Heaven

"General, it's bad! Those bastards from the Wei state have captured the red lady and are going to burn her to death!"

Li Di frowned when he heard the news, and hurriedly followed the people to check in front of the formation.

Hong Niangzi is the leader of the rebel army operating in the area occupied by Wei State in Xinxing Province.

It is said that her whole family died in the massacre brought by the brother-in-law of the prince of Wei, and she was the only one who survived because she was not in the village.

When the Chu army decided to shrink their defenses, many civilians were captured by the attacking Wei army before they had time to evacuate, and they took care of them.Most of their strong laborers were used as hard labor to carry grain and grass and cut down trees for the Wei army.The women were tragically reduced to military prostitutes for the Wei army's lust.Only the helpless old people and children were left, guarding their houses with bare walls, waiting for the fate of being starved to death.

The red lady appeared at this time.

She first entangled a group of hunters, and instead of fleeing westward on her own, she went around to rescue the trapped people.Later, those who had some combat effectiveness after being rescued also joined her ranks one after another, forming a rebel army against Wei.

After Li Di got in touch with this rebel army, he sent people many times to meet the people they escorted, and provided them with some money, food and weapons.Li Di admired the integrity of these civil righteous men, and once proposed to incorporate them into the army, but Hong Niangzi declined, and only wanted to save more people.

Li Di and Hong Niangzi have been exchanging letters, but it is a pity that they have always been sonorous. Today, I heard that this heroine of the female school will be burned to death in front of the battle, how can I not be surprised?

Wei Wuji ordered to build a wooden platform more than ten feet high, tied the red lady to it, and piled up oiled firewood underneath, waiting for his order to light the fire.

The Wei army has been confronting the Chu army here for more than ten days.

Different from the triumphant advance at the beginning, it can be said that the Wei army at the foot of Mount Usol these days can't go beyond the thunder pool.There are seven passes on this not very high north-south mountain range, all of which are closely guarded by the Chu army.Although the number of opponents was not large, the Wei army had no way to speak due to the dangerous terrain and the many ballistas and catapults that could fire continuously.

Although Wei Wuji was a little dazzled by the victory at the beginning, it was only after a few days of confrontation with the regular army of Chu that he suddenly felt the huge pressure.After being unable to attack for a long time, his generals were deeply afraid of Chu, and they were a little shaken.Wei Wuji himself was also afraid that if he was defeated in the end this time and would pass the attack, the gain would outweigh the loss.

When Wei Wuji heard the news of Jing Mingrui's personal conquest, although he sneered at the young emperor, he also made a plan in his heart, try to occupy as much land as possible before the arrival of the reinforcements from the opponent, and then take advantage of the victory to sign an alliance with the opponent under the city , Re-establish the future Wei Chu border.

Wei Wuji's idea is to use more victories on the battlefield to gain the final advantage at the negotiating table.But now Li Di couldn't defend himself, and the practice of waiting for reinforcements made him very depressed.

Yesterday, he managed to capture the female bandit leader who had been making trouble in the area he occupied. He wanted to execute the female thief in public to force Li Di to come out for a showdown, or if he could attack the mountain pass by biting the other party, he would not be afraid of the sharp crossbow machine of the other party. .

Wei Wuji personally came and shouted under the wooden platform: "The Chu army crossed the border and killed our general Wei for no reason. The whole country of Wei is infuriated! Now if you are willing to retreat thirty miles on your own, you can pay this Usol Mountain to Our country has extinguished the wrath of all the soldiers, and I, Wei Wuji, as the crown prince, declare that I will not pursue this matter any more. As for the bandits that you have been harassing our army, you can also let them go and return them together."

Li Di thought to himself, after crossing the new province in the north of Mount Wusol, there would be almost no danger to defend, and then it would not be [-] miles back, but [-] miles back!

Wei Wuji said again: "You are so cowardly, do you want to watch a woman die in front of your eyes?"

The red lady on the stage was bloodstained all over her face, and at this moment she suddenly said loudly: "I would rather die than let you gang of Wei dogs be used as a threat! You can light the fire, I just wish I could kill myself sooner!"

Wei Wuji frowned, he didn't expect this female thief to be so strong, but that's okay, it made it more likely that the other party would come to save her.

The red lady said angrily: "I am originally a Korean girl. Unexpectedly, my country was ruined and my family was destroyed overnight. I should have been reduced to a slave for the rest of my life. Now that I have received His Majesty's grace, I have managed to get my foothold in this cold north, but I was once again harassed by you." This gang of Wei dogs has killed my whole family. You can burn me to death today, but when His Majesty's reinforcements arrive, you will all die!"

The red lady's cursing sentences became more and more vicious, and Wei Jun present was all terrified.Their fathers were beaten to the ground by Jing Hao in a big battle, and only one or two out of ten managed to escape. Now Jing Hao's son is said to have brought an army, so how could they not be afraid.

Wei Wuji scolded: "Since you are not from Chu, surrendering to Chu is also surrendering, and surrendering to Wei is also surrendering, so why put on an air here. I think you are the secret agent of the Chu army. When you die, you still don't forget to shake our army's morale."

The red lady spat: "Although I'm Korean, I can still tell right from wrong. I'm not like you gang of Wei dogs, who obviously crossed the line to kill people, but still bite back and come to kill them. They really are like a group of mad dogs!"

Wei Wuji didn't want to tangle with her anymore, so he shouted: "Listen, people above, I'll count to three, if you don't retreat, I'm going to set the fire on!"

"one."

Everyone on the mountain pass showed a look of unbearable, because they did not dare to act without the commander's order.

"two."

"General! If you don't save people, I will." Finally one general couldn't help but speak.

This person was one of Li Di's former subordinates when he was in Korea.Later, the Chu army led by Jing Mingyu broke through South Korea's Beiguan. At that time, Jing Mingrui had already confessed that if he could capture the black armored soldiers alive, they should be captured alive, and they should not be killed at will, so many black armored soldiers became prisoners of the Chu army.After Li Di agreed to surrender to Chu, Jing Mingrui returned this part of the soldiers to him as the backbone of the newly trained heavy infantry.

Everyone is also from South Korea. He also has a deep understanding of what Hong Niangzi said about the country's ruin and family death, and he couldn't bear the heroine to die face to face.

Li Di stopped his subordinates from making any further moves with a sharp look.

Everything should be done with the overall situation in mind, even if his own Lao Tzu was tied down at this time, Li Di would not go out to rescue him.This red lady... What a pity, Li Di sighed secretly.Behind him are the wealth and lives of more than a million people, so you can't use your emotions to do things.

The generals who were born in Chu State were also unmoved.It's not that they are cold-blooded and ruthless, it's just that almost everyone here is Jing Mingrui's direct descendants, they come from Tianshu camp, and they have long learned to only obey the orders of their superiors.

"three!"

Wei Wuji was greatly disappointed, he could only think about burning the female thief to get rid of his anger, and waved four sergeants to step forward to light the fire.

"Hey——" The general who was about to save someone just now punched a stone beside him.

Li Di's hand was also tightly gripping the hilt of the epee on his waist, his five fingers turned white.

The four sergeants walked slowly towards the wooden platform holding torches...

Everyone on the mountain felt sorry for Hong Niangzi, a loyal woman who lost her body in the end and was about to be burned to ashes...

Suddenly, only a few screams were heard, and four sergeants holding torches fell to the ground together, with a long arrow piercing their throats!

Wei Wuji's personal guards were shocked, and they raised their shields one after another, escorting the commander back.

Everyone looked in the direction of the arrow, and saw a red dot looming on the horizon, rushing towards it.It was only later that I saw countless flags and banners flying behind, and the sky was full of dust. It was the reinforcements from Chu State who had arrived!

If it was said that he was only shocked by Hong Niangzi's cursing just now, Wei Jun's morale has indeed been shaken now.Since the founding of the state of Chu, the war against the state of Wei has never been defeated. It is said that the new emperor of the state of Chu led an army of 40 to march in person, and his own number is only half of the others. How can this battle be fought?

The cavalry of the Chu army were also wearing fiery red light armor, with a long red mark smeared across the middle of their faces, attacking the Wei army like a tiger pouncing on its prey.

This batch of light cavalry from the Chu Army had been specially trained and selected, and all of them were equipped with strong bows. Before the horses arrived, arrows rained down one after another.When the distance was a little closer, he took out a special crossbow arrow that could be fired three times, and a large number of crossbow arrows attacked Wei Jun head-on.When they rushed to the front, there were not many living people under the platform of Wei Jun, and most of them were wounded by arrows, and fell to the ground crying for their father and mother.The leading general of the Chu army ordered someone to save Hong Niangzi, and he didn't care about fighting, so he turned around and patted his horse and galloped up the mountain.

Only then did Wei Wuji realize that the number of people coming from the other party was not many, but thousands of people might be just the vanguard.It was only because of the densely packed flags and the dust raised by the Pegasus that they mistakenly thought that Jing Mingrui's large army had arrived just now.

Wei Wuji squinted his eyes to see the incoming enemy general clearly, and laughed loudly: "Isn't this Mr. Kong Qing? It's really a three-day farewell. A few years ago, the Jing Kingdom's palace was farewell. I didn't expect that Mr. Kongqing is now You are a general of the Chu Kingdom! Hahaha, Youdao is a one-night couple and a hundred days of grace, don’t be in a hurry, my son, how about we catch up on the old days?"

Wei Wuji was annoyed in his heart that the other party scared him back for half a mile with only a few thousand people, and made himself lose face in front of hundreds of thousands of troops, and his tone of voice intentionally carried a hint of molestation.

Hearing this, Ji Kongqing reined in the reins, turned around and stood still.

He didn't answer, just took out an armor-piercing arrow from his quiver, the bow was like a full moon, and the arrow was like a shooting star, and shot at Wei Wuji.

Wei Wuji hid behind the heavy shields, never expecting that the opponent would shoot through three shields with one arrow and attack him head-on. Just as he shrank his neck, Ji Kongqing's arrow had already arrived.It's a pity that the arrow power was still insufficient, and only Wei Wuji's iron helmet was shot away.Wei Wuji's personal soldiers quickly surrounded him and retreated.

Ji Kongqing sighed secretly, put away his bow and arrow, and immediately said: "Why did I stay, and His Royal Highness became a coward instead?"

Wei Wuji was so dizzy from the shock of his arrow that he didn't even bother to answer.

Ji Kongqing waved his long knife and pointed at Wei Wuji: "Wei Wuji, you will pay for the shame of the past with blood in the future!"

Wei Jun was afraid of Ji Kongqing's excellent archery skills, no one dared to chase after him, so he could only watch him walk away.

A moment later, a big tree hugged by the roadside suddenly fell down, and it was cut in two by Ji Kongqing's sword just now!

All the generals of the Wei army suddenly felt a chill on their necks.