Li Hongzhu stood on a small hill in the pasture, looking at the rolling mountains in the distance, and his mood was very comfortable.

The war in Xiliang can finally come to an end.

Yesterday, Heng Xi took the Fengyun Iron Cavalry to chase all the way, although Liang Xing and Ma Dong took turns to lead people to block, but because the physical strength of the soldiers and war horses was seriously overdrawn, they could not stop the fierce Iron Cavalry army, so they had to cover the rapid retreat of the infantry, and all the prisoners and booty were discarded, and they were embarrassed.

Heng Xi did not dare to chase too quickly unscrupulously, lest the lone army go deep and be ambushed by the rebels, so it was not until dusk that he led his troops to chase to the orange garden. At this time, Xian Yufu had already arrived with the infantry. He brought Li Hong's order: to chase all night, and the enemy who was chasing did not even have the time to breathe.

They chased the rebels very badly, and at least more than 10,000 people were left behind because they couldn't run, and they were isolated because they were left behind, and finally had to lie on the side of the road and surrender. Xian Yufu and Heng Sai led the troops to chase to the pasture and stopped. They made a little count and found that in the pursuit of more than 100 miles, they captured at least 10,000 prisoners and rescued all the captured officers and soldiers. The results were brilliant.

Li Hong looked back at the shooting tiger that was accompanying him. The shooting tiger has grown taller, and the battle of more than a year has erased the immaturity on his face early, and now only in his eyes full of aura, a few traces of the heart of a teenager can be seen.

"Are you homesick?" Li Hong asked.

Shooting Tiger hesitated for a moment, nodded, and then his gaze involuntarily turned to the east. His home, his relatives are on the grassland more than 3,000 miles away, what are they doing now? A thick sense of nostalgia suddenly surged into his heart, and in an instant, the shooting tiger was stunned.

Li Hong secretly sighed. Since he left Quang Ninh in the upper valley of Youzhou with his troops last year, he has never looked back. The soldiers followed him, fought to Jizhou, fought to Liangzhou, traveled thousands of miles, far away from their relatives in their hometowns, almost a year, how could they be homesick?

Li Hong suddenly thought of the Hu warriors who died on the bank of the Ling River, thought that they would never see their relatives again, would never return to the green prairie, and thought that they would be buried in this foreign land forever, his heart ached, and he suddenly felt sad, and the joy just now disappeared in an instant.

"Lord Xianyu is here." The attendants shouted in the distance.

Li Hong turned his head to see that Xian Yufu, Xu Rong, Lu Yi, Hua Xiong and Zheng Xin were flying from a distance. Li Hong patted his horse and greeted him.

"Brother Yu Xing, Brother Zilie, Brother Yuntian, Brother Ziwei, Shouyan, it's almost dusk, why don't you rest in the camp, what are you running out for?"

"A few adults came to the big tent to find you, saying that they had important matters to discuss with you. I can't pester them, so I have to accompany them to find you. Xian Yufu said, "Aren't you tired of marching more than 100 miles today?" ”

"Not tired." Koji Yi smiled, "We had a long talk with adults all night yesterday, which delayed the adults' rest, and I don't know ...... adults."

Li Hong shook his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that my head is a little dizzy." Why, you didn't talk enough last night? Do you want to continue tonight? ”

"Sleep tonight." Hua Xiong smiled, "There is no food and wine in the big tent of the adults, I really can't support it after sitting for a long time, so let's sleep." ”

"Then you invite me." Li Hong immediately said, "Invite me to dinner, and we'll continue to talk." ”

Xu Rong shook his head and smiled: "General Zhou, the commander of the Xiliang Army, has been handed over to you. Since we have entered into your tent, we will follow your military discipline. You have stipulated that alcohol is strictly forbidden in the camp, so now we just want to invite you, and we don't have a chance. ”

Li Hong smacked his lips in disappointment and smiled wryly, "Oh." Then he remembered something, and immediately said, "It's not that I don't invite you, it's that I can't violate military discipline......

"My lord, we have heard Lord Xianyu say that you are a poor bastard, and you can't afford to invite us to eat and drink." Koji Yi unceremoniously interrupted Li Hong's words and said with a smile, "Moreover, you just invited us, but it is just the rations of the cavalry." Thank you, thank you......"

A few people burst into laughter.

"Brother Yuntian, this is what you said, then you have to invite me to eat a few more meals, I am poor." Li Hong pointed at Koji Yi and said with a smile, "In the future, if everyone wants to open meat, they will find Brother Yuntian." ”

Everyone immediately followed suit.

"Please, ......please, please, please," Koji raised his hands and shouted, "When the rebels are pacified, I invite you in Chang'an City, how about it?" ”

"You can't go back." Zheng Xin shouted loudly, loud and loud.

"Okay, good ......" The rest of the people hurriedly agreed, as if they were afraid that Koji Yi would repent.

Li Hong looked at Lu Yi vigilantly, and asked with a smile, "Brother Yuntian, don't you want to invite us?" ”

"Please by all means." Koji Yi smiled.

"Yuntian, now the rebels may have to cross the Yellow River and flee into the Qiang land, and it will be quite difficult to fight in the future, and it is estimated that it will take a long time to completely exterminate the rebels. Looks like your meal is unpalatable. ”

"My lord, now we have a way to annihilate the rebels immediately, which is why several of us have come to you." Koji Yi said with a smile, "We suggest that your lord immediately move your army and rush forward, quickly approach Jincheng, occupy the crossing of the Yellow River, cut off the enemy's river crossing channel, and strive to surround the troops of Bian Zhang and Han Sui in Jincheng, so that they will not be able to escape." ”

Xian Yu stroked three locks of long beard with his auxiliary hand, and said with a slight bow: "My lord, although Captain Koji's suggestion is very risky, the capture of the Yellow River crossing is to hit the key point of the rebels. If we can encircle and annihilate the enemy in Jincheng, we can completely solve the problem of the Xiliang rebels. ”

"The enemy is now retreating in a panic, and his strength has been greatly damaged, so he must repair a little in Yuzhong City. We took advantage of this opportunity to attack the crossing of the Yellow River with iron cavalry and cut off the enemy's retreat, and the odds of victory were very high. He paused slightly and looked at Li Hong. Li Hong was looking at him with a smile on his face, but his eyes were obviously wrong, as if he was a little absent-minded. Xian Yufu and Li Hong had a deep relationship, knew the roots, and immediately realized that Li Hong had no intention of going further. In the camp just now, Li Hong had already told him about Cheng Qiu's raid of the camp. Now for Li Hong and the Jizhou army, the important thing is to immediately solve the crisis caused to them by the forces behind Cheng Qiu, rather than continue to annihilate the enemy.

He immediately changed his tune and said, "But ......"

Xian Yufu turned his eyes to look at Koji Yi and the others.

Xu Rong and Liyi suddenly heard him say "But ......" suddenly felt abrupt in their hearts, and they all looked at Xian Yufu.

"We have been marching for more than ten days in a row, and the soldiers are extremely tired, and it is already our limit to be able to chase the enemy to the pasture, and our grain and grass are far away in Pingxiang City, and it is very difficult to supply in a short time." Xian Yufu frowned, and said slowly, "The troops of the three adults have just experienced a bloody battle, the physical strength and morale of the soldiers are very poor, and the casualties are also heavy. ”

He glanced at everyone and continued, "Although Koji-sama's suggestion is good, our strength is not strong, and there are many difficulties, and it is very difficult to complete. I think it's still the best policy to withdraw troops and repair them, what do you think? ”

Xian Yufu is Li Hong's deputy, the two fought side by side in their early years, and they have a deep friendship. If he holds a negative opinion, Li Hong's attitude is self-evident.

Koji Yi stood with his hands in his hands, contemplating and contemplating. Hua Xiong touched his thick eyebrows in embarrassment, bowed his head and said nothing.

Xu Rong coughed and said slowly: "There are still more than 30,000 rebels left, and they have been defeated suddenly when they have already won the victory, and their morale is so low, the morale of the army is weakened, and the physical and mental exhaustion has reached a state of frequent collapse. At this time, we can wipe them out with just one blow. ”

"Your Excellency has 30,000 elite divisions. Although Xiliang's troops suffered heavy casualties, I still have more than 5,000 people, Yuntian probably has more than 7,000 people, Ziwei has about 2,000 people, and we still have a total of 14,000 people to participate in the battle. Our follow-up troops will arrive at the Ranch in a day or two, and we will be able to gather 44,000 men by then. ”

"In addition, General Zhou's Northern Army is now under the command of Lord Sun, and there are probably more than 14,000 people, who take care of the wounded soldiers and guard the prisoners in Xiaoniushan and Juyuan, and we have no worries at all."

"The adult's grain and grass are about to arrive at Xiaoniu Mountain, which can temporarily relieve the urgent need. Our troops have just won the victory over the enemy, and morale is high. So I think we have the strength to annihilate the rebels. This battle can not only be fought, but also must be a victory. ”

Xu Rong looked at Li Hong with a resolute expression, raised his voice and said, "My lord, all of our Xiliang soldiers ask you to fight." ”

Li Hong smiled silently.

Hua Xiong then said loudly: "My lord, you can't miss the opportunity. Our losses in the Orangery, this battle can be recovered in full. ”

Koji Yi looked at Hua Xiong, shook his head at him slightly, and motioned for him to stop talking.

Koji was very disappointed. He already felt that Li Hong had no intention of fighting again. Although Li Hong was kind and generously gave up the credit for defeating the rebels, so the Xiliang soldiers could be exempted from crime and make meritorious contributions, but after all, it was given by Li Hong, not by himself. Several people sincerely wanted to lead the soldiers to win a battle and return this favor to Li Hong, but Li Hong had no intention of fighting again, why......

Xu Rong turned his head to look at Xian Yufu. After all, they are fellow villagers, although the two have not met in the past, but because of the relationship between Gongsun Zhan, the two know each other, and it can be said that they have been friends for a long time, and they still feel very close.

"Lord Duwei, this opportunity is fleeting, once the rebels rush to Jincheng first, we will not have this chance to completely annihilate the enemy."

Xian Yufu nodded with a smile and asked, "Do you know Cheng Qiu?" ”

Xu Rong, Lu Yi, and Zheng Xin's complexions changed slightly. The three looked at each other and nodded.

"Who is he?" Zheng Xin immediately asked, "What did he do in the past?" ”

"He is a native of Hanyang, Xiliang, born in a family of bureaucrats, outstanding in learning, once worshiped the late Taiwei, Wenlie Marquis Yang Ci as a teacher, and served in Liangzhou Thorn History Mansion for many years, and he can be regarded as a famous man in Xiliang." Lu Yi sneered and said: "This person is cunning and cunning, flattering and deceiving, incorruptible and shameless, and he is definitely a person who is not as good as a dog." ”

Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Zheng Xin saw the indignant appearance of Koji Yiyi, and immediately looked at each other and felt a big headache.

"What did Master Zheng ask him for?" Xu Rong said slowly, "He has served in the Assassin Mansion for more than 20 years, and he knows everything about Xiliang, this person is good at officialdom management, and his methods are ruthless, and Xiliang's officials are so corrupt, which has a great relationship with him." ”

"His backstage is very tough, I heard that they are all big names in the court, in Xiliang, he covers the sky with one hand, and no one can fight him. After the successive Liangzhou assassins arrived, they didn't dare to offend him, either treating him as a confidant or leaving him in the government to worship. Hua Xiong whispered, "He has been an official in Xiliang for decades, corrupt and pervert the law,*, extortion, and all the bad things have been done, and it is said that he has so much money in his family that it is moldy, and the silk is piled up in the treasury and has no time to dry, so he has to let it rot." Alas......" Hua Xiong sighed and said with emotion, "This kind of person has been rampant in Xiliang for decades, with notorious bad deeds, and he does all kinds of evil, how can the common people live a life, how can they not rebel." ”

"What did Master Zheng ask him for?" Xu Rong asked again.

"The day before yesterday, he broke into our camp with Ma Teng's 1,000 iron horsemen, saying that he wanted to search for stolen goods, and seized our Zuo Sima and sealed all the money and grain." Zheng Xin cried with a sad face and said, "The soldiers who stayed in the camp escaped in the middle of the night to report the news, but they killed several of them, and only one ran to Xiaoniu Mountain with injuries. ”

Xu Rong, Koji Yi and Hua Xiong's faces changed drastically.

Koji Yi roared angrily, "There is no king's law. ”

"Then our food ......," Xu Rong asked eagerly.

Zheng Xin spread his hands and said helplessly, "Although I sent someone back to urge it yesterday, it may not be able to be delivered, so ......"

"We'll withdraw tomorrow." Li Hong smiled bitterly, "It's not that I don't want to fight, it's that I can't fight." ”

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At night, Li Hong received a message sent by Zhao Yun.

When they entered the camp early in the morning, Cheng Qiu had already led people away. After escaping with a machete, Cheng Qiu immediately sent someone to beat all the more than 200 black panther Yicong with 200 whips, beat them one by one to the ground with bruises all over their bodies, and fell to the ground, and then tied Zuo Yan to the horse, took the money, and ran away in the direction of Wanglong County that day.

Zhao Yun was worried that the food and grass supply of the front-line army would not be available, so he did not continue to chase. Now Zhao Yun and Black Panther are rushing over with grain and grass.

Li Hong was furious.

He kicked the table in front of him and roared wildly: "Beat the drums of war, gather the cavalry, gather the cavalry for me......"

Xian Yufu grabbed him and shouted: "Zimin, calm down, calm down, this is Cheng Qiu deliberately trying to provoke you, they must have a bigger conspiracy, Zimin ......"

"Let go of me......" Li Hong picked up Xian Yufu with both hands, shouted, and threw him out in the air.

"Beat the ...... of War Drums"

Zheng Xin was stunned, and he looked at Li Hong in a little overwhelmed by the rage.

Li Hong stared at a pair of blood-red eyes, kept roaring, picked up the steel gun and rushed out.

"Quick, go and call Xu Rong, go call Xu Rong......" Xian Yufu was smashed to the ground, lying on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up, he raised his hand in pain and yelled, "Shouyan, go and call Xu Rong ......"

The drums of war rose to the sky, and the camp suddenly exploded and boiled like a pot.

Everyone thought it was the enemy attacking the camp.

Heng Xi and Shoot Yingtong, Lou Lu, Lu Huanyang, and Shoot Tiger rushed to the Chinese army with the cavalry at the fastest speed.

Li Hong rode on the black panther, speeding back and forth, murderous.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

"Gather all the war horses, each of them will ride in pairs, and immediately kill with me to Longxian." Li Hong's eyes widened, and he shouted loudly, "Hurry up, ......"

Heng Sai and several subordinates saw Li Hong angry for the first time, and although they were full of questions, they didn't dare to ask again, so they immediately blew the horn and ordered their men to disperse and immediately go to the infantry camp to collect war horses. In the past two days, the infantry army of Xian Yufu has been riding war horses to quickly pursue the enemy. Since the annihilation of the rebel Beigong Boyu's troops, the number of war horses in the army is staggering.

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Xu Rong, Koji Yi and Hua Xiong hurried in with the cavalry.

Xian Yufu and Zheng Xin hurriedly greeted him.

"Lord Duwei, Lord Zheng, what's going on......"

"Your Excellency will lead the troops into Longcheng." Xian Yufu shouted, "Cheng Qiu wounded more than 200 of our soldiers, and they also captured Zuo Sima and robbed the army of money. ”

Koji Yi and Hua Xiong immediately scolded.

Zheng Xin shouted angrily, "This kid has bad intentions, he is determined to provoke us, I don't know what he wants to do? The adults are now angry and have lost their minds, and none of us can stop them. ”

Xu Rong opened his mouth wide in surprise, looking at Li Hong, who was roaring back and forth in front of the cavalry formation in the distance, and was speechless for a long time.

"Captain Xu, Cheng Qiu is bringing Ma Teng's cavalry, if the two sides fight, Ma Teng's cavalry will inevitably suffer, and this Xiliang chaos will be bigger." Xian Yufu said anxiously, "You and Captain Koji, Master Hua are familiar with the situation in Xiliang, so please go together and ask our Zuo Sima to come back, and the rest will come later." ”

"Xianyu adults, Cheng Qiu's purpose in doing this is obviously to provoke Li Zhonglang and trick Li Zhonglang into being deceived. We led our troops to Longxian, first of all, we transferred our troops privately and plotted against them. If you besiege Longxian again, what is the difference between it and a rebellion. This soldier cannot be sent out under any circumstances. Xu Rong said solemnly, "Xianyu adults, Li Zhonglang is young and hot-tempered, we can persuade him." ”

"We fought from Youzhou to Jizhou, from Jizhou to Xiliang, what mistake did we make, even the long history of the small Assassin Mansion dared to bully us, what right and qualification does he have to harass the camp and rob money, do we still have to flatter and bribe in a low voice to deal with such a chaotic minister and thief?" Xian Yufu finally couldn't help it, and roared, "We killed him, there is a good reason, what can the court do to me?" ”

"It's a big deal, let's go back to northern Xinjiang to be horse bandits." Zheng Xin said angrily, "We are not affected by this kind of bird spirit. ”

Xu Rong's face was blue and red for a while, obviously angry to the extreme.

Koji Yi shouted wildly: "Lord Xian Yu said it well, to deal with this kind of traitorous villain, of course, you have to use extraordinary means, kill him, brothers, go." ”

"Kill." Hua Xiong yelled, turned around and shouted, "Brothers, follow me." Then he turned his horse's head and led his subordinates to run towards Li Hong.

"Yu Xing, we are all from Northern Xinjiang, and if we don't speak two words as a family, this soldier really can't come out." Xu Rong stared at Xian Yufu and persuaded bitterly, "Yu Xing, there must be a ghost in the middle." Although Cheng Qiu led people to search your camp, captured Zuo Sima, and injured Li Zhonglang's subordinates, which was very excessive, if he had a warrant from Lord Taiwei, he would be justified and would not be killed. On the contrary, Li Zhonglang mobilized the army without permission and left the front line without authorization, which is a great crime. ”

"And ......" Xu Rong turned around and pointed to the cavalry army of tens of thousands, and said loudly, "Kill a small long history and bring so many troops, what is this not a rebellion?" ”

"Cheng Qiu must have something to rely on, there must be someone behind him who wants to frame Li Zhonglang, otherwise give him a hundred guts, he won't dare to do this kind of thing, and he is not tired of life and wants to die. But when we did so, we fell for their tricks. What if we lead the army all the way into Huanxian County, and Cheng Qiu is not there? What are we going to do? We are rebelling, you know? ”

"Yu Xing......" Xu Rong shouted sternly.

Xian Yufu gasped rapidly, gradually calmed down, nodded, and said, "I lost my temper just now, I lost my temper." Brother Zilie is right, right. The adult is young, and when he was in Xianbei in the past, his brain was broken, so he didn't understand many things except fighting, and once he started his temper, he was easy to lose his mind and lose control, and it was useless for anyone to say. Xian Yufu couldn't help but think of Li Hong's violent beating of Zuo Feng in Handan, and then sending someone to kill him privately. Once Li Hong loses his mind, it is indeed terrifying, and he dares to do anything.

"But now that the army has been assembled, the arrows are on the string, and Li Zhonglang is on the fire again, it is impossible to stop sending troops. Let's do it......" Xian Yufu said loudly to Xu Rong, "After the adults lose their temper, they will soon calm down." When he calms down, you can persuade him. Then you will be stationed in the Orange Garden or the Little Cow Mountain, and explain the situation to the Taiwei, and take this matter down for the time being, what do you think? ”

"What if he insists on going?" Xu Rong asked worriedly.

Xian Yufu smiled: "No." He's a lot smarter than he used to be. ”

Xu Rong nodded, waved his hand, and said categorically: "Go." ”

"Everything is up to Brother Zilie." Xian Yu bowed deeply and gave a bow.

"Please rest assured, I will do my best."

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"What are you doing here?" Li Hong shouted, "It's none of your business, stay in the camp." ”

Hua Xiong shouted loudly, "I am willing to go with the adults to kill that villain and remove the scourge for Xiliang." ”

Koji Yi sneered: "That kid bullied us too much, and he finally hit the knife today, so he has to join in the fun." ”

"My lord, this is going to kill your head." Xu Rong said slowly, "In order not to be implicated by you, I have to reluctantly accompany you on a trip." ”

"Good brother." Li Hong shouted, "Good brother. ”

"Drumming ......"

"Departure ......"

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