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"Report! Zhang Dingguo was blocked in front of the fourth line of defense, the enemy suffered more than half of the casualties, and our army also suffered 2,000 casualties, and General Liu asked for reinforcements. ”

"My lord, Zhang Wenxiu suddenly turned east to Huanglong Town, avoiding General Su Jin's interception, less than forty miles away from Liuyang, General Su Jin is interspersed with Shouguan Mountain to re-intercept, just in case, General Su Jin asked your Excellency to quickly deploy defense on the northern line."

"Report! Zhang Xianzhong's army was less than ten miles away. ”

"Report! Zhang Dingguo withdrew his troops, and General Liu asked whether to take this opportunity to withdraw his men and horses to the north bank of the Liuyang River. ”

"Report, General Huo Sheng fought with Wu Xueli in Liling, General Meng Ke has led the army to reinforce Liling, and he can't go north for the time being, General Zhu Yijin asked whether to leave the grain and grass materials in Zhuzhou temporarily, so as to transfer troops to reinforce Liuyang."

"My lord, General Ling Zhan and Zhang Kewang's army met in Zhoujiaping, eighty miles away, and the two armies are fighting fiercely."

"Report! My lord, Ma Yongzhen surrounded Hengyang with his troops, the morale of the enemy army was low, and the city was just around the corner. ”

"My lord, General Ning Yuan sent 3,000 troops from the couch to help, and he can reach Liuyang in two hours."

The scout camp of Huang Lianshan sent back all kinds of information like a stream, some good and some bad, all of which were exciting, and the Qin army fought a fierce battle with the Great Western Army and the Left Army;

Although Ma Yongzhen is far away and difficult to save the fire, if the strategic passage from Hengyang to Zhuzhou can be opened, at least a life gate will be reserved for Qin Mu;

Even if Liuyang, Zhoujiaping and other battlefields were all defeated, Qin Mu could still abandon Changsha and flee south, but the premise was that Meng Ke could keep Liling and the Zhuzhou line was not occupied by Wu Xueli.

Therefore, every battlefield is a whole body, and a defeat is very likely to cause a chain reaction, resulting in the loss of the whole situation, and what Qin Mu can master at the moment is only the battlefield of Liuyang, and the others can only trust the generals under him.

Zhuge Min, He Liang, Yang Shen and others. Including the red lady, they all looked solemn and looked at Qin Mu together, because every decision he made now would be related to the victory or defeat of the entire Huguang Battle.

Qin Mu pressed the hilt of Juque's sword and said indifferently: "Zhang Xianzhong can give up his hard-won belongings, so he has made a good move, he can give up the things outside his body, and the official can be willing to scrape his body." You don't have to think about it, just prepare for the war with peace of mind. ”

After Qin Mu finished speaking, he turned to the herald and gave an order: "Pass my order." Let Liu Meng immediately set fire to the mountain, and then the whole army withdrew across the north bank. ”

"Immediately bring the words of this officer to Su Jin, my army and staff are limited, and they will no longer fortify on the northern front. I'll leave this official's life to him, let him take care of it himself. ”

"Ordered Zhu Yijin, you don't have to go north, just do what you have to do."

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One after another orders were issued from Qin Mu's mouth and spread to all directions at the fastest speed.

Smoke soon billowed from the south bank of the Liuyang River, and the fire on Tianma Mountain soared into the sky. The heat wave is rolling.

Tianma Mountain is located on the south bank of the Liuyang River, the mountain is undulating, lying on the road to the north, and the mountain is densely wooded. The grass is overgrown, and in this late autumn season, as soon as the fire burns out, it will be out of control, not to mention that the Qin army is on fire everywhere. For a time, the raging flames raged in a radius of more than ten miles, like waves. As far as the eye can see, it seems that the whole earth is burning, and standing on the north bank of the Liuyang River, Shangjue is in the heat wave.

Qin Mu just wants to burn the south bank into a scorched earth, leaving not a single grass or tree, not even the firewood and grass for cooking Zhang Xianzhong, look at you Zhang Xianzhong, what kind of bridge do you use to cross the river, and before the raging mountain fire is extinguished, Zhang Xianzhong's army does not even have a chance to persecute the Liuyang River, and wants to cross the river - dream.

Li Dingguo's 5,000 elites suffered heavy losses, and more than half of them had been lost before the fourth line of defense, and it was difficult to advance an inch, and at this time Zhang Xianzhong's army had arrived, and he was trying to change some fresh forces to continue the attack, and the raging mountain fire ignited, and spread rapidly, and it became a sea of fire within ten miles.

The northwest wind blew the billowing smoke southward, and Zhang Xianzhong's more than 100,000 troops were red and swollen like rabbits, and it was difficult to breathe.

"Withdraw, withdraw!" In addition to a temporary retreat, what can the hundreds of thousands of troops who are at the downwind be able to? Not to mention extinguishing such a fierce wildfire, it is already a blessing not to be killed by the billowing smoke.

Zhang Xianzhong was forced to retreat for twenty miles, and there was a feeling of suffocation, and finally survived a day and a night, the mountain fire gradually died out, only the smoke was left, and as far as the eye could see, almost all of them were scorched within a radius of twenty miles, and the thick ashes on the ground were rolled up by the wind, and they were rolled up in the air.

Zhang Xianzhong's grain and grass are almost finished, can't wait, 130,000 troops stepped on the ashes of grass and trees, through the curling smoke, came to the Liuyang River, only to see that the pontoon bridge leading to the north bank is still there, the north bank is quiet, and no one can be seen;

Only a large banner with the word "Qin" in red letters on a black background was erected at the bridgehead on the north bank, looming in the remaining smoke and rolling in the wind.

Where have all the people gone? Qin Mu didn't even dismantle the pontoon bridge, so he led his troops away? It's impossible, but what about people? Why don't you see a shadow?

More than 100,000 Western troops stopped on the south bank and looked at each other, and a strange feeling could not help but float in everyone's hearts.

Look at the black Qinzi banner again, it is deep black, cold and cold, solemn and mysterious, full of liliang and a symbol of power. So much so that not a single person from more than 100,000 people dared to step on the pontoon bridge across the river.

"Send someone up to the bridge to check." Zhang Xianzhong ordered loudly, and dozens of Western troops followed the order, so they had to walk towards the pontoon bridge.

However, at this moment, I saw that on the river upstream, a flat boat went downstream, and at the stern of the boat sat a man dressed in a lily coat and a hat on his head, and his face could not be seen clearly.

At the bow of the boat stood a slender woman, dressed in red clothes, red trousers and red cloak, which fluttered like a burning flame on the surface of the river under the river breeze.

At this time, the fisherman urged: "Lady, the guests are here, sing quickly." ”

"You take advantage of the old lady again, believe it or not, I threw you into the river to feed the fish?"

"Okay, okay, don't take advantage of you, sing quickly, sing quickly, let's talk about it, you sing a song to the guests, I'll give you a telescope, you don't regret it when you come to the end, snub the guests, I'm rude."

The woman in red hesitated for a moment, glared at the fisherman, and then opened her mouth to sing, but heard a gentle and mellow singing voice floating across the water:

How many bends has the Liuyang River made?

Dozens of miles of waterway to the Xiangjiang River.

What county is there by the river?

Who's wrong?

leading the people to liberation,

Ahh

The Liuyang River has bent nine bends,

Fifty miles of waterway to the Xiangjiang River.

There is a Xiangtan County by the river,

Out of Qinzhi County,

Lead the people to liberation.

Ahh

The Liuyang River has bent nine bends,

Fifty miles of waterway to the Xiangjiang River.

The river is constantly flowing,

can't compare to Qin Zhixian's kindness,

Ahh

Qin Zhixian is like the sun, he guides the direction of the people's progress.

We will always follow Qin Zhixian,

Happy days are everlasting,

Ahh

The clear singing voice is sent lightly with the wind, the mountains and rivers should be for a while, it is very beautiful, the Great Western Army on the south bank has a lot of people who know the Red Lady, no one thought that she would appear here, and she would play a song on the Liuyang River, even Zhang Xianzhong was a little stunned, this singing voice is really good, the Red Lady sings so beautifully

At this time, the fisherman at the stern of the boat praised while beating the beat: "Yes, yes, the lady's voice is as smooth as jade, sweet as poetry, well, not inferior to Liu Ziling at all, this is the taste, this is the taste!" ”

The red lady was ashamed and angry, stopped singing and said: "You are really shameless, listen to the lyrics and know that you tampered with them, are you from Xiangtan County?" Qin Zhixian is like the sun guiding the direction of the people's progress, I see that your face looks like a monkey's ass."

The fisherman's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he smiled: "You don't understand this, my ancestor is from Xiangtan, and I don't tell ordinary people." Go on, go on, you see, the little friends on the shore are stunned by your singing, I can guarantee that from now on, you will definitely become the only idol in their hearts. ”

"Don't sing, people are on the bridge."

Sure enough, no matter how clear and beautiful the red lady's singing voice is, it is not as tempting as the hope of life, Zhang Xianzhong, who came back to his senses, ordered again, and the Great Western Army continued to walk towards the pontoon, one step, two steps, three steps (to be continued......