Evening.

A cyan war horse in armor entered Wuping County, and a young man sat on the horse's back.

Twenty-three or four-year-old appearance, three-dimensional facial features, eyes like electricity, fair and shiny complexion, and a small red mark at the center of the eyebrows, like a closed eye, adding a bit of evil charm.

This person is none other than Wang Cheng.

After receiving Zhu Bangguo's military order, he rode a green thunder horse to this place non-stop, and finally arrived after six or seven hours of running.

I have to say that the speed of the green thunder that transformed into a dragon scale horse has increased more than three times compared to before, and the endurance has also increased many times compared to before.

Traveling thousands of miles a day is no longer a problem, even if it is carrying a thousand pounds, it does not have a great impact on its speed.

After seeing Wang Cheng's identity token, the soldiers guarding the city immediately let him into the city.

In the past half a month, Wang Cheng's name has spread all over the Western Army, and everyone knows that there is a great figure in the Western Army, who has been promoted from a person in the rivers and lakes to a lieutenant in less than a month.

"Lord Wang came here on his own, but did he come to see the general?" The gate captain asked.

Wang Cheng nodded and said, "Not bad!" There is an urgent military situation below, and you need to meet the general immediately! ”

"My lord, please come with me!"

The captain of the city gate temporarily put aside the matter in his hand and personally led Wang Cheng to the general's mansion.

Song Huchen, the general of Zhenxi, was handling military affairs in the mansion at the moment, and when he saw Wang Cheng walking in, his expression couldn't help but change, and he immediately ordered a group of people in the hall to retreat.

"I've seen the general under the mark!"

Wang Cheng gave a military salute, then explained his intentions, and handed the letter in his hand to Song Huchen.

Song Huchen opened the letter and quickly browsed it, his face gradually became ugly, and he seemed to be dripping with swarthy water.

He put down the letter, got up from his seat, and paced back and forth in the hall like Zhu Bangguo at the beginning, and said in his mouth: "What a Xia King Li Yuanjie, he actually hid this hand!" ”

"Peerless general, a small Xia Kingdom can give birth to such a character, or his own son Li Yuanjie, he wants to use his son as a trump card to turn the tide of the war!"

Song Huchen has led the army for many years, and he knows very well the importance of a peerless fierce general to a big war.

The peerless fierce general is known as the courage in the army, the two armies face each other, led by the peerless fierce general, and can take the lead.

In terms of personal strength alone, the peerless fierce general is enough to compete with the great grandmaster, and in the era when the martial king is not born casually, the peerless fierce general and the great grandmaster are the top combat power.

On the battlefield, the peerless fierce general plays a greater role than the great grandmaster, because the peerless fierce general practices battlefield rush killing, and the professionalism is stronger.

Just then, there was a shout from the front yard, with a cry in the voice.

"General! Checkmate! ”

I saw a soldier rushing into the courtyard covered in blood, and when he entered the lobby, he didn't pay attention to his feet, and was tripped by the threshold.

He didn't care about the pain anymore, so he crawled to Song Huchen and cried: "General! My family general he ...... He died in battle! ”

"Who?" Song Huchen didn't react.

There are three Zhonglang generals under him, namely Zhu Bangguo, the general of Jianwei, Fu Cheng, and Liu Xingze, the general of Yangwei, each of whom leads more than 10,000 people.

The armor soldier cried and said, "General Liu! It's our General Liu! ”

"Xingze?" Song Huchen still didn't understand.

Although he ordered the three lieutenant generals to raid the Xia Kingdom, they all used cavalry, and the three of them were in the army, how could they be killed?

Could it be that he personally led troops to raid the border of the Xia Kingdom?

The armor soldier shook his head and said, "It's the Xia people, the Xia people have broken through our Nanli County!" ”

"Conquered Nanli County?" Song Huchen was stunned.

Nanli County is the location of Liu Xingze's camp, the city wall is tall and strong, and there are seven or eight thousand men and horses stationed there, and it is impossible to break the city without more than five times the number of troops.

"Say! What the hell is going on? ”

Song Huchen was anxious, he had to figure out what was going on.

At this time, Wang Cheng walked to the side of the armor soldier, helped him up from the ground, and asked him to speak slowly.

After calming down for a while, the armor soldier said: "That group of Xia soldiers first encountered Captain Zhang's 3,000 cavalry, and after defeating Captain Zhang's men and horses in one fell swoop, they changed into my Great Zhou's battle armor and disguised themselves as our people to deceive the city gate. ”

After Song Huchen heard this, a pair of tiger eyes were half-squinted, if this is really what people said, he can really break through the city gate.

However, he immediately had doubts in his heart and said, "The whereabouts of Zhang Chao's three thousand cavalry are very secretive, how did they encounter the army of the Xia Kingdom?" ”

He subconsciously still felt that Zhang Chao and the others had encountered the army of Xia Guo, otherwise it would be difficult to break Zhang Chao's men.

However, the armorer's following words made a wave of turmoil swell in his heart.

"General, there is no army of the Xia Kingdom, and there are only a few hundred people in the Xia Kingdom who raided my south!"

"Only a few hundred?"

Song Huchen repeated this several times in a row, and said, "Is it also the Black Eagle Army?" ”

His lieutenant Chen Yang is still lying on the bed, and it was the Black Eagle Army that encountered the Black Hawk Army, and the 3,000 men and horses were almost wiped out.

"The little ones don't know if they are the Black Eagle Army, in short, each force is strong, and the strength of the young adult who leads it is even more unfathomable!"

The armor continued: "After this group of Xia people opened the city gate, we quickly found out about it. But when our men surrounded them at the gates, it was the young lord who single-handedly fought his way out. ”

"He's so strong, our people can't even catch his roar, and our bow and crossbow haven't been wound yet, and he will shock people to death with a roar!"

At this point, he looked frightened, and said intermittently: "My general personally attacked, but he couldn't even catch his move, but he was captured by him." The general was unwilling to steal his life, so he broke his heart and died. ”

He didn't continue to talk about what happened after that, but Song Huchen and Wang Cheng both understood.

Without Liu Xingze, the general, the seven or eight thousand men and horses in Nanli County were leaderless, and it was a matter of time before they were defeated.

Song Huchen's face was as black as charcoal, he turned his head to look at Wang Cheng and asked, "Can you do it if you scream and shock people to death?" ”

Wang Cheng did not hesitate, nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Song Huchen looked up at the void and sighed, "I didn't expect to run into it so soon." ”

"What do you mean by that?" The armor asked curiously.

Song Huchen didn't speak, just glanced at Wang Cheng, but Wang Cheng was like a mirror in his heart.

Nanli County is a large periphery, and the fortifications have been tested for more than ten years, and they are extremely excellent, and the city walls are full of iron-armed crossbows that can shoot the great grandmaster.

Even if the city gate is opened by luck, the city is still divided into several layers, each layer is as guarded as an iron bucket, even if the great grandmaster breaks in, it will not be beneficial.

Therefore, there is a good chance that the group of Xia people who raided Nanli County was led by the sixth son of the Xia King.

Song Huchen walked back to the main seat, turned around, with a serious face, he looked at Wang Cheng and said, "Wang Cheng listens to the order!" ”

Wang Cheng's expression was solemn, and he immediately straightened his waist.

Then, Song Huchen said: "The Xia people invaded the border, slaughtered the south, and the guards died in battle. Captain Wang Cheng, since the army, bravely killed the enemy, repeatedly made military exploits, temporarily promoted to the post of Zhonglang general, I hope you will drive out the Tartars, recover Nanli, and protect my people of the Great Zhou. ”

Wang Cheng was stunned when he heard this, if he heard it correctly, he was temporarily acting as the Zhonglang general?

However, as far as he knew, General Zhonglang was already a general, and only King Zhou had the right to appoint and dismiss, and General Zhenxi did not have this right at all.

At this time, Song Huchen walked up to Wang Cheng with a piece of paper in both hands, and said: "At an extraordinary time, you should do extraordinary things, with your merits, it is a matter of time before you take the position of general, and now it is just an early appointment." The matter would have been presented to the king, or in a few days, the edict of the official appointment would have been issued. ”

Wang Cheng took the paperwork, which clearly stated his appointment, and in the bottom corner was the seal of General Zhenxi.

With this paper document, he is the Zhonglang general, but he still lacks the official edict of the king of Zhou, but it does not prevent him from exercising the rights of the Zhonglang general.

In fact, such appointments are common in wartime. The situation on the battlefield is already changing rapidly, and even the main generals of the three armies may be killed, and if everything is appointed by the monarch, the daylily will be cold.

"Wang Cheng, the general can still make up two thousand cavalry, and he can only make up so many!"

Song Huchen's expression was solemn, and he explained to Wang Cheng: "Nanli County is related to the southwest defense line of my Great Zhou, and there is no room for error. No matter what method you use, you must do your best to take Nanli County back! ”

"Order!"

Wang Cheng didn't even think about it, the memory engraved in his bones made him immediately take over the military order.

Song Huchen patted Wang Cheng on the shoulder and said, "This is a test for you, peerless generals to peerless generals, there is no test more suitable for you than it." If you win, you will be famous all over the world, and high-ranking officials will be waiting for you, and if you lose, ......"

He paused suddenly, and said earnestly: "If you can't do anything, you must come back alive!" ”

At this moment, he turned into an elder again, completely denying the order just now, and the care for the younger generation flowed into Wang Cheng's heart like a hot spring.

Wang Cheng's nose was sour, and he pretended to be free and easy: "Don't worry, general, it's still useful to mark this small life, and if you want to die, you have to wait for me to give birth to a son before dying!" ”

After hearing this, Song Huchen pointed at Wang Cheng and said with a smile: "You kid can even joke!" ”

Wang Cheng habitually touched the back of his head, and it really didn't look like it came out of his mouth.

Song Huchen continued: "I won't say anything superfluous, in short, the fall of Nanli County has become a fact, if it can't be recovered, the responsibility is not yours, and you don't have too much psychological burden." ”

Wang Cheng nodded, but secretly swore in his heart that he would take Nanli County back no matter what.

If nothing else, 2,000 people against hundreds of people, and the leader of the troops is also a peerless general, why is he bad?

Song Huchen naturally didn't know what he was thinking, and said bluntly: "Okay! Take the military order I gave you, now go to the big camp and take the two thousand cavalry, and set off immediately! ”

"Yes!"

Wang Cheng didn't stay long, called the armor soldier, and walked out of the lobby together.

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