"Do you know how many years I have been in the Central Plains?" Stopping his horse, Chang Jiulang turned his head, looked at the army following behind, and slowly smiled.
The accompanying general looked a little confused.
"General Chang, didn't you go to set up an ambush? Those soldiers seem dissatisfied."
"Do you know how many years I have been in the Central Plains!" Chang Jiulang's voice became louder and louder, as if he was crazy. No one could have imagined that this elegant young general from the Chang family would suddenly become ferocious in appearance.
"General, we are still in the wilderness now. If the Beidi army comes over, we will be surrounded and suppressed."
Chang Jiulang didn't answer, as if there were thousands of knots in his heart, which were suddenly opened, and he looked extremely happy.
He rode alone and rode forward slowly.
As he walked forward, he borrowed the robe and armor he was wearing with a wild smile, leaving him naked. On the naked back, in the most conspicuous place, there is a sacred deer totem.
"Where are you going, general!"
The general was frightened and wanted to chase him, but he only chased for a while. Suddenly, a flying arrow shot the little general into a hedgehog.
"Sacred deer and eagles, conquer the Central Plains together!"
Chang Jiulang's hoarse shouts still faintly echoed around. The more than 40,000 defenders who left the city suddenly became chaotic.
Halfway to Wangzhou, in the wilderness, the sounds of killing came from all over the mountains and plains. Countless crowds of people, like black snakes, were surrounding them from all directions. They were about to block and kill the more than 40,000 Central Plains defenders here.
"Tenggri!"
"Roar!"
The middle-aged man in golden armor stood on the top of the mountain with a knife in hand, and his angry shouting voice was filled with a hint of madness.
"This time, I have fulfilled my long-cherished wish of Beidi for more than a hundred years, to enter the Central Plains and occupy the ancient land!"
"kill!"
In the wilderness, more than 40,000 Central Plains defenders drew their swords one after another and quickly formed a military formation to resist.
"General Chang's military order is a fraud! We did not go to ambush, but entered the enemy's ambush!"
Countless veterans stepped forward in times of crisis, commanding military formations one after another and forming a circular defense.
When guarding Hezhou, although there were occasional battles, the frontline reconnaissance with Beidi was often fought to the death. But now, it is clearly a vast Beidi army.
If they die here, the huge Hezhou will be in vain and will no longer have the power to defend. By then, the Beidi people will march straight into the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains.
"Hold the sword tightly and kill the enemy with me!"
If they cannot break through the siege, the more than 40,000 of them will most likely be wiped out.
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Outside Hezhou, the sound of fighting made even the sand wolves looking for food startle and keep running away.
A man who looked like a veteran coughed several times before slowly standing up with the support of others.
"No, as General Lian expected, there will be a big disaster in Hezhou!"
"I know...ahem."
Lian Yong's face was extremely pale, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and even his eyes had become cloudy. He stood in the wind, already looking like he was about to die.
It happened to be so, but it survived the whole winter and was not dead yet.
He was holding the knife and shaking his body, as towering as a mountain.
As early as last year, Chang Jiulang was transferred here and had been following his strategy. He was too obedient, which made him a little alert. Coupled with the letters from the little boss, in the end, the trick of cheating death was used.
Unexpectedly, the little boss guessed it right.
It's a pity that he was in a coma for a long time in the past few days. When everyone thought he was going to die, he still managed to stand up again.
If the mountains and rivers are about to be destroyed, they will not dare to die.
"Hold the flag... follow me and use the flag order as a signal to call on the army."
Rejecting the support of the guards and using his sword as a step, this veteran who had guarded the border for Daji for half his life seemed to be burning his life with every step he took.
The pace did not slow down. Only after walking up the hill and bathing in the sunshine, a smile slowly appeared on the face of veteran Lian Yong.
"Number."
The guard at the side brought a horn trombone and blew it high in the morning sand wind.
The newly made "Lian" flag was also fluttering in the wind.
Woo woo, woo.
On the wilderness, countless soldiers gathered in the circular formation. When they heard the familiar sound of the trumpet, they all felt inexplicably distracted for a moment.
At the center of the formation, several gray-haired veterans looked back, only a few breaths later, all of them were in tears.
They could vaguely see clearly, on the top of a hill not far away, under the banner of Lian Zi, a dying old general, with his sword in his hand and his waist bent, but he did not fall down like a god of war.
"It's General Lian!"
"General Lian is not dead!"
"General Xunlian's command flag, prepare to break out!"
"Old soldiers who are over fifty years old, please go forward and kill the enemy. If unfortunately you die, I will also invite you to pray for the Qing Dynasty and offer two bowls of water and wine!"
Many old soldiers with thin white hair pulled the young soldiers back, then they clenched the swords in their hands and rushed forward with an angry roar.
Beidi's cavalry camp roared and charged, crushing corpses one after another. In the blink of an eye, blood flowed all around the official road.
"General Lian's flag order, break out to the southwest!"
"The old soldier's camp is cut off!"
The white-haired head kept rolling to the ground under the killing blow of the scimitar.
Among the defenders, there were many newly recruited soldiers who cried and howled and collapsed to the ground in fear. However, they were quickly pulled up again and ordered to break out to the southwest.
"Raise your shield!"
The whistling flying arrows, like dense raindrops, kept falling into the circular formation. The soldiers who were hit by the arrows fell to the ground with bulging eyes and a mournful sound.
"Kill!" An old soldier general who was hit by an arrow opened his bloody mouth, raised his knife forward, and coughed out the sticky blood in his mouth.
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Chang Jiulang rode naked and looked at the Lianzi flag on the hilltop not far away. For a moment, his brows furrowed deeply.
"Shenluzi, the situation is decided." Next to Chang Jiulang, the middle-aged man in golden armor showed a faint smile.
"Great Khan, Lian Yong is not dead."
"The garrison with more than 40,000 men has been trapped in a siege. Outside Hezhou, the official road has been completely blocked. Even entering the forest-"
Before the armored middle-aged man could finish speaking, he suddenly turned his gaze hurriedly. After a while, his expression suddenly became serious.
Chang Jiulang also looked around and frowned.
Not far from the official road, the dry forests on both sides seemed to be on fire for some reason. Countless plumes of smoke rose in at least a dozen directions.
"Where did the fire come from?"
"Someone is burning the forest." Chang Jiulang said coldly.
"The place where Ji Ren was ambushed is not far from the dry forest. With the fire, there will be heavy losses." The armored middle-aged man gritted his teeth.
"Shenluzi, you shouldn't have chosen this place before."
Chang Jiulang narrowed his eyes, took out the dagger in his arms, and cut off his face, tearing off pieces of bloody skin, leaving only slimy facial features.
"If you follow my suggestion, the Great Khan should not retreat. It may be a trick. If the defenders are allowed to retreat to Hezhou, I am afraid that the Great Khan's long-cherished wish to set foot in the Central Plains will be blocked."
The middle-aged man in golden armor seemed to be hesitating. However, I found that the thick smoke was already rolling in and seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.
Without waiting for his order.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the besieged defenders followed the Lianzi flag on the top of the mountain and broke out step by step.
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In the woods.
A lame old horseman, after adding two piles of wet horse manure, quickly turned around and disappeared into the forest.
Since he was short of manpower, this was almost the best way he could think of to get out of trouble.
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