"Huh~"

In the dark night, a rocket rose leisurely from the eastern sky, like a bright light, cutting through the dark sky in an instant. The tiger prison was closed, Gao Shun climbed the female wall with his hands, standing solemnly in the wind, his young face was as clear as a knife and an axe, and his dark eyes revealed unwavering solemnity.

In particular, Gao Shun's upright body gives people the strength that even if Mount Tai is overwhelmed, it can't make it bend.

"Knock knock~~"

The fierce sound of war drums rose from the front, and just listening to the suffocating rhythm, you knew that this was the unique marching drum of the central official army! The most elite central official army of the Han Empire~~ has it finally been killed?

"Woo woo~~"

The long and leisurely sound of the horn sounded immediately afterward, it was the horn of the charge!

"Kill~~"

The faint sound of killing sounded from afar, gradually rising, and finally overwhelmingly swept over, and the red torches rolled in from afar like a little star, and soon burned the open space in front of the tiger prison into a sea of red fire! In the firelight as bright as day, countless officials and soldiers swarmed like ants, crowding the narrow valley, black and endless, as if ~~ There are no other creatures between heaven and earth, except for the official army, or the official army~~ It is worthy of being the most elite official army of the Han Empire! Even the simplest charge can show a completely different momentum from ordinary officers and soldiers.

Gao Shun leisurely raised his right arm, and his cold shouting voice sounded under the night sky.

"Archer ~~Up~"

The only three hundred archers ran out of the enemy tower, scattered on the wall less than thirty zhang wide, and the archers indifferently unloaded their longbows, drew arrows from the quiver and put them on the strings, and then turned their heads one after another, their cold eyes focused on Gao Shun's right arm.

After the pass, the officers and soldiers flocked to it.

"Arrow~"

"Instigation~~"

The arrow pierced the sky and screeched.

"Tree Shield~"

A thunderous shout sounded under the wall, and the officers and infantry who rushed to the front quickly put the big shield on their heads, forming a dense shield wall in an instant.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk~~"

In the continuous muffled sound, a sharp feather arrow has been inserted into the shield of the official army, only a small number of arrows can penetrate the gap between the shields, causing some damage to the official army, but this level of damage is not enough for the official army to charge like a tide.

"Archers back off~"

Gao Shun gave an order, and the archers retreated like a tide to the enemy building.

"Kill~~"

The morale of the officers and soldiers who flocked to the gate was greatly boosted, and in a blink of an eye they had rushed to the bottom of the wall, and the ladders were erected high, and the sharp hooks at the top flashed with a cold glow under the night sky~~ On the wall, Gao Shun stood like a pine, and all the thieves looked solemn.

"咣~咣~咣~"

More than a dozen ladders almost at the same time set up the wall, through the top of the barb hook to the female wall, dozens of officers and soldiers light infantry howled out from under the shield wall, with their mouths and waist knives, hands and feet at the same time, agile as a monkey along the ladder climbed up, only a moment of effort, has climbed to five or six zhang high.

"Kill!"

A thunderous shout rang out.

"Huhu~~"

A huge black shadow suddenly fell from the wall in the air, and the officers and soldiers who climbed on the ladder had no way to dodge, most of them were smashed squarely, screaming and tumbling down from the ladder, most of them either broke their legs or were smashed by the wooden rolling stones, but more officers and soldiers rushed out from under the shield wall, and continued to climb up without fear of death~~ On the wall, Gao Shun waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Knife and axe hand~~ Up!" ”

Dozens of thieves armed with sharp axes swarmed up, in pairs, rushed to the side of the female wall, according to the ladder began to swing the big axe, sawdust flying, the ladder was cut one after another, a bamboo pole stretched out from the wall, supporting the top of the ladder to the top, one after another ladder fell down.

In front of the Tiger Prison, Chun Yuqiong and Zhao Rong straddled on horseback, witnessing the destruction of the ladders and the setback of the official army's offensive, Chun Yuqiong couldn't help waving his fist in annoyance. After a while, the former army Sima rushed to the scene and said to Chun Yuqiong: "General, all the ladders have been destroyed, and many soldiers are tired, it is better to rest for one night, and then attack the city tomorrow." ”

Next to him, Zhao Rong also persuaded: "General Chunyu, it's getting late, why don't you come and attack the city after dawn?" ”

Chun Yuqiong snorted and said, "Okay, the army will retreat ten miles to the village, and then attack the city at dawn." ”

"Yes."

…… Luoyang, the dormitory of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Han Ling was suddenly awakened by a desolate and long horn sound, and looked up in shock to see the miserable wind and candle flames in the dormitory, and he couldn't help but be frightened, and said continuously: "Come on, come on~~"

Zhang Rang's figure flashed out from behind the curtain and said in a flattering voice: "Your Majesty, the old slave is here." ”

Hearing the familiar voice, Emperor Han Ling suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Zhang: "The ghost of the thief is not gone, and he will eventually wander outside Luoyang City, how can this be good?" When will the army of the King of the World arrive? ”

Zhang Rang said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it may take more than a month for the army of King Qin of various states to arrive in Luoyang, but the three counties of Hanoi, Hedong and Hongnong are close to Luoyang, and the army of Yang Feng, Zhang Ji and Wang Kuang may be able to rush to King Qin of Luoyang within ten days." And there are troops of Yulin and Xiyuan stationed in the city, and there are few thieves and soldiers, so I don't dare to come to attack the city, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry. ”

Emperor Ling of Han was full of worries and asked, "Chun Yuqiong and Zhao Rong went to replace Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, when can the officers and troops led by them return to Luoyang?" ”

Zhang Rang said: "Your Majesty, Chun Yuqiong and Zhao Rong sent someone to send an urgent military report of 800 miles, and they are leading the army to storm the Tiger Prison Pass. ”

"Huh~~" Emperor Han Ling let out a long sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and rubbed his chest, and said in a low voice, "If you have to return to Luoyang with Chun Yuqiong and Zhao Rong, I can sit back and relax~~"

Zhang Rang took a step forward, carefully pulled the horns of the quilt for Emperor Han Ling, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, please be safe, the dragon body is important." ”

Emperor Han Ling lay down on his back, his eyes widened, and he glared at Zhang Rang and said, "Father, don't go away." ”

When no one was around, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty often called Zhang Rang "Father".

Zhang Rang's face bloomed with a smile, and he responded flatteringly: "The old slave obeys the order." ”

…… Liao Hua and Guan Hai led the army to the southeast of Luoyang, thirty miles southeast, and when it was a little dark, they ordered to camp on the side of Yiluo River. Jia Xu bent down and got out of the carriage, only to see that the Luoshui River beach was busy, some people were busy burying pots and cooking, some people were busy taking care of the horses, and there were more fully armored thieves patrolling around, and the entire military camp was full of people and horses neighing~~ On the field farther away, there were still thieves and cavalry scouts coming and going, it seemed that no matter where and when, the thieves always maintained a high level of vigilance.

"Yu Jia (Jia Xu is Jia Xu not Jia Yu, the swordsman misread it, apologize) Sir, it's time to drink the medicine."

The crisp voice sounded behind itself, Jia Xu turned around, and saw Liu Yan standing behind him, holding a bowl of soup and medicine in his hand, seeing Jia Xu turn around, Liu Yan handed the medicine bowl in his hand in front of him. Jia Xu stretched out his hand to take it, took it into his mouth without hesitation, and then handed the medicine bowl back to Liu Yan.

Liu Yan smiled faintly, took the medicine bowl and turned to leave.

Until Liu Yan's shadow disappeared, Jia Xu began to bend down, opened his mouth and spit out the medicinal juice in his mouth into the grass with a "poof", and a faint smile floated at the corner of Jia Xu's mouth. It's too underestimated, hum.

Reaching out to dust off his clothes, Jia Xu Shi Ran took a step forward, and immediately his face changed greatly, and he faintly felt a cramping pain in his abdomen.

Uh, could it be that ~~ The little girl doll didn't lie, she really wanted to take a hundred medicines in a row? Jia Xu's thoughts turned sharply, the abdominal pain became more and more intense, and finally his eyes went black and fainted.

…… The tiger prison is closed, and the day is dawning.

The lagging baggage of the officers and troops finally followed, accompanied by the terrible catapults and siege towers, and in the open space hundreds of steps away from the wall, the baggage troops of the officers and troops began to nervously assemble the catapults and siege towers, and the relatively calm night finally passed, and the tragic battle that decided the fate of the two armies was about to be staged.

Close the wall, Yingchuan thieves are waiting for it.

"God, what the hell is that?"

Looking at the huge wooden pillars erected behind the officers and soldiers, a young thief soldier gasped and looked frightened.

"Boy, that's the officer's catapult."

A deep voice rang in the ears of the young thief, and a large, powerful hand put on the young thief's shoulder.

The young thief turned his head, and at some point, there was already an old soldier standing beside him, the veteran was tall and strong, his face was covered with criss-crossing wrinkles, like the bark of a thousand-year-old pine, rough and green, a terrifying scar from the old soldier's left forehead to the bridge of his nose, straight through the right cheek, the open wound was like a big grinning mouth, hideous and terrifying.

No one knows the veteran's name, but everyone calls him Tiger! Like the young thief, Tiger is an ordinary hoplite.

"Rub~~"

Hurried footsteps sounded, and a small leader hurried up to the castle tower and shouted: "The general has an order, all the brothers evacuate immediately!" ”

"Huh!?"

The thieves guarding the city tower turned their heads in surprise, some couldn't believe their ears, evacuated? Before the battle began, you have to evacuate?

"I'm fucking deaf, withdraw!"

The little leader shouted, and the thieves finally came to their senses and stood up in a hurry.

…… Ten miles west of Tiger Prison Pass.

Ma Yue's expression was gloomy, standing on the cliff with his hands solemn, the official road leading from the Tiger Pass to Luoyang meandered through the valley at the foot of Ma Yue, on both sides of the official road, the lush trees had begun to spit out new shoots, and the air was filled with the breath of spring. The sound of chaotic footsteps sounded from behind Ma Yue, but it was Guo Tu, escorted by several rogues, panting and climbing the steep mountain path that had been cut out of time.

"Gongzhi, is everything ready?"

Guo Tu wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and replied, "It's all ~ ready." ”

"Hmm!"

Ma Yue nodded solemnly, raised his eyes, and saw bundles of dry firewood and hay as far as his eyes could see. Although the time has entered the end of April, the weather in the north is still extremely dry, and the mountains are full of dead branches and grass.

"I'll leave it to you here."

Guo Tu arched his hand at Ma Yue, and said in a low voice: "Please rest assured, the big leader, Tu will not be dishonored." ”

Ma Yue nodded, looked at Xu Chu, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Chu!" ”

Xu Chu puffed up his chest and said in a deep voice: "Yes." ”

"We must protect Mr. Guotu's safety."

"Yes."

…… Before the Tiger Prison Pass.

The overwhelming pouring of stone bullets has finally ended, and the wall of the Tiger Prison has been smashed to the ground, and the enemy building on the wall has been smashed to the ground, and it is a mess~~"Roar~"

"Roar~"

"Roar~"

In the sound of neat and loud trumpets, three towering siege towers slowly approached the majestic wall of Tiger Prison Pass, and behind the siege towers, crowded with officers and soldiers who were waiting for the battle, the black pressure was overwhelming, like endless ants. However, what is surprising is that there has been no movement on the wall so far, not even a single figure, only the blood-colored flag, which is still hunting.

"Bulging~Expanding~Expanding~~"

With three loud bangs, the drawbridge on the siege tower overturned, and the wall was built with a bang, and the elite soldiers of the officers and soldiers hiding in the tower roared and grabbed the city.

Zhao Rong walked up to Chun Yuqiong and said in a condensed voice: "General Chun Yu, the situation is not right, what kind of trick is the thief playing?" ”

Chun Yuqiong smiled coldly, her eyes showed disdain, and she said indifferently: "What tricks can the thieves play, there is a good chance that they will run away in fear, hum!" ”

"Uh~" Zhao Rong snorted and said suspiciously, "With the combat power shown by the thieves last night, it seems that it shouldn't be like this." ”

Zhao Rong's voice fell, and a small colonel rushed over, knelt down in front of Chun Yuqiong, and said loudly: "Report ~ General, the thieves have abandoned the pass and are retreating in the direction of Luoyang." ”

Chun Yuqiong's eyes showed a smug look and said to Zhao Rong: "General Zhao, how is it?" Ben guessed correctly. ”

Turning his head, Chun Yuqiong coldly ordered: "Pass on my military order, the whole army will march lightly, pass through the Tiger Prison Pass at the fastest speed, pursue the victory, and return to Luoyang." ”

Zhao Rong said: "Chun Yu General, it seems inappropriate to pursue lightly~~"

Chun Yuqiong brutally interrupted Zhao Rong and said, "What's wrong!?" The thieves and soldiers are all rabble, and now they have been defeated with one blow, and the birds and beasts are scattered, could it be that General Zhao still thinks that the thieves still have the power of a game? ”

"Uh~~"

Zhao Rong was speechless.

Chun Yuqiong snorted coldly and said sharply: "Leave a thousand infantry to escort the baggage vehicles, and the rest of the soldiers will march lightly and return to Luoyang, before it gets dark tomorrow, I will see the outline of Luoyang City!" ”

"Yes."

Xiao Xiao clasped his hands into fists, agreed, turned around and hurried away.

Chun Yuqiong raised his troops, marched lightly, and pounced towards Luoyang through the Tiger Prison Pass. Almost all young commanders who have never had the experience of being alone will make the fatal mistake of being eager to show themselves, and Zhao Kuo abandoned Lian Po and stubbornly adhered to the strategy of lightly attacking the enemy, which is the case!

Obviously, Chun Yuqiong made the same mistake! Chun Yuqiong, who is eager for meritorious service, just wants to lead his division to Luoyang City as soon as possible, and prove to the Manchu Dynasty and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty that he is no worse than the so-called famous generals Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song of the Han Dynasty.

The army had not advanced more than five miles, and a small colonel hurriedly came to report.

"General, there was a sudden fire in the direction of the Tiger Prison in the rear."

"Huh!?"

Chun Yuqiong and Zhao Rong looked back at the same time, only to see the smoke billowing in the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, rushing into the sky, Zhao Rong's heart tightened, and said to Chun Yuqiong: "General Chun Yu, do you want to return to the Tiger Prison Pass?" ”

Chun Yuqiong's eyes tightened for a moment, and he asked Xiao Xiaoxiao: "Has the grain and grass been passed through the tiger prison?" ”

The little colonel said: "It has passed." ”

Chun Yuqiong said impatiently: "Since the grain and grass baggage has passed safely, the tiger prison will be burned if it is burned, and it will be repaired in the future, everything is focused on exterminating the thieves who are ravaging Luoyang!" Pass on my military order, and the army will continue to march~~"

Zhao Rong looked at the lush dense forests and weeds on both sides of the official road, and then looked at the billowing smoke rising from the sky in the rear, shivered coldly, and said to Chun Yuqiong: "General Chun Yu, the tiger prison is on fire, our army's retreat is extinct, if the thieves have ambushes on both sides of the official road, or raise fire to attack, the consequences will be unimaginable~~"

"Huh?" Chun Yuqiong's expression was cold when he heard this, and he immediately said disapprovingly, "The thieves are all rabble, and they don't know the art of war, so how to understand the strategy of fire attack, don't be suspicious." ”

"Driving~"

Chun Yuqiong's voice fell, a horse whip was whipped on the horse's stock, and the horse rode away, Zhao Rong sighed, and had to follow.

The army could go forward for five miles, and suddenly saw the former army Sima looking panicked and running back.

Chun Yuqiong frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The former army Sima said in a trembling voice: "General~ General, the officer in front ~ in the center of the official road ~ tree ~ There is a stake in the tree ~~"

"Stakes? Move away, why bother to report! ”

"But ~ there are words written on it."

"There are words, what words?"

"The end will be real ~ I really dare not speak."

Chun Yuqiong said coldly: "Say! ”

"Uh~" The former army Sima snorted and replied, "The book is on the stake, and the Han Zuo Zhonglang will kill Chun Yu ~ Chun Yu Qiong here~"

"Bastard!"

"Smack!"

"Ah~~"

Chun Yuqiong scolded angrily, and whipped it the face of the former army Sima, the former army Sima suddenly screamed, a red whip mark appeared on his face, and there was a trace of resentment in his eyes when he looked at Chun Yuqiong.

"Let's go~"

Chun Yuqiong shouted angrily, rode the horse away, Zhao Rong didn't have time to comfort the former army Sima, the horse followed, behind the two, dozens of soldiers roared and followed. After only a few moments, the group rushed to the wooden stake that Sima said in the former army, and saw that there was a wooden stake more than one person high standing in the middle of the official road, with the words "Zuo Zhonglang of the Great Han will kill Chun Yuqiong here".

"Damn!"

Chun Yuqiong's face was so angry that his face was pale, and he was about to order his own soldiers to pull out the wooden stakes, when he suddenly heard a loud and long laugh on the cliff on the right.

"Chun Yuqiong! Piff, 800 Liukou has been waiting here for a long time~hahaha~~"

Chun Yuqiong raised his head in shock, only to see a majestic figure standing on the cliff on the right, the figure waved his hand, and a dense crowd of thieves immediately appeared on the cliff, some thieves held dry firewood or hay in their hands, and some thieves held bows and arrows, and the arrows were burning~~ Zhao Rong was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "General Chunyu, it's not good, the thieves are afraid that they will attack with fire!" ”

"You still need to say it!" Chun Yuqiong snorted and shouted loudly, "The soldiers of the whole army listen to the order, rush, and rush out of the narrow valley~~kill~~"

"Haha~" The majestic figure on the cliff looked up to the sky and smiled, "It's not too late to think of breaking through now, release the arrow!" ”

"Xiuxiu~~"

A rocket slashed through the sky in an instant, ruthlessly plunged into the dense forest with artemisia grass and lush trees on both sides of the official road, and the thick pile of dead grass and leaves was soon ignited, and then bundles of dry firewood and hay were continuously thrown down from the cliff by the thieves, the fire spread rapidly, burning more and more, and the scorching flames finally ignited the green evergreen trees on both sides of the official road, and the billowing smoke began to spread~~ The truly successful fire attack is not to rely on the flames to devour the enemy, Instead, use the smoke from the burning fire to attack the enemy, and the smoke is the deadliest weapon! In the scorching and choking smoke, the most determined soldiers lose their composure and go berserk!

"Rush ~ Rush out ~~"

Chun Yuqiong covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and yelled hoarsely, except for Zhao Rong and dozens of cavalry soldiers around him, no one paid attention to him, even if he was the most elite central official army of the Han Empire, when facing death, it was impossible to be calm and indifferent.

People are human beings after all.

Perhaps, as long as there is a little hope, this elite army that has been killed in the bloody wind will not collapse, even if it is to sacrifice themselves to leave the opportunity to live to others, there are many loyal and brave soldiers who are willing to come forward, but now, hope is gone! Because of Chun Yuqiong's incompetence, the entire army has fallen into death.

Now, the enemy of the official army is not a thief, but a ruthless fire~~ People are flesh and blood after all, and water and fire are ruthless, how to fight with them?

On the cliff, Guo Tu's expression was gloomy, standing solemnly like a thousand-year-old pine bent over, and the blazing fire in the valley made his face hurt, but he didn't feel it.

Hit the trick!

The officers and soldiers really fell for the trick!

The stupid Chun Yuqiong, the stupid Ten Standing Attendants, the stupid Emperor Han Ling! The last Great Wall of the Han Empire collapsed under the performance of the turtle feet of the Han court's monarchs and ministers~~ At this moment, Guo Tu's heart was not only shocked, but also shocked.

Turning back leisurely, Guo Tu looked at the direction of the mouth of the Tiger Prison Valley, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the overlapping mountains, and saw that cold figure, on the back of the solemn horse, the cold bronze scale armor shone against the rising sun, under the heavy helmet, the grimace was hideous, and in the dark eye hole, two cold eyes were shot.

Guo Tu turned around, the valley was filled with thick smoke and raging fires, and countless officers and soldiers were rushing in the sea of fire, wailing and screaming. Even if the lucky officers and soldiers had to break out of the encirclement of the flames and run through the valley in embarrassment, did they run?

Without the organization, without the weapon, without the will, what awaits them will be nothing but the fate of being slaughtered!

…… Thirty miles southeast of Luoyang, the thief army camp.

Jia Xu, who was dying by the river, was finally found and carried back to Liu Yan's camp in time.

When Jia Xu woke up again, it was noon the next day.

When the curtain was lifted, Liu Yan's beautiful delicate beauty appeared in front of Jia Xu's eyes and asked, "Mr. Yu, didn't you swallow the medicine yesterday?" ”

Jia Xu couldn't help but blush when he heard this, now that he thinks about it, he was indeed too careful! Although he was recognized as pretending to be a fellow villager of Ma Yue, the other party did not know his true identity. Even if Ma Yue knows his identity, he is just a small Lang official, how can he be worth the other party's calculations?

Thinking of this, Jia Xu was calm, what if he stayed in the thief camp for a hundred days? As long as the court doesn't know that it has been in the company of thieves, what does it matter?

Liu Yan seemed to have guessed Jia Xu's thoughts, smiled faintly, and said, "Why should Mr. be suspicious? An official of the imperial court like you, Eight Hundred Liukou has also caught a lot of them before, but in the end, he is still safe and sound, and he still returns to the local government as an official. Although the little girl doesn't know what Ma Yue said to you, you are fellow villagers after all, and for the sake of fellow villagers, he will never harm you. In the eyes of you court officials, Ma Yue must be a heinous crime, a devil, and a butcher, but in fact, he is not the kind of person you imagined. ”

(To be continued)