The well door closed, and the tiger dared to sit on the bed, staring blankly out of the window, the window lattice gradually appeared and became clear in the darkness, and the two-foot-sized light was divided into small squares, fragmented. The window was open on the west side, no sunlight came in, and the day dawned.

On the fourth watch last night, a rout in Hecheng County fled back, which alarmed the bedridden Hu Kang. Regardless of everyone's obstruction, the tiger dared to climb the head of the city of Jingmen Pass, which was extremely high, although it was thirty-eight miles apart, Hu Dare still saw the light of the fire in the distance.

Persuaded by the generals to return to his residence, Tiger dared to sit on the bed without the slightest sleep. This expedition has taken two days, except for Jingmen Pass, not a single county has been taken, 40,000 soldiers and horses have lost 10,000, four Jinhu generals have lost two, and the most important second son Huli was killed. Losing a child in old age, the tiger dares to twist his heart like a knife, feeling stuffy in his chest, fishy in his mouth, and there are signs of vomiting blood.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the chamberlain came in with the witch officer, praying for the tiger to exorcise the demon. Tiger dared to wave his hand to rebuke the witch official, and asked the attendants to call Chikouzhe and Xipa, and asked, "Has Le Da ever returned, how many people have returned from Hecheng County?" ”

Hippa replied: "Yuleda has not come back yet, and more than 4,000 people have returned from Hecheng County one after another. ”

Hu Dare sighed and said sadly: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to come back, alas, he is twenty years younger than me, but he left before me." Could it be that God is punishing me Rong Mi, the general of the national loss, the pain, the sorrow, the pain, the pain, the Isaido. ”

Seeing that the king's eye sockets were deep-set, his gray beard had turned snow-white in the past two days, and his cheeks were unusually red, he hurriedly persuaded: "King, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, the king takes care of his body, and the last general is willing to lead 10,000 light horsemen to avenge the prince and the two generals." ”

Tiger Dare shook his head, closed his eyes and gasped at the head of the bed for a while, then opened his eyes and said, "The sharp energy has been lost, and nothing can be done." Retire. ”

Chikouzhe and Xipa were both shocked, looked at each other and knelt on the ground, Xipa said: "King, although our army has suffered a small setback, its strength still exists, although the Zheng army has won a series of victories against our army, but according to the report, there are not many of them, and it relied on Hecheng County to use tricks to win by luck." Now that the city has been burned, it is not difficult to defeat this Zheng army with a little caution, and if the king does not believe it, General Chi and I are willing to make a military order. ”

Hu Dare motioned for the two of them to stand up, and sighed: "This eastward invasion I use light cavalry to achieve a quick victory, take at least six cities on the border of Zheng State within three or five days, grab the Tuncang in my hands, and then use the superior forces to defeat the Zheng army in Huazhou, break through the border pass of Zheng State from the inside out, and recruit 100,000 horses and horses from the country to garrison before the arrival of the army of Zheng Guo'an's Western Protectorate, and establish an offensive base in Zheng State." Unexpectedly, Jingmen Pass easily entered Hecheng County, but it was repeatedly unexpected, and even Huli died in Hecheng. ”

Closing his eyes and taking a few breaths, calming down his sadness, Hu Dare continued: "The time has been lost, calculating the time, the garrison of Huazhou will arrive at most one day, even if you capture Hecheng, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture Tuncang, let alone capture the six cities, and when the reinforcements from the Anxi Protectorate arrive, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to withdraw safely." ”

Although there were only 40,000 light cavalry in this eastward invasion, Hu Kang brought half of the elite in the country, and now nearly 10,000 people have been lost. Not to mention that Xiu Li and Wei Che will be looking at the delay, even those subject countries are afraid that they will make small calculations, and they are willing to gamble and lose, and the eastward invasion is almost completely defeated, so it is better to lose face and save the foundation, take the rest of the army back to China, and wait for the opportunity.

Chikouzhe and Xipa were silent for a moment, knowing that Hu Dare was right, the combat effectiveness shown by the Zheng army in this eastern expedition was amazing, and when the Anxi Protectorate moved to Huazhou, it would be difficult to invade the east in the future. With a bitter heart, the two went out to arrange for the withdrawal from the army without mentioning it.

Hu Li got up from the bed with the help of the attendants, and said to Chouke, who was standing on the side: "You go to Hecheng County and bring me the head of Zheng Jun's team, and Li'er's revenge cannot be avenged." ”

After a while, more than ten war horses rushed from Jingmen Pass to Hecheng County. Hecheng County is already a hell on earth, Jiang Anyi ordered to dig a pit outside the west gate to bury the burned corpses, Siyu covered his nose and said: "How can there be kung fu now, the Rong Mi people may come to attack the city again, wait for two days." ”

"It will stink in two days", Jiang Anyi said expressionlessly: "People die for the greatest, and the earth is safe, if the Rong Mi people want to come, we will leave this place to them, it is estimated that these Rong Mi people will not ignore the corpse of their robes." ”

Staying in Hecheng County to clean up the battlefield was 3,000 light cavalry, and the Rong Mi people left nearly 1,000 war horses, which made Guan Pingzhong quite happy, as long as he had horses, he could form light cavalry, and there were 4,000 light cavalry in hand, plus he was friendly with Jiang Tingshi and relied on each other, even Yang Xiangliang had to give him three points of face.

Guan Pingzhong rode on the horse, looked at the miserable situation around him, and said with a calm smile: "It doesn't matter if the Rong Mi people are coming, it's just to add some credit to us." Master Jiang's trick of digging the road is really wonderful, the Rong Mi people are all light horses, and the road is not smooth, and we can only open our eyes when we see it. At most, Lin Liyong will be able to arrive with his troops at noon tomorrow, and there will be 3,000 light cavalry, 12,000 infantry, and more than 20,000 tunding, which can definitely support the arrival of reinforcements from the Anxi Protectorate. ”

Jiang Anyong was in high spirits, and Guan Pingzhong promised him that after the war, he would ask for merit from the Ministry of War for him, and the merit of killing the second prince of Rong Miguo and the general Jin Hu was enough to make him promote three levels in a row, at least the Zhaowu captain of the sixth rank, if the Son of Heaven was happy, maybe he could jump to the guerrilla general from the fifth rank, and then step into the ranks of middle-level officers.

Looking at the big pit dug out, Jiang Anyong said with great ambition: "Brother, when the battle is over, you might as well build a monument here." I've heard that storytellers often talk about mass graves, this is a veritable mass grave, you write an article engraved on the tablet, warning those Rong Mi people dare to invade my Da Zheng, this mass grave is their end. ”

"Good idea", Guan Pingzhong high-fived, he was fortunate to participate in this war, if it is really according to Jiang Anyong said that the monument is erected, his Guan Pingzhong's name will definitely be on the monument, and he will be able to be famous all over the world, passed on in the future, and will be honored and descendants.

The sound of horses' hooves came from the avenue in the direction of Jingmen Pass, and everyone watched vigilantly forward, and many light horsemen dropped their corpses, turned over on their horses, and drew their knives in their hands to be on guard. The sound of horses' hooves was crisp, there were not many people coming, and there were still twenty zhang away from Jiang Anyi and the others, and more than ten horsemen restrained the war horses, and the two sides looked at each other.

"Zheng people on the other side, who is the person in charge, King Rongmi sent a messenger to write a book."

The matter involved military affairs, Jiang Anyi motioned for Guan Pingzhong to speak. Guan Pingzhong replied loudly: "This official Zheng Guoan Xinan, the loyal general Guan Pingzhong, where is the letter of King Rongmi?" ”

Chou Ke glanced at Guan Pingzhong more, jumped off the horse, put his hands in his sleeves, and walked towards Guan Pingzhong. Guan Pingzhong sat on the horse, waiting for the messenger to get the letter from his sleeve, and Jiang Anyi on the side watched the person walking calmly, walking like flowing water, as if it was slow and fast, and the distance of more than 20 zhang was in front of him in an instant, and he was clearly a martial arts master.

"Be careful", Jiang Anyi hurriedly urged the mount, wanting to block in front of Guan Pingzhong. Choukeduo's hands stretched out from the wide sleeves of his robe, and he held two scimitars that were about a foot long. The body is like electricity, the knife is as cold as ice, and the thick figure jumps up lightly, and the short knife wipes away towards Guan Pingzhong's neck.

Guan Pingzhong didn't expect that the person who wrote the book would poison him, and the steel knife hung on his waist and he didn't have time to pull it out, and when he saw the knife breaking through the air, he had to lean back and fall on the horse's buttocks. Jiang Anyi sat on the horse and couldn't help, jumped up from the horse on tiptoe, and threw himself towards Chookedo.

Chou Keduo didn't pay attention to Jiang Anyi at all, his body twisted in the air, avoiding Jiang Anyi like a ghost, his body sank, and the short knife in his hand pierced Guan Pingzhong's lower abdomen. Guan Pingzhong secretly said that it was not good, and tried his best to roll on the side of the horse, trying to fall to the ground to avoid the short knife. Jiang Anyi stretched out his feet in the air and kicked towards Chou Keduo's head, surrounded Wei to save Zhao, and forced Chou Keduo to save himself. The sleeves of the thick and fat robe opened, as if there were more wings, drawing an arc, so that Guo Jiang Anyi's feet and Guan Pingzhong fell to the ground at the same time.

Guan Pingzhong fell off the horse, Chou Keduo stood on the ground, Jiang Anyi's figure rushed in front of the two, as long as Chou Ke probed his hand more, Guan Pingzhong's life could not be guaranteed. From the violent time of Chook Keduo to the landing of Guan Pingzhong, but in the blink of an eye, Si Yu was the first to react, smacked lightly, urged the horse to hit Chook Duo, pulled out the sword from his waist and threw it towards Choukeduo, Jiang An Yong on the side stepped forward immediately, ready to attack left and right, and in the distance, Zheng Guo's light horsemen rode their horses and whipped up, and surrounded more than ten Rong Mi people.

Hou Keduo stretched out his hand to shoot down the sword, looked at Guan Pingzhong, who was rolling and avoiding, knowing that the opportunity had been lost, and if he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would be surrounded by Zheng Jun and his life would not be guaranteed. The breath rushed in his body, and his figure floated up, falling lightly on Guan Pingzhong's saddle, his legs were lightly clamped, and the horse rushed forward.

Jiang Anyi was in front of the horse, and he felt embarrassed by being avoided by Hou Keduo just now, of course he would not let him escape easily. With both hands clenched into fists, Yuan Xuan's true qi swelled like a hammer, and he didn't dodge or dodge, and hit the horse's head. The galloping horse was hit by a 10,000-handed mallet, and fell to the ground with a miserable "boom".

Feeling the fierce fist wind, Shou Keduo screamed, his clothes were blown by the wind, like a goshawk spreading its wings, people were in the air, and the horse neighed miserably. Like an eagle fluttering, the short knives of his hands grabbed Jiang Anyi's shoulders like sharp claws, wanting to unload Jiang Anyi's arms.

Staying still, Jiang Anyi snorted coldly, and a stream of air arrows spit out from his mouth, breaking through the air and screaming, shooting straight at Chou Keduo's chest. Apparently not expecting someone to be able to breathe out his true breath, he hurriedly withdrew the short knife and held it horizontally in front of his chest. The strength of the qi hit the short knife, and Hou Keduo snorted in pain, and his figure swept up crookedly, floating past Jiang Anyi's left side.

Jiang Anyi's left palm slapped rapidly, and a strong qi went towards the back of the thick heart. Chou Keduo was affected by Jiang Anyi's true qi just now, his true qi was not running smoothly, he felt the strong wind behind him, and tried his best to use his true qi to twist his body, but he was still swept by the palm wind and swept his left arm, snorted, pushed by the palm wind, and jumped forward.

More than ten of his subordinates rushed to meet the horse, and Chou Keduo turned over his horse, glanced at Jiang Anyi, and led the crowd to gallop away.