"Be careful!" Yuan Wendu shouted urgently, the seven horsemen rushed straight in, and the person who was surrounded saw that the rescue was about to be pierced by several iron lances, only to see him pat the horse's back and get up, his feet were extremely heavy, and he stepped heavily on the horse's back War Horse Deng, he screamed, and fell to the ground suddenly, he pierced the iron lance nail on the ground with his right hand, and jumped sideways on the back of a cavalry horse in Northern Zhao to shake it off the horse, and grabbed the iron lance. The seven horsemen had already been killed, and the more than a dozen horsemen who had blocked, split, and picked only a few times in their hands fell to the ground.

Yuan Wendu was stunned in place, there was such a master under Tian Hongfu, how could he never have heard of such a person before, he had never seen such a young man who was good at riding for many years, and the iron lance in his hand danced so skillfully, I am afraid that hundreds of people would be difficult to defeat him alone and one horse.

"Soldiers, charge and kill the enemy!" Yuan Wendu shouted, and rushed to the enemy formation. Eight hundred elite horsemen poured out, and the soldiers who had previously dispersed also came to their senses at this time, and shouted forward one by one, only after a charge, the Northern Zhao army retreated in defeat. The young man rode forward, one person swept away, dozens of corpses were scattered everywhere the iron lance went, the enemy army fled, the sound of killing in the smoke and dust, the blood stained the sand and dust in these miles, the sound of fighting sounded again and again, the soldiers fought bravely one by one, and killed the enemy all over the field.

The command flag waved, "Withdraw the troops!" After a burst of gold, the soldiers gradually stopped pursuing, the young man grabbed the reins, and the horse stopped in place with a neigh.

Yuan Wendu stepped forward and said to the young man: "Your Excellency has any position under General Tian, why haven't you seen Your Excellency before?" ”

The young man lowered his head and stroked the horse's head, and replied indifferently: "I only joined the Left Guard Battalion two months ago, and I was only a cavalry leader under General Tian, and it was normal for the general not to know me. ”

Yuan Wendu thought to himself: This person is just a team leader, and this Tian Hongfu is too ignorant, if I recruit him to my subordinates, wouldn't it be wonderful.

"What is your name, with your ability to serve in the team, it is a bit condescending."

The young man said slowly: "My surname is Murong, my name is Yang, I am a Xianbei person from Monan, most of my clansmen died at the hands of Northern Zhao, and there are probably eight people who escaped. ”

"I see, the Murong team is so heroic, I will report it to the marshal when I go back, and I will repay this credit truthfully."

Murong Yang: "Thank you, General, I still have to go back to the Left Guard Battalion." ”

The war horse neighed, Murong Yang galloped away, the seven horsemen followed, and the eight people and eight horses drove away.

"It's a pity, I made a note of this person." Yuan Wendu tightened the reins and walked back slowly to the war horse, and the soldiers slowly retreated with their banners and armor.

When he returned to the camp, Zhong Yue was already standing outside the camp gate, Yuan Wendu had expected that this would be the case, fortunately he still had merits and demerits, the exhausted soldiers walked slowly, and the 5,000 people in the left guard battalion who were almost wiped out had lost most of them, Tian Hongfu went back to the camp early, who should be counted for the defeat in this battle? Zhong Yue watched the remnants of the army return, and he was angry in his heart, knowing that this "culprit" was not there, but it was difficult to suppress his anger.

"Come on, pull down Yuan Wendu, and fight twenty!"

Yuan Wendu didn't expect it, just got off the horse, he was pulled to beat 20 military sticks, thinking carefully that this is the marshal to stand up, this gratuitous beating with a military stick, was very unfair when Zhao Huaide helped him back into the camp tent.

"Brother Yuan, you who fought bravely to kill the enemy and suffered twenty military sticks, it's not worth it, that Tian Hongfu has nothing to do, it's really unfair, unfair!"

Yuan Wendu sighed and said: "Not every powerful person is like General Shao, who was almost instigated by that Li Kun and almost harmed General Shao before, then Li Kun is Tian Hongfu's cronies, and he has to lose his way." That's it, this Tian Hongfu has no ability, but he just relies on his father's power, and Cao Dudu is afraid and does not dare to directly hold him accountable. ”

There was a sound outside the tent, and a figure approached. "Who is it?"

"General Yuan, Marshal Zhong asked me to send some medicine to treat wounds, and I also brought you a sentence, Marshal Zhong hopes that the general will recover from his injuries well, don't think about it."

"Thank you Marshal Zhong on my behalf..."

"It's inconvenient for the general to get up, so I don't have to get up, I have delivered the medicine and words, so I'll go back."

Yuan Wendu dragged his body, slowly got up with the help of Zhao Huaide, and bowed to the person who came to salute back, the injury on this bend was hot and painful, clenched his teeth, and his face was already shaking. When the man saw this, he persuaded him to lie down on the couch, and he went back to his life.

The next day, Zhong Yue summoned the generals in the big tent, a topographic map in the tent, Zhong Yue pointed to the terrain around the plain, surrounded by mountains and living in it, his eyes were fixed on the word Ju Mountain.

"Jushan, behind the side of the pavilion, if there are soldiers here, then..." Zhong Yue whispered as he looked at the topographic map.

"Marshal, we just lost yesterday, do you want to rest here for a few days?"

"What, how many days to rest?" Zhong Yue squinted at the person who spoke, paused and said, "Order the camp to move forward thirty miles." ”

Into thirty miles? Isn't that exactly where Beizhao is stationed, isn't that the initiative to seek war?

One of them stood up and said, "I just broke the generals yesterday, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to take the initiative to advance again, the marshal thinks twice." ”

"General Liu, do you mean to tell the commander to wait for the enemy to attack the camp again?"

"It's... The subordinates were just afraid that the marshal would rush forward deep into the enemy's hinterland, which would be a little dangerous. ”

"I have made up my mind, you don't have to say anything more, immediately pull out the camp and move forward thirty miles." Zhong ordered the three armies to move forward, set up camp tonight, and send troops for a decisive battle tomorrow.

The generals walked out of the big tent in a daze, and He Liang walked out later, and everyone leaned towards him.

"Confused, Vice Marshal He, why don't you persuade the marshal, this just broke the general, and immediately advanced forward, didn't you just hit the enemy's arms and go."

He Liang ignored these people, his eyes swept around, and he went straight to his camp.

After a while, the three armies had been assembled, and with a single order, the 40,000-strong army went forward, and before it was dark, they had arrived at a river, where the army was encamped, and not far away was the pavilion. "Marshal, what is the password today, do you want the soldiers to sleep with armor on?"

"Order, today's password tiger bones, tell the soldiers to sleep in peace, and leave 3,000 people to take turns to guard and patrol the camp."

After a night of full sleep, the soldiers were already full of energy, and Zhong Yue ordered people to set up a big pot to cook meat. The smell of the meat has overflowed, and the soldiers are all around, waiting for a full meal before going into battle to kill the enemy.

"It's out of the pot, the meat is out of the pot!" A group of sergeants shouted, and then a bunch of people scrambled to squeeze up, the boiling pot was bubbling with a burst of meat smell, looking at the drool, everyone wanted to get a mouthful of the meat, and the meat was squeezed there when it came out of the pot.

"Mother, what are you anxious about, take the meat in order, give me a little bit of peace, or take it to feed the animals."

After half an hour, everyone ate all the meat, and at this time the drums sounded, and all the soldiers straightened their armor, and each of them raised their weapons and walked forward in turn.

"Report to the marshal, there are enemy troops ahead, it seems to be in formation."

"Probe!" Zhong Yue stopped his march, "Array, Yuan Wendu, you go and take the lead." ”

"Subordinate order" Yuan Wendu unfolded the formation, slowly moved forward, the soldiers shouted in unison, and gradually the distance was getting closer and closer, and the Northern Zhao army was already lined up to "wait". Before I could see it clearly, a "rain of arrows" fell from the sky. "Raise your shield, change your formation!"

"Drums! Boom! The sergeants listened to the sound of the drums and marched slowly, and after a "rain of arrows", then another burst of fall, like a sky full of stars, the soldiers were killed and wounded, and the shields in their hands were gradually pierced by arrows. "Knock knock! Knock knock! The drums beat rapidly, and the soldiers in front took advantage of the pause in the enemy's bows and arrows to retreat to the rear, and the soldiers behind took their place with their shields.

"Archer prepare!" At the sound of the order, five thousand archers drew their bowstrings, raised their bows to the sky with their left hands, and tightened the strings with their right hands. "Put!" I saw that the archers let go of their right hands, and the arrows came out of the string, and when they were about to fall in the air, they were already black and oppressive, pouring down like a torrential rain.

"Drums! Knock knock knock! The red order flag was raised, and all the soldiers abandoned the shields in their hands, raised their spears and galloped forward, "Hey! Heyhoo! "The soldiers in the front row rushed forward with a shout, and the enemy also launched a charge, and the two sides met in close quarters, making a burst of metallic crashes." Kill! ”

"Beat the drums!" The second and third columns of soldiers also killed the enemy with the sound of drums, and the sound of killing shook the sky in an instant, Zhong Yue saw that the battle situation was stalemate, so he ordered the fine cavalry to go out of the formation, a sound of horses' hooves came quickly, and the fine cavalry went around to the side, and the thousand cavalry came out like a gust of wind, and the smoke and dust rolled up, just like a sharp sword straight into the enemy's flank. Seeing that the flanks were in danger of annihilation, the enemy suddenly changed their formation, and the infantry returned to the interior, raised the iron shield on the flank, and then rejected the horse gun and put it on the iron shield, like an iron wall. The drums beat again, "Close!" The yellow flag suddenly rose, and the elite cavalry turned abruptly, and actually rushed straight to the enemy army in front, and the enemy army was caught off guard, and the front line was loosened!

"Drums! Knock knock! Zhong Yue raised the red flag, and the flag officials set up the red flag in their hands and shook it in the wind with all their might. "All the troops are attacking!" A general attack finally came, so the soldiers rushed forward with weapons in hand, and the drums beat louder and louder, and the sound of drums came out of the mountains, like a tiger out of the mountain rushing forward.

The enemy commander saw that the situation was not good, he personally beat the drum to help, and for a time the whole army poured out, at this time the enemy cavalry suddenly rushed out from the side, a column of military formations has been rushed to pieces, the battle situation changed suddenly, the situation took a sharp turn, Zhong Yue was very anxious to see this, in order to ensure that the flank was not broken through, he personally led his close attendants to supplement the flank. He Liang sat in the Chinese army to observe the changes in the Quartet. The battle situation is already stalemate, this place is closer to Beizhao, if the enemy has already lined up reinforcements in front of the formation, wouldn't it be dangerous. Thinking of this, He Liang's heart was shocked, but the battle situation was so tight, and he was not allowed to be a little timid.

The enemy commander suddenly waved the flag, and a large number of enemy troops rushed to the flank, Zhong Yue was here at this time, and the flank had already been somewhat unable to support when the cavalry assaulted, and now the casualties under this strong pressure were even more heavy, Zhong Yue saw that he could not support it, so he raised the "Cangwu" sword in his hand and leaped forward, taking the lead, and killed several people one after another. But after all, the enemy army was strong, and after a few times, a large hole had been broken in the flank, and the enemy cavalry suddenly rushed into the hole. Zhong Yue was unexpected, his heart was shocked, and he stepped down on the black horse's legs and was swept down by the enemy soldiers with a horse rejecting gun, Zhong Yue fell heavily under the horse, and everyone was shocked at this moment, and the Lord General saw that his life was in the middle of the day.

"Boom!" An iron lance was placed across Zhong Yue's chest, picking up the thorny long hair, Zhong Yue was shocked, and when he looked up, the person was a teenager with a long lance in his hand. This man led seven horsemen, that is, the Murong Duck, he swept with a spear, and an iron lance in his hand was like a swimming dragon, and there would be several corpses in the place where he plundered. Zhong Yue took advantage of this gap to ride on the black horse and leap towards the phalanx, the enemy saw that the man who looked like the commander ran away, so he rushed to catch up, Murong Yang and his seven horsemen stopped in front, the long lance was on the side of the war horse, the Northern Zhao soldiers killed hundreds of people rushed up, Murong Yang stepped forward, the long lance in his hand was directly inserted into the chest of an enemy soldier, he threw it to the side, more than a dozen people were knocked down, he was pulled out, the moment the long lance was pulled out, the blood in the man's chest spurted out. Murong Yang kicked the horse's belly with both feet, the war horse neighed in pain, the front hooves jumped high, and the long lance swept, slashed, and slanted, and the hundreds of people who rushed up were killed by these eight people and eight horsemen screaming again and again, and the enemy's offensive was relieved, but after all, the enemy army was strong, and it would pounce again after a while.

"Support!" He Liang's Chinese army rushed to this flank, gradually filling the gap, and gradually repelling a wave of enemy attacks. The battle continued, and as the sky grew dark, both sides struggled to hold on, and any change would be enough to turn the tide of the battle.

"Marshal, Marshal Zhong, there is a sound in the rear of the enemy army!" Isn't it the arrival of enemy reinforcements at this time? Zhong Yue instantly felt a cold sweat on his back, and at this time, I am afraid that Shao Xu has been...

"The rear of the enemy army has retreated!" He Liang shouted, "There must be changes in the rear of the enemy army, Marshal Zhong, what should we do." ”

"I beat the drums and sound the trumpets myself! Tell the soldiers to kill the enemy with all their might! Dare to retreat without the former, chop! Zhong Yue stood in front of the war drums, his hands tightly gripping the drumsticks, and boom! Boom! Boom! The drum sound is rapid and orderly, the initial force is heavy and the sound is like thunder, after beating the three links, the sound is gradually rapid, and the ear listens like a generous and heroic man standing on the side of the sea and singing, watching the waves crack the shore on the cliff, the wind rolls the tide and rolls in, coupled with the dull and low sound of the horn, it sounds magnificent, and the killing sound of the soldiers of the three armies is mixed together, weaving blood and flesh and blood to sing generously.

At this time, there were bursts of killing shouts in the distance, and when they got closer, they could clearly see the "Right Guard Battalion Banner" raised one after another. The young man on the white horse led a group of soldiers behind him, and swept in the yellow sand like a gust of wind in the passionate drums and the low sound of the horn, as if the thunderous drums were their "entry song".

At this time, the army in the battle array was the thousands of soldiers of the right guard battalion brought out by Shao Xu, he was lying on the top of Ju Mountain, and after sending someone to agree with Zhong Yue on the same day, before he could report that this person returned, the Northern Zhao army under the mountain gradually withdrew.

"Report to the general, the enemy sentry has withdrawn, and I see that there is only a small force of the enemy army left in the mountain pass."

After hearing this, Shao Xu immediately ordered: "Niu Tam, you lead five hundred people to touch down the mountain first, do not go around the mountain pass, and be careful." Meng joins the army, you lead a thousand people down from Meiziling on the right, and act at the opportunity. The rest of the 3,000 or so soldiers will go with me head-on! ”

After a while, Shao Xu's frontal army killed a group of sentinels at the foot of the mountain, grabbed more than 20 horses, and immediately went to the place where the two armies were fighting, and rushed to the enemy's eyes in less than half a pillar of incense. "There's an enemy attack!" In a moment, there were bursts of killing, and Shao Xu and his soldiers were like tigers descending from the mountain. Zhong Yue saw that Shao Xu's army had disturbed the enemy's position, so he led the army to attack the front of the Northern Zhao army's formation with all his strength, echoing Shao Xu's army from afar.

Under the rush and killing, the Northern Zhao formation was in chaos, and all the people and horses fled one after another, running towards their own camps, but what caught the eyes of the Northern Zhao soldiers was a raging fire. At this time, the tent of the Beizhao military camp had been attacked and killed by Niu Tamping and Meng Qingzhi, and they did not entangle, but ordered when they saw things, turning the Beizhao camp into a "sea of fire" with flames and thick smoke.

The Northern Zhao army gradually gathered again under the rectification of the main general, assembled outside the camp tent, and was about to retreat to Yangmen Pass. Shao Xu led the army to pursue all the way, and encountered the retreat of the army led by the general of Northern Zhao, and the sergeants who followed Shao Xu when he pursued were less than 2,000, and the enemy army saw this and surrounded it. After a few rounds of killing, Shao Xu's sergeants couldn't bear it, Shao Xu glanced at the Northern Zhao general, and immediately pulled Zhang Dabow to his side, pointed to which general and said, "You can be sure that an arrow will shoot through that person from now on." ”

"Don't worry, general, this person is not as good as a wild boar in the mountains in my eyes, so I will shoot through this cub." After saying that, he bowed and took a step, took out an arrow from the arrow basket with his right hand and put it on the string, knelt on the ground with his right knee, and half squatted with his left foot, opened his bow and pulled the string to shoot an arrow at the enemy's commander.

"Protect General Molu!" After a while, a bunch of people surrounded the main general, and the arrow seemed to have passed through his chest, Shao Xu did not hesitate for a moment, and quickly broke through while the enemy was chaotic.

Shao Xu retreated and looked, afraid that the enemy army would come to chase after him, ran for a while, saw that no one was coming, so he slowed down, and met Meng Qingzhi, who was leading the army, and learned that Zhong Yue had led the army to defeat all the defenders of Northern Zhao around Xieyuan, and hurriedly returned to the Xieyuan camp with his troops.

The fire was gradually extinguished, Shao Xu settled the lower people, built a simple wooden shed here, and waited for the arrival of Zhong Yue's army here.

"The general does not wear a seal, and he often carries a bloody knife around his waist."

Shao Xu read it in his mouth, and knew in his heart that although he had fought on the "battlefield" over the years, it was just for his own selfish feelings after all, and this "bloody knife" was just hanging on his waist in order to marry a child, but it was not like the ancients who fought on the frontier for the feudal marquis.

Zhong Yue led his troops slowly, and when he saw that Shao Xu's troops were already here, he also set up camp here and sent someone to ask Shao Xu to come to see him.

Shao Xu strode forward, knelt down in front of Zhong Yue and said, "Marshal Zhong, Shao Xu led his troops to give you his life." ”

"Someone! Deal with this man martial! ”

The soldiers on the side were stunned, but no one dared to step forward.

"You don't move, do you, then I'll come myself" said and pulled out the Cangwu sword and put it on Shao Xu's neck.

All the soldiers fell to their knees one after another, "I beg the marshal to think twice!" ”

He Liang and Yuan Wendu also shouted in unison. "General Shao sent troops to attack the enemy camp, and he died nine times in his life, and he had no merit."

"No fault? If you make a mistake in leading the army into the enemy's hinterland, you and the 5,000 soldiers you bring will die, and the three armies will be annihilated. Zhong Yue scolded angrily.

"Yuan Wendu, you still dare to intercede for him, as a deputy general, you don't stop it, but help him, you should also be killed!"

At this time, Tian Hongfu unhurriedly echoed Zhong Yue and said: "The marshal is clear!" Those who violate military law should be punished by example. ”

Shao Xu looked at the sword around his neck, and said with a long sigh: "Marshal, this crime is all on me, if you want to behead me, General Yuan is just intimidated by me, and it has nothing to do with the soldiers of the Right Guard Battalion, they should be counted as merit for their brave killing of the enemy, and I am unforgivable as the commander of the Right Guard Battalion. ”

The soldiers present all pleaded for mercy, and most of the soldiers of the Right Guard Battalion rushed to hear the news, and fell to the ground one by one to avoid Shao Xu's death.

Zhong Yue also spared Shao Xu's capital crime, "The death penalty is inescapable, and the army will fight a hundred!" ”

"Marshal, it seems that your punishment is lighter, does this military law also look at people's faces?" Tian Hongfu stepped forward and said.

Zhong Yue raised his head and said, "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

"Put on the prisoner car and escort it back to Qizhou City to be imprisoned pending trial, and play His Majesty's holy judgment."

"Come on, tie this Tian Hongfu!" Zhong Yue shouted loudly, his expression solemn. "You pursued without authorization before, so that you broke more than 3,000 people in the left guard battalion, and you still have the face to be here, shouting in front of your commander!"