Chapter 182 Xihua

Zhang Hu felt that his whole body was light and fluttering, as if he was completely powerless, and the surrounding scene was very unfamiliar, but it was so beautiful that it was suffocating. There were bursts of mist floating around him, the mountains in the distance were undulating, and there was a faint sound of silk and bamboo. The clouds are divided into several weights, and the high ones hide the mountain peaks in them, and float halfway up the mountainside, one after another, like a flowing river. When I looked down, I saw that there were clouds under my feet! Zhang Hu was taken aback, however, the cloud held him steadily, as if the cloud was in a good mood, and saw a sea of flowers in the west, which was brilliant and delicate, and his heart moved, and the cloud carried him there. The gauzy-like clouds behind the sea of flowers slowly faded, and a beautiful picture-like scene appeared in front of Zhang Hu's eyes: pavilions, cigarette smoke, and behind him was a splendid palace, and two rows of Miao Ling Gong'e stood on both sides of the snow-white marble steps, and he raised his eyes to see himself bowing down in unison...... Of course, Zhang Hu wanted to go over, but he was separated by a sea of flowers, and he couldn't see the path at all. When I got closer, I smelled a familiar fishy smell in my nose, and the smell was getting stronger and stronger—it was blood! Zhang Hu suddenly woke up. Look at the flower again, where is the flower, it is clearly a river of blood! The palace is still there, but it is separated by a river of blood, and it is close to the end of the world. Getting closer, something loomed under the gushing blood, Zhang Hu rubbed his eyes and carefully distinguished: thousands of strange-shaped corpses were intertwined and hooked together, forming a corpse bridge. The palace is on the opposite side of the blood river, the cloud under his feet floated to the river but stopped, no matter how he twisted his body, the cloud did not move at all, Zhang Hu, who was proud of his murderous mass, gritted his teeth, and was about to pass over, but he stepped into the air in one step, and fell from the air in a daze! Everything was gone, and Zhang Hu, who fell on his back to the sky, only saw a blue sky that was so blue that there was no trace of variegated blue sky.

"Ahh With a loud scream, Zhang Hu, who woke up, sat up sharply with his eyes stared, and then there was a sharp pain in his shoulder, and his body tilted and fell back into his soft pocket. Fang Cai's dream was vivid in his mind, and at this moment, only clusters of treetops in front of him slid slightly behind him.

"Brother Tiger, are you awake?" It was Niu Youtian's voice, followed by a big hand on his forehead, "It's okay, the fever has subsided!" Hahahaha, it will be completely fine if you raise it for a while! ”

Zhang Hu slowly recalled the past: he was hit by an arrow and was hugged to the old camp by several brothers, Lang Zhong cut his shoulder and took out the arrow cluster, Niu Youtian had just burned the wound with a dagger, Fang Ge ran in and shouted to leave-he had just gathered his men scattered around, and before he could put on his armor, endless routs rushed over the mountains and fields! In a hurry, he fainted. After that, the memory is blurred, anyway, I just keep running, waking up from time to time, often being woken up by pain when changing dressings, and someone rarely feeds myself some gruel......

"Where is this? What happened next? Zhang Hu asked weakly.

"We have passed the ditch, and there is Xihua in front of us." The smile disappeared from Ushiarita's face.

"How many more men do we have?"

"Brother Tiger, you can rest in peace. It's okay. The smile on Niu Arida's bearded face looked far-fetched.

"To tell me the truth, how many people are there?" Zhang Hu's heart hung in the air.

"And ...... There are more than 30,000 people, but there are quite a few who can fight, and there are still six or seven thousand. ”

Zhang Hu let out an "oh", and thought quickly in his mind: the six or seven thousand people in Lao Niu's mouth who can fight should be the total number of soldiers and auxiliaries. Although there are also officers in charge, the discipline of the auxiliary soldiers is much worse than that of the soldiers, and it is estimated that the number of soldiers who have not dispersed will not be able to pass two thousand at most, and there are four or five thousand soldiers left, and Fang Ge's five battalions will account for half, and the descendants of himself and Lao Niu are also this number. The others, who should be the family members of the old camp of the war auxiliaries, had no way to leave, so they ran along. At most, these people can only be used as half an auxiliary soldier, and they can't afford much food, but they are all burdens. But...... We can't throw them all down now, or the soldiers will blow up the camp.

"How much more food is there?"

"Brother Hu, don't worry, the food for ten days is enough. Lao Fang gained a lot from the sweep a few days ago, so he put some in Tongxu if he couldn't take it. Let's go straight from Zhuxian Town to Tongxu, and take it all with us. ”

"Where's the old side?" Zhang Hu was shocked again: Tongxu's grain storage had to be watched, and Fang Ge's five combat battalions were brought back to Kaifeng, that is to say, he left at least one auxiliary battalion in Tongxu - who knows if it was an auxiliary soldier or a newly formed soldier! I didn't tell myself if I saved food or soldiers! Moreover, even if he stays as an auxiliary, these auxiliaries who accompany the army at the moment may not all be his own people. What if he had any thoughts...... Thinking of this, I immediately asked.

"The old party is opening the way ahead. Do you want Brother Tiger to call him over? ”

"Dashuai woke up?" Zhang Hu was about to answer, but Fang Ge had already ridden his horse and ran to the front, "The handsome man is not in the way, so I can rest assured." ”

Zhang Hu struggled and smiled reluctantly: "Thanks to Brother Fang." ”

"What are you talking about, they're all brothers! Share the blessings together, and share the difficulties together! Fang Ge responded, "Dashuai, where are we going next?" ”

"Where do you want to go?" Zhang Hu asked rhetorically.

Niu Youtian and Fang Ge glanced at each other: "We haven't thought about it yet." Kaifeng's dog officers and soldiers drove all the way through Zhuxian Town, and we ran all the way down. ”

"Listen to the handsome everywhere you go. In front is Xihua, a certain son has probed, and the defenders are some, but no matter how you can't avoid it, no matter what, you have to fight it down. Fang Ge followed. Looking at the look, it is obvious that there is a lack of confidence.

Zhang Hu didn't speak again, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Did they find us?" ”

"Isn't it?" Niu Youtian replied hesitantly.

"Nope." Fang Ge replied categorically, "Tanma said that the city gate is still open, if we find it, we will definitely close it." ”

"Oh? Didn't Kaifeng send them any news? Zhang Hu asked hesitantly.

"No." It was Niu Youtian who answered, "We almost didn't stop all the way down." The dog officer army over there in Kaifeng reported the news, and it shouldn't have been so fast. He smiled wryly.

"Hmm." Zhang Hu thought about it for a while and immediately suddenly realized: The good news of Kaifeng Mansion must be sent to Jingshi as soon as possible, Chenliu in the south, Qixian County, including Tongxu, have all been washed by Fang Ge, and the post station has been completely abolished, even if there is a messenger, it should not run in front of him.

"Order, the whole army stopped. Don't fight hard, let's go steal the city! Zhang Hu immediately had an idea, "Brother Fang, do you remember how we took Jianzhou?" ”

"Gotta get it!" Fang Ge slapped his thigh, "The handsome man is very smart!" ”

At the North Gate of Xihua, several city gate guards were chatting, and there was a sound of hooves in the distance, and three knights in bright armor gradually galloped closer, and the city gate guards vigilantly held their weapons and stood on guard. The city gate officials at the head of the city put up a pergola and looked into the distance for a while, and there was no movement on the official road behind a few horses, only a dozen croppers walked in pairs with baskets. Hurried down the wall, stood in the middle of the road, and stood still with the handle of the knife in hand. Several horsemen galloped to the front and restrained their mounts, and one of the leaders shouted condescendingly: "A certain is the commander of Xuanwuwei and the knowledge of Fangwu, and the order of Marshal Yang is to assist in the defense of Guixian County." Yang Dashuai has broken the thieves and ordered Guixian to organize military and civilian interceptions! ”

The city gate official of Xihua North Gate is just a small flag official, theoretically from the seventh grade, but the martial arts are from the seventh grade, and even the county master of the ninth grade can be pumped at any time, which is really nothing. Commander Wei Tongzhi is from the third grade, the difference in rank is too big, plus the other party said this arrogantly, hurriedly hugged his fists and gave a salute, and then nodded and came up: "General Fang forgives the sin, the small one needs to test the waist card." ”

"Bastard!" Followed by a crisp sound of "pop", the commander Tongzhi's eyes widened, and he whipped down with a whip, and a bloody mark immediately appeared on the face of the little flag officer, "This face of a certain person is a card!" What kind of thing is your turtle son, dare to test Lao Tzu? ”

"This ......" the little flag officer was dumbfounded. The waist card is a necessary procedure, and it is also a black and white regulation of the Ming Dynasty. But...... Superiors bullying subordinates is the norm that Daming is used to, and it is much better than the regulations!

"Less nonsense! Why don't you lead the way? Delay the military intelligence and kill your whole family! Lord Fang shouted again.

"Yes, yes. The little one took the general to the county office. The little flag officer covered his face and hurriedly responded.

"What are you going to do?" One of General Fang's personal guards drew his waist knife and pointed at the other city gate guards who were still holding weapons, and shouted menacingly, "Do you want to rebel for this guy who has no official to kill the official?" ”

The frightened city gate guards immediately knelt down with all the sins in their mouths, and it was not until the little flag officer led General Fang and a few people into the city gate cave that they stretched out their heads and hesitated to get up. At this time, the dozen or so farmers had approached.

"Ahh

Hearing the screams, the little flag officer turned his head suddenly, just in time to see those croppers facing one, worthy of stabbing his last subordinate, and was about to open his mouth to exclaim, his heart was cold, and a snowy knife tip appeared on his chest.

The sound of hooves on the official road was loud.

One hundred and ten horsemen rushed to the blink of an eye, dozens of armor soldiers turned over and dismounted, and together with more than a dozen croppers, they went up the horse road of the north gate, and dozens of others under the leadership of Fang Ge went straight to the county government along the road leading to the north gate......

Xihua County falls.