Since the Black Stone Pass was breached by the barbarians, it has been more than three months since Qin Feng and thousands of soldiers of the Black Flag Army retreated to Pingliu City. In the past three months, news has been received in the city that the barbarians have burned and looted all the way south from Heishi Pass, and seven small towns with a population of more than 1,000 and countless villages have been razed to the ground, and tens of thousands of ordinary people of Zhao have been slaughtered and plundered.

Every time he heard such news, Qin Feng was angry. He really didn't know what the hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops in the Guanguan were doing. The barbarian's desperate attempt to break through the Black Stone Pass has been greatly damaged, and it has become the end of the strong crossbow. But even these barbarian remnants, after entering the customs, can still wreak havoc in the northern border of Zhao State, treating hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops in the customs as nothing.

What's even more infuriating is that Zhao Jun in the Guannai can't do anything with the barbarians, and he doesn't dare to fight with the barbarians. And they, the soldiers of the Black Flag Army, who fought with the barbarians in the Black Stone Pass all the year round, fought desperately and bloodily, are now trapped in Pingliu City to be questioned by the Ministry of War, and they are held accountable for the loss of the Black Stone Pass.

As the commander of the Black Flag Army's Wind Battalion, Qin Feng enlisted in the Black Flag Army at the age of sixteen, and has been twenty-two years old for six years now. In the past six years, he has risen from a big-headed soldier to the position of commander by virtue of his military merits, and has experienced dozens of large and small battles. Regarding the loss of Blackstone Pass, front-line combat generals like him have the most right to speak. In this defeat, there must be someone who bears unshirkable responsibility, but it must not be relied on on the officers and men of the Black Flag Army defending the city.

The soldiers have to eat to defend the city, the horses have to be fed, the catapults have to have stones, the archers have to have arrows, there is nothing for the fuck. For half a year, the Ministry of War did not allocate a grain of grain, an arrow, let alone a military salary to Heishi Pass. It would be strange to let a group of bare-chested soldiers with no food, no salary, and no supplies to face a well-equipped and vicious barbarian army.

Qin Feng still remembered that this time the barbarians' offensive came extremely fiercely. All the barbarian tribes in the Far North have poured out of their nests, desperately attacking the Black Stone Pass. Not only are the troops invested unprecedented, but the barbarian beast masters who rarely show up have also gone into battle. The beast operators drove a large number of beasts to fight with the brutes, and even brought the extremely rare ice giant elephants in the north to attack the city. The most terrifying thing is that the four high priests who have only appeared in the legend of the barbarian king have also come to the Black Stone Pass. The high priest's spell actually attracted a thunderbolt, and the rolling thunder split a large ......gap in the strong city wall.

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"Qin madman, Qin madman, something is wrong!" a handsome young officer wearing the uniform of the commander of the Black Flag Army opened the curtain and rushed in.

Yuan Yun, Qin Feng's best brother, is twenty-three years old this year and is currently the commander of the Red Dragon Battalion of the Black Flag Army. Together with Qin Feng, the commander of the Wind Battalion, and Mo Bing, the commander of the Benlei Battalion, they are known as the three heroes of the Black Flag Army. The relationship between the three young soldiers is very good, and they have sacrificed their lives and deaths together to fight against the barbarians in Heishi Pass for many years, everyone's blood and sweat together, and they have already had a lifelong friendship with each other, like brothers.

"What are you doing, your daughter-in-law ran away with someone, or did the old lady remarry! How can you say that you are also a commander, can't you be a little reserved?" Qin Feng held a book of soldiers in his hand, and sat on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed. However, he didn't notice that the military book in his hand was held upside down.

Yuan Yun picked up the teapot on the table and drank it dry.

"Old man Qi was imprisoned by the king on suspicion of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and is waiting for the trial of the three ministries of soldiers, criminals, and officials. ”

"What, Old Man Qi was imprisoned, or is it a crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?" Qin Feng jumped up from the stool.

The old man Qi in their mouths was Qi Yun, the commander of the Black Flag Army. On the day that the Black Flag Army was defeated and retreated into Pingliu City, Qi Yun was brought back to Beijing by someone from the military department to hold him accountable. Qin Feng was a shrewd person, and he knew that this would be dangerous at that time, but he never expected it to be so dangerous. You must know that if the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is confirmed, it will punish the nine clans.

Yuan Yun nodded: "That's right, it's a traitor to the enemy." It seems that this time someone wants to take advantage of the loss of the Black Stone Pass to completely bring down Old Man Qi. However, it is said that Prime Minister Wei Cheng, the eldest prince Zhao Hong and others are trying to protect themselves, and the three ministries will also participate in the trial, and it is not known whether they will be convicted or not.

"The old guy seems to be in big trouble, but he is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and he has Prime Minister Wei and the eldest prince to protect him, and he also has the imperial horse coat given by the first king, so his head should not fall off. There is really no goddamn reason, can't it be that since ancient times, loyal ministers and good generals have not ended well?" Qin Feng was very angry, and the upside-down military book in his hand was also thrown to the ground.

Yuan Yun was very anxious and asked, "What should we do now?" Now that Old Man Qi has an accident, I'm afraid that it will be our turn next. ”

Qin Feng: "What else can I do, run." Stay here and die!"

Qi Yun is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and with the eldest prince of Prime Minister Wei as a guarantor, he should be able to pick up an old life. But these generals under Qi Yun are miserable. If the boss is found to be collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, his generals will definitely not be able to get out of it. These middle-level generals are neither old ministers of the Three Dynasties, nor do they have any royal coats to protect their lives, let alone the prime minister and the prince to intercede, and there is only a dead end when the time comes.

Yuan Yun hesitated a little: "Run! This is a deserter, it's not good!"

Qin Feng's face was full of disdain, and he spat out: "What about the deserters! To tell you the truth, Lao Tzu wanted to run away when he was guarding the city at Heishi Pass." It's just that the old man Qi stands on the city tower with a broken bow every day and looks at Lao Tzu, and he doesn't have a chance. The battle of Blackstone Pass was fought so badly, everyone knew that someone used our Black Flag Army as cannon fodder. Why are you staying here, waiting to die? I don't believe it, you never thought to leave. ”

Yuan Yun's face was a little embarrassed, and he muttered, "Actually, I thought about it too, but... But... Last time, a few of us went to Fenglou to drink flower wine, and Old Man Qi still owed us three hundred taels of silver. If I leave, who will ask for this silver...... ”

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In the past half a month, the southbound barbarians have hit the vicinity of Pingliu City, and the four gates of Pingliu City, east, west, north and south are closed day and night, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without the token of the garrison. There are usually three ways to get out of the city without permission.

Sneak up to the castle tower in the dead of night, and then jump down. But many deserters have proven this approach to be extremely risky. The stratoflow city wall is eight zhang high, and the city is covered with hard bluestone slabs. Jumping without any protection is the best result is half-body, and the unlucky one dies.

Second, he broke through the city gate. This casualty ratio is higher. There are four gates in Pingliu City, east, west, north and south, and each gate is guarded by 500 elite soldiers. Two hundred archers were on standby at the gates, and on either side of the gate were two hundred pikemen and a hundred swordsmen. Moreover, these sergeants ate and lived by the city gate, and there was no relaxation for twelve hours a day, and going out from the city gate was basically tantamount to looking for death.

The three hid in the cart that pulled horse dung every night and secretly went out of the city. This method is not very risky, but it is absolutely impossible to let the two commanders Qin Feng and Yuan Yun squat in the smelly horse dung cart. The two of them agreed that even if they were hacked to death at the gate of the city, or jumped off the building and fell to their deaths, they would never go to the dung truck and could not afford to lose this person.

None of the three conventional escape options worked well for them. But Qin Feng doesn't care, let's take one step at a time, what did the ancients say, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.

The two changed into civilian clothes and came to the vicinity of the south gate of Pingliu City.

It was already getting dark, and there was a noise on the road. Twenty or thirty strato-current defenders came to the edge of the city wall surrounded by a thin official wearing a Zhao court uniform.

The official looks to be in his forties, with sharp-beaked monkey gills, two short beards, and a pair of small mung bean eyes. Next to him was Wang Ming, a stratosphere garrison, who was briefing him on the deployment of troops on the city wall and the city defense.

The big horse monkey was full of arrogance and authority, one hand on his waist and the other hand constantly pointing around the city wall.

"It's too dark on this tower for the archers to see anything from above, so how can they shoot the enemy effectively? ”

"And here. Throw out all the vat of dung and water in this city. Let me tell you what are you, Lord Wang! Although these are extraordinary times, we still need to pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of the city. Look at it, you see, this tank of fecal water stinks unpleasantly, which is unhygienic and affects appetite......"

And here,......

And here,......

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Qin Feng looked at this bureaucrat who didn't know anything, and he was very big.

Instead of lighting up his own archer ballista, he was afraid that the enemy would not be able to see the fire point in the city, so he gave directions to the enemy's catapult with a lantern. What's even more outrageous is that this idiot doesn't even recognize the dung water and gold juice used to defend the city. Once the enemy attacks the city, this old dung water boils and pours down the city, which is more powerful than any rolling wood thunder stone. A little bit of it will make the skin open and the flesh will be opened. In every major battle, the army defending the city must have this sharp weapon.

I really don't know if the big horse monkey is the nephew or brother-in-law of the county keeper, and he doesn't understand that he can be in such a high position. It seems that this county keeper is not a good bird either.

Qin Feng and Yuan Yun, the two outlaws, couldn't help but have the same thought in their heads, tied up this dog official, and swaggered out.