"Boom!!"

Hundreds of artillery pieces have been roaring in the Longshan Gorge for three whole days, and the entire mountain has been blown up beyond recognition, even more tragic than the big battle in the capital.

However, it was not an artillery battle between the two warring sides, but a one-sided vent of the Apocalypse.

After leaving Changxing City, the Apocalypse Guard found traces of tens of thousands of enemies in the northwest of Changxing, and Xu Rui immediately ordered the whole army to pursue without waiting for the scouts to find out the identity of this group of men.

However, what I didn't expect was that this group of men and horses was all cavalry, and the speed was even faster than the Apocalypse Guards who carried the baggage, no matter how the Apocalypse Guards accelerated, they would always stretch the distance wider and wider.

Seeing that he was about to lose control of this army, Xu Rui had no choice but to unload the heavy equipment of Cao Siyuan's second brigade, form a more mobile cavalry brigade, break away from the brigade, and quickly intercept the team by bypassing the official road.

After seven consecutive days of rapid marching, Cao Siyuan led the cavalry brigade to travel in the starry night, non-stop, taking small roads and detours, and finally lived up to expectations and intercepted the enemy before he was about to walk out of the Longshan Gorge and rush onto the vast road.

Regardless of the lack of people who were in continuous trouble, as soon as he arrived at the designated position, Cao Siyuan immediately ordered the whole army to abandon their horses, hold the main roads leading to the outside of the canyon, and never let an enemy out.

When the centaur found that the road ahead was blocked, they immediately sensed the crisis and began to desperately break through without hesitation.

Cao Siyuan's troops, which lacked artillery support, were also at a disadvantage in numbers, and they were unable to defeat the enemy head-on.

However, the strong combat power of the Apocalypse Guard was still fully revealed, and under the non-stop wheel battle that lasted for four days, the cavalry brigade with the blessing of thermal weapons was stunned and did not let the enemy several times its size cross the thunder pool a step.

On the fifth day after the battle began, Xu Rui finally led Shanshan, the main force of the Apocalypse Guard, to arrive late.

The total number of Apocalypse Guards finally had the advantage, and with nearly a thousand artillery pieces of various types and more than a thousand mortars, the battle immediately became one-sided.

However, what people didn't expect was that the enemy's will to fight was even more tenacious than Xu Rui expected, and they were not instantly destroyed by the boiling flames, but quickly dug Shandong, and used the cave to dodge the cannonballs, trying to deal with the Apocalypse Guard.

Obviously, the enemy's commander was very familiar with the tactics of the Apocalypse Guard, and even thermal weapons, so that he could deal with every step correctly, so that Xu Rui had to pay a greater price.

At that time, the battle of the capital had begun, and Xu Rui had to face a dilemma, either give up the advantage of artillery, use the lives of the Apocalypse Guard to fill the hole, and quickly end the battle.

Either completely give up participating in the decisive battle between the two kings in the capital, and the last chance to change the fate of this country, and slowly wear down this army with artillery and time.

In the end, Xu Rui still chose the latter, giving up the opportunity to turn the tide, and trying to preserve the strength of the Apocalypse.

Hundreds of artillery pieces took turns to suppress the enemy in the encirclement almost all the time, and then sent small units to carry out surprise attacks on key positions, never giving the enemy any respite, like a giant python entangled in its prey, tightening the noose little by little.

Such a suffocating oppressive style of play lasted for three days, and finally pushed the team to a dead end, breaking through in a desperate way.

Xu Rui had been waiting for this opportunity, and without waiting for the enemy to rush to the position to fight, he immediately suppressed it with heavy firepower.

After all, the gap in weapons and tactics could not be bridged, and the enemy's desperate blow was easily crushed despite the huge cost of casualties.

However, what is puzzling is that after achieving major results, Xu Rui did not order the army to assault on all fronts and wipe out this force in one go, but stopped the artillery suppression, as if waiting for something.

"Hey, who's the guy we're surrounding inside?"

On the top of the mountain, Li Kuang observed the enemy's movements with a telescope, and asked Xu Rui faintly.

"Haven't you Jinyiwei already found out, it's Nanchang Xingwei's 50,000 horses."

Xu Rui said lightly, he didn't know how many times he had said the same answer, and he still had the same answer every time he heard the same question.

Li Kuang rolled his eyes and said, "What I'm asking is who is leading Nan Chang Xingwei to the northwest, and what do they want to do?" ”

Xu Rui smiled: "You ask this, isn't this about to be seen soon?" ”

"Huh?"

Li Kuang was stunned for a moment, followed Xu Rui's gaze, and saw that a white flag suddenly appeared in a cave where the enemy was hiding, and then a small group of people and horses walked out tremblingly, waving the white flag towards the Apocalypse Guard position on the mountain.

"They surrendered?"

Li Kuang said in astonishment.

Xu Rui shook his head: "How can it be so easy, someone was beaten and desperate, and finally decided to come to see me." ”

"Come to see you? Who's coming to see you? ”

Li Kuang frowned and asked.

Xu Rui smiled but didn't answer, and his mysterious appearance made Li Kuang itch for a while.

But his curiosity was soon satisfied.

In just a moment, the scout who had come out to negotiate quickly rushed back to Xu Rui's side and reported: "Dashuai, the other party has sent a messenger to ask to see you." ”

"Let them come up!"

Xu Rui said with a smile without thinking about it.

The scout immediately took the order and left, but Zhang Zuofeng, Li Kuang and the others on the side did not understand.

"Marshal, send an envoy to see you at this moment, beware of the enemy's plot to assassinate you."

Zhang Zuofeng persuaded.

Everyone nodded when they heard this, the other party was surrounded by the Apocalypse Guard, and it was obvious that they had reached the end of the crossbow, if they could assassinate Xu Rui at this time, it would be the best way to survive in a desperate situation.

"Don't worry, someone has already been seen through by me, and I will never dare to play tricks again at this time."

Xu Rui sneered and said confidently.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing where Xu Rui's confidence came from, and was about to persuade a few more words, but the person who exercised it had already come forward.

"See Master Hou, it's been a long time!"

The man was no more than fifty, with a goatee on his chin, and his eyes were undulating, as if he was not worried about the desperate situation in front of him.

However, when everyone saw the man's appearance, they were immediately shocked.

"General Li, why are you?!"

The person who came was none other than Xu Rui's old acquaintance Li Guangzu!

At this time, Li Guangzu was still the old general who showed off his elders' majesty in order to ask Xu Rui for a rejuvenation pill, and his calm and introverted eyes always revealed the meaning of old scheming, more like the group of civil officials in the cabinet.

"General Li, why are you here?"

Cao Siyuan asked in astonishment.

Not only Cao Siyuan, but also Zhang Zuofeng, Guo Shengbao and other young generals were all acquaintances of Li Guangzu, and they were shocked to see him look completely unfamiliar.

However, no matter who came to ask, Li Guangzu didn't seem to know them, and he didn't plan to answer at all, just looked at Xu Rui with a faint smile.

"That's who you are, isn't it?"

Xu Rui looked at Li Guangzu and asked lightly.

Li Guangzu said with a smile: "Hou Ye is serious, there is more than one side of people, the Li Guangzu you knew in the past is me, and the Li Guangzu you see now is also me, in fact, it is no different." ”

Xu Rui smiled and said, "Then should I put you General Li or the Dark Chess Envoy now?" ”

"What? He's a dark chess piece?! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked again, and looked at Li Guangzu in disbelief.

Li Guangzu smiled and said: "The old man just said, there is no difference between the two identities, and the Hou Ye can call it whatever he likes." ”

This is equivalent to him personally admitting the identity of the dark chess, and everyone suddenly felt that the world was turned upside down, and it was like a dream.

Xu Rui nodded, showed his might, sat on the handsome chair, and said with a grin: "Okay, since that's the case, I won't talk about the old words, what do you want to say when you come to see Ben Hou this time, let's say it." ”

Li Guangzu smiled faintly and said: "After all, Master Hou has grown up, and he knows that he can't hide your magic eyes, so the old man will say it directly, my chess master wants to see you!" ”

"You mean the dark chess master is down there?!"

Hearing this, without waiting for Xu Rui to react, everyone suddenly exclaimed.