Liu Yanzhen was in his fifties and looked about forty. He had a fair complexion and three long beards around his mouth. He rode slowly forward on a horse, with his cloak swinging in the wind behind him. He really looked like a Confucian general.

A scout rode over, dismounted and said, "Commander, the Zhou army in front has stopped."

Liu Yanzhen reined in the horse, stroked his beard and said to himself: "Why did you stop? Are you ready to fight to the death?"

A strong man next to him said: "Perhaps he was frightened by the commander's reputation and was ready to surrender."

This strong man's name is Xian Shilang and he is Liu Yanzhen's deputy general. Despite his rugged appearance, he is also a man who is good at flattering horses and enjoying great achievements. Such two people can become the generals and deputy generals of an army. It can be seen that the old saying that birds of a feather flock together is very true.

Makes sense.

While the two were talking, they saw a junior high school escorting a man over. It was obvious that the man was a sergeant named Zhou. "The commander-in-chief just caught him. He said he had something important to meet with the commander-in-chief.

"

Liu Yanzhen looked Da Kui up and down and said, "You and I belong to two armies. We are currently fighting. Why do you want to see me?"

Dakui said angrily: "I came here to ask you to surrender on the orders of the superior officer!"

Xian Shilang chuckled and said: "Commander, my subordinate's guess is correct. This group of people is really afraid of the commander's military power. They say that the Northern soldiers are brave, but now it seems that they are nothing more than that."

Liu Yanzhen stroked his beard and laughed, "People from the north don't have much ability. Back then, Zhu Quanzhong dared to invade Huainan just because he had gained some fame in the Central Plains. He was killed by Wu Taizu until he ran away with his head covered."

"Hey!" Da Kui couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, with a look of disdain on his face.

Xian Shilang immediately reprimanded: "They are all surrendering to our army. Why are you still unconvinced?"

"I am not convinced at all. It is Shangguan who wants to surrender, not me!"

"You dare to be so arrogant when you surrender, I will pull you down and chop you!"

Liu Yanzhen waved his hand and said: "The two countries are fighting without killing each other. Wouldn't it be an insult to your status to vent your anger with a small soldier?" He then said to the leader: "Who is asking for surrender?"

"Is Xu Xian known to everyone in the fourth class of the front office of Xiaodi?"

"Oh? As far as I know, the Commander-in-Chief is the personal guard of the emperor of your country. The Fourth Squadron of Xiaodi is probably a young army, right?"

"You have some knowledge."

"Then why did you come here?"

"I haven't been kicked out by you yet!"

Liu Yanzhen smiled and said, "Do you have proof?"

"If you have a badge, let him search it away!" Dakui said, pointing to the primary school next to him with his chin.

The principal immediately took out Xu Xian's waistband and handed it to Liu Yanzhen. Liu Yanzhen took it in his hand and looked at it and said, "It's true!" He pondered for a moment and said, "Take this person down first and ask me to think about it."

After Da Kui was escorted away, Liu Yanzhen turned around and looked at Xian Shilang and said, "What do you think?"

Xian Shilang said: "This Tang army is cornered and sincerely surrenders. The commander-in-chief does not have to worry about fraud!"

"They sincerely surrendered, but do I want to surrender?"

Xian Shilang said: "My subordinates don't understand what the commander-in-chief means?"

"Your Majesty has such a false reputation. If the enemy emperor's personal guards surrender, your Majesty will definitely give you a lot of gold, horse bones, and a lot of rewards to win over you. However, there is not much benefit to you and me. But if we annihilate them all, that is another story.

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Xian Shilang slapped his head and said: "Look at my elm head, I can't think of this level. Then kill them all as the commander said, and then present the heads of the enemy generals to Your Majesty for sacrifice in the Ancestral Temple.

His Majesty will certainly be equally happy."

"That's exactly what I mean! It's up to General Xian to show off his glory later."

"Commander, don't worry. They only have three thousand people and they are still young troops. My subordinates wiped them out with just a few moves of their fingers."

"Then let's do it like this. Bring that Zhou Jun pawn to me."

Dakui was escorted up again, "You have thought about it! Our surrender will not be in vain. You have to get some benefits first and give each of us a hundred guan of money! You also have to give me a mother-in-law!"

Liu Yanzhen scolded in a cold voice: "Beijing people are really greedy and shameless, Ruan Xiaoyu slapped his mouth for me!"

The principal who was escorting Da Kui slapped him on the face more than ten times, until his mouth and nose bled.

Liu Yanzhen pointed at Dakui and shouted angrily: "You have invaded our territory and killed our soldiers and civilians. Now that I have forced you into a desperate situation and you want to surrender, it is extremely shameless for a seller to seek glory. Go back and tell your superior officer that I and him are going to fight with each other."

He will fight with real swords and guns, and after that, your heads will be made into a spectacle in Beijing as a warning to others!"

Da Kui's ability to do bad things was indeed first-rate, and he lived up to Xu Xian's expectations. Not only did he fail to surrender, but he was also beaten. When he came back, he told everyone about Liu Yanzhen's abomination.

"Nas not only scolded me and hit me, but also said that he would use our heads to make a Jingguan. What is a Jingguan?"

Xu Xian didn't need to answer. A veteran said: "Thanks to you for being a child of a military family, Jingguan is like a tower made of heads. It seems that this Tang army will not give us any way to survive!"

Xu Xian sighed: "Xu is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He just wants to give his brothers a chance to survive. Now they are determined to push us to death. Brothers, tell us what to do!"

Bai Yanyu then shouted loudly: "What else can I do? I'll fight them. Kill one to get enough, kill two to earn one!"

"Fight it! Fight it!"

The soldiers gnashed their teeth, wishing to kill the Tang army one by one. Xu Xian wanted this effect, "Okay! Xu and his brothers from the red scarf capital will go forward first, and the brothers from the Hujie Army will follow Bai Yuhou and attack when the situation arises!"

"

Xu Xian gathered everyone in the Red Scarf Capital and distributed all the arrows equally, so that each person could get eleven or twelve.

He shouted loudly in front of everyone: "I tell you to practice more on weekdays just so that you can sweat more and bleed less during battles. Now is the time to test the results. All I can tell you is don't be nervous, just treat it as normal training."

It’s easy to play. Today is just a big game. If you win, you will go home alive, if you lose, you will die. I ask you if you dare to play!"

"Dare to play! Dare to play!..."

Bai Yanyu, who was not far away, almost suspected that his ears were wrong. It was the first time in his life that he had seen such a morale booster, and he suddenly felt that Xu Xian was too unreliable.

Bai Yanyu patted a soldier at the head of the team and said, "I ask you if you are afraid of death!"

The soldier waited with two big eyes and shouted hysterically: "Don't be afraid!"

Bai Yanyu beat him on the chest and praised: "What a man!" Then he asked the next one: "I ask you if you are afraid of death!"

"Don't be afraid!"

…

Bai Yanyu asked in turn, "I ask you if you are afraid of death!"

A young soldier gave a different answer, "Yes... I'm a little scared!" After saying that, he lowered his head in shame.

Everyone laughed, and Wang Erbian behind them quickly explained: "Military Commander, you know he is a newbie and has never seen blood."

Bai Yanyu didn't mean to be offended. He patted the soldier on the shoulder and said, "There's nothing to be afraid of. If you turn around and fight, don't look at the enemy's face. When you see the enemy, just push forward as hard as you can. I think you usually practice shooting."

Well done!”

Shi San raised his head and said, "Really? But I only know one move."

"One move can be used all over the world. Knowing one move is enough!"

There was a rumble of horse hooves, and Xu Xian was heading west with the red scarf. Bai Yanyu cursed: "Young man just can't keep calm, brothers, let's go!"

The three thousand people marched less than two miles to the west. When they saw the Tang army in front of them, Xu Xian ordered Dakui: "Dakui, if you invite them to fight, you want them to send a thousand cavalry to fight with us!"

"Me again? That's all. I've already been beaten once, so I can't let my brother next to me suffer in vain."

Da Kui learned his lesson shrewdly this time. When he got to the front, he shouted at the enemy scouts and ran back. The Tang army scouts immediately reported Da Kui's words to Liu Yanzhen.

Xian Shilang on the side immediately asked for an order, "Please give your general a thousand cavalry, and then bring the enemy general's head!"

"Don't be stupid, we don't have any habit of gambling here. The Northern Army's cavalry has always been tough, and now we have the advantage of having more people. If you fight him one-on-one, wouldn't you let him take advantage?"

"The commander-in-chief is right. His subordinates are not thinking carefully."

"If you bring two thousand cavalry to fight him, you won't be able to defeat him with two men against one man."

"I will definitely disappoint the commander-in-chief!" Xian Shilang immediately ordered two thousand cavalry to go into battle, and chose a brave young colonel to charge in front. The two thousand cavalry screamed and rushed towards the red scarf two miles away.

past.

Xu Xian took a deep breath and said to the people behind him: "Are you ready?"

Everyone responded in unison: "Ready!"

Xu Xian looked at the Tang army that was getting closer and closer. He knocked the horse's belly and rushed out. After walking no more than a hundred steps, he pulled the reins of the horse and fled north with more than a thousand people.

This move made Bai Yanyu behind him dumbfounded. He didn't even fight with a sword or a gun and then showed his cowardice? As for Xian Shilang, he was also surprised. He really didn't expect that the close guards of the Zhou Kingdom could be so useless. After all,

They are the Young Army. To put it bluntly, they are just a bunch of young boys.

The two cavalrymen got closer and closer, and the soldiers of the Red Scarf Capital became more and more scattered. It seemed that they would scatter and flee as soon as they touched each other. This also made Xian Shilang's confidence more and more inflated, urging his subordinates to pursue them hard.

As if the horses of Zhou's soldiers could not run fast, the Tang army's cavalry gradually caught up, and the two armies were no more than a stone's throw away. Suddenly, the hundred or so men at the end of Zhou's army turned around and fired at the Tang army behind them with their divine arm crossbows.

, most of the hundreds of sharp arrows were aimed at the enemy's huge war horses.

Immediately, more than twenty or thirty horses that had been hit by arrows neighed and fell to the ground, but they knocked down more Tang Army cavalry. After shooting the arrows, the Zhou soldiers accelerated their horses and moved forward, while the Zhou soldiers who stayed behind

Then cum again...

Three consecutive rounds of arrow rain caused the Tang army to lose more than a hundred cavalry, but the Tang army's cavalry did not even hurt a hair on the Zhou army's cavalry. Although Xian Shilang was flattering and greedy for success, he was by no means a fool.

, he discovered that everyone in this group of Zhou army cavalry could ride and shoot, and their bows and crossbows could shoot far and with great power.
To be continued...