Chapter 188 Breaking out of the encirclement
Although Deng Jiuxiao took out the arrow, the wound was extremely painful, and General Cao saw that his face was bitter, so he hurriedly ordered the armor to take the opportunity to arrest him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhao Chengzong originally wanted General Cao to take Yang Zhan directly, but he was not willing to do more, but General Cao insisted on doing so, and he couldn't stop it again and again. In case he is in a hurry, maybe Zhao Chengzong will have something to do.
Without Zhao Chengzong's stop, the men and horses of Jia Shi and Qin Shuhu quickly joined each other. It's just that Qin Shooting Tiger has a limited number of people, while there are hundreds of armor soldiers, and the ratio of strength between the two sides is too great. It didn't take long for Qin Shooting Tiger and the others to be trapped in the formation, but they were about to be served in a pot.
Yang Zhan paid close attention to the changes in the situation on the field, and now saw that Qin Shuhu and Liu Yuan were in a desperate situation, so he had to come to the rescue. But if Yang Zhan went to help Qin Jiehu, wouldn't Hua Linglong be in a very dangerous situation? Yang Zhan couldn't let Qin Jiehu and the others be killed, and he had to make sure that Hua Linglong was safe, but what should he do to achieve this effect?
Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and dust rose from the field. When Yang Zhan saw it, he immediately had an idea.
I saw Yang Zhan holding Hua Linglong with one hand, and swinging the horizontal knife with the other hand hurriedly, and then three or five strong blades rolled up to the ground. The armor only said that Yang Zhan was going to make a sneak attack, but they all stood up with their spears and waited for them. But Yang Zhan didn't do anything about the surprise attack, but instead used the Demon Breaking Sword Technique more and more quickly in the same place.
In an instant, countless staggered blades gathered on the field, which stirred the loess sand and gravel into the sky.
Everyone couldn't understand what Yang Zhan was doing, but Zhao Chengzong secretly shouted: "It's not good." ”
The heroes saw that the wind suddenly blew in the field, and then there were flying sand and rocks to cover the sky and close their eyes, and they all felt that the eyes were yellow. And the armor soldier in it was even darker, as if he was in the night.
When General Cao saw this situation, he also shouted that it was not good, so he loudly ordered the armor soldiers not to let Qin shoot the tiger away. But the armor soldier was trapped in the sand and dust with his eyes closed, but he couldn't even see people clearly, so where could he keep an eye on Qin Shooting Tiger?
Yang Zhan heard the shouting of the armor soldiers, and knew that they had lost their direction, so he tightened Hua Linglong's hand and jumped towards Qin Shooting Tiger.
"General Qin, quickly leave with the eldest lady. Yang Zhan shouted hurriedly.
Although Qin Shooting Tiger was also blinded by the sand, he also felt that this was a great opportunity, so he shouted, "Everyone follow me." ”
Yang Zhan saw that Qin Shooting Tiger understood, so he attracted a few more blades, and the sand and dust on the field immediately became thicker.
General Cao was shocked when he saw this, and called the archers to release their arrows, but in this way, it was the hundreds of armor soldiers in the array. By the time the sand and dust had fallen, there were already a large number of sergeants' corpses lying on the racecourse, but without exception, they were not killed by arrows. In addition, there were many wounded sergeants on the field, who were now lying on the ground moaning in pain.
The archers all looked at each other, but the surviving armorers were indignant. General Cao ignored this, and instead called the armor soldiers to pursue Qin Shuhu and the others. Seeing that General Cao despised their lives so much, the soldiers fell to the ground one by one and pretended to be injured and cried, but no one was willing to accept the order.
When General Cao saw that the armor soldier did not obey the order, he wanted to repeat the old trick, but the captain hurriedly stopped him.
"General Cao, that thief is extremely cunning, and the soldiers who have harmed him have suffered countless casualties, and it is imperative to treat the wounded first. The lieutenant anxiously persuaded.
General Cao didn't listen at all, but scolded: "The two armies clash, and casualties are inevitable, but if you let go of the spies, you and I won't be able to eat and walk around." ”
The captain said helplessly: "Even if we want to pursue, we don't have many men and horses now?" We have a lot of losses in battle today, and we need to report it urgently, otherwise everyone will not be able to escape punishment." ”
Only then did General Cao remember that there was indeed such a rule in the army, so he shook the horsewhip in his hand angrily. Seeing this, the captain knew that he agreed with his opinion, so he went down to arrange for treatment, so a strange scene appeared, the sergeants who were originally lying and moaning one by one now stood up to help their comrades.
General Cao was angry, but at this moment, Qin Shooting Hu and the others were gone, and how to report the battle damage to the top became a matter that made him anxious, after all, the deaths and injuries of these armor soldiers were caused by his order to release arrows.
Yang Zhan is also gone. Zhou Yunweng shouted hurriedly.
The heroes were all surprised, it turned out that everyone was just watching General Cao's handling of the affairs of the armor, and they didn't remember that Yang Zhan was no longer there. Everyone looked around, but where could they find any traces?
Zhao Chengzong faintly saw someone fleeing from the northwest corner during the chaos just now, but at that time, there were arrows flying in the sky, and he didn't dare to chase them rashly, so he said angrily: "As a military general of the Jin Kingdom, it is normal for Qin Zhan to try his best to escape, but Yang Zhan also took the opportunity to abscond, obviously because he was afraid of crime. ”
Zhou Rongweng immediately came out to correct Yang Zhan for intercepting and killing passer-by A on the road that day, and the rest of his companions also testified one by one, so the heroes deeply agreed with Zhao Chengzong's judgment.
Although Taixuan Sanqing has doubts, after all, there is little evidence in his hands, on the other hand, the other party has all the evidence, so they dare not easily stand up and question.
It's just that Yang Zhan is missing on the field, and the heroes always feel that there is an indispensable thing missing, but they don't feel excited about anything. In fact, this is also normal, after all, everyone participates in the sin meeting, and there are fewer sinners, how can this meeting continue?
After this series of changes, the sky on the racecourse gradually darkened, so Zhao Chengzong announced that today's agenda was over, and invited the heroes present to the major restaurants in the city for recreation.
But there are three groups of people who can't participate: General Cao thinks very highly of himself, so he naturally doesn't want to have a banquet on the same stage with the rabble he said; Mo Yi has confronted Zhao Chengzong head-on, and he will definitely not go; and although Xue Zizai has nothing to do with Zhao Chengzong, he stood in line to support Yuan Zongliang at the beginning, but now he really can't pull this face.
Of course, Zhao Chengzong didn't want to see these three groups of people, but he specially invited General Cao to the mansion for a while. General Cao knew that Yinglong Villa was an inscription written by Gaozong, but he didn't dare to fall into the hands of others, so he agreed.
The heroes then rushed to the major restaurants in the city, and Yinglong Villa was suddenly clean again. Zhao Chengzong then led General Cao to the side hall alone, and then he said it.
"General Cao is about to come into disaster. Zhao Chengzong said solemnly.
General Cao said unhappily: "Lord Zhao Zhuang invited me here just to intimidate me?"
Zhao Chengzong continued to say solemnly: "I am not intimidating General Cao, but today's mistake is really serious consequences. ”
General Cao frowned, and later said disapprovingly: "Yang Zhan is extraordinary, and he is very cunning, it is understandable that he can't be caught today, this general only needs to report the matter to the truth, and there will be no unforeseen consequences." ”
Zhao Chengzong only shook his head and said, "Yang Zhan's wreck is small, but General Cao's provocation of the Taiyuan guard general Qin Shooting Tiger is a big matter. ”
After hearing this, General Cao slapped the table and scolded: "Forgive him, he didn't dare to come to Beijing to seek revenge on me." ”
"Naturally, he won't be stupid enough to come back to you for revenge, not to mention that he has nothing to lose in this matter, and there is really no need to mobilize the people. Zhao Chengzong said with a smile.
General Cao saw that Zhao Chengzong was reluctant to go straight to the point, so he said impatiently: "Master Zhao Zhuang has something to say quickly, and this general will go back to the camp to die." ”
If someone dared to talk to Zhao Chengzong like this in normal times, then he would definitely not talk to him again, but for some reason, this time Zhao Chengzong was not angry, but silently recited the military regulations of the imperial court. General Cao listened to it but his vest was cold, this Zhao Chengzong said that the military regulations he recited, but did not all of them directly point to his mistakes today?
General Cao looked at Zhao Chengzong curiously, and couldn't help asking, "You are a person from the rivers and lakes, but how do you know everything about my Great Song military law?"
Zhao Chengzong pretended to sigh and said: "I have followed my uncle Zhao Shanxun in and out of the army since I was a child, and I have heard about it. ”
General Cao was surprised when he heard this, so he said again and again: "It turns out that the owner of Zhao Zhuang is a relative of General Zhao, the general of the three passes, and he is disrespectful. ”
Zhao Chengzong shook his hand again and again, and only continued: "I read that the general and my uncle are both soldiers, so I told the general about the danger, how can I ...... it?"
"Master Zhao Zhuang is okay to talk about it, and Master Zhao Zhuang is okay to talk about it. General Cao said with a little embarrassment.
Zhao Chengzong then said his opinion, it turned out that Zhao and Song had repeatedly lost militarily, so they had to renegotiate peace with the Jin State, and the Jin State took advantage of the Song Dynasty's passive lion to open his mouth, in addition to asking for more tribute, but also clearly stipulated that the Zhao and Song troops must not make trouble, otherwise the Jin State will turn around and tear up the covenant. Now that it has not been confirmed whether Qin Shooting Tiger is a spy, General Cao besieged him with illness, and risked his life, but he really betrayed the alliance between the two countries. If Jin Guo knew about this, he would not give up, and in this way, Zhao Song would fall into an extremely passive and dangerous situation.
"If the imperial court knew that it was General Cao who arrested Qin and shot the tiger to cause this matter, it would definitely use General Cao to calm the matter. In this way, General Cao's loss of office and abandonment of his knighthood is a small matter, and the head of Xiang Shang is not a big matter. Zhao Chengzong said anxiously.
When General Cao heard this, he couldn't help but gasp a few times, he was a military general, where did he want to get so many political connections? Now, according to Zhao Chengzong, he is all like this.
General Cao's face turned pale for a while, and he secretly screamed in his heart.
Zhao Chengzong took a few sips of the teacup, and then said smugly: "There is no endless road, and General Cao doesn't have to worry too much." ”
How could General Cao not be worried? He had even begun to think about how to abscond. Just listening to Zhao Chengzong's words, General Cao couldn't wait to ask: "What is the high opinion of Lord Zhao Zhuang, let's talk quickly, if you can help me avoid this catastrophe, this general will definitely remember General Zhao's kindness." ”
"We'll talk about it later. Zhao Chengzong said with a serious face: "If General Cao wants to protect himself, he must confirm that Qin Shooting Tiger came to Lin'an to spy on military secrets, but I don't know what secrets in Lin'an City are of most interest to them?"
General Cao thought for a moment, and then said: "Lin'an is an important place for the Beijing Division, and the deployment of guards in the city is naturally the most important secret. (To be continued.) )