The torches were like dragons, the hooves were rolling, and the army galloped through the wilderness.

Unlike Song Zhi's imagination, Zhao Ning did not rush in front of the army with a white horse and white robe, his face was like King Kong, his eyes were like fire, and he was full of heroic and tragic energy.

His wide-sleeved robe, flying in mid-air, his clothes fluttering, sprinkled with dust, indifferent and calm as if he was on a trip.

The imperial court was deployed on the front line of Bianliang, including the Wang Shi of Yangliucheng, and he could not be transferred to Yunzhou for a while, but the Wang Ji Realm cultivators who were sitting there could rush to support at the first time.

In addition to the two Wang Jijing who had previously obtained the military intelligence of Xihe City, there were two more people who had already arrived at this moment, and they had successfully joined the 40,000 horse army, and now three of them were following behind Zhao Ning and rushing to the battlefield together.

Bianliang's Great Qi King Extreme Realm, the total number of hands, Song Zhen died in battle, Sun Kang and other three people were injured and needed to recuperate, except for Emperor Song Zhi and Empress Zhao Qiyue, the Wang Extreme Realm that the imperial court could send has been sent to Yunzhou.

But even so, compared to the number of Bolshu and the Wang Ji Realm under his command, Yunzhou is still at an absolute disadvantage, but Borshu has to assign people to guard the state and guard against Bianliang, so he can't concentrate everyone in Yunzhou.

"General Zhao, are you sure about this battle? Can we win?"

It was Song Ming, the king of Shu, who spoke and belonged to Song Zhi's uncle, slightly younger than Song Zhen, but his sideburns also had white hair, and compared to Song Zhen's kind face, the majesty on his face was even stronger.

But when talking to Zhao Ning at this time, Song Ming's eyebrows did not have the arrogance that the prince of the clan was used to, looking down on all living beings, and he could not be called polite, but he could be regarded as an equal.

This is because, on the one hand, Zhao Ning's cultivation is higher than him, and on the other hand, when he led people to leave Bianliang, Song Zhi told him that the Yunzhou battle situation needs to rely on Zhao Ning.

"What does His Royal Highness the King of Shu think?" Zhao Ning did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

"There are five kings under the command of Borshu. However, General Zhao has a thousand jun in hand, even if the other party transfers one or two Wang Ji Realm over, as long as we dare to fight hard, we can also fight a draw with them, and this victory or defeat depends entirely on the 40,000 soldiers below. ”

Speaking of this, Song Ming did not continue, but the meaning was self-evident, he didn't think that these 40,000 miscellaneous soldiers could defeat the 40,000 elite soldiers of Beihu.

Song Ming stopped talking, and Zhao Ning didn't speak again, although he needed to answer the other party's question, he obviously didn't have this intention.

It's not that Zhao Ning is big, but it's all false to say now, and everything has to wait until the time to see the real chapter.

"General Zhao, His Royal Highness the King of Shu, the Beihu generals have given up the pursuit of the rout and began to retreat and assemble, and it is expected that in another hour, we will meet. "Wei Wuxian, who went to explore the way, came back at this time to report on the military situation.

As the squire of the military department, Wei Wuxian was supposed to be in Bianliang, but now that the situation is urgent, he can only rush to Yunzhou, which gives him a chance to go to the battlefield again and fight side by side with Zhao Ning.

"The order was given, and the army stopped marching, drank water and rested, and prepared for battle. Zhao Ning nodded at Wei Wuxian, and after giving this military order, he fell from mid-air.

From Yunzhou to Xihe City, it is only forty-five miles away, for the lightly armed cavalry, it does not take a few hours, plus the Beihu army was chasing and killing the Xihe City rout, this distance is still shortened.

Zhao Ning stood on a dirt bag and looked west in the night breeze.

On the vast flat ground stretched out beneath his feet, there were many, many ghostly figures, stumbling in the quagmire of the night, approaching from a distance.

Or sporadic three or five, or a large group of large areas, because the formation is extremely scattered, like a plate of loose sand, there are not many gathered into a group, but if you look at the whole area, you will find that there are actually a lot of people.

Because of the cultivation in the middle of the Wang Ji Realm, Zhao Ning could see clearly that the frightened swimming fish, the panicked flock, and the chaotic flames fleeing were all soldiers who ran for their lives.

They were so frightened that they ran away and crawled, with their teeth and claws, and in the darkness of the night, they did not look like people, but described as terrifying, ghosts who wanted to tear a way out of the curtain of the night.

Behind Zhao Ning, there was a horse army holding torches, and when the soldiers were marching, they were long dragons, and now they were about to transform into battle formations, and the fire dragons were changing towards the sea of fire.

In any case, tens of thousands of torches gathered together, in the dark of the night, it is extremely striking and shocking.

The routs who were getting closer and closer, seeing the sea of fire points gathering here, did not cheer or jump, on the contrary, their speed suddenly dropped, and there were many people in the middle, who began to accelerate to both sides, as if to bypass here, and some confused figures turned around and fled.

Zhao Ning's eyes sank.

Wei Wuxian, who fell beside him, took a step forward when he saw this, and roared: "The king of Yunzhou is here! The headquarters of General He Ping of Xihe City is converging on the left flank of the army, and there are those who run indiscriminately, behead!"

His voice was as loud as the thunder of a summer night, and it spread far and wide in the wilderness, and in an instant it shook the rout.

It's just that their eyesight is limited in the dark night, and those frightened bird-like soldiers are obviously suspicious, and they still don't dare to lean over, for fear that what awaits them here is the Beihu Jingqi who has bypassed.

Zhao Ning beckoned, called Chen Yi, and ordered: "Send someone over to answer." ”

This time, rushing to aid Xihe City, the guaranteed goal is to meet these defeated soldiers, and now that they have met smoothly, Zhao Ning naturally has no reason to let them be at a loss.

He Ping's troops have all suppressed bandits before, and some of them were ordered by Song Zhi last year to cross the river to try a counteroffensive.

Moreover, these people were former outcasts, but now they are fighters who have fought for their country, and in any way, they should not be reduced to too pitiful conditions.

After Chen Yi led a group of Yuan Shen Realm masters and rode out with the banner of the Yunzhou Army, Wei Wuxian suddenly laughed, looked at Zhao Ning and said, "I found a few interesting things when I was exploring the road before.

"After learning that you personally led the army over, the Beihu Zuoxian King Borshu immediately issued an order for all the Beihu soldiers to retreat, seize the time to adjust the formation, drink water and rest, and prepare for the big battle.

"He didn't mean to stop us from receiving the rout of Xihe City at all, and let us achieve the goal of this trip.

"I, the king of the extreme realm, have approached Xihe City in the early stage, and he has never personally taken me, nor has he sent people to besiege me, but only let his subordinates Wang extreme realm force me back.

"Isn't it interesting, you say?"

Speaking of which, the two have not seen each other for a long time, and a lot of major events have happened in between, which can be called the passage of time and the vicissitudes of life, as the magnates and ministers of the Great Qi Dynasty, they should have a lot of emotion.

But this time, the two fought side by side, but they didn't even have time to talk, and they joined the war as soon as they met.

Zhao Ning moved the corners of his mouth, and before he could respond, among the four early stages of the Wang Ji Realm on this trip, a middle-aged man from the Wang Ji Realm from the Shiren Sect had already stroked the short beard on his chin and smiled:

"This can only show one problem, Borshu is very jealous of General Zhao. As soon as General Zhao came to Yunzhou, he rescued Sun Kang and others, and injured him, how could this guy not be afraid?

"Moreover, whether it is the battle of Fengming Mountain in the seventh year of Qianfu, or the strict defense of Yanmen Pass and Jingcheng Pass this time, so that the Beihu army hit their heads and bleed, it has already proved the outstanding talent of the Zhao family and General Zhao.

"Now that General Zhao is leading the troops, how can Borshu not be very energetic to deal with it? He is too late to return to the military battle, how can he still have the heart to chase down the defeated army?

"Wei Shilang went to Xihe City to explore the way, although he was alone, but in the long dark night, Borshu didn't know about this situation, the reason why he didn't dare to make a move on Wei Shilang was not because he was afraid that Wei Shilang was the bait sent out by General Zhao, thinking that there would be a risk of missing if he acted rashly?

So he could only take the most conservative response and force Wei Shilang to retreat. ”

The person who spoke, Zhao Ning, had a few encounters, and he could only be regarded as acquaintances, knowing that the other party was from the Confucian family, named Kong Xiu, who lived in a simple place on weekdays and didn't ask about the world.

This Confucian family, it is said to be a descendant of Confucius, there is a genealogy as evidence, Zhao Ning does not know whether it is true or false, let me believe it, but the Confucian family is a maverick in the door, does not participate in the court dispute, and does not have a strong sense of existence, but it is true.

Because of this, Zhao Ning has no friendship with Kong Xiu or the people of the Kong family, but looking at the closeness of the other party's words now, it seems that the two have a great relationship, and the other party admires him very much.

This made Zhao Ning somewhat surprised.

Wei Wuxian chuckled twice when he heard this, "Confucius's words are true, Brother Ning'er's reputation now is indeed comparable to few people in the national war. If you want to talk about the record of fighting against the Beihu army, so far, I am afraid that only the former Yanmen Army and the current Hedong Army can get it. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Wuxian squeezed his soybean-sized eyes at Zhao Ning, looking proud.

Even Song Ming, the king of Shu, followed with emotion: "The first general of the Great Qi, the Zhenguo Gong clan of the imperial dynasty, is indeed worthy of its name. When the country was in danger, the Zhao clan was the Great Wall of Great Qi, and everyone in the world looked at it. "Inexplicably, Zhao Ning was touted by everyone, except for Song Ming, the prince of the clan, there may be pre-war incentives, hoping that Zhao Ning will have the intention of contributing and using his life in the future, and the others look like they think deeply, trust him, and have deep expectations, and they all look from the heart, which makes him a little dumbfounded.

Without saying a word, Zhao Ning also had many feelings in his heart.

It's just that in all kinds of moods, there is no self-satisfaction and pride.

For some reason, when everyone's praise was the most lively, what came to Zhao Ning's mind was the last moment of the national war in his previous life, when the city was broken, Song Zhi, who was wearing a scorched imperial robe, knelt in a pool of blood and hugged his dead young daughter, and made a sad and indignant accusation against him:

"As the first general of the dynasty, the Zhao family has been the prince of the town for generations, and I have given you all the honor, wealth, and power that I can give you, why can't you perform the duties of the town when the country is in danger?!"

The situation in the two lives is different, in the previous life, Song Zhi did not have anything to be sorry for the Zhao family.

Since the interception and killing of Daizhou in the sixth year of Qianfu, the Zhao family's strength has declined, and Song Zhi's attitude towards the Zhao family has always been trust and support, especially after the start of the national war, he entrusted the Zhao family with important tasks and gave him massive resources.

It's just that in the previous life, whether it was Zhao Ning or the Zhao family, after the interception and killing of Daizhou, they were no longer able to do more.

In the ten years of national war, what Zhao Ning felt the most was the self-blame and powerlessness under the tears when he saw his clansmen's relatives and friends constantly dying on the battlefield, and the grief and indignation of killing thieves and being unable to return to heaven when he saw the fall of the rivers and the slaughter of his comrades.

In all fairness, during the National War, Zhao Ning had already done his best, and the Zhao family had also reached the limit, but because of Xiao Yan's calculations with the Tianyuan Royal Court, he had already lost his family strength and his strength was limited.

But even so, when facing Song Zhi's accusations in the end, Zhao Ning had no room for rebuttal.

Because the Zhao family's wealth and nobility for more than a hundred years are true, and the family situation is also folded in the hands of the Tianyuan Royal Court, either Song Zhi is sorry for them, dereliction of duty is dereliction of duty, and no matter how many reasons there are, it is an excuse.

Because of this, after being reborn, Zhao Ning began to lay out the layout in the sixth year of Qianfu, and there was a bit of desperation in the process.

In the changing situation, in the turbulence of Song Zhi's single-handedly provoked civil and military disputes and disputes between poor families, for the victory of this national war, Zhao Ning can be called unscrupulous, and many of the things he has done have greatly exceeded the boundaries of a courtier.

Over the years, whether it is Yan Ping's rape, or the enemy in the north, or walking in all directions to lay out the world, he has been busy and has almost no time to rest. To this day, he has not yet taken a wife.

He didn't want to see his people killed and injured again, and he didn't want to face Song Zhi's accusations again.

And now, the national war has finally broken out, and it is time for him to show his strength.

When he was summoned by Song Zhi and took the initiative to invite Ying to come to Yunzhou to preside over the battle, Zhao Ning knew that the other party was very confused, and wondered if he had been waiting for the other party to summon him for a long time, waiting to come to Yunzhou to take charge of the overall situation.

The answer, of course, is yes.

The first big station of Zhao Ning's travel in the world was Yunzhou.

He knew that when the Beihu army attacked the Central Plains, in order to avoid a hard encounter with the Great Qi Naval Division and heavy casualties, he would adopt the strategy of feints to attack Yangliucheng and attack Yunzhou, so his layout in Yunzhou was very deep.

Chen Yi, the big boss of the Changhe boat line, is here, and the big master of Yipinlou is actually here.

The reason why the cultivators of Yipinlou on the north bank of the Yellow River were able to find out in advance the movements of the main force of the Beihu army and the covert assembly on the other side of Yunzhou was because he told Yipinlou that the main force of the Beihu army would definitely assemble there.

What the cultivators of Yipinlou have to do is to find evidence to win the trust of the imperial court.

In every way, Zhao Ning is for this day.

For this war.

If there is any unexpected situation, that is, before the war, Gao Furui, a military genius who did not know the so-called, ran to the other side of the Yellow River and walked around, and came back to say that the Beihu army would definitely not attack Yunzhou, so that Yunzhou was unprepared, and Xihe City, a frontier town, was blown down by Borshu.

Zhao Ning was angry, but not so angry.

If there were not all kinds of serious problems within Daqi, and there were all kinds of people and things that seemed inexplicable, he would not have been destroyed by Beihu in his previous life.

Fortunately, Song Zhi's performance during the national war was not much different from that of his previous life, although the emperor's mental skills were not all discarded, but at least he knew that he should take care of the overall situation at this time, and he also knew who to rely on.

So Zhao Ning came here.

Now, it's time to engage with the Beihu army in close combat, white knives in and red knives out, fight for victory, you live and die.