Since Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi divided their troops, Huang Chao led his headquarters to re-enter the land of Qilu. Huang Chao's 50,000 grass army galloped vertically and horizontally, invincible, even under Yunzhou and Yizhou, and killed Xue Chong, the envoy of the Tianping Army, which was monstrous for a while, and the limelight once overshadowed Wang Xianzhi. At that time, Huang Chao's men and horses had gathered as many as 100,000.

When Huangchao was crisscrossing Qilu, Wang Xianzhi's commander Shang Jun led his troops to take the lead in attacking Caizhou and Chenzhou, entrenched in them, and maneuvered with the Central Plains official army. Shang Junchang's younger brother Shang Rang led his headquarters to guard the Shengshan Mountain in Caizhou. Although Huang Chao was connected to the two states, he still felt that he was alone, so he waved his army to the west, and joined forces with Shang Rang to protect the mountain.

Shang Rang has always admired Huang Chao, he did not hate Huang Chao because of Wang Huang's division of troops, at this time he saw Huang Chao leading his troops to come, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly welcomed him into the mountain. Not only that, Shang Rang also gave up the main position to Huang Chao. Huang Chao couldn't refuse, so he had to sit in the main seat.

It's July. Liu Yanzhang, the commander of the grass army, wedged into Jiangzhou, and calmed the troubles for the grass army, Wang Xianzhi invaded the Central Plains in a big way, and joined Shang Junchang in Chenzhou. Wang Xianzhi learned that Huang Chao was in Shang Rang, so he had the idea of joining forces with Huang Chao again. Wu Juncai, the military advisor, and a group of commanders also advocated joining forces with Huang Chao to level the states of the Central Plains. So, Wang Xianzhi passed a letter to Huangchao and agreed with him to attack Songzhou.

Huang Chao was overjoyed after receiving Wang Xianzhi's letter, and was busy discussing with Shang Rang about attacking Songzhou. Therefore, Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi agreed: Wang Xianzhi personally led a large army to gather on the back of Songzhou, first, to block the back road of Songzhou, and second, to block the reinforcements of Bian, Cao and other states; Huang Chao personally led his headquarters to attack the cities of Songzhou; Shang Rang rushed to attack Bozhou and cut off the horns of Bozhou and Xuzhou.

The discussion has been decided, and the army will be dispatched.

Huangchao's 100,000-strong army marched through the border of Chenzhou, camped on the border of Song and Chenzhou, and built a line. During the journey, Huang Chaochuan passed the generals into the account to discuss the march. When the generals arrived, Huang Chao first called Zhu Wen forward and said, "General Zhu is originally from Songzhou, and he must be very familiar with the geography and city defense of Songzhou.

Zhu Wen was naturally reluctant in his heart. It is precisely because he is a native of Songzhou that he can't bear to witness his father and fellow villagers suffer from this. But Huang Chao has always been the same, and now even Wang Xianzhi wants to give him three points, where does Zhu Wen have room to bargain with a general under his command? Zhu Wen thought about it again and again, and said: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard, and he will sacrifice Song Cheng under the general's ranks!"

Huang Chao was overjoyed when he heard this. Therefore, Huang Chao sent a military order: "Ordered Zhu Wen to lead 10,000 horses from his headquarters as the vanguard to attack Zhecheng and Songcheng; ordered Qiu Ji and Huang Kuo to lead a group of men and horses to besiege Ningling and Gushu and obstruct reinforcements; and ordered Liu Ding to stand by with the Chinese army and gallop to the aid of the three routes." 」

Henan Province, Songzhou, Songcheng.

Song City, called Suiyang City in ancient times, is a famous town in the Central Plains, and it is also a place where soldiers must fight.

After Zhu Wen received the military order of Huangchao, in just one day, he conquered Zhecheng. Subsequently, Zhu Wen led his troops to Songcheng and fought in front of the west gate of Songcheng to wait for the official army. Since the grass army was revealed, this was the first time to attack Songzhou. The grass army is now approaching the city, and it is only separated from the city of Songcheng by a moat, and the drawbridge in front of the four gates of Songcheng has long been retracted. The moat is three or four zhang wide, one zhang deep, and the water flows slowly, like a lazy swimming dragon, protecting Song City.

The head of the Song City is engraved with two big characters of "Song City", the city wall is simple and heavy, and there are many repaired places, which can be recognized at a glance as the traces of its long-standing war. At this time, nearly 10,000 grass troops had gathered outside the city, densely packed like pieces of yellow clouds falling to the ground. The banner of "grass", the flag of "yellow" and the flag of "Zhu" fluttered in the wind, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

The city of Song City is also densely covered with flags, and the characters "Tang" and "Song" are written on the flags. A person dressed as a general at the head of the city was particularly eye-catching, and he saw that person with silver helmet and silver armor, white tassels and white swords, presumably the main general of Song City. The silver-armored guard is named Ke Yizhi, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he is the eldest son of the famous Ke family in Songzhou. Although Ke Yizhi's figure is not tall or burly, he has sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, but there is a powerful momentum between his eyebrows.

Zhu Wen lined up the army and sent people to challenge and insult in front of the formation, but Ke Yizhi pretended not to know. The generals on the left and right of Song Cheng were humiliated and asked for battle repeatedly. Ke Yizhi looked at the grass army camp for a while, looked around and said: "The grass army is powerful, and Zhu Wen is brave, and he is a person from Songzhou, who is familiar with geography, and he should not go out of the city to fight with it. Seeing that the Lord was going to be like this, the left and right generals had no choice but to take orders and retreat.

Zhu Wen saw that the official army could not hold out, so he had to order a strong attack. So, the grass army built a rope bridge, built a ladder, pushed the cart, and stormed the west gate. Ke Yizhi saw the grass army attacking, and hurriedly ordered to break the enemy. For a time, arrows flew like locusts in the city, and most of the grass army and rushing chariots fell into the moat. More than a dozen ladders that were barely erected were also burned by the officers and soldiers. After several times, the grass army suffered heavy casualties.

Despite this, the defenders of Songcheng also suffered considerable casualties. There are only 3,000 officers and soldiers in the city, and there are also a fixed number of arrows, fire, oil, etc., if this kind of loss continues, the city will inevitably be broken one day. The officers and men could not help but waver when they saw that the grass army was not afraid of death, and attacked the city repeatedly, and there were almost mountains of corpses.

Ke Yizhi saw that the army's morale was disheartened, and he shouted: "Song City, the place of a hundred battles since ancient times, is the time when men make meritorious contributions. In the past, Deng Guogong Zhang patrolled to protect the country, and today we don't care about the size of our body?"

At the mention of Zhang Xun, the morale of the officers and soldiers in the city was greatly boosted. Zhang Xunnai is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, during the Anshi Rebellion, he blocked Yin Ziqi's 130,000 rebels with more than 6,000 people, defended Suiyang City for ten months, and finally died in the country, and was posthumously named Deng Guogong by the Son of Heaven. Zhang Xunnai is a legendary man in the Songzhou area, and is deeply loved and admired by the military and people of Songzhou. Although his people have died, his heart and blood will remain in Songcheng forever.

So, Ke Yizhi followed the example of the sages and began to organize the people in the city to defend the city. Zhu Wen attacked the city for several days, but was repelled by Ke Yizhi.

Zhu Wen was fruitless for several days, and his heart was miserable. On this day, Huang Chao sent Liu Ding to supervise the army to urge the battle. Zhu Wen welcomed Liu Ding into the big tent of the Chinese army, and without waiting for Liu Ding to speak, he complained first: "Young man, it's not that we are incompetent, it is really this Song City that is high and deep, and the officers and soldiers who defend the city regard death as home, and they can't be broken!"

Although Liu Ding is the son of Huang Chao and is in the army, he has no military position, only the identity of the heir of the Yin and Yang family, and he is commensurate with the most people in the grass army and the few heroes.

Liu Ding asked, "Who is the guard in the city?"

Zhu Wen said, "It's Ke Yizhi. 」

Liu Ding asked, "What is this person?"

Zhu Wen replied, "I've heard of him. The Ke family has been in the army for generations, and they often live in Songcheng. Ke Yizhi studied martial arts in the rivers and lakes in his early years, but he didn't know where to learn. He was not only brave and good at fighting, but also strong in martial arts, and my athletes who barely made it to the top of the city were cut down by his sword one by one. 」

After hearing this, Liu Ding said, "General Zhu, don't worry, I am not here to criticize you, but to help you. 」

Zhu Wen was overjoyed when he heard this: "If a young man makes a move, Song City will be destroyed. 」

On the second day, Zhu Wen once again lined up under the city. Liu Ding rode out alone and shouted: "I am Liu Ding, the son of Huangchao, I heard that General Ke Yizhi used to be a man in the rivers and lakes, and his martial arts were outstanding, and he came today to compete with the general. If the general wins, the grass army will retreat for ten miles, and will not attack Song City for ten days. If the general is defeated, he can open the door and surrender so that his life will not be ruined, how about it?"

When all the generals at the head of the city heard this, they all advised: "The grass army is cunning, General Ke must not be gullible!"

Ke Yizhidao: "Liu Ding is a person in the rivers and lakes, and he asked me to compete alone this time, which is an opportunity. If he can win ten days for Song Cheng, presumably Deputy Zhang's reinforcements should also arrive. 」

So, Ke Yizhi took off his armor and changed into a Jianghu outfit. With a white sword in one hand and a reins in the other, he rode out of the city alone. Flags swayed on the head of the city, and shouts rose loudly to help Ke Yizhi.

Liu Ding saw Ke Yizhi riding out of the city alone, saluted on horseback, and then performed light skills, tread water, and stood with his back to the river after landing. The two of them didn't say much, and pulled out their long swords together. Liu Ding's long sword trembled, and the sword moves turned around, which showed that his "Five Elements Sword Technique" had improved a lot.

Ke Yizhi soared into the air, holding his sword in both hands. The white sword was both wide and thick, with a quaint sword intent. Ke Yizhi's swordsmanship is fierce, between the big opening and closing, the murderous aura is awe-inspiring, and the strength reverberates, which is born from the skills of fighting on the ancient battlefield, it is really dangerous, and the sword is deadly.

The two fought nearly 100 moves, sword to sword, each good at it, but it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. In the grass army array, Zhu Wen saw that Liu Ding was difficult to win for a while, so he quietly hid among the people and horses, secretly stretched his bow, waited for it to be real, and shot an arrow at Ke Yizhi.

Ke Yizhi and Liu Ding were fighting each other, and there were hidden arrows to sneak attack. The arrow was as fast as a meteor, fierce and fierce, and hit Ke Yizhi's left arm. After Ke Yi was hit by the arrow, he scolded Liu Ding: "Shameless grass coward, you don't believe your words!" After finishing speaking, he jumped back on his horse and galloped into the city.

Liu Ding saw that Ke Yizhi was injured by a hidden arrow, so he did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, nor did he open his mouth to defend himself, but silently withdrew his sword. When Zhu Wen saw that an arrow hit Ke Yizhi, he immediately ordered an attack on the city, wanting to take the opportunity to attack the city. However, the official army in the city had already prepared, and for a while, the strong crossbows and bows were fired, and the fireballs rolled down the wood, and the grass army was repelled again.

After Zhu Wen and the others returned to the Chinese army's big tent, Liu Ding looked cold and asked, "Why did General Zhu steal the cold arrow and trap me in disbelief?"

Zhu Wen hurriedly laughed and said, "The young man is angry. I see that the martial arts of the two of you are between the two of you, but I am afraid that if you continue to fight, you will not be able to distinguish between victory and defeat. Our army is coming from afar, and it is not advisable to delay it too much, otherwise it will lose morale. If you can break the city one day earlier, you can welcome General Huang. 」

Liu Ding felt justified, and paused: "I will sneak into the city tonight and kill Ke Yizhi first, and then General Zhu will lead the army to break the city." 」

That night, Liu Ding came to the east gate of Song City alone, borrowed a long rope and iron hook, and climbed the city wall. As soon as he got on the city wall, Liu Ding took out his sword one after another, cut off a row of officers and soldiers in silence, and learned that Ke Yizhi was not in the city tower tonight, but recuperating at home. Liu Ding went down to the city and went straight to Ke's house.

There was a study room at the end of Ke's house that was lit with a faint light, and there was a figure sitting in the room, it was Ke Yizhi reading the book of war by candle. Liu Ding entered with a sword and stabbed Ke Yizhi. Ke Yizhi heard the sound and pulled out the white sword to parry. It's just that Ke Yizhi holds the sword with one hand, and his swordsmanship is not as good as before, and his left arm is injured, but he has fallen behind after more than a dozen moves.

This fight alarmed the Ke family. Several servants slashed their knives to help Ke Yizhi, but Liu Ding was easily cut down. After more than a dozen moves, Liu Ding reluctantly held the sword with both hands, but the arrow wound recurred, and the situation was in danger. Liu Ding's sword did not slow down at all, and he used a clever effort to bounce Ke Yizhi's hand away, and then the long sword swayed, and a move "Golden Mistake" stabbed Ke Yizhi's chest.

In order not to let the long sword out of his hand, Ke Yizhi held the white sword so hard that he didn't have time to avoid Liu Ding's long sword. At this moment, a white figure pounced in front of Ke Yizhi.

The figure was not a worldly figure, but a little woman in her twenties. I saw her black bun coiled behind her head, and the hosta pinned aside. The willow eyebrows are faint, as if they are too lazy to paint, and the apricot eyes are watery, just a little affectionate. Her face was pale, and her forehead was dripping with fine sweat. This little woman was Ke Yizhi's wife, and when she saw that her husband was in danger, she rushed over without thinking.

If Wei Qimu was here, he would definitely be able to recognize her at a glance. That Ke Yizhi's wife is none other than Li Wan'er, who met in Xiangzhou back then. Li Wan'er's bravery without hesitation is as weak and strong as when she saved Wei Qimu. Li Wan'er's father Li Quan's deceased is Ke Yizhi's father, Li Wan'er followed her mother Liang to Songzhou to avoid the scourge of Manichaeism, and soon Li Wan'er and Ke Yizhi became relatives, and had a daughter, named Ke Qiqi.

Li Wan'er suddenly pounced and protected Ke Yizhi, but Liu Ding was taken aback. He was not surprised that someone was suddenly under his sword, but he could see at a glance that the gentle woman in front of him did not know the slightest martial arts. Liu Ding is the heir of the Yin and Yang family in the end, he is a chivalrous warrior, and he does not want to be stained with the blood of an unarmed woman under the sword. So, Liu Ding forcibly reversed the long sword, messing up the sword moves and body skills.

But in the blink of an eye, just as Liu Ding's long sword was reversed, Ke Yizhi took advantage of the situation to raise the white sword in his hand and stabbed into Liu Ding's chest in one fell swoop!