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Qingyun Empire has been plagued by natural disasters for many years, the people are not living, Baihua Village because of its proximity to the Wumang River, this year there have been several major floods, drowning many villagers, and the grain is not harvested, and almost all the surviving people have moved away from this village full of flowers, and this place is gradually deserted, and no one is willing to come here to enjoy the flowers.

When Liu Zhibang's Chinese army came to Baihua Village, his eyes were full of barren grass, tall unknown fruit trees blooming with black flowers, Liu Zhibang had never seen such a strange color of flowers, and couldn't help but pick up a fallen flower and smell it.

An officer walked beside Liu Zhibang and said: "This is a black sweet apricot flower, although it grows black, it can be used in medicine, and it is very effective in treating wound bleeding......

Liu Zhibang looked at the officer in front of him, this officer was captured in the Battle of Xia Yuancheng and surrendered, his name was Liao Hua, he was a general under Lu Yang, and he was a figure who worshiped the deputy general, and he was very familiar with the geography of Wumang County.

Liu Zhibang smiled at him and said: "General Liao, you are from Wumang City, you must be extremely familiar with this place, in your opinion, how should our army deal with the enemy in front of you?" ”

Liao Hua smiled bitterly and said, "Patriarch Liu, you are very resourceful, you are lifting me up......"

Liu Zhibang patted Liao Hua on the shoulder and said, "General Liao, you and I have been friends for many days, can't you see it at all?" I'm just an ordinary person, you were born in the army, you have led soldiers for decades, and your experience is much stronger than mine, is the general willing to teach me? ”

Liu Zhibang is also a strong party, Liao Hua was quite moved by a corporal who was so courteous and virtuous, Liao Hua smiled and nodded, and said: "This place is less than a hundred miles away from Wumang City, located in the East China Sea Plain, there is no danger to defend, and there is no danger to rely on, only Wumang City can be regarded as a fortress...... As far as I know, the current Han army is the enemy of the rebel army 'Shun Heaven', 'Shun Heaven' under the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor, everywhere to recruit victims to confront the imperial court, has been a disaster for several years, from hundreds of people to more than 100,000 bandits now, where to grab where, the year before last the imperial court sent General Du Yan to send 50,000 elite soldiers to encircle and suppress, several defeats of 'Shun Heaven', but 'Shun Heaven' thieves are cunning, fleeing east and west, I only heard that they were in Chenxiang County before being sent to Xia Yuan City, and they came here again in less than two months......

Liu Zhibang asked again: "Then who is the leader of this 'Shun Heaven', and what are the characteristics of their tactics?" ”

Liao Hua recalled for a while, and continued: "The earliest leader of this 'Shun Heaven' is called Tian Shengjian, and later because of the uneven distribution of dirt, he was killed by another leader Yan Shou, but this Yan Shou is a domineering person, and within a year he was killed by another leader Sanji to seize power, I heard that there are several factions in 'Shun Heaven' now, the most powerful is Sanji, and the second most powerful is a man called 'Liuhua Gang' in power, and the boss of the 'Liuhua Gang' is called Hu Chun, and they have five brothers and sisters who are righteous. The rest of the small forces are almost all attached to these two. Speaking of tactics, this 'Shun Heaven' has no characteristics, but their soldiers are extremely brave in battle, almost not afraid of death and pain, and they will die to the last man without Ming Jin to withdraw their troops. If it weren't for their poor equipment, I'm afraid the Qingyun Empire would have changed the sky......"

Liu Zhibang frowned and said, "There is still such an army, I would like to see ......"

"Report!"

Liu Zhibang turned around and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

A soldier quickly ran to Liu Zhibang and said, "Report to the commander, the cavalry division has returned!" ”

Liu Zhibang said with some surprise: "Oh? It's quite fast, ask Master Zhou to come and see me! ”

After a while, Zhou Shan's servants ran in front of Liu Zhibang, and seeing that Zhou Shan's mood was a little low, Liu Zhibang asked: "Master Zhou, how is the battle with 'Shun Heaven' this time?" ”

As soon as Zhou Shan came back, he was summoned to see Liu Zhibang, and before he could take off his battle robe, he was covered in blood, quite embarrassed, Zhou Shan knelt down on one knee and said: "The subordinates are incompetent, and they barely repelled the enemy army, but they suffered heavy losses......

Liu Zhibang hurriedly signaled: "Get up and talk about it in detail!" ”

Zhou Shan stood up and said helplessly: "Just crossed the river in the morning, and the scouts were detected that there was a large number of enemy troops, so I waved my division to meet the battle, beheaded more than 3,000 people and defeated the enemy army, and our army suffered no more than 300 casualties. But in just an hour, suddenly 20,000 cavalry attacked, and the last general met again, but the number of enemy cavalry was twice as large as ours, although not as well-equipped as our army, but all of them were not afraid of death, and after killing nearly 5,000 enemy soldiers, the enemy army retreated, but our division lost more than 1,000 brothers......"

Liu Zhibang's face became a little solemn when he heard this: "I lost 2,000 people in one day of fighting, it seems that this 'Shun Heaven' is a strong enemy......

Zhou Shan clenched his fists and said hatefully: "Commander, send me to battle tomorrow, and I will definitely annihilate the enemy army......"

Liu Zhibang thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow will stop the war, and then make plans when the intelligence is collected in more detail, you can go down and rest first......"

Nearly 20,000 Han troops built fortifications in Baihua Village, and on the second day of "Shun Heaven", the army arrived near Baihua Village and sent hundreds of soldiers to the Han army to fight in front of the battle, but the Han army could not hold out.

The bored "Shun Heaven" soldiers lay or sit on the fields overgrown with wild grass, and one by one the falcons constantly flew into the Han army camp, and then flew out of the camp again, flying in different directions.

Ten miles away from the Han army camp is a military camp of "Shun Heaven", at this time the camp is full of simple tents, a tall man in his thirties stands on a high place, looking in the direction of the Han army. A beautiful woman about twenty-five or sixteen years old, dressed in simple clothes, walked up to him and said, "Big brother, according to the report of the brothers in front of the battle, the Han army has never shown its head today, but there are many falcons flying in and out, I don't know what the hell they are doing......

The tall man turned around, he looked thirty-four or five years old, with a shocking wound on his face that stretched from his left forehead to his jaw, a pair of big eyes that were wide open, full of courage and resolute light, thick long eyebrows flew obliquely into his temples, and his face was fierce and majestic. The tall man showed an extremely rare smile to this beautiful woman, and said, "Fifth sister, what is the situation in Wumang City?" ”

The fifth sister is named Ruan Xiangju, about twenty-three or four years old, about one meter eight tall, not only tall, but also with a thin chest and waist, a pair of straight long legs, and neat and beautiful facial features on her face without fat powder.

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