Chapter 137: The Road Back to Beijing (Part II)

War is a strange thing, anything can happen on the battlefield, as for victory or defeat, it is more common, but if the fiasco caused by their own bombing camp is undoubtedly the last thing that the general is willing to face, often the larger the army, the more afraid of encountering such a bombing camp without a fight, even if the invincible takes advantage of the chaos to attack, the morale of their own army will also be seriously hit, and the army will be scattered, and the team will not be easy to bring. Li Zhen can be regarded as a character who has led soldiers and fought vicious battles, but he has never encountered the bombing of the camp, the first time he encountered such a strange thing, he is really a little anxious, without him, although the combat power of the Zi Yulin Army is not in Li Zhen's eyes, but after all, they are all the old man's pro-army, if he really plays a result of heavy casualties, Li Zhen's face is still a trivial matter, and how to deal with the old man is a big headache.

Fuck, there's got to be something strange here! After Li Zhen gave the order to blow the trumpet and gather, he looked at the blazing stable with a dark face, and his heart tightened for a while - Li Zhen had never encountered the bombing of the camp, but he had heard a lot about the bombing of the camp, and knew that the bombing of the camp usually happened in the dead of night, and at this time the whole army was drinking and feasting, and the wine had just been drunk for a short time, and there was no such thing as drunken nonsense at all, and it was reasonable that there was no possibility of bombing the camp, even if the fire in the stable would cause a big chaos, it would not reach the point of bombing the camp. But now that the trumpet has sounded, there are very few soldiers who have come to assemble in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the chaos in the barracks is still there, shouts and roars are all over the place, and from time to time there are one or two howls of the wounded, and the fire is getting bigger and bigger.

It's going to be bad, damn it! Seeing that the situation was out of control, the sweat on Li Zhen's forehead was dripping out, and Li Zhen knew in his heart that his order was invalid - don't look at the number of this army is not much, there are more than 120 people in Li Zhen's palace guards, and more than 150 guards in the Shu Palace, and then counting the more than 200 Yulin troops who have not achieved enough and have more than enough failures, it is only in their early 600s when they are full, but the composition of cocoa is very complicated, it is not all the way at all, and it is normal for Li Zhen's orders to be listened to.

"Eighth brother, it seems that this fire can't be extinguished, so I'd better withdraw first." Li Su, the king of Shu who was standing beside Li Zhen, saw that the fire was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but persuade him.

At this point, Li Zhen was helpless, and he could only withdraw from the camp and then make plans, but at this very time, Li Zhen didn't want to have such an unstable factor as the sixth child getting in the way, he looked at the fire that was getting closer and closer, frowned and said: "Sixth brother, now that the chaos is settled, let's all withdraw separately first, and meet at the cross slope after dawn?" ”

Li Su didn't seem to expect Li Zhen to let him disperse and evacuate, he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "Okay, then it's decided, you and my brother will see you after dawn." As soon as the words fell, he arched his hand at Li Zhen, strode towards the chaotic barracks, and disappeared in the chaos in a blink of an eye.

"Withdraw!" Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, Li Zhen immediately issued a retreat order without hesitation, fortunately, in addition to some of the guards around Li Zhen to accompany those Yulin army banquets, most of them stayed around the Chinese army's tent. It was a difficult journey to the outside of the camp.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, the smoke is billowing out, the air is hot, in this kind of fire, it is difficult to breathe, not to mention the difficult way forward, Rao is Li Zhen's guards are all men who rolled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and at this time they were also panicked, only those "Eagle Group" masters could maintain their composure, and formed a circle to the death, protecting Li Zhen and the Su Gan who was tied up like a dead pig in the middle, trekking hard in the sea of fire, and finally arrived in front of the fence by the barracks, The troops rushed up, toppled the wooden fence to the ground, rushed out in a swarm, and ran all the way until they dared to stop, looking at the magnificent fire in the barracks, and everyone was afraid.

Strange, how did you set a fire and there was no follow-up, what the fuck is going on? Although he has safely rushed out of danger, Li Zhen has not been relieved because of this, but is full of suspicions, Li Zhen does not believe that this fire will start naturally, and he does not believe that the sixth will come to offer loyalty to himself for no reason, in Li Zhen's view, this fire is definitely not out of thin air, it must be related to the visit of the sixth child, but the question is what is the purpose of setting this fire? It's not for the sake of looking good, the left and right are either aimed at Li Zhen herself, or at Su Gan Chengji, but no one has made a move in such a chaotic situation on the fire ground, isn't this a strange thing?

"Your Highness, the number of people has been counted, there are one hundred and three people in my Yue Palace, there are still eighteen people missing, and there are more than thirty injured people, all of which are caused by crowding, except for three people who are seriously injured, the rest are all fine; There are eighty-seven people in the Yulin army, all of whom are wounded, but none of them are serious, and there are five guards from the Shu Palace; Deputy envoy Hou Guoxiao, King Shu and other cadres are nowhere to be seen, please make it clear to His Royal Highness. Just as Li Zhen was thinking about it, Chen Liang, the captain of the personal guard who had finished the team, strode up to Li Zhen and reported respectfully.

"Got it, wait and see, send someone to look around." When Li Zhen heard that so many people had disappeared from Yulin Army, his heart suddenly became irritable, and he waved his hand. Chen Liang saw that Li Zhen was upset and didn't dare to say anything more, so he replied respectfully, and sent someone to look around without mentioning it.

"Your Highness, this fire is coming strangely." Following behind Li Zhen, Na Long, who had not said a word for a long time, looked at the fire in the camp, sighed and said: "A certain has lived in the grassland since childhood, and is still familiar with wildfires, this is not the time when the weather is dry in autumn, even if the fire is lost, there is no reason to spread so quickly, this fire must be man-made, and the partial life will not come early or late, just when the king of Shu came to visit, the fire will start, it must be aimed at the Chengji of Su Gan, since there is no one on the fire ground, it is only afraid that it will be fierce, and the prince must take precautions as soon as possible." ”

"Well, that's what this king thinks." Li Zhen has a good idea of Nalong's analysis, he has seen it for so long at this time, except for a few scattered Yulin troops who have returned, no one has come out of the fire field, seeing that the fire has swallowed up the entire military camp, even if there are still people inside, I am afraid that it has already become a roast suckling pig, Li Zhen didn't want to wait any longer, and ordered Chen Liang to form a team and march to the cross slope overnight.

Cross slope, a small hill bag in the southeast of Wujin County, it is not very distinctive, that is, it is a small hill bag that is not too high, the mountain under the height of more than 30 zhang is covered with not very tall shrubs, the slope is not steep, even an ordinary hill, the only thing that can make it famous is that when the Han Gao ancestor Ming repaired the plank road, secretly crossed the Chen Cang, the last battle of the Qin Dynasty was done on this cross slope, and it can be regarded as adding a bit of legend to this hill bag. Writing down some limericks and the like also gives the cross slope some humanistic color.

Humanistic and inhumane, Li Zhen has no heart to pay attention to it at this time, without him, in addition to worrying about his heart, the main thing is that Li Zhen's snow dragon horse has disappeared due to the fire in the stable, which makes Li Zhen extremely unhappy, the snow dragon horse has been with Li Zhen for five or six years, and it is gone, which makes Li Zhen's heart empty, and he is uncomfortable for a while, but there is nowhere to find it, helpless, Li Zhen can only ride on a war horse that was snatched out of the fire by the guards, Walking in the queue boredly, until he saw the swarthy figure of the cross slope through the dim moonlight in the sky, Li Zhen ordered the whole army to rest for a while, and planned to go to the cross slope after dawn, waiting for the lost men and horses to come and meet.

"Your Highness, use some water." Seeing Li Zhen dismount, Chen Liang, the captain of the personal guard, hurriedly untied the water bladder tied around his waist and respectfully handed it to Li Zhen.

"Hmm." After the panic in the middle of the night, Li Zhen was really a little thirsty, and she didn't have much politeness, she reached out and took the water bladder, and just wanted to take a few sips, but suddenly stopped.

Not good! There is a case! After Li Zhenzhen's true yang trick was completed, he had just received the water bladder, but suddenly heard a faint sound of horses' hooves in the darkness in the distance ahead, and his heart suddenly sank - at this moment, Li Zhen's whole army was walking on the official road, surrounded by unobstructed flat land, if he really encountered a cavalry assault, he would not have the power to backhand at all, although Li Zhen did not believe that the brother dared to send out the cavalry to sneak attack him, but a sense of impending danger came to his heart.

It's better to believe what you have than what you don't have! Li Zhen, who sensed the dangerous aura, did not dare to hesitate, casually threw down the water bladder in his hand, turned over on his horse, and shouted and ordered: "The whole army is on alert, Yan Eighteen, you lead people to be optimistic about the criminals, and Chen Liang leads the brothers with horses to follow this king!" ”

At this time, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded, and the captains of the palace, who had been tired for a night, were lying on the ground crookedly, immediately jumped up, stood their own positions, and prepared to engage in battle, while those pampered Yulin soldiers panicked and collided in all directions, and even disrupted the positions of the soldiers of the Yue Wangfu who had begun to set up the formation.

Shit, damn dog thing! Li Zhen watched the group of Ziyu Lin Army blind, and hated the root of his teeth, but at this moment, he didn't care about paying attention to the bastard, seeing that the cavalry in the distance had rushed closer, Li Zhen burst into a shout: "Follow this king!" As soon as the words fell, he led more than 20 horsemen to run towards the place where the horse's hooves sounded.

"Yue King Li Zhen is here! Stop! Li Zhen galloped wildly, and at the same time carried enough air, and said a word, and the loud sound was like a thunderbolt in the air, and it suddenly spread far away.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, the reputation of Li Zhenyong's three armies is not blown out, under this roar, the group of cavalry in the distance obviously appeared in a chaos, but the formation of the impact has not stopped, and no one has spoken back, more than two hundred cavalry are still charging in the wilderness.

Damn, look for death! Li Zhen can already see the scale of the enemy by the moonlight, and there are only more than 200 horsemen at the first sight, so he secretly breathes a sigh of relief, to be honest, although there are only more than 20 horsemen around Li Zhen at this time, but all of them are good at the battlefield, just the more than 200 horses on the opposite side, Li Zhen is not much in his eyes, seeing the other party burying his head and rushing, Li Zhen's heart is on fire, and he has the heart to give the enemy who is attacking a dismount, put the bright silver spear in his hand on the victory hook, take off the strong bow, and draw three feather arrows from the quiver, with a force, with the technique of a beaded arrow, Three arrows shot in succession, and immediately shot down the three leaders who rushed to the opposite side, and immediately stirred up a mess in the charging formation of the attacking enemy, and before Li Zhen shot again, he heard a series of bowstring sounds, and seven or eight feather arrows whistled away again, and immediately aroused a scream in the cavalry array on the opposite side, but it turned out that it was Chen Liang, the captain of the guard, who made a move.

Chen Liang was originally born in Orion, so that a good hand of archery, in addition to the strength of the bow is worse than Li Zhen, both the accuracy of archery and the technique are higher than Li Zhen, this hand of arrows rain will shoot out, immediately suppressed the momentum of the incoming enemy, and because the forward was shot down, the rear sprinting cavalry had to bypass the dead and wounded, although they continued to rush to kill, but the entire charging formation was all messed up.

"Good!" Seeing Chen Liang shooting so well, Li Zhen couldn't help but shout hello, put down his bow and arrows, took off the bright silver spear from the victory hook, and shouted: "Kill!" "The horses rushed towards the enemy in the confusion.

Cavalry hedge, fighting is a momentum battle, don't look at Li Zhen's men only more than 20 horses, only one-tenth of the opponent's number, but all of them are good hands, and secondly, there is Li Zhen such a peerless fierce general, the momentum first suppressed the opponent's head, at this time it was just when the other party was in the chaos of the formation, facing the wild impact of Li Zhen and others, how could they resist it, but at this time the two sides were close, and it was impossible to avoid the impact of Li Zhen's department, and the two immediately collided fiercely together, A fierce fight began.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Li Zhen killed the enemy who came to attack, and the bright silver spear in his hand was used, but he saw that there was always a person who fell from the horse, and his subordinates never had an enemy, but in a moment he led his troops to kill the enemy formation, and more than 20 people fell under the gun, plus a group of guards put down nearly 30 horses, but just a face, the enemy who came to attack has been wiped out a quarter, and the rest no longer have the courage to turn their horses' heads to engage in battle, so they shouted and fled in all directions.

Damn, even at this level, I dare to rob Lao Tzu, I'm really fucking impatient! Li Zhen watched the invading enemy scatter and flee, and he didn't bother to chase and kill, he reined in his war horse, circled, looked at the rout army that was scattered and fled with a smile, and laughed loudly, but he was only halfway through the laughter, and suddenly remembered something, and the laughter stopped abruptly, and he couldn't care much, so he hurriedly kicked the horse's belly and rushed towards his own camp that was still in chaos.

At the same time that Li Zhen led his troops to launch a counterattack, Yan Eighteen also fell into a bitter battle - Li Zhen had just attacked, and the Yulin officers and soldiers who were rushing into the chaos had already rushed to the surroundings of Yan Eighteen and others, because Li Zhen had a death order, no one was allowed to approach the "Eagle Group" guarding circle, Yan Eighteen saw that the situation was in chaos, and saw that he couldn't stop the impact of the rebels, he couldn't help but get anxious, and shouted: "Stand back!" His Royal Highness has an order: those who approach this place will be killed! ”

Rao is Yan Eighteen shouted hoarsely, but the gang rebels turned a deaf ear, and still rushed towards the guard circle of the "Eagle Group", helpless, Yan Eighteen gritted his teeth and ordered loudly: "Take them all!" ”

Definitely, as soon as the "Eagle Group" masters, who were already impatient, heard Yan Eighteen's order, how could they still be polite to the group of sub-Yulin Army, and immediately greeted them with their fists, feet, and swords, and a few photos beat those soldiers of the Yulin Army who broke into the ground and crawled all over the ground, but at this moment, a strange cry sounded from the Chaosan soldiers of the Yulin Army: "The Yue Wangfu is murderous, and the brothers are fighting with them!" ”

The officers and soldiers of Yulin were already in a panic, who didn't care if this was true or not, seeing that many of their brothers were knocked to the ground by the "Eagle Group" three times and five divided by two, and for a while, they launched an attack on the "Eagle Group" masters regardless of it, so that the scene immediately got out of control - in terms of number and force, the old soldiers of the Yulin Army couldn't get on the stage at all, but after all, they were all saint's personal soldiers, and the people of Yue Wangfu really didn't dare to put a dead hand to rectify it, facing the attack of the crazy Yulin officers and soldiers, The people and horses of the Yue Wangfu were a little scrambling.

Chaos, a big chaos, hundreds of people fought under the hazy moonlight, Yan 18 did not participate in this chaotic battle, but held a sword to guard the side of Su Gan Chengji, always on guard, in case someone took advantage of the chaos, fortunately, although the gang of Zi Yulin Army made a fierce scene, the subordinates could not break through, and they could not break through the resistance of the "Eagle Group" masters at all, which also made Yan 18 worry a lot, but just when Yan 18 had just made up his mind, he saw that several black shadows suddenly flashed through the defense line of the "Eagle Group" masters in the chaotic battle, The four figures in the front and three in the back were like ghosts and killed Yan Eighteen's side.

Master! Absolute masters! Yan 18 has followed Li Zhen to practice martial arts for many years, and his knowledge is naturally outstanding, and he knows that the person who comes is not good when he sweeps the corner of his eyes to the four figures, but he is responsible for it, Yan 18 refuses to back down, roars wildly, shakes his wrist, and the long sword in his hand swings out with a move "Eight Sides of the Wind and Rain Will Zhongzhou", and the sword flowers appear at a glance, and he strives to expand the circle of defense, not to hurt the enemy, but to be able to drag the enemy, and to win a line of time for the "Eagle Group" masters to return to defense.

Yan Eighteen's abacus is of course very loud, but it is a pity that the enemy has obviously premeditated, and the cooperation is extremely tacit, the two make the sword hard against Yan Eighteen's attack, and the other two are deliberately late on the front line, and when Yan Eighteen and his two masters collide together, and his body is a little unstable, he does not go to attack Yan Eighteen, a knife and a sword fell like thunder on the body of Su Gan Chengji, who was tied up and wore a black mask on his head, but when he heard a miserable scream, Su Gan Chengji's body twisted a few times, and he immediately settled the account.

The people of the Shu Palace! After Yan 18 took a move from the two masters, he had already seen the enemy's clothes clearly by the moonlight, and when he saw that it was the guard of the Shu Palace, he was stunned for a moment, and then saw that Su Gan Chengji had been killed, and suddenly his heart was on fire, and he shouted: "Take your life!" The long sword in his hand led towards the four masters, and at this moment, the "Eagle Group" masters also relieved their breath, and knocked down the fighting Yulin officers and soldiers to the ground, and killed the four masters of the Shu Palace......

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