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"It's still the same. Guo Kai, an old man, has no brains, but his method of being a tortoise is a must. He shrank in the flat valley and didn't move at all." The general said a little angrily: "General, why don't we bring people to attack, that old man I can't last much longer."

"Don't be reckless." Long Ju shook his head and said, "Although Guo Kai has no view of the overall situation and cannot be the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he has also put a lot of effort into defending the city. The city of Xingzhou was handed over to him. If he was in the city, this Xingzhou would be like an iron wall, and even 10 troops might not be able to attack it."

"But he still came out, wouldn't it be easy to kill him?"

"How much impact will killing him have on the battle situation? Now that he has left Xingzhou, he is now huddled in Pinggu. He has become a useless solitary army and does not deserve our attention." He pondered for a moment, as if thinking Calculating something: "Calculate the time, he should be out of food in Pinggu, if he still intends to hold on, then he can only kill the horse..."

The general was obviously short-tempered, and immediately said: "He has more than 1 cavalry, and at least 1 horses. Even if he kills a batch of horses a day, he will be able to guard for a long time. Are we always surrounded like this? "

Long Ju had already made a judgment in his heart, so he didn't worry about it. Instead, he smiled slightly: "You take it for granted. You must know, killing a horse is such a cruel thing. If he does this, the morale of the cavalry under his command will definitely decline."

He raised his hand and put it in Pinggu, indicating that Guo Kai's black flag was in his hand, and twirled it gently: "The cavalry under his command followed him to the expedition but were besieged by us for no reason. There must be resentment in my heart. Within seven days, even if those people do not rebel, as long as our people attack in, they will definitely not listen to Guo Kaizhi's order to resist desperately... Therefore, our army only needs 2 people to attack Pinggu, and we will surely win in one battle Success."

The general's eyes lit up, and he immediately praised: "No wonder the general only left 3 people to guard Pinggu. It turned out that he had planned in his heart, really..." He thought for a while, then gave a thumbs up and said: "Resourceful! Uh... after a long time The battlefield! The bravery of a man!"

Long Ju smiled and waved his hands: "You're a big bastard, don't flatter me like a literati, it's like pouring a bottle of soy sauce into a cup of tea, it's a panic. You still have time to read more books, except for the first Except for one word, everything else is a donkey's lip and a horse's mouth."

The general scratched his head and smiled. He didn't object to what Long Ju said, but if he was asked to study, he naturally ignored it. In his opinion, he could go to the battlefield with a spear in his hand. If it were those literati, how could they do it?

Anyway, they joked about it in the army, thinking that the more they read, the more timid they would be in battle. He just listened to a few words and used them to flatter him, so he didn't want to really turn himself into a literati and poet.

"Then general, when will we capture Xingzhou?" The general felt a rush of blood in his chest, "The surrounding counties and counties have been beaten to pieces by us, and the food and grass have basically been robbed. Xingzhou...how long do we have to wait?"

"Roughly in the past few days."

However, Long Ju did not answer these words. At this moment, at the door of the big tent, a strong figure was slowly opening the door of the tent and walking in. Some hazy.

However, Long Ju reacted immediately, knelt down immediately, and said in a deep voice, "General!"

Xiang Chu nodded, looked at the general who also knelt down in a hurry, waved his hand lightly, and said, "You go down first."

"Yes." The general immediately stood up, moving quickly, and when he left, he wished he could run in three steps at a time.

"General, why are you here so fast?"

Long Ju had already received the tip, so he naturally knew what happened in Jinzhou. He didn't express any opinion on Li Mei's actions. After all, there was Yang Taizhen's shadow behind it, not a simple dispute of opinion in the army.

After all, it was because of Xiang Chu's rank. Although he was the commander of the Confederate Army before, and he also served as the commander of the three armies during this expedition, his rank has always been only the third rank, and he has not been additionally promoted.

Wang Xuanwei, the top general of the Mo family, and Gao Changgong, the great general of Jingwu, are both the commanders-in-chief of the three armies of their own country, and all the soldiers and horses of the whole country are under their jurisdiction.

The reason why Xiang Chu was able to lead the army this time was mainly because Cai Yong, who was supposed to lead the army, committed a rebellion and was already under house arrest in the mansion. Naturally, it was impossible for him to continue to lead the army.

"It took a lot of time to chase Wang Xuanwei, and it's still a hundred miles away. Li Mo is in the army, so he will naturally mobilize the army from Jinzhou, so I came directly riding Wuzhu."

When mentioning Li Mo, Long Ju couldn't hear Xiang Chu's resentment, he was a little strange, but he didn't think too much, just smiled and said, "How about a fight between the general and Wang Xuanwei?"

Chapter 476 Reunion

Xiang Chu looked calm: "He should have suffered more injuries than me. If someone hadn't intervened, I would be [-]% sure to keep him. But...he lost some strength when he broke through the encirclement. In the end, I won the victory." No martial arts."

It is said that the victory is unwarranted, but Xiang Chu's expression does not look ashamed, but it seems that he still has something to say.He took a step forward, walked straight to the sand table, looked at the small flags planted on it, and asked, "How are you preparing?"

Mentioning this, Long Ju's spirit lifted: "The counties and counties around Xingzhou have basically been calmed down. As long as we win two more counties today, our army can completely control Xingjiang. According to the general's deduction before the expedition, the city wall of Xingzhou is solid and the terrain is very strong. The location is high, although water attack is not feasible, but its water source can be cut off. We only need to raise the dam to divert the river water to other places, and the city can only live on seventeen wells. After all, they need to drink water... It won't be long before they should leave the city and surrender."

Xiang Chu nodded slightly, and said, "Then how many days do you expect?"

"Ten days." Long Ju said without hesitation: "After ten days, there will be no water in Xingzhou, and there will be no drinking water in the remaining seventeen wells."

Xiang Chu raised his head and glanced at him, with a gratified smile in his eyes: "Is it your cleverness?"

"I..." Long Ju smiled a little embarrassedly, "I made the general laugh, it is true that I arranged for people to sneak into Xingzhou, but after all, I am not a powerful character, and I can only do things like poisoning wells .”

"Since this is the case, there is no need to let them take this risk." Xiang Chudao: "It's just seventeen wells, it's not important. It's better to let them spread some rumors in the city, saying that the Mo family has completely abandoned Xingzhou, and weaken their power again." Just be brave."

"Yes." Long Ju said respectfully.

"I was outside just now, and I heard that Cang Hai also sent someone over?" Xiang Chu asked suddenly.

Long Ju was startled, then nodded in affirmation and said: "The one who arrived the day before yesterday was a woman in red named Luo Fengchu. When I first met, I was also very surprised. I didn't expect that the Lord Canghai would send a woman here. Discuss and work with our army."

Xiang Chu's smile gradually revealed a bit of sarcasm: "Don't underestimate this woman, Cao Meng and our Tang Dynasty allied forces went out to the expedition, it was she who negotiated with Yang Taizhen on behalf of her, it can be said that she and Yang Taizhen They hit it off immediately and set out to lead to today's battle."

"This..." Long Ju was taken aback, not knowing how to speak.

Long Ju only found out about this inside story today, so naturally his heart was agitated, his face blushed, and he said, "I'm really lonely, so it turns out that this woman still has such abilities... I just thought she was in the sea, It's just Cao Meng's plaything..."

"Plaything?" Xiang Chu sneered, "Cao Meng can subdue her? That woman..."

He remembered the scene when he first saw her in the inner palace hall of the Tang Kingdom, and the extraordinary power that surged from her blood...

"That woman's condition...is not quite right." Xiang Chu lowered his head and sighed secretly: "It seems that she is no longer a human being..."

……

Qin Ke rode a war horse and stood on a hill, looking at the setting sun in the distance, which was slowly falling into the mountains. The twilight merged, and the sky lowered his eyes, showing a bit of depression and fatigue.

"It should be here." Qin Ke looked at the map in his hand carefully and muttered to himself.

The goshawk soared in the sky, its silver wings drew a brilliant light in the twilight, and then gradually disappeared.

Qin Ke whistled, it glided and turned around, swooped down, and landed firmly on Qin Ke's arm.

This bird of prey has been acting as a scout for several days, and Qin Ke's team, because of its alertness and sharp eyes, almost seems to have a good staff and a pair of clairvoyance, and every raid is completed extremely well. smoothly.

That being the case, Qin Ke will naturally reward it appropriately.

He took out a bag of raw meat and handed it over carefully. Goshawk spotted one of them and bit it fiercely. Using its sharp beak and claws, it quickly tore a large piece of meat into pieces. Qin Ke watched The way it gobbled it up, inexplicably thought of Xiao Hei from the past, and couldn't help laughing.

"This guy..." Qin Ke looked down at the package hanging on the saddle, knowing that the guy he was thinking of was curled up in the package and sleeping soundly, so he couldn't help but cursed, "It's really getting worse It's getting heavier."

Of course Xiao Hei didn't wake up because of Qin Ke's words, but when the last piece of meat was eaten by the Snowy Goshawk, he sneezed in his sleep.

But this small sound made the Snowy Goshawk startled suddenly. The feathers on its body stood up one by one, and the flesh on its beak fell to the ground. Its keen and bright eyes were overflowing at this moment. Panicked, while looking around, at the same time seemed a little puzzled, not understanding what happened.

Qin Ke stretched out his hand to comfort him a few times, and handed over the last piece of meat in his hand.

At the same time, his ears moved slightly, and he raised his head abruptly.

In the distance, a black cavalry army was approaching in the twilight. They climbed up the high slope and poured down like a tide. Apart from the sound of horseshoes, there was no other sound.

Qin Ke drove away the goshawk with a wave of his hand, raised his arms and shouted: "Abu!"

Abu, who was oncoming, responded quickly. Although the stubble on his chin was covered with dust and looked extremely vicissitudes of life, when he saw Qin Ke, he immediately showed joy and threw all his fatigue away. the back of the head.

Abu also raised his hand, and the goshawk on his arm soared up, circling and intertwining with Qin Ke's goshawk in the air. This kind of raptor that should have lived alone was tamed by the Mohist animal trainer, and it became like a bird of prey. Brothers are like siblings, and they have a very good relationship with each other.

The cavalry rushed all the way to a place fifty paces in front of Qin Ke before stopping. Abu and Qin Ke got off their horses at the same time and ran towards each other. , scared away many birds resting in the woods.

"You're not dead yet!" Qin Ke was delighted, and punched Abu in the chest.

"What did you say! What do you mean I'm not dead?" Abu also laughed and punched back, but soon thought of Xiao Hei who was always hiding in Qin Ke's chest, and was a little worried.

Qin Ke shook his head and said with a smile: "That guy is dead now, I put him in the package a long time ago."

Abu was slightly surprised. After all, Qin Ke had hardly been separated from Xiao Hei for so long, and the two of them were like conjoined twins.

But when Qin Ke explained it clearly, Abu also suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "When I was in Jingwu, I thought he must not be an ordinary lizard, you still don't believe it."

Qin Ke lifted his foot and gently kicked his knee, smiling helplessly: "Of course I have a hunch, but I still hope that he will never grow up..."

Abu said: "What General Wang means is that only when monsters grow faster than you can they despise you or leave you. As long as you continue to practice, you may not be caught up by him... Brother Chang Gong The war horse, named 'Red Fire', was the champion horse he found among the wild horses outside the Great Wall, counting the time, it has been six years now, isn't their relationship the same as before?"

"I hope." Qin Ke nodded, and involuntarily looked at the heavy package hanging on the saddle.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Abu's huge fist hit his chest fiercely, suffocating his breath, and he didn't relax until he took two steps back.

Abu laughed and said, "Since Xiao Hei is not here, then I don't have to stop!"

Qin Ke clutched his chest and rubbed it twice, stomped his feet and rushed towards Abu with his teeth and claws. The two quickly wrestled together until they fell down the dirt slope and rolled on the dry grass.

Seeing this situation, the two teams of "Black Riders" also spread smiles on their faces, and some people even cheered loudly and cheered.

"How far have you traveled these days?"

After the quarrel, the two lay on their backs on the dirt slope panting heavily. These days, they had been strictly following the map given by Wang Xuanwei, leading the cavalry to attack almost exactly, and each attacked several food teams. Their qi and blood practice is getting deeper and deeper, but they are also exhausted.

"About 160 miles." Abu sat up, gesticulating with his fingers and said, "In three days, except for the first night of setting up camp and getting a good night's sleep, everything else is basically racing against time. It's good to be able to squat on horseback for a while. of."

"So do I."

As we all know, Wang Xuanwei is good at mobile warfare. Back then, he led the elite black cavalry to attack continuously, dealt with the coalition forces of several countries, secretly lengthened their battle line, cut their connection, and finally defeated them one by one forcefully, crushing them.

And he finally experienced the feelings of Wang Xuanwei's soldiers back then - there was only one word "tired".

Although it is not possible to run on one pair of feet like the infantry back then, the infantry in the past could only walk more than 30 miles a day, and their cavalry ran at least three times the distance of others, and they might have to start immediately after a short rest. A wave of attacks, like a taut string, was pulled tighter and tighter during the assault and transfer again and again, and it was almost broken.

These days, Qin Ke didn't take off his armor, didn't leave his sword, and even dreamed that he was charging, and would draw his sword out of its sheath immediately, and once almost chopped off the head of his horse...

"I have half an hour." Qin Ke said.

"I also have half an hour." Abu also said.

This is not some charade, but on the map, Wang Xuanwei marked the time for them in advance, and the reason why they will meet here at this moment is also because of Wang Xuanwei's prior arrangement.

On that map, not only their route was marked, but also the time when they could stay in one place, search for the enemy, and attack.

Once the agreed time has passed, even big things must be put on hold, after all what Wang Xuanwei said about "killing the whole army" is not just talk.

This half an hour is the time they wait here.

The two looked at each other, each worked hard to get up from the ground, and shouted to the black cavalry under their respective command: "Dismount, rest for half an hour, the sword must not leave the body."

Almost at the same time, the black cavalrymen on both sides dismounted from their horses in unison, and each took water bags and dry food from their pockets or horsebacks, and devoured them hungrily.

The two teams remained silent, and no one was even ten steps away from their horses. One hand was holding dry biscuits, while the other was resting on the saber at the waist, as if they could draw out a sharp blade at any time and slash at the enemy. kill and go.

Over the past few days, the cavalry have gone through several battles. In addition to rushing, they are killing the enemy. During the hard training, there was still a trace of cowardice and immaturity in their bodies when they set off from Jinzhou. It has the smell of iron and blood killing.

Perhaps in terms of tricks and skills, they are still not comparable to the real elite cavalry of various countries, but in terms of fighting spirit and morale, in Abu's opinion, they are already the best among ordinary cavalry. Not long ago, people were just a motley cavalry army stationed in the city.

While receiving the food from the subordinate, each ate some, and then the two of them lay on the slope with their eyes closed, and began to discuss the next step...

Chapter 477 Xuanhua Double Ax

Half an hour is actually very short, fleeting.

And when Qin Ke and Abu got on their horses again, the black armored cavalry behind them were already fully armed, holding their sabers with one hand, and their crossbows were also loaded with arrows.

Everyone only ate half full, because they were worried that eating too much would affect swinging swords and riding horses, and damage the sharpness of their own army when confronting the enemy.

At this time, there were three scouts in front of them, and they didn't stop clasping their fists until they stood in front of them: "General! It has been investigated and found out, there is no ambush."

Qin Ke and Abu looked at each other, both of them took a deep breath, and then clamped the horse's belly at the same time, and with a low shout, the two horses rode side by side, vying to get out first.The cavalry followed closely behind, billowing smoke and dust like a soaring mad dragon.

Wang Xuanwei said that they are quicksands, scattered and elusive, gathered together as tough and stable as a mountain, once overwhelmed, they will be like a mountain avalanche, destroying everything!

Qin Ke raised his head slightly, and there was a loud eagle cry in the air. The two goshawks flew forward continuously, intersecting each other, but quickly staggered, and then they circled in the air, as if drawing a big circle in the air.

Qin Ke's eyes were fixed, and the horse under his crotch was accelerated a little under his urging. About a quarter of an hour later, the cavalry rushed out of the col and swept down the hillside, and the Tang army below suddenly became a mess.

"It's a black knight!"

"The black knight is coming!"

Obviously there are nearly 600 Tang troops, but the black cavalry has been attacking the grain team these days, and the news has already spread. Although some generals have repeatedly refuted rumors that the number of black cavalry is less than [-], so what?To deal with them, there is no need for tens of thousands of black riders to come out. The thousand black riders in front of them are deadly enough.

"Can't go back!"

At the critical moment, someone in the Tang army stood up and shouted loudly: "Array! Arrange! Those who retreat will be killed!"

The general of this Tang army was a burly man with strong and powerful arms.

Judging from his unruffled appearance in the face of danger, it is obvious that he has experienced many battles and seen many life and death, and the weapons he used are even more amazing, not a spear or a saber, but a pair of thick and heavy Xuanhua axe.

If it were an ordinary person, it would be difficult to wield one of them, let alone hold it and fight on the battlefield.

But this person waved it very easily.

Probably because of the word Shuangaxe in his name.

Cheng Shuangaxe.

Even Qin Ke didn't know that he had almost met this person face to face.

On the night when he sneaked into the palace of the Tang Dynasty, when he was still hiding in the archives and secretly fighting with two bandits, the "butcher general" who was valued by Li Qiuhuang did not participate due to various reasons. In that war of remonstrance, the Imperial Army took them away from the place of right and wrong in the palace ahead of time.

It was precisely because of this that he was not involved in that incident and saved his life and face.

It's just that after the military remonstrance, he, who was single-handedly promoted by the king, was still not welcomed by Yang Taizhen's faction. Although he joined the army this time to conquer the Mohist family, he could only be a small grain officer. Stomach.

Cheng Shuangfu held the Xuanhua ax in his hand, and after beheading five or six Tang Jun who were trying to escape, he finally stopped the Tang Jun's retreat. Right in front of him, shields were stacked on top of each other, forming a city wall intertwined with steel and flesh.

"The enemy is approaching! Three hundred steps! Shoot!" Cheng Shuangfu shouted suddenly, and the longbow and crossbow released scattered arrows at the same time.