In the end, Gao Liang couldn't hold his breath and shouted: "Fight and don't fight, retreat and don't retreat, but why?" "With a wave of his sword, the 20,000 northern iron troops shouted in unison and rushed towards us!

I swung my sword, and an army of 70,000 came forward to meet it. But I soon found out that although Gao Liang himself was stopped by Chu Rui and fell behind alone, the battle-hardened iron army under his command was easy to deal with the Shanhai County rebels I had trained a little for!

This battle cannot be fought. I Mingjin withdrew the army, and Chu Rui didn't love to fight, so he turned his horse and retreated. Gao Liang drew his sword and waved it again, and the iron army actually chased and killed! The soldiers in the village fired arrows in unison, and they didn't know which side killed more people. Seeing this, Gao Liang finally retreated and returned to the city, and I also ordered to pack up the weapons and bury the bones. After a while, the 70,000 people under my command were folded by more than 30,000, and judging from the number of corpses, Gao Liang's troops only died three or four thousand!

It took a busy day to clean up the battlefield. The next day, Gao Liang went to the front of the battle again to insult and scold. I lined up in a big formation, but this time he went out with the deputy general Chen Li. In my formation, Chu Rui drew his sword to greet him. They both slashed at each other, and I looked at the battle and felt a sense of weakness. The iron army that can't be drowned by so many people, how can it be ......

Just when I had a headache, I suddenly heard a loud shout from the array, Chu Rui sold a flaw, let Chen Li slash into the air with a knife, and hit Chen Li's breastplate with a backhand. The sound of copper and iron shattering erupted, and Chen Li's heart shield and outer armor were shattered, and blood was spitting from his mouth. Chen Li was defeated, and Chu Rui didn't ride a horse, so naturally he couldn't keep up. Suddenly, a gust of wind came in my ears, and a red feather arrow hit Chen Li's neck, Chen Li turned over and fell off his horse, and fell to the ground without moving.

I don't know who did it, but when I looked back, I saw a female general, dressed in a red brocade robe, a pair of gold bracers, holding a carved bow in her hand, and carrying a long halberd with blood marks on her back, and laughed at me—

"Look, is it right for me to go with you this time?"

I was about to respond, when I suddenly saw a black arrow in the sky in return, impartial.

"Beware!"

With a jerk of my right hand, I used my sword to block the arrows that flew towards her skull.

That's when I smiled back. "That's right, but you have to protect yourself when you fight." I continued, "Go back to the battle and avoid the arrows." ”

"Hmm!" She promised, "Come on, beat them!" I smiled and nodded, but I knew in my heart that there was no chance of winning this time.

Gao Liang laughed contemptuously again, and commanded a deputy general, named Song Gang, wearing the clothes and armor of the Iron Army general, and rushed forward with a short knife. The red sand wolf in my formation ignored the cold, still shirtless, raising his sword and moving forward. The two horses intersected, and he roared, and his hand raised and fell. Song Gang hurriedly raised his knife to parry, but unexpectedly, the knife was so powerful that it still did not stop after cutting Song Gang's knife at the waist, shattering the entire breastplate, knocking Song Gang off the horse, and blood gushing from his mouth. The red sand wolf grabbed Song Gang by the collar and dragged him back into battle.

As soon as I saw the benefit, I ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, confined the gate of the village, and set up a crossbow designed by Moyun to protect the gate. Gao Liang scolded for a while, and there was no way, he didn't dare to attack, and still led his troops back to the city.

As soon as I closed the door of the village, Bing'er greeted me: "How is it, have you won?" ”

I shook my head and nodded, "I didn't win, but I didn't lose completely." ”

"Ahh She pouted and snorted. "And how are you going to win?"

The corners of my mouth lifted up a little uncontrollably, and I gently put my head to her ear and spit out one word: "Drag!" ”

"Drag?"

"That's right, drag! Scout, herald: The army will enter the forest to hunt Tuntian on the same day, for the purpose of protracted war! Send a letter to the left and right route armies, requesting to speed up the attack and encircle Cangxian! ”

"Yes!"

"Oh, I see," Bing'er. Patting his little brain, he shouted, "You're trying to surround them and drag down their supplies!" This method doesn't have to shed a lot of blood, great! ”

"Ugh." I let out a long sigh, and then told her a cruel truth: "It is said that when the Iron Army is not supplied, it will prioritize killing the weak to maintain its fighting power. But your instincts for my thoughts are really accurate......"

"What? But there are still many people in the city...... Xiujun, do you have any other way......" She couldn't bear it after hearing this.

I thought about it for a long time, and finally I got my attention. "There it is!" I gently cupped her face, her eyes full of anticipation. "We deliberately put an exit in this pocket for him and told them to go back to North County by themselves! If they don't leave, we'll spread rumors that if a provocation breaks out in the north, they'll definitely go back! ”

"Uh-huh!" She jumped up and put her arms around me. "This is the Sima Xiujun I know!"

I just giggled. Sooner or later, I still have to meet Gao Liang on a narrow road, but this naïve Bing'er doesn't care. Well, whatever, let's make her happy for the time being......

The scouts sent a battle report, Fang Da led 10,000 troops to conquer Tianfeng, Deng Chong went north to conquer Lianshan, and the place that 70,000 troops could conquer had reached the limit, and Cao Shixiong, Huang Fujing, and Zheng Xiao were leading an army of 70,000 people from Guangwei to the north to attack Jiahe County after joining Fang Da at this moment. Xu Ding also planned to kill Hua Chun, the Zhanyang guard north of Tongbei, and captured Zhanyang. Everything seems to be going according to my plan, but the positive picture is still not optimistic. Gao Liang went to the front of the village every day to scold the formation, I had to strengthen the fence every day, build the earthen city, and arrange more crossbows; But he remained unmoved. The report of my defeat was sent to my eldest brother, and he was not at ease, so he sent an additional general, Dai Ling, with 20,000 horses to help. Unfortunately, a few days after Dai Ling came, we learned that the border provocation in the north had really broken out, and Gao Liang had given up Cangxian as I wished, so I led the army to march in, but ordered them not to pursue and kill the iron army. Gao Liang walked at the end of their line and took a picture with me at the front of my line. He set off in front of me, but he looked at me and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth:

"After. Yes. Yes. Time limit. ”