Pingjingguan is located between two mountains, the high mountains are like high mountains, there is a lowland that is not too wide between the two mountains, Pingjingguan is in the uplifted part of this lowland, the situation is very dangerous.

At that time, Emperor Taizu chose the imperial city in Changge City, partly because there was the best barrier in the Great Zhou, even if there was an invasion of foreign enemies, it would be difficult to pass through Pingjing Pass.

At the beginning, Xiao Junjue chose to go to the lonely cottage and spared Pingjing Pass for this reason.

On this day, Xiao Junjue personally went to battle.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, do you still recognize me?"

On top of the high wall, a person shouted loudly, with the intention of provocation.

Xiao Junjue rode a few steps forward, and when he looked up, he squinted his eyes, and he could only see the outline of a person clearly.

"I haven't seen you for many years, and the King of Chu doesn't know you? Thirteen years ago, the king of Chu was demoted to a centurion because a woman fought a hundred military sticks. ”

Xiao Junjue frowned and recalled, Nighthawk's brain turned fast and his memory was good, and as soon as he said that he was demoted to a centurion, he remembered who it was.

He shouted at the high wall: "Who should I be, it turned out to be Hu Kun who bullied the girl, are you not dead yet?"

"Haha, the blessing of General Tuoying, this official is not only alive and well, but also prosperous. ”

Speaking of this Hu Kun, it's been a long time. He was originally Xiao Junjue's old department, and he has followed him for many years, and he is also a talent, proficient in swords, sticks, and sticks.

It's just that this person has a fatal death hole, which is lust. When Xiao Junjue was guarding the border pass, he clearly stipulated that soldiers and commanders were not allowed to bully women, and violators would be killed.

But this Hu Kun was full of lust, and when he saw a beautiful woman, he forced her, and after the woman was insulted, she refused to be humiliated and hanged herself.

This death, the matter was stabbed to Xiao Junjue.

Although he cherishes talents, the laws in the army cannot be violated, and Xiao Junjue wants to behead him. At that time, including Nighthawk Night Owl and others, they all interceded for him.

In the end, Xiao Junjue remembered that he had military merits and was extrajudicial and gracious, but although the capital crime could be avoided, the living crime was unforgivable, Xiao Junjue ordered a cane to punish a hundred military sticks, and was demoted from a general to a centurion.

Xiao Junjue also remembered, he said: "Hu Kun, although you were lustful in the past, you were also a talented person, but now the King of Qi is in chaos and has lost the support of the people, and the situation in the world has been decided, why can't you understand it? If you are smart, it is a wise move for you to open the door now and abandon the darkness and turn to the light." ”

Hu Kun put his fists on his waist and laughed: "I haven't seen you for many years, and the King of Chu will laugh." With a smile, "It's clear that you, the King of Chu, are demagoguing and plotting against you, and you are still ashamed to speak out here, what kind of righteous teacher you are talking about, it's a big joke in the world." ”

He pointed at Xiao Junjue, "King Chu remembers our past feelings, I advise you, obediently withdraw the army and return to your Yizhou, Lord Qi has a lot, and he will never embarrass you again." ”

"Hu Kun, I really regret giving you my request now, I should have let the prince kill you ruthless and unrighteous dog that day!" Nighthawk scolded.

Hu Kun snorted coldly and said: "How many military exploits I made back then, I was never stunned when I was born and died, but how did he treat me? It's just a woman, and when she plays, she plays, can he compare to my merits? How did he treat me? How did he treat me? He wanted to kill chickens and monkeys to show the whole army, and use me to kill chickens and monkeys!"

Because of his anger, he even roared, and a mouthful of spit spat came out, "He is afraid that if he really kills me, he will cause the dissatisfaction of the brothers below, and pretend to spare my life by grace." He also wanted to show that he had a clear reward and punishment, and he beat me with a hundred lashes in front of the whole army, and demoted me from my position. I'm a dignified general, let me be a centurion, he's really ruthless!"

Xiao Junjue said coldly: "That's because you violated military discipline, you made a mistake, you should be punished!"

Hu Kun smiled sympathetically, "No matter what you say, if you and I meet in this situation today, it is God's arrangement, and I will guard the pass here, so don't think about it!"

Nighthawk was angry and wanted to breathe fire, but Iron Rush pointed at him, "Okay, then let's compare and see if you can hold it." ”

"The official doesn't fight you, the official's accusation is that he wants to fight with me, and he will wait for you to attack him. Hu Kun laughed wildly, and after laughing, he shouted, "Set up the formation!"

The most important thing in marching and fighting is to arrange the troops, Hu Kun's ability to arrange the formation can be said to be a handful, after he gave an order, he saw the Qi Wang army outside the gate according to the nine palaces arrangement, each grid of soldiers will be interspersed, gradually like one, intersecting each other, this is also a nine-character chain array.

It's just a short period of time, and the opponent can be arranged into shape, which shows that he has been trained by Hu Kun.

"Lord Wang, is there a loophole in this formation?" The night owl looked at such a big battle, but he was a little panicked in his heart.

Xiao Junjue looked at it, "The nine-character chain array is the most murderous formation among the ten ancient formations, he not only sets up the five basic formations here, but also arranges an endless stream of small formations, unless you know the position of the joints he operates and break through, otherwise there is no entry or exit." ”

He glanced at the night owl, "You should also know how clever Hu Kun is at setting up the formation. ”

Night Stalker frowned, "It's really hard to see the flaws for a while. ”

Nighthawk was anxious, "Lord Wang, what should I do now? ”

Xiao Junjue grabbed him, shook his head at him, thought for a moment, but said, "Withdraw!"

"Withdraw?" Nighthawk was startled and stared at Xiao Junjue.

Xiao Junjue said firmly: "Yes, this kind of formation can't be forced, first withdraw the troops, and then think about it in the long run." ”

He never fights uncertain battles, and the current position he is facing, indeed, if the whole army is dispatched, he may be able to break through, but this formation will lose countless lives, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Every time Xiao Junjue went to battle, Rong Zhao was terrified, and every time she waited, she was restless.

She was walking anxiously around the tent when she was informed that the prince had returned.

Just as he was about to go out to greet him, Xiao Junjue entered the house.

"Why did you come back so soon?" Rong Zhao asked as he helped him put on his armor.

Allure brought hot water, Rong Zhao soaked it in a towel and handed it to him. Xiao Junjue wiped her face and said, "I'm in some trouble." ”

Seeing Rong Zhao's nervous appearance, he stroked her face and comforted her: "It's okay, you don't have to worry about these things." ”

After staying for a while, Xiao Junjue called everyone to discuss how to deal with the enemy and how to break the formation, and did not come back until very late.

Rong Zhao had been waiting for him for a long time, and as soon as he saw him return, he ordered Allure to serve dinner.

She didn't ask any more about the war, and she could tell that he was annoyed enough.

"Eat more fish. Rong Zhao vigorously put vegetables into Xiao Junjue's bowl, "Finish the soup again." ”

The evening meal was specially ordered by Rong Zhao to be made in the fire head room, and he saw that he was haggard these days, so he made up for his body more.

"You treat me as a child, huh?" Xiao Junjue's sad face broke into a smile, and he sandwiched the dishes for Rong Zhao, "Don't patronize me, you can eat too." Now that you are pregnant with your body, eat more. ”

He knew that although Rong Zhao didn't say anything, he was actually worried about him, he stroked her shoulder, and his broad palm touched her shoulder, which was only wearing a layer of light veil, a little cold, "Don't worry about me." ”

Rong Zhao stared at him, nodded, and smiled: "I'm not worried about you, but I'm distressed." ”

She touched his blue chin, and the stubble pricked his hands, which had not been shaved in days, and he looked a little haggard.

I feel sorry for him working day and night, and I feel sorry for him that he is always injured.

In fact, every time she saw him injured, she wanted to say, don't fight, stop fighting, go home.

But every time she held these words in her heart, she only replaced them with silent tears.

At the beginning, Xiao Junjue rebelled, with her instigation, if she shouted again now, where would she put those soldiers outside?

Xiao Junjue hugged her tightly in her arms and smiled easily, "Since you feel sorry for me, I'll eat more, okay?"

He ate in a big gulp, like a child.

He didn't know what words to use to appease Rong Zhao's distress, since she wanted him to eat more, then he would eat more.

But maybe it was to appease Rong Zhao, he ate too much, and in the middle of the night, his stomach was uncomfortable and he woke up uncomfortably.

In the past, Rong Zhao slept deeply, slept soundly all night, and didn't know what happened, but now that Xiao Junjue is a little moved, she can wake up.

As soon as the curtain was opened, Rong Zhao grabbed Xiao Junjue's clothes, "What are you doing?" as if he was still in a dream, and his voice was soft.

Xiao Junjue kissed her forehead, "You sleep, I'll go to the side and come back soon." ”

"Well, hurry up then. With that, she rolled over and went back to sleep.

Xiao Junjue put on a piece of clothing and left the tent, thinking about taking a walk to eliminate food. But as soon as he stepped out of the tent, he realized that something was wrong.

The air smelled of fireworks, like something was burning.

"Oh no, no, the enemy has come to rob the camp!"

"Someone has come to rob the camp!"

The sound of gongs woke up the quiet night and woke everyone in the camp.

The army of the king of Chu was well-trained, and after the first shout, he had already quickly assembled his troops.

Hearing the shouting, Nighthawk and the others also ran out of the tent.

Xiao Junjue left the Nighthawk to protect Rong Zhao, and the rest of the people rushed with him to kill the enemy.

This night, for the army of the king of Chu, the losses were heavy, not to mention the casualties, all the grain and grass were burned.

Grain and grass have always been Xiao Junjue's most worrying thing, but now, it is completely clean.

After investigation, it was found that the grain and grass in the rear camp were the first to be burned, and then the soldiers found that someone had come to rob the camp.

A team, the most important thing is the grain and grass, Xiao Junjue also deliberately let people guard it day and night, but when it happened, there was no movement, and no one realized until the grain and grass were about to burn out. Where are the people who guarded the grain and grass before?

Of course, Xiao Junjue had to be held accountable, but when he was implicated, he found out that none of the soldiers who guarded that night were alive, and all of them died in the fire with grain and grass.

Xiao Junjue's soldiers, he knows their skills, no matter how he is, he will not be killed without any reaction when the enemy comes to rob the camp.

It's strange how you look at this.