"Lingnan Urgent ......" a messenger ran through Chang'an City, entered the palace, came to the Taiji Palace, and said to Gaozu Li Yuanyu: "Your Majesty, the troops of Xu Guo have broken through Jiangdu and are heading for Xuzhou. ”

The ministers in front of the palace were in an uproar.

The Son of Heaven was shocked: "This Xu Kingdom has just been established, why has it grown so rapidly?" ”

The letter official said: "Your Majesty, Annan has always supported Xu Guo, and the alliance between the two countries has committed the Tang Dynasty. ”

The Son of Heaven invited the letter official and said to the ministers: "Although the rebels in Shezhou are not to be feared, Annan and the Turks are willing to send troops to support, which shows that their ability to win the hearts of the people should not be underestimated. ”

The right servant shot Pei Lin out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, it is better to order a military attache who can fight well to go out on the expedition, enter Shezhou, annihilate Xu Guo in one fell swoop, behead Niu Jianguang, enter Jiaozhou, Nanjing, and capture the traitor Yang Tingfang, so as to revive the majesty of the Heavenly Empire." ”

Taifu Zhang Xuansu held the wat board in his hand and said out of class: "Your Majesty, what Master Pei said is very true. Xu Guo has now taken several of my states, if Xuzhou is lost again, I am afraid that Songzhou will not escape the catastrophe. If Xu Guo is allowed to continue to seize our state and county over and over again, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

The Son of Heaven said: "What the two Aiqing said is reasonable, but our forces are concentrated on fighting the Turks, where can we get so many soldiers, horses, food and grass for the southern expedition in this time and a half?" ”

The left servant shot Xiao Yu and said: "Your Majesty, martial champion Li Huaizhu is strong in martial arts and has a good way of deploying troops, why not let him hang up the handsome seal and go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to recruit 100,000 soldiers and horses?" This year, Nanyang has abundant rain, farmland harvest, and more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass are transferred, which can just solve the urgent need of the moment. ”

The Son of Heaven said: "What Xiao Aiqing played is exactly what I wanted. He called out to the head of the palace again: "Come, quickly pass Li Huaizhu to the palace." ”

The head of the palace shouted: "Li Huaizhu, the champion of martial arts, ...... the palace."

There was not much time, and Li Huaizhu came to the middle of the Taiji Hall. Kneeling on the ground: "Knock on the emperor!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

The Son of Heaven said: "Li Huaizhu, Xu Guo once again raised troops to invade the Tang Dynasty, Jiangdu fell, Xuzhou is in an emergency, and it is necessary to suppress it." I will give you a handsome seal, serve as the marshal of Zhengnan, and order you to speed your existing subordinates to Luoyang to recruit troops and buy 100,000 horses, and then mobilize 100,000 stones of grain and grass from Nanyang. When the soldiers and food are ready, you immediately lead the troops to regain the lost territory and exterminate the rebels in Shezhou. Conquer Annam and capture Yang Tingfang, the king of Annam, and return to the court. ”

Li Huaizhu thought to herself: "How can I complete such a difficult task?" But the holy order is difficult to disobey, and this decree has to be accepted. Then he hugged his fists and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

At that moment, Li Huaizhu went down to the court. Returning to the mansion, bidding farewell to his family, he led 5,000 soldiers and horses to leave the capital with Shangguan Baoqing, Xie Hualan, and five female generals and went straight to Luoyang.

Ten days later, the brigade was stationed in Luoyang City, and the recruitment list was hung up, and strong men from several nearby states and counties rushed to join the army. Li Huaizhu returned to his hometown in fine clothes, which was extremely glorious. He took his wife back to Lijiazhai to repair the ancestral tomb, the sacrifice was completed, and helped the Wu sisters recover Wu Chenggong's body from the wilderness. Buried in the Wu family cemetery. The sacrifice was successfully completed, and Li Huaizhu was finally at ease.

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and it is winter in the blink of an eye. Li Huaizhu recruited 100,000 soldiers and sent Shangguan Baoqing and Xie Hualan to Nanyang with 1,000 elite soldiers to transport grain and grass.

On this day, Shangguan Baoqing rushed to Luoyang. Entering the tiger tent, he saluted Li Huaizhu and said, "Report to the marshal." The grain and grass have been collected, please show the marshal. ”

Marshal Li invited General Shangguan. said: "Xu Guo seized my Lingnan County, let's give him a siege of Wei to save Zhao, and go straight to Shezhou." I hope you can put all the 100,000 stone grain and grass into Yiyang within 100 days. ”

"Yes!" Shangguan Baoqing withdrew from the tiger tent and rushed to Nanyang.

Li Huaizhu ordered the vanguard officer Wu Fengying to lead 4,000 soldiers and horses to open the way, and then the 100,000 soldiers pulled out the camp and set off in the southeast direction.

Shangguan Baoqing and Xie Hualan immediately escorted ten carts of grain and grass to Yiyang. In the afternoon, passing by a high mountain, I suddenly saw a sweep of thieves on the mountain, all holding small crossbows with pipes, "whooshing" sent a row of two-inch steel nails, shooting a bunch of infantry. In the blink of an eye, they sent two rows of steel nails in a row, knocking down two teams of Tang soldiers. The Tang soldiers shouted and shouted, and there was a big chaos. The two grain officers quickly instructed the soldiers to take cover.

Xie Hualan said: "Brother Baoqing, no, how can that kind of small crossbow used by those thieves fire steel nails three times in a row? They're not doing sorcery, are they? ”

Shangguan Baoqing said: "It shouldn't be witchcraft. I think it must have been a powerful crossbow that they had hired a skilled craftsman to build that could fire three steel spikes in a row. ”

"That thing is so powerful, how are we going to deal with it?"

"Brother, can you use the immortal technique taught by the marshal?"

Xie Hualan tried to perform the Smoke Escape Technique, and succeeded.

Shangguan Baoqing said: "Great, since you have learned the art of escaping smoke, I will use the flying technique to lure away those strong crossbowmen, you take the opportunity to get close to them and kill them by surprise." ”

Xie Hualan said: "This plan is very good, let's act quickly!" ”

Shangguan Baoqing held a shield and unleashed his flying technique to distract the strong crossbowmen on the mountain. Xie Hualan turned into smoke and came behind the strong crossbowmen, swept over more than ten people with a gun, and came out with one palm, and fell a group of thieves. A crossbowman leaped into the mountains, and vanished. Xie Hualan went down the mountain to take charge of guarding the military rations, and Shangguan Baoqing chased him into the mountain.

I saw that there was a Qingyang village in the mountain, and Shangguan Baoqing shouted in the air: "Dare to ask who the owner of this village is?" Please show up and answer. ”

A big man came out of the village, looked up and said: "Down is Hao Lianqing, the master of Qingyang Village, what do you think?" ”

"I am Shangguan Baoqing, the general of the Tang Dynasty, and when I passed by this mountain, I was ambushed by Guizhai crossbowmen, and dozens of officers and soldiers died tragically for no reason, so I came to ask for an explanation."

"We are at odds with the officers and soldiers, and when we encounter official grain and grass, how can we not rob them?"

"So, you have no shame about it?"

"What is there to be guilty about? Boy, don't think that you can do some witchcraft, so you dare to teach the master, the master's Qingyang Village is not a vegetarian. ”

"Okay, I'll let you taste the power of General Ben." Shangguan Baoqing smashed the sky and sealed a palm, directly on the top of Hao Lianqing's head.

The two sides had a vicious fight, but when they saw Xie Hualan coming from the smoke, they hugged their fists and said: "Brother Baoqing, it's not good, they used a trick to divert the tiger from the mountain and robbed the grain and grass." ”

"What?" Shangguan Baoqing turned back and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"I want to protect the grain and grass, and I don't have time to inform you."

Hao Lianqing laughed loudly and said, "When you get to the master's territory, you have to let the master slaughter it, otherwise won't the master waste his name?" ”

Xie Hualan was very angry: "Evil thief, Hugh has to make a second, and wait for the master to take the head." ”

Shangguan Baoqing said: "Brother Xian, the strong dragon can't suppress the ground snake, so let this guy be free for a while, and a certain family has other plans." ”

The two of them disappeared in an instant above Qingyang Village.

When he got to the ground, Shangguan Baoqing said: "Aren't those strong crossbowmen dead, how can grain and grass still be robbed?" ”

Xie Hualan said: "After you left, a big man led a group of minions from the hole in the tree, shot our soldiers with arrows, rushed down the mountain, fought with me, took the opportunity to take away the grain and grass, and ran south. ”

"Didn't you track the whereabouts of the grain and grass?"

"Hehe, I'm single-handed, even if I catch up with the grain and grass, it won't help. I think it's safer for the two of us to discuss, so I'm going up the mountain to find you. ”

"Thief, eat a certain knife." Shangguan Baoqing summoned a big knife and slashed towards Xie Hualan.

Xie Hualan dodged and exclaimed: "Brother Baoqing, even if Hualan fails to keep the grain and grass, you won't be a killer!" ”

"Thief, don't say more, look at the knife!" Shangguan Baoqing continued to slash hard.

The two killed more than 300 people, Xie Hualan jumped onto a big tree and said, "Brother Baoqing, are you crazy?" ”

"Who's your brother?" Shangguan Baoqing pointed at Xie Hualan and said, "Thief, who are you, why are you pretending to be my brother Xie Xian?" ”

The man sneered: "How do you know that I am not Xie Hualan?" ”

"Hmph, first, if my brother Xie Xian loses the grain and grass, he will definitely go to find out the whereabouts of the grain and grass first, and then come to me to discuss; Second, his marksmanship is very precise and calm, not as messy and powerful as the one you just hit. ”

"Messy and powerful? So, my marksmanship is more lethal than his? ”

"Not bad. But you also have more holes than he does. ”

"Your Excellency is worthy of being the grain officer of the Tang Dynasty, and you observe things meticulously and appropriately." The man tore off a human skin mask, revealing a large cloud-like face.

Shangguan Baoqing exclaimed: "Hao Lianqing? ”

The man smiled: "Hao Lianqing is my brother, and I am his younger brother Hao Lianyang." ”

Shangguan Baoqing waved his knife and shouted: "No matter who you are, since your brother has taken away the military rations of the imperial court, a certain family will definitely not be able to settle with you today!" As he spoke, he swung his knife and slashed the big tree in front of him and jumped up.

The two sides fought in mid-air, and Hao Lianyang fled back to the cottage.

Shangguan Baoqing was at a loss, went down the mountain to find a small shop to make a point, and waited for a sneak attack on Qingyang Village late at night. After inquiry, the Hao Lian brothers are all nephews of the old man of Xitian Shenji, and there are more than a dozen crossbows with tubes and an ironclad god car given by his uncle in the village. It is said that the ironclad divine car was cultivated by divine consciousness, and it could gallop on the ground with just one incantation.

In the dead of night, strange birds chirping, Shangguan Baoqing carried five jars of wine, carried a bundle of dry firewood on his back, flew to the sky above Qingyang Village, burned dry firewood with a fire fold, and threw it on the thatched roof below, the fire blew by the wind, and instantly swallowed more than a dozen grass houses. The minions came out of the nest like a group of ants and came out to put out the fire. Shangguan Baoqing threw the wine jar into the sea of fire, and blew away a bunch of minions with a "bang".

"Hey, it turns out that the wine jar will explode when smashed into the fire, it's so fun." Shangguan Baoqing threw the remaining four wine jars in a row, blew Qingyang Village into ruins, and blew those minions to pieces.

The Hao Lian brothers rushed out of the cottage with a disgraced face, only to see a man in blue shirts standing in the night sky, they turned around and came to Shangguan, and scolded:

"Thief, you ruined my cottage, right?"

"Stinky boy, you're looking for death!"

Shangguan Baoqing said: "Grandpa did it, I want to blow up your thief's den to the point that there is no grass, and there will be no chickens and dogs." ”

Hao Lianyang shook his gun and attacked, and Hao Lianqing swung forward. Shangguan Baoqing stretched out his hand to summon a big knife and started a desperate battle with the Hao Lian brothers. (To be continued)

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