His eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and Cao Bin tried hard to open them, but no matter how hard he tried, there was still chaos in front of him. There seemed to be a torrential rain of horses' hooves buzzing in his head, shouts of killing getting closer and closer, and the hideous faces of the enemy grew and expanded before his eyes, and the bloody blades slashed down head-on.

Cao Bin let out a loud cry and suddenly opened his eyes.

This was the only greatest humiliation in his life, and in the process of fleeing for his life, he had to throw his own soldiers again and again to buy time for his escape.

In the end, although he ran away, none of his personal guards came back.

Tens of thousands of troops have collapsed on all fronts, and it can be expected that after the Tang army has cleaned up the results of the battle in Gunhai, it will inevitably raise a large army to seize Wuning, and the only meaning of escaping back at a huge price is to immediately organize a defense in Wuning, and delay the Tang army's invasion of Wuning as much as possible, so as to wait for the Third Highness to end the Battle of Chang'an before leading the army to help.

Time is running out, and I have to do everything right away.

The only favorable news is probably that he immediately sent back an envoy in the early days of the siege, asking Changshi Zhou Qun to immediately recruit the government soldiers, and now Wu Ning should also be prepared.

The braincase is clear, and the eyes are slowly clearing, the room exudes bright light in the glass, when I just entered the city, it should have been just dawn, and now I actually lit the lamp, could it be that I slept all day?

wanted to sit up, but Cao Bin suddenly found that his body couldn't move.

He looked at his hand with some horror.

Could it be that I am overworked and paralyzed?

His eyes looked at his hands.

What he saw was worse than he had expected.

His hands were tied to the bed.

Both hands were pulled apart, one left and one right, tied to the bed.

His legs wanted to bend and stretch, but he moved slightly, and there was a sharp pain in his ankles, and his heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and his feet were tied.

When he leaned his neck, his neck was strangled and painful, and even his head was fixed on the bed.

Anger, fear, in an instant, filled all his thoughts.

Zhou Qun rebelled.

He immediately identified this terrible reality, but could not think of any solution to his current predicament.

The door creaked, followed by footsteps, and a face appeared above Cao Bin.

"The general has finally woken up?" Zhou Qun smiled and said authentically.

"Zhou Qun, do you dare to betray the Third Highness?" Cao Bin shouted angrily: "Your Royal Highness treats you well!" Cao has always been kind to you, you are so repeated, where is your conscience? ”

Zhou Qun sighed, pulled a chair and sat in front of Cao Bin, and said, "General, you can't blame me for this. I'm just trying to survive. If you don't bury tens of thousands of troops in Gunzhou and give me ten guts, I won't dare to do this! ”

"After the Third Highness solves the matter of Chang'an, he will definitely skin you when he comes back!" Cao Bin said.

"General, what's the use of you intimidating me at this time!" Zhou Qun shook his head and said: "Even if His Royal Highness wants to skin me, it will be a matter of the future, but if I don't lose my sincerity to Tang Jun now, they will skin me immediately." I said, I can't be blamed for this, you can only blame yourself. ”

Cao Bin's eyes were red, staring at Zhou Qun, as if he was about to erupt into flames.

"When the messenger first came, I was still trying my best to recruit government soldiers, organize reinforcements, and want to save the general, but unfortunately, as soon as the following prefectures and counties heard that the general was unlucky, there was no one who was happy to contribute money, so I gathered 3,000 people, how do you say to save you? Since I can't save you, I can only save myself. Zhou Qun said: "So, general, you planted the cause, and when you come to me, it's just a natural result, why do you have such a big grudge against me!" ”

Cao Bin fell silent for a moment.

Yes, there is a cause and effect, it was originally my own greed, if I just drove Dai Yue away, and was not greedy for the territory of Gonghai, I guarded Wuning and Huainan, how could I fall to this point.

"Zhou Qun, did you ask your son to sacrifice Huainan to Tang Jun?"

Zhou Qun nodded: "General, this is inevitable, Wuning is difficult to defend, it has become the mouth of the Tang army, Zhou wants to have a place in the Tang Dynasty, so that he will not be abandoned by them, he must make greater contributions." I'm afraid that the Tang Army will not count my dedication to Wuning as a credit at all, so there will only be Huainan alone. ”

Cao Bin sighed, his heart was like ashes.

"Of course, General Cao will also be my credit." Zhou Qun continued: "General Cao's identity is not trivial, and if I offer General Cao, I will inevitably be credited by the Tang Army." I really didn't expect that under such circumstances, General Cao would be able to escape back, but this is just right, it can make me make more contributions, I am here, I want to thank General Cao. ”

Cao Bin clenched his teeth and stared at Zhou Qun deadly, blood oozing from the corners of his mouth.

"General, please take a good rest, the vanguard of the Tang Army is only a day's journey from Xuzhou." Zhou Qun arched. "The officials of Wuning's subordinate states and counties have already gone right with Zhou. Now Zhou is coordinating everything, and he is really busy. Farewell. ”

Seeing that Zhou Qun was about to step out of the door, Cao Bin suddenly shouted.

"Circumference History!"

Zhou Qun turned his head, looked at Cao Bin who was at the end of his rope, and said with a smile: "What else does General Cao have to say?" ”

"There's not much more to say." Cao Bin said: "It's just a matter of asking for Zhou Changshi." ”

"We must work together, General Cao has always been kind to Zhou, as long as he can do it, he will do his best." Zhou Qun said seriously.

"Since you think that Cao has always been good to you, then Cao will ask you for one last thing." Cao Bin said: "Kill me and give my head to Tang Jun." A dead Cao Bin or a living Cao Bin has no effect on your merits, but it is different for me, I don't want to fall into the hands of Tang Jun alive. Kill me! Kill me! ”

Looking at Cao Bin, who was tied to the bed, gritting his teeth, and the corners of his eyes and mouth were bloody, Zhou Qun was shocked, took two steps back, stumbled on the threshold, and almost fell.

"Zhou Changshi, kill me, otherwise even after I die, I will turn into a ghost and ask for your life day and night." Cao Bin said sharply.

Zhou Qun took a deep breath, "Okay, since General Cao is bent on death, why don't I meet your last request, which can be regarded as the last thing our colleagues can do for you." ”

Clapping his hands, two guards outside the door entered.

Looking at the guards approaching step by step with a knife, Cao Bin smiled miserably, closed his eyes, and shouted: "Third Highness, the last general is sorry for you!" ”

The cold light flickered, the horizontal knife fell, blood splattered, and a large head rolled from the bed to the bottom of the bed, and his eyes widened in anger.

Zhou Qun shivered excitedly and walked away.

A day later, Jose led the vanguard of the Tang army to the city of Wuning and set up camp.

The gate of Wuning City was opened, and the governors and gentry headed by Zhou Qun led the sheep and pigs, and arrived outside the Tang Army camp with truckloads of military supplies.

Jose looked at the lifelike head of Cao Bin, which was burned on top of the big case, and was speechless for a long time. Liu Xing, who was on his side, had a complicated expression.

"Liu Xing, you drove a horse to catch up with a person who couldn't get it for hundreds of miles, and you died worthless so easily!" There were no outsiders in the tent, Jose looked at Liu Xing and sighed: "This person is also a generation of heroes, and it is really sad to end up like this." ”

"If you knew this was the case, why didn't you die under my knife at that time!" Liu Xing stroked the horizontal knife on his waist, "A certain family also thinks that he is a good man, and he died in the hands of such a pickled person, how can he die under my knife!" ”

"Let's talk about this here!" Jose also shook his head helplessly: "Anyway, Zhou Qun offered the heads of Wu Ning and Cao Bin, which can be regarded as a meritorious service, and this person's son Zhou Zhen is now in Huainan and still has a strong army, at this time, there is a high probability that he will also surrender to our army, no matter from which aspect, we must treat him well." ”

"But I just feel panicked!" Liu Xing hummed and said.

"Let's open some!" Jose waved his hand: "Lao Tzu doesn't want to enter the city, you lead the people of your headquarters into the city to station, control the state city, and wait for the arrival of the main force of General You Da in the follow-up before chasing me." ”

"Yes!"

"Urge Zhou Qun to prepare sufficient food and grass for our department, this way, there is no battle, I will speed up the march, arrive in Huainan as soon as possible, and join General Liu's soldiers and horses." Jose stood up and glanced at Cao Bin's head again: "Again, find Cao Bin's body, get a coffin to load him, and wait until General You Da comes, let's see what to do with it!" ”

Jose led his troops and horses to quickly advance in the direction of Huainan, and at this time, Huainan had already fallen into chaos, as the largest Liang army armed force stationed in Huainan Zhou Zhen suddenly announced the surrender to the Tang Army, and Su Bao, who was originally in Lianshui and Zhou Zhen's confrontation, took the opportunity to enter the territory of Huainan, and together with Zhou Zhen, the other remnants of the Liang army in the territory were swept away, and Liu Ruyan, who was still in Xuanzhou, got the news, and immediately sent Li Dang to lead the cavalry into Huainan, and the three soldiers and horses swept the leaves with the autumn wind. In a short period of time, Huainan was quickly pacified.

At this point, Li Ze finally extended his power to the south, starting from Shandong Province, connecting Gunhai, Wuning, Huainan and Zhejiang Province into a large area. The Yangtze River has become a long tentacle extended by the Tang Army, remotely controlling Yueyang, Jingnan and other places, and the only break point on this line is Ezhou.

But in such a situation, Liu Xinda of Ezhou has not much room to choose.