40,000 foot soldiers gathered in Feiyun Stream, and Ling Zhan took the lead, standing at the forefront. Huang Fanlong walked to Ling Zhan's side, looked ahead, and said: "General Ling, something is wrong, the two sides of the strait are too quiet, could it be that Ashan Crossbow doesn't even have the courage to ambush here, and all the 40,000 troops in Xiping are cowering in the southern city?" ”

Ling Zhan frowned, although he had never fought with Ah Shan's crossbow, he knew very well that this person was proficient in the art of war, and he was by no means a general, let alone avoid the battle, hiding in the city, wasting the line of defense of Feiyun Stream, but this Feiyun Stream was really too quiet, except for the sound of turbulent water, Ling Zhan could even hear the birdsong on both sides of the river, could it be that Ah Shan's crossbow was really as General Cao expected, and only sent a small number of soldiers and horses to guard Feiyun Stream?

The reason why Feiyunjian is so quiet is only because Ashan crossbow ordered early in order to prevent the ambush from being exposed, and all the birds and finches within a radius of ten miles were hunted and killed, and there were more ventriloquists in the Xiping army, which were specially used to imitate insects and birds, and bewitch opponents.

Ling Zhan looked up at the sky, and said in a deep voice: "The hour has come, General Cao has personally led the army from the waterway, Fan Long, Lin Wang, pass the order, the whole army will capture both sides of the strait, no matter how many men and horses he has, eat them together!" ”

Huang Fanlong and Lin Wang's eyes were blazing, and they clenched their fists to receive their orders, each leading 20,000 foot soldiers towards the top of the mountain.

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Cao Qiong, who was still in retreat in the Sword God Mountain, suddenly felt a majestic momentum flying towards the Sword God Mountain, its power was so strong that it was better than himself, in the world today, in addition to the empty mountain holy monks who practiced Buddha in Yunyin Temple all the year round, only the spear fairy Ling Xiaoyun had such cultivation. Cao Qiong didn't know why this person suddenly visited, in order to prevent accidents, he had to forcibly leave the customs in advance, take off the Ying Sword, and fly towards Ling Xiaoyun, and the two finally met at the top of the Sword God Mountain.

Ling Xiaoyun was dressed in a green shirt, his face was like a crown of jade, and he held the world-famous "Youlan Gun", standing in the wind, like an immortal in the sky.

But it is said that this Ling Xiaoyun, the high talent of martial arts, the strange opportunities in life, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a rare encounter in a thousand years, and now he is only thirty-five years old, but he has already entered the realm of heaven and man, and his marksmanship is superb, known as the reputation of the gun fairy, and he is firmly on the second throne in the world. Cao Qiong stared at Ling Xiaoyun deadly, the Feiying Sword in his hand unconsciously clenched a few more points, and his brilliant arrogance poured out, and the sword aura on the Sword God Mountain soared to the sky!

Regarding Cao Qiong's initiative to make an appointment, Ling Xiaoyun just smiled, stuck the spear in his hand at his side, as if taking the initiative to show weakness, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to my predecessors for entering the realm of heaven and man, I have been fascinated by the land sword immortal for a long time, and I have come to pay respect." ”

Cao Qiong didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lingxiao Cloud Gourd, and snorted coldly: "Your Excellency is equivalent to the old man's realm, if you really calculate it, the time to enter the realm of heaven and man is far longer than that of the old man, how can you pay respect." ”

Ling Xiaoyun said with a smile: "Since the well-deserved sword immortal Li Yunxia was dissolved a hundred years ago, the way of the sword has been silent for a hundred years. Senior Cao is the only sword immortal who has entered the realm of heaven and man, although the younger generation is now slightly better in the realm and has taken the lead, but in time, he may not be the opponent of his predecessors, after all, for thousands of years, as long as the person who carries the sword path enters the realm of heaven and man, he is the first person in the world in the world! ”

Cao Qiong sneered and said disdainfully: "The second and third sycophants, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”

Regarding Cao Qiong's aggressiveness, Ling Xiaoyun, who was not good-tempered in the first place, retreated again and again, and said with a smile: "Now the seniors are equivalent to my realm, and the younger generation's perception of the realm of heaven and man is only stronger than the seniors, but the means of killing are far inferior to the predecessors. ”

Seeing that Ling Xiaoyun took the initiative to avoid fighting without fighting, Cao Qiong also put away his sword qi and asked, "Since the realm is equal, why are you Ling Xiaoyun willing to be second, don't you want to fight for the throne of the first place in the world?" ”

Ling Xiaoyun shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "It is said that there is no first in literature, there is no second in martial arts, who in the world does not want to fight for the throne of the first in the world, but the old bald donkey has rough skin and thick meat, and the younger generation has fought with him twelve times, and he has never been able to break his King Kong, so he can only be relegated to the back." ”

Cao Qiong was surprised: "Not even your gun?" ”

Ling Xiaoyun nodded: "The old bald donkey, as a member of the three sects, has a unique advantage in his perception of the realm of martial arts compared to pure martial artists like you and me, the so-called realm of heaven and man is nothing more than the same force as heaven and earth, in order to obtain a long qi, the old monk has practiced meditation all his life, and his cultivation is the supreme way of heaven, this person's popularity is long, far better than me, and it is not uncommon to not be able to beat the old monk." As for the old monk's standing to become a Buddha, he will not destroy the golden body, and the spear of the younger generation cannot be broken, I am afraid that only the sword fairy of the predecessor can break it with a single sword. ”

Cao Qiong couldn't help but be silent when he heard this. He is known as the sword god, and he has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for many years, but he has never fought with Ling Xiaoyun and the two masters of the Heavenly and Human Realm, the Holy Monk of the Empty Mountain, and he can't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, and at the same time he feels that the title of the sword god is not worthy of the name, and now the realm has improved, and it is not easy to make up for the gap, I originally thought that with the three-foot Qingfeng in my hand, it was enough to reach the top of the rivers and lakes and look down on the world, but now it seems that I still underestimate the heroes of the world.

Ling Xiaoyun saw that Cao Qiong frowned, so he said: "Seniors don't need to worry too much, my generation of martial artists, everything pays attention to conforming to their own hearts, and everything cannot be forced." ”

Cao Qiong nodded, and looked at Ling Xiaoyun a little higher in his heart, thinking that this person was so young and had such a mind, no wonder he could surpass many predecessors, and at the same time, he was shocked in his heart, Ling Xiaoyun said a few words, and almost broke his clear sword heart, so he asked: "I'm afraid Your Excellency didn't come here today to chat with the old man, let's say, what is the matter?" ”

Ling Xiaoyun seemed to have a difficult face, hugged his fists fiercely, bowed down and said: "The younger generation will go to sea to visit the immortals in the near future, seeking a great opportunity, but the younger generation is alone in this life, this pistol method has not been passed on so far, this trip is extremely dangerous, life and death are unpredictable, in order not to let this marksmanship be lost, the younger generation today specially implores the seniors today if they have the opportunity in the future, find a successor for the younger generations, so that future generations can remember me Ling Xiaoyun!" ”

"It's okay if you can't remember my Ling Xiaoyun, but remember my Ling Xiaoyun's gun!" As he spoke, he took out a yellowed book from his arms, "This is the marksmanship and gunnery insights created by the younger generation in the first thirty years, and I hope that the seniors will keep it on their behalf, and then transfer it to the person who passed it on for the younger generation." ”

Cao Qiong's expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "There are many martial artists in the world, why did you choose the old man alone?" ”

Ling Xiaoyun laughed: "It's probably the so-called heroic sympathy, for example, among the martial artists today, there are only a handful of people who can enter the lower eye, the younger generation and the old bald donkey have never dealt with each other, and there are a few people left, whether it is Jiang Zifang or Li Xian, they are all ordinary first-class masters, this gun book is not only not beneficial to martial arts cultivation for them, if they are forced to cultivate, if they are not careful, they will go mad, there are all kinds of harm and no benefit, and the younger generations can't trust them, so they can only come to trouble the seniors." ”

Cao Qiong took the gun book and said solemnly: "Since Your Excellency can trust the old man, then this gun book will be kept by the old man first, as for the matter of accepting apprentices, it is not a mortal situation, and when you come back alive, you will have a lot of time to choose by yourself." ”

Ling Xiaoyun said with a smile: "People live for a lifetime, how can they leave a way out everywhere." The younger generation will be born after the death of this trip, if they can return safely, they should be a big white with the seniors! After saying that, he didn't look back, but turned and left.

Cao Qiong looked at Ling Xiaoyun's back as he drifted away, and couldn't help but admire: "There was Sikong Li in the past, and now there is you Ling Xiaoyun, the future is terrifying, and the rivers and lakes are destined to be more exciting in the future." ”

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With Ling Zhan leading the infantry army up the mountain, the generals under Ashan's crossbow have already been waiting for the battle, waving the flag, the whole army is arrayed, fighting in the mountains, the cavalry is equal to no use, Ashan's crossbow under the general Zhennan, who is also the commander of the cavalry, Yeluqi recently took the initiative to ask for orders, willing to lead a thousand light cavalry to be stationed in the cave on the inner side of the cliff, used to clamp Cao Bo's army.

Ah Shanxuan didn't say much at that time, his expression was solemn, and he asked, "Is General Yelu really willing?" ”

No wonder Ashan crossbow has this question, there are many cliffs and caves on both sides, although it is convenient to hide and ambush, but as long as you enter the cave, it is extremely dangerous, and you can only be saved after the victory of the army, which is equivalent to putting all your lives in the hands of Ashan crossbow. Yeluqi said with a smile: "The last general has been fighting on horses for half his life, without the war horse, this combat power will be greatly reduced, and the same is true for the light cavalry under his command, although he is not good at field combat, but his archery skills are excellent, the general can rest assured, the last general can hold this thousand men and horses!" The last general also believes that the general can take the last general back alive! ”

Ah Shanxuan stood up silently, hugged his fists and said: "General Yelu, the general doesn't dare to promise you anything, I just ask the general to delay the army of Liang as much time as possible." Seeing this, the other generals all stood up and saluted with their fists in Jerich.

Yang Qinan was appointed as the vanguard general, leading five thousand crossbowmen to guard the mountain pass ten miles, the principle is very simple, whoever stands in the southernmost place, will draw the bow and shoot, Xiping soldiers are born with extraordinary strength, and Yang Qinan personally sits in charge, I believe that it is not easy for the Liang army to pass through this place.

As the commander of the infantry army, Ling Zhan naturally needs to sit in the middle of the army, and will not charge into battle in person, so the task of taking the lead naturally falls on Huang Fanlong's body, I saw that he was walking in the front of the large army, and the war knife had already been unsheathed.

Huang Fanlong raised his sword and ordered the army to stop first, and he passed through the long queue and came to Ling Zhan's side, and said: "General Ling, this way, let alone five miles away, and I haven't seen a Xiping rebel, could it be that we all guessed wrong, he didn't send troops to ambush here?" ”

Ling Zhan raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the trees in front of him were overgrown, he didn't know what the situation was, and he muttered: "Ah Shan's crossbow is a famous general in Xiping, and he will definitely not be so stupid with his soldiers, and he doesn't need to let go of the flying cloud stream, I guess this is probably just a trick to confuse us, Fanlong, don't underestimate the enemy, be careful in everything." After another five miles, if there is still no ambush in front of you, you will speed up the pace of the march and rush to attack the southern city of the prison with all your might! ”

Huang Fanlong clenched his fists and led the order, and the army continued to move forward. At the same time, Cao Bo's ship also headed for the southern city of Jiaonan, and the distance between it and the infantry on both sides was only three miles.

Among the three tigers, Huang Fanlong and Lin Wang were all appointed as the vanguard and led the foot soldiers to capture the cliff, leaving only Ma Yunhua, who was the youngest and least qualified, and Cao Bo were in the same boat, and now they were standing beside Cao Bo sullenly.

Seeing this, Cao Bo smiled and said, "What's the matter, isn't it strange that General Ben didn't let you be the pioneer of the cliff attack?" ”

Ma Yun Huasheng's tiger back and bear waist, his two arms are particularly thick, and he said angrily when he heard the sound of the urn: "The last general will not dare." ”

Cao Bo was laughed at angrily and said angrily: "You fool, this siege is child's play!" Or do you feel that the waterways are stable? The terrain of Feiyunjian is dangerous, and there are no less than 300 large and small caves on the cliffs on both sides. Fan Long and Lin Wang's archery skills are not as good as you, so you can only follow the waterway, you understand! ”

Ma Yunhua said angrily as if he didn't appreciate it: "General, I, Ma Yunhua, have been following you for eight years, but every time there is a war, it is always the two brothers who take the lead, when will it be my turn!" Besides, we have walked almost five miles along the way, not to mention Ah Shanxuan and Yang Qinan, we haven't even seen a single soldier, and this time the first work will be snatched by the two brothers again! ”

Cao Bo laughed and said, "It turns out that it's because of this matter!" If you want military merits, I, Cao Bo, have treated you badly, so it's good, as long as you capture the southern city, I will allow you to be the first to raise the flag and climb the city! ”

Ma Yunhua's eyes lit up and asked, "Is this true?" ”

Cao Bo slapped the latter on the head and scolded: "Rabbit cub, when did Lao Tzu trick you!" ”

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Liang Jun's foot soldiers continued to move forward, and walked about three miles of mountain roads, Huang Fanlong gradually became irritable, and said in his stomach: "What is the first general of Xiping, he will only hide in Tibet, and he doesn't even have the courage to fight!" As everyone knows, two miles ahead, there are a large number of Xiping troops waiting for them to throw themselves into the net.

Yang Qinan stared at the front, and the black head seemed to him to be tantamount to accumulating military exploits. Turning his head to look at the deputy general beside him, he said softly: "Pass the order, wait for the Liang dogs to be two hundred steps away before releasing arrows, and throw fire oil and wood within a hundred steps." Whoever dares to be greedy for merit will be dealt with by military law! ”

The two armies were a thousand steps apart, and Yang Qinan unconsciously held his breath; Five hundred steps, you can already see the look on Liang Jun's face; Three hundred steps, Yang Qinan raised his fist high, and the crossbowmen behind him were on standby at any time.

Two hundred steps!

"Shoot the arrows!"

The first wave of arrows rained down, Huang Fanlong only heard the wind whistling in his ears, and hurriedly turned his head, the crossbow arrow shot directly through the head of a soldier behind him, and the latter's head shook slightly, and he was dead.

After a rain of arrows, the Xiping crossbowmen in the first row were not greedy, and took a step across, and then retreated backwards to make way for the best position in the back row. The rain of arrows in the sky went forward one after another, not giving Liang Jun a chance to breathe. Huang Fanlong couldn't stop swinging his knife, swept away the arrows that were straight at the door, and shouted: "Raise your shield to meet the enemy!" ”

Cao Bo's army was by no means an ordinary person, except that it was caught off guard by the Xiping army at the beginning, and after nearly 100 people were killed and wounded, he heard the roar of the main general, and immediately regrouped his formation, and soon there were foot soldiers who raised a hard shield of equal height and placed it at the front of the team to block the crossbow arrows of the Xiping army. Huang Fanlong raised his sword and roared angrily: "Draw the knife!" The whole army is moving faster! ”

Yang Qinan sneered, and said in his heart: "It's just right!" ”

At this time, the Xiping army was on the uphill slope, condescending, occupying a geographical advantage, and after seeing the Liang army raise the shield, they no longer wasted arrows. Yang Qinan snapped his fingers, and dozens of burly sergeants threw pig and sheepskin bags filled with fire oil towards the Liang army, while a few excellent crossbowmen were left to draw their bows and arrows, shoot through the skins, and with the help of the slope of the mountain, the fire oil flowed towards the Liang army.

Seeing this, Huang Fanlong suddenly felt bad, sniffed hard, and exclaimed: "It's not good, it's fire oil!" "I want to order a U-turn, but how can I do it in a hurry. Yang Qinan pulled the corners of his mouth, picked up an arrow that was ignited, pulled the bow like a full moon, and shot at the fire oil. Suddenly, a thick fire dragon rose into the sky, and the Liang army at the forefront could not avoid it, and its body was more or less contaminated with some fire oil, and it was soon engulfed by the fire, wailing everywhere, and the air was filled with a heavy and pungent smell of burning.

Fortunately, Huang Fanlong is very skilled, he flashed and moved several times, and finally did not catch fire, retreated fifty steps back, and happened to meet Ling Zhan who came from the rear, gritted his teeth and said: "General Ling, we have encountered an ambush, our army has more than six hundred casualties, and there are still a hundred steps away from the Xiping rebels!" ”

Ling Zhan clenched his fists and said, "Presumably Lin Wang's side is also suffering the same thing, Fan Long, how many people are there in the enemy army?" ”

Huang Fanlong replied: "The incident happened suddenly, the last general will not see the truth, conservative estimates, it will not be less than 8,000 people!" ”

Ling Zhan took a breath and exclaimed, "Eight thousand! Ah Shan's crossbow is crazy and can't do it, does he want to win or lose in this Feiyun Stream? Fan Long, you and I each led more than 1,000 elite soldiers to kill from both sides! ”

The oil was still being thrown, and Ling Zhan ordered his corporal to dig a ravine in front of the army to block the flow of the oil, and at the same time broke through with Huang Fanlong from both wings. It's just that Ling and Huang still underestimated the courage of Ah Shan's crossbow, and the ambush soldiers in front of them were not only 8,000 people, but a full 20,000 elites!

Less than 20,000 Liang Guo's foot soldiers, who had already been out of order, against 20,000 Xiping soldiers with high morale, the result was obvious.

On the cliff on the other side, Lin Wang, who has always had good luck, unfortunately encountered Ashan's crossbow who led an army of 20,000 people, who knew that only a quick battle could give Yeluqi and others greater vitality, and would have a greater chance of winning! So, Ah Shan's crossbow personally went out of the horse, only one face, Lin Wang died under the Ah Shan crossbow, and the remaining Liang Guo's infantry saw that the general of Zhengdong lifted the head of his own commander high, and suddenly the army was disheartened, and the army collapsed, only a quarter of an hour, under the leadership of A Shan's crossbow, on the right cliff, the Xiping army slaughtered the right foot soldiers led by Lin Wang with a huge advantage of only 500 casualties!

On the other side, Huang Fanlong resisted, and it didn't hurt to turn the tide, and fought with Yang Qinan for a long time, and finally after being cut by the long knife in the latter's hand on his chest with a wound that was more than a foot long and deep and visible to the bone, he was unable to fight again, and Ling Zhan, who was cut off by an arm in the chaotic battle, was both captured, and there was not one of his foot soldiers.

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The old god Cao Bo was there, with a smile on his face, thinking that after breaking through the prison south city this time, he would definitely capture Ashan's crossbow alive and humiliate him. Suddenly, a soldier rushed into the cabin, and without regard for the number of courtesies, he called: "General, it's not good! There is an ambush on both sides of the strait! ”

When Cao Bo heard this, he felt bad, and he and Ma Yunhua both walked out of the cabin, and at the same time did not forget to remind the latter to bring the huge horn bow. Looking up, the fires on both sides of the strait soared into the sky, and there were bursts of fighting and killing. Cao Bo's face was pale, judging from the momentum, the enemy army had many ambushes, I am afraid that there were no less than 10,000 people, and I don't know if Ling Zhan and the three of them can withstand it.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Yeluqi, who had already been ambushed in the cave, gave an order, and his light horsemen all leaned out of the cave with half of their bodies, and the bright arrows pointed directly at the army of Liang State. Yeluqi pulled the bow and arrow, aimed at Cao Bo and shot an arrow, Ma Yunhua heard the wind whistling, picked up the war knife and pushed the arrow away, raised his left hand, and the soldier next to him comprehended, and handed over the almost human-height ox horn bow. Ma Yunhua was born with divine power, his eyes were like torches, and his archery skills were firmly in the top three in Liang Guo, he looked around and sneered: "Dare to get an axe in front of grandpa!" Drawing the bow like a full moon, the arrow, which was as thick as a child's arm, went straight to Jeluqi, who, seeing that the situation was not good, hurriedly rolled into the cave and could dodge. The powerful arrow plunged into the upper edge of the hole, stirring up countless rubble. Yeluqi said in his heart: "I haven't seen you for a long time, but this Ma Yunhua's archery skills have improved a lot. ”

It is necessary to know that at this time, Liang Jun is below, Ma Yunhua shoots arrows from the bottom to the top, which is not good, and the wind is howling in Feiyun Stream, it is not easy to have such an accurate head, Yeluqi thinks that if the two are replaced, even if he can barely shoot, he will never have the power of Ma Yunhua's arrow.

Cao Bo's trip, the waterway army has a total of 20 warships, each "Huanglong" claims to be able to accommodate 2,000 soldiers, 1,000 horses, this attack on Xipingguo, to put it bluntly, is the battle of crossing the river, the cavalry is useless, so Cao Bo will divide the 60,000 army into 20, each warship has 3,000 soldiers, in order to cooperate with the foot soldiers on both sides of the strait "fast horses and whips", the less time consumed in Feiyunjian, the smaller the battle damage, 20 huge warships, just like 20 hills, endless.

With the success of one arrow, the morale of the Liang army was greatly boosted, and Ma Yunhua shouted: "Crossbowmen array!" The whole army is moving faster! Just as he was about to shoot another arrow, suddenly, the warship under Ma Yunhua's feet seemed to have reached the bottom, and it shook violently, and Ma Yunhua stumbled and frowned. At this time, a soldier came to report: "General, there are several thick iron cables buried underwater in front of you, and the warship is blocked from moving forward, and I am afraid that it will not be able to pass for a while." ”

Cao Bo's expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Yunhua, continue to release arrows to cover, Wang Yu, lead people to cut the iron cable, don't delay for too long!" The two of them took their own orders.

After dodging the first arrow, Yeluqi regrouped, and saw the crossbowmen on the Liang warship assembled in formation, and more soldiers held up their shields to cover, knowing that it would be useless to release arrows again, so he could only give an order and ordered his subordinates to throw fire oil and cooperate with the wood to take a fire attack, but thousands of arrows outside the cave were fired together, wave after wave, impermeable, and there was no chance at all. If you want to throw it directly from the hole, you will either have poor accuracy and hit the cliff wall, or you will be swept away by Liang Jun with a slapstick and fall into the water, and you will rarely hit the bull's-eye.

It is said that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, Yeluqi as a veteran of Xiping, immediately fought for many years, although not as good as a good crossbow like a god with soldiers, but now with a thousand light horses to block Cao Bo's 60,000 army water crossing, this is a move to hit the stone with an egg, although it is a good time and place, but now not to mention oil and rice, not even the stove firewood, how can it be stopped.

Cao Bo sneered: "It's really whimsical to rely on these horses to stop my army. Ah Shan, since you are kind enough to send military merits, although I, Cao Bo, can't look down on it, I will reluctantly accept it! ”

Just when Jerichy was helpless, there was a roar of anger overhead. Yeluch grinned and said happily: "The general's side has won!" Then there is nothing to do with our light riding. Then the flying stones above his head poured down like scattered flowers of the goddess, and dozens of boulders weighing more than 1,000 catties were pushed down and smashed into the water, causing huge splashes and blocking the road ahead of Cao Bo's fleet!

Cao Bo's eyelids couldn't help jumping, and before he could react, another boulder came straight to him, in a hurry, Cao Bo hurriedly rolled backwards, and had retreated to the edge of the mast, "boom", the "Yellow Dragon" under his feet was smashed out of a big pit by the boulder, and many Liang soldiers couldn't dodge, and were smashed into meat in an instant!

Cao Bo shouted loudly: "Stop the army!" Retreat! ”

It is a pity that the "Huanglong" ship has a very large hull, an extremely deep draft, and a narrow distance between the two sides of the strait, so it is not easy to turn around, so it can only row backwards at a turtle speed. Seeing this, the Ashan crossbow on the cliff said to the soldiers around him: "Five hundred years ago, Gu Guangji, a master of the art of war of Qi State, once said a sentence, marching and fighting, 'beautiful is not practical, practical is not beautiful', won my heart, look at this Yellow Dragon warship, spectacular is spectacular, but in this flying cloud stream, affected by the terrain, it can't be used at all, Cao Bo dug his grave so much, we will fulfill his wish, send Liang Guodog on the road! ”

As he spoke, he ordered his subordinates to push the boulder, not only blocking Cao Bo's retreat, but also besieging the entire 60,000 Liang army in this Feiyun Stream and waiting for death!