Xi stuck out his tongue at Dingguo, made a self-begging expression, and then retreated.

Wen Xiu stepped forward and dragged Dingguo up from the couch, glaring angrily: "Zhang Dingguo! Did you bully Xianglian? Since she came back from you, she has been crying non-stop, and she refuses to see anyone! ”

Ding Guo Chang sighed and shook his head, not knowing where to start for a while.

"Birds! You're talking! Wenxiu was anxious on the spot.

Looking at Wenxiu's anxious expression, Dingguo let out a long sigh again: "Xianglian, she ...... She asked me to marry her! ”

"Hey, that's a good thing, what? You refused? Hearing Dingguo say this, Wen Xiu understood everything.

"This ...... This sentence suddenly popped up, who can accept it! Dingguo looked aggrieved, "Besides, you know, I have always only regarded Xianglian as my own sister, and I have never thought about it in that way!" ”

"Zhang Dingguo! Let me tell you, I'm just such a sister-in-law, since she has taken a fancy to you, you can't wronged her! That's it! Now let's go to my father! Wen Xiu didn't say a word, and stretched out his hand to pull Dingguo.

"But ......" Dingguo was still hesitating.

Seeing Dingguo's mother-in-law's mother, Wenxiu was not happy on the spot: "But what is it?" Let me ask you, do you like Xianglian or not? ”

"Naturally, I like it, but I can ......" Dingguo is a little incoherent.

"If you like it, it's a fart! Let's go, find my father! Regardless of whether Dingguo agreed or not, Wenxiu dragged Dingguo out of the camp.

Who knew that he had just arrived at the gate of the village, but he accidentally bumped into Xianglian.

"Brother! You go back with me! Xianglian's eyes were red and swollen, but her tone was very resolute, "I don't need you to worry about my business!" ”