On October 27, the twenty-seventh year of Dayong Wuwei, just held a big competition in the army, the whole camp of Zezhou got the military order, ready to go to the battle, just after everything was ready, the enemy situation came from the front line, and the forward cavalry of the Northern Han Dynasty appeared in Dongyu, Zezhou, Li Xian frowned after listening to the report: "Suiyun, why will Long Tingfei send troops at this time, although he will send troops to attack Zezhou every year, but basically it is not in the spring ploughing time or the autumn harvest season, and now the new grain has entered the warehouse, it is a little strange for him to attack at this time?" ”

I put on a long robe, looked at the map under the lamp, and said lightly: "This spring, Long Tingfei once entered Kou Zezhou, so it is not strange that he will not come in the autumn, but this person is familiar with military strategy, our Dayong has such a big move, Your Highness, you personally entered the East China Sea, Zhezhong entered the army, and the emperor and His Royal Highness were busy preparing materials and rectifying military horses, all of which indicate that Dayong will have a war." Long Tingfei's subordinates must have someone to listen to our military situation from time to time, now Qinzhou has frosted, the weather is beginning to turn cold, but there is still a month before the heavy snow closes the road, and it is also a good time for us to march, Long Tingfei must be worried that we will march into Qinzhou, loot and kill, and then destroy their grain stocks before the snowfall, so that the next winter Beihan will be sad. We are strong and strong, if we attack Qinzhou, Long Tingfei is great ability can not be all-encompassing, rather than being trapped by us to attack, it is naturally better to attack instead of defending, strike first as strong, and wait until they retreat, we will not be able to attack before next spring, besides, the Northern Han army ambushed us a few days ago, that is, we didn't take it to heart, do you think they will believe that we don't hold grudges. ”

Li Xian actually had a similar opinion in his heart, he looked at me and said, "In that case, let's teach them a lesson in Zezhou, and there is nothing wrong with waiting for work, how do you think we should proceed?" ”

I pointed to the temple slope at the junction of Qinshui and Shili River: "Your Highness, what do you think of this place, this is a good place to catch turtles in an urn?" ”

Li Xian looked at it for a while and said, "Who do you think is better to send?" ”

I said softly: "It should be Jing Chi who is nominally guarding there, but in fact, who is the person who presides over there depends on Your Highness's discretion and mind." ”

A cold light flashed in Li Xian's eyes, and he said: "This king understands what you mean, don't worry, this time this king will act according to your strategy, what kind of merit and face, as long as our army wins in the end, this king will be a great merit, will he still go to compete with his generals?" Then he said, "But the king is worried that they will not fall into the trap." ”

I smiled slightly, and said: "Miaopo here is stored all the food and salary of the Zezhou battalion, if the enemy army can't think of attacking here, then in addition to fighting with us, there is no chance of winning, is it that under the competition of the same military strength, we are mainly defensive, will we still lose, if the army invades the territory, if it can't be because of the food to the enemy, then it is a draw, it is also a defeat, and please rest assured, Long Tingfei is no matter how powerful, he can't easily win this game." ”

Only then did Li Xian put his mind at ease, looked at the map and said, "According to the scout's report, the main force of Long Tingfei will arrive in Qin Ze the day after tomorrow, and we will be there to meet it." I nodded and said: "Qinze is flat, although there are some wasteland hills, but it is still very suitable for the two armies to fight, and it is no wonder that Dayong and the Northern Han have basically chosen to fight here for a decisive battle over the years." ”

Li Xian sighed: "Yes, the wild grass on the Qinze wasteland is luxuriant, all because it is soaked in the blood of the soldiers of the two countries, this king and Long Tingfei have fought in Qinze four times so far, this king can only barely retreat, I Dayong buried countless loyal and brave soldiers in Qinze, this time this king wants to let Long Tingfei suffer the pain of broken wings, I hope he is smart enough, but don't let this king look through the autumn water." ”

I said confidently: "This prince doesn't have to worry, the clues we left are enough for them to find that Miaopo is where we store food, and the generals of the Northern Han Army are very conceited, even if they find that there may be problems, they will try their best to complete the task, but this time they will find that they have hit the iron plate." Li Xian smiled slightly and did not speak, unless it was Long Tingfei who personally led the troops to sneak attack, and the other Northern Han generals had not been taken seriously by Li Xian.

The autumn wind is blowing, the barren grass is separated, the Shili Plain adjacent to the north of Qin Ze is vast and desolate, and several Dayong scouts wearing dark yellow soft armor crouched behind the hills staring at the sky in the distance, and under the hills, a few war horses were eating grass leisurely. One of the scouts rubbed his eyes, somewhat tiredly, from looking into the distance for a long time, when his companion exclaimed, "The enemy is coming." He hurriedly raised his eyes, only to see that at the end of the sky, on the background of the blue sky, a dark brown curve suddenly appeared, but between breaths, the undulating lines became clearer and clearer, moving rapidly on the yellow field, and after a while, it was already clear that the line was composed of thousands of Northern Han iron horsemen, and in a dark brown, the most dazzling was a fiery red in the center of the riding array. And a few scouts also saw a few goshawks soaring in the sky overhead, which were birds of prey used by the Northern Han army to spy on military intelligence. And these scouts are very clear that the commanders of Dayong and the Northern Han Dynasty have a common hobby, that is, to let their personal guards wear red armor, but although they are all red, it is easy to distinguish on the battlefield, not to mention the different styles of armor, the personal guards of the King of Qi make them all horse lances and spears, while Long Tingfei's personal guards are all hard bows and crossbows. Several scouts knew that Long Tingfei had indeed personally led a large army to invade Zezhou, and his whereabouts had probably been discovered by the goshawk on his head, and if he stayed any longer, he was afraid that he would not be able to return to the camp. So he quietly got on his horse, galloped on his horse, and went back to report the military situation.

After a while, the Northern Han army had already approached, and the original rushing tide of the surging and undulating hash formation quickly concentrated and contracted, this contraction front, the momentum of the thunderous battle formation became more and more overwhelming, with suffocating pressure, making people believe that if there was someone in front of them, they would definitely tear this iron horse to pieces. Miles away from the hills, the speed began to slow down, and then stopped beneath the hills that the Dayong scouts were watching. There were only about 100 horsemen, and the red-armored knights surrounded a general wearing a fiery red robe, and their speed did not slow, and they rushed directly up to the hills, and then stopped their horses.

The red-robed general lifted the mask that covered his face, revealing a handsome and flawless face, his deep blue eyes as deep as the abyssal sea showed a clear look, looking down on the field in front of him that was infiltrated with the blood of the warriors of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the proud figure that looked at the world was as tall as a mountain peak. The guards beside him and the tens of millions of warriors of the Northern Han Army behind him looked at his back, and their eyes showed a fanatical light that was willing to die.

At this moment, four guards lined up, and at the same time let out a rhythmic whistle, and the goshawks hovering in the sky all dived and landed on the left arms of the four guards. And Long Tingfei, who was riding a horse, didn't seem to pay the slightest attention, just looked at the battlefield where a bloody battle was about to begin. After another moment, the commanders of the entire army all rode up to the hills and stood respectfully behind the Pegasus of the Dragon Court.

Almost all the generals of the Northern Han Dynasty are majestic and heroic, but among them, there is a blue-robed general who is different, he is thin and slender, although he is also eight feet tall, but there is no domineering momentum. However, his face was covered with a hideous bronze mask, revealing only a pair of dark eyes as cold and unforgiving as ice and snow. The weapon he was hanging immediately was a long sword, and its whole body was as black as ink, except for the blade where it was as cold as frost and snow. If you look at it at a glance, you only feel that this person seems to be lonely, separated from the generals by some distance, and you don't feel anything unusual other than that. However, the other generals looked at him with some fear and flinching, as if this person was the most terrifying existence in heaven and earth.

Long Tingfei didn't look back, but he could feel the strange atmosphere behind him, and sighed lightly in his heart, he didn't know that the generals under his command were repulsive and jealous of the ghost-faced general Tan Ji, but Tan Ji was his indispensable arm, so he had to wronged the generals. Long Tingfei is full of talents, although the pioneer general Su Dingluan died in Yongdu, but now the three disciples sent by the Demon Sect, Lu Boyan, Lu Zhongtian, and Lu Shuhan can almost be compared with Su Dingluan, every time he sends troops, Panshi General Duan Invincible will inevitably be in the back and firmly hold the retreat of the Northern Han army, Flying Tiger General Quartz is like a sharp sword, which can easily pierce the enemy's vital points, but they are not as important as Tan Ji.

The ghost-faced general Tan Ji, born in the mountains at the junction of Zezhou and Qinzhou, lived in the deep mountains, neither finished the grain nor paid taxes, and had no thoughts of the country in his heart, but fourteen years ago, when the Northern Han Dynasty and Dayong confronted, a general of Dayong led the army to attack the enemy camp, passed by the Tanjiazhai that had no quarrel with the world, in order to keep secrets, the bloodthirsty general issued a slaughter order, in addition to bringing all the accumulated fur, Tan Ji who wanted to buy a golden hairpin for his beloved woman outside the mountain, more than 200 people in the village were killed cleanly. And Tan Ji, who was anxious to rush back overnight, returned to the cottage when the Yongjun was massacring, but Tan Ji, who was powerless, could only hide behind the mountain beam and watch his home destroyed. Tan Ji, who knew that he was unable to take revenge, burned down the cottage with a fire, and then crossed a rugged mountain road that only the hunters in the village knew about and rushed into Qinzhou before the Yong army. After that, the general who sneaked into Qinzhou for thousands of miles was surrounded and annihilated by the Northern Han army, and Long Tingfei, who was still a partial general at the time, had an additional personal guard.

After that, Tan Ji was gradually promoted from a pawn to a general, although he was appreciated by Long Tingfei, but it was also very difficult, just because after Tan Ji suffered a great change, his temperament changed greatly, he didn't like to talk to people, and he led the troops with strict military law, and his colleagues and subordinates were afraid of him, even those who were higher than him were afraid of him. The custom of the Northern Han Army, like brave and wild people, so it is inevitable that there will be more arrogant soldiers, but Tan Ji is under the command of strict military discipline, a slight violation, that is, the cane whipping, if there is a recidivism, it is beheading, at the beginning of some people dissatisfied, with courage to resist, but although Tan Ji is polite in appearance, the means are extremely ruthless, all the soldiers who resisted were captured and executed, and added the crime of rebellion, even the family members were implicated, so that no one dared to offend Tan Ji. After the military regulations were solemn, Tan Ji carefully trained an elite cavalry, these cavalry are all outstanding warriors who attack from afar and fight in close combat, and they are very outstanding warriors on horseback, and Changge, sabers, and hard crossbows are the weapons they must carry with them. Tan Ji learned the battle formation from Long Tingfei again, and it can be said that he is out of the blue, on the battlefield, he can defeat several times the enemy with his riding array, perhaps because his appearance is not powerful enough, Tan Ji almost wears a bronze ghost face all day long, so he is called the ghost face general. Later, Tan Ji selected a group of qualified warriors in the army, personally passed on the art of Ge, with the best thirty-six people as his own soldiers, and let these people wear the same style of bronze masks, called ghost rides, these ghost riders only take Changge, the best at sprinting, every time in battle, they were ordered by Tan Ji, or attack the enemy's weakness, or use the strong in case of strength, destroy the enemy's sharpness, these thirty-six ghost horses are Tan Ji used to destroy the enemy's fighting spirit of the weapon, Tan Ji is a continuous training candidate, if there is a death immediately make up for the newcomer, Most of Tan Ji's prestige was obtained by these thirty-six ghost riders for him.

But if it's just that, it's not fearful, the most criticized thing about this Tan Ji is that he loves to kill, although the war is chaotic, the army kills the enemy, there is no one who doesn't kill people, but there is also a bottom line, killing prisoners is ominous, karma, and almost everyone believes in it. At the beginning of the war, although there were also murders of civilians and wreak havoc on women and children, as the situation in the world gradually became clear, if it was not necessary, this murder of innocents could not be done. But Tan Ji is extremely ruthless, the soldiers know that there are no prisoners, and there are no chickens and dogs where the army passes. Such cruelty is unbearable even for the Northern Han generals of their colleagues. Fortunately, there is also Long Tingfei who always mentions his face and restricts himself, otherwise this Tan Ji may be even more excessive. Such a proficient and invincible general, but also a ruthless and ruthless character, how can it not be feared?

Long Tingfei sighed again in his heart, in fact, although he valued Tan Ji, he didn't like him. According to Long Tingfei's personality, he doesn't like Tan Ji's cruel and cruel methods, but Long Tingfei knows that in addition to Tan Ji, it is difficult for the generals under his command to be the iron cavalry of Dayong alone, and Tan Ji's cruel methods are also an important guarantee that the Northern Han army can wreak havoc in Dayong. If it weren't for the fact that the people of Dayong were afraid of Tan Ji like a ghostly tiger and wolf, the Northern Han Army would probably have a lot of resistance, so although Tan Ji was not liked by Long Tingfei, he was always reused and trusted by Long Tingfei.

Putting away his helpless thoughts, Long Tingfei smiled and said, "General Tan, how do you say we should attack this time?" ”

A cold voice came from behind the bronze mask: "The general naturally has a plan in his heart, the last general is ignorant, but he also knows that our army is only 100,000, but the enemy army has 300,000, if you can't attack the enemy, you will save it, destroy the enemy's liver and gall, that is, there is defeat and no victory, if the general allows, the last general is willing to lead an army and destroy the foundation of the enemy's army." ”

Long Tingfei said with satisfaction: "General Tan is right, our army is far away, the enemy army occupies a favorable location, if we can't win by surprise, we will be defeated and invincible, Xiao Tong, you come to tell everyone the information we have obtained." ”

Among the guards of Long Tingfei, Xiao Guard, who had gone to the East China Sea with Lin Bi, came out in a crowd, and said loudly: "General, generals, my subordinates have been ordered by the general to investigate the enemy's situation, and they have been informed of the enemy's movements, this time the enemy commander has brought 150,000 main forces, and he will arrive at the Qinze battlefield tomorrow, according to the report of the probe horse, the leader is the King of Qi himself, and the supervising army Jiang Zhe is also accompanying the army, and the enemy's baggage battalion is stationed in Miaopo, and the enemy is responsible for guarding the enemy's deputy general Jing Chi, about 30,000 horses. In addition, the 120,000 troops scattered in Zezhou have also begun to assemble. ”

Xiao Tong is a disciple of the Demon Sect, responsible for collecting military information, he has many Demon Sect masters, and the information collected will naturally not be bad, but everyone looked at each other, and one of the generals asked: "Xiao Guard, Jing Chi is the general of the enemy army, how to guard the baggage, isn't this a knife to kill chickens?" ”

Xiao Tong said with a smile: "The general doesn't know, although this Jing Chi is the enemy general, and Emperor Yong's confidant, but he is not on good terms with the King of Qi, and now Emperor Yongdi is bent on repairing with the King of Qi, this Jing Chi will naturally suffer a little grievance, and the general will get the information, and the supervising army Jiang Zhe first entered the camp in Zezhou, and he scolded Jing Chi with a cane, so the King of Qi took the opportunity to deprive Jing Chi of his authority and demoted him to the rear to guard the baggage. Jing Chi originally led an army of 70,000, but he was also split by the King of Qi, and only Jing Chi was allowed to take 30,000 people to guard the baggage, and the other 40,000 were left in the Chinese army by the King of Qi. ”

Another general said with a smile: "Li Xian also claims to be able to lead troops, so taking the opportunity to retaliate is inevitably a little narrow-minded." ”

Tan Ji said coldly: "This may not be Li Xian's narrow-mindedness, haven't you also heard of it, in the past two years, Jing Chi has not given King Qi less constraints, this kind of opportunity, if Li Xian does not take advantage of it, it will be a pity, but this Li Xian is still merciful, if he is willing to deal with Jing Chi, it may not be impossible to let him die." ”

When he spoke, all the generals were silent, and the scene was suddenly filled with an embarrassing atmosphere, Long Tingfei sighed in his heart, and said loudly: "Jing Chi is also an excellent general, he has 30,000 horses to guard the baggage, we want to destroy the enemy's key points in one fell swoop, it is also very difficult, Li Xian is not overkill by doing this, Tan Ji, you can be confident that you will defeat Jing Chi's troops and take away the enemy's food and grass." ”

Tan Ji said coldly: "Although Jing Chi is a fierce general, but his temperament is like fire, dealing with this kind of person, the last general is sure, please rest assured, the last general will definitely make the enemy in a dilemma." ”

Long Tingfei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, Tan Ji listens to the order, I will give you 10,000 elite soldiers, and order you to defeat Jing Chi and break the enemy's baggage within ten days, and then you can move freely." But be sure to return to the headquarters before the end of November, do you have any objections? ”

Tan Ji said quietly: "The last general will take the order." The voice was a little fanatical. The generals of the Northern Han Dynasty trembled in their hearts when they heard this, if Tan Ji acted freely, Zezhou should be a river of blood, after many years of conquest, Tan Ji had broken through Guxian three times, twice bloodied Hexi, and even once penetrated into Duanshi Town and Jiafeng, and even the Jincheng area of Zezhou, an important town, had been looted by Tan Ji. For the military and civilians of Zezhou, Tan Ji is a devil who can stop children crying at night.

Long Tingfei sighed lightly, if it weren't for the Northern Han Dynasty, why would he use this murderer to kill innocent people, but this kind of thing always has to be done, except for Tan Ji, who else can bear this notoriety.

Riding down the hills, Tan Ji was surrounded by the thirty-six ghost horsemen of his cronies and walked into his own Chinese army, originally Tan Ji was conceited and skillful, and did not like this kind of protection, but more than two years ago, the killer of Fengyimen took advantage of the ghost riding to rush into battle, disguised as a pro-soldier, and stabbed Tan Ji into a serious injury, if it were not for Tan Ji's martial arts, coupled with the protection of the pro-army, I am afraid that Tan Ji has died on the battlefield, since then, Tan Ji has always been careful about his own safety, if the thirty-six ghost horses do not go into battle to fight, they will be inseparable from Tan Ji all day long, They were all wearing similar clothes and armor to Tan Ji, plus they were all wearing the same bronze masks, so they couldn't quickly and effectively distinguish their identities except for their cronies. If it is when the ghost rider is charging, if Tan Ji does not have a horse to lead them to charge, it is to take the candidate of the ghost rider as the guard, and others cannot approach Tan Ji's side at all, so if you want to assassinate Tan Ji, without the ability of the grandmaster, it is simply difficult to ascend to the sky, not greedy for life and afraid of death, in Tan Ji's opinion, even death, there should be enough souls to accompany the burial.

Tan Ji actually understands Long Tingfei's perception of himself, for a sensitive person like him, although Long Tingfei did not express it clearly, but that kind of faint disgust and rejection, in fact, Tan Ji knows everything in his heart, but he has never resented, it was Long Tingfei who personally taught him the art of war, and it was also Long Tingfei who asked a famous teacher to teach him martial arts, and he also knew that Long Tingfei actually took a fancy to his cruelty and calmness, he was just a sharp weapon in Long Tingfei's hands, and even one day, Long Tingfei would abandon him after he couldn't stand his actions. But Tan Ji can't change his ways, he clearly knows that as long as he is willing to restrain his behavior and don't exceed the limit of everyone's patience, he can get Long Tingfei's sincere trust and the acceptance of all generals. But for Tan Ji, his life has already died at the moment when the family was destroyed, when he watched his beloved woman lying naked in a pool of blood, when he watched his white-haired grandfather being nailed to the door panel, when he watched his beloved father die without turning a blind eye, still opening his hands to protect his young siblings, when he watched the tragic situation of his loving mother biting her tongue and committing suicide, Tan Ji had long lost any attachment to life.

But the resentment in his heart was so deep that he couldn't dissolve it even if he watched the enemy die under the hooves of the Northern Han army, so he chose to join the army and waved the butcher's knife in his hand to the former villagers, he hated the Dayong army that slaughtered his own people, and hated the people of Zezhou who fully supported the Yong army in order to save their property and life, only blood and fire could temporarily dissipate and ease the grief in his heart. Holding Changge in his hand tightly, Tan Ji's eyes flashed with cold murderous intent, let this Changge be stained with more blood, and use it to pay tribute to the souls of his parents and relatives.

On October 30, after the rapid march after the night of repair, the Yong army entered the battlefield from the south of Qinze, and after the fierce engagement between the two sides in the spring of this year, the battle of Qinze, which changed the situation in northern Xinjiang, began, this battle, 150,000 Yong troops and 90,000 Northern Han troops, in a radius of 100 miles of Qinze, the corpses were piled up like a mountain, and the blood flowed like a river.

At the same time, Tan Ji, the ghost-faced general with more than 10,000 elite soldiers, went down the Qinshui River and went straight to Miaopo, where he passed, because the Yongjun army was still strong and clear, and there was no trace, but Tan Ji still ordered the sentinels to come out, and if they met the living, they would all be killed, and on November 2, Tan Ji had already looked at the Miaopo camp from afar, and began to plan how to destroy the enemy and win. At this time, above Qin Ze, after the two armies had initially tried to set up their formations, the battle situation began to unfold.

Riding a horse and standing on the high slope, the king of Qi Li Xian's royal flag and handsome flag danced wildly in the cold wind, the fiery red iron cavalry protected the Chinese army, under the handsome flag, a general wearing gold armor, riding a fiery red war horse on the left side, I am still wearing that special cyan coat, looking down on thousands of troops and horses, behind me, Xiaoshunzi white horse silver spear, eyes as cold as ice, and on my side, a middle-aged man wearing light armor and a cyan robe is holding a horsewhip, looking thoughtfully at the battle situation below, he looks elegant and elegant, thin eyebrows and long eyes, He was well-mannered, and although he wore armor, he did not have any other weapons except for a sword hanging from his waist. From time to time, he passed down various edicts, and the red-armored Qi King's own soldiers behind him quickly passed down military orders, directing the battle ahead. But my gaze fell through many obstacles, falling into the fiery red of the enemy army in the distance, and under the banner of the red dragon fluttering in the wind, there was a towering figure that was outstanding among thousands of troops and horses.

At this time, while Long Tingfei was commanding the battle, he was also paying attention to the enemy's Chinese army camp, under the banner of the Dayong royal family, the enemy who had been hostile to him for several years, the more tenacious the enemy he became, Li Xian, the king of Qi, and the scholar in Tsing Yi who was always on the battlefield and was also leisurely. Is this the enemy in front of him, Long Tingfei had a strong fighting spirit in his heart, but in an instant he calmed down again, his goal was not to annihilate the enemy army, but to consume the enemy's military strength as much as possible, and with the cooperation of Tan Ji, he could eat away at the strength of the Whale Devouring Yong Army, only in this way could he make the Northern Han Army stronger and stronger, and might even make the Yong Army unable to attack his own country.

It's a pity, Long Tingfei felt a trace of helplessness in his heart, according to his plan, he had already provoked a frenzy against the King of Qi in the Dayong Dynasty and the opposition, but these suffered huge setbacks after Jiang Zhe became the supervisor. Under the auspices of Zhongshu Ling Zheng Fang and Shangshu's right servant Shi Yu, they joined forces to suppress the impeachment and attack of King Qi in the court. This Jiang Zhejiang Suiyun, it is just a small move, and he let his hard work go to waste, no wonder the princess wants to try her best to ambush this person, but unfortunately the quartz is a failure, a trace of frustration flashed in Long Tingfei's eyes, and then he mustered up confidence, and said in his heart, this person is no matter how resourceful he is, as long as I don't make a mistake in using the army, am I afraid that he will set off any waves? Thinking of this, Long Tingfei smiled slightly and said, "Three deer generals, you lead your headquarters down to kill for a while, I see that the enemy's right flank is a little sluggish, and the opportunity should not be missed." ”