I saw the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and the spears stood in the smoke and dust, accompanied by the stirring drums, and the phalanxes advanced towards Kaifeng City.

In the slightly cool autumn breeze, Zhang Guiba stood on the corner tower, and the autumn wind blew his robes to hunt. Although he had known that this day was coming, Zhang Guiba still had to feel nervous and helpless.

The same new army that has just been pulled up, but the new army under Li Cunhuan is full of spirit, resolute, standing out in the smoke and dust, standing in the autumn wind, not moving at all.

But the new army under his command seemed to be in a trembling game one by one, and the trembling legs and feet were worse than the other. Zhang Guiba even saw a few young teenagers frightened like a caterpillar, curled up under the thick battlement. There are only 5,000 parts under him, and his performance is quite passable.

"I hope Chitose won't be too obsessed with Lu Long!" Zhang Guiba thought worriedly.

"Big brother!" Zhang Guihou walked to Zhang Guiba's side and called softly.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Guiba asked without replying.

The doctor said, "The princess ...... The princess can't get through it! Zhang Guihou lowered his head, and his tone was indescribably sad.

"What!" Zhang Guiba's body was shocked, and his face showed an unbelievable look, and after a long time, his expression was indescribably gloomy. These generals are deeply favored by the Zhang family. Zhu Wen was short-tempered, and many times the Zhang family was around, and all the generals were more or less favored by the princess Zhang.

"Chitose...... Xuanwu is going to be in chaos! Zhang Guihou sighed, although the words he said were not right for the horse's mouth. However, Zhang Guiba understood what his younger brother meant, and now it was a dangerous moment, but Zhu Wen's beloved wife died of a sudden illness. What will become of Juwen? Mad? Depressed? No one knows now, but it is certain that the decision will not do any good to the situation at hand.

"How about hiding it and not reporting it?" Zhang Guiba hesitated for a moment and said resolutely.

"Is it possible?" Zhang Guihou sighed in frustration, "I haven't come to the city wall yet, and the news of the princess's death has spread all over the street." I suspect that it was the Jinyi Guard under the command of Lu Long and Li Cunhuan, or the internal guard under the command of the Hedong One-Eyed Dragon. ”

"How many catties does the one-eyed dragon have, you and my brother have a good idea, and the internal guards in Hedong don't have that much ability. I said that it should be something that Li Cunhuan's Jinyi Wei did! At present, the only way to report it is to Chitose, otherwise he will know that we are hiding the situation, and without the princess by his side, my brother will definitely eat the military stick. Zhang Guihou muttered a little depressed.

Zhang Guiba's eyes couldn't help but darken, without Zhang's side, he didn't know how many generals who had made small mistakes in the future might suffer. Zhang Guiba's expectations are similar to history, after the death of Zhang, Zhu Wen intensified and killed many heroes and generals. It is also a daughter-in-law's subordinate to the military officials, some beautiful wives, daughters-in-law, and daughters. In the end, it caused civil strife among the princes, which greatly consumed Xuanwu's vitality. Only then was Li Cunmiao, who had not gone to a town in Hedong, turned over in one fell swoop.

"Your Highness, do you need to attack the city immediately?" Yelu Abaoji asked in a deep voice.

"No!" Li Cunhuan shook his head and said: "This kind of fortified city is not easy to capture, we are trapped in his lair!" Zhu Wen: He will definitely go south. When the time comes, if you defeat Zhu Wen, are you still afraid that Kaifeng City will not be able to fly? ”

………… Zhu Wen suddenly sat down on the tiger skin chair, and his eyes, which were originally like beasts, now looked extremely dull and lost their dazzling color.

"Chitose!" Jing Xiang hurriedly came to Zhu Wen's side with an arrow, just about to make a move.

Zhu Wen raised his hand, waved it, and said, "I'm fine!" ”

Although it was said that there was nothing wrong, everyone knew that there must be something wrong with Zhu Wen. Ever since the messenger brought the news that had made everyone's hearts palpitate, everyone knew that something big was about to happen.

Zhu Wen's lair, the Kaifeng City of Bianzhou Zhizhi was besieged, and Yunzhou was attacked by Yang Shihou, this news is not particularly big. The most gloomy thing for everyone was the death of Zhu Wen's wife, Princess Zhang.

Suddenly, a soldier hurriedly ran into the Chinese army's tent, knelt down on one knee with a nervous tone, and reported: "Chitose! Lu Long's general Zhou Dewei led his army across the Juma River and drove straight to Hejian City. ”

"How many soldiers and horses!" Zhu Wen's slightly muffled voice sounded, but he finally recovered a bit of domineering.

"No less than 30,000! According to the secret agent's report, it is said that it is a regimental training transferred from several states in the Great Wall area, although it is a regimental training, but because it has been located in the border village for many years, many of them are cavalry. The soldier hurriedly reported.

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but think that the regimental training was the surname of the township soldiers, and there was nothing about it. But if most of the training of these regiments is cavalry, then the surname quality is not ordinary, and cavalry has a natural advantage over infantry. Therefore, the northern steppes have always maintained a strategic offensive posture against the Central Plains regime for a long time, and the main reason for this is the cavalry on the grassland.

These cavalry are even inferior to Li Cunhuan's regimental training, which is well trained, but most of these cavalrymen are herdsmen. Grazing in peacetime and prancing horses in wartime can occupy a huge advantage in front of the army of the Central Plains regime, which is not to worry about the generals of Xuanwu.

"Jing Xiang, what do you say to do?" After half a ring, Zhu Wen's deep voice sounded.

"Hit!" Jing Xiang said in a firm tone.

The generals couldn't help but be shocked and whispered.

"How do you fight? After a while, the news of the siege of Kaifeng City spread, and the soldiers were fine, but most of the families of those generals were in Kaifeng City. For example, the four armies of Tianxing, Longxiang, Shenjie, and Feicai, their families are all in Bianzhou, and they are worried about their families, and they are afraid that the army will be flustered, how can they concentrate on the enemy? ”

"That's it! In my opinion, it is still now that Zhou Dewei has just crossed the Juma River and has not yet reacted, we quickly retreat. Otherwise, when Zhou Dewei comes and entangles with us, the longer the time drags on, the more dangerous Bianzhou will be. ”

"Retreat! Although he did not take advantage of Li Cunhuan, this time he also occupied five prefectures, Xingzhou, Zhaozhou, Cizhou, Shenzhou, and Jizhou, and nearly 100 counties. And Zhenzhou Wang Rong also surrendered, we can be regarded as victorious, don't lose the watermelon because of sesame! ”

"That's right! This guy is right! ”

The discussion of the generals slowly evolved into a kind of mainstream. Either they don't speak, and those who speak advocate retreating with troops now. In fact, Jing Xiang understands that this reason is not because most of their family members are in Bianzhou. What is the life of a soldier for? Do you really like to fight and kill?

In this troubled world, it's not about glory and wealth, it's about protecting your family, or both. If the family is gone, what is the use of having gold and silver? If you are alone, let alone have no children and grandchildren to serve when you are old, you can't enjoy the blessings of your children and grandchildren. I'm afraid that I will not be willing to die, a room full of gold and silver, these things will not be brought in life, and they will not be taken away in death. If you don't pass it on to your family, who wants to stay in this world in vain and cheapen others?

"Chitose!" Jing Xiang bowed to Zhu Wen, but his eyes swept down to the generals below, "Now that Zhou Dewei is taking advantage of the victory, he will inevitably receive the news, if our army does not have a hard fight with Zhou Dewei, Zhou Dewei is afraid that he will be entangled endlessly, and continue to lead troops south to harass other states and counties." And now there is a lot of bad news, Hejian City can't be attacked for a long time, Bianzhou is besieged, and Ge Congzhou ......"

After hesitating, Jing Xiang still didn't say the word rebellion, "Ge Congzhou was captured, and all the soldiers and horses were demoralized. Now we should defeat Zhou Dewei, boost morale, and coerce the army of great victory to defeat Lu Long! Otherwise, Lu Long's soldiers waited for work, and Lu Long's army had many successes during this time, and their morale was high. On the contrary, our army, on the other hand, can win a long-distance attack, attacking a division that is waiting for work with a tired army, and attacking a division with a demoralized army? ”

"But I'm afraid that my soldiers and horses will not be willing to die, so that if you win, it's better to say, if you lose, I'm afraid you ......" Although Zhu Youning's later words were not spoken, everyone understood what they meant.

All of a sudden, more than a dozen generals came out of the ranks, and they all bowed their hands and said, "Chitose, what Major General Zhu said is very true. ”

"Since you are afraid that you can't kill them, let's use a little blood to let them kill them!" Zhu Wen's voice, without sadness or joy, was still so low. However, listening to the ears of the generals, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and they all had a bad premonition. There have been too many setbacks during this time, and everyone doesn't know what Zhu Wen will do today.

The generals couldn't help but tighten their lips nervously, and their solemn faces looked at each other, and they all saw the same look in each other's eyes as themselves. There was a deep concern in those eyes. Don't look at Zhu Wen now, he doesn't have the rude and domineering attitude he used to say, he looks low and calm, but he is crazy, I'm afraid that if he breaks the sky, no one will doubt the real surname of this news.

For a moment, the generals couldn't help but have a big headache. But a headache is a headache, and they still have to obey Zhu Wen's orders. The generals began to count their troops and prepare for war. On the same day, Zhu Wen did what he said, caught dozens of thorns who violated military regulations, and together with the protons left by Ge Congzhou in his army, he killed the sacrificial flag in one fell swoop, and for a while, all the soldiers and horses couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, and they didn't dare to complain and slack off.

Although there are 30,000 troops, Zhou Dewei's speed is not slow, because Lu Long has a characteristic, that is, everything is bad, that is, the road is not bad, and the gravel road mixed with clay paving is a major feature of Lu Long. In just one day, Zhou Dewei came to a plain thirty miles north of Hejian City. And Zhu Wen also seemed to have a sense to lead the army to wait for Zhou Dewei here.

The armies of both sides slowly spread out on the Hebei Plain. The Xuanwu Army, which originally had an army of 50,000, now has only more than 43,000 people left. Hejian City alone caused Zhu Wen to lose nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses, plus another 2,000 soldiers and horses in other bits and pieces. Leaving 3,000 soldiers and horses to protect the rear camp, now it is only 40,000 soldiers and horses.

All of a sudden, the generals couldn't help but sigh with emotion, the land of Hebei is not easy to set foot on!

However, Zhou Dewei's side is not much better than Zhu Wen, and now the troops and horses in Zhou Dewei's hands are very difficult to draw. One characteristic of regimental training is that the combat effectiveness of regimental combat in the local territory is generally not weaker than that of the regular army, and even higher than that of the ordinary regular army. But once they are away from home, they are particularly homesick. After all, they are not a regular army, so Zhou Dewei specially transferred troops from the border for this battle, where Han and Hu are mixed, and the people have always been fierce and advocate freedom, and they are not so homesick.

Coupled with some soldiers and horses on hand, Zhou Dewei has a large army that can fight, and the number of infantry and cavalry is half, which is enough for Zhou Dewei to be proud.

"Beat the drums!" Zhu Wen waved his hand and cut the railway.

"Yes!" Ten ** strong men with upper bodies bowed to Zhu Wen, and immediately stood up and picked up the big drumsticks. Ten huge war drums slowly vibrated and a slow, majestic sound came out.

The soldiers let out a roar, and the originally slightly low battle formation was full of passionate roars, and the generals at all levels patrolled back and forth in their respective divisions, shouting from time to time to boost morale. The morale of the Xuanwu Army was completely dispatched, and a touch of blood slowly appeared in the eyes of the soldiers.

"Zhu Wen was able to capture Guanzhong and the Central Plains, and it was really not just by cunning and luck! The soldiers and horses under his command are really extraordinary! Although as an enemy, Zhou Dewei did not spare his appreciation.

"No matter how powerful it is, flesh and blood! In a moment, let them taste the power of the thunderbolt and tribulus fireball newly developed by our ordnance superintendent! Zhao Chao, who had been promoted to the Weapons Inspectorate, said triumphantly on the side.

"Don't despise the enemy!" Zhou Dewei didn't care about the recklessness in Zhao Chao's tone, in his opinion, these guys could also make weapons. How to use weapons depends on them as battlefield veterans. It's like being able to farm, and you don't necessarily make delicious meals.

"Jie Shuai, Xue Atan, An Xiu and ask for battle!" A general came to Zhou Dewei with a helpless face to report.

"Alas! Those two guys! When Zhou Dewei heard this, his tone was quite helpless, "When they are told to stay honestly and when they attack, they will not spare the soldiers and horses at hand!" If you attack without authorization, you will be engaged in military law! ”

"Yes!" When the general heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, in his opinion, the two brothers Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu should be separated in peace!

In the following time, Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu did not ask for battle, and Zhou Dewei slowly spread out his army on the plain. The army of 12,000 men was arrayed in six large phalanxes, with four spears in the middle, swords and axes on the two wings, and three thousand crossbowmen in the rear. The cavalry seemed to spread its wings, obliquely making a gesture of embrace, like a crooked moon.

"Humph! Zhou Dewei Mo thought that he was the only one who had cavalry! A cold glint flashed in Zhu Wen's eyes.

Jing Xiang was afraid that Zhu Wen would do something irrational, so he hurriedly advised: "Chitose, the northerners are good at riding and shooting, why bother to attack the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings!" We should give full play to the advantages of the mixed infantry and horses, and press up with the regular soldiers! ”

Zhu Wen pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Order the army to attack with a fish scale formation, and let Li Si'an and Zhu Youning protect their wings!" ”

"Great goodness!" Jing Xiang praised.

"No!" The herald hurriedly answered.

Looking at the Xuanwu Army slowly advancing, Zhou Dewei's eyes couldn't help but flash a touch of astonishment, in his opinion, Zhu Wen should be in a hurry to win. Although he didn't know the news of Zhang's death. But according to Jin Yiwei's intelligence, he can estimate the situation in the Central Plains, Li Cunhuan is afraid that he is already in the city now, but he doesn't want Zhu Wen to be so stable.

Zhou Dewei's heart moved, and he smiled and said to the young generals around him: "Xingzhou, will you say that Zhu Wen will change his style to be fierce as fire?" ”

This young general is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he is good-looking, but when he doesn't speak, the whole person looks a little sluggish. I don't know, I still talk about the mentally handicapped children of that family, or the honest little farmers. But if you say that he is really like this, then you are wrong, this person's surname is Gao Mingxing Zhou, but he is a famous general in five dynasties and ten countries in history.

Gao Xingzhou groaned for a while, and said: "Zhu Wen has always been strong, and although the army is steadily attacking now, looking at its offensive, you can know that Zhu Wen is just changing the soup and not the medicine. With the Chinese army's infantry army arranging a fish scale array, it must be trying to break through in the center. And our army's crescent moon array is to pay attention to the outflanking of the two wings, and Zhu Wen is just holding the Central Plains infantry army to crown the world! In the end, it is not yet ready to shoot the tip of the needle, to attack and attack. ”

When Zhou Dewei heard this, he was very happy, patted Gao Xingzhou's shoulder to show encouragement, and praised: "Although Xingzhou is young, he already has a bit of the demeanor of a famous general. ”

"The marshal said so, the last general is ashamed!" Gao Xingzhou showed a touch of shyness unique to young people, and said with respectful modesty.

When Zhou Dewei saw it, he couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart, he didn't know how Gao Siji, the guy with the surname of the anxious, gave birth to Gao Xingzhou, a son who was so cautious and impatient at such a young age. Although he is young, he does have some potential as a famous player.

Looking at Lu Longjun, who was silent, Jing Xiang's heart suddenly moved, and he said, "Chitose! I have a way to be strong! ”

"Oh?" Zhu Wen couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and asked, "Will the plan come out?" ”

"Send a Commander! Fight before the battle! Jing Xiang pointed the green feather fan in his hand in the direction of Lu Longjun and said with a smile.

Zhu Wen's two thick eyebrows couldn't help but be slightly entangled together, and he said with some hesitation: "I'm afraid it's not easy to do!" Lu Long is not a lot of generals! ”

"Lu Long has a lot of generals! But the most powerful Li Cunxiao was entangled with Luo Hongxin in Weibo, and most of the remaining generals were taken to the south by Li Cunxiao. Otherwise, Zhou Dewei would not have been so tolerant, and now he will send troops to fight! Jing Xiang took back the green feather fan, put it on his chest and fanned it gently, groaned for a while, and then said: "And the morale of our army is frustrated today, and it should be fought alone in front of the battle, if Lu Long's army should not fight, it will weaken the morale." If Lu Long's army responds to the battle, he can even kill one of their generals in front of the battle, and our army can recover the gap in morale in a short time. ”

When Zhu Wen heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Good strategy!" I just don't know who is good to play? ”

"Wang Yanzhang, the deputy commander of the Flying Cavalry Army, has the courage of ten thousand invincibles!" Jing Xiang was already confident, and as soon as Zhu Wen opened his mouth to ask, he said the candidate in his heart.

"Well, this man is indeed brave!" Zhu Wen also nodded in agreement when he heard this, Qizhou's heads-up did make Wang Yanzhang a lot more famous. After all, there are probably not many people in this world who can fight with Li Cunxiao and not die.

(To be continued)