In the fourth year of Yonghui (653 AD), October 29, the fourth quarter of the hour.

In a fierce battle on October 27, both sides were physically and mentally exhausted, and tacitly agreed to cease fighting for two days and regroup. What Wu Kang had to do was to send the fallen soldiers home, properly arrange the wounded soldiers, and mobilize military logistics such as food and medicinal materials.

Alcohol disinfection and suturing wounds saved a large number of wounded, and according to Dr. Hua, the infection rate is less than 10%. The small injuries were fatal before, but now the big injuries are alive, and the soldiers are shocked. The facts are in front of them, which is invisibly weakened, and the soldiers' fear of being injured may be more desperate to fight again.

If it was said that before the show, morale and prestige were 60%, then the field medical team promoted the morale to 70%.

In that alcohol explosion, burning 500 armored soldiers, Wu Kang was deified again. At this time, the skill tree becomes: condensing water into ice, calling for wind and rain, and leading thunder to drive fire. The big guy has immortal skills, and he will be invincible, and the morale of the army is rising again, and the morale value has reached eighty percent.

When I inspect the barracks, every time I hear this kind of rhetoric, I feel that it is cola. I feel that I am cultivating the truth, and I have worked hard to break down superstition, but I have become the biggest superstition. But it's okay to make a cameo appearance as an immortal for the time being, boost the morale of our army, and hit the morale of the rebels.

The root of the Muzhou rebellion was corrupt officials and corrupt officials; Chen Shuo was really the foundation of the leadership and relied on the cult to fool the villagers. The fire also burned the hearts of the rebels, and the leaders of the officers and soldiers are also immortals, and their skills are higher than that of the empress, can this battle be won?

Chen Shuozhen expressed his dissatisfaction, in order to prove his superior skills, he did nothing else in the past two days, and toured the rebel camp to perform magic tricks. Such as changing into a living person, taking things from the air, etc., playing monkey-like to raise morale, it is simply a "magician" who is delayed by the "empress".

After two days of flickering, the effect was immediate, and I finally regrouped. However, this morning, the morale trough bottomed out again, because the spies brought back the news that the dog officer Jiang Hongzhu had been cut. Jiang Hongzhu is the assassin of Muzhou, which is notorious in Muzhou, and the rebels who got the news came out to watch.

On the slate of Lanyin Mountain, there are two heads hung on the hemp rope, a human head and a pig's head, and a long flag is hung below. The literate rebels read aloud, the pig's head flag wrote "the head returns the pig's life", and the people's head flag wrote "Jiang Yuanzhu".

The rebels rushed to tell each other, all cheering, and some wept with joy. Jiang Gou official deserves his crimes, if it weren't for your scourge and causing us to have no way to live, we would not have taken the road of "rebellion" and no return.

In the northwest corner of the fire dragon camp, a small barracks of ten people is also talking about this. The little soldier spat and the stars flew around, adding oil and vinegar to depict that Wu Yu interrogated the Jiang Dog Officer and launched the beheading process. The appearance of painting sound and color makes comrades-in-arms who don't know the truth think that he is immersive.

After speaking, his comrades-in-arms praised and stopped, and the rebel A said indignantly: "The Jiang dog officer should be killed, don't let us raise pigs, my big pig and sow were beaten to death by those gray dogs, with water and fire sticks." ”

The comrades-in-arms nodded again and again, and rebel B complained: "There are no pigs at home, there is not enough spring manure, and it is not raining yet." The grain harvested in the fields was robbed by the dog officials, and the people in the village were hungry, and yes yes also starved to death... They were all killed by Jianggou officials. ”

The rebel C gang said: "If there is food and I can live, I will not rebel." Eh, folks, suddenly there's a problem... Jiang Gou official ruined our family, and we couldn't survive, don't drive... Wu Yu cut off his head, is it considered to help us take revenge? ”

As soon as this remark came out, the scene was quiet, and everyone pondered carefully, and it really made sense. Seeing that his comrades-in-arms agreed, the rebel C whispered: "He helped us avenge, is it our benevolence?" Let's beat him now, and cut off his head, is it revenge? ”

After thinking about it again, everyone felt that it made sense, and Rebel A took over: "Since I was a child, my grandfather said that the grace of a drop of water is repaid by a spring." Grandfather also said that the revenge of the En general is a sin, and the Lord of Yama wants to dig out his heart, and he can't bury his ancestors when he dies. ”

The atmosphere was a little oppressive, and he squatted in the corner, not intending to stop it. Slowly raised his head, slowly closed his eyes, remembered the familiar face, remembered "Grace will take revenge", and his heart was full of waves: I have received the grace of Wu Gong more than once.

I remember that in Layue last year, the greyhound of Pheasant County killed the sow and fifteen piglets of my sister's family, and injured my sister's whole family. A team of nobles passing by gave my sister four taels of silver and said that they would buy a dead pig. My sister moved to Hangzhou, and relied on the four taels of silver to make a good living in small business.

asked me to inquire about Engong, saying that he would repay the money and repay the favor, but I inquired in many ways to no avail. It wasn't until a few days ago that I finally saw Engong, and it turned out to be Wu Beijia. If my sister knew that if I fought with Wu Beijia, Jeong-eun would take revenge, and she would cry angrily, right?

Rebel B came over and said with a smile: "Sanxi Shichang, I heard that Wu Bei... Wu Yu, are you from Pheasant Mountain? Is it true that he is two feet tall and has green fangs and eats people's hearts every day? Xue Shilang said, you were captured by the official army, and you met Wu Yu, tell me about it. ”

Sanxi nodded and whispered: "Wu Beijia is from Wujia Village, more than thirty miles away from our village. He is nine feet tall, has no green fangs, and does not eat people's hearts, and none of the people who were arrested with me were gouged out. ”

Everyone was full of interest, and instantly surrounded them, and the rebel A continued: "Xue Shilang also said, Wu Beijia will treat your injuries and give you food. A palm-sized cooking cake, a small half catty, the big bowl of rice porridge you drink, or is it fed by Wu Bei? ”

Sanxi's eyes were slightly red, he looked at his mutilated right hand, and nodded heavily: "Wu Beijia said, cook cakes for the two of them for minor injuries, and add a bowl of porridge for serious injuries." I didn't spill the porridge steadily, and he served another bowl. It's all thick rice, and you can't see the soup, so you can feed it spoonful. ”

Everyone was full of disbelief, and for a long time rebel B said: "It turns out that Xue Shilang didn't talk nonsense, General Tong said that he... was cursed by Wu Yu, it was nonsense, so kill him and sacrifice the flag. Xue Si was wronged, don't you say? ”

The rebels agreed, and Sanxi smiled wryly. Not only is Xue Si gone, but the three hundred people who were arrested together are all gone, except for me. I was lucky, or rather unlucky, to be taken by that woman and went there every day to serve. If it weren't for that, they would be like them, and they would be organized into the fire leopard camp and charged into battle and killed by the officers and soldiers.

Later, the woman said that those people deserved to die, and they went around preaching the good of Wu Yu, and the gossip was disturbing the morale of the army. But that's the truth, it does heal us, it does give us food. And those wines, which are not cheap at first glance, actually wiped our wounds...

The reverie was interrupted, and Rebel A said: "According to Sanxi's words, Wu Beijia is a good official!" General Cheng said that the officers and soldiers are very bad, and they often kill good people and make meritorious deeds. But don't drive martial arts, exchange military merits for the people, you are a good official. ”

Rebel B said: "I think so too, only good officials will kill dog officials." Listening to the profiteer Chen Liu, Wu Bei begged for rain and set fire to himself, God was moved and gave Wuzhou a torrential rain. If he is ordered by Pheasant County, it will rain in Muzhou, and we will have a harvest. ”

This man's words were convincing, everyone nodded yes, and the rebel snorted coldly: "What kind of evil have we done, when we meet Jiang Gou Official, we can't meet Wu Beijia." If you can survive, you will definitely go to Wuzhou and live a good life. ”

The rebel Ding, who had been silent, suddenly asked a difficult question: "The Xuannu Sect Leader said that the corrupt officials hurt us, so kill the corrupt officials." Wu Beijia is a good official, why kill him? ”

The question was profound, and everyone was lost in thought, and their faces were rather tangled. Ten minutes later, the barracks door opened, and the sect leader's personal guards came in and waved at Sanxi.

Sanxi saw the envy of everyone, disgust flashed in his eyes, and he slowly got up and left. The woman treated me like a plaything, a plaything for her and her guards, and humiliated me wantonly. But it doesn't matter, I found a big secret, find out if it's true tonight, find a way to inform Wu Gong, and repay the great favor twice.

When he left the barracks, everyone immediately formed a group and discussed obscenely, we are not shallow enough to go to the queen's bed. It's beautiful, listening to the roar of the captain, and he has to fight with the officers and soldiers again. They looked at each other for a moment, their eyes showing disgust, and the rebel armor even whispered: Damn battle...

If their discussion is known to Wu Kang, he will definitely be happy again. This is my calculation to make you think that I am a good ruler and a benefactor who will help you avenge you. Kidnapping your hearts with morality, making you doubtful, guilty, and hurting your morale.

The word "again" is very mysterious, and the last time I jumped three feet, it was the excitement when I learned that the rebels saw Jiang Yuanzhu's head.

This move imitated Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to kill Chao Cuo, Lao Chao suggested cutting the feudal domain, the vassal king headed by King Wu, and the Qing monarch punished Chao Cuo on the side and launched the rebellion of the Seven Kings. In order to appease the anger of the vassal king, Emperor Jing of Han made a mistake, but it was useless, and the war still broke out.

With Jiang Hongzhu's head, he calmed down the resentment and anger of the Muzhou rebels and officials. These two negative emotions are also closely related to morale, and the smaller the mood, the lower the morale. Wu Kang thinks that there will be eggs, Chen Shuozhen is not a vassal king, and has the limitations of small peasant thinking; The rebels are not her soldiers, and they will not have the loyalty of the vassal soldiers.

The history of the assassination of Jiang Yuanzhu: Yesterday afternoon, a meeting was held to interrogate Jiang Yuanzhu. List the two major crimes: the lack of governance in Muzhou, which led to the boiling of public resentment and the breeding of rebellion in Muzhou; fled without a fight, causing the city of Zhou to fall and Muzhou to fall into the hands of the enemy. Two hats were buttoned down, and the middle army tent was decapitated.

Of course, this is just a joke. Jiang Hongzhu, who was interrogated, was indeed the assassin of Muzhou; It was the rebel head that was shown to the public. After all, even if it is a great sin, without the holy decree of President Li, Wu Kang will not dare to kill it.

It is necessary to review the history of the assassination, because the history of the assassination in the Tang Dynasty did not have much of a shelf, and it was basically riding a horse without a sedan chair, and it often appeared on the street. If you find someone randomly, you can't fool the enemy spies.

After the interrogation, he followed Wei Xiaobao's example to kill Feng Xifan, and used the prepared prisoners to drop Jiang Yuanzhu. He tied his severed head to his hair with hemp rope and hung it on the rock. Wu Kang bet on Widow Chen, and he wouldn't go up the mountain to check, and sure enough, he won.

After several twists and turns, the younger brothers, led by Di Renjie, all opposed the trial of the assassination. The newly promulgated "Tang Law Shu Yi" stipulates that all prefects (magistrates) who are on mission abroad, including governors, assassins, Zhichong, and county magistrates, cannot be interrogated if they commit crimes in the local area.

Even if the bigwigs commit capital crimes, the juniors can only be placed under house arrest and cannot be tortured. It should be reported to the leaders and wait for the leaders to decide. The state of Datang is a municipality directly under the central government, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, except for the holy decree of President Li, no one can kill the assassination, otherwise it is a crime.

According to the "Tang Law Discussion", those who commit this crime will be punished by four degrees based on the crime of the boss. Jiang Yuanzhu lost the city and lost the land, and it was inevitable to ask for a knife, and the beheading sentence was reduced by four degrees, that is, exile, exiled for 2,000 miles, and go fishing on Hainan Island.

Wu Kangli disagreed, plus the younger brothers, all knew Lao Jiang's great achievements, and finally pinched his nose and admitted it. During the interrogation, Lao Jiang was extremely arrogant, and the official scolded him again. thinks that everyone here is not qualified to talk to him, and shouts to see Cui Tingshi.

Everyone was also angry, and Wu Kang directly ordered to find a pigsty at random and put him under house arrest. After the rebels were exterminated, the widow and the leader of the group were escorted to Beijing and handed over to Mr. Li for processing.

At this time, the battle began, Wukang sent two regiments of Xin'an and Yongkang, and Widow Chen sent two battalions of Huohu and Huobiao to fight in the two armies. The mountains roar like a tsunami, the fierce battle between you and me, and the tug of war between you and me. Frequent battle reports came, so people relaxed, the rebels' hard work and morale were far less fierce than two days ago, what does this mean?

It shows that the big guy's strategy has worked. Poor widow Chen, she didn't send someone to identify the head, she didn't send anyone to take off the head, thinking that it could boost morale, stupid old ladies. The younger brothers threw themselves on the ground, looked at the big guy who studied the sand table, and quietly gave a thumbs up.

Wu Kang's eyes were still fixed on the black flag of the Yangzhou Army, which was inserted in the south of Fuyang County, Hangzhou (Fuyang District, Hangzhou Temple, Zhejiang Province). Half an hour ago, Dexiu reported that the Yangzhou army had accelerated its march and had covered 80 kilometers in two days.

They passed through Yangpi Lake and entered Fuyang County; Brief recuperation and replenishment, spend the Fuchun River; It is only about ten miles away from the border of Tonglu County, Muzhou. It is about sixty kilometers away from the Sanhe position. That is to say, before dusk the day after tomorrow, Yangzhou reinforcements arrived.

Fang Renyu said in the letter: Little brother Wukang, grit your teeth and persist for two more days, and the brother will arrive immediately. When I set up camp to recuperate, we will attack together at five o'clock (on the second day of November). You are facing a head-on attack, and after I outflank it, we will sincerely cooperate and be sure to annihilate the rebels.

Wu Kang readily agreed, letting the younger brothers circulate it, and everyone smiled. The big stone pressed on the chest was finally smashed by the hammer, the balance of victory tilted towards the officials and soldiers, the goddess of victory was smiling, and promotion and fortune were just around the corner.

Seeing that the battle situation was basically unharmed, Wu Kang slowly got up, glanced at everyone and said: "Colleagues, taste the current battle situation, predict the trend of the battle situation, and imagine the outcome of the battle situation. According to this proposition, they all expressed their opinions, and the official listened attentively. ”

Di Renjie took the lead and first praised: "According to the battle report from the front, compared with the morale of both sides, they almost held on to the reinforcements, and basically declared success." Xiaguan believes that the turning point of the battle was the burning of the armored soldiers two days ago. The rebels are out of the elite, and the rabble is left, and they can't break through the Three Rivers, but..."

The meat show is coming, everyone cheers up, and Wei Dingzhou even makes eyes. Di Renjie turned a deaf ear, and his words were sonorous and powerful: "The militia is the imperial army, and Wu Bei uses his own money to reward the death squad, which is contrary to the law, and will give people a handle; It is said that the slipknot is tied openly, and the dead knot is tied secretly. Dishonesty in others, damage to integrity, prestige, Wangwu Gong think twice! ”

This is a spray, irrefutable spray, Wu Kang is a little embarrassed. Cui Xiaoqing was not happy and wanted to support Ailang, but was stopped by Wu Kang's eyes. Daughter-in-law, let's not be like him, this thing is a stone in a pit, smelly and hard. He dares to harden Mr. Li, dare to spray Wu Zhaoyi, and spray me.

Squinted and coughed dryly, and was about to make a perfunctory speech, Xiucai hurried over. Immediately borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and inquired about the military situation on the front line.

When he learned that the rebels were pressing on all fronts, Wu Kang was not worried, but smiled and gave orders directly: order Jinhua and Lanxi to be in the Hongzhi department, plus 4,000 reserves, to act as the main force of the Chinese army and resist the rebel Huolong Battalion; Xin'an Choi's real division, the left flank launched an offensive and attacked the rebel Fire Tiger Battalion; Yongkang Jiang Wenjing's troops, the right flank launched an offensive and attacked the rebel Huobiao battalion; Yiwu Lin Liwen Department, leading a thousand reserves, responsible for the support of the palace.

After pondering for a moment, he instructed Xiucai: "Inform all the commanders, give me a hard beating, whoever dares to take half a step back will be killed!" ”

Xiucai promised loudly and hurriedly stepped down to give the order. Wu Kang led the younger brothers to the edge of the North Stand and looked at the front line from afar. Under the attack of the whole army, the flesh mill was formed again, and Lanyin Mountain trembled. Everyone knows that the rebels are desperate, and if they don't break the Sanhe garrison position today, they will die three days later.

The battle that determines the trend of the battle, no one dares to take it lightly, and they all gaze intently. From the scorching sun, to the sunset in the West Mountain, and then to the vast starry sky, Wu Kang stood for a day without moving. I didn't cheer with the commanders, nor did I inspect with the soldiers, I stood quietly, looking at the starry sky in a daze.

I don't know when, I heard familiar footsteps, smelled the aroma of rice porridge, and listened to the words of concern: "Erlang drink some porridge, listen to the soldiers, the results are very good." The rebels charged desperately, only advancing three miles into the position, and were driven out by Yu Hongzhi. ”

took the warm porridge bowl, tasted the sweetness of the rice porridge, and then listened to Xiaoqing's report: "Di Renjie said just now that the rebels have suffered heavy losses, with less than 30,000 left, and they are exhausted. If Chen Shuo really wants to gather his subordinates and charge again, it will take at least two days, and the Yangzhou army has already arrived by then. ”

Wu Kang smiled, thinking that the overall situation had been decided, and raised his head to drink a bowl of porridge. Wankou left his face and opened his eyes again, and suddenly found that a meteor was dragging its long tail and gliding through the sky, and the target was Sanheshu. immediately smiled, threw away the bowl in his hand and said eagerly: "There is a meteor, my daughter-in-law will make a wish." ”

Hearing Cui Xiaoqing's scream, her voice was filled with fear, Wu Kang quickly turned around and saw her covering her mouth with her hands, staring at the sky in fear. I can't help but be a little confused, what's the situation, it's just a meteor, as for being so scared?

The meteor quickly slipped down, and by coincidence, landed in the rebel camp. Looking into the distance, I found the faint firelight and heard the vague exclamation. I don't know why, I was frightened by Cui Xiaoqing again, and my daughter-in-law screamed and threw herself into her arms.

Looking at the ecstatic face, Wu Kang was stunned again, dragged up face to face, and asked puzzledly: "What's the matter, big girl, surprised and happy, the braincase show is funny?" ”

His head shook into a rattle, and the situation became even more excited: "Erlang is so good, we definitely won." The plague star fell into the rebel camp, God warned, Chen Shuo is really going to fall, good luck! ”

Then eat chicken tonight, Wu Kang couldn't cry or laugh, and at the same time, he also recalled that meteors were plague stars in ancient times, and they were God's warnings. The first Qin and Song Jinggong saw the meteor and changed their arrogance and indulgence; The late President Li Er, when he saw the meteor warning, changed his mind to be ruthless.

Hurried footsteps sounded, and Di Renjie's excitement came: "God helps our army, the evil star smashes the rebels, and Chen Shuo is really bound to fall." Please Wu Gong immediately order, all the spies spread... The evil star descended, and the thief fell. ”

Wu Kang thought it was feasible, turned his head and ordered: "You do it, find Xiucai to cooperate, go now... I said Di Lao Xi'er, why do you have a problem with Xiucai, and I also turned my back and said... Get lost! ”