Three days later, Liu Xiu crossed a hill and saw the slowly flowing Huangshui, as well as the quiet city on the side of the Huangshui. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Yes, quiet city. Although the city gate was open, there was no one at the city gate, and a few lazy soldiers were holding spears and halberds, leaning against the city wall, bathed in the warm winter sun. There was no wind, and the flag at the head of the city was not unfurled, and it hung quietly on the flagpole. A few people driving the mules put their hands in their sleeves, shrunk their necks, and walked slowly, their fat trouser legs and tight clothes were correspondingly interesting, and the whole person looked like a pot with a short neck and a big belly.

The scene in front of them was so peaceful that the Han army who walked out of the valley felt a little uncomfortable, they worked hard to get out of the mountains to kill people, but how could there be enemies here? No matter how you look at it, you can't see that there's a war going on here?

"Won't it be a fork?" The soldiers looked at each other, and some of them laughed and laughed.

"It seems that it shouldn't be Yunwu, it's either Broken or Anyi." Liu Xiu looked back at the soldiers who walked out of the valley one after another, and there was no smile on his face. This surprise attack suffered greatly, and after three days of walking on a mountain road of more than 50 miles, more than 200 war horses were lost, more than 30 soldiers fell to death, and 300 or 400 people were slightly injured. The frozen path of Rokuya Mountain is too difficult to walk, not only slippery, but also full of gravel, and if you accidentally slip, you can easily be cut by the gravel.

"Send someone and you'll find out." Xun You's pale face showed a hint of a smile, no matter what, they finally came out of the mountain, and everything in front of them told him that no one would have thought that they would suddenly appear here.

"Ling Ming, you take a few people to seize the city gate."

Dehe led the way with several Qiang people urging the horses away. Down the dirt slope. When they came to the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city saw a few horses rushing to the avenue, and quickly stood up and pulled out the hand that was in his sleeve. Holding the cold weapon, he cursed first in his mouth.

"What for?"

While holding the reins and lowering the speed of his horse, Pound raised a military newspaper in his hand, glanced at the word "broken" on the city wall, and shouted: "We are from Jincheng." There is an urgent military report, get out of the way. ”

"No matter how urgent it is, it has to be checked." A middle-aged man who looked like a doorman walked over and scolded angrily. took the military newspaper and glanced at it, and suddenly said in surprise: "Is it the military report of the official army?" ”

Pound glanced at a few people behind him, and those people scattered without moving, each looking at their target. Pound fell from his horse. His right hand reached under his ribs, held the ring knife, and laughed softly: "Whose military report do you think it is?" Traitorous? ”

The man was taken aback, opened his mouth and exhaled, and Pound's face was cold. Standing up, the ring knife came out of its sheath, and with a knife cut the man's throat, he shouted: "Do it!" ”

In a flash. The sword at the gate of the city was swordsman, and blood was splashed everywhere. Before the soldiers could react, they were cut to the ground. When the city wall heard the screams, he was frightened and turned to close the city gate, but Pound rushed with his horse, slashing left and right with his ring knife, and killed the rushing soldiers in a hurry. The soldiers of the city rang the gong of Shejing and rushed down to engage in battle, and suddenly, a soldier pointed to the distance and exclaimed: "Look, look, the officers and soldiers ......."

The soldiers looked up and saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and a group of cavalry with the banner of the Han army, holding iron halberds like a forest, roared to the place. Although it was still a mile away, the indomitable murderous aura came to the face.

"It's the official army! It's the official army! Someone shouted, "Don't fight, don't fight, it's the officers and soldiers who have come to quell the rebellion." ”

The soldiers who were plucking up the courage to fight with Pang De and the others heard that they were the officers and soldiers who had come to quell the rebellion, and they all lost hope of fighting. Since the official army has arrived here, it means that the main force of the Qiang people in the Jincheng area has been defeated, and if they go against the official army, it will not be asking for trouble.

After their hesitation, Liu Xiu poured into the city with a large army and quickly controlled the situation.

Luo Yong, the chief of the broken Qiang, stumbled out, and knelt in front of Liu Xiu's horse with a plop, his black and thin face was full of sweat: "My lord, my lord, you are here." ”

Liu Xiu looked at him, then at the frightened soldiers, and asked in a harmonious voice: "Why are the Qiang people so relaxed when they invade the realm?" Is it because you have taken refuge in the Qiang people and feel that there is nothing wrong in the world? ”

"My lord, we ...... We can't help it. Rayong Khan rained down, he stammered and said, the Qiang people of Jincheng came quickly, and there were famous people Bian Zhang and the kingdom as the call, the big families in the city responded one after another, and he was a foreigner, if he didn't obey, he was likely to be cut down directly. As for the lack of strict garrison, it is because most of the soldiers have been requisitioned to attack the Lijiawu Fort, and there are only a few dozen people left in the city, that is, pretending, not to mention that the main force of the Qiang people is in Jincheng, and no one pays attention here.

"Your Excellency has already defeated the Qiang?" Rayong asked cautiously. Jincheng only said that the official army was about to arrive, but there was no news of the battle, let alone the news of the defeat of the Qiang people, and Luo Yong was very puzzled by Liu Xiu's sudden appearance here.

"It's coming." Liu Xiu was in no mood to talk to him: "Where is Bian Zhang and the kingdom?" ”

"About ten days ago, they went to fight the Koji family with Huang Zhongqiang and Yi Conghu."

"How many people do Yungo have now?"

When Luo Yong heard this, he guessed what Liu Xiu meant, and hurriedly puffed up his chest: "My lord, Yunwu doesn't have many people now, if the adult wants to take Yunwu, I am willing to take the lead for the adult and atone for the sin." ”

Liu Xiu smiled and nodded: "Very good, take your person, follow me to win Yunwu." ”

"My lord, won't you take a break?"

"The soldiers are fast, take Yungo and rest." Liu Xiu glanced at the Broken Qiang City, which was less than a tael in radius, and said in his heart that such a small city can't afford to support my 3,000 cavalry, so it's better to go to Yunwu, don't let the people think that the official army is a swarm of locusts, it is better to surrender to the Qiang people.

Luo Yong didn't dare to say more, in fact, he was really afraid that Liu Xiu would have to take a rest in Poqiang, there were only more than 300 households in total, and there was no way to supply Liu Xiu's 3,000 people who seemed to have been hungry for two days. He immediately led several county officials to Yunwu City, pretending to have urgent affairs, infiltrated Yunwu City, and took control of the city gates.

Liu Xiu smoothly entered Yunwu City.

Both the kingdom and the side chapter have gone to attack the Koji family. There was no one in charge of the Taishou Mansion, and in the face of the sudden arrival of Liu Xiu, no one dared to stand up and resist. Liu Xiubing took over the Taishou Mansion bloodlessly, under the leadership of a certain county official who wanted to make meritorious contributions. Go straight to the backyard.

Yan Zhong sat in front of the desk, and "The Theory of Hidden Husbands" was placed in front of him, but he didn't move. There was a commotion in the front yard of the Taishou Mansion, as if there were a lot of people coming, and he didn't know what was going on, only that the guards were whispering. It wasn't until Liu Xiu strode in that Yan Zhong smiled, and then hurried two more steps. Ashamed, he bowed to Liu Xiu and pleaded guilty: "Loyalty and incompetence have failed the high hopes of the general." ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly helped Yan Zhong up: "Sir, why should you be like this, this is an accident, even I didn't expect Bian Zhang and the kingdom to be so bold." Nothing to do with Mr. I am very comforted that my husband is loyal and refuses to be with the traitors. ”

Yan Zhong was a little surprised when he saw that Liu Xiu was sincere. After learning that Liu Xiu came from Liugu Mountain, Zhong Qiang's main force may have been attracted to Yugu. Yan Zhong was overjoyed, clapped his hands and said, "General, in this way, there is only one place in Jincheng County where there is a rebellion. ”

"Where?"

"Koji. The Koji family is strong. The kingdom they have not been able to conquer. When the general arrived in Jincheng, they feared that they would be attacked on their backs. That's why I'm ruthless, but the koji family is not so easy to fight. So far, no news has come, apparently not yet succeeded. The general is gone, and he can get another help. ”

Liu Xiu heard Yan Zhong talk about the situation of the Koji family, but he didn't dare to slack off, and after handing over Yunwu's defense to Taishou Chen Yi, he set off with the personal guard battalion that had simply rested.

Bian Zhang sat in the command car, looking at the Kojijiawu Fort in the fireworks, upset. After attacking for five or six days, there was still no way to take the Koji family, Koji Ying had been hiding and not showing up, and when Koji Yi saw him, he either scolded or had a burst of arrows, so that he had an empty stomach but had no chance to say. Originally, more than 20,000 Qiang people were gathered to attack Wubao, but as soon as Zhong Dian's news came, he said that Liu Xiu had attacked Yugu and asked the kingdom to intercept it no matter what, but the kingdom and Beigong Boyu left with 10,000 people, leaving only him and Li Wenhou to continue the attack.

He knew that the kingdom was unwilling to tear his face with the Koji family, so he took the initiative to ask to intercept Liu Xiu, and he also knew that Li Wenhou was dissatisfied with him, and he wanted to abandon him and attack the Koji family alone. But he didn't have a choice, he couldn't bear to fight the Koji family, and he couldn't let Li Wenhou duli attack, first, Li Wenhou didn't have that ability, and second, he was afraid that if Li Wenhou broke the Koji family, he would kill on a large scale.

is in this contradiction of gains and losses all day long, and Bian Zhang is going crazy.

"How did you stop attacking?" Li Wenhou walked over with a face, stood in front of Bian Zhang, and shouted: "I'm about to attack, you Mingjin has withdrawn the army, and my people are all dead in vain." ”

"It's getting dark, the soldiers have been fighting for a day, and it's time to rest." Bian Zhang tried his best to suppress his emotions, and explained softly: "After fighting for so many days, it's not bad for this day, the casualties are too great, and it's not good for you, isn't it?" ”

Li Wenhou snorted and didn't say anything more. He is Zhang Ye's righteous servant Hu, his strength is not strong, and if he loses one in the Koji family, he will lose one, of course he doesn't want to suffer too many casualties. But after attacking the Koji family for so long, a lot of people have died, if you can't break through the Koji family and plunder, how can you appease his soldiers? After attacking the city according to Bian Zhang's method, the progress was indeed much faster, and today he stepped on the wall of Koji's house for the first time, and almost succeeded, but he was disrupted by Bian Zhang's order, and the support behind him did not follow, and he was squeezed down by Koji Yi with people, which naturally held his breath.

He felt that this was deliberate on the part of Bian Zhang, who was afraid that he would break through the Koji family and deliberately drag him back.

"Sir is a celebrity, this kind of bloody thing can't be done, or I'll command." Li Wenhou waved his hand, "Please go to the camp to rest." ”

Several cronies and generals behind him hugged him, and just as he was about to make a move, the subordinates of the Bian family shouted and rushed over, and both sides invariably drew their knives. Li Wenhou sneered, glanced contemptuously at the Bian family's trilogy, and then looked at the Bian Zhang. Bian Zhang was gloomy, stood up, took one last look at the dock fort of the Koji family, sighed, put his hands behind his back, and walked away.

The Bian family looked at Li Wenhou with vigilance and left one after another.

Li Wenhou sat down on the command platform, patted the armrest, picked up the wine jug left by Bian Zhang, poured two sips, threw the horsewhip to the case, and put the two dirty feet on the case, and drank: "Beat the drum, attack overnight, and you must take the Koji family today." The first to arrive can be given priority in picking loot. ”

The Qiang generals were overjoyed and returned to their respective teams.

The drums of war are back. The battlefield, which had been slowly quiet, boiled again.

Koji Yi looked at Qiang Hu, who was preparing to attack again, his thick eyebrows tightened, and he thought nervously as he ordered to prepare for another battle. He noticed a change in the command platform outside the city. Bian Zhang's battle flag was gone, and it was replaced by Li Wenhou's, which shows that the next battle will be more cruel and bloody. Yes, before Bian Zhang came, although the Qiang people were brave, they were not smart enough, and they would only use the most primitive method of ant attachment. But after the kingdom and the border chapter came. They taught the Qiang people all kinds of siege techniques, and in just a few days, they had siege engines and watchtowers. With the nest car, all of this has brought a lot of pressure to the Koji family.

Koji Yi believes that if it weren't for Bian Zhang's mercy, the Koji family would have been attacked just now.

But. Now that Bian Zhang is gone, and Li Wenhou is in command of the war, will he still be soft?

Ko Ying walked behind Ko Yi at some point, and the two brothers looked side by side at the command car outside the city. Look at the eastern sky.

"Big brother, do you regret it?" Koji Yi suddenly felt a little ashamed. If it weren't for his insistence on not bowing to the Qiang people, but temporarily attaching himself to the Qiang people like Bianzhang and the kingdom. They may not be in such danger.

"What is there to regret?" Ko Young laughed, he turned his head and looked at Ko Yi's bloodstained face, his eyes full of pride and satisfaction. Koji Yi's heart warmed up, his stiff body slowly relaxed, and his tense face showed a smile.

"Yuntian, have you thought about it, why hasn't the kingdom shown up for several days?"

Lu Yi frowned disapprerovingly: "General Wei arrived in Yuzhong, Zhong Dian and they were afraid that there would be insufficient troops, so they asked him to support." He sneered: "I have always heard that Zhong Dian is very cautious, but now it seems that it is not so simple as prudence, he is simply as cowardly as a mouse, with seventy or eighty thousand horses in his hands, and he was actually frightened by General Wei's seven or eight thousand people." ”

Ko Ying sighed: "Yuntian, you are invincible in battle, and you are the most skilled soldier in our family so far, but what I want to remind you is that it is far from enough to only use soldiers." Many famous generals in ancient times did not die well, you have read so many soldiers, don't you still know this truth? ”

Koji pouted, disapproving, but refused to speak disrespectfully to his brother. Although he is arrogant, he has always had a respectful respect for his brother Ko Ying. The brother is not as good as him in the army, but the wisdom of the elder brother and the love of the elder brother for him are enough to win his respect.

"Why did Sun Wu become a soldier saint?" Koji continued: "Because he can not only use soldiers, but also people, and can see the struggle outside the battlefield. "Ko Ying walked slowly along the city wall, his hand gently caressing the rough city wall, like a treasure jade appreciating the heirloom." Zhong Dian has seventy or eighty thousand people, and there are not many ten thousand people in the more kingdoms, and there are not many ten thousand people in the less kingdoms, but whether there are ten thousand people in the kingdom or not, it is completely different for my Koji family. Zhong Dian is a Qiang man, he may not know this, but the kingdom will not know? ”

Koji Yi's heart moved, "Big brother, are you saying that the kingdom didn't go to Yuzhong?" ”

"I don't know where he went, but I'm sure he didn't go to Yuzhong." Ko Ying said unhurriedly: "The place he went to should be more important than Yuzhong." ”

"What could that be?" Koji Yi was also a little confused, and after a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said urgently: "Yugu! It must have been General Wei who went to Yugu, and Zhong Dian had no time to stop him, so he had to ask the kingdom to take a shortcut from here to intercept General Wei. ”

Ko Ying turned around and looked at Ko Yi with some surprise: "Go to Yugu?" ”

"It must be." Koji Yoshiki was a little excited. He likes to use soldiers the most, and pays special attention to famous generals, he used to be Liangzhou Sanming, and recently he is Liu Xiu, who has just debuted and is in the limelight, and he pays attention to collecting their information. Especially Liu Xiu, a rising star, defeated the Xianbei King Tanshihuai in just three or five years, and he couldn't do it without paying attention to him. Every time Liu Xiu fought, he analyzed it, and he was very familiar with the characteristics of Liu Xiu's use of soldiers. He waved his hand vigorously: "General Wei's troops are the most unexpected, he is not strong enough, it is impossible to fight Zhong Dian in a decisive battle, in this case, his best choice is to attack Yugu, forcing Zhong Dian to follow him to evacuate Jincheng." ”

Ko Ying thought about it carefully and felt that it was very possible, but he immediately shook his head again: "It's not easy to run for thousands of miles, the kingdom is going to this time, it is likely to block him in the valley, and the attack will not succeed, but he will be attacked by the kingdom and Zhong Dian back and forth, even if he escapes." It is also possible to get lost in the mountains and run out of military rations. Alas, the probability of success is very low. ”

Koji Yi also sighed, "Not bad. General Wei only brought the personal guard battalion, his personal guard battalion is mainly composed of Youhe people, and the war horses they use are also suitable for the grassland gallop, which is not suitable for the terrain here for us, and the speed will be greatly reduced, if there is not enough time, I am afraid that it will be chased by the Qiang people. ”

"The soldiers are in danger, and if you are not careful, you will lose everything." Koji Ying sighed faintly. Shook his head again and again. The thought that Liu Xiu was likely to be frustrated made his mood even worse.

"Big brother, you go down to rest, Qianghu is going to attack the city." Koji Yi saw that the Qiang people below had begun to line up. Hurriedly beckoned Ko Ying to take refuge in the city, pulled out his war knife, and shouted loudly: "Beat the drum, face the battle!" ”

The drums outside the city suddenly became rapid, and groups of archers climbed the high platform. Towards the castle, several shè hands with superb archery skills got into the nest car, and the nest car slowly rose in a creaking and shaking sound, and crossed the city walls. The defense of the city is clearly understood. Koji Yi has the most headache for these nest cars, and he can't stop cursing Bian Zhang and the kingdom in his heart. The Qiang people don't understand this. They could not see the situation at the head of the city, so they could only attack blindly. But now it's different, Bian Zhang taught them to make nest cars, and all the arrangements at the head of the city are clearly exposed in front of the Qiang people, which is very unfavorable to them.

But Koji Yoshiki had no choice, those shè men hid in the wooden huts, they could shè arrows at the city wall, but there were no archers like that at the head of the city who could shè them, he could only focus on the archers who pushed siege engines to hit the gates and high platforms, and the enemies who pushed the ladders to attach the city.

The battle began again, and the Qiang people poured like cháo water, and long arrows rained down on the city from all directions, and the Koji clan who had suppressed the city could not raise their heads. Koji Yi held his shield and ran behind the female wall with his waist bent, shouting loudly, urging those tribes to brave the rain of arrows of the other party to fight back.

This obviously comes at a price, as soon as the Koji family comes out, it will be attacked from all sides, and often it is too late for the arrow in the hand of the shè to be hit by the other party, and in the face of the arrow array that overwhelms xing, the koji family is very passive. At the urging of Kojiyi, they had to fight stubbornly and fell down one by one.

Koji Yi's heart ached, these people were his usual good subordinates, and many of them were still his clansmen, but now they fell in front of him one after another, despite this, he still roared desperately, ordering everyone to go to the city wall, otherwise let the Qiang people crawl, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Li Wenhou looked at the figure of Koji Yi rushing to the head of the city, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. What a hero, a hero is invincible to his fists, and the tiger is also afraid of wolves, I have more troops than you, and I can drown you if I drown people. Today, I must break through the Koji family and let that Koji kneel in front of me.

"Attack, if you don't break the Koji family, you won't give up today." Li Wenhou once again gave the order to fight to the death. What kingdom, what side chapter, celebrities have a fart, without you, Lao Tzu can also take the Koji family. Li Wenhou cursed while glancing back at the direction of Bian Zhang's camp. A sneer at the corner of his mouth just bloomed, and suddenly froze.

Li Wenhou turned around sharply, squinted his eyes, and looked into the distance.

A puff of smoke and dust soared into the sky on the horizon. Li Wenhou, who has been fighting for more than ten years, knows this kind of smoke and dust very well, this is the smoke and dust of the cavalry of the brigade when charging at high speed.

Where did the cavalry come from? Zhong Qiang? Did they defeat Liu Xiu? But no, they are coming to my aid, even if they don't notify me in advance, there is no need to charge.

Li Wenhou suddenly felt an ominous feeling, waved his hand and called a few scouts to let them investigate, and at the same time beat the war drums of jing, ordering the soldiers besieging the city to stop attacking, while the soldiers who were originally in charge of jing preparations turned around and prepared for battle.

The Qiang people, who were about to attack the Koji family and plunder, were confused by this order, and they did not know what was happening, so they asked Li Wenhou for instructions with their horns. Li Wenhou was so angry that he beat the war drums again, reminding everyone that there might be an enemy in the rear approaching at high speed.

Hearing this order, the Qiang people didn't dare to hesitate anymore and immediately changed their formation.

Koji Yoshi, who was at the head of the city, also heard the sound of the drums of Shijing, and looked to the east in surprise, only to see that in the afterglow of the falling sun, a cavalry with an indistinct number of people galloped along the road between the valleys, and their bodies were a little cold. Whether it is the kind of momentum or the fiery red battle flag fluttering in front of them, they are very different from the Qiang people.

Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, suddenly understood, and roared sharply: "It's the official army, the official army has come to save us!" "To be continued.