"Senior brother, the next thing is to break through!" Zhao Gou said in a deep voice.

Lin Chong smiled: "Then do it!" ”

"Kill!" Yue Fei said even more simply.

So, the three of them once again fought side by side with the soldiers of the Southern Army. Deng Yuanjue and Shi Bao each led their generals down from the ridge and directly killed Zhao Gou and the others. As long as Zhao Gou is killed, the army will be victorious, and Fang La's appreciation will be rewarded, how can he easily miss this opportunity that is not easy to seize.

Deng Yuanjue and Shi Bao led the soldiers to directly surround Zhao Gou and others, they had seen Zhao Gou's martial arts, and these people could not pose a threat to him, but Lin Chong and Yue Fei suffered more attacks. In desperation, Zhao Gou had to withdraw to protect the two of them, so that his energy was constantly dispersed, and if he was alone, he would indeed have a chance to escape.

The battle between the two sides reached a stalemate, and the commander of the navy also landed ashore and joined the battle group. Then, Wang Ji and Chao Zhong took advantage of the opportunity to sneak attack Lin Chong and Yue Fei, and saw Zhao Gou avoiding it from a distance. They knew that they were not Zhao Gou's opponents, so they had to take advantage of the situation to retreat, and saw that Lin Chong and Yue Fei were brave and invincible, but it was a pity that the southern army had a large number of soldiers, and it was difficult to parry and was attacked by a sneak attack, leaving them all wounded.

Wang Ji and Chao Zhong succeeded in their first sneak attack, and they were about to attack again, but they didn't want to shoot two sharp arrows from the rear, and they were shot to death by surprise and died on the spot. Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao and others were taken aback, even Zhao Gou was curious, and looked intently, only to see Hua Rong pulling a crossbow and shouting: "Marshal, the end is coming!" ”

With Hua Rong's roar, Song Jiang and the others also came out from the side, but surrounded Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao and others, Zhao Gou couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this situation, Lin Chong and Yue Fei were out of breath, they saw the reinforcements coming, their hearts were steady, and they raised the spear in their hands and fought again.

Zhao Gou, Lin Chong, and Yue Fei killed from the inside, and Song Jiang and others killed from the outside to the inside, making Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao and others suffer from the enemy and forcing them to retreat to one place.

Even if they lose this good opportunity, they have to retreat, with their strength they can't confront the Song army head-on, if they are really fearless on the ridge, they only need to defend, but Zhao Gou This huge goal, let them come down from the ridge. Since it could not be defeated, it had to retreat to the ridge, but fortunately, the Song army did not take the opportunity to occupy the Wulong Ridge.

Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao and others retreated, and Song Jiang and others immediately came to meet Zhao Gou. However, Zhao Gou had no injuries on his body, only Lin Chong and Yue Fei were seriously injured. Zhao Gou couldn't help but nod when he saw Hua Rong and Guan Sheng, and when he saw Song Jiang and others also coming, he exclaimed: "Song Xianfeng came just in time, if it weren't for the arrival of the army, we would definitely suffer from the onslaught of the thief army, it was really a desperate shot!" ”

Song Jiang replied: "The marshal led several brothers to come, and we are really not at ease, and we have the marshal's order, so we dare not act without permission." Seeing that the marshal had not returned for a long time, we were afraid that something would happen, and we had no choice but to lead a large army to the rescue. Sure enough, on the way, I saw Hua Rong and Guan Sheng, two brothers, they were also anxious, and they came to rescue the marshal together with us, if it weren't for the guidance of the two brothers, I'm afraid it would be a little difficult! ”

Zhao Gou looked at Hua Rong and Guan Sheng and thanked him: "Thank you two brothers!" ”

Guan Sheng and Hua Rong hurriedly shook their heads and refused again and again. The two of them knew that if Zhao Gou hadn't dragged the thief army alone, or stopped lighting the fire in time, they were afraid that their lives would be in danger. As the commander of an army, Zhao Gong dared to take risks in person, and this courage and courage really made them admire, and even the other generals were in awe when they heard about it.

Wu Yong, the military advisor, said loudly; "Marshal, let's go back to the camp as soon as possible, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time!"

Zhao Gou nodded, they were still in the Oolong Ridge, if Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao and the others attacked from the ridge, there would still be danger at that time. So, Zhao Gou ordered the withdrawal of the army, and everyone went back in a big way. In this battle, Zhao Gou snatched back the corpses of Xie Zhen and Shi Qian, and dealt a heavy blow to the southern army. Although Lin Chong and Yue Fei were injured, they were fine, and they could be regarded as their first victory!

Let's say that the two marshals on Wulong Ridge, Shi Bao and Deng Yuanjue, after seeing Zhao Gou's martial arts with their own eyes, their faces were a little ugly, and both of them frowned and were silent.

Shi Bao said in a deep voice: "Commander Song's martial arts are too high, even if you and I are not his opponents, if he doesn't protect the people around him, I'm afraid that the two of us won't be able to keep him." Now, the soldiers and horses of the Song army have returned to Tonglu County and are stationed. If he finds the ridge on other roads, after crossing the ridge, Muzhou will be in danger. National teacher, it is better to go to Qingxi Da Nei to meet the emperor in person, and ask for more soldiers and horses to defend Wulong Ridge, which can be kept for a long time. ”

Deng Yuanjue thought so deeply and said: "The marshal's words are very appropriate, and the little monk will go." ”

Immediately did not dare to have the slightest delay, immediately rode to Qingxi Da Nei, took the lead through Muzhou, met with the right prime minister Zu Shiyuan and said: "The Song army is strong and fierce, and it is overwhelming, and the military horses are swept in, and I am afraid that I will lose." The little monk came to ask for additional troops to guard the pass. ”

When Zu Shiyuan heard this, he also felt that the situation was urgent, and decided to go to Qingxi County with Deng Yuanjue, so he left Muzhou, and saw Zuo Prime Minister Lou Minzhong first, and asked for additional military horses. The next day, in the early dynasty, Fang Lasheng Palace, the two prime ministers on the left and right, together with Deng Yuanjue, saw that the worship dance was over.

Deng Yuanjue went forward to live long live, and then played: "The minister monk Yuanjue led the holy decree and guarded the Wulong Ridge. Now, the city of Hangzhou has fallen, and the prince has died in battle. The Song army has arrived at Wulongling, and in recent days, the Song army has been attacking continuously, and several generals of the Song army have also been killed, and the momentum has been broken. It's just that Zhao Gou has marched to Tonglu to station, and he is afraid that sooner or later the thieves will cross the road privately, and through the pass, the ridge pass will be difficult to protect. Please Your Majesty choose good generals as soon as possible, add elite military horses, and protect the Wulongling Pass together, in order to retreat the thieves and recover the city. ”

Fang La also witnessed Zhao Gou's powerlessness, but some things were also powerless, and sighed: "The soldiers everywhere have been exhausted. Recently, the pass on Yuling in Shezhou has been very tight, and tens of thousands of soldiers have been divided. There are only royal forest military horses, and the widows want to protect the Ouchi, how can they be scattered? ”

Deng Yuanjue played again: "Your Majesty does not send rescuers, and the monks are helpless. If it is after the Song soldiers are in the mountains, can Muzhou be conservative? ”

Zuo Prime Minister Lou Min played in the middle of the class: "This Wulongling Pass is also an important place. The minister knows that there are always 30,000 soldiers in the imperial forest, and 10,000 can be divided into 10,000 to guard the pass with the national teacher. ”

Fang La didn't listen to Lou Minzhong's words, and stubbornly refused to transfer the Royal Forest Army and horses to save Wulong Ridge. It's just that he himself is worried that if the Song army really breaks through Wulongling, takes Muzhou directly, and then goes south to attack Qingxi County, with an army of 20,000 people, it will not be able to compete with the tens of thousands of troops of the Song army, and the only way to protect himself is to protect himself.

At the end of the day, everyone went out of the palace.

Deng Yuanjue sighed in his heart, Prime Minister Lou discussed with the officials, and could only let Prime Minister Zu Cheng divide a general from Muzhou, allocate 5,000 troops, and go to protect Wulongling with the national teacher. Therefore, Deng Yuanjue and Zu Shiyuan returned to Muzhou, selected 5,000 elite military horses, and Xiahou Cheng, the first general, returned to Wulongling Village and told Shi Bao about the matter.

After Shi Bao heard this, he also shook his head helplessly and said: "Since the imperial court does not allocate the imperial forest military horses, we will wait and hold the pass, and we will not fight." Passing on the military order of the commander, he ordered the four commanders of the navy to guard the bank of the beachhead river, and as long as there were ships coming and going, they should ignore it, and all of them should be killed and retreated, and they should not be pursued, so as not to lose the navy. ”

It is said that Zhao Gou led the army to continuously attack Wulongling in vain, and he also lost a few yuan generals, so Zhao Gou decided not to attack for the time being, but just waited for the opportunity. I never thought that this wait was more than 20 days, and everyone was a little anxious.

Zhao Gou had already sent people to ask the people living around Wulongling, asking them where the path of Wulongling was. I didn't expect to wait for a long time, but I still haven't heard any news. Zhao Gou was also silent, frowning, and muttered, "Is this Oolong Ridge really impossible to capture?" If you can't capture Wulongling, how can you capture Muzhou? ”

"Marshal, there is an old man outside the camp who said that there is something important to explain to the marshal!" The man bowed and said.

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "Bring him in!" ”

"Marshal, the old man knows another path up the mountain, which can help the marshal!"

Zhao Gou was taken aback when he heard that there was a trail to take Oolong Ridge, raised his head, and looked at it fixedly, only to see that this person was a person with a wrinkled face, looking at the age of a sixtieth year, with dark skin and cloudy eyes revealing a light, as if he was not an old man, but like a cultivator who lived in seclusion in this ridge.

"Please also ask the old man to show me a way, the kid is grateful here!"

Seeing that Zhao Gou was so polite, the old man hurriedly said: "The marshal doesn't have to be so polite, the old man is just a common person here, how can he be worthy of the marshal's gift." The old Han people have lived here for generations and know the terrain of Wulong Ridge very well. Fang La led a large army to occupy this place, expelled us and others, a few days ago, the old man happened to see the marshal on the mountain to show his might, and the sky had eyes to send the marshal to rescue us. ”

Zhao Gou replied: "If you really guide the maze and help our army, I promise you to repel the thief army, and you will never disturb the local people, let alone expel it." And how about giving you a reward? ”

"The old man is here, thank you Marshal!" The old man replied respectfully, "The old man guided a small road through Wulong Ridge, and that small road is Dongguan, not far from Muzhou. If the marshal arrives in Dongguan, the north gate is Muzhou; If you want to attack Wulong Ridge, you only need to turn the west gate to reach it. ”

Zhao Gou suddenly realized that he was overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to take some money and things to give to the old man, and then let him stay in the barracks to eat. Zhao Gou watched the old man leave, and secretly thought: "I never thought that there was really a small way to take Wulong Ridge, but I blamed it all the time in a puzzle." Now that you know, see how you escape! ”