Under the threat of Huang Hao's powerful personal force, the Yangzhou troops who could not bear the losses began to retreat. Huang Hao was not stupid. He picked up the spear in his hand and opened a hole in the enemy's formation, then allowed the enemy to retreat.
The gap in military strength is too huge. If Fang Ancheng had more than 10,000 troops, Huang Hao would definitely choose to pursue the victory! It's a pity...
Looking back at Fang Ancheng, which was full of desolation, Huang Hao couldn't help gritting his teeth. Only more than two thousand people were defending, which was really too reluctant. After such a round of fighting, there were still more than two thousand people left.
How many?!
Just when Huang Hao was heartbroken for his comrades who died in the battle, the little princess and Huang Xu stood up with a large group of soldiers in Fang'an City and cheered for victory. The soldiers stared at Huang Hao with admiration.
Fanatic, for the soldiers who worship the strong, Huang Hao, who forced Yangzhou's 50,000 troops to retreat with one blow, is a legend! If you are lucky enough to fight under Huang Hao, even if you die in battle, you will never die in this life.
It’s worth it. In the future, my descendants will be able to proudly raise their chests when mentioning to others that their ancestors fought to the death under the command of legendary heroes. Who wouldn’t give a thumbs up after hearing this?!
Huang Hao, who was originally full of grief and indignation, finally softened his expression under the cheers of his comrades. When he came back to his senses, he looked around at the battlefield around him, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a trace of astonishment. These were all from him.
The results of the battle! Before receiving training, he would never have dared to imagine such a great achievement. Even if he had, it would be in a dream! But now, he has done it, with one man and one gun, repelling tens of thousands of elite soldiers.
Attack, even if the enemy retreats strategically, such a great achievement is enough to become a legend in Xuzhou! Perhaps he is still far from mature in terms of deploying troops, but in terms of personal bravery, at this moment, he has surpassed himself
's father!
He did it! He did what his father couldn't do, and now, he finally walked out under the glory of his father! At this moment, Huang Hao's heart surged, he turned around suddenly, raised the spear in his hand and let out a high-spirited shout
Roar!! We win!!
Win! Win! The soldiers on the city wall shouted at the top of their lungs, we won!!
The joy of victory was intoxicating, but after the intoxication, the defenders of Fang'an City had to face reality. Compared with before the war, they had fewer personnel! In the previous battle, Fang'an City lost nearly a thousand troops.
, coupled with the seriously injured soldiers, the combat strength that can be formed now is only over a thousand! Once the enemy attacks again, this small force cannot be defended no matter what. Although Huang Hao's personal force is strong, who can
Everyone knows that once the enemy forces fight to the death, Huang Hao will only die!
"Even if the reinforcements rush on a starry night, they will have to arrive at Fang'an City the day after tomorrow at the earliest, and the enemy is likely to launch an attack early tomorrow morning. It will be too difficult for us to survive for a whole day with our small strength!"
Listening to Zhou Xu's worried words, Huang Hao frowned and said, "The battle has not yet begun. It is too early to be discouraged, Zhou Xu!"
After Zhou Xu heard this, he sighed. Although he knew that it was inappropriate to say such words before the war, the current situation in Fang'an City is indeed terrible!
Huang Hao didn't say any more. He could completely understand Zhou Xu's psychology. If he didn't have another trump card, he might be more irritable than him now! As soon as the conversation changed, Huang Hao asked: "The person I asked you to find before
Woolen cloth?"
"The adjutant brought everything he could find!"
"Take me there and have a look!"
At that moment, under the leadership of Zhou Xu, everyone came to the hall where many officials and gentry were being guarded. In the hall, which was strictly guarded by soldiers, the officials and gentry were all restless, and many of them were running around anxiously, looking panic-stricken.
As soon as Huang Hao entered the hall, he immediately said: "As long as you act as spies for the Yangzhou army, there is no need to panic. You can live your life how you want in the future! Of course, if I find out who among you is the spy, huh -
—!"
Huang Hao snorted coldly, which made many officials and gentry shudder. However, after hearing this, many people breathed a sigh of relief. Although they still looked bad, they no longer looked as nervous as before.
At this time, Huang Hao said again: "Whoever is ordered by the marshal to serve as a temporary official, please come forward!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged scribe with an elegant face stood up. When Huang Hao saw this, he raised his eyebrows slightly. He had been paying attention to this scribe just now. Among the panic-looking people in the room, he was the only one.
A person can still remain calm and not say anything else. This is really a good accomplishment!
After the middle-aged scribe stood up, seven people soon stood up one after another. Huang Hao glanced at the seven people from the scribe. The people caught by the gaze trembled slightly, even if someone said in a panic
He shouted: "General! I am not a spy! No!"
As a military general, Huang Hao despised such weak-minded civil servants the most. After curling his lips, he shouted: "You didn't say it with your own words! Now, listen up!"
After scanning all the officials and gentry, Huang Hao asked a question that surprised them, "Among you, who has been promoted the fastest in recent years?!"
Hearing Huang Hao's question, all the officials and gentry present were stunned. Even Zhou Xu and the adjutant next to him had a look of astonishment. They really couldn't understand what the relationship between finding a spy and their promotion speed was.
!
Although Huang Hao's question was a bit inexplicable, it was a matter of wealth and life, and the officials and gentry reacted quickly. No matter what, there must be only one person who is promoted the fastest. It may be a good thing for Huang Hao to find such a person, but there are also
It may be a fatal disaster. At this time, for the sake of wealth and life, it is better to be safe!
"It's him!!" Although the officials and gentry had different speeds, they all pointed their fingers at the middle-aged scribe with a steady expression! They were all in the officialdom or on the fringes. Who was promoted and who was demoted. It was really...
Know it like the back of your hand!
The middle-aged scribe finally showed a look of surprise on his face, and then he cupped his hands to Huang Hao and said, "I wonder what the general has to say?"
"Where!" Huang Haopi said to the middle-aged scribe with a smile, "This gentleman has extraordinary bearing. If I want to give you advice, I have to ask him for advice!"
The middle-aged scribe smiled slightly and said, "General, if you have anything to say, please explain it directly. If you beat around the bush, you are just wasting the general's time. I think the general doesn't have that much leisure time now, right?"
"Indeed!" Huang Hao nodded, "Okay! Then I'll put it straight to the point!"
"General, please speak!"
"Where is your ancestral grave?!"
Lin Zheng on the side suddenly staggered after hearing this. Even if you go straight to the point, your question is too direct?!
It is common for people with strong luck to have good fortune. If they dig up the wrong ancestral grave, it is not something they can just say sorry for!
The middle-aged scribe was also confused for a while by the question. When he came to his senses, he said with a livid face: "But I don't know what the general wants to do after he finds out?!"
"Nothing!" Huang Hao said with a bright smile, "I just wanted to go over there and see if there would be any female ghosts running out over there at night!"
"General, what do you mean by this?!" The middle-aged scribe flicked his sleeves and stared at Huang Hao angrily: "My Jin family is from a scholarly family, how could I do something so unconscionable as to commit suicide?!"
After hearing this, Huang Hao's face immediately showed a ferocious look. He stared at the middle-aged scribe with a cold look and said, "When did I say that your family members were martyred?!"
Huang Hao's words were not clever, but when he said them in this situation, the effect was very good. Under his pressure, the middle-aged scribe's brain couldn't react so quickly. If he didn't, his
Naturally, his expression would not change much, but as soon as Huang Hao finished speaking, the middle-aged scribe's expression immediately changed. By the time he thought of the loopholes in Huang Hao's words, it was already too late!
Before the middle-aged scribe could argue, Huang Hao shouted: "Get him!!"
Although the sergeants did not understand what was going on, they followed Huang Hao's instructions and two people rushed forward and captured the middle-aged scribe.
The captured middle-aged scribe could no longer maintain his reserved demeanor, and shouted loudly during his struggle: "Even if I participated in human sacrifice, I was only following the general trend of Yangzhou. I am not the only one who has performed human sacrifice here."
One, why did the general only target me?! I don’t accept it!!”
"Are you not convinced?" Huang Hao sneered, "Tie him to the pillar!"
"Yes!" Immediately, soldiers found hemp ropes and tied the middle-aged scribe to the pillar in a few strokes.
At this time, Lin Zheng looked at it with great interest. He had just observed with his analytical eyes and had determined that the middle-aged scribe was indeed the sacrificer at the sacrificial site. However, other than him, no one else could pass through the energy field at all.
To judge, Lin Zheng was very curious, how is Huang Hao going to judge?
Huang Hao's idea is very simple. Through his understanding of the sacrificial sites, he already knows that people who have completed the sacrificial rituals have great luck. Although they will bring disaster to their descendants, the luck of the current generation is extremely strong! There is no such thing as this.
Their unrivaled luck can't kill them no matter what! In this case, it will be easy to judge!
After the middle-aged scribe was tied up, Huang Hao casually called for a soldier and asked him to aim at the scribe's heart and shoot an arrow at him!
Hearing Huang Hao's words, the scribe's pupils suddenly shrank, and his expression became frightened, "You can't kill me! You can't kill me! I was recommended by the marshal and am already an official official in Xuzhou. You have the right to kill me!!
"
"General Huang!" Zhou Xu walked up to Huang Hao and said with a somewhat embarrassed look: "This man is indeed highly regarded by the marshal. I also heard the marshal praise him personally, saying that he has the talent to serve as a prime minister, and the recommended documents have already been with the army.
Send the report to the DPRK!"
"A talent to worship the prime minister? This evaluation is indeed remarkable, but hasn't he not received the appointment from His Majesty yet?" After speaking, Huang Hao's expression became stern, and he shouted to the soldiers holding bows and arrows: "Are you still stunned?
What are you doing?!"
"Yes! General!!" The soldier no longer hesitated, shouted lowly and drew his bow and arrow. He was less than ten steps away. Within such a distance, it was impossible for him to miss!
"Stop——!!" In the middle-aged scribe's frightened and angry roar, the soldier loosened his fingers, and the sound of breaking through the air was heard. The next moment, a shrill scream sounded in the hall!
A gentry's arm was pierced by an arrow. He fell to the ground dripping with blood and struggled, screaming miserably! Looking at the fallen gentry, the soldier holding the bow had a dull look on his face. This is so impossible! I
The arrow was clearly aimed at that guy's heart, so why did the arrow fly to this unlucky arm?!
Damn it! The adjutant stepped forward and slapped the soldier, "You can miss the target at a distance of less than ten steps. You were lazy during training, right?!"
"No, sir! I...I..." The soldier looked aggrieved, but he didn't know how to defend himself. The facts were before his eyes. He did miss the shot at a distance of less than ten steps!
Just when the soldier was about to cry, Huang Hao stepped forward and stopped the adjutant, "Okay! This is none of his business. Believe it or not, even you can't hit him?"
When the adjutant heard this, he felt unhappy. Even if you are an officer, you can't bury someone like this! He took away the bow and arrow and said, "Well, let's try this humble position. General, wait and see!"
After speaking, the adjutant drew the bow and arrow majestically. It could be seen from his posture that he had put in hard work, and his archery skills were definitely not comparable to that of a big-headed soldier! He concentrated on aiming at the middle-aged scribe.
The adjutant shouted lowly, and the arrow in his hand shot through the air!!
"Ah——!!" Another unlucky official and gentry screamed. Fortunately, the shot missed his vital point, but there was a bloody hole in his leg, and the arrow penetrated his thigh directly!
Seeing the rolling officials, the adjutant's eyes almost popped out of his head, "Pfft!" Hearing the soldier's uncontrollable laughter, the adjutant came to his senses and slapped him again!
"General Huang?!" Zhou Xu stared at the middle-aged scribe in shock, "What's going on?!" The soldier's miss could be said to be an accident, but at this distance, even a swordsman like the adjutant missed.
Well, then it’s not an accident! Could it be that this scribe also knows magic?!
"You should know something about the sacrifices hosted by the Emperor of Yangzhou!"
Zhou Xu nodded, "It is said that the Emperor of Yangzhou strengthened the national destiny of Yangzhou through sacrifices. Like us in Xuzhou, we have nothing to do with them! And the fact seems to be like this. Over the years, every time our country has the intention to attack Yangzhou, we always
Various accidents will happen, as if even God is helping Yangzhou!"
"The same reason!" Huang Hao stared at the middle-aged scribe and said, "This guy performed the same sacrifice with the help of the national preceptor to strengthen his luck, so his official career will become smooth sailing.
!Because of this, people whose luck is not as strong as his are unable to harm him at all. Just like just now, even if the arrow is aimed at him, it will fly to other places inexplicably! But this is a kind of sacrifice that will extinguish his descendants.
, which is equivalent to him imposing all the luck of his descendants on himself, so after his death, he will either have no descendants or have no descendants. Even if there are descendants left, there will be many disasters, and it will not end until all descendants are dead!
"
After hearing this, a group of people who had some ideas suddenly shuddered. The price was too high. If you want to get ahead, isn't it just to benefit future generations? The road to future generations will be blocked.
Even if you get ahead, what's the point?!
Oh——! The little princess and Long Ye clapped their hands in surprise. It turns out that people can be found in this way! They have learned a lot! Huang Hao, an idiot, usually looks dull, but sometimes he is quite smart.
!
"Brother Zheng, did Huang Hao really make the right choice?"
After looking at Xiao Ai with a curious face, Lin Zheng smiled and nodded. Immediately Zi Su and Zhu Lu clapped their hands.
After listening to everyone's voices, Huang Hao, who had his back turned to them, felt embarrassed. He coughed dryly to adjust his mood, and then looked sharply at the middle-aged scribe, "Tell me the truth, your ancestral graves,
That is the place where you offer sacrifices, where is it?!"
The middle-aged scribe regained his composure, and after hearing Huang Hao's words, he said gloomily: "Why should I tell you?"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, someone among the officials and gentry immediately shouted: "I know! I know! I know where the ancestral graves of the Jin family are!"
Huang Hao looked at the sound and saw that it was the guy who was the first to beg for mercy. No wonder it sounded familiar, "Do you know where his ancestral grave is?!"
The official nodded quickly, "Jin Yanxing's promotion speed is so fast, I... I have always been jealous! In addition, he and I have conflicts of interest in the officialdom, so... that..."
When Huang Hao heard this, he became happy, "So you want to dig up his family's ancestral grave?"
The official gentry laughed for a while, then nodded. The middle-aged scribe's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted in shock and anger: "Shen Qianzhang, you shameless villain!!"
"Bah——!" Shen Qianzhang spat over it and said with some pride: "I can stand up straight and say no one will die, but no one will die. Unlike you, Jin Yanxing, who looks the same. You're doing it secretly, but speaking of it, you died earlier than the emperor, right? Fortunately, you still have the nerve to claim to be from a scholarly family, who can be more shameless than you?!"
"You——!" The middle-aged scribe's face flushed with anger. Upon seeing this, Huang Hao said to the soldiers beside him: "Stop that guy's mouth!"
After the scribe's mouth was tied, Huang Hao looked at Shen Qianzhang, and Shen Qianzhang said quickly: "I spent a lot of effort to determine the location of the Jin family's ancestral tomb, and then I thought of taking someone with me. Go over there and dig it out, and the army will come over!"
"It's a good thing you didn't go there, otherwise your life would have been decided there!" As he said that, Huang Hao breathed a sigh of relief. What a fluke! If the army hadn't arrived in time, Shen Qianzhang might have gone to dig up the Jin family's house. Once the artificial dragon vein goes wild, they will definitely not be able to hide it from the spies in the city, and then they will have no last trump card!
Looking at the concerned Shen Qianzhang, Huang Hao comforted him: "Shen Qianzhang, you can tell you that no matter what your purpose is, in short, you have made a great contribution this time! Her Royal Highness the Princess is also in the army, and then I will report your achievements to His Majesty, and you will be considered successful! As long as you can tell us the correct location!"
Hearing Huang Hao's words, Shen Qianzhang immediately showed a look of surprise. Although the reason was not clear, since it was Huang Hao Qingkou who said it, it must be a great achievement! At that moment, he quickly said: "General, don't worry, that place, I I remember it clearly! It’s just...that..."
"It's just that that place happens to be in the mountain forest where the Yangzhou troops are stationed, right?"
