On the west side of the hill, more than 10,000 cavalrymen of the Luoyang Army riding high-headed horses and wearing big red armor, under the leadership of Tai Shici, slowly marched along the slope to the foot of the mountain.

The setting sun shone on this tidal wave of cavalry, and the afterglow of the remnant sun added a bit of blood to the bright red uniforms of the cavalry.

Riding slowly on the hillside, Tai Shici turned his head to look at Zheng County to the north.

The short Zhengxian city wall looks so quiet and peaceful in the sunset, looking from afar, the sunset reflects a touch of blood-colored city, and a piece of black Xiliang army battle flags are hunting and flying in the wind.

But at this time, the city of Zheng County was not as quiet as Tai Shici saw.

On the wall of Zheng County, Dong Xian held the battlements with both hands and wrinkled his brows tightly. His gaze was cast under the city walls, but instead of the outside of the city, he was looking at the tightly knit houses and crisscrossing streets of the city.

Behind Dong Xian, there were two officers of the Xiliang Army, seeing that Dong Xian looked at the city for a long time without speaking, one of them leaned behind him, lowered his voice and said to him: "The general has been standing here for a long time, isn't he worried about ......?" ”

"I'm dying!" As soon as the officer's words were asked, Dong Xian held on to the battlements and sighed, and said with a little sadness in his words: "Hu Chi'er saw Niu Fu, and the army of the king of Luoyang has already come to the city, so he must not be able to hide Niu Fu......"

"There is no food or grass left in the city!" Before Dong Xian's words were finished, the officer who spoke to him said: "It is death to fight with the king of Luoyang, and it is also death to defend the city, the general should make plans as soon as possible!" Why do you have to be tied to a chariot with Niu Fu? ”

"You mean ......?" As soon as the officer's words were finished, Dong Xian turned his head to look at him and looked at him from head to toe with a puzzled expression.

"Knowing that the soldiers of the king of Luoyang are coming to the city, Niu Fu will definitely be unfavorable to the general. If the general hesitates, he may affect his family! Looking around, he saw that there were only Dong Xian and another officer nearby, so the officer whispered: "Horizontal is also death, vertical is also death, it's better to be against his mother, maybe there is a way to live!" ”

The officer's words made Dong Xian stunned for a moment, he widened his eyes, looked at the officer from head to toe, and after a long while, he punched the battlements heavily.

"General, General Niu Fu ordered someone to come and get you!" A fist was slammed on the battlements, and before Dong Xian could make a decision, a soldier ran up from under the city in a panic, raised his hand and pointed to a few Xiliang soldiers who had just entered the city and were walking quickly to Dong Xian.

"Damn!" Looking at the Xiliang army who were getting closer and closer, Dong Xian said to the two officers behind him: "Tell the brothers, Lao Tzu is the opposite, none of these people are allowed to go!" ”

"No!" The two officers standing behind Dong Xian clasped their fists and bowed in response, and then one of them turned around and ran to the Xiliang army guarding the city wall, conveying Dong Xian's order.

The few Xiliang soldiers who came to capture Dong Xian didn't know what was waiting for them.

When he arrived in front of Dong Xian, the leading officer looked at Dong Xian from head to toe with a slanted eye of disdain on his face, and said with some yin and yang weirdness: "General Niu ordered me to wait to pick up General Dong to speak, General Dong, please wait with me." ”

"I don't know if General Niu summoned the last general, what is his business?" Dong Xian pressed the hilt of his sword with one hand, and asked the officer in a cold tone.

"General Dong should be clearer than me......" There was a disdainful smile on the corner of the officer's mouth, and he was only halfway through his words, his body suddenly changed, and the smile instantly faded from his face, replaced by a look of surprise and disbelief.

"Lao Tzu is going to die, and he has to pull a cushion!" The long sword in his hand pierced the officer's heart, Dong Xian's cheek muscles twitched violently, and he gritted his teeth and said to the officer with round eyes and a long sword piercing his chest: "Lao Tzu is the opposite today, if you want to blame it, blame your own bad luck!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Dong Xian suddenly pulled out his long sword, raised his foot and kicked the officer's lower abdomen fiercely.

As the long sword was drawn, a stream of blood **** came out, and the officer's lower abdomen was kicked, but he didn't even snort, his body was shooting blood, and he flew backwards in the air.

Several soldiers who followed behind the officer were stunned for a moment when they saw Dong Xian's sudden move, and then drew their long swords one after another.

But as soon as their long swords were drawn, a large group of Xiliang troops defending the city surrounded them.

"Kill! Not a single one to stay! The soldiers under his command surrounded him, and Dong Xianchao took two steps back and shouted to those soldiers.

The soldiers defending the city who surrounded the Xiliang army got the order, shouted in unison, picked up their long swords and pounced on the Xiliang army.

There are hundreds of soldiers guarding the city around the city, and a few Xiliang soldiers are just ordinary soldiers, even if they are martial arts generals, they are slashed by hundreds of people at such close range, I am afraid that they will not escape death.

Hundreds of soldiers defending the city swarmed up, and the Xiliang army who were surrounded in the middle didn't even have time to fight back before they were smashed to the ground.

At first, the men let out a wail, but after a while, they could no longer make a sound.

When the soldiers who were wielding their long swords and slashing indiscriminately stopped their movements and retreated one after another, Dong Xian glanced at several corpses on the ground. There are countless swords in his body, and the corpse has been chopped to pieces, even though Dong Xian has also experienced many battlefield killings, but seeing this miserable scene in front of him, he still couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, twisting his brows and twisting his face to the side.

Strictly speaking, the corpses on the ground can no longer be used as a unit of calculation, but should be used as a "beach". Several Xiliang soldiers who were hacked to death by the sword were separated from their flesh and skin, their internal organs were mixed with flesh and blood, and the black, black, red, and red were mixed into a big pool on the ground.

In the flesh and blood, there are some bones of Bai Sensen. The bones were mixed with black and red rotten flesh, which made the rotten meat on the ground look a little more disgusting.

"Soldiers!" Turning his back to the puddle of rotten meat, Dong Xian shouted to the officers and soldiers at the head of the city: "There are only five days of grain in the city, and the army of the king of Luoyang is eyeing the outside of the city. More than 10,000 soldiers went out of the city, but in half a day, the whole army was wiped out. Fighting with the army of the king of Luoyang will definitely be a dead end! If we wait to defend the city to the death, and the food stock runs out in five days, even if we don't die in battle, we will starve to death! ”

Looking around at the officers and soldiers who were gradually gathering around him, Dong Xian, who was still a little apprehensive when he decided to rebel, knew that he had embarked on a road of no return, but he was much calmer than when he started killing people before.

"Slaughter Niu Fu and kill him out of the city!" Seeing the endless dazedness on the faces of the officers and soldiers surrounding him, Dong Xian took the opportunity to shout to them: "While the king of Luoyang has not yet attacked the city, I will leave Zheng County as soon as possible, maybe there is still a glimmer of life!" ”

"Horizontal and vertical are a death! It's better to fight and follow General Dong! It's the other way around! As soon as Dong Xian's words fell, the officer who had encouraged him to rebel earlier raised his arms high and shouted.

The officers and soldiers on the city wall were stunned one by one, not knowing what to do, and after a while, those officers and soldiers who had killed the soldiers under Niu Fu took the lead in raising their blades and shouted loudly: "Follow General Dong, it's the other way around!" ”

Hundreds of people had already taken the lead in shouting, and the remaining officers and soldiers knew that they were under Dong Xian's command, and if they did not participate in the rebellion, they were afraid that they would be cut into powder immediately, and they hurriedly raised their weapons high and shouted loudly. All of a sudden, on the city wall on the south side of Zheng County, there were waves of shouts of rebellion, fluttering towards the outside of the city.

The shouts of the Xiliang army at the head of the city drifted to the hillside outside the city, and Tai Shici, who had just led more than 10,000 cavalry down to the foot of the mountain and had not yet had time to dismount, heard the earth-shattering shout, turned his head and glanced at Zheng County again, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said to the general who followed behind: "The military division is really like a god, and he knows that there will be chaos in Zheng County today, so he wants me to wait down the mountain and wait, just wait for the Xiliang army to go out of the city, and then go forward to cover up the killing." ”

The general responded, turned over and jumped off the war horse, walked to Tai Shici's war horse, helped him get off the horse, and then said to him: "In the previous battle halfway up the mountainside, the soldiers watched the infantry slashing and killing, and they were all holding back a lot of strength in their hearts!" ”

After getting off the war horse and looking up at the top of the mountain, Tai Shici said lightly to the general: "Since His Highness led us to Zheng County, the cavalry must be of great use." Tell the brothers, let them be patient for the time being, wait for His Highness's order, and we will fight with the Xiliang Army for the rest of our lives! ”

"No!" The general responded with a fist clench, and did not leave immediately, but turned around and stood behind Tai Shici, with a look of expectation on his face, looking at the mountain that was not too high and steep.

The setting sun had disappeared at the end of the horizon, and there was still a faint glow in the western sky, and night had quietly fallen.

Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the burning Zheng County town under the mountain, Liu Wei turned his head and said to Pang Tong standing behind him: "The military advisor really expects things to be like a god, and now the city is already full of fires, thinking that Dong Xian should have launched a rebellion in order to protect himself." ”

"Early tomorrow morning, General Taishi can lead the army into the city!" Standing behind Liu Bian, also looking at Zheng County under the mountain, Pang Tong said to Liu Bian: "After the cavalry enters the city, you can let the Xiliang army follow into the city and recruit the Xiliang army in the city." His Highness led the infantry and pressed the formation behind! Zheng County's first battle should be won! ”

"Pass the order!" Liu Wei nodded slowly, then waved behind him, and shouted to a soldier who ran over: "The three armies are waiting for the day, and tomorrow morning, enter Zheng County!" ”

The army of Liu Wei outside the city was ready to seize Zheng County, but the Xiliang army inside the city was unaware.

The officers and soldiers under Dong Xian's command poured into the streets, and when they learned that Dong Xian had betrayed, some generals who had already complained about Niu Fu immediately responded, led the army to join Dong Xian, and rushed to the Zheng County government together.

There were also some generals loyal to Niu Fu, who learned that there was a rebellion in the city, and hurriedly led the army to meet the soldiers and horses of Dong Xian and others. The streets were full of Xiliang troops fighting each other, and the flames lit by the Xiliang army in order to barely see at night could be seen all over the city.

In the main hall of the Zheng County Government, Niu Fu, who heard the turmoil in the city, was walking back and forth quickly in a panic. He knew very well that there was no food and grass in the city, and the army's morale could be turbulent at any time due to the lack of food and grass. At this moment, the outside shouted to kill Zhentian, and what reached the ears was the shout of "capture and kill Niu Fu", and I didn't know that **** was because he wanted to punish Dong Xian, Niu Fu also thought that the Xiliang Army in the city had no food and grass, and caused a rebellion.

"General, it's not good!" Niu Fu was in a hurry in the hall, Hu Chi'er and a few Xiliang generals who were closest to Niu Fu on weekdays ran in, just saw Niu Fu, Hu Chi'er and those Xiliang generals knelt on the ground, looked up at Niu Fu, and said to Niu Fu with a very flustered look: "There are too many rebels in the city, I implore the general to leave the government quickly, and hurry out of the city to avoid it!" ”

In the past, Niu Fu was convinced of Hu Chi'er and regarded him as a confidant, so he would not have the slightest doubt about what he said.

Hearing Hu Chi'er say that there were too many rebel troops in the city, Niu Fu had already mentioned his heart in his throat, and he was even more confused, and hurriedly asked Hu Chi'er: "The rebels are everywhere, how can this general get out of Zheng County?" ”