The tournament in Xiangyang starts early in the morning and ends at sunset, with only an hour of rest at noon.

These most elite soldiers showed a very high standard, not only the people were enthusiastic to see it, but even the civil and military generals nodded frequently, Wang Xu was even more satisfied, looking at the excited soldiers and cheering people, he felt that this martial arts competition was really profitable.

Of course, the reason why he is so happy is not only because of these, but also because of a more important point, that is, the real plan has already been successfully realized, which is a strategy that he and Guo Jia, Xu Shu and others have secretly discussed, and no one knows about it.

When one of the participating teams of the Vermilion Bird Legion overcame obstacles and won the final championship, Wang Xu also announced the reward on the spot.

Zhou Zhi, as the chief general of the Vermilion Bird Legion, of course, was greatly glorious, and walked on the podium gloriously to receive the banner of the strongest legion from Chen Deng.

However, when he was happily waving at the people, immersed in joy, Wang Xu suddenly stood up, and pressed his hands slightly, signaling everyone to be quiet.

He himself sat in the most conspicuous and dignified position, and his sudden rise was enough to attract everyone's attention, and the cheers of the audience quickly subsided.

His eyes swept over, and Wang Xu was smiling!

Everyone thought he was going to say something encouraging, or something uplifting!

It's a pity that the thick and loud cheering voice instantly stunned everyone.

"Order, all the soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Legion and the Guards Legion, tomorrow at six o'clock, will go on the Northern Expedition with this king!"

Quiet. It's so quiet that it's frightening!

Only that command echoed in everyone's ears!

Except for a very small number of people. Almost everyone's expression is the same. That's stunned and dazed!

"This ......"

Most of the civil and military generals sitting on the high platform were also stunned, looking at each other, not knowing whether this was a joke or the truth.

It's a pity that no one was given a chance to think, and Wang Xu had already given the order again: "Dingyuan General Li Yan, partial generals Wu Lan and Lei Tong!" ”

After being slightly stunned, the three people sitting on the third and fourth steps of the high platform got up and hurriedly responded.

"The last general!"

"Let the three of you command five thousand guards and iron horsemen. 10,000 elite guards are the vanguard, and the soldiers enter Wuyin County! ”

"Order!"

When the words fell, when people were still immersed in the clouds and fog and at a loss, Wang Xu had already taken the women to get up and slowly walked down the high platform, until he was riding in a luxurious chariot and gradually disappeared into the distance, and the scene suddenly broke out.

The people shouted and talked among themselves. The cacophony of voices makes people panic.

"Boss really, I don't know how to make a sound!"

Zhou Zhi complained secretly. But there is no need to worry about it, it is already dusk, and if you are going to leave tomorrow morning, then you must arrange the army immediately, otherwise you will not be able to complete the order at all.

In an instant, all the civil and military officials lost interest and hurried back, all of them knowing what they had to do.

The next day, Wang Xu put on his battle armor, said goodbye to his daughters and children, and embarked on the journey again.

The army of more than 100,000 was mighty, divided into several batches, and quickly went north!

At the same time, the Nanyang army led by Zhang He happened to be in Pheasant County, and Xiahou Yuan did not choose to hold on, but took the initiative to go out of the city to meet the battle.

When the two armies confronted each other outside the city of Pheasant County, Xiahou Yuan saw Chen Zhi and Wang Ling, who had now switched to Jingzhou and were the deputy generals of the Eastern Army, and scolded them for their treachery on the spot.

Chen Zhi and Wang Ling were unmoved and didn't say a word, but this angered the general Cao Ying even more, and rushed out of the battle with his Qingyun knife on the spot, shouting loudly, like thunder.

"Chen Dao and Wang Ling, two children, don't come to die quickly!"

Chen Zhi and Wang Ling are not clay people, they are not without temper, they were scolded by the other party just now, and they were also holding their breath in their hearts, Chen Zhi then replied in a deep voice: "I have heard for a long time that General Xiahou is strong in martial arts, and today Chen Mou will come to learn a lesson or two." ”

After speaking, he didn't say much, and rushed out with the barbed hook gun in his hand.

I saw the two of them come out angrily, Pegasus galloped wildly, setting off the earth-shattering dust, and before they fought, the indomitable murderous aura was already breathtaking.

"Bang!"

The piercing sound of slamming resounded throughout the battlefield, and even the deafening sound of war drums could not hide the fierceness of the blow.

The soldiers on both sides shouted and cheered for their respective generals, and strengthened their momentum, so that no one would lose anyone.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them had been fighting for fifty or sixty times in the field, regardless of victory or defeat, the drumming energy and the flying dust made people look thrilling, like wild waves hitting each other.

It's just that this battle has also made the two more cautious in their hearts, no matter what, at least they have agreed with each other's martial arts in their hearts.

Xiahou Yuan is not a brave and unscrupulous person, although he is angry and eager to kill Chen under the horse, but he understands that he is now at a disadvantage, Zhang He's fame and martial arts He is relatively clear, he didn't expect Chen Zhi to be so powerful, and there is a slightly famous, but I don't know the depth of Wang Ling by his side, he knows that he will suffer a loss after a long battle.

After more than ten times, Xiahou Yuan saw that it was difficult to take down Chen Dao, worried that the other party would calculate, so he took a loophole to force Chen Dao's entanglement and pulled his horse back to the battle.

"Hahaha......"

Seeing this, Zhang He, who was pressing the formation, immediately burst out laughing, and mocked: "Xiahou Yuan is just like this, why did he abandon the battle and flee?" ”

"Humph!"

Xiahou Yuan snorted coldly, wisely chose no interface, stopped and looked at it for a moment, and then shouted to the army behind him: "Collect the troops and return to the city!" ”

The adjutant general who pressed the battle for him was Zhang Xiu, who was known as the gun king of the northern land, and immediately stepped forward and said: "General Xiahou, continue to fight, Chen Zhi may not be able to withstand the general, why did the general withdraw, but worried about that Zhang He?" ”

Xiahou Yuan shook his head and said calmly: "That's not the case, if this battle can kill the general in one fell swoop and shock the enemy's courage, we can take advantage of the enemy's cold to rush and kill, so that we can have a chance to live, but that Chen Zhi and I have fought dozens of times, even if we defeat him, it is difficult to make the enemy soldiers really afraid, and our troops are insufficient, it will be difficult to break the formation successfully, but will give the other party an opportunity to take advantage of, we will finally block the Jingzhou soldiers and horses, and we can't be brave!" ”

"I see! The general led the army back to the city first, and the last general pressed behind! ”

Yaoyao watched Cao Jun retreat into the city in an orderly manner, Xiahou Yuan also ignored the ridicule of the soldiers, Zhang He's eyes looked extremely solemn, and he looked at the crossbowmen who were waiting in battle at the head of Pheasant County, and dispelled the idea of chasing after him.

Chen Zhi returned to the formation, took a breath of hot air, and immediately said to Zhang He and Wang Ling: "This Xiahou Yuan is really difficult to deal with!" ”

"Yes, his people are well aware of advance and retreat, and they are extraordinarily brave, and if they want to seize this pheasant county, I am afraid it will be a vicious battle." Wang Ling sighed and nodded.

Zhang He didn't have an interface, but his face was enough to explain that he stood sullenly for a while, then pulled out his horse and turned around.

"Let's go, no matter what, the three of us will take the troops back to the camp first and then discuss countermeasures!"

"Good!"

Wang Ling and Chen Zhi glanced at each other, then dispersed, and each commanded the soldiers to retreat......

Wang Xu's army set off from Xiangyang, but Zhang He was blocked by Xiahou Yuan in Pheasant County, and it was difficult to advance an inch, but this was only the beginning!

Zhang Liao, who is stationed in Sili Hongnong County and Xin'an County, welcomed a special guest today.

"Report to General Zhang, there were twenty horsemen from outside the palace, and the leader was the spy department, but the people behind him covered their faces with black cloths, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, saying that they had something important to ask to see the general, because the people behind them refused to show their faces, and their subordinates didn't dare to let them in."

A soldier wearing a military armor knelt on one knee in front of Zhang Liao to report.

"Has the identity of the spy members been confirmed?" Zhang Liao frowned and asked.

"The token is real, but I don't know if the person is real!"

"What do they say they are looking for me?"

"It is said that the king of Chu has an order!"

Zhang Liao thought about it for a while, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Take me to the outside of the house to see!" ”

Along the way, Zhang Liao was very puzzled, he didn't understand why the spy shadow department would cover their faces, this had never been done before, but the possibility of the spy shadow department being fraudulent was also very small, the strictness of this organization was not a joke, it was not easy to get the token from its hands, and more importantly, the token itself had a special small mechanism, as long as a special technique was used, the entire token could be damaged in an instant.

Therefore, the chances of the token being snatched intact are extremely small.

Zhang Liao walked outside the mansion and immediately saw this group of strange people, except for the leader of the subordinates, everyone else was covered with black cloth, and they couldn't see their faces at all.

The man at the head saw him walking quickly, and preemptively bowed his hand and said, "General Zhang, I was ordered to bring someone to meet you." ”

"Who?" Zhang Liao asked with sharp eyes.

"Behind the contemptible man, but the king once said that this man must talk to the general alone!" The people of the spy shadow department are neither humble nor arrogant.

"Then let him in!"

Zhang Liaoyi is bold, but he is not afraid that someone will be unfavorable to him, so he is ready to meet this person on the spot.

"General, don't, beware of deception!" The soldier spoke out to dissuade him.

"It's okay, how can he hurt me?" Zhang Liao looked a little unimpressed.

Although the military waiter hesitated, he didn't dare to disobey the order too much, and immediately stood away slightly, just staring at the person who walked in slowly without blinking.

The person who came was not very tall, and he looked a little short, but because of the thick clothes he was wearing, he couldn't tell his size. When he walked three steps away from Zhang Liao and carried all the other soldiers on his back, he finally gently pulled the black cloth off his face with his left hand.

"Hiss......" Zhang Liao was stunned on the spot, and was incomparably shocked. Wang ......"

But before he could speak, the visitor had already put his other hand to his mouth and made a gesture of silence.

Zhang Liao reacted so quickly, and instantly understood that the person in front of him came like this, there must be a reason why he couldn't be known by others, and swallowed his words back at the moment, and waved his hand to the soldiers over there quietly: "Let them in, this is the general's old friend!" ”

As everyone walked in, Zhang Liao waved away those entourages and led everyone straight to his study alone.

As soon as he entered, he turned and closed the door so that no one could approach it, and then fell on one knee and saluted the man respectfully...... (To be continued......)