Late at night, it's almost time.

However, at this time, in a quiet and dense forest three or five miles outside the Suizhou checkpoint, there were nearly a thousand fully armed cavalry.

"General, did you say that the secret guards can do it, they can really open the door to that level for us." A black-clothed sergeant in armor and full armor looked at the south in the middle of the night, that is, the direction of Suizhou Checkpoint, and couldn't help but subconsciously ask such words.

But in this case, after he said it, he immediately regretted wanting to slap himself.

After all, since the establishment of the secret guard, they have been directly responsible to their lord Zhang Shihua alone, and questioning the ability of the secret guard is not questioning their lord.

But fortunately, their general, Zhang Mingtong, was a generous man. So for such words, Zhang Mingtong, who recommended himself and took the initiative to ask to carry out this task, just scolded without looking back in a dissatisfied tone: "Shut up, it's not the appointed time yet!" ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!" was scolded by Zhang Mingtong, the soldier panicked, and after subconsciously saying this, he couldn't help but close his mouth tightly.

So just like that, in the almost oppressive silence of the night, the appointed time could not help but come.

"Kill~~" Faintly, there was a slight shouting sound from the direction of Suizhou Checkpoint. And when he heard this faint shouting of killing in this silence, Zhang Mingtong, who had been staring at the direction of the Suizhou checkpoint, couldn't help but see a bunch of previously agreed flames burning at the Suizhou checkpoint.

"When the time comes, the whole army will get on the horse and rush with me!" Seeing the flames ignite, Zhang Mingtong pulled out his sword from his waist, and with such an angry roar, nearly a thousand elite soldiers couldn't help but turn on their horses one after another, and followed him to rush towards the direction of Suizhou Checkpoint with his previous selflessness.

At the same time, at the gate of the Suizhou checkpoint, Yang Han and the others also broke out a fierce white-knuckle battle with the checkpoint defenders.

"Yang Han, you thief, I treat you well, why did you hurt me!" In the chaotic level, Chen Tan, who was seriously injured because of Yang Han's sneak attack and was lucky not to die, covered his bleeding wounds, and couldn't help but ask Yang Han, who was surrounded by him, who was once his most trusted subordinate.

However, in the face of such a question at this time, where did Yang Han, who had already been surrounded, have the confidence to answer. Now he is just a maniac with a disheveled head, and he only knows that he is desperately resisting with more than 20 henchmen beside him, hoping that the black-clothed army will not deceive him and that reinforcements can arrive as promised.

"Dada-da-da!" The sound of horses' hooves was heard. The distance of three or five miles is only a matter of moments for cavalry. Even if it is night and the road is not very easy to walk, but for Zhang Mingtong and other eight hundred elite riders, it is only a moment of effort.

So just when Yang Han's henchmen beside him fell down three or five more, Yang Han, who was surrounded, couldn't help but hear the sound of horses' hooves like fairy music.

"Hahahaha, great, our reinforcements have arrived, our reinforcements have arrived!" Yang Han, who was covered in blood, roared excitedly, and then couldn't help but climb to the side of the road with his hands and feet, dodging the way for the riders behind him.

"Damn! Quick, take the gates back for me! Through the fighting crowd and the city gate, when he vaguely saw a spirit horse rushing out of the night, Chen Tan's originally sad and angry heart couldn't help but be shrouded in despair.

"Kill the Tartar !!" Finally, an earth-shattering shout of killing rang out. Zhang Mingtong, who was galloping on a war horse, couldn't help but wave a steel knife and was the first to enter the city gate.

"If you surrender, you will lie down for me, otherwise you will be killed!" Zhang Mingtong, who took the lead, roared like this. Then, without looking, he slashed an enemy who stood in his way.

"Kill!" Although the gate is not large, it can allow up to four horses to pass through at a time. But under the charge of a tiger like Zhang Mingtong, the officers and soldiers guarding the pass still failed to stop Zhang Mingtong and them.

With just one charge, the hundreds of soldiers at the city gate were easily routed like papier-mâché.

Then, hundreds of black-clothed soldiers couldn't help but pour into the checkpoint like a tide.

"It's over, it's over, it's all over." Seeing this scene appear in front of him, in despair, Chen Tan, who was already seriously injured, couldn't help but fall into a coma after spitting blood. And in a coma, completely dead.

"Poof~~" The major artery in the neck was cut by a sharp blade, and the blood in the body of the officer and soldier who tried to resist in vain couldn't help but spray out from the wound like no money. It wasn't until his blood stained the ground beneath his feet an ugly crimson that the soldier who fell in a pool of his own blood completely lost consciousness.

"Your general is dead, and your resistance is pointless. Those who do not want to die, immediately lay down their arms and surrender. Otherwise, shoot and kill! In just two quarters of an hour, Zhang Mingtong, who was stained with specks of blood, couldn't help but ride a tall war horse and hold high the head of Chen Tan, who was guarding the thousands of households, and shouted such words angrily.

At this time, when he heard his words, when the front and back doors were blocked by the black-clothed army, and the generals and soldiers who dared to resist were ruthlessly killed, the remaining officers and soldiers who had no morale couldn't help but throw down the weapons in their hands, squatted down with their heads in their hands, and chose to surrender as Zhang Mingtong said.

"Good. By the way, the deputy Qianhu who abandoned the darkness in advance and helped us open the city gate. Bring him to me. Seeing that all the remaining officers and soldiers had chosen to surrender, Zhang Mingtong nodded with satisfaction, but he couldn't help but think of Yang Han and them.

"General, they are here. You see. On the other side, with Zhang Mingtong's words, a black-clothed soldier dozens of steps away couldn't help but report in such a loud voice. And next, Yang Han and others were brought over.

"Uh, among you, that is Yang Han?" Because he had just experienced a fierce battle, he lay on the ground like a quail for a while. Therefore, the current Yang Han and the others are also disheveled and covered with blood. It's as embarrassing as it is, and it's impossible to tell the difference.

"General, the villain is here, the villain is Yang Han, and the villain is Yang Han." On the other hand, I heard Zhang Mingtong ask. Yang Han, whose face was covered with blood, couldn't help but be the first to stand up, calling him a "villain" with flattery. Every move in front of Zhang Mingtong, who was riding a tall horse, was extremely humble.

So for this, Zhang Mingtong, who was already a little despised because of Yang Han's betrayal, couldn't help but add three points to his disgust for him.

Therefore, in such a situation, Zhang Mingtong didn't even get off the horse. Just riding on the war horse, he glanced at him, and then he opened his mouth and commanded: "Yang Han, listen." From now on, you will be the thousand-household official of my black-clothed army.

And these pawns will all be under your command from now on. And among them, if someone doesn't obey your orders, you can take full control, understand? ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand. His subordinates, General Xie, promoted, General Xie. Hearing Zhang Mingtong's words, Yang Han, who had lost the bottom line and lost all his backbone, couldn't help but kowtow with joy on his face.

However, in this regard, after Zhang Mingtong glanced at him in disgust, he couldn't help but wave his hand to let him retreat.

As for himself, he couldn't help but move into the residence of Chen Tan, who guarded the thousands of households before his death, and asked his black-clothed soldiers to guard all the important places inside and outside the checkpoint, waiting for dawn and the arrival of the follow-up army.

Therefore, it can also be seen from this point that Zhang Mingtong has a gap with Guo Yu and Zhao Jiu and others in terms of personality.

Because if Guo Yu and Zhao Jiu had captured the Suizhou checkpoint so smoothly, they would definitely use a similar method to let Yang Han defraud Suixian, which was garrisoned by a large army thirty miles away. Instead of sitting and waiting here.

So this is the main reason why although Zhang Mingtong is extremely close to Zhang Shihua, he has always lived under Zhao Jiu and Guo Yu and others.

Because of his character, he is doomed, he is just a servant, not a general who plunders the land. Because compared to Zhao Jiu and Guo Yu, Zhang Mingtong's ambition is still too small after all.

However, at this time, the significance of attacking or not attacking the county town is not fighting.

Because after losing the Suizhou checkpoint, it is impossible for Suixian, which has been in disrepair for a long time, to resist the footsteps of the black-clothed sergeants.

……

The next day, early in the morning. Li Bo, who led the army to be stationed in Suixian, finally couldn't help but know the news of the fall of Suizhou checkpoint.

So after knowing the news, Li Bo, who has always been unhappy in front of his subordinates, couldn't help but panic.

"Quick, the main force of the black-clad thieves won't arrive until at least evening. As long as we can recapture the level before the evening, then we haven't failed yet. "Desperate, Li Bo shouted so loudly in the camp, wanting to break the kettle and make a last game.

And under the shock of his former prestige and the threat of death, the entire 6,000 elite Han troops stationed in Suixian County couldn't help but burst out with unimaginable action.

Therefore, it only took less than an hour, and the Han army, which was 6,000 dogs jumping over the wall in a hurry, couldn't help but kill all the way to the Suizhou checkpoint thirty miles away under the leadership of Wanhu Libo.

"Soldiers, life or death is a battle here. Whoever can ascend first in this battle, I should be promoted to the third rank of the official and rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! In order to regain the Suizhou checkpoint from the hands of Zhang Mingtong and others, Li Bo couldn't help but draw a big empty check.

However, there is a saying that "under the heavy reward, there will be a brave man". Therefore, even if it was difficult for Li Bo, a ten thousand households, to realize the heavy reward he promised, under such a temptation, thousands of officers and soldiers still carried the rudimentary siege ladder with red eyes and launched a charge against the level that had belonged to them a day ago.

"Kill, !!" Under the temptation of the threat of death and the heavy reward, the shouts of killing that broke out from the side of the officers and soldiers were also earth-shattering.

However, for such a frantic counterattack by the officers and soldiers, the black-clothed soldiers who had expected it for a long time, holding weapons in their hands and staring at their enemies, did not have much fear on their faces.

After all, these soldiers are the elite selected from the black-clothed army, the elite of the elite. Heavily armed, these soldiers would dare to show their weapons to fight even if they encountered an enemy ten times their strength in the wilderness.

Therefore, at this time, most of the black-clothed sergeants were only silent, and did not let out that senseless roar out of fear.

However, although the black-clothed army was silent like steel that could not be melted by fire, at this time, Yang Han, who was also on the city wall, couldn't help but fall into a panic.

"General, when will the reinforcements from Lord Pingzhang's side come?" Because the Suizhou checkpoint does not have too strong defense against attacks from Suizhou, Yang Han, who looked at the soldiers and horses outside the city wall checkpoint that were several times his own, and Yang Han, who had lost the bottom line and became more and more afraid of death, couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead and cautiously asked Zhang Mingtong such a question.

However, Zhang Mingtong didn't look at him in this regard, and only after his voice fell for a while, did he say in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the lord's reinforcements will arrive tonight." So before that, we just need to guard the level well.

After all, at this time, there is no 'way out' for all of us. ”

When he said this, Zhang Mingtong couldn't help biting the word "retreat" very hard.

So when he heard Zhang Mingtong's words, Yang Han couldn't help but squeeze out a smile on his face to hide the embarrassment in his heart.

But no matter what Yang Han thought in his heart at this time, outside the city wall checkpoint, one by one the officers and soldiers who were like evil ghosts still couldn't help but frantically pounce on the city wall.

"Soldiers, listen to my orders, release arrows, and kill Tartar!" Seeing this, Zhang Mingtong couldn't help but roar with his sword, and gave such an order loudly to the thousands of elite soldiers on the city wall.

And just like that, a fierce and cruel battle can't help but be completely launched.

"Die!" An officer and soldier roared angrily, and after struggling to push away the corpses of his comrades who had blocked his way to the city, he wanted to climb the city wall with both hands and feet under the temptation of a heavy reward.

But it was also at this time that a sharp steel knife couldn't help but split his head. When the red and white thing splashed out of his mind, all his previous desires and desires couldn't help but completely come to naught.

But at this time, there are still too many soldiers like this officer and soldier.

Therefore, at this time, in order to achieve their respective goals, human life and blood cannot help but become the cheapest consumables. It's really cruel and sad.

But there is no way, who let this be this era, this is this troubled world......

(To be continued.............................. ）