Chapter Eighty-Six: Win-Win (I)

"Boom..."Boom..."Boom..."Boom..."Boom Boom..."Beside a hill on the north side of the mountain, the sound of shelling came and went. Yellow-brown smoke and dust were sent into the air one after another by cannonballs, obscuring people's vision.

"Didi Di Da-" A crisp suona sounded, and countless yellow-green figures flashed on the top of the hill. It was the Huai'an army that charged, as if they had fallen into some kind of witchcraft, and as soon as they heard this strange suona sound, they all became desperate. And the Mengyuan soldiers, whether they were fighting with the Huai'an army or watching the battle from afar as a reserve force, were all tense, and their scalps were numb for a while.

The soldiers of the Yuan army on the hills quickly retreated, crumbling like snow in the sun. However, the Huai'an army became more and more courageous, and soon pushed the top of the hill pushed by the front line to the other side quickly.

"Woo...... Woowoo...... Woo woo woo woo ...... "In the moment of danger, a low horn suddenly sounded, like a north wind blowing over the sea in the middle of the night. A wool pole with the word "Kang" written on it was erected from the other side of the hill, and countless Praetorian Guard soldiers holding shields and wearing heavy armor faced the Huai'an army and firmly contained their own routs and opponents.

"It's Lord Xuexue..."Someone screamed.

"Snow and snow..."

"Snow and snow..."

In all directions, there was a thunderous roar of joy. The Praetorian Guards, the Mongol Army, the Tanma Red Army, the Han Army, as well as the Rakshasas, Kangli people, Martyrs, and Pinching Mystery people recruited from all over the Saiwai Fortress, were all happy.

The only ones who could withstand the blow of Zhu Butcher's hard work were the five thousand elites who had survived a hundred battles under the command of the forbidden army Daru Hua Chixuexue. The other ministries, including the 20,000 descendants of the prime minister, did not have the same ability. This has been a proven fact for more than a month, and no one can question it.

And in the past month or so since Defection and Return, all the victories that the official army can take on the table have also been achieved by Lord Xuexue. The other generals simply can't get any advantage in the two pairs of Zhu Chongjiu, Wang Xuan, Xu Da and Hu Dahai.

"Tick-tock, tick-tick, tick-and-click" The sound of suona on the hill sounded again, but it was changed to another relatively soft tune. The front of the Huai'an army began to actively shrink and slowly retreat, while Lord Xuexue's team followed their footsteps to regain several important places on the battlefield.

"Xue Xue...", "Xue Xue...", "Xue Xue...", "Xue Xue...", in all directions, the cheers rose even higher. Soldiers worship heroes, especially when the tide of battle is clearly unfavorable to their side, and they need a hero to cheer up the army. And Xue Xue undoubtedly meets this requirement of everyone. The background is not too noble, but it is both civil and military. The family background is not too strong, but he can be in a high position at a young age. And on the battlefield, it has also won repeatedly. Even if they suffer occasional setbacks, they can quickly get back on their feet and beat their opponents to wash away their shame.

As if hearing the cheers from all directions, the wool was raised higher and waved more urgently. Thousands of Praetorian Guards quickly climbed over the top of the hill, and the huge shield one person high wrapped all the vital heavy armor on their bodies, making them look like steel monsters one by one.

The muskets of the Huai'an army kept hitting the shield, causing wood chips to splash on the surface of the shield. However, the high-velocity lead bullet was never able to penetrate the surface of the shield. Finding themselves unharmed, the Praetorian Guards became more and more courageous, lined up in a neat phalanx, and continued to push forward rapidly, and the steel boots fell on the hillside, shaking the ground.

"Boom, boom, boom..."The artillery of the Huai'an army began to fire, but the lethality was much less than before. Soon, the musketeers and gunners gave up on wasting ammunition. Before the two sides have substantive contacts, they should retreat decisively. The Praetorian Guards chased after them with a big banner high, recovering half of the hills, recovering the high ground on the top of the hills, chasing the footsteps of the Huai'an army to the other side of the hill, biting the tail of the Huai'an army and killing into a dense forest. The roar of artillery and the shouting of men and horses mingled with each other.

"Xue Xue, Xue Xue, Xue Xue..."Countless Mengyuan soldiers who could not rush over in time to provide support to their robes due to terrain restrictions, imagined the majestic image under the wool da, and shouted louder and louder. Only Xue Xue can deal with Zhu Butcher, and it is difficult for everyone else to take on this important task. Only Xue Xue can do her best to end this boring and boring war that has lasted for more than half a year, and the others will only continue to procrastinate. Only snow and snow can

"Xue Xue, Xue Xue, Xue Xue..." Under the heavy wool slug, Daru Hua Chixue of the Dayuan Forbidden Army covered her ears with her hands, and the muscles on her face twitched constantly.

The victory came so easily, almost without blood, that he regained several of the positions that his allies had previously lost. However, he clearly knew that with every victory, his footsteps were a few feet closer to the Ghost Gate.

The Huai'an Army is deliberately showing weakness, and Zhu Chongjiu's target of showing weakness is always himself. For more than a month, as long as their battle flag appeared, the Huai'an army took the initiative to retreat. With one false victory after another, he pushed his prestige to the top. Then, one day, they will suddenly let go of their hands

Xue Xue didn't know when that day would come, but he knew clearly that the later that day came, the more miserable his death would be. The great hero who has regained six cities against the trend in a row, the fateful enemy of Zhu Tuhu, the unparalleled national warrior hand-picked by the Great Yuan Heavenly Khan Tuhuan Timur, and the only hope for the Praetorian Guard to rise again

If this qiē is fake, what will happen? It was not only his Xuexue image that had been destroyed, but the entire Kang family, Yuekuo Cha'er, Guo Shu, the Second Empress Qi and all his henchmen, and even the Great Yuan Khan Tuhuan Timur himself, would be splashed with sewage all over his body in an instant. And those political enemies on the surface, those potential opponents, those former allies, will not hesitate to pounce on them, showing their bright teeth...

"My lord, the thief withdrew from the forest and went to the next dirt mountain, can we still chase after it?" Captain Halbara of the Praetorian Guard stepped forward, his little tawny eyes full of excitement.

This kind of battle is so enjoyable that the enemy retreats without a fight, and his side is unscathed. A large sum of feats of war, a large amount of rewards, like a snowflake in winter, easily fell on everyone's head. And the price to be paid on his side is only to occasionally let Lord Xuexue go and meet with Zhu Butcher and casually chat a few inconsequential gossip.

"What to chase, don't strangle the teacher, don't you understand?" Xue Xue suddenly became angry and raised the horsewhip in her hand high. However, when he saw the surprised expression of the commander Harbara, he suddenly felt weak again. The whip in his hand fell weakly to the ground. "You have to find a way to send a message to Zhu Butcher, I want to see him. I will see him tonight. The place is whatever he wants, and I want to see him one last time..."

"Yes—" Halbara replied in a low voice, then looked up alarmedly and looked around. Raised the scimitar in his hand high again, "Xue Xue, Xue Xue, Xue Xue..."

"Snow snow, snow snow, snow snow..."Thousands of people shouted in response, and their voices were like pine waves, repeatedly stirring between the mountains.

has done a lot of transactions with Zhu Chongjiu, and both sides are already familiar with the road. In the middle of the night, Xue Xue was behind another hill five miles away from the battlefield when she met her invitee, Zhu Chongjiu, the chief manager of Huaiyang.

"Xue Xue, my old friend, good brother. I haven't seen you for many days, and you're getting more and more graceful..."After a dozen paces away, the latter opened his arms and greeted Xue Xue with the standard Mongolian etiquette of greeting a friend.

Xue Xue, who was like a god in the army of ten thousand horses during the day, suddenly stopped timidly as if she had changed people. Then he bowed down sharply and said in a low voice: "Don't dare, how can Xue Xue be a brother, dare to call Manager Zhu a brother?!" Leave me alone, I, I beg you. Whatever you want, as long as I have it, I can bring it to you..."

"What do you mean? Don't you think I've lost fast enough during the day? Zhu Chongjiu was stunned by Xue Xue's humble actions, stopped his steps, and froze his arms in mid-air. "Then you give me a signal, I will definitely try my best to help you when I see it. Who is with us brothers, you still have to make another trip for this matter..."

"No, no, no..."Xue Xue was stimulated by Zhu Chongjiu's words, and she was embarrassed, waving her hand while praying, "You, you can't, you can't continue to do this... Please, I beg you, don't do that again. I really can't... I'm begging you... Didn't you roast me on the fire? ”

"What, Lord Xuexue doesn't want to win the battle? You see, my good intentions have done the wrong thing. Zhu Chongjiu glanced at Xue Xue in surprise, his face was full of apologies, "But it's easy to change it, Hong San, go and give General Wang Xuan an order, early tomorrow morning, the whole army will launch a fierce attack on Lord Xuexue's station..."

"Yes..."Xu Hongsan quickly received the order, raised the suona, and was about to blow it hard. However, Xue Xue jumped up as if she had suddenly been stung by a wasp, and grabbed his arm, "Don't, don't blow... Don't blow... I beg you, don't blow it. I, I'll think again, I'll think again, you make me think again, for a while, for a while..."

"Look, you don't have a definite idea..."Zhu Chongjiu stepped forward and gently grabbed his arm. Come sit down and have a cup of tea, the night is long, you think slowly... Just don't delay the battle tomorrow morning..."

Xue Xue staggered a few steps like a cramped bear, and slowly moved forward with the strength of his dragging. The forehead, the tip of the nose, and the temples sweat like pulp. "Boss, boss, let me go this time, let me go again. I, next time, next time, I won't dare..."

"Okay, what kind of friendship do we have. What do you say, let's act for others to see. Win or lose, or draw, it's up to you..."Zhu Chongjiu nodded very boldly, and then turned his gaze to Xu Hongsan again, "Send someone to General Wang Xuan to give an order, early tomorrow morning, pick up the head of the Yuan army camp farthest away from Lord Xuexue and launch an attack." Let's not trouble Lord Xuexue... He's tired of acting, and he needs a few days of rest... You go to give the order in person, in the middle of the night, don't blow suona to scare people. Sue General Wang Xuan, the fewer people know about this matter, the better..."

"Yes..."Xu Hongsan shouted again, then flew up and jumped on the war horse and galloped away.

Staring at his back without blinking, Xue Xue pushed Zhu Chongjiu's arm away and slowly squatted on the ground.

"Don't do this, I don't know what to do with you..."Zhu Chongjiu stepped forward with a smile, helped him up, and slowly walked to a felt stool that had been arranged in advance. What exactly do you want to do, just say it. We've been working together for so long, don't you understand, I'm the one who likes to go straight the way the most. If you really want to cut ties with me, that's fine. From tomorrow, when the two armies meet again, I will use all my skills to fight with your soldiers and horses. Anyway, it won't embarrass you anyway..."

"You" Xue Xue raised her head with difficulty, looking at Zhu Chongjiu's honest eyes, not knowing what to say.

It was a devil, the kind of devil that the Lama's sutras say makes people sink forever at one glance. At the beginning, it was because I believed in his honest eyes that I agreed to make the first deal with him. I was just trying to save face for the court... At the beginning, I originally told him that I had done it once, and then I stopped, and then I didn't know anyone.

Who would have thought that the taste of being a hero is so sweet. After you have tasted it once, you can't help but taste it a second time. So, in just over a month, he led 5,000 remnants of the forbidden army and created a legend. Every five days, a city was recovered, from Jinan to Yidu, and then to Anqiu and Weizhou. Although he suffered a small defeat under Pingdu City because of the slow cooperation of friendly forces, he turned his head and found the field in Mizhou in front of Totoku himself...

And the price you pay for these victories is nothing more than some inconsequential news. So far, it has not threatened the security of the army, nor has it involved the core military aircraft.

Then the whole thing got out of control. No one can stop Zhu Chongjiu in a hard-fought battle. Only he can, and the more than 5,000 brothers under his command, as long as they appear every time, can scare the combat effectiveness of the Huai'an Army by half, and then they have to fight and leave. One victory after another, casting his own reputation as a constant victory. And then every time he won a victory, Toto's face became a little colder.

Xue Xue didn't dare to guess whether she could see that Zhu Chongjiu was deliberately acting with the two of herself. I don't dare to guess how Totoku would clean himself up if he knew that so many of his previous proud achievements were all deliberately wanted by Zhu Chongjiu. He couldn't even stop the scene and restore the relationship between the two armies to its original normal state. Because as soon as he stopped, the five thousand "elite" soldiers and horses under his command would be completely beaten back to the prototype, and what was waiting for him would definitely be a cold guillotine knife.

The only hope is that Tokhtar can quickly defeat Zhu Butcher and drown all the secrets in a big victory. However, this is simply a dream. Zhu Chongjiu, who has his back to Denglai, can get support from the sea at any time. Xu Da, who is old and spicy, is like a piece of kraft candy, entangled after getting out. For more than a month, Tokhoff has exhausted all his strength, but he has only forced Zhu Chongjiu back for more than 50 miles. But after Xu Da escaped, he beat Chahan, Li Siqi and others to the ground.

If we continue to be entangled like this, the truth will be revealed to the world sooner or later. And as long as that moment comes, Xue Xue believes that she and her brother Hama will be decisively abandoned by His Majesty the Emperor. At that time, he can take off the blame for losing his teacher and humiliating the country, and put all the blame on himself, and then decisively shake hands with Zhu Tuhu and make peace, and return to the capital with the remnants of the defeated army, with the side of the Qing monarch...

If he didn't accept Zhu Tuhu's kindness at the beginning, suddenly, a wave of remorse surged into Xuexue's heart. In that case, at most, he will die alone, and he will not drag down his brother Hama, and he will not drag down these brothers in the forbidden army. Thinking of Amugulang, Harbara, Wuenqi and others who have been acting with him for so long, but have never leaked the slightest rumor, Xue Xue can't wait to bang her head against the tree. Behind everyone is a huge family, and the interests behind everyone are intertwined. In their eyes, he is a white-nosed clown in an excerpt, no matter how happy he dances on the stage, after removing his makeup, he is worthless...

"As for you?" A white latte cotton hand towel suddenly fell from front of his eyes. At the same time, there was also the devil-like voice of Zhu Butcher, "It's better to win a battle than to lose a war, right?" Is it true that your side has won the battle, but it has become a crime? ”

"You ........." pushed away the handkerchief and raised his red eyes. The devil, Zhu Butcher is the devil, he has already sold his soul, and he must not continue to accept any benefits from him.

However, the voice of the devil continued to drill into his ears. Unhurried, full of temptation, "End this battle, let's figure out a way together." Enough people have died. It doesn't make any sense to go on except to die more people. Tokhtar can't defeat me, and I don't have the ability to defeat him right now. It might as well be counted as a draw. Let's withdraw our troops, and when we have enough strength, we will fight again... Next time you bring more soldiers and artillery from Dadu, we will no longer be in touch from the beginning. Just when you don't know me, and I don't know you..."

"End ......?" Xue Xue stared at her bloodshot eyes and repeated blankly.

Let this war be over, and let all transactions be stopped. Then, cover up a trace of qiē and wait for the next time to start again. Perhaps, this is indeed a good idea. But, how could he have done it?

"Do you think that Tokhtar won't agree, if I were him, I wouldn't agree. Otherwise, you will be a hero when you go back, and I will become the finger of Wanfu. Zhu Chongjiu folded the handkerchief and continued to hand it to Xue Xue. Therefore, if I get rid of it, I must hold on to it, and it is best for you to die on the battlefield. Even if you don't die on the battlefield, find a way to erase your previous merits to cover up my own incompetence. ”

"Don't say it, don't talk about me, please don't say it..."Xue Xue snatched the towel and wiped it on her face like crazy.

"It's not a question I can't tell. It's simple for me to keep my mouth shut, but what others do is not in my control..."Zhu Chongjiu sighed and shook his head slightly, "I feel very wrong recently, and it seems that Totoku is deliberately sending you to fight me." He seems to be suspicious of you from the beginning. That's why I'm trying to push you high until everyone thinks your record is unbelievable..."

"Don't say it, I know, it's not you who are smart......" Xue Xue suddenly jumped up, her eyes bloodshot, "He's waiting for me to blow the cowhide open." Then in front of more than 100,000 people, he beat me, my brother, and His Majesty the emperor in the face. He's such a person, that's definitely what he thinks... Me, I"

Covering his face with a towel, he slowly slumped again, kneeling on the ground, shivering. Indeed, the truth has long been seen by Tokto, but he is just planning and preparing to use this matter to achieve the greatest goal. And I, step by step, was pushed to the cliff without knowing it...

"End it, you have the power. Snow Snow... I believe you..."Zhu Chongjiu also squatted down slowly, hugged Xue Xue's shoulders with both hands, and used his own arms to provide courage and strength to the other party like a good friend. "Let's make a deal at the end. You help me finish this fight, and then I'll help you finish off Totok... In the end, the two of us will break up from now on... You go back to your capital, and I'll go back to my Huai'an..."

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