Chapter 398: Celebration Banquet

Seeing that the Chu army suddenly jumped out of the jungle and released arrows, the personal guard Zhu Ding, who was only one step behind the son of Hu'an Mountain, was shocked, and pulled the Menglong to the ground.

Dream Dragon heard the samurai behind him, some of them shouting, "Arrow!"

When Gu Menglong turned over and looked, there was blood from his mouth and nose, and Xiang Zhen, Mu Zhong, Mu Mangzi and others continued to pursue, and they must cut off the head of the injured Chu general Zhaoyun.

Without waiting for the wounded doctor to arrive, Zhu Ding stopped breathing, and Zhu Menglong, Qi Ying and others felt a great pain in their hearts.

Gu Menglong ordered the Ying Ling people to escort the bodies and wounded of Yu Ding and others back to Tingzi Pass, and went to chase the enemy again.

On the way to pursue, Tutianqi met a Chu general, and the general's body and face were covered with blood, it was Qu Rong, the deputy marshal of the Chu army, who was separated from the brigade on the way to retreat.

Tu Tianqi had never seen Qu Rong in person, and he couldn't see his face clearly, let alone that it would be Qu Rong who would break it himself, just wanted to kill the enemy, it was rare to ask, raised the short sword, rushed up and stabbed, the two engaged each other, more than 30 rounds, regardless of victory or defeat.

Wucheng killed an opponent, saw the heavenly ruler fighting, and came up to help.

Qu Rongli fought against the sky, knowing that he was not an opponent, and another helper came, knowing that the general situation was not good, and desperately fought his way out of the encirclement.

Wu Cheng chased after him, and a long sword was shadowed behind Qu Rong, only half a step away, and it could stab Qu Rong's back at any time.

Tu Tianqi shouted from behind: "Nameless rat, let him live." Wucheng stopped.

Qu Rong didn't answer, just ran for his life.

On the other way, the red-faced tiger Fan Yuntong wanted to find Chu General Gang Han to avenge the killing of his brother, but Gang Han did not come to Tingzi Pass, Fan Yuntong found Chu General Shen Xiao, tried his best to catch up, and fought with Shen Xiao for more than 20 rounds, Shen Xiao did not dare to fight, and took advantage of someone to help, and withdrew in a hurry.

The rest of the way, I don't know where to chase and kill.

Chu withdrew Yang Ming to Dajiaogou, about 20 miles away from Shicheng, the largest garrison base in the Danfushui River Basin of Baguo, and met Zhuang Fu, a general who came from Shicheng to reinforce him.

Seeing that Yang Ming was very embarrassed, Zhuang Fu said: "I heard that the general fought with the Ba people in Tingzi Pass, and he came to help in the battle. ”

Yang Ming was shocked: "In this way, Shicheng is lost!"

Zhuang replied: "When the last general set out, he explained very clearly: if the Ba people came to attack Shicheng, no one was allowed to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and they would stick to it and wait for help. Because one of them will not be lost. ”

Yang Ming shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's too late!"

Zhuang Fu woke up and said, "Quickly retreat to Shicheng!"

On the way, someone rushed to report the news: "The two generals of Ba Guo Ba Ren and Gong Biao will be from the land route, and the leaders of the Youshui Gong clan and the Hu'an Shanyu clan will attack Shicheng from the Shengui Gorge waterway, a total of thousands of men and women, and they will attack Shicheng like crazy, and more than half of our defenders will be killed and wounded, and some Ba people have already attacked Shicheng." ”

Yang Ming behaved at a loss and said: "The Ba people have premeditated this for a long time, and the chasing troops behind are very urgent, and the stone city has changed hands, it is a foregone conclusion, you can't go to the stone city, and the troops will withdraw from Xiaoguan!

The Baguo army that recovered Tingzi Pass pursued Yangming for a ride, and then divided into two routes, continuing to pursue Yangming all the way, and assisting Shicheng all the way.

The Chu army that stayed in Shicheng was fighting hard with the Pakistani army, and after receiving the news of the defeat at Tingziguan, they immediately abandoned Shicheng according to Yang Ming's order, and withdrew from Shicheng by luck before the arrival of Pakistani reinforcements. On the way to retreat, they were blocked by a small group of Ba people, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, and the lost soldiers fled back to Xiaoguan.

The Pakistani army pursued to Jiamachi, and encountered stubborn resistance led by the three fierce generals of Douying, Nanghan, and Shenxiao, and lost thousands of troops, but they were never able to pass through the area.

After analyzing the situation, the main generals of the Pakistani army, represented by Ba Yuanan, the eighth prince, believed that this war was a tragic victory, and their own losses were quite serious, and the Chu army had been driven out of the Yushui Valley, and Xiaoguan was also easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Chu army was unable to launch a new round of offensive in the short term, so there was no need to add to the snake.

Ba Yuan'an, the eighth prince, still left the lieutenant general Ba Peng to lead Zheng Rong and Ba Xin generals to guard Shicheng, and transferred some samurai from other departments to temporarily assist in the defense, and led the army back to Yucheng by himself, and at the same time cleaned up the battlefield along the road.

Two days later, Wu Bai, the boat master of the Hu'an Mountain tribe, was the first to find the body of Tu Qi under the pavilion pass, which was already the first and last two sections.

Xiang Zhen personally escorted Tuqi's body back to Yucheng, and the lord of Ba ordered his head and body to be sewn together with thin threads, and the generals would sacrifice him.

The memorial ceremony of the hero Tuqi was held in the evening of the day his body was found, and was presided over by the great witch of Pakistan, Ba Tianyi, and all the participants were in tears.

The master of Hu'an Mountain Boat said with tears in his eyes: "Seventh brother, you have died a well-deserved death! I swear that one day, I will sacrifice you with the head of Yang Ming!"

After the sacrifice, Tutian Qi ordered his younger brother Tu 19, his junior brother Ding Yan and other brothers to send Tu Qi's body back to the Dan Fushui Baima Dam Tu clan for burial.

The next day, the Pakistani army basically returned to Yucheng and cleaned up the losses of this battle, and nearly 10 generals of the general Fan Jin, the veteran general Ba Ren, and the general Zheng Zhong were killed, with a total of more than 3,000 casualties.

The Pakistani army won a great victory, and the most excited was Yu Shuihou, the owner of Yushui Salt Spring, and before the generals returned to Yucheng, Yuhou couldn't wait and arranged to prepare a celebration banquet.

In the afternoon of this day, at the location of Yushui Salt Spring, a large-scale sacrificial ceremony was presided over by Ba Tianyi, the great witch of Baguo, and then everyone returned to Yucheng to have a celebration feast, in which the main banquet was placed in the hall of Yuhou's mansion, and other military camps also set up banquets, and Yuhou provided food and celebration wine.

At the main banquet, the generals arrived, according to their seats, the wine was not drunk, and the mainstream of Pakistan said in tears: "Although our army won this battle, after a strong battle, Xiaoguan was not recovered. The veteran Ba Ren and others will die in battle, many will be injured, and more than 3,000 soldiers will die, how can you not be sad?"

The head of the Hu'an Mountain Boat Division, Tutian Ruler, broke Tu Qi, and Zhu Menglong broke Tu Ding, and felt very sad.

The lord of Pakistan collected his tears and said: "The Chu army was defeated in this battle, and it can't come back for a while." The troops retreated, rested in time, prepared grain and grass, prepared for another battle, and recaptured Xiaoguan and Yancheng. "Yancheng, referring to Yicheng, is the earliest capital of the Baihuba people, and now it is an important barracks for the Chu army.

Ditto General Ba Xiu said: "The last general expected that the Chu army would come again in the spring of the next year, that is, only two or three months later. ”

The Lord of Pakistan said: "Please elaborate. ”

Ba Xiu said: "The Chu army is defeated this time, and it must be anxious to be ashamed. What's more, after all, the state of Chu is strong, and although the loss this time is huge, at most it can be regarded as a tendon, and it has not yet reached the level of moving bones. On the contrary, although our army won a great victory, it was actually very difficult to continue to carry out such a large-scale counterattack. ”

The lord of Pakistan nodded helplessly and said, "It makes sense." Therefore, it is all the more necessary to go back as soon as possible, get a good grasp of rest, and get a good grasp of preparing for war. ”

At the command of the lord of Pakistan, the generals began to drink wine in large bowls and eat meat in large pieces.

After eating a bite of meat, Hu'an Mountain's Gongzi Menglong said to Gongzi Gongzi next to him: "Yangming's defeat this time, will it disappear in the salt water from now on?"

"I don't expect it, the so-called employment is not suspicious, the suspect is not needed, the king of Chu can let Yang Ming stay in salt water for several years, and it has never changed, and this time, it will not be. The dragon replied.

"If Yangming's old opponent doesn't leave, I won't be able to sleep peacefully. Gonggongzi nodded in agreement.

After several rounds of drinking, General Ba Xiu made an exception to come down to the table to pay tribute to Menglong and other young generals.

Xiao Menglong and the others hurriedly got up to receive the wine.

Ba Xiu first praised Mu Mangzi, and Mu Mangzi smiled: "The carving insect trick can only be concealed for a while." ”

Ba Xiu couldn't help laughing and said: "On the battlefield, it is changing rapidly, and you only need to hide it for a while, and you can succeed." Do you have a plan that you can hide from Ming for a few years?"

Mu Mangzi smiled and shook his head without saying a word, and Ba Xiu also smiled.

After laughing, Ba Xiu said to Wucheng again: "Fortunately, you violated the military order to have this good show, and you can be named a drunken general." "I saluted Wucheng with a big lamp, and then there were Menglong, Tutianqi, Fan Yuntong, Gongbiao, etc.

After toasting these people's wine, Ba Xiu, who has always been steady, was already seven or eight points drunk, and went to toast the wine of other generals.

After a big victory, everyone was excited, and with more wine, the scene was a little chaotic, and seeing that the monarch and the eighth prince Ba Yuanan did not have a serious expression as usual, but a face full of joy, no one stopped it.

After a while, the red-faced tiger Fan Yuntong got up, saluted Mu Mangzi and Wucheng, and said: "To be honest, although my five brothers have been married for many days, today, Fang really recognized the two good brothers from the tip of my heart. ”

Mu Mangzi smiled: "You didn't treat the two of us as true brothers, did we treat you as true brothers before?"

Fan Yuntong laughed.

Wu Cheng smiled: "The third brother is sensible, it's slower than drawing a sword, this time it's okay, it's fast!"

The three laughed again.

Mu Mangzi, Fan Yuntong, and Wucheng were all laughing, and the young general E Yue was drunk, and they shouted, and everyone stopped laughing.

I only heard E Yue say: "This battle is a big victory, and the last general is willing to dance the sword to celebrate the heroes!"

The samurai of Pakistan were very fond of people performing swordsmanship, and when the generals heard this, those who left the table returned to their original positions, and those who drank and ate meat also stopped.

After E Yue finished speaking, the willow leaf sword in his hand had slowly danced.

As the rhythm accelerated, it was impossible to distinguish between the sword dancer's man and the sword, just like a ball of flowers, and everyone applauded!

Suddenly, E Yue followed the sword momentum, and one flew away, and the sword blade pointed directly at the throat of the red-faced tiger Fan Yuntong.

The crowd was shocked.

The eighth prince, Ba Yuan, took the lead in jumping up, and shouted in surprise: "Eyue, what are you going to do, stop!" As he spoke, the wine in his hand was sprinkled on the ground.

When E Yue heard Ba Yuan'an's shout, he was half drunk, threw away the willow leaf sword in his hand, bent down and cried bitterly: "Fan Yuntong! You have no heart and no lungs! You have harmed my sister Osmanthus so miserably! I once swore to the gods and ghosts, if I saw you, I would break your body into ten thousand pieces! I didn't expect that you were really still alive!"

Eyue's brothers, Ezhuo and Ou Menglong, hurriedly came over and grabbed Eyue; Tutianqi, Mu Mangzi, and Wucheng had already gotten up, and saw that two people had grabbed Eyue and stood in place.

Ba Yuanan shouted: "Fan Yuntong has committed a major crime before, and this time he has been exempted, how can he mention it again! At present, the great enemy, the family feud and clan hatred are not as great as the national feud!"

E Zhuo said to the red-faced tiger Fan Yuntong: "My brother drank too much, don't blame it." ”

Fan Yuntong thought of his misunderstanding and ruthlessness towards E Guihua, and his heart was not happy, and he said to E Zhuo: "Brother don't worry, I don't blame him." ”

The lord of Ba was enjoying the wonderful sword dance performance of the young general Eyue, and suddenly this scene happened, and he was stunned at first, and then he woke up and said with a smile: "It seems that the little general has really drunk too much, send him to rest quickly." ”

Hearing the king's order, a samurai hurried into the hall.

Just after the drunken gaffe was taken away, someone came in and prayed to the eighth prince Ba Yuan'an.

After hearing this, Ba Yuanan got up, walked to his father's side, and reported softly to the lord of Pakistan.

The generals did not know what was going on, and their mood became nervous, but they did not dare to speak.

The lord of Ba listened to Ba Yuan'an's report, nodded, Ba Yuan'an returned to his original position, did not sit down, first glanced at the generals, and then said: "Everyone be quiet, please look at something!"

The generals didn't know what was happening, and they were in their hearts, only listening to Ba Yuan'an shouting: Present!