"How many hours?"

Restraining the horse, Wei Zhuang, the general of the left army under the command of Wu Heng, the fourth commander of the Taiping Army, asked in a deep voice how many guards beside him.

I saw one of the guards clasp his fists and reply, "Lord Huitian, it's almost three o'clock, and it's been about half an hour since we withdrew from the Zhou army's east camp!" ”

"It's been almost half an hour?" Wei Zhuang Dunma looked at the rear, and saw that about a mile or two away in the rear, tens of thousands of Zhou soldiers were surging like a surging tide, but for some reason, the speed of advance was not as fierce and rapid as it was at the beginning.

"Looks like I've thought of one place! ――Those Zhou soldiers also seem to be waiting for the limit of about half an hour......"

Squinting his eyes and carefully examining the movements of those Zhou soldiers behind him, Wei Zhuang muttered.

The guards on the left and right looked at each other and asked puzzledly, "Why did Lord Tianjiang say this?" - Isn't it because they can't catch up with our army that Zhou Jun chooses to slow down temporarily? ”

"Can't catch up with our army?" Wei Zhuang sneered when he heard this, shook his head and said, "It is rumored that the Jizhou soldiers can travel hundreds of miles a day, and the endurance of the soldiers is excellent, how can it be said that they can't catch up with our army?" ”

"But......" one of the guards looked puzzled.

As if he had seen the guard's thoughts, Wei Zhuang said in a deep voice, "The reason why we can't catch up is because these Zhou soldiers actually don't have the intention to chase, they want to save their strength to return to their camp to deal with the withered sheep, and they are willing to waste their precious physical strength on chasing with us?" ”

"Huh?" The guards on the left and right were dumbfounded when they heard this, and asked in shock, "How did these Zhou troops know that the withered sheep would attack their camp?" -- According to the plan, these Zhou armies were about five or six miles away from their battalions. Only the withered sheep will attack the southern camp of the Zhou army......"

"Of course they do!" Looking in the direction of the Zhou army's camp from afar, Wei Zhuang muttered, "This is a game between my brother-in-law and brother-in-law against Yu Qiang...... It's not a strategy for you to calculate me and I to calculate you, it's just that the two of them show each other their guts! ”

The left and right guards looked at each other, not understanding the meaning of Wei Zhuang's words, and at this moment, the thousands of people under Wei Zhuang's command hurriedly came with Lian Wu on horseback, and said in a deep voice with fists clenched. "Lord General, as you expected, the Zhou soldiers behind our army seem to have signs of turning around here to support their camp!"

"Really?" Wei Zhuang frowned when he heard this, left a dry guard, and looked behind him.

Sure enough, I saw that in the dark distance, those Zhou soldiers who were chasing them with torches in their hands. At some point, he stopped and was about to turn around and return to his camp.

"Oops......" Wei Zhuang said with a frown.

In Wei Zhuang's view, at this moment, his nominal commander and the commander of the Niuzhu Taiping Army, most of them are still leading more than 22,000 Niuzhu Taiping troops to attack the Zhou army camp. At this most critical time, if the Zhou soldiers in the distance in front of him Weizhuang obviously numbered more than 20,000 people gave up the pursuit. With the withdrawal of troops and the return of their troops to their camps, one can imagine what a terrible danger the withered sheep would encounter.

Obviously, it was in a hot fight, and maybe it would take a while to break through the tent of the Zhou army's middle camp, but at this time, the 20,000 fresh troops sent by the Zhou army to chase Weizhuang suddenly returned, blocking the four camp gates, which directly caused the withered sheep and more than 20,000 people under his command to be completely surrounded in the Zhou army's barracks, like a turtle in an urn, and it was difficult to fly.

"There is no signal yet...... Oh no! ”

Squinting his eyes and carefully looking at the Zhou army camp looming in the dark night in the distance, Wei Zhuang's eyes inevitably showed a little worry. After all, according to the plan, at this time, the withered sheep should almost set fire to the Zhou army and set fire everywhere. However, at the moment, the Zhou army camp is as always, although the sound of fighting is heard from the night breeze passing by from time to time, but there is no fire in the camp, which is obviously not in line with the plan discussed with Wei Zhuang before.

"It seems that the withered sheep is in an obstacle......" Pulling the reins of the horse, Wei Zhuang said with a little surprise, "Unbelievable!" -- There were only seven or eight thousand men and horses under the command of Xie An, while the withered sheep had more than 20,000 troops. With such a huge disparity in troops, the withered sheep can't even fight Xie An?! ”

I have to say that Wei Zhuang's intuition is not bad at all, a withered sheep at this moment. It was besieged by Qi Zhi, Chengyang, Dian Ying, E Yi and other Jizhou soldiers, not to mention Di Bu, Mo Fei, Gou Gong and his Dongling assassins to assist Zhou Bing. And what's worse is that the camp of the Zhou army was originally built by Xie An in order to besiege and counterattack the withered sheep, although so far there are still a large number of Zhou soldiers who have to rest in the narrow tents, but the defense facilities in the camp are quite complete, so that Qi Zhi and other Zhou generals are in a favorable position that is easy to defend and difficult to attack from the beginning. It was precisely because of this that Qi Zhi was able to annihilate as 4,000 soldiers of the Niuzhu Taiping Army almost effortlessly.

However, when it comes to the most resentful and annoyed by the withered sheep, I am afraid that there are the Dongling assassins led by Mo Fei.

Xie An's previous theory has been verified, at the moment when Liang Qiuhao died in battle and Jin Ling'er's strength was greatly reduced, Mo Fei, who was already the first assassin in the world, personally led more than 100 Dongling assassins to snipe the generals of the Niuzhu Taiping Army on the battlefield, and almost half of the officers above the uncle were killed by Mo Fei and others, which made the command system of the Niuzhu Taiping Army on the battlefield suddenly fall into a semi-paralyzed state, and the orders issued by the withered sheep could hardly be implemented smoothly, which directly led to the main force of the entire Niuzhu Taiping Army becoming scattered, fighting separately, As a result, the Zhou army took advantage of the situation and broke each one.

Because of this, the withered sheep has not been able to successfully break through the tent of the middle camp commander of the Zhou army as planned, and set fire to the place to declare his victory.

Seeing that the Zhou soldiers chasing him in the distance had retreated one after another, Wei Zhuang gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "It can't go on like this...... Chuan Ben ordered the whole army to turn around and bite those Zhou troops! ”

Hearing this, Lian Wu, the face of the thousands of people beside him changed slightly, and he reminded in a low voice, "Lord Heavenly General, that's a full 20,000 Zhou soldiers!" ”

"Are you scared, Rengo?" Glancing at Lian Wu, Wei Zhuang said coldly.

"I'm afraid it's not like it, it's just ......" The Qianren general named Lian Wu turned slightly red, and after looking left and right, he took a few steps forward and whispered to Wei Zhuang. The last general was puzzled, the withered sheep was repeatedly rude to the general, and even intended to use the hands of Zhou soldiers to eradicate the general and kill people with a knife. ”

"How stupid!" Wei Zhuang snorted lightly when he heard this, and said with a little displeasure. "Because General Ben knows his secret, it is because the withered sheep wants to kill General Ben...... How could General Ben not know about this, why do you need to remind him? But don't you forget, if the withered sheep are defeated, it will be good for us? ”

"Huh?"

"Idiot! - Zhou Jun coach Xie An is the brother-in-law of the withered sheep! Even though the withered sheep were defeated and captured by the Zhou army, he was still able to save his life. Even, under the matchmaking of his brother-in-law Xie An. Even if you are an official or a general in the court of the Zhou State, I am afraid that it will not be a problem, and it will still be beautiful in the future. And what about me? If the withered sheep are defeated, facing nearly 30,000 Jizhou soldiers, do you and I have a way to deal with it? ”

"This ......" Lian Wu was speechless for a moment, and he couldn't say it with a snort.

[Sure enough, it's only a thousand generals, and I can't even think about such obvious things, which is much worse than withered sheep, Wei Xuan and others......]

glanced at the red-faced Liango. Wei Zhuang snorted coldly, but he didn't say anything more, and shouted in a deep voice, "Quickly pass the order!" ”

“…… Be! ”

But then again, the most critical point, Wei Zhuang did not mention, is his own future. Although he Wei Zhuang is one of the five generals under the command of Wu Heng, the fourth commander of the Taiping Army, and is the general of the Left Army, his special identity is not inferior to that of the Liang Qiu Hao era, but if the withered sheep is defeated too badly in Niuzhu today. Having lost 30,000 elites of the Taiping Army, even if he Weizhuang can return to Wu Heng alive in the future, I am afraid that he will inevitably be angered and guilty. After all, the entire Taiping army now only has 12 or 30,000 troops, and with his Wei Zhuang present, the withered sheep also lost 30,000 troops, so how can Wei Zhuang go back and explain to Wu Heng?

[I'm afraid that the withered sheep will not be able to defeat Zhou Bing tonight...... From this point of view, I'm afraid I have to make another plan, otherwise Wu Heng's blame in the future may involve me...... Not. Today's matter is urgent, put this matter aside for the time being, and he will think about it again in the future! ]

Pinching the reins of the horse, Wei Zhuang muttered to himself in his heart.

And at this time. The 3,000 or so Taiping soldiers under Wei Zhuang's command have all turned around. Just looking at the fact that he almost didn't lose a single soldier on the way, it is not difficult to guess that the Zhou soldiers really did not do their best to catch up, otherwise, even if the infantry chased the infantry, with the footsteps of the Jizhou soldiers traveling hundreds of miles a day, how could they not be able to catch up with Weizhuang?

It is incredibly that in the outer field of the Niuzhu realm, a rather strange show was staged. Previously, it was obviously four Zhou soldiers with a total of 20,000 people chasing Weizhuang's 3,000 Taiping army, but at this time, the situation of the two sides was completely reversed, and Weizhuang chased the 20,000 Zhou soldiers who were about to return to his camp to support, which made people have to sigh that the world is so big.

"Huh?"

It seemed that he noticed the Taiping soldiers behind him who were chasing after him, and Liao Lihu, the general of the Zhou army, was a little surprised in his eyes.

You must know that Liao Li is the character of eliminating evil, and he has never withdrawn his troops halfway in the pursuit of annihilation, if it weren't for Xie An's strict order earlier, and then Zhang Dong and Tang Hao sent people to urge him several times, with his Liao Li's temperament, I am afraid that most of them would chase Wei Zhuang to the ends of the earth.

To put it bluntly, it took a lot of effort for him Liao Li to suppress the strong fighting spirit in his heart that he wanted to annihilate all the 3,000 soldiers under Wei Zhuang's command, acted according to the plan ordered by Xie An in advance, and returned to the camp halfway. But that Wei Zhuang is good, and he dares to turn around and chase him? This is simply a provocation like a tiger's whiskers!

Thinking of this, Liao Li grabbed the reins of his horse violently, looked at Wei Zhuangjun chasing behind him and licked his lips.

How could the guards on the left and right not know the temperament of their own generals, so they hurriedly grabbed Liao Li's horse reins and persuaded in shock, "General, my lord has ordered, everything is important to return to the camp!" -- The purpose of our army is to be the main force of the Niuzhu Taiping Army, not the three thousand frightened birds who are scurrying under the might of our army! ”

"Yes, General, the overall situation is important!" The rest of the guards also advised.

It's a pity, looking at Liao Li's expression, he obviously didn't mean to listen to the advice of the guards under his tent, and waved his hand and said with a chuckle, "It's okay!" It is enough for Zhang Dong, Tang Hao, and Ou Peng to return to the camp, and our army will stay behind for it, by the way, I will meet that Weizhuang, and see what this person is holding, and he has the courage to chase after our army in turn! ”

"But ......" The left and right guards looked at each other, as if they wanted to persuade each other again.

Seeing this, Liao Li chuckled and said, "I don't want to see the four of me hanging such a tail behind me when I return to the camp, right?" ――Look at the meaning of the guy on the other side, don't you want to let me go back to the camp so easily! ”

The guards on the left and right looked at each other when they heard this. Be rendered speechless. After all, what Liao Li said is reasonable, he can't return to the camp with the 3,000 soldiers of Weizhuang, right? You have to know that 3,000 troops is not too much, and it is not too little, God knows what will happen? It is better to cut off the rest of the three armies and intercept Naweizhuang and his 3,000 soldiers here, so as not to spoil Lord Xie's good deeds.

Seeing that the guards on the left and right were speechless, Liao Li smiled secretly in his heart, and said while the iron was hot, "Send someone to inform the three generals, Zhang Dong, Tang Hao, and Ou Peng." Let's just say that Wei Zhuang was so bold that he followed and chased our army. In order to avoid this person from doing bad things to adults, after this general personally broke off here, he asked the three generals to take the first step, wait for Liao to kill Naweizhuang, and then slowly return to the camp to help! ”

[The last sentence is the truth, right?] ]

The left and right guards sighed secretly in their hearts when they heard this, and they had no idea about their own general, who obviously had handsome abilities but was keen to charge the front line in person to kill the generals and capture the flag. Shaking his head, he ordered someone to report the news to Tang Hao and the others.

And Tang Hao, Zhang Dong, and Ou Peng, the three Zhou generals, obviously also know Liao Li's temperament, especially Zhang Dong, after all, Liao Li was his deputy general. Therefore, the three generals didn't think of sending people to persuade in vain, but they each asked someone to pass on a word of caution, and then Gu Zi led the troops back to the camp, leaving only Liao Li and his five thousand Qu troops waiting for Weizhuang here.

"Sure enough......"

Noticed the movements of the Zhou army from afar. Wei Zhuang frowned slightly, and his face showed a look that was really like this.

Obviously, he had already guessed that the Zhou army would leave a force to break off, rather than the 20,000 Zhou troops all stopped, after all, the Zhou soldiers at this moment were in a hurry to return to the Zhou camp to encircle and suppress the withered sheep, how could they have the leisure to entangle with him Wei Zhuang here.

Merely......

[Are there any fierce generals in the Zhou army who can compare to Qi Zhi?] ]

When he commanded the three thousand soldiers under his command to rush directly into Liao Li's army formation, Wei Zhuang secretly asked himself in his heart.

It is no wonder that, after all, Wei Zhuang belonged to Wu Heng's Taiping army, and did not participate in the Jingzhou Campaign, and never fought with the Jizhou soldiers. Even, the Great Liang army led by Xie An when he was in Hukou did not fight head-on, but Xie An took the opportunity to burn the camp twice, not to mention any substantial losses.

Therefore, Wei Zhuang did not know the force of the generals of the Jizhou Army, and it was not until he got into contact with Liao Li that he was shocked to discover the martial arts of this Zhou general. Not to mention that it is a step higher than Qi Zhi he knows, and even faintly above him.

"Qiang!"

The soldiers exchanged battles, and Wei Zhuang looked at Liao Li, the general of the Zhou army, who had led his men and horses back more than three feet in disbelief.

[How is that possible?] ]

Wei Zhuang was stunned and looked at Liao Li, who was immediately carrying a gun and looking him up and down in the distance, but looked at the latter. But it was a frowning and unexpected expression on his face, and his eyes seemed to say, you kid can't do martial arts, where did you have the courage to catch up?

[Damn!] ]

He cursed secretly in his heart, and Wei Zhuang, who was a little red-faced, struggled to attack, but unfortunately, how to use his martial arts was appointed, but he couldn't hurt Liao Li at all.

What made Wei Zhuang feel even more unacceptable was that he originally wanted to take advantage of the gap in the fight with Liao Li to command his soldiers to annihilate the Jizhou soldiers who had temporarily lost the command of the general, after all, Wei Zhuang, who could do two things, did have this capital. But he didn't expect that Liao Li, who was aware of this, would also be able to fight with him while commanding his subordinates to fight, in other words, Wei Zhuang was suppressed by Liao Li whether he was fighting alone or in the army.

[The general of the left army of my dignified heavenly general, is no match for an ordinary general of the Zhou army? ]

Wei Zhuang was angry and angry.

It's not that Wei Zhuang's martial arts are inferior, you know, even if he suppresses Qi Zhi, who is a withered sheep, he can't compare to this person in martial arts, but unfortunately, Liao Li is more than a star and a half stronger than Qi Zhi.

In terms of martial arts, if Fei Guo is the first fierce general of the Jizhou soldiers, then he Liao Li is definitely the second person, and the rest like Ma Dan, Ou Peng, Tang Hao and others must stand aside; In terms of the ability to command the army, he Liao Li also has the qualifications to be a commander, in other words, he had the opportunity to lead the troops alone like Fei Guo and Ma Dan and become the commander of a partial division. However, it is a pity that Liao Li sometimes has a hot head when leading troops into battle, and is very prone to provocation under indignation, and is prone to impulsiveness and self-abandonment. Therefore, during the Jingzhou Campaign, Sun Xiangyu and Xie An gave up promoting Liao Li to the commander of the partial division, otherwise, the Zhou army at that time must have been more flexible.

But right now, because Wei Zhuang is not as good as himself in that convenience, Liao Li's performance is very stable and outstanding, not inferior to Fei Guo and Ma Dan, after all, he is originally a more courageous and excellent type when fighting with the wind.

No, he played well in terms of intuition, which was comparable to the world's great heroes and thunders, and broke Wei Zhuang's small actions when commanding the soldiers to fight several times, suppressing Di Wei Zhuang to the death, suppressing Di Wei Zhuang was miserable.

"Whew-"

With a soft sound, the blade of the spear in Liao Li's hand slashed across the back of Wei Zhuang's hand, cutting the flesh and skin, and bringing up a few traces of blood.

With a muffled sound, Wei Zhuang, who was much more embarrassed than Fang Fang, covered his hands and pulled his horse back a few steps back, staring at Liao Li with an uncertain expression, secretly shocked in his heart.

[It is said that since Xie An took charge of Shuaiyin, the Jizhou soldiers have been like clouds, and I don't want it to be true...... This guy in front of him is much stronger than the traitor Qi Zhi! ]

What does it mean to be stronger than the traitor Qi Zhi or even to He Wei Zhuang?

This means that if the Zhou general in front of him is in the Taiping army, he is enough to serve as the six god generals or the five heavenly generals.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhuang had the idea of retreating, after all, his intuition told him that if he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would probably be left behind by the person in front of him.

But the question is, although he wants to leave, will Liao Li let him go?

Of course not...... Hey?

Unexpectedly, after injuring Wei Zhuang, Liao Li frowned and looked at the far north for some reason, as if there was something there that made him jealous.

[What is this uneasy feeling?] ]

Liao Li touched his chest, and under his chest, it was his rapidly beating heart.

Because the battle with Weizhuang was too smooth, Liao Li's performance became more and more excellent, and even his intuition was sharper than usual, and this keen intuition told him that there seemed to be something to be afraid of in the north......

"Drive!"

A light reprimand interrupted Liao Li's thoughts, and he subconsciously turned his head, only to see his defeated general Wei Zhuang fleeing with his horse.

"Fuck! - Stop! Damn ......"

Liao Li, who was distracted and called the enemy a chance to escape, scolded.