The eastern sky has just revealed a trace of morning light, the sky is dim, the smoke and blue mist is shrouded in the endless saline-alkali land, there is a sparse willow forest less than twenty miles away from Yancheng County, it is very rare to grow such a willow forest on the saline-alkali land, so they stand alone in the morning light, except for them, there is no green to see around.

There is a simple military camp stationed next to the willow forest, which is said to be simple because the military camp has no wooden fences, no lookouts, no deep trenches, and fortifications such as antlers and thistles, and nearly a thousand tents are set up horizontally and vertically, which looks a little messy, and it can be seen that this is because the army going south is tired and hastily camped, and it also means that they will leave here soon.

Under the cover of the morning mist, an army of about 20,000 people also appeared three miles south of this barracks, and they tiptoed towards the barracks next to the willow forest as if they were thieves.

At this time, a scout rushed over, he turned over and dismounted and reported: "General Qiyu, my subordinates have been observing the barracks, and there has been no movement so far. ”

"How far are you from the barracks?" Li Shidao suddenly asked with some surprise: "Wasn't it discovered by the enemy's patrol?" ”

"The enemy's patrol only patrolled within two miles, and his subordinates did not enter their patrol area, and the subordinates saw with their own eyes when the enemy set up camp, and they were so tired that they hastily set up their tents and rested."

Li Shidao's heart suddenly felt uneasy, stationed in the camp so hastily, even he would not do it, the other party was the famous Anxi Army! Defeat the armies of Tibet and the Great Eclipse. How can it be so sloppy, what is the difference between this and a grass thief who occupies the mountain as the king? Could it be

Li Shidao thought of the most terrible consequence, and he immediately ordered in a loud voice: "The rear team becomes the front army, give me a quick retreat!" ”

But when he reacted too late, he saw that soldiers were already clamoring in the south and west, and an officer ran in panic to report: "General, the big thing is not good, there are enemy troops in the south and west." ”

Li Shidao was taken aback. He immediately looked back, and sure enough, a black line appeared on the horizon to the south and west, and the earth had begun to shake slightly. There was a faint sound of muffled thunder in the sky.

"Bastard!" Li Shidao was furious, he turned over and shot the scout who was panicking in front of him, and shouted: "The army is ready to break through from the south!" ”

With a wave of his large iron spear, hundreds of his own soldiers escorted him and rushed south.

Ten thousand horses galloped, and three huge black cavalry phalanxes converged on Li Shidao's army from the north, south, and west directions at the same time. The three-pole gold-edged flag with a black background is embroidered with a huge white plum character. Fluttering in the wind in the cavalry formation.

This is a cavalry that can be called the most elite cavalry in the Tang Dynasty, and the cavalry is all wearing black bright light armor, holding a long lance in one hand, holding a round shield in the other hand, and under the helmet are a pair of indifferent and cruel eyes, full of murderous eyes looking at the chaotic enemy army in front of them. Their speed was not fast, but the queue was neat, like a black subway stream, with a devastating momentum, covering up and killing Li Shidao's army.

Zhongji's fear has already permeated Li Shidao's army, it is better to be famous than to meet, when the 30,000 Longyou cavalry rushed in, they saw that it was an army like a heavenly soldier and a general, and the black was even more solemn with the breath of death. I didn't resist it, and my heart was cold. The morale of Li Shidao's army was low, and no one was willing to resist desperately. Li Shidao scolded loudly, and after slashing dozens of people in succession, he barely stabilized part of the army's lineup, but at this moment, a trumpet-shaped gap suddenly appeared in the southwest corner, Li Shidao's army first fled in small groups, and then triggered a large-scale escape, 20,000 soldiers scrambled to flee to the gap, Li Shidao's queue that had just been rectified collapsed in an instant in front of the glimmer of life, the soldiers trampled on each other, and the sound of crying and wailing sounded.

In the northern cavalry formation, Zhang Huan watched calmly as Li Shidao's army rushed to the southwest, the enemy's position was already in chaos, he slowly unsheathed the war sword in his hand, and the war sword drew a sharp mang to the enemy, and he coldly burst out with a word in his mouth!

Suddenly, the drums beat loudly, and the drums like cracking stones echoed in the heavens and the earth, and the 30,000 soldiers shouted "Long live!" Like a thunderclap on the ground, the cavalry formation suddenly accelerated, "Kill!" "The lance danced, the black array was like a rushing and roaring tide, arousing dozens of feet of murderous aura, one after another torrential waves overturned and tore the enemy army, the blood mist was unfurled, the corpses were separated, and the heads rolled to the ground, professional soldiers have never had any mercy on their subordinates, whether the other party is Hu Lu or Tang Army, their task is to slaughter, faithfully carry out the commander's orders, even if the other party has collapsed, even if the other party cries and begs for mercy, but before receiving the order to stop killing, they will be killed and will not leave a living mouth.

The gap in the southwest only protruded a few hundred people before it collapsed, leaving Li Shidao's army black, boundless black, black filled with the smell of death and pungent blood, life was gone, and the gates of hell were open to them.

When the first blood-red morning sun shone on this white and vast saline-alkali land, the battlefield had been quiet, the battle was over, the ground was full of fallen soldiers, the bloody breath in the air had not dissipated, the willow trees were full of crows that smelled of the fish, quacking, this battle, killed 12,000 people, surrendered 8,000 people, few escaped, and the total number of dead and wounded in the Longyou army was less than 200 people, this was no longer a battle, but a one-sided massacre

A group of dejected captives sat in a clearing in the north, all with frightened eyes, and in the distance, three black phalanxes had merged into one, standing two miles away, quietly waiting for the next order, on the battlefield, hundreds of soldiers were rummaging through the corpses, looking for Li Shidao's whereabouts, at this time, a prisoner was brought up by two sergeants, and said to Li Guozhen, the Zhonglang general who was being ordered to find Li Shidao: "General, this person knows Li Shidao's whereabouts. ”

Li Guozhen's eyes immediately fell on the prisoner of war, "If you can take us to find it, we will reward you with ten dollars!" ”

"I—I don't dare to ask for a reward, I just ask the general to spare my life." The prisoner of war trembled and pointed to a small mound in the distance and said, "I saw that he was shot and fell from his horse there." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of people had already run towards the small mound, the soldiers killed here were the thickest, and the Longyou army also killed and wounded dozens of people here, and soon, a shout came from the mound, "Found it!" Yes, there is. ”

Li Guozhen rushed to the horse, only to see that the soldiers moved away a hundred corpses, and found a middle-aged man wearing a golden helmet at the bottom, he was killed by an arrow through the chest, and he was still holding a big iron gun in his hand, staring at the sky without blinking, and someone recognized that this person was Li Shidao.

A soldier chopped off his head with a knife, and dedicated his hands to Li Guozhen, Li Guozhen hung his head on the saddle bridge, then turned the horse's head, and galloped towards the cavalry formation, and after a while, Li Guozhen came to Zhang Huan in front of him, performed a military salute, and presented the head, "Governor, my subordinates have found Li Shidao, and I am here to give the order!" ”

Zhang Huan picked at the head with his sword, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it for a moment, he smiled coldly and said: "Master Li, you should die in Luoyang, but you let you live to this day." ”

After saying that, he immediately ordered: "Leave two thousand people to deal with the aftermath, and the rest of the army will march towards Linhuai County!" ”

The black torrent quickly turned around and galloped towards Linhuai County under a purple and red morning glow.

Guangling Chu Mansion, a black man, led by the guards of the Chu Mansion, hurriedly walked through a moon gate to Chu Xingshui's room.

At this time, there are three people in Chu Xingshui's room, except for Chu Xingshui, the other two are the main members of the Chu family, one is Chu Xingshui's brother Chu Xingyun, he is about fifty years old, he looks dignified, his eyebrows and eyes are quite similar to Zhang Huan's mother Chu Banglan, he is responsible for the daily affairs of the Chu family, when Chu Xingshui was in Chang'an, he had the final say on the affairs of the clan, and he was currently the second person in the Chu family.

The other person is also roughly the same age, but his appearance is very different from the Chu Xingshui brothers with beautiful eyebrows, he has a wide face and purple face, lion-nose and leopard eyes, tall and burly, his name is Chu Jinglei, although he is also a member of the Chu family, he is actually the adopted son of Chu Xingshui's father Chu Tan, with strong martial arts and a brave personality, it was he who stabbed Helan Jingming and captured 30,000 Huaixi troops for decades, and for decades, he has been deeply trusted by Chu Tan and Chu Xingshui father and son, and has a high status in the Chu family, no one dares to treat him as an outsider, he currently controls the water army of the Chu family, has been stationed by the Yangtze River, and rushed back from Jinling overnight last night.

Chu Xingshui's exhaustion came from the news of Yancheng, according to the report of the soldiers who fled back, Zhang Huan personally led 30,000 cavalry to defeat Li Shidao's department in Yancheng, and Li Shidao himself was also killed in the army, but what made him even more frightened was that it was clear that Li Shidao's army was willing to surrender, but Zhang Huan still refused to take back the massacre order, and most of the soldiers were slaughtered to death, which was obviously killed for himself.

From this battle, Chu Xingshui saw the viciousness of his nephew, even if the Chu family was his maternal uncle, he would probably never show mercy to his subordinates, Chu Xingshui felt gloomy for a while, this time I am afraid that he underestimated Zhang Huan's determination to destroy the family.

He let out a long sigh and said to the two brothers, "Tell me, what should our Chu family do now?"

(To the addition of the monthly pass, I hope that the brothers will continue to support)