Lu Kan received He Qi's letter, opened it and saw that it read, "Tonight's third watch, I will open the city gate to welcome the general into the city!" ”。 Lukan asked the sender in disbelief, "Why do you want to help me?" ”

The messenger hurriedly put on a smiling face: "It's not that He Tao is blind, he has to return to Shun Zhang Shumo, who in the northwest doesn't know that the Su family is the king of the northwest, and our lord naturally wants to abandon the dark and turn to the light!" ”

Lu Kan nodded: "Okay, lay down Xiu Wuzhi, I'll give you the first credit for the master!" ”

After sending away He Qi's subordinates, Lu Kan's subordinates hurriedly reminded: "General, we don't know whether this He Qi is reliable or not, does the general really have to act according to his strategy?" In case it is the enemy's trick......"

Lu Kan smiled: "It doesn't matter, no matter whether this He Qi is really obedient to you and me, we are all attacking the city in the third watch!" If he is sincere, we can go straight in and take down Xiu Wuzhi in one fell swoop. If he is deceitful, let's attack directly, I can't do it, a group of villagers can still block our 5,000 West Route Army! ”

Soon it was ten minutes of the third watch, and the Western Route Army did not light torches, but quietly touched Xiuwuzhi with siege equipment. When he was less than five hundred meters away from the city gate, the city gate suddenly opened, and He Qi came out with his soldiers: "General, I am He Qi, and the city gate has been occupied by me!" ”

Seeing this, Lukan was overjoyed, and raised his halberd: "The soldiers rush with me!" Kill those who resist! ”

In an instant, shouts erupted in Xiuwuzhi City, and the flames soared into the sky.

Hu Xing didn't know why the Western Route Army appeared in the city, but he didn't think much about it, and began to fight street battles with Lukan with his men. He Luo was so frightened that he hid at home and didn't dare to go out, so He Tao had to take two thousand villagers to meet the enemy. But after all, the combat power of the township soldiers could not withstand the Western Route Army, and the other party was a sneak attack, He Tao led 2,000 men and horses to fight and retreat, and he had no intention of fighting at all, only Hu Xing led the men and horses to resist desperately.

The fighting in the city continued until Yinshi, when there were only a few dozen people left around Hu Xing, surrounded by the Western Route Army in the alley. But Hu Xing would rather die than give in, and Lu Kan cut off Hu Xing's head and hung it on the city wall in order to make an example of the monkey. He Tao and He Luo saw that the defeat was decided, and hurriedly surrendered. At this point, the Western Route Army had completely mastered Xiuwuzhi.

He Qi was worried that the He family knew that he had betrayed the He Tao brothers, so he conspired with Lu Kan to execute the He Tao brothers, Lu Kan looted the money of the two brothers' families, and He Qi seized the two brothers' land. He Qi became the head of the He family, and also became the county commander of Xiu Wuzhi.

On the other side, Shang Lei received a letter of help from Xiu Wuzhi, and convened the backbone of the big tea castle overnight to discuss countermeasures.

Because Zhang Shumo ordered people to reclaim the wasteland, woodland, and beach land around the big tea castle into cultivated land, there are nearly 20,000 acres of farmland that needs to be ploughed in spring. Everyone didn't dare to delay the progress of spring ploughing, so it was finally decided that Shang Lei would continue spring ploughing with 5,000 men and horses, and Lu Li and Hu Kun would take 5,000 men and horses to support Xiu Wuzhi.

In the evening, Lu Li came to Xiuwuzhi with soldiers and horses, but before he opened the city gate, he first saw Hu Xing's head hanging on the wall, and he was immediately furious. And Hu Kun fainted even more angrily when he saw his brother's head.

At this time, Lu Kan, who had already been prepared, laughed on the city wall: "You rebels and thieves, I didn't expect my Lu to defeat Xiuwuzhi so quickly, right?" Since I'm here, I'm going to entertain you well, come and release the arrows! ”

In an instant, arrows rained down, and Lu Li hurriedly fled backwards with the people. Lukan took advantage of the situation to pursue, and Lu Li's troops had no morale at all, and had no intention of responding to the battle, so they fled all the way back to the Big Tea Castle.

Soon, the news of Lu Kan's victory spread to Qinghua City, and Su Yi learned that Lu Kan not only defeated Xiu Wuzhi, but also defeated the reinforcements of Dachabao, and was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Lu Kan to be named the general of Dangkou, with a rank of 1,000 stones.

Seeing Lu Kan's great victory, Dou Ai was envious in his heart, so he said to Su Yi: "General, Lu Kan has defeated Xiu Wuzhi, and the morale of Zhang Shumo's army has been frustrated, now is a good time to attack!" Please give the general an order, and I will go and bring him the stockade of 2,000 people in the southeast of our camp!" ”

"Good! I will give you two thousand men and horses to attack the camp. Let's work hard to annihilate Zhang Shumo in one fell swoop and take Qinghua City! ”

Dou Ai gave the order and immediately led the troops out of the camp.

At this time, Zhang Shumo had just learned the news that Xiu Wuzhi was captured and Hu Xing was killed in battle. He froze in place, unable to accept this reality for a while. Although Hu Xing did not have much contact with Zhang Shumo, in Zhang Shumo's impression, he has always been the kind of taciturn but very reliable partner. I didn't expect the Western Route Army to defeat Xiuwuzhi so quickly, I think there must be something strange in it, could it be that the He family has defected?

Pang Yuan stood aside and comforted Zhang Shumo: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and please don't blame yourself too much." ”

Zhang Shumo nodded, and before he could speak, a guard hurriedly ran in: "Young Master Qiyu, there is movement in the camp of the Western Route Army, and they sent a force to kill the camp in the southeast of us." ”

Zhang Shumo's eyes narrowed after hearing this, and he clenched his fists: "It's just in time!" General Pang, gather the soldiers and horses, let's avenge Brother Hu! After saying that, he quickly wrote a letter and asked the guards to send it to Thanh Hoa City, while he led the army to the southeast camp.

At this time, Dou Ai led people to start a melee with Zhang Shumo's troops in front of the southeast camp, and Pang Yuan's deputy general chose to stick to the camp, relying on the fortifications to fight back and forth with Dou Ai's troops in front of the camp.

Not long after, Zhang Shumo and Pang Yuan arrived with a large army, and after Su Yi got the news, he also came out with his men and horses, and the two armies confronted each other in the southeast camp.

"Hahaha! Zhang Shumo, you must already know about Xiu Wuzhi, right? That's what happens to me! Su Yi said in high spirits.

Who knew that Zhang Shumo not only did not get angry, but laughed: "Hahaha, General Su can't help but be happy too early, since you have defeated Xiu Wuzhi regardless of your old feelings, then I can go to fight Xu Liangcheng without any care!" ”

"Humph! If you don't pretend in front of me, how can you have the strength to fight Xu Liangcheng? Su Yi immediately suppressed his smile, and thought about what tricks Zhang Shumo would have.

Zhang Shumo smiled: "After eating your more than 10,000 horses, then Xu Liangcheng is not just for me to fight?" Why do you think I threw Xu Liangcheng to you so happily? Don't leave a back hand, do I dare to be so generous? After speaking, Zhang Shumo looked at Zhang Yan intentionally or unintentionally.

When Su Yi heard this, he looked at Zhang Yan with Zhang Shumo's eyes, and a cold sweat instantly broke out behind his back: Zhang Yan is only a few steps away from him, if Zhang Yan betrays, my life will be over! Thinking of this, Su Yi looked at Zhang Yan vigilantly, for fear that he would suddenly turn against him.

Zhang Yan also realized Zhang Shumo's intentions, and immediately explained to Su Yi: "General Su, this is Zhang Shumo's discordant plan, don't be fooled!" ”