May 5th.

On the Qingjiang River, which is wide and wide, dozens of large merchant ships of the Donglin Society traveled for several miles from end to end, arriving at the Lishui River Valley at noon, and did not anchor at the Xuancheng River Port, nor did they anchor at the Lishui New Port, and turned into the Lishui River and headed for Taishan in the upper reaches of the Lishui River.

Twenty miles out of Wuling Mountain, Yunxi is Yunwu Desert Town, and a few bushes of fluffy grass at the head of the collapsed rammed earth wall fall in the wind.

Zi Yangqiu smiled dumbly, Ziyang Yalan followed his gaze, knowing that his brother was using the grass on the wall to describe himself, and said: "Brother thinks about the clan, who can be sick?" ”

Zi Yangqiu said in a deep voice: "Everyone in the world thought that the Qingyan Army would retreat to the Lishui River Valley, but who knew that he intended to Qingjiang. Gongliang Youqin still has nearly 45,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Yueqing, Jinhua, and Wenling. ”

Zi Yangqiu pinched Xu Ruyu's secret letter, his knuckles rang, and he hesitated in his heart. Twenty miles to the south, in the dense forest on the edge of Wuling Mountain, there are more than 10,000 elites lurking.

In a letter to Ziyangqiu, Xu Ruyu asked Baiyi to send troops to Yunwuhuang Town, spy on the rear of Gongliang Youqin, and spy on the 15,000 bandits in the direction of Yueqing, so as to wait for the opportunity.

The tone of the letter was unquestionable, and as soon as he changed to the gentleness of the consultation, Xu Ruyu only left two paths for the Baiyi clan, either to share glory and disgrace with them, or to be alone. Zi Yangqiu smiled bitterly, how could Baiyi be alone now?

Before sending troops, Ziyang made every effort to propose sending troops to help the Qingyan Army, but at this time, he was panicked again, and suddenly felt that the burden on his body was like a mountain. At this time, he and Ziyang Yalan led Jingwei to Yunwu Desert Town to investigate the situation.

Zi Yangqiu asked: "Yunxi out of Wuling Mountain, the terrain is steep, the waves are like waterfalls, until this Yunwu barren town is gurgling, forty miles down is Pingchuan fertile wilderness, this land can really be owned by me, it is much better." ”

"Fan Che and Gongliang Youqin have long regarded us as members of the Qingyan Military Department, how can they allow us to protect ourselves at this time?"

Zi Yangqiu smiled bitterly and said, "How can I not know this? Regarding the suspicion of the bloodline of the generals in the Ming Dynasty, before sending troops, I told all the other six leaders to discuss for a night, but I could not guess Xu Ruyu's intentions, but I did not veto the proposal of sending troops. ”

Ziyang Yalan's expression was a little gloomy, after a long time, Xu Ruyu ignored Ziyangqiu's marriage proposal, which made people even more incomprehensible to his thoughts.

As a child of the Ziyang family, he has the consciousness that he can't take care of himself, even if he is unwilling, he is hidden in a corner.

Zi Yangqiu didn't see Yalan's strange appearance, and continued: "You are very close to Lady Youli, what does she say about this?" ”

Yalan's expression was indifferent, and she said lightly: "Madame has asked some. ”

"Oh, what does Madame say?"

Yalan suddenly felt a little messy, and said hesitantly: "When I returned to the mountain this time, my wife asked Yalan if she had anyone to please herself in the mountain. ”

Zi Yangqiu was slightly stunned, only then did he find that Yalan's gloomy expression, a little helpless, sighed, looked away, and was silent for a long time. As a child of the Ziyang family, how can you have the freedom to choose your own mate? The clansmen don't cover their bodies and don't eat their stomachs, and love is really extravagant. Marriage is a political bargaining chip, Zi Yangqiu's wife is the second daughter of King Miao, and she has never let her serve in the past eight years, and her beloved woman can only be in the position of concubine.

Xu Ruyu probably declined, could it be that Ming Xi hid his status as a child of the Baiyi royal family from Xu Ruyu. Zi Yangqiu asked, "How did you answer Madame?" ”

"How?" When Madame asked that sentence, her heart was already flustered, and she couldn't remember how she answered.

Zi Yangqiu sighed secretly and said, "What do you think in your heart?" ”

"What can Arlan think in his heart?"

"Xu Ruyu has politely refused the proposal of marriage, you really have someone in the mountains who is happy, after this battle, you will tell your brother."

Zi Yangqiu was already determined to participate in this battle in his heart, and Baiyi would not be able to get rid of Xu Ruyu after all, so he would not be able to trade Yalan's marriage with the forces of the other family. Yalan was confused for a while, and he was relieved like this.

Zi Yangqiu sighed: "Xu Ruyu may not be accustomed to political marriages to make this move, but he is not polite to reject my Baiyi clan, you don't disclose this matter to other clansmen, so as not to cause turmoil." ”

After the sound of horses' hooves, Zi Yangqiu looked up, and hundreds of war horses were galloping towards this place in the distance; Ziyang Yalan's eyes lit up, and her cheeks were stained with a touch of red.

The 8,000 Liukou who had gathered on the north side of the village and reorganized them left the station and advanced to the north, and the nearest village was only 36 miles away from here, and it only took half an hour for the foot soldiers to march. More than 16,000 people were unable to move into the Lishui River valley in time, but there were only more than 1,000 soldiers in the village.

Gongliang Youqin glanced at Zhao Weixu indifferently, and after a while, he laughed out loud and said: "Xu Ruyu's good idea, set up this pocket array, and wait for my 30,000 army to get in." But he didn't expect me to confront him at the mouth of the battle, so he only sent 8,000 copycat forces to probe the bottom of his pocket. ”

Zhao Weixu said: "Even if Xu Ruyu captures the village, he will not be able to seal us in the north of Fuzhou, Xu Ruyu is afraid that he has other plans." ”

"More than 10,000 elite soldiers are ready to move at the mouth of the Yunxi stream in Wuling Mountain, isn't it the sealing force reserved by Xu Ruyu?"

Zhao Weixu disagreed, there were still more than 100,000 civilians in the north of Fuzhou who could not retreat into the Lishui River Valley, how could Xu Ruyu abandon them and seal the 30,000 Puji army north of Fuzhou. Zhao Weixu couldn't say that Xu Ruyu had always loved the people to refute Gongliang Youqin, and Suo's surname was silent.

The eyeliner of Lishui Valley and Yongyang did not see any strange feelings, but the Fan family secretly assembled 10,000 troops in Yuhang City, and wanted to fish in troubled waters. Gongliang Youqin ordered the 20,000 troops outside Jinhua City to retreat between Wenling and Yueqing in the early morning, and the order would be transmitted to Jinhua at night, and a total of 45,000 soldiers and horses on the three roads responded to each other.

Zhao Weixu said in a low voice: "It has been two hours since the eight thousand cottage soldiers set off, but there is no movement in the Jade Case Ridge. ”

"Then break through one or two private villages, and see how Xu Ruyu sits in the Jade Case Ridge. Even if he is unwilling to fight a decisive battle, the 15,000 soldiers in the Yuzhan Ridge will not be able to hold back. Gongliang Youqin said coldly, and the light in his eyes flashed.

Galloping to the horse, Wei Yan did not wait for the horse to hold on to the horse's hooves, turned down, and touched the horse's neck with one palm, and the horse paused his momentum and neighed at his side.

Wei Yan took out a silk book from his arms and said, "Sir's secret letter, Ziyang, you see." ”

Zi Yangqiu took the silk book, saw that the letter had been opened, and glanced at Wei Yan suspiciously.

Wei Yan laughed and said, "Mr. only asked me to lead the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion to deliver the letter, but I couldn't figure it out in my heart, so I ...... Haha, you're not going to mention this to your husband, are you? ”

Zi Yangqiu was a little frightened when he saw Wei Yan's elated appearance, what could make him so excited must have a hard battle to fight. Zi Yangqiu hurriedly finished reading, and handed the silk book to Ziyang Yalan with a solemn face.

Ziyang Yalan read Xu Ruyu's secret letter and said: "There are 2,000 Puji soldiers stationed in Jizhai, and it is not easy to take them before tomorrow night. ”

Zi Yangqiu asked: "Why is there a rush to open the passage between the Lishui River Valley and Fuzhou at this time, when the original plan was not like this?" There are 800 Puji soldiers in Shaozhai, can the Lishui River Valley still draw troops? ”

Wei Yan said: "I thought that Mr. opened up the Lishui River Valley to facilitate the retreat? Also, if Gongliang Youqin is not allowed to have enough time to react, he should attack Jizhai and Shaozhai at the same time. This letter was sent from Lishui River Valley, and Mr. is now in Qingjiangyi, isn't this letter fake? After that, he snatched the silk book from Zi Yalan's hand, turned his head to look at it, and said, "Qingliu, who gave you this letter?" ”

Qingliu led the horse forward and said, "Mr. has already arranged in Xuancheng, and this letter was handed over to me by Mrs., Xu Boying, and my uncle and grandson." ”

Zi Yangqiu said: "This letter has the signature agreed between Ru Yu and me, and no one can pretend to be it. Since Xu Ruyu transferred the Qingjiang cavalry camp to him, this Jizhai must be attacked, Ziyangqiu pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "The letter said that the Qingjiang cavalry camp was dispatched by me, does General Wei have other ideas?" ”

This matter of privately opening the secret letter, Qingliu will not say it, but Zi Yangqiu and himself do not have that friendship, Wei Yan smiled and said, "How can I not listen to your orders?" ”

Yueqing City Government Office, Fan Wenlong took the secret letter urgently handed over by Fan Che, opened it and looked at it, Fan Che only wrote four words in the letter: "The previous discussion is suspended, and the camera acts." In addition, there is a copy of the latest news sent back by Yongyang eyeliner, and I am surprised: What will happen in Yongyang City, so that the valve can't make up his mind?

Fan Wenlong opened the wire report, was shocked, and muttered to himself: "Donglin will make peace with the Qingyan Army?" ”

Yongyang raised troops against Baishi Xu Bo, and Yongyang and Suyi were under special martial law five days ago, and no news could be passed on from each family's eyeliner. It was not until 2 May that it was discovered that the 5,000 soldiers of the reserve battalion led by Zhang Zhongdao did not appear on the battlefield on the east side of Baishi, and they were nowhere to be found. The Donglin Hui merchant fleet left Yongyang Mansion five days ago and turned into the Qingjiang waterway four days ago.

Among the Yongyang armies, the reserve battalion has always been Xu Ruyu's private property, even if Xu Ruyu leaves Yongyang, the reserve battalion will not enter, Liang Bao and Xing Kunmin have successively controlled the reserve battalion, and the reserve battalion lieutenant Zuo Lieutenant is Xu Ruyu's cronies. After the disbandment of the Qingfeng Jingcai, Zhang Zhongdao led more than 100 cronies to join the reserve battalion and became the new commander of the reserve battalion, and with the support of Jiang Lingtian and Mei Tierui, the reserve battalion was expanded to 5,000 people. Everyone in the world thinks that Xu Ruyu's move is to expand his power in Yongyang.

Fan Wenlong saw that Xu Ruyu could let the Donglin Society secretly transport troops for him, and knew that Gongliang Youqin had little chance of winning this battle.

Fan Wenlong picked up the news report that came back from the Lishui River Valley at noon, hesitated for a moment, and resolutely ordered: "Evacuate Yueqing City at night, from now on, without my warrant, those who leave the city will die." Thinking that the nearly 10,000 civilians in the city would be abandoned to the wolf-like Puji bandits, Fan Wenlong couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart.

Li Yin led most of the Qingjiang League to surrender to Xu Ruyu, so that the Lishui River Valley could draw more than 5,000 to 6,000 troops into the Fuzhou battlefield, plus the 5,000 combat strength of the reserve battalion that arrived secretly, Xu Ruyu had more soldiers and horses than everyone expected. And there are quite a few reports that Xu Ruyu has been secretly training troops in the Fuzhou village, but the soldiers and horses assembled in the village in Yuzhan Ridge do not have the official name of the Qingyan Army, and Xu Ruyu is afraid that there is still a strange army hiding in the shadows.

At nightfall on the 5th of May, the 15,000 elite of the Fan family, who had been stationed in Yueqing City and fought against the Puji bandits for more than ten years, withdrew from Yueqing City without warning.

Fan Wenlong placed 5,000 soldiers and horses in front of the Puji military camp, and 5,000 soldiers and horses stood on the right flank of the Puji military camp. Gongliang Xiaotian rode out slowly, the halberd hung obliquely on the horse's back, and the carved iron-tired bow and arrow clusters shone with a dark cold glow. Gongliang Xiaotian asked: "Xiaotian has always admired Brother Wenlong's martial arts, but he has no chance to ask for advice, why don't you and I shoot three arrows at each other, so as not to leave any regrets?" After that, Fan Wenlong couldn't answer, took off the iron-tired bow, took out three sharp arrows, and put them on the bowstring together, the strings were like a full moon, pointing directly at Fan Wenlong, and said lightly: "Why did Brother Wenlong make the judgment that the situation in Yuzholing is not conducive to my Puji Army, can you sue one or two?" ”

Fan Wenlong didn't care about the sharp arrow in Gongliang Xiaotian's hand, and said with a smile: "Why do you ask this? ”

"Your Fan family easily gave up Yueqing City, aren't you afraid that Xu Ruyu's family will be dominant?"

"You're going to know everything by to-night, so why should I put my beak here?" After that, he narrowed his eyes and stared at the sharp arrow in Gongliang Xiaotian's hand.

The three sharp arrows went off the string, but it was the cold light on the arrow cluster that drew three Xuanze trajectories in the night. Fan Wenlong jumped up, raised his palm as a blade, and slashed towards the three sharp arrows, and the three strands of Dan Qi almost successively penetrated through the palm edge and invaded the body. Fan Wenlong sighed in a deep voice, his body turned back, and one foot was on the saddle, finally pressing down the blood surging in his chest. I thought: Gongliang Xiaotian can embarrass me so much just by borrowing arrow feathers, it seems that his skills are not much weaker than his father. The bow took off the bow and arrows, drew the bow and tied the string, and shouted, "One arrow back to you is enough." The feather of the arrow was off, but it seemed to travel through the void, leaving only an afterimage at the bow arm, but the arrow was not traced.

Gongliang Xiaotian bent his fingers and flicked away, and between the lightning and flint, only a clear sound could be heard, and a yellow halo the size of a baby's fist bloomed from the flick of his fingers.

The sharp arrows turned into powder, and in the dim light, they fell.

Gongliang Xiaotian saw that the nail of the middle finger of his left hand was torn with several fine lines, and he secretly felt that he was holding it up, and he failed to turn all the Dan Jin attached to Fan Wenlong's shadowless arrow, and suffered a little dark loss.

Fan Wenlong saw that Gongliang Xiaotian's face was cloudy, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Not far behind him, the Yueqing family clan's chamriot convoy was the first to drive out of the north gate, heading north, the pine resin torches supported on the back wall of the carriage were beeping and burning, and the fragrance of pine resin filled the world.

After that, the defenders of the four gates, nearly 5,000, withdrew from the city in turn.

Those people who opened their windows along the street to watch instantly understood that the Fan family was preparing to abandon the city, and they packed up one after another, preparing to withdraw from Yueqing City with the elite soldiers of the Fan family. Yueqing City was blockaded by Puji bandits all the year round, commerce and industry were not prosperous, and the people's lives were miserable, and nearly 10,000 civilians left in the city were forced to stay to help defend the city, and there were few bags to pack up. In a moment, more than 10,000 civilians rushed into the streets and alleys, heading for the north gate.

Walking to the north gate, I found that more than 100 steps inside and outside the north gate set up obstacles, and the people in the panic did not think of clearing the obstacles, but just pushed and rushed to the city gate, the crowd was extremely chaotic, and there were countless people who died by pushing and trampling. On the outer edge of the ditch at the north gate, the Puji longbowman stood with his bow, opened his bow and pointed directly at the people who rushed out of the city gate, and shot away, and the people fell to the ground one after another, and blood flowed into the clear moat.

The people of Yueqing only then realized that the Fan family had abandoned them. Turning back and fleeing to the other three city gates, it was too late, and it was all under Puji's control. Nearly 10,000 people fell into despair and ran in the streets and alleys of Yueqing.

Fan Wenlong, surrounded by his personal guards, turned his head to look at the head of Yueqing City, where the lights were on, and thought: Gongliang Xiaotian has already sent troops to take over there. With a ruthless grip on the horse's belly, he galloped northward, no longer paying attention to the trivial matters behind him.

Far away in the Taishan Mountain, 260 miles away, Wei Yan led 350 soldiers of the Qingjiang cavalry battalion to sneak to the near side of Jizhai to clear the outposts set up by the Puji bandits on the periphery of Jizhai. Zi Yangqiu led 4,000 elite troops to be stationed in Yunwu Huangzhen outside the mountain, which was stationed in the place where the Puji bandits had been stationed seven days ago.

As the branch of Wuling Mountain, there is no obvious boundary between Taishan and Wuling Mountain, Lishui source comes out of Cuishi Peak, goes all the way north, turns northwest to Shaozhai, and the world takes Lishui turning place as the boundary between Taishan and Wuling Mountain.

After the Puji bandits attacked and captured Shaozhai, they sent 800 elites to garrison, and Gongliang Youqin went deep into Fuzhou, but it only strengthened the defense of Jizhai, and Shaozhai still maintained the original troops.

At nightfall, Zhang Zhongdao walked onto the deck, followed by Xing Kunmin.

Yun Yuansheng, who was standing side by side with Xiao Yizhi, turned his face and said, "General Zhang, when you turn that cliff, you can see the outpost tower of Shaozhai." ”

Zhang Zhongdao said: "Prepare to anchor the shore, the soldiers of Shaozhai must not be unaware, Kunmin, you control the various departments for me, and I will lead the army to go ashore first." After that, he looked at Gu Changhuai, who was sitting on the side of the boat.

Gu Changhuai laughed, supported his knees, got up leisurely, patted the back of the robe, and said, "I knew that it was not so cheap to drink your jade pot spring snow." He turned his head sideways and said to Xiao Yizhi: "I haven't moved my muscles and bones, I want to go down and move." ”

Xiao Yizhi smiled and said, "Are you the newly brewed 'Yun Tianyuan'? ”

Gu Changhuai smiled, untied the long sword hanging on his waist, and struck the iron sheath with his fingers and sang: "In the past, there was a beautiful woman Gongsun clan, and a sword weapon moved in all directions; The viewer is depressed like a mountain, and the heavens and the earth are low for a long time; Huo Ruyi shot nine days and fell, like a group of emperors and dragons......"

The singing is not gone, and the people are far away. Go to the outpost tower of Shaozhai.

Sixty miles northwest of Yueqing City, behind a single peak, Zhang Xu stood by his sword, his heart was impatient, but his face was as if nothing had happened.

With only 6,000 men and horses behind him, how could he prevent the two forces of Jinhua and Yueqing from participating in a decisive battle that might take place near Yuzhan Ridge? In the morning, Wei Yan and the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion sent an urgent letter from the Lishui River Valley to transfer out.

Jingwei swept over, and as soon as the people arrived at his side, they reported loudly: "The Fan family withdrew from Yueqing City, abandoned more than 10,000 civilians to the Puji bandits, Fan Wenlong led 15,000 troops to the direction of Tiantan Mountain, if you don't turn around, you will arrive at Tiantan Mountain at noon tomorrow; The Puji bandits occupied Yueqing City and did not send troops to pursue Fan Wenlong. ”

Yang Shang, who was standing on the side, asked, "What is the movement of the Puji bandits in the direction of Jinhua?" ”

Puji's army in Yueqing, Jinhua, and Wenling Sanyi was controlled by Gongliang Xiaotian, and Zhang Xu couldn't help but have hope in his heart. Zhang Xu smiled bitterly, remembering what Xu Ruyu said to him: "If you hope that the enemy generals will make stupid mistakes, then you will put this side in danger." ”

If Gongliang Xiaotian is really allowed to gather 30,000 troops in Yueqing City, the Taishan passage that will be opened tonight will be used for the Qingyan Army to withdraw into the Lishui River Valley. Zhang Xu shook his head slightly, as if he was vetoing his thoughts.

Yuzhan Ling, Shao Haitang stood with his hands in his hands, with his back to everyone, Ban Zhaolin stood beside him with excitement, but Liang Bao's face was a little worried, Tu Wenyong whispered: "Eight thousand Liukou have arrived in Lianyun Village at the northern foot of Taishan, and there is no news of adults and General Wei yet." ”

Shao Haitang said "oh", indicating that he knew. Tu Wenyong leaned over to his side and whispered, "Even if General Wei can't catch up, the news won't penetrate the Jade Case Ridge." ”

Shao Haitang sighed secretly and said, "Ru Yu went to greet him last night, if he couldn't wait for Wei Yu, he would have returned to Yuzhan Ridge by now." But it's better to be careful, the morale of the army here is not dissipated, if there is really unfavorable news, I don't want the soldiers of the village to hear it, at least not now. ”

Lianyun Village at the northern foot of Taishan, more than 18,000 people, more than 1,200 people in the village, and 8,000 Liukou are swarming from the south.

Xu Ruyu's thin cheeks didn't show any expression in the night, but his eyes had a clear light. Ban Biao stood on his side, and dozens of elite guards were scattered around. Wei Yu had just led the 6,000 mixed soldiers of the Xuancheng Infantry Battalion and the Qingjiang Water Battalion to leave this place, and the sound of the marching army had been muffled by the sound of insects in late spring.

Xu Ruyu cut his hands and stood tall, and his deep eyes cast into the dark night. The war is on the verge of breaking out, and no one can stop it. Even if the Qingyan Army can obtain a favorable situation in the early stage, Gongliang Youqin has 35,000 troops stationed near the left side of Luozhai, and the Puji bandits stationed in Yueqing, Jinhua, and Wenling are only three days away from Yuzhanling. What the Fan family will do is really worrying.

Ban Biao looked at Xu Ruyu's somewhat lonely back, and thought: He has just passed the year of the weak crown, and it is really difficult for him to shoulder such a heavy responsibility. Since Ban Biao and Xu Ruyu met, it is rare to see a smile on his face, Xu Ruyu talked about military affairs, he was calm and calm, few people could match, but he couldn't get rid of the little loneliness and gloom that he revealed.

Since Wei Yu led the troops away, Xu Ruyu had few words, and turned his back on everyone, probably because he didn't want his worries to affect others.

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