――Time goes back to before the beginning of spring, Boling, the commander tent of the Northern Xinjiang Army Battalion --

Around dusk, the five tigers of Northern Xinjiang sat in the tent and reported to Li Mao, the king of Yan, about the battle situation in the past few days.

Perhaps the five tigers in northern Xinjiang are all fierce generals with a resounding reputation in the grassland, but in the face of the dangerous Boling guarded by the "Yan Tiger Ji" Liangqiu Dance, the generals are still at a loss.

On the main seat, Li Mao, the king of Yan, closed his eyes and recuperated, as if he hadn't heard the discussions of the generals in the tent at all, and he calmed down.

I don't know how long it took, Cao Da, the general of the Northern Xinjiang Army, couldn't help it, and said, "Your Highness, the matter of Boling is a strong attack and a detour, and I ask Your Highness to make a decision quickly!" ”

"Assault?" Li Mao slowly opened his eyes and said with a smile, "Lu saw a fierce tiger lying in the middle, and he didn't want to change his course, so why don't you want to provoke it?" ”

The generals in the tent were stunned when they heard this, because Li Mao's implication was to take the initiative to avoid Liangqiu Dance and choose another way to Jijing.

"What about the Tigers?" Xiao Huo, the youngest general among the Five Tigers in Northern Xinjiang, said indignantly when he heard this, "Isn't our army a fierce tiger? Why be afraid of a mere woman? ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw Youdou, a general who was also one of the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, frowning and saying, "Okay, Xiao Huo, you can stop for a while!" The bravery of the Yanhu Ji Liangqiu Dance is beyond your imagination! Haven't you tasted it the other day?! ”

Xiao Huo's face was stunned when he heard this, after all, a while ago, he did not respect the general order that could not be held, and privately led the army to pursue Xiang Qing, the general of the Eastern Army who attacked his northern Xinjiang military camp, but was ambushed by Liang Qiu Wu for a while.

Listening to Youdou's words scolding Xiao Huo. Cao Da, Zhang Qi, and Le Xu, the other three of the five tigers in northern Xinjiang, secretly laughed in their hearts, because the current Xiao Huo is a copy of Youdou three years ago, the same unruly, the same arrogance, it's just that. You Dou learned to be obedient after hitting a wall on Liang Qiu Dance's side, and gradually became more stable, and Xiao Huo, although he was almost killed on the spot by Liang Qiu Dance a while ago, he still did not change his temperament, and he kept shouting. One day, he will definitely find Liang Qiu Dance to avenge the revenge of that shot.

[Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!] ]

Seeing Xiao Huo's unyielding appearance, the generals were secretly amused in their hearts. While laughing, they couldn't help but sigh, only after they had seen the strength of Liangqiu Dance could they appreciate how terrible the female general of the Liangqiu family was.

"Your Highness means to bypass Boling in a roundabout way?" Ignoring Xiao Huo, who was a little indignant, Zhang Qi touched his chin and thought. "Ke Boling is known as the gateway to the north of Jijing, with poor mountains and mountains, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find other roads, right?"

Li Mao smiled when he heard this, raised his hand and said lightly, "This matter will be put on hold for the time being, don't be impatient for a while, just wait for good news!" ”

"Good news?" The generals looked at each other. They didn't understand what Li Mao meant, but they didn't dare to ask more, so they had to hold their hearts.

I don't know how long it took, a man walked in outside the tent without notice, this person was estimated to be around thirty, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a powerful force, and a pair of thick eyebrows and big eyes were quite imposing. Although this person is just a single sword in cloth, and his clothes are not eye-catching, but he faintly gives people a not weak atmosphere.

"Chu You?" Cao Da's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously held the sword that was swinging horizontally on the table in front of him.

Xiao Huo was stunned. looked blankly at the other "big brothers", but found that the expressions of Zhang Qi, Le Xu, You Dou and others had also become extremely solemn.

"Who is this guy?" Xiao Huo asked Zhang Qi beside him in a low voice.

I saw a bit of solemnity in Zhang Qi's eyes, and he lowered his voice and said, "Chu You, one of the Anyi assassins." It's always been a loner......"

"Isn't it amazing?" Xiao Huo asked with a puzzled expression.

As soon as the words fell, he listened to the music continuation and said, "Known as the 'Cloth Sword God', do you say it is powerful?!" ”

"Sword ...... Sword God? Xiao Huo was stunned, looking at the man named Chu You from head to toe, only to see that this person was wearing dry grass and hair, wearing cloth clothes, with a blue cloth wrapped around his waist as a belt, and a pair of straw sandals under his feet.

Not to mention that Xiao Huo was looking at Chu You up and down over there, but Youdou, Zhang Qi, Cao Da and others stood up one after another, among them, Cao Da took the lead in shouting, "Chu You, last time you assassinated His Highness, His Highness kindly spared your life, you don't appreciate it, do you want to assassinate Your Highness?" ”

Chu You laughed when he heard this, looked at Li Mao and said with a chuckle, "After he said this, Chu and His Highness have indeed not seen each other for three years, right?" ”

Under the surprised gaze of the generals in the tent, Li Mao laughed and said, "Ah, it has indeed been three years since you wanted to assassinate the king in Yuyang that day!" ”

Chu You said with a wry smile when he heard this, "It was indeed Chu Moumeng who gave ...... that day."

Li Mao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Where, it's just that this king overdid it at that time!" - If it weren't for the Chu knights to stop this king, this king would probably make many people feel cold......"

Chu You nodded when he heard this, and after taking a deep look at Li Mao, he clenched his fists and said, "His Royal Highness Mao was released that day, and he did not hesitate to explain the reason to the lower in order with the respect of the prince Chitose, and finally listened to the petition of the lower one, this kindness is in the heart of the next!" As he spoke, he took a deep breath, knocked on the ground and clenched his fists and said, "Today is the time for someone Chu to repay his kindness!" ”

Li Mao was overjoyed when he heard this, got up and took a few steps forward, subdued Chu You, and said with a smile, "This king is the most important martial artist, especially a heroic warrior like Your Excellency who draws a sword for the people!" -- The events of the day, past this king, the two of us can be regarded as not fighting and not knowing each other......"

"The pride of Lord Mao is far beyond the reach of the next!" Shaking his head and sighing, Chu You Zhengse said, "Previously, Prince Mao sent letters to each other, and in the next return to his hometown, Anyi, I gathered more than thirty brothers who have always been friends, all of whom are skilled in swordsmanship...... It's a pity that my Anyi swordsman has always been a loner, and I can't gather my brothers scattered all over the place in a hurry, and I hope that Lord Mao will forgive me! ”

"Where, with the help of Your Excellency and more than 30 heroes of Anyi, this king is like a tiger with wings. How can you be greedy and insufficient? - Please! Raising his hand, Li Mao personally invited Chu You into the banquet.

The generals in the tent suddenly realized that this cloth-clothed sword god Chu You was actually the help of his lord Li Mao with a letter. Suddenly, the stagnant and tense atmosphere in the tent immediately dissipated without a trace.

"This ...... What's going on? Seeing that Li Mao personally welcomed Chu You into the table. Xiao Huo couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, after all, it was not difficult to see from the attitude of You Dou and the others that Chu You was once his enemy in the northern frontier, and even stabbed Li Mao in public, how could he suddenly become a helper again?

Therefore. He asked Cao Da beside him in a low voice.

At this moment, Cao Da had also dispelled his hostility towards Chu You, and explained in a low voice when he heard this, "It has been less than two years since you were promoted by His Royal Highness, so you don't know that Chu You is a hero...... You should know about Wu Heng, right? ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Huo nodded, and scolded in a tone that seemed to be the same enemy, "That guy is a traitor who betrayed His Highness!" ”

Cao Da shook his head. "It's not just a traitor who betrayed His Highness, it's more precise, this person didn't have a heart of allegiance from the beginning!" -- Wu Heng was a spy of the Taiping Army, and the reason why he lurked in my northern Xinjiang in those years was just to wait for an opportunity to provoke a war between Northern Xinjiang and Jijing. So that he can take the opportunity to sit in the south of the Yangtze River...... Sandpiper and clam compete for the fisherman's profit, Wu Heng plans to be the fisherman, understand? ”

"Understood...... But what does this have to do with that Chu You? Xiao Huo asked puzzled.

"That's almost the point...... On that day, Wu Heng's identity was exposed by Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, and Xie An, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and fled in a hurry, His Royal Highness was furious, and after returning to northern Xinjiang, he vigorously searched for the spies of the Taiping Army......" Speaking of this, he secretly glanced at Li Mao, and saw that Li Mao was talking to Chu You, and did not notice this, so he whispered again. "You also know His Highness's temper, once he is annoyed, it will not be helpful for anyone to persuade him, at that time, for the sake of Wu Heng's affairs, His Royal Highness wantonly hunted and killed the Taiping army spies in the land of Youyan and Yan, and the means were ...... Not. The methods were too drastic, so that the people complained, so they angered that Chu You......"

"Huh?"

"You don't know, the Anyi assassin is the most upright, a chivalrous spirit, at that time Chu You mistakenly thought that His Royal Highness was persecuting the people, and he was furious in his heart, and he single-handedly entered my Yuyang Mansion with a single sword, and wanted to assassinate His Highness, but was defeated by His Highness's force...... His Royal Highness has always respected chivalrous people, although Chu You also injured His Royal Highness at that time, His Royal Highness not only did not blame the past, but also listened to Chu You's advice, and ordered to stop the search for the Taiping army in the land of Youyan and Yan, and appease the frightened people......" Speaking of this, Cao Da turned his head and glanced at Chu You, and secretly said in his heart that Chu was worthy of being a chivalrous and righteous Anyi hero, and he knew about Entubao.

It is undeniable that although Chu You does not know how to march and fight, the sword in his hand alone is the help that the Northern Xinjiang Army cannot ask for.

By now, Youdou and the others had also guessed that what their lord Li Mao was waiting for was this cloth-clothed sword god Chu You, but they hadn't figured out the most fundamental reason yet.

After all, although Chu You's personal strength is strong, he doesn't know how to march and fight at all, and now the Northern Xinjiang Army is trying to prepare for the attack on the dangerous pass Boling, although there is no more Chu You, a sword god with superb swordsmanship, it is undoubtedly an extra help, but this help is still insignificant for that Yanhu Ji Liangqiu Dance after all.

Just when the generals were secretly surprised, Li Mao had slowly explained the reason for asking Chu You to come over for help.

"Chu You, you and this king don't know each other, and they are each other's confidants, so this king won't be too polite with you, that's the case...... This king sat in the northern Xinjiang in the early years, sticking to my big periphery, but the throne was usurped by Xiaojiu Li Shou, this time the king raised troops, it was to regain the throne that should belong to the king, but the court sent the king's sister, the general of the Eastern Army, Liang Qiuwu, to guard the dangerous Guan Boling...... This king will not say that it is Gu Nian's affection and can't bear to attack, this king is just invincible to Xiao Wu's martial arts, so he is helpless in the face of the danger of Boling......"

A hint of determination flashed in Chu You's eyes, you must know that An Yi Haoxia is the most particular about the death of a confidant, and when he heard this, he said, "Don't worry, Lord Mao, even if Chu tries his best, he will help His Highness take Boling!" ”

"No, no, no, Chu You misunderstood." Li Mao waved his hand again and again, he didn't want Chu You to die in vain, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said, "You listen to what this king said...... In the early years, the wolf cavalry on the grassland entered my Great Zhou, and what this king and Xiao Wu insisted on was also Boling. Therefore, the king was quite familiar with the terrain near Boling, and knew that there was an unknown and steep mountain road leading to the rear of Boling. Where that steep mountain road is, the king can't say it at the moment...... If you ask the sergeants to look for it, in case of an avalanche, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out, so this king has sent a letter to ask for your help. Anyi swordsmen all have skills. This king has been admiring it for a long time, can you please find that mountain road for this king, so that this king's army does not have to go through Boling, and go directly to Jijing! ”

Chu You suddenly realized when he heard this, and he responded without saying a word, and said with a smile. "My Anyi generation has always been poor, and it is common for me to cross mountains and mountains and stay overnight in the wilderness, so I will leave this matter to me!"

Li Mao was overjoyed when he heard this, raised his glass and said, "So, this king is here to thank you!" ”

"How dare you!" After drinking a glass of wine with Li Mao, Chu You seemed to suddenly think of something. took out a book from his bosom and handed it to Li Mao, Zhengse said, "Actually, Prince Mao raised troops after the year, and I also paid attention to it...... My Anyi generation has no longevity, but there are many brothers scattered all over the world who are chivalrous and righteous, so I can also collect some information...... I would like to give this thing to the prince! ”

"It's ......"

"This is a brief summary of the major forces today!"

Li Mao was slightly shocked when he heard this, so he took it and looked at it, sure enough. I saw that Chu You annotated in detail the strength of the Three Kings forces, the Taiping Army forces, and the Jijing forces in that intelligence, and even the list of generals of the local armies was clearly written. Among the forces in Jijing, they include the four towns of Jijing and the Jizhou Army.

"Did even the Jizhou army spy for this king?" Li Mao shook his head a little amusedly and said, after all, at this time, Xie An and Li Xian had already led the Jizhou soldiers to fight against the forces of the Three Kings and the Taiping Army in the south of the Yangtze River, and Li Mao didn't think that he would bump into the Jizhou army during his trip to Jijing.

But in the spirit of dispensable. Li Mao still paid a little attention.

Fei Guo, Tang Hao, Zhang Dong, Ma Dan...... Hey? Is this person actually from Yanmen, Northland? ”

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Memories of the scenes swept into my heart, and in the eyes of Yanwang Li Mao, who was unimpressed at first, finally appeared a little dignified.

"Although Xiao Huo is young and vigorous, he is reckless, but he can get rid of the king's 10,000 Yuyang iron horses...... That Ma Dan, who was born in Yanmen in the north, really has some ability! Speaking of this, he was also a little curious and wondering in his heart, he wanted to see what Ma Dan wanted to do.

"Your Highness, do you want the last general to come forward?" Cao Da, the general of Northern Xinjiang, asked in a low voice, after all, among the five tigers in Northern Xinjiang, except for Youdou, he has the best ability to command cavalry.

"Not necessarily!" Waving his hand, Li Mao sneered and said, "If this king guessed well, then Ma Dan probably found some complicated terrain and threw Xiao Huo away, after all, the Jizhou Army is the division of Gyeonggi, and has been training soldiers and horses in Anping Country here for a long time...... When Xiao Huo comes to his senses and leads the army back, it will be time for Ma Dan to flee for his life! ”

Cao Da nodded in agreement when he heard this, after all, he also saw that Ma Dan was not an ordinary general.

However, at this moment, Li Mao suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a burst of dust behind Ma Danjun, gradually from being there to covering the sky and the sun.

Cao Da was shocked when he saw this, and said in disbelief, "With such a big smoke and dust, can it be said that all the members of the Jizhou Army returned to help Jijing?!" ”

Li Mao frowned when he heard this, squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the smoke and dust behind Ma Danjun, and then said with a smile, "Interesting!" - Could it be that Ma Dan plans to use such tricks to bluff the king with such a suspicious array? ”

"Huh?" Cao Da was stunned for a moment, and then gradually came to his senses. He secretly thought in his heart, could it be that Ma Dan saw that his Northern Xinjiang Army was wantonly attacking Jijing, and deliberately created such a big scene in the spirit of harassing him from the side, creating the illusion that the entire Jizhou Army would return to Jijing, so as to force him to withdraw his Northern Xinjiang Army?

[Hey!] It's too underestimating my Northern Frontier Army, right? ]

Thinking of this, Cao Da sneered, and was about to follow Li Mao's words to taunt Ma Dan a few more words, but was stunned to see that the puff of smoke and dust was blowing in their direction.

"Huh?" For some reason, Li Mao's eyes showed a solemn look for the first time, and he frowned and said, "This white smoke...... Did Ma Dan set the whole forest on fire? Speaking of this, he suddenly looked abrupt, and suddenly turned his head to look at the banner in the army that was rustling in the wind.

"Southeasterly...... Not good! I don't know what came to mind, Li Mao's face suddenly turned pale.

And at this moment, a strong wind blew, directly blowing the choking smoke to the Northern Xinjiang army that was besieging the city, for a while, the Northern Xinjiang soldiers were smoked by the choking smoke to tears, coughing again and again, where can they care about following the front army to kill the city?

You must know that the Northern Xinjiang Army is stationed in the northwest direction of the capital of Hebei, and Ma Dan is in the southeast direction, under the blowing of the southeast wind after the beginning of spring, the smoke from the rear of the Ma Dan Army will naturally blow towards the Northern Xinjiang Army, as for the Zhou soldiers on the head of the capital of Hebei, they have not been affected at all because of the terrain.

"Blow the battle horn!" With a deep snort, Ma Dan's face became extremely solemn, licked his lips and gritted his teeth, and said, "Listen up, everyone, tell those bastards in Northern Xinjiang with eyes on the top of their heads to see our army's 'axe array'!" ”

"Oh oh-" The 10,000 Ma Dan soldiers raised their arms and shouted, and in an instant, the whole army and soldiers once again made the momentum of preparing to charge.

"Kill—"

With Ma Dan's order, 10,000 cavalry rushed towards the northern army with several times their strength like 10,000 wolves.

Rao is Yan King Li Mao, who was also surprised by Ma Dan's boldness, couldn't help but widen his eyes. (To be continued......)