Purple Mountain is a hilly area near Haozhou, not far from Shouzhou. When Shouzhou was besieged, the Southern Tang Dynasty planned to build the Great Wall from Purple Mountain to Shouzhou to deliver food to Liu Renzhan, and actually put it into practice.

Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongde, who were ordered to besiege Shouzhou, launched a classic encirclement and reinforcement battle with Zijin Mountain as the center, and also demolished the Great Wall that the Southern Tang Dynasty had worked hard to build.

However, there is still a section of wall on a steep terrain. At this moment, this dilapidated wall has become Gao Jichong's last talisman.

A gust of night wind blew by, making Gao Jichong shiver. He rubbed his sore eyes and looked at the hundreds of family members resting behind the wall, feeling a burst of sadness in his heart.

I think that the Gao family started in Jiangling during the Later Liang Dynasty and has been passed down for four generations. Although it is not as powerful as the Central Plains in the north, nor as wealthy as the southeast, it is a free and easy emperor.

Nanping has always regarded the Central Plains as Zhengshuo, and has been paying tribute very humbly. When Chai Rong conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty, he even sent naval troops to participate in the war. No emperor in the Central Plains had any idea of ​​attacking Nanping.

In the name of false Taoism, he seized Jiangling and broke the foundation of the Gao family.

His family had no choice but to go to Tokyo according to the order. Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin would not treat him badly for the sake of offering his land as a vassal, who would have thought that just after leaving the boundaries of Jinling, the Song troops who "escorted" him north would steal his family's belongings.

Property, molesting the female relatives at home.

Gao Jichong could bear it considering the overall situation, but his soldiers could not bear it. The two sides fought. Nearly half of the 500 Song troops were killed and wounded, and the rest all fled back to Jiangling.

In this way, he fell out with the Song army and could no longer go to Tokyo. There were many places to go in the world, but there were not many people who could really protect his Gao family. Tang and Wu Yue had already surrendered to Song.

It is difficult to protect oneself, and the country of Shu has high mountains and long roads, so it is impossible to reach it.

The only one who could protect him was Xu Xian, who was nearby in Huainan. He ran with his family all the way, but he didn't expect that Li Chuyun would soon catch up with him and block him in the mountain col. Once Li Chuyun was called to attack, he would not be able to protect him.

Knowing what will happen in the end.

A footstep came to his side, "Brother, it's almost dawn. Brother, let's sleep for a while. When Li Chuyun comes to attack, you will be asked to command the battle."

The speaker was Gao Jichong, the younger brother of Gao Jichong. The two brothers were named Gao Jichong and Gao Jichong. They had the same pronunciation but different words.

He looked up at the white fish belly that had been exposed in the east, and knew that time was running out. He stretched out his hand and pulled Gao Jichong to his side and said softly: "When Li Chuyun comes to attack tomorrow, I will lead people to cut off the rear, and you can take the women and children and escape from the other side of the col."

Haozhou, if you offer your treasure, I believe that the officials of Haozhou will take you in."

"Brother, why are you like this? If it doesn't work out, let's surrender. I heard that Zhao Kuangyin is not a bad person. If he wants to dominate the world, he can't kill us."

Gao Jichong said: "Brother, I know that Zhao Kuangyin is easy to talk to, but the man in front of me is called Li Chuyun. This man is cruel and cruel. If he falls into his hands, not only will my life be in danger, but the whole family, young and old, may also suffer."

"How can I see it?"

"That day, Li Chuyun and Gao Jixing arrived in Jiangling for the first time. After a banquet, they chose several women for their brothers to serve them in bed. Unexpectedly, the two people serving Li Chuyun were strangled to death, and Li Chuyun himself fell asleep among the two corpses.

, which shows his cold-blooded cruelty. If I fall into his hands, I am afraid that I will not be able to survive, but Xu Xian is the only one who can survive at this moment."

"Brother is so sure, maybe he has an old acquaintance with him!"

Gao Jichong shook his head and said: "I've never seen it before! I heard that he defeated the Tang Dynasty and only asked for a ransom and then garrisoned the army. He didn't rush to capture Jinling and enjoy the wealth. Then we knew that his ambition was very great.

Protecting my Gao clan is a good opportunity for him to win over people's hearts. What's more, if Li Chuyun leads his army into Huainan, how will he be able to gain a foothold in the future if he doesn't drive them away."

"But when we passed through Shouzhou, Shouzhou closed the city gate tightly and refused to let us in."

"You didn't know something at that time. All the elites in Huainan were in Yangzhou. We brought two thousand elite troops. The other states only had old and weak troops. We came with troops and horses. It's strange that they weren't nervous.

I only regret that I didn’t send someone to ask for help from Yangzhou earlier, and I don’t know if Gao Dedao has gone. Tomorrow you take the women and children and escape to Haozhou. If you meet Xu Xian, ask him to come to the rescue quickly...who it is!"

Suddenly there was the sound of bricks rolling down from under the wall. Gao Jichong immediately took the torch and threw it down the hillside from a distance. The light of the fire flashed and he saw a group of crouching cats on the hillside.

Upon seeing this, Gao Jichong shouted, "The enemy is coming!"

The soldiers who were dozing on the wall immediately woke up and hurriedly threw torches down the hillside. The torches quickly ignited the dry grass on the hillside, and they saw densely packed Song soldiers not far away.

"Cum! Cum hard for me!"

Gao Jichong's personal guards unfurled their bows and nocked arrows one after another, and fired at the hillside. Many Song soldiers on the hillside were immediately hit by arrows and rolled down. Some of them fiercely pulled out their arrows and continued to charge forward along the steep hillside.

Ordinary bows and arrows were of little use against high-quality armor. Not long after, the Song army had already reached the bottom of the wall and tried to climb up. The wall was only two people high, and one person could climb up by stepping on the other person's shoulders.

Gao Jichong pushed aside a Song sergeant who climbed up from the crenel and another one came up next to him. He lowered his head and saw that there were so many heads under the wall. He simply put the spear aside, took two wall bricks and threw them down.

These two bricks worked really well, and immediately there was a gap under the wall. "Smash it with me! Smash it with bricks as hard as you can!"

His personal guards immediately woke up, grabbed the wall bricks and threw them down the wall with all their strength. This was much easier to use than bows and arrows. The hits were fast and hard, and even the best armor was useless.

The Song troops under the wall held their heads and retreated one after another, or rolled down the hillside. Before Gao Jichong could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a dense sound of strings on the hillside. Gao Jichong's guards were hit by arrows and fell to the wall.

shoot.

"Get down quickly! It's a divine arm crossbow!" Gao Jichong quickly called his soldiers to block behind the female wall. If you show your head, you will be shot in the head immediately. "Quickly put out all the torches!"

The personal guards immediately extinguished the torches. Without the light, no matter how accurate the arrow technique was, it was useless. The Song army indeed stopped attacking and stopped shooting arrows, but Gao Jichong became more and more anxious.

When the sky was completely bright, the Song army used divine arm crossbows to assist in the attack. They were afraid that they would be able to attack without a stick of incense. By then, it would be too late for his family to escape. He turned to Gao Jichong and said to Gao Jichong: "Brother

I'm afraid these more than a thousand people won't be able to hold on for long, and it will be too late when dawn comes. You should take your family to Haozhou now."

Gao Jichong did not refuse, and said with tears in his hands: "Brother, don't worry, I will bring my family safely to Yangzhou."

He immediately led a hundred guards down the wall, organized hundreds of women and children behind the wall, and walked through the rugged mountains holding torches. When the firelight disappeared, it was barely dark enough to see anything.

Gao Jichong glanced down the slope from the crenel and saw that the Song army had been reorganized and was just waiting for an order to attack again. A general in silver armor came to the front of the formation and shouted to the slope: "Gao Jichong

You betrayed the official family and went to the traitor Xu Xian. Now there is no way to escape. Li will give you a chance to change your ways. Come down and surrender and go to Tokyo to plead guilty. The official family will spare your life!"

In fact, it was not what Li Chuyun wanted for things to develop to this point. He knew that it was the uncleanness of his soldiers that angered Gao Jichong. He came to chase him personally because he wanted to apologize, otherwise Gao Jichong would go to Tokyo and sue him.

shape.

During this southern expedition, he had already had conflicts with Murong Yanzhao, and Zhao Kuangyin had already issued an edict to warn him. If he did this again, he would definitely be punished by Zhao Kuangyin.

Unexpectedly, Gao Jichong did not go to Tokyo, but transferred to Huainan in Guangzhou. Li Chuyun was very angry at first, and then hatched a poisonous plan. He took the opportunity to label Gao Jichong as a defector, and killing him was not only a fault but also merit. What he just said was nothing but a sin.

It was an inducement to surrender, and he had no intention of sparing Gao Jichong.

Gao Jichong clung to the wall and shouted down the slope: "Li Chuyun, you don't think I'm a three-year-old child. I'll be fooled by you in just a few words. At this point, I have no room to look back. I would like to advise you to immediately

After leaving Huainan, Xu Xian is not someone to be trifled with, and you will probably be killed when his troops arrive."

"Haha... Others are afraid of Xu, but I am not afraid of him. If he dares to come, I will kill him and send your heads to Tokyo together!"

Gao Jichong chuckled and said, "You spilled the beans. You really didn't intend to spare me!"

"Hmph! Since you are stubborn and ineffective, don't blame me for being cruel!" Li Chuyun said to the soldiers: "The Gao family has been separatist in Jiangling for decades and accumulated countless family assets. Killing Gao Jichong did not take a cent, and all the rewards were given to all the brothers and him.

The female members of the family will also be enjoyed by you brothers."

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers' faces turned red, and they said to Li Chuyun as if they had been injected with chicken blood: "The supervisor, please give the order quickly, we can't wait any longer!"

Li Chuyun smiled evilly, waved his hand, and shouted: "Kill!"

Not even supervising the battle team, two thousand soldiers had already rushed up the steep hillside with shouts, and the remaining two thousand people were rubbing their hands together, ready to rush up to reap the benefits at any time.

Such a steep terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as Gao Jichong has enough water and rations, it will not be a problem for him to last ten and a half days. However, he cannot withstand the divine arm crossbow in the hands of the Song army.

Anyone who showed up would be shot to death immediately, but Gao Jichong didn't have any countermeasures. He could only hit the Song army under the wall with bricks.

As he had expected, the Song army had already climbed up the wall with just a stick of incense. The Gao family's personal guards were no cowards either. The two sides fought desperately on the narrow wall, and soon the wall was dusty.

It was already a bloody mess.

At the beginning, the two sides could still fight evenly, but as the Song army's crossbows hit the wall, the situation became one-sided. Gao Jichong and the remaining Qianbang people were forced to the side of the wall against the mountain.

There are enemy troops in front, no way to retreat, and steep slopes on both sides. It can be said to be a truly desperate situation. Seeing Li Chuyun coming up, Gao Jichong laughed sadly and said: "If I lose, my head and the money below are yours."

, I just ask you to spare these brothers of XX, they have been with my Gao family for decades, and they are all rare elites."

Li Chuyun sneered, "I have many soldiers and horses. Whatever you want from these rebels, leave them all to me..."

"Supervise the army! Supervise the army! A group of soldiers and horses are coming from the south!" The soldiers at the foot of the hillside shouted loudly. From the south of the hillside, a large plume of smoke and dust billowed, accompanied by the rumble of horse hooves. One arm was tied with a red ribbon. The scarf's cavalry has arrived two miles away.

"Red Scarf Capital! It's Hong Scarf Capital!"

The soldiers of Song Dynasty shouted loudly, not even half happy but full of nervousness, because they knew that this time the red scarves were not their comrades, but their enemies.

The Red Scarf did not disappoint them, even though they were still far away. Someone on either side of the Red Scarf threw thunderbolts out. The rumbling explosion immediately reminded people of the scene on the Huaihe River that night.

They would not forget the gorgeous scene in the night, but they did not want the thunder to explode around them. Their nervousness immediately turned into fear. Seeing the approaching red scarf cavalry, they already had the urge to run away.

But before they could turn around, another cavalry group from the Red Scarf City came from the north, and the scarlet banner with the character "Xu" could be seen from a distance.

"It's Lieutenant Xu who is here in person! Run!" A soldier yelled in horror, but was kicked over by the general beside him, "Why are you running? You can still run with two legs than four legs." , Taiwei Xu is the most moral person, as long as we have a good conversation with him, why would he fight with us?"

This general seemed to know everything well. The cavalry outflanking them on both sides stopped a mile away. A young general rode over and joked loudly to them: "Why did you brothers from the Forbidden Army come to the border of Huainan?" When you come, you don’t say hello in advance, so that we can prepare wine and food in advance to entertain you.”

The general took a step forward and said: "We are passing by, but we don't dare to disturb Captain Xu. Let's leave now!"

Xu Lang sneered and said: "Huainan is where you come and go as you please. Don't you take my father seriously?"

The general said with a bitter face: "Yameni, it's not just us who want to come to Huainan, it's Superintendent Li who brought us here. I really don't dare not to come!"

"Then bring that Supervisor Li over and talk to me!" Seeing that the general remained silent, Xu Lang cursed softly: "It's useless, I'm afraid he will do something!"

Xu Lang looked at thousands of people and went straight to the bottom of the hillside as if there was nothing, shouting at the top: "Please come to see my father, Mr. Gao, and Supervisor Li, or we will kill him!"

Gao Jichong, who was sitting on the wall, heard the words and laughed loudly, "God will not destroy me, the Gao family!" He stretched out his hand and pointed down the slope, "Li Jianjun, please invite me, your auspicious time has come!"

Li Chuyun smiled and said: "Don't be complacent! Li is the army supervisor appointed by His Majesty. I don't believe that Xu Xian dares to quarrel with the court now." Seeing the appearance of the soldiers around him, Li Chuyun knew that these people were unreliable. He could only bet that Xu Xian would not dare to fall out with his court now.

He immediately went down the hillside with Gao Jichong. When he saw Xu Lang, he asked, "Where is the captain?"

Xu Lang pointed forward and saw that Xu Xian had dismounted and was sitting on a stone under an old tree wearing a scarlet cloak.

Li Chuyun briefly cupped his hand and said, "Lieutenant Xu, Gao Jichong was dissatisfied with the official family because of the land donation. He killed the brothers in the imperial army who escorted him. He broke into Huainan in a humble position to capture... uh"
Chapter completed!