At the imperial guard camp outside Muzhou City, Wang Bing couldn't put it down and touched the four cannons. Like a tireless student, he asked the Lord of Diankui Si how to use the cannon. A group of generals from the warlord family also surrounded him, his eyes as if he was admiring the beauty with a jade body.

Zhao Huai had the style of a commander. He stood on the platform and explained the various parameters of the generals' artillery to the generals. He had been memorized over the past few days. He even studied how the city walls of Muzhou were broken. He was very knowledgeable. A group of generals were still asking the adjutant to take notes, just like a military academy.

Cao Hua sat in the handsome account and did not join in the fun. He couldn't use this opportunity to combine his image with prestige, and he was also suspected of being "superficial and deliberately pretending". He was left to his brother-in-law to pretend.

After pushing the car for more than half a month, he finally returned to Muzhou City. A thousand infantry were already full of blood and wished he could go into the city tonight to report the great humiliation a few months ago. However, he had already attacked the city during the day, and the team was not ready at night, so he could only wait until tomorrow during the day before he could take action.

Cao Hua was holding a teacup and listening to Zhao Huai's bragging about his brother-in-law's great character with interest. A deputy general suddenly hurried into the commander's tent and clasped his fists and said in a deep voice:

"Governor Cao, a girl came to you outside the camp and said she was your concubine, and she had no tokens and was stopped by the soldiers. Governor, look..."

As he was talking, the deputy general raised his head, but found that there had been no one in the commander's tent.

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Above the winter wilderness where 20,000 people are stationed, dense tents are endless.

Mrs. Jing sat on the ground with a dusty face, her whole body was soaked with sweat, her legs couldn't help trembling due to intense exercise, and her hair was scattered on her cheeks, and she could hardly see her originally charming cheeks.

One day and one night, I ran from Hangzhou to Muzhou for two hundred miles. After a horse died, I could only run with my legs. I snatched a horse on the road and ran to death. When I arrived outside Muzhou City, I was already on the verge of exhaustion. Once I stopped, it was difficult to stand up.

The imperial guard stood around. When he heard about her identity, he naturally did not dare to neglect her. He took the water bag but did not dare to give it to him. At this time, a ox drink would be even more harmful. The soldiers all knew this.

Jing Xue was gasping for breath, sweat kept rolling down. After wiping several times, her vision was blurred and she couldn't see clearly.

Cao Hua ran from the camp on a horse, his eyes were a little annoyed. When he saw this scene, he was shocked that his face changed slightly, his body flashed like lightning, and he came to him, holding Jing Xue:

"You...why are you so tired?"

My hands were wet, and I could clearly feel the scalp of my skin and the trembling of my body.

Cao Hua quickly took the water bag and fed it to her white lips. Jing Xue grabbed the water bag and wanted to drink it hard. He quickly moved it away, waited for a while before feeding it again.

After a few rounds and turns, the breathing of ‘hu-hu-hu-’ slowed down slightly.

Jing Xue felt her throat was dry and dizzy, and she still grabbed Cao Hua's sleeve and spoke out panting:

"Go back quickly... Tong Guan gave Zhang Lu a lot of money... The prince went to Yangshan to train soldiers the day before yesterday... Zhang Lu followed behind... I dare not tell anyone..."

After Cao Hua heard it a little, he was shocked all over.

"Send her down to rest!"

Without having time to think about it, Cao Hua turned over and galloped towards Hangzhou, two hundred miles away...

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"kill--"

The tide-like bandits poured in from both sides of the valley, like an unstoppable mudslide. All the torches were extinguished, and thousands of strong bows on the cliff did not stop, shooting feather arrows into the center, nailing the trees like a rainstorm in summer.

The Three Thousand Tiger Jet Army had excellent armor and weapons, but could not stop all arrows. In just half a night, more than 500 people were killed or injured, and they were still increasing at an astonishing speed.

Although dense forests and steep terrain are difficult to escape, there are also many more shelters.

King Kang was escorted in the middle by Song Yang and other masters, slowly moving towards the outside. The Hujie Army defended the area in a series of layers of defense even if it could not find the cover, but did not disperse. He carried the rain of arrows above his head and rushed out.

From a high point, it was like a large plate with silver light, forcibly squeezing into the bandits wearing red scarves.

But there were too many bandits. With the steep terrain, they could shoot arrows down from above, and they could not fight back with arrows below. The bandits were wearing the Imperial Army's standard infantry armor. Even if the light cavalry had war horses, it was difficult to defeat the heavy armor specially built for "using stairs to control cavalry". When they arrived on the ground, they lost all their advantages.

In half a night, the Hujie Army only moved a short distance in the valley, but rushed forward with the bandits. After receiving the enemy, every time he forced himself forward, he would have to pay several lives.

"How come there are so many people! How come there are so many people!"

Song Yang held a spear and kept sweeping the loss that flew over, almost hysterically yelling. Several fireworks and arrows had been released, and some people wanted to try to break out and ask for help, but unfortunately they couldn't rush out at all.

King Kang's face was gloomy, and he just commanded the Hujie army to break through slowly, without saying anything else, but the anger in his eyes was like a trapped tiger, with a bit of sadness.

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Outside Yangshan, there were crossbow formations deployed by ten thousand wings of troops, and the spearmen were listed in front and they were defensive, but the direction was outside Yangshan.

The adjutant stood at a high place and looked behind the camp. After seeing two fireworks in the distance, he ran back to the camp and spoke slightly anxiously:

"General, there are three fireworks. Something may have happened to the prince. Why are we still staying here?"

Zhang Lu was wearing armor and stood in front of the map to look carefully. His hands behind him were shaking slightly, and he was slightly silent, and said softly:

"Just just heard news that a large number of bandits came to Yangshan, which may be detrimental to the prince. We are stationed here and must not be careless. There are only one thousand bandits in Yangshan, and the three thousand tigers and Jie troops are more than enough to deal with them. They are careful of the opponent's plan to lure the enemy. If we wait in and the bandits fight, a big problem will happen."

When the deputy general heard this, he did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly ran out again, scolding the Xiang army to cheer up and continue to defend the large number of bandits who immediately attacked.

The oil lamp in the tent sways.

Zhang Lu held his hands behind his back and forth in front of the table, and sometimes looked at Yangshan behind him, with a little anxiety. A few days ago, Tong Guan found him and gave him a letter from the emperor. After he finished reading it in front of him, he burned it.

The meaning of the letter is very clear. No matter how many bandits there are in Yangshan, those who come out will die. Six thousand crossbowmen and three hundred steps of the divine arm crossbow that can penetrate iron armor were allocated to him 3,000 pieces, plus one hundred bed crossbows, which can almost defeat any army of the same force.

After reading the letter, he refused to agree and would die on the spot.

After agreeing, he would take the responsibility of dereliction of duty afterwards. At most five years, he would rise to the top of the Privy Council, become an official at the center of the Song army, and become a confidant of the emperor.

Faced with gold, silver and treasures worth millions, high officials and generous salaries within reach.
Chapter completed!