Thousands of horses galloping, thousands of armies galloping.)

The eighteen company camp barriers carefully built by Shen Luoyan did not even resist Chen Jun's footsteps for a moment, and they had already fallen into the hands of Chen Jun in the afterglow of the setting sun. However, it is clear that Chen Jun is not satisfied with this small result.

The 20,000 cavalry attacked, ignoring the Wu soldiers who had no time to escape in the first barracks, and continued to rush like the wind, quickly rushing to the second barracks.

The distance between the two camps was only a few hundred steps, and when Chen Cai arrived, the defeated soldiers in the first camp had not completely escaped into the second camp. The sound of thunderous hooves rushed to the scene, and under the banner of the Chen army camp that was flying high and waving in the wind, the black-armored and black-robed Chen army cavalry ignored the panicked and fleeing Wu army, and directly attacked the camp gate that had not had time to close.

A repeater shot out a repeater, and suddenly the Wu troops in front of the camp gate who tried to close the camp gate encountered a storm of death metal. Under this storm, everything will be torn apart, penetrated.

In the midst of the screams, the forward of Chen's cavalry, a huge arrow had already passed through the camp gate and rushed straight into the camp.

The second, third, fourth, fifth

One after another camps fell into the hands of Chen's cavalry, and Wu's army, under Chen's iron hooves, could hardly stop Chen's army for a moment. He could only watch as he was swept by the torrent of iron horses, and then he was defeated one by one by the infantry of the Chen army who followed closely behind, and surrendered.

The bottom of the mountain is like tea, and the situation on the mountain is not much better.

On Siping Mountain, from the moment the cannon rang out at the bottom of the mountain, there were constantly Wu soldiers falling, and even generals suddenly fell.

The doctor who accompanied the army inspected it and came to a startling conclusion that they were all poisoned.

"Impossible!" Li Baiyao, who was in charge of managing logistics, said angrily. "Although the drinking water in the army was taken from the Daqing Creek behind the mountain, all the water taken back was checked and could never be poisonous. In addition to water, the soldiers also had other food to eat, which was taken care of by special personnel. There are also regular check-ups. ”

It is not strange that two armies fight each other and poison the enemy. But that's why. Basically, there are special personnel in the army to check the drinking water and food, so as not to be secretly poisoned by the enemy and suddenly the army will be destroyed. This drug investigation is very strict. If one or two generals are poisoned, this cannot be stopped. But like now, this has shown that it was the entire army that was poisoned, more than 100,000 people.

Directly poisoned the army of hundreds of thousands. Not to mention how many poisons are needed, and how can they avoid inspection?

"Could it be the plague?" A general asked cautiously.

In addition to man-made poisoning, one of the most fearful things when marching and fighting is to suddenly become infected with the plague miasma. This kind of thing can often be encountered by the army, especially in times of great war. I think that when Yang Jian sent an army of 300,000 to conquer Liaodong for the first time, he was basically wiped out because the army was infected with the plague.

The doctor who accompanied the army was an old man with a white beard, but he was a very experienced doctor. He shook his head: "It doesn't matter if it's a plague or a miasma." There is a time of onset, and basically at the beginning it is just a few small symptoms, which can be detected quickly. Moreover, the manifestation of the plague outbreak was also different from the present, and the plague died, and the death was terrifying, and basically the body would have symptoms such as ulcers. ”

"But we're different now. These poisoned soldiers only fainted, and there was no fear for their lives. According to the old man's speculation. This poison is very strange, and the person in it is weak all over the body. It is possible to wake up after a day or two of sleep, but as long as the treatment is timely, there will be no major problems, and at least some physical vitality will be lost. ”

Hearing that it was such a poison, everyone couldn't help frowning. When the two armies are fighting, even if the poison does not seem to be very dangerous, it is basically very dangerous for the soldiers in the war. And even more dangerous is the army, suddenly so many people are poisoned, and even the tightest defense has become full of flaws. …,

And Chen Jun chose to attack at this time, which already shows that this poison is definitely under Chen Jun.

"What kind of poison is this, and why didn't we find it before? And what can be done to cure this poison? ”

The old doctor pondered for a while and said, "If the old man guesses correctly, this poison is a mixed poison." ”

"Mixed poisons?" The crowd was puzzled.

"Yes, this poison is very peculiar, they first put a poison in the water, this poison if it exists alone, it is not harmful to people at all, and it is difficult to detect it by ordinary tests. Once a person drinks this kind of water mixed with this poison, he will be fine. But if at this time, another kind of smoke made with oleander leaves and huā is smelled, and both things immediately produce huge toxins. However, this toxin is also very strange, it does not kill people, but it can make people unconscious for days. Unless they immediately soak themselves in water with gold and silver huā and honey and several medicines, they can only wake up naturally after three days of coma. This kind of poison is generally commonly used by chickens and rats. Unexpectedly, Chen Jun actually used this thing against us this time. ”

"Is there any other way to detoxify the recipe you said?" Shen Luoyan asked.

"Not yet." The old doctor shook his head, very helpless.

Shen Luoyan's silver teeth were clenched, and she almost crushed her teeth. She never imagined that she would be planted on such a small trick commonly used by thieves.

A small puzzle = medicine, although it seems to be useless, but when it is used by Chen Ke at this time, the power is amazing. The Wu army suddenly countless soldiers were poisoned and unconscious, but the Chen army chose to attack at this time.

All this shows that everything was completely arranged by Chen Kefu in advance.

She underestimated Chen Kefu, and finally tasted the bitter fruit of despising the enemy.

"Report!"

"Reporting to His Highness, the Chen army has attacked in a big way, and has broken through the Badao company camp one after another. Suddenly, countless people of our army were poisoned and unconscious, and the defense of various camps was insufficient, and at present it was completely unable to stop the offensive momentum of Chen's army. ”

Everyone in the hall changed color in unison, and it was only a long time, and in less than half an hour, they had already lost eight barracks. Even if you go from the first camp to the eighth road, it will take half an hour.

Before Shen Luoyan could come back to his senses, a rush of footsteps came from outside the hall, and Shan Xiongxin ran into the hall covered in blood.

"Your Highness, it's not a good thing. Chen's army had already broken through the tenth barracks, and General Du Fuwei was also poisoned and unconscious. ”

"Report, Chen Jun has broken through the eleventh barracks!"

"Report, tens of thousands of people in our army have been poisoned and fell!"

"Report, the Chen army broke through the twelfth barracks, and General Chen Guoren was killed!"

A series of emergency reports made Shen Luoyan's face sink like water.

There was another rush of footsteps. Li Zitong even lost his helmet and rushed into the hall with a big sword in his hand.

"Your Highness, the brethren can't stand it. People outside were panicking, and there were rumors everywhere that Chen Kefu would do it. said that he was going to destroy all our Wu troops directly, and now the morale is gone. Deserters have begun to appear in front of me, although I have cut some of them. It didn't make much difference. According to Chen's offensive, at most half an hour, they will be killed in front of the mountain. ”

"Your Highness, let's withdraw. Chen Kefu used poison despicably and fell for his plan. We simply can't stop it. There are still soldiers who are poisoned and falling, and we have to find a way to get out of here first. Chen Dang persuaded.

Shen Luoyan got up and looked into the hall.

Her three marshals, Du Fuwei was lying on the ground in a coma of poisoning, Shan Xiongxin was also covered in blood, and Li Zitong even lost his armor and didn't even keep his helmet. Another general, Chen Guoren, who had been following his father, was directly beheaded by the enemy. The situation of the rest such as Chen Dang, Jiang Yanchao, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Shihan and others is not much better. At this time, the whole army was in a panic. No one has the heart to fight at all. …,

A sharp pain came from his brain. Shen Luoyan couldn't help frowning, stretched out her jade hand and rubbed her temples vigorously.

The people's hearts are scattered, the morale is gone, and if they stay, it is estimated that there is no hope.

"Unit Shuai, in your opinion. What are we going to do? Looking at Shan Xiongxin, who was quite calm among the generals, Shen Luoyan couldn't help but ask.

"Your Highness. The green mountains left are here, and I am not afraid of no firewood. We can retreat to Jiujiang for the time being. Jiangxia. In Jianghan, we still have an absolute advantage, although Chen Kefu won for a while, but its north is unstable, before the Turkic victory is over, it is impossible for him to dare to force us to break the net. Shan Xiongxin said seriously.

Shen Luoyan was finally a little unwilling in his heart: "Once I go, not to mention that Jiankang will fall into the hands of the enemy from now on, I am afraid that the nine counties in Jiangdong will no longer belong to me." The foundation of my Wu army is already in Jiangdong, if I abandon Jiangdong and retreat to Jianghan, will the soldiers follow me? ”

"Your Majesty, as long as we have an army in our hands, what is the gain or loss of a city and a pool? And even if we don't have many soldiers and horses in our hands, after we arrive in Jianghan, can't we still unite with the other parties and the Turks, as long as Chen Ke is defeated by the Turks, then the strength will be injured. Isn't it just an opportunity for us to take back Jiangdong, and even recapture Jiangbei and Huaisi? ”

"Yes, there's no point in fighting to the death here. Only by preserving strength is the best policy. Many generals also joined in. Although they had to abandon Jiangdong if they retreated to Jianghan, they were never willing to surrender to Chen Kefu rather than leave their homeland. For Chen Kefu, every Jiangdong general has a fear. How they have treated Chen Kefu and the Chen family over the years, their psychology is clear. To put it bluntly, they are a group of rebels of the Chen family. Even if Chen Kefu can give preferential treatment to the subordination of other forces, he will never treat them.

"Okay, gather the soldiers and horses, and immediately withdraw to Jiujiang." Shen Luoyan finally nodded.

"Your Highness, what about those unconscious soldiers? And in a hasty retreat, someone must also stay behind the palace to block Chen's army. Shan Xiongxin said suddenly.

As soon as this question came out, the generals who had been talking about it all kept silent. At this time, if you stay in the palace, you will be a victim. The ferocity of the Chen army was even defeated by more than 300,000 troops, and it was not a joke to stay at this time to block the hundreds of thousands of Chen troops.

Shen Luoyan's gaze swept over the generals, and wherever he swept, he bowed his head and was silent.

After sweeping around for a full time, none of them were willing to stay automatically. Shen Luoyan's heart was full of disappointment, and even Shan Xiongxin, who proposed to keep the palace, was also full of disappointment. If they want to retreat to Jiujiang and Jiangxia, there is no queen of the palace, and they can't escape at all.

When he thought that at this time, there was no general in the Wu army who was willing to sacrifice, and he was full of disappointment. The Wu army is already so unbearable, and none of the Manchu generals are willing to take responsibility, so what hope is there for such a court.

At this time, Li Zitong suddenly said: "Since General Shan proposed it like this, I'm afraid that General Shan already has a suitable candidate in his heart, or is General Shan willing to stay in the palace by himself?" ”

Hearing this, Shan Xiongxin was stunned for a moment, his heart was complicated, and he was speechless for a while.

"Unit Shuai, are you willing to stay behind the palace?" Shen Luoyan suddenly asked.

Seeing the expectation in Shen Luoyan's eyes, Shan Xiongxin suddenly felt like laughing, he didn't expect that Shen Luoyan would make such a request to him at this time. Is this an abandonment? Hey. So be it. Shan Xiongxin suppressed the anger in his heart, and suddenly nodded with a laugh: "No problem, the ministers are the princess!" ”

Hearing Shan Xiongxin answer. Shen Luoyan suddenly regretted it. But at this time, except for Shan Xiongxin, who is also a little responsible and has outstanding ability, she really can't count on other people in the hall. Too late to think about it. Shen Luoyan said: "Okay, it's really the dry city of the country." Unit Shuai, this regent will now immediately crown you as the Captain, the Duke of Liang Guo, and the Governor of the Nine Counties of Jiangdong. Controlling the affairs of the nine counties has full power. Unit Shuai, you only need to temporarily block Chen's army for a day or so, and you can abandon Siping Mountain at any time and immediately catch up with the army. ”…,

Shan Xiongxin didn't feel much joy about the seal, he nodded a little interestedly.

"The palace will wait for the return of the unit marshal, I wish you a great victory!"

Shen Luoyan didn't take too many people with her, except for her 30,000 cavalry of the Iron-Blooded Guards Battalion, which were all taken away, and the other was 20,000 people who were mainly mixed with the Huainan Army and the South Vietnamese Army. 50,000 horses. Among them, almost 10,000 were comatose soldiers. Shen Luoyan also brought all these people, after all, the doctor said that they would be fine in two days.

The rumbling horses' hooves led away with the generals of the Wu army, and the rest were the victims who stayed behind the palace. Among the remaining soldiers and horses, in addition to the casualties, there are more than 50,000 people, and half of them are left in a coma. His real available soldiers and horses are less than 30,000. There is also a large camp on Siping Mountain and only a few layers of barracks left below the mountain that have not been breached.

However, these camps did not last long, when Shen Luoyan and the others withdrew. It was just when it was dark. After holding on for about two hours, the cavalry of the Chen army broke through all the eighteen company camps.

And Shen Luoyan bothered to build the Siping Mountain defense line. Those countless Haogou antlers, under the bombardment of ten cannons, and countless crossbowmen, and the onslaught of the engineer battalion and infantry, were lost layer by layer. More than two hours later, the camp gate of the large camp on Siping Mountain was breached, and Chen's army completely captured Siping Mountain.

Shan Xiongxin has plans to die rather than surrender, and at the last moment, he plans to kill himself. But as soon as he picked up his knife, it was already shot down by Xu Shiji with an arrow.

Under the countless blazing torches, Chen Kefu moved to the Wu Army Wooden City on the top of Siping Mountain. Sitting on the first seat where Shen Luoyan once sit, Chen Kefu looked at the captured generals of the Wu army one by one.

A row of captured generals of the Wu army stood in front of him, and he didn't know a few, but Shan Xiongxin knew him at a glance.

Before going up the mountain, someone reported that Shen Luoyan had run away early, but Chen Kefu didn't care.

Looking at the generals who were tied up with hemp rope, Chen Kefu stepped forward with a smile and personally untied these generals.

Looking at Shan Xiongxin, whose face was a little unnatural, he said, "Second Brother Shan, we meet again." ”

"If you want to kill or chop, listen to it." Shan Xiongxin didn't know how to answer, so he had to say it stiffly.

"Second uncle!" A crisp voice made Shan Xiongxin, who turned his head, come back in confusion. When he turned his head, he happened to see Zhai Wushuang in purple armor.

"Jiaojiao, is that you?"

Zhai Wushuang stepped forward to hold Shan Xiongxin's hand, and tears couldn't stop flowing down: "Second uncle, I'm Jiaojiao." ”

Shan Xiongxin looked at the daughter of the eldest brother Zhai Rang, who had not been seen for several years, with some disbelief, and couldn't help but think of the rude little appearance when Zhai Wushuang was still in Wagang.

"Second brother Shan, I won't mention the past, but now that we are fated to get together again, let's stay. You see, Jiaojiao is reluctant to let you go, not to mention, there are many old brothers in Wagang, such as Mao Gong and Junhan? And Jiaojiao and my children are both two years old, and you haven't seen them yet, so you can't help but give gifts as an uncle and grandfather. ”

Xu Shiji also hurriedly stepped forward at this time and said: "Yes, Second Brother Shan, no matter what happened before, now we happen to be reunited." Your Majesty is kind and generous, and the second brother should not let down His Majesty's grace. ”

Shan Xiongxin always felt a little ashamed when he faced Chen Kefu, and he didn't go when Chen Kefu recruited him several times. Now that he has been defeated and captured, the emperor has treated him so well that he doesn't know what to do.

"Second brother alone, don't hesitate, now the four seas are not peaceful, and the universe is not unified. I still need the help of a brave general like the second brother, the second brother refuses to belong to me, don't you think I'm not qualified as an emperor? Chen Kefu said with a half-smile and half-anger.

"No, no." Shan Xiongxin hurriedly shook his head, "It's just that I didn't know how to lift up before, and after defecting to Nan Chen, I mostly fought against Your Majesty." The guilt is heavy, and the heart is uneasy. ”

"Didn't you just say what happened in the past, and the past is gone."

Hearing Chen Kefu say this, Shan Xiongxin hesitated for a long time and said: "Your Majesty values the last general so much, and the last general is flattered. The last general could not repay the favor of the king, and was willing to lead a group of soldiers and horses to pursue Shen Luoyan, and he would be captured by Wu Guoyu in one fell swoop to repay His Majesty's appreciation. ”

Hearing Shan Xiongxin say this, Chen Kefu was really happy, and if he was willing to say this, he was sincerely obedient. laughed at the moment: "Just have this heart." Second Brother Shan is also tired, so it is better to go down and rest first. As for my cousin, I've already set it up. ”。