In fact, if they saw these scenes, Li Ye and Feihong would not be surprised, after all, it was a test of the Heavenly Dao, and it was a danger that must be overcome to obtain the Heavenly Machine.

But the scene in front of them was really unexpected, and it was impossible for the two of them to think of it.

Li Ye held his sword, grinned, pointed to the scene in front of him, and said to Feihong Dashi: "The illusion magic circle, a test of wisdom and perseverance, and the thick fog white bear, a test of combat power cultivation, I can think of these." But what is the battle in front of us to test? What is the test of our ability to hoe and farm, do laundry, cook, and get by?"

Master Feihong glanced at him angrily.

This glance is vivid and charming, like the morning sun, but it makes Li Ye almost lose his mind.

What appeared in front of Li Ye and Feihong was several acres of farmland growing millet and vegetables and growing just right, and a small mud-walled farmhouse yard. Li Ye even heard the rooster crowing, and a big yellow dog lying in front of the firewood, sticking out his tongue and looking around boredly.

With such a scene, it is no wonder that Li Ye would say that the way of heaven is to test their ability to live.

The idyllic scene did not make Feihong feel awkward, but made her look relaxed. Li Ye keenly noticed that although her expression did not change significantly, there was obviously a flowing brilliance on her face, just like a snow-capped mountain beginning to melt under the brilliant spring sun.

Master Feihong walked towards the small courtyard in the field, leaving Li Ye with a light back: "I have a hunch that this is the last test of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, and if you pass this pass, the Heavenly Machine will be able to give you what you want." ”

Li Ye was solemn.

He and Fei Hong obviously wanted to seize the Heavenly Machine, but there was only one copy of the Heavenly Machine.

But the seriousness on his face quickly dissipated.

Because the voice of Master Feihong has already come from the ridges: "I don't want to bleed to death so early, so hurry up and heal!"

Li Ye opened his throat and asked loudly, "Tuas wants to help me heal?"

Master Feihong: "I have cured you, and if I encounter any more battles and dangers before I see the Heavenly Machine, you can also share some of it for me." When you see the heavenly opportunity, you will not be too late to die. ”

Li Ye limped into the field: "I can only agree with the first half of this sentence." ”

......

The fighting in Taiyuan City has been going on for two days.

Under Li Keyong's ferocious offensive, Liu Dazheng could only choose to support hard, and Shangguan Chengcheng was restrained by Fu Cunxian and Kang Junli, and could not support Liu Dazheng in time, which made Liu Dazheng's situation more and more difficult.

The soldiers and horses of Zhaoyi, Tianping, Henghai and other towns, when they were intercepted by a small number of troops of the Hedong Army, did not break through the defense line and provided effective support to the Pinglu Army.

In the end, after two days of fierce fighting, Liu Dazheng was seriously wounded, and the losses of the Pinglu army were not small.

Without Li Ye's Pinglu Army, Mo said that he would continue the ferocious offensive that swept through Hedong before, and he would win every battle, but now it is difficult to even protect himself.

Liu Dazheng ordered that the Pinglu army should defend the camp and no longer fight with the Hedong army.

The Hedong Army did not stop the pace of the offensive, and under the condition that Li Keyong personally led the battle, the officers and men of the Hedong Army launched a fierce attack on the camp of the Pinglu Army, day and night.

The Hedong Army had suffered successive defeats and heavy losses, and was already about to be completely defeated, and its morale was low. But now that the strength has eased up, after the Pinglu army can only retreat and defend, the morale of the Hedong army has risen greatly, and the previous pressure has also become angry.

The impulse to regain their dignity and glory, as well as the practical need to continue to survive in Hedong, led them to burst into unprecedented combat power.

The morale of the Pinglu army gradually declined. The battle situation is unfavorable, the army is in a difficult situation, but the commander is not there, no matter how elite the soldiers, once they can't see the slightest hope, the psychological defense line collapses, and they will become routs.

At this moment, the Pinglu army missed Li Ye very much, and they also urgently needed a commander to lead them to victory.

In the big tent of the army in the camp of the Pinglu army, Liu Dazheng sat at the head of the handsome case, and he felt tired and powerless in the face of the generals who stood silently and solemnly in the tent. Most of these generals looked unworried and worried, and some were already suggesting the withdrawal of troops.

"General Liu, the Hedong Army has been attacking for many days, our army has suffered heavy casualties, Zhaoyi and other towns are watching from the wall, plus His Royal Highness is not there, the three armies lack the backbone, and if they continue to fight like this, I am afraid that the Hedong Army has not rushed in, and the morale of our army will collapse first!" A middle-aged general clenched his fists and anxiously persuaded, "According to the last general's opinion, let's withdraw first!"

Liu Dazheng's face was pale, his injuries had not yet recovered, although as a monk, he could walk, sit and lie down, but that was all, once he was angry, he would affect the wound.

He suppressed his anger and looked around at the generals: "You all mean this?"

A white-haired general sighed, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "The offensive of the Hedong Army, we can't resist it, and if we continue to drag it out, we will only lose." In order to preserve the strength of the army, the last general suggested that he should first withdraw to Fenzhou to get rid of the danger, and then take a long-term view. ”

This was immediately echoed by everyone: "Yes, withdraw to Fenzhou, with the city here, you can attack and retreat!"

"To spend here is to wait for death!"

"Zhaoyi and the others are all snobs, and now that His Highness is not here, who knows what they will do?"

"The night is long and there are many dreams, please give General Liu an order!"

Everyone shouted at me.

"Enough!" Liu Dazheng snorted, and finally couldn't help coughing, and blood was spitting out from his mouth.

In fact, the generals' words are very reasonable, now the Pinglu army can't defeat the Hedong army, and there is really no good fruit to eat if it drags on, and withdrawing to Fenzhou can indeed preserve its strength. This is a serious old saying, not a cowardice.

But Liu Dazheng did not dare to do so.

He knew very well that once he took the lead in breaking the siege now, if he wanted to attack Taiyuan City in the future, the difficulty would increase exponentially.

If the Pinglu army withdraws from Taiyuan City, the soldiers and horses of Zhaoyi and other towns will inevitably be at a loss, and they will continue to follow the Pinglu army in the future, but I am afraid that it is not very likely. In order to protect themselves, they are likely to all return to their own towns.

At that time, the Pinglu Army will face a full-scale counterattack by the Hedong Army, and it is very likely that it will be driven out of Hedong.

The previous results will be ruined.

Liu Dazheng didn't know the specific details of the matter of Tianji, but only from the military strategy, he also knew that he could not withdraw at this time.

But what can we do if we don't withdraw? If we withdraw, we may lose, and if we don't withdraw, we will be defeated immediately.

In the face of the onslaught of the Hedong Army, the Pinglu Army could not hold out for two days.

It's a dilemma.

In other words, the Pinglu army had no choice at all.

At this moment, outside the Pinglu Army camp, the assembled Hedong Army was preparing to start a new round of attack.

On the watchtower in the army, Li Ke, who was draped all over his body, stood with a knife, coldly overlooking the Pinglu army camp, the corners of his mouth skimmed a bloodthirsty arc, with the pride of victory.

"Your Highness, in two days at most, our army will be able to break through the Pinglu Army's camp, and then it will be the period of the destruction of the Pinglu Army!" Kang Junli was a little uncontrollable when he said this.

After all, they had been defeated in successive battles earlier, and they were almost completely defeated by the Pinglu army under the city.

Li Ke said coldly: "Two days? It's too long, at most one day." At this time tomorrow, this king will see you and others attack the camp of the Pinglu army, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

Kang Junli, Fu Cunxian and the others looked awe-inspired, and they all clenched their fists: "Get the order!"

With a cold snort, Li Ke locked on to the big tent of the Chinese army in the Pinglu army camp with his gaze, "Is it in place to intercept their rout?"

As long as the Pinglu army dares to retreat, it will be ambushed by our army, and when the time comes, they will be annihilated!"

"Okay! What I want is that they are all annihilated!" Li Ke said with murderous intent, "Go to war!"

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Forty miles east of Taiyuan City, there is a small town, because the scale is too small, there is not even a city wall, just a hundred and ten houses are connected together, and some scattered houses on the periphery are quite far away from the central area.

Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs, and there are shops and inns in the town, although the store is not large, and the business is average, but it is also an indispensable existence for the life of the people in this side.

For the monks, this place is not far from Taiyuan City, but for the people who work hard in the fields all day long, forty miles is an extremely long distance, so far away that they may not go once in a few years.

The town is adjacent to the official road, and some business travelers can also be seen in the town on weekdays.

Taiyuan City was in a fierce battle, and the nearby villages were affected, and the town was blocked by a hill because of its special location, and it did not suffer from military disasters.

The afternoon sun sprinkles down from the treetops, mottled into shadows, making people feel lazy, in front of the grass shed in front of the old locust tree in the east of the town, the wine flag waving in the wind has been some years, the swing amplitude is casual and small, perfunctory.

Xu Cripple, who was nearly half a hundred years old, was dozing off on the table, saliva falling down the corners of his mouth on his patched cuffs, and he didn't notice it for a minute. A rooster walks past the shed with his head held high, clucking and leading a flock of hen chicks past the shed, leaving behind a hot cloud of.

"Old lame, don't sleep, hurry up and get drunk!"

The big slap slapped hard on the table, which shocked Xu Cripple and raised his head in horror, and when he saw the burly young man in front of him but with a philistine face, Xu Cripple got up angrily: "Little cub, don't you owe it to clean up, dare to disturb your uncle's dreams?"

"Come on, uncle, if you want to teach me a lesson, you better wipe your saliva first!" The young man in shabby clothes with only a short coat on his upper body, who had no reverence for the old cripple, sat down at the table with his butt, and reached out to take the teapot and bowl on the table to pour tea for himself, "Also, this time it's really a guest." ”

Xu Cripple had already seen the guest in the young man's mouth.

His eyes lit up.

It was a middle-aged man, with silver-gray hair, a blue undecorated robe, an easy-going face, and every move was full of elegance, and he was walking into the shed.

He smiled and said, "Old man, do you have any wine?"

Xu lame immediately said: "Of course there is! I don't know which one the guest officer wants?"

The middle-aged man smiled unabated: "The fiercest kind." ”

Xu lame clapped his hands: "Wait a minute, the old lame man will prepare for you!"

"There is labor. The middle-aged man found a table and sat down.

In this shed, there are only two tables and only six benches.

Although the wood of the table and stool is rough, it looks like it is made by the farmer himself, but it is better because of the age, and the edges and corners are smoothed, so it will not be uncomfortable to sit.

Xu Cripple quickly came out with a jar of wine and two side dishes. The wine is the soju made by the people of the town themselves, and the dish is a plate of fennel beans and a dish of Houttuynia cordata.

Put down the wine jar, put the side dishes, unpack the mud, and pour a bowl of wine, Xu Cripple smiled, and the cunning in his eyes was very well hidden, "Guest officer, how many bowls do you want for this wine?"

"Good wine. The middle-aged man smelled the aroma of wine and couldn't help but praise, "This altar is all left." ”

"The guest officer is refreshing, with such a amount of alcohol, he is not an ordinary person at first glance!" Xu Cripple immediately gave a warm sycophant, but the sarcasm and smugness flashed in his eyes were only clear to him.

This wine is not ordinary wine, it is very strong, ordinary people can't drink much at all, even if the amount of wine is good, five or six bowls is the limit. But this jar of wine has one or twenty bowls, to say the least.

In Xu Cripple's opinion, this middle-aged man is a mallet, and he doesn't know how to get drunk later, so he is sarcastic, and even has the meaning of looking down on an idiot.

As for the pride, the reason is even more obvious: when the middle-aged man is drunk and pours it, how much is this wine, and it is not his final say?

Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, and the people in some small rural areas are not as honest and wooden as outsiders think.

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