The army from the north moved very quickly, and before the Qihun camp entered Cen Peng City, the bank of the stream hundreds of steps away was immediately like a forest.

Wei Shanhong looked into the distance, then looked at the city gate building on his side, coughed and said: "Rule, the surname Su is not yet, unwilling to open the door, what?" The Ma army returned to the camp and hurriedly withdrew, and the remnants of the Qihun camp who had escaped followed Guo Ruke's military order and gathered again under Cen Peng City. The troops were sleepy and tired, and they urgently needed to find a stable place to rest, but to everyone's surprise, Su Zhao, who had been hiding in the city as a wall watcher, still closed the city gate.

This time, no matter how Wei Shanhong, Ha Mingyuan and others shouted, all the good words and swear words were scolded, Su Zhao simply ignored the wind in his ears and ignored them completely. Guo Ruke stopped Wei Shanhong, whose throat was almost hoarse, and said coldly: "Old Wei, don't waste your efforts. This surnamed Su is Wang Ba, who looked at Qingtian and made up his mind and shrank his head. If I want him to come out, I don't think it will be until the wall is collapsed. ”

Wei Shanhong's forehead was dripping with sweat, and he said anxiously: "If he doesn't open the door, what should our army do?" ”

Guo Ruke said: "Don't worry, let's take a look at the soldiers and horses who came over first." ”

During the conversation, the soldiers and horses from afar had arrived in front of the camp. As reported by the scouts, this was an army of horses, numbering about a thousand horsemen. And up to the knights, down to the horses, all have armor and bodyguards, and the armor pieces are layered and staggered, shining in the sun. With such excellent equipment, even the most elite Ma Guangchun Department who returned to the camp was much inferior, and the solemn military appearance and the faint murderous aura of the knights also made this horse army show some awe-inspiring momentum.

Through the banner set up in the horse army, Guo Ruke had already guessed the identity of the arrival, and the main generals on both sides dismounted to meet each other, and a burly silver-armored general who came out of the horse army reported to his home: "Under the left town mark, under the left Xiao battalion general Luo Dai." ”

Guo Ruke arched his hand and replied: "Guo Ruke, the battalion general of the Lutoudian reinforcement battalion." As he spoke, he secretly looked at the silver armor general who called himself "Luo Dai", and sighed in his heart, "It turns out that you are Luo Dai, but you are very famous." ”

This Luo Dai is a native of Licheng, Shandong, from Zuo Liangyu to the army, initially for the flag, Chongzhen five years with the troops to Henan, and then gradually promoted because of repeated military exploits. In less than three years, he has grown into a fierce general in his own right. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Luo Dai was assigned by Lu Xiangsheng to gallop to Chuzhou, and killed Dakou outside Chuzhou City to "shake the sky", and captured the war horse without a plan. Soon after, under the coordination of Zuo Liangyu, together with Chen Yongfu, Jin Shenghuan and other troops, he defeated Li Wanqing, who was in the limelight, and Ma Shouying, who was in the limelight, and Ma Shouying, who was in the limelight, and was regarded as one of the important generals who were comparable to Zuo Liangyu and Chen Yongfu and "relied on Henan Province to survive". Zhang Renxue, the Henan general soldier who threw his pen from Rong, attached great importance to him, "Make General Luo Dai the Chinese army." Dai Jianjun, repeated military exploits, Ren Xue relies on self-improvement".

However, no matter what, there are more Henan generals who go out of the Zuo family. Without Zuo Liangyu's backing, guests from other provinces such as Luo Dai, Gao Jinku, Jin Shenghuan, and Kong Daoguang would not have achieved today's status. Therefore, no matter who has come before or after, Luo Dai still only looks forward to Zuo Liangyu and relies on him as a backer, and even directly calls Zuo Liangyu "the head of the family" in private.

Zuo Liangyu has been in Henan since Chongzhen five years ago, and it has been nearly ten years. The rogues in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places have basically fought with Zuo Liangyu more than once, and even secretly have some shady deals. Since he is familiar with Zuo Liangyu, even Luo Dai, who has a close relationship with Zuo Liangyu, will not be unfamiliar. Guo Ruke clearly remembers that the first time he died in his life was due to Zuo Liangyu, at that time he was just the most inconspicuous miscellaneous soldier in the vast group of thieves.

As soon as he heard that it was Zhao Ying's person, Luo Dai did not neglect Guo Ruke because of his position, but behaved quite enthusiastically. Guo Ruke originally had a bad impression of Zuo Liangyu, but there was a way to reach out and not hit the smiling person, Luo Dai had a very good attitude, and he really rescued the Hun camp in a catastrophe, and Guo Ruke's initial prejudice also dissipated.

"The news that the thieves in central Henan have been transferred to northern Chu, Zuo Shuai and Zhang Junmen are worried that the thieves will be together, so they will block me and the Gao and Jin armies." Luo Dai spoke very quickly, and he could see that he was urgent, "I sent troops to Piyang County yesterday, and I learned that the Hui thief Ma army had taken the lead in infiltrating northern Chu, and immediately rushed overnight, and today I arrived in Huyang Town first, but unfortunately I was one step late......" Speaking of this, he glanced at Guo Ruke with an apologetic look on his face, "I heard that the thief was here, so I came here non-stop." only hated the thief and cunning, but taught him to escape in advance. ”

Guo Ruke was silent for a moment, sighed and said, "Lord Luo sent charcoal in the snow, Guo is very grateful." It's just that although the strong enemy retreats, the disaster comes from Xiao Wall......" as he said, moving his gaze to the quiet Cen Peng City.

Luo Dai didn't understand what he meant, Wei Shanhong stammered and said that Su Zhao was closed, he was immediately surprised, and thought secretly: "Could it be that the defenders in the city are worried that the thieves of the Zhao battalion are difficult to change, so they are on guard?" I first led the army in Huyang Town and did not save it, and then deliberately patrolled here, sitting back and watching the Zhao battalion soldiers suffer heavy casualties, it is already inappropriate, if the Zhao camp loses ground in northern Chu, it will not be good for Zuo Shuai. At the moment, as long as I don't damage my soldiers and horses, I can help one hand. Thinking like this, he patted his chest hard and slapped the breastplate to a crackling sound, "Brother Guo, don't worry, this matter is wrapped up in the lower body." ”

When the officials and soldiers in Cen Peng City saw another army and horses coming from outside the city, they had already informed Su Zhao of the situation. At this time, Luo Dai led the horse, and Da Ra walked to the city and shouted loudly, Su Zhao heard the words "Luo Dai" and "Zuo Town" in his ears, and he was shocked. The most feared person in his life is Zuo Liangyu, and now the people under Zuo Liangyu are calling the door, even if he is reluctant, he doesn't dare to turn a blind eye anymore, so he has to summon the archers to open the door.

The old, heavy gates slowly opened with a creak. The soldiers of the Qihun Battalion, who had long been exhausted and almost on the verge of collapse, all cheered when they saw that they were finally about to rest. Wei Shanhong looked around at the pleasant thunderous scene, and was greatly moved, and turned his eyes to see Guo Ruke, but he had long since disappeared. His heart tightened, and he walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Ha Mingyuan and asked, "Have you seen the rule?" ”

Ha Mingyuan shook his head and said, "No." ”

Although Wei Shan Hongkou was stubborn, his mind was not slow, and he secretly complained bitterly, and said to Ha Mingyuan: "You bring troops into the city, settle the soldiers and horses, and everything is controlled by you." "After that, call a few pro-soldiers and fly away.

Luo Dai also led troops into the city to rest for a while, and met Wei Shanhong, who looked hurried, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wei Shanhong reluctantly squeezed out a smile and replied: "Find Guo Tong to do something." ”

Luo Dai said: "I just saw that Guo Tongzhi took three or four people and went up to the city tower first......"

Before he finished speaking, Wei Shanhong shouted "bad", and immediately hurriedly said goodbye and went to the city tower. When I went to the city tower, I saw that the soldiers above were noisy, and it had already become a pot of porridge. He ran and jumped, pulling away the densest crowd in front of him, and was surprised to see Guo Ruke carrying a horsewhip and pumping hard. A person on the ground with his hair and feet stomped and his face is curled up and wailing, isn't it Su Zhao, the inspection department of the Lutou Shop?

It's ridiculous to say, in the crowd, including Guo Ruke, there are only five or six soldiers in the Qihun battalion, and all the others are archers under Su Zhao, and now seeing that the inspection is being drawn, the archers are gathered together, and their faces are anxious, but whether they persuade or look, none of them dare to step forward to stop Guo Ruke and save Su Zhao.

"What a dog's rammer, my camp is almost lost in your hands today!" Guo Ruke roared like an enraged beast, gritted his teeth, whip after whip, each whip seemed to use up the strength of his whole body, and greeted Su Zhao's body firmly. Although Su Zhao was wearing light armor, he was still beaten to death, "I am kind enough to send you into the city, but you will take revenge and pretend to be deaf and dumb!" If I knew this, I should have pushed you to the front of the battle this morning, and let the horse army of the thieves step on thousands of feet! Guo Ruke, who was angrily reprimanded, kept his hands for a while, and the more he talked, the more angry he became, and the whipping out only added more strength.

Poor Su Zhao still has the strength to forgive, only the ghost cries and the wolf howls.

Wei Shanhong saw Su Zhao's embarrassed appearance, and he was really relieved in his heart, but he immediately came back to his senses, pushed aside the crowd, took two steps forward, and Qian dissuaded: "Control, you can't do it!" ”

Guo Ruke glanced at him and turned a deaf ear. Wei Shanhong was in a hurry, listening to Su Zhao's shouting gradually weakening, and there were slowly a few blood marks on the ground, he was afraid that he would really be killed, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he jumped up and hugged Guo Ruke, and said in a loud voice: "Control!" Don't fight, don't fight! ”

Seeing Wei Shanhong coming out, the archers who had been watching from beginning to end rushed up as if they had just woken up from a dream and separated Guo Ruke and Su Zhao. Wei Shanhong first pushed Guo Ruke to the city wall with three or five soldiers, and then went to Su Zhao and asked, "Master Su?" ”

An archer probed Su Zhao's snort and replied: "The inspector is still angry......

When Guo Ruke heard this, he immediately blew him up: "Still angry? "Volleyed a whip in the air, loud as thunder, and was about to step forward again.

Everyone was panicked, and the three soldiers brought by Wei Shanhong were even more angry Guo Ru. The archers were frightened, and they were all frightened, as if they were about to abandon Su Zhao and scatter at any time. Seeing that Su Zhao, who was dying, was about to suffer again, thanks to Luo Dai's timely arrival, he rushed forward and grabbed Guo Ruke's shoulders and persuaded: "Brother Guo is angry." Thou art the lord of an army and thou hast a big heart, so why bother with such people? Then he said, "Su Zhao is unbearable, and he is also an official of the imperial court." Sit back and watch the friendly forces suffer and do not move, and deal with it according to the laws of the country. Lynching does not do good. Brother Guo still has a big responsibility, don't lose a big one because of a small one. ”

Wei Shanhong also walked back and said: "Su Zhao is bleeding from his nose and mouth, and if he fights again, he will definitely die." It is enough to teach him this lesson. In addition, he said, "The city is narrow, the matter of settling the soldiers has not been completed, and the battalion has not yet sent people to negotiate, and the commander is also requested to move to the council." ”

Luo Dai glanced at Su Zhao and shouted to the frightened archers: "If you don't take the master away, do you wait for him to die of his injuries or continue to kill people?" When the archers heard this, they hurriedly carried Su Zhao down the city with their hands and feet.

Guo Ruke had a calm face and stood at the head of the city without saying a word for a long time.

The defeat of the Qihun battalion reached Zhao Dangshi's ears on the same day. Before, although he was full of confidence and optimism, he did not think about failure. But, in any case, he did not expect the defeat to come so quickly and so badly.

The plan of the ambush in Huyang Town has become a flash, and the elite cavalry returning to the camp has also penetrated into their own territory. The plan could not catch up with the changes, and at the request of Zhao Dangshi, the officers above the sentry officer of the Zhao battalion were called to participate in the emergency military meeting overnight. When the meeting was set for Hai, except for the Qihun Battalion and the Feijie Battalion, Hou Dagui, Xu Hui and others were all present. There was still a quarter of an hour left before the military meeting began, but Hou Dagui, who had already sat down, found that Hui Deng, the outpost officer in the camp, was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Lao Huiren?" Hou Dagui was a little unhappy, and he looked up and down the whole camp, and only Whedon was worthy of being his confidant. If he was late and was punished, it would not only break Hou Dagui's face, but also ruin his impression in Zhao Dangshi.

"I don't know. Maybe there is military affairs on the side. Wu Mingfeng, the left sentry officer of the Wuqi Battalion who was questioned, shook his head slightly, although his military tent was closest to Hui Dengxiang, but he had no contact on weekdays.

"There's a bird's military business." Hou Dagui scolded in a low voice, "This thief pinches birds, don't oversleep the sleeping mother-in-law." ”

Still depressed, the guards opened the tent, Hou Dagui and others said that Zhao Dangshi was here, and they were about to get up to greet him, but they hooked their heads and came in. In front of everyone's eyes, Hui Dengxiang lowered his head, did not dare to look around, and hurriedly walked behind Hou Dagui and sat down.

"What do you do on a dog's day?" Hou Dagui said angrily, "Xu and Wang have all arrived, you are so powerful and pretending, do you want to enter the account with the lord to show off your majesty?" ”

Hui Deng accompanied him with a smile and said he didn't dare, Zhao was coming, there was a quiet atmosphere of freedom in the tent, no one was talking loudly, Hou Dagui scolded him twice, and he temporarily pressed his anger and pursed his lips silently. Wu Mingfeng gloated and stole a glance at Hui Dengxiang, but found that his face was scornful and unpredictable.