At midnight, the sleeping soldiers will not wake up, and the soldiers on the night vigil are tired, which is an excellent time to sneak attack.

Twenty miles east of Xuchang, Lima and Sipo, there is a whole formation of the second box army of the Janissary Army in the middle of the Northern Army, and the owner Zhao Jilong is Zhao Jien's brother, and he is also a distant relative of Xiangwangfu, just because he did not worship a good master, so he is not very popular. The longer he held grudges in his heart, the more jealous he gave up on himself, often taking his subordinates to drink heavily, never training soldiers, and the second army under his command gradually became the weakest fighting force in the Praetorian Guard.

After two or three days of idleness, Zhao Jilong was addicted to alcohol again, but he couldn't drink freely because of the "alcohol ban", but there were policies and countermeasures, and he drank blatantly, and no one reported him when he drank secretly. Therefore, Zhao Jilong and Sanliang's henchmen had a hangover all night, and they fell asleep at the end of the night. As everyone knows, this important information has already been secretly delivered to Yan Yunxing's tent, and Zhao Jilong will eventually have to pay a painful price for his narrow-mindedness and greed!

Under the bright moonlight, the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth corps of the Southern Army quietly arrived outside the town of Sipo, while the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth legions bypassed Sipo and arrived at the town of Lima in the north. Yan Yunxing, the commander of the Chinese army, calculated the time, raised the flaming longbow, and pulled a blood arrow on the string, only to hear the sound of "boom", the blood arrow rose into the air, and then turned into a huge flaming blood bird, the blood bird screamed and hissed, resounding through the night sky, announcing the official start of the war of the North and South Central Route Army!

The night vigil soldiers of the second chamber army also heard the cry of blood birds, and they were about to pay tribute to Zhao Jilong, but it was too late, Sipo and Lima were instantly surrounded by the southern army on all sides, and the soldiers quickly crossed the city by a human ladder, killed the night vigil soldiers, and opened the city gate to welcome the army into the city!

It was a completely one-sided battle, the second army was lazy and extremely poor in combat, most of the soldiers were cut down in tents by the southern army before they could get dressed, even if one or two were quick with their hands and feet, they could not escape the ravages of wild beasts coming from all sides, and they all died tragically under the sword!

Zhao Jilong was dragged awake by his subordinates when he was asleep, the sound of killing outside the tent was endless, the fire was everywhere, although he was drunk, he also knew that it was the southern army attacking the camp, and hurriedly put on armor to go out of the tent to fight, but he was drowsy and almost fell to the ground, his henchmen hurriedly dragged him out of the Lima military camp, killed a few southern soldiers halfway and put on the clothes of the southern army to prepare to mix out of Lima Town, and when he fled to the town of Simipu, he killed a team of people and horses, led by the commander of the fifteenth legion, Xiao Xiaoan.

"Stop!" Xiao Xiao'an shouted loudly and stopped Zhao Jilong and his party, "Just when our army was fighting, why did you flee in a hurry?" ”

Zhao Jilong was dazed and couldn't answer, and one of his battalion commanders hurriedly replied: "Zhao Jilong, the owner of the Northern Army, is fighting in the pawnshop in front of him, injuring many of my brothers, so he has no choice but to flee first. ”

When Xiao Xiao'an heard this, he was furious and scolded: "This damn Zhao Jilong, the second army is dead and has to resist stubbornly, see if I don't capture him alive and behead him in front of Yan Shuai's tent to demonstrate!" As he spoke, he led his subordinates to run to the pawnshop on East Street, Zhao Jilong and the others all secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when they were about to escape, they heard Xiao Xiao'an behind him ask loudly in the distance: "Which military master are you under the command of?" When I capture Zhao Jilong, I will also report your merits by the way. ”

"Uh...... No need, we waited for the fleeing body, and did not dare to be greedy. ”

"Huh...... What is this saying? Your success in dragging Zhao Jilong is also a great credit, say it quickly, don't delay the fighter. Xiao Xiao An urged.

The commander of the battalion gritted his teeth, turned his heart sideways, and lied: "We are under the command of the commander of the 15th Army Corps. ”

It is also in line with Zhao Jilong's bad luck, the top ten legions in the middle of the Southern Army, which one of the nonsense is not good, and it is good to die and hit the muzzle of the fifteenth legion. As soon as Xiao Xiao'an heard this, he immediately turned around, stared at a few people for a while, and suddenly grinned: "I know the fifteenth legion, they are all heroes in the land of Qingxu, you can say a few words of Qingxu to listen?" ”

Zhao Jilong and the others were speechless, and the cold sweat fell in a hurry, they were all Kaifeng soldiers, how could they talk about Qingxu, but listening to the other party's words, they also knew that their identities were exposed, and they all held the handle of the knife, ready to draw the knife desperately.

"Humph!" Xiao Xiao'an sneered, didn't talk much nonsense, and directly ordered: "Capture all these Northern Army spies alive for me, and wait for Yan Shuai to fall!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers of the 15th Legion were ordered, and they were about to be arrested when they dismounted with their weapons, how could Zhao Jilong and a few people be captured, and directly drew their swords and killed Xiao Xiao'an together!

"Good time!" Xiao An screamed, and pulled out a huge long ruler with a black body from his crotch, which was the sword of the Youliang faction. This blade can be soft or hard, whipping when it is soft, and sharp as a sword blade when it is hard, it is really a killing weapon!

The two sides started a fierce battle in front of the rice shop, Xiao Xiaoan thought that he could take it in one fell swoop with a little means, who would have thought that the other party was not an ordinary miscellaneous soldier, and its martial arts strength was at least the head of the battalion and the level of the Marquis of Yu, not to mention the drunken middle-aged man, a Pu knife wielded in an impenetrable air, extremely powerful, and it was difficult to get close to him!

Xiao Xiaoan has already guessed the identity of the middle-aged man, there is no doubt that it should be Zhao Jilong, except for him, no one can fight and retreat under the siege of these many people, and he is still at ease. Although Xiao Xiaoan is the lord of the first army of the Southern Army, he is really difficult to beat, and after coming and going, the men and horses under his command were gradually killed by Zhao Jilong, and Zhao Jilong escaped from the sight of the 15th Army under the cover of his men.

The enemy commander fled from under his nose, which made Xiao Xiaoan feel a great shame, and he hurriedly ordered his men to mobilize all the men and horses of the 15th Army and go out of the west of the city to search for Zhao Jilong.

By dawn, the Second Wing Army of the Northern Praetorian Guard Army was almost wiped out, and only Zhao Jilong, the owner of the Guard, escaped, and Lima and Sipo were declared to have fallen. When Zao Wou-Ki heard the news, he immediately sent the whole army of the palace to attack Zheng Li, and at the same time sent the rest of the Praetorian Guard to counterattack Lima and Sipo, but when the northern army was killed in these three places, the southern army had already retreated, leaving only the flames of war and the piles of dead corpses.

At noon, the big tent of the Northern Army outside Xuchang City was unusually quiet, and the tense atmosphere was suppressed to the extreme.

"Zhao Jilong has arrived!"

With the sound of the guards outside the tent, Zhao Jilong, who fled back to Xuchang, was detained in the tent, kneeling down, his head buried in the ground, trembling, and unable to say a word begging for mercy.

Zao Wou-Ki only glanced at it, then waved his hand and ordered directly: "What is the use of keeping this waste? Dragged out and chopped, with the power of the army! ”

Zhao Jilong was silent, still didn't dare to say anything to beg for mercy, just looked at Zhao Jien with a pleading eyes, Zhao Jien finally couldn't bear it, and stood up and begged cautiously: "Please also ask the city lord to spare his life for the sake of his brother's life in the palace for many years, or cut off his limbs, so that my brother will remember the kindness of the adult for the rest of his life......

Although Zhao Jilong's brother is in the Praetorian Guard, he is indeed a native of Xiangwangfu, and he is closer to Zhao Wouji than other Praetorian Guard owners. But it can also be seen from this that Zao Wou-Ki has indeed accumulated power for a long time, abusing the punishment of his subordinates and being extremely harsh, and he has to remember his kindness in order to survive by breaking his limbs, which is really ruthless!

However, this time Zhao Jilong's military order was indeed a capital crime, and it was not Zao Wou-ki's deliberate torture. As soon as Zhao Jilong's words of intercession were spoken, a man in a brocade robe beside Zhao Wuji spoke: "One violated the 'Prohibition of Alcohol', and the second army was completely wiped out, and your brother could not escape the blame. So even if your master comes to intercede, it won't help, and you still have to behead. ”

"What the deputy marshal said is extremely true, Zhao Jilong has been drinking alcohol all year round, which has caused the soldiers to have no fighting spirit, this black sheep should have been kicked out of our Praetorian Guard team a long time ago, if he is spared, I am afraid that the public will not accept it!" Gu Bin, the fifth master of the Praetorian Guard, stepped forward and said.

Zhao Jilong glanced at Gu Bin fiercely, so he had to grit his teeth and remain silent, but Zhao Jilong still didn't dare to beg for mercy at this time, so he could only let the soldiers drag him out of the military tent and execute him.

When doing things under Zao Wou-ki, don't say too much if you make a mistake, this is the rule. Once you open your mouth to beg for mercy, a thousand cuts are small, and the family is a big disaster!

Losing the second van army, although Zao Wou-Ki was very angry, he was not angry, the second van army was already a weak brigade and was not worth mentioning. What is more important now is how to counterattack and win the first victory in the middle of the Northern Army!

As a result, Zao Wou-Ki asked the deputy marshal beside him: "Where does the deputy marshal of the East think that the southern army will be stationed if he escapes from Zheng Li?" ”

Dongfang Yuan pondered for a moment, and then replied: "I think that Xiangcheng is very close to Pingdingshan, and the middle road of the Southern Army will definitely retreat to Xiangcheng and jointly defend with the left side. ”

"In this case, you will personally lead the troops to capture Xiangcheng and frustrate the spirit of the Southern Army!" Zao Wou-Ki ordered.

Dongfang Yuan immediately got up and respectfully clasped his fists with Zao Wou-ki: "Take the order!" He also ordered soldiers and horses: "Yang Xu, Gu Bin, and Zheng Zaixun immediately sent troops with Ben Shuai to attack Xiangcheng!" ”

Yang Xu and Gu Bin said in unison: "Obey!" So he hurried out of the tent to put his troops and horses in order.

This Yang Xu and Gu Bin were the former Luoyang City Praetorian Guard's fourth box military wing master and battalion commander, and then followed Dongfang Yuantou to Zhao Wouji's command, and were respectively promoted to the fifth compartment master of the palace front division and the fifth compartment master of the Praetorian Guard, and other Gao Xiaohu, Wang Biao and others were also promoted to one level, and served as the marquis of Du Yu and the deputy commander of the fifth carriage of the Praetorian Guard. And Zheng Zaixun was promoted by Dongfang Yuan, and Pei Feiluan was also the commander of the guard in front of the deputy marshal's tent, so this time Dongfang Yuan sent troops with all his henchmen.

Dongfang Yuan was about to say goodbye to the generals of the Chinese army, and suddenly reported from outside: "The southern army attacked the two towns of Sipo and Lima again, but fortunately, the Praetorian Guards defended with all their strength and the first battalion and the third battalion defended the two towns, but the southern army was nowhere to be found, and I don't know where to attack next time." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Wou-Ki immediately said to the generals: "The commander has always had clear rewards and punishments, Zhao Xiang's command has made meritorious contributions to defending the city, all officers and soldiers above the battalion level have a bounty of 10,000, 500 silk brocades, and the families of the sacrificed soldiers are exempt from taxes for ten years, and the rest of the soldiers have a bounty of 100 to comfort their loyalty." ”

Zhao Jien hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, but Shi Dongfang said: "It seems that the southern army does not want to defend the city, but blindly attacks the weak points of our army's defense. ”

Zhao Jien got up and said: "The deputy marshal is careful all the way, Zhao immediately sent a team of light cavalry to make a long-distance attack on Runan to confuse the southern army, the southern army has concerns and will definitely be defeated!" ”

"I will live up to the trust of the palace marshal, and swear to look at the sky and boost the prestige of our army!" Dongfang Yuan thanked him, and then left Xuchang to lead the troops.

……

On the eighth day of the first month, the sun sets, and the autumn wind surges.

The deputy marshal of the middle of the Northern Army personally led the troops and arrived outside Wangtian Town. Looking at the sky, according to legend, it was a corpse filling place in the late Qin period, digging deep underground dozens of zhang deep, because the whole town was round, living below one zhang in the horizontal plane, and there is the Shang River flowing through the town, like a well, take the meaning of "sitting in the well and watching the sky", so the name is Wangtian.

At this time, Wangtian Town was full of the banners of the Southern Army, and Dongfang was about to order the siege of the city on all sides, but Yang Xu stepped forward to persuade: "Yan Poison Demon is scheming, and his subordinates expect that Wangtian must be an empty city, he deliberately led us into the city, and then decided that the Shang River flooded the city, and our army will be defeated." ”

Dongfang Yuan heard that his words were very reasonable, and asked, "In your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Yang Xu said: "If our army first decided that the Shang River flooded the city, and then lurked outside the city, when the southern army came from everywhere, our army suddenly counterattacked, and we would be able to win!" ”

"Good! According to your words, the embankment will burst and flood the sky! Dongfang Yuan gave an order, Gu Bin hurriedly sent Gao Xiaohu to lead a group of men and horses to the upstream to detonate the embankment, after half a pillar of incense, there was an explosion, and the Shang River soared, submerging the sky. There are countless drowning people in the town, and cattle, sheep and livestock are lying on the surface of the river, drifting back in the town, wailing and screaming for help everywhere, and the miserable is unbearable!

The Northern Army turned a blind eye and hid deep in the woods outside the town. It was not until the willow tops on the moon that a large number of soldiers and horses of the southern army outside the forest arrived, Dongfang Yuan was very happy in his heart, and was about to go out of the forest to annihilate the enemy, but he was unprepared to shoot countless rockets from all sides, the dead leaves in late autumn were ignited when encountering fire, and the fire spread to the entire jungle in an instant, and countless people were burned to death in the northern army, and the beasts in the forest were also turned into pieces of ashes, and the soul wandered outside Wangtian Town, and the screams and screams for help everywhere were endless, it was simply purgatory on earth!

Dongfang was far away from the protection of Yang Xu, Gu Bin and others, and he had to get rid of his life, taking advantage of the cover of the night, he fled to Beiyu in embarrassment, and a group of more than 100 people was about to get off the horse to rest for a while, but he saw a Biao army killed in the town, and the leader was one of the protectors of the Southern Army - Yan Huo'er!

It is the enemy who sees each other, and they are very red! Not only Yang Xu, Gu Bin, Gao Xiaohu, Zheng Zaixun, Pei Feiluan, but also Dongfang Yuan, who has never been a fan, also has an enmity with Yan Huoer!