"What!"

The office of Hezhe was empty. At the gate stood a soldier in iron armor, who hurried from the east gate early in the morning. After hearing his news, Ho Zhe suddenly stood up from the table, his eyes widening in disbelief.

"It's indeed Lord Qiao Zhenglang from Qiao's Mansion. The Qiao family's Wu Chang in Dongcheng confirmed it. My lord, he had made a long journey, and by the time he arrived, the horse had already fainted. Master Qiao was already injured in both legs, and now he is resting in the castle tower, he has important news for you, you should go and take a look. ”

He Zhe took a deep breath, his brows furrowed and about to stick together. "I see, ask someone to prepare a horse for me!"

Walking out of the office, he hurriedly mounted his horse, gathered a few Dutch guards, and He Zhe walked directly from the east gate of Hefu. As he passed through the back garden, he worriedly glanced at Heyue's apartment, only to bump into the captain of the guard, Gao Liuting, who seemed to be walking towards Heyue's bedroom. As soon as he saw He Zhe and the people around him, he saluted and said nervously, "My lord, what happened?"

When He Zhe saw him, he sighed, "Don't ask, you can come with me." ”

“.. Be. I'm going to lead the horse. He hurried to the other side. He Zhe motioned for the people around him to stop and wait for him. Sighing and looking up at the sky.

In He Yue's bedroom, Zheng Ergou sat with her on both sides of the stone table. He Yue's expression was nervous, and next to the scroll spread out on the table, there was a spoon glowing with silver light. Zheng Ergou's aura appeared slightly, and he didn't know what method he used, so that he didn't fall down.

"Miss, did Qiao Liangyan's letter last night tell you to inform the city lord of this news?"

Her face was full of remorse and she nodded, "Ah... I don't know why I felt so tired last night, so I rested for a while, but I didn't expect to oversleep this morning......"

"Father, they've already walked over. It seems that the news has been learned. ”

Zheng Ergou shook his head and said, "Okay... But it's okay, through that tall man, we can use this silver dream spoon to see the situation at the East City Gate. ”

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At the east gate of Blackwater City, due to the battle situation in the Chaoshan area, more than half of the soldiers stationed here have been reduced. On the high city tower, the remaining dozens of soldiers all gathered together, and when He Zhe and the others arrived quickly, it was almost noon, and the soldiers defending the city hurriedly took them to the top of the city tower.

In the hall of the main building of the East City Gate, He Zhe saw Qiao Zhenglang, who was tired and sweaty, leaning on a chair, his expression seemed to be very painful.

"Mistress Joe. Your legs ......" He Zhe couldn't help but ask when he saw Qiao Zhenglang's curled legs, and black blood gradually spilled out from under his armor.

"It's okay, it's already been bandaged. Lord Castle, what I'm going to talk about next is very serious, please be cautious!"

When he saw the henchmen under the command of Pei Baolong on the front line rushing back to Blackwater City, so embarrassed, He Zhe vaguely guessed that the front line must have encountered ** trouble in the past two days. However, what Qiao Zhenglang said was countless times worse than he thought!

Just three days ago, when the armies of the two sides were hoarding the stalemate on the front line of Xingyang City, there was an obvious movement in the army of the Underworld. The scouts sent to lurk near the opponent's camp reported that the enemy intended to move the second group of military camps behind the vanguard camp in a big way, and had already begun to move. After the front-line army got the news, there were different opinions about the intentions of the Hades Kingdom. Many generals believe that they may be trying to divert their forces to support the battlefield of Blackwater. But most people feel that this is a great opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack the other side.

Since the second group of military camps of the other side has begun to evacuate, there will inevitably be a gap in the middle ground. The other party only grasped the situation that the two sides had been deadlocked for a long time, and was sure that the army of Qinshan State would not easily break this stalemate, so they dared to carry out a large number of military transfers under such arrogant circumstances. As a result, it was actually discovered by the scouts of Qin Mountain Kingdom.

The four generals of Zhenguan, He Jingling in the north of the town, Pei Baolong in the west of the town, Wu Shenye, the deputy marshal of the south of the town, and Bai Xu in the east of the town, and the four generals who were famous all over the northern continent all proposed to take the opportunity to attack the military camp of the Ming Ze State.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was even more ambitious, believing that this was an excellent opportunity to attack and break the deadlock in one fell swoop. However, General Gao Qingshi, the commander of the three armies, and his generals believed that this was most likely a ploy by the Underworld and was likely to be deceitful. Disagreements arose.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is on the front line of this trip, and his official title is the Grand Eunuch Army. The position of the superintendent is on par with the position of the marshal, plus many people support the surprise attack on the country of Yingze, and the four generals of Zhenguan are on the side of the prince, as well as his identity as the prince. Gao Qingshi and others persuaded to no avail, so they could only give orders.

However, the crown prince made another request, which surprised everyone. He planned to take the initiative to send troops to engage the Underworld before the sneak attack to ease its vigilance. Then, that night, he and Pei Baolong, the general of Zhenxi, personally led 3,000 light cavalry, and took advantage of the night to move to the east side of the city gate, gradually approaching the opponent's second military camp. Then, the army once again took the initiative to attack and cover, flanking the front and rear, and striving to annihilate all the border coalition forces of the Hades Kingdom in one night!

The generals must not agree this time. The dignified prince, how could he risk his own danger and personally lead the troops to raid. However, Pei Baolong made a military order in front of the generalissimo, if the prince was hurt in any way, he Pei Baolong would either die in battle or raise his head to meet everyone.

In the end, the generals could only completely adopt the prince's plan and formulate a surprise attack route. In the afternoon, the troops went out of the city to call for battle, and fought fiercely again with the allied forces of the Underworld, and in the evening, the two sides called for the withdrawal of troops, and there were hundreds of dead and wounded. That night, a full 3,000 light cavalry were ordered in the city, and under the leadership of dozens of princes and generals under Pei Baolong, they were divided into several battalions, and took advantage of the night to touch the local military camp in the trench east of the city gate. In an instant, the war drums of Yang Chenglou suddenly sounded, and the fire was blazing, and the army of the Underworld Kingdom did not expect that the Qinshan Congress would call for war again at this time, and the forward armies on both sides killed again. Under the cover of the battle, the cavalry led by the prince arrived in front of the opponent's relatively weakly defended forward camp from the trench in the dark, swarmed in, killed and killed, broke through the defense of this area, and rushed straight to the second camp where the opponent had evacuated nearly half.

At this time, everything was still going according to their plan. The Chinese generals on the upper floor of the main city were overjoyed, seeing that there was a chance to break the deadlock. However, just when the crown prince and General Pei's 3,000 light cavalry converged and were violently charging the army, which had no fighting spirit in the opponent's second camp, a sudden change occurred. On the battlefield outside Xingyang City, there were sudden gusts of wind. The dark clouds in the night sky gathered together in an instant, and a light rain fell, and it completely obscured the moonlight of the night. Another gust of wind blew and dust flew all over the sky. The wind showed no sign of stopping, however, the torches in the hands of the soldiers on both sides of the battle were gradually blown out by gusts of wind!

Dark clouds completely obscured any light in the sky, casting only endless darkness on the central battlefield. On the towers on both sides, the flames were extinguished at the same time, and they could not be rekindled! There was only the sound of fighting that gradually quieted down, and all the soldiers on the front line who were covering for the prince were stunned.

However, the army of the Underworld began to retreat in a rapid and orderly manner. On the chaotic central battlefield, the barbarian soldiers quickly formed a formation that was already invisible, as if they had been rehearsed, and quickly retreated to the rear!

"They're withdrawing! they're withdrawing!" "Chase me!"

However, with almost all visibility lost, it was almost impossible to catch up with the soldiers of the Underworld who had already retreated. It is conceivable that the generals standing on the main building at this moment are almost in despair. The opponent's army of more than 3,000 people withdrew to the hinterland in such an orderly manner to support the army of the second camp, and the prince was in danger!

Now it was no longer them who were flanking each other, but the other party had completely surrounded the three thousand light horsemen!

Sure enough, it was a ruse.

When Qiao Zhenglang was telling, he also specifically mentioned that when he was fighting with the enemy army in the dark, he also heard the loud reprimands of the generals on the upper floor of Yang Cheng who were tortured in the distance, so that the army of Qinshan Kingdom, which was already difficult to take a step forward, had to charge up. However, soon, for some reason, the fire was able to rekindle in the military camp of the Underworld Kingdom, and the soldiers of the Qinshan Kingdom on the front line saw that the other party had formed a thick human wall, dozens of meters wide, each holding a spear and a shield, waiting for them to charge. The generals on the city tower all understood that no matter how much they wanted to save the prince in their hearts, rushing up like this would inevitably be meaningless to send them to death.

The situation changed in an instant. Soon after the darkness fell, the 3,000 well-trained light cavalry also understood the situation, and quickly rushed back to the vicinity of a particularly large military camp, and set up a formation to resist the attack of the opponent's large number of troops who retreated rapidly.

That night, everyone protected the prince in the barracks, and struggled to resist the repeated rush and killing of thousands of soldiers in the Underworld country. They were ruthless, but the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Qinshan Kingdom was extremely tenacious, and in the battle all night, the corpses of nearly a thousand people fell in front of them, and the remaining two thousand people still maintained their formation, and did not let the army of the Stygian Kingdom approach this military camp.

Early the next morning, the whole battlefield was restored to light. An army of several thousand men was gathered under the castle tower to try to rescue the three thousand trapped light horsemen. However, the tide of battle has completely changed.

"I don't know... How did the country of Hades send so many troops in such a short night... They rushed an army of several thousand people from the rear overnight, and with the people in front, the entire encirclement has reached tens of thousands!"

However, after dawn, the country suddenly stopped its frantic rush. As if receiving new instructions, they retreated a distance of about twenty meters, surrounded more than 2,000 people, but did not rush up again.

Qiao Zhenglang mentioned that in the early morning, General Gao Qingshi personally led thousands of soldiers out of the city, trying to negotiate with the other general's conditions and release the prince. As a result, the other party did not give him any reply, and even the generals of the Underworld did not appear. An army of 10,000 people surrounded them tightly in the middle of the formation, which was less than a mile long and wide. The space for the 2,000 soldiers to move was extremely narrow, each of them could only move one or two steps or sit down, and many soldiers were riding horses under their crotches. Twenty meters away from the encirclement, there was a circle of soldiers from the Underworld who were holding spears and staring at them.

Fortunately, the military camp they surrounded was actually a large granary of the second camp. At noon, someone tried to go to the granary to get grain and grass, but the other party did not rush up. It seems that the intention is to continue this siege. However, he did not put forward any conditions for Qinshan Kingdom. General Gao knew that no matter how many soldiers and horses he led, in the face of the opponent's orderly formation, tens of thousands of troops, he would definitely not be able to save the prince. What's more, all the troops in Xingyang City now add up to just over 10,000 people. He could only retreat temporarily and convey the news to the northern border and the entire Qinshan Kingdom.

"Master Qiao, then how are you ....." After hearing this terrifying thing, Gao Liuting beside He Zhe was already speechless in shock. And He Zhe tried his best to keep calm, wanting to ask how Qiao Zhenglang appeared here.

Qiao Zhenglang's face was full of bitterness, and he said, "On the afternoon of the second day after being surrounded, General Pei called me to the granary and asked me to lead a hundred soldiers who were still riding horses to try to see if I could break out of the east side where there were fewer people and horses on the other side. ”

He Zhe looked at this young player in surprise, "You succeeded?"

Qiao Zhenglang nodded with a wry smile, his eyes were full of pain, "I succeeded, we launched a breakthrough at the fastest speed, at the moment of nightfall, rushed out from the east side, and broke through the four-story human wall. But... The only one who escaped was me. And I saw them immediately shrink the encirclement, shortening the distance to ten meters. Next, there will be absolutely no one like me who escaped by surprise. ”

"The news should be coming from the front messenger soon. After a whole day of running outside the gates, he rushed to Blackwater City. That's my home. ”

After saying all this, Qiao Zhenglang couldn't help but the injury on his leg began to be slight. His eyes were full of sour pain, and he couldn't believe that at that moment, the battle situation had reached this point.

He Zhe glanced back at the guard, both reading the terrible shock in each other's eyes.

The crown prince, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qinshan Kingdom, has actually reached the point of life and death. Who doesn't know that this person's power is all over the government and the opposition. If he died in this battle, the impact on the Qin Mountain Kingdom and the entire war was unimaginable!

"I... I'm sure there are monks on the other side. Otherwise, how could that happen......"

He Zhe was shocked, "Monk..... Master Qiao, in the battle of Chaoshan that day, the other party must have had the help of a monk! Otherwise, how could it be possible to secretly send 2,000 people to the grass outside the gate without being discovered......

"I know about it... Lord He, whether it was Heishui City or Xingyang City, they all relied on the power of cultivators in these two battles...... And this person is absolutely profound. But you also know that we rarely see that kind of person, and I only see Master Morido. I have heard a legend that if a monk helps in the war and strife in the mortal world, he will damage his luck, which may be the reason why there have been so many great wars in the history of the two countries, and almost never a monk has intervened..."

"This cultivator who helped the Underworld must be one person. What's the situation with him, isn't he afraid of damaging his cultivation luck chance?" He Zhe said with a frown, puzzled. The country of Hades has the support of monks, and this person has profound mana and acts without scruples. Moreover, he had helped the Underworld more than once, so there must be a third and fourth time! He had to face the reality that there were very few cultivators that He Zhe himself had seen and knew. There are only the forest roads of Blackwater City and the great eunuch Qu Du in the imperial court. If the other party really uses the power of the cultivator to be unscrupulous, then... Maybe I really have to ask Master Mori Dao to go out of the mountain to help. However, would a normal monk really get involved in these things?

He glanced at Qiao Zhenglang, who had a painful expression, turned his head again, and nodded to Gao Liuting.

"Master Qiao, I will ask Lord Gao to send you back to Qiao's Mansion. Rest assured, the imperial court will make the right decision. This matter requires the help of any troops in Blackwater City, and this official will absolutely support it. In any case, His Highness must not be allowed to do anything. ”