Lu Boyan, Lu Zhongtian, and Lu Shuhan were born of a single group, with a general appearance, the same bravery, and a good heart, they were accepted as disciples by the Demon Sect and taught martial arts.

The Yongjun dispatched 50,000 infantry, archers, spearmen, and rattan players were staggered, layered, and placed a solid array, while 70,000 cavalry were hidden behind the infantry formation, and the elite cavalry cast in steel and iron waited for the orders of the Chinese army without moving. There were also 30,000 infantry ready to replace their tired comrades at any time according to the command of the Chinese army, and there was a murderous aura in the large formation of the infantry army.

The Northern Han army was all cavalry, and 30,000 cavalry roamed outside the Yongjun formation, looking for the weakness of the Yongjun army with strong bows and crossbows, weakening the enemy's defense layer by layer. This is a battle for strength, and there is no room for shortcuts. Blood splattered, staining the fields red, and bows and arrows flying in the sky brought blood rain from time to time.

After half a day of hard fighting, the Northern Han army could not achieve satisfactory results in the face of the tenacious enemy, and Long Tingfei also rotated the Northern Han army into battle, and the two sides were almost engaged in a war of attrition. In the afternoon, the right flank of the Yong army was finally unable to support it because of the continuous fierce attacks, and the attacks of the Northern Han army were too frequent, so that this side could no longer be replaced by a new force. At this moment, Long Tingfei dispatched the Lu brothers.

Lu Boyan held a horse lance, and the cavalry behind him all used horse lance spears, this cavalry was mainly responsible for the task of attacking fortifications, but they still carried small compound bows, and they could also play the role of a safari when needed. Lu Boyan held a horse lance in his hand and said in a loud voice: "Come with me." At this time, Lu Zhongtian and Lu Shuhan also rushed into the right flank of the Yongjun army with their own subordinates, and the three of them cooperated very tacitly, and then drifted away after the momentum of the attack weakened, and another person took over the attack, and the alternating attacks between them were almost seamless, and the continuous fierce attacks finally tore apart the defense line of the Yongjun. The Northern Han army, which poured into the Yongjun array like a tide, began to slaughter wantonly, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

At this time, the sound of a horn sounded from the middle army of the Yongjun army, and the right flank of the Yongjun army was like a sound of Lun, desperately resisting the infantry of the Northern Han army and scattering to both sides. Behind them, the blue armor of the Dayong Iron Cavalry, the hooves of the horses were like thunder, and they stubbornly met the cavalry of the Northern Han Army, which was attacking the most fiercely. The two armies were strangled together, and the center of gravity of the battlefield was here at this moment.

Lu Boyan has already joined the two younger brothers, and the three of them shouted loudly in unison, they are all stronger and stronger brave generals, and for a while, they actually fought with Dayong Heavy Cavalry. At this time, there was a high-pitched horn command from the Chinese army of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Lu Boyan had a clear mind and knew that he should not have a hard encounter with the heavy cavalry. With a wave of his hand, he shouted loudly: "Rush their Chinese army." After that, he led his subordinates to turn to the infantry of Dayong's Chinese army, and his two younger brothers also skillfully took over the vacancy left by him, and the cavalry change was natural and smooth, and the Northern Han Xiaocai cut into Dayong's Chinese army like a sharp blade.

I saw the enemy's change of formation clearly under the banner of the commander of the Dayongzhong army, and I couldn't help but be moved: "What a cavalry, Jiang has long heard that the cavalry of the Northern Han Dynasty is unparalleled in the world, and now I see that it is indeed worthy of its reputation." ”

The knight wearing golden armor and putting down his mask said sullenly: "The vanguard cavalry of the Northern Han Dynasty is indeed elite, this is still the performance after the change of commander, although the tactics are more sophisticated, but compared to the previous vanguard general Su Dingluan led this cavalry, the momentum has been much weaker." However, our Dayong's iron cavalry is not worse than them, but it is a pity that they are all light cavalry, always free, our cavalry speed is not as good as theirs, Zezhou is a horse and a flat river, the most suitable for them to vertically and horizontally, if the two armies directly clash, their light cavalry is still not as powerful as our ironclad cavalry. Look, my lord, hasn't the Northern Han cavalry avoided the edge of our army's heavy cavalry now? ”

I also nodded again and again, and said, "What you said is good, but don't forget that you are now pretending to be Your Highness, don't talk nonsense." ”

The knight muttered something, but did not continue.

At this time, Xuansong had already passed down the military order, and Dayong's Chinese army seemed to turn into the ocean, merging the torrent of the Northern Han cavalry into it. With Dayong's continuous investment of troops, I can clearly see that under his command, the Northern Han cavalry is moving more and more difficult, at this time, the Northern Han army also dispatched 20,000 cavalry again, intending to penetrate Dayong's military formation from the periphery, but this military formation is very tenacious, resisting internal and external attacks, and Dayong's heavy cavalry is also powerful again. Hit the soft underbelly of the Northern Han army again and again. The ensuing battle was simply dazzling, and the methods of using troops on both sides were precise and ruthless, but I could still see that the attack of the Northern Han army was sharp and varied, while Xuansong's use of troops was tenacious and steady, and both sides were almost orderly and ruthless in consuming life and time. It wasn't until the sun set that the Northern Han army finally broke through Dayong's military formation and slowly retreated after Long Tingfei personally broke it. Xuan Song also took advantage of the situation to collect troops, in fact, if you talk about it seriously, Long Tingfei is not impossible to let the cavalry successfully break through earlier, but in that case, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and there will be no current results, and in the end, Xuan Song is not unable to forcibly stop the Northern Han Army for a period of time, but this is not of any help to the outcome of today's victory, but it will increase the damage of helplessness, so in the end, the two sides can be said to have a tacit understanding to retreat. In this day, the Northern Han army left nearly 6,000 corpses, while the Dayong army suffered more than 25,000 casualties. It's not that Long Tingfei's command is too much stronger than Xuansong, but that the Dayong army is now based on infantry, while the Northern Han army is a light cavalry that comes and goes like the wind. Such a casualty ratio is already a good result. This is also a matter of no choice, the main generals on both sides have not made any excessive mistakes, they can only consume life and combat power in this way, although the Dayong Iron Cavalry is more lethal, but if the heavy cavalry is easily dispatched, either Long Tingfei will find a gap and cause heavy losses to our army, or Long Tingfei is unwilling to fight with us, and instead fights with us, so that the possibility of entangling the Northern Han Army will be lost.

Most of the Northern Han army are light horses, and people with two or three horses, the marching speed is much faster than ours, I estimate that if Long Tingfei didn't want to entangle the main force of our army, I'm afraid he might not be able to fight us head-on? As for our army, if we do not go through such a bloody battle, we cannot let the Northern Han army believe that the main force of our army is all here. In the past, the Northern Han army entered the Kou, often scattered and invaded, but since a few years ago the King of Qi was important to the border pass, it established a defense system of strong walls and clear fields, so if the Northern Han army wants to attack the city, it must be very difficult, and it is easy to be cut off by the army of the King of Qi, so the Northern Han army also changed the way of fighting, Long Tingfei often led the army and the King of Qi to circle, and sent another division to invade the interior of Zezhou, if the King of Qi wants to strictly defend it, then the Northern Han Army can calmly break through the outer walled, if the King of Qi comes to fight with the main force of the Northern Han Army, If the king of Qi wants to intercept the partial division first, then Long Tingfei can lead the main force of the Northern Han army to pursue from behind, and Tan Ji is the best at sneaking attacks and escaping, and quartz is marching quickly, although the Dayong army is stronger than the Northern Han army, but it is forced by the Northern Han army to be overwhelmed. Therefore, in the past few years, most of the King of Qi has led troops to fight with the main force of the Northern Han Army, and the partial division can only rely on the defensive forces in various places, so it has constantly shrunk the defense line, and the area around Zezhou is almost completely populated, which is the result of continuous battles in recent years.

This time, King Qi adopted my suggestion, with Xuan Song as the main general to meet Long Tingfei, and personally led the troops to meet or lure Tan Ji, this is definitely an unexpected decision, the generals of Dayong had no one who could be hostile to Long Tingfei, who would have thought that King Qi, who is now more and more sure of forcing Long Tingfei back, would not personally lead the troops. But this is also fortunate that there is still Xuansong. I originally thought that it would not work, so I personally led the troops, and with the assistance of the generals, at least I could barely get a draw, but now with Xuansong, I can rest assured, after all, I have not really commanded the battle.

I looked at Xuan Song with admiration and praised: "Xuan joins the army is really experienced in soldiers, and Long Tingfei's intention is not to fight a decisive battle, in my opinion, he will not attack like this, and he is only above us for the love of his soldiers and horses." If you want Long Tingfei to have no extra energy to suspect that His Highness is not in the army, it depends on Xuan's ability to join the army. ”

Xuan Song looked at Jiang Zhe's calm smiling face, and couldn't help but feel infinite gratitude in his heart, he was originally a literati, but after joining the army, he found more and more that he was more suitable for commanding battles, but unfortunately Dayong's customary rules, if you want to lead the army alone, you must be able to go into battle to kill the enemy, if you are not skilled in martial arts, you will definitely not have the opportunity to be a general. Over the years, although Xuan Song can be said to have actually led an army, he has never been able to get in the right position. At the beginning, it was because Jing Chi was not in the army, so Xuan Song was in charge of military affairs, and later Jing Chi re-led the army into battle, but his command led two armies, which was originally Li Zhen in order to strengthen Jing Chi's strength, and Jing Chi saw that he had the ability to lead the troops, so he let himself lead an army, but nominally he was still just a member of the army. Until the big competition before the day, he defeated the armies by a big margin, and Jing Chi said with a smile that he wanted to say something for himself. At that time, although Xuan Song was happy and looking forward to it, he was also uneasy, he naturally knew that Jiang Zhe was this person, although he entered King Yong's curtain later than himself, but this person's identity was unusual, he was King Yong's most trusted confidant, if he could say a word for himself, then his expectations for many years could come true. But Xuan Song also heard Jing Chi say that this Master Jiang seemed to be a little lazy and never interfered in irrelevant matters, so he didn't dare to expect too much. Who knew that he was summoned into the big tent of King Qi that night, and was given the important task of temporarily commanding the army, as long as he could successfully block Long Tingfei's pace this time, then he would inevitably be promoted after the war, and it was no longer a dream to lead the army alone, this battle was very important, so Xuan Song was always trembling. Now that he had finally survived the day, Xuan Song couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and saluted on the horse: "Thank you to Lord Jianjun, if it weren't for the recommendation of the adult, Xuan Mouyan would have the opportunity to command the whole army." ”

I smiled and said: "This is also the achievement of Xuan joining the army for many years, and it is just a few more good words." ”

At this time, the "King of Qi" wearing golden armor stretched out on his horse, and said distressedly: "My lord, why don't you let Qiao Zu be a stand-in?" It is really painful not to be able to go into battle to kill the enemy, and to have to wear this heavy armor. ”

At this time, Qiao Zu, who was serving as a guard behind him, couldn't help but beg for mercy: "My lord, where do I have the demeanor of His Highness, let Ma Su play His Highness." ”

I couldn't help laughing out loud and said, "Don't worry, none of you can escape, you have to take turns to be a stand-in for Your Highness these days." Ma Su and Qiao Zu couldn't help but groan in pain at the same time. I laughed secretly in my heart, and said in my heart, when the four of you were ordered by the King of Qi to take me from Hanxiangyuan to the residence of the King of Qi, although it saved my surname, but it was not good-hearted, and later persuaded the King of Qi to kill me several times, so as not to leave the root of the curse, although in the end the King of Qi did not adopt your suggestion, but this revenge can not be avenged, Tao Lin and Zhuang Jun are by the side of the King of Qi, this time can not retaliate, you fell into my hands, how can there be no reason not to retaliate. Today, I just asked you to dress up as His Royal Highness King Qi, although you have to hold the shelf for a day and can't move, but it's not too difficult, and from now on, you still take a big advantage, and the two of you may not be as lucky as you. Thinking like this in his heart, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smug smile. Qiao and Ma only felt a chill, and said in their hearts, no wonder when he named the two of us to stay, His Royal Highness's smile was like to say that Lord Jiang likes to hold grudges, but it turned out that Lord Jiang's surname is so retributive. Thinking of this, the two of them didn't know whether they were happy or worried, if they ended the past festival like this, it would be good, but they didn't know how they would tease him in the end, thinking of this, they didn't know whether they were envious or sympathetic to the two companions who served King Qi, after all, they would sooner or later fall into the hands of this prison army.

At this time, Xiao Shunzi stepped forward and said, "Childe, do you want to stay on the battlefield for a day, I see that your complexion is not very good." ”

I complained: "The wind and sand here are strong, and I am tired and tired from sitting on a horse for a day, if I hadn't had to cover up for His Royal Highness King Qi here, I would have let you drive the carriage a long time ago." ”

At this time, Xuan Song, who had already arranged the withdrawal of the army, came over and said with concern: "My lord said that he might as well bring the camp tent and rest in it for a while, as long as he shows up from time to time, it should not arouse the suspicion of the other party." ”

I smiled and said: "Don't worry about it, Ming said that Long Tingfei should not be so desperate anymore, if his family background is exhausted, there is no need for us to worry about how to attack the Northern Han, Xuan Senjun still think about how to deal with him, as long as he survives ten days, His Royal Highness King Qi should be able to send good news." ”

That night, we camped thirty miles south of Qinze, and at night, I was sleeping hazy, only to hear a sudden shouting of killing outside the tent, I quickly got up, put on a big hat, Xiao Shunzi slept in the outer tent, he saw me coming out of the inner tent, and said in a low voice: "It is the enemy army stealing the camp, don't worry about the son." ”

I was a little nervous, although I had made preparations in advance that the enemy might steal the camp, but I was still very worried about being captured by the enemy. Ignoring Xiao Shunzi's obstruction, I walked to the tent door to look, only to see that in the dark night, the firelight was everywhere, and countless dark shadows shuttled through the wilderness outside the camp, the night was dim, and after a while, the Northern Han army probably saw that our military camp was tightly guarded, so it retreated like a tide. And just when the Northern Han army had just retreated, the Yong army secretly hidden from another camp gate shouted in unison, and crossbow arrows flew together, but the Northern Han army had already taken precautions and quietly disappeared into the darkness, and neither side suffered too many losses.

I just breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and suddenly the camp fire, but it was the second attack of the Northern Han army, this time they did not enter the camp, but just lit a rocket into the camp, Xuan Song hurriedly ordered to put out the fire, and when the counterattack came out of the village, the Northern Han army had already retreated. Overnight, the Northern Han army came to invade several times, the Northern Han army was erratic, and our army had no way to fight with them at night, although there was not much loss, but it was a sleepless night. On the second day, when I was on the third pole, I still yawned a little, but the generals and sergeants took turns to rest, and although they were not in good spirits, they were not as sluggish as I was. It seems that they have long been prepared like this, and after asking Xuan Song and others, they knew that the Northern Han army liked to steal camps the most, and the Dayong army also wanted to pay tribute to the past, but every time they wanted to steal the camp, they were either ambushed or besieged, so the surname Suo just guarded the camp and arranged heavy sentry posts near the outside. I was unhappy in my heart, my heart said, are all stealing camps, how can they succeed so easily, but we are a loss of generals, asked the generals, only to know that the Northern Han army is the best at using falcons and mastiffs, falcons can check the enemy when marching in the daytime, but mastiffs can keep vigil at night, it is said that if our army is close to the enemy camp within ten miles, it is difficult to avoid the nose of the mastiff. The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I became, and ordered that we should not go to war today, and ordered that all the trenches within three hundred steps outside the camp be dug into a criss-crossing trench that was more than a foot deep, so that the Northern Han army could not approach the camp at all, and then left an intact way out at the position of each camp gate, so that our army could enter and exit freely, and the enemy army did not want to come and attack casually.

Xuan Song stood behind me, looked at the hot "construction site", and asked hesitantly: "If the Northern Han Army blocks the way out, what should we do?" ”

I smiled and said: "What does this matter, first, our army has heavy cavalry, if the Northern Han army is willing to use light cavalry to collide with us, I can't ask for it, second, I ordered the army to prepare a lot of planks when digging trenches, in case the road is blocked, just pave the planks into a passage, and our army still has half of the infantry, for them, such terrain is more favorable." ”

Xuan Song nodded yes, in fact, this method is not unusual, but Dayong and the Northern Han are both cavalry as the main force, and they are both eager to win, like to win with bravery, to attack instead of defending, in defense is inevitably a little slack, and the Northern Han army is erratic, even the Dayong army can not stick to one place, and limit the enemy's cavalry, but also inevitably limit their own attack routes, and I can't think of such a painstaking effort to dig trenches. However, for me, a person who wants to defend, this can ensure safety, and besides, I don't believe that Long Tingfei dares to leave us to attack other places this time, and the defense system carefully built by King Qi in the past few years does not have so many flaws to take advantage of. And in this way, at least no one will disturb my clear dreams anymore, even if I really need to pull out the camp, it doesn't matter, so many sergeants, it's good to let them move their muscles and bones......

We were busy here, Xiao Shunzi suddenly walked up to me and said in a low voice: "Childe, there is someone in the distance who is peeping into the camp, and he is a master." ”

After I listened, while turning around and laughing with Xuan Song and the others, I made a gesture and passed the order to go, and after a while, Qiao Zu, who was wearing the golden armor of King Qi, walked out of the big tent, nodded with satisfaction as he walked, and after walking to my side, he deliberately chatted with me, and then the two of us turned back to the big tent together. After entering the account, I hurriedly asked Xiao Shunzi: "Who is the camp, can you see clearly?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said: "It's far away, and my subordinates didn't see it clearly, but the person who came has very high martial arts, and it seems that he is a good hand in the spy of the Northern Han Army." ”

I don't care, it's just a few spies, it's just to see why we didn't fight today, and it's better to let them go back. However, I thought about it, and there was a plan that was the most suitable to use now, and it would not arouse the suspicion of the Northern Han, so I said: "Qiao Zu, His Royal Highness the King of Qi has allowed me to use the Dead Soldier Battalion, you go to find a suitable person, the martial arts should be stronger, and I will use him to do things." ”

Qiao Zu had already received instructions from the King of Qi, so naturally he would not ask more, and ordered a few guards, and after a while, a few guards brought a sergeant in, I looked carefully, this person was also strong in appearance and calm in bearing, but unfortunately he was a dead soldier. The battalion of dead soldiers in the army of King Qi is composed of sergeants who have committed crimes, and some of them are prisoners who have been filled with the army, and the king of Qi will organize them into the camp of dead soldiers, and let them perform some tasks of nine deaths and a lifetime. Most of these people are fierce and strong, and they are all guilty of capital crimes, and in order to survive, they are very attentive to carry out their tasks, and only such people are suitable for me.

I looked at the sergeant for a long time before saying, "This prison army has something for you to do, this matter is very dangerous, if you can successfully come back, I will show your Highness, exempt you from capital crimes, restore your military position, if you die, you can also be included in the list of the dead, and your family can also get a pension." I don't know if you have the guts to do it? ”

The sergeant bowed down and said: "The villain knows that he has committed a capital crime, and by the grace of His Highness, he is promised to make meritorious service for his crimes, and he does not dare to push it, but he has a task, please give instructions from your lord." ”

I handed him a letter that I had just written in a hurry, and said: "You send this letter to General Jing Chi of the Miaopo battalion, he will understand when he reads the letter, remember, the letter is in the people, the letter is dead, I heard that you were a Jianghu person, and your martial arts are above the first-class, but you must work hard, if you lose the letter, what will be the consequences, and the prison army does not need to say much." ”

The sergeant took the letter, he was not a stupid person, he knew that if this matter was easy, he would not deliberately select himself from the camp of dead soldiers, his martial arts in the camp can already be said to be one of the best, since he was specially selected, it must be an important task of nine deaths and a lifetime. Kowtowed again and said, "Only the mother and younger brother are in the villain's house, and I ask the adults to take care of them." "This is a tradition in the army, if you go to perform an almost mortal mission, you will give your last words before leaving.

I looked at him a little unbearably and said, "Don't worry, your mother and brother have their own imperial support." ”

Seeing that the sergeant was about to withdraw from the tent, I sighed in my heart, and said in an almost whispered voice: "You just need to let that letter fall into the hands of the Northern Han spies." "I said in a very low voice, and the sergeant was already far away, and should not be able to hear it, but when I saw his body, he paused, and seemed to hear me, but did not turn back, but quickened his pace.

Looking at his back, I said lightly to Xiao Shunzi: "This person has a strong surname and is quite smart, when I say this, he must understand that he needs to sacrifice his surname to better complete the task, after all, if he escapes, the credibility of the letter will inevitably be worse." When I say this, he will be grateful, even if he could have escaped, I am afraid that he would have willingly given his life, am I too ruthless, I will definitely force him to die. ”

Xiao Shunzi smiled slightly and said: "Isn't this the meaning of the existence of the Dead Soldier Battalion, if he makes a great contribution, the prince can show His Royal Highness and give more mercy to his family, presumably this is much better than him being guilty of capital crime and living in humiliation." ”

I smiled coldly and said: "I have to continue to be ruthless, although this person is a man, but I am still worried that he will come to an end, greedy for life and afraid of death, you follow to take a look, if he wants to steal life, you will give him a ride." But don't show your traces, with your martial arts, unless it's the Demon Sect in person, there will be no problem? ”

Xiao Shunzi nodded lightly and said, "Childe's safety needs to be careful." ”

I laughed and said, "If these thousands of troops can't keep my surname, even if you are useless." ”

Xiao Shunzi smiled and said: "That's not good, if I am an assassin, I will have thousands of troops, and I can also get the head of the son." ”

I couldn't help but touch my neck, and I felt as if a cool air was passing through it. I knew that this kid was not angry with me and said that he was useless, and deliberately came to scare me.

At this time, a few miles away, Xiao Tong, who was looking at the Dayong military camp with blazing eyes, turned back and forth in his heart, and now he said that he was visiting the camp, and he came in person, because yesterday the first battle made the generals of the Northern Han Army have doubts in their hearts, although the Dayong army is still very tenacious and good at fighting, but how is it as if it has changed a person's command, Li Xian, the king of Qi, often takes the lead when he goes into battle, and the fighting style is fierce, but this time the soldiers are quite "stable" The true meaning of the word. If you have doubts in your heart, you have to investigate carefully, so Xiao Tong personally served as a scout. However, seeing the action of the Dayong army digging a trench outside the camp, Xiao Tong also believed in his heart the conjecture after everyone discussed it yesterday, it must be Jiang Zhe who gave Li Xian's advice, if it was Li Xian, he would never come up with such a trick. Moreover, Xiao Tong didn't believe in his heart that Li Xian, the king of Qi, dared to let Long Tingfei go and was not in command of the Chinese army. However, judging from yesterday's use of troops, although Jiang Zhe is good, he is not an outstanding genius, although the march and combat are very organized, but there is nothing strange in the slightest. It's no wonder that although Jiang Zhe is famous, he is just a strategist, and this leading battle may not be his strength. In this way, Xiao Tong would not believe that King Qi dared to leave the barracks. After looking at it for a while, Xiao Tong was about to withdraw. At this time, Xiao Tong suddenly saw a single man riding out of the camp gate of the Yongjun camp, galloping towards the south, Xiao Tong's heart moved, at this time, this direction, must be the king of Qi sent an order to the rear of the heavy camp, Tan Jike is eyeing Miaopo, if you get any information, there will be some help, but there is no help, it is also a good thing to destroy the contact between the enemy and the rear, although it is still inconvenient to use a large number of reconnaissance horses, but the disciples of the Demon Sect are the best at fighting, and it naturally does not take much effort to deal with a messenger. Thinking of this, Xiao Tong released a black eagle beside him, and the black eagle circled and flew south, bringing the order to intercept and kill.

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