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The brightly lit Lingwu County is spending another sleepless night.

The two county towns of Huaiyuan and Quiet have been conquered by the Dingyan army, and the people of the two counties who fled to Lingwu County are not only the defenders who retreated from the south of the two places, but also the people of the two counties who have fled, and the Lingwu County is overcrowded for a while.

This is both a bad thing and a good thing, when Lingwu County was about to be surrounded by tens of thousands of thieves, its own garrison strength and continuous defense force were replenished to some extent. However, this also means that the Dingyan Army has the ability to send troops south to attack from behind to guard against the high judgment of the Hexi thief army.

More than 100 horsemen gathered in the city, and the horses neighed, and the soldiers touched the horses' heads to appease them, and spoke to them softly, like sympathetic whispers, and the restless war horses calmed down. Behind the hundred horsemen, many foot soldiers were gathering, and the streets were full of people, not only sergeants, young men, but also healers who treated simple wounds for the wounded.

Wu Chun was injured and was bandaging his wounds on the street, Wu Sheng stood in front of him for a while, seeing that the injury was not too serious, he relaxed his heart a little, and was silent for a moment, he took out the two letters, one red and one white, from his arms, and handed them to Wu Chun, who was slightly pale and sweating profusely, "I want to go out of the city to fight tonight...... These two letters from the family, let's take them by Chief Wu. ”

"You're out of town?" Wu Chun was stunned. After Huaiyuan and Quiet County were conquered by the Dingyan army, Lingwu County sent a ranger to inform Gao Shensi who was guarding the border pass in the southwest, and the city just received news before night, the Dingyan army had been sent south, and the military situation was urgent, Chai Kehong decided to send five hundred cavalry out of the city from Lingwu County, striving to catch up with and delay the Dingyan army going south for a period of time, and give Gao Shensi the opportunity to win a safe retreat, otherwise, once Gao Shensi fell into the situation of being surrounded by two sides, he could not lead his troops to retreat to the front line of Lingzhou, and Lingzhou would face the joint attack of the Hexi Army and the Dingyan Army. There are too few troops.

There are thousands of Dingyan troops going south, and the 500 cavalry is light and simple, and it is indeed able to catch up, but this also means that the battle of these 500 people will be very difficult, and the situation will be extremely dangerous.

Wu Chun was injured at this time and was not in the list of soldiers who went out of the city, so it was indeed a wise move for Wu Sheng to hand over the two letters to Wu Chun.

It's just that this wise move is too heavy, Wu Chun took the letter, felt that it was like a thousand pounds, his throat was extremely difficult for a while, he didn't know what to say, it was half a ring, Wu Chun clenched the letter, and said with difficulty: "Who leads the army?" ”

"General Liu Renzhen." Wu Sheng smiled after answering, he knew what Wu Chun wanted to ask, "If you can return, you can kill the enemy side by side with Wu Chang, if you can't return...... On the military monument of the martyrs' cemetery, there will also be the name Wu Sheng...... When Grandpa sees it in the coming year, his face will shine, and I don't have anything to regret......"

After that, Wu Sheng gave Wu Chun a military salute.

No matter how many words and emotions there are, they are all exhausted in this military salute.

Turning around cleanly, Wu Sheng rushed towards the phalanx that was being assembled.

Wu Chun stood up, watched Wu Sheng merge into the phalanx, and looked at the phalanx's mouth and horses, his heart swelled with indescribable emotions, he knew better than anyone how the soldier who was now extraordinarily elite in all respects looked like when he first entered the barracks a few months ago - at that time he was still carrying a few books, but those books had already been turned over by him, and he had never had a chance to touch them since he entered the barracks.

"Angkor, you must come back alive......" Wu Chun murmured softly.

From time to time, the gate of the east city was opened, and the troops rushed out of the city first; Two moments later, the gate of the southern city opened, and the five hundred horsemen quietly sneaked away.

It wasn't until the last of the armor soldiers disappeared at the city gate that Yu Niang, who was assisting the military doctor to bandage the wounds of the wounded, rushed to hear the news, and under the dim light of the fire, she was sweating and desperately looking at the street, but she was destined to never see the person out of the city again.

From leaving the city to successfully entering the wilderness, Wu Sheng felt like a few spring and autumn seasons, but fortunately, the people of the Dingyan Army Brigade who had just moved south from Huaiyuan and quietly had not completely closed the encirclement, which gave the opportunity to ride five hundred steps to fish in troubled waters, sporadic battles were inevitable, and fortunately there was no big movement.

According to the pre-planned route to the south, the speed of the five hundred steps is very fast, since it is a carefully selected soldier, of course, there will be no night blindness to fill the number, the bright moon hangs high, the clear light sprinkles the armor, the boundless fields are no longer inhabited, and the wilderness sets off the five hundred steps of the horse like a ghost, and like a heavenly soldier.

Liu Renzhen, who led the troops, was naturally the son of Liu Jin, the assassin of Changzhou in Wu State in the past, he was a good general, and he was stationed in Lingwu County, and he was already familiar with the roads in the county, and he was more than a township guide.

Wu Sheng ran in the queue, he could only follow the team, and he couldn't look left and right to see how big things were, in fact, he didn't look left and right, he had bitten the wooden branch in his mouth for a long time, some stiff and numb, and his saliva was dripping, but this was not worth mentioning compared to the upcoming battle.

Although he is not a leading general, Wu Sheng now also knows that five hundred cavalry to drag thousands of thieves, the tactics are very important, and it is indispensable to make a big splash with the help of the poor sight conditions at night, but how to deal with it after tomorrow, especially how to deal with it after the field is heard of the news, is a big problem.

A meteor streaked across the distant dark sky, and the brilliance was dazzling in an instant, and the imposing trajectory seemed to be within reach.

The military order was handed down: the traces of the thief army have been found, and all the soldiers are ready for battle.

Wu Sheng in the queue couldn't see Siye, let alone the torches of the Dingyan Army, he was just the same as the front and back, left and right, he clenched the horizontal knife, released it again, his heartbeat beat faster, and then returned to normal, and after his eyes became sharp, he never eased down. The footsteps of the soldiers rang in their ears, conveying a deliberately lightened sense of oppression, which was not even as loud as the sound of breathing.

Wu Sheng secretly thought to himself: the fighter plane is urgent, and the thief army is also marching at night, but they must each hold torches, and there are thousands of soldiers on the other side, and the torches must be like dragons and snakes before and after. Compared to the mighty army of thieves, he is just a big fish.

In the early autumn of the borderland, the night is already very cold, there is no dense forest in this wilderness, some are just barren grass and shrubs, and it is quite sparse, most of the ups and downs of the terrain are within a few feet, there are no mountains that can be relied on to arrange the formation, the dense forest on the march always makes people vigilant, and the unconcealed four fields in front of them are even more uneasy, the sound of the night wind is mixed with sand, like a wild wolf whimpering in a low voice, the stars are dense and the moon is full overhead, and the clear light is sprinkled for thousands of miles, seemingly peaceful and quiet in the night, At some point, an unpredictable danger will emerge, and the soldiers will not be able to avoid it.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves shattered Wu Sheng's thoughts, the earth suddenly woke up from a deep sleep, the rhythm of the heartbeat became rapid, Wu Sheng couldn't see the scene in front of the battle, but knew that this was the horse army and the soldiers in front of the battle, he clenched the horizontal knife in his hand again, the scene of the old battle flashed in his mind, and in the silence, he heard the Jin Ge Iron Horse.

The sound of the battle came later than Wu Sheng expected, and the movement was louder than Wu Sheng expected, the sound of trumpets and drums all over the mountains and fields, and the torches were dancing everywhere, as if there were countless robes in all directions, Wu Sheng didn't know how Liu Renzhen arranged his troops, and he could make such a big movement, what he could guess was that only Ma Jun returned to various places and waved flags and shouted in all directions.

I can't tell how long it has been, the noise of the mountains and the tsunami filled the wilderness ahead, shouting and screaming, and the chaos was like a pot of boiling porridge, Wu Sheng knew that it was the chaos of the Dingyan army.

The noise was loud as if it was about to drown people, and Wu Sheng knew that they were already so close to the Dingyan Army. Turning a corner, he saw the soldiers of the Dingyan Army not far away, the figures under the bright lights were densely packed, running around and looking at the stop, and the formation was about to change when Wu Sheng felt a chill in his heart, and the other party exceeded three thousand people.

"All the soldiers listen to the order: Kill and go forward!"

Liu Renzhen didn't know when he had turned back, or maybe he had never been far away, Wu Sheng saw him riding a horse in the formation, raising the Zhangba long lance in his hand high, majestic and extraordinarily tragic, and there was an indescribable intimidating force in the moonlight.

Wu Sheng rushed forward with the queue and rushed towards the Dingyan army that was close at hand.

The chaotic Dingyan army gave the Shuofang army an opportunity to take advantage of, and the other party didn't know how many people there were in the Shuofang army, and they didn't know whether they fell into the ambush of the Shuofang army, and the party that was attacked at night was already in an absolutely passive position, not to mention, on the hundred-mile battlefield under this side of the world, the front-line guards of Lingwu County, the high-level thinking department, and the Lingzhou reinforcements were all challenges that the Dingyan army needed to face.

Every battle is to turn the unknown of war into the known.

And to get the answer, there is a price.

Running in front of the crowd of the Dingyan army like a sea of seas, Wu Sheng, like his comrades beside him, bowed his body slightly, picked up the short crossbow of the brigade arm in the running, put it in front of him, aimed at the soldiers of the Dingyan Army in front of him, pulled the trigger, and shot away with sharp arrows, nailing into the bodies of the soldiers of the Dingyan Army who looked frightened or frightened or angry, but had not yet had time to be closely guarded.

Under the firelight, Wu Sheng saw that his crossbow bolt had accurately pierced through the face door of a non-commissioned soldier, and at a distance of less than twenty steps, he clearly saw that the opponent's head was suddenly raised, driving this body backwards. Under this volley of crossbow arrows at close range, the wind blew the grass low, and a row of soldiers fell from the Dingyan army, revealing the even more panicked robes behind them.

Keeping his eyes level, Wu Sheng accurately hung the short crossbow back on his waist, pulled out the horizontal knife with the situation, clenched his hands, and after doing these actions, he had already rushed to the crowd of the Dingyan army, he stepped forward heavily, exhaled and opened the sound, and the horizontal knife slashed down, the Dingyan army in front of him raised his knife to block, but failed to block the slashing momentum of the horizontal knife, when the horizontal knife was slashed on the opponent's shoulder, Wu Sheng, as expected, had kicked out of the hind foot, hitting the opponent's lower abdomen, taking advantage of the gap between the other party's retreat, Wu Sheng, who was more and more skilled in killing skills, deceived himself when he could not be sent, The horizontal knife was stabbed into the opponent's abdominal cavity, the moment the blade pierced the armor into the body, it experienced a process from stagnation to smoothness, the hot and humid blood flowed out along the bloodletting groove on the knife body, and was blocked by the gauntlet in front of the knife handle, not letting the hand get stained with blood and become slippery and not holding the horizontal knife, Wu Sheng left his free hand to clasp the back of the opponent's neck, so that the other party could not escape the struggle, and also let the other party protect in front of him, his right hand was used twice hard, once two inches, in an instant, the horizontal knife was about to reach the handle, and the tip of the knife exposed a large section from the opponent's back, in front of Wu Sheng's cold gaze, Dingyanjun's eyes bulged out, blood gushed out of his mouth, his face was intertwined with horror, anger and pain, and there was a hint of disbelief, staring at Wu Sheng, as if accusing Wu Sheng of beast-like ferocity, one knife and three advances, each time he entered, it made Dingyanjun convulsions in pain, but in Wu Sheng's perception, it was so wonderful that only by lifting a gun into the woman's body inch by inch could it be comparable to an extraordinary experience, at the same time, Dingyanjun was already in pain so much that he couldn't speak, and the pain was so painful that he was about to lose consciousness.

Everything happened between the lightning and flint, when Wu Sheng pulled out the horizontal knife violently, the blood was splashed, and an arc was drawn in the air, the heat was clearly visible in the cold night, and the Dingyan army who died in Jiuquan was kicked down in the crowd with one kick, Wu Sheng did not pause at all, and swung the knife forward again, the impact sound of the sword intersection was crisp and pleasant, several reincarnations, Wu Sheng saw the opportunity, and resisted a knife that was not very powerful with his shoulder armor, and slashed straight with the knife in both hands, the cold light flashed, and the horizontal knife slashed the neck of the Dingyan army in front of him, and the feeling in an instant, Like cutting off a wooden stake, the blade of the knife from the collision to the other party's neck became smooth, although the process was only instantaneous, the pleasure was so strong as if from the depths of the soul, the fleeting scenery was like spring and snow, so beautiful that it could not be said, the feeling of floating through the clouds was better than the high tide of the spray, and when the head of the Dingyan army flew high, and the neck with the shoulders straight splashed out of the blood fountain several feet high, the thick smell of blood came to the nose, and the double feast of sight and smell was enjoyed, Let the pleasure of the spirit reach its peak in an instant, and nothing can compare to it.

Wu Sheng let out a ghostly roar from his throat, the pleasure of body and mind was wonderful, as if he was in the midst of an overwhelming storm, which made him want to look up to the sky and laugh, as if standing on the top of a dead and silent mountain, making him want to jump down, but at this moment he was in the battle array, everything was no match for the battle in front of him, fortunately, the thieves in front of him were endless, before he fell, he could swing the horizontal knife at will, slash the cold blade into the body of the enemy, and exile their blood from the body, Harvest their lives, let their souls sing, killing has such a deadly temptation, so that Wu Sheng can't control himself, he doesn't even care how many injuries he suffers, the pain of flesh and bones allows him to clearly perceive his existence, the tearing of the wound stimulates him to enjoy the carnival of life tension, all the disturbances and constraints in the world, expectations and depressions, joys and sorrows and clutches, all dissipate like clouds when the blood blooms, as a warrior in the battle array, he only needs to kill with one strength, kill and kill, and no longer have to care about all things in the world, The morality in my heart and the bright moon above my head have a blatant reason to ignore at this time, and turning into a demon has become a feat that will be praised, and the beauty of free indulgence is nothing more than this.

......

Because of the need for suspicious tactics, the 500 cavalry scattered everywhere before the battle, and when the battle broke out, the 500 cavalry regrouped.

Wu Sheng was able to notice that several forces of horse troops and foot soldiers gathered from all sides, and the night finally provided them with good cover, and when the five hundred foot cavalry joined forces again, the lethality immediately increased greatly, and the horse army rushed forward to kill vertically and horizontally, tearing the formation, pinning down the men and horses, and protecting the flanks, and the infantry battle formation advanced faster.

In order to further expand the results of the battle, after judging the situation and sizing up the situation, he divided the infantry into several units, turned the large array into a small formation, and increased the attack area, in order to cause a comprehensive rout of the Dingyan army as soon as possible.

With the expansion of the battlefield, the noise is even worse, after the Shuofang army is riding, the blades and torches discarded all over the ground, although there are not many corpses, but they are also everywhere, before the Shuofang army battle array, the Dingyan army is not able to resist, and a small group of brave people is difficult to shake the Shuofang army's front, and the large battle formation has not been stopped, more soldiers are running in a panic, and they are in a mess.

The two soldiers were scuffling on the ground, Wu Sheng tied each other's hands to death, and his head hit the other party's face fiercely, hitting many times, hitting the stars in front of his eyes, and finally hit the bridge of the opponent's nose, the other party snorted, his head leaned back, but although his limbs did not relax, Wu Sheng saw the other party's neck, almost without any hesitation, he bit the other party's throat, like a beast biting its prey, no matter how the other party fluttered and struggled, he always buried his head and gnawed and did not let go.

The more fierce the other party struggled, the more it aroused the ruthlessness in Wu Sheng's heart, the fluttering movements of both sides intensified the intensity of the bite in disguise, and there was a creak, it was the sound of brittle bones breaking, and immediately, Wu Sheng felt that his teeth were sinking into the flesh and bones, and he was one step closer to closing, and a sticky salty liquid flowed into his mouth, and it also flowed down the corners of his mouth, after fighting for a long time, it was inevitable that his mouth was dry, and he was caught off guard, and his throat moved, and he drank a mouthful of blood, Wu Sheng felt a burst of nausea, but he endured it and did not let go, and one of the other party's hands finally struggled out, Desperately hitting Wu Sheng's head and tearing Wu Sheng's ears, the pain made Wu Sheng even more ferocious, he simply sucked the other party's blood while biting, as the bite wound became bigger and bigger, the blood gushed like a spring, the crazy Wu Sheng had no thoughts in his mind, and just took a big gulp to drink, the salty and sticky blood was very warm, and the fishy smell rushed straight to the brain.

In the end, Wu Sheng simply freed his hands, regardless of the other party's beating, hugged the other party's neck and bit and gnawed for a while, biting off the other party's flesh and bones one by one, spitting it out, burying his head again, biting off again, and spitting it out again.

Tiredness and madness make people's thinking stiff and simple, Wu Sheng forgot that he could already take advantage of the situation to pick up the horizontal knife and stab the other party As a result, he just kept doing what was in front of him, biting like a wolf dog, the other party's limbs struggled with smaller and smaller movements, and the convulsions of the body became more and more unconscious, which did not attract Wu Sheng's attention, until the other party's throat was already more than half empty, and the keel behind the throat could no longer be bitten, Wu Sheng woke up like a dream.

Looking at the blurred flesh and bones, the blood gushing non-stop, and the bare flesh and blood of the wound like a crawling maggot, Wu Sheng couldn't hold back any longer, lying next to the dead corpse and vomiting.

When he got up, there were no more comrades beside him, they were all rushing to fight in front, and the Dingnan army was running away one after another, and it was already a rout, Wu Sheng didn't care to pat off the dust on the battle robe and armor, lowered his head and looked left and right for a while, only to find the pocket that he didn't know when, picked up the horizontal knife again, spit blood and spit, and the boiling blood all over his body gradually calmed down with exhaustion.

At this moment, Wu Sheng knew that after 500 paces of cavalry, they had defeated as many as 3,000 people in this battle, although this was not a shocking achievement, but it could not be underestimated in any way.

Exhaustion and weakness made Wu Sheng want to sit down and rest, but he knew that he couldn't do so, so he clenched his horizontal knife and followed his comrades.

After dawn, the war was over, and before it was too late to clean up the battlefield, Liu Renzhen had to make a choice.

Where are these five hundred paces going?

However, this is not a problem, Liu Renzhen had discussed it with Chai Kehong before the war.

Naturally, it is not possible to return to Lingwu County, and the defeated Dingyan army will definitely report their whereabouts to the main force of the Dingyan army in Lingwu County, not to mention whether they can enter the city, it is estimated that the Dingyan army will soon send people and horses south.

In last night's battle, although the Dingyan army was defeated and left, the casualties of the 500 foot cavalry were not small, and now they can no longer stay here, so as not to have many dreams at night.

At that moment, Liu Renzhen led the army to run to Gao Shensi.

After a day's trip, the rangers who went to the southwest border pass first reported that they had found the Hexi thief army at the border pass, and the Gao Shensi Department went to the east road.

Knowing that Gao Shensi successfully evacuated from the border pass, Liu Renzhen was relieved, at this time they went to catch up with Gao Shensi's department, and it was not difficult to catch up, which also meant that fortunately it was them who came, if it was the Dingyan army, then Gao Shensi would be attacked by the north and south.

Immediately, Liu Renzhen ordered the march route to be changed.

Half a day later, seeing that he could catch up with Gao Xiansi before dark, the rangers came to report that a large number of Hexi thief soldiers were attacking.

Liu Renzhen's face changed greatly when he heard this.

In the end, Liu Renzhen was caught up by Hexi Jingqi when he didn't catch up with Gao Xiansi.

In fact, at this time, there were still elite cavalry of the Dingyan Army coming from the north.

The Yellow River is in front of you, as long as you cross the Yellow River eastward, you can quickly catch up with Gao Shensi and return to Lingzhou together, but Liu Rengan's troops can no longer get close to the Yellow River, because the Hexi thief army has surrounded it.

Wu Sheng, who was in the marching army, looked at the endless Hexi horse army around him, his heart was cold, he cut off a blood-stained battle robe, tied his hand to the handle of the horizontal knife with a strip of cloth, and then waited for the battle.

The battle was initiated by the Hexi Ma army, who galloped around the Shuofang army, drawing bows and arrows on their horses, and shooting in turns.

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Lingzhou City, the Envoy's Mansion.

"Since the Dingnan thief army crossed the Yellow River westward, the war has lasted for more than two months, on the three-hundred-mile front at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, only Lingwu is still holding on, and the Feng'an Gao Shen Siye in the southwest has led the army to retreat, and arrived in Mingsha City the day before yesterday.

In the political hall, in front of the huge map hanging, Li Shaocheng listened to Li Zheng say these words, looked at the map and was silent.

He had already read the map thousands of times, and the situation on all sides was already clear, and the exchanges between the soldiers and horses of the two sides were vividly displayed.

After a while, Li Shaocheng came to the sand table and stared with his hands down, still without saying a word.

"Lingwu County has gathered all the guards in Hexi, and the number of men and horses has been replenished to three thousand, but the enemy besieging the city is still ten times this, and the thief army of the three states in Hexi is coming north, and the situation in Lingwu County is even more severe, and it is difficult to say how long it can be held. Once Lingwu County is lost, the thief army will come to Lingzhou City. When the Gao Shen Si Department returned, the Lingzhou guards were only 5,000 people......"

Lee said.

Li Shaocheng finally spoke, "Lingwu County is well defended, with 3,000 men and horses garrisoned, and the soldiers are well fed, can't Chai Kehong hold it for a month or two?" ”

Li Zheng pondered: "I'm afraid that Lingwu County will not be able to attack for a long time, and the thief army will surround it with a partial division, and the main force will attack Zhou City." ”

Li Shaocheng sneered, not angry, but mighty, "Lingzhou has this commander and 5,000 soldiers, no matter how many soldiers and horses he has in the thief army, it is not easy to conquer it." The forbidden army has been drawn out, and it will come soon, so why should we be afraid? ”

Li Zheng bowed his head and said yes.

Li Shaocheng was as immobile as a mountain, and his bearing was cold, "Three hundred miles of flat land at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, after more than two months of fighting, it has not been defeated, and it is difficult for the army to have such combat strength, and Shi Jingjiao's old horseman dares to make waves, he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead!" ”

At the same time, Xia Zhou.

Shi Jingjiao sat behind the small case, reading the military newspaper handed by the messenger in the hall, the military newspaper is good news, since it is good news, the messenger explained when he sent the letter, Shi Jingjiao hugged his fists in front of Yang Guangyuan, who was sitting on the side, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Congratulations to the handsome, this good news!" General Liu swept the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain, besieged Lingwu County, and now the soldiers and horses of the three states of Hexi have also entered the customs, the two work together, Lingwu County can be broken with a snap of a finger, then 100,000 troops will besiege Lingzhou, and Li Shaocheng's death is approaching! ”

Shi Jingjiao's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes still did not move away from the military newspaper, Yang Guangyuan continued: "As soon as Lingzhou is broken, Shuofang's land will be fully in my hands, and the three states of Hexi will control the Hexi Corridor, and it will be useless for the imperial court forbidden army to come, and the great cause of the military commander can be expected!" ”

"Shut up!" General Shi Jingjiao slapped the report on the desk, and anger had accumulated in his eyebrows.

Yang Guangyuan's horse slapped on the horse's leg, I don't know why, it was embarrassing, and I didn't know what Shi Jingjiao meant, and I didn't know what to say for a while.

Shi Jingjiao waved his hand to let the messenger retreat, and then said with a calm face: "Six cities and three hundred miles, the attack has been more than two months and has not been able to defeat it all, Liu Zhiyuan said in the military newspaper that Lingwu County is well defended, and the army and the people have the will to fight to the death, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to overcome in the tenth month - Lingwu County is so difficult to attack, what should Lingzhou do?" ”

Speaking of this, Shi Jingjiao's eyebrows were even more angry and stronger, "At the beginning, he tried his best to raise troops to the west, and he wanted to take the eastern foot of Helan Mountain by surprise, and then switch to welcome the soldiers and horses in Hexi, and then attack Lingzhou City with the joint efforts of the two - this is just a war in the month of October, if this is the case, the river enters the river, and it is his Li Shaocheng's soldiers and horses to get Li Congjing's true biography, and he can't reverse the situation." How is it now? The war in Hexi has been delayed for more than two months, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have been blocked in the small city of Lingwu, and now not only the forbidden army of the imperial court has become a great threat, but the soldiers and civilians of Shuofang have seen that my tens of thousands of troops have been fighting for more than two months and cannot get 300 miles of flat land, and there are many dead battles in their lives, which makes the future war even more difficult! ”

Shi Jingjiao's breathing became heavier and heavier, and finally he had to stop, close his eyes and calm his emotions for a long time, so that he did not fully express his anger, "Liu Zhiyuan and Du Chongwei, one is self-controlled, the other is brave, and now they are attacking the city and plundering the land?" How many generals of the thief army were killed? Chai Kehong, Kuai Ao, Lu Jiang, Liu Renzhen, which one is in a different place? ”

Yang Guangyuan saw that Shi Jingjiao was angry, and he didn't dare to speak again, so as not to anger the other party, and he was humiliated in vain, so he had to bow his head and be silent.

Shi Jingjiao stood up and snorted coldly: "Now that the matter is over, I can't allow Ben Shuai to sit in the rear anymore, this battle of Lingzhou, Ben Shuai has to come to the front of the battle to command!" ”

Yang Guangyuan hesitated, wanted to speak and stopped, saw Shi Jingjiao look over, and said stubbornly: "If the handsome man goes to Lingzhou, how will the gentlemen of Changze County be?" ”

Shi Jingjiao flicked his sleeves, "With only three thousand rides, you can still fight against the sky!" ”

With that, he strode out the door.

Yang Guangyuan's heart was difficult, and he couldn't say anything: since the gentlemen hit Changze County, they have been running around in Xiazhou, and the states and counties under the jurisdiction of Xiazhou are just avoiding them, and they have no intention of going to war at all.

Although the gentlemen are only 3,000 horsemen, they are well-equipped, brave and brave, and extremely mobile, if the Dingyan army wants to deal with them, even if it is just to drive away, it must mobilize several times the troops, then the gentlemen must fight, at this time, how can there be so many people in the Dingyan army to go out to fight?

——In the past, there were party generals who held their own party and horse armies with extraordinary combat strength, and they fought without authorization, and were defeated by the other side, and since then, no one dares to speak out.

For Xiazhou, the gentleman is a cancer that cannot be easily touched, and for the party members who are proud of Ma Jun, the gentleman is moving in Xiazhou, which is undoubtedly equivalent to a slap in the face by the imperial court.

Although Shi Jingjiao knew in his heart that the imperial court put all the gentlemen in Xiazhou, it was to highlight the incompetence of the Dingyan army and the courage and good fighting of the forbidden army, so as to break the hearts of the Xiazhou army and pave the way for the forbidden army to enter Xiazhou in the future, but he couldn't help it.

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When Gao Xiansi led his troops back to Lingzhou City, Li Shaocheng made an exception and went out of the city to greet him.

In fact, Li Shaocheng did not greet Gao Shensi, although the other party resisted the soldiers and horses of Hexi Sanzhou for many days in Feng'an, but there was nothing to boast about, this time he was also ordered to withdraw, not a big victory, Li Shaocheng wanted to greet Liu Renzhen, who led five hundred cavalry from Lingwu County to attack, so that Gao Shensi's department could be safely withdrawn.

The autumn wind comes from the west sky, crosses the Helan Mountain, crosses the Yellow River, and comes to the front of Lingzhou City, blows down the yellow leaves beside the road, the strong autumn mood paves the road, sprinkles all over the fields, converges the intention of killing here, only shows people with the face of Ning and the harvest.

Autumn is high and cool, the sun is at the head, Li Shaocheng stands in armor in front of the city gate, from time to time, dozens of horsemen gallop from the official road, and gradually slow down the horse speed in front of the city, and then the cavalry dismounts one after another, headed by Gao Shensi and Liu Renzhen, and the former of the dragon horse spirit is different, the latter is pale, and the steps are slightly vain.

After the two sides saluted, Li Shaocheng personally helped Liu Renzhen up, and said movingly: "At the moment of the great enemy, he led 500 horses out of the city to pursue the 3,000 thief army, and was defeated in a battle, so that thousands of soldiers were evacuated from Feng'an safely, and the general's courage made the commander admire!" ”

Liu Renzhen hugged his fists and said: "All the soldiers fought bravely, and the last general did not dare to take credit." ”

Li Shaocheng looked behind Liu Renzhen, and saw that there were not many cavalrymen accompanying him, and a heavy touch flashed in his eyes, "After the battle, the general was caught up by the thief army, and the bloody battle broke through, how much did the soldiers survive?" ”

Thinking of the battle that day, Liu Renzhen's face was painful, and he said in a deep voice: "When the last general was chasing General Gao, he was surrounded by two thousand horse troops in the west of the Yellow River, and hundreds of soldiers fought bravely and bloodily, all vying to move forward, so the cavalry galloped, and the soldiers rushed into battle until the crossbow arrows were exhausted, and the horizontal knife was curled, and no one abandoned the sword to join the enemy...... In the night, less than twenty people crossed the river, and thirteen people survived. ”

Li Shaocheng was speechless for a long time, "Five hundred paces to ride, only thirteen survivors......"

He walked behind Liu Renzhen and looked at the thirteen soldiers who followed him one by one, the elder in front of him was less than thirty years old, and the younger one was no more than ten years old, almost all of them were injured, although their faces were different, but their expressions were tenacious.

When facing Liu Renzhen again, Li Shaocheng asked in a deep voice: "Among the soldiers who fought with you, is there one named Wu Sheng?" ”

With the qualifications to enter Luoyang Academy, and volunteering to serve in the army to guard the border passes, Li Shaocheng may not give Wu Sheng privileges, but he will definitely pay special attention to this person.

Liu Renzhen recalled for a moment, and said, "Yes." ”

"What about people?" Li Shaocheng asked.

"Didn't come back." Liu Renzhen replied.

Li Shaocheng couldn't speak for a long time, and sighed: "It's a pity......"

......

Many days later.

In front of the village, there was an old farmer who was turning over all day, he looked strong and strong, but he was a little inconvenient in his movements, and if you looked closely, you could see that his legs and feet were somewhat unchanged.

A horse galloped from the official road, and when he reached the edge of the field, he held the reins, and the rider on the horse was Wu Chun, who rolled off the saddle by the side of the road, led the horse into the field path, and went to the old farmer who was concentrating on serving the field.

The old farmer noticed that someone was approaching, straightened up and looked up, and saw Wu Chun, who was wet with sweat and suddenly smiled, stretched out his hand and greeted: "Da Lang, where are you going?" ”

"Come back and do something." Wu Chun hesitated a little and then said with a smile, he tied his horse to the tree next to the path, and was about to head towards the field, "Is the grain all harvested?" ”

"It's all harvested, and the manure field is burning right now - don't come to the field, you stain your clothes, what's the matter, you haven't seen me for a long time, you want to sit down with me and talk?" The old farmer wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked towards the path.

Wu Chun untied the wine jug on his waist, shook it in his hand and said, "When I came back, I brought some good wine, you are always a good wine person, and I am about to give you a taste." ”

The old farmer sat down on the path, took the flask and pulled the stopper, sniffed it, and said intoxicatedly: "It is indeed a good wine, this fragrance is rare, and you can't drink it in ordinary times." As he spoke, he didn't mean to drink, and handed the flask back to Wu Chun, "But I've quit this mouthful, and I've been not drinking for months, so you better put it away quickly, don't make me hungry." ”

Wu Chun was surprised in his heart, and also sat down on the side of the road, and said with a smile: "How can you suddenly quit being a good drinker like you?" ”

The old farmer laughed and said proudly: "If this was placed a few years ago, when did you see me go to the ground?" ”

Wu Chun was a little embarrassed, so he had to open his eyes and say nonsense, "You are always a person who dominates the battlefield, so naturally you don't care about this farm work." ”

The old farmer said hesitantly: "I didn't see Da Lang speak like this in the early years, why did he go to the army for a few years, but he learned to slap horses?" After a joke, the old farmer put away his thoughts, sighed before speaking seriously, revealing a look of remembrance, "When Wu Sheng's kid hadn't left home before, he was always nagging in my ear, persuading me to drink less wine and have a virtue with his aunt, but I have never listened to it in my heart, hey, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, every time I drink too much wine and make an accident, I always have to provoke him to go to the door to apologize to others, he is a person who reads to the roots, and when he encounters this kind of time, he is always ashamed to blush, and he is angry and scolded in other people's homes. But he can still be patient, and he won't lose his temper with me, an old guy who lost his money to hire a famous teacher and lost his family's ration money......"

"At that time, I didn't feel anything, I always felt that it was my own species, it was a blessing to eat and drink with me, and it was fate to suffer and suffer with me, and I didn't feel indebted to him, alas, now I think about it at that time It's really a little too undeserved, sometimes I drink too much and lose my temper at him, and even add fists and feet, scolding him for being a dignified seven-foot man, learning what poetry, writing, etiquette, and righteousness, a good son should immediately take fame, and he never returns the favor, but he suffers silently, in fact, sometimes I see him alone under the old tree, and he doesn't move for a long time, until twilight comes, I also think this kid is quite pitiful. It's just that I still hope in my heart that one day he can take the horizontal knife in my hand and go to the border to take a walk, in the end, I still have unwilling regrets in my heart, and always think that the son should inherit the father's will......"

"It wasn't until the news that he passed the assessment of Luoyang Academy and the news of the envoy recruitment came at the same time, that this kid actually came to me and told me that he would not go to Luoyang College that he had been talking about, and that he would go to the army to guard the border passes, and my heart suddenly became extremely unpleasant."

Speaking of this, the old farmer sighed again, and his tone became very complicated, with a hint of trembling, "On the day he left, he took his aunt's hand and said a lot of words, but when he came to me, he wanted to speak several times, and finally he just persuaded me to drink less wine, which hindered my body...... But I know this child's intentions, he wants me not to drink and make mistakes anymore, the few acres of thin fields at home can no longer withstand the toss, and he also wants me to help with more farm work, so that his aunt and sister can relax, but he can't say these words, he is a son, if he says these words to his grandfather, there will be a son to train the father, so where to put my old face? ”

The old farmer patted the dust on his thighs that didn't exist, and finally smiled again, and said with some pride: "So, looking at his back when he left the village that day, I told myself that my sons have all joined the army and left home, if I still drink too much and don't go to the ground, won't it be a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs?" It may be a joke for others to say it, I don't want to see him when he comes back in the future! I also think that when the time comes, I can straighten up and say, hey, son, I'm a father, and I haven't been dragging you down! ”

Speaking of the last sentence, he probably thought it was funny, and the old farmer laughed again.

After laughing, seeing that Wu Chun had not spoken, and his face was a little abnormal, the old farmer couldn't help but restrain his expression, and asked solemnly: "When he sent a letter home before the war, he said that you are his commander...... Can this kid be a good weapon in the army? Did it get you in trouble? In this war, did he fear the enemy? ”

Wu Chun's throat was as hard as a rock, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "No, no, Wu Sheng has never caused me trouble, and he is very brave in this battle!" ”

"That's good, that's good!" The old farmer breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.

Seeing the old farmer's appearance, what Wu Chun wanted to say was stuck in his chest like a boulder, and he couldn't say anything, so he had to look left and right and say something else, "This...... How is this year's harvest in the field? ”

"Okay, this year is a bumper harvest, and every household has surplus food!" The old farmer said happily.

When Wu Chun saw this, he couldn't bear it even more, so he had to continue to find words, "I haven't seen dung burning in the field in previous years, where did this skill come from?" ”

"The officials taught not only burning autumn dung, but also many skills, saying that they were very capable of fertilizing the fields." The old farmer said.

"......I see," Wu Chun nodded, his eyes staring at the farmland in front of him, "This year's taxes haven't increased, right?" I mean...... The officials didn't blame everyone for collecting taxes......"

When the words came out, it was half loud, and he didn't hear an echo, Wu Sheng felt strange in his heart, so he turned to see it and immediately froze.

The old farmer in front of him, who was still talking happily and smiling brightly, didn't know when he was already in tears, and the sadness in his eyes was as thick as blood, and he couldn't dissolve it.

Before Wu Chun could say anything, the old farmer had already opened his mouth tremblingly, and the old man's voice was infinitely sad, "Da Lang, don't hide it...... You have come to talk to me for so long, it won't be just because you are Wu Sheng's captain, and I know no less about the battlefield than you...... Wu Sheng, isn't it...... Is the war over? ”

In an instant, Wu Chun burst into tears.

"Uncle!" Wu Chun bowed down to the old farmer, his heart burning like fire.

Wu Chun's reaction made the last trace of luck in the old farmer's heart come to naught, and in an instant, everything around him lost all color in his eyes, and his mind was in a trance, and the throbbing pain in his chest was too intense, making him spurt out a mouthful of blood.

Wu Chun trembled and took out the bloodstained family letter, held it tremblingly and handed it to the old farmer, and it was difficult to spit out words in his throat, "Wu Sheng has never felt that his uncle has dragged him down, he joined the army, he is willing to inherit his father's will, he thinks about it, and he wants to regain the honor and dignity that his uncle has lost on the battlefield......"