, and the adopted son of Zhang Ping, whose surname is Gong, is also a member of the party, and he is more powerful and fast, and goes; No city is high, but it can be surpassed. The three armies of the brave crown, no one dares to approach, and the people of the time called it the enemy of ten thousand.

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"Wang San, Cheng San, you quickly throw that pile of firewood into the car." Gu Da shouted as he leaned on the wooden cart.

"Okay!" Wang San and Cheng San responded, and quickly moved a pile of firewood to the wooden cart, and after a while, the firewood on the wooden cart was piled up. Gu Da saw that the two of them had cleaned all the firewood on the ground, so he bent down and slowly pushed the wooden cart forward. Wang San and Cheng San hurriedly stood on both sides and pushed both sides of the wooden cart vigorously, which suddenly saved Gu Da a lot of effort.

The wooden cart creaked slowly in the Bingzhou barracks, and there were many soldiers along the way, whether they were sitting there resting or standing there busy, and they greeted Gu Da one after another: "Brother Gu, I am busy sending firewood to the gang leader army again." What's going to eat tonight? ”

Gu Da nodded and responded, "Yes, it's time for dinner." What to eat? It's not corn and wild vegetable porridge yet, do you think there is meat to eat? ”

Hearing this, the soldiers who greeted him sighed almost at the same time as Gu Da, shook their heads, and then stopped talking and went about their own business. Wang San and Cheng San next to him looked at Gu Da who was talking to the other sergeants with complicated expressions, and did not interject a word along the way.

When he arrived at the place where the gang leader army was, the gang leader who was still scolding there just now hurriedly drove the rare fat figure and ran over, and said to Gu Da with a flattering look: "Gu Boss pushed Chai He over." Come on, just pile it here. Speaking of this, he turned his head and said fiercely to a few guys next to him: "Why don't you have any eyesight at all!" Don't come over to help! ”

Gu Da smiled, but didn't make a sound, just continued to push the wooden cart to the place where a pile of firewood was piled up, and together with Wang San and Cheng San, the wooden cart was tilted, and the firewood like a hill rolled to the ground with a bang.

The leader of the gang followed behind and said, "Boss Gu." You sit here for a moment. Dinner was ready right away. I'll ask them to bring you and your brother one first. ”

"Okay, thank you." Gu Da replied as he took a wooden stake and sat down.

"Brother Gu, it's really good to follow you, even the leader of this gang is so respectful to you, I heard that this guy is the cousin of a concubine of King Han (Zhang Ping), he is very arrogant." Then Wang San, who sat down, said in a low voice.

"That's it. Don't you look at who our big brother Gu is? Cheng San said flatteringly.

"Who am I? I'm just a living person who has died for an unknown number of times. Gu Da said quietly, hearing this, Wang San and Cheng San were stunned. When they were conscripted into the army, they heard the old sergeants talk that if they wanted to survive in the chaotic battle, it was more reliable to follow Gu Da than to follow the birthday star, so they desperately stammered Gu Da and followed him, but they didn't know much about this legendary sergeant.

"I'll tell you who I am." Looking at Wang San and Cheng San, who have been helping him sincerely behind him these days, Gu Da couldn't help but think of when he first joined the army. After a while, he said slowly. "I'm also a member of the party. is a fellow villager with General Zhang. At that time, our 3,000 soldiers followed the Han King to fight in the east and west for more than ten years, Qiang, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Feng Yang in the south. Anyone has been beaten. The 3,000 sergeants, except for those who have been promoted and made a fortune, are still alive and well like me. ”

Hearing this, Wang San, Cheng San and Gu Da sighed together. Gu Da looked at Wang San and Cheng San and continued: "I still remember when I enlisted in the army, just like when you first came. Wang San and Cheng San couldn't help but be silent.

After a while, in order to ease the solemn atmosphere, Wang San turned to ask, "Brother Gu, can we win this battle?" I heard that General Zhang Zhang is the first brave general in our state! ”

Gu Da nodded and said, "Whether you can win or not depends on the will of heaven, but it is true that this general Zhang is extremely brave." "Speaking of his fellow countryman, Gu Da can't help but be full of excitement." I've heard that he can easily climb over the walls no matter how high or low they are, but I haven't seen this with my own eyes. However, holding the tail of an ox pulls a strong ox back and forth, I have seen it with my own eyes. Last year, I followed General Zhang to the party to fight with Feng Yang, and I also saw General Zhang holding a knife on a single horse, shouting loudly, rushing back and forth to kill Feng Yang's army four or five times, entering and exiting as if no one was in a situation, beheading more than a dozen of his partial generals and captains, and the unstoppable ones scattered Feng Yang's army. ”

Hearing this, Wang San and Cheng San couldn't help but light up their eyes, and praised again and again: "What are we afraid of with such a brave lord?" ”

When Gu Da heard this, his expression darkened, and his eyes showed helplessness and said: "How can there be such a simple thing in a war, what is the use of General Zhang alone, no matter how brave he is?" Speaking of this, Gu Da looked at the slowly darkening sky, but stopped speaking.

Hearing this, Wang San and Cheng San looked at each other and were silent for a while.

Cheng San jokingly said: "I heard that General Zhang is a crippled person? ”

Gu Da's face changed, and he shouted: "Hugh is talking nonsense!" Don't lose your life before you even go to the front. If you want to live a long life, you need to know what to say, what not to say, what to do and what not to do. ”

Hearing Gu Da say so solemnly, Wang San and Cheng San knew that they had said the wrong thing, so they nodded again and again, not daring to talk nonsense anymore.

At this time, several people on horseback came over, and when they saw Gu Da and the others sitting next to them, one of them suddenly said loudly: "Gu Da, is it you a foodie?" ”

Gu Da looked up and immediately laughed: "It turned out to be Lao Liu!" Where are you going to wander the spirits? ”

So the two of you joked back and forth, it seems that the two are old acquaintances, and they don't have any scruples when they talk. In the end, it was the companion surnamed Liu who urged him, and the two told each other and said goodbye.

"Brother Gu,

I'm afraid it's the Huns. "Looking at the backs of a few riders in the distance, Wang San

"It's the Huns, and now I'm afraid that more than half of the Huns are surnamed Liu. Yanmen, Xinxing, Xihe and Taiyuan counties are mostly Huns. This Lao Liu is an old mercenary. I followed the leader of my own clan and didn't know how many times I helped the King of Han fight. I saved that kid's life, so I know each other. ”

After listening to Gu Dadi's words, Wang San and Cheng San couldn't help but think about it. In the thick twilight, several of the soldiers shouted at the top of their voices: "It's time to eat!" The voice suddenly startled a few crows that had been circling around.

"Zhang can be said to be Zhang Ping's guts, once we break Zhang, it is equivalent to breaking Zhang Ping's guts." After listening to the intelligence officer's report, Wang Meng said to the generals. "Zhang Ping has been operating in Bingzhou for many years, and he has a deep roots here, and has a very good relationship with the Xiongnu, Qiang, and Xianbei tribes here, which plays a major role in helping us pacify and merge the state. Therefore, we must capture Zhang Ping alive. And Zhang must also be captured alive. ”

The people will hear it. They all took a breath of cool air, the intelligence officer's intelligence just now showed that this Zhang Ke was ten thousand enemies, and it shouldn't be a big problem to kill him with a trick, but it would be a bit difficult to capture him alive.

After thinking about it, everyone felt that there was no good way, and Du Yu said slowly: "Lord Dudu, if you really want to capture this one alive, I'm afraid you will have to use extraordinary means." ”

Wang Meng shook his head and said, "It's okay, just win." ”

See the Lord will say so. Everyone has the bottom in their hearts, one person can't beat a group of us, see how he can parry Zhang Zaiyong.

At this time, Li Tianzheng suddenly asked, "The intelligence officer just said that he is a crippled person?" ”

The intelligence officer hurriedly replied: "Zhang Wei had an affair with a concubine in Zhang Pingdi, and Zhang Ping didn't blame him much after the incident was revealed, and he was ready to give him that concubine." But Zhang felt ashamed, so he apologized to the palace. ”

Hearing this, Li Tianzheng shouted: "Damn it." A crippled person would be so staked. It's unexpected. ”

On the second day, the two armies faced each other. I saw Zhang wearing a green robe and black armor, and a blue crown helmet. Holding a long knife in his hand, the blade of the knife was two feet long, the handle was six feet long, and it hung upside down to the ground, shining with a terrifying cold light.

"I am General Zhang of Jianwu under the command of the Assassin Shi of Bingzhou, dare to ask who came up to send him to death?"

Li Tianzheng volunteered to fight first, he raised the Mo knife in his hand, and rushed forward on his horse, "General Li Tianzheng under the command of General Zhenbei." After that, raising his hand is a knife, Zhang lightly fights, and the fire is shining, Li Tianzheng immediately feels that his palms are numb, it seems that this one is really as powerful as a cow.

Li Tianzheng kicked the spur, and the mount turned to Zhang's left with a pop, Li Tianzheng waved it, and the Mo knife slashed at Zhang's long knife again. Zhang blocked again, and then rode his horse forward, and the long knife in his hand immediately counterattacked, flying towards Li Tianzheng like a snowflake. Li Tianzheng felt bitter in his heart, the Mo knife in his hand was long and heavy, and he could have an advantage in long-distance combat, but it became a burden after being bullied by Zhang, Li Tianzheng's momentum suddenly withered, and he was killed by Zhang in all directions.

When Du Yu saw such a scene, he shouted and slapped his head immediately, and just said: "General Du Yu under the command of General Zhenbei." The spear in his hand flew towards Zhang like mercury. As soon as Du Yu joined the battle group, Li Tianzheng suddenly felt more relaxed, and hurriedly cheered up, stabbed the Mo knife horizontally, and then kicked the spur, so that the mount could go to the right distance, and then the Mo knife waved again, using the advantage of the Mo knife to shoot Zhang sideways several times in Du Yu's flying spear shadow.

It seemed that Zhang was in danger, but Zhang was not in a hurry, on the side of his body, he narrowly dodged Li Tianzheng's fierce Mo knife, and at the same time waved the long knife in his hand, and more than a dozen knives were slashed, which immediately killed Du Yu in a hurry. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yi rode his horse and bullied Li Tianzheng to get close again, and a few knives suddenly made Li Tianzheng cry bitterly. And Du Yu hurriedly stepped forward to help, but was killed by Zhang's backhand knife like a poisonous snake coming out of a hole.

Wang Meng nodded, and Deng Yao, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed forward. I saw him riding a horse and standing next to the battle group and said first: "General Deng Yao under the command of General Zhenbei." Then he was silent, and slowly drew his sword.

Zhang, who was fighting, immediately felt a murderous aura coming from the sky, he couldn't help but feel a depressed feeling coming to him, he couldn't help shouting, the long knife in his hand danced even more cheerfully, Li Tianzheng and Du Yu couldn't help but be more nervous and busy, especially Li Tianzheng, who was under the most pressure, said hatefully in his heart while parrying, Deng Dali, you fucking are fast, you have to see me hang up to be happy!

At this moment, Deng Yao saw the opportunity, and the horse sword was like lightning that tore through the sky, and suddenly slashed at the flying Zhang Changdao, dangdang, at that moment, the two slashed each other more than a dozen times in a row. And the sound of the two knives staggering each other provoked a wave of dizziness, like Lu Zhong, swinging around, making the surrounding people feel a piercing shock.

The long knife in Zhang's hand was like a storm, as fast as electricity, and as strong as the wind, like a sandstorm in the desert, swept towards Deng Yao from all directions, and the sword in Deng Yao's hand opened widely. Sinking like a mountain. Momentum like water. Like the overwhelming waves of the sea, they rushed towards Zhang layer by layer.

Li Tianzheng, who was standing next to him watching the battle and pressing the formation, was dumbfounded, and finally sighed to Du Yu and said, "Damn, Lao Tzu's ranking is going to be lower again." ”

After a while, only to hear a clang, Deng Yao jumped out of the battle group on horseback, raised the sword in his hand and said to Di Zhang, holding two truncated long knives: "My weapons are better than yours, you and I will invite the battle to end here." It's better for you and me to engage in battle. ”

Speaking of this, Deng Yao raised his sword high and roared.

Wang Meng, who received the signal, raised his horsewhip: "Kill!" ”

The officers and men of the Zhenbei Army, who had already seen the blood boiling, couldn't help but roar, and slowly advanced in the sound of horns and war drums, forcing towards the Bingzhou army. Zhang had no choice but to command the state army to engage in battle.

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The disadvantage of the state army was immediately apparent, and the momentum of the Zhenbei army was killed in a single hour. Zhang, who changed his weapon, was unable to support it alone. In addition, he was taken care of by Deng Yao, Li Tianzheng, and Du Yu in turn, and he had no energy to command the people to resist the attack of the Zhenbei Army wave after wave.

Zhang had no choice but to call the Xiongnu and Xianbei cavalry to attack, trying to block the attack of the Zhenbei army. However, the Bingzhou cavalry had just rushed halfway and was rushed up by the Feiyu army led by Yang Su, 10,000 against 5,000, and the Bingzhou cavalry could not take advantage of the half, and finally retreated with the Bingzhou infantry army. Yang Su, like Feng Baoan, knew that his martial arts could not fight with Zhang at all, so he simply consciously gave up this opportunity to Deng Yao and others, and the two joined forces to command the infantry to defeat the northern army of the town and the state soldiers.

Zhang couldn't, so he had to retreat thirty miles with the Bingzhou soldiers to stabilize his position, and the Zhenbei army wanted to capture Zhang alive, so it was not too persecutive, so Mingjin withdrew his troops. When Zhang returned to the camp and was about to disarm, he found that the sweat on his body had soaked his armor. Zhang looked at the broken long knife and wet armor in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh, and was speechless anymore.

On the second day, the Zhenbei Army came to invite the battle again, and Zhang Xian sent partial generals to fight, but was beheaded by Li Tianzheng, Du Yu, and Deng Yao, and the corpses lay on the ground. Zhang couldn't, so he had to fight in person, but the result was a copy of the previous day, another big defeat.

For more than ten days in a row, the Zhangdi and Zhou armies lost more than ten battles in a row, and retreated from Chenglian to Jiaoyang City (now Qingxu, Shanxi). Zhang also wanted to hold on to the city wall, but neither the temporary camp nor the small county city wall could withstand a few cannons from several stone cannons of the Zhenbei Army.

On May 12, the two armies faced each other as usual, and Zhang looked at the Bingzhou soldiers and horses behind him, who had lost nearly half of them, and suddenly remembered that he had made bold words in front of his father-in-law Zhang Ping before the expedition: "Father-in-law, when I defeat the Beifu soldiers, the thieves will be dedicated to you." He couldn't help but feel a weak sadness in his heart.

At this time, Li Tianzheng immediately stepped forward and said: "General Zhang, you are a fierce general at that time, and you are worthy of our admiration. But the edifice will be overwhelmed. I want you and the state soldiers and horses to fight hard to this day, the defeat has already been decided, it is better to surrender as soon as possible. ”

Li Tianzheng's expression was solemn, and after more than ten days of hard fighting, the Zhenbei Army admired this enemy general of the three armies.

Seeing that Zhang was still there silent, Deng Yao next to him couldn't help but say: "General Zhang, it is not terrible for a soldier to die on the battlefield, but it is the saddest thing to die worthless. General Zhang, even if you die in battle today, future generations will say that you are stubborn and resisted Wang Shi and died in defeat. Are you worth it? ”

Hearing this, Zhang took a deep look at the enemy general whose martial arts were only slightly inferior to himself, as well as the companions beside him and the endless sergeants behind him, Zhang felt as if he was standing in front of Mount Tai, and all that was left was depression and helplessness. He took a deep breath, took one last look at the rising sun, and then said, "There is no general of the state in front of the battle!" ”

After speaking, Zhang raised the long knife in his hand and shouted: "Rush!" Then he rode his horse first, and rushed straight into the formation of the Zhenbei army, and thousands of Hezhou infantry riders behind him also shouted and rushed over.

The remaining deputy generals of Bingzhou desperately entangled Deng Yao and others, allowing Zhang Neng to bypass them and rush straight into the formation of the Zhenbei army.

Zhang looked at the handsome flag fluttering in the distance behind the Zhenbei Army, and held his breath in his heart, this road is very long, I don't know when I can kill there. With a flick of Zhang's hand, the long knife flashed, and the spears in front of him were immediately cut off, and the unabated mount then rushed away from the shield in front. With a wave of his hands that rushed into the formation, the long knives danced left and right, and the three or four Zhenbei sergeants were immediately cut to the ground.

But to Zhang's surprise, after seeing his comrades fall covered in blood, the rest of the Zhenbei sergeants rushed over even more fiercely, raising the round shield and hand knife in their hands, and came towards Zhang.

Zhang's mount knocked down more than a dozen Zhenbei sergeants in one go, penetrating hundreds of feet into the Zhenbei army, and the long knife in Zhang's hand also cut down more than a dozen Zhenbei sergeants. However, there were more and more Zhenbei sergeants around Zhang, and he felt that the resistance in front of him was getting bigger and bigger, and in the end, the mount could hardly move forward, and could only circle in place. And Zhang didn't have the heart to attack the distant Shuai Qi in front of him, and the more and more Zhenbei sergeants around him had already made him a little scrambling.

In the past, the enemy army in front of them would have avoided themselves in fear, but the army encountered today was completely different, these sergeants saw such a tragic scene but were more courageous, and the smell of blood of their comrades made them like a pack of vengeful wolves, frantically surrounding them. If Zhang hadn't been riding on a horse and temporarily condescending, he would have been dismembered by the sergeants who came like a tide. However, Zhang knew in his heart that if he continued to fight like this, he might not be divided, but he might be captured alive. He saw the crossbowmen flashing in the distance, these people had made their men suffer in the past few days, maybe the commander of the Zhenbei Army wanted to capture him alive, or those people would have made themselves hedgehogs.

At this time, Deng Yao and others chased after him. Li Tianzheng, who was the first to take the lead, was the most angry, and he couldn't help but be angry and annoyed when he saw Zhang bypassing him and rushing into his own military formation. With a loud roar, the panicked general of the Bingzhou army was split in two, and then chased after him first.

Li Tianzheng stepped forward, neither speaking nor engaging with Zhang, and directly cut off half of Zhang's mount's fat and big butt and hind leg strands. The mount hissed and suddenly rolled over and fell to the ground, Zhang was caught off guard, and was suddenly pressed by the mount's right leg. Before he could react, several hand knives were already on his neck, and a few hand knives could not find a place around his neck, so they were directly attached to Zhang's chest.

It was a battle, 15,000 soldiers and horses were annihilated, and the main general Zhang was captured.

In the face of the persuasion of Wang Meng and others, Zhang Moran finally said for a long time: "My father-in-law should surrender to me, and if my father-in-law does not surrender, I only want to die quickly." ”