Zhang Xiaowu and the others glanced at each other, and immediately understood, it turned out that Wuhuan was fighting such a note, after the Tatar Khan King Ligaotu cut off his head, the Tartar Pagoda was in civil strife, and the Wuhuan people planned to take away the Jinjia and Ligotu heads, so as to unify the Tartar Tower, and completely annex the Tartar Tower into the Wuhuan land, and in the future, the Tartar Pagoda departments are just the people under the Wuhuan Empire.

Their goal was not to conquer the wooden city, but to capture the Sebei and legally and legitimately occupy the territory of the Tartars in the name of avenging Ligotu.

However, they couldn't refuse, they had to gamble if they didn't bet, and the Wuhuan people forced them to win, otherwise 10,000 Han prisoners of war were killed in front of the battle, not only their morale was damaged, but in the future, there would be few people who resented the ghost guards for being timid and afraid of things, and they had to be killed. The Wuhuan people set a trap that the Han army must jump into, and everyone knew this, nodded to each other, and reluctantly accepted the call for battle.

Hu Li shouted to the head of the city: "The thieves retreated a thousand paces and came out with me." ”

When the Wuhuan general heard this, he laughed three times, rode his horse back, and the Wuhuan people actually agreed to the request and retreated a thousand steps, leaving plenty of space for the Han army's ghost guards to deploy their formations.

Zhang Xiaowu and the others became more and more strange, and said to the generals on the left and right: "Wuhuan is really just to take the khan's golden armor and the head of Li Gaotu? If they attack the wooden city, these are all at their fingertips, why do they have to make a bet? Weird, weird. ”

Xiao Kai wondered: "My subordinates don't know what they mean, how can the army attack the city be child's play?" General, is this Wuhuan man stalling for time, waiting for the stone cannon to arrive? ”

"The thief army has been on this trip for nearly a month, and where there is a need to wait, the army can also carry it with them." Zhang Xiaowu smiled bitterly, "If the stone cannon is put out, why call the formation." ”

Wu Song patted the scroll and said: "The weather is cold, if the Wuhuan people delay time, they will harm themselves, and they will definitely not do this." This is really confusing. ”

"It's useless to think about that!" Zu Gongmao immediately said: "At this moment, I am the most anxious to go to the appointment, since I have agreed to the gambling contract, I need to select seven generals." General, his subordinates are willing to be the vanguard, and kill him first without leaving a piece of armor. ”

Guan Cheng jumped out and shouted: "My subordinates are also willing to be pioneers!" ”

Cao Li said: "The subordinates are also willing!" ”

Wu Song said: "Wuhuan dares to fight alone, there must be something to rely on, how can you, as the commander of a battalion, fight at will?" What if it's broken? ”

"I'm not afraid of death." Cao Li said.

Zu Gongmao said: "The soldier is shrouded in horse leather, and I would rather die before the battle than be old and bedridden." Does the general know my wishes? ”

Zhang Xiaowu couldn't cry or laugh, of course he knew that this grandfather Mao, once he took the knife, he was a machine that only knew how to kill and couldn't think, but on weekdays, he was an honest man who didn't like to talk and was even a little gentle and elegant, and the contrast between before and after was too great to believe. But seeing that Zu Gongmao was eager to fight, Zhang Xiaowu said: "The ancestral army is waiting to be a vanguard, and the Shen army is waiting to be the second striker, you have the strongest martial arts in the whole army, if the ancestral army is in danger, you need to be saved." ”

"Whoa." The second general replied.

After a while, Zhang Xiaowu and other generals led a thousand soldiers out of the city, lined up under the city, Zu Gongmao held a double sword and rode a horse to fight, and saw that the Wuhuan array listed seven generals, each of whom was strong and strong stronger than others, was really fierce and abnormal. Seeing that under the brocade of Inuyi soldiers, a rich man in his thirties came out and said: "I am the little king of Wuhuan, can you see the ghost general Zhang Xiaowu?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu stepped forward immediately, the two were a stone's throw away, compared to the protection of everyone around him, Zhang Xiaowu single-handedly won three points. Zhang Xiaowu saw this Wuhuan Xiaowang for the second time, and almost shot him to death last time, but this time it was so close. Na Wu Liqi finally saw this Han general who has become famous in Saibei in recent years, and heard that he had almost hit himself with an arrow at the head of Tucheng City, so he was a little afraid, and said with a strong spirit: "Zhang Xiaowu, if you have the courage to take out the battle, you must abide by the regulations, if the Han general is defeated by the Wuhuan general, I need you to return the golden armor of the Tartar Khan and the head of the Ligaotu to me." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Who do I think it is, it turned out to be an old friend, the grievances of the First Battle of Tucheng have not yet been understood, and today I will understand it in this wooden city." Don't talk nonsense, if you produce seven generals, I will also produce seven generals here, see who laughs the best. ”

Wu Lijian sneered and ordered to return to the camp, and Zhang Xiaowu also turned back. The soldiers of the two armies glared at each other angrily, nervously holding the blades and guns in their hands, and when the cold wind blew, people suddenly found that snowflakes were floating in the sky. It actually snowed, and the second snow in Saibei in the first year of Dade came immediately after the first snow, when the two armies fought.

A few snowflakes fell on Zhang Xiaowu's face, his spirit became even more excited, and he suddenly realized that he should have ignored something, it was about the Wuhuan people who had so painstakingly chosen to decide the war by heads-up. The Wuhuan people would never make such a seemingly absurd choice on the spur of the moment, although they were playing a trick on themselves, but the stake was a bit too big, and it was not worth the life of 10,000 saintly Han prisoners of war for the sake of the head of Li Gaotu and the golden armor of the Tartar Tower.

Unless, they have to.

Zhang Xiaowu rode his horse while thinking, in front of him was a thousand elite Han army ghost guards, these people followed him to defend the wooden city, fight Uzi, kill the Tartar Tower, and now they have to face the Wuhuan strong enemy with him, but these people are fearless, and everyone's eyes are full of fighting spirit. He turned to look and saw the Han prisoners of war in the Wuhuan camp either squatting on the ground or sitting on the ground, feeling sluggish and even coughing violently, and in the distance, he even saw someone vomiting blood.

These people are the sick, the sick, the plague!

Zhang Xiaowu immediately realized that the great plague of Jincheng had led to the fall of Jincheng, and with the skills of Gu Yong and Li Cunyi, and with the fighting spirit of Jincheng's elite, they would never be able to be conquered in such a short period of time, unless the plague was severe enough to completely incapacitate the defenders of Jincheng.

The Jincheng defenders, who have completely lost their combat effectiveness, must have all suffered from the plague - this bet put forward by the Wuhuan people is actually playing a trick on themselves, if the Han army wins, they will get 10,000 prisoners of war who are suffering from the plague, and if the Han army loses, the Han prisoners will be killed and the morale of the Mucheng defenders will be damaged.

"Bastard! Waiting for me here. Zhang Xiaowu suddenly realized, couldn't help but restrain the horse, turned around and looked angrily at the Wu Lilu in the distance, only to see Wu Liwu turn around and look at him triumphantly, as if to say, this trap, do you have the ability not to jump? I'd like to see how you jump into this trap and how you deal with the next dilemma.

Zhang Xiaowu gasped, calmed down, and rode back into the formation. The generals stepped forward to ask, and Zhang Xiaowu said: "In the first battle, we must win." ”

"Whoa."

Zhang Xiaowu shouted again: "Come on, bring the big drum, I will cheer for the ancestral army." ”

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