Five days later, under Ba Qing City, there was a shout of the Guanzhong Iron Cavalry, and Rexi and Zhuo sat in the General's Mansion to coordinate the defense of various city gates.

At first, no one found the problem, and as more and more officers and soldiers climbed the city wall, Rexi and Zhuo couldn't sit still, drew their long knives, personally draped them in battle, and walked to the city wall to supervise the battle.

But it still couldn't withstand the onslaught of the officers and soldiers under the city, the other party seemed to know that their defense was weak, Rexi and Zhuo were strong, and even took the lead in standing at the front to kill the enemy, but they could only defend one city gate. Glancing at the growing number of officers and soldiers in the city, the despair in Rexi and Zhuo's hearts grew deeper and deeper.

The personal guard shouted loudly: "General, let's withdraw first, so that the green mountains are not worried about running out of firewood." ”

It's useless, it's useless, he concentrated all the superior forces he can bring out in Ba Qing, and he can't wait for reinforcements at all. It can't be held here, and it can't be held anywhere else.

One was distracted, not seeing the spear next to him, and Recy and Zhuo were stabbed in the left arm by an officer who had climbed the city wall.

But this shot also woke him up, and after glancing left and right at the surrounding form, he shook off the spear so hard that he didn't have time to cover the wound, and shouted: "Withdraw." ”

There were still many guards around him who still had strength left, and when they heard the words, they stepped forward en masse, surrounded him in the center and escorted him step by step to the city wall, and then found a few war horses and took advantage of the chaos to get out of the city.

Without Rexi and Zhuo in charge, Ba Qing's defense was even more vulnerable, and in less than two hours, he was completely defeated by Zhao Chong's people and occupied the General's Mansion. According to post-war statistics, more than 13,000 enemies were killed, more than 8,000 prisoners of war were captured, and the rest surrendered or fled.

In less than three hours, a Baqing City was stormed, with a loss of less than 3,000 and less than 10,000 injuries, even Zhao Chong was quite satisfied with this record.

"Lord Lu, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Chong is sincerely admiring this.

"You're welcome, I'm not as good as General Zhao when marching and fighting, just do what I can. Can you see Rexi and Zhuo? Lu Chen smiled slightly, and did not take credit for it.

Zhao Chong: "Someone saw him leave an hour before the city was broken, and there was chaos before the war, and I didn't have time to divide my energy to deal with him, and I didn't expect him to slip away so quickly." ”

Lu Chen didn't force it when he heard this: "It's too late to chase now, a small-scale chase may encounter an ambush, and a large-scale chase is not so fast, and let his head stay on his neck for a few more days." ”

Zhao Chong nodded and said, "What Lord Lu said is exactly my concern, according to Lord Lu, where will he flee to?" ”

Lu Chen looked at Zhao Chong, "What General Zhao thinks and what I think is the same place?" ”

Then the two looked at each other, dipped the cup of tea, and wrote two words on the table at the same time. stretched his neck again and glanced at what the other party wrote, and sure enough, it was the same two words.

Judging from the map, the distribution of the five cities and tribes occupied by Rexi and Zhuo, from the first line of Qamdo Ba Qing to the northwest, there are Ningchi Anshan and Lanqing, but these two places are said to be cities, but they only have an area, and the defense of the city wall can be said to be better than nothing. However, Ningchi in the northwest of Lanqing and Nagqu in the southwest of Anshan are famous big cities, which are more prosperous and prosperous because they are at the entrance to Tibet.

Mi Fei led 30,000 troops stationed in Tibet and surrounded the city of Naqu for nearly 20 days, but he did not make an inch.

Lu Chen said: "How to fight next, what does General Zhao think?" ”

Zhao Chongdao: "I think that Ningchi and Anshan are not small, and they can be regarded as easy to attack and difficult to defend, but it takes time to fight." It is better to directly finish the battle, go northwest from Lanqing, and attack General Mi from the east and west, and directly knock down Naqu, without giving Rexi and Zhuo a chance to breathe. Naqu is not as good as Ba Qing, it is a big trading city, and it is really not a problem to pull up another 10,000 or 20,000 horses in a short time, and we can't give him more time to prepare and train the army. ”

Lu Chen nodded when he heard this, Zhao Chong deserved to be the leader of the Guanzhong Iron Cavalry, and showed the characteristics of the rapid march and fast siege of the city to the fullest: "What General Zhao said is exactly what I thought, according to the intelligence, the total number of men and horses of Rexi and Zhuo staying in Ningchi and Anshan will not exceed 10,000, so we only need to prevent them from coming from the north to support, so after taking Naqu, these two cities will be self-defeating." ”

Zhao Chong nodded, this time he was able to capture Ba Qing so smoothly and quickly, all thanks to Lu Chen's secret dispatch of the city's defenses, as well as the strategy against the enemy that came with the intelligence, Zhao Chong felt amazing every time he saw it, most of the places coincided with himself, and the remaining part even made him stunned again and again. Although Lu Chen claimed that he had never led soldiers to fight, he had to admit that there are people in this world who are born to know, and this kind of person is extremely talented, as if he was born to see through the essence of things and go straight to the crux of the problem. Lu Chen is this kind of person. What's even more rare is that he doesn't take credit and is not arrogant.

"Lord Lu really hasn't thought about joining the army, I think Lord Lu's research on the art of war and strategy is far beyond the reach of people, if Lord Lu has ideas, I can recommend it on my behalf, or go directly to the Guanzhong Iron Cavalry, I promise, within three years, it will be a great weapon." Zhao Chong looked at Lu Chen with an expectant expression.

Lu Chen smiled when he heard this, and gently slapped Zhao Chong's shoulder with his fist and said, "Brother Zhao, thank you for your attention, I am not here." ”

Zhao Chongyan looked disappointed when he heard this, but he still smiled and said: "It's not that it's important, it's that Lord Lu's strength is admirable." "Thinking about it again, too, if Lu Chen wanted to join the army, he would have asked the emperor for his will, and it was not easy to become a general anywhere, and it was his turn to recommend him. He cherished his talent for a while, but he didn't think so much about it.

"Since you're going to play that song, I'll contact the second brother, he should know something about the guards and leaders in the city for so long before the war." Lu Chen changed the subject.

Zhao Chong: "Yes, I heard that the person stationed in Lanqing is only a deputy general under Rexi and Zhuo, but Naqu is his teacher and Guangqi are in charge, General Mi can't attack for a long time, there is a reason why Naqu City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and this Heguang Qi is also a difficult master." ”

When Zhang Feihu received the notice and led the troops to accept Ba Qing first, Zhao Chong and Lu Chen had already prepared their troops and horses and were ready to go to Lanqing.

Zhang Feihu: "General Zhao, Lord Lu, you are too fast, how did you do this?" ”

Zhao Chong: "It's all the credit of Lord Lu, I just did what I should do." ”

Lu Chen: "I didn't do anything, but I infiltrated the mansion of Rexi and Zhuo, and heard some news that the siege and killing of the enemy were all the credit of General Zhao and the brothers of the Guanzhong Iron Cavalry." “

Zhang Feihu: "Lord Lu, don't be modest, I heard from General He Gang at that time, you even stole the defense map, how did you do it, teach me quickly, let me also have a long insight." ”

Lu Chen looked at Zhang Feihu's attitude of breaking the casserole and asking the end, and said helplessly: "In the name of the son of General Lazeng, the deputy leader of the Qamdo City Guards, I was personally taken back to the mansion by Rexi and Zhuo to guard. On the one hand, he wanted to ask me about the defense of Qamdo City, and on the other hand, he wanted to use my life as a threat to force the general, and I believe that you have also received the letter of negotiation, so he mixed into his general's mansion. When we first met, he gave me a palm, and according to his judgment, that palm should have cost me half my life, and then he mixed drugs into the food every day to ensure that Lu Tong and I did not have the strength to do anything else. It's just that he didn't know that not only did I hide my martial arts from him, but I also had been trained in medicine, and those ordinary soft tendons were useless to both of us, so I got into the way. Next time, it won't be good for him. ”

Zhang Feihu nodded again and again when he heard this, and exclaimed: "Lord Lu is really a young man, both civil and military, Zhang Feihu admires." Before the others could speak, he continued to ask, "Then Lord Lu has seen Rexi and Zhuo with his own eyes?" What kind of person is he, is he really a little more burly than me with three heads and six arms as the rumors say? ”

Lu Chen shook his head with a smile, then picked up the brush on the table, pondered for a moment, and then waved without pausing.

Seeing this, the others hurriedly came forward and watched Lu Chen draw a detailed stroke. In less than half a stick of incense, a slightly handsome man jumped on the paper, a pair of eagle-like eyes seemed to be about to shine through, and the slightly hooked nose stood straight in the atrium, which made this person even more fierce.

Zhang Feihu couldn't help but praise again: "Lord Lu is a good craftman, and a few brushstrokes are really lifelike." ”

Lu Chen smiled and didn't speak, thinking to himself, after all, painter, this is his official position, isn't it.