Li Zhang

Dingnan Army's unexpected fire attack blocked Hexi's offensive, and it was almost noon when Hexi reorganized his formation.All members of the Dingnan Army took action and buried themselves in digging trenches by the river.Kelubi was worried that the situation in Zhaozhou would reappear, so he specially called Rong Xie to discuss countermeasures with Hexi.Hexi's arrogance was burned by the fire. After patiently listening to Kolubi's narration and Rong Xie's explanation, he sent people along the river to investigate suspicious places, and made people carefully test the flow rate of the river and the situation at the bottom of the river. Immediately cross the river to pursue the Dingnan Army.

This delay lasted for another two hours, and the Dingnan Army did not continue to retreat after crossing the river, but worked hard on the opposite bank, digging soil and building ridges without stopping.The northern barbarians could see clearly on the opposite bank, pointing and laughing constantly, lighting a fire to keep warm, eating and resting.So far, Rong Xie has completely dispelled his doubts.

When those who tested the water found a suitable place for the army to cross the river, and those who went out to search for suspicious places also returned, Hexi completely put aside his cautiousness, and while laughing at Kolubi's bow and snake shadow, he ordered the whole army to cross the river and ordered them to cross the river. Annihilate the Dingnan Army on the east bank of the Maling River in one fell swoop!

Snowflakes fell from the gloomy sky, and thousands of troops stepped into the river, stirring up countless broken jade and silver beads, reflecting the cold light of death in Sen Han's killing intent, freezing the hope of life.

The soldiers of the Dingnan Army solemnly lined up behind the newly dug ridge, their eyes fixed on the front, but their ears could not help listening to the movement behind them.Fire attack, crossing the river, digging ditches, a series of orders were quickly conveyed by the soldiers. After blocking the ditches and ridges that blocked the line of sight, the orders to take turns to rest and continue digging made them feel a little strange about the upcoming desperate fight. expect.

The northern barbarian cavalry quickly leaped up to the east bank and crossed the half-person-high ravines. Suddenly, countless potholes of irregular sizes and depths appeared in front of them. The war horses hurt their ankles too quickly, and fell to their knees, neighing in pain.The Dingnan Army's arrows rained down like locusts, and after shooting and killing the people who had landed, they blocked the follow-up brigade from the ditch.

Hexi was so angry that he screamed again, and ordered Rong Xie to take the local soldiers to try to solve it, but Rong Xie flatly refused.Thinking of Cheng Xuan's instructions, Hexi suppressed his anger and ordered the brigade to detour.However, the potholes and traps that were thought to be circumvented in just one or two miles were still everywhere after going south for several miles. The impatient Hexi then ordered to go north, and was treated by the Dingnan Army with arrows, which made Hexi agitated. Xi immediately ordered to abandon his horse and command the army to attack Dingnan Army on foot!

It was getting darker, the snow had stopped, but the wind was blowing harder.The [-] Dingnan Army officers and soldiers confronted the [-] enemy troops head-on, and the screams of the soldiers and irons reached several miles away.He Xi became ruthless, and the soldiers of the Northern Man were even more suffocated. They only stared at the Dingnan Army who was desperately resisting in front of them. It was found that their target was a herd of war horses circled by the river bank.

When the firecrackers exploded in all directions among the horses, the loud noise made Hexi's black horseman stand up, and Hexi instinctively hugged the horse's neck with both hands to avoid the danger of falling horse again.He looked back in horror, the horses had already exploded, and the war horses dragged their reins and fled around. Those who jumped onto the river bank were injured by the ditch, or rushed into the crowd and kicked back and forth. Many even ran into the river and fell into the gravel. Hissing miserably in the mud.The battlefield became chaotic again. The northern barbarians who love horses no longer had the heart to fight. They were chasing horses everywhere. Dingnan Army took the opportunity to retreat and retreated along the river bank to the lower reaches of the Maling River.

By the time everything was finally tidied up, it was already dark.Hexi heard the groom's report, so angry that he broke the hard bow in his hand, and was about to continue the pursuit, but was stopped by Kolubi and Rong Xie at the same time.

Corresponding to Hexi's fury, Pingdu's face sank as he looked at the casualty report in his hand.Although the frontal confrontation in the evening took less than an hour, the casualties of the Dingnan Army were close to [-]%, and the northern barbarians still showed no sign of splitting up and withdrawing, which made Pingdu waver again to Li Zhang's plan.

Li Zhang was very focused throughout the day, so calm that he was almost cold, and he had almost nothing to say except to give a few simple orders to the soldiers.Although Pingdu knew that Li Zhang had made arrangements, the situation on the battlefield still made his heart go up and down like a bucket fetching water, and finally fell to the bottom of the well after the battle.He looked almost annoyed at Li Zhang still standing under the commander-in-chief with no expression on his face, and he was about to rush into the battlefield with his Longque Dahuan Dao drawn out, but Li Zhang firmly stopped him.

Although the situation on the battlefield reversed again afterwards, Pingdu believed that Li Zhang's tricks were not enough to fight against the overwhelmingly superior northern barbarians, so he completely lost confidence in the second day's battle.

The Dingnan army retreated to Dongguang on the border of Qingzhou before setting up camp to rest. Although the soldiers were hungry, cold and tired, they were not as depressed as Pingdu. They always looked at Li Zhang who was patrolling the camp with awe and curiosity.

Li Zhang only met with the main generals to make a summary, and still did not have much explanation for the battle on the second day.Someone put forward the same opinion as Pingdu, but Li Zhang simply said: "The harder we are, the less pressure General Su will be under. When we meet on narrow roads, the brave will win!"

Pingdu retorted unhappily: "No matter how brave you are, it will be difficult to resist the Northern barbarian cavalry that doubles your own! After today's battle, Hexi will definitely protect his horses closely, and it will be even more difficult to steal a step while taking advantage of it! "

Li Zhang said with a slight smile: "He has too many worries to protect the horse, so let's give him some more!"

He said it casually but with unquestionable affirmation, which made the generals who were as nervous as Pingdu loosen their tense spirits, looked at each other, and shifted their expectant eyes to Li Zhang.

Li Zhang introduced Wei Qi, Captain of Qingzhou, to Pingdu and the generals, saying, "This is the hero who helped us out of our difficulties today. This is already the border of Qingzhou. I believe Captain Wei will bring us even greater surprises!"

All the generals looked at Wei Qi with bright eyes, but Wei Qi waved his hands again and again as if taken aback and said: "The last general is only acting according to orders, and he is still confused, so he dare not take credit for it!" He said secretly Looking outside the tent, Bai Shan, who was traveling with him, was nowhere to be seen, but Li Zhang looked confident and calm, and couldn't help muttering inwardly.

The generals in the account had already been quite convinced of Li Zhang during the Battle of Zhaozhou. Although today's battle was thrilling, it was also full of strange peaks, which made people involuntarily entrust everything to Li Zhang. Now seeing Wei Qi appear again, I believed in Li Zhang's secret arrangements even more, so far I no longer doubted it.

After the generals withdrew, Pingdu, who had a grudge against Li Zhang, still kept a cold face, and asked Li Zhang about Yang Zi's whereabouts.Li Zhang hesitated again and again, and said bluntly: "I have ordered him to support General Su nearby."

When Pingdu heard it, he exploded: "What?! You! You still said that you are not biased towards Su Qingyang! Now we are in crisis, even if Rong Xie really left as you said, we still have to face the [-] northern barbarian army! Could it be that you really think that you are a heavenly general who can sow beans into soldiers?!"

Li Zhang really didn't want to have a dispute with Pingdu at this time, so he lowered his posture and asked: "General, please trust Li Zhang again! Li Zhang will never put Dingnan Army soldiers to death!"

Pingdu's face became even darker, and he couldn't help but speak sharply: "Trust you? The emperor has abandoned you, how do you want me to trust you again?! Su Qingyang let others make mistakes and led to wolves entering the house, but ordered the Southern Army to bear the burden for him. This black pot, how can there be such a reason in the world?!"

Li Zhang said eagerly: "Why did the general say that? Even if Li Zhang was abandoned, he would still be the pillar of the country. How could the imperial court abandon the Southern Army?! General Su didn't succeed today, and news will arrive tomorrow. .If the general retreats at this time, wouldn't it be a waste of all previous efforts!"

"Hmph! It's hard to say whether you have merit or not! It's fine if you transfer Yang Zi back, if not..."

"If not, what is the general's plan?"

"Then don't blame me for removing your mask and take back my command!"

"General Ping!"

Li Zhang was angry and impatient, and he didn't know how to persuade him, when suddenly Bai Shan's voice came from outside the tent: "Your subordinates are back to your orders, please join the army and draw your sword!"

Li Zhang and Heping were stunned at the same time, Bai Shan had opened the curtain and walked in, knelt down on one knee in front of Li Zhang, held up the Longyuan sword with both hands, and said in a loud voice: "Please join the army and take away the sword!"

Li Zhang took the sword suspiciously, looked inquisitively at Bai Shan's silence, and asked Pingdu with a calm face, "Who are you? What order do you give me when you come back?"

Bai Shan stood up, clasped his fists to salute Pingdu, and said, "I am the hidden guard that the emperor bestowed upon Li Canjun with the sword. I was ordered by the army to go to Qingzhou to make adjustments, and now I am coming back to report!"

Pingdu's complexion changed drastically, his suspicious eyes shifted from Baishan to Li Zhang and then to the sword in Li Zhang's hand, and he couldn't help but thumped when he saw the dragon pattern jade decoration on the sword's head.

Because of Li Zhang's resistance to Sima Yi, he was unwilling to accept any reward from Sima Yi, so he had no choice but to take Long Yuan under the eyes of everyone that day, but he just packed it in his luggage and didn't carry it with him. The long sword that I am used to every day.On the day I saw Ling Yuncong, because he had an idea to send Baishan to Qingzhou to transfer people, he was afraid that his words would be empty, so he wanted to use Longyuan to fool him, so he turned it out and hung it up. After Ling Yuncong left, he handed it over to Baishan. .Therefore, Pingdu never knew that Li Zhang had such a royally bestowed sword, let alone that this sword was the "Shangfang Sword" like the emperor himself!

Looking at Pingdu's expression, Bai Shan knew what was going on in his heart, she sneered in her heart, but still said respectfully: "When the villain came, the emperor solemnly handed over the sword to the villain, seeing the sword with his own words is like seeing a king. Now that the sword is in the Dingnan Army, it is like a royal conquest, how can General Ping say that the emperor has given up on Li Canjun?"

Li Zhang immediately understood Bai Shan's intentions, knowing that he was doing it for his own good, but he was still slightly displeased with what he said.Pingdu was convinced so far, his complexion changed several times like a paint shop, he pretended not to hear Bai Shan's last words, followed the words and said: "The emperor's kindness is mighty, the Dingnan army will surely live up to the emperor's trust! "

After Pingdu left, Baishan pleaded guilty to Li Zhang for her self-assertion.Li Zhang looked at him helplessly, thinking that Bai Qi was becoming more and more comfortable making up his own mind, and for a moment he really didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Bai Shan got acquainted with Li Zhang when he was in charge of the secret guard affairs of the capital. He was a few years older than him and was born with a warm heart. After accepting the secret guard's regulations, we will clean up the remnants of the family together with him, and hunt down the prince.After Li Zhang released Ling Yuncong privately and was imprisoned by Sima Yi, he was ordered by Jin Bai to take care of Gu Wen secretly, and privately passed the news to Li Zhang when Gu Wen was seriously ill and dying.Jin Bai severely punished him after the incident, and he was not allowed to ask about Li Zhang's affairs again. He was bitter about it, and he was secretly dissatisfied with Sima Yi. He was secretly complacent about what happened just now, so there was no half-hearted intention of apologizing.

Li Zhang shook his head secretly, he didn't want to say more about this matter, so he asked him carefully what he was asked to do, and saw that everything was as he thought, but he was only slightly relieved, his face was still dignified.

Bai Shan asked puzzledly: "Dongping Lake has strengthened the deployment according to your request. Although it is difficult to raise more boats and there are many shoals in the lake in winter, I have already laid flat bridges. As long as there is enough time, it is not necessary for the Dingnan Army to evacuate all of them." No, what are you worried about?"

Li Zhang said with a wry smile: "You also know that you need enough time..."

Bai Shan became serious: "Is there any news from Ah Qi?"

Li Zhang shook his head, fiddled with the jade flute in his hand, and suddenly said in a low voice: "I'm actually not sure... If Hexi can wipe out the Dingnan Army in one fell swoop, what's the point of losing Rongjiazhuang first and then taking it? I bet, actually Rong Xie's little filial piety, and Kurubi's speculation. But..."

He sighed inaudibly, and Bai Shan knew that he thought of Gu Wen again, and comforted him in a low voice: "Although what I said before is not true, it is not a random fabrication. When Lord Jin sent us out, the emperor had a secret order The captains of all states are at your disposal at any time. Although there are few defenders in Gunzhou and Qingzhou, there are nearly 2 people in total, and they can resist for a while. I heard that General Wu has recovered from his injuries and is clamoring to return to Dingbei Army , Master Meng is raising troops for him, I am afraid that reinforcements will arrive soon!"

Li Zhang cheered up when he heard the words: "Brother Wu is healed from his injury? This is really good news!"

Bai Shan laughed: "Look, are you in good spirits? I just like your spirit!"

Li Zhang blushed immediately.

As Bai Shan spoke, he untied the burden behind his back, put it in front of Li Zhang, and said, "This is the big woolen clothes specially given by Mr. Jin, and there are medicines!" As he spoke, he looked up at Li Zhang, "Last time Even Mr. Jin blames you for being so nonsense, you have to remember to take the medicine you specially brought! I also brought some noodle tea, and I handed it over to Pinganle. It’s not bad for that kid to be broken-hearted, General Ping Finally did a good job!"

Li Zhang glanced at Bai Shan reproachfully, and frowned slightly.Bai Shan waved his hand and said: "Got it, I won't say it anymore! Mr. Jin told you not to work too hard. It's cold and exhausting, so don't suffer from old illnesses again! He also said that he dare not give Miss Song back at that time." Sick husband!"

Li Zhang's face immediately turned red again, and he was groping the smooth Mao Feng on his collar blankly. Thinking of Zhiqing, his thoughts gradually drifted away, and his heart ached even more: It's been three months!Before he knew it, he had left her alone in the mountains for three months!I don't know how she is doing?Is there enough food in the cave?Do you feel lonely and afraid?

The more Li Zhang thought about it, the more sad he became. For the first time in three months, he let go of everything and thought about Zhiqing. Every bit of it was her good and his own reluctance, which made him wish to fly to her side immediately to see if she was okay.

Although Bai Shan didn't know the connection between Li Zhang and Zhiqing, seeing Li Zhang's distraught look, he suddenly remembered the scene when he secretly told him the news of Gu Wen's death, and knew that Li Zhang had someone he cared about again. Also feel at ease.

So he comforted Li Zhang and said, "Ah Qi will look into the mountains for you. Rong Xie is dragged here, so there is less danger. If you want to see her sooner, you should find a way to drive the barbarian home earlier!" "

Li Zhang was stunned for a moment, looking at Bai Shan's concerned and serious expression, he lowered his head in embarrassment.Bai Shan pressed Li Zhang's shoulder heavily, told him to rest earlier, and left on his own.Li Zhang sat under the lamp for a long time before blowing on the lamp to rest.

When the Dingnan Army and Hexi fought on the west bank of the Maling River, the explosion of fireworks also sent the message all the way to Pingshan.Su Qingyang had already led the Dingbei Army across the mountains and evaded Rong Huan's blockade. After receiving the letter, he waded from Zhangmiao and left Pingshan to attack Rongjiazhuang.

Ling Yuncong had already explained to Su Qingyang what Ling Feng did back then, and it coincided with Su Qingyang's way of thinking, so he ordered the soldiers to prepare accordingly, carry them out of the mountain, and make vines and ropes around the Rongjiazhuang. Frame, made into a ladder bridge over the ditch, along the bridge into.

The arrows in Rongjiazhuang were raining like rain, but they were blocked by the four shields also tied with rattan nets. The result was like "sending charcoal in the snow" for the Dingbei army whose quiver was empty, and it didn't play a suppressive role at all.

After the Dingbei Army rushed through the trench, they turned the rattan bridge into a rattan ladder, and set it up on the courtyard wall to forcibly tackle key problems.Rongjiazhuang resisted tenaciously with several turrets and movable stairways. The machine crossbow shot at the head, and the poisoned arrows, torches, and boiling water were poured down together. The Dingbei army suffered continuous casualties, but they kept climbing up one after another.

After the application time passed, Bai Qi, who hadn't been seen for several days, suddenly appeared and brought back news that Su Qingyang expected: Rong Huan was on his way to help.

Ling Yuncong heard it from the side, and couldn't help but interjected and asked, "Where is Rouran?"

Bai Qi looked at Su Qingyang and replied: "Here we come too! Rong Huan Dexin has already arrived near Beiluo, and the Rouran army just came out of Shimen not long ago. Yang Zipian of the Dingnan Army brought people over to support him, and he has marched to Changgu Near the township. But they only have more than 4 troops, and it is difficult to resist more than [-] enemy troops, and the general still needs to send people to support them!"

Su Qingyang nodded and said: "Zhao Boxi is on standby outside, just ask him to join Yang Pianjiang!"

Bai Qi looked at the situation on the battlefield with a frown, paused and said, "This place should also be captured as soon as possible! The Dingnan Army has less than 5 people dragging Hexi and Kelubi. The longer the time, the greater the danger!"

Su Qingyang's face was sullen, he looked ahead and didn't respond.

Ling Yuncong couldn't hold back his desire to rush up, and when he saw this, he stood up and challenged Su Qingyang: "Please let your subordinates participate in the attack!"

Su Qingyang turned his head to look at him and asked, "What's your plan?"

Ling Yuncong was taken aback for a moment, feeling that Su Qingyang's expression and tone were unusual, he had different thoughts for a moment, and choked back when he rushed to the edge of his mouth.

Su Qingyang looked at the battlefield again, and said in a flat tone: "Li Zhang specially asked you to come here because you have special strengths. The Dingbei Army has never lacked brave men who are not afraid of death. Where do you stand and what do you do? That's what you should really think about!"

Ling Yuncong was completely blocked from talking, and peeked at Su Qingyang's true intentions, but he couldn't see the slightest clue on that solemn and majestic face, so he had to step aside embarrassingly.

The attack is still going on, and the special shield shows extraordinary flexibility. After the quadruple shield, it has been disassembled into a double shield. After the wings are spread, the soldiers holding the shield resist the attack from top to bottom. , and still have relatively free mobility, able to withstand the pressure and climb three feet away from the top of the wall.

The audience watching the battle will suddenly become excited!

However, before the man climbed to the top of the wall, the village soldiers tied a long pole with a torch and pounded the shield directly from the turrets and stairways.The shield that had been scorched for a long time couldn't stand it, and the soldiers holding the shield couldn't bear the huge pushing force either. The shield caught fire and people fell straight from the rattan ladder.After succeeding, the soldiers continued to poke the torch at the rattan ladder. Under the burning flames, the rattan ladder was finally ignited, crackling and collapsing.

The author has something to say:

If you write it later, you will have to change the front.It is published first, and may be revised.

The procrastination is getting longer and longer, and I don't know how many more chapters I thought I could finish with 110 chapters.I hope it can be finished within 10 chapters, and OTL added some interactions.