When Zhang Shumo heard Shang Lei's words, he only felt a surge of blood rushing to the back of his head, and suddenly felt a flower in front of him and slipped off the horse.

Liu naturally followed Zhang Shumo's side, and when he saw him suddenly fall off the horse, he caught Zhang Shumo in a flash, so that he would not fall to the ground.

Zhang Shumo closed his eyes vigorously, then stood up, and he walked in front of Shang Lei: "Where is my lady?" Didn't she escape with you? ”

"If you return to Gongzi, when your subordinates escaped, there was chaos in the city, and your subordinates didn't know what the situation was with Lou Junhou." Shang Lei lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhang Shumo.

Zhang Shumo took a deep breath after hearing this, and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart: "Who attacked Qinghua City?" ”

"It's Xu Liangcheng's people, and the general who took the lead is surnamed Xiao."

Zhang Shumo was even more angry when he heard this: "Xu Liangcheng's people? Liu Ye took away so many soldiers and horses from Xu Liangcheng, how many people are left in the city? Even if all the remaining soldiers and horses go to attack Thanh Hoa, you shouldn't lose so quickly! ”

"Back to Gongzi, there was a spy in the city, and the spy secretly opened the city gate this morning and let the enemy army in, otherwise the city would not be lost." Shang Lei also held his breath in his heart, this battle was too aggrieved.

Zhang Shumo clenched his fists, and no longer asked Shang Lei, and directly turned over and got on his horse: "Everyone listen to the order, go full speed, and take Qinghua City back!" ”

"Wait!" Zhang Yan hurriedly stopped Zhang Shumo: "Zhang Gongzi must not be impulsive, you must focus on the overall situation!" Although we inflicted heavy losses on Liu Ye's troops last night, there are at least 5,000 men and horses left in Xu Liangcheng, and there are not a few cavalry. Since they have premeditated an attack on Qinghua City this time, it is very likely that they will deliberately set up an ambush and wait for Gongzi to return! ”

After listening to Zhang Yan's words, Zhang Shumo calmed down a little. Zhang Yan is right, since the other party dares to fight Qinghua City, he must have thought of how to deal with himself, maybe they have already laid a trap and waited for him to take the bait! But if you don't go back, what will Lou Zaiying do? What about the safety of the people of a city? Could it be that in times of crisis, I have to leave my family and people to live alone?

Thinking of this, Zhang Shumo said firmly: "Even if the other party prepares a sea of swords, mountains and fires, I have to go back, this is my responsibility as a husband and as the lord of a city!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Shumo was about to urge the horse forward, but Zhang Yan grabbed the reins: "Zhang Shumo!" Is now the time to get pushy? For the sake of your responsibility, do you want to send all of our more than 10,000 people to death!? ”

Zhang Yan was also anxious, although he had more than 10,000 people, there were only about 3,000 veterans, and the rest were all recruits who had been trained for less than three months, and it was difficult to form an effective combat force in a real fight. And the other party has clearly set a trap and is waiting for Zhang Shumo to drill, wouldn't it be in the hands of the enemy to go back at this time?

Zhang Shumo was stunned, and tears began to roll in his eyes. At this moment, his reason overcame emotion, and now he is going back with everyone, it is unknown whether he can recapture Qinghua City, but he will definitely lose a lot of people and horses, and he must not gamble with the lives of his soldiers! Now that Xu Liangcheng's soldiers and horses have reached Qinghua City, the defense in Xu Liangcheng must be very empty now, and now is the perfect opportunity to attack Xu Liangcheng!

Thinking of this, Zhang Shumo took a deep breath, then dismounted and kowtowed three times in the direction of Qinghua City: "I can't go back to rescue today's incident, it's my Zhang Shumo who is moral, but I am also a last resort, Zhang Shumo is here to make amends to everyone!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Shumo turned over on the horse again, and said to everyone with a hideous face: "Brothers! The Northern Route Army destroyed our homes, and now we are homeless! Since they want to wipe us out, let's let the Northern Route Army know how powerful we are! Everyone listens to the order, the target is Xu Liangcheng, and move forward at full speed! ”

Among the people present, only Liu Tiantian, Lu Li and Hu Kun had seen Zhang Shumo's hideous expression, the last time Zhang Shumo showed this expression was when Liu Kuang slaughtered the Lou family, that time Zhang Shumo killed Liu Kuang and his subordinates, a total of more than 1,000 people! So everyone knows that this time Zhang Shumo is really angry, and the consequences of this anger are very serious!

This time, without Zhang Shumo's urging, everyone's marching speed was much faster than before, and under the condition that everyone was traveling day and night, they rushed to the foot of Xu Liang City in the early morning of the next day.

There are red lanterns hanging on the walls of Xu Liangcheng, which seems to reveal a hint of New Year's joy, but an arrow broke through the lantern and ignited the lantern paper. Soon, a rain of arrows shot at the wall of Xu Liangcheng, and then a deafening shout resounded through the countryside.

This time, in order to ensure the capture of Qinghua City, Peng Mao took almost all the soldiers and horses of Xu Liang City, and only 1,000 people guarded the huge city. However, Zhang Shumo's side has tens of thousands of men, and the Northern Route Army defending the city is about to collapse at the touch of a button, and they have thrown in, and Zhang Shumo's soldiers have taken Xu Liangcheng without blood!

As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Shumo asked the officers and soldiers guarding the city about Liu Ye's traces. It turned out that after Liu Ye returned to Xu Liangcheng after being defeated, he learned that Peng Mao and Xiao Pi had led people to attack Qinghua City without authorization, and he was angry and scolded directly. can be scolded and scolded, Liu Ye is still clear about the current situation. If Peng Mao and the others conquered Qinghua City, Zhang Shumo was likely to bring the army to fight Xu Liang, so Liu Ye simply went north to find Peng Mao and the others for the sake of his own safety.

Then Zhang Shumo asked about the situation of the soldiers and horses of the Northern Route Army, Peng Mao attacked Thanh Hoa this time, taking away 3,000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry for a total of 5,000 people. If the city gate had not been opened, they would not have been able to defeat Qinghua for a while.

After figuring out the situation of the other party's troops, Zhang Shumo no longer hesitated, thought for a moment and immediately began to arrange tasks: "Lu Li listens to the order, you take someone to arrest all of Peng Mao's family members for me, and let's escort his family to Qinghua City!" Since Peng Mao is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shumo looked at everyone again: "Liu Tiantian, I'll give you a thousand men and horses, you show me all the prisoners, don't let them make trouble." ”

"Brother Shang, you take 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard Xu Liang, this time there is no room for mistakes, and if you find a suspicious person approaching the city gate, you will be killed directly!"

Arranged properly, Zhang Shumo and Zhang Yan led the men and horses to Qinghua City, along the way, Zhang Shumo's horse rode fast, he wanted to put on his wings and fly to Qinghua City, but Peng Mao's family was slow, which greatly delayed the speed of the march.

Zhang Shumo was very annoyed by this, he picked up the horsewhip and came to Peng Mao's family, and looked at them coldly: "I advise you to hurry up, I'm very anxious now, I'm in a bad mood when I'm in a hurry, I want to kill someone, if you want to challenge my patience, you can try it!" ”。

The Peng family bowed their heads and remained silent, unconsciously speeding up their pace. At this time, a person in the crowd suddenly waved at Zhang Shumo and said, "Zhang Shumo, it's me!" I was captured by Peng Mao! ”

Zhang Shumo looked for a sound, Niu Qi was actually mixed in the Peng family's team, and for a moment Zhang Shumo seemed to understand something.