Li Zhang

The emergency fireworks in Rongjiazhuang are the unique secret system of Shimen Lei's family. They fly high and shake loudly, and the exploded fireworks can hang in the air for a moment. Therefore, Rong Xie already knew about it when it was released, and under suspicion and hesitation, he thought that his father's [-] Rong family troops were near the villa, and Cheng Xuan couldn't watch the supplies fall into the enemy's hands, and the crisis at home would be resolved. So he suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and continued to follow Hexi to pursue the Dingnan Army.

After dawn, the barbarian army chasing into Qingzhou encountered resistance from the local defenders all the way, but none of them were large-scale, and they fled in all directions as soon as the cavalry approached, but they persistently entangled repeatedly.Hexi wanted to fight the Dingnan Army decisively, although he was disturbed by these people, he refused to take the bait, and kept chasing the Dingnan Army's whereabouts.

Near noon, the scouts reported that the Dingnan Army was moving toward the mountain.When Hexi heard this, he became anxious, scolding Pingdu for being cowardly as a mouse, while urging the whole army to advance at full speed, and finally caught up with the Dingnan army at Zhuqiao by Dongping Lake.

Under the pale winter sun, there is an endless stretch of reeds by the lake, swaying in the cold wind.Standing with their backs to the lake, the soldiers of the Dingnan Army seemed too hasty to line up. They occupied several slopes at random and drew their bows and arrows. The number of soldiers was much smaller than yesterday.

He Xi rode his horse and stood in front of the formation, looking at the Dingnan Army who was forced into a desperate situation in front of him, showing a disdainful smile.He coldly gave the order to attack.

The war horse neighed and flew past Hexi, forming a fan shape to besiege the Dingnan army, while Rong Xie led the soldiers from the side and went straight to the reeds on the bank.

The Dingnan Army fired a volley of bows and arrows, but they couldn't stop the majestic offensive of thousands of horses galloping.The people on the flat ground began to retreat, throwing away their helmets and armor and fleeing into the reeds.Hexi blew the horn again, and the horses accelerated even more amidst the sound of the horn, and the dust that was raised up covered the sky and the sun.

Just when the barbarian army was about to rush towards the slope, dozens of thick hemp ropes were suddenly stretched among the scattered soil slopes, and they were as tight as bowstrings under the twisting of the pile driver on the slope.

The galloping horse suddenly bumped into the rope, rolled and fell, screamed and twitched, unable to stand up.The cavalrymen who were thrown out even had their neck bones broken or their limbs and sternum were injured, and they also fell to the ground, tossing and crying in pain.The people who followed hurriedly reined in their horses, but they could only slow down slightly under the tremendous pressure. After hitting the ropes, they still fell down and injured people, overlapping and trampling, and so on.

When Hexi, who was watching the battle, realized something was wrong and Ming Jin withdrew his troops, the slopes were already filled with wounded and fallen horses. Some horses were directly pressed on the ropes. The shaft was forcibly broken, and the stumbling formation immediately disintegrated, but the entire Dingnan Army retreated into the reed marsh and disappeared without a trace.

Hexi was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, and before he could think about it, he wanted to chase into the reed marsh, but was stopped by Rong Xie.

"They can only die if they enter the reed! General, calm down, Rong Xie has his own way to force them out!"

As soon as the words fell, the vast reeds caught fire everywhere, and the dead leaves ignited when they met the fire. In the gusts of north wind, they instantly started a prairie fire, and the thick smoke rose to the sky.Hexi opened her mouth wide in shock, then grinned grinningly and ordered the bow and arrow to prepare, gnashing her teeth and waiting for the opening of the hunting scene.

However, the fire burned for a long time, but no one escaped from the reeds.Rong Xie looked around suspiciously, but the scorching flames forced him back again.Hexi was hit continuously, but he only touched the side of the Dingnan Army once, and his heart was already full of evil fire. At this time, he could not wait for the expected result, so he looked at Rong Xie with a gloomy face and asked: "You Han people, Are they all willing to be burned to death?"

Rong Xie replied hesitantly: "Maybe it's too hot for them to come out in time."

He Xi snorted suspiciously, glanced at the still chaotic rescue scene, dismissed the soldiers who were waiting for orders with arrows, and went back to the camp to rest.

The fire did not go out until Xushi. Rong Xie ordered the soldiers to guard the fire and went in to search at dawn. However, after searching for a long time, they did not find a body of the Dingnan army. Instead, they found it near the lake. Rong Xie suddenly had a very bad feeling about the ruins of the platform built with wooden boards!

Kolubi's men also suffered casualties in the previous attack, seeing Rong Xie's complexion getting worse and worse, he couldn't help but feel a little heartbeat.He was originally the most valiant warrior in Xianbei, but he became inexplicably afraid of the Wei army in the weird battle of Zhaozhou.He understood Hexi's mood very well, this kind of cat-and-mouse-like trick really dealt a huge blow to morale.He thought that Rong Xie had a way to deal with it, but in the end it seemed that even he was helpless, which made him retreat again.

When it was getting late, the scouts still hadn't found any trace of the Dingnan Army, but Hexi's vigilance brought a man dressed as a villager, who seemed to have traveled for a long time, and his face was pale with exhaustion.Rong Xie's color changed when he saw it.

He grabbed the man and asked in a low voice. The man wiped his tears while talking, and Rong Xie's face became more and more ugly.

In the subsequent military discussion, Rong Xie proposed to give up pursuing the Dingnan Army, and the whole army returned to Rongjiazhuang to destroy the Dingbei Army first.When Hexi heard this, his face turned dark, and he glared at Rong Xie and cursed: "You Han people are really cunning and cunning people! Pingdu can only play tricks, and you only think about your own Rongjiazhuang! Order, this time the Dingnan Army must be completely wiped out, no excuses!"

Rong Xie hesitated for a moment, and suddenly pretended to be astonishing: "I am afraid that the commander of the Dingnan Army is not Pingdu. Today's battle must have been planned long ago. I suspect that Li Zhang is not dead at all!"

As soon as the words came out, Rong Xie was stunned for a moment, ignored He Xi's sneer, lowered his head and thought about the subtle traces before and after, and suddenly figured out the key point, and immediately shouted at the cronies outside angrily and bitterly: " Go and arrest Liu Yun!"

The confidant was ordered to leave, Rong Xie looked at the astonished Hexi, and said angrily: "We have been fooled! This is Li Zhang's trick to lure the enemy. After holding us back, let Su Qingyang take the Rongjiazhuang !"

While secretly blaming himself for his carelessness, he also became hesitant about going back to save Rongjiazhuang.At this moment, Chengxuan received another news, but it was that Sima Yi had mobilized nearly 5 horses from the Southeast Prefecture, led by Wu Zijun who had recovered from his injury, and he would go north for reinforcements in the near future. Join forces to destroy Dingbei Army.

Rong Xie weighed the pros and cons, and also felt that it would be the best policy to eliminate Dingnan's army before Wu Zijun arrived, but his heart ached when he missed his mother.After careful consideration, he wrote a sincere letter and handed it to Cheng Xuan, asking him to try his best to rescue Mrs. Rong, and at the same time express his doubts about the Liu brothers.

After the letter soldiers left, Rong Xie looked in the direction of Rongjiazhuang for a long time without moving.The cronies came to report back, but Liu Yun had already noticed it before the arrest, and searched the camp all over the place, but there was no trace.So far Rong Xie completely believed in the fact that Li Zhang was still alive and was facing him, so he couldn't help clenching his teeth secretly.

Outside the Rongjiazhuang, Ling Yuncong, who came out of the village at night, led people to the camp of Mutong horses. After mixing a large amount of crotons into the feed when people were not prepared, he set fire to the horses to create chaos. He led the rest of the troops and went out from the junction of Rong Huan and Mu Tong camp.

Cheng Xuan had already known about the farce that took place in Rong's Village during the day, and was deeply puzzled by Su Qingyang's actions.Now Yang Zi really made a move, but Rong Huan deliberately delayed because of yesterday's accident, causing Yang Zi to take advantage of the gap to leave.This made Cheng Xuan have to seriously examine the results of the war that had been lost due to the fragmentation of various ministries and armies since the beginning of the war, and made this issue even more urgent after learning that Sima Yi decided to fight him decisively.

He no longer trusts the degree of execution of the orders by the various troops. Except for the military supervisor specially sent to him by Rouran Khan, he decided to send one to the Rong family army and Ke Lubi, and he had to let the disciples of Mangshan secretly support him. Therefore, it is necessary to follow the order and prohibit it, so as to ensure that the subsequent battles will achieve the expected results.

After figuring this out, Cheng Xuan acted immediately and sent out all his cronies.Rong Huanshang was okay, but Kelubi was determined not to keep him, Mangshan disciples came forward to restrain him, but he refused to let go.Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers outside the door blew the horn of attack loudly.The crowd only thought that someone was attacking the camp, and they all ran towards the sound of the horn with their weapons in hand, and within a short while, Kolubi's camp was completely surrounded.

After hearing the news, Rong Xie, who came over to ask about the general situation, glanced at the excited Xianbei soldiers, stepped forward and skillfully relieved the suppressing force of the Mangshan disciples, freed Kolubi, and then responded to Cheng Xuan's words neither humble nor overbearing. The confidant said: "The Prime Minister sent you to supervise the army instead of seizing power. If you do this, if you make the Xianbei people anxious, I am afraid that even General Hexi will end badly!

There is still General Hexi sitting here, if the supervising army is worried that they will not be able to make a mission, please temporarily follow Rong Xie's army to see the aftermath, how about it? "

That man was clever, and he saw that it would be impossible to force him to do so, and he disdained Rong Xie's thousands of town soldiers, so he replied half-softly, "Zhou has something entrusted by the Prime Minister of the country, so he should go back and report to the country. As I said, the success or failure of this cooperation to defeat Wei depends on one action, and all the generals should work together!"

After saying that, he glanced over Kelubi who was still stalking his neck and refused to give in, and Rong Xie who was respectful but arrogant on the surface, and took the Mangshan disciples back to report.

After Rong Xie watched him walk away coldly, he glanced mockingly at the furious Kryubi, and turned his eyes to the dark cloudy sky again, thinking about the battle ahead.

That night, Cheng Xuan, He Xi, Rong Huan, Rong Xie, and Ke Liubi all had their own concerns, while Su Qingyang, who had been quiet for a day after Yang Zi left, concentrated all the people in Zhuangzi in the Rong's ancestral hall , After cutting off the contact between Rongjiazhuang and the outside world, the soldiers were ready to go.

At the second watch, there was another commotion in Mutong's camp.Mu Tongben was already vigilant, but Ling Yuncong was already familiar with Xianbei's camp deployment rules, and he was familiar with the Rouran camp, which was similar with minor differences. Like, it's setting fire in all directions again.Mu Tong was so angry that he screamed and ordered the whole battalion to go out and arrest people.

At the same time, Yang Zi also attacked Rong Huan at night, causing a commotion in Rong Huan's camp, and then fled to the junction of the two armies.Rong Huan was already annoyed at the presence of the warlords, but at this moment he chased after him full of breath.

The Rong family army has always been in the Wei army's uniform, only the gray waistcoat has been replaced with an earthy color, so it is difficult to distinguish in the night.Yang Zi's men first rushed into Rouran's team and hacked, and then pretended to be defeated. They changed their waistcoats on the way. Rouran, who was chasing directly, started fighting without saying a word.Rong Huan's people found out that something was wrong, but they couldn't communicate because of language barriers. Many people were hacked and hacked to death, which immediately aroused the long-standing hatred for Beiman in the bottom of their hearts, and they didn't show mercy .

This scuffle lasted for half an hour before being stopped by the commanders of both sides who felt strange. Su Qingyang had already led 3 Dingnan troops in light clothes and hurried away from Rongjiazhuang, heading straight for Shimen.

After daybreak, Cheng Xuan, who thought more and more wrongly, ordered to attack Rongjiazhuang, but was stubbornly resisted by the village.The soldiers of the Dingbei Army guarding the village directly sprinkled the cotton-padded clothes, grain and grass with oil, ignited them and threw them. Cheng Xuan gritted his teeth with hatred, but the useless cavalry limited his offensive. Catapult, but received the shocking news that Su Qingyang raided Shimen, and Liu Xi opened the door to let the enemy go. He was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood!

Cheng Xuan originally intended to leave Liu Xi at Shimen to guard Sima Qiu, and when he finally besieged Su Qingyang, he would use his status as the son of Dingdong General Liu Dianzhai to divide the soldiers of the Dingdong Army in the Dingbei Army, so as to subjugate the soldiers without fighting, so as to minimize the number of soldiers. The loss caused by a head-on confrontation with the Dingbei Army.However, the letter soldiers sent by Rong Xie failed to hand over the letter to Cheng Xuan, and Cheng Xuan was completely defenseless against Liu Xi. In addition, he did not believe that Su Qingyang would break out of the encirclement to support the Dingnan Army with the Dingbei Army, which suffered heavy casualties in continuous battles. Make him miss the opportunity.

After Su Qingyang captured Shimen, he rushed into the official office as a temporary residence. Sima Qiu was playing with others at ease. He heard the noise outside and was impatiently letting Eunuch Li go out to deal with it. The evil Su Qingyang.Sima Qiu was so frightened that his whole body trembled, the five trees in his hands fell down and stood dumbfounded.

At this time, by the Dongping Lake, Hexi, who had just learned of the whereabouts of the Dingnan Army, ordered the pursuit again.Rong Xie changed his previous spectator attitude and ordered the scouts to go ahead all the way, looking for the opponent's weakness and the best place to fight.However, the Dingnan army changed from the previous exhausted state. After rushing from Daimiao to Shentun, they hurriedly crossed the Maling River from Shentun. left behind.

Hexi still didn't know what happened to Shimen, he only thought that the Dingnan army was a moth jumping into the flames and throwing themselves into the net, so excitedly they accelerated their speed of pursuit.When the army chased Liuzhuang, it was already dark, so Hexi ordered to camp and rest, and then searched for a way to cross the river the next day.At night, Cheng Xuan's urgent order came from Mangshan's disciples himself. Apart from informing about Shimen's disappearance, Cheng Xuan became ruthless and vowed to fight to the death with Dingbei Army and Dingnan Army!

At this time, the Dingnan Army and the Dingbei Army combined had less than 7 soldiers, while the combined number of Hexi and Kelubi had more than 8, and they were all elite cavalry.Hexi rubbed his fists eagerly, Kelubi also let go of his inexplicably restless heart.Rong Xie was in a complicated mood. On the one hand, he felt a sense of relief that he could finally get rid of it, but on the other hand, he couldn't get rid of the shame of relying on foreigners to attack his compatriots.Just at this moment, the emergency fireworks went off again in Rongjiazhuang, Rong Xie took the opportunity to leave the brigade privately, crossed the river overnight with five thousand townspeople, and went straight to Rongjiazhuang.

When Hexi heard this, he just snorted disdainfully.He had originally looked down on Rong Xie, and he was even more excited about the imminent battle, so he only thought about finding him to settle the score after the fight, and put it aside.

Three days later, the Dingnan Army and the Dingbei Army joined forces and confronted the cavalry of Hexi and Kelubi in Longyao, and the Mutong and Ronghuan tribes led by Cheng Xuan were harassed by Yang Zi and Ling Yuncong along the way. , Still on the way to Longyao.

The author has something to say:

I’m sorry that I have to wait a chapter to finish. I tried my best. I thought I could finish the 6000-word chapter and finish it in one chapter. The result is still too much, so let’s continue with one more chapter. The OTL writing method can’t make the timeline clear at a glance. It is indeed a headache to write, and the result of blooming in all directions is that even I am dragged out of motivation.I also don't want to never be able to write about Li Zhang! !

The timeline after the start of the middle session is as follows:

On October 10, Tuoba Mian withdrew from Youzhou.

On October 10, Liu Guanqiang was destroyed.

On October 10, Dingbei Army broke through

On October 10, Liu Dianzhai colluded with the enemy

On November 11, the Dingbei Army attacked Rongjiazhuang, which was unfavorable, and retreated into Pingshan. On November 1, Chengxuan captured Shimen

On November 11th, Liu Xi left the camp

On November 11, Hexi Keliubi Rongxie formed a team to pursue the Dingnan Army. On November 10, the Dingnan Army was trapped in Ling County, started fighting, and retreated to Dongping in the evening.Dingbei Army rushed to Rongjiazhuang and started attacking.Captured Rongjiazhuang in the early morning.

On November 11, Hexi caught up with the Dingnan Army at Zhuqiao and fought again.Rong Xie set fire to the reed marsh.The Dingnan Army withdrew by water to the west bank of Dongping Lake.Yang Zi took advantage of Ye Shuai to leave Rongjiazhuang.

On the night of November 11, Su Qingyang left Rongjiazhuang with 16 Dingbei troops.

On November 11, Su Qingyang captured Shimen.The Dingnan Army rested on the west bank of Dongping Lake.

On November 11, the Dingnan Army wanted to join Su Qingyang and cross the Maling River from Shentun to the north.Hexi chased after him.

In this way, the sense of paste will be less, OTL