Chapter Twenty-Five: A Counterattack

Hua An looked at the sky outside the tent and said softly: "In another hour, it will be dark, the general only needs to ask the soldiers to pick up the torches and line up in a 'ten' figure, and the master will understand, and when the time comes, he will personally go out of the city to meet the general." ”

"Okay, that's it, you go to the tent to rest first, and Ben will gather his henchmen to prepare first." After Chen Xiong finished speaking, he walked out of the tent.

Hua An let out a "hmm", turned around and came to the bed in the back tent to close his eyes and recuperate.

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An hour later, the sound of soldiers and horses moving came from outside the tent, Hua An got up and came to the tent, only to see a large group of soldiers holding torches not far from the tent and lining up in a huge 'ten' figure. The firelight lit up the surrounding tents red.

Chen Xiong, who was dressed in military uniform, came on horseback, saw Hua An, and said: "Little brother, when the army leaves, it will not be safe here, you and the wounded soldiers will enter the capital together, and I will go to meet General Han first." ”

After Chen Xiong finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and led his personal guards to the west gate of the capital.

Looking at Chen Xiong's back as he left in the dust, Hua Anxin said: "How boring it is to go back to the capital!" Won't I listen to you? Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is just around the corner, so you have to go to the battlefield and see what it means to fight on the battlefield. ”

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Outside the west gate of the capital, Chen Xiong and the guards stopped an arrow away from the city gate, and he would not venture into the range of the defenders' bows and arrows until he saw General Han, which was a habit developed in his years of riding horses, and the most basic vigilance of a soldier.

"The general under the city is General Chen Xiong." A familiar voice came from the city gate tower that was familiar to Chen Xiong.

"General Han is the last general Chen Xiong."

Han Qian saw that the person who came was his subordinate Chen Xiong, and hurriedly ordered: "Open the city gate." ”

With a dry creak, the gates slowly opened, and the drawbridge slowly fell.

Han Qian rode out of the city gate slowly, crossed the suspension bridge and went straight to Chen Xiong, who hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"The last general, Chen Xiong, see General Han." Chen Xiong knelt in front of Han Qian's horse and saluted.

Han Qian could see that Chen Xiong felt guilty in his heart for raising troops to follow Zu Yue and Su Jun, so he dismounted and helped Chen Xiong up, and comforted: "Please get up quickly, it's good to be lost, the previous things are over, let's be loyal to the court together and eliminate the traitors." ”

"Yes, General." Chen Xiong said gratefully: "The army has been assembled, please go and give a lecture." ”

"Okay, let's go." Han Qian said as he rode his horse towards Chen Xiongjun's camp.

At this moment, in the camp of Chen Xiong's army, all the soldiers were clothed all over their bodies, and they all knew that there was about to be a war, but except for Chen Xiong's henchmen, the other soldiers thought that they were attacking Jiankang City.

This is also necessary to prevent news leakage, after all, the adjacent north gate is Su Jun's camp, and Su Jun's eyeline all over the army will report the situation to Su Jun at any time.

Just when everyone was preparing for war, Hua'an was not idle, he took a turn in the barracks, with the support of his "brother-in-law" who was a general, and no one dared to stop him.

In a stable, he took a fancy to a tall white horse, which was one of Chen Xiong's favorite mounts, but the groom in charge of the stable saw that Hua An was Chen Xiong's brother-in-law and could not stop him, so he let Hua An ride around the barracks.

After a few laps in the barracks, Hua An felt that it was not enjoyable, so he rode his horse out of the camp, wanting to make a big circle outside, and as soon as he came out of the barracks, he saw not far ahead, his master Han Qian was riding a horse accompanied by Chen Xiong, so he greeted him.

"Master, apprentice Hua'an see master." Hua An clenched his fists on the horse, quite like a soldier looking at a general.

"Well, Hua'an, you are doing a good job today, and when the army goes out, you will enter the city with the wounded soldiers!" Han Qian said.

When Hua An heard this, he hurriedly said: "Master, I won't go back, I will go out with the soldiers here to exterminate the traitors." ”

"No," Han Qian naturally wouldn't agree to Hua An's request, the battlefield battle sword has no eyes, and he may lose his life at any time, Hua An is too young to have much self-protection ability at all.

"Listen to your master's words, go back to the city with the wounded soldiers, and if you like it, this white horse will be given to you." Chen Xiong saw Hua'an riding his beloved white horse, and his heart was crossed, and he couldn't help but persuade him.

Seeing his master's reluctance, Hua An pleaded again: "Master, I'll go and see, I promise not to cause you trouble, if you don't even dare to go to the battlefield, how can you be your apprentice, and what can you do in the future." ”

As soon as Hua An's words came out, not only Han Qian was taken aback, but Chen Xiong and the henchmen behind him also nodded with great admiration.

"Let him see the cruelty of the battlefield, maybe it will be good for his growth." Han Qian thought in his heart and said to Hua An: "Okay! Since you insist on going, I promise you, but just to see, and don't get too close, because the enemy's bow and arrow are not long-sighted. ”

"Yes, master, I remember." Hua An happily responded.

Chen Xiong glared at Hua An helplessly, and said to the pro-soldier team behind him: "Li Kuangzheng, I will send ten pro-soldiers to follow him later, and we must ensure his safety." ”

"Yes, don't worry, General." The pro-soldier team is assured.

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"Soldiers, do you remember me Han Qian?" Han Qian stood on a high platform and shouted to the two thousand soldiers in the audience.

"General Han, it's General Han,"

"General Han is still alive and has not been victimized by traitors."

The soldiers in the audience immediately talked about it. Long before the army, Zu Yue had told them that the traitor Yu Liang of the imperial court rejected dissidents and assassinated their general Han Qian, and the generals were indignant and waved their troops to the capital to kill, wanting to avenge General Han, but they didn't expect their general Han Qian to stand in front of them at this time.

"Soldiers, what you said is right, General Ben has always been very good, someone once said that General Ben was killed by traitorous ministers, let you raise troops to kill traitorous ministers, Qing Jun's side, this is completely a rumor, and today I Han Qian standing here is the best proof."

After Han Qian finished speaking, he paused and said: "Soldiers, as soldiers of the imperial court, we should be loyal to the imperial court with the imperial court's money, Su Jun's army is rebellious, we can't follow the rebellion to help the abuse, we have to kill the traitors and help the society." ”

Most of the soldiers in the audience were indignant, but they didn't expect to be deceived, and everyone felt that they were being played.

"Now the opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for sins is in front of us, soldiers, tonight we will fight back, capture and kill the traitor Su Jun, Kuang Fu Sheji, and serve the court." Han Qian yelled.

"Fight back and kill Su Jun." Chen Xiong raised his waist knife and shouted.

"Fight back and kill Su Jun."

The 2,000 soldiers in the audience also echoed with righteous indignation.

"The army marches out at once." Han Qian stretched out his hand and waved forward, and more than a dozen big drums behind him suddenly made an exciting drum sound.

An army of 2,000 troops, with cavalry in front and infantry in the rear, slaughtered the rebel leader Su Jun's camp.

Ten of his own soldiers sent by Hua An and Chen Xiong to protect him rode at the end of the procession. Although he was at the back of the line, it was his first time on the battlefield, and there was still some excitement and apprehension in his heart.

The army soon came to the camp of Su Jun's army at the north gate, and Su Jun's army of 2,000 was also clothed all over his body, not because he knew in advance that Chen Xiong was going to defect, but because he was sent to monitor Chen Xiong's fine work thinking that Chen Xiong was going to attack the city overnight and sent a letter to Su Jun, Su Jun was naturally overjoyed, he didn't expect this Chen Xiong to work so hard, so he decided to attack the north gate himself while Chen Xiong attacked the west gate.

Now seeing that Chen Xiong's army not only did not attack Ximen, but also appeared near his camp, Su Jun was shocked, and soon understood that this Chen Xiong had defected.

At this time, if Chen Xiong's army attacked him with the defenders in the city, then his situation would be very dangerous, so before the battle began, Su Jun hurriedly sent a letter to the rebels at the south gate and the east gate to ask him to reinforce him, and at the same time let the more than 2,000 defenders of Stone City also come back to help.

The two armies faced each other, Han Qian rode out of his horse, faced Su Jun in front of the rebel formation, and said loudly: "Su Jun, as a general of the imperial court, you don't want to serve the imperial court but start a rebellion. ”

"Hahaha, Han Qian, worthy of being a fierce general under Zu Di back then, his tone of voice is really not small, but I, Su Jun, also crawled out of the pile of dead people, would I be afraid of you, let me Su Jun teach you Han Qian's ability today." Su Jun glared at Han Qian on the opposite side viciously, not showing weakness at all.

Han Qian turned sideways slightly and said to Chen Xiong behind him: "Immediately send a signal to the defenders in the city, and our army will attack immediately." ”

"Yes, General." Chen Xiong turned around and immediately ordered, "Send a signal." ”

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At the north gate of the capital, on the tower of the city gate, Yin Hao and the two forbidden army captains were closely watching Su Jun's camp outside the north gate, and saw Han Qian's signal to attack Su Jun. A lieutenant spoke: "Lord Yin, General Han Qian's army is in place, and it is time for us to go out of the city to flank the rebels." ”

Yin Hao shook his head again and again and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, Han Qian and Su Jun are both famous generals in my Great Jin, now they are equal in strength, this general really wants to see who is better, let them fight for a while, and when they are exhausted, we will suddenly attack Su Jun, so that the credit for capturing and killing Su Jun is ours." ”

"But Lord Yu asked us to flank Su Jun with General Han Qian, will it be ...... if we hold our troops like this," another forbidden army captain said worriedly.

When Yin Hao heard this, he sneered: "You can rest assured, I will take care of anything that happens." ”

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"General, there is no movement of the defenders in the city, will there be any accidents, do we still want to attack?" Chen Xiong couldn't help but be very worried when he saw that the defenders in the city had not moved for a long time.

"Maybe they didn't see the signal, as long as they fought, they would definitely attack Su Jun, and now that the two armies have faced each other, as soon as our army retreats, Su Jun will inevitably press with all his strength, and our army will definitely collapse." After Han Qian finished speaking, he ordered: "Order, the whole army will attack." ”