The night was low, and in a post station thirteen miles west of the Black Sheep Valley, Yang Hao received Tang Ning, the envoy of the Baoli Society in Linzhou. Tang Ning brought a secret letter from the chief housekeeper of the Baoli Society, Yang Hao read the letter and was speechless for a long time.

Downing asked, "Is there anything you don't understand?" Yang Hao said angrily: "I never expected that they would be able to do such a thing!" How is this different from the actions of those rebellious thieves? ”

Tang Ning sighed and said, "Yes, so the big butler is going to send me over overnight, and you already know the priority of the matter." I don't need to remind you where to go. Tang Ning paused, and couldn't help but say: "You can't delay these days, and there are already a lot of opinions from above." This time, you must be beautiful, otherwise you will ......" Tang Ning sighed heavily, and said, "You cherish yourself more, farewell." ”

Yang Hao sent him outside the post station and watched him leave without saying a word for a long time. Guan Suo, who was behind him, stepped forward and said with a smile: "I think what he said is reasonable, if you don't eat the fat in your mouth, others will not say that you are a gentleman, they will only laugh at you as a fool." Yang Hao coughed, and said with a sigh of relief: "Do you also think that this piece of meat must be eaten?" Guan Suo smiled: "My stomach is already grumbling with hunger." ”

"Let's eat, then." Yang Hao said calmly.

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Shi Xiong's army led the army to defeat the 1,500 men of Rising Tide without much effort, and the remnants of Rising Tide fled into Qingshan. Zhang Huayang persuaded Shi Xiong to take advantage of Shengxi to attack the Tiande army, but Shi Xiong said that he would not say anything, so the two brothers slapped the table and quarreled, almost falling out.

Mu Min went to Zhang Huayang's account afterwards to persuade: "Big brother has his own reasons for doing this, we have been dating for so long, when did the eldest brother do something sorry for us?" Zhang Huayang said hatefully: "I just can't get used to his timid appearance, the fat meat that is obviously on his lips, but he pretends to be a gentleman and pretends to be a good person, watching others swallow the meat." Mu Minzhong was speechless when he heard this, and he was also angry for this in his own heart.

Chang Songlin and Wan Tao also rushed over, Chang Songlin smiled and persuaded: "You still feel wronged, in front of so many people, you let the eldest brother not get off the stage, did the eldest brother say something about you?" Wan Tao also persuaded: "Big brother is a cautious person, it is easy for us to defeat the Tiande army, but it is not so easy to sit firm." Wu Guihao, Liu Desan, Yang Hao, Wang family's uncle and nephew, Ma Yue, and Baishui Fox are not fools, why is the Tiande Army still a mess of chaotic pulp? You can see that the water here is very deep. ”

Zhang Huayang sneered: "Deep fucking fart, you guys just think too much." After capturing the Tiande Army, let's talk about the rest later, it's better to withdraw again than to stare like this, right? The crowd was about to persuade him, when someone at the door of the tent said, "The second child is right, I am indeed too cautious." "It was Shi Xiong who spoke.

Shi Xiong walked up to Zhang Huayang and said, "Huayang is right, let's immediately wave our troops west to attack the surrendered city of Zhanzhong." We'll talk about the rest later. ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, Shi Xiong patted Zhang Huayang lightly, and said, "Blame me for my bad temper, I shouldn't be angry with you." Zhang Huayang's face turned red and said, "I was the bastard, and I hurt my eldest brother's face in front of so many people." I ......"

Shi Xiong interrupted him and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, and the battalions will immediately pull out their camps and march westward. ”

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The end of the hour and the beginning of the hour.

A layer of mist shrouded on the surface of the river south of the city of Zhongshou surrendered, and Wu Guiyuan stood up from the trench and looked at the river. Seeing this, a cadre of soldiers beside him also hurriedly stood up straight, stretched his waist and shook his arms. Mei Yuanyuan scolded viciously: "Who told you to get up? Squat down for me! All the soldiers dared not speak in anger, and they all squatted on their knees in the trench.

Wu Guiyuan kicked Mei Yuanyuan and shouted at everyone: "It's dawn, will anyone come to sneak attack?!" Turning back, he shouted at the heralds, "Order the teams to return to the camp." For a while, the golden gong rang out chaotically, and the soldiers who had been in the trench for a long time stood up one by one, scolding and scolding.

At the head of the city, Wu Guihao's face was gloomy, and his brother Wu Guicheng stood beside him and didn't dare to take a breath. Last night, he led the messenger of the white water fox to see Wu Guihao, the messenger kept saying that there was an important military report, when he learned that Wang Ben was going to attack the south of the city at night, Wu Guicheng felt that his opportunity to make meritorious service had come, he took the messenger to break into the dental office at night, and called Wu Guihao out of the bed.

After a long time, it turned out to be empty, what the hell is this white water fox doing? Wu Gyucheng secretly greeted the White Water Fox and all the female relatives of the messenger. He secretly glanced at Wu Guihao, and suddenly found that Wu Guihao's eyes seemed to be staring at him, so he hurriedly lowered his head.

Wu Guiyuan walked up to the city with a knife on his shoulder, and reported: "Dashuai, Wang Ben will not come again." Wu Guihao didn't answer with a gloomy face, and suddenly asked angrily, "What the hell is the white fox messing with?" Wu Guiyuan hesitated for a moment, and it took a long time to figure out that he was not asking himself.

"I think he's trying to make trouble." Wu Gyucheng was busy settling himself and the white water fox. His gaze met Wu Guihao's cold eyes, and he suddenly felt chills all over his body, and his heart jumped wildly.

"Why should he be so worried about not getting along with me?" Wu Guihao stared at Wu Guicheng's face and asked.

"He's going to send troops into the city...... was rejected by the big handsome, so ...... Hold a grudge against. Wu Guicheng finished speaking, and suddenly felt that the handsome gaze cut through his armor like a knife, broke his own flesh and skin, hissing blood splattered, and his heart hurt.

Wu Guihao glanced at Wu Guicheng, who was covered in cold sweat, snorted, and moved his gaze to Wu Guiyuan's body: "Did he send the military rations he wanted?" ”

"The battalions are short of food, and there is really no surplus to give him." Wu Guiyuan reported truthfully. The grain stocks in the city have long been exhausted, and at first they could still spend money to buy from grain merchants, but a few days ago, the grain depots of the major grain merchants were empty, and now they have to go door to door to loot and stock grain to survive. There are few small people in the middle of the city, and this road is not long. As for the thousands of stone of grain that the White Water Fox wanted, it couldn't be raised no matter what.

"Do whatever it takes to get food over there." Wu Guihao was stunned word by word.

"But ......," Wu Gyu-won still had to argue.

"There is nothing to ......" Wu Guihao rudely interrupted Wu Guiyuan's words, "we are short of food, and they are even more short of food, and this ally cannot be lost now." Speaking of this, Wu Guihao pointed his finger at Wu Guiyuan's heart shield and said, "I know that you are a person who is kind to others. Let Mei Yuanyuan do this kind of offending thing. ”

Wu Guiyuan took a deep breath and slowly responded, his gaze turned to the city in the morning light, as if he saw the fire and the terrible screams of the city.

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Qu Chuji had to walk around the camp every day after dinner, and in his words, he walked after dinner and lived to ninety-nine. At first, the soldiers in the battalion thought that the thin old man was watching them, and they were quite wary of Qu Chai. But after a long time, the soldiers became accustomed to it, and some of the brave ones even stepped forward to say hello to Qu Chuji.

The white water fox respects this habit of Qu Chuji, he tries to avoid disturbing Qu Chuji at this time, and when he encounters urgent military affairs and needs to discuss with Qu Chuji, he will not interrupt Qu Chuji's walk, but rush over to walk side by side with him, talking while walking.

It was another day's dusk, and Qu Chuji was walking along the camp path with his hands upside down in cloth shoes as before. According to the rules of the camp, the sergeants and soldiers would have a period of rest after dinner every day, and in normal times, the soldiers would be scattered in various parts of the camp, doing their own things, playing ball, wrestling, chasing and frolicking, and everywhere was full of laughter.

Today it was very different, the soldiers were hiding in their tents to pack their clothes and armor, and along the way, they could hear the sound of sharpening knives everywhere. Qu Chuji frowned and sighed helplessly. His nephew, Qu Qingquan, who was also his disciple, took two steps and said in his ear: "The disciples have inquired, and they are going to go out of the camp tonight to attack the surrendered city. Qu Chuji suddenly stood still, and shouted at Qu Qingquan with a red face: "You shouldn't have inquired at all." Qu Qingquan had never seen a teacher so out of shape, and he was speechless nervously for a while.

Qu Chuji also realized his gaffe, and he sighed heavily: "Do you also think that I am too cautious?" ”

Qu Qingquan plucked up his courage and said, "The disciple really doesn't understand, why did Mr. delay in attacking a small city that was surrendered to the middle of the city?" You always say that you will wait for Wu Guihao to kill and lose the hearts of the people before taking the city. But in this troubled world, people's hearts are evil, the so-called people's hearts are wanting, and virtuous people live in the world, but they are just self-deceptive nonsense. With a sword in his hand, he can be called a king, and only when he has a soldier in his heart can he be good. ”

Qu Chuji was stunned when he heard this, and then cast a hint of encouragement: "You go on." Qu Qingquan simply spit out the stuffiness in his chest: "Wang Qian has been in charge of the Tiande Army for ten years, using both grace and power, both soft and hard, the Tiande Army is like a plaything in his hands, and at that time it can be said that the hearts of the people in the territory belong to the Wang family." But as soon as he died, the Tiande army was immediately in chaos, who would care about his old kindness? Wu Guihao is self-reliant on behalf of Wang Feng, who is willing to fight for righteousness among the big families in the city? In these troubled times, students think that only force is a sharp weapon that runs rampant in the world, and the royal Taoism is just a means used by the strong to whitewash the peace and fool the people in the world. ”

After Qu Qingquan finished speaking, his heart was still not calm, and his face became red because of excitement.

After hearing this, Qu Chuji was stunned for a long time, his originally bright eyes suddenly dimmed, he let out a long sigh, and said helplessly: "I can't imagine that you have been with me for so long and have learned these things." Qu Qingquan also felt that his words were a bit excessive, and he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The disciple is stupid and has failed the teachings of Mr. Qu Chuji helped him up and said, "I'm not blaming you, I'm very pleased that you have this understanding." You're right, people's hearts are broken, the world is going to be chaotic, and people like me won't be popular. ”

Qu Qingquan asked in surprise: "Listening to Mr.'s tone, is it intentional?" ”

Qu Chuji sneered: "The Tiande Army is the north gate of my Tang Dynasty, and it should be handed over to the hands of the capable, he is not worthy of the white water fox." ”