In the dark night, Zhang Sihu, who had died tragically, was lying on his back on the ground, his hideous expression seemed to stay in the surprise at the moment when he was stabbed to death. In the fierce battle, the soldiers of the western battalion first frightened away with hundreds of elite horses, and then more than 1,000 horses and horses in the battle also scattered in an uproar. Meng Aocao and Hu Keshou each led the horse army back to see Han Gon, but they saw Yang Zhaofeng holding Cui Shuqiang's mutilated corpse and tears raining down.

"The heroic death of Cui Zhongjun is the glory of my Zhao Ying! The post of the Chinese army was temporarily replaced by Meng Aocao. Han Gon's face was like a mountain, "The remaining ten warriors, write down their names and wait for a reward later." Don't drag the mud and water, the voice continued, "Order, the whole army retreats and transfers!" ”

"Retreat and transfer?" Meng Aocao has fought bloodily until now, and his three hundred horsemen have also died a lot, looking at the robes everywhere and the corpse of Cui Shuqiang, who can't bear to see, he really can't swallow this breath, "The thief is defeated, just go into the city with one blow!" ”

"You can't kill it." Not far away, a war horse walked slowly with small steps, and the purple-robed knight on the horse said coldly, "The thieves here are just a drop in the bucket, we just happened to meet the thief himself." Further inside, there are countless rogues all over the city, and once they fall in, they will never be able to get out. ”

If it weren't for this purple-robed knight who suddenly killed Zhang Sihu and shattered the morale of the elite cavalry in the Xiying, the Feijie Left Battalion would never have been able to win the battle. Han Gon coughed lightly, didn't take it big, and urged him to step forward and ask, "Your Excellency is good at martial arts, don't you know your name?" ”

"Hao Mingluan." The purple-robed knight suddenly shed a few tears when he replied, "Hao Jingchun, the parent official of Fang County, is the father of the family. ”

Han Gon and the others were shocked when they heard this, and after being shocked, they hurriedly saluted and said, "It turned out to be Hao Gongzi, disrespectful!" Then he asked, "But Childe is from the city, I don't know what the situation is in the city?" ”

Hao Mingluan gritted his teeth and said: "The gatekeeper commanded Zhang Sanxi to offer thieves, and opened the door at night to cause the county to fall." My father and the county officials have all sacrificed their lives to the country! I fought with my family in the streets, escaped from the city, and kept this life, not to steal a living, but to kill thieves! ”

Han Gon bowed his head and said: "It turns out that there are traitors who should respond, and it is no wonder that the county town has fallen." ”

Hao Mingluan said with red eyes and hatred: "When the thieves entered the city, they first controlled the gates and the internal and external passes. In order to capture me, the thieves led their light soldiers to chase me, but there were tens of thousands of horse thieves behind them. At present, the county is full of thieves, and entering the city can only be self-defeating. As he spoke, he arched his hand in the direction of Cui Shuqiang's corpse, "These brothers are all real men, and they died to save my Fang County, I admire them!" ”

Han Gon sighed several times, persuaded Yang Zhaofeng, who was in tears, and the soldiers quickly rolled up the corpses of Cui Shuqiang and others on the horse, and said to Hao Mingluan: "The sacrifice thief is powerful, and the county town has fallen, and it is difficult for us to recover." Our army is determined to retreat temporarily, and if the son does not give up, he can go with me. "Persuade again," Stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood." The coming day is long, and the son's blood and hatred have a lot of time to be revenged, so don't be angry and lose your mind at the moment. ”

"Who do you belong to? Bear-sama? Hao Mingluan asked.

Han Gon replied: "No, Yunxiang Town Zhao General Soldier." ”

Hao Mingluan was stunned when he heard this, and then said to himself: "Every time you slaughter more dogs, you are mostly readers." Then he breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I'll follow you." ”

The fires along the road in the direction of the county town were rising and falling, and Han Gon was worried that the defeated troops in Xiying would come back with support, so he did not dare to waste any more, and quickly led the army to evacuate. The horse army traveled more than ten miles and returned to the Qili plaque.

In the middle of the bloody battle, the people of Feijie's left battalion were sleepy and lacking horses, except for Meng Ao and Cao's hundred horsemen to patrol the periphery, the rest of the soldiers and horses were all released from combat readiness to rest, or sleep with the armor, or treat the wounded, or take care of the dead.

As a comrade-in-arms who has been with him all the way, Cui Shuqiang's death hit Yang Zhaofeng even deeper than that of his second brother Yang Chengfu. On the way back to the army, Yang Zhaofeng's mind turned out scenes of sharing weal and woe with Cui Shuqiang, and his chest was as tight as a wall, so that he was almost out of breath.

Cui Shuqiang, who was beaten by countless blades, died in a miserable state, his facial features were blurred, his body was also fragmented, and the mat wrapped in the corpse had already seeped black and red with blood. Under the persuasion of Han Gon, Yang Zhaofeng agreed to bury Cui Shuqiang on the spot, dozens of soldiers did it, and after a while, the grave pit of Cui Shuqiang and Miao Yaonian and other warriors was hastily dug up.

There were also a few warriors who couldn't find a complete corpse, so they took swords or armor and buried them instead. The loess was flying, and a shovel gradually covered the faces and bodies of Cui Shuqiang and others. Han Gon led all the soldiers and knelt down three times to the eleven simple tombs, and then the leader shouted: "Tiger-" and then shouted, "Brave-"

"Tiger—"

"Yong—"

The soldiers also shouted to the ninth power. The cry fell, but the sound still echoed in everyone's ears. It seems that heaven and earth are echoing the soldiers, sighing for these warriors.

Yang Zhaofeng silently inserted a piece of bark without words in front of Cui Shuqiang's grave, grabbed a handful of soil, and threw it into the air. Yang Zhaofeng said resolutely in a deep voice at the same time: "Old Cui, go on the road with peace of mind." Your revenge, I will avenge you! ”

Before the words were spoken, a person behind him also said: "I will also report it." Turning his head, it was Hao Mingluan.

"What's this brother's name?"

Yang Zhaofeng told the truth and said: "I don't know about the others, I need to return to the camp to find out." ”

Hao Mingluan nodded, the two chatted for a while, and Yang Zhaofeng said: "Hao Gongzi, our army is one step late, and I didn't save Ling Zun......"

"It's not your army's fault. In the past few days of defending the city, my father has sent more than ten letters to the old men of Xiangyang and Yunyang to ask for help, all of which have sunk into the sea. If you really count it, they are the arsonists, and what does it have to do with your army? ”

"Alas, fate makes people. If it can be postponed for a day or two, and when the main force of our battalion Zhao arrives, it must be Lingzun's life. ”

Hao Mingluan said with a straight face: "You are wrong, it's not that my father's life can be saved, but Fang County's life." My father was the ruler of Fang County, although he failed to hold the county seat, but he coexisted with the county seat, and it was also called a place to die and an honor. ”

"That's what Hao Gongzi said."

Hao Mingluan tilted his forehead slightly, and sighed: "Since my father took office last year, he has planned to govern the county dozens of ways, all of which are key acts of kindness. It's a pity that the thief rose up, and he had a bloody ambition, but he didn't have time to carry it out. "Speaking of this, I was saddened.

Yang Zhaofeng was silent for a moment and then said, "Listening to Hao Gongzi's accent, he is not a northerner." ”

"In the next life, I lived in Yangzhou Mansion, and my father was an official, so I came here. Before that, he also studied in Nanjing Guozijian, and in the past few months, he has come to Huguang Province for Jiaci, unexpectedly, ......"

"Fortune is unpredictable, and Hao Gongzi's festival is smooth." Yang Zhaofeng couldn't help but ask, "Once the thief is raised, Huguang will soon become a Shura field, Hao Gongzi's future is critical, and when our army is tentatively determined, after finding Ling Zun's body, we can send Hao Gongzi to return home." ”

"No, I've decided not to go back."

Yang Zhaofeng was taken aback and asked, "Why is this?" After thinking about it, he said, "The sacrifice thief is powerful, if the son wants to avenge his father with his own strength, I am afraid it will not be easy to do, and he will give his life in vain." ”

"I know." Hao Mingluan said solemnly, "My father died tragically, and I didn't accompany Jiuquan for the sake of a great revenge." If you don't take revenge, you will be a walking corpse when you go back, and you will just live with shame. ”

"......"

"Brother Yang understands what he meant. Offering a thief is not a day to get rid of, and father's revenge is not a day to be avenged. Therefore, as long as the thief is still in Yangzhou for a day, I will not return to Yangzhou for a day! Hao Mingluan suddenly stopped, and said, "If you follow in the footsteps of my father, I have no regrets." ”

Yang Zhaofeng looked at his determined expression, choked in his throat, and had other words of persuasion, but he couldn't say anything.

A few hours later, the long night finally ushered in the dawn.

Zhao Dangshi, who stayed in Jinniu Temple, also quickly learned of the changes in Fang County, the morning fog of Qili Plaque had not dispersed, and a thousand soldiers of the Wuqi Battalion had arrived, and they were in line with the Feijie Zuo Battalion. Now that the county seat of Fangxian County has fallen into the hands of thieves, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai will no longer defend the city, after all, there are tens of thousands of people. It is too difficult for Zhao Ying to storm down. Zhao Dangshi made a quick decision, did not advance to the county seat, but turned to Qingfeng Town in the northeast, and directly attacked the soldiers and horses of the Xiying entrenched there.

Although Han Gun's army was exposed, after all, Zhang Xianzhong was injured, and the current situation in Fang County is undecided, Xiying and Cao Ying must not only further search and kill the scattered rebels inside and outside the city, but also seize the time to plunder and loot, so many things are tied together, Zhao Dangshi estimates that before the coordination of the main force in Fangxian Xiying is completed, there will be at least one to two days to fight.

So the soldiers and horses of the Zhao battalion continued to pull out, and in the afternoon, with the Feijie Zuo Battalion as the pioneer, they attacked the ground of Qingfeng Town along the northeast and eastward. Ma Yuanli and Zhang Guoxing focused on defending Wu Mingfeng and Chang Guoan, who were eyeing the stone cliff in the east, and cut off the connection between the Feijie Zuo Battalion, which had arrived one step earlier, and Fang County, since they would never have thought that Fang County had changed hands in less than two days, let alone that Zhao Dangshi had led the army back to his back.

Feijie Zuoying rushed all the way through many virtual passes to the west of Qingfeng Town, and broke into the plain dam of Qingfeng Town at dusk. Only more than 1,000 people under Bai Wenxuan's subordinates in the west of the town were guarded in Taohuagou. Han Gon drove forward, and the horse army of Feijie's left battalion only rushed twice, and Bai Wenxuan was already defeated. Han Gon remembered Zhao Dangshi's previous orders, did not chase after the rout, nor did he take advantage of the victory to advance, and held on to Taohuagou until Zhao Dangshi and Hou Dagui led Li Yanlang and Xiong Wanjian to arrive at the second outpost of the Wuqi Battalion - at this time, the Xiying soldiers in Qingfeng Town had just reacted.

Ma Yuanli didn't expect that he would make dumplings for the official army for some reason, and he panicked. Feng Shuangli and Qi Sansheng were urgently summoned to support the army, but as soon as Feng and Qi moved, the sensitive Wu Mingfeng immediately sensed that the situation had changed. Xiong Wanjian still hesitated, thinking that it might be a fraud from Xiying, but under Wu Mingfeng's persuasion, he still stubbornly followed him through the stone cliff pass. After advancing for seven or eight miles, he did not see the Xiying ambush, but instead captured and killed many Xiying soldiers who were left behind by the team, Xiong Wanjian believed that Feng Shuangli and Qi Sansheng were indeed on fire at home.

Qingfeng Town is located in the plain, there is no barrier, Wu Mingfeng and Xiong Wanjian found Zhao Dangshi, combined into one, when Zhao Ying Wu Ying, Feijie Zuo Battalion Ma Bu Army 3,000 besieged Qingfeng Town Xiying camp. The combat effectiveness of Ma Yuanli's troops and horses was weak, and the sky was not dark, and the camp was already full of leaks, and there was no defense at all.

Bai Wenxuan, Feng Shuangli, Qi Sansheng and other Xiying generals escorted Ma Yuanli to desperately break out of the encirclement, chased after Han Gon, and had to abandon their horses and climb the mountains and escape. Yang Wei and He Yuntian, the deputy commanders of the West Battalion, all died in the battle, and hundreds of the first rank of the West Camp soldiers were killed, and the remaining three or four thousand people basically fled, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the whole army was annihilated.

Riding into the disastrous Xiying camp, Zhao Dangshi's first sentence was to shout: "Where is the head of the three harriers?" A very important reason for his determination to attack Qingfeng Town this time was to destroy the Xiying fierce general "Three Harriers" Zhang Guoxing and his five hundred elite horsemen. There is nothing to be happy about defeating Ma Yuanli, if Zhang Guoxing can be destroyed, it will be the real result of the war.

However, when asked, the soldiers who attacked the camp had not even seen Zhang Guoxing's shadow.