Chapter 707: A battle with no way out
Looking at Zhou Qun's troubled appearance, Liu Xuan couldn't help but laugh, and with a bang, he squirted out a mouthful of wine, spraying Zhou Qun's body, watching Zhou Qun scrambling to wipe the wine stains on his face, Liu Xuan laughed and said: "Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou, you, you are so alarmist, it's too unrealistic, right?" β
Wiping the wine stains off his face, Zhou Qun said angrily: "It's impractical there? β
"Now we just need to calm down, or turn this battle into a stalemate, and you're done." Liu Xuan nodded at Zhou Qun.
Zhou Qun sneered: "Do you mean Gong Hai?" β
Liu Xuan nodded.
"Lao Liu, this is what I'm talking about!" Zhou Qun stood up, walked back and forth in the house for a few laps, and then stopped straight in front of Liu Xuan. "Why did Gonhai intervene? Is it that Dai Chao Dai Yue has a lifelong friendship with Pang Shuai? β
"Dai Chao, they have been fighting for the support of our Wu Ning." Liu Xuan said: "This has nothing to do with friendship. β
"How much strength does Wu Ning still have that is worthy of Dai Yue's attention?" Zhou Qun said disdainfully: "It has been almost beaten by the Third Highness, and there is only one Xuzhou left." β
"As long as Zhu Youzhen is defeated, won't this Wu Ning return to Pang Shuai's hands?" Liu Xuan said with a smile.
Zhou Qun laughed: "Old Liu, you are so naΓ―ve. Tell me, is this Wu Ning directly controlled in your own hands, or indirectly controlled by a hand? β
"What do you mean?"
"The meaning is very clear, Lao Liu! After this battle, whether the Three Highnesses win or the Three Highnesses lose in the end, Wu Ning will not be surnamed Pang, but will be surnamed Zhu! Zhou Qun said coldly. You are now being treated as a knife by Dai Chao, and then you will be detained with a big black cauldron on your back. β
"I don't know what you mean!" Liu Xuan shook his head and said.
"Isn't that clear?" Zhou Qun sighed: "Old Liu, this matter, when it comes to the root, is the struggle between the two brothers of the Zhu family, the third highness wants a piece of his own territory, so he fell in love with Wu Ning, and His Royal Highness will categorically not allow the third highness to turn over again, so Dai Yue will definitely lead the army to support us, you told me before, Dai Chao said that he would do it once and for all, and kill the third highness?" β
"That's what I heard them say." Liu Xuandao.
Zhou Qun looked at Liu Xuan and sneered: "Old Liu, the Third Highness of the Great Liang was killed by Pang Xun and Pang Shuai of Wuning, you say, as the eldest brother of the Third Highness, what will His Highness do?" β
"Is this what Dai Yue means?"
"How to prove it? The army of Gonhai is coming, but have they waved the flag of Gunhai? Zhou Qun said: "If the matter of the Third Highness dying in the hands of Zhu Youyu spreads, will Zhu Youyu be able to withstand it?" So once this thing is really done, there needs a culprit who killed the Third Highness, you say, this culprit, except for Pang Xun and Pang Shuai, who else can afford it? β
Liu Xuan's mouth opened wide and he was speechless for a long time.
"The Third Highness came from Xuanwu, from one side, that is, Zhu Chi also supported the Third Highness after Xuanwu stayed, and the Third Highness died in Wuning, Zhu Chi will give up? When the time comes, Xuanwu wants Pang Shuai's life to take revenge, and Gon Hai wants Pang Shuai's life to take the cylinder, tell me, does Pang Shuai have any hope of survival? β
"How come, how can it be so shameless?" The cup in Liu Xuan's hand fell on the table with a clang.
Zhou Qun was not excited, and he sat down dejectedly, picked up the cup in front of him, and drank it in one gulp: "It's so shameless, I'm afraid there are even more shameless things, we haven't seen it!" Lao Liu, this is already a battle between the two princes of Daliang, we little people, unfortunately sideways, in addition to trying hard to hug a thigh to survive, can we have any other luxury? β
"So you're hugging the thigh of the Third Highness now?" Liu Xuan's hands trembled a little and poured himself a glass of wine. "This leg doesn't have to be thick!"
"I've been thinking about this since I was captured!" Zhou Qun said: "You can't hide, you can only choose one." Fortunately, I still have some capital to be favored by His Royal Highness. Lao Liu, your current capital is thicker than mine, and it is time to sell it at a good price. If you think about it, isn't that the truth? Now it is true that His Highness is more powerful, but once His Royal Highness has Wu Ning, his strength will inevitably change dramatically. What's more, there are not many people in the hands of the Third Highness now, and it is a good opportunity to send charcoal in the snow. Lao Liu, if you want to hug your thighs, of course we have to choose someone who has the opportunity to do great things. β
Liu Xuan drank all the wine in the cup, put down the cup, and said slowly: "Brother Zhou, this is a big matter, I need to think about it." β
Zhou Qun nodded and said: "Lao Liu, this matter is sooner rather than later, if you wait until the Third Highness defeats Pang Xun, you will have to do it anyway, and the credit will inevitably be smaller." β
"Dong Liang of Dahuangshan is not incompetent." Liu Xuan shook his head and said.
"Look!" Although he has no bottom in his heart, Zhou Qun is very hard at the moment, without him, just to strengthen Liu Xuan's confidence, he has already taken all his net worth at this moment, and there is no way out.
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that the two went to bed separately, but no matter who it was, at such a time, no one could sleep, tossing and turning, each with their own thoughts.
And at this moment, in the Great Yellow Mountain, a huge offensive has begun.
The troops commanded by Jiang Qi launched a fierce attack on Dahuangshan from the southern slope where the wind and snow were less.
The southern slope is less windy and snowy, the terrain is gentle, it is the best channel for attack, of course, it is also the focus of the defense of the defenders on the mountain, Dong Liang, the defender of Dahuang Mountain, as Liu Xuan said, the layout above the defense is decent, not only according to the dangerous terrain, repelling Jiang Qi's attack again and again, but also sending counterattack teams from time to time to launch a reverse attack.
Jiang Qi pulled the horizontal knife out of the chest of a Wuning Army officer, and looked at the two wide-open eyes as the other party slowly fell, and couldn't help but feel a pang of confusion in his heart. Not long ago, they could say that they were robes, but now, they are drawing their swords against each other. There was no turning back from the bow, he knew very well that when he surrendered to the Third Highness of Guide and then reorganized the army and marched to Xuzhou, he had no way out except victory.
Looking back at the big banner of Zhu characters fluttering in the wind at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Qi roared and continued to rush forward.
Finally took down the simple military village in front of him, and before he could breathe, he saw a large number of Wuning troops rushing down from the mountain, "Defend, defend, hold this key pass!" He yelled and joined forces with several of his soldiers, turning a powerful crossbow around and aiming it at the soldiers rushing down the hill.
Under the mountain, Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, no matter what, Jiang Qi's performance was still good.
"Zhou Zhen, now you bring the people of the headquarters to support and replace Jiang Qi for a rest." He commanded.
"Yes!" Zhou Zhen clenched his fists and took his life.
"Don't pity your subordinates, I know that they are all members of your Zhou clan, but don't forget, your father is in Kuishan at the moment, if we lose here, your father will die." Zhu Youzhen said.
Zhou Zhen shuddered and said loudly: "Your Highness, rest assured." β
Watching Zhou Zhen take his headquarters to support the mountain, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but show a smile on his face. He is not short of this manpower in his hands now, Jiang Qi's department, Zhou Zhen's department, plus his young and strong people in Tai'an, add up to 20,000 people, even if he loses half here, for him, the loss of strength is not big.
His main combat power is at Cao Bin's place at the moment, waiting to welcome Pang Xun from Xuzhou City.
The sky was about to brighten, Zhu Youzhen looked at the looming military village on the top of the mountain, and said in a low voice: "Tian Guofeng, Chen Fu, where are you now?" β
Chen Fu's head poked out from the cliff, and in front of him, there was a wooden house, obviously, it was the sentry post placed here by the Wu Ning Army, and what made him sigh was that he didn't see a single soldier in front of him.
With his hands in the cracks in the stones, he shrugged his body and climbed the cliff. I found a large rock, tied the hemp rope to it, and threw it down. With all that done, he continued to sneak forward.
He finally saw a group of Wuning soldiers.
At this moment, they were gathering on the other side, staring at the battlefield in the south where the flames were soaring and the shouts of killing were endless.
They never imagined that someone would be able to climb up from such a steep place on the north slope.
Chen Changfu took off the longbow on his back and inserted several feather arrows into the snow in front of him one by one.
The arrow was wound, the bow opened the full moon, and with a whoosh, the feathered arrow broke through the air.
A tall Wuning soldier was hit by an arrow in the back, and with a thud he fell forward, rolling down the hill with a bone. The remaining Wuning soldiers Huo Ran turned around, and they were greeted by three whistling feather arrows. Three more fell.
The remaining six soldiers shouted and pounced, and the six of them dispersed in an instant, and it could be seen that these Wuning soldiers still had a lot of experience.
But no matter how they responded, it was too late. At the bottom of the mountain, there were already four or five of Chen Fu's subordinates who climbed up along the hemp rope. took out the crossbow machine from his waist and aimed it at these Wu Ning soldiers who rushed over, and with the sound of the crossbow machine, the remaining soldiers were all shot to the ground.
After a while, all the 500 people in Chen Fu's department climbed up.
"Rest for a pillar of incense time, and then follow me to attack the main village!" Chen Fu shook his somewhat sour hand and said.
At the foot of the mountain, Zhu Youzhen's hands and feet were numb from the cold, but he still insisted on standing under his banner, and he knew that the soldiers who were desperately working on the mountain could see him as long as they turned around.
"Your Highness, the scout is here to report that Pang Xun in Xuzhou City has sent troops." Shi Hong strode over and returned to the report with joy.
"Where's the direction of Kuishan?"
"The scouts haven't paid in yet!"
"No return is good news." Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed.