Chapter Seventy-One: Desperate
"Bold! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and General Ben are here! How dare you report the military situation to a little strategist! Huang Yun kicked Cao Zu and scolded.
Cao Zu hurriedly took a look, only to find that Huang Yun and the prince were standing in front of him, he was taken aback, hurriedly turned around, and reported to Huang Yun: "I don't know that the general and the prince have returned, the villain is guilty." ”
"Humph! Remembering that you do not know, I will exonerate you from responsibility, and speak quickly, what is the military situation? ”
"An hour ago, Ji Senjun ordered me to quickly go to Wanqiu City to investigate the situation, and when I arrived at Wanqiu City, I saw that our brothers were indeed attacking the city."
Huang Yunden was furious and shouted, "Siege!? Is Zhang Xun crazy! I told him to guard his home, how dare he go to attack the city?! ”
"General! The siege was only 600 men, and it was a feint. ”
"Six hundred? Feint? Wanqiu City is also the capital of Chen Guo, what can six hundred people do?! Feints are also nonsense! ”
At this time, Ji Zheng stepped forward and asked, "Adjutant Cao, didn't that attendant say that five thousand people are attacking the city?" How did it become six hundred again? ”
"Ji joins the army! There were indeed only 600 people under Wanqiu City, but they had temporarily built eighteen fake siege tower vehicles, and there were also a large number of dummies made of tree branches. At first, I was surprised when I looked at it from afar, and I really thought that we had thousands of brothers preparing to attack the city. ”
"Adjutant Cao, that ......"
Before Ji Zheng finished speaking, he was pushed away by Huang Yun, and Huang Yun asked, "What about Zhang Xun?!" What kind of play is he singing in this play!? ”
Cao Zu replied: "General Zhang escaped into the city with four hundred elite soldiers, and has now attacked Wanqiu!" ”
Ji Zheng's heart trembled, and suddenly he was in chaos, he didn't care about Huang Yun's rejection, and stepped forward and asked, "What!" Zhang Xun him? He escaped into the city?! What the hell is going on? ”
Due to Huang Yun's attitude, Cao Zu didn't want to answer Ji Zheng, but seeing that Ji Zheng's eyes were like fire, and the eyebrows were like thunderbolts coming, he had to reply hesitantly: "The brothers who feinted to attack told me that General Zhang used the sound of drums as a cover to dig tunnels into the city. However, when the sky was just light, the Wanqiu guard led his troops out of the city and found that the eighteen siege towers were just empty shelves, and thousands of people were also dummies. When the guards understood this, they ignored the feints and immediately led their troops back to the city! ”
Ji Zheng paced in a panic, not noticing Huang Yun's gloomy face at all.
"Oops! Oops! They've found out about the feint scam! Xiao Xun is in danger now, he must be in danger now, I have to find a way, find a way to save him! ”
Huang Yun saw that Ji Zheng was so panicked, but he sneered, "Hehe, this Zhang Xun is a little interesting, what is he doing with four hundred people into the city?" Escaping into the city is tantamount to asking for his own death, haha, maybe he has died under the root of the city. ”
Ji Zheng was very anxious, and hurriedly saluted Huang Yun and said, "General Huang! Zhang Xun must be in Wanqiu City at this time! He did this to capture King Chen and turn things around! Now that Chen Guoren has found out! Then he must now be in danger and in danger! Checkmate! We have to save him! ”
"Haha, haha. General Ji don't worry, you, you're worried. General Zhang, hum, has vast magical powers and strong skills. If he captures King Chen, it will naturally be the first achievement, if he can't capture King Chen, with General Zhang's ability, he can get in and out, haha. ”
In the face of such cynicism, Ji Zheng was furious, but if he wanted to rescue Zhang Xun, he had to swallow his anger. Hearing only a plop, Ji Zheng actually bowed down in front of Huang Yun, knelt down and pleaded: "General Huang!" Please send troops to attack Wanqiu City to rescue General Zhang! Under the begging of the general to send troops to rescue Zhang Xun in the matter just now! ”
"Bold! Ji Zheng! Don't think that because you have some credit, I have to rely on you! Think about it yourself, is it reasonable to lead your troops to attack Wanqiu City now!? Is it possible!? First, we don't have enough horses to enter the city, and second, we don't know where Zhang Xun is now, maybe he has already left the city! And, most critically! Now our first priority is to keep His Royal Highness the Crown Prince safe! You rushed into the city with people and horses like this, why did you put the prince's safety at risk?! ”
Ji Zheng was indignant, he gritted his teeth, held back his anger, turned to worship the prince, and asked, "His Royal Highness the prince! Please save Xiao Xun. ”
The prince looked at a loss, looked down at Ji Zheng, then turned his head to look at Huang Yun, hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Ji Zheng, Zhang Xun is so smart, it's impossible not to leave behind, right?" Let's go in so rashly, not to mention that we can't save Zhang Xun, even we may be in danger. You see, it's better to do this, let's retreat to the south of the city thirty miles first, and then find a way. Okay? ”
After hearing this, Ji Zheng looked up to the sky and sighed, and there were no more words in his mouth. Anger, anxiety, despair, all kinds of emotions churned violently in his heart, collided wildly, and finally condensed and annihilated into darkness. After a long time, Ji Zhengcai slowly got up, lowered his head and walked silently towards the camp.
Looking at Ji Zheng's lonely figure, the prince came to Huang Yun's side and whispered in a low voice: "Uncle, is it really good not to save Zhang Xun?" ”
"Where to help? How to save? Why save? It's hard to escape, what else do you want? ”
"However, people rescued us, but we didn't care about other people's brothers like this, is it really good?"
"What is your identity, and what is his identity Zhang Xun? Can you put it in one piece?! Leave it alone, go back and rest for a while, and withdraw from the camp at noon. ”
"Hmm...... It's good. The prince muttered.
So, the two were about to go back to the camp to rest, the prince had just walked a few steps, but he saw Ji Zheng walking towards him quickly, the prince felt very embarrassed, and greeted Ji Zheng awkwardly, "Ji Aiqing, I also said to talk to you, what?" You're out again, what's the matter? ”
Ji Zheng ignored it, but only carried a short sword and passed by the prince's friend, and rushed towards Huang Yun.
"Uncle ......"
Without waiting for the prince's friend to remind, Ji Zheng had already jumped behind Huang Yun. Huang Yun felt a gust of wind coming, and as soon as he turned around, he saw that a sharp sword was already on his neck.
Ji Zheng scolded: "Order! Attack Wanqiu! ”
Only then did the surrounding soldiers react, although their hearts were towards Ji Zheng, they had to stand out their swords and surround Ji Zheng in the heart.
Huang Yun reprimanded angrily: "Ji Zheng! You coerce the Lord! You can see what a great sin this is! ”
"The Lord? Hmph, half an hour ago, you were still Chen Guo's prisoner! Now the Commander Talisman is in my hands! Who dares to resist the order?! With that, Ji Zheng showed everyone the tiger striped talisman.
Huang Yun squinted and found that the rune was just Zhang Xun's talisman, so he smiled and said, "Hmph, what kind of talisman should I be, it's just Zhang Xun's left vanguard talisman." ”
"The Lord will be captured, the Deputy General will be captured, the Right Vanguard will also be captured, and your talismans will be confiscated. At this time, Zhang Xianfeng is naturally the supreme commander of the army! And this tiger striped talisman also represents the greatest power in the army! I was ordered by the commander to command the four thousand Wu soldiers here, who dares to disobey! ”
Huang Yun was angry and scolded loudly: "But the Lord will come back!" Now, who has the final say?! ”
Ji Zheng pressed the sword down, the blade of the sword was embedded in Huang Yun's neck, and a stream of blood flowed down the sword body, and the deeper Ji Zheng pressed, the more blood flowed. Ji Zheng shouted loudly: "Now! Who has the final say! ”
Huang Yun bared his teeth in pain, although he was angry, he didn't dare to move at all, and could only scold weakly: "You! You! Good for you, Ji Zheng! Dog daring! It's against you! ”
Ji Zheng pressed the sword down again and roared angrily: "Don't think I dare to chop off your dog's head!" ”
Seeing that the sword in Ji Zheng's hand was pressed deeper and deeper, the prince had obviously made up his mind to kill, so he hurriedly pleaded: "Brother Ji! Brother Ji! Ji Aiqing! Let go of General Huang! We have something to discuss! It's negotiable! ”
Ji Zheng raised his head and stared at the prince, "His Royal Highness the prince!" You just go into the city with me, and I will keep you safe, and if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince makes any mistakes, my Ji Zheng will definitely apologize with death. ”
"Into the city? This...... That's not good...... Well...... Can you leave 3,000 men behind? Brother Ji can take a thousand elite soldiers to attack the city, although the number is not much, but the soldiers are fast. "The prince's friend is hesitant.
"No! I'll leave you a hundred at most! But when the defenders of Luanshan see the movement of our army, they will inevitably rush over, and I can't guarantee your safety at that time! ”
"A hundred? That's too little......"
"It's useless to talk too much!"
Seeing that Ji Zheng's eyes were bloodshot, like a killing god, the prince knew that it was impossible for Ji Zheng to change his mind, so he could only say helplessly: "Hey! That's good! That's good! I'll go with you to attack the city, and you let General Huang go! ”
Huang Yun also sighed and no longer retorted, "Eh! Take it as you go. ”
So, Ji Zheng pushed Huang Yun away, held up the talisman, and ordered sharply: "The whole army listens to the order!" Without baggage, set off to attack Wanqiu immediately! ”
"Whoa!" After receiving the order, the heralds quickly rushed to the battalions to give the order.
The prince hurriedly stepped forward to support Huang Yun, Huang Yun covered the wound on his neck, glared at Ji Zheng fiercely, and cursed: "Ji Zheng! We'll see! ”
Ji Zheng turned his back to Huang Yun, turned his face slightly, and said coldly: "Don't think of any tricks, as long as I want to kill you, I can make your head fall to the ground in an instant." ”
Huang Yun whispered to himself, "Hmph, we'll see." ”
Soon, the camp was crowded, all the troops were integrated, and with Ji Zheng's order, the army quickly marched in the direction of Wanqiu.
The troops drove to the city of Wanqiu, Ji Zheng immediately integrated the feint troops, and ordered the soldiers to push the chariot to attack the gate of Wanqiu, most of the defenders of Wanqiu were transferred to the city to encircle and suppress Zhang Xun, and the city gate was almost empty. Ji Zheng only encountered sporadic resistance, and in less than half an hour, he used a chariot to smash the gate of Wanqiu and successfully attacked the city.
At this time, the sun was already high in the sky, and the bright morning light shone on Wanqiu City, and the smoldering dark fire in the city emitted curling green smoke. The breeze blew, diluting the green smoke into a thin cloud of cold mist, as if a transparent gray veil lightly covered the ring city.
The great battle that began at dawn was basically over, and Ji Zheng led the Wu soldiers to quickly occupy the southern city, and attacked all the way to the palace, forcing the Chen soldiers to retreat to the north of the city.
At this time, with the palace as the boundary, the soldiers and horses of the two countries confronted each other across the street.