The royal city of Guxi

By noon, Aguche could not pass through the valley and had to withdraw his troops back to the city; In the Chengqian Palace, looking at the defeated soldier Zhou Yi who had retreated, he suddenly became angry; In his calculations, 20,000 elite cavalry chasing and killing Wang Xu's 30,000 defeated soldiers should be an overwhelming massacre; I never thought that I would be defeated; And he was killed before he even went out.

"Aguche, what should you be guilty of risking the enemy to invade and damage my 8,000 war horsemen?"

Eight thousand war horses is no longer a small number, even if a horse is gold, eight thousand war horses are also eight thousand gold, not to mention that this is priceless, even if you have money, you can't buy it; Most of the best war horses come from the grasslands of Beijun and the bitter cold land of Hexi; Beijun is far away from Guxi, and war horses cannot be transported to Guxi; Hexi County is close to Guxi, but there is a long river between the two counties, which is several miles wide, and the war horses cannot reach it; In this way, it is very precious.

"The prince deserves to die for his crimes" Aguche's blood-red blood was shocking, like a demon, kneeling on the main hall A breeze blew, and the heavy smell of blood filled the entire hall. Zhou Yi covered his nose with a handkerchief and said angrily: "You don't have to die, go and get a hundred military staff yourself, you don't have to worry about the affairs in the army, and you can live and recuperate in the barracks."

"The prince let the last general be punished for meritorious service," Aguche kowtowed fiercely and pleaded.

Zhou Yi waved his sleeves: "Drag it out!" ”。

"Lord Wang" The two guards walked into the main hall, dragged Aguche's arm and dragged him out of the hall, Aguche shouted loudly, but the voice became farther and farther away, until he disappeared without a trace.

"Li Zhi listens to orders".

"The last general" Li Zhi saluted and replied loudly.

Zhou Yi's face was gloomy, and he ordered: "Although Aguche has been defeated for a while, 10,000 elite horsemen are enough to destroy Wang Xu's remnants, and this king orders you to go on the expedition immediately, and the head of the thief will come to see me within five days."

"Command," Li Zhi replied loudly.

Although Li Zhi agreed on the surface, he was very unhappy in his heart, and now he remembered that Lao Tzu was here, why did he go earlier; Eight thousand war horsemen, just ruined at the hands of that fool.

"Lord Wang, there are still ambushes in the valley, although General Li can fight, but it is also quite troublesome, in the opinion of the old minister, it is better to send someone to say surrender, if this plan is successful, not only can easily cross this valley, but also greatly weaken the strength of Wang Xujun; Wouldn't it be better to surrender without a fight? Wen Qing stood up and saluted.

Li Zhi nodded again and again while listening, the most taboo thing for the cavalry is that the terrain is too small to perform, like this kind of valley battle that is less than two zhang wide is the most troublesome, and it will be miserable if the road is accidentally blocked, he doesn't want to be like Aguche from the same fall, Li Zhi also hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, what Lord Wen said is extremely true; It's better to surrender."

"Well, if the ambush soldiers are willing to surrender to the king, they will make him a general."

Zhou Yi looked at Li Zhi coldly and reminded: "Everyone can surrender, but Wang Xu is not allowed to surrender; When you go on this expedition, you must break that fight to death."

"No"

"Ah cut" Wang Xu only felt that his nose was sour, and he couldn't help but sneez: "What the hell, who is scolding me."

"Lord, good news" Jia Hui rode a horse from behind and said: "Just got the scout to report, Guan Qing defeated the army of the prince in the valley, and lost more than half of the 20,000 elite cavalry, and now he has been defeated and retreated."

"Really?". Jia Hui nodded solemnly, Wang Xu was overjoyed, a small ambush wiped out tens of thousands of elite horsemen in the world, what else to withdraw if it goes on like this, just go back and count the bastard; Wang Xu could only think about this thought in his heart, he didn't dare to really go back.

Looking at Jia Hui, Wang Xu quipped: "Mr. Jia, I said that Guan Qing surrendered sincerely, but you still don't believe it; You see, if he wants to take refuge in the world, how can he kill so many of his soldiers."

Jia Hui smiled awkwardly and said, "What the lord said is very true, it was his subordinates who wronged him."

"Where are we now?" Wang Xu asked.

Sun Yu followed Wang Xu's side, pointed ahead, and said, "Lord, in another fifty miles will be Wanling County." "Let's set up camp on the spot, and it's not too late to march after noon," Wang Xu ordered.

"The lord can't" Jia Hui interjected: "This place is as empty as a wilderness, if we stop and camp now, then we will not be able to reach Wanling County today, if the cavalry of the prince of the world attacks, how can our army resist."

Sun Yu also persuaded: "Lord, what Mr. Jia said is right, it is better to enter the city and rest in the wall, so as to avoid being attacked by their cavalry."

"How have you forgotten that the Shizi cavalry has just been defeated by Guan Qing; As for the green guarding the valley, you can rest assured."

"Nuo" Sun Yu beat the horse and went back to give the order. Jia Hui sighed, Wang Xu could rest assured of Guan Qing, but he couldn't rest assured, a small victory was not enough to prove his loyalty; To put it another way; If Guan Qing really wants to take refuge in the world, then he won't just go to refuge like this, and fight a battle to let the family see that his strength can be reused, maybe Guan Qing is like this?

Jia Hui didn't say what he thought in his heart, because now Wang Xu has completely believed in Guan Qing's loyalty, and if he says it again, he is stirring up the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and he is playing with right and wrong, which is not beautiful, Jia Hui showed a complicated expression on his face, although Wang Xu is a master, he is too young, and he still needs to be tempered: "Lord, are you really sure that Guan Qing will not betray you?" ”。

"What do you mean by Mr. Jia?"

"Lord, wait and see," Jia Hui finished speaking, and rushed to the rear army.

"Inexplicable". When night falls, the moon is in the sky, and the coolness is infinite.

In the valley outside the royal city, Guan Qing was commanding the soldiers to bury the pot and make rice, and this time the blockade brought a total of five days' food, but because it was not easy to get water, the soldiers had been gnawing on dry food; Today just had a big victory, in order to celebrate, so specially ordered people to go down the mountain to get water, ready to make a delicious meal to relieve hunger.

"Second brother, look, there seem to be a few people coming here under the mountain" Guan Hua smashed a chicken leg in his hand, pointed to the mountain and said. By the moonlight, Guan Qing looked carefully and said, "That person is still wearing a court uniform, and he is the one who is the son of the time."

"The second brother will be here later, and I will go down the mountain and slaughter him," Guan Hua picked up the long knife on the ground and said.

Guan Qing waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let him come up and see what he wants."