Delong

Chapter 327 Long Shangxing (6)

Xiong Bonan remembered this matter in his mind, got up again the next day, and sneaked across the river, turning from Dongjun to Jijun, and as soon as he got ashore, he felt the tense atmosphere in Jijun.

It turned out that after the battle that day, Qu Tuda once again absurdly failed to catch up with the battle, and then faced with Xue Changxiong's withdrawal of the entire army, and the dispersal of the county chiefs, he fell into an embarrassing lonely state... So after learning that the entire area of ​​Bohai County had been wiped out, and the river course was unobstructed, even if a thousand or ten thousand people were not happy, they could only choose to retreat.

Otherwise, who knows if Zhang Xing will have another battle in the plains?
Especially this time Xu Shiying can calmly cross the river and attack from both sides.

However, the soldiers retreated to Chanyuan on the border between Jijun and Wuyangjun, and after ensuring a safe distance, Qu Tuda did not continue to retreat, but began to deploy defenses here in Jijun...Chanyuan is a point, Neihuang to the north, Liyang to the west, and Bowang Mountain in the middle of the three, about [-] Dongdu elites, plus thousands of Jijun soldiers, formed an obvious strong triangular elastic defense zone.

As for why he acted like this, Xiong Bonan knew without asking, it was because there was a canal connecting Qingzhang River and Qi River passing through Ji County, separating the three cities alone to the east, and separated from the main force of the Dragon Army. The road is smooth at all, and Ji County is the bottom line that must be defended when Dongdu is unable to catch up...so it is necessary to deploy troops for necessary defense.

Besides, Zhangshui, especially Qingzhangshui, is almost the natural main artery of the eastern capital controlling Hebei. This river originated in the black mountains behind Weijun and Jijun, and flowed all the way to the east of the river before entering the sea together with the Hutuo River. The dozen or so counties along the way are all famous counties and big counties.

In this case, it is only necessary to dig a canal of tens of miles here in Jijun to connect Zhangshui to the Qishui that Jijun itself flows into the big river, and then the tax materials from the rich land in Hebei can be easily transported to the Eastern Capital.

In fact, in Jijun and Weijun in the southwest corner of Hebei, three huge storage areas have been gathered for this purpose.

First of all, Yecheng, the prefecture of Wei County, is the accompanying capital, and there are all the regulations that should be in the palace. A governor and a Jinwu guard sent by the Beiya are still there, and the ambassadors and deputy envoys in the palace are also complete. Corresponding to Miyagi, it is full of food, gold and silver, weapons, armor, imperial equipment, and even imperial horse stables.

The westernmost side of Ji County, next to Hanoi County, facing Dongdu, across the river from Luohekou and Luokou Cang on the opposite bank, stores money, food and taxes of several counties in Hebei West Road and Shangdang area for decades , and can even be regarded as a part of Luokou Warehouse.

And in the eastern half of Ji County, next to the canal, behind Liyang City, between Dagu Mountain and Tongshan Mountain, there is also a standard storage area, which stores the taxes, money and food of several counties on Hebei East Road for decades... This can be regarded as a typical Hekou Warehouse, but because two mountains sandwiched a canal to isolate the Dahe River, it can only be accessed from Liyang City in the northeast, so people around call it Liyang Warehouse.

At this moment, Xiong Bonan was standing on the bare hill, condescending, looking at the huge storage area below in a daze.

In his field of vision, countless sergeants and civilian husbands are working hard to carry supplies, obviously to prepare military supplies for Qutuda's troops, and maybe to give some supplements and rewards to the county soldiers in the west counties, but they only Opening only the first two or three of dozens of large warehouses is also shocking.

Surprise is followed by a sense of absurdity, followed by anger, and finally helplessness.

In the past, Xiong Bonan's emotions might only stop at absurdity - the government here has so much food, cloth and copper coins that they can't be used up, and they can't be moved. The logistical rations had to be carefully calculated, causing complaints from the rear of the Eastern Border, making people on both sides unstable, and for the common people in Xinde County, Hebei, they almost ate the seeds of spring plowing.

Isn't that ridiculous enough?
But the current King Xiongtian will still be angry, because he now knows that the warehouses in front of him are originally Hebei East Road, and even the people in the Bohai and Plain counties who have no seeds are handed over. The people's fat and people's ointment collected according to the standard... It is really people's fat and people's ointment, and these things are offered at the price of life.

And after the two emperors of the Great Wei Dynasty and the great clans of Guanlong enjoyed the essence in both the Western Capital and the Eastern Capital, they would rather rot these contemptible basic money, food, cloth and silk in these warehouses than collect less. So that the common people can eat more food and make more clothes.They didn't even rescue them in the famine years, and they surrounded people when they encountered famines, forcing the common people to call the heavens without a door and the Supreme Being silent, and then a wave of soldiers and horses wiped them out, and even crowned the banner of officers and soldiers killing thieves.

This is not the virtue that the land supreme should have at all. It is simply robbing and killing openly.

As for helplessness, Xiong Bonan knew that this location was within the attack range of the Eastern Capital, and it was a place considered forbidden by the great master and the remaining elite of the Eastern Capital, including most of the Guanlong army leaders. If the army wants to come over, it must concentrate its main force to break through Qu Tuda, but this time is enough for the great master to personally lead Dongdu, Wei Jun, and even the Guanlong soldiers in Kansai to leave the main force of the Dragon Gang.

As for those masters above Congealing Pill, of course they can come and carry them freely, but how many stones and horses can they move?

It's discouraging just thinking about it.

However, after thinking about it, Xiongbo Nanfu felt that some of Zhang Dalongtou's actions were right, some words still had to be said, some truths still had to be said... Looking back now, when I was a hero and ran amok in the north and south , It's just muddle-headed at all, although I have some thoughts in my heart, and I can do things neatly, but I can't be as thorough as I am now, knowing who the enemy is, knowing what's going on, and knowing where the key is.

At that time, I really didn't even know why I was angry.

Suppressing all kinds of emotions, Uncle Xiong went south to Tongshan, found a small officer and army school at random, slapped him unconscious, took a horse from the other party, and left Liyang warehouse to continue on his way, following the short road. The canal goes all the way to Qishui, and then goes upstream along the Qishui to find it in the Black Mountain.

Montenegro is not a certain mountain, but the mountain range on the east side of Jin land, which stretches for nearly a thousand miles and overlooks Hebei. Because the middle section has been sprinkled with the blood of the Supreme and the flesh of the real dragon, it has become a red mountain. Therefore, according to the color, the north side is called it. It is Purple Mountain, and the south is called Black Mountain...that's all.

Therefore, trying to find the whereabouts of a person in Montenegro is not called finding a needle in a haystack, but it can be regarded as catching fish in a pond.

Fortunately, King Xiongtian is a good fish catcher. He knows that since Zhang Changfeng has gathered his people, it is impossible for him to go into the mountain dens that are difficult to get in and out. The most natural, simplest and most direct channel in the water must be the former source of Qishui and Zhangshui.

Therefore, Xiong Bonan followed the Qi River upstream to find it.

Sure enough, on the morning of the second day, he found a clue in the place where the mountain flowers were blooming - at the mouth of a mountain pass where a tributary in the upper reaches of Qishui River flows, two armies were actually confronting each other.

There are not many troops on both sides. There are two to 3000 officers and soldiers with neat equipment, and the Montenegrin Army has four to 5000 people. They are obviously selected.

But what's more interesting is that even these forces that are not seen by Xiong Tianwang can't be stretched at this time, because the mouth of the mountain is too narrow, and the outside of the mouth is divided by the tributary, which is even more cramped. They are also dangerous enough.

The officers and soldiers could only land in an open area two miles downstream and set up a camp for a while.

It can be seen that this group of officers and troops under the banner of Li and obviously weak in combat power are in trouble.

"Today is the fourth day." Li Qingchen, the new deputy envoy of the Yecheng Palace, was sitting in a simple tent, wearing only plain brocade clothes, his complexion pale against the backdrop. "This fellow Zhang Changfeng is so shameless that he changed his mind on the spur of the moment and wanted to add more supplies, money and food... I knew I wouldn't have let you go looking for Xu Shiying so early. You should get him out first."

Qin Bao on one side was fully clothed, but he was not wearing a helmet, and his figure was even taller and more majestic. He was sitting on a stool and was wiping his big iron gun with a coarse cloth. It should be, since Xu Shiying is back, it means that the master of the Dragon Clan will be here soon, I want him to say something first, and I will say something in the future. Just across the river."

"That's right, it's useless to complain now, we have to find a way." Li Qingchen thought for a while, and forced himself to calm down. "I don't think Zhang Changfeng can agree to this, otherwise this guy will only feel that the rare goods are worth living in, and the situation will get worse!"

"I agree, we must do it!" Qin Bao was obviously much more straightforward.

"However, we must consider playing the game of rats. Zhang Changfeng has been together for two years to congeal pills, and he has recruited many good players." Li Qingchen pointed out a few key points. "And the col is too narrow here..."

"There's a way." Qin Bao folded the oilcloth and put it away, and then stabbed the iron spear on the ground, and there was a faint electric light jumping on it. "You attack first, defeat a battle at the col, and then retreat with military supplies, throw some along the way, and lure him to chase... Isn't he asking for this when he comes here this time? And I brought a hundred elites to hide in advance. Go to the upper reaches, wait for us to pass together, then come to raid this place, turn around and pinch the mouth of the mountain, then we will guard this opening, and it is his turn to be anxious. If he relies on his cultivation to find me alone, When the time comes, I will come to take care of him, and even if I can't take care of him, I can still point to the pass of the mountain and follow the way back with his tribe to ask him to hand him over."

"Things can only be like this until now, but you have to be careful..." Li Qingchen thought for a moment, was silent for a while, and then reminded him after a while. "There are so many of them, no matter how much they chase after them, there will definitely be enough tribes behind the col. Then there will be a double attack, and those who are blocked from their way back will come desperately! You have to say it yourself. Yes, Ning Dan vs Ning Dan, I don't know how troublesome it is."

"Ningdan vs. Ningdan, let's give it a try." Qin Bao answered simply, and got up by the way. "It's not too late, I'm going to prepare and go directly upstream to hide."

Li Qingchen could only nod his head.

And Qin Bao put on his helmet and came to the tent door with a big iron gun in his hand, then stopped and turned around: "Li Twelve..."

"What's the matter?" Li Qingchen looked up in surprise.

"They all said that after you were injured, there is no hope of congealing alchemy in this life?" Qin Bao asked earnestly, holding a gun and holding a knife. "is that true?"

Li Qingchen hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I asked Zhongcheng personally, and he said that I was injured several times before, especially the abdominal injury, which really hurt my body, and it will definitely affect me, but it is only from the level of condensing pills. At the beginning, the emphasis is on equal importance to life and body, and the cultivation of body and mind, as long as luck, experience, and Dao Xin are clear, it is still very possible to step forward and continue to soar into the sky."

At this point, Li Qingchen paused, and continued: "In other words, the road is not broken, but it is more than half narrow, and it is easy to break and collapse, just like we encountered this mountain pass this time."

Qin Bao nodded, and then reminded again: "Use less idioms and allusions, and speak more simply and resolutely... Otherwise, people will only think that you lack confidence."

Rao Li Qingchen boasted that he had all kinds of psychological preparations, and he didn't think about the problem from this perspective. He only felt that the other party was looking for a place without culture, so he waved his hands indiscriminately.

In this way, the next development is self-evident.

Li Qingchen summoned envoys, put on a show like a son of a wealthy Guanlong family, and scolded Zhang Changfeng on the spot, saying that he would rather not have Niu Da than be at the mercy of a deserted pawn of the other party, and let Zhang Changfa wait on him with a cart Niu Datou led the shit to find Zhang Xing, to see if Zhang San could give Zhang Changfeng, a child of the Zhang family, some face?
The envoy had no choice but to go back, Zhang Changfeng's face darkened as soon as the word "abandoned pawn" was uttered, and then just as he talked about pushing the cart and serving excrement and urine, there was a commotion outside. It turned out that Li Qingchen sent hundreds of people to follow the envoy and directly launched Raided and tried to seize the pass of the mountain, but was discovered by the Black Mountain Army who set up a bar here, and resisted on the spot.

In the Heishan Army camp behind the mountain col, Zhang Changfeng was laughed at in reverse for a moment, but calmly, he aroused his cronies around him to say:

"Then Li Twelve, a useless person, dares to mock me? He also came to sneak attack? Although my past two years have been a result of ups and downs, I have been involved in the overall situation in Hebei several times, and I have condensed a pill in my stomach during the battle. ... You know, he is a good guy, he was considered a talented man in Dongdu in the past, but he didn't have eyesight, and he only wanted to fight against that Zhang Sanlang, but he was stabbed in the back by someone from the Deposed Dragon Gang... The matter of Ning Dan It's too mysterious, let's not talk about it, but he will condense the pill in the future. With this injury, he may only be ordered to be the governor of Beiya in the future! What are you using to pose with me? What are you using to attack me? Day, it’s clear that I didn’t take his life because of the old feelings, okay?! Now the big guys go out with me and take this dog’s life together, let him know who is really romantic and suave!”

A group of cronies and heroes around heard the words and yelled, each with their own weapons in their hands, and followed Zhang Changfeng, who was nicknamed "The Merry General", to kill the general, and even the messenger hurriedly put on his armor and chased him out.

The entrance of the mountain pass is already narrow, and there is no room for dozens of troops to spread out. At this time, when Zhang Changfeng's yellow wind true energy of alchemy cultivation base is used, it is really unstoppable. Ordered to flee back in embarrassment.

And there is no need for follow-up to lure the enemy. The romantic general was furious by Li Twelve, and he was unwilling to let it go. The river in front of it went straight down the river, and soon turned around and caught up with the official army camp located in an open area less than two miles away.

At the official army camp, Li Twelve originally wanted to evacuate to lure the enemy, but now seeing the yellow wind rolling in the spring, Zhang Changfeng actually led the crowd to the front, and countless troops rushed out along the river stepping on wild roads , as if he was going to attack the camp directly, his scalp was numb for a while, so he could only hold on.

If he can't hold on at this time, he will be self-defeating, and a false defeat will turn into a real collapse.

However, there was no situation where the bead curtain was rolled up at all, because seeing Zhang Changfeng chasing him out and arriving at the official army camp, the camp was obviously at risk, even though there were still many Black Mountain troops swarming forward at the mountain depression, Qin Bao then Also made a decisive move.

All of a sudden, the sound of killing came from the upper reaches, the Heishan army who just came out of the pass heard the movement, and looked at it in amazement, only to see a crowd of hundreds of people coming from the upper reaches, as if they wanted to seize the pass, so they wanted to laugh at it.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a thunderbolt suddenly appeared out of thin air.

It was a bolt from the blue in the literal sense. Many Montenegrin soldiers saw it with their own eyes. The hundred or so men approached a hundred steps away. The leader was the only one riding in the field. He was dressed in a black matte heart armor. The lightning flashed, causing thunder, as if wrapped in some kind of true energy that was as unpopular as his "Merry General" head.

Also startled.

But it wasn't over yet, the black armored rider flickered with electric light, and went forward dozens of steps, before coming to a steep rock wall, without stopping at all, it was actually a unity of man and horse, wrapped in true energy, ignited the mountain, and jumped up , and smashed down at the mouth of the mountain.

No matter how stupid the Black Mountain Army at the pass of the mountain was, they knew that this was going to kill them, so they became more frightened and scattered in all directions.

Unexpectedly, before the men and horses landed, a big iron gun flashed with lightning, and first flew from mid-air at high speed, and landed in the crowd of Heishan soldiers at the pass of the mountain pass.Immediately afterwards, all the men and horses arrived, and the knight in black armor without light armor pulled out the big iron spear, flashed the lightning, and swung it around, unstoppable. Bite, kick and pull.

It looks like a dragon horse.

In a short while, the casualties of one man, one horse and one gun surpassed the casualties of the previous small-scale battle. The Black Mountain Army crowded at the mouth of the mountain exploded completely and fled one after another. It is not an exaggeration to go into a river that is one foot wide and one foot deep. The tribes in the mouth simply trampled on it early, but were slaughtered in the mountain depression by more than a hundred elite officers and soldiers who came casually.

For a moment the bloody water overflowed, converging into a stream, infiltrating the mountains and plains, only covered by the green grass in spring, without seeing the blood, until it flowed into the river in front of the entrance, a lot of red was rolled up.

In the mouth of the mountain col, there were even more wailing and begging for mercy.

At this time, Zhang Changfeng, who heard the movement in front, quickly retreated. Halfway on the way, he saw the struggling survivors and the floating corpses in the river. He was even more stunned. Only then did he realize that he had been tricked. , he hurriedly dragged a lieutenant general to let the opponent delay the officers and soldiers behind him, and then personally rolled the yellow wind, leaped up, mobilized the troops to come back, and tried to recapture the col.

When it came to the entrance, the Merry General would only let the troops follow, and by the way he called for the soldiers on the other side to attack, and then he ignored it, relying on his condensed core cultivation, he took the lead in jumping in.

Entering the entrance of the mountain pass, Zhang Changfeng immediately recognized the leader of the other party just by meeting him.

Qin Bao saw that the other party was so powerful, he naturally knew that the master was coming, so he didn't make a sound. Seeing the other party coming to the air in front of him, only a few feet away, he suddenly yelled loudly like thunder, and at the same time his whole body was still. Lei Zhenqi gushed out, accompanied by lightning and beeping, unexpectedly he was wearing a heavy armor and a horse, soaring into the air, brandishing a huge iron gun, fighting hard.

Seeing the opponent's power, Zhang Changfeng was already terrified, but he had no time to stop, and hit the opponent in the air.

But under one blow, Zhang Changfeng only felt numb all over his body, his eyes turned black, and he completely lost consciousness in the hand wielding the weapon. He lost his mind and body in mid-air. He could only rely on his survival instinct to try his best. It's all about releasing the body's true energy.

Then, like a rag doll, it was thrown down by the opponent's entire spear and long knife.

The true energy of the body protection is still there, so he didn't die this time? !

But the other party was so powerful that he was not forgiving. After falling from the horse, the huge iron gun was wrapped in some kind of true energy that obviously had a paralyzing effect. After condensing the alchemy, the vitality of heaven and earth came to breathe.

But at this moment, all of a sudden, or at the time when there was no time to react, a sharp pain came from his leg, instantly causing Zhang Changfeng to break through the protection of his body's zhenqi, almost tearing up.

Poor Master Zhang, Zhang Changfeng tried hard to look, but unexpectedly saw the ugly, leopard-spotted war horse under the opponent's crotch, showing two rows of huge sharp teeth, directly biting his unprotected calf, and Do the state of tearing.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Changfeng was completely incompetent, and could only use his life's strength to beg for mercy: "The hero let me go! I must be Li Twelve's old friend! There are four or five thousand members of the team and Niu Dake who will be promoted to you." Useful!"

With a blank expression on his face, Qin Bao threw away the opponent's weapon with one shot, and hit the opponent's other calf with another shot. Then he pinched the spotted leopard beast's sarcoid under the neck, making the latter loosen his mouth.

At this time, Zhang Changfeng had passed out from the pain.

After a long while, Li Qingchen, who hastily launched a pursuit, hurried around the river from behind. Seeing this scene across the river, he was also speechless. He could only let out a long breath, and sighed loudly from a distance:

"Qin Er, do you know that since Zhu Shou fell in the snow in Liangyuan that day, this is the first time I have seen Ning Dan whose leg was broken so quickly!"

Qin Bao raised his voice to answer, and it was rare to be unscrupulous: "Let's walk in formation with my three hundred strange scriptures. Within a quarter of an hour, I will be in front of the Great Master. I dare to walk through the tower, like a fish through water!"

His voice shook the mountains and fields, but Li Qingchen was silent.

Not only Li Twelve, but also the official army and the surrounding Black Mountain army were silent as if they were gods.

A moment later, when the officers and soldiers gradually came to their senses and were about to cheer, at the steepest and highest point on the mountain next to the col, someone suddenly laughed loudly, mixed with true energy, and the volume was far louder than Qin Bao:

"I'm afraid Qin Erlang has underestimated the status of the great master! However, such a handsome kung fu, such a concise cultivation level, is enough to be proud of this time! Why not treat the great master as nothing for a moment?"

But at this point, the person obviously paused, and then continued: "In the past, when the river was farewell, gold, stone, mud and water rolled together, but unexpectedly there was such a good piece of iron as you! Good! Good! Good! But also not good!"

At the end, the sound became louder and louder, so that the cliff top was filled with purple air, and the surrounding fields echoed like thunder. Qin Bao and Li Qingchen, as well as countless officers and soldiers from Montenegro were all suspicious, but many people guessed who it was.

The man didn't play tricks, and directly reported his name:
"Xiong Bonan, the leader of the Dragon Gang, is here! I have taken out the leader Niu and placed him elsewhere! As for who you want to do business with, you must find the right owner! Anyway, the enemy and us are clear, and the leader Niu has never worked for half a day. Violent Wei captives! Today Heishan came to pick up his brothers. It was wonderful to see this scene on the road. The only pity is that a man like Zhang Longtou, a brother taught by his own words and deeds, actually took pleasure in violent Wei. Eagle dog, willing to fall!
"It's not just a pity, it's ridiculous!"

After finishing speaking, I saw a piece of purple air tumbling, and then a stream of light flashed, driving a purple horse across the sky, and after a few laughs in the sky, it disappeared into the deeper mountains.

Qin Bao and Li Qingchen's faces changed early, and at this time they were silent for a long time, and their bodies remained motionless.

After an unknown period of time, Qin Bao came back to his senses, brandished the huge iron spear in his hand, and slammed the "Merry General" Zhang Changfeng, who was pretending to be dead, into his heart.

The poor family's son, who also studied under the South Slope, was also romantic in the Eastern Capital, once ruled the prefectures and counties for a while, and survived the most difficult two years of the Hebei Rebel Army, but because of a moment of greed, he died. In the mouth of the nameless mountain.

No one cares.

PS: I washed the dishes for the first time in four days. After washing for almost half an hour, I threw five bags of garbage... At that time, I felt that I had no sheep these days, but due to psychological effects, I had symptoms of ghost sheep.

(End of this chapter)