Time has become extremely long. Sun Chengzong's 50,000-strong infantry marched through the middle of the 16,000-strong Shaanxi troops, and the carriage carrying the cabinet scholar and the secretary of the military department had drifted away.

Hong Chengchou was silent, Xu Liang was silent, and Sima Qiudao and He Huhu looked sad and angry.

Loss, grief, despair, sadness, all kinds of negative emotions spread around Xu Liang.

Xu Liang couldn't say anything to deceive himself, because Sun Chengzong's solemn warning to Hong Chengchou before leaving had already been said very clearly.

In the court or in the minds of Sun Daxue, the group of people from Shaanxi can only assist in defending the city, and as for the glorious and sacred task of repelling the Houjin cavalry, it is absolutely impossible for the Shaanxi soldiers to complete.

The last group of infantry passed through the military formation of the Shaanxi soldiers and disappeared at the end of the official road.

It was nearly evening, and a round of sunset was slowly setting down the mountain.

Hong Chengchou sighed and said lonely: "Let's go, order all the troops to return to the camp." ”

Sima Qiudao and He Huchen both turned red and looked at Xu Liang with anger.

However, Xu Liang also looked gloomy, nodded at the two and said, "Go back." ”

He Huchen immediately shook his head and patted the horse back to the city, and the sound of the horse's hooves seemed to trample on everyone's hearts.

The petition of the Shaanxi soldiers went to the war, and finally ended in a farce. Sixteen thousand soldiers waited in the cold wind for nearly four hours, only to be ordered to return to the camp.

The clay figurines still had a bit of temper, and it was obvious that the court did not treat the Shaanxi soldiers well, and although the battalions strictly controlled them that night, there were still several incidents of half-beating in the army one after another. Since He Huchen returned to the city, he locked himself in the house, and all the affairs in the army were taken care of by Sima Qiudao's regiment.

Sima Qiudao is like a lifeguard who is tired of running for his life. For a whole night, it didn't stop.

Xu Liang returned to his residence. His expression was the same, but a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth from time to time. In Xu Liang's vision. Although he and 16,000 Shaanxi soldiers were looked down upon by Sun Chengzong and were not sent to the front line, according to the experience of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers fighting with the Houjin soldiers in the past, the soldiers were able to hold out at least for a period of time, and once the war lasted for a long time, their army had a great turnaround.

Facts once again tell us that how good the understanding is, how skinny the reality is. Xu Liang's prediction was basically not wrong, and it was easy for his soldiers to defend the city and difficult to attack the city. Although the Houjin cavalry lacked experience in defending the city, the development of the facts greatly surprised Xu Liang's expectations.

One day, in just one day, the court officials and troops led by Sun Chengzong successfully took Luancheng, and the Houjin soldiers stationed in Luancheng were beaten to the point that they had no power to fight back, and they jumped with their heads in their arms.

When the news returned to Yutian City, Xu Liang and all the soldiers were stunned. Xu Liang was originally assembling the generals and above in the Liang army, encouraging everyone to train actively, and waiting for the opportunity to be ordered to go out!

He calculated the strength of the Houjin soldiers. However, he omitted to count that the commander of the court was Sun Chengzong. Sun Chengzong was too demonic, and Xu Liang couldn't guess his ending.

After hearing the news at first glance, Xu Liang was originally interested in talking, but suddenly became extremely depressed. angrily drove a group of Liang generals out of the house, but Xu Liang was stunned by the report presented by Tsing Yiwei.

The Houjin soldiers were defeated too quickly, and Sun Chengzong killed too fiercely. Xu Liang has not yet come to his senses, and Pegasus has come to report. Under the leadership of Sun Chengzong, a cabinet scholar, the imperial court army regained another Chengcheng. Kaiping only has one day.

At this moment, there was an uproar in the army.

Sun Chengzong's next target was Zunhua City. Three months ago, the Houjin soldiers also came out of Zunhua City, broke through the defense line of the court in one fell swoop, and drove straight into the capital division, which shook the government and the opposition.

This time, Sun Chengzong made a heavy oath in front of Emperor Chongzhen to recover Zunhua City within three days.

Xu Liang felt the coldness. Early in the morning, Xu Liang couldn't sit still anymore, and He Huchen, Sima Qiudao and others, who had the same thoughts, came to Yutian County, preparing to ask for orders again.

"My lord, the brothers are about to suffocate, so let the last general take the brothers out of the city to kill the enemy." This is He Huchen's rough voice, Xu Liangduan sat in the second hall of the county government, and there were not a few people who asked for war like this.

In the mind of Governor Yang, you fight yours, we are ours, and the poison has nothing to do with it.

And Hong Chengchou's old man is serious, Xu Liang and others have already understood it, so He Huchen's proposal, Xu Liang and others have not yet expressed their position, Hong Chengchou rejected it.

"No, without the order of the peak, sending troops without permission is tantamount to rebellion!"

Loud sounds. It embarrassed Xu Liang and other generals for a while.

"Zhongcheng, the last general asks for orders to only take me 3,000 Yansui soldiers out of the city, and follow Lord Sun into battle to kill the enemy!" He Huchen said eagerly.

No one knows more about the desire for military exploits than He Huchen, who wants military exploits and can restore his rich military exploits to his official position.

However, Hong Chengchou refused with a painful expression!

This time the meeting broke up unhappily.

On the second day, Sun Chengzong led the court officials and troops to move to Zunhua after seizing Xiaqian'an. As soon as Xu Liang woke up in the morning, he heard a rumor that He Huchen and Hong Chengchou slapped the table in the second hall.

Xu Liang looked at Huang Daozhou who came to report the news in amazement, and couldn't help asking: "He Huchen has always been old and serious, but now he dares to hit his boss, he is bold enough!" ”

Huang Daozhou listened, but his mouth was raised, and he endured it very hard with a smile on his face. He Liang arched his hand and said: "He Huchen has always had a bad temper, and after being dismissed and dismissed, his temper has been restrained. Now that the court looks down on my Shaanxi soldiers so much, it is strange that he does not fight with Hong Zhongcheng because of the violent temper of He Huchen. ”

Xu Liang sighed, "Not to mention General He, even if it is a soldier of my Liang army, how can it not be so." Although some generals pressed hard, there were also two consecutive nights of beatings by the soldiers in the camp! ”

"We can't go on like this, something has to be done!" Xu Liang said with a firm look in his eyes, "If Sun Chengzong recovers all the lost ground, where will there be anything to do with our Shaanxi soldiers!" ”

Immediately looking at Huang Daozhou, Xu Liang asked, "Where is General He?" ”

Huang Daozhou said: "General He had a big quarrel with Hong Zhongcheng in the Yali of Yutian County. Now I may be reflecting in the house. ”

He Huchen locked himself in the house, and there was no intention of reflection. There were three jars of old wine on the small table in front of him. Two of the jars have been drunk, and one of them has just been opened.

When Xu Liang strode in. I happened to see He Huchen lift the last jar of old wine and pour it down his throat. That kind of heroic momentum, if it weren't for the current oppressive environment, He Huchen would probably have entered the Beijing beauty pageant, well, rough beauty.

Xu Liang walked in front of He Huchen like this, looked at He Huchen without saying a word, and after seeing He Huchen still ignore He Huchen after knowing that Xu Liang had arrived in front of him, Xu Liang showed a disappointed look on his face.

He Huchen saw Xu Liang shaking his head and looking at him with disdain. couldn't help but be furious, pointed at Xu Liang and shouted: "Lord Xu, do you look down on me He Huchen? ”

Xu Liang smiled coldly and said, "It's not that I look down on you, but your current situation is really disappointing to this official." ”

"Disappointed?" He Huchen raised his head, his scattered hair covering half of his face, and asked Xu Liang rhetorically, "Disappointed?" What are you disappointed about? I'm disappointed! As he spoke, hazy tears appeared in his eyes, and he said, "I want to congratulate Huchen both civil and military." Yongkou Northwest, because of a trivial matter, was robbed of his official position, and now follows Lord Hong into King Jingqin, originally wanted to earn some military merits. Good to go back to the official and reinstate! But look at it, those adults in Beijing have always been us sticking our hot faces to other people's cold butts! Let's garrison in this small Yutian City. But the court didn't take us seriously at all, and even didn't even think of our Shaanxi soldiers in such a big battle as attacking Houjin soldiers! ”

said. He Huchen had tears in his eyes, glared at Xu Liang and said, "My road to official reinstatement is far away. The future is bleak, but you came to talk to me about hope and disappointment?! ”

Xu Liang looked at He Huchen with a sneer, pointed to the northern sky, and raised his voice and shouted: "There are still many Houjin enemy soldiers in Zunhua City who have not yet evacuated, if you are not reconciled, you can go out and kill a lot, maybe you can get some credit!" ”

He Huchen's expression lit up at first, then he became gloomy, looked at Xu Liang, and said helplessly: "I always want to fly to Zunhua City and personally participate in the siege battle!" However, the military order is like a mountain, how dare we disobey it! ”

Xu Liang grinned lightly, looked at He Huchen and didn't speak, just shook his head incessantly.

He Huchen's eyes froze, stared at Xu Liang, and asked, "Xu Liang, what do you mean?!" ”

Xu Liang asked rhetorically: "The court said that we are not allowed to send troops, so we will not send troops?" Think of me as a dignified Liang Jun, since time immemorial, I have been so obedient? ”

"Huh?" He Huchen looked at Xu Liang with a look of surprise on his face, and said with trembling lips: "Lord Xu, what do you mean?" ”

At night, another cyan carriage quietly drove out of the east gate of Jade Boy City and drove into the night. And the entire east gate was still unusually quiet, as if the carriage had driven out of the gate and was not under their jurisdiction.

And the carriage drove to an official road outside the city, the iron head led hundreds of Tsing Yi guards were already waiting there, Xu Liang and He Huchen jumped out of the carriage one after another, turned over and boarded the horses that had been prepared long ago, Xu Liang shouted: "Go!" ”

As a result, hundreds of horsemen converged into a torrent and chased towards the important town of Zunhua in the north. In the darkness of the night, the torches in the rush converged into a fiery dragon and meandered towards the north.

Xu Liang and more than 100 Tsing Yi guards marched all night, and when the sky was bright, they finally arrived near Zunhua. Everyone deviated from the official road, turned to the east, and quietly marched for a while, everyone climbed a small mountainside, and ordered Tsing Yiwei to pacify the horses, Xu Liang and He Huchen, Tietou and others hid among the woods on the mountainside, and as far as the eye could see, thousands of kilometers away, was the important town of Zunhua in the north.

At this time, outside Zunhua City, more than 50,000 officials and troops of the court were assembled, and the drums began to beat, the banners were hunting, the horses were neighing, and hundreds of cavalry were shouting and wandering around the periphery of the huge infantry formation.

In the direction of Zunhua City, the faint defenders on the city tower were increasing, and at this time, the city gate was opened, and countless Houjin cavalry rode out of the city and lined up outside the city wall to meet the enemy.

From the position where Xu Liang stood, he could see the entire Zunhua City. Due to the dense branches outside Xu Liang's hideout, if it were not for the earth-shattering movement, it would be difficult to find Xu Liang's existence whether it was the Houjin soldiers in Zunhua City or the court officials and soldiers outside the city.

It's a great place to snoop!

He Huchen's face was full of surprise: "How do adults know such a subtle place?" ”

Xu Liang smiled smugly, and said: "This official has never fought unprepared battles, and before we came, the spies of the Tsing Yi Guard Detective Department were familiar with the surrounding areas. It's a great place to watch the battle. ”

When Xu Liang said the word "watching the battle", He Huchen listened with a gloomy expression. Yesterday, he was persuaded by Xu Liang to quietly follow Xu Liang out of the city and come to Zunhua City, where the two armies were fighting, but he couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy in person, so he could only watch from a distance and be a spectator solidly.

Although the visitors are good, they are not beneficial to military achievements after all!

Xu Liang knew He Huchen's thoughts, and said with relief: "General He, this official knows your heart knot. Due to the restrictions of the military order, we cannot send troops out of the city with great fanfare, but can only quietly follow over to see the progress of the war. But this is always a thousand times better than staying in the impoverished city of Yutian. Xu Liang was relieved and muttered softly: "To be honest, I am also very curious that Sun Chengzong can recover the lost territory so quickly. ”

"Look, my lord, the officers and soldiers are about to attack!" Iron Head said suddenly

When Xu Liang and He Huchen heard this, they looked fixedly: Sure enough, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry at the front of the official army had already lined up in front of the military formation, putting on an attack posture.

There were six or seven thousand Houjin cavalry under the Zunhua city wall, and their way of action was more direct, and the leading general roared, and the whole battalion rushed towards the Ming army on the opposite side.

Xu Liang's eyes froze, although they were far away and could not feel the oppressive feeling of the six or seven thousand cavalry running in Houjin, they were shocked by the momentum of the Houjin soldiers.

The Houjin Cavalry, with unparalleled combat power, really lives up to its name!

Xu Liang's eyes fell on the Liaodong cavalry again, facing the oncoming Houjin cavalry, but the Liaodong iron cavalry did not move, the three-eyed eyes were held in his hand, and the muzzle of the gun was obliquely forward, aiming at the oncoming Houjin cavalry.

Calm, calm, even ridiculed!

"Why didn't the Liaodong Iron Cavalry charge?" Iron Head couldn't help but ask.

Xu Liang didn't answer, and He Huchen thought that he had brought so many years of soldiers, and he was very understanding of the cavalry's combat methods, so he said: "The gap between the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and the Houjin Cavalry is long enough, and the ancestral soldiers are most likely waiting for the best time to charge......

Before the words fell, there was a boom, and it exploded in the middle of the running Houjin cavalry. Looking from a distance, I saw a burst of green smoke rising from the Houjin cavalry, and the explosion of more than a dozen Houjin cavalrymen around them suddenly turned on their backs.

Subsequently, the sound of booming shells was endless, and flowers exploded one after another among the advancing Houjin cavalry. Suddenly, I saw the green smoke billowing in the Houjin cavalry formation, screaming again and again, and the indomitable Houjin cavalry finally panicked, and the formation began to be chaotic.

At this time, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry began to charge forward smoothly.

And in the Houjin cavalry formation, which was getting closer and closer, a few more shells exploded.

Xu Liang looked at the scene in the distance in a daze, and glanced at He Huchen, both of whom saw horror in their respective eyes. Xu Liang hurriedly took out a pair of self-made binoculars from his arms, put them to his eyes, aimed at the place where the artillery of the court officials and soldiers sounded, and looked at it fixedly.

The long barrel, the black hole of the muzzle, and the wooden basket covered by the black tarpaulin are neatly stacked with black iron stones!

This is...... Xu Liang's eyes widened in shock.

Tianzi No. 135 General Cannon! There are more than 50 general cannons lined up in two rows, and the muzzles of the cannons are firing at the rear of the Jin soldiers! (To be continued......)