"The last general has been going to the vicinity of Wuliang Town non-stop for the past few days to investigate, and learned from the mouths of the captured thieves that there are now corpses all over there, and the battle has become white-hot, according to the report of the detectives, the Sanlipo between Liudaokou and Wuliang Town and the plain below are full of corpses, like Senluo Hell......"

Su Wencan gave Liu Ce a report on the 1510 battle situation in Wuliang Town that he had explored, and after hearing this, Liu Ce fell into deep thought: If he really wants to join the official and military camp, should he do something? Let yourself be able to go smoothly Zhao'an?

"What's the news from Gao Yang?" Liu Ce asked.

"According to the news from the fine work that has infiltrated the city, the thieves in Gaoyang City are still drunk and dreaming in the Xiaoyao Cave all day long, because my Jingwei camp robbed them of their grain and grass a month ago, and Zhang Hui and the others dare not send any more assistance to Wuliang Town."

"Then how many centaurs are stationed in Gaoyang City now? And who are the defender generals? ”

"There are 114,000 thieves inside and outside Gaoyang City, of which less than 3,000 are sharp soldiers, and the rest are composed of ordinary thieves and homeless people.

"Alright, you can go down and rest first."

"The last will be retired."

After Su Wencan left, Liu Ce began to press his slightly aching head and carefully think about the next step. Looking at the whole charcoal map on the case, his brows were furrowed: if the strongholds near Gaoyang are uprooted one by one, it will definitely cause a chain reaction, and Gaoyang City will definitely close the gate and defend it with all its might, but if you don't pull out these strongholds, how can you safely advance to Gaoyang City? The thieves in the outside stronghold will definitely spread to Gaoyang City if they find out! We have to think of another way.

Thinking of this, Liu Ce got up and left the mansion and walked towards the house where Qin Mo was.

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Wuliang Town, on the plain full of corpses, still shouting to kill the sky, tens of thousands of thieves and officials and soldiers roared and collided together, each waving his blade to put down the enemy in front of him.

In Li Xiuwen's camp, Li Xiuwen, who was on the arrow tower, watched the battle scene not far away, his eyes were unusually cold, and several entourage guards behind him also quietly watched the thieves and officers and soldiers fighting each other without saying a word, waiting for Li Xiuwen's instructions.

"General! When exactly will the reinforcements arrive? We can't stand it anymore! Downstairs, Du Fang asked loudly, the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command are now less than 4,000 people, and the arrows of the crossbowmen have long been shot, and the sore arms can no longer lift anything.

Li Xiuwen put his hand on the fence of the arrow tower, and did not answer Du Fang's words, but glanced at his relatives. The guard comprehended, and then said loudly to Du Fang under the arrow tower: "General Du relax, at most half an hour, the Thunder Army will definitely come to relieve the siege!" Please General Du must hold on to this last half hour! ”

When Du Fang heard this, he replied loudly: "Okay, the last general will last another half an hour!" If there are no reinforcements by then, then what will happen to the Banner Department and Yan Heng's Department cannot be guaranteed! ”

When Li Xiuwen heard this, he smiled secretly, and said in his heart: It seems that this local army still can't be counted on, and wants to threaten me with a mutiny? Hehe, will I give you a chance to mutiny?

Thinking of this, Li Xiuwen climbed down the arrow tower and came to Du Fang, looking at him with a smile, Du Fang's scalp was numb, and in this cold weather, his back was wet.

After a long time, Li Xiuwen raised his hands, slapped him on the shoulders and said, "It won't take half an hour for General Ben to go to meet the Thunder Army to give the thief a fatal blow!" This credit is due to the fact that General Du and General Yan have resisted the thieves' march to the death in the past ten days, so that they cannot advance an inch, and when the thieves are defeated in the future, the general should be the first merit. ”

"Master Xie Shiqi cultivates, and it will be difficult for the general to die and repay the general's great kindness!" Du Fang said that, knelt down heavily and kowtowed.

Li Xiuwen looked at Du Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth, stepped forward to lift him up, patted the dust on his body, and said: "There is General Lao who is resisting this half an hour, without further ado, General Ben will go to meet the Thunder Army, take care of the general." ”

After speaking, Li Xiuwen strode to his horse and jumped up, and dozens of guards also turned over and got on their horses, but when they heard a whip, dozens of horsemen left the camp like a hurricane......

"Kill Lao Tzu!" A few miles in front of the formation, Yan Heng roared, and a shot pierced the chest cavity of a rogue, and the gun's momentum continued to hit another stunned thief behind him, which turned out to be two lives with one shot.

"Huh......" At this time, Yan Heng was covered in blood, panting, his own knife had already been cut aside, and he could only pick up the spear on the ground and continue to fight, and he was already surrounded by a circle of thieves' corpses, which was shocking to watch.

"General, the division flag gives the lord an order, hold on for another half an hour, and the reinforcements will arrive on the battlefield!" A soldier from Du Fang's department came to the front of the battle and said to Yan Heng.

"Half an hour!" Yan Heng's eyes rolled when he heard this, "My flag group is now less than seven thousand, and the arrows have been exhausted, how can I hold on for half an hour?"

The herald soldier said: "The general's death order is to hold the camp for half an hour no matter what!" ”

"Hold on to the camp, huh?" Yan Heng swept down the two thieves who were about to step forward with one shot, and continued, "That's good! I got it! ”

Then he shouted: "The whole army retreats into the camp!" After speaking, he took the lead and ran to the camp a few miles away, but after running a few steps, he suddenly felt a strong wind blowing through the back of his neck, and at the last moment, he suddenly lowered his head, and a thumb-thick wolf tooth arrow lifted his helmet out, and for a while Yan Heng's head was scattered, like a demon.

"Heshuo, have you lost the strength to play with women in Gaoyang these days, and you haven't shot yet?" Dozens of paces away, three Hu people of the alien race appeared on the battlefield under the cover of the thief's sword and shield hands.

The Hu man named Heshuo had a cold expression, took out another wolf tooth arrow from his back and said, "Count him lucky, but that's the end of it." After speaking, the step bow in his hand opened a full circle, and with the soft sound of the string, the wolf tooth arrow rushed towards Yan Heng's back quickly.

"Poof......

"Uh......"

The wolf's tooth arrow shredded the nail leaf on Yan Heng's back, and the whole root sank into his back, leaving only the tail part of the arrow outside his body. Yan Heng fell to the ground with a muffled snort, and the broken arrow in his body instantly slashed his internal organs, making him unable to move, and could only watch countless pairs of big feet pass in front of his eyes. Suddenly he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, he felt unusually cold, and in a trance he couldn't hear anything, as if he had flown into the air, and saw the sight of the soldiers fleeing and the hideous expressions of the thieves running behind him......

When the Hu man named Heshuo saw that Yan Heng had been put down with an arrow, his expression suddenly relaxed, and he turned around and smiled lewdly at the two Hu people beside him: "The women of the Central Plains are really evocative, and the delicate skin is really irresistible, I can vent to my heart's content on them, just like treating delicious sheep, which is not comparable to the women on our grassland." ”

When the two Hu people heard this, they agreed, and one of them said: "No wonder why the Hulan tribe goes south to plunder all over the Far East every year, I finally realized that it can squeeze so much wealth from these rich Zhou people, and anyone will be tempted." ”

Heshuo smiled brightly: "When we capture the wall in front, our good days are still ahead." ”

"Hahahaha......" The three of them let out an unbridled lewd laugh at the same time, and continued to bend their bows and arrows to reap the lives of the officers and soldiers.

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In the official and military camp, the officers and soldiers who had dispersed here shrank together, holding the blades in their hands with great difficulty in front of the black-pressed thieves outside the camp.

"Yan Heng...... He's dead? When Du Fang learned the news, his face was like ashes, and he stood in place dumbfounded, "Are you sure?" ”

The soldier who gave the report said weakly: "Dead, I saw with my own eyes, he was shot by a thief with an arrow...... General, what now?"

Du Fang closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said loudly: "General Yan died as a result of the thief's plot!" Our officers and soldiers should defend the camp and avenge him! ”

Without waiting for everyone to react, they saw Du Fang erect Yan Heng's big sword and continued to roar: "I, Du Fang, swear to be the head of the hand blade Duan Hong!" To comfort General Yan's spirit in the sky! Now the generals under Yan Qi have taken over for the time being, and the brothers will follow me to defend the camp and wait for the reinforcements of the division and banner envoys to arrive! ”

"Whoa!"

The morale of the officers and soldiers was suddenly raised by Du Fang's words, and their eyes were suddenly full of blood and strength, as if they had inexhaustible strength.

At this moment, a rain of arrows appeared in the rear of the thieves over the official camp, and those soldiers who had just raised their courage were shot to the ground one by one before they could exert their bloody courage, and they immediately screamed again and again.

"When did the thieves have archers? Why is it only happening now?" Du Fang, who had just finished the performance, froze in place on the spot, and really couldn't understand what was going on.

"Ah...... General, save me ~ I don't want to die ~ "

"I've got an arrow in my waist~"

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The sound of wailing and moaning continued to echo inside and outside the camp, not only the officers and soldiers, but also the thieves. The 2,000 archers of Gong Qing's sharp army shot their companions and officers and soldiers at all, and in their eyes, these thieves were just a group of cannon fodder, and it was a waste of food to live......

"It's over~" Du Fang never expected that he had just raised his morale and had no time to defend a wave, but he was crushed by the sudden rain of arrows, looking at the officers and soldiers who were wailing everywhere and fleeing in all directions, he felt desperate for the first time.

Outside the camp, the figure of Zhang Zhong's Iron Tiger Army appeared, and more than 900 sharp soldiers wearing iron armor and holding various blades and sharp weapons were smiling and attacking the camp entrance. I saw that when Zhang Zhong was ten steps away from the camp gate, he suddenly began to accelerate, and the heavy armor leaf on his body shook like a chain of hell beating the last line of defense in the hearts of the officers and soldiers.

"Boom~Kara~"

With a loud bang, the gate of the camp made of thick hardwood at the mouth of the bowl was actually under Zhang Zhong's building, and there were traces of breakage, and the piercing sound of wood cracking mixed with the impact of the nail leaves finally defeated the last psychological defense line of the official army - the official army, defeated!

Without waiting for the camp gate to be knocked open, the soldiers of the battalion howled and fled in the direction of Wuliang Town, and the front of the rear camp gate was crowded with black and oppressive crowds, countless officers and soldiers were pushed to the ground and trampled to death, and even countless people in the same camp held knives in the past, and the ugliness of human nature was extremely dark at this moment of life and death.

"I, Du Fang, have been in the army for 20 years, and I finally have this position today, and I don't want it to be just a flash in the pan! At least I have achieved the position of flag leader, and the children of the clan will be proud of it when they think of it in the future. Du Fang looked at the slowly falling camp gate and the rejecting horns that were constantly being overturned, sighed deeply, and then opened his arms to meet the dozens of feathered arrows flying towards him......

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A few miles away, Li Xiuwen looked at the official army camp being captured by thieves, but his expression was unusually calm, which was originally expected by him.

"I didn't expect it to be captured in less than half an hour, it seems that I still expect too much from this rabble." Li Xiuwen's tone was without any emotion, "However, these rabble will not die in vain, and the next ...... It's time for the real record. ”

A trace of bloodthirsty cruelty flashed on Li Xiuwen's delicate and elegant face at this time, and he beckoned to the guards behind him, and then the legion directly under the Thunder Army slowly appeared on the plain in the distance, the first was three thousand archers in leather armor, and from their looks, they knew that this was a real elite, and each of them was the result of a hundred battles......

Li Xiuwen said to the guards around him: "The order has passed, and the action will start after half an hour, and success or failure is here." ”

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When Zhang Zhong's unit did not have a single casualty, and the last officers and soldiers were hacked to death, he looked at the huge camp and let out an earth-shattering roar. Ten days, a full ten days, 300,000 casualties finally laid down the front of the official army! Next is Wuliang Town, a mile away, "Wei Yi!" I'm coming! Prepare to die, hahahaha......"

On the three-mile slope, Duan Hong looked at the endless stumps and broken arms, and couldn't help but sigh and leave: "I don't want to attack a small camp of officers and soldiers, but it will damage so many of my men and horses......"

Fu Ruhai stood on the side and shook his head, and said to Duan Hong: "Duan Shuai don't worry, after all, the opponent is Li Suwen, and it is a great luck to be able to exchange the lives of 300,000 hungry people for this great victory without hurting our righteous army...... Alas......"

After speaking, Fu Ruhai sighed deeply, and immediately frowned when he caught a glimpse of the three Hu people passing side by side at the bottom of the slope.

Duan Hong said: "Fortunately, the obstacles in front of Wuliang Town have been cleared, and tomorrow the wall will be captured in one go, so that Li Suwen and the Thunder Army of Wei Wei will become the history of the Great Zhou, but it is just ...... How can we ensure that Wei Yi's life will not be harmed? ”

Duan Hong said in deep thought, he now felt that he was getting closer and closer to the position of governor, and what he had to do was to save the lives of Wei Yi and the members of the royal family, so as not to attract more troops from the imperial court to encircle him.

After a long time, he remembered Zhang Zhong's words that day, and said resentfully in his heart: "For the sake of my future, you must die......"

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In the official and military camp, Ding Jian, Zhang Zhong, Gong Qing and Lei Meng were sitting in the big tent of Li Xiuwen in front of them.

"Hahaha...... These officers and soldiers never expected that my old Gong's archers would be dispatched at this time...... Hahaha. Gong Qing sat in front of a stool and put his legs on the table in front of him, boasting comfortably.

"Hmph, it's a pity that this kid Li Suwen ran away, hateful!" Zhang Zhong kept wiping his long knife, his face was angry.

"General Zhang, dissipate your anger, you can beat Li Suwen like a lost dog, it's worth ......" Lei Meng calmed Zhang Zhong's emotions rudely, but saw Zhang Zhong sneered and ignored him.

Ding Jian sat in a corner on the side, watching the conversation between several people in the tent, and did not speak, but he always felt as if something was wrong, although he paid such a heavy price to take the camp, but ...... It seems that it is still too easy, is Li Suwen so capable?

"Chief!" Just as Ding Jian was still pondering, suddenly the curtain was opened, and a thief entered in a panic.

"What nonsense!" Gong Qing roared with impatience on his face: "How many times have I told you!" We are not bandits, but the rebels, the rebels do not understand, we have to shout generals! Shout the wrong Lao Tzu again, cut out your tongue and feed it to the dogs! Did you hear that?"

The thief was so frightened that he fell to his knees and shouted "yes". Gong Qing no longer ignored him, and Ding Jian immediately asked, "What's the alarm?" Say it. ”

The thief knelt on the ground and said, "More than 5,000 stone of grain were found in the grain storage area in the camp, and there was a lot of forage......

Lei Meng smiled when he heard this: "Isn't it good? It happened that the brothers attacked the village for a day, and they were hungry, so they hurriedly buried the pot to make rice, had a full meal, and took Wuliang Town with all their might tomorrow. ”

The thief looked embarrassed and said, "It's just that the grain and grass are full of the smell of fire oil, and the whole grain storage place is like this......"

"Huh? Not good! Hit the trick! Ding Jian jumped up for the first time, and finally understood why he felt that something was wrong, it turned out that the smell of the entire camp seemed to be wrong, but it was covered by the smell of blood before, and he had not carefully distinguished.

Ding Jian shouted loudly into the tent: "Hurry up and withdraw the people from the camp, quickly!" It's too late! After saying that, he ran out of the tent first.

Zhang Zhong, Gong Qing, and Lei Meng glanced at each other, and then their pupils widened, and they ran to the tent with a shout.

"Whoosh ......"

As soon as he stepped out of the camp, he saw countless arrows emitting black smoke falling from the sky above the camp, one of which accurately shot a ball of hay, and the hay coated with fire oil instantly burned, and was accidentally hit by the panicked thieves, and instantly turned on its side, and the fodder with fire flew away and ignited another cart of forage, and in a short time the entire grain storage point and the camp tents everywhere were on fire......

Li Xiuwen, who was watching all this from afar, still had a Confucian aura on his face at this time, and was sneering with a hideous smile on his face at this time.

"In the battle of Houtu Fort, I heard that a soldier risked his life to block the thieves with fire oil, and today, I just took this opportunity to use fire oil to make the thieves die here......"

After speaking, he immediately ordered the Thunder Army behind him: "Target Sanlipo, take Duan Hong's head directly!" In addition, let the Third Flag Regiment bypass Sanlipo and guard the entrance and exit of Liudaokou! In this battle, I will die as a thief without a place to bury! ”

After giving the order, Li Xiuwen returned to his previous Confucian state, and said secretly: As everyone knows, the reinforcements I got from Weiyi are as many as two banner regiments, this time I will see how you Duan Hong can deal with it!

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"This ...... This ......" Duan Hong looked at the fire in front of him and heard the faint sound of wailing and screaming, and couldn't help but stumble to the ground.

"Why?" He looked at the smoke in the sky with resentment and let out an unwilling roar, "I've been preparing for so many years to have this result!" God! You have been so unfair to me! With that, a mouthful of blood spurted out of Duan Hong's mouth......

Fu Ruhai hurriedly picked up Duan Hong and said: "Marshal retreat quickly, you have been defeated, and it is important to preserve your strength." ”

"Kill!" At this time, an earth-shattering shout of killing sounded from the battlefield, and all the thieves fixed their eyes, and suddenly seemed to be struck by lightning, "Thunder Army!" It's the Thunder Army! Run for your life! ”

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