In September, the autumn colors are beautiful. On the land of Sanxiang, the mountains are undulating, with green, yellow, and red leaves scattered together. There are rivers passing through the mountains. Along the rivers are harvested farmland and small villages.

distributed among them.

Among the grass and trees in the mountains, people were gathering vaguely. In a ditch made of accumulated water and scattered gravel, nine figures were gathered together. The leader, Qu Qing, placed a few small stones on the ground simply.

Next to the earthy composition, the words are low.

"...The news has been confirmed. There are more than a thousand people chasing after them. There are also one or two thousand people who are fighting at the other side of Pingjiang. It seems that Liu Tiisheng and Yu Daya have already made their choice.

.We can escape west or south, but they are local snakes. Once we meet, we will be very passive, so we will kill Liu Tiisheng first and then leave."

"...Liu Chuisheng has more than a thousand people, with more than 60 fast horses in front. The leader is Wang Wujiang, who is said to be a fierce general. Two years ago, he led his men to defeat the bandits in King Lu's stronghold. He took the lead.

The soldiers were loyal to their lives, so his subordinates all obeyed him... Then this time it was almost the same as the old rules. When their team came from that side, the mountain road narrowed and could not be seen from behind. The front would be blocked first, and the artillery fired seven inches first. Li

Next, one of your platoons will attack the rear section first to build momentum, and Zuo Heng will be responsible for supporting..."

"... They are considered locals. There are more than a thousand people chasing our team of 200 people, but they have not lost touch. They are cautious enough... As soon as the battle begins, the back section of the mountain cannot be seen. Wang Wujiang has two choices, either to return reinforcements or to stop."

Come down and take a look. If he stays still, Li Ji and Zuo Heng, try your best to eat up the back section and push him forward. Once Wang Wujiang starts to move, we will attack. Zhuo Yongqing and I will lead the team.

Separate the cavalry and focus on taking care of Wang Wujiang."

"...The person in charge of the partition here, Yu Chen, is ready with grenades and crossbows. Anyone who rushes to rescue will be stunned..."

In his low and rapid voice, Qu Qing had already made arrangements for several squads. The platoon leader simply nodded and took the order to leave. Qu Qing raised his telescope and looked at the surrounding mountains while still talking in a low voice.

"...Wang Wujiang's purpose is to pursue, and the speed cannot be too slow. Although there will be scouts released, it is very possible to escape here. Even if they can't escape, Li Suwen and the others intercept them on the mountain. As long as they kill them on the spot, Wang Wujiang will not be able to react.

.Brother Zhuo, change your hat."

As he spoke, he took off the small baggage on his side and threw it aside. Zhuo Yongqing caught the baggage and threw the baggage on his side to Qu Qing. Each baggage contained a helmet.

At this moment, in the baggage in Qu Qing's hand, there is a cluster of long scarlet tassels on the top of the hat. This is the conspicuous symbol of Zhuo Yongqing's team since they left Chengdu. When it comes to negotiating with others, Zhuo Yongqing

Qing was wearing this high crown with red tassels and a blood-red cloak behind him. He told the outside world that it was the trophy from the murder of Lou Shi, and he was particularly arrogant.

When they were attacked or lured by enemies on the way, Zhuo Yongqing and Qu Qing took turns putting on their hats. In the nine months since they left Chengdu, their team had suffered many attacks and suffered a lot of attrition.

He was lucky enough to survive. At this time, Zhuo Yongqing still had unhealed injuries on his body.

He opened the baggage thrown by Qu Qing, put on the protective helmet, and shook his neck. After more than nine months of hardship, although there was a team secretly supporting and protecting them, at this time everyone in the team, including Zhuo

Everyone, including Yongqing, was already full of vicissitudes of life and overflowing with anger.

"That's fine, you can bring Wang Wujiang here and I'll fuck him with my own hands... Mother Liu Tiisheng looks like he's laughing and joking but then turns around and sends someone to come. Traitor, I remember..."

Before the enemy arrived, Qu Qing did not take out the red tasseled helmet. He just whispered: "In the previous two negotiations, the people who fell out on the spot died inexplicably. Liu Tiisheng guessed that there was someone ambushing us secretly.

We left, and the back-up man behind the scenes also left, and then he sent people to pursue him. The internal investigation and purge has probably begun... Don't look down on Wang Wujiang. This guy opened a martial arts school back then and was known as the best swordsman in northern Hunan. He was very skilled in martial arts and was very tough.

of."

"Oh..." Zhuo Yongqing thought for a while, "The first sword in northern Hunan, so domineering... How does it compare to Liu Dabiao back then? How does it compare to Mr. Ning..."

"Well, it's precisely because of the Ba Dao Village in Miao territory that no one in this green forest has dared to name it something like Huxiang No. 1 Dao for decades. But compared to Mr. Ning..." Qu Qing didn't know what he was thinking of.

, there was a complicated expression on his face for a moment, and then he reacted and said with certainty, "Well, of course it can't be compared."

"I knew it..." Zhuo Yongqing nodded confidently. The two of them hid in the ditch, with the bushes behind them covering them. After a while, the serious expression on Zhuo Yongqing's face collapsed. He couldn't bear it.

Zhu Huhu laughed, and Qu Qing laughed almost at the same time. The two laughed quietly for a while.

"I will tell Mr. Ning about this when I get back," Qu Qing said.

"Huhu..."

"...When the time comes, he will slap you in the face with the Ban Tian Seal, and let you know the consequences of teasing your superiors, that is, you will die like Lu Tuo..."

"Haha cough cough..."

Zhuo Yongqing finally couldn't bear it any longer. He hit his head on the dirt and held his stomach while shaking for a long time. The fact that Ning Yi in the Chinese army likes to pretend to be a martial arts master is only spread among a few people, and only senior personnel can understand it.

The strange "interesting stories about leaders" can appropriately reduce the pressure every time they are told to each other. In fact, Mr. Ning is now one of the best in the world. Qu Qingzhuo Yongqing made fun of these interesting stories, and his chest was filled with laughter.

There is also a sense of pride in it.

The afternoon sun gradually turned obliquely. On the road under the mountains, the pursuing troops stirred up dust and circled this way. In the front were the armed cavalry, in the middle, and in the rear were the infantry who had lost their shape slightly during the pursuit.

, the bushes on the mountain, the veterans of the Chinese army who have long been accustomed to various forms of combat can roughly understand the level of the opponent's quality at a glance.

Overcoming the blocking bushes, Qu Qing raised his right hand and silently bent his fingers.

three,

two,

one

…

The sound of artillery roared.

Zhuo Yongqing wiped his cheeks stained with loess, his eyes had completely calmed down, and he pressed the handle of the knife.

On the mountain road, there is a bloody light reaching into the sky

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The northwest end of Dongting Lake, the suburb of Huarong County.

The mighty carriage passed through the mountain road, and the military camp was in sight. Liu Guangshi opened the curtain of the carriage and looked deeply at the flag of the Wu Dynasty floating in the military camp ahead.

Not long after, the convoy arrived at the military camp, and the generals who had been waiting for it came out and led Liu Guangshi and his party into the military camp tent. The general stationed here was named Nie Chao, with more than 40,000 elite soldiers under his command. Under Liu Guangshi's instruction, they occupied this place.

It has been more than two months.

Passing through Huarong and heading east, we entered the Dongting Lake area. At this time, Liu Guangshi led more than 300,000 troops and firmly occupied the area to the north of Dongting Lake. However, Yueyang and other places to the south of Dongting Lake were still contested by all parties.

Changsha to the south is currently occupied by Chen Fan. If the Jurchens don't come, I'm afraid no one will be able to drive them away.

Miaomiao Dongting Lake was the rear area operated by Liu Guangshi. Once the Wu Dynasty completely collapsed and the front line could not be defended, Liu Guangshi's army entered the lake area and defended it for a while. After the Nie Dynasty occupied Huarong, he invited Liu Guangshi to inspect it several times.

Liu Guangshi had been managing the front line, and it was only at this time that he finally finished all the preparations for facing Nianhan from the north and rushed over.

Withdrawing from Xiangfan to the south, he spread his army as far as possible to the north of Dongting Lake and used his greatest strength to preserve as much of the autumn harvest as possible. In the past few months, Liu Guangshi was running around, his hair was almost completely white, and his expression was dull.

He was a little tired. After raising the account, he had some words of encouragement to the generals under Nie Chao. After everyone retreated, Nie Chao took out the various accounts lists and handed them to Liu Guangshi for review. Liu Guangshi read them over under Nie Chao's gaze.

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At a certain moment, he held his head and whispered: "Wen Kai, have you ever thought about what will happen next?"

Nie Chao spoke in an open voice. Hearing the commander's question, he cupped his hands and said, "We, the warriors, are just dying for our country."

"Yeah." Liu Guangshi nodded, "That's why you thought of taking people with you and killing him to Jiangning to rescue him."

Nie Chao was still holding his hands there, and was stunned at this moment. The atmosphere in the tent became solemn, and he lowered his head: "Commander Mingcha, how can I, a soldier of the Wu Dynasty, see the prince trapped in despair at this moment?"

, and do nothing to save him. Now that the commander already knows, it will be much easier to say..."

"Did you know that you will all die on the road?"

"I am not going forward alone, I am not going forward with an army, I am not the only one waiting to die on the road, as long as enough people die, we can save the prince... We were previously discouraged because... the people above were incompetent and the civil servants were in chaos.

Government, so the world has declined to this point. Now that a wise king like the prince has entered Jiangning and fought against the Jurchens for several months without giving up, how can we not die for it."

"Did you know that Rong Kuang, the staff member who persuaded you to send troops, has already surrendered to the Jurchens?"

Nie Chao was slightly stunned.

Liu Guangshi took out a stack of letters from his body and pushed them forward: "This is... the letters about his affair with the Jurchens, please read it."

"How is Rong Kuang? He said before that he was going home to say goodbye to his mother..." Nie Chao picked up the letter and opened it tremblingly.

"His farewell to his mother was false, but his contact with the Jurchens was true. When he was arrested, he resisted and was already dead," Liu Guangshi said, "but we found these letters."

"Rong Kuang and Mo Jiang have known each other since childhood. He wants to meet the Jurchens and does not need to go out. And since there is an exchange of letters, why would he go out and take risks under the pretext of visiting his mother?"

"It must be that he wants to settle down his family and also meet his contact person. General Nie, I have all the investigation documents and procedures here. I have brought them all just because I am afraid you won't believe me."

"Don't you know these things are not fake?"

"How could you doubt me so much?" The white-haired general looked at him.

Nie Chao looked back: "It's just because... what Rong Kuang said makes sense, the last general... wants to go to King Qin."

"Nonsense." Liu Guangshi said every word, "You have fallen into the Jurchens' scheme."

The tent became quiet, and the two generals looked at each other. After a while, Nie Chao held the letters with a sad expression on his eyes.

"Rong Mo will go... think about it."

Liu Guangshi nodded, and waited until Nie Chao retreated to the door before speaking: "General Nie, since I have come, I am not unprepared. No matter what you decide... please think twice."

"……yes."

Nie Chao slowly retreated.

The light in the big tent brightened for a while, then darkened again after the curtain was lowered. Liu Guangshi sat quietly, his eyes swaying, listening to the sounds outside. After a while, someone came in, and they were the accompanying staff.

"how's it going?"

"It seems... General Nie has not yet acted impulsively."
To be continued...