After the last rays of sunlight fell, Zhou Jun's pontoon bridge was also set up and docked, and the thick and long iron cable was connected from the other side of the river, firmly wrapped around the roots of the big tree.

The moat becomes a thoroughfare.

There were only 500 defenders left in Zhengyang Pass, and they were unable to defend the city, so they had to join forces with Zhong Hong, who was marching cautiously, all the way to Shouzhou, leaving behind people who were panicked.

Such news made Liu Renzhen's eyes black again, and the stars were black.

But he quickly stabilized his mind, waved his pen and wrote, and wrote a letter with a wave.

"The overseers, please take a look."

Zhou Tinggou took a look and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Jie Shuai, please modify one or two." ”

Seeing Liu Renzhen's brows furrowed, Zhou Tinggou sighed and said: "Jieshuai, you use your soldiers like a god, and the whole country is not well-known, but you are light on wealth and heavy soldiers, and you command troops in a good way, and you are already standing out from the crowd, and others are intolerable."

How can you take power and cause trouble again? Although this twist and turn is urgent, it is not bad for this moment, Rong is presumptuous, and he modifies one or two. ”

Liu Renzhen patted his forehead and said with a wry smile: "I am just a vulgar soldier, and now the military situation is urgent, and I should be able to defeat the enemy by giving orders, alas...... That's it, please bother more. ”

"For the sake of the matter, please sit down in peace, just for a while."

Zhou Tinggou sat back in his chair, took a pen and paper, and started a part, which was very different from Liu Renzhen's request for more troops and the detailed description of the strategy of guarding the palace.

The same Zhou soldiers invaded the territory, and the strength of the army was exaggerated several times, and then he was weak in his ability, so he could only barely defend the city of Yushouzhou, and asked the imperial court to send another general to defeat the enemy.

After writing it, I read it first, and at the end, I blew the ink, handed it to Liu Renzhen, and sighed: "No matter how you play, the right to be the commander of the three armies will definitely not be given to you, rather than this, it is better to be generous in advance." ”

Liu Renzhen nodded, said no more, and the two of them used to seal the letter separately, and then handed it over to the henchman who was waiting on the side.

"Hongling is urgent, and it will be sent back to the capital in an urgent manner for eight hundred miles."

"No."

Zhou Tinggou said to Liu Renzhen: "It's three watches at night, please rest first." ”

"It's okay, I'll sit down again, but tomorrow I will have a banquet for the squires and rich businessmen, and the prison army will have to spend a lot of time."

"The plan of the marshal to reassure the people is very good, and it is better to simply open your mouth and ask these squires to pay for food and lose money."

Liu Renzhen shook his head and said: "The grain in the city is in his warehouse and in his own warehouse, there is no big difference, I value people's hearts and manpower more." ”

“…… It's okay, then so-and-so will retire first. ”

……

Zhengyang Pass, on the banks of the Huai River.

Wang Yanchao, who took the lead in crossing the river, had a solemn face, and pressed Qin Yue's shoulder with his forehand to persuade him: "...... It's not the first time you've been on the battlefield, the soldiers will inevitably die in battle, they opened up the territory for the country, and they died as they deserved, you are the commander of a battalion, you must not be too sad, you must focus on the overall situation......"

Qin Yue took Wang Yanchao's hand away from his shoulder, and said coldly: "It's not that there are no ships, you have enough time to send another battalion of troops over, even if it's a box army."

But what did you do? A battalion of reinforcements wandered only on the river, a hundred-man crossbow team, and only a pot of arrows...... In the end, he watched from afar, and he couldn't save him when he died.

There are only 500 people in my Huya battalion, and 13 were killed in the first battle, and half of them were seriously wounded, you are satisfied! ”

The green tendons on Qin Yue's neck jumped wildly, his face was red and his ears were red, and he roared loudly: "Lao Tzu remember this day, always remember...... ...... forever"

Wang Yanchao was speechless with guilt.

He felt the anger and coldness of the surrounding Huya battalions, turned his head to look at the pontoon bridge that undulated with the river like a long dragon, and remembered Li Qian, who took the initiative to volunteer as reinforcements, but never went ashore, did he really dare to take a big risk?

Wang Yanchao was a little puzzled, but it was an indisputable fact that the Huya Camp was damaged, and he felt the same way, and a trace of bitterness quietly came to his heart.

"The deceased is ...... Now that the strength of your battalion has been greatly damaged, it is better to replenish the troops as soon as possible, whether it is from the box barracks or recruited on the spot. ”

"Someone."

"Yes."

"Allocate twenty eagle strike crossbows, five hundred crossbow arrows and the Huya battalion."

"Handsome ......"

Wang Yanchao shook his head gloomily and said, "It's enough for our army to keep eighty bodies, just go back and write down the reason and then ask the court to apply." ”

“…… Promise. ”

Wang Yanchao patted Qin Yue's shoulder again and said, "By the way." He didn't stay any longer, turned over his horse, and galloped straight to Zhengyang Pass.

Chen Scar also patted Qin Yue's shoulder and pulled him to the side to rest.

Qin Yue burst into tears again, muttering words that no one could understand, and suddenly raised his sword to slash, a tiger roared, and the neighing of war horses in the distance came and went.

Jia Yin was directing the Flying Tigers to ride the pyre, and although they had also been killing for a day, the infantry battalion was obviously more tired than them, and they did not want to see the tragic situation of their close comrades, so the task of burning the corpses and turning them into ashes fell on their heads.

The five big racks of firewood have been set up, and after the last corpse is moved, Jia Yin said to Qi Sanduo: "Blow the assembly trumpet, beat the victory drum, and everyone will come to send them off." ”

Qi Sanduo responded in a muffled voice, and ran over to make arrangements.

After a while, the horn of "woo" sounded, followed by the war drum of "dong dong".

The whole camp of Huya stood up.

Chen Scarzi, Qin Yue, Zhao Shanbao, Qiao Qingshan, and Ye Husheng each held a butter torch in their hands, and stood silent for a quarter of an hour before throwing them at the fire in front of them.

A raging fire ignited, and in a short time everything was enveloped.

"Good go, brothers!"

Holding a bamboo tube in his hand, Chen Scar sprinkled the liquor onto the fire, leaving the last sip, tilting his neck and drinking it all.

On the other side of the river, Li Gu, who was directing the army to pass through the camp, looked at the sudden sky-high fire and was silent for a long time.

In the end, he sighed and said coldly to Li Qian, who deliberately turned back from the other side: "The old man is an excerpt, you are ready to defend yourself." ”

Li Qian laughed and said: "Li Xiang, why did he say this, the military order is like a mountain, the army wants to cross the river, this beach landing is the proper righteousness, either this battalion does it, or that battalion does it, even if there is sacrifice, it is normal."

What's more, now that the victory is great, the 1,000 defenders of Zhengyang Pass were defeated, and the Shouzhou army was defeated and fled, and our army only lost less than 200 people, which is the supreme glory, and the last general does not want to grab the merit, so he has not been ashore, and Li Xiang also saw the final result, how brilliant.

Li Xiang, the good intentions of the last general's adulthood, don't get me wrong. ”

Li Gu snorted coldly and said, "General Li, please be commensurate with your military position in the army, this commander is busy with military affairs, General Li please take care of yourself." ”

"This ......" A trace of annoyance flashed in Li Qian's eyes, but the smile on his face was a little bigger, "Yes, yes, the last general should also gather his troops and horses, and then retire." ”

Seeing Li Qian leave, the disgust on Li Gu's face could no longer be hidden, but he quickly shook his head self-deprecatingly and took out a letter from his arms, tore it to pieces, and threw it into the Huai River.

The most difficult thing in the world to repay is the debt of favors.