Just as Zhang Qi, Cao Da, Youdou and other five tigers of Northern Xinjiang never thought that they would be defeated one day, Li Mao, the king of Yan, never imagined that the mighty Yuyang Iron Cavalry under his command would one day be defeated in the hands of the Jizhou soldiers, an army he had never looked down on in the past.

It stands to reason that with the character of Li Mao, the king of Yan, who loves the military and the martial arts, to be honest, he will not despise and despise the Jizhou Army, which can also be called the domestic powerhouse of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the reason is that the Jizhou Army was the earliest, which was attached to the army of the former prince Li Wei, and among the Jizhou army with a full establishment of 100,000 people, about 60,000 or 70,000 people took refuge in the former prince Li Wei, and who was the former prince Li Wei? That is a fierce rival who competes with him Li Mao for the position of Emperor of the Great Zhou!

After all, Li Mao and Li Wei and Li Cheng brothers had already formed a relationship when their brothers were still in Jijing, although now Li Wei and Li Cheng have passed away, but Li Mao still has no good impression of the Jizhou army, even if he and Liang Qiuwu led the northern expedition to drive out the outer Rong in the north of the Great Zhou, the Jizhou army also helped each other.

"Report! ――General Zhang Qi asks to see! ”

Just when Li Mao, the king of Yan, was thinking about how to take Jijing in one go in the marshal tent of the military camp, a report suddenly came from outside the tent.

Zhang Qina...... Come on in! Looking at the sand table placed in the center of the tent, Li Mao said casually.

Immediately, as soon as the tent was lifted, Zhang Qi walked in, and when he saw Li Mao standing by the sand table simulating the battle, he gritted his teeth. Suddenly, he took off his robe and fell to his knees.

Because he was wearing armor, when Zhang Qi knelt down, he couldn't help but let out a loud noise, and it was this strange movement that woke up Li Mao, the king of Yan, who was contemplating.

"Huh? Zhang Qi, what are you doing here? Turning his head and glancing at Zhang Qi in surprise, Yan Wang Li Mao frowned and said. As soon as the words were finished. Only then did he notice the blood on Zhang Qi's body.

"Did you call Ma Dan that guy ran away?" Li Maohu asked suspiciously, after all, he never thought that his Yuyang Iron Cavalry would one day be defeated by another cavalry, an army that was far inferior to his Yuyang Iron Cavalry in terms of equipment and training.

Hearing Li Mao's inquiry, Zhang Qi was silent for a moment, suddenly knocked his head to the ground, and said in a low voice, "The last general is guilty!" Not only did he run away, but he also caused heavy casualties among his soldiers......"

"Huh?" Li Mao couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and put the few wooden chess pieces in his hand that were used to borrow the army into the sand table. Puzzled, he asked, "What are the casualties?" ”

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Qi replied stiffly. "Killed in battle...... Five thousand rides! ”

"What?" Hearing this, Yan King Li Mao's tiger eyes widened suddenly. looked at Zhang Qi in disbelief.

You must know that 5,000 Yuyang Iron Horsemen, if this is on the grassland, it is enough to sweep away a large tribe of 10,000 people.

"That Ma Dan...... Is it really that powerful?! Yan Wang Li Mao asked with a shocked expression.

Probably noticing the change in the tone of Li Mao's mouth, Zhang Qi only felt a cold sweat in his head, and explained hard. "It's not Ma Dan, it's Fei Guo...... On the way to pursue Ma Dan, our army encountered another ...... of the Jizhou Army", and he discussed how to fight and Cao Da on the way to chase Ma Dan, and how to divide the troops into two ways. How to encounter the 4,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry led by Fei Guo, and how to finally lose to Fei Guo. They all told Li Mao one by one, only to hear Li Mao's gloomy face, his tiger eyes turned slightly, revealing an incomprehensible look.

"Fei Guo...... Is it? With his hands behind his back, Li Mao paced back and forth in the tent for a few steps, frowning and muttering, "Is Cao Da really defeated by the hands of that Fei Guo with one move?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, according to Cao Da's personal soldiers, at that time he was focused on how to defeat the four thousand Jizhou cavalry led by Fei Guo, and he didn't notice for a while that Fei Guo came to kill him single-handedly, so he couldn't catch it, but according to Cao Da himself, even if he was on guard, he would not be the enemy of Fei Guo's five moves!" Out of self-esteem, Zhang Qi did not reveal the fact that he was not Fei's opponent at all, otherwise, how could he not know what Fei's strength was?

"Being able to defeat Cao Da in five moves, that Fei country is quite amazing, but ......" As soon as the wind changed, Li Mao, the king of Yan, glared at Zhang Qi angrily, and reprimanded in a deep voice, "20,000 Yuyang iron cavalry can't deal with 8,000 Jizhou soldiers, and they were defeated in the opponent's surprise attack, Zhang Qi, what do you want this king to say about you!" ”

Zhang Qi was shocked when he heard this, his head was pressed against the ground under his feet, and his whole body was drenched in cold sweat. Without him, just because Yan Wang Li Mao was too compelling when he said this, it faintly made him a little breathless.

"Humph!" Seeing Zhang Qi trembling, Li Mao, the king of Yan, snorted heavily and reprimanded, "I think you have been following this king for a long time, and you have worked hard for many years, so this king will press it for the time being...... Go down and reflect on it! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness......" He sighed secretly in his heart, and Zhang Qi withdrew from the tent with a guilty face.

Glancing at the back of Zhang Qi leaving, Yan King Li Mao's eyebrows furrowed tightly, maybe he still couldn't believe it until now, 20,000 Yuyang iron cavalry would be defeated in the hands of 8,000 Jizhou troops, and a full 5,000 cavalry would be lost.

[That Fei country is quite amazing......]

Li Mao thought secretly in his heart.

According to Zhang Qi's oral account, he, Li Mao, probably also knew about the story of that battle, and learned that Fei Guo used some small tricks to defeat Zhang Qi and Cao Da, so he didn't care very much.

After all, of the 5,000 Yuyang iron cavalry lost by Zhang Qi and Cao Da, nearly 4,000 died in the spearmen of the original Jizhou army, and they did not die in the hands of the Jizhou soldiers, but died after the war horse fell and trampled on each other, in other words, Zhang Qi and Cao Da really lost only 1,000 horses.

On the other hand, Fei **, that time it lost more than 2,000 infantry and hundreds of cavalry, and in other words, the northern Xinjiang side was not too badly defeated. It can only be said that Zhang Qi and Cao Da underestimated the will of Fei Guo and the infantry of the Jizhou Army under his command.

Thinking of this, Li Mao's heart suddenly calmed down, but after a few breaths, when he thought about it, his face turned red with anger.

Are you kidding. The Jizhou soldiers and infantry, how can they be compared with my Yuyang Iron Cavalry?!

Because he couldn't vent his anger in his heart, Li Mao didn't fall asleep all night.

originally expected Youdou to bring him some good news, but the next day, Li Mao saw Youdou who was defeated and returned to the camp.

"You...... Youdou, you ......"

Seeing that the armor on Youdou's body was red, Li Mao couldn't hide the horror in his heart, and asked urgently. "Even you were defeated?"

Under the incredulous gaze of Yan King Li Mao, You Dou silently lowered his arrogant head and said stubbornly, "Liao Li is very cunning, and his martial arts are also quite skillful, so that the last general ...... Accidentally fell into his tricks and encountered an ambush ......"

"Tell me about it!" Li Mao frowned and asked.

So, Youdou told everything he had experienced to Li Mao, the king of Yan. I could only hear the anger and indignation on Li Mao's face.

You must know that since he was taught a hard lesson by Liang Qiu Wu back then, Youdou has changed his initial arrogance and arrogance. He was a foreigner. But he studied the art of war of the Great Zhou hard, and now he is quite accomplished, coupled with his outstanding martial arts, Li Mao promoted him to the deputy commander of the three armies, as the deputy general of his Yan King Li Mao. It is hard to imagine that such a fierce general would be defeated at the hands of a cavalry of the Jizhou army of 2,000 people.

"Not two thousand. There are about seven or eight thousand ......" I don't know if I guessed what Li Mao was thinking, Youdou defended himself hard.

"That's it!" Li Mao interrupted Youdou's words with a loud shout, then took a deep breath, and shouted to the guards outside the tent door, "Call Zhang Qi, Cao Da, Le Xu, and Xiao Huo!" ”

"Yes. Rajah! The soldiers outside the tent immediately answered the order.

Not long after, Zhang Qi, Le Xu, Xiao Huo, and Cao Da, who was wrapped in bandages all over his body, came to the handsome tent. When they saw Youdou kneeling on the ground, their faces were visibly stunned.

Especially Zhang Qi and Cao Da, they glanced at each other in disbelief, and said in their hearts No, could it be that even Youdou suffered?

Seeing that all the generals had come to the tent, Li Mao, the king of Yan, who was a little angry, seemed to notice Youdou who was still kneeling on the ground, waved his hand and said, "Okay, Youdou, you get up first!" ”

"Your Highness!" Hugging his fists, You Dou got up and returned to his queue, that is, the first place on the left hand side of Yan King Li Mao.

After that, for dozens of breaths, the entire tent was silent, Li Mao naturally glanced at the fierce generals under these tents, on the other hand, Youdou, Zhang Qi and others looked at the ground under their feet, and did not dare to raise their heads at all.

Finally, a heavy snort from Yan King Li Mao broke the silence in the tent.

"Look at what you're doing these days?! A small Ji Kyoto can't be attacked! ”

"......" Le Xu lowered his head red-faced.

"The formation of 70,000 or 80,000 people was rushed by Ma Dan and the 10,000 cavalry, not to mention, and they were played ......around."

"......" The young general Xiao Huo subconsciously shrank his head, not daring to peek at Li Mao's face. After all, the idiot in Li Mao's mouth who was played around by Ma Dan was undoubtedly him.

"The 20,000 Yuyang Iron Cavalry were defeated by 4,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry, a total of 8,000 Jizhou Army!"

"......" Zhang Qi and Cao Da lowered their heads in unison.

"It was also 20,000 Yuyang Iron Cavalry, but it was played around by 2,000 Jizhou Jizhou, and finally crashed into the other party's ambush ground......"

"......" Youdou opened his mouth and was speechless.

"What do you want the king to say about you?!" Slapped the table in front of him, smashing the whole case to pieces, Yan King Li Mao glanced at the five fierce generals who accompanied him in the grassland with a pair of tiger eyes, and his heart was angry and angry.

What is angry is that these generals, who are deeply valued by him, have suffered defeats one after another, Jijing can't be attacked, and Jizhou soldiers can't be defeated, which makes him how can Li Mao, the king of Yan, achieve hegemony? !

And the angry thing is that You Dou, Zhang Qi and others are not without ability, thinking about how reliable these people are when they are on the grassland, in the most difficult time at the beginning, he Li Mao and Cao Da, Zhang Qi and Wu Heng who later betrayed, a few people started from a cavalry team of only a few hundred people, step by step This is how they have come to the present, they can be called generals who share weal and woe, if it were not for this, this time they suffered such a defeat, according to Li Mao's temperament, they would have pushed out the defeated generals and cut them down.

In the work of half a pillar of incense, Li Mao, the king of Yan, scolded in the tent, not because he had any prejudice against the generals, but that he hoped to use this angry scolding to wake up these generals who didn't know what they were doing these days.

From start to finish. You Dou, Zhang Qi, Cao Da, and Le Xu bowed their heads and were silent, silently bearing the anger from their own lord, only Xiao Huo secretly watched Li Mao's expression from time to time, scratching his ears and cheeks, and secretly hoped that his lord would dissipate his anger earlier.

And at that moment, a chuckle came from the tent.

"Lord Mao, I thought that Lord Mao hadn't got to the point yet! Even if they scold like this, I'm afraid the generals won't wake up to where they have been defeated......"

"What?" Yan King Li Mao subconsciously raised his head. I want to see which daring guy dares to interject when he scolds his generals. As a result, as soon as he looked up, he saw Chu You, the Anyi hero known as the Sword God of Cloth, standing near the tent with his sword in his arms, looking at the defeated generals with a smile.

"Chu You, what do you mean by that?" You Dou glared at Chu You with a gloomy face, you know, his martial arts are on par with this sword god, therefore. Youdou is not afraid that this guy will attack him.

Seeing Youdou and the others showing angry faces, Chu You was stunned, and then waved his hand again and again and said. "Gentlemen, do not be angry. I just talk about things in the following, and I never mean to slander the generals! -- The generals are loyal to the prince of Mao, and want to help the prince achieve the hegemony of the future, and also vote for the prince of Mao in the next, you and I are colleagues of each other, how can you speak and ridicule in the next? ”

Chu You explained. The faces of Youdou and the others suddenly looked much better, and even the complexion of Li Mao, the king of Yan, improved a little, raised his hand and said, "Chu You, what suggestions do you have." Let's hear it. ”

I saw that the cloth-clothed sword god Chu You bowed to Li Mao, the king of Yan, and said respectfully. "Your Highness, forgive me for eavesdropping below. In my opinion, the generals have suffered defeats this time, not because the generals are not skilled, or that the strength of the Yuyang Iron Cavalry is too poor, it should be said that the strength of the Yuyang Iron Cavalry is too strong......"

"What are you talking about? Can't I hear the irony when I wait? The young and vigorous Xiao Huo couldn't help but scold.

"Shut up!" Glaring at Xiao Huo fiercely, Li Mao frowned and looked at Chu You, and said puzzledly, "Chu You, how can you say this?" ”

Chu You raised his right hand when he heard this, stretched out three fingers, and said, "The so-called tiger fights the rabbit with all his strength, as brave as a tiger, and when hunting, he always uses all his strength, so that the prey has the slightest possibility of escaping or resisting." However, these days, looking at the tiger of my northern Xinjiang army, it doesn't seem to be like this...... First of all, when Ma Dan led 10,000 Jizhou cavalry to provoke on the side, why was there only General Xiao Huo who led 10,000 cavalry to chase after him? At that time, the other 30,000 Yuyang Iron Horsemen were just waiting on the sidelines, weren't they? ”

"This ......" touched his chin, and Li Mao and the people in the tent were speechless.

Shaking his head, Chu Youzheng said, "If it was 40,000 Yuyang Iron Cavalry at that time, even if that Ma Dan was a famous general of Yanmen in the Northland, it would be difficult to do anything under the pursuit of 40,000 Yuyang Iron Cavalry, let alone destroy several wells of our army......

"The tiger fights the rabbit with all his might...... Is it? Li Mao showed a trance look on his face, as if he was recalling something from the past.

Second, according to General Zhang Qi, when General Zhang Qi and General Cao Da saw Fei Guo's 8,000 soldiers, they immediately ordered an attack...... Zai Xia is not good at commanding the army, but he can't help but ask, cavalry combat, isn't it about chasing and destroying? With tireless harassment, the enemy army is distraught, unable to retreat, unable to advance, and demoralizing plummeting, so that he leads the whole army to assault? Why didn't Zhang Qi and Cao Da even do the most basic harassment, so they just killed the past? - Without him, the two generals did not do their best! ”

"......" Zhang Qi and Cao Da glanced at each other, and their faces were moved. They are also experienced generals in a hundred battles, and with a little bit of attention, Chu You suddenly understood.

"Third, General Youdou, I don't understand, why did the general see that Liao Li only had two thousand horsemen, so he subconsciously sent two thousand Yuyang iron horsemen to break off? Although he didn't know anything about military affairs, he also understood that if the general left 10,000 people behind at that time, how could Liao Li dare to be presumptuous? ”

"This ......" Yudou opened his mouth, speechless.

"Generally speaking, in my opinion, although the generals have suffered defeats repeatedly, it is because the generals have not used all their strength...... Including Lord Mao, you are all underestimated! - Proud soldiers, they will be defeated! ”

Hugging his fists, Chu You Zhengse said.

Everyone in the tent was shocked when they heard this, and Li Mao, the king of Yan, looked at Chu You with great vigour, and said in exclamation, "Gao Theory! - Chu You, if it weren't for your words, this king almost missed a big thing! ”

Seeing Li Mao's praise, Chu You shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Your Highness has praised it falsely...... What do you say, I just said a few words that everyone understands, but the bystanders are clear, the authorities are confused, His Royal Highness and the generals are all great heroes who dominate the grassland, and they have won all battles, so they unconsciously think that the heroes of the world are just like this, and this mentality is not ......"

"Hmm!" Yan Wang Li Mao nodded uncertainly. In fact, he had already realized this earlier, after all, if he had overestimated himself too much, why would he not be able to capture Jijing, so that his northern army would be blocked from advancing in Jijing?

Seeing this, Chu You said again, "It is true that General Liangqiu Wu is indeed a rare heroine among women in the world, and he is better than men, but if His Royal Highness despises General Liangqiu because he managed to trap him, and thinks that he can achieve hegemony without effort, this is a little too underestimating the heroes of the world!" - Your Highness Mingjian! ”

"Hmm......" Li Mao nodded, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard an urgent report from outside the tent.

"Report! -- Sixty miles south of the capital of Jizhou, the traces of the brigade were found, suspected to be the main division of the Jizhou Army! ”

"Xie An? It's coming so fast! The little snack was taken aback, Li Mao narrowed his eyes, licked his lips and muttered, "It's okay, I will use Xie An's main division of the Jizhou Army to wash away the humiliation that my Yuyang Iron Cavalry has suffered these days!" -- Pass the order, all battalions in the army will rest well, and when the whole Jizhou army arrives, they will fight again! In front of the defenders of Jijing City, this king will completely defeat Xie An, the reinforcement on which the court has pinned its hopes! ”

On July 26, the fifth year of the Great Zhou Jingzhi, the main division of the Jizhou Army in the southern expedition finally returned to Jijing under the leadership of Xie An.

As of that day, Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li of the partial division, as well as Xie An of the main division, and a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Jizhou Army, all arrived in Beijing.

This civil strife around the Jingshi and around the throne of the Great Zhou Emperor can be regarded as the real curtain.