Wang Zhixing touched a handful of tears and said with a smile: "Do you know, on the last day, my last day in Guqu County, the soldiers all went to the city wall except for the broken leg and couldn't move, and all the soldiers added up were not enough for five hundred, the North Gate Jing Army was the most, but the soldiers at the North Gate were only one hundred and seventy-three, and the rest were young and strong, and there were even strong women. ”

"But how could Qingzhuang beat the Jing army? How much more so a woman. In less than two hours, more than 800 corpses were carried down in front of the north gate, and this was only carried down, and many people jumped from the city with Jingren in their arms, and there was no way to bring the corpses back. ”

"I used to read and listen to those who led the soldiers to say that the corpses were mountains and blood, and the bones were all over the field, and I didn't know at that time that I still felt that these words were tragic, exaggerated, and meaningful, until I saw it with my own eyes, I didn't know to go to the special bullshit artistic conception, and the words I saw in the book written in ink were so black but so pale. General Shao said that the real battlefield, the duel between the hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides is far from being comparable to this small scene in Guqu County. ”

The young man let out a miserable laugh in his throat: "Small scene, how many people are there in Guqu County, the armored soldiers are dead, the city defense battalion is also dead, Commander Zhang was in front of me by three Jing soldiers with guns, he gritted his teeth and split one, and then he was surrounded by four or five Jing soldiers, his arms and legs were gone, and his intestines flowed out, but his eyes were still moving, his mouth was still moving, so much blood was flowing on the ground, you could splash it when you stepped on it." Right in front of my eyes! But I could only watch, I wanted to go up, but I was afraid, I used to think I was brave, but when I faced it all I knew I was a coward. Then General Shao's personal guards dragged me away. ”

"Then I learned that the Jing army broke through the south gate and the west gate, and the whole Guqu County was in chaos, and we desperately fought back to the county office, and the inner city was crowded with people, most of them were old and weak, women and children, and all the young and strong people who could be requisitioned were issued."

"Guqu can't hold it, General Shao said that if Guqu is lost, then those counties west of Zhangnan County can't hold it for long, and the entire Huizhou Wei's soldiers are basically gone, relying on the box soldiers and regimental training to defeat the Jingren at all, even if it is to defend the city, it is difficult to hold the Jingren for a day, and then the Jingren will have a lot of choices, cross the Qishui to the west, or go further and then go south is Haizhou, but now Haizhou has no troops at all to resist the Jing army, at this time, it is necessary to let the imperial court and Qingcheng County know what happened here in Guqu, so as to prepare early."

"General Shao also said that he wanted to leave some blood for Gu Qu, and the remaining old and weak women and children could only be bullied and slaughtered in the face of Jingren, so it was better to break through and survive a few."

"In the end, we gathered a hundred cavalry, some of them rode mules, and then we began to break through, and in the end there were only a dozen people left in the hundred cavalry, and the rest of the people hid in the mountains, and we can only hope that the Jingren will not find them."

"Later, we were divided into two groups, a few people went to Qingcheng County, and I and a few others went to Pingjing City, but not long after we came out, we were discovered by the Jing army, surrounded by their men and horses, and we had to start to break through in the direction of the least enemy, that is, the northeast direction, at that time, we couldn't care about anything, we could only take one step at a time, and then think about how to stand out."

The young man finally raised his head, looked at Zhang Xiyang with tears on his face and said, "General Zhang, you are all elites of a hundred battles on the battlefield, you must be better than me, can you help me with this task?" As he spoke, he pulled out a blood-stained letter from his bosom.

"The soldiers who came out with me were basically killed when they broke through, and last night we found a hidden cave, which was supposed to take turns to be on duty at night, and I fell asleep in the innermost, but after waking up, they were gone, and I was the only one left, and I had a leg injury and couldn't ride a horse, so General Zhang, please!"

Zhang Xiyang solemnly accepted the bloody letter, and the promise carried on it seemed to be heavier than a mountain.

There was a moment of silence in the cave, the fire had been extinguished, and the smoke was flowing out with the wind, occasionally flickering a little spark.

The sky was full of stars, the occasional insect chirping in the mountains, and the fierce beasts patrolling the mountains issued a low warning.

"Group rate, what should I do now?" Zhu Gui broke the silence and asked.

Zhang Xiyang pinched the bloody letter and said, "Naturally, do what we should do." ”

"Our mission is to probe the enemy situation near Qingcheng and guide the way for the follow-up army, I think His Royal Highness King Zhao and General He should not be far from Qingcheng County. So the next thing is to find them. ”

"But from tomorrow we need to divide our troops."

"Division?" Niu Gao was a little surprised.

"The regimental rate, even if we add this little guy now, there are only fifty-three people, and there are tens of thousands of Jing troops around, in case they are bitten and break through, the troops are a little insufficient, and now if we divide the troops, it is very likely that we will not be able to get out if we encounter an accident."

"What do you mean, old cow? What do you mean by not being able to get out? Whether it's our Donggong Wei rate or your Xiaozhou army, are we afraid of death? ”

Niu Gao suddenly became anxious, and his eyes widened and rounded: "If you Lao Zhu can't speak, you will close the most, what kind of fart is more stinky than my mouth?" How many years have we been afraid of death? Lao Niu has at least hundreds of military exploits on his body, will Lao Niu be afraid of death? A few years ago, you dared to say that, Lao Tzu had to fight hard with you. ”

Zhu Gui also realized that his joke was a bit outrageous, and he laughed a few times, lowered his head and wiped the straight knife in his hand.

Niu Gao snorted before retracting a roll of his eyes and continued: "Regiment rate, if we divide the troops, how will we divide them?" How many people are in such a team? We have to send the information out first, whether it is Qingcheng County or Guqu County, it is a big deal, and the approximate distribution of the surrounding Jing army, it doesn't matter if you die, which of our fathers has no back, but we can't delay His Royal Highness and my family are all commanding envoys, the risk of dividing the troops is too great, now more than 50 of us are gathered together, even if thousands of people surround us, we have the confidence to stand out, but if a few people and a dozen people, even if the bow of the Jingren is soft, it is not easy to say! ”

Zhang Xiyang smiled and said: "Team Niu's idea is very good, very reasonable, not bad." Come on, everybody. ”

The soldiers around gathered when they heard this, Zhang Xiyang re-lit the fire with flint, and the slowly burning flames were imprinted on everyone's faces.

Zhang Xiyang picked up a stone and put it in the middle open space and said, "This is Qingcheng County." ”

Then he picked it up and put it in the southwest direction and said: "This is Zhangnan County, Guqu County." ”

"This is Dongkuo County, here is Qi County, Shang County, Zongbei County, and here, Yunhai County."

As the stones fell, a very simple administrative position in the western part of Huizhou appeared in front of everyone.

In the end, Zhang Xiyang picked up a small pebble and put it between Zhangnan County and Qingcheng County and said: "And we are about this location, a hundred miles away from Qingcheng County and almost two hundred miles away from Guqu County. ”

He picked up a charred wooden stick with one end in his hand: "And His Royal Highness King Zhao, if they go well, they should be here at this time, east of Anyang County, Shang County, and it should be less than four hundred miles away from Qingcheng County." ”

The wooden stick drew a black line on the ground with the movement of his hand: "The distance between us and His Royal Highness King Zhao is almost more than four hundred miles. ”

"Now the situation of the whole war is that we have lost the six counties of Linhai, Zhoushan, Futong, Ningchong, Wan'an, and Zhangbei, and now Zhangnan County can also be said to have become an enemy, and the situation of Qingcheng County is also very bad, Dongkuo County is just north of Futong, and the enemy army must have a considerable number of troops, so the situation of Dongkuo County is best like Qingcheng County, and what we can guarantee now is the four counties of Yunhai, Zongbei, Shang, and Qishui, but even these four counties are now facing soldiers."

"Before leaving, His Royal Highness King Zhao and the commander of He Du once asked me and the Niu team to Zheng Zhu and said that the main task of the Xiaozhou army as the vanguard is to drag the enemy between the vertical and horizontal lines of the east and Qingcheng Zhangnan and north and south, but the premise of all this is that the three counties can be connected into a line, at least Qingcheng and Guqu are in our hands."

Niu Gao and Zhu Gui immediately nodded in agreement.

"But the current situation is already developing in a bad direction, Guqu is lost, and everyone has seen the situation in Qingcheng County, we must prepare for the worst."

"And they don't know about this situation, His Royal Highness King Zhao and General He, and the imperial court doesn't know about it."

"As the eyeliner of the army, we must play our due role at this time, not only to pass back the information, but also to explore the direction of the Jing army's attack after the fall of Guqu, attacking Qishui can threaten my follow-up main army, if it is after crossing Qishui and then turning south, then the three southeastern states that have just been pacified will fall back into a crisis, and it is not good that Cao Cai and other countries will make a comeback, at that time, the north and south will attack the southeast camp and the three guards of Zihailing will be wiped out."

Hiss~

Everyone gasped, this was the first time that they had heard the analysis of the battle situation so intuitively and comprehensively, and everyone looked at Zhang Xiyang with a different taste in their eyes.

"In this way, our mission is considered a failure, and the entire Xiaozhou Army will face the shame of mission failure." Niu Gao said with a serious expression.

"Not bad." Zhang Xiyang nodded and continued: "The division of troops is not a whim. ”

"My plan is to divide four troops from different directions to the junction of Qingcheng County and Shang County, this team must not be in love, we must find His Royal Highness King Zhao in the shortest possible time, report the situation of Guqu and Qingcheng clearly, and Zhu Gui will lead the team."

"The second team is divided into two teams in Qingcheng County, the focus is on the surroundings of Qingcheng County, act when you see the opportunity, you can intercept the messenger, you can attack the grain and grass or something, Niu Gao's team will be handed over to you, remember not to fight either, give priority to ensuring survival."

"The rest of the people are the third team, and the third team has the heaviest task, and it must find out the movements, troop distribution, equipment and other circumstances of the Jingjun army in Zhangnan, and be ready to encounter conflicts with the Jingjun army at any time. I'm going to lead this team myself. ”

"Is it all clear? Still have any questions? ”

"But what about Dongkoor?" A voice rang out.

Everyone followed the prestige, and it turned out to be Wang Zhixing.

Zhang Xiyang smiled and said: "Dongkuo County is not close to here, and we have such a few people here, which is really beyond our strength, but Dongkuo County is very close to Youzhou, and the Northeast camp is also in Youzhou, so Dongkuo County doesn't have to worry about it." ”

"What about the others? Niu Gao Zhu Gui? ”

"No problem."

"No problem."

"Alright, then go ahead with the plan." Saying that, Zhang Xiyang extinguished the fire again and threw the stones on the ground to the fire, rubbing the line on the ground off with his feet: "Have a good rest tonight, and set off at dawn tomorrow, if you have any questions and other things, you will talk to me alone for a while." ”

"That's right, Zhu Gui."

"Yes."

"Give you one more horse, and you will bring the little prince with you."

Wang Zhixing was anxious when he heard this: "I don't, General Zhang, I want to follow you, I want to avenge my father, General Shao, the old master of Zhu, and the fathers and villagers of Guqu County!" ”

Zhang Xiyang stroked his head and said with a smile: "When can't you take revenge, but someone has to remember the affairs of Guqu County, and someone has to say it, your father, as well as Old Master Zhu, and General Shao, you have to talk about their affairs, do you know?" You have to make sure that they are not forgotten by others, and when you are older, you will go to revenge, you know? ”

"But ......"

"No, but." Zhang Xiyang, who was still smiling on his face just now, suddenly became stern: "You are wearing the leather armor of the city defense battalion now, that is a member of my Dazheng army, the order is not bargaining, the situation you said would not have worked here." Go to bed now, and set off tomorrow with the Zhu team. ”

Wang Zhixing looked down at the tattered leather armor on his body, pursed his lips and slammed his right hand into his chest, and said in a low voice: "Obey the order!" ”