Three Kingdoms

The sunset is like blood.

After Fei Qian arrived in Pingyang, he arrived at Taoshan almost without stopping. He stood on the Taoshan mountain road and looked at the blood-stained stone slabs. He was silent and Shanlan raised his dark brown cloak, as if his face was stained with blood. Fluttering like a bloody battle flag.

Xun Chen also rushed over from Pingyang City and stood behind Fei Qian with his hands folded, his head lowered and his expression unclear.

"You Ruo, tell the truth," Fei Qian turned around, stared at Xun Chen and said in a deep voice, "What exactly happened here?"

If it were anyone else, Fei Qian believed that there might be some ill-considered situations, but the problem was that it was Xun Chen who was stationed in Pingyang!

There are many things in this world that are indeed coincidences, but there are some things that someone wants to make them a coincidence!

Fei Qian didn't believe that with Xun Chen's ability, he would not pay attention to the important point of Taoshan, would not know the relationship between him and Cai Yong, and would not have any precautions at all!

Xun Chen was silent.

Linghu Shao shed tears on one side, fell to the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and said: "General, my subordinates are guilty and failed to protect the grand sacrificial wine..."

Fei Qian glared at Linghu Shao, and said to this guy who was obsessed with studying but didn't have much brains: "We will discuss your crime of ineffective protection later! I asked your friend, if you know that you are dead, why don't you make up for it!"

Xun Chen, who was already blocked in the corner, suddenly slowly took off his crown, fell to the ground, kowtowed and said: "Not long after the monarch went south to Hanzhong, Cai Zifeng, Cai Gu of the Cai family, came to Pingyang..."

"Cai Gu and Cai Zifeng?" Fei Qian frowned, "Who is he?"

"Returning to the throne, Cai Zifeng is the son of Cai Zhi and Cai Ziwen. He once served as a minister, and later Ding You returned to his hometown..." Xun Chen said. Cai Zhi, a former Weiwei, could be regarded as a former important minister in the court, and Cai Yong's uncle.

Fei Qian looked at the big stone on the mountain path with the word "Youdao" engraved on it, and said: "A gentleman loves money, and he must get it in a proper way... Cai Zifeng, is it possible that he came here for the academy?"

Xun Chen still prostrated on the ground and said, "Exactly."

"Haha..." After a moment of silence, Fei Qian suddenly smiled, which made Linghu Shao beside him feel a little chilled in his heart.

"Youruo..." Fei Qian raised his head and looked at the sky and said, "I encouraged Pingdong to march to Luoyang before, but today I just sit back and watch the soldiers raise Taoshan! Youruo, is this the way of the Xun family?!"

"..." Xun Chen kowtowed, not making any distinction for himself.

"Okay, you might as well stay in Taoshan temporarily..." Fei Qian waved, took the crown that Xun Chen took off in his hand, and said, "Let me deal with this group of beetles first! Come here!" Send the order! Beat the drums! Organize the troops! Go into battle!"

Linghu Shao watched Fei Qian and his guards huffing and puffing down Taoshan. He was a little confused and didn't know what happened. Seeing that Xun Chen was still prostrating on the ground, he quickly stepped forward and helped Xun Chen up, " Dong Cao, this, this... what is going on..."

Xun Chen shook his head, with a lonely look on his face. Looking at the blood stains on the stone slabs of the mountain road, he let out a long sigh...

Seeing Fei Qian's flag appear in front of the formation, countless Zhengxi soldiers raised their swords and cheered. Fei Qian also raised his hand and waved to them.

Since going south to Guanzhong, this long war has always had accidents of one kind or another, but up to now, the overall situation is still improving.

Now the soldiers of the Yang family, these soldiers who went north to Pingyang, can be considered a relatively effective part of the ground above Hongnong. If they can be annihilated here now, they will be regarded as less of a big enemy, even if they do not march for the time being. Hongnong will also make Yang unable to stand up for a long time.

Directly leading troops to attack Hongnong, although the name is available at the moment, but now that one's own territory has become somewhat unbearable, how can it immediately swallow up a piece of Sili land again?

If it really comes to this, Yuan and Yuan Baizheng will put aside their past grievances and join forces to eliminate Fei Qian first!

Therefore, even if the Yang family's soldiers were defeated this time, it was still impossible to annex Hongnong immediately. Therefore, under such circumstances, further weakening and disintegrating the Yang family became a problem that Xun Chen considered.

Fei Qian vaguely guessed Xun Chen's thoughts, but just because he guessed it didn't mean that Fei Qian agreed.

Cai Yong has a somewhat stubborn personality, but he is still very generous in terms of academic knowledge, and he is asked by members of his family. Even if he does not leave, he will probably think of sending some scriptures or something. Xun Chen probably heard something about it. That's why I deliberately left this loophole...

Naturally, most of the scriptures in the academy belong to Cai Yong, so once Cai Yong decided to donate them, even Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, had nothing to say to stop them. But the problem was that the surrounding students, although they were also interested in Cai Yong's name, Come, but more people come for these scriptures. After all, not everyone can see Cai Yong and listen to his personal teachings.

If these scriptures were sent out by Cai Yong, according to Cai Yong's personality, they would definitely not be one or two books, nor one or two cars. How many scriptures would be left in the academy?

Isn’t this capitalizing on the enemy?

But the problem is that it is impossible for Xun Chen to persuade Cai Yong. After all, it is a matter within the Cai family, and there is absolutely no room for outsiders to intervene. Therefore, he just takes this opportunity to attack the academy as long as the Yang soldiers raise their swords and guns. , as stubborn as Cai Yong, quite a bit of a soft-spoken character, and then linked Cai Gu and the Yang family together. After being stimulated, would Cai Yong still consider moving eastward or donating books? At that time, let alone Cai Gu, even if his elder Cai Zhi comes back from the dead and comes to lobby in person, he may not be able to persuade Cai Yong. In this way, on the one hand, it can naturally protect the academy from being split up, so that the talent training base of the Zhengxi Group is not affected; on the other hand, it also ruins the reputation of the Yang family as a classics heirloom that has been maintained for many years before the gentry. , at least tarnish the name of the Yang family, the world's crowned clan.

But Xun Chen didn't expect that Cai Yong died unexpectedly!

If Xun Chen has a rebellious heart or intends to harm Cai Yong, Fei Qian doesn't believe it, because Cai Yong is really dead. In fact, it is not a good thing for Fei Qian at the moment, but Xun Chen His personality of being too scheming and calculating everything to the extreme really gave Fei Qian a headache. In Xun Chen's eyes, it seems that everything can be calculated. It was like this last time, and it is still like this this time. It is said that you often walk by the river without getting your feet wet. This time, the car Xun Chen drove naturally overturned. A thorough one.

Even so, Xun Chen could immediately figure out how to use Cai Yong's death to build momentum for Fei Qian!

This is the Yingchuan gentry, these are the children of the aristocratic family. It seems that Xun Chen can even be counted among them. Taking off his crown on the mountain road is undoubtedly showing Fei Qian that he is willing to take responsibility for Cai Yong's death, but it also shows that Xun Chen Chen guessed that Fei Qian might not be willing to kill him...

Kill?

Not to kill?

The cold wind passing over the Fen River rolled up Fei Qian's cloak, flying with the three-color battle flag above his head. The large group of Zhengxi cavalry had almost finished trimming, and they got on their horses one after another, and carried the entire cavalry. The formation was spread out, ready to attack the Wuqiuxing camp in the south at any time.

More than twenty war drums were pulled out from Pingyang City, lined up in a row, beating loudly, and the infantry formed an array and slowly advanced towards the Guanqiu Xing camp.

Fei Qian sat on his horse, looking at the Guanqiu Xing camp in front of him, and said with murderous intent: "Come here! Persuade you to surrender! If you don't surrender within a stick of incense, they will all be trampled to pieces!"

Under the vast Pingyang City and by the Fenshui River, it seems that it has become a battlefield destined to have a bloody battle.

From Zheng Tai's position, he could see the black mass of General Zhengxi's formation in the north, like huge red and black waves that were constantly undulating. This momentum was enough to scare Zheng Tai.

If I had known earlier, I would have escaped earlier even if I was alone!

Damn it!

Why did General Zhengxi's queue arrive so quickly?

When General Zhengxi arrives here, doesn't it mean that the Yang family has lost the battle for Guanzhong?

Didn't it mean that Tongguan had been conquered, and Duke Yang led a large number of soldiers to march into Sanfu and regain Guanzhong?

This, this, how could this be the case?

If I had known that Guanzhong had been defeated, I would not have dared to stay any longer if I had given the courage to a leopard carrying a baggage cart!

If I had known better than to be greedy for so-called merit, I would have escaped earlier even if I risked losing my reputation...

Zheng Tai hated and regretted, and there were 110,000 thoughts in his heart that he had known for a long time, but he just didn't have the courage to fight Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi.

Zheng Tai could even hear the heavy and frightened breathing of the soldiers beside him, including himself! This is still behind the camp wall. If they leave the camp, I am afraid that with the slightest touch, these soldiers will collapse immediately until the situation is out of control!

With food and grass almost cut off and the military commander unable to afford serious injuries, Zheng Tai really didn't expect these Yang soldiers to be able to unleash any combat effectiveness...

Although there is a saying in the art of war that a mourning soldier will win, but that is a mourning soldier who is organized and capable of fighting. What kind of mourning soldier can be called a mourning soldier who is already fearful and has no fighting spirit like this?

Although there are still a lot of people, in addition to the dilapidated rear camp, there are still more than 10,000 people in total. This was originally the reason why Zheng Tai was confident or greedy to stay, but now it seems , what is the difference between these more than 10,000 people and 10,000 sheep?

Are you going to ride away now?

Zheng Tai's face was ashen, and his eyes were swiveling from side to side.

Those in the Zhengxi formation on the opposite side seemed to know the fear of Guanqiu Xing's army. Outside the impact distance, they were still slowly deploying the formation and advancing slowly, without any intention of being anxious at all, as if they were able to do it easily, just like... He must first suppress all the troops in Guanqiu Xing's army and then launch an attack, in exchange for the greatest results at the minimum cost. Such an extremely experienced battlefield performance naturally makes the knowledgeable soldiers in Guanqiu Xing's army even more chilling.

A small group of Zhengxi cavalry rushed to a stone's throw, shouted General Zhengxi's surrender order three times in a row, then inserted a stick of incense in his hand on the ground and did not even wait. Guanqiu Xing Daying had no intention of responding and left without looking back.

surrender?

Can't surrender!

Zheng Tai looked at the eyes of the surrounding soldiers and couldn't help but shudder!

Others can surrender, but Zheng Tai cannot! But at this moment, Zheng Tai has no choice! Even if General Zhengxi Fei Qian didn't know that he led his soldiers to surround the academy and damaged Cai Yong, he might not be able to hide it for long. If he surrenders now, wouldn't he be putting his neck under General Zhengxi's sword?

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!" Zheng Tai was so excited that he raised his arms and shouted, "We still have the camp! We still have the reinforcements! It's getting late! The little thief from Zhengxi has come after a long journey with his troops, and he doesn't have much physical strength. ! The battle won’t last long! As long as we stay here to withstand the two attacks from Zhengxi! Sons! We are not at the end of the road yet! As soon as the reinforcements arrive, we can return to Hedong, back to Hongnong! "

There are camps and soldiers, and the car is fairly stable and won't tip over!

If it doesn't work, just wait until nightfall, and then escape under the cover of night. Zhengxi will have trouble catching up!

Zheng Tai had made up his mind and gradually gained some confidence, which was reflected in his shouts, but he did not notice the looks in the eyes of the soldiers belonging to Guanqiu Xing behind him...

The sudden appearance of General Fei Qian of Zhengxi indeed frightened many of Guanqiu's soldiers, but they also knew that the soldiers of Zhengxi had only been repairing here for less than an hour, and the sky was indeed gradually getting dark. If it was true, If you can withstand one or two attacks, and then reinforcements come, you may not have a chance. As Zheng Tai said, it is better to return to your hometown than to become a prisoner and be slaughtered.

Therefore, Guanqiu's originally shaken military morale seemed to have temporarily stabilized again, and time passed slowly in this tense atmosphere.

A gust of wind blew away the ashes of the incense sticks stuck on the ground and lit up the incense, which seemed to make the incense burn faster...

The battle flags were fluttering, and both the Zhengxi cavalry and the infantry were all in formation, standing quietly, waiting for Fei Qian to give the order to attack.

On the other side, Zheng Tai shouted almost crazily and mobilized his soldiers to form arrays along the camp to prepare for defense. Seeing that Guanqiu Xing was dying, Zheng Tai just filled the void of being without a master. Even though Guanqiu Xing's soldiers were frightened, they listened to the orders and did these things subconsciously, leaving little or no time to think about other things.

"You idiot! How can a mere camp stand in the way of our troops?" Fei Qian kept looking coldly at what was going on inside the Guanqiu Xing camp. He saw that Guanqiu Xing's soldiers were crowded, and they seemed to be organizing and preparing to resist but did not surrender. He raised the Zhongxing Sword, then slashed it down diagonally, "Send the order! Blast it away! The cavalry breaks out of the camp! The infantry covers it!"

If it were in other places, it would inevitably take some effort to break through a camp that has been built and is still more or less solid. But the problem is that Fei Qian had just come from Beiqu. How could he not bring some special products with the army?

Even if it is inferior gunpowder, it is still gunpowder!

In this age where taking out a strip of cloth from the belly of a fish is regarded as a revelation from heaven, in this age where it is often said that someone can see purple energy rising and glowing light protecting themselves, even hearing a loud noise on weekdays can scare people. People's souls are flying to pieces, not to mention the black powder that has gradually shown its power after many experiments?

With asphalt, kerosene, and black powder, even if the production of nitrate cannot keep up, even if the black powder has excess combustion power and insufficient explosive power, it is occasionally used in such special circumstances. , it still works wonders!

When several long crossbows hung flaming wooden balls and pierced the wall of Guangqiu Xingzhai, many Guanqiu Xing soldiers stared at them inexplicably. As a result, there was a loud bang, like a thunderbolt. Generally speaking, there was an explosion and sound. Although it only broke one or two wooden pillars of the village wall and pulled them to form a gap where two or three people were shoulder to shoulder, it was enough to shock the nerves of Wu Qiuxing's soldiers, even if they were not injured. , was also so frightened that he urinated and ran away with his head in his arms!

The war drums shook the heaven and the earth, and the cavalry horns also blew shrilly. Under the Zhengxi battle flag, the infantry and cavalry roared in unison, charging towards the Wuqiuxing camp, which was still stunned by shock!