Yao Wenyuan sneered: "My Lord Governor, are you still thinking about the dream of returning to the Tianshan Mountains? In the battle of the racecourse, Tianshan has lost completely, do you only think that you will lose in the racecourse? Do you know that Mingsha City has long been occupied by the Northwest Army, not only Mingsha City, but Shazhou City has also become the palm of the Northwest Army, and the two states of Tianshan Road have fallen into the hands of the Northwest Army. ”

"Northwest Army?" Zhu Lingyue's face was pale, and he didn't believe it: "Impossible, the Northwest Army ......!" Suddenly, his body shook, as if he thought of something, and lost his voice: "Huichuan ......!" ”

"So you remember." Yao Wenyuan sighed: "Lord Governor, you are also shrewd for half your life, but in the end, you were ruthlessly pitted by Ganhou, this pit, you will never recover." Why is the war in Huichuan urgent, what is to increase troops to rescue, you are all in the hands of Ganhou, do you really think that those 5,000 men and horses are rushing to fight with Fang Rushui's Jinzhou soldiers? ”

Zhu Lingyue was discouraged, and laughed angrily: "I see, hahaha, what a Ganhou, it turns out that this governor is actually calculated like this." ”

Yao Wenyuan said: "His 5,000 soldiers and horses are to join the soldiers and horses of Huichuan, Huichuan already has 2,000 Northwest Army, plus Chang Huan's so-called reinforcements, that is, 7,000 people, and Fang Ru has 3,000 or 4,000 people in his hands, which adds up to more than 10,000 troops." We fought a bloody battle here, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses circled from the west, and quietly entered the Tianshan Mountains. ”

"All the roads in the Tianshan Mountains are strictly guarded by the Governor, how do they break through the passes?"

"It's not because of you." Yao Wenyuan sneered: "I heard them say that the Northwest Army waved the banner of Ganhou and you, saying that the Beishan Army wanted to take advantage of the weakness, so they sent them to the Tianshan Mountains for reinforcements. ”

Zhu Lingyue sighed and closed his eyes, "That's it, this governor has been calculating for half his life, but in the end, he was calculated by others." Yao Wenyuan, Bendu took you a lot, I didn't expect you to be a sinister and cunning villain, but Bendu doesn't blame you, the tree is down, you want Bendu's head to seek wealth, Bendu will fulfill you, but it's a pity that Bendu died under the knife of people like you, it's really unwilling. ”

Yao Wenyuan thought about Huang Zhu and the others behind Zhu Lingyue and said in a deep voice: "Tianshan has fallen, and today's defeat is all because Zhu Lingyue is stupid, and now, you still have to protect him?" Tie up Zhu Lingyue with me and hand him over to the people of Xiguan, everyone has a reward, otherwise it will be ......! A chill rose in his eyes, "You will be buried for Zhu Lingyue, it is ......!" ”

Huang Zhu and the others looked at each other, and Yao Wenyuan shouted in a deep voice: "Someone is coming, ...... Zhu Lingyue has been tied!" ”

Someone behind him was about to come forward, but at this time, he heard a "boom" sound, everyone had not reacted, in the dark, a sharp arrow suddenly attacked, Yao Wenyuan did not react at all, the sharp arrow had been shot from the back of his head, through the skull, Zhu Lingyue was shocked, Yao Wenyuan's eyes were violent, his body shook, the hand holding the knife was loosened, and the big knife holding Zhu Lingyue's neck had fallen off his hand.

This arrow came suddenly, everyone was terrified, Huang Zhu and others had already taken the opportunity to protect Zhu Lingyue's side, but Yao Wenyuan's subordinates all clenched their big knives, looked around, one by one, their faces were colorless, in the dark, and they heard the sound of "whoosh", not only arrows, but also hidden weapons such as sleeve darts, iron thistles, flying knives, etc., almost all of them were not in vain, only a burst of screams was heard, and most of Yao Wenyuan's dozen subordinates had been killed in an instant.

In the dark night, I saw five or six figures appear like ghosts, like evil wolves in the dark, under the moonlight, with different weapons, rushing forward, and shooting quickly, Yao Wenyuan's remaining subordinates all fell in a moment, and none of them survived.

The night wind was bleak and cold, Zhu Lingyue's body was filled with coldness, seeing that these people were ghostly, he couldn't guess the identity of the other party for a while, and he only felt that it was very likely that Chu Huan sent a soldier to hunt down and kill him.

The five or six people killed the soldiers, and then put away their weapons, and a slender man in the middle had already stepped forward, with a face towel on his face, and he was far away from Zhu Lingyue, so he stopped, ripped off the face towel, and said respectfully: "Zhu Du is frightened, humble Gu Tingshou, meet Zhu Du!" He fell down on one knee, and the four or five people behind him also fell on their knees.

Zhu Lingyue saw the man's face clearly by the moonlight, and said in surprise: "Tingshou, is it really you?" You guys...... Why are you here? ”

Gu Tingshou said respectfully: "I have been looking around for the past few days, just hoping to find Zhu Du's whereabouts, and my hard work has paid off, and I finally met Zhu Du." ”

Zhu Lingyue hurriedly stepped forward, helped Gu Tingshou up, and sighed: "After all, Tingshou is still loyal to the governor, if it weren't for you, the governor would probably be ......!" ”

Gu Tingshou said: "The lowly office has secretly discovered Yao Wenyuan's group in the past few days, they are hiding around here, but they don't leave, the lowly office feels that something is wrong, and he didn't meet him, and he can't think of ......!" Glancing at the corpse of Yao Wenyuan who fell to the ground, "I didn't expect this person to be so evil that he dared to murder Zhu Du." ”

Zhu Lingyue also glanced at the corpse, and sneered: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, such a villain, don't mention it." Thinking of something, he asked anxiously: "Tingshou, Mingsha City...... Did Mingsha City really fall into the hands of the Northwest Army? ”

Gu Tingshou's expression was gloomy, and he nodded: "Zhu Du, the Northwest Army entered the territory of Tianshan under the banner of Zhu Du, and just eight days ago, they suddenly came to Mingsha City, claiming that the people of Beishan took the opportunity to attack Tianshan, and they were ordered by Zhu Du to go to Tianshan for reinforcements. Even if the third master ordered the city gate to be opened, he also persuaded the third master not to let them enter the city lightly, but the third master said that the Northwest Army had formed an alliance with the Tianshan Mountains, and if they were turned away, it would hurt the peace, so ......! Sighing, although he didn't continue, Zhu Lingyue certainly understood what he meant.

"It's the Governor's fault." Zhu Lingyue sighed lightly: "This governor shouldn't have handed over Mingsha City to him in the first place......!" ”

"Zhu Du, when the Northwest Army entered Mingsha City, they immediately detained the third master, and quickly collected the weapons of the officers and soldiers defending the city, and overnight, they took Mingsha City under their control." Gu Tingshou's expression was solemn, "The lowly people with the hoe and the traitor hall are divided into two ways, one way to take advantage of the chaos to go out of the city, and want to rush to Shazhou City to inform the Shazhou officers and soldiers, and the other way is to stay in the city, hoping to find an opportunity to rescue the third master." After a pause, he said with a wry smile: "It's just that the Northwest Army has a plan, and they are also divided into two routes of six or seven thousand men and horses to enter Mingsha City, and the other way is four or five thousand people, and they are attacking Shazhou City at the same time." The humble post later learned that they sent a part of the people in advance to mix into the city of Shazhou, and then took advantage of the darkness to join forces with the outside to seize the west gate of Shazhou City, there are not many soldiers left in Shazhou City, and the defense of the west gate is the weakest, and no one thought that the Northwest Army would suddenly kill it, so when Mingsha City fell, Shazhou City also fell almost at the same time. ”

Zhu Lingyue sneered: "Ganhou is really scheming, the soldiers and generals sent to Shazhou City, he also knows that he must cooperate with the outside, but the soldiers and horses sent to Mingsha City, he dares to directly come to the city...... Tingshou, do you know why? ”

"Humble ...... I don't know what to do! ”

Zhu Lingyue said lightly: "Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, invincible in a hundred battles, this governor is stupid, he thinks he knows everything about Ganhou, but in fact he doesn't know anything, but it is Ganhou, who really knows everything about this governor, he knows that Mingsha City is handed over to the third child, and he also understands that the third child is an incompetent person, so the soldiers are bloodless, and they make ...... to open the city gate!" He laughed angrily, "It's ridiculous that Bendu thought that the Tianshan Mountains were impregnable, but they were so vulnerable......!" ”

"Zhu Du, the matter has come to this, and we can only stay in the green mountains in order to make a comeback." Gu Tingshou said in a deep voice.

"Is there no news from the third child?" Zhu Lingyue asked: "The hoe hall that stays in the city can rescue the third child?" ”

"Back to Zhu Du, the Northwest Army is obviously prepared, we sent people to search in the city, and we can't even find out the whereabouts of the third master." Gu Tingshou blamed himself and said: "I am incompetent, and I ask Zhu Du to punish him." ”

Zhu Lingyue waved his hand and said, "Even if he was cut off his head, he was also to blame, but he was the good hand of the hoe and traitor hall, so don't lose it in the hands of the enemy because of rescuing him." He looked at the few people behind Gu Tingshou and asked, "This is the man and horse in your hand?" ”

Gu Tingshou said respectfully: "Some of the people of the hoe hall were sent outside, and they didn't have time to rush back, and some of them stayed in the city, and there is no news yet, this is the only few people left around the lowly office, but they are all the elite of the hoe hall." ”

Zhu Lingyue bowed his hand to those people and said, "Thank you for your hard work!" ”

Those people were all hands, and they didn't say much.

"Zhu Du, Mingsha City and Shazhou City have been seized, I'm afraid that it won't be long before all the prefectures and counties in the Tianshan Mountains will be occupied by Chu Huan and Ganhou's men and horses." Gu Tingshou's expression was solemn: "Now it is like a chaotic situation in the mountains today, people are panicking, some Diao people have even taken the opportunity to rise up to make trouble, burn down the official office, and kill the errand soldiers, this Mingsha City can no longer be passed, Chang Huan has posted a wanted notice in Mingsha, saying that it is ......!" There was a pause, but he didn't continue.

"Just say it." Zhu Lingyue smiled indifferently: "At this point, there is nothing that this governor can't accept." ”

"The wanted warrant said that Zhu Du had raised troops to rebel...... The rebel who raised troops to rebel, if he caught Zhu Du, whether he lived or died, the reward was 500 taels, and he said...... also said that even if Zhu Du could not be arrested, as long as Zhu Du's whereabouts were provided and it was confirmed to be true, a reward of 100 taels ......! ”

"Five hundred taels of bounty?" Zhu Lingyue laughed and said, "It turns out that in their eyes, this governor is still worth five hundred taels of gold. He actually stroked his beard and said: "This is what Ganhou has prepared a long time ago, no matter whether the governor can withdraw from the battle of the racecourse or not, he will issue this wanted warrant in Tianshan, first, to defeat my statement, and secondly, to damage my Tianshan morale ......!" ”

"Zhu Du, fortunately, when he left Mingsha City, he brought someone out." Gu Tingshou's eyes were cold, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "I believe that Zhu Du must want to see him!" He put his hand to his mouth and whistled loudly, and soon, from behind the haystack not far away, a big man pushed a man out.