(4) Forced to

Wujia Town is located in Dingzhou in the south and Jiezhou in the north, and is located in the transportation fortress between Zhang Chu and China. Since there have been many soldiers recently, there have been brigades of merchants coming and going all year round, which has made this border town prosper rapidly.

So, the cruelest thing is war. The confrontation between China and Zhang Chu made Wujia Town lose its former prosperity a month ago. Only the city's shops and broad and new streets have always been working hard to repeat the glory they once had.

The hooves were sounding, and the wheels were rumbling. Liu Qianli led his 20,000 soldiers to march on the mountain road in a sparse manner. He was already trapped and tilted. Occasionally a hare or a few birds jumped out of the woods on the side of the road. A large group of people would shivered in fear, then lower their heads weakly and continue to bow their heads to catch their own way.

It was early summer, and the afternoon sun had the ability to roast the earth. Liu Qianli led his troops to run in the hot mountains and rivers for a long time. At this time, he was thirsty and hungry, and his stomach was causing trouble from time to time. The misfortune of the past half day made these steel-like men almost have the idea of ​​dying.

Once defeated, Zhang Chu's army, which was basically wiped out by the entire army, retreated back to Wujia Town in fear. When they saw the city from afar, many soldiers could not resist the luck of dying from the disaster and cried with joy.

Before Liu Qianli could urge him, several personal soldiers around him had already quickly stepped forward to call the city. The suspension bridge was squeaking down and the city gate began to open slowly. Liu Qianli finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then rode his horse to the city without any warning. But he never dreamed that a huge iron watermelon suddenly flew off the top of the city. At the same time, an iron cavalry of about 5,000 people rushed out of the city, quickly gathered outside the city, and then inserted it frantically.

The iron watermelon flew out of the city without warning, and then landed on Liu Qianli incredibly accurately. Poor Liu Qianli, as the number one talented man in Zhang Chu, enjoyed the glory and wealth of his life, and was covered with dazzling garlands. This time, after arriving at the battlefield with confidence, he was full of bad luck, and unfortunate things came one after another. At this time, he saw the black iron watermelon flying towards his head from afar. His first reaction was to roll over and roll under the horse and jump out of the distance. After a vicious dog chewed his shit and pounced on the ground, a lazy donkey came to the ground and fled into the forest.

The bomb exploded with a rumbling sound, and then several more fell. Liu Qianli's remaining troops immediately killed and injured nearly a thousand.

The troops that had lost command soon became disorganized. Before the formation was completed, the 20,000 troops were rushing up to break the vanguard by the cavalry. As the horses approached, the cavalry in front began to throw a large number of thunderbolt bullets, and then the brutally massacred sabers.

Zhang Chubing, who had been fighting for several days and was dehydrated, almost lost his strength to cry at this time. Who would dare to take up weapons to fight against the cavalry like a god of killing? He was beaten to pieces with just a charge and could no longer hold his foot. In addition, the commander was no longer there, so the people who could fight were just a mess of sand to fight, and those who could not fight were desperately fleeing towards the mountains and forests on the side of the road.

Liu Qianli didn't care about his embarrassment or his image. After rolling and crawling into the woods, he was about to take a breath, but suddenly he felt a wind coming from behind and knew that someone was attacking him. In a hurry, he had to grit his teeth and kick a big tree beside him, and his body took advantage of the momentum to jump forward and slanted out. However, he could not escape his head and could not avoid his butt, and his thigh was still slashed hard.

The heart-wrenching pain made him dizzy and he couldn't help but stagger. At this time, the knife behind him arrived again. Liu Qianli knew that he had met a master, so he had no choice but to use his old trick to re-use a lazy donkey and eleven to avoid the opponent's serial slash. Finally, he took a circle with the cover of a big tree to avoid the opponent's fierce attack, and the opponent did not continue to attack. He finally took a breath.

Pulling out the long sword, Liu Qianli finally had time to look at his opponent. The formation in front of him made him breathe a sigh of relief--there are not many people in the woods, only ten of them. But they all fired a terrifying aura that only masters could have. These people were in a bright black night-sporting clothes, holding five crossbows in their hands, and the iron heads of the crossbow arrows were shining with bright blue light. At a glance, they knew that they had been tempted by a huge poison.

They just stood there and blocked Liu Qianli's way forward and backward. The leader was a medium-sized man with a very ordinary appearance, but his expression was extremely cool. He held his long sword and looked at Liu Qianli's vital point, with his hands stable and powerful, which was obvious at first glance.

Liu Qianli knew that even in his heyday, he was not sure that he could get it from them. He is seriously ill and injured. He probably won't win even if he singled out the man in black.

Looking at the cold expressions of the poisonous crossbows and the group of men in black again, Liu Qianli knew that he had no hope. He sighed and his hand holding the knife slowly dropped. "Who are you?"

"Wu Ming." The man in black in the lead answered expressionlessly, his voice as if he was coming from hell.

"The number one killer under Bai Yunqi? He really respects me..." Liu Qianli felt despair in his heart, and the long sword fell to the ground with a bang. He leaned on the tree in exhaustion and slowly slid down: "I lost this battle with confidence."

A hairless eagle croaked and croaked straight up from the woods, hit the sky, jumped into the green forest, and slowly disappeared from the sight of the white clouds.

"Stop!" Bai Yunqi suddenly raised his hand and ordered it, and at the same time he tightly tied the reins. The war horse under his foot immediately stopped on the stone-paved road like a nail. Due to the effect of inertia, the two front hooves of the white horse were raised high and made a angrily loud voice. The personal soldiers around him also stopped immediately. Their movements were neat and uniform, showing the long-term training quality of the Bai family army.

Bai Yunqi raised his telescope and scanned carefully in front of him, and found that a large number of Zhang Chu soldiers were fleeing desperately near Wujia Town. Since they knew there were pursuers behind, they all went into the woods on the right, which was also in Bai Yunqi's plan. It seemed that Wu Ming had successfully taken down Wujia Town and blocked Liu Qianli's deserter.

"If everything goes well, Liu Qianli should be our prisoner." Bai Yunqi thought so, and squeezed the horse's belly with both legs and the team rolled forward again. The scorching sun accompanied by the overwhelming dust, composes a brand new battle song.

At this time, in Zhang Chu's harem, Li Hao took advantage of the nap time to complete a "battle" with his newly acquired concubine Yun Ruoshui. The couple were gasping for breath together at this time. Li Hao was still feeling unsatisfied and suddenly said with a smile: "I will just make you the Ice Concubine, it just fits your name."

Yun Ruo said to himself: "What a good name, so poetic."

"Oh? My beloved concubine might as well write a poem to make me enjoy it."

She picked up her brush and quickly wrote two lines of poetry: "The autumn is cooler and the summer is warmer, and the winter is gone and I miss the spring more. The gathering is three thousand waters, which disperse into thousands of miles of clouds."

Li Hao looked up and was stunned.

With the cooperation of Baiyunqi cavalry, Wu Ming and others cleaned up the remaining deserters of Zhang Chu. In this battle, the enemy surrendered another two or three thousand people, most of the remaining people died, and a small number fled to Dingbian City, placing their last hope on Duanmu Ming, the head coach of the Huns.

At dusk, Bai Yunqi and Kong Beihai, who came to help, sat in the study while eating and chatting, and carefully studied the next combat plan for the march map.

"Your Majesty, I think that Zhang Chu has not received any war reports yet. Now I should seize the time to capture Dingzhou in one fell swoop. I will first control Zhang Chu's gate so that we can advance and attack and defend, and we will have room for maneuver." Kong Beihai said something and Bai Yunqi nodded slightly, pondered for a moment. He pointed to the map and said, "Dingzhou is only one day away from us. If we set out now, we can get there before the news spreads. However, since Dingzhou is an important town on Zhang Chu's border, according to the information provided by Xu Yuyan, the city defense there is strong, and there are at least 30,000 troops stationed. If we force an attack, we may lose a lot of troops."

Bai Yunqi said this and frowned slightly. Kong Beihai knew what he thought, so he left his seat and bowed deeply and said, "If Your Majesty wants to achieve hegemony, some sacrifices will definitely be inevitable. What's more, Duanmu Ming is still eyeing him. If we don't take the opportunity to eliminate the troubles here, we may still be attacked from both sides in the future."

Bai Yunqi reached out to support Kong Beihai and laughed: "Sir, I'm really worried. There is no need to be too polite in the future." After Kong Beihai sat down, Bai Yunqi asked again: "So, according to Mr., how should this battle be implemented?"

Bai Yunqi knew that since Kong Beihai dared to say it, he must have been more than 80% sure and had a detailed combat plan, so he asked this question. Kong Beihai did not disappoint Bai Yunqi. He explained in detail the plan for the troops to advance in a hidden way to the map. Basically, it was all over the top, as if he had visited each ridge in person, as if he had personally visited the site.

Finally, Kong Beihai proposed his own idea for the siege plan: "If Your Majesty wants to take Dingzhou City as quickly as possible, General Wu Ming and his killers are the key link, so Beihai begs Your Majesty to not be careful of the trivial matters in order to achieve great things."

After saying that, he stood up and wanted to salute again. Bai Yunqi hurriedly reached out to stop him, and then laughed and said, "Sir, don't be like this. I already have other good plans for this battle, so I don't have to sacrifice Wu Ming's soldiers or soldiers."

Kong Beihai's eyes lit up. He looked out the window with a pointing point, and then whispered: "Is your Majesty referring to?"

"You guessed it right! It's this person." Bai Yunqi suddenly showed an extremely bright smile on his face. He stood up: "I'm sorry Mr. Lao to prepare everything. I'll go see Liu Qianli in person now."

In Zhang Chu's harem, Li Hao repeatedly chanted the poem of Yun Ruoshui and praised it: "This poem seems to be imitating, but it is actually an inscription. The first two sentences tell the psychological journey of my beloved concubine for many years, and the last two sentences start from the torrential momentum, summarizing the three states of water, and at the same time explaining the mind of my beloved concubine in one fell swoop. In just a few words, it is a good poem, even if it is deep, horizontally and broad.

Li Hao loved the more he looked at him. He couldn't help but praise him and slap him. Yun Ruoshui hit the snake and followed the stick. At this time, he became tired of getting tired of it. "Ruoshui is really embarrassed to praise him like this. In fact, Ruoshui just wanted to share the worries for the king. These days you have been reviewing memorials every day until late at night, and it feels really distressing to see him."

Li Hao laughed loudly, pulled her to the desk, picked up a bamboo slip and spread it out, then took a bamboo pen and handed it to Yun Ruoshui's little hand. "Since my concubine feels sorry for me, let's help me refer to it, how should this memorial be handled."

Yun Ruoshui looked at the memorial carefully. It turned out to be a memorial for Liu Qianli to apply for military rations. So she didn't even think about it and wrote a pen on it: "Before the army moves, food and grass will go first. Liu Shuai's move is really his duty. I should support it with my power. This is the right way."

Li Hao suddenly felt like he had picked up a treasure and was filled with joy. He picked up Yun Ruoshui and turned around in place for a few times, then threw her on the chair, and then pushed the memorial like a hill in front of her: "My dear to the world, the master of affairs, the truth is really the phoenix among people. With your help, I am really generous to me, and the heaven is so generous to me."
Chapter completed!