On the day Wang Rui withdrew from Guiyang County, Wang Xu had already led his troops out of Chenxian, but because it was already afternoon, he only walked less than forty miles before camping and resting.

And dozens of miles away, the district star thieves who had already entered Benxian County also received a report from the spies......

"General District, Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, and Wang Xu, the general of Koukou, have already been killed in two ways, what should we do now?" Zhou Chao frowned, and said with a worried face, "Since the failure of the golden silkworm to shed its shell in Qitianling more than ten years ago and the loss of troops and generals, Zhou Chao has been extremely afraid of Wang Xu. ”

Ou Xing is a strong man with a wide mouth and a big nose, thick eyebrows, and a flushed face, but his eyes are squinting, changing, and unpredictable. Appears unusually shrewd and cunning. It's just that in the face of Sun Jian and Wang Xu's two-way pressing, he also looked extremely helpless, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhou, to be honest, I didn't expect that the Dog Emperor would send Wang Xu and Sun Jian to crusade in the future when we have not yet developed and grown." Ay...... Now I don't know what to do, I can only take one step at a time. Fortunately, during this time, Wang Rui's waste dragged Wang Xu and Sun Jian back, and won a little respite for us. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Chao's brows furrowed even tighter: "General District, but if we don't think of a way, won't we sit still and wait to die?" ”

"You're right, we're the fish on this sticky board, to be slaughtered." replied with a wry smile, but Ou Xing let out a long sigh: "According to my plan at the beginning, it is to unite the barbarians to launch a rebellion, and then take the three counties of Guiyang, Changsha, and Lingling as quickly as possible, defend the danger, and then go south to conquer Jiaozhou, so as to divide one side and establish our own happy land, just like Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army in the north, even the imperial court has to recruit and appease him with official positions." ”

Seeing Ou Xing's envious and longing look, Zhou Chao's eyes widened suddenly: "General Ou, when you invited me to wait for the army to respond, didn't you say that you would take it as your responsibility to save the people of Limin?" He also said that everything he is doing now is a measure of equity, but how can you have such an idea? ”

"Ah...... Oh...... This one......! Ou Xing found that he had said something carelessly, and his eyes suddenly wandered.

However, he reacted quickly, and almost immediately sighed helplessly, and continued, "Hey...... Brother Zhou, I did think that way at first, but after I became a soldier, I realized the difficulties. You and I are not capable, and it is not easy to help the world. Think about how eloquent the three brothers were back then, the Yellow Turban thieves were so powerful, but weren't they also defeated by the imperial court in the end? So I slowly changed my opinion, and I wanted to do my best to keep one party safe, even if I had a clear conscience. ”

These words are very beautiful, but Zhou Chao is not stupid. On the contrary, he is very clever and sees where there is still a reason that he does not understand. From the very beginning, this district star rebelled for his own selfishness, and what helped the world and established a happy land was all deceptive nonsense. To put it bluntly, it is hoped that Tongguò rebelled to divide one side, become a soil emperor, or wait for the imperial court to recruit peace, high-ranking officials. It is no wonder that he called himself a general when he first started his rebellion.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chao was already extremely sad and angry in his heart, he didn't care about the safety of his family, blocked his life and future career, and endured the great crime of destroying the three clans, but he only got such a scam, which was really not worth it.

Especially when he thought of his parents and family who were still buried in Jiaozhou and took refuge, he was even more heartbroken. Looking at Ou Xing's hypocritical appearance, the anger in his heart suddenly rose to the extreme, and he really wanted to kill and relieve his hatred with one sword.

But in the end, he still held back, because he knew Ou Xing's martial arts very well and knew that he was not an opponent. Immediately tried his best to calm his mind, and asked without moving: "In that case, how should we get through this at present?" ”

Ou Xing seems to be rude, but he is actually very careful, Zhou Chao was silent for a long time just now, and his eyes looked uncertain, and he already had doubts in his heart. After thinking about it, he said: "Of course, I will resist to the end, no matter what, I will never surrender." Everyone has come to this point, there is no way back, horizontal and vertical is death, and death must be died with dignity! ”

Although his words were impassioned, in fact, what he thought in his heart was: fight first and then speak, if he fails, he will flee to the mountains with his cronies and elites to become bandits. At that time, the imperial court will never be able to exterminate it, and it will naturally recruit peace. Although the original plan failed, he could always live freely, at least save his life, and as long as the means were used well, he might not be able to get promoted and make a fortune in the future.

Zhou Chao has completely seen through Ou Xing's mask, where will he believe his nonsense. It's just that on the surface, it pretends to be impassioned and heroic: "Yes! Even if you die in battle, you will never give in, and what can you do if you surrender. Even if Wang Xuzhen did not investigate the crime of rebellion as he said, he would not go home to farm, and when the time came, he would still have to be tortured to death in the face of countless harsh taxes and corrupt officials. ”

After speaking, Zhou Chao stood up abruptly and arched his hand: "General District, I am willing to be the vanguard and lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to meet Wang Xu." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ou Xing suddenly looked at Zhou Chao suspiciously, because he already had doubts about Zhou Chao, so he was even more cautious at this moment. But if you think about it, it is also a good thing to let the Zhou Dynasty take the lead, after all, staying in the army is not stable, and it is good to let him consume the enemy's troops.

Thinking of this, Ou Xing immediately laughed, and pretended to be moved to hold Zhou Chao's hand: "Brother Zhou is really a real hero, okay, let you be the pioneer!" ”

"Thank you, General Ou!" Zhou Chao replied firmly, but when his head was buried slightly, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes......

After resting for the night, Wang Xu took the soldiers to Benxian again.

At noon, the pioneer Zhang Jing arrived outside the city of Benxian with 2,000 men and shouted for war. But Ou Xing didn't react, and let Zhang Jing and his soldiers shout and curse outside the city.

The army led by Wang Xu also arrived soon after, and ordered Yang Feng, who was delayed, to set up a large camp on the soil slope two miles outside the city, and then rushed to the city with the rest of the generals and the Chinese army.

"Zhang Jing, take a break! I don't think Ou Xing will go out of the city. Seeing Zhang Jing roaring and smoking, Wang Xu, who had just arrived, couldn't help laughing.

"Boss, what do we do next? Siege? Zhang Jing was also a little irritable.

"No, he'll go out of the city to fight. As far as I estimate, all the grain and grass materials in Benxian County must have been taken away by Wang Rui. According to the report of the spies, yesterday Ou Xing had ordered the thieves in Hanning County to gather in Ben County overnight with grain and grass supplies, obviously wanting to concentrate their forces to fight us to the death. So there's no way he's stuck in the lonely city! Wang Xu calmly looked at the head of the county seat.

"Then why hasn't he moved now? Could it be that you want to wait for us to consume more body and fight after we are tired? Zhang Jing thought about it and gradually understood.

"Huh! It's very likely, so there's no need to shout, everyone will line up and wait every day! Anyway, within five days, Ou Xing will definitely attack, otherwise the besieged thieves will definitely panic. ”

"Hmmm! Good. Saying that, Zhang Jing immediately turned his head and shouted: "The whole army is ready to take turns to rest!" ”

As Wang Xu chatted with the generals outside the city unhurriedly, the district star at the head of the city sighed: "Hey! I wanted to wait for the other party to shout and scold loudly, wasting my body, but I didn't expect Wang Xu to be able to see through it just after he came, and now it is pointless to drag it on. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Chao was happy in his heart, but his face was stern: "General District, otherwise I will lead my headquarters out of the city to meet the battle now!" ”

"This ......" Ou Xing hesitated, and after a while, he smiled slightly: "I don't think it's better to be like this, today you will take half of the trilogy out to find out the situation, how about it?" ”

"No!" Hearing this, Zhou Chao did not hesitate, immediately nodded, turned around and walked downstairs.

He just turned his back to Ou Xing, but he sighed involuntarily. Dark Dao: Ou Xing, originally I was only for self-preservation, as long as I took all my troops out of the city, it was just a surrender. But now, it's no wonder that I'm not going to live......

Wang Xu was chatting with Xu Sheng about the quality of the city's defense, "Knock! Boom! Boom! But the sound of the ground drums sounded suddenly.

Looking back, I suddenly found that the city gate of Benxian County had been slowly opened, and the suspension bridge on the moat was gradually lowered. A fair-faced general with a spear in his hand and a yellow war horse rushed out first, it was the old acquaintance Zhou Chao.

And followed by the thieves who kept pouring out, but the equipment was messy, and they all had yellow faces and thin muscles, and their combat power could be imagined. The crossbowmen at the head of the city had also stood between the battlements, stretching their bows and arrows, obviously suppressing Wang Xu's army and preventing him from attacking before the Zhou Dynasty formed an array.

Of course, Wang Xu will not be in a hurry, let alone brave the rain of arrows to rush up to make senseless sacrifices now. smiled, shook his head and shouted, "Beat the drums!" The whole army took twenty steps back! ”

With his words, the army suddenly moved slowly like an awakened beast. Several snare drums also rang out, making a heavy and heroic drum sound!

At this moment, the generals also rode their horses one after another, lined up, lined up on both sides of Wang Xu, and the soldiers not far behind them also quickly handed the weapons that were inconvenient to carry to the generals.

After waiting for a long time, about 3,000 people came out of the city, and Zhou Chao finally pulled the reins of the horse, stepped forward a few steps and shouted: "Wang Xu, I want to fight you to the death, do you dare to come?" ”

Seeing that the other party provoked Wang Xu by name, Dian Wei was immediately furious: "Dog thief, why do you need the lord to fight, I Dian Wei is enough, I have the courage to fight with me." As he spoke, the man had already slapped his horse out, and before standing proudly with the army, he took off the ice and fire halberd on his back.

That Zhou Dynasty ignored it, rode his horse around twice in front of the formation, and continued to shout: "I just want to fight with Wang Xu, come if you have the courage, and leave if you don't have the courage, why do you need to say more?" ”

Hearing this, all the generals were quite annoyed, and Dian Wei even scolded: "Guts and rats, if you can make twenty moves from a certain family, you will not die!" ”

However, Wang Xu smiled slightly and waved his hand nonchalantly: "Dian Wei, come back!" ”

Although Dian Wei was angry in his heart, Wang Xu had already spoken, he snorted heavily, and still retreated.

"Huh! You don't have to be angry, since he named me to fight, then I will fight, how can I, Wang Xu, be afraid of him. Saying that, Wang Xu immediately shouted: "Take my fire dragon gun!" ”

As he spoke, the guards standing proudly behind him suddenly rushed forward and offered the dragon spear with both hands.

After waving his hand to take it, Wang Xu shouted loudly: "Zhou Dynasty, if you want to fight, I will fight with you." ”

Before the words fell, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and he had already crossed the formation and came to the open space between the two armies.

Seeing this, Zhou Chao did not hesitate, and also jumped out of the horse, and with a wave of the spear in his hand, he was already heading straight for Wang Xu.

Wang Xu rode his horse to catch up, and when he saw that he was about to approach, he suddenly saw Zhou Chao's eyes blinking. However, at this moment, Wang Xu didn't care so much, what should he do, and with a wave of his spear, he stabbed at the Zhou Dynasty like a thunderbolt.

This week's martial arts are not weak, and they are also waving spears to meet them. "Bell!" With a crisp sound, the two were already on the wrong track. Although Zhou Chao was beaten by Wang Xu with his hands shaking at the first blow, he did not hesitate, quickly reined in the horse's momentum, and turned around to fight.

At the same time, the earth-shattering drums and cheers were already sounding on both sides. And Zhou Chao, who had already taken Wang Xu's four moves, took the opportunity to shout: "General Wang, I want to surrender!" ”