Xu Liang and Li Ting silently walked towards the outside of the mansion.

Fourth Miss Li Ting bit her lip lightly, walked a few steps quickly, parallel to Xu Liang, and said, "Xu Liang, you don't have to take what my grandfather said, you don't have to take it to heart. Even without my grandfather, I wouldn't need your care. ”

Xu Liang said: "I have always done what I said. Since I promised him, I will do my best. ”

Xu Liang asked curiously: "You just said that your grandfather was killed by a traitor?" What the hell is going on? ”

President Li sighed and said, "It's really hard to put into words. After we took refuge in Zhu Zijian, the king of Shunyi, we originally thought that we would be reused, and at least we could bring a group of brothers to do a great cause. How do you know that the people of Shunyi King Zhu Zijian wantonly squeezed out those of us who took refuge in the past. Zhu Zijian, Wang Daliang, Gao Yingxiang, Gao Zilin, Huang Ziren and several others formed their own line and controlled the vast majority of the people's army. And a few of us are becoming more and more marginalized. ”

Xu Liang listened quietly, and the situation described by Li Ting was generally consistent with what the Heavenly Dragon said. It appears that factional fighting within the People's Army is still fierce.

"It's not a big deal if it's just crowding out. If you want to blame it, you can blame us for our bad luck. However, Gao Zilin, the military advisor of the People's Army, did not know where to know about the five sheepskin Diamond Sutras, and after asking my grandfather for them to no avail, he instructed Wang Daliang to be sure to extract the whereabouts of the five Diamond Sutras from my grandfather's mouth. ”

Fourth Miss Li Ting looked resentful, snorted extremely shamelessly, and said coldly: "Although Wang Daliang has a big character in his name, he is extremely bad, insidious and cunning. In order to obtain the five Diamond Sutras, he did whatever it took to obtain them. first poisoned my grandfather, and then forced me to marry me...... It's shameless! ”

Xu Liang listened. couldn't help but sigh lightly, wiping a handful of tears for Li Xinbei's experience.

The dignified nine-thousand-year-old grandfather Wei Zhongxian was lucky enough to escape the pursuit of Emperor Chongzhen, but in the end, it was difficult to escape the fate of death.

Xu Liang asked, "Is there no way to save the poison in your grandfather's body?" ”

The fourth young lady looked gloomy and shook her head sadly, "This kind of poison is extremely vicious, I once asked Wang Daliang." He once said that this poison was prepared by Gao Zilin, a military division of the People's Army, and even Wang Daliang himself had no antidote. However, he said that he could ask Gao Zilin for the antidote for me. It's a pity that Wang Daliang died too quickly. ”

Xu Liang said apologetically: "I didn't expect this result. Wang Daliang killed early! ”

Fourth Miss Li Ting shook her head and said, "Xu Liang, it's none of your business. Even if there is no Wang Daliang, with my grandfather's arrogant temperament, he will never compromise with Gao Zilin. He'd rather die! ”

Xu Liang nodded secretly, thinking of Gonggong Wei's glorious life in the past, once the sea was difficult to turn into water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud. Gonggong Wei is such a figure, and he is disabled. It's really possible for him to do something that would rather die than give in.

The military advisor Gao Zilin was able to prepare highly poisonous poison, which Xu Liang did not expect. Xu Liang sighed: "That Gao Zilin, what is the origin." How can it be? ”

It seems that the first one evokes the bad memories of the fourth young lady Li Ting, and Li Ting said in a heavy tone: "I don't know the origin of Gao Zilin. I only know that this person is with Gao Yingxiang. Wang Daliang and these people all belong to an organization called the Wenxiang Sect, and Gao Zilin's status in the sect should be extremely high. At the beginning of the uprising of the people's army, the reason why the people's army, which had risen from more than a dozen roads, was able to raise an incident on the same day. After capturing the city, he went straight to Hanzhong Mansion, so handificently, according to my grandfather and I inquired afterwards, these things were all from Gao Zilin's hands. ”

"Smell the incense? Is that what kind of vacuum hometown, the one without a mother? Xu Liang asked.

"Exactly." Fourth Miss Li Ting nodded, looked at Xu Liang, with a gloating smile in her eyes, and said: "You might as well tell you quietly, don't look at Zhu Zijian as the general leader of the People's Army, in fact, Gao Zilin is in charge of specific matters." Gao Yingxiang, Wang Daliang and other people all listened to Gao Zilin. ”

Xu Liang was taken aback, secretly alerted, and classified Gao Zilin as an extremely dangerous column.

The fourth lady Li Ting, Shang Tianlong, Guo Tianxing and others were distributing the prisoners of Hutou Pass, and they couldn't hide Hong Chengchou, who was participating in politics in Shaanxi.

That night, Hong participated in politics and ran to Xu Liang to ask for guilt.

"Guozhong, you handed over the captives to Li Ting, Shangtianlong, Guotianxing and others are in charge, these three people have just surrendered, they are difficult to tame, if something happens, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Xu Liang looked at Hong and asked, "Then Lord Hong thinks it's better to deal with these captives?" ”

Hong participated in politics very simply: "Don't kill it!" ”

Xu Liang said secretly, sure enough, this answer is very Hong's style. Thinking of the last time he shot seven thousand captives, it caused Dai Feng's dissatisfaction. If Xu Liang ordered the prisoners to be killed on the spot at this time, even if the generals of the Liang army had no opinion, what kind of bad consequences would it be in the eyes of Li Ting, who had just made a meritorious return, to the heavenly dragon, and to the heavenly star?

Xu Liang shook his head helplessly and said: "Killing is a last resort, and the prisoners of the people's army are also a force that can be used, and it is of course the best to be able to use them." ”

Xu Liang looked directly at Hong Shenzheng and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the prisoners in the hands of Li Ting, Shangtianlong, and Guotianxing are already properly arranged, and there will be no major changes." ”

Hong Senzheng frowned and said: "Guozhong, you are seeking skin with the tiger!" ”

Xu Liang didn't want to get entangled with Hong Senzheng in this matter, so he changed the topic and asked, "The army is about to march towards Hanzhong Mansion." The road ahead is dangerous, and it is more appropriate for adults to stay at Hutou Pass. ”

Hong Senzheng shook his head decisively and said: "The people's army has been ravaging Hanzhong for many days, and now that our army is marching, how can this official shrink in the rear?" In the matter of attacking Hanzhong Mansion, the official must supervise the battle with his own eyes. ”

Xu Liang felt helpless. In fact, Xu Liang's original intention was to hope that Hong Shenzheng would stay in the rear, although Hong Shenzheng appreciated Xu Liang, but Hong Shenzheng's loyalty and patriotism were too strict, and he was in the army, Xu Liang always felt that it was a little in the way, and it was inconvenient for Liang Jun to perform according to Xu Liang's intentions.

Now is not the time to break with Hong Shenzheng, Xu Liang still has to give Hong Shenzheng some face.

The army rested in Hutou Pass for two days, then marched towards Hanzhongfu. Xu Liang left 5,000 men and horses to guard Hutou Pass. The rest of the people, together with the newly compiled Li Ting. Heavenly Dragon, Heavenly Star and other people. All on the march.

Before leaving Hutou Pass, Xu Liang once again went to visit Li Xinbei, who was seriously ill.

The civilian army stationed in Hanzhong Mansion, the civilian army led by King Liang was regarded as the main defense force, and after being defeated by the Liang army, there was no decent civilian army in Hanzhong Mansion. The momentum of the Liang army's attack was like a bamboo, and within a few days, it was killed outside the city of Hanzhong.

The small county towns around Hanzhong City are all Li Ting, Shangtianlong. The men and horses led by Guo Tianxing broke through and returned to the hands of the court, and Hanzhong City almost became an isolated city.

At the head of Hanzhong City, the only more than 20,000 people's troops have been sent to the city tower to defend the city. Zhu Zijian, the king of Shunyi, together with the military advisor Gao Zilin, the general Wang Zuogui and others, looked at the black soldiers of the Liang army outside the city, and the black hole of the five general cannons behind the Liang army's formation, and couldn't help but change their faces drastically.

Zhu Zijian asked loudly at Gao Zilin: "Send to Xi'an Mansion, order Gao Yingxiang." Did Huang Ziren's order to return to the division be sent out? ”

Gao Zilin said in a deep voice: "The day after receiving Wang Daliang's military report, he sent the order out. It's just that Gao Yingxiang and Huang Ziren fought with the army of Liu Zhilun, the governor of Shaanxi, in Xi'an Prefecture, and even if they returned immediately after receiving the order, it would take five or six days. Far water can't quench your thirst. ”

Zhu Zijian stomped his feet irritably. Cursing: "Didn't you say that Wang Daliang defended Hanzhong Mansion and was foolproof?" What now? More than 50,000 people's troops were lost, and even Wang Daliang himself died in Hutou Pass. Liang Jun for a few days. Kill outside Hanzhong City! Hanzhong is in such a dangerous situation, all because the military advisor does not know people! ”

Gao Zilin's face was slightly gloomy. sighed: "Wang Daliang has always been calm in his work. This time it was so quickly defeated. It was really unexpected. However, this qiē cannot be blamed entirely on Wang Daliang. The so-called day and night defense, it is difficult to prevent thieves! Who would have thought that Li Ting, Shangtianlong, Guo Tianxing and others in Wang Daliang's army would defect and betray us? ”

Zhu Zijian's face became even more ugly, and he said hatefully: "I heard that the small counties around us were all defeated by Li Ting, Shangtianlong, and Guotianxing?" Li Ting, a slut, really shouldn't have taken in their grandfather and grandson in the first place. ”

Gao Zilin sighed and said secretly, it's a pity that the parchment diamond scripture with buried treasures in this department can no longer be obtained! Immediately, Wang Zuogui, the leader of the people's army on the side of the court, who Gao Zi was referring to, said: "General Wang, Li Ting, Shangtianlong, Guo Tianxing and others can't see the shape clearly, and would rather be a lackey of the court than help the great cause. ”

Wang Zuogui was shocked in his heart, hurriedly gathered his mind, and said with a forced smile: "King Shunyi and the military advisor can rest assured, the last general will not share the sky with the court, and he will never take refuge in the court." ”

Gao Zilin nodded and said, "That's fine." General Wang's statement, we are much more relieved. ”

The high walls of Hanzhong City are thick, and there are still more than 20,000 guards in force, and there are more Shunyi King Zhu Zijian, and military advisor Gao Zilin personally supervised the battle at the head of the city, which virtually boosted the morale of the people's army.

The Liang army launched an attack in the early morning, and the two sides fought until dark, although they caused a lot of casualties to the civilian army in Hanzhong City, but Hanzhong City still failed to break through.

In the Hanzhong City Tower, the dim lights hung obliquely in the corner of the city tower, illuminating the faces of Zhu Zijian and Gao Zilin. The sound of the wounded Nationalist soldiers on the city tower came from time to time, and the soldiers carried the corpses of the dead Nationalists to the city.

Zhu Zijian asked worriedly, "How many waves of attack has the Liang army attacked tonight?" ”

Gao Zilin said helplessly: "It's the third wave." ”

After nightfall, although the large-scale attack of the Liang army stopped, every once in a while, a group of men and horses shouted a deafening sound of killing, rushed to the city gate, attacked for a while, and seemed to be not really about fighting, and after attacking for a while, they retreated when they saw that they could not attack. After a while, another group of people rushed out.

The people on the tower of the city were not very troubled and tired.

Zhu Zijian's mouth was dry, and he felt that his throat and eyes were about to smoke. Swallowing the steamed bun hatefully, he scolded the Liang army's camp outside the city: "What kind of nerve does this Liang army have? Fight and don't really fight, what's the matter if you withdraw after a while? ”

Gao Zilin said worriedly: "I'm worried that the Liang army wants to fight fatigue tactics, there are many of them, and they can take turns to fight, but our people defending the city are in the point of passive defense, and we must always be vigilant to defend against the sudden attack of the Liang army." If we attack for two or three days in a row, we don't need the Liang army to come in, and our own men and horses will be dragged down. ”

Zhu Zijian was uneasy, and said to Gao Zilin: "Then what should I do?" Why don't we divide the garrison into two groups and take turns defending the city? One to defend the city, the other to go back to the camp to sleep? ”

Gao Zilin exclaimed, "By no means, the two armies are fighting, false and real, we don't know which of the Liang army's attacks is real and which is fake." ”

Zhu Zijian, the king of Shunyi, was so angry that he shouted: "I'm angry with this king!" This Xu Liang is such a scoundrel! I even came up with such a method of fighting! ”

Just as he was shouting, the sound of killing under the city rose again, and the fourth attack of the Liang army began.

This night, the Liang army launched seven attacks intermittently, although they did not capture Hanzhong City, but the trouble caused to the people's army was great, the next day, the soldiers of the people's army defending the city at the head of Hanzhong City were wearing panda eyes, yawning for a long time, listless.

Zhu Zijian, the king of Shunyi, himself was also fluttering, leading people to patrol and wake up countless dozing soldiers of the people's army.

When the morning sun was rising, the Liang army set up an offensive phalanx outside the city, Zhu Zijian saw that the opponent's army was neat and high-spirited, and he could see at a glance that this was the army that did not participate in the night attack last night.

Zhu Zijian found the military advisor Gao Zilin, and shouted angrily: "Send an urgent military order to Gao Yingxiang and Huang Ziren again, and order the two of them to return to Hanzhong Mansion immediately!" ”

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Huang Ziren and Gao Yingxiang, who were at war with the governor of Shaanxi in Xi'an Mansion, received the harshly worded military order of Zhu Zijian, the king of Shunyi, and did not look at each other, and the two almost sighed.

Huang Ziren struggled in his heart, and Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chaochuang, said: "We have successfully trapped Liu Zhilun, the governor of Shaanxi, and we can completely rape the army of the court, but at this time, the king of Shunyi wants us to withdraw our troops?" Are the garrison armies in Hanzhong Mansion all paper paste? ”

At the same time that Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, received the military order, he also received a secret letter from the military advisor Gao Zilin, and he was still very clear about the emergency situation of the Hanzhong Mansion at this time.

If it was just the military order of Zhu Zijian, the king of Shunyi, Gao Yingxiang would not have paid attention to it at all, but the military advisor Gao Zilin also asked Gao Yingxiang to return to Hanzhong, which shows that at least the leader of the Wenxiang Sect is inclined to protect Hanzhong first, and then plot for others.

Only Gao Yingxiang knew that the true identity of the military advisor Gao Zilin, and his actual seeing almost represented the actual seeing of the mysterious Smelling Fragrance Sect Master.

Gao Yingxiang could hear that Huang Ziren had a lot of affection, why wasn't he like this?

Gao Yingxiang persuaded bitterly: "Brother Ziren, the Liang army broke through the camp of Wudu Mountain one after another, seized the Hutou Pass, and even the two brothers of the king of Liang and the king of Liang were killed in battle, and the people's army under the king of Liang was almost wiped out. In the entire city of Hanzhong, there were less than 20,000 guards and horses available. If we don't come back to help, Hanzhong Mansion will be in danger! ”

When Huang Ziren heard this, he looked back at the Ming army trapped on the top of the mountain with great reluctance, and saw the Ming army flag hunting in the wind, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and shouted at Gao Yingxiang: "Go, go back!" (To be continued......)