There were seven hours left before the night attack of the Vietnamese army. Huizong led a large group of men and horses to finally come to the border city. The Vietnamese army has been attacking continuously for three consecutive days, and the border city has long been crumbling and can no longer support it. At this time, Hui Zongqin led a large army to come, which undoubtedly ignited the hope of the people in the border city.

Zhang Chenliang personally opened the city gate with the generals guarding the city, Huizong sat on a horse, followed by the two generals on the left and right, and Jiang Peng and others followed. The city gate was opened, the generals and people in the city cheered, Zhang Chenliang and the defending generals hurriedly bowed and shouted long live, and some of the wounded soldiers who were carried down from the city tower actually climbed off the stretcher and knelt on the ground, and even cried bitterly. The border city has already lost its troops, and even the children who carry the materials are children of a few years old, those children have experienced the war, and they are also very precocious, and when they see Huizong and others, they know that they are friendly troops coming to reinforce, and they are jumping up and down and learning The soldiers shouted "Long live, long live!" ”

Huizong walked into the city and saw that the city wall had been attacked by the Vietnamese army, and the old, weak, sick and disabled were still struggling to bow to him, and his heart was bitter. He picked up the general who defended the city, and the armor on the general's body had long since disappeared, and was stained dark red with blood. The general saw that Huizong personally helped him up, his eyes were red, and Huizong saw him like this, and hurriedly said: "General, don't be like this, it's too late for me to come!" ”

When the general heard this, he knelt down again: "The 30,000 defenders of the border city do not dishonor the emperor's order, I will hold it!" ”

When many soldiers heard the general's words, they said in unison: "Hold on!" Hold on! The voices of the crowd were mixed with the joy of the rest of their lives, some of them roared hard, and the wounded soldiers raised their hands and shouted together. At this time, although there are only 5,000 defenders left in the border city, the shouts have the heroism of swallowing mountains and rivers!

The two generals on the left and right who came with Huizong have gone through many battles, and at this moment they saw the bleak environment of the border city, but all the soldiers were highly motivated, and they couldn't help but be moved, and gradually the hundreds of thousands of troops who came with Huizong also shouted together, "Hold on, hold on-" The voice was higher and higher, breaking through the sky.

In the courtyard of the capital of Qiancheng Villa, Yan Ziqian sat in the house irritably, his left arm and open chest were covered with bright red herpes. Guo Chuanbai wore a pair of silver gloves and applied emerald green ointment to the herpes.

"Uncle Guo, didn't you say that those cheap maids are the antidote to this blood poison?" Yan Ziqian looked at his body in disgust and said through gritted teeth.

Guo Chuanbai frowned, took a black pill, cut off a small piece with a knife, put it into a jade bowl filled with blood, and used a silver hairpin to dissolve the medicine, and tried it with a silver needle, but the silver needle no longer turned black.

"Owner, this is indeed an antidote, and there is a medicinal herb in it, but even I don't know what it is." Guo Chuanbai frowned tightly and looked at the jade bowl thoughtfully.

"Then why did I take so many antidotes, but there were more and more pustules?" Yan Ziqian swallowed the pill helplessly, and broke the jade bowl on the table in a rage, but who knew that the blood on the ground began to bubble as if it was boiling. Yan Ziqian was shocked and hurriedly pulled on his clothes, "Why is this!" ”

"This medicine does have the effect of restraining blood poison, but there is still a detoxification herb unknown, and it only has the effect of restraint for the time being......" Guo Chuanbai frowned and looked at the blood stains on the ground, Yan Ziqian stood up suddenly when he heard this, and kept pacing in the house, "Now that so much time has passed, I don't know if Dark One and Yue Ning have reached the border city, and the secret guards have been strangled halfway in waves, if Dark One and Yue Ning can't go to the border city to rescue the emperor, King Ning will take this opportunity to call the emperor, and my Wang family will have no hope of rehabilitation!" I am deeply affected by this poison, if I can't detoxify it, how can I go down to see my royal family ancestors and ancestors! ”

With that, Yan Ziqian walked out of the house. Guo Chuanbai sat in the pharmacy, looking at the blood stains on the ground and fell into deep thought for a long time.

"Bang!" Huizong heard the military general defending the city say that the Vietnamese army had been attacking for three consecutive days, and slapped the table fiercely, and all the generals knelt down one after another when they saw this, only to hear Huizong shout angrily: "Where is Zhang Chenliang, who is too guarded!" ”

Zhang Chenliang's body shook, slowly crawled to the middle, and said in a trembling voice: "The crime deserves death......

"Why don't you send the civil war report out there?" Huizong stood up hatefully, and saw that the general defending the city was still kneeling on the ground, and said softly: "General, please get up quickly, you lead 30,000 soldiers to resist the 100,000 troops of the Vietnamese army for three days in a row, it is really not easy, please get up quickly." ”

Zhang Chenliang had to lower his head, and he couldn't help but keep recalling the scene when Xiaohuzi killed the Yue army that day, and he was even more trembling. "Minister, minister, minister once sent people to rush out twice, and also set off beacon smoke, Xu yes, Xu is messenger was stopped halfway......"

Huizong couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, wanting to say something but helpless. Jiang Peng stood behind the general on the left, but his mind was not on the war at all. Now that we have arrived at the border city, the war is about to break out, but how can we let Huizong die on the battlefield? The sword has no eyes, and even if Huizong goes into battle in person, there must be a personal soldier around him to protect him firmly, and if he is not completely sure, he will be discovered by Huizong...... He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and broke out in a cold sweat.

“…… In this way, I led an army of 50,000 to raid the Vietnamese army tomorrow and caught him off guard! ......" Jiang Peng was still thinking about how to put Huizong to death, and when he heard his decision to prepare to lead the army to attack early tomorrow morning, he immediately stepped forward and asked: "The last general is willing to lead the army on the left to assist from the side!" ”

Huizong already trusted Jiang Lin very much, and this southern expedition knew that it was not easy to lead troops, and because the south had lost three cities, he was even more reluctant to punish Jiang Lin severely. I thought that this time I would leave him idle at home, let him repent for a while, and then order him to come to the border for a few more years would be regarded as a small punishment and a big commandment. He saw that Jiang Peng actually took the initiative to ask Ying to go on the expedition, only saying that he wanted to take the opportunity to earn some military merits so that he could atone for his crimes, so he also agreed to Jiang Peng.

When Jiang Peng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little enthusiastic, he licked his dry lips, and walked out of the Taishou Mansion with everyone. Jiang Peng watched General Zuo stride in front of him, a little fascinated, he should have followed closely, but he strode forward, faintly surpassing, General Zuo glared at him, Jiang Peng saw this and hurriedly made way out. General Zuo snorted coldly and turned the corner and walked in the direction of the barracks. Jiang Peng smiled coldly, "After tomorrow, my father will be the commander of the three armies, but you can still be so presumptuous!" After saying that, he hummed a little song and walked towards a tavern in the city.

At three o'clock, the sky was already dark, and deep in the woods near the border city, the elite of the Yue Kingdom disguised as soldiers had already laid in ambush, and as soon as the time came, they immediately sent troops to attack the border city at night. At this time, Dark One woke up and found that the soldiers around him had not noticed him. He looked around, but he didn't find Yue Ning and the three people from Wanfu Mountain. Dark One was extremely flustered, and was just about to get up, when he heard the footsteps of a group of people from Yuening walking towards this place from a distance. He hurriedly closed his eyes and continued to pretend to faint. The footsteps slowly approached, and he heard the general's question: "Is that man awake?" ”

"General, I haven't woken up."

After only two short sentences of conversation, the two of them heard the sound of squirming again, and only heard the general say respectfully: "I have to bother you to be patient a little longer." ”

At this time, Yue Ning said lightly: "There is General Lao." Yue Ning's voice was completely devoid of the usual weakness and coquettishness, as if she had changed someone.

As soon as he thought of the general's cold attitude in the valley, he secretly doubted in his heart, and felt that Yue Ning held him steady and slowly leaned behind him. Yue Ning and the general stopped talking, and the sound of uniform footsteps around them gradually faded away.

At this time, Huizong had gone to bed in the Taishou Mansion, Zhang Chenliang was sitting alone in the small courtyard, at this time, the maid of that day walked in and sat opposite Zhang Chenliang, Zhang Chenliang's eyes were a little evasive, and he didn't look at the maid, but the maid didn't care, just smiled, "Have you thought about it?" ”

Zhang Chenliang just wanted to speak, but the maid said again: "My lord, I can think about it, you are a former dynasty showman, but you have become the Taishou of this dynasty, and if you lose more than 20,000 generals in the border city this time, if you are held accountable in the future, your lord will not be able to escape the involvement......"

Zhang Chenliang couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and then nodded dejectedly.

The hour is coming soon, Zhang Chenliang is walking alone on the streets of the border city, he has lived in the border city for three years, and he can even know every grass and tree in the city with his eyes closed. The people in the border city are enthusiastic, and the change of dynasty has no impact on the people, and they are also extremely kind to Zhang Chenliang. He walked slowly, he knew that the hour would soon come, he didn't want to die, he wanted to live, and he wanted to live to get ahead. He has been at the border for too long, he has long forgotten the dispute between the court, the way of Confucius and Mencius, and the policy of governing the country. Zhang Chenliang thought about this, and took a more determined step, he went to the city tower, and the guards on the city tower had already been replaced by reinforcements. He paced back and forth under the tower, and the guards guarding the gate looked at him puzzled, and called out suspiciously: "My lord? ”

Zhang Chenliang already had something in his heart, and the guard suddenly spoke, startling him, "It's okay, as soon as you come back to this city, I'll come over and take a look." ”

At this time, I only heard the guards upstairs shouting: "Who are you waiting for!" ”

Zhang Chenliang only heard one person shouting loudly: "We are the defenders of Zhoucheng in front, Zhoucheng has fallen, we desperately escaped, please open the door and let us in!" ”

Zhang Chenliang only listened to the man's words, and there was a rhythmic "click" sound, and he knew that it was the Yue soldiers disguised as the appearance of the army, and he just wanted to open the city gate, when he heard the major general on the city tower say: "Wait until I ask the general!" ”

After speaking, he heard the man run down, and he saw Zhang Chenliang under the city tower, first he was polite, and then he told Zhang Chenliang about the army outside the city. Zhang Chenliang was in a cold sweat at this time, where could he care about what he said, and hurriedly said: "Don't chill the hearts of soldiers because of such a trivial matter!" Hurry up and open the gates! ”

The young general still hesitated, "They said they had escaped, but the armor on their bodies was intact...... No, I still have to ask the general! With that, the young general ran back to the city.

Zhang Chenliang didn't care about the young general, and ran directly to the city gate, "Quickly open the city gate, the wounded soldiers of Zhou Cheng have arrived!" At this time, the two city guards didn't know what was going on, and when they saw Zhang Chenliang wearing official uniforms, they didn't suspect anything else, and slowly opened the city gate. Zhang Chenliang stood beside the two of them, rubbing his palms and urging: "Hurry up!" Hurry up! ”

The heavy city gate slowly opened, and suddenly the exclamation of the young general came from behind him: "What are you doing! The gates are about to be shut! ”

The city guard guarding the city didn't know why, he looked at the young general and then at Zhang Chenliang, at this time Zhang Chenliang couldn't care much anymore, and went up directly to kick one of them down, and desperately opened the city gate, at this time the city gate has revealed a gap! Seeing this, the Vietnamese troops outside the city raised their weapons and shouted "Kill!" "Rushed into the city, the young general saw this, stepped forward with a gun, and killed Zhang Chenliang in the city gate, everyone tried to close the city gate in vain, but it was too late, the Vietnamese army swarmed up, and the city gate was broken in a moment! The soldiers in the city hurriedly blew the horn, the horn sounded throughout the city, and the Vietnamese army attacked at night!