Su Qing, a native of the former Northern Han Dynasty, joined the army because of family feuds when he was a teenager, was brave and brave and especially heroic, and accumulated merit to the general post of the North County Division.

- "Yongshi - The Biography of Chenghou"

Walking out of the cabin, the bright spring sunshine made Su Qing can't help but close her eyes slightly, the joy of seeing the light of day again made her couldn't help but show a smile on her lips, and there was a sound of rapid breathing not far away, Su Qing raised her eyes and saw Hu Yanshou standing there helpless, looking at himself and stopping, but a strong and mighty man was very cramped and uneasy. Su Qing's heart moved, she had been through the wind and dust for a long time, and knew that Hu Yanshou was moved by herself, so Ruyue whispered to her: "Miss, it was General Hu Yan who personally carried you back to the ship that day." ”

Although Su Qing was hard-hearted, he couldn't help but blush, thinking of the warm embrace he felt in the haze when he was the weakest that day, it turned out to be this person, and there was warmth in his heart, but after thinking about it, Su Qing's expression became cold. Although Hu Yanshou is only a third-grade general in name, and his real power is not as good as his own, but as the deputy commander of the Tiger Guard, and was sent by the emperor to protect the Marquis of Chu Township, this person has a bright future, and although he has a high status in the army, after all, he only belongs to Si Wencao. And now that his secret has been revealed, that is, the emperor will not be held accountable for his merits, but it is also very possible to cut off his military position, these don't care about it, if he can see the fall of the Northern Han Dynasty, it doesn't matter if his future is ruined, but if it's not good because he drags others down, it's impossible for him to be with this person.

Thinking of these in his heart, Su Qing said coldly: "Thank you General Huyan for taking care of you, the last general will return to the army, and there will be a period later." ”

Hu Yanshou saw Su Qing's expression cold, and his enthusiasm was almost frozen, but he remembered the scene a few days ago, but he was still moved, that day, he saw the strongest and most fragile face of this woman with his own eyes, and that strong impulse made him still unforgettable, but after thinking about it, Su Qing not only looks beautiful, but also has strong martial arts, and is talented, he is just a commander of the forbidden army, how can he be worthy of such a strange woman, and finally took a step back under Su Qing's cold gaze, and admired in his heart:" The soldiers are in danger and the war is fierce, and General Su's future is precious. Su Qing smiled faintly and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the general, Su Qing will cherish his life." ”

The small boat in the army was sent to the shore of Qinshui, where Su Qing's subordinates were anxiously waiting, and when they saw Su Qing coming ashore, they bowed down at the same time and said, "My subordinates knock to see the general." Su Qing saw that there was a faint joy in their solemn expressions, knowing that these subordinates were not alienated from her, but she didn't want to show her fragile emotions, so she just said coldly: "Go to Anze." With that, he took the reins of the horse they had handed him and rushed out first. For them, Su Qing's identity and origin are not important, the important thing is that this woman has been born and died with them for many years, this kind of love is what they value the most, not to mention Su Qing's talent and ability, which makes them admire it from the bottom of their hearts.

Standing in front of the porthole of the ship, I looked at what was happening below with a smile, and said, "Xiao Shunzi, you also called Su Qing, why didn't you find out about his relationship with Wen Ziyan?" ”

Xiao Shunzi was silent for a moment, and said: "The slave has already seen the clue in this matter, Su Qing's swordsmanship inherits Wen Ziyan, and Wen Ziyan's swordsmanship is actually very different from that of the people in Fengyi Gate, it is more spicy and ruthless, and there are many less fancy moves, but the slave wants to Wen Ziyan This person is resolute and decisive, Su Qing's personality is similar to Wen Ziyan, and he should not be in the same stream as those people in Fengyi Sect, so the slave did not expose this matter." ”

I laughed and said, "Are you worried that I'm going to cut the grass and eradicate it?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said coldly: "Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots of the son probably won't do it, but using people to use it thoroughly, it is the ability of the childe, General Su is not the kind of person who can be used and deceived, and the slave doesn't want the son to have a deep enmity with her, so he didn't debunk the matter." ”

I can't help but be a little surprised, Xiao Shunzi really saw through my personality, if I knew Su Qing's identity before this, I would definitely send her to Nanchu, now I feel that the control in Nanchu is a little tight, and I will probably deceive her a lot of things, this is my habit of employing people, except for my descendants, I don't like to tell the whole thing, but now Su Qing is in this situation, but I can only choose one of reusing her and dismissing her.

For me, there is no doubt about Su Qing's loyalty, and she has a very high prestige among secret spies, for those soldiers below, the struggle for power and profit in the court is actually a relatively distant thing, and Su Qing's relationship with Fengyimen does not make them distrustful. The reason why those soldiers who knew Su Qing's identity that day were shocked was that most of them were worried that Su Qing would be implicated by this, after all, the crime of rebellion was the nine clans, they either didn't care about Su Qing's identity, but they would be purged at the upper echelons of the Italian military, after all, it would implicate many people and even themselves.

In this case, it is more in the interests of Dayong to pardon Su Qing, but this is just my idea, and my ability is only to make Su Qing not be contacted during the battle of Qinzhou, and the final decision is still for the emperor to decide, the final result is not easy to speculate, although the emperor has always been graceful and generous, but after all, he is the Son of Heaven, the most important thing for the Son of Heaven is the throne and the society. But the best enemy is a dead enemy, if Wen Ziyan is dead, it naturally doesn't matter, if Wen Ziyan survives, I'm afraid he will also be beheaded by the public, so Su Qing's fate is still between the two.

I look at the secret fold on the table, in fact, I don't want to hand the fold now, it's best to wait until the battle of Qinzhou is over, but I won't imagine that there is no one in the army who is Xiahou Yuanfeng Mingjian, and Hu Ganwei will also have a secret fold to hand it over, even if Hu Yanshou is obviously caught in the love network, this matter is better than hiding it, it is better for me to submit it early, at least with my face, I can save Su Qing's life, this woman is better than Xu Mei, it really makes me admire it very much, even Xiao Shunzi has the heart to do it, let alone me.

At this time, Hu Yanshou walked in dejectedly and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Qi has a military report from his side, saying that the defenders of Anze are very fierce, and they have also used the water army, and they want to transfer the water battalion to help. In addition, His Royal Highness invites your Excellency to watch the battle in the Chinese army. ”

I frowned slightly, why would the Northern Han army try its best to resist in Anze, according to reason, Qinyuan City is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the grain route is stable, the Northern Han army is obviously inferior to our army, rather than consuming military strength like this, it is better to take advantage of the situation to lure the enemy deeper, hold in Qinyuan, consume the strength of our army, and then use elite cavalry to fight a decisive battle with our army, this is a more reasonable approach. But I won't think about the things I can't figure out for the time being, anyway, King Qi and they are all battlefield veterans, and they won't be unaware of these suspicions, and they won't be unguarded. Looking at Yunshan Oi, this Northern Han is really a hard bone, I hope my strategy can be successfully successful, of course, it would be better if I didn't use it.

Looking at the Yongjun army swarming under the city with cold eyes, Duan Wuving's expression was solemn, and from time to time he mobilized people and horses to defend the city as steadily as Mount Tai, the preparation for defending the city in Anze City was very sufficient, and the troops were quite sufficient, Duan Wuving defended very tightly, but this still could not alleviate the fatigue in his heart, it had been four days, the Yong army had a large number of troops, taking turns to attack the city, the rhythm was strict and smooth, the siege did not stop day and night, no matter how good he was at defending the city, it was almost difficult to support. The rain of arrows on the city continued, the catapults and crossbow machines barely stopped roaring, the rolling wood and stones boiled oil and lead water, and the body of the Anze city wall was destroyed, and some parts of the clay behind the wall tiles were exposed. Duan Wushu rubbed the corners of his forehead tiredly, his physical strength had not been good enough since the last poisoning, and he was easily fatigued. Duan Wushu forcibly bent his body to look down at the city, the Yongjun army was wearing a Qingluo umbrella, wearing a golden armor, wearing a red brocade robe, the commander of the Yongjun army, Li Xian, and a Tsing Yi scribe were sitting on a chair and talking and laughing, this scene was more powerful to the Northern Han army than the endless siege.

Duan Wushu looked at it coldly for a moment, waved the order flag, and the Qinzhou naval army rushed out of the water gate in the west of Anze, and went around to the main attack direction of the Yongjun army in the south, and a crossbow bowstring sounded, and the Yongjun who were besieging the city had already been prepared to hold shields to avoid the rain of arrows, but in this way, the strength of the siege was naturally weak, and Anze once again repelled this round of onslaught of the Yongjun army, and when the Yongjun's naval warships appeared, it was impossible to stop the retreat of the Northern Han naval army. When the Zezhou Water Camp first arrived yesterday, Duan Wushu used a trebuchet to destroy a Yongjun warship, and since then, the Yongjun warship has never dared to approach Anze's water gate again.

Seeing that after this group of Yong troops attacking the city retreated, another group of Yong troops slowly approached, Duan Wushu sighed, and let the soldiers defending the city start to change their guards, they have been fighting for half a day, they should let them go down and rest, looking up at the north, Duan Wushu thought in his heart: "Why hasn't the general's reinforcements arrived yet, the general said that as long as I hold for five days, there will be no business for me, but today is the fourth day." Just as he was worried, one of the guards hurriedly came and said, "General, the messenger of the great general has arrived, please act according to the plan." Then he handed over a letter. Duan Wushu hurriedly opened it, and after only looking at it for a moment, he was ecstatic in his heart, with an unconcealable smile on his face, often the Yongjun under the city, Duan Wuving's eyes showed a cold murderous intent.

And at this time, I am also uneasy in the city, things are abnormal that is, demons, Duan Invincible is not a stupid person, Long Tingfei is not an idiot, Anze's situation can't stop our army at all, if it is in Qinyuan, it is impossible for our army to capture the city for a month or two, in Anze, although Duan Invincible's defense is tight, but the height and thickness of Anze's city wall are not enough to hold on to the need, why don't they retreat, from Anze to Qinyuan, the mountains are undulating in the middle, and the hills are continuous, if they gradually retreat, with those walled cities, It is enough to delay us for a month, in fact, I have never planned to attack Anze or even Qinyuan by any cunning means, and here, only our army can rely on military strength to attack. Looking at An Ze, who seemed to be crumbling but standing, the doubts in his heart could no longer be concealed, and he couldn't help asking, "Your Highness, is there a military report from Su Qing?" ”

King Qi frowned and said: "Not yet, but yesterday there was the second batch of baggage, and a few god arm crossbows were also brought, and they should be able to use it in the siege tomorrow." ”

I nodded lightly, looking into the distance, the sun was setting, the sky was dark, I didn't look at the siege at night, I hope to see the city of Anze broken tomorrow, why didn't Su Qing move, I couldn't help but think of some not very good possibilities in my heart.

Su Qing was dressed in gray-yellow clothes and pants sneaking in the mountains, after she returned to the battlefield, she soon found that the situation was a little abnormal, although the Northern Han army blocked the Yongjun army to Anze, and then arranged a secret spy to intercept the scouts of the Yongjun army through the Anze defense line, but Su Qing still relied on his martial arts and familiarity with the geography of Anze, mixed into this area, fortunately, there was an endless stream of displaced people here, and still did not completely withdraw to Qinyuan. The strangeness of this situation made Su Qing temporarily give up the discord with An Zejun's heart, after all, if there was no accident, An Ze would not be able to hold it, and her duty was to make this accident as bad as possible.

She used her snake walking technique to sweep up the well-defended hillside, relying on her clothes and the color of the soil and withered grass, she finally found a suitable place to check the military situation, behind the hill, it was the river that runs through Qinzhou - Qinshui, Su Qing's eyes suddenly showed a frightened light, she saw what she was looking for. It was a dam, and there was nothing unusual underneath, but there were some openings that could be opened and closed, and the water flowed rapidly through these holes, and next to the dam was a large lake several miles in circumference. Countless thoughts flashed in Su Qing's mind, in his memory, this lake is not the original one, seeing that the lake is surrounded by traces of fire, it must be a large lake made by the Northern Han Army in the winter with cremation to remove the ice, and then excavated, using the spring when the water rises to store a pool of water, and the design of the dam is very ingenious, as long as the lake is full, the water can still flow downstream, so that the downstream can not see the change in the water level of the Qinshui, after all, this lake is not obvious compared to the entire Qinshui. However, it is only necessary to seal the outlet above the dam for a day, and then destroy the dam, with the help of topography and water power, it is enough to form a torrent that can annihilate thousands of troops and horses, and twenty miles below is Anze, where the Yongjun and the Northern Han army clashed, once the flood flowed, the Yong army must be wiped out, and the Northern Han army protected by the city wall will not have heavy losses.

Holding back the horror in her heart, Su Qing slowly retreated downward, very slowly, she didn't want to show her traces at the last moment, but she was also lucky, a few days ago, this place was still heavily protected, and now the war is busy, and this place is about to be opened, so there are not too many Northern Han spies, most of them go to the front to investigate the military situation, or clear the spies among the displaced people. This is also Xiao Tong's momentary mistake, in his mind, Su Qing, the leader of Dayong's secret spies, should be detained or even executed, and it is difficult for other secret spies to have this ability to reach this place through many blockades. Finally returned to the hiding place safely, Su Qing estimated the time, smiled bitterly, and used all his skills to run towards An Ze, this is also no way, there are many eagles and falcons of the Northern Han Dynasty in this area, and carrier pigeons are not useful at all, and it is even more difficult for other scouts to send the message back safely, so she has to rush desperately. Although it was only a short twenty-mile journey, in order to break through the blockade, Su Qing did not dare to hope to return to Anze soon, but silently prayed, hoping to rush back to Anze before the Northern Han army launched.

Under the city of Anze, the king of Qi looked angrily at the water gate in the west of Anze, today's Northern Han naval army repeatedly attacked, it really made him look at the eyesore, seeing that the sky was about noon, there was no sign of breaking the city, and he couldn't help but be ruthless, the king of Qi finally ordered two batches of naval troops to arrive in Anze to take the initiative to attack, and they must let the naval army of the Northern Han Dynasty be trapped in the city, but unexpectedly, the Northern Han naval army was a new army after all, and it was intercepted under the tactics of the Dayong naval army, and had to retreat upstream, To achieve the goal, the Dayong Navy did not bother to pursue, so they simply blocked Anze's West Water Gate, and used the trebuchet and crossbow machine on the ship to attack the city wall west of Anze. Seeing this situation, all the troops were overjoyed, they were all attacking the city, one by one the cloud ladder wells leaned against the city wall, and a blue-black figure began to appear on the city wall, Li Xian was overjoyed, pointed to the city head and said: "If it weren't for the dangerous terrain of Anze, leaning on the mountain cliff and facing Qinshui in the west, where would we need so much time to attack." ”

I smiled slightly, but my heart was even more uneasy, what kind of person is Duan Invincible, I have seen information about him, there is no problem in holding Anze for more than ten days, yesterday King Qi said that he wanted to break the city today, I just listened to it, but today Duan Invincible is sharp, but it is not the style of the old days, defending the city is defending the city, and the frequent attacks are really a bit unlikely, and although the mistakes of the Northern Han Navy are reasonable, but they are inevitably a little suspicious. I stared at An Zecheng and thought about it, if the Northern Han army really has a conspiracy, then how should it be, the Northern Han army is not as strong as our army, our army has no omissions in attacking the city, what means the enemy army uses, it is impossible for our army to break the muscles and bones, unless it is ruthless. Thinking of this, my heart suddenly sank, why didn't I think of this before, maybe I didn't have the intention of winning. Urgency people to bring a map of Anze within a radius of fifty miles, I studied it carefully, and my eyes fell on Qinshui, the terrain in this area is steep and urgent, if the water is stored in the upper reaches can indeed flood the Yongjun, although according to the time calculation, this project should be very huge, it is impossible to complete it in ten days and a half months, and Qinzhou is still in the freezing period before, it is also very difficult to do this, but our army is going to attack the Northern Han, the world knows, not necessarily the Northern Han can not do these seemingly impossible things. Although I have some clues in my heart, I can't help frowning, there is no evidence, how can I let the king of Qi withdraw the army, this can't convince the generals, even if you want to persuade the king of Qi, it's not so easy. When I hesitated, a horse came from afar, and immediately the man was holding the Fengxing Banner in the Qi Wang Army, which was a token used by the scouts, and no one dared to block their way, the Yongjun in front of him wanted to block it, but when he saw the Fengxing Flag in the man's hand, he avoided it, and the man flew to the Chinese army, dismounted and hurriedly bowed: "Your Highness, Lord Supervisor, the Northern Han Army is damming and storing water in Feiyun Gorge twenty miles away, I'm afraid today is the period of releasing water." ”

Although I was already aware of it in my heart, I still couldn't help but sigh, and after a closer look, that person was Su Qing, but now he was haggard, his clothes were torn, and there were wounds wrapped in his arms with clothes, so it could be seen that he had gone through a lot of hardships to get here. Li Xian was also shocked when he heard this, and suddenly stood up and asked, "But the truth?" I didn't wait for Su Qing to answer, stood up and said solemnly: "Your Highness, the situation of the Northern Han Army is different, and the minister also thinks that this should be the case." ”

Li Xian made a decision, glanced at Su Qing, and then looked at the map in my hand, and said categorically: "Now I don't know when they will release the water, our army can't retreat rashly, Xuan Song, you command the siege soldiers to retreat slowly, I will lead the personal guards to break off, you withdraw from both sides of the Qinshui, don't slack off, let the water army go down the river, the sooner the better, follow the clouds, you don't follow the water army, let the tiger guard escort you to the vicinity for a while." ”

At this time, I didn't care about being polite, Xiao Shunzi helped me on the war horse, and I whispered: "Your Highness can't take the danger lightly, there is still the overall situation behind Your Highness to control, this time we know in advance the enemy's tricks, even if the losses are heavier, we won't be able to turn over." ”

A cold light flashed in Li Xian's eyes, and said: "Don't worry, I'm not a person who doesn't know the severity, I won't die casually, you go first, and when the army begins to retreat, I will leave in time, now it's too far to go, I'm worried about messing up the morale of the army, General Su, you know the geography here, just protect Lord Jiang and leave, and when the water recedes, you can quickly join the Chinese army." ”

Su Qing nodded hurriedly, and also turned over the war horse, our group of more than 100 people quickly left the battlefield, we were not originally from the Zezhou battalion, although we walked abruptly, we did not attract too much attention from the soldiers under us, when I left, I heard the horn behind me, thinking that the whole army of the King of Qi was preparing to retreat, and I wished that the King of Qi and the soldiers of the three armies could retreat safely, after all, if it was a fiasco here, then my next plan would not be possible.

After I left Anze City for nearly twenty miles, there was a sudden rumbling sound like rolling thunder in my ears, and I shouted in my heart, "Kuye", presumably the Northern Han army released the water, and I didn't know if the King of Qi would come and retreat safely in such a short time. But I can't care about what is going on over there, so I can only let the horse run wild, and who knows how far the water can go, I still run as far as possible. While cursing Long Tingfei and Duan Invincible in my heart, I cursed myself why I didn't expect the enemy army to attack with water, I hurried to the road, fortunately, I still practiced riding skills in the army these days, otherwise it would be difficult to escape now.

At this moment, under the city of Anze, it has become a hell on earth, the big water rushes down the Qinshui River, it was originally a white line in the sky, and it didn't take long for it to reveal its hideous true face, the turbid river waves are several feet high, like a frightened beast, unbridled and rushing, the thunder between heaven and earth rolls, and it can crack the eardrum of the listener, but the eyes are clear and clear, and the power of the flood is even here. The flood passed by from the west side of Anze City, and surrounded Anze City in an instant, although the water gate on the west side has long been closed, but the river rushed into the city along the water gate, and the surging frenzy raged in the city, Duan Wushu had already taken the military and civilian places in the city to the highest place, and had already arranged the hole for the water, but the door was opened first in the inner city, leaving the floating soil outside not chiseled, and the inside was only blocked with bricks and stones. Even so, standing on the city tower, seeing the surging flood in the city, Duan Wushu was still uneasy in his heart, he didn't want all the soldiers and civilians of the city to be buried for the Yongjun, and the Yongjun didn't know how to get the news, so he retreated in advance, if he hadn't used the beacon fire to send a message, he was afraid that the flood would only flood an Anze City.

The defenders in Anze City can survive with the protection of the city wall, and the Yong army outside the city has suffered heavy losses. Although because of the timely news, the king of Qi ordered the cavalry to leave with two horses, but the Yong army had 40,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry under the city of Anze. No matter how fast their legs run, they can't run faster than in the flood, and most of them are landlubbers who don't know water, and almost all of them are lost in the flood. And the losses of the Dayong Navy are even more heavy, the flood is affected, most of the warships and baggage boats are destroyed under the torrent, fortunately, most of the soldiers above will be water, with the extraordinary water nature and holding the boat board floating in the water, most of the people escaped with their lives, but it is a pity that all the warships of the Zezhou Water Camp and all the baggage of the Yongjun Army were almost destroyed in the Qinshui.