readx; Fierce battles are raging on both sides of the Yellow River north of Zhengzhou, and more than 200 miles to the west, the area of Bishan in the south of the Yellow River and north of Luoyang is covered by heavy snow, and the people are inaccessible, so quiet that you can hear a broken branch. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 This low mountain range stretches for hundreds of miles from east to west, serving as a barrier for Luoyang, and has been consistent for thousands of years, quietly watching the city in the south that has experienced countless ups and downs.

At this moment, in a small valley surrounded by mountains and impassable mountain roads, there are hundreds of military tents crowded here one by one. If anyone climbs to the top of the surrounding mountain, they will be amazed at the dumpling-like scene. But this is impossible, because this mysterious army has already planted at least a hundred outposts within a radius of twenty miles, and anyone who comes near this place will be captured. And if the officers and soldiers in Luoyang City pass by, the buffer distance of twenty miles is enough for this army to transfer.

On the top of the mountain, a young general in cotton clothes and without armor was looking south with his eyebrows furrowed. Although the visibility was poor in the winter haze, he could clearly know the exact location of Luoyang. Not only that, but he also knew about the deployment and movement of troops in Luoyang, which of course was due to the reconnaissance operations in the past three days.

To his surprise, despite the intense fighting in Zhengzhou, the rebels did not transfer a large number of troops from Luoyang, and only vehicles for military supplies kept going back and forth between the two places every day. As for the strength of the rebels in the city, there were originally 20,000 or 30,000 people in Zuo Liangyu's department, and even if the vacancy was deducted, at least 10,000 or more; After Zhu Changxun usurped the throne, the officers and troops of the nearby prefectures and counties also concentrated in Luoyang, and now the number of troops has not decreased, but has increased by nearly 10,000. And he only had 5,000 light cavalry under his command, and he didn't have any firearms, so it was obviously difficult to attack a big city like Luoyang, which was heavily garrisoned.

However, if you sit here and wait for the progress of Zhengzhou, I am afraid that it will be too late to change, and once it is exposed, his strange army will completely lose its effect; Second, whether it is him here or in the imperial camp, food and grass are extremely scarce, if Luoyang cannot be taken as soon as possible, Hong Chengchou's conspiracy to drag down the imperial court will really succeed.

"It's too windy here, why don't you go down the mountain to warm up for a while, I'll look out for you!" A gentle and pleasant voice interrupted his musings, and when he looked back, it was a female general who was dressed in a draped body, heroic posture, and her face was red from the cold, standing behind him with a slight gasp, her eyes full of concern and pity.

"General Ma, how are you..."

The young general had just said half a sentence, but was interrupted by a coquettish voice, "Is it okay to call me Qianxue, General Dingnan?" There is no one else here! ”

"Well... Chiyuki, what are you doing here? I'm not here to look, but I'm just bored and going up the mountain to breathe. You still say me, why don't you wear cotton clothes? ”

The one who was "reprimanded" by the female general was General Dingnan, the chief military officer of Xuanfu, and Li Dingguo, the young general that Zhu Youzhen relied on the most. He was a very quiet and serious person, but as long as he saw the woman in front of him, he could always feel the warmth in his heart, as if any solid ice would be melted by this warm current, even if there was a great deal of sorrow, he didn't feel so sad when he saw her.

And this woman who dares to scold the dignified and first-class general is naturally Ma Qianxue, a female general of the Yi nationality who has been fighting with Li Dingguo since Chengdu. At this time, she smiled mischievously at Li Dingguo: "Okay, okay, don't pull a stinky face all day long." Everyone knows you're upset, but frowning alone can't wrinkle Luoyang! Actually, I came up to report to the general on military affairs. ”

Li Dingguo went out of Beijing this time, originally he didn't want Ma Qianxue to follow, after all, the two armies had no eyes on the battlefield, and it was inevitable that there would be casualties. In his heart, all women should be as far away from the battlefield as possible, especially Ma Qianxue, who has already occupied a place in his heart. But Ma Qianxue insisted on following, Li Dingguo didn't allow her to cry and make trouble, and finally went around the corner to find a relationship and went to Zhu Youzhen.

As a result, Zhu Youzhen specially issued a holy decree to let Ma Qianxue serve as the quartermaster of Li Dingguo's army. In fact, there is no shortage of officers in charge of logistics under Li Dingguo, Zhu Youzhen just set up a name, in addition to fulfilling this pair of lovers, he also wants Ma Qianxue to take care of Li Dingguo more. He vaguely remembered that in history, Li Dingguo died young at the age of forty; Now that he has contracted malaria again, he has just recovered, and he doesn't want to lose this general who can change the trajectory of history.

With the holy decree, Li Dingguo naturally had no choice but to take Ma Qianxue with him. After this light cavalry was drawn from Beijing, it avoided the flat North China Plain, made a detour to Shanxi and marched southward, carrying the wind and snow along the way, and suffered a lot, and Li Dingguo also felt very sorry for Ma Qianxue. Ma Qianxue was satisfied and refreshed all day long. Especially when it snows, she is as excited as a five or six-year-old girl, and she laughs and laughs. All the soldiers were deeply infected by her optimistic spirit, and they didn't feel tired.

At this time, Li Dingguo heard Ma Qianxue say that there was a military report, and said that she was joking again, frowning and saying with a wry smile: "Is it that Jin Tongwu accidentally trampled on the snow outside your tent again?" Well, I'll give him eighty sticks in a moment! ”

"Who was kidding you?" Ma Qianxue pouted dissatisfiedly, "I really have a military situation to report!" ”

Li Dingguo was busy listening carefully, and it turned out that the scouts had discovered a Taoist temple thirty miles west of here, and the sound of horses neighing came from it. Taoist temples are not unusual, they are everywhere in this mountain; But there are horses in the Taoist temple, but it is unusual, maybe there are rebels stationed there. Jin Tongwu was originally in charge of the reconnaissance operation, but Jin Tongwu was better than ghosts, and all the information he detected was told to Ma Qianxue first, so that she could tell Li Dingguo, and this time was no exception.

Li Dingguo raised his eyebrows and said: "If it is really a rebel army, we must wipe it out, and catch more alive will be of great benefit to our siege." Without further ado, I'll lead the team myself! ”

More than two hours later, Li Dingguo, Jin Tongwu, and Ma Qianxue had already led five hundred light horsemen to quietly surround the small hill where the Taoist temple was located. At this time, the sky has darkened, and the bell chime in the Taoist temple is melodious, it should be the Taoist priest who has started the evening class, and sure enough, there are occasionally mixed with one or two neighing of war horses.

"With such a small Taoist temple, there must not be many rebels hidden." Jin Tongwu's eyes lit up and said, "Commander, give me a hundred people, touch them from the back mountain!" ”

"I'll go too!" Ma Qianxue volunteered.

Li Dingguo knew that Ma Qianxue's martial arts were strong and He was good at fighting in the mountains, so he nodded and said, "You must be careful!" Let's go! ”

Jin Tongwu and Ma Qianxue led a hundred cavalry to dismount and carefully climbed up the back mountain. Seeing that he was already halfway up, he suddenly heard an angry roar from the top of the mountain: "Where did the rats come from, they dared to sneak attack General Ben!" ”

Immediately after the "rattling" sound of the bowstring, a golden arrow had already shot straight towards Ma Qianxue's door like a meteor!