@@Xiong Bonan made a note of this in his mind, got up again the next day, and sneaked across the river from Dongjun to Jijun. As soon as he landed on the shore, he noticed the tense atmosphere in Jijun.
It turned out that after the war that day, Qu Tuda once again failed to catch up with the battle, and then faced Xue Changxiong's withdrawal of the entire army, and the dispersal of all the county officials, and he fell into an embarrassing state of solitude... So after learning that the entire Bohai County had been swept away, and that the river was unblocked, even if one thousand or ten thousand people were unwilling, they had no choice but to retreat.
Otherwise, who knows if Zhang Xing will fight again on the plains?
Especially this time Xu Shiying was able to cross the river calmly and attack from both sides.
However, after the soldiers retreated to Chanyuan on the border of Jijun and Wuyangjun, and ensured a safe distance, Qu Tuda did not continue to retreat, but began to set up defenses right here in Jijun... Chanyuan is a point, Neihuang to the north, Liyang to the west, plus Bowang Mountain in the middle of the three, about 15,000 Dongdu elites, plus thousands of Jijun soldiers, formed an obvious solid triangular elastic defense zone.
As for why he acted like this, Xiong Bonan knew it without asking. It was because there was a canal connecting Qingzhang River and Qishui River through Jijun, which separated the three cities in the east and separated them from the main force of the Dragon Army. The road is basically smooth, and Ji County is the bottom line that Dongdu must stick to if it fails to catch it... Therefore, troops must be deployed to take necessary precautions.
Moreover, Zhangshui, especially Qingzhangshui, is almost a natural artery for Dongdu to control Hebei. This river originates from the black mountains behind Weijun and Jijun, and flows all the way to the east of the river before entering the sea with the Hutuo River. The dozen or so counties passing through along the way are all famous and large counties.
In this case, we only need to dig a canal of tens of miles in Jijun, connecting Zhangshui to Qishui, which flows into the river in Jijun itself, so that taxable materials from the fertile land of 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 assembled for this purpose.
First of all, Yecheng, the prefecture of Wei County, is the companion capital. There are all the regulations that should be in place in the palace. A governor and a Jinwu guard sent by Beiya are still there. The palace ambassadors and deputy envoys are also complete, and the palace also has Corresponding to Miyagi, it is full of storage
Food, gold and silver, weapons, armor, royal equipment, and even royal horse stables.
The westernmost side of Ji County, next to Hanoi County and facing Dongdu, across the river from Luohekou and Luokou Granary on the other side, contains decades of money and taxes from several counties in Hebei West Road and Shangdang area. , and can even be regarded as part of Luokou Cang.
On the eastern half of Ji County, next to the canal, behind Liyang City, in the area between Dagong Mountain and Tongshan Mountain, there is also a standard storage area, which stores decades of tax money and grain from several counties on Hebei East Road... This can be regarded as a typical river mouth warehouse, but because the canal between the two mountains isolates the river channel, it can only be entered and exited from Liyang City in the northeast, so people around it call it Liyangcang.
At this moment, Xiong Bonan was standing on the bare Tongshan Mountain, looking down at the huge storage area below in confusion.
In his field of vision, countless sergeants and civilians were working hard to carry supplies, obviously to prepare military supplies for Qutuda's tribe, and perhaps to provide some supplements and rewards to the soldiers of several counties in the west, but they were only It was only the first two or three of the dozens of large warehouses that were opened, which was also shocking.
Shock was followed by a sense of absurdity, then anger, and finally helplessness.
In the past, Xiong Bonan's emotions would have only ended at absurdity - the government here had so much food, cloth and copper coins that they couldn't even use them all, and they couldn't even move them all around. But where the deposed Long Army was, he was so nervous. Logistics rations must be calculated carefully, causing complaints in the rear areas of the Eastern Border and making people on both sides unstable. But for the people in the two counties of Xinde, Hebei
He even ate almost all the spring plowing seeds.
Isn't this ridiculous enough?
But the current King Xiongtian is still angry, because he now knows that the warehouses in front of him are originally from Hebei East Road, and even those from the Bohai and Plain counties that did not even have seeds were handed over. Therefore, they are lenient on the surface but are actually extremely harsh. The people's wealth and people's anointing collected according to the standards... It is really people's wealth and people's anointing, and these things are offered at the cost of their lives.
After the two emperors of the Wei Dynasty and the Guanlong clan had enjoyed the essence in the Western and Eastern Capitals, they would rather rot the despised basic money, food, cloth, and silk in these warehouses than collect less. So that the people can eat more food and make more clothes. Even in the year of disaster, they did not save them. When there was a famine, they would round up the people, forcing the people to cry Tian Wumen and the Supreme Silence. Then a group of soldiers and horses would wipe them out, with the banner of officers and soldiers killing thieves.
This is not the virtue that a supreme being on land should have at all. This is simply robbing and killing openly. It is simply treating the people as dust and debris, and not treating them as human beings.
As for the helplessness, Xiong Bonan knew very well that this location was within the attack range of Dongdu. It was a place that the great master and the remaining elites of Dongdu, including most of the Guanlong army leaders, regarded as a forbidden place. If the army wants to come over, they must concentrate their main force to break through Qu Tuda, but this time is enough for the Grand Master to personally lead Dongdu, Weijun, and even the Guanlong soldiers in Guanxi to leave the main force of the Deposed Dragon Gang.
As for those masters like me who are condensing pills or above, of course they can come and move it freely, but how many stones and horses can they move?
It’s discouraging to think about.
However, after thinking about it, Xiongbo Nanfu felt that some of Zhang Dalongtou's actions were right. Some things still need to be said, and some truths still need to be explained... Looking back now, I think about the time when I was a hero and traveled north and south. , is simply unexplained. Although I have some ideas in my heart and can do things quickly, I can't be as thorough and clear as I am now. I know who the enemy is, what the matter is, and the key to the matter.
At that time, I really didn’t even know why I was angry.
Suppressing all kinds of emotions, Xiongbo went south to Tongshan, randomly found an army primary school, and slapped him unconscious. He took a horse from the other party, then left Liyangcang and continued on his way, following this short canal all the way to Qishui.
Then he went upstream along the Qishui River and looked for it in the Black Mountains.
Black Mountain is not a certain mountain, but the mountain range on the east side of Jin that stretches for nearly a thousand miles overlooking Hebei. Because the middle section was sprinkled with the blood of the Supreme and the meat of the true dragon, it became a red mountain, so it is called the north side based on its color. It is called Purple Mountain, and the south side is called Black Mountain...that's all.
Therefore, trying to find the whereabouts of a person in the Black Mountains is not like finding a needle in a haystack, but it can also be regarded as catching a fish in a pond.
Fortunately, King Xiongtian is a good fish catcher. He knows that since Zhang Changfeng has gathered people and horses, it is impossible to get into the mountain nests that are difficult to access. At the very least, he must guard some passages so that he can easily go down the mountain to Hebei to ask for food, and Heishan The channel in it, the most natural, simplest and most direct, must be the source of Qishui and Zhangshui that originate from it.
Therefore, Xiong Bonan came upstream along the Qishui River to find it.
Sure enough, on the morning of the next day, he found a clue in the blooming mountain flowers - at a mountain pass where a certain tributary in the upper reaches of Qishui River flows, there was actually a confrontation between two armies. -
There are not many troops on both sides. The official army has two to three thousand people and the equipment is neat. The Montenegrin army has four to five thousand people. They are obviously selected. The combat power of both sides is similar, evenly matched.
But what's more interesting is that even these troops who are not noticed by King Xiongtian can't spread out at this time, because the mouth of the mountain col is too narrow, and the outside of the mouth is divided by the tributary, which makes it even more cramped. The surrounding mountains They are also quite dangerous and difficult to deal with.
The officers and soldiers could only stay in the open space two miles downstream and make a camp.
It can be seen that this army, which is under the banner of Li Zi and has obviously poor combat effectiveness, is in trouble.
"Today is the fourth day." Li Qingchen, the newly appointed deputy envoy to the Yecheng Palace, was sitting in a simple tent, wearing only plain brocade clothes, and his face was a little pale against the background. "Zhang Changfeng is so shameless. He changed his mind at the last minute and wanted to add more supplies, money and food... If I had known better, I wouldn't have let you go look for Xu Shiying so early. I should have got the person out first."
Qin Bao on one side was fully clothed, but without a helmet, and his figure was even taller and majestic. At this time, he was sitting on a bench wiping his big iron gun with a coarse cloth. Hearing this, his expression did not change: "Say something. It should be right. Since Xu Shiying is back, it means that the master of the Deposed Dragon Gang will arrive soon. I want to ask him a word first, and he will also say it in the future.
and
There was nothing wrong... I was in Liyang at the time, and I just crossed the river after receiving your letter. "
"That's right. It's useless to complain at this point. You have to find a way." Li Qingchen thought about it and forced himself to calm down. "I don't think we should agree to Zhang Changfeng like this, otherwise this guy will just think that this is a strange thing to live in, and he will get worse!"
"I agree, we have to take action!" Qin Bao was obviously much more decisive.
"But we have to consider using a rat weapon. Zhang Changfeng has been working together for two years to concoct pills, and he has also recruited many good players." Li Qingchen pointed out a few key points. "And the pass here is too narrow...
"There is a way." Qin Bao folded up the oilcloth, put it away quickly, and then pierced the iron gun on the ground, and there was a faint electric light jumping on it. "You attack first, defeat the mountain pass, and then retreat with the military equipment and equipment, scattering some along the way to lure him to pursue... Isn't that what he came here to ask for? And I brought a hundred or ten elite troops to hide in advance. Go upstream, wait for you to pass by together, then come here to make a surprise attack, and in turn seize the mouth of the mountain col. Then it will be our turn to guard this gap, and it will be his turn to be anxious. If he relies on his cultivation to come to find me, he will come here alone. I will take care of him when the time comes, and even if I can't take care of him, I can still point him to the entrance of the mountain pass and follow his tribe's return route to ask him to make friends."
"That's all it can do now, but you have to be careful..." Li Qingchen thought for a moment and was silent for a while. After a while, he reminded him. "There are so many of them. No matter how they chase them, there will definitely be enough people behind the col. Then there will be a two-sided attack. Those who have been blocked from returning will also try their best to win! You have to say it yourself. Yeah, Ning Dan vs. Ning Dan, I don’t know how troublesome it is.”
"Ningdan vs. Ningdan, let's try my weight." Qin Bao simply answered and got up. "Without further ado, I'll go get ready and head upstream to hide."
Li Qingchen had no choice but to nod.
Qin Bao put on his helmet and carried a big iron gun to the tent door. He stopped and looked back: "Li Twelve..."
"What's the matter?" Li Qingchen looked up in surprise.
"They all said that after you were injured, there was no hope of condensation in this life?" Qin Bao asked seriously, holding the gun and holding the knife. "is that true?"
Li Qingchen hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I asked Zhong Cheng personally, and he said that the previous injuries, especially the abdominal injuries, really hurt the foundation of my body, and there will definitely be an impact, but that is from the level of Dan Ning At the beginning, the emphasis is on attaching equal importance to life and body, and cultivating both body and mind. As long as luck and experience are in your favor, and your Taoist mind is 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 when we encountered this mountain pass this time."
Qin Bao nodded, and then reminded again: "Use less idioms and allusions, speak simply and firmly...otherwise others will just think you lack confidence."
Even though Li Qingchen boasted that he had all kinds of psychological preparations, he never thought about the problem from this perspective. He just felt that the other party was looking for trouble without any knowledge, so he waved his hand casually.
Just like that, the next development is self-evident.
Li Qingchen summoned an envoy and presented himself as a descendant of the Guanlong clan. He shouted and scolded Zhang Changfeng on the spot. He only said that he would rather not have Niuda than be manipulated by an abandoned soldier of the other side. He only asked Zhang Changfa to push the cart to serve him. Chief Niu went to look for Zhang Xing to see if Zhang San could give him Zhang Changfeng, a descendant of the Zhang family, some face?
The envoy had no choice but to go back. As soon as the word "abandoned soldiers" came out of his mouth, Zhang Changfeng's face darkened. Then, just as he mentioned pushing carts and serving excrement and urine, there was a noise outside. It was actually Li Qingchen who sent hundreds of people to follow the envoy and directly launched the attack. They made a surprise attack and tried to seize the mountain pass. However, they were discovered by the Montenegrin army who had set up a jam here, and they resisted on the spot.
In the Black Mountain military camp behind the mountain col, Zhang Changfeng was laughed out of anger for a moment, but he calmly summoned his close friends around him to say:
"Then Li Twelve, a loser, dares to mock me? And come to attack me secretly? Although I have had ups and downs in the past two years, I have been involved in the overall situation in Hebei several times, and I have a pill in my belly during the battle. ...You know, he is a good person. He was considered a talented person in the Eastern Capital in the past. However, he has no discernment and only wants to go against Zhang Sanlang. As a result, he was secretly stabbed in the waist by someone from the Deposed Dragon Gang...
The matter of condensing elixirs is too mysterious for us to talk about, but even if he condenses elixirs in the future, with this injury, he may only end up in Bei Yamen as the governor! What are you using to show off to me? What are you using to attack? Me? In the past few days, it was obvious that I didn’t take his life for the sake of our past kindness, okay?! Now, you guys, go out with me and take this guy’s life together, so that he can know who is the real romantic one. How elegant!"
A group of close friends and heroes around them shouted loudly after hearing the words. They each held their swords in their hands and followed Zhang Changfeng, nicknamed "Fengliu General", to kill the general. Even the envoy hurriedly put on his armor and chased after him. "!
The entrance of the mountain pass was already narrow and could not spread dozens of troops. At this time, Zhang Changfeng's Huang Feng Zhenqi, which was cultivated in Dan Dan, was really like flying sand and rocks. It was unstoppable. The officers and soldiers held on for a while, but only a few people died, so they followed the previous steps. Ordered to flee back in embarrassment.
And there was no need to follow up to lure the enemy. General Fengliu was so angry with Li Twelve that he was unwilling to give up. He actually chased him out personally, and dispatched his troops to follow up, along the pass of the mountain col. The river in front of us went straight downstream, and soon it reached the army camp in the open area, which was only two miles away.
At the army camp, Li Twelve originally wanted to evacuate and lure the enemy. But when he saw the yellow wind rolling in the spring, Zhang Changfeng actually led his troops to the front, and countless other troops poured out one after another along the river and on the wild roads. , as if to
Coming directly to attack the camp, my scalp was numb for a while, so I could only hold on.
If he couldn't hold on at this time, it would be self-defeating, and he would become a real collapse after pretending to be defeated.
However, there was no situation where the bead curtain was rolled back at all, because when Zhang Changfeng chased him out in person and arrived in front of the official camp, the camp was obviously in danger. Even though there were many Black Mountain military personnel swarming forward at the mountain col, Qin Bao He also took action decisively.
Suddenly, shouts of killing started from upstream. The Black Mountain Army who had just left the pass heard the noise and looked around in surprise. They saw only a hundred people coming from the upstream, as if they wanted to seize the pass, so they laughed.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a bolt from the blue suddenly occurred.
It was a literal bolt from the blue. Many Montenegrin soldiers saw it with their own eyes. The hundreds of people arrived more than a hundred steps away. The leader was the only rider in the wilderness. He was wearing black lightless heart armor, including the man and the horse. The lightning flashed and caused the thunder, as if it contained some kind of vitality that was as unpopular as the "Merry General" in the family.
I was also shocked.
But it wasn't over yet. The horse's black armor flashed with electric light. He took dozens of steps forward and came to a steep rock wall. Without stopping at all, he turned out to be a man and a horse. They were wrapped in true energy and lighted up the mountain. They jumped up. No matter how stupid the Black Mountain Army was, they came to the mountain col and smashed them down. They knew that this was going to kill people. They became even more frightened and scattered and wanted to flee.
Unexpectedly, before the men and horses fell, a large iron gun flashed with lightning, accelerated from mid-air, and landed in the crowd of Black Mountain soldiers at the entrance of the mountain col. It immediately killed and injured several people, and the crowd was even more likely to explode. Immediately afterwards, both men and horses arrived, and the knight in black armor pulled out the big iron spear, flashed the lightning, and waved it around, unstoppable. Even the mount on his crotch actually went crazy in the lightning, and opened his mouth to take the opportunity to tear him apart. Biting, kicking and tugging.
Just like a dragon colt.
In a moment, the casualties of one man, one horse and one gun exceeded the casualties of the previous small-scale battle. The Montenegrin army crowded at the entrance of the mountain collapsed completely and fled one after another. The people outside the entrance desperately jumped into the road that was only a few feet away. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were going into a river that was wide and one foot deep. The tribesmen in the mouth simply started trampling on them early, but they were killed in the mountain col by more than a hundred elite officers and soldiers who came casually.
For a moment, the blood overflowed and gathered into a stream, soaking into the mountains and fields. It was only covered by the green grass in spring, and no blood was seen. It was not until it flowed into the river in front of the entrance that a lot of red rolled up.
From the mouth of the mountain col, there were constant wailing and begging for mercy.
At this time, Zhang Changfeng, who heard the noise in front, quickly retreated. Halfway through, he saw people struggling for survival and corpses floating in the river. He was even more stunned. Only then did he realize that he had fallen into a trap. Li Twelve only turned against him after receiving strong support. , he hurriedly grabbed a lieutenant and asked the other party to delay the officers and soldiers behind him. Then he personally stirred up the yellow wind, jumped up, mobilized his troops to come back for reinforcements, and tried to recapture the pass of the mountain col.
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When he reached the entrance, the romantic general only asked his subordinates to follow him, and shouted for the soldiers on the other side to attack him. Then he ignored it and took the lead in leaping in relying on his cultivation of pill condensation.
Entering the entrance of the mountain col, Zhang Changfeng recognized the leader of the other party at a glance. Without making any noise, he directly used his life energy, waved the long knife in his hand, and exerted the power of a romantic general, and then killed him with all his strength.
When Qin Bao saw the opponent's true Qi cultivation, he naturally knew that the real master was coming, so he didn't say a word. Seeing the opponent coming to the mid-air in front of him, approaching only a few feet away, Qin Bao suddenly let out a loud shout, like thunder, and at the same time his whole body became calm. Thunder energy surged out, and accompanied by lightning and beeping sounds, he actually jumped into the air with heavy armor and horses, brandishing a huge iron gun, and fought hard to attack.
Zhang Changfeng was frightened when he saw the opponent's power, but he didn't have time to restrain himself, so he struck the opponent in the air.
After the blow, Zhang Changfeng felt numb all over his body, his eyesight went black, and the hand waving the weapon completely lost all consciousness. Actually, his body and mind lost all control over his energy in mid-air, and he could only rely on his survival instinct to try his best. Just release the body-protecting energy.
Then, like a rag doll, he was knocked down by the opponent's entire spear and long knife.
The body-protecting energy is still there, but he’s not dead this time?!
But the opponent was unyielding. After falling from the horse, the huge iron gun wrapped in some kind of zhenqi that obviously had a paralyzing effect hit him repeatedly. Zhang Changfeng could only do his best to use his zhenqi to resist on the long knife in his hand. After condensing the elixir, the little bit of vitality of heaven and earth comes to breathe.
But at this moment, suddenly, or within a period of time when there was no time to react, a sharp pain came from his leg. In an instant, Zhang Changsheng broke the protection of the body's true energy, and almost burst into tears. .
Poor Zhang Zhang and Zhang Changfeng tried hard to look, but they actually saw the ugly-looking war horse covered with leopard spots under the opponent's crotch. At this time, two rows of huge sharp teeth were exposed, biting his unprotected calf directly, and also Make a tearing gesture.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Changfeng was completely powerless and could only use his whole life to beg for mercy: "Hero, let me go! I must be an old friend of Li Twelve! There are also four to five thousand people and Niu Dake who can help you get promoted." The use of!"
Qin Bao had no expression on his face. He shot away the opponent's weapon with one shot, then hit the opponent's other calf with another shot, and then pinched it.
The spotted leopard beast's crotch and the sarcoma under its neck made the latter relax.
At this time, Zhang Changfeng had already passed out from the pain.
After a while, Li Qingchen, who had launched a hasty pursuit, hurriedly came around the river from behind. Seeing this scene from across the river, he was speechless. He could only exhale a long breath and sigh loudly from a distance:
"Qin Er, do you know that since Zhu Shou fell into the snow in Liang Yuan that day, this is the first time I have seen Ning Dan's legs broken and dropped so quickly!"
Qin Bao raised his voice and answered with rare unscrupulousness: "With my three hundred strange scriptures, we formed an formation and walked away. Within a quarter of an hour, we will reach the great
Even in front of the Grandmaster, 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 all silent and regarded as gods.
A moment later, just as 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 sound was louder than Qin Bao's: " I'm afraid Qin Erlang has underestimated the status of the Grand Master! However, with such handsome kung fu and such condensed cultivation, he can be proud of himself for once! Why not treat the Grand Master as nothing for a moment?"
At this point, the man obviously paused for a moment before continuing: "In the past, when we parted ways on the river, gold, stone, mud and water rolled together, but I didn't expect you to be such a good piece of iron! Good! Good! Good! But also not good!"
At the end, the sound became louder and louder, so that the top of the cliff was filled with purple air, and the echoes in the surrounding areas were like thunder. Qin Bao and Li Qingchen, plus countless officers and soldiers, and the Black Mountain Army were all surprised, but many people guessed who it was.
The man did not try to be mysterious and directly reported his name:
"Xiong Bonan, the leader of the Deposed Dragon Gang, is here! I have taken out the leader Niu and placed him somewhere else! As for who you want to do business with, find the rightful owner! Anyway, we and the enemy are clearly distinguished, Niu
The big boss has never been a prisoner of the Wei Dynasty for half a day! Today, Heishan came to pick up his brother. It was wonderful to see this scene on the road. The only thing is a pity, that is, a man of Zhang Longtou's ability, a brother who has been taught by his own words and deeds. , but actually he was happy to be a violent eagle dog, and he was willing to fall!
"It's not just a pity, it's ridiculous!"
After saying that, a piece of purple air was seen rolling, and then a stream of light flashed, driving a purple train across the sky. After a few bursts of laughter, it disappeared deeper into the mountain.
Qin Bao and Li Qingchen's expressions changed early. At this time, they each remained silent for a long time without moving.
After an unknown amount of time, Qin Bao came to his senses, brandished the huge iron gun in his hand, and suddenly shot Zhang Changfeng, the "Merry General" who was pretending to be dead in front of him, into his lungs.
The children of a pitiful family had once studied under Nan Slope, had become a handsome man in the Eastern Capital, had divided states and counties for a while, and had survived the most difficult two years of the Hebei Rebel Army, but because of a moment of greed, Died in the mouth of Wuming Mountain.
No one cared.
PS: I washed the dishes for the first time in four days. I washed them for almost half an hour, and then threw away five big bags of garbage... At that time, I felt like I had no sheep these days, but due to psychological effects, I had phantom sheep symptoms.
