During the Huiqing period of the Chu State, the Son of Heaven was young, and the general Ling Zhi held heavy troops, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, with the intention of plotting to usurp the throne. Ling Ju is over fifty years old, he is good at reading military books, proficient in cavalry and archery, and has made great achievements.

In the autumn of the ninth year of Huiqing, Shen Chu, the Taishou of Huaiju County, led an army of 40,000 to attack Ling, and Ling led an army of 100,000 to meet the battle, and the two sides fought at the foot of the foggy mountain. Shen Chu had few soldiers, was outnumbered, lost three battles in a row, and finally retreated north overnight with only 6,000 soldiers and retreated to Huaiju City. Ling took advantage of the situation to march and besieged Huaiju City on all sides, intending to break through the city and capture Shen Chu alive.

In the face of the siege of Ling's army, Shen Chu led the army to hold on to the city and resisted desperately. Ling led the army to besiege for more than two months, but still did not capture Huaiju City.

Shen Chu stood on the tower of the south gate, motionless looking at the camp of the Ling army outside the city, his face full of sadness. He was nearly sixty years old, with gray temples, and had fought countless battles in his life, but he had never encountered such a predicament.

"Old General Shen, the grain and grass in the city are about to run out, and without food and grass, you can't hold the city." General Fu Mingran said.

Fu Mingran is nearly forty years old and has been following Shen Chu for more than ten years, he is tall, with two knives at his waist, and he looks very powerful.

Shen Chu turned to look at Fu Mingran and sighed: "Mingran, for the sake of the Son of Heaven and the State of Chu, we went to crusade against the powerful ministers, but those princes did not move, watching the fire from the other side. Now that we are defeated and surrounded, there are no reinforcements outside, and there is no food and grass inside, what should we do! ”

At this moment, a personal soldier pointed to the outside of the city and said, "General Shen, look, a general from the Ling military camp came out on a single horse." ”

Shen Chu looked at it and saw that the general was wearing a golden helmet, a battle armor, a red cloak on his shoulders, a sword hanging from his waist, and riding a jet-black war horse.

"It's none other than Ling Ju." Shen Chu said to Fu Mingran.

Ling Ju was about a hundred paces away from the city wall and stopped by reining in the reins of his horse.

"Ling Ju, why are you riding here alone?" Shen Chu shouted loudly.

Ling Ji replied with a smile: "Old General Shen, Ling has nothing else to do, I am here to solve problems for the old general!" ”

"Problem-solving?" Shen Chu sneered, "Ling Ju, if you have something to say, just say it!" ”

"General Shen, seven years ago, it was my cousin who recommended you as Huaiju Taishou, but I didn't expect you to be grateful, but led the troops to rebel, I really misjudged you!"

When Shen Chu heard this, he was immediately furious, pointed at Ling Ju and shouted: "Ling Ju, you are really a shameless villain!" You are the first emperor's trusted minister, and you should assist the Son of Heaven well and support Sheji. But what about you? You bully the Son of Heaven, brutalize Zhongliang, and intend to usurp the throne, which is really a crime that cannot be punished! I raised troops for the sake of the country of Chu, and I want to get rid of you, a powerful minister, for the Son of Heaven! ”

Ling Ju laughed a few times and said, "Old general, don't be impatient, now that you are besieged in this Huaiju City, let's think about your back road." I have a word to tell you, as long as you are willing to surrender, not only will I not kill you, but I will also promote you to the general of Zhenbei and let you command more soldiers, how about it? ”

Shen Chu picked up the iron bow and feather arrows, stretched out his bow and arrows, aimed at Ling Ju, and said, "If you want me to surrender, it's delusional!" How could an old man grovel to someone like you! Go back to camp quickly, and don't rap here, or I'll shoot you with one arrow!" ”

"If you don't listen to your good words, then I have to go back to the camp. Remember, in three days I will destroy this city! When the time comes, I will kill all the soldiers in the city, and not a single one will be left! After saying that, Ling Ju turned his horse's head and returned to the camp.

Shen Chu threw his bow and arrows aside and lamented, "Could it be that this Huaiju City is the burial place of the old man!" ”

"Old general, we can't defend it anymore, the last general can protect the general to fight his way out of the encirclement!" Fu Mingran knelt down and said.

Shen Chu hurriedly helped Fu Mingran up and asked, "Mingran, even if we fight our way out of the encirclement, where can we go?" Which way does the prince dare to take you and me? ”

Fu Mingran paused and said, "General, we can go west to Ruizhou City and defect to Ruizhou Assassin Shi Yu Shengwei." Yu Shengwei has the reputation of virtue and should take us in. In addition, he sits on the land of eight counties, and has a large number of generals under his account, and the general can also persuade him to raise troops to conquer Lingzhi. ”

Shen Chu nodded, and ordered: "Mingran, go and pass on the old man's general order, tonight the second watch will make a meal, let the soldiers have a full meal, and at the third watch, we will go out from the West Gate and go straight to Ruizhou City." ”

"No!" Fu Mingran took the order.

At the time of the third watch, the moon and stars were scarce, and the urn city at the west gate was full of soldiers who were ready to break through. When he was young, the city gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, Shen Chu slapped his horse and danced his knife, and led the soldiers to rush out.

The main general of the Ling army camp outside the West Gate is named Duan Qianjiao, who is a fierce general under Ling Yi. At the time of the third watch, he was sleeping soundly, when suddenly a personal soldier ran into the big tent, knelt down and said, "General, the defenders of the city have come out, as if they are trying to escape." ”

Duan Qianjiao stood up suddenly, put on his armor and helmet, picked up his green dragon halberd and ran outside the tent, and ordered: "All soldiers, don't panic, follow this general to face the battle!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Shen Chu had already led the army into the camp, and the two armies were in a scuffle, which was very fierce. Shen Chu held a long knife in his hand, slashed left and right, and killed more than 20 people in Ling's army.

Ling learned that Shen Chu was going to break through from the west gate, so he hurriedly led 5,000 men and horses to reinforce Duan Qianjiao.

After about two hours, Shen Chu and Fu Mingran fought their way out of the encirclement. Shen Chu looked back and saw that there were only dozens of cavalry left behind him. They ran wildly all the way, while Duan Qianjiao followed closely behind with nine hundred light horses. Ling Jun chased and released arrows, and dozens of cavalrymen behind Shen Fu and the others were all shot.

When it was almost dawn, the two still did not escape their pursuers. Suddenly, Shen Chu's mounted horse stumbled and threw Shen Chu to the ground, Fu Mingran hurriedly reined in the reins, turned over and dismounted, helped Shen Chu up, and said: "General, your horse can't run, please ride the horse of the last general, the last general will be broken for you!" ”

"Mingran, leave me alone, hurry up and get on the horse and go!" Shen Chu roared.

"Nope! Old general, you saved my life on the battlefield before, and now it's time for the last general to repay you, hurry up and get on the horse, otherwise it will be too late! Fu Mingran cried and said.

"Good brother!" Shen Chu rode on Fu Mingran's war horse with tears in his eyes, glanced at Fu Mingran, and then patted the horse away.

Fu Mingran drew his twin knives and ran towards the oncoming pursuers. He jumped up violently, cut down a light cavalry from his horse, and rode on horseback, waving his twin swords in his hand to rush left and right in the formation, and in less than half an hour, dozens of light cavalry became his sword ghosts. Duan Qianjiao was furious, and the halberd rushed directly towards Fu Mingran, who was fighting with the light cavalry and did not see Duan Qianjiao. Duan Qianjiao's halberd stabbed Fu Mingran in the back, and Fu Mingran fell off his horse and died.

"Keep chasing with me! Can't let Shen Chu run away! Duan Qianjiao shouted.

Shen Chu rode his horse and galloped, and suddenly saw a large group of cavalry in front of him, under the banner of the word "Yu", led by a handsome young general, I saw him dressed in white robes and silver armor, holding a silver spear, a sword hanging from his waist, and a white war horse riding under his crotch. Shen Chu stopped his horse, and the young general said to Shen Chu: "Old General Shen, don't panic, we are here to save you." ”

At this time, the pursuers caught up again. Duan Qianjiao saw that someone was saving Shen Chu, and saw the banner of the word "Yu", so he asked loudly to the young general: "The coming general is Yu Moyuan, the son of Yu Shengwei, the assassin of Ruizhou?" ”

"Exactly, who are you?"

"I am Admiral Duan Qianjiao. Yu Moyuan, I led the troops to arrest the anti-thief Shen Chu, you dare to protect him, is it possible that you also want to be a thief? ”

Yu Moyuan pointed a silver gun at Duan Qianjiao and said sharply: "Shut up! Duan Qianjiao, there are 3,000 iron horsemen behind me, and there are only hundreds of light horsemen behind you, you'd better retreat quickly, otherwise, I will kill you without leaving a piece of armor! ”

"What a big breath!" Duan Qianjiao was very disdainful, "Yu Moyuan, I heard that you have fought all over the eight counties of Ruizhou with a silver spear, and you are the first brave general in Ruizhou, and this general wants you to lose your prestige today." We don't fight, we fight! Do you dare to fight me alone? ”

"Why don't you dare, let the horse come!" Yu Mo returned far away.

Duan Qianjiao danced the green dragon halberd and killed him, and Yu Moyuan jumped on the horse with a spear and greeted him. The two generals clashed, Yu Moyuan's marksmanship was fierce, every shot was close to the point, and in less than twenty rounds, Duan Qianjiao's halberd method was in chaos, and he couldn't parry it at all. He knew that he was invincible, so he shook his halberd, turned his horse's head and ran. When the light cavalry saw that the main general was defeated, they all fled for their lives.

Ling's army was defeated and fled, but Yu Moyuan did not order a pursuit. A lieutenant named Ji Feng'an next to him asked, "Childe, why don't we chase after you?" ”

Ji Feng'an was twenty years old, and because he was skilled in arching horses, he became a cavalry captain at a young age.

"It's okay for Ling Jun to retreat, there is no need to chase, we have to return to Ruizhou as soon as possible. Feng'an, there is one more thing, I have to tell you, I went to your Songming camp yesterday and said that I was ordered by my father to transfer 3,000 iron cavalry to rescue the old general Shen Chu, but in fact, the military order was fake. Yu Mo dismounted as he spoke.

"What! Childe, you falsely passed on the military order, so that you could spare you? Ji Feng'an's eyes widened.

"Feng'an, don't be surprised, I have my own way of coping."

Shen Chu looked at Yu Moyuan, very grateful, and said, "Thank you for saving your life!" ”

"Old General Shen doesn't have to say thank you."

"I've never met Childe, how can Childe recognize me?" Shen Chu asked.

Yu Moyuan said with a smile: "Ten years ago, you went to Mengxian Mountain to visit my master, I was only fifteen years old that year, I learned marksmanship on the mountain, and I saw the face of the general when serving tea, so I knew it." ”

"It turns out that the son is the apprentice of Mr. Pu Mupu, and Mr. Pu has always been good?"

"The family teacher is in good health, old and strong, and now he is the chief strategist of the Ruizhou Thorn History Mansion. General, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, please get on your horse and follow me back to Ruizhou City. ”

"Childe, please." Shen Chu said.

Everyone got on their horses and rushed to Ruizhou City.