Text Chapter 13: Horseshoe Cold Sand
Jian Chang suddenly heard Chu Cheng ask himself like this, he was speechless for a while, and when he saw Chu Cheng's eyes like a bright lamp, he understood that he was serious, so he nodded solemnly.
Chu Cheng made a face and said, "Young Master Jian, since this is the case, I have to tell you a story." So he told him how Chu Zhao met Chen Zhi and how many things happened, and finally said: "The reason why I can't accept Chen Zhi is because he can't even protect himself, let alone my daughter, so if you want to be my son-in-law, the first condition is to have enough ability to protect yourself in this troubled era." ”
Jian Chang said: "Uncle Chu, don't worry, I have this confidence." Chu Cheng drank a glass of water and said, "But you are not even that Zhang He and Gao Ran...... "Jian Chang hurriedly said: "I am willing to retreat for a long time to learn advanced martial arts from my master." Chu Chengyi waved his hand and said, "I originally hoped to find a stable life for my daughter, without fighting with the world, neither setting foot on the battlefield nor meddling in martial arts." But everybody says I'm wrong, so I don't ask you to ......."
Jian Chang suddenly took out a fiery red token from his arms, which was unusually conspicuous in the room.
Chu Cheng looked at it carefully and asked, "Ghost Fire Alliance? Jian Chang nodded and said happily: "Uncle Chu, it's really good that you actually know our Ghost Fire Alliance." Chu Cheng waved his hand and said: "You are indeed the most mysterious sect on the rivers and lakes, and the senior people in the rivers and lakes know that there is the Ghost Fire Alliance in the north of the rivers and lakes, including Chen Humen, and the Divine Hammer Gang and Yong Hades Village in the south. It's just that over the years, the Ghost Fire Alliance and the Eternal Immortal Village have rarely appeared on the rivers and lakes, so now people only know the Divine Hammer Gang and Chen Humen, and gradually forget about your Ghost Fire Alliance and the Eternal Immortal Village. ”
Jian Chang smiled: "After brewing for so long, sooner or later I will have to reappear in the rivers and lakes." Uncle Chu, don't worry, I will definitely be able to protect Miss Chu's safety. Chu Cheng nodded approvingly and asked, "Then where are you going now?" Jian Chang said: "I want to take Miss Chu back to the sect with me and let my father teach her martial arts." Chu Cheng touched his nose and said, "Do you want to go to Youzhou?" Do you know that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan are about to go to war, and you are not afraid of running into war?" Jian Chang hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to use my life to protect Miss Chu." Chu Fei didn't want to agree to him, but when he heard him say it, he was very excited and sincere, and his heart softened, and he said, "Okay, but remember, bring her back early, I can't help but be separated from her for too long." Jian Chang was overjoyed and nodded hurriedly.
The next day, Chu Zhao knew that Jian Chang was going to take herself to learn more advanced martial arts, she wanted to find a chance to reunite with Chen Zhi, but she thought that she could learn more advanced martial arts, and she was not afraid that Chen Zhi would not be able to beat others in the future, so she could go up and help, so she also agreed. Chu Cheng was also very happy to see that she was so obedient, thinking that his deceased wife was guarding her, and personally sent the two out, Chu Zhao said goodbye to Chu Cheng with tears, but Chu Cheng just waved his hand with a smile, and the two rode away.
Seeing the two leave, Chu Cheng sighed silently: "Xiao Zhao, I hope this can dilute your memory of Chen Zhi and forget about him...... Forgive Dad. ”
The two walked out of Yecheng, Chu Zhao was still looking back reluctantly, Jian Chang said boldly: "Miss Xiao Zhao, don't worry so much, Uncle Chu is still very young, and there is no problem in taking care of himself." Chu Zhao was very uncomfortable when he heard him call himself like this, and said directly: "You still call me 'Miss Chu', it's not used to calling me 'Xiao Zhao'." Jian Chang responded, but her heart was sour: You don't feel unaccustomed to Chen Zhi calling you like this.
It was already winter, and there were snowflakes fluttering on the northern land, so both of them bought thick cotton clothes to wear on their bodies, and after walking for a few days, they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves on the deserted road. Chu Zhao was shocked: "It won't be that you met the army, right?" Jian often said to Chu Cheng with a high-sounding sound, but he was still a little overwhelmed when he really met it, so he just said: "Don't be discovered by them, hide quickly." The two of them hurriedly beat their horses and hid in the woods.
I saw hundreds of cavalry coming on horseback, and stopped near the woods where the two were hiding, and the two soldiers who didn't know where they were, didn't dare to show their faces, and suddenly Chu Zhao's horses neighed, and those soldiers immediately became alert and shouted, "What people?"
Seeing that they could not hide, the two had to ride out of the woods. A leader asked, "Who are you?" Jian saw that his face was not good, so he had to accompany him with a smile and said, "This military master, we are just passing by, and there is no malice." The officer also smiled and said, "Okay, the weather is so cold, why can't you brothers wear good clothes, you are so well dressed, just give us five hundred taels of silver to buy us good clothes, and we will let you go, how about it?"
Jian Chang's eyes widened, and said, "Five hundred taels is too much, in this way, is it okay to pay the account on credit?" The officer glared at him and said angrily: "Credit?
Chu Zhao thought in his heart: "There are too many opponents, we have no chance of winning if we fight hard, as long as we catch the leader, we will have a chance." Thinking of this, when the leader approached her, she suddenly jumped out of the war horse and flew towards the man, the officer was taken aback when he saw him suddenly rushing towards him, and just raised the long sword in his hand, Chu Zhao kicked his horse on the head, and the horse roared loudly, and it rolled over and fell on its side. The officer fell to the ground, and the sword in his hand fell somewhere.
Chu Zhao lightly and skillfully clicked on his "shoulder well acupoint" and "Zhangmen acupoint", pulled out the dagger on his waist and put it on his neck, and shouted: "Don't come here, or I will kill him." Those soldiers didn't care, and they were about to step forward, Jian Chang was taken aback, and shouted: "Miss Chu, quickly retreat, retreat into the woods." Chu Zhao dragged the officer back slowly.
When he was in a critical moment, a voice suddenly came: "Stop!" Chu Zhao saw that it was Zhang He and Gao Ran who had arrived, both of them wearing armor and riding their respective war horses, which was very different from the previous days, less of that of a ranger, and more of a trace of battlefield pride.
Zhang He smiled and said, "Miss Chu, why are we meeting again." Chu Zhao said expressionlessly: "Brother Zhang, ah no General Zhang, are these all your subordinates?" Zhang He said: "Strictly speaking, it doesn't count, but they have to listen to my orders." Chu Zhao nodded and said, "If your level of military governance is really like this, then you are really finished, these people are actually openly robbing us." ”
When Zhang He heard this, he squinted his eyes and asked the soldiers, "Really?" The soldiers didn't dare to look at him, but nodded silently. Gao Ran said angrily: "I have long heard that Ju Yi has no way to teach soldiers, and his subordinates always rob the people, and this is indeed the case today. Zhang He said softly: "Don't say that in front of everyone. Gao Ran stopped at this time, but his expression was still very angry.
Zhang He said: "I will let you go today, don't have a next time." When those soldiers heard this, they didn't care about the officers who were captured by Chu Zhao, and they ran away one after another. Zhang He walked up to the front and said, "You two come out." Chu Zhao unlocked the officer's acupoint, let him go, and rode out with Jian Chang.
Chu Zhao thanked first: "Thank you General Zhang and General Gao for your help." Jian Chang also thanked him, and Zhang He smiled: "No need to be like this, you just learned from us, and you didn't offend us, we should help you." Gao Ran said: "Jian Chang, shouldn't you thank anything?" Jian Chang pretended not to know anything, and said, "Brother Gao, I really don't know what I can give you." ”
Gao Ran was about to have a seizure when he heard this, and Zhang He hurriedly said: "That's it, now that the military situation is urgent, we won't pursue what you stole anymore." Where are you going now?" Chu Zhao didn't hide it, and told them everything. Zhang He shook his head and said: "You can't just go, we and Gongsun Chan are about to go to war, and you are likely to encounter war if you break into Youzhou so rashly, and you won't be able to get out at that time." Come with us, when we defeat Gongsun Zhan's army, we will naturally protect you to Youzhou. Chu Zhaoxi said: "Then thank you General Zhang and General Gao." The two followed Zhang He and Gao Lan to their military camp.
In the barracks, everything was new to Chu Zhao, she looked around curiously, she had to touch and take a look at those military tents, and when she arrived in Zhang He's big tent, she saw a general about forty years old, eyebrows almost lined up, wearing a yellow robe, was already sitting in the tent, Zhang He looked at it, and said with a smile: "General Ju, come here so early?" Ju Yi also smiled and said: "Junyi, this battle is very important, we have to pay attention to it, so I came to discuss with you earlier." Yo, these two are ......" asked pointing at Chu Zhao and Jian Chang.
Gao Ran said: "This is our friend, we invited to help." "Help, just this delicate girl?" Ju Yi's face was full of disbelief. "General Ju, this is your mistake, people can't be good-looking, how do you know that other girls' families can't go to the battlefield? Aren't the female generals of Yin Shang also women? Zhang He explained with a smile.
Only then did Ju Yi ease his tense face and said, "Okay, two, I'm Ju Yi, please take a seat." He made a "please" gesture toward the seat next to him. Chu Zhao also returned the salute: "My name is Chu Zhao." Jian Chang also learned to do it.
Jian Chang just sat down, thinking about showing off in front of Chu Zhao, so he asked, "General Ju, who are we going to attack this time?" Ju Yi glanced at him and said, "You don't even know who we are going to fight with?" Chu Zhao hurriedly made a round and said, "We all know that General Yuan Shao's opponent is Gongsun Zhan, so our enemy this time must be him." Ju Yi listened and said approvingly: "This girl is not bad." Just as he was about to continue speaking, Jian Chang wanted to ask a few effective questions to save face, but before he could speak, he asked again: "What is the name of our teacher this time?"
Ju Yi looked at Zhang He unhappily, Zhang He was embarrassed to look at him, so he had to look at Chu Zhao with an embarrassed face, Chu Zhao hurriedly pushed Jian Chang secretly, but before Jian Chang could speak, Gao Ran said: "This Gongsun Chan is brutal and belligerent, and he also killed his boss Liu Yu, this time it was Liu Yu's Xian Yufu and Yan Rou of Yan Guo who jointly crusaded against Gongsun Zhan, and they invited us to help." The contradiction between us and Gongsun Zhan is already very deep, besides, Liu Yu's son Liu He is here with us, and we are obviously famous. ”
Ju Yi saw that he had said a lot more, and he was even more unhappy in his heart, and waited patiently for him to finish speaking, and immediately said: "The problem now is that Gongsun Zan is very likely to send the 'White Horse Yicong' to meet us, so how should we deal with it?" After speaking, he looked at Zhang He and Chu Zhao with an inquiring gaze.
Chu Zhao didn't know anything about marching and fighting, let alone what this "White Horse Yicong" was, so he had to look at Zhang He with inquiring eyes.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhang He had no choice but to say, "We can shoot them with bows and arrows." Ju Yi shook his head and said, "'White Horse Yicong' is a light cavalry, specializing in restraining our archers, and the archers are simply killing themselves. Zhang He said again: "Then go to the heavy cavalry to assault them." Ju Yi shook his head again and said: "'White Horse Yicong' can be both close and long-range, and the heavy cavalry can't take advantage of them, and they can't catch up with them." ”
Zhang He racked his brains to come up with a few methods, but was vetoed by Ju Yi one by one, and in the end, Gao Ran still couldn't stand it, and interrupted: "Forget it, there are only a few thousand people in this 'White Horse Yicong', Gongsun Zhan Lao'er may not be able to bear to use it, let's talk about it when the time comes, it's useless to be anxious now." ”
Ju Yi listened, slapped the table and said: "General Gao, this war can't tolerate the slightest sloppiness, we have to take precautions, according to what you say, once Gongsun Chan uses 'White Horse Yicong', we will have to wait for death?" Gao Ran said without showing weakness: "Then can you figure out a way now?"
The two refused to give in to each other, but neither of them was convinced by the other, and finally Zhang He said: "Okay, the way is to think, so let's do it, while marching, thinking, how?" Ju Yi and Gao Ran stopped arguing.
Chu Zhao followed Zhang He and Gao Ran on the march for more than a month, and at the end of the year, countless snowflakes were scattered on the ground, and there was no grass and trees on the battlefield, and a little snowflake gradually piled up thick snow. Chu Zhao has been living in Changshan since he was a child, and has never been to the battlefield, and he is even more happy to see such a novel scene, but Jian Chang is very worried about the uncertain future war, and every day he sees Chu Zhao either playing in the snow or reading a book, he can't help but sigh: "The little girl is just not sensible." ”
Chu Zhao was reading a book, and when he heard him say this, he immediately jumped up and said, "Brother Jian, what do you mean? Are you saying that I am not sensible?" Jian Chang hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, of course not." Chu Zhao didn't believe it at all, shook the book in his hand and said, "Now I'm no worse than you." Jian Chang looked at her lively appearance, and her love and pity increased greatly, and she couldn't help but think: "It would be a waste to bring such a beautiful and lovely hungry girl to the battlefield if she was injured." Chu Zhao saw that he looked demented, ignored himself, and said unhappily: "What are you thinking?" Jian Chang came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Ah...... I'm thinking, how can you not be worse than me. Chu Zhao said proudly: "These days, I have carefully studied the tricks of marching and fighting, and now that 'White Horse Yicong' is not a powerful thing for me. ”
Hearing her words, Jian Chang's eyes widened and said, "You have been studying marching and fighting?" Chu Zhaojiao smiled: "Then what's the case? When you come to the barracks, you naturally have to study things related to the barracks, do you think I can only play in the snow?" ”
Suddenly, he remembered something and asked, "Miss Chu, did you just say that you would crack the 'White Horse Yicong'?" Chu Zhao nodded proudly: "That's right, but I think it's better not to boast about Haikou, see that army first, I don't want to be scolded by that fierce General Ju." Jian Chang remembered Ju Yi's eyes glaring at him, and couldn't help but be afraid for a while, and agreed with Chu Zhao's idea.
A few days later, listening to Zhang He say that there would be a battle soon, Chu Zhao was excited and scared, and heard Gao Ran say that the total number of his coalition troops was 100,000, and the morale was great, and even Ju Yi, who was worried a few days ago, was full of spring breeze in recent days, and it didn't look like he was going to fight a tough battle at all. Under this atmosphere, Chu Zhao gradually felt that this battle would be won, and his excitement overrode his fear.
When it came to the battle, Chu Zhao was too excited, so he put on his armor and rode a horse to follow Zhang He and Gao Ran out of battle.
The two followed Zhang He and Gao Ran out of battle, and listened to Zhang He's introduction: "On the opposite side is Gongsun Zhan's 'White Horse Yicong' and the general Yan Gang and Yuyang Taishou Zou Dan. Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, it doesn't matter who is on the other side, just kill." Zhang He didn't say anything when he heard it, but Gao Ran smiled and said, "Miss Chu, your style of play has won my heart." ”
Zhang He said: "Senior brother, don't be careless this time, although we have a lot of people, you know the combat effectiveness of these allies, and it depends on our army in the end." Gao Ran nodded yes. As soon as Ju Yi gave an order, the army charged forward, and Gongsun Zhan's troops also rushed out.
Zhang He and Gao Lan one danced with a spear in his hand, and the other waved a big knife and rushed out on both horses, Chu Zhao was excited to see it from behind, shouted loudly, and followed out. Jian Chang looked at it from behind and was taken aback, but he didn't expect Chu Zhao to really rush out, so he hurriedly slapped his horse and chased him out.
Zhang He was taken aback when he heard Chu Zhao's voice behind him, and said in his heart: "This little girl really dares to come out." A shot swept off the horse of a cavalryman on the opposite side, and hurriedly returned to the horse and said to Chu Zhao: "Miss Chu, the battle formation is too dangerous, you better retreat to this formation." Jian Chang, who followed up, also said: "Yes, after all, we are just staff officers, so don't let us do it in person." ”
Chu Zhao knew the kindness of the two, so he had no choice but to say, "Okay, hey, General Zhang, be careful!" I saw that many other cavalry from the other side rushed up. Gao Ran had already led his troops to the front, Zhang He waved his gun to open the attack of several people, and stabbed one person off his horse with another shot, turned his head and said: "Don't go back, the road is full of people and it's too dangerous, follow me!" After that, he opened his spear and opened the way in front, and Chu Zhao and Jian often followed behind.
Gao Ran rushed to the front, and Zhang He was gone, he was not too worried, and beckoned the surrounding cavalry to follow him and rushed out, and met Yuyang Taishou Zou Dan head-on, Gao Ran shouted: "Zou old thief is killed!" Gao Ran killed and scattered the enemy soldiers, and beckoned all the soldiers to cover the kill.
Behind, Jian Chang was frightened by the sound of shouting and killing and horses' hooves, and the sweaty ring knife in his palms was all over, but when he saw Chu Zhao next to him, he was excited, and he was surprised, and said in his heart: "Her adaptability is really strong." Zhang He in front also paid careful attention to the two of them, seeing that Jian Chang didn't dare to take the initiative to attack at all, he just waited for the other party to attack him before he blocked the counterattack, and the lethality was very average, and Chu Zhao's long sword swept straight and poked, and he had already killed and injured many enemy soldiers, and Zhang He was even more impressed by this kind of achievement in the first sortie.
Rushing out of the distance, there were no less than seventy or eighty enemy soldiers who died under Zhang He's spear, and Zhang He's armor was also splashed with the blood of enemy soldiers, Chu Zhao knew that he had resisted most of the local attacks, and he was more of a sneak attack. Looking at the battlefield full of killing sounds and blood-stained red, and listening to the sound of blades intersecting and horses' hooves falling to the ground, Chu Zhao only felt very cordial, and said in his heart: "Perhaps, I am really suitable for here." ”
Suddenly, the momentum changed greatly, a large number of his own soldiers withdrew, Zhang He kicked his legs, stood on horseback and looked forward, Jian Chang asked: "General Zhang, what's wrong?" Zhang He said: "'Bai Ma Yi Cong' is coming, withdraw!" Chu Zhao hesitated: "This is withdrawing?" Jian Chang couldn't wait for this, and quickly pulled her reins and said: "Miss Chu, if you don't withdraw, it's really dangerous." Chu Zhao had no choice but to reluctantly turn the horse's head.
ran out for a while, only to hear Zhang He say: "They are all light cavalry, and they have the ability to attack from a distance, so they can't run away from this way, and they withdraw from the side." "Led the two of them to the side. The three of them hid in a small forest on the side and watched, only to see a "white pressure" army attacked, it was the "white horse righteous servant", they were running very fast, not only skilled in marksmanship but also shot arrows from a long distance, Chu Zhao counted carefully, although they only had a few thousand people, but with their own strength, they dispersed their own formation and instantly reversed the situation.
Jian Chang gently nudged Chu Zhao and said, "You said that when you see them, you will know the way to crack it, how about it?" Chu Zhao stared at the front intently, and did not answer him, Jian Changqi said: "Miss Chu, are you okay?" Suddenly Zhang He shouted: "I have been discovered, retreat!" Jian Chang turned his head to look, only to see a white horse general holding a bright silver spear running towards the three of them. Chu Zhao and Zhang He both rushed out of the grove with their horses in a solemn manner, and Jian Chang followed carelessly, and said in his heart: "It's just one person, are you so afraid?"
Unexpectedly, the white horse general war horse was very fast, and he rushed behind Jian Chang in just a few breaths, and a shot pierced Jian Chang's heart, Jian Chang only felt a chill in his heart, and said straight in his heart: "My life is over!" Chu Zhao hurriedly stepped on her war horse, jumped backwards, and slashed a sword on the silver spear, the silver spear was crooked, and slashed on Jian Chang's left arm, Jian Chang screamed and fell off the horse. Hearing Jian Chang's screams, Zhang He returned to kill him.
Chu Zhao was very surprised to see that he had condensed the "Mountain Xiaogong" and did not knock down the silver spear, knowing that the other side was definitely not a mediocre hand. The general stabbed Chu Zhao in the heart with a shot, fast, accurate and ruthless, Chu Zhao had already landed on the ground and had no time to dodge, so he waved his long sword to push the silver spear away. The general missed, and another shot swept towards Chu Zhao's legs, thanks to Chu Zhao's light effort, it bounced up from the spot, the person was still in the air but just in front of the general, Chu Zhao took the opportunity to look at him, only to see a handsome face presented in front of her, Chu Zhao said in his heart: "You look good, but you shoot so hard!" A sword slashed at his left cheek, thinking: "Draw a cut on your face, see if you are still fierce!" The general was extremely fast, and the horizontal spear blocked the blow, and Chu Zhao landed steadily on the snow on the side, but the snow was too slippery, and Chu Zhao fell to the ground with an "ouch".
At this time, Zhang He caught up with Pegasus and fought with the general, Chu Zhao got up, and saw that Jian Chang had passed out in the snow, and couldn't help but scold in his heart: "Good guy, you also said that you want to protect me, and you want me to save you." Rushed to his side, untied his armor and tore off his battle robe to wrap him up, and saw that he was fine, so he turned around to look at the battle behind him.
Chu Zhao originally thought that Zhang He's individual combat power in this battle was definitely one of the best, but this general with a white horse and silver spear was not conspicuous in the "White Horse Righteous Servant", but he played with his silver spear as if it were two or three shots, and Zhang He was a little overwhelmed. Zhang Hexin said: "The individual combat power of this 'White Horse Yicong' should be just an elite soldier, why is this guy so powerful? If I continue like this, I will lose? If I lose or not, I am afraid that Miss Chu and Jian Chang's lives will not be saved." Thinking of this, he stabbed the general's ribs with a move of "tiger claws", the general's body leaned forward and dodged, and a move "Long Xiao Qingshan" smashed on Zhang He's ribs, Zhang He's body was crooked, and he almost fell off the horse, and hurriedly shot in the snow so that he didn't fall to the ground with a horse.
The general was about to shoot him down with another shot, Chu Zhao slammed his palm into the front hooves of his horse, who knew that the war horse raised its own hooves and dodged it, and then neighed and rushed towards Chu Zhao. Chu Zhao's body flashed, avoiding the collision of the war horse, and the general's silver spear knocked Chu Zhao's helmet off, and her long hair hung out.
Seeing that she was a woman, the general reined in his horse and said, "Girl, this is the battlefield, what are you doing here?" Chu Zhao heard his tone as if he didn't want to take her life, so he replied, "I'm just here to play." The general smiled and said, "You're here to play? Then why are you attacking my Yezhaoyu so fiercely? It's not easy to mess with." Chu Zhao heard that he seemed to like his war horse very much, so he said: "You are indeed a good horse this night, I shouldn't provoke it." When the general heard this, he said softly to his war horse: "Okay, everyone has apologized to you, don't be angry, okay?" It was also strange to say, that night Zhaoyu chirped in a low voice, which made Chu Zhao feel friendly for a while, and couldn't help but smile at the general.
The general was also stunned when he saw it, and suddenly raised the silver spear again and said, "What are you doing here, begging for your life?" Chu Zhao shook his head and said, "No, I just think your Ye Zhaoyu is very friendly." The general said happily: "Okay, you know my horse very well, girl, what is your name?" Chu Zhao said generously: "My name is Chu Zhao, what is your name, general?"
The general replied, "My surname is Zhao Mingyun Zilong, and I am from Changshan. Chu Zhaoqi said: "You are also from Changshan, then we are fellow villagers, I am from Yuanshi County." Zhao Yun also said strangely: "Really, I am from Zhending." The two of them actually chatted on the battlefield.
Zhang He only felt a sharp pain in his ribs, barely settling his body, and saw Chu Zhao and Zhao Yun actually chatting, he was surprised, and shouted: "This is the battlefield, what are you doing?"
Zhao Yun saw him interrupting his chat with Chu Zhao, and said unhappily: "I know you, your name is Zhang He, what's the matter, do you still want to learn?" Zhang He heard him say that fighting with him was "fighting", and said angrily: "Stinky boy! Let you see how powerful your grandfather is!" Raising his gun and rushing forward, the two were about to intersect, and suddenly Gao Ran led the troops to kill from the other side, Zhao Yun knew that it was not good, and a move "Golden Dragon Spit Letter" poked Zhang He's lower abdomen, Zhang He patted the horse's back, and his body took off to dodge, Zhao Yun took advantage of this gap to turn the horse away. Zhang He was willing to let it go, and chased after him, Gao Ran was afraid that he would suffer a loss, so he brought a few cavalry to follow. Chu Zhao also woke Jian Chang up, and the two got on their respective horses, and then rushed out of the battlefield with the remaining soldiers.
The two returned to the camp, and after a long time, they saw Zhang He and Gao Ran coming back, Chu Zhao saw that the two of them were not happy, knowing that Zhao Yun had escaped, he couldn't help but be secretly happy, he still had a good impression of this fellow villager.
I only heard Gao Ran sigh: "It's a pity to let that kid escape." Zhang He said: "It's okay, he was driven to the other side of the mountain by us, don't he can't return to his camp for two or three days, if we can immediately find a way to crack the 'White Horse Yicong', naturally there will be nothing to do with him." Obviously, Zhao Yun's martial arts made him very jealous.
"But we'll have to crack it. Ju Yi walked into the camp with a sad face. Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Ju Yi said: "Originally, we were already in a situation of victory, but the 'White Horse Yicong' came out too abruptly, although there were only 3,000 people in total, but it messed up our formation in one fell swoop, and as a result, our losses were greater than theirs, alas, if we continue like this, our morale will soon go down, and this battle can't go on." ”
Zhang He also added with a sad face: "It's winter now, if we can't make a quick decision, we have to withdraw our troops." The generals sighed when they heard this.
At this time, Chu Zhao said: "Don't worry, I have already thought of a way to crack the 'White Horse Yicong'. Jian Chang was originally injured, leaning on Gao Ran's body and almost falling asleep, hearing her say this, he immediately had his spirits and said, "Say it quickly, what can you do?"
Ju Yi originally didn't have much hope for Chu Zhao, the little girl, but now there is nothing to do, so it is better to believe her once and come forward.
Chu Zhao said: "How many strong crossbows are there in our military camp now?" "Strong crossbows?" Ju Yi scratched his head and said, "There are really not many." Chu Zhao immediately ordered: "Then quickly ask for your life and ask for a thousand more strong crossbows." "A thousand strong crossbows?" Not only Ju Yi, but even Zhang He's eyes widened, and said, "So many?" Ju Yi said uneasily: "If you want so many strong crossbows, if you can't get the 'White Horse Yicong', then I will have a hard time." Chu Zhao waved his hand and said, "You just tell General Yuan that you will definitely be able to kill the 'White Horse Yicong', but you have to get it in place quickly." Although Ju Yi couldn't believe her, there was no other way now, so he listened to her and said, "If you can't finish it, I won't let you eat and walk around." ”
After ten days, all the thousands of strong crossbows were transported to the barracks, and Zhang He couldn't help but say to Chu Zhao: "Miss Chu, are you sure? If this can't be done, General Ju will definitely not let you go." Chu Zhao said confidently: "Don't worry." Seeing this, Zhang He couldn't say anything more.
In the evening, Ju Yi convened the generals to discuss, and everyone looked at Chu Zhao, who was very embarrassed to be stared at by everyone, and said, "What are you doing?...... Why are you looking at me?" Ju Yi listened, eager to eat her, glared at her angrily, and said, "Didn't you say that there is a way to solve the 'White Horse Yicong'?" Chu Zhao heard this, and chuckled: "Don't worry, there is a way, but not today, three days later." Ju Yi said angrily: "If it is delayed again and again, we will really withdraw the army, don't treat the military order as child's play!" Zhang He hurriedly grabbed him and said: "General Ju, just believe her once." Ju Yi also knew that there was no other way, so he had to rush out of the barracks angrily.
In the past three days, Ju Yi had to come to the camp every day to complain, Gao Ran had to bite the bullet and say good things to him, Chu Zhao did not appear in the Chinese army's tent at all, Zhang He secretly went to her camp tent and asked, "Miss Chu, can I come in?" Chu Zhao replied: "Yes." Zhang He walked into the camp and saw that she was reading a book, without any anxiety, and couldn't help but say: "Miss Chu, how sure are you?" Chu Zhao stretched out his left hand and said, "Fifty percent." Zhang He's eyes widened and said, "It's only fifty percent, if you can't kill you, I can't stop him, otherwise you might as well run away, and I'll cover you." Chu Zhao said: "General Zhang, this is the battlefield, there is no reason to escape, you should serve in troubled times when you are born, why be afraid?"
When Zhang He heard this, he felt that she was completely different from other women, and said in his heart: "I really can't look at you with ordinary eyes." Then he asked, "Then why did you say it so confidently before?" Chu Zhao said: "Have I personally practiced my method, so I am not completely sure." Zhang He stepped forward and said, "Okay, then you tell me your method first." Chu Zhao pretended to be mysterious and said: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, say it at night, say it at night." Zhang He saw that she really wanted to keep a secret, so he didn't ask much, turned around and left.
Finally got through these three days, and in the evening, Ju Yi couldn't wait to summon the generals to the Zhongjun tent to discuss the matter, and he also deliberately left the central position to Chu Zhao, and said in his heart: "I don't care if you are a man or a woman, if you can't figure out a good way, see if I don't kill you!" Zhang He and Gao Ran both knew what he was going to do, but they couldn't stop it, so they had to be uneasy on the side.
Chu Zhao swaggered into the tent and naturally sat on the seat left for her by Ju Yi, Ju Yi was very unhappy in his heart, but he didn't move, just asked: "Miss Chu, what is the way?" Chu Zhao was not in a hurry, and said: "The power of this 'White Horse Yicong' lies in its speed and rapid lethality, and its weakness lies in its weak defense. So, we need to limit their speed of movement and hit them quickly. ”
Ju Yi asked with an expression of watching the play: "What kind of striking method?" Chu Zhao said: "This is the reason why I asked you to get a strong crossbow, thousands of strong crossbows are fired together, and they will definitely not be able to run away." "Then how do you limit their speed?" Zhang He asked. Chu Zhao said: "We will line up the army, send some dead soldiers to block the front, wait for them to get close, then block their way with iron stakes, and then shoot them with strong crossbows hidden behind." ”
After hearing this, Ju Yi stood up and said, "Okay, tomorrow will be commanded by Miss Chu, if you win, if you lose, you can watch it." With that, he turned and walked out of the tent.
Waiting for the crowd to disperse, Zhang He said worriedly: "Miss Chu, your method is too simple, right?" Jian Chang said: "No, I think it's very detailed." Chu Zhao pushed Jian Chang away and said, "War is about playing on the spot, after all, the plan has not changed quickly, don't worry." Zhang He saw that she was so calm, so he had to follow her.
The next day, Ju Yi was about to personally lead his men and horses out to call for battle, but Chu Zhao stopped him: "The whole army obeys the order and withdraws from the boundary bridge." Ju Yi was shocked when he heard this: "What? How can this work?" Chu Zhao feigned anger and said: "I will command you today, you can just obey your orders." Ju Yi desperately held back his anger and said in his heart: "If you can't win, I will want you to die tomorrow." "Take the people and start pulling out the village.
Not long after, Ju Yi led the whole army to withdraw from the boundary bridge.
Zhang He couldn't help asking: "Miss Chu, what does this mean?" Chu Zhao said: "Now that the river is frozen, whether this boundary bridge is the same or not, we are just a few miles back, so there is no need to worry too much." Zhang He nodded, and asked again: "Then what should we do?" Chu Zhao said: "Send two armies to attack the two wings of the place, they don't have many elite soldiers, seeing us retreat, I don't know what we want to do, they will definitely divide their troops to defend the two wings, their elite soldiers will naturally not return to the center when they see that we have troops to attack, and they will have to dispatch 'White Horse Yicong' to fight in the center." So Ju Yi ordered the two generals to lead their men and horses to attack the two wings of Gongsun Zhan.
The battle on both flanks was in full swing, and Chu Zhao ordered again: "Ju Yiqin led the dead men to charge and lure the enemy. "No!" Although Ju Yi was a little childish in the big tent, he was unequivocal in the battle, and rushed over on foot with the carefully selected eight hundred firsts.
On the opposite side, Gongsun Zan saw Ju Yi leading a group of infantry forward, obviously thinking that they were coming to die, and decisively sent Yan Gang to lead the "White Horse Yicong" to chase and kill. Ju Yi saw the white in front of him, knew that the lure was successful, and quickly turned around and fled.
Yan Gang chased after him for a while, and suddenly found that countless enemy infantry rushed out of the two wings, but he had been in battle for a long time and did not panic, and ordered: "Divide some people to kill the enemy troops on both wings first!" Unexpectedly, the two route armies were led by Zhang He and Gao Ran respectively, and these infantry led by them, as soon as they came close, they used their shields to block their bodies and lay on the ground, which made the "White Horse Yicong" unable to attack and unable to get out from the two wings. At this time, Ju Yi and the infantry stepped on their shields and scattered, and Chu Zhao personally led a thousand strong crossbows to appear in front of Yan Gang's eyes.
Yan Gang knew the plan, and shouted loudly: "Quickly retreat!" But the space is small and it is inconvenient to move, and if you want to turn the horse's head, they are crowded, and they still can't be adjusted after a long time. At this time, Chu Zhao condensed the "Mountain Xiaogong" of his whole body and shouted loudly: "Release!"
Thousands of strong crossbows were fired in turns, and three thousand "White Horse Righteous Servants" were instantly covered with blood, and the wails of soldiers and war horses instantly filled the entire battlefield.
Yan Gang hid in the crowd, and waited for the surrounding soldiers to die one after another, before jumping off the war horse and running to the shield to find a gap and escape, but Ju Yi had already stepped on the shield and rushed to the front and slashed Yan Gang to death with a knife. The other white-horse soldiers had no leader, and they trampled on each other, and with the cooperation of the strong crossbow, the whole army was wiped out in a short time.
Ju Yi roared loudly and led his troops to chase after the victory, and Zhang He and Gao Ran also stepped on their horses to chase and kill them.
Jian Chang looked excitedly at Chu Zhao, who was paralyzed in his position after giving the order, and said, "It seems that we won." Chu Zhao said weakly: "What do you think, what should we do next?" Jian Changqi said: "It must be to stay to celebrate, otherwise what else?" Chu Zhao shook his head and said: "We don't want to stay and compete with them, as the saying goes, we must know how to advance and retreat, and helping them also cleared the way for us, we are originally martial arts people, why bother to mix into the battlefield again?" Jian Chang understood what she meant, so the two left a letter in Zhang Hezhai and left quietly.
Zhang He rushed all the way, and suddenly saw Zhao Yun protecting Gongsun Zhan's retreat, and said in his heart: "This guy didn't come to charge, it's his fate!" rushed towards Zhao Yun again, shouting: "Zhao Zilong! Zhao Yun also saw it from afar, but he couldn't leave Gongsun Zhan, just covered him to break through, Zhang He saw that he didn't step forward, and led the cavalry to surround him, Zhao Yun was in danger, a silver spear was haunted, and a move "Shenlong Swing Tail" threw several infantry out, and then his Ye Zhaoyu kicked a few people out. Zhang He watched from the sidelines, ashamed of himself, and said, "Okay, give you a face, you can go." Zhao Yun took a closer look at him, beat his horse and withdrew.
Gao Ran rushed out from the other wing, just met Zou Dan, Zou Dan had no way to retreat, raised his gun to meet him, Gao Ran made a move "Qianjun pressed the top" towards Zou Dan and slashed down, Zou Dan raised his gun, and as a result, Gao Ran hit with all his strength, chopping Zou Dan into two pieces with a gun, and the rest of the soldiers were all killed. Gongsun Chan was defeated and retreated to Yijing to hold out.
Chu Zhao and Jian Chang walked dozens of miles, and finally couldn't hear the shouting and killing sound of the battlefield, Chu Zhao couldn't help but say: "Alas, I can't hear the sound of war drums, I'm really not used to it." Jian Chang was startled when she heard her say this, and said, "You still yearn for this kind of life?" Chu Zhao grimaced at him and said, "I said that I am a martial arts person, how can I yearn for this kind of life?"
The two walked slowly for two days, Jian Chang watched the Ghost Fire Alliance getting closer and closer, and was very happy in his heart, but on this day, Chu Zhao suddenly said to him: "Brother Jian, I suddenly feel that I should go to the Lu Kai Gang to investigate first." Jian Changzhang was puzzled, and said in amazement: "What is there to investigate?" Chu Zhao said: "It's not a hurry to go back to you, but I think, since Brother Zhang and Brother Gao have some relationship with the Lukai Gang, I don't think this Lukai Gang is necessarily a bad gang." You've taken their important stuff, and if it's a good gang, that's a bad thing, isn't it? ”
Jian Chang heard her say that the head of the land was the way, and it was not easy to refute, but she always felt that something was wrong, and just wanted to find an excuse, Chu Zhao asked directly: "This place is not far from Lu Kai's gang, right?" Although Jian Chang wanted to say it far, he also knew that sooner or later it would be exposed, so he had to say: "Not far." Chu Zhao said in an unquestionable tone: "Okay, let's go." Jian Chang had no choice but to take her with him.
Zheng Yan and Ma Yibing heard that Chen had left, and they were ready to go to Yingchuan a few days later. However, Uncle Lu Cheng, who had been raising Ma Yibing, had to follow the two of them, and the two couldn't resist him, so they had to agree to take him with them. Before leaving, Liu Yuanqing instructed the three of them: "Your opponents are all martial arts masters, remember not to fight with them, we will meet in Yangzhai City in fifteen days." ”
After the three of them arrived in Yangzhai, they lived in the east of the city, and that night, Zheng Yan quietly said to Ma Yibing: "Yibing, Lu Bo insists on coming with us, but I think it is inconvenient to take him with him, and it is easy to be dangerous." In my opinion, tomorrow I will go to the eldest brother first, and then the eldest brother and I will deal with them, you just need to be optimistic about Lu Bo. Ma Yibing said with concern: "Brother Yan, can you two guarantee your safety?" Zheng Yan smiled: "Don't worry, my senior brothers are over there, even if I show up, it will be fine." You can take Lu Bo around the city, and don't have an accident. Ma Yibing agreed with a smile. The two of them knew each other's intentions, but neither of them pierced this layer of window paper, and the communication was very easy.
The next day, Zheng Yan left early, Lu Cheng asked where he went, Ma Yibing would not lie, but said: "Don't worry, Uncle Lu, Brother Yan is measured and won't cause trouble." Lu Chengdao: "Yibing, I can see that you are interested in him, and he also has affection for you, so I stubbornly followed, just to see if he can protect you, don't blame me." Ma Yibing smiled and said, "Uncle Lu, don't worry, how can I blame you? ”
Ma Yibing was afraid that Lu Cheng would be bored, so she took him to the market, and Lu Cheng thought she liked to go shopping, so she agreed. The two looked at this and that on the street, but in fact, neither of them had the intention of buying anything, they were both looking forward to the other party to buy it, and at noon, there was no result.
Ma Yibing saw that Lu Cheng was tired, so she found a small restaurant for him to sit down, and suddenly, she saw Han Lian walking far away on the street, she was not wary of him because she knew Han Lian in Dragon Scale Mountain, so she walked over and said hello.
Han Lian saw that it was her, his eyes rolled, and he said, "Yo, Miss Ma, I'm lucky." Isn't my Senior Brother Zheng with you?" Ma Yibing said: "He?????? Ah, he had something to do, he didn't come. Han Lian heard it and didn't believe it, but he still said: "Alas, that's a pity, we're about to set off, and he won't be able to catch up if he doesn't come back." Ma Yibing was taken aback, not knowing what they were going to do, but he still smiled stubbornly: "Don't worry, Brother Yan, he will definitely catch up." ”
Han Lianxin said: "If you call it so affectionately, there must be a problem." Still showed a kind face, and said, "Miss Ma, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Sima Fang." He pointed behind him. Ma Yibing looked at it and saw a middle-aged man appear in front of him, it was Sima Fang who had some impressions, and he couldn't help but be a little panicked in his heart. I only heard Sima Fang smile and said: "Miss Ma, fortunately, since you are a friend of Han Gongzi, you are my friend of Sima Fang, come and come, can you come to my house to talk?"
Ma Yibing was about to find an excuse to refuse, but Lu Cheng walked up from behind and said, "Okay, since everyone is friends, let's get together together." Sima Fang smiled: "Yes, two please." Ma Yibing didn't say anything more, so he had to keep up.
The two followed them to Sima Zhi's mansion, and as soon as they entered the house, Sima Fang said straight to the point: "Miss Ma, I heard Han Gongzi say that you and Chen Zhi who stole the "National Salvation Policy" are in the same group, so, can you tell us Chen Zhi's whereabouts?" Ma Yibing knew that if Chen Zhi was arrested by them, he would have to die, how could he tell them that Chen Zhi was nearby? ”
Pang Panshan, the leader of the short Lukai Gang, smiled, stepped forward, and said, "Girl, if you don't report it, then we're welcome, you can do it yourself." "After that, you have to make a move. Sima Fang said: "Hey, Gang Master Pang don't be impatient, don't scare this girl, Miss Ma, you just need to tell us Chen Dao's whereabouts, and we won't embarrass you." Before Ma Yibing could answer, Lu Cheng sneered: "You people with evil intentions, vainly want to use the "National Salvation Policy" to harm the world, it's just a fool's dream!
Pang Panshan listened and said to Sima Fang: "Mr. Sima, you have also seen that this old thing and this little thing don't know how to lift, don't talk in vain!" Sima Fang also wanted to make a final effort, and said: "Miss Ma, you still have one last chance, my Sima family is a famous person in Yingchuan, and I will never regret it." ”
Ma Yibing saw that these martial arts people were exposed in their true form when they arrived in the mansion, and he was even more afraid, how could he trust them anymore? He just pinned his hopes on Han Lian and said to Han Lian: "Brother Han, help us." ”
Han Lian was on the side, hearing her suddenly ask for help from herself, he naturally wouldn't help, but just said with a hippie smile: "Miss Ma, you don't need others to help, you can help yourself, why do you need me to intervene?" Lu Cheng said to Ma Yibing: "Yibing, this guy is just a thief with a fake skin on his back, you don't need to beg him, just die in this thief's den, it's really a nest!"
Pang Panshan rushed to the front with a "whoosh" and said, "Want to die, it's not an easy task!" A palm slapped at Ma Yibing.