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"Your Majesty, in the past few days when the last general entered Beijing, the Northwest Army had another exchange of fire with Beili. However, according to what Lieutenant General Zimmer said, the enemy seemed to know that the main general was not fighting on the battlefield. This time the offensive was much fiercer than usual. Many. General Qi has been working hard in military affairs recently, and the soldiers are also suffering from frequent battles. They are seriously injured and still need to go to battle to kill the enemy. Have a plan."

The end of the crossbow..

There is a map of Weizhou hanging in the handsome tent. Several scarlet circles are drawn on the drawing made of linen. Qiu Sheng reached out and gently stroked the uneven drawing. When the red circle was brushed, the red ink was like It was the blood dripping from the soldier, sticking to his fingertips.

Presumably, no matter what kind of man he is, he can't resist the stimulation of the mountains, rivers and territories shining brightly in his eyes, but this kind of excitement and excitement, but because of the few red circles, he can't wait to twist into pain.

"What do these mean?"

Gao Li: "Your Majesty, these circled places are the hills occupied by Beili. They camp on the mountain and share the danger of mountains and rivers with the Northwest Army. In terms of geographical advantages, the Northwest Army can't take the slightest advantage."

Qiu Sheng rubbed it hard twice, and finally managed to remove a piece of red ink. He blew on the powder between his nails, and said through gritted teeth, "What is the strength of the two sides now? How many generals are there in the Northwest Army?"

Gao Li: "There are probably less than 3 remaining in the Northwest Army, and there are still four generals. Excluding the last general, there are three deputy generals, Zimmer, Fang Jiu, and Wang Deng."

Qiu Sheng nodded, and slid his finger on the drawing in a leisurely manner: "General Gao, I ask you, if the riddle of red blood is solved, will the Northwest Army be able to compete with Beili?"

"The last general dares to guarantee with the head of the item. If the difficulty of red blood is solved, the Northwest Army will definitely be able to defeat Beili within [-] days."

Qiu Sheng's dishonest hand paused, he turned his head slightly, revealing a face that was still quite rosy in the ice and snow in the north, and said in a deep voice: "General Gao, if this is the case, you and I will make a gentleman's agreement. Come to get rid of the red blood for you, you, stabilize Weizhou for me."

Gao Li was taken aback: "Your Majesty has a solution?"

Qiu Sheng smiled: "Even if you are at a disadvantage on the battlefield, one or two prisoners of war can still be captured. Pick a small official above a centurion, and use a few sets of torture tools casually, and he is not afraid that he will not recruit."

Gao Li really thought that he had some wonderful idea, he was disappointed when he heard the words, and shook his head again and again: "Your Majesty, this method has never been used before. There are not as many people in the Beili people as there are in the Central Plains, and the red blood shells needed are countless. They adopted the tactic of making bullets for the whole people, and if they catch one with their eyes closed, they must know the production process and materials required for the red blood. However, the leader of Beili, Latu, is really a cruel, insidious and cunning person. He once asked Cui Weige for □□, hidden in a soybean-sized waterproof paper, and arranged for each clansman to take a pill in their mouth, and if the situation changes, they will quickly bite through the poison pill. Your Majesty, you must have dabbled in Cui Weige's poison. In the blink of an eye, a large living person can be turned into a cold corpse, and the general will have no time to interrogate him."

"Cui Wei Pavilion?" Qiu Sheng was taken aback, "Cui Wei Pavilion is actually involved in this matter?"

Gao Li: "Your Majesty doesn't know, this Cui Wei Pavilion has never asked about government affairs, but anyone who finds Cui Wei Pavilion and can give them the reward they want, how the poison is used, and whether it has anything to do with Jiangshan Sheji, they don't care at all. "

"...Jiangshan is not theirs after all. Cui Wei has never been under the command of the Central Plains, so I can't blame them." After Qiu Sheng finished speaking seriously, he suddenly showed a wicked smile of a local hooligan, "I didn't know about this, thank you very much." General Gao made a point. As for how to deal with these little things..." He lightly rubbed the sword on his waist, and his eyes flashed with the excitement of waiting for bandits in the bamboo forest: "Let me teach General Gao, What kind of obscene methods should be used to deal with these gangsters like bandits and barbarians."

Gao Li: "Your Majesty??" Maybe this iron-blooded general who has fought in the battlefield for several years will understand one day in the future that when His Majesty the Emperor shows such a dog-like smile like a wolf with a big tail, some people are destined to be unlucky for it .

However, at this time, General Gao Li, who had only seen Qiu Sheng for the first time since the evasive enthronement ceremony, was completely unprepared for this. He had no idea that this brat grew up in the rivers, lakes and mountains.When the other prince was reading hanging beams and thorns at night while holding candles, this person was listening to little songs and writing mixed poems in Yanliu Lane. It was such a joy.

"Come on, don't worry about this..."

"Oh!"

A loud noise interrupted His Majesty's embarrassing display of hooliganism. Gao Li jumped up from the kneeling mat almost immediately dragging his injured leg, and the long knife came out of its sheath.

The curtain of the handsome tent was lifted vigorously, Wang Deng lowered his eyebrows and saluted: "General Gao."

Gao Li flicked his robe: "There is no need to be polite, what happened outside?"

"The night attack on Beili has already started dropping shells."

"Cannonball?" Qiu Sheng's back felt cold, "Red blood?" Wang Deng realized that there was someone beside Gao Li when he uttered his voice. He was about to ask a question, but Gao Li waved his hand to stop him.

"Exactly, just now a shell landed on the gate of the city, and that's how the sound came from."

Like him, as soon as the voice fell, there were terrifying shells bursting one after another. Listening carefully, you can recognize the deafening red blood explosion followed by a series of much lighter shells. The sound was only covered by the louder and harsher bombardment of the next red blood, making it indistinct.

"You said the cannonballs fell on the city gate?" Qiu Sheng managed to calm down his chaotic heartbeat, "But the sound of the cannonballs was clearly next to my ears, how could it only land on the city gate?"

Wang Deng looked up at Gao Li, saw him nodding, and then replied: "This is the power of red blood. Right now, the city gate is in chaos, and thirty guards have been blown out of shape. General Gao, we are Send troops to fight immediately, or wait for them to approach?"

After a burst of sparse bangs, the shells fell more densely, and Gao Li had to yell at the top of his voice: "Go out now? Are you looking for death! Order the Northwest Army to get ready, and when they are close enough to blow into the city gate , Send troops again!"

Under the national calamity, Gao Li, who has read poetry and books and has extraordinary bearing, had no choice but to change himself and become a reckless man in the market.He tried his best to overwhelm the loud noise with his voice, holding his breath until his round face flushed.Looking at the part above the neck alone, it looks like an old sow waiting to be slaughtered.

Even so, Wang Deng basically judged the orders of his superiors by relying on Gao Li's mouth shape, and guessed half of his lips: "Yes. The subordinates took orders."

As soon as Wang Deng came out of the command tent, Gao Li put on his helmet and armor. He was covered in heavy armor, and his back didn't bend at all.He turned around and gave a military salute to Qiu Sheng: "Your Majesty, please follow the general to the camp to avoid the shells. The safety of the emperor is the most important thing. Even if the Northwest Army is wiped out, your Majesty will not be harmed."

The sound of cannons outside was louder and louder. Gao Li didn't wait for a long time to respond, thinking that Qiu Sheng didn't listen, and was about to raise his head to repeat, but saw Qiu Sheng quietly looking at him with a serious face.

There are only a handful of moments when the new emperor looks serious.Gao Li met Qiu Sheng's gaze, which was enough to be recorded in history, and saw the determination to die from his heavy eyes.

"Since I came to Weizhou, I didn't just want to be a tortoise. What's the point of being a man? If you die, you will die. A shroud of horse leather is a good home. Besides, in the capital, I am one of the few mural painters every day." Hunjun, it’s not likely that there will be chaos. Don’t talk," Seeing that Gao Li opened his mouth as if he wanted to pour himself a bowl of chicken soup before going out, the emperor quickly covered his mouth with one hand, "You don’t have to Comfort and persuade me, I understand very well in my heart. Immediately, I will be the military commander of your Gaoli Northwest Army, do you have light armor? I am not used to wearing heavy armor."

Gao Li covered him, and silently swallowed the words against his will, "You are a Mingjun", and took out a set of light armor from the dark box: "Have you ever worn light armor before? This thing Although it is not as heavy as heavy armor, if someone who has no experience puts it on rashly, not to mention the restriction of movement, it is easy to hurt the bones and the root of the disease."

"It's okay." Putting on the light armor skillfully, Qiu Sheng can even put on the complicated lock on the back by himself, "I used to wear the light armor when I was fighting bandits in Huadu and Qingzhou. I’m still wearing it, and I’ve done a lot of fighting when I was woken up in the middle of the night. I’ll tell you about it when I have time after the battle in Weizhou.” Qiu Sheng flexibly tied the shoulder straps with one hand, and was about to He was about to reach out to get the long sword on the table, but his wrist was shaken by the aftermath of the shell explosion, and the long sword fell to the ground.

On the hilt of the sword is the word "Chengying".

"The red blood exploded into the city gate."

Beili's advantage was finally weakened. Qiu Sheng heard the sound of "rumbling" war drums not far away, the roar of the Northwest Army rushing out of the city gate, and the ear-piercing screams of the two armies' clashing swords... Those In the blink of an eye under the sword, there were the cries of pain and the sound of blood and flesh shattering... Hidden in the overwhelming bloody wind, it turned into a touch of bright blood on the battlefield. There was a new layer of paste, and it was broken under the horse's hoof, leaving no bones left.

Qiu Sheng bent down slightly, restrained the imperceptible tremor between his fingers, and drew his sword out of its sheath.

Gao Li: "Your Majesty, fighting on the front line is the duty of a general, and I can't be with you. Someone will escort you to the high pavilion to observe the battlefield situation from a distance. I hope that your majesty will put the overall situation first, and the world will not last forever." Master Wu, I hope you will not leave the pavilion no matter what."

Qiu Sheng raised his sword and went out of the tent.

...

The red blood blasted the gate of the city into a cloud of smoke, and you couldn't see your fingers. Beili relied on its size and strength to try to storm into the city. However, the Northwest Army's defense was tight and watertight. Two hours later, both sides suffered countless casualties, but they still hadn't separated. Compete.

"Army Shen! Latu is at the end of his battle! Take advantage of the three thousand elite soldiers of the third battalion to fight from the west road now, and we will definitely win a big victory!"

Gao Li was not there last night. Wang Deng brought the generals and military advisers to discuss how to deal with the enemy's strong attack. The military adviser Shen Dongjiu had fought with the Northwest Army for many years, and soon he thought of a strategy of dividing the troops into three battalions. When the battle first started, the first two battalions Do your best to achieve a tie, and when both sides are exhausted, send the third battalion as backup, and the battle will favor the Northwest Army.

At this time, the battlefield was in a mess, the two armies had been fighting for a long time, and they were exhausted, dead and wounded everywhere.After fighting at close range, red blood is useless. The Beili army is not as powerful as the Northwest Army's orthodox army. Once they fall into a long-term battle, they will definitely not have the advantage.

Wang Deng and Shen Dong both stood on the high platform in the north to observe the situation. Seeing that the third battle with Beili was about to be won, Wang Deng couldn't bear to be excited: "Mr. Shen, if you don't attack now, when will you wait! "

Shen Dongnai is an elderly little old man. He always likes to tangle his long gray beard when he has nothing to do. He teaches young people to "short beard and short knowledge". There is a secret colony of lice in the grassy beard.

At this time, the lice lover stroked a large beard that fell to the ground and could be used as a mop, and said quietly: "Don't worry, it's not time yet."

When Wang Deng heard this, he lowered his head and looked towards the battlefield. He saw Gao Li holding the Qian Kun Sun Moon Saber and riding Jue Chen invincible. The Northwest Army all looked forward to him. The Iron Bones and Beili fought fiercely, and the two sides were evenly divided. If the Northwest Army sent another team at this time, the outcome would be certain.

Wang Deng, a martial artist, always only knows how to fight on the battlefield, and he doesn't know anything about strategy. He said puzzledly: "Mr. Shen, I see a great opportunity right now. If you don't make a move, I'm afraid you'll miss the opportunity."

Shen Dong glanced at him, and laughed twice in a very helpless tone.He shook his head inscrutablely, carefully arranged his beard, and then patted Wang Deng on the shoulder with free hands, and said, "You young men who fight, you are just too edgy... When the Northwest Army fought against the Northern Bandits two times ago, They are all quick battles, and Latu has never used such a huge force. The northern bandits have very few troops, and I think they are planning to fight to the death." Turning his head, he smiled kindly at Wang Deng: "Wang General, do you understand?"

Wang Deng was even more confused, and only kept some martial arts brains and became a mess: "What? Which one is the fish?"

Shen Dong's smile froze, so he could only stroke his beard again: "I'm worried that Latu, like us, has left behind. Wait."

The few people on the high platform were outside the situation and were able to calmly analyze the situation.The soldiers trapped in the battlefield are far from being so at ease.Gao Li's heavy armor was almost soaked in blood. Although he was strong in martial arts and protected by heavy armor, he was caught in the middle of a battle. Even if he had amazing abilities, it would be difficult to use them against the crowds. .There was a deep bone-deep wound on his chest, and there was no complete spot all over his body, with blood oozing faintly, and his eyes were already black and dizzy.It's just that the wounds on this body were covered tightly by heavy armor, and the people on the high platform couldn't see the slightest clue.

The enemy's lieutenant general's head was crushed by the sweaty horse's iron hoof, he barely managed to stabilize his mind, and pointed the Sun Moon Knife at the Beili coach, Kex, in front of him.

It can be seen that the situation of the other party is roughly similar to his own. Just now Zimmer slashed at Kex's waist and abdomen neatly, but a soldier lying on the ground with a broken leg tripped over the horse's hoof, and the steady and ruthless blow reduced With some strength, he couldn't completely cut in half, but cut his belly to pieces, exposing the colorful intestines.

He failed to succeed with one blow, and was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, but suddenly a dozen soldiers holding half-moon axes appeared. Zimmer hated his teeth itchy, but he was held back by this group of desperadoes, and could only watch helplessly. Seeing that Kes tore off the strip of cloth, he gritted his teeth and randomly grabbed the messy intestines and stuffed them back, with cold sweat dripping from his head to tie the wound tightly.

Even if he didn't lose his life in this battle, with such sloppy treatment of trauma, Kex would surely die of infection after returning to camp.

At this time, he was already relying on willpower to hold on, and a pair of cloudy eyes had already shown a lifeless murderous look.Gao Lishi gritted his teeth, causing pain in his gums.He smeared his face with blood and sweat, squinted his eyes slightly to observe Kex, took a deep breath and clenched the knife tightly, guessing that his condition should be stronger than the enemy.

Let's kill...quick fight, he can't afford to delay...

Gao Li wielded the knife with both hands, concentrating on forcing himself to temporarily forget the dizziness caused by excessive blood loss, and slashed at the opponent with all his strength at the moment.

Kex was carrying a half-moon axe. This heavy object, which he had never paid much attention to in ordinary times, dragged down all his mental strength at this time. He was so suppressed that veins appeared on his face, and he tried his best to lift it unsteadily He picked up the axe, and had no time to dodge, he took Gao Li's blow abruptly, tilted his head, and vomited out a mouthful of bright red blood.God-given opportunity, Gao Lizheng was about to attack again, but he suddenly heard the sound of thousands of troops approaching not far away.

Not the [-]rd Battalion of the Northwest Army...enemy? !

Shen Dong paused when he stroked his beard: "It's the enemy's reinforcements."

Wang Deng panicked immediately, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Shen, what should we do now? Our old Gao is still ahead! This, this, this... what should we do?"

Shen Dong was able to hold his breath, without taking a breath, he took the military letter from Wang Deng's waist expressionlessly and clicked: "It's nothing, I see that the reinforcements are only a thousand cavalry, the third battalion The number of people has the upper hand, and we are not afraid of head-to-head confrontation. Besides, the third battalion is led by General Fang Jiu, so General Wang can feel at ease, and we will see the result."

Military letter bombs flew into the air and exploded in various colors. Before the smell of gunpowder smoke dissipated, a group of heavily armored elite soldiers rushed out from the gate of the city. The man at the head had a handsome face like a scholar, but he charged at the gate with a long pole and sharp knife in his hand. Before that, the entire battlefield erupted again in an instant due to the joining of more than 3000 people, the drums were beating again, and the sound of fighting was endless for a while.

Fang Jiu rushed to Gao Li's side, ended Kex's last stubborn resistance with a few stabs, and supported Gao Li: "Commander, we are here."

Gao Liqiang braced himself and opened his eyes wide, looking at the young man rushing all the way in front of him with heavy armor splattered with the enemy's blood: "The enemy's reinforcements are here."

"I understand," Fang Jiu replied, while beheading the enemy with a knife, "Mr. Shen released the letter bomb, so it should be under control."

When the commander-in-chief and deputy general of an army die on the battlefield, the army loses its backbone, running around like a group of headless chickens. What's more, those who hurt their eyes during the battle can't even see their own people, and start killing each other. Su's third battalion attacked such an army that was already scattered like sand.

"How is it, General Wang?" Seeing that the overall situation has been settled, Shen Dong leisurely straightened his beard, raised his short and thick eyebrows and smiled, "General Wang?"

Wang Deng didn't bother to pay attention to this naive old naughty boy talking about his military merits. For a while, he just stared at Gao Li on the battlefield below the city and sighed softly.

This battle... can be regarded as won.