The autumn nights in the Kubel steppe are particularly cold, and the savannah in the day seems to be divided into two halves, with the blue sky above and the green ground below, and the starry sky above the grassland at night is like a black cloth sprinkled with diamonds, while the ground is extremely dark.

Although there was Murong Xiao as a guide, Xu Zhen didn't want to lead the team too deep into the grassland, after all, this place was already far away from the Liangzhou camp, and it was very likely that there would be no return if it went deep into the hinterland of the grassland, and he even asked his brothers to put away the Tiance red armor.

The war horses of the Murong tribe were all loaded with three days' rations and enough mare's milk wine, but Zhou Cang still took a few brothers, rode horses and bows, and brought back all kinds of game in a short time, lit a fire in the leeward part of this hillside, and sent people to the high place of the hillside to watch the wind, so that he could rest and eat with peace of mind.

Zhou Cang and his brothers gulped on the roasted game and drank mare's milk wine, as if to make up for all the hunger and thirst they had suffered in the mines.

However, Zhang Jiunian's eating appearance is extremely gentle, not slow or hurried, and his movements are elegant and decent, as if he is tasting excellent deliciousness.

After Xu Zhen was full, he took the initiative to ride the horse uphill and replace the brother on duty, looking at the boundless dark grassland, Xu Zhen felt his insignificance, and in a trance had an illusion, eager to whip the horse and measure the breadth of the grassland with the horse's hooves.

Almost subconsciously, he raised the narrow blade in his hand and pointed to the sky, and a wave of pride suddenly surged out from the bottom of his heart, filling his chest, as if he could finally understand why the lord of the grassland always wanted to step on the Central Plains, because standing on a high place would make people's ambitions greater.

Swinging the long knife in his hand a few times, Xu Zhen was actually looking forward to the battle to save the Caesar people, this thought made him very scared, but it made people so excited.

"Your knife is good, but how good is it... It just sucks! ”

Xu Zhen turned his head slightly, thinking that it would be Zhang Jiunian of the think tank who went uphill, but he didn't expect that what came up was the big black Zhou Cang who touched his belly.

This big black man got off his horse, pulled up a bush of weeds, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it with relish, Xu Zhen couldn't cry or laugh, this person was like a wild bull, dragging a heavy Pu knife during the day when he rushed downhill, it seemed that Xu Zhen returned to the Three Kingdoms and saw the ten thousand enemies in those armies.

Zhou Cang's figure was extremely burly, ordinary horses couldn't bear his weight at all, Xu Zhen generously gave him Murong Xiao's dragon breeding horse, although this big black man didn't say much, but Xu Zhen could feel the kindness in his eyes.

"Do you want to be Bibi?" Xu Zhen glanced at it, and waved the long knife in a demonstrative manner, but Zhou Cang smiled, took the big pu knife, and slashed directly at Xu Zhen without saying a word!

Xu Zhen sat upright on the horse's back, the long knife was categorically unable to block, seeing that his left leg was about to be cut, he hurriedly raised his foot on his back, and he could dodge the Pu knife, the neighing knife was terrifying, and Zhou Cang didn't leave his hand at all!

Not only that, seeing Xu Zhen dodging, he kicked on the horse's belly, the war horse was surprised, Xu Zhen had no choice but to roll off the horse, this reckless black man had already come to the head!

Xu Zhen didn't have to get up, he could only swing the knife to block, and with a crisp clang, his mouth was shocked, and the long knife was almost knocked out of his hand and flew out!

Zhou Cang did not give up, his moves were simple to the extreme, but they were fierce to the extreme, relying on his huge strength, Xu Zhen had no power to fight back!

Xu Zhen knew where his weaknesses were, and he knew that this big black man was the one with the highest martial arts attainments among the twelve people including Zhang Jiunian, so he took the initiative to challenge Zhou Cang, hoping that the other party could feed him some tricks and let him find some self-preservation.

However, Zhou Cang had no consciousness of sparring at all, and it was another rush attack, and Xu Zhen was oppressed by the knife as soon as he stood up, and he had no chance to breathe!

"Big black guy! You come and go with one move! It's a! Xu Zhen scolded breathlessly as he flew back.

Zhou Cang hehehe The latter was not strong after all, and the long knife in his hand was picked out with a clatter, and was crisply inserted into the grass!

"Lord, a certain person doesn't know how to say beautiful words, naturally he doesn't know how to play a beautiful knife, but a certain person knows a truth, a kitchen knife cuts vegetables, a meat knife chops meat, a bone knife is deboned, and the knife on the battlefield is naturally used to kill, not to play good-looking moves, or to do something else, as long as you can kill people, don't care about fucking bullshit moves!"

Xu Zhen's heart was full of resentment, but when he heard Zhou Cang's words, his heart suddenly shook, as if he could see the moon in front of him, and the truth was often the simplest, because he could point to the essence!

"Okay, you're a big black guy!" Xu Zhen smiled freely, brushed away the opponent's knife head with the palm of his hand, and a carp stood up, and pulled out the knife on the ground, but a fierce anger erupted between his eyes!

Zhou Cang saw the light in his lord's suddenly enlightened eyes, and his heart was overjoyed, but he didn't have to laugh out loud, Xu Zhen's long knife had already been chopped off his head!

"Ding!"

With a crisp sound, sparks splashed on the wide white blade of the Pu knife, Xu Zhen shouted loudly, and continued to swing the knife, Zhou Cang retreated step by step, and the Pu knife in his hand was blocked one after another, and the heavy Pu knife was actually cut out by Xu Zhen's long knife with a jagged gap!

"Good knives! Ha ha! ”

Zhou Cang laughed heroically, and he didn't know whether to praise the treasure knife in Xu Zhen's hand, or praise Xu Zhen's essence of swordsmanship.

Xu Zhen withdrew the blade and wiped it on his sleeve, under the starlight, the long knife flickered slightly, and he put the knife into the sheath, as if he had grasped some tricks of using the knife.

And Zhou Cang, who had just finished praising his lord, finally saw that his baby Pu knife had become a sawtooth blade, and asked Xu Zhen to pay for the knife with a sad face, so that Xu Zhen kicked down the hill.

Zhou Cang rubbed the blade while walking down the mountain, the dragon horse actually followed him in human nature, the so-called horse with a hero, this dragon horse seems to have found the right owner.

Xu Zhen stood with his knife pressed, looking at the Kubel grassland from afar, full of fighting spirit!

However, not far behind the hillside here, a half-man-high thatch came out of a cat-waisted black-clothed man, who shuttled through the thatched forest like a snake, and walked out of half a mile of the road, then straightened up, galloped two miles quickly, and pulled out a black horse in a small forest, and galloped in the direction of Liangzhou!

Hou Poyu experienced the battle of the mine camp, and really accumulated enough military merits, the military literature has been reported, and his father's forces are behind him, and he has been given the position of military commander and lieutenant, although he has no real power, but he is also enough to see in face.

But when he heard the tip, he thought about rushing to the white camp tent next to the big tent of the Chinese army overnight, which was the residence of the marching chief, but he finally pressed it down, and secretly commanded in the ear of the pro-soldier, and the pro-soldier had an evil smile on his face, and then walked in the direction of the military slave camp, saying that there would be another innocent official and slave woman who would be humiliated in vain.

Li Daozong was picking up the lamp to deal with military affairs, a nameless insect put out the fire, and a lantern burst open, the corners of his eyes jumped slightly, and his mood was suddenly not very clear.

The next day, the generals gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss the matter, and the crowd was excited, and they all asked for battle, hoping to continue the small victory of the mine camp and uproot the Murong forces outside the Liangzhou Pass in one fell swoop!

I don't know what the leaders of Chang'an City are planning, the main general Li Jing has not been in place for a long time, and the soldiers who have been stationed for nearly a month have been hungry and thirsty with knives and lances in their hands, but the deputy general Hou Junji has also not been in place, and after some weighing, Li Daozong, the general manager, finally suppressed this proposal.

After the six departments reported their respective situations, the atmosphere of the whole big tent was a little depressed, and at this time, the newly meritorious Hou Po, the captain of Zhenwei from the six products, broke out of the column, and bowed his head and said: "General, a certain still insists on the proposal of sending troops, because the general's personal guards are Xu Zhen, who has secretly surrendered to the enemy, and a certain is worried that the wild captives will attack my camp outside Liangzhou in the near future!" ”

"What?!!! The Guards are surrendering to the enemy?!!! ”

Hou Poyu finished speaking, the whole big tent was in an uproar, there were no less than a few lieutenants and lieutenants with real power in the account, and it was never the turn of a Zhenwei lieutenant who had no real power when the deliberations were made, but this person was the son of the deputy general Hou Junji, and the person he was referring to was Li Daozong's personal guard, and everyone had already been shocked by this news!

At this time, where will the generals consider Hou Poyu's identity and status, and what is a personal guard? This is the personal guard of his cronies, which means that this Xu is really trusted by Li Daozong, and the personal guard of the number one in the army has surrendered to the enemy, which is a big thing!

It is said that this team is really in charge of the secrets of the army, just saying that this news is leaking out, people are panicked, and the army's heart is shaken!

These generals were originally anxious to go out to fight and make contributions, in their opinion, Zhenguan is prosperous in the world, the country is strong and strong, and the prestige of the heavenly kingdom is vented.

Hou Poyu's military report undoubtedly threw a fire into the boiling oil pot, and the generals were in a commotion, advocating for war, and they actually reached the point where the crowd was excited!

Li Daozong remembered the omen of last night's eyebrow, and his heart suddenly rippled, but it was not good to attack on the spot, his body leaned forward slightly, his eyes burst out with the coldness of an eagle falcon, and he confirmed to Hou Poyu in a cold voice: "Captain Hou, can this information be really?" ”

Hou Poyu raised his head slightly, just made eye contact with Li Daozong, his heart suddenly tightened, and cold sweat went straight down, this Li Daozong is kind and approachable on weekdays, it seems that everyone has forgotten that he is the founding general of a hundred battles and victories, not only Hou Poyu, but other generals also suddenly withered.

However, Hou Poyu opened his bow and never looked back, and he trusted his ears and eyes very much, Xu Zhen mixed with a foreign race like Caesar, and captured Murong Xiao privately but did not return to the camp to receive the merit, and now he has gone deep into the hinterland of the Kubel grassland, either surrendering to the enemy or sending him to death!

He is confident that Xu Zhen is a greedy villain, and he is even more greedy for a villain, Bai Huahua's military exploits are in front, will Xu Zhen, the villain, come back to receive it quickly?

Therefore, Hou Poyu was already convinced in his heart that Xu Zhen had indeed surrendered to the enemy!

He suddenly raised his head and chest, looked squarely at the eyes of the marching commander, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "A certain head is guaranteed, this shaft has indeed surrendered to the enemy!" I also hope that the general manager will send troops as soon as possible, so as not to let the wild captives get the secret of the military aircraft and cause irreparable losses to our army! ”

The whole tent is in an uproar!

(Note 1: The personal guards originally referred to the emperor's guards, the Sui Shizhi, and the left and right guards of the Sui Praetorian Guards were led by the personal guards, and the Xun Wei and Yi Wei were collectively called the three guards.) Tang along the place, still called the guard, the guard, the guard, the guard, set up five mansions to unify it. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the three guards were all the children of high-ranking officials, although their rank was low, their status was very high, and they could be promoted from there, which was valued by the people of the time. After being promoted, it became more and more difficult, and Sanwei was regarded as a daunting path. The personal guard here simply refers to the personal guard of the cronies. ）

(Note 2: The Tang people used to call themselves so, I, slave, or their own surname, etc., and the lower officials, lowly positions, and last generals were mostly seen after the Ming Dynasty, and they did not dare to use them, so Hou Polu called himself a certain in front of Li Daozong, the head of the marching army.) ）