In the middle of September of the fourth year of Hyeondeok (957 AD), Jinju.

In the east of the river, the mountains and rivers run from north to south like ravines, such as the terrain of the word "Sichuan". Hedong is also the middle of the north on the Shenzhou chessboard, and it has always been the core of the attack and defense of the eastern and western forces in the north; It is also a corridor from the north to the Central Plains. The middle basin corridor of the mountain range has always been war-frequent...... Such as the place of the Battle of Changping (Gaoping), such as Jinju (Linfen).

Now Jinju is once again shrouded in the flames of war.

It is the dry season, the Fenshui flows slowly in the west, and the towering city tower on the east side of the river and the Luliang Mountain on the opposite bank are far away. To the south of the city, the dust and fog covered the sky, and the war horses and soldiers in the yellow dust were like clouds driving the fog.

Ballistas and stone projectiles flew in the air, and the "clang" and "bang" of wood rubbing against each other were mixed with the shouts of the people, and there was a noisy noise up and down the city wall.

Murong Yanzhao looked at the countless siege equipment and dust under the city, and said with round eyes: "Why didn't the rebels rush up to attack the city this morning?" Is it going to blow up the city? ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden loud "bang", and a large stone fell on the wall outside the city tower, and suddenly the broken stone and bricks were splashed, and several soldiers around hugged their heads to dodge. "Ah......" a soldier screamed with his thighs hugging his thighs, "my legs! ”

Xiang Gong looked over, turned his head to Murong Yanzhao and said, "In case of explosion, as long as the gap is blocked, gather the strong men to repair it overnight." ”

Murong Yanzhao frowned and said, "The key is when will the imperial court reinforcements come?" Li Chongjin is also marching towards Jinju, when Jinzhou will be besieged by 60,000 troops, can we hold this point? ”

Xiang Gong was silent.

Murong Yanzhao said again: "Tokyo is nearly a thousand miles away from Jinzhou, Guo Shao is too late, it seems that you and I are really going to die here!" ”

Xiang Gong showed a strong smile on his face: "Dying on the battlefield and the horse leather shroud has always been the ending I am looking forward to, as a martial artist, is there a better way to die than this?" ”

"...... to the section handsome," Murong Yanzhao's broad face in the middle of his beard showed a look of emotion.

Xiang Gong patted Murong Yanzhao on the shoulder and said, "If Guo Shao doesn't arrive, I will lead the Zhen'an army with two thousand iron cavalry out of the city for a decisive battle; Where Jinzhou is going will be handed over to Murong Jieshuai with full control, and he will not be reluctant. ”

At this moment, there was a sudden loud "boom", and the faces of Xiang Gong and Murong Yanzhao changed, and they felt that the city wall seemed to tremble. In an instant, earth and rocks splashed not far from the city wall in the east, and a large puff of white smoke rushed up and flew straight into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, another puff of white smoke rushed up in front of the fence under the city. The smoke of gunfire soared rapidly, and soon half of the city wall was shrouded in gunsmoke, and nothing could be seen.

The screams from afar soon passed through, and looking into the distance, the rebel fortifications about two hundred paces away were filled with gunsmoke, and in the vast fog, many people were holding their heads and running around, and the war horses were panicked, and a large number of horses galloped wildly.

"The wall didn't collapse?" Xiang Gong shouted after a moment.

The surroundings were soon shrouded in smoke, and the sound of "cough, cough, cough, cough ......" was everywhere, and Murong Yanzhao's voice said, "! What the hell, the walls didn't move, the smoke was too big......"

At this moment, Zhang Jianxiong, who was deployed on the main road between the north and south, shouted, and suddenly the horse's hooves roared, and Zhang Jianxiong ignored the frightened war horses and led the cavalry to swarm towards the position of thick smoke.

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"Forbidden reinforcements are coming!" A military general entered Li Jixun's Chinese army tent and hurriedly reported it.

Li Jixun's troops had just been in a mess because of the failure of the bombing of the city, and the atmosphere was gloomy, and this news made it even worse, and the generals were in an uproar.

"Impossible!" Li Jixun said angrily, "Tokyo is thousands of miles away, did the forbidden army fly over with wings!" ”

The military general who came in said: "The last general doesn't know, the banner is 'Generalissimo Guo Shao' of the world's soldiers and horses, and the Guanzhi brigade is full of elite soldiers, all equipped with war horses, except for the forbidden army, where are there so many horses......

Zhao Kuangyin's black face was very gloomy, and he was embarrassed to speak for a while.

Li Jixun asked, "Where have the people gone?" ”

The military general said: "The last general came from Jiangzhou, and the enemy soldiers arrived in Jiangzhou, and the assassin who surrendered half a month ago must be surrendered again...... The last general and other troops were weak, so they had to evacuate the place first. ”

"It's only a hundred miles away from Jiangzhou." The staff reminded.

Li Jixun asked, "How many people?" ”

The general replied, "It seems...... There are twenty thousand. ”

Li Jixun paced back and forth in front, "It may be the left wing of the Hujie Army, that is Guo Shao's descendant, the horses should be mobilized and supplemented from various armies, the Hujie Army is mainly infantry, and the cavalry infantry does not have to care about the horsepower consumption before the war; That's how fast you run...... But he should leave some people on the left side to defend the situation in Tokyo, and these people may not be mainly from the Tiger Army. ”

Everyone looked at Li Jixun to make up his mind, and then Li Jixun turned around and said: "There are only 20,000 people, and you can still fight!" Taking advantage of the exhaustion of its troops from afar, let's go forward for a decisive battle! ”

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help it when he heard it, and hurriedly persuaded: "Don't do it!" The combat power of the forbidden army is the best in the world, Brother Li does not have much advantage in numbers, and he is a local town soldier, so the chances of victory are not great; In addition, you are facing the battle to the south, and there are Jinju defenders behind you, so it is very likely that you will go out of the city to attack Brother Li's belly. ”

Li Jixun said: "Then what does Brother Zhao think should be done?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "For today's plan, retreat north, retreat into the Northern Han Realm, and wait for Li Chongjin to join forces, and then decide the victory." ”

Li Jixun shook his head and said: "A few days ago, someone came from Tokyo to report that there was no movement in the forbidden army; Combined with the time spent on the road, it was only 12 days. In other words, Guo Shaobu rushed from Tokyo to Jiangzhou in a maximum of 12 days. At this speed, the distance is only 100 miles, can we win? Unless everything is lost, then what will I eat?

Besides, as soon as we flee to the north, there will be a little chaos, and Xiang Gong will go out of the city and fall into the well! ”

Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "Li Chongjin, Li Chongjin!" This is not a big thing! ”

Li Jixun also scolded: "The dog has walked more than 500 miles in a day, and now it is not enough, and others have walked more than 800 miles when they are late." ”

Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a long time, and said: "Immediately build a pontoon bridge on the Fen River, withdraw the army to the Luliang Mountains on the spot, confront Guo Shao and Xiang Gong across the river, hold the defense line first, and wait for Li Chongjin to arrive." ”

Li Jixun frowned and said, "Li Chongjin knows that we are trapped in Luliang Mountain, will he hold back?" Guo Shao may first go north to deal with Li Chongjin, and then withdraw to deal with our department, then there will be only a retreat to the mountainous areas in the north of Guanzhong, the terrain is complex, the land is barren, and our tens of thousands of people will be dragged down. ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "There is no other way now, if you go south for a decisive battle, you will definitely be defeated by the enemy!" I also hope that Brother Li will make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Li Jixun rubbed his hands: "Okay!" Immediately ordered to go down and immediately build a bridge over the river as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Rush to work overnight, the more bridges, the better; In case the enemy comes quickly, they will defend themselves in formation. ”

…… The gate of Jiangzhou was opened, and the assassin led the officials and soldiers and civilians to kneel on the ground along the way, and the assassin looked up at the dragon pattern yellow thick banner "Guo Shao, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses", and the other line of "called to rebel" The word, shouted: "The thief army is menacing, and the soldiers in the hands of the lower officials are few, so that the people of the whole city are saved from being destroyed, and they have to surrender...... Although people descend, their hearts are towards the Great Zhou......"

Guo Shao was wearing heavy armor, stepped forward, pointed to the round-robed official on the ground and said: "This marshal forgives you for your innocence, and the official will be reinstated to protect the people and the land, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Xiaguan thank you for your kindness!" Regardless of decency, the assassin hurriedly kowtowed on the loess.

At this moment, several horsemen rolled up a cloud of loess and galloped from the post road. A knight turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "Guo Dashuai, Li Jixun's thief department is building a bridge in Fenshui." ”

Guo Shao beckoned, and Qin Dashi hurriedly bent forward to unfold a map. Guo Shao pointed with a horsewhip: "On the other side of the Fenshui is the Luliang Mountains, and Li Jixun intends to delay time across the river. He turned back to Shi Yanchao and said, "Shi Qianfeng, you immediately lead the Crane Horse Army to take the lead." He turned around and said, "Ma Quanyi, you immediately lead the crane bow and arrow to follow." ”

"Order!" "The last will be ordered!"

Guo Shao also advised: "Shi Yanchao, when you first arrive in the place, the soldiers and horses are tired, and you must not fight lightly; After arriving in Jinju, they camped and rested, waiting for the main force. ”

Shi Yanchao said calmly: "I understand. ”

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