All the generals stood up and looked at Zhou Lie with eager eyes.

Zhou Lie smiled calmly and said: "General, now that things have happened, I have no desire to survive. But the three generations of my general have served the Liaodong Army, and this is the foundation. No matter how the general is convicted today, I will always be the same."

Spit it out quickly." He looked around and said with a disdainful smile: "These generals will never speak out the words of the last general."

"Zhou Lie, you are so presumptuous!" a general yelled, "What kind of place is this, how can you be allowed to act so wild?"

"It is precisely because I know where this place is that I speak frankly." Zhou Lie sneered and said: "Generals, you have been singing and dancing for many years, but can you still ride a war horse?" He raised his finger and pointed at a general and said: "General Ma,

Look at your belly. You can't stop breathing after walking a few steps. How do you get on your horse and kill the enemy? By the way, there's you, General Bao. If I remember correctly, you were also skilled in martial arts back then, and a long spear was like a tiger in your hand.

Powerful to the three armies. But look at your appearance now, your body has been emptied by alcohol and sex, can that long penis still be danced?"

Both generals looked embarrassed, with anger in their eyes.

"What goes up works down. Before Long Rui's army came out of the pass, the generals only thought that the four northeastern counties were in peace. Relying on the Liaodong soldiers under their command, they thought they could keep their wealth forever." Zhou Lie sighed and said: "The rich and powerful families are filled with resentment when they race to enclose the land.

The taxes are heavy and the people are complaining endlessly. Even the surrounding barbarians, we have never really treated them as equals, we only treat them as slaves under our feet. The land of peace that the generals thought was full of dangers in Zhou's eyes."

Wang Xingchao's face looked extremely ugly at this time. His lips moved but he did not speak.

"General, although we have reached this point, we still have one last chance." Zhou Lie said sternly: "Neither the Liaodong Army nor the Long Rui Army are enemies of each other, they are both good men of the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Wu Zong conquered the country back then.

Bohai, divided the Bohai princes, but Yuan Gaijian has annexed the five princes and unified the Bohai Sea. In recent years, he has recruited troops and horses, and his ambition is obvious. If we don't wake up now and are still addicted to wine and sex, the Northeast is in danger!"

"Come here, take off his armor and drag him down." Tang Kaijia shouted angrily: "Zhou Lie, you committed suicide with the Liaodong Army, don't blame us for being unfaithful."

Wang Xingchao's face was gloomy, he just stared at Zhou Lie without saying anything.

Several warriors stepped forward, stripped off Zhou Lie's armor, and then dragged Zhou Lie down.

There was sudden silence in the hall.

After a while, Tang Kaijia finally said: "General, Zhou Lie's words and deeds have proven that he betrayed the Liaodong Army. He actually spoke for Long Ruijun, and... he also asked us to negotiate with Long Ruijun. It's simply unbelievable.

This is unreasonable."

"General, he wants us to allow Long Rui's army to train in western Liaoning. He clearly wants us to abandon western Liaoning." A general next to him sneered: "The Liaodong Army was ordered by Emperor Wuzong to guard the four northeastern counties. Without Liaoxi,

Doesn’t it mean that he has betrayed Emperor Wuzong’s will?”

However, Tang Kaijia had already taken a step forward, knelt on the ground with one knee, and cupped his hands and said: "General, I am begging for an order to punish Zhou Lie for the crime of defeat in the war, and behead him in public."

The other generals also knelt down on one knee and said in unison: "Please give me the order, General!"

Wang Xingchao sat back on his chair, deep in thought. After a long time, he said: "We are temporarily taking Zhou Lie into custody." He then ordered: "Send someone to Yingping and send an order to Huangfu Yunzhao to act according to the plan."

In early August, even in the Northeast, the climate has begun to get hotter.

Under the sun, with flags fluttering, iron shields gleaming coldly, and spears standing everywhere, a group of soldiers and horses had already set out from Shunjincheng, Pingjun County, and quickly moved northwest along the avenue.

Thousands of cavalry were in front, followed by thousands of infantry in an orderly manner. Although they were a little mixed, they were able to form a team quickly.

The flags were fluttering. In addition to the flag with the word "Tang", there was also a large flag with the word "Song" written on it with flying dragons and phoenixes.

The common people may not know the details, but the Liaodong Army generals will immediately know who the commander of this army is when they see this flag.

The first general of the Liaodong Army was undoubtedly Huangfu Yunzhao.

The Huangfu family is second only to the Wang family among the six surnames in Liaodong. It is extremely powerful in the Liaodong army. There are many generals attached to the Huangfu family, but everyone in the Liaodong army knows that Huangfu Yunzhao is the number one subordinate of Wang Xingchao.

War general, and the first general under Huangfu Yunzhao was Song Shixin.

It is said that Song Shixin was as strong as an ox and as tall as a giant. The weapon he used was a pair of hammers. He once killed a tiger with one hammer and was the champion of three armies.

Because Song Shixin was too tall, it was not easy to find a suitable mount. Many years ago, he accidentally got a group of divine horses and named them Tianleibao. Anyone who faced this person or horse would feel an invisible force.

The pressure is pressing down head on.

Although Song Shixin was rough and had a bad temper, he was rough and subtle, and he was obedient to Huangfu Yunzhao's orders.

At this moment, Song Shixin rode his Heavenly Thunder Leopard and commanded five thousand soldiers and horses to march toward the northwest.

Huangfu Yunzhao did not hide the purpose of sending troops this time. He informed the people that Fengche Commander Song Shixin would lead the troops to Changwu County to suppress the bandits and that they would wipe out the bandits.

This action can be said to be of a scale rarely seen in many years.

Although the Liaodong Army often mobilizes troops to suppress bandits, the four northeastern counties have troops stationed in each county. What is the use of a bull's-eye to kill chickens? Ordinary grass bandits only need troops stationed in each county to deal with them. Even if troops and horses are mobilized from the Liaodong Army to assist in suppressing bandits, the number of troops

Not much either.

In recent years, the real mobilization of large numbers of troops to pay fees has only been against the Montenegrin bandits.

However, several attempts to suppress the enemy ended in failure.

If it were in the past, if the Liaodong Army sent out such a force, everyone would think it was to encircle and suppress the Black Mountain Bandits. But now all the counties in the Northeast already know that the Black Mountain Bandits have been recruited by the court and have defected to the Long Rui Army. Therefore, the purpose of sending troops this time is

Of course it can't be Montenegro.

A group of bandits in Changwu County attacked the county government office, killed all the county magistrates, and looted weapons from the arsenal. This was certainly no small matter.

Although there are many bandits in the four northeastern counties, they only attack houses and rob houses, and few ruthless bandits directly attack government offices.

It is only natural for the government to send troops to encircle and suppress the bandits.

But what makes many people confused is that the bandits who caused trouble in Changwu County could only hold out a hundred people. The garrison of Shunjin City alone was enough to encircle and suppress them. However, the garrison of Shunjin did not take action. Instead, the Liaodong Army sent

Thousands of soldiers and horses were used to suppress the bandits, which was really killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

"Captain, there are more than ten miles to Zhumapo." A general next to Song Shixin said respectfully.

Song Shixin raised his head and looked into the distance. Under the sunlight, he could actually see the outline of Zhumapo.

"Han Ying, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform meritorious service." Song Shixin was riding on horseback, like an iron tower. He lowered his head and looked at the generals beside him, and said with a smile: "You always say that you have no chance to perform meritorious service. This time I will give you a chance.

So that your sister won’t always nag me in the future.”

Han Ying was only twenty-seven or seventy-eight years old. He had a white horse and a spear, but he was quite heroic.

He is Song Shixin's brother-in-law. Everyone in the Liaodong Army knows that although Song Shixin is extremely brave, he is a strict wife. This man is not afraid of anything but Huangfu Yunzhao and his own wife. For this reason, he has not taken any concubines yet. This is true in the Three Kingdoms period.

Among the Liaodong generals who had many wives and concubines, he was considered an anomaly.

Han Ying grinned.

Young people all have great ambitions to make great achievements, but the Liaodong Army has not had a real opponent for too long, and it is really unable to achieve great achievements by encircling and suppressing some reckless bandits.

After Long Rui's army captured western Liaoning, the ones in the Liaodong army who really wanted to fight were not the generals with heavy troops, but rising stars like Han Ying.

Those veteran generals hold military power and enjoy glory and wealth. For them, such a wealthy life is much more comfortable than fighting on the battlefield. It is really not appropriate to start a war unless it is a last resort.

But the young men in the army are hungry for war.

Only by making outstanding achievements on the battlefield can you have a place in the Liaodong Army in the future.

Many rising stars are eager to fight, but not all of them have the opportunity to be rewarded for their meritorious service. With the help of his brother-in-law, Han Ying went with the army and implemented Huangfu Yunzhao's strategy as a main force. Han Ying knew that this was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

good chance.

Although it was just a march, he already felt a little excited.

When the soldiers and horses arrived at Zhumapo, it was noon and the sun was scorching like fire.

Song Shixin ordered the entire army to rest where they were, and then he urged his horses to rush up Zhumapo, followed closely by Han Ying and several generals.

Zhuma Slope is a slope with a radius of less than ten miles. The slope is not very high, but from the top of Zhuma Slope, you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding land for ten miles.

Song Shixin got off his horse, walked to the south end of the slope, raised his hand and pointed to a river not far to the south, and said, "That's the Songshui River."

The Songshui River extends from west to east. The river is very wide, but there is a wooden bridge.

The wooden bridge is obviously very old, and the bridge deck is quite wide, but it is very strong.

The wooden bridge spans both sides of the Songshui River, and the roads on both sides are very flat and wide. Song Shixin's eyes slowly moved from the road on the north bank of the Songshui River. That road was only a few miles away from Zhumapo and extended to the north.

Looking far into the distance, the outline of the Montenegro Mountains is clearly visible.

Only a few miles to the west of Zhumapo is a dense forest.

Song Shixin withdrew his gaze from the Black Mountain Mountains, turned to look at the woods, and finally turned his gaze to the wooden bridge on the Songshui River. He raised his hand and grasped his thick beard like a steel needle, and said: "It is indeed a good place, General.

You're right, this Zhumapo looks ordinary now, but once we really have to fight against Long Ruijun's gang of bastards, this place will be a battleground." He raised his hand and patted Han Ying's shoulder,

Said: "I leave you a thousand soldiers and horses. Within three days, you must build a camp on this horse slope that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Is it possible for you to do it?"



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