Luoyang west across the city, Yixian Palace.

Princess Taiping unfolded a secret letter and read it for a moment, then sneered, "For so many days, the imperial court has actually made a lot of noise about such an important military situation in the north, and so far has not sent a single soldier to the north to defend against the enemy. Presumably, the Divine Emperor has been kept in the dark so far, otherwise he would have already come up with a countermeasure. Zhang Yizhi's demon dared to conceal the military situation, he really deserved death! …… There is also that pair of shameless dog men and women, I really can't imagine that the two of them can hook up and commit adultery! ”

Linlang said curiously: "Who is Her Royal Highness the princess talking about?" ”

"It's so appalling, I can't even say it." Princess Taiping sighed, "Poor me, my prince brother! ”

Linlang was shocked, the crown princess?

"The imperial court did not send troops north to defend against the enemy, it must be because of the struggle for military power. Perhaps some people want to take advantage of the opportunity to seize military power and plot against it. Princess Taiping said, "If you pass the order, you must monitor the every move of the crown princess and Wu Sansi more closely." In particular, it is necessary to pay close attention to which generals they have come into contact with in the capital. But if there's any news, report it as soon as possible! ”

"No." Linlang immediately went out and explained to the sword maid.

Princess Taiping's rare grief and indignation made her fists pull up. She frowned, thinking to herself in her heart, "It's still Xue Lang who has foresight, he has already predicted that one day the prince will be involved by that Wei Xiang'er who doesn't know how to settle down." ”

"Exiled for many years, Wei Xiang'er never gave up on the prince and gave birth to children for him, and the prince's attachment to her has long been incomparable. Recently, King Shao was tragically strangled to death by the prince himself, and the grief-stricken and guilty prince's brother, I am afraid that his feelings for Wei Xiang'er have reached the point of letting him indulge and not asking, and he actually allowed her to hook up with Wu Sansi! …… I knew that today, I should really be ruthless to clear Wei Xiang'er's bad water! It's because I'm too soft-hearted, and I only pity my poor brother the prince, and I can't bear to hurt my lover who is in trouble with him. Hateful! Hateful! It's too late to regret! ”

Linlang came back from an errand and stood beside him.

"Write to Shangguan Wan'er." Princess Taiping said, "Let her be sure to fight for Gong Ren." Even if he is not used by me, I must not let him be used by others. I really can't do it, find a way to keep him out of the matter or leave the Shendu! ”

"No."

……

Outside the city of Youzhou.

The great wilderness of a horse and a flat river, a good battlefield made in heaven.

Tens of thousands of people, and there was a dark war here.

The Khitans, who had been recuperating for many years, under the leadership of the commander Sun Wanrong, successively captured Yingzhou and Pingzhou of the Zhou Dynasty, and then conquered Guangping, Wuqing and Anci counties under the rule of the Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Wang Xiaojie learned that the Khitan was winning victories in the front, and he was very unkind to refuse the requests for help from those places, vetoed the tactics proposed by Ashina Zhongjie and others to hold the city, and very decisively arranged his men and horses outside Fanyang City, to fight to the death with Sun Wanrong.

This is a very bold, one might even say very arrogant tactic. Once this battle fails, Fan Yang will definitely lose the Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and will inevitably fall, which is still a trivial matter. What's even worse is that in addition to Wang Xiaojie's army, there is no longer a concentrated strong military force in the entire northeast of the Great Zhou Dynasty that can resist Sun Wanrong's rebels.

Wang Xiaojie didn't care, he was determined to fight to the death with Sun Wanrong outside Fanyang City. He took out all the money in the army and in the treasury of Youzhou Mansion and rewarded every soldier in the army. He also burned all the grain and grass in the army, only three days of rations remained, and all the firehead troops put down their pots and spoons and went to the battlefield - they could not defeat the Khitan to take food from the enemy within three days, everyone was waiting to starve to death!

History seems to be a fate composed of countless coincidences and inevitability.

According to the original trajectory of history, the Khitan rebelled and conquered the northeast, and the Zhou Dynasty sent Wang Xiaojie to command 180,000 troops to quell the rebellion. As a result, he was defeated by Sun Wanrong in the Dongxia Stone Valley, and almost all the troops were wiped out, and he himself fell off the cliff and died.

Right now, Sun Wanrong is leading the main Khitan force to come, the morale is booming, there are many soldiers and horses, and when he sees that the Zhou army is full of troops outside Youzhou City, he is simply overjoyed - he is worried that Youzhou City is too strong to capture, but you are out!

Sun Wanrong immediately launched a fierce attack, and Wang Xiaojie led the Zhou army to fight against the water, and the two sides fought bloodied and scattered, and fought an equal battle.

Sun Wanrong was surprised, in his memory, the most capable generals of the Zhou Dynasty should all be under Xue Shao's command. Now they should be trapped in Black Sand City, and there is more than luck. At the moment, this Wang Xiaojie has simple tactics and reckless play, and he looks like a layman in the art of war - he is so capable of fighting?

What Sun Wanrong didn't know was that Wang Xiaojie had been using troops in the Western Regions all the year round, and the field combat ability of the Anxi Tiger Division could be said to be the best in the world, and it was not at all comparable to the Zhou army troops in the Central Plains. In terms of the talent of generals, Xue Shao's overall ability is definitely better than Wang Xiaojie's, especially for strategy and surprise soldiers. But when it comes to the frontal hard bar of the formation field battle, Wang Xiaojie and Anxi Tiger Master are masters in this regard, master-level masters.

The Khitans, who had marched all the way and had never encountered any tough opponents, were stunned.

"Ignorant Khitan barbarian, so that you know that in addition to Xue Shao, there is also an Anxi Tiger Master in the Great Zhou!" Wang Xiaojie was high-spirited, "The name of the Tiger Master comes from his incomparable bravery, fierceness and domineering, as well as your incomprehensible arrogance!" ”

"Give me the drums, charge!"

"The Khitan barbarians can't be defeated within three days, and the tiger division and soldiers start with Wang Xiaojie, and all of them cut themselves to thank the world!"

The Khitans were dumbfounded, and Sun Wanrong was also panicked.

The Central Plains Dynasty still had such a fierce army? All of them are dying!

Over the years, Sun Wanrong's fear is none other than Xue Shao. That guy is full of tricks and tricks with his soldiers, and when he fights with him, it may not be clear how the head on his shoulder flies. I thought that Xue Shao was entangled in the Valley of Desire, and he could finally unscrupulously bite this big piece of fat meat in the Northeast of the Zhou Dynasty, but he didn't expect to meet a Wang Xiaojie - this guy is simply a mallet, an out-and-out madman!

On the battlefield, the most powerful people are always those who are not afraid of death. The people of the Tiger Division didn't want to be starved to death, and they didn't want to wield a knife to thank the world, so they could only risk their lives and exchange the Khitan people's heads for a chance to live.

Sun Wanrong finally couldn't resist anymore and prepared to temporarily withdraw to the Pingzhou area to regain his strength in order to fight again. Unexpectedly, there were express reports from the rear one after another, saying that the general He Axiao led the army to attack the Xi people and encountered Xue Ne's stubborn resistance, and the loss of troops was repeatedly unable to attack, and Xue Ne launched a surprise attack and was defeated, and He Axiao died on the spot. After Xue Ne's victory, he united with the soldiers and horses of the Xi tribe to take advantage of the victory to counterattack, and almost wiped out all the men and horses of He Axiao's headquarters, and was attacking and killing Sun Wanrong's soldiers and horses by taking a shortcut road.

And that's not even the worst news.

In the territory of the Khitan tribe, a group of Zhou cavalry suddenly fell from the sky, with a number of about five or six thousand, including some soldiers and horses of the Xi tribe. Li Kaigu, the general who guarded the territory, was ordered to counterattack and kill many enemies, and he was about to drive this group of people out of the Khitan mainland. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed in a mountainous area, and the enemy actually used weapons such as "big bombing mines". Nearly 10,000 Khitan troops were almost wiped out overnight, and Li Kaigu himself was captured by a Zhou general.

According to the sergeant who fled back, General Zhou was still very young, and he dared to attack Li Kaigu's general flag single-handedly. He personally killed more than a dozen of Li Kaigu's personal guards with a horse lance, cut down the flag with a horizontal knife, and then arrested Li Kaigu with a lasso. The Khitan soldiers thought it was the Yuguan general of the Zhou Dynasty, and no one dared to come forward to fight him. However, Zhou claimed that he said that General Yuguan was his master, and the weapon that the master did not use a horse lance was Fang Tian's halberd. He himself is the martial champion of the Zhou Dynasty, Hebei Qin Poyu!

While killing people, he explained in such detail that the Khitan soldiers who caught up were very devastated, but they just didn't dare to come forward to fight him again, and watched him drag Li Kaigu to the ground and walk away.

Just when Li Kaigu was ambushed, another strange army of about 200 people suddenly appeared in the Khitan hinterland like ghosts. The Khitan leader Li Quanzhong was beheaded in his sleep, and many Khitan ministers and generals were killed. That group of people simply killed the gods and went down to earth, killing people when they saw them, burning them when they saw them, Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong's entire family were all killed, and they didn't even let go of a live sheep. Then he set a fire and burned it all to ashes.

It is said that the leader of this strange army is Li Dayu, the leader of the Xi clan.

Sun Wanrong, who got these news, vomited blood and fainted on the spot. His lieutenant Luo Wuquan immediately led the army to retreat, and Wang Xiaojie waved his army to cover up and win a complete victory. Halfway back, the Khitans encountered two simultaneous attacks from the horses, and Wang Xiaojie chased after him. Under the attack of the three parties, the Khitan was completely defeated and almost annihilated. The general Luo Wuquan was captured alive, and Sun Wanrong's head was cut off by his guards and sacrificed to Wang Xiaojie's command.

Wang Xiaojie, who won a big victory, got Sun Wanrong's head, and instead of please, he was furious, "Who the hell meddled attacked Sun Wanrong from behind and robbed us of our military exploits and booty?" ”

Ashina Zhongjie immediately sent someone to investigate and contact, only to learn that it was Xue Ne and Xue Linyu's team. The two of them had merged together, and under the command of Xue Ne, they were retreating in the direction of the Black Sands.

"Where did you get so many surnames Xue?" Wang Xiaojie is now angry as soon as he hears the word "Xue", "Where did Xue Linyu come from?" ”

Ashina Zhongjie told him that it should be Xue Shao's son, or the eldest son born to Princess Taiping.

"Like his father, sneaky and steal away, it's a bastard!" Wang Xiaojie was furious, "Ashina Zhongjie, you immediately lead the troops to catch up with me, and let them leave the spoils before leaving!" The Khitan was fought hard by Lao Tzu with the tiger master, why let them reap the benefits?! ”

Ashina Zhongjie smiled bitterly, and couldn't convince Wang Xiaojie, who was angry, so he had to find Xue Ne.

Xue Ne behaved very generously, leaving only a few important prisoners, and all the other heads and trophies were handed over to Ashina Zhongjie for him to take back to hand over to Wang Xiaojie.

Ashina Zhongjie was stunned, how can you be so generous?

Xue Ne said, we were ordered to go on the expedition only to protect the Xi people, and it was enough to be able to go back and hand over the order without being punished if the task was successfully completed. The greatest credit for this battle should belong to General Wang, and it is indisputable that the spoils of war were distributed by him.

Ashina Zhongjie went back to tell Xue Ne's words to Wang Xiaojie, and Wang Xiaojie, who was annoyed and angry, lost his temper on the spot.

"I have heard for a long time that Xue Ne is good at using soldiers and is loyal and benevolent, and has always been the most convincing." Wang Xiaojie almost never praised, he said: "I didn't believe it before, but today I really saw it, and he is worthy of his name, and he is worthy of being Xue Rengui's eldest son - much better than Xue Shao's bastard who is full of bad water!" ”