Chapter 455: Circle Curse

"Boom, boom, boom......"

While leading the team to gallop, Shi Zhixuan raised his eyes from time to time to look at the sluggish sun that was gradually moving westward, and secretly calculated the time.

After a while, the cacophony of people and horses barking could be faintly heard in the cold wind, and it grew louder and louder.

"It's almost time to get to the Fen River......"

Shi Zhixuan muttered secretly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a malicious smile.

Seeing this, Changsun Sheng's heart chuckled, and he secretly mourned for Shi Zhixuan's goal, but Zhu Yuyan's eyes were wandering, and gradually flashed with an indescribable meaning.

The sparse cavalry came into view, the men were sleepy, the morale was silent, the armor was torn, and the blood stains were everywhere, and even though the officers who had been fighting loudly shouted at the whole team, there were still many cavalry soldiers scurrying like headless flies.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the centripetal force of these four or five thousand remnants is still very firm, and none of them deserted proves that Yu Wenxian's prestige in the hearts of his subordinates is indeed extraordinary, worthy of Yu Wenyong's suspicion!

The reason why he has such a deep and detailed understanding of this remnant soldier is not just a superficial observation, but Shi Zhixuan's discerning eyes saw through the bloody military spirit rising from this army for the first time - a huge black and red giant wolf roared at the river, obviously his legs and feet were broken, and his body was scarred, but there was no sign of collapse, but the wolf eyes that were infinitely tired were still calm and firm!

"It seems that King Qi has indeed suffered heavy losses for the sake of His Royal Highness, and his cronies and subordinates!" Shi Zhixuan said thoughtfully, if it weren't for the fact that the officers had suffered a lot of losses, and most of the teams had been dilapidated, there would not have been so many stragglers under Yu Wenxian's command.

Eldest Sun Sheng snorted lightly and said in a low voice of disdain: "Isn't this exactly the result that you and your Holy Heavenly Son want?"

In any case, in the eyes of people with a little sense of responsibility and a sense of the overall situation, the behavior of a boss or a companion stabbing a good colleague in the back and pulling the back leg is always not welcome.

Shi Zhixuan glanced at him and reminded, "Did Brother Eldest Sun miss someone? Your benefactor's (Yang Jian's) mind is much the same as mine......

Changsun Sheng's lips moved, and he was silent. He has been a counselor in Yang Jian's curtain for a long time, how can he not know that Yang Jian's jealousy of Yu Wenxian is second only to Yu Wenyong?

Through the defeated remnants of the army with low morale, Shi Zhixuan and the others finally saw the main owner of this trip, Yu Wenxian, but saw that his clothes and armor were ragged, bloodstained, and his face was filthy. At first glance, it is estimated that his brother Yu Wenyong will not recognize him as the handsome and martial Qi Wang Yu Wenxian in the past.

At this moment, Yu Wenxian ignored the bloodshot eyes and was obviously tired, but he insisted on commanding two thousand equally tired cavalry to dismount for the time being, and blocked a wide bridge across the Fen River with a strong bow and crossbow.

It was the only bridge within twenty or thirty miles of the upper and lower reaches of the Fen River that could support a large army to quickly cross the Fen River - the Gaoliang Bridge.

The boundless Pseudo-Qi pursuers sent a small detachment to raise their shields and rush across twice, both of which were forced back by the dense rain of arrows thrown and side-fired by the two thousand bows and crossbows, which bought valuable rest time for the rest of the defeated soldiers under the command of Yu Wenxian.

Of course, the reason why Yu Wenxian did not order to directly cut the sorghum bridge was to use this sorghum bridge to delay the Qi army.

After all, at this time, it is the dry period of deep winter, the flow of the Fen River is not large, but it is cold and biting, if the sorghum bridge is cut, the number of more than 20,000 pseudo-Qi pursuers can erect multiple pontoon bridges in batches, and Yu Wenxian's troops are insufficient, it is difficult to effectively stop it, even if he takes the opportunity to escape, it will not be long before the Qi army will set up a pontoon bridge and quickly catch up.

Shi Zhixuan also noticed that Yu Wenxian's subordinates did not hold high the majestic banner of his Qi king and Shangzhu country, and even the banners of his generals were rarely raised, obviously because he was afraid that the Qi army would recklessly erect a pontoon bridge and rush over after identifying his prince's identity.

It must be known that the capture and killing of the prince of the enemy country, no matter what era it is, is second only to the capture and killing of the monarch of the enemy country, which is enough to attract nine out of ten soldiers to sacrifice their lives and die and attack frantically!

Thinking of this, Shi Zhixuan sneered twice in his heart and reaffirmed his plan.

But he still had a smile on his face, and after greeting Gao Gong, Yang Su, Yuwen Shenqing, Yuwen Xin, Li Che and other senior generals one by one, he bowed his hand to Yu Wenxian and said: "King Qi and the generals are well-suited, and the hard work is high!"

Pei will tell His Majesty truthfully, ask for merit for the King of Qi and all the soldiers, increase the official and become a knight, and those who dedicate themselves to the country do not need to worry about the family's pension money and food, and they can be blinded under the nine springs!"

How did Yu Wenxian not know that Yu Wenyong was taking advantage of the appointment of the queen of the palace to weaken his own power, and his cheeks twitched twice when he heard this, and he was heartbroken that many henchmen under his command would become victims of the political and political struggle.

Hard Bangbang responded: "Don't bother General Pei, this king will ask for credit for his subordinates!"

Shi Zhixuan didn't think it was angry, and said lightly: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules." His Majesty has appointed Pei as the deputy general and supervisor of the King of Qi, and in the future, the military orders and arrows, merit books, money and grain books of the soldiers and horses under the command of the King of Qi must be reviewed and confirmed by Pei before they can take effect, otherwise all the rewards and rewards in the private affairs of the King of Qi will be chaotic, and the imperial court will resolutely not recognize them!"

Yu Wenxian's body shook, as if a powerful arrow had been inserted into his heart, his face was faintly pale, and his lips trembled and he couldn't speak.

Gao Gong, Yang Su and others also looked at each other, but when this immortal fought, they didn't dare to interfere at will, and they sat on their horses with solemn expressions, silent, as if they wanted to leave a good impression in front of the new supervisor.

Shi Zhixuan smiled slightly, "Of course, Your Majesty's will is not mainly to refer to the defeated army of less than 5,000 remnants in front of King Qi, but the mixed army of 10,000 elite cavalry and 45,000 infantry cavalry that came to join King Qi later.

Except for the 10,000 elite cavalry directly under Pei, the rest of the 45,000 cavalry will be handed over to the king of Qi to command the battle, plus the remnants of the king of Qi, a total of 60,000 cavalry, looking for an opportunity to contain the puppet Qi Emperor Gao Wei's more than 100,000 troops, and share the pressure for Pingyang City......"

Yu Wenxian understood that the 10,000 elite cavalry were the elite of the core main force of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the 45,000 infantry cavalry mixed army was an ordinary soldier and horse with mediocre combat power, that is, the so-called partial division and miscellaneous army, a large part of which was transferred from auxiliary soldiers and people, and the quality was worrying.

Despite this, Yu Wenxian's expression was much softer, and the disgust in his heart that was deeply suspicious and firmly restrained had weakened a lot.

Of course, out of the instinct of suppressing the difficulties of the first hand against the second in command, Yu Wenxian immediately pointed to the endless pseudo-Qi cavalry on the other side of the river, and said with a smile: "Pei Jianjun came just in time, this king is worried about how to deal with the inexhaustible pursuit of pseudo-Qi elite cavalry, and I hope that Pei Jianjun will teach me!"

Shi Zhixuan's gaze slowly swept over the formation of the Qi army on the other side, and finally focused on more than ten senior generals of the Qi army, and he was silent for a while.

Yu Wenxian looked at the two hundred horsemen behind Shi Zhixuan, including the nearly 100 good men under the command of Changsun Sheng, and asked unhappily: "Pei Pei supervised the army, where are the 10,000 elite horsemen under your direct jurisdiction? Why don't you come to pick up this king?"

Shi Zhixuan was unmoved, "Where they should be, King Qi has no right to ask!"

Yu Wenxian was furious, "You ......"

Shi Zhixuan turned a blind eye and asked rhetorically, "Does the King of Qi know who the commander of the puppet Qi army on the other side is?"

Yu Wenxian snorted coldly and turned his face away.

Shi Zhixuan smiled, disagreed, and grabbed it like lightning, and in the suspicious eyes of Yu Wenxian, Changsun Sheng, Zhu Yuyan, Gao Gong, Yang Su and others, he actually took the bow and feather arrows from Yu Wenxian's saddle and hung them behind him, and then Shi Shiran rode his horse to approach the shallows by the river.

He raised his voice and said, "I don't know which general of Daqi is in person?" The voice was transmitted to the other side through the push of true qi, high but not arrogant, with a polite aristocratic bearing.

But seeing that more than ten senior generals on the other bank rode out of their horses together, also approaching the river, one of them was full of true qi and responded loudly: "In the lower section of Chang, add to the leader!"

The voice is majestic, the breath is long, showing a first-class strong skill, and he must be a fierce general with an upright nature!

This kind of general may not be resourceful and treacherous, but he is the best at controlling the dignified and upright division, no wonder Yu Wenxian, who has excellent military skills, forced him to retreat due to the absolute disadvantage in troops, and he was exhausted!

Shi Zhixuan instantly made a judgment in his heart, bowed to the other side, and said leisurely: "It turned out to be General Duan...... Heaven has the virtue of a good life, since we have been defeated and retreated, why should General Duan chase after us? Why don't you let us go in order to ...... in the future?"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention that the more than ten Qi generals on the other side looked at each other and whispered, even Yu Wenxian, Gao Gong, Yang Su and others not far behind Shi Zhixuan also had convulsions, and they all had doubts: Is this a show of weakness and begging for mercy, and the new prison army will not be a soft bone, right? Do you think that saying a few soft words can make the Qi army give up the pursuit...... Naive!

Sure enough, Duan Chang on the other side of the river responded loudly: "The king's life is like a mountain, how can a minister and a general disobey the yang and the yin?

When the last sentence fell, more than a dozen generals beside him laughed in unison, full of spirit, showing the arrogant posture of the victor.

Shi Zhixuan was not angry but happy when he saw this, and seemed to sigh infinitely: "It's a pity...... The momentum cannot be exhausted, the words cannot be exhausted, the blessings cannot be enjoyed, and the rules cannot be exhausted. Everything is too much, and fate is bound to end early!

General Duan doesn't know how to stop, and he will die in the prime of his life in this life, please be careful!"

As soon as these words similar to the curse of the circle came out, before the Qi generals on the other side of the river could scold, on the contrary, it was Yuwen Xin, Yuwen Shenqing, Li Che and other Zhou army generals not far behind Shi Zhixuan who were quite angry, thinking that compared to Duan Chang's frank spirit on the other side, the vicious curse of the new little white-faced child supervisor in the military costume of the ghost undoubtedly lost momentum, not to mention the loss of face, and more or less hit the morale of his own remnants. (To be continued.) )