――At two o'clock, the southern camp of the Zhou army---

When the sky was bright, I saw that in the handsome tent, the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Qin Ke'er and the two daughters worked together to put on armor for Xie An.

Don't think it's easy to put on armor, in fact, the whole process is quite complicated. Because a full set of armor includes breastplate, abdominal armor, shoulder armor, arm armor, wrist armor, leg armor, leggings, etc., a set of armor of ordinary texture is at least dozens of catties, and the heavier ones are even more than 100 catties. For military generals, it is accustomed to it, but for civil officials like Xie An and Li Xian, it is not a light burden.

There is no doubt that after Xie An puts on a full set of armor, he can only stand under the banner of the commander on the battlefield at most and become the soul pillar of the army, in addition, don't expect him to do anything for the battle situation.

Of course, in fact, even if Xie An does not wear armor, he will only play a role in motivating his subordinates at best, after all, he is the commander of the first army, if the battle situation evolves to the point where he, the main general, needs to personally go into battle to kill the enemy, then I am afraid it is more in line with the interests of the time to temporarily withdraw the army.

Similar to Chen Bei and Liang Qiuwu, the two cousins, there are always a few commanders of the First Army who personally play in every battle, and even generals such as Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Tang Hao, who are quite good at their own martial arts, have gradually avoided going into battle in person if they are not necessary. Unless there are exceptional circumstances that require someone to step forward and loosen the formation of the enemy army.

Having said that, this is also the first time Qin Ke'er has seen Xie An wearing armor, after all, when he was in the army in the past, Xie An always appeared in front of others in plain clothes. Because of this, she never imagined that Xie An's status in the court was so high that she could carve a python on her armor.

A four-clawed red python......

This is already the treatment of a prince, right?

The carvings on the casual clothes of Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, are just four-clawed black pythons......

The four-clawed dragon is obviously a prominent symbol of the great Zhou court.

But the problem is that Li Xian is the eighth brother of Li Shou, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The famous Eight Sages King, and even, the Great Zhou court was once ready to canonize this gentleman of the royal family as the king of Qi. And Xie An, although he is the Shangshu Order of the Jijing Criminal Department, but his age and qualifications have not yet reached the level of being a king and a marquis, more precisely. He has only served in the court for less than four years, and in terms of qualifications, he can't even reach the lowest-level title.

However, this man can wear any costume with a four-clawed python tattooed on it......

What a favorite!

Li Shou, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, ...... the man in front of him

A member of the Su family in Guangling County was able to climb to such an admirable position in just four years, even Qin Ke'er had to admire this man's unbelievable luck.

"Unexpectedly...... Good-looking......" Touching Xie An's shoulder armor, Qin Ke'er's beautiful eyes looked a little confused, and when she came back to her senses, she found that Xie An and her eldest grandson Xiangyu were looking at her with strange eyes.

Especially the eldest grandson Xiangyu. Her eyes full of banter and ridicule really made Qin Ke'er's cheeks hot.

"Yes! It's very good-looking......" The eldest grandson Xiangyu seems to be quite enthusiastic about teasing Qin Ke'er. can only say that Qin Ke'er's pitiful appearance will always make people want to tease her, whether male or female.

Qin Ke'er is also an extremely smart woman, how could she not hear the ridicule in the words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and immediately blushed with shame, and then. After glancing at Xie An, he nodded slowly. It can be regarded as echoing the words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"Really?" Xie An lowered his head suspiciously, looked at his whole body, and said with a light smile, "This set of armor is Li Shou...... No, it was rewarded by His Majesty two years ago, but it has always been placed in the cabinet to eat dust......"

Glancing at Xie An, the eldest grandson Xiangyu shook his head a little speechlessly. said helplessly, "I always feel that today's husband lacks interest...... It's nowhere near as interesting as it used to be, it's boring! ”

What she was referring to was that Xie An didn't cooperate with her words to tease Qin Ke'er.

Xie An smiled bitterly and shook his head, of course he knew what the eldest grandson Xiangyu meant. Even, in normal times, he would obviously cooperate with the eldest grandson Xiangyu to tease Qin Ke'er, but today, he really didn't have this mood.

"Ahem...... Xiangyu, how did you come up with the idea of bringing it? With a cough, Xie An changed the subject a little awkwardly.

Shaking her head helplessly, the eldest grandson Xiangyu didn't mention the matter of Fang Cai anymore, and said with a slight smile, "The concubine thinks that Lord Fujun is the commander of the first army after all, and every time he wears civilian clothes, this is always a little inappropriate...... As she spoke, she looked up and down the armor on Xie An's body a few times, and muttered with some mindfulness, "If it weren't for Lord Fujun to have such a set of armor, the concubine really didn't want to bring this set...... But for now, it's not that different......"

Xie An was embarrassed, of course he knew what the sentence in the mouth of the eldest grandson Xiangyu actually did not make much difference.

You must know that Xie An is always a civil official, whether it is the court clothes worn in the early dynasty, or the official clothes when he was in the Criminal Department, or the ceremonial clothes used in the sacrificial celebrations, or the civilian clothes he usually wears, there are many of them in his mansion, which fill the wardrobe of his and Yiyi's room, but only Xie An has no armor, no set.

Although Xie An and Li Shou also wore armor when they went out to fight against the rebels in the west a few years ago, what he was wearing at that time was actually his wife, the armor that Yanhu Ji Liangqiu Wu valued the most, the armor of a tiger with red body and carved wings.

First, Liang Qiu Wu's body shape was similar to Xie An's, and second, Liang Qiu Wu was really afraid that her helpless husband would be injured by a stray arrow on the battlefield, so she contributed her armor. After all, Liang Qiu Dance is different from the eldest grandson Xiangyu, she doesn't have a lot of women's clothes, whether it is armor or casual clothes, they are no different from men's clothes.

In fact, the costumes Xie An wore at the beginning were actually almost no different from Liangqiu Dance, after all, Yiyi, who took care of Xie An's daily life, was Liangqiu Dance's personal maid in the past.

This back and forth made Xie An slowly like the very flamboyant hue of red, you must know that in Jijing, few people will wear crimson robes or clothes, not that they are not unsightly, but they are afraid of being troubled by the Shenwu Battalion of the Eastern Army.

The red of the Eastern Army, the light blue of the Southern Army, the indigo of the Western Army, and the dark black of the Northern Army, although these four shades are not as taboo as the yellow used by the royal family, the Jijing family will also avoid some of them, and almost no one wears solid colors. After all, it is really not worth it to have any conflict with the four towns of Jijing because of such a trivial matter.

In other words, a person like Xie An who wears red without scruples is indeed extremely rare in Jijing.

Of course, the eldest grandson Xiangyu complained a little about this, after all, this woman prefers ink color. She doesn't like crimson too much, but more precisely, it makes her think of a woman, a woman who competes with her for the position of a wife, which is not a good feeling.

At the end of September, it was already late autumn and early winter in the Great Zhou, so Xie An had to add a robe to protect against the cold in addition to his armor, and then a cloak. And at this time. Qin Ke'er stepped back very interestingly, after all, this belonged to the eldest grandson Xiangyu. In the absence of Liang Qiuwu, only the eldest grandson Xiangyu is qualified to complete this last procedure for her husband, this is not just a responsibility, but also a kind of glorious thing, unless Qin Ke'er intends to completely offend the eldest grandson Xiangyu, otherwise, she can only obediently retreat.

"It's time. Lord Husband...... stroked the fluff on Xie Anqiu's robe, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu reminded softly.

"Hmm!" Took a deep breath. Xie An nodded and strode out of the tent, and in the camp, the only remaining five thousand soldiers were ready to fight.

Following Xie An, Qin Keer and the little girl Wang Xin also helped the eldest grandson Xiangyu to board Xie An's coach's chariot.

To be honest, Xie An was not very happy to take them with him this time. But in the end, he was persuaded by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, after all, it was this woman who forced Liu Qing into such a desperate situation, not him Xie An.

As for Qin Ke'er. Looking at her expectant look, Xie An really couldn't say anything, after all, since the eldest grandson Xiangyu had followed, Xie An didn't care about Qin Ke'er and the little girl.

Half an hour later, Xie An personally led 5,000 soldiers towards the valley of death that had trapped Liu Qing and Chen Bei, and as for Li Xian, he stayed.

But to be honest, at the moment, his base camp, as well as Xie An's southern camp, is actually not much different from guarding and not guarding, because there are only hundreds of soldiers in the battalion, but considering that there is still some grain and grass in the cellar in the camp, so he did not give it up, after all, after blocking the gourd valley, these two camps have almost lost their strategic significance.

Of course, it has almost lost its strategic significance, which does not mean that there is no need to defend this place, after all, no one can guarantee that in the case of blocking the gourd valley, Li Shen, the king of Qin, will not choose to break through from here again.

The Valley of Decisive Victory in the mouth of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the Valley of Absolute Life in the mouth of Liu Qing, when Xie An led five thousand soldiers to this valley of death in the mountain col, it was almost sunny.

At that time, Zhou General Ma Dan had lined up three thousand infantry phalanxes at the exit of the valley and occupied the exit of the valley to prevent the Taiping army trapped in the inner side of the valley from suddenly coming out.

"My lord, second lady!"

Knowing that Xie An personally led his troops to arrive, Ma Dan hurriedly came over to report the current battle situation to Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"So, Liu Qing has been trapped in this valley of death?" Standing at the front of the commander's chariot, Xie An picked up the sword in his hand and asked with a solemn face.

The armor on his body is not inferior, the sword that Xie An is holding in his hand at this moment, it is the blade that Liang Qiu Wu once went into battle to kill the enemy, and it is a gift from Liang Qiu Jing, the former Hou of Dongzhen, to his daughter before his death, tough and sharp.

When Xie An was fighting against the rebels in the west, Liang Qiu Wu gave this sword to her husband Xie An for self-defense, and from then on, she switched to using a sword that was more than eight feet long. Prior to this, the sword was at best one of the many blades in the Liangqiu Dance Mansion.

Perhaps that sharp sword had killed countless enemies in Liang Qiuwu's hands, Ma Dan faintly felt that his own adults were more intimidating today, and he seemed to be a first-order civil official, but there was a strong murderous aura faintly permeating.

"Yes......" Ma Dan, who was sitting on the war horse, hugged his fists and said respectfully, "When Liu Qing came, on his march, there were ambushes pre-arranged by the second lady in the west, plus the fire that the last general put in the valley, Liu Qing could only choose to hide in the valley of death......"

Sure enough, it was Xiangyu who forced Liu Qing to choose this dead end......

Xie An quietly glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, as if he noticed the gaze of his husband, who reciprocated with a sweet smile, just looking at her quiet at the moment like a noble lady of the family, no one would have thought that this woman was actually a strategist with millions of armor in her chest.

Liu Qing ...... How many troops are left? Glancing at the inside of Death Valley, Xie An frowned and asked.

"Lord Huiyu......" Speaking of this, Ma Dan suddenly noticed the armor on Xie An's body. coughed, changed his tone and said, "Back to the commander, the thief leader Liu Qing still has four thousand soldiers under him!" ”

"Four thousand soldiers?" Xie An was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Ma Danjun around him with some surprise, after all, in his opinion. In addition to the infantry phalanx of 3,000 people, there were as many as 5,000 light cavalry on the periphery, in other words, the Ma Dan army here had a total of more than 8,000.

Obviously has an absolute advantage in terms of troops, but Ma Dan made a defensive move?

As if noticing the confusion on Xie An's face, Ma Dan hesitated, clasped his fists and said, "Qiqi is handsome." In fact, the last general had already tried to kill it, but he was ashamed to be repulsed and lost more than a thousand troops...... Therefore, the last general will guard the exit of the valley and wait for the marshal and the second lady to preside over the overall situation! ”

Xie An's heart became more and more strange when he heard this, and he looked at Ma Dan in surprise. After all, in his impression, Ma Dan is not a general who advocates defense. Like Fei Guo, he is a very aggressive general under Xie An, and he is completely different from Zhang Dong, who is really good at defense.

"Is the Taiping army's counterattack fierce?" Glancing at the look of surprise on Xie An's face, the eldest grandson Xiangyu asked Ma Dandao. It seems that she is asking, but in fact, she is reminding her husband.

"Yes. The thief army's counterattack is fierce! Ma Dan nodded, and said with some embarrassment, "General Fang Cai tried to attack the thief army in the Death Valley with two thousand foot soldiers, but he was defeated by the thief army instead...... sacrificed more than a thousand soldiers in vain......"

"It's not strange...... Xie An shook his head slightly, staring at the terrain of Death Valley in the distance. "The current situation is roughly the same as when the government was in Xiakou a while ago, and the Taiping army has no way to escape, so they naturally have the idea of fighting against the water......"

"But...... The thief army used only three hundred men! Ma Dan added with a strange expression.

"Three hundred?" Xie An's face was full of astonishment when he heard this, and he looked at Ma Dan dumbfounded and said, "Three hundred people defeated your two thousand foot soldiers?" And let most of the soldiers fall into it? ”

"Yes!" Ma Dan nodded, licked his lips, and whispered, "Those three hundred...... It was by no means an ordinary soldier, and a soldier in his army actually killed a general under the command of the last general by himself......"

Just kidding, right?

A mere soldier can kill a leading general alone? Although it is a general.

"What General Ma Dan encountered, it must be the Tianfu Army!" On the coach's chariot, Qin Ke'er's soft voice sounded.

"Tianfu Army?" Xie An looked at Qin Ke'er in surprise and confusion, surprised that Qin Ke'er was less and less concerned about revealing her true identity, revealing information about the Taiping Army for him, and wondering what the Tianfu Army in her mouth was.

Noticing that Xie An looked at him with an inquiring gaze, Qin Ke'er no longer concealed it, and explained in a low voice, "As far as the little slave knows, Liu Qing has always had the most elite force beside him, with a number of three hundred, called the Tianfu Army, which is the direct force of Chen Bei, the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, led by Yang Yu, the general of the Taiping Army, who is responsible for protecting Liu Qing on weekdays and rarely participates in the war. It is said that even a soldier in the Tianfu army has the martial arts of a thousand generals......"

"Hiss......" Xie An gasped in shock.

A soldier has the strength of a thousand generals, isn't that even more powerful than the Dongling people or the Jinling people? No, there is no comparison between the two......

"What an accident, it turns out that Liu Qing still has such an elite!" With a chuckle, the eldest grandson Xiangyu swayed the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile, "No wonder she plunged into this death valley without any worries!" - Husband-sama, even if you continue to stay here, I'm afraid you won't make any progress, so it's better to press on ...... with heavy troops."

Xie An nodded slowly, and immediately joined forces with Ma Dan's army, slowly marching towards the inner side of the Death Valley.

After only three or five miles of progress, Xie An saw Liu Qing's army, which was 4,000 soldiers close to the inner wall of the cliff.

Hold the cards in one hand?

Maybe Xie An has this feeling, after all, according to Ma Dan's words, Liu Qing only has 4,000 soldiers left at the moment, but on his side, there are as many as 15,000, with such a disparity in troops, Liu Qing can't have any chance of winning.

You must know that the 5,000 soldiers deliberately left by the eldest grandson Xiangyu are all experienced crossbowmen, even if there are a few more fierce generals like Chen Bei's gang in the Taiping army, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover the victory.

After all......

Xie An couldn't help but glance at the large ordnance in his army that was transported by grain trucks, those that were covered with gray cloth.

"Array!" Xie An gave the order with an expressionless face.

The general order was issued, and 15,000 Zhou soldiers quickly lined up in formation.

During this period, Xie An looked at Liu Qing's brother who was both a relative and a close friend in the distance, Chen Bei. In other words, Liang Qiuhao.

This is not the first time Xie An has met Chen Bei on the battlefield, but unsurprisingly, it is the last time, unless Chen Bei is willing to surrender, of course. Xie An has almost no hope for this.

But even so, Xie An couldn't help but want to persuade Chen Bei again.

"Uncle!" Ignoring the stunned gazes of Zhou Bing and Taiping soldiers, Xie An stood on the commander's chariot and shouted, "The matter has come to this, are you still obsessed?" - The Taiping army can't recover its disadvantage anymore, can it? Surrender ......"

Listening to Xie An's pleading tone in the last three words, Chen Bei was moved, let alone him. Even Liu Qing was surprised, surprised that in this case, Xie An still hoped that Chen Bei could get lost.

"Brother Chen?" Liu Qing reminded Chen Bei in a whisper.

As if guessing what Liu Qing meant, Chen Bei shook his head and said in a low voice, "I don't know what to say...... Since this is the case, then don't talk to each other, lest you be unbearable in the hearts of both sides of the fight later! ”

"That's ......," Liu Qing bit her lip lightly. Suddenly chuckled and said, "That's the case." I want to say a few words to that woman......" As she spoke, she stepped forward under Chen Bei's surprised gaze and called softly, "Eldest Sun Xiangyu...... Who is it? ”

After not seeing Chen Bei's response for a long time, Xie An was inevitably a little disappointed. Gritted his teeth, he planned to abandon that friendship and attack, but he unexpectedly heard Liu Qing's inquiry.

"Interesting......" seemed to notice his husband's inquiring eyes, the eldest grandson Xiangyu giggled, stood up from the soft couch with the support of Qin Ke'er and the little girl Wang Xin, and said to Liu Qing with a chuckle. The concubine is here, what advice do you have? ”

Glancing deeply at the gorgeous woman opposite, the corners of Liu Qing's mouth raised a few inexplicable smiles, and said with a smile, "I knew you would come here in person...... If you don't see the end of the game, you will feel regretful and unwilling, right? ”

"......" Eldest Sun Xiangyu frowned slightly and said, "What do you want to say?" - Now that the matter has come to this, it's not interesting to talk about it again! ”

"Huh!" Liu Qing chuckled, with a bit of sarcasm in her tone, and said, "What a conceit! ――You don't really think that there is no one in this world who can see farther, do you? ”

"Oh?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu showed a somewhat playful smile on his face, raised his hand and pointed around, and said with a smile, "If you are referring to yourself, then the concubine can only regret that you are still too tender!" ”

"Humph!" With a narrowing of his eyes, Liu Qing said coldly, "You are too conceited, eldest grandson Xiangyu, do you think that there is no wise man in the world who can surpass you?" - Your conceit will make you die without a place to bury! ”

"Huh?" The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, chuckled and shook his head.

"You think you forced me headlong into this dead end?" Shaking his head, Liu Qing said lightly, "You're wrong!" ――I came in on my own initiative! ”

"Dead duck with a hard mouth! ――Take the initiative to put yourself in a desperate situation? ”

"Desperate?" Liu Qing sneered and said in a cold voice, "No, I'm waiting for you here, I've been waiting for you!" - Do you think you've locked me up in this dead end? Don't forget, the moment you enter the valley, you also enter...... As long as an army strikes behind you, it's not you who will lock me up, but me who will lock you up! ”

"Use yourself as bait to lure your concubine forward...... Amazing, amazing! The eldest grandson Xiangyu stroked his palms and praised, suddenly giggled, and said mysteriously, "At this moment, an army is attacking behind the concubine, indeed, in this case, the concubine body will indeed have a headache, but...... Do you still have soldiers? - If you refer to the 10,000 Qi Zhi, it would be a pity, this ambush army, I'm afraid it has been solved by this time! ――Don't underestimate the concubine's calculation ability, and still want to hide a soldier in front of the concubine? What childishness! ”

"Sure enough......" Liu Qing's face calmed down, and after looking at the eldest grandson Xiangyu for a long time, he said with a smile, "Sure enough, this trick is useless to you...... As long as it's an army that appears once, you can't leave it out, but ...... And what if it's an army that never appears in front of you?! In the last sentence, Liu Qing aggravated her tone abruptly.

"......" Eldest Sun Xiangyu frowned slightly.

And at this moment, there was a shocking shout of killing from the rear of the Zhou army.

"What's going on?" Xie An asked the herald suspiciously.

A moment later, a soldier came to report.

"Report! A detachment of troops and horses has attacked the rear of our army and has occupied the exit of the valley! ”

"How so?" Ma Dan was stunned when he heard this, and said in horror, "Impossible! - The second lady has counted all the troops of the thief army, and it is impossible for Liu Qing to have hidden troops! ”

At this time, Qin Ke'er was muttering to herself in surprise.

"An army that has never been there...... Wait a minute! Wu Heng, Qi Zhi, Withered Sheep, Wei Hu, Wei Xuan, ......" Counting here, Qin Ke'er's face changed suddenly, and he muttered, "Oh no! - So far, there have only been five of the six gods of the Taiping Army, and there is still a ......"

"Shake the light god will be Yan Lei! -- The god general of my Taiping Army in the affairs of the governor of Jingzhou, he has never appeared in front of you......" Looking at the eldest grandson Xiangyu from afar, the corners of Liu Qing's mouth raised an arc, and said with a sneer, "I didn't expect it, eldest grandson Xiangyu?" This piece outside the chessboard ......"

"Huh!" With a faint smile, the calm face of the eldest grandson Xiangyu made it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

"You're too conceited, most of you misunderstood, right? But it's not that I, Liu Qing, were calculated by you, and you led me step by step...... It's you, who fell into my Liu Qing's calculations from the beginning! Raising his hand and pointing around, Liu Qing's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice, "This valley, I named it the Valley of Absolute Life, this is not for my Taiping Army, but for you!" - I've been waiting for you! ”

"I see...... Is the real goal a concubine? The eldest grandson Xiangyu glanced up at Liu Qing and snapped the folding fan in his hand.

"Sure enough, the concubine body is not compatible with you!"

At the same time, outside the valley, Yan Lei, the six gods of the Taiping Army, raised his right hand with a sharp sword, leading an army that seemed to fall from the sky, attacking the back of Xie Anjun's army.

"Kill it! - Annihilate the Zhou army! ”

ps: The supporting role of the book friend star is needed, and the last six gods of the Taiping Army will appear. (To be continued......)