The third watch cooks, and the fifth watch opens.

The sky had not yet brightened, and the fish maw had only turned half white, so Li Jing hurriedly led his Lingnan Road army to the right side of the fork in the road and marched in the direction of Lingnan Road.

And it wasn't until Li Jing's army marched into Lingnan Road that Guo Ye got up and walked out of the tent.

At this time, his army on Guangnan Road had just started a fire, and the rice had not yet been steamed.

However, when he walked out of the tent, there was already a neat team of people dressed in black armor and black cloak, about 3,000 people, waiting for his review.

Black Armor!

The most mysterious and combat-effective unit in Li Jing's hands.

Now Li Ji led the army away, but he left this black-armored Xuanbing soldier who had repeatedly performed miraculous feats with him in the southern and northern wars and left it to Guo Ye.

Three thousand black-faced black-armored soldiers with black armor and black cloaks, and three thousand high-grade war horses wrapped in heavy iron armor, all of which were left to Guo Ye to help Guo Ye capture Qianzhou City and hold it for half a month.

This was Guo Ye's last reluctant request to Li Jing last night.

Guo Ye can risk life and death to lead the army to capture Qianzhou City, attract firepower for Li Jing to hold hatred, and die without complaint or regret in his life, how can Li Jing refuse to bear the pain of parting love?

Boring boring boring~

A black-armored Xuanbing general at the front of the queue walked out of the queue, trotted to Guo Ye with one hand holding the handle of the knife on his waist, and then took off the black helmet that even covered his cheeks, and then knelt on one knee, holding the helmet in one hand and clenching his fist in front of his chest, and performed a regular and upright military salute, and shouted loudly: "Cao Luxun, the general of the black-armored Xuanbing, came to report to the general manager of the march on Lingnan Road on the order of Duke Wei!" Duke Wei has an order, from now on, the three thousand black-armored Xuan soldiers will be dispatched by Lord Guo, but there is an order, and we will not give up! ”

"Never give up!"

"Never give up, never give up!"

Suddenly, the three thousand black-armored Xuan soldiers made the same action, that is, one hand was clenched into a fist and placed flat on the chest, shouting four deafening words in unison.

Inadvertently, it attracted the sideways glances and attention of everyone near the camp.

Three thousand people were forbidden, and the killing intent was awe-inspiring, and they couldn't be seen.

Guo Ye couldn't help but sigh secretly, the division of a hundred battles is nothing more than that!

Immediately, he waved his hand to signal everyone to accept the gift, and then turned his gaze to the Zhonglang general who commanded this black-armored Xuan soldier, and asked, "Your name is Cao Luxun?" ”

"Returning to Lord Guo, yes, the last general is the name of the Jiangyou people in Shuzhong, and the surname is Cao Mingxun. Since the formation of the Black Armor Xuanbing by the Duke of Wei, the last general is here. In the first year of Zhenguan, he received the previous Zhonglang general and has been in charge of the black armor Xuanbing until now. ”

When this Zhonglang read out Cao Luxun's resume and his hometown name and resume very smoothly, Guo Ye was very settled. Because from the other party's self-introduction, Guo Ye saw that this person had followed Li Jing since the beginning of his military career, and he could definitely rest assured in terms of loyalty.

Immediately, he nodded slightly and approved: "I didn't expect that Cao Zhonglang will be from Shuzhong like this official, it is the fellow who sees the fellow, with tears in his eyes, and he is very close!" ”

Cao Luxun, who has always been rolling in the barracks, will not say anything about twists and turns, and when he heard that Guo Ye was close to his hometown, he was really flattered for a while, and responded with a somewhat shy smile: "That...... That's the blessing of the last general. ”

"Haha...... Cao Zhonglang will really be able to speak. ”

Seeing the other party's reluctant appearance, Guo Ye couldn't help but have a burst of coke, and then praised again: "But your name is also good." It is of great significance to record the honors and the honors. Recording the word is to appoint and appoint, and the word is to be righteous and meritorious and profitable, a good omen, a good omen, so an explanation, doesn't it mean that whoever appoints the Cao brothers is a star and a good star, and the meritorious and profitable are at their fingertips. I can figure out why the Wei Guild has won all battles and prospered in official fortunes. Dare to love or trust the blessing of General Cao Zhonglang!"

The last remark was obviously a joke, Guo Ye's purpose was to get closer to the relationship between himself and this black-armored Xuanbing, especially the leader who commanded this black-armored Xuanbing.

But in Cao Luxun's ears, he was close, and he felt that Guo Ye had no frame at all, and he was used to the extreme, so he waved his hand again and again and said humbly: "Lord Guo has raised the last general, don't dare to be it, really don't dare to be it!" ”

Guo Ye saw that the fire of mutual acquaintance was in place, and it was bound to be too late in the future, so he put away his close thoughts, patted Cao Luxun's shoulder, and said solemnly: "General Cao Zhonglang, the three thousand black-armored Xuanbing soldiers will continue to be led by you, and there will be many places to borrow from you after capturing Qianzhou City!" ”

Swish~

Cao Luxun puffed up his chest and replied: "Your Excellency, rest assured, the last general and others will definitely serve to the death, desperately help your lord capture Qianzhou City, and defend it for half a month as scheduled." ”

"Good! The morale is commendable, and the officer is looking forward to the day when he will fight side by side with you! ”

Guo Ye nodded tacitly, then waved his hand and ordered: "Okay, you first lead the brothers of the Black Armor Army to rest for a while, and we will officially enter Guangnan Road after lunch." Strive to capture Qianzhou City in one go before dark. ”

"Whoa!"

Cao Luxun arched his hand, then turned around and ordered loudly: "The captains of the Black Armor Army listen to the order, lead the team, find another camp, rest and stand by!" ”

For a time, the three thousand black-armored Xuanbing soldiers sat in three teams of men and horses, spreading to the east, west and north of the camp, and the team was orderly, without any mess, not even the noisy sound of horses neighing, it can be seen that in order to prepare for the raid, the black-armored Xuanbing soldiers even put on their horses.

After the black-armored Xuan soldiers dispersed, Guo Ye found that there was still a person standing in the same place, and it turned out to be the middle-aged man who introduced him to the situation of Qianzhou City last night - Zhang Zhiyong, the former commander of Lingnan Mansion.

However, today's Zhang Zhiyong changed into clean clothes, wearing the armor worn by ordinary soldiers, with a saber pinned to his waist, and was standing there straight looking at Guo Ye.

Guo Ye walked over and asked, "Duwei Zhang, didn't you go to Lingnan Road with Lao Shuai?" Why, you didn't leave? ”

Zhang Zhiyong arched his hand and said: "The last general implores to join Lord Guo's Guangnan Road army, I hope that Lord Guo can give the last general a chance to make meritorious contributions and wash away the shame of the fleeing general!" ”

Guo Ye couldn't help frowning when he heard this, because Zhang Zhiyong was also present in last night's conversation, staying in the army of Guangnan Road to capture and defend Qianzhou City was a matter of death, and at least the risk coefficient of following Li Jing was not so high. And Zhang Zhiyong actually chose the former, is he really so fearless of death?

He couldn't help but wonder, if Zhang Zhiyong was not afraid of death, how could he have fled to Tibet after the fall of Lingnan Mansion, instead of killing himself to become a benevolent and loyal to the country?

Immediately, he asked, "Is this what Wei Gong meant?" ”

"No!"

Zhang Zhiyong shook his head and said, "It was the last general who voluntarily stayed." Because since the last general wants to wear the crime and make meritorious service, he needs a thorough military merit, and if there is no real military merit, the shame on the last general cannot be washed away. And the last general felt that following Lord Guo into Guangnan Road to capture Qianzhou City and defend Qianzhou City was an opportunity for the last general to make contributions. ”

Guo Ye listened to Zhang Zhiyong's words, whether he half-believed it and half-believed, or that sentence, knowing that there were tigers in the mountains and still drilling into it, if there was really such a seed, why did he want to be a deserter in the first place?

So, he stared at Zhang Zhiyong and asked softly, "You're not afraid of death?" ”

Zhang Zhiyong smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "Of course death is terrible, to be honest, if I wasn't afraid, I wouldn't have abandoned the city and fled in the first place." But today, I understand that there is something more terrible in this world than death. For example, what is the use of living like the walking dead nowadays? Living all day long in the panic of hiding in Tibet, living all day long in the days of guilt and self-blame, all day long living in fear and being pointed at and ridiculed by others, this way of living is far worse than dying happily. Lord Guo, the last general regretted it, really regretted it. Please give the last general a chance to make meritorious contributions, even if he dies in battle, the last general will admit it! ”

"It's enough to have your words!"

Guo Ye waved his hand, looked at Zhang Zhiyong differently, and said, "Captain Zhang, this official believes in you!" However, in our army, there is nothing to give you the official position of a lieutenant, how about giving you a pioneer officer? Charge into battle and kill the enemy first, do you dare? ”

"Dare!"

Zhang Zhiyong's whole person was excited, and he choked with tears in his eyes for a while: "The last general dare, dare to dare!" ”

"Good!"

After Guo Ye shouted hello, he suddenly searched around the tent for a while, landed on the figure of a young man, and then shouted loudly: "Xue Rengui, pass on the order to the quartermaster Zhu Fatzi, and ask him to batch some meat for the camp at noon, so that the brothers can have a full meal." After the meat is full, it will be officially opened, and strive to take Qianzhou City by surprise before dark! ”

"Yes~~Know~~"

Not far away, Xue Rengui's reluctant and lazy voice came.

It's no wonder that he is reluctant and resentful, now that he has been almost called into a herald by Guo Ye, he has to do all the stinky chores, how can he be convinced when he thinks of himself as very high-minded and arrogant?

You must know that he, Xue Rengui, is determined to be a tiger general of the three armies who takes the head of people thousands of miles away and explodes chrysanthemums in an instant!