Twenty miles of travel is not far away, and when twilight is approaching, the three thousand elite horsemen led by the general surnamed Wang have already surrounded the foot of the mountain where the foot of the Jialan Temple is located.

Guan Xiao, who was hiding in the temple, had already found out the news of these ambushes, but at this moment he had no intention of retreating.

The news was sent back by his brother Guan Cape's scout team, and with it the news of Guan Cape's death...

Guan Xiao walked out of the temple and looked around, looking at his siblings outside the courtyard, he clenched his fist and pounded on the breastplate.

"Gentlemen, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter this east... But there are people who want to go home, and later break through to the northeast mountain road, there are still some opportunities..."

Before he could finish his sentence, there was a shouting and scolding from the crowd.

Soon, a man shaped like a mountain walked out, pointed at Guan Xiao's nose and began to scold.

He shouted: "Now the traitors and thieves have deceived Your Majesty, causing His Royal Highness King Wu to die a tragic death... What the fuck are you going to let us go? Where else can I go! ”

The fiefdoms of the six kings have almost been put down in rebellion.

Now there is only the Hebei region left, and there is no counterinsurgency army yet, but it is only a matter of time.

If they leave now, I am afraid that when they return to their hometown, they will already be corpses in the wilderness, and there will be no one to see anymore.

Guan Xiao responded: "This time, Guan invited everyone to go south to King Qin, I'm afraid I can only stop there..."

Immediately, someone shouted: "It has something to do with your Guan Xiao!" My father entered Beijing with His Royal Highness King Wu, and there is no news so far, I am looking for the old man! ”

The person who spoke was a boy who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old.

The armor he wore was extremely simple, like the standard armor of the first time of the hot sun.

This time, King Qin went south, and there was not much time to gather manpower, and there was no time to catch up with everyone's armor.

So the boy turned out the old armor at home, and the size was just right...

Seeing that Guan Xiao on the stage didn't speak, he added another sentence.

"That old man in my family has a bigger official position than you! Now that he's gone, His Royal Highness King Wu is also... It's gone! Do you have to listen to me! ”

As soon as these words came out, the shouts in the courtyard became louder and louder.

There is someone who takes the initiative to take the lead in the charge and be the one who takes the lead...

There are also arrogant words, saying that they are going to sit at the head of the eastern capital no matter what...

What's more, if you want to let the turtle shrink into Xijing, you will only make some traitors with conspiracy methods, see if their Hebei Erlang's long knife is hard...

The man who spoke first did not wear armor at all because of his fat body.

He slapped his bulging belly, and the anger he had felt dissipated and vanished.

"Guan Xiao understands, don't be so grinding, hurry up and give Lao Tzu an order!"

The young man standing beside him directly drew his blade and held it high to the sky.

"General Guan! No one who can get here is not a timid person, why are you worried about this! ”

Suddenly, the soldiers in the courtyard shouted in unison, Fight! War! War!

The momentum dragged on for an extremely long time, and Guan Xiao in front of the hall looked at it for a long time, and finally sighed slowly.

He opened his mouth and said: "Your intentions, Guan Xiao has always been clear, so I want to ask you here, if you can only bury your bones here, will you be unwilling?" ”

Everyone was silent, they were indeed not afraid of death, but if they couldn't vent all the evil anger in their hearts, they were still a little unwilling.

Guan Xiao beat his breastplate again, and continued to say loudly: "So if we don't retreat, we also need not to die!" The soldiers will block, the water will cover the soil, and all those Central Plains buns will be overturned! As long as you can enter the eastern capital, there is a glimmer of life! ”

The man raised his arms and was the first to respond to Guan Xiao.

"Don't stop me, let Lao Tzu take the lead in a while! Rush and kill in the forest and mountain roads, and deal with those iron riders are the best at it! ”

The young man was beating the man's fat hard, and looked at his senior with an unhappy expression.

"Zhou Biao, you fuck, can you let me take the lead!"

Zhou Biao grinned: "Before Elder Zheng left, I asked me to take care of your little baby, why did you go to see your old man in such a hurry?" ”

The young man raised his fist and hammered hard, shouting and scolding: "Shut up for me!" Reason, the son inherits the father's business, and you all have to listen to me! ”

Zhou Biao laughed out loud: "Then Zheng Xiaodudu, why can't even I, an old man, beat it, haven't you been weaned yet!" ”

Guan Xiao said loudly: "Zhou Biao... Don't make fun of Zheng Kuan..."

Zheng Kuan waved his hand and said, "Uh... It's nothing, and the brothers in the future of Zheng Xiaodudu, they all shouted! All shout! ”

The three of them played a play, and the laughter of the others in the courtyard was endless.

When everyone's laughter ended, Guan Xiao took out the long knife at his waist and shouted.

"The one surnamed Wang is also the person I worked with in the past, and his strategy is not unbreakable, and I hope that the kings will rest assured that they will hand over their backs to me in the future!"

Everyone present shouted loudly, "Order!"

Then Guan Xiao began to arrange the deployment, all preparations were for the purpose of sticking to the Jialan Temple, as long as there was a chance to counterattack, he would let his friend see his determination to go south this time.

......

At the same time, at the foot of Jialan Mountain, the Yanyang defenders who rushed out from the eastern capital have blocked all mountain roads.

And for some mountain and forest trails, soldiers are also stationed to be ready to meet the enemy at any time.

In the makeshift camp, the general surnamed Wang spread out the map of the place with both hands, and carefully observed the trend of the mountain road.

Just as he saw a dangerous road, he suddenly heard the birds chirping in the mountains, followed by hundreds of them rushing out towards the sky.

Suddenly, the entire canopy of the sky was shrouded in pitch-black birds, and even the red sun on the edge of the sky was obscured a little unclear.

When he looked at the map and the dangerous path that he had just marked, his face gradually became ugly.

Brother Guan's location is really good, although this place seems to be a dangerous place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, but as long as you defend the southeast mountain road, or deliberately attack, leading the mountain to attack and go up, the positions of the two sides can be exchanged...

A subordinate ran to his side, clenched his fists and shouted: "General, you have to send someone to investigate!" ”

The general surnamed Wang said: "According to the previous arrangement, it is enough to be stationed normally." ”

The subordinate looked at him with some concern, and spoke again: "But general, if they want to force a breakthrough, or if they are ready to retreat..."

The general surnamed Wang put down the map in his hand and looked at the subordinates who had followed him for many years.

He said coldly: "The purpose of our visit this time is to persuade us to surrender... Do you understand? ”

"Got it..."

The face of the general surnamed Wang was a little impatient, and he directly ordered the other party to expel the guest.

"Settle the matter at hand, and then come and break this with me!"

When there was no one beside him, he held up the map again and looked at the trend of those mountain roads.

Two hours later, just as he thought, Guan Xiao moved.

By the moonlight, Zheng Kuan's eighty men rushed down from the southeast mountain road, and as soon as they were discovered by the scouts of the defenders of the eastern capital, they rose up to kill the enemy.

Zheng Kuan, who rushed to the forefront, was much thinner than others, but he shot the most ruthlessly.

Even if the person in front of him had fallen off the horse, he would slash the other person into a man one after another, as if he was willing to give up.

And every time Zheng Kuan shouts, the governor of Liaocheng in Hebei is here, who dares to kill me!

The young man's original immature voice gradually became hoarse and dry, but it still couldn't bury the anger in his heart.

Eighty armor soldiers walk in the mountains and forests, and the clear moon and cold light shine on the iron clothes.

Zheng Kuan handed out another knife, and the Yanyang soldiers in front of him were cut off from the horse's back, and just as he was about to step forward to cut off his hands and feet, he was pulled by someone in the back collar.

The person who did it was specially ordered by Zhou Biao and Guan Xiao to be optimistic about Zheng Kuan at any time.

"My Zheng Xiaodudu, it's time to run!"

Along with this, there was also the fire that began to gradually gather at the foot of the mountain, and the defenders of the eastern capital from other places rushed to help.

Zheng Kuan was also not in love with war, and immediately shouted: "Everyone withdraw!" I'll wait for you dirt buns for grandpa! ”

After the words, the young man's figure instantly fled towards a mountain forest, and behind him there were two people responsible for covering the back of the palace.

Their escape was scattered, as if they were out of order.

The defenders of the Eastern Capital who came to the aid of the city, no matter who they were, wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, after all, in their opinion, with the blessing of the war horse under the crotch, it was easy to take down these people!

However, their general Wang gave a death order, not to pursue without authorization, and to besiege it.

Someone was greedy in his heart, staring at the direction of Zheng Kuan's escape, and began to rub the handle of the knife on his waist.

The ducks are all in their mouths, and they still have to watch them fly away?

"Come a few brothers, come with me to arrest the little baby who claims to be the governor of Liaocheng! Later, I went to General Wang to ask for credit! ”

With the first bird, there are more people who respond.

Soon, more than a dozen horsemen and horses rushed out of the crowd, and no matter how much the person shouted, they all rushed in the direction of Zheng Kuan.

Someone wanted to stop them, and shouted out: "General Wang said before, don't pursue without authorization!" You're back! ”

But the response to him is almost all "justified" reasons.

"I'll be back when I go! Rest assured, go back and rest! If you have the heart, you can pick up the corpses of your comrades! ”

"That thief is ruthless, and I will avenge my dead brother!"

"On the battle array, the situation is changing rapidly, don't take General Wang's order as dead, you can go back to defense first!"

The greedy people, the excuses on their lips are more powerful than the other, and the speed of the royal horse rushing forward is even faster, and they can't see their figures clearly.

On the top of the mountain, inside the tower of Jialan Temple.

Guan Xiao looked at the smoke and the firelight that rushed up the mountain, and a sneer appeared on his face.

Standing next to him was an old monk with his hands folded, silently reciting the scriptures over and over again.

Guan Xiaoyan said: "The master has already dismissed the monks in the temple, why do you want to stay here alone?" ”

After the old monk finished reciting the scriptures in his mouth, he slowly spoke.

"The donor wants to fight against the water in this place, we will give up this place, it doesn't matter where they go, it doesn't matter where the old man goes, as long as there is a Buddha in his heart, no matter where he can be a temple."

Guan Xiao exhaled and looked at the foot of the mountain again.

"Master doesn't need to persuade again! If the mountain gate is broken, you will stay in the tower, and the person surnamed Wang should be able to listen to me, and will not embarrass the master, nor will he take pleasure in destroying the temple. ”

The old monk did not respond, but took a few steps back, and finally sat down on the futon in front of the Buddha statue.

He began to chant the scriptures again, as if for the past to pass the dead...

From beginning to end, the old monk did not glance at the Buddha statue behind him.

The offensive and defensive forms on the mountainside, just as Guan Xiao and the guard general surnamed Wang thought, began to reverse.

Zheng Kuan and others, who had fled in the wilderness, began to counterattack in the dense forest, and the defenders of the Eastern Capital who pursued them became live targets.

Because the former walked in the shadows and had been prepared in advance, three or two armor soldiers cooperated to attack, and they could kill one person and one rider on the spot in an instant.

And the latter was greedy for merit, walking in the forest at this time, even if he discarded the torch in his hand and wanted to cover his whereabouts, he was still broken one by one.

In the makeshift camp at the foot of the mountain, the guard general surnamed Wang watched the chaotic firelight on the mountainside, from the first staggered flickering, to the slow movement, and finally began to extinguish and disappear in a succession.

The subordinate next to him said, "General Wang... But you have to send someone to the rescue..."

The general surnamed Wang said with an expressionless face: "What is the meaning of rescue for those who act without authorization?" ”

The subordinate responded: "But if we lose the first battle tonight, the morale of the rebels will be greatly boosted after the incident, and then the containment will only be more difficult..."

The guard, surnamed Wang, clenched the saber at his waist and walked out of the camp alone.

"If he only cares about these petty profits, he won't be worthy of the name of the young man in the world..."

Hearing General Wang's words, the accompanying subordinates were a little puzzled, but soon heard the explanation.

"Mountainside invasion and counterattack are just feints, if we attack rashly at this time, it is very likely that there will be a team of men and horses due north of our left..."

As he spoke, the general looked to the left side of the camp.

The subordinate quickly recalled the topography of the mountain road here, which made him even more confused.

"General Wang, we have no road to the north... Even if they forcibly shuttle through the mountains and forests, we will definitely find out sooner..."

But just as the subordinates spoke, a deafening laughter suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests.

"Wang Chongxiao'er, give your grandfather Zhou Biao to come out and die!"

Wang Zhong drew his knife out of its sheath and said lightly: "It's faster than I thought... Quickly and hurriedly return to the defense camp! ”

Whether it was the previous laughter or General Wang's arrangement, it made his subordinates stunned for a while.

How did those rebels approach them silently, and even if they led people to attack the camp, their temporary military camp was full of 800 horsemen, and this place was even lower than the mountain, and the cavalry rushed to kill those armor soldiers, it should be right to chop melons and vegetables.

However, past combat experience told him that General Wang's arrangement must be carried out immediately at this moment, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

He immediately rushed to the nearest military tent, arranged for his men to use torches as a signal, and summoned the besieging soldiers back to defend the place.