"Suppress bandits!"
Yu Wen, who was covered in armor, had a serious expression on his face. He leveled his iron spear, and with the three thousand cavalry behind him, he continued to attack in circuitous ways along the flat terrain.
Their courage was shattered at first, but now they were ambushed again and the fleeing bandits were even more frightened. He just swung his knife and slashed randomly, occasionally injuring the horse's belly, and then took advantage of the opportunity to continue running away.
"Peer through."
Wei Feng and Yu Wen, each divided into an army, rushed back and forth to kill.
The howling sound of begging for life resounded throughout the long night.
…
After getting off the boat, Xu Mu rubbed his swollen head and blew a few breaths of the river breeze, which made him feel more energetic.
A night of fighting was a fruitful harvest. In addition to the burned ones, there were at least a hundred warships. There are also grain, grass and treasures. These river bandits have been running rampant for many years, and God knows how many people have been wiped out.
"General Xu, has the Xu-character flag been planted on the city wall of Bailu County?"
Xu Mu was startled, and looked up. Sure enough, on the top of the highest city in Bailu County, the flag with the character "Xu" was indeed planted.
"I guess it was Chen Xiao who captured the city by the way?"
I asked you to block the river bandits, good guy, you just hit the city.
But think about it, the Jiang bandits with less than a thousand people in the city will definitely run away when they see that the situation is not right. Even if he fled in the direction of Fufeng City, Xu Mu was not afraid and had already left three thousand defenders behind.
"Where's Yu Wen?"
"The scouts are here. I heard that the men from the cavalry battalion chased and killed the Jiang bandits for more than ten miles. Their corpses were spread all the way."
Xu Mu smiled. The cavalry battalion was suffocating, and this wave of killings was expected to be fierce.
"Meet General Xu."
Just as he approached the city gate, a general came over happily.
"General Xu, the entire Bailu County is already under our control."
"Chen Xiao, you did a good job."
"Thank you, General Xu, for your compliment." General Pi hesitated, "General Xu... there is someone waiting for you. He helped a lot during the attack on the city."
Xu Mu was startled. He didn't have many old friends, at least Uncle Chang. However, Uncle Chang may not arrive suddenly in the inner city.
With doubts, Xu Mu hurried into the city. After walking a few more steps, I looked up and saw Li Zhiqiu, sitting silently under the city wall, drinking wine alone.
Next to it, the book boy still stood, holding a sage book, bulging his eyes and shaking his head as he read.
Xu Mu approached.
Si Hu, who was carrying a giant ax on his back, and his iron tower-like body blocked half of the sunlight.
The little book boy seemed angry and raised his fist to hit him.
Li Zhiqiu raised his hand steadily, and the little book boy stepped back.
"My boss really has a tiger warrior. It would be a pity not to charge for such a person."
"Thank you, Captain Li, for your help."
"I just killed some Jiang bandits, so it's not a big job." Li Zhiqiu laughed and handed the wine bottle over.
Xu Mu hesitated, took the sip and took a sip.
"Su Wen, my little boss, is a man who works hard at every step. When I saw him today, he really was like that."
"What does Captain Li want to say?"
Li Zhiqiu raised his face, a look of expectation filling his face.
"You must also know that Muyun Prefecture will not let you grow up."
"so what."
"So, Chen Changqing will bring hundreds of thousands of naval troops to attack you. You are a smart man, knowing that Fufeng City cannot be defended, so you took Bailu County as a stronghold, hoping to use the danger of the river to resist the enemy."
Li Zhiqiu took a sip of wine and continued, "The three Shu kings in Shu are not good at it. If you fail to fight in the first battle after entering Shu and insult the reputation of the world's number one commoner, you will definitely Some people can't help but come to accuse you of your treason."
"It's very simple. If your eyes have heat sores under your roof, you won't tolerate others standing to take shelter from the rain."
Xu Mu frowned, what he was thinking was what Li Zhiqiu said.
"I still don't understand what Captain Li means."
"I want to cooperate with you."
"cooperate?"
Li Zhiqiu put down the wine bottle, his eyes flickering.
"Compared to Shuzhou, Muyun Prefecture is the most suitable for me. But you and I both know that Muyun Prefecture has a large army, and it is the seat of the fool emperor's court."
"Chen Changqing comes to attack you. You and I will cooperate and beat him to pieces on the river."
Xu Mu laughed and said, "If Chen Changqing's army is defeated, you will have the opportunity to go to Muyun State."
"I don't want to fight with you anymore. If we continue to fight, even if I win you, I will be defeated. Besides, I don't want to fight you now."
call out.
Li Zhiqiu suddenly drew his sword, and just thrust forward half an inch, Si Hu's giant ax immediately swung over, and both of them were shocked.
Xu Mu frowned.
"That's it." Li Zhiqiu said with a bitter tone as he returned his sword, "Many of your military advisors and generals are great talents. This younger brother of yours is even more unique."
Si Hu angrily tried to swing the ax again, but Xu Mu calmly stopped him.
Xu Mu knew that Li Zhiqiu had no intention of killing him now. The action just now was probably to prove something. Otherwise, they would not take action rashly.
"The idiot emperor of Muyunzhou can do nothing as long as Chen Changqing dies. It's a pity that the young marquis in the court is so full of blood that he has been in vain."
"Do you know the young Marquis?" Xu Mu was startled.
"I know." Li Zhiqiu looked longingly, "That year I went to Changyang to assassinate the emperor. After I failed, I was chased by the traitor and couldn't escape."
"Little Marquis saved me and poured me a bowl of tea. He said that no matter whether it was overt or covert, anyone who wants to save the world should not die."
Xu Mu's chest felt tight.
"You and I will cooperate and kill this round. If you win, you will have no worries and just find a way to enter Shu. I can also successfully enter Muyun State, which is the best of both worlds."
In fact, there are other things to talk about. For example, if two families are adjacent to each other, what will happen when they compete against each other one day?
But if Li Zhiqiu didn't say anything, Xu Mu wouldn't ask. At least in the short term, the two have a common goal.
"Chen Changqing dares to call himself the best navy in the world, so there is a reason for it. Between you and me, we can only join forces to stop him."
"I wonder how many people Captain Li has?"
"Eight thousand knights, 20,000 rebels following." Li Zhiqiu's face was calm, "I can tell you again, Chen Changqing's side, to be precise, is 70,000 navy, but he will order Cangzhou to also send troops in the name of the emperor , in total, there are at least 130,000 people.”
"In addition, there are many defeated troops and river bandits who have been recruited. Added together, there are more than 200,000. There are also buildings, warships, and fighting ships, at least several thousand in number."
Li Zhiqiu exhaled.
"But if you and I add up, in a short period of time, we can only reach 40,000. There are even fewer warships."
"Little boss, do you dare to fight in this match?"
"Dare to fight." Xu Mu stiffened his voice.
…
Muyunzhou, Yuncheng.
Chen Changqing and his advisors and generals were counting the baggage at the dock when they suddenly heard a military report.
"Then the young master destroyed the stronghold of ten thousand people in one day and also captured Bailu County?"
"Are you still being reasonable?"
Chen Changqing cursed his mother angrily.
Taking the emperor hostage, his power developed extremely rapidly. But at this time, the young boss entered Shu inexplicably.
He was very uncomfortable, and even more frightened, fearing that the young boss would suddenly become too big.
"Who is the best commoner in the world? I want to beat him to pieces!" Chen Changqing's face was ferocious.
