In September, the autumn colors are splendid, on the land of Sanxiang, the mountains are undulating and stretching, the green, yellow, and red leaves are uneven together, there are rivers passing through the mountains, and the riverside is the farmland that has been harvested, and the small villages are distributed in the meantime.

Among the grass and trees in the mountains, there are faint people gathering, in a trench made of stagnant water and rubble and messy, nine figures are gathering together, and Qu Qing, who is the leader, puts a few small stones next to the simple mud composition on the ground, and his words are low.

“…… The news has been confirmed, and there are more than 1,000 people in total, and there are also one or two thousand who were killed in Pingjiang in front. We can flee west and south, but they are the head snakes, and once we meet our heads, we are very passive, so we will kill Liu Qusheng first and then go. ”

“…… More than 1,000 people in Liu Zhuosheng, there are more than 60 fast horses in front, and the leader is called Wang Wujiang, who is said to be a fierce general, two years ago he led his men to fight the bandits on Lu Wangzhai, and he took the lead in the soldiers, and the soldiers used their lives, so his subordinates were very obedient to him...... Then this time it's almost the old rules, their team came from that side, the mountain road narrowed, the back could not be seen, the front would be blocked first, the artillery would hit seven inches first, Li Ji, one of your platoons hit the back section first, make a momentum, Zuo Heng is responsible for the response......"

“…… They are considered locals, and more than 1,000 people chase our 200-strong team, and they have never been out of touch, so they are cautious enough...... As soon as the battle started, the back section of the mountain could not be seen, and Wang Wujiang had two choices, either to return to help or to settle down and take a look. If he settles down and doesn't move, Li Ji and Zuo Heng, you will try to eat the back section as much as possible, and push people forward, once Wang Wujiang starts to move, let's attack, Zhuo Yongqing and I will lead the team, tear the horse team apart, and focus on taking care of Wang Wujiang. ”

“…… Yu Chen, who is in charge of the partition here, has prepared grenades and crossbows, and whoever wants to rush up to save them will be stunned......"

In a low and rapid voice, Qu Qing had already made arrangements, several squad and platoon commanders nodded simply, received the order to leave, Qu Qing raised the binoculars and looked at the surrounding mountains, and was still whispering in his mouth.

“…… Wang Wujiang's purpose is to pursue, the speed can't be too slow, although there will be scouts released, but there is a great possibility of dodging here, even if they can't dodge, Li Suwen They intercept them on the mountain, as long as they are killed on the spot, Wang Wujiang can't react. Brother Zhuo, change your hat. ”

As he spoke, he untied the small burden on his side and threw it aside, Zhuo Yongqing caught the burden and threw the burden on his side to Qu Qing, each with a helmet in the baggage.

At this moment, in the baggage in Qu Qing's hand, there will be a cluster of scarlet tassels on the top of the hat he is wearing, which is a conspicuous symbol that Zhuo Yongqing's team has had since they left Chengdu. When it came time to negotiate and negotiate with others, Zhuo Yongqing wore this red tasseled crown and a blood-red cloak behind him, saying to the outside world that it was the trophy of the killing of Lou Mur back then, which was extremely arrogant.

When they were attacked or lured by the enemy on the way, Zhuo Yongqing and Qu Qing took turns to wear the hat, and since they left Chengdu for nine months, their team has suffered many attacks and suffered a lot of attrition. At this time, Zhuo Yongqing's body still had unhealed injuries.

He opened the burden thrown by Qu Qing, put on a protective steel helmet, and shook his neck. After more than nine months of hardship, although there is still a team secretly protecting them, at this time, everyone in the team, including Zhuo Yongqing, is already full of vicissitudes and full of anger.

"It's okay, you lure Wang Wujiang over, and I killed him with my own hands...... Mother's Liu took the sound, and on the surface, he turned his head and sent someone, traitor, I remembered ......"

Before the enemy arrived, Qu Qing did not take out the red tasseled helmet, but said in a low voice: "Two early negotiations, the people who turned their faces on the spot died inexplicably, Liu Qusheng guessed that we had someone in ambush secretly, and when we left, the backhand in the secret also left, he sent someone to pursue, and it is estimated that the internal investigation and rectification have begun...... Don't look down on Wang Wujiang, this guy opened a martial arts gym back then, known as the first knife in northern Xiangbei, with strong martial arts and very strong skills. ”

"Oh......" Zhuo Yongqing thought for a while, "The first knife in Xiangbei is so domineering...... How is it compared to Liu Dabiao back then? How ...... compared to Mr. Ning"

"Well, it is precisely because there is a Badaozhuang in Miaojiang that no one has dared to take a name like Huxiang First Dao in this green forest for decades. But compared to Mr. Ning...... Qu Qing didn't know what he thought, his face showed a complicated look for a moment, and then he reacted and said affirmatively, "Well, of course it can't be compared." ”

"I knew ......" Zhuo Yongqing nodded confidently, the two of them hid in the trench, and there was a bush behind them, after a while, Zhuo Yongqing's serious expression on his face disintegrated, and he couldn't help laughing, Qu Qing laughed almost at the same time, and the two laughed in a low voice for a while.

"When I go back, I'm going to tell Mr. Ning about this." Quqing Road.

"Whirring ......"

“…… When the time comes, he will hit you in the face with a trick of the Heavenly Seal, so that you know the consequences of making fun of your superiors, that is, you will die like Lu Tuo......"

"Haha-ahem......"

Zhuo Yongqing finally couldn't help it, hit his head on the muddy ground, and held his stomach and trembled for a while. The fact that Ning Yi likes to pretend to be a martial arts master in the Huaxia Army is only circulated among a few people, and it can be regarded as a strange "leader anecdote" that only high-level personnel can understand, and every time they talk about each other, they can appropriately reduce the pressure. In fact, now Mr. Ning is one of the best people in the whole world, Quqing Zhuo Yongqing made a little fun of these interesting things, and there was also a pride in his chest.

The afternoon sun gradually turned obliquely, and in the road under the mountains, the pursuing troops stirred up floating dust and went around this side, with armed horse teams in front, infantry in the middle and rear that had lost their form a little in pursuit, and the veterans of the Chinese Army, who had long been accustomed to various forms of combat in the bushes and bushes on the mountains, roughly understood what level the quality of the other side was.

Stepping over the shaded bushes, Qu Qing raised his right hand and silently bent his fingers.

Three

Two

One

……

Artillery roared.

Zhuo Yongqing wiped his cheeks stained with loess, and his gaze had completely calmed down. Press down on the shank.

On the mountain road, there is a bloody light rushing to the sky-

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The northwest end of Dongting Lake, a suburb of Huarong County.

Mighty and smiling through the mountain road, the military camp in front of him was in sight, Liu Guangshi opened the curtain of the carriage, and looked at the Wu Dynasty flag fluttering in the military camp in front of him with deep eyes.

Not long after, the convoy arrived at the barracks, and the generals who had been waiting for them came out from inside, and introduced Liu Guangshi and his party into the big tent of the barracks, and the general stationed here was named Nie Chao, with more than 40,000 elite soldiers under his command, and it had been more than two months since he was instructed by Liu Guangshi.

Passing through Huarong to the east, it enters the Dongting Lake area. At this time, Liu Guangshi led more than 300,000 troops and firmly occupied the area north of Dongting Lake, but Yueyang and other places south of Dongting Lake were still contested by all parties, and Changsha to the south was occupied by Chen Fan at this time, and the Jurchens did not come, and I am afraid that no one would be able to drive them away.

Miao Miao Dongting Lake, is the rear of Liu Guangshi's operation, once the Wu Dynasty completely collapsed, the front line can not be defended, Liu Guangshi's army into the lake area to defend, can always hold on for a period of time. After the Nie Dynasty occupied Huarong, he invited Liu Guangshi to inspect several times, and Liu Guangshi had been operating in the front, and at this time, he finally put an end to the preparations for the north to face the sticky Han and rushed over.

Withdrawing from Xiangfan to the south, the army was spread out as much as possible in the north of Dongting Lake, and he used the greatest strength to keep as many autumn harvest fruits as possible. After the account was raised, he had words of encouragement to all the generals under the command of Nie Chao, and when everyone retreated, Nie Chao took out a list of various accounts and handed them to Liu Guangshi for review, and Liu Guangshi looked at them under Nie Chao's gaze.

At a certain moment, he propped his head and said softly: "Wen Kai, have you ever thought about what will happen next?" ”

Nie Chao opened his words, heard the boss ask, and arched his hand: "My generation of martial artists, just a dead country." ”

"Hmm." Liu Guangshi nodded, "That's why you thought about it, bring someone and kill Jiangning to save the driver." ”

Nie Chao was still arching his hands there, he was stunned at this time, the atmosphere in the big tent was solemn, and he lowered his head: "Dashuai Mingcha, how can my generation of Wu Dynasty sergeants, at this moment, see the prince trapped in the Jedi, and see death and not save him." Now that the marshal already knows, it's much easier to talk......"

"Did you know that you're all going to die on the road?"

"It's not me who goes forward, it's not me who marches alone, it's not just me who dies on the road, as long as I die enough, I can save the prince...... We were discouraged and discouraged because...... The upper level is incompetent, the civil ministers are chaotic, so the world has declined to this point, at this time, since there is a prince like Mingjun, who entered Jiangning and fought against the Jurchens for several months without giving up, how could we not die for it. ”

"Do you know that Rong Kuang, the staff member who persuaded you to send troops, has already voted for the Jurchens?"

Nie Chao was slightly stunned.

Liu Guangshi took out a stack of letters from his body and pushed it forward: "This is ...... Look at the letters of his fornication with the Jurchens. ”

"How's Rong Kuang? He said earlier that he was going home to say goodbye to his mother......" Nie Chao picked up the letter and opened it tremblingly.

"It was fake that he said goodbye to his mother, but it was true that he connected with the Jurchens, and when he was arrested, he resisted stubbornly...... It's dead. Liu Guangshi said, "But we found these letters. ”

"Rong Kuang and the last general have known each other since childhood, he wants to connect with the Jurchens, he doesn't have to go out, and since there is an exchange of letters, why should he use the excuse of visiting his mother to go out on adventures?"

"When he wants to settle his family, but also meet with the connector by the way, General Nie, I have all the investigation documents and processes here, but I am afraid that you will not believe it, so I have brought them."

"These things, how do you know that they are not fake?"

"How can you doubt me so much?" The white-haired general looked at him.

Nie Chao looked back: "It's just because ...... Rong Kuang's words are reasonable, and he is the last general...... I want to go to King Qin. ”

"Nonsense." Liu Guangshi paused word by word, "You have fallen for the Jurchens' scheme." ”

The big tent was quiet, the eyes of the two generals were facing each other, and after a while, Nie Chao held the letters, his eyes sad.

"Rong Mo will go...... Think about it. ”

Liu Guangshi nodded, and waited until Nie Chao retreated to the side of the door before he spoke: "General Nie, since the commander is here, he is not unprepared, no matter what you decide...... Think again. ”

“…… Be. ”

Nie Chao slowly retreated.

The light in the big tent was bright for a while, and after the curtain was lowered, it was darkened, Liu Guangshi sat quietly, his eyes flickered, listening to the sound outside, and after a while, someone came in, it was the staff who came with him.

"How's it going?"

"It seems...... General Nie has not yet acted impulsively. ”

"That's good...... Liu Guangshi closed his eyes, let out a long sigh of relief, and only heard the staff say: "As long as there is nothing to do today, it seems that General Nie will not start, and after half a month, the marshal can replace him......"

"Alas......"

In response to the staff, Liu Guangshi sighed heavily, tiredly......

……

In the months since Zhou Yong fled to sea, there has been almost no place for calm in the whole world.

Near Changsha and around the Dongting Lake area, conflicts and frictions of all sizes gradually broke out, like water droplets dripping into boiling oil, and the oil pot crackled and tumbled.

These frictions are not large-scale military conflicts, but the constant collision of people who want to protect themselves, people who are at a loss, people who are brave and generous, and people who go with the flow...... Under the manipulation and co-optation of various forces, they gradually began to express their positions, and countless small-scale fights began to break out.

Since July, the lobbyists of the Huaxia Army have been in action, the lobbyists of the Jurchens have been in action, the lobbyists of Liu Guangshi have been in action, and the people who have spontaneously risen up in their hearts of the Wu Dynasty have been in action.

In mid-July, Rong Ji, the prefect of Pingjiang, was so frightened that he left because he was assassinated twice.

In late July, the river and mountain bandits near Miluo attacked the county seat in the name of reviving the Wu Dynasty, and more than 300 people from Linxiang, known as the Mai Society, took to the street with knives, forcing the government to express their stance to belong to Liu Guangshi, and the army in the city suppressed it, and the blood flowed like a river.

In August, Xiangyin, which had more than 7,000 defenders of the Wu Dynasty, expressed its intention to join the Jurchens under the persuasion of the Jurchen spies and Niu Baoyuan, the former prefect of Changsha, and the rebels immediately revolted.

Mid-August, late August...... Although Chen Fan took Changsha, the total number of Miaojiang troops was originally not much, and holding the city was already the limit, and several special operations teams withdrawn from Jiangnan were active in it, seized a lot of victory materials, and also lobbied and won the goodwill of some forces to the Huaxia Army.

However, in early September, the three surrendered Han armies totaling 140,000 people originally stationed on Jiangnan West Road began to march in the direction of Changsha, and the disputes between large and small forces near Changsha gradually subsided. The forces that expressed their position, or did not express their position but actually surrendered to the Jurchens, gradually increased again.

……

As the sun sets, the smoke of gunpowder fills the mountains, and the smell of blood spreads.

The fleeing soldiers scattered into the distance, or were driven across the fields, jumped into the nearby creek, and drifted downstream, strewn the fleeing horses, some counting the wounded and captives, and stabbing the tips of their spears on the dying horses of the cannonballs.

Zhuo Yongqing, who was wearing a steel helmet and a human head, walked up the hillside, Qu Qing sat next to several corpses, half covered in blood, and the doctor accompanying the army was bandaging the wound on the left side of his body.

"Ah, it hurts......" he grinned and hissed.

Zhuo Yongqing took off the red tasseled iron crown on his head: "It's good that you're not dead, I grabbed some horses, and I can carry you away." ”

"You have to go quickly...... What are you doing with your head? ”

"The first knife in Xiangbei, I'll show you."

"Bad luck ......" Qu Qing grinned, and then looked at the head, "Okay, don't take it everywhere, although he is from the green forest, he used to be a hero, he was a heroic man, he was chivalrous and righteous, helping his neighbors, and when he was in addition to the mountain bandits, he was also a heroic and heroic person." Before going to find Liu to take the sound, Feng Zhen inquired about the intelligence there, and when it was the most intense, this good man could consider fighting for it. ”

"In other words, he came with more than a thousand people to chase and kill, and it is possible that he will let us go." Zhuo Yongqing picked up the head and looked at it with four eyes.

"......" Qu Qing glanced at him, and then said, "It hurts to death." ”

Zhuo Yongqing's question naturally has no answer, for more than nine months, dozens of times of life and death, it is impossible for them to put their safety on this small possibility. Zhuo Yongqing stuck the other party's head on the stick on the side of the road, and when he came over, he saw Qu Qing on the ground calculating the situation nearby.

"Chongyang Liu takes the sound, Pingjiang Yu Daya, if the two sides are connected in tandem to invest in Jurchen, this piece will be connected, more than 100 miles, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Yu Daya, this guy, seems to be reckless and heroic, and he is going to do this kind of thing at the end of the day - he wants to use you as a vote and make a good name in front of the Jurchens......"

Zhuo Yongqing sat down: "Guo Baohuai, when will they be killed?" ”

"Guo Baohuai 50,000 people, Yu Gusheng 40,000 people, plus Li Touhe more than 40,000 people, three directions, Yu Gusheng arrived first, it is estimated that after five to seven days, you can enter the Pingjiang area, just the Han army, now 140,000, plus those who have come one after another, plus those who have surrendered to Cheng one after another...... On our side, there are only more than 15,000 people in Changsha, and our gang of stragglers are brave......"

Qu Qing drew a map on the dirt, drew it here, and looked back, the small battlefield below had been almost cleaned up, and the wounded on his side had basically been treated, but the traces of iron-blooded killing and the corpses would not be eliminated. The words that came out of his mouth were said at this point, and for some reason, he almost laughed at the disparity and despair of the situation in his own mouth.

"His mother's, how to fight this battle......" Qu Qing found the commonly used swearing words within the General Staff.

Zhuo Yongqing also sighed: "Yes." ”

The two sighed there for a while, and after a while, the team was reorganized and ready to leave, Qu Qing wiped off the pictures on the ground with his feet, and with the support of Zhuo Yongqing, he got on the horse with difficulty.

“…… There are still five to seven days, Feng Zhen's side is estimated to be already in the heart, Yu Daya's animal is with us, let's go around and see if we can find a way to kill him......"

"Listen to you."

"Think about it, when did you use your brain, Brother Zhuo, I found that you became more and more lazy after you came out, you weren't like this when you were in Zhangcun......"

"Brother Qu, I trust you."

“…… Forget it, next time you wear a red hat, it's good, I won't rob you, anyway, even if your brain is bombed, it won't be a big loss for our Huaxia army. ”

"Hahahaha......"

The sun was setting in the sky, and the team that had just experienced the battle turned towards the other side of the mountain road in the final silhouette, and Zhuo Yongqing's heroic and hearty laughter came with the evening wind.

In mid-September, this was just a glimpse of the countless tragic battles near Changsha. Soon after, the first batch of surrendered Han troops of up to 140,000 men would arrive here and launch the first wave of offensive against Chen Fan's army, which had only more than 10,000 men.

But soon after, the real first wave of the offensive was launched by Chen Fan first.