Wei County and Haixi are the two northernmost counties of Guangling County, and further north is Donghai County where Xuzhou Thorn History is located, Wei County is in the west, Haixi is in the east, and Haixi is further east of the vast East China Sea. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this moment, Weixian and Haixi are the only counties in the entire Guangling County that have not been captured by traitors, and they are also the last barrier of Donghai County. Once the two counties fall, the traitors will definitely go north to attack the capital of Xuzhou - ZC County, at this time, although the two county towns of Wei County and Haixi have not yet fallen, they are also besieged by anti-thieves.

The thief general on the Haixi side is named Antai, who is Guo Chun's henchman and his righteous son, and there are 8,000 thieves under his command. In the past, when Guo Chun was a bandit in Gaoyou, Antai followed him and was one of the most trusted people by Guo Chun.

And Chu Jun, the thief general on the Weixian side, only recently took refuge in Guo Chun, and there are 15,000 people under him. He was originally a bandit who occupied the mountain on the boundary of Hail County, and like Guo Chun, he also took advantage of this natural disaster to coerce the displaced people, raised the anti-flag, and quickly broke through the county seat of Hail, killing the county commander, the county lieutenant, and so on.

But because the army started later than Guo Chun, Chu Jun's territory and troops were inferior to Guo Chun. When he captured Hail County, Guo Chundu had already taken most of Guangling County, and the situation was stronger than people, so Chu Jun could only press his ambition and throw himself under Guo Chun.

Guo Chun also valued him, not only did he not take away his military power, but also allocated thousands of men and horses to him and entrusted him with important tasks, so Chu Jun was also extremely grateful and loyal to Guo Chun.

In fact, this is also a benefit of Guo Chun, he can settle all the people and horses who bring people and horses to him, and make good use of them, and it is precisely because of this that thieves from all walks of life in Guangling County and even Linjun County have come to vote. He was able to gather these 70,000 or 80,000 horses in just a few months to fight against the government.

With the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhao Ning's team was moving rapidly. Xuzhou is located in the east, near the sea, has never been a place to produce horses, even the regular army of the state capital, the same is not many horses, and in the Zhao Ning army, there are only centurions and above, and some people are equipped with war horses.

However, the ability of this army to march on foot is also very strong, fully armed and with its own rations for several days, each person has a weight of thirty or forty pounds, and the march is also extremely fast.

"Where is Captain Zhao? Where is Captain Zhao? ”

A military attaché, quickly chasing from the rear, shouted. The person who came was Zhou Jing's personal guard, and Zhao Ning had seen it many times in the past few days, so he hurriedly picked up his horse and stepped forward.

"Let Lord Jun have a letter to send to Captain Zhao, and order the Lord to open it immediately, and go back to restore his life with a small message." When the attendant saw Zhao Ning, he turned over and dismounted, gave a military salute neatly, and presented the letter with both hands, showing his good skills.

Zhao Ning obeyed his order, Zhan Xin watched, and saw that it was written: "There are few thieves in Haixi, and it is not easy to break; The enemy in Wei County is crowded, and it is appropriate to use troops. There is also a small line below, "Thou hast led the troops for the first time, and thou hast not been able to use the crowd without standing up for power, so I will lend you the head of the messenger, and this will be successful, so as not to disappoint the officer." ”

Zhao Ning finished reading it in a blink of an eye, but he frowned. In his previous life, when he looked at the Three Kingdoms, he read that Cao Cao borrowed the head of the grain official Wang Yuan, and he had a lot of complaints about Cao Cao in his heart. Therefore, when he was in charge of the military for the first time this time, he only hoped to use the heavy reward to win the death of the soldiers, and did not want to use this method of killing people to establish authority.

But intellectually, he also knows that only when a soldier loves and respects a general, and respects and fears it, can he truly order and prohibit it and become a combat-effective army. What's more, the letter of the envoy is even more explicit, and he can't help but obey it.

Therefore, after he hesitated for a moment, and after slowly collecting the letter, he could only be ruthless, and shouted, "Our army attacked at night, that is, to surprise the enemy, attack it unprepared, you make noise along the road, leak the whereabouts of our army, and its crime should be beheaded!" Left and right still don't do it?! ”

Although this guard is only a senior beside Zhou Jing, he was originally in the ** position of the forbidden army, and he has also reached the realm of a warrior. This time Zhou Jingdong came, the imperial court did not give him a large army, only sent him a thousand forbidden troops, and this guard was one of them.

Tonight he was ordered to deliver a letter for his lord, he never thought that he had been abandoned, and he was about to be poisoned, and he was waiting for Zhao Ning's reply, when he suddenly heard a broken drink, and just about to argue, his chest had already been sealed by Zhao Hu's palm. In an instant, he felt his entire ribcage collapse, and he even heard the sound of his sternum and ribs breaking inch by inch. With a muffled snort, he was about to vomit blood.

But then, a purple light passed through his throat. Before he even mobilized his hatred, he was already in a daze, losing his life and consciousness.

In fact, although Zhao Hu shot ruthlessly, he was seriously injured with one move, making him completely lose his combat effectiveness, but he did not take his life in the end. Because although Zhao Hu did not hesitate to carry out the young master's order, he was still puzzled after all, and wanted to leave a chance for the guard to speak.

But Luan Wu didn't care about that, since Zhao Ning said that this person should be beheaded, since Zhao Ning let him do it, then he would only use the most effective means to take the other party's life as quickly as possible.

Although his kung fu is not as good as Zhao Hu, and his shot is not as fast as Zhao Hu, as soon as he makes a move, he directly pierces the opponent's throat with the "Purple Cloud Sword".

Since Zhao Ning avenged him, Luan Wu, who had lost all his relatives, stayed by Zhao Ning's side, and secretly vowed to repay Zhao Ning with a lifetime of loyalty.

And Zhao Ning also has a very good impression of this black boy, and even wanted to recruit him to his side when he saw him for the first time.

So after Luan Wu took the initiative to stay by his side, Zhao Ning not only asked Uncle Lian to give him careful guidance, but even his beloved portable sword, and even the Purple Cloud Sword, which could be cut by the best Izumo National Treasure Sword, Zhao Ning gave it to him.

Because he believed that the Purple Cloud Sword was in Luan Wu's hands, even better than in his own hands, which could guarantee his safety.

It is true that Luan Wu is a real genius on the road to martial arts. Without any guidance, at the age of fifteen, he had already trained himself in the mountains and reached the realm of a warrior.

In the past six months, Luan Wu has received the guidance of Zhao Hu, Wang Long and others, and the teaching of Uncle Lian, and he has quickly made up for his previous shortcomings and laid a solid foundation.

Therefore, his shot is only a little slower than Zhao Hu.

"Young Master, after all, he is the one who makes the monarch." Zhao Hu was still worried about reminding Zhao Ning.

"If it weren't for the Emperor's explicit order, how could I bear to let him die innocently. Okay, let's not let him die in vain, cut off his head, and circulate it to the whole army. Zhao Ning said in a low voice.

Soon, the already strict team became even more solemn. Because the bloody head made everyone understand that this young captain not only did not hesitate to reward money, but he would not be soft when killing people. violated military discipline, Captain Zhao even dared to kill people from the forbidden army, not to mention them with mud legs?

November 7 at 2:30 p.m.

Zhao Ning's team arrived at a place ten miles north of Wei County. In order to hide their whereabouts, Zhao Ning's men and horses just hid in the grass and chewed dry food and meat.

Along the way, they also encountered several groups of anti-thief wanderers and scouts, but every time they made contact, the other party was killed by random arrows, and none of them were able to escape.

"How many thieves are there in the county? Can Lao Tzu get five? ”

"Haha! When you rush over in a moment, you spread your boys and run faster, and if you fall behind, who will keep you behind? ”

"You say, isn't it scary to carry a few heads on your body?"

"Five heads have to be heavy, right?"

"If you give it to me when the time comes, I have more strength than you, and I am not afraid of sinking."

"You're so beautiful, you begged your mother-in-law with a reward, can you share one with me?"

"One for you, one for you! Can you divide the two of you? ”

"My arrows are marked, and you are not allowed to rob them if I shoot them."

Everyone was resting and laughing in a low voice.

"I have to survive twelve o'clock, the other side is asleep, and the person in charge of the guard is also stunned before I can do it."

Zhao Ning's original target was not Weixian, where there were 15,000 anti-thieves in front of him, but Haixi, where there were only 8,000 anti-thieves, after all, persimmons had to be picked up and pinched.

But Zhou Jing's letter reminded him in time and made him change his plan.

Antai has fewer people, so he must be more vigilant, and he is Guo Chunyi's son, so maybe there are some ambushes arranged near him. And Chu Jun is a crowd, so he wouldn't expect to be attacked by someone, and his vigilance may be more lax.

The next moment.

After giving the order not to cut off the head and only take the right ear to take credit, Zhao Ning's team marched towards the anti-thief's camp in three ways. According to Zhao Ning's arrangement, Wang Long, Zhou Shu, and Zheng Gu each received a piece, and Zhao Ning personally took hundreds of people who were dispatched out to respond in three ways, just in case.

Since Chu Jun took refuge in Guo Chun, he has not made any decent contributions, let alone laid down a county seat. It has been more than a month since he led troops to besiege Weixian this time. At the beginning, he really tried his best to organize a few brave charges, but the officers and soldiers of Wei County were particularly resilient, and with high walls and deep pools, they held on.

With the loss of thousands of brothers, Chu Jun's offensive was not so fierce, although he wanted to repay Guo Chun's kindness, but he also did not want to lose his old capital in a battle. And the officers and soldiers in the city, with the loss of troops and the decline in morale, have no ability to go out of the city to counterattack or carry out sneak attacks.

The two sides just held each other.

Up to now, although Chu Jun's strength still has a clear advantage over the defenders in the city, but the men and horses are also quite tired, and it is past midnight at this time, naturally most of the people are already asleep, and the person in charge of guarding the guard has also touched the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid, and is about to doze off.

At this time, after resting for nearly half an hour, Zhao Ning's men and horses had enough strength to run ten miles in one go, and finally touched Chu Jun's camp.

When they touched the enemy camp less than a hundred paces, the three-way men and horses who had been groping in the dark finally lit countless fireheads, and then there was an overwhelming volley of rockets. There were many fires and strong winds, and soon the entire anti-thief camp was in a sea of fire.

The thief who got up in a hurry, let alone the weapon, didn't even find his pants, and was killed by a sharp arrow. The fire in the middle of the night already frightened them, and the officers and soldiers rushing from different directions made them panic, where did they still have the mind to resist. The people were flustered, and at first it was someone else who tried to escape, and soon all the thieves began to flee in all directions.

The anti-thieves were panicked, but Zhao Ning's three thousand people were not panicked, and they did not step forward to fight hand-to-hand, but only relied on each other, harvesting the lives of one enemy after another with bows and arrows. The three people, like three steel knives, rushed the already chaotic anti-thieves even more scattered.

Zhao Ning, who was in the rear, saw it clearly, and from the hundreds of people around him, he pulled out another part, led by Lian Chao and Lian Zhan, and also joined the torrent of destroying the enemy army.

The two of them followed Zhao Ning's side, and when they saw that everyone else was having a good time, they couldn't bear it anymore, and as soon as Zhao Ning was thrown out, they immediately led people to rush into the enemy camp. And Lian Zhan didn't know where to cut off his head, took a rag bag, and shouted loudly while shaking, "Chu Jun's head has been cut off by the master, you don't surrender quickly!" As soon as he shouted, the people he took out also shouted, "Chu Jun's head is here, surrender quickly!" ”

Soon, all the officers and soldiers shouted.

At this time, the anti-thief was trapped in a sea of fire, facing the officers and soldiers who didn't know how many people there were, and they were already about to collapse, so they were counting on Chu Jun to lead the Chinese army to kill and save the situation. At this time, when he heard that Chu Jun was killed, he was completely hopeless and frightened. Originally, he wanted to surrender but was afraid of Chu Jun and didn't dare to surrender, so he directly put down his weapons and surrendered on his knees.

"Young master, look, there are more than a dozen horsemen fleeing to the southeast over there, it must be Chu Jun's house, I'm going to cut him down." Zhao Hu kept scanning everywhere, for fear that someone would rush over and hurt Zhao Ning, but he didn't see anyone killing, but he let him see Chu Jun who was fleeing.

After all, the anti-thieves also lack war horses, and if they can have more than a dozen horsemen fleeing together, it must be Chu Jun, the commander of the anti-thieves.

"Let him go, we still have so many captives to deal with!" Zhao Ning unexpectedly stopped Zhao Hu.

At this time, the officers and soldiers in the county also killed, and in the middle of the night, the outside of the city shouted and killed, and the flames were soaring, and the city would not know what was going on.

They saw the difference clearly in the city, and saw that the killing outside the city was dark, and it was indeed not the thieves who were cheating. The resentment of being besieged by these anti-thieves for more than a month suddenly poured out, during this time they suffered heavy casualties, lacked food and drink, and hated those anti-thieves for a long time.

Looking at the soldiers who had already begun to clean the battlefield and cut off their ears, Zhao Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief. Won, finally won. Zhao Ning has always had a name in his heart - Zhao Kuo, the same sect who has laughed for thousands of years because of his talk on paper. He had actually been worried in his heart, afraid that all his plans would only look perfect on paper, and it was not until this moment that he dispelled the doubts in his heart.

"Guo Chun, let you be the first to achieve my fame, in a thousand years, your name will be remembered because of me, thank me!"