Chapter 7 Destroying Beams and Columns

It is said that Cao Shixiong, Chang Hong and Duan Meng led 15,000 of the main force of the Rebels to break through the outer city of Yuezhou, and then attacked the inner city. Du Yu and Ling Wen resisted stubbornly, and the Rebels failed many times and suffered heavy casualties. Qian Qian and Ruan Jie led 10,000 fresh troops to attack the rebel forces in the siege. The rebels were attacked by the enemy, and the situation turned sharply. Cao Shixiong had to order the Rebels to break through in the direction of Huiji Mountain. After repeated killings, the Rebels finally rushed to the area of Huiji Mountain. Qian Yan strictly ordered the Tang army to pursue him. Seeing that he could not get rid of the pursuers, Cao Shixiong had to order the rebels to stop moving forward and hang them with the Tang soldiers.

The war between the two sides has never stopped from noon. In the fierce battle, Duan Meng met Ling Wenju. Coincidentally, the two generals used steel forks. After a life-and-death struggle, both of them fell off their horses and the steel forks fell aside. The second general kicked each other, fought, and stuck together. They all stuck on each other's neck and rolled to the edge of the cliff. They all fell down and died.

Chang Hong waved the tiger's head double hook and sacrificed his life to kill. In the melee, he shot down Ruan Jie and Du Wei. Fortunately, Tang Bing rescued them in time to rob Ruan Jie and Du Wei back to this array. Qian Yu fought with Cao Shixiong for dozens of rounds, but did not take advantage of it. Seeing that the casualties of the Eighth Metropolitan Army were getting bigger and bigger, he had to turn the horse's head, gather his troops, and order the archers to shoot intensively at the righteous army. Cao Shixiong was hit by several arrows and still fought desperately.

At this time, Cao Shixiong led only more than 1,000 volunteers, most of whom were injured. Chang Hong flew to Cao Shixiong's side and saw Cao Shixiong's blood flow many times. The ripe bronze sticks made it slower and slower, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers. Chang Hong was so anxious that he said to Cao Shixiong, "Master Caozhai, Duan Meng has been killed in battle. Let's retreat west now!" I'll break it!"

"No, I'm seriously injured... Anyway, no... okay, just... just kill a few more enemy soldiers, Brother Chang Hong... Brother, you take... take the brothers to break through first!" Cao Shixiong said with difficulty and suddenly fell off the horse. His face was pale and he was short of breath.

The Tang soldiers led by Qian Yong are also exhausted and unable to carry out large-scale attacks. Qian Qian saw that more than half of the soldiers of the Eighth Metropolitan Army retreated. He shouted on the rening: "Cao Shixiong, you have been seriously injured. Qian has treated people with kindness and righteousness, so he will no longer kill them all! As long as you don't invade my border in the future, we will stop making peace!"

Cao Shixiong sat on the ground, pointed to Qian Qian, and shouted with all his strength: "Qian Qian, you secretly... hurt people with a secret arrow, what kind of ability is it? Old man...I'm not convinced! Let's... Let's come again... Let's fight 300 rounds!"

Chang Hong roared: "Qian Yong, you boy plotted against the Lord of Cao Zhai. You are really a despicable villain! Come here and let you taste the taste of my tiger-headed double hook!"

Qian Yong bowed his head and said no.

When the two sides were deadlocked, there was a sudden chaos behind the rebels. A Tang general led a strong man and shouted to kill. More than a thousand righteous soldiers had long been trapped and tired. They were killed by the Tang soldiers. Most of the soldiers were defeated. Chang Hong was shocked. He took a closer look and recognized the Tang general, who was Zhong Liwei's leader Yu Meng.

Yu Meng held a gun and shouted, "Cao Shixiong, you killed my master's father and son, so that I can't go back. Today I'm going to avenge my master!" After saying that, he clapped the horse and shot the gun and went straight to Cao Shixiong.

Chang Hong roared, blocked Yu Meng's way, opened the tiger's head double hooks, and fought Yu Meng. Yu Meng was angry, and the gun made him go to sea like a dragon, and the gun did not leave Chang Hong's critical position. In terms of Changhong's martial arts, he could have been able to compete with Yu Meng, but he had been fighting in front of him for a long time, and his physical strength was seriously overdrawn. He barely fought with Yu Meng for more than 20 years without strength, and the hook method began to be scattered.

Yu Meng was so happy that he was about to kill Chang Hong under the horse. He saw a general leading a man and shouting to kill Yu Meng. Tang Bing quickly came forward to intercept him. How could he stop this new force? He will shout loudly, raise his hand with a halberd, and he will fall from the horse. Chang Hong saw Yu Meng's legs kicking on the ground, and there was still vitality. He picked up the tiger's double hook, split his head and hit Yu Meng, which made Yu Meng's bones break and tendons, and he could no longer live.

Qian Qian was shocked and asked in a trembling voice, "Who will it be?" "Name it!"

The general shouted angrily: "I am Xu Tangju of Daqi. You live in the corner of the sea and dare to resist the Xiongshi of Daqi. Today, I will help you go to class and brainwash!" After saying that, Xu Tangju waved Fang Tian's painting halberd, and the volunteers shouted to kill the Tang soldiers. Liu Ying waved the embroidered knife and followed Xu Tangju and went straight to Qian Yong.

Qian Qian had heard Xu Tang Ju's name for a long time. He just saw Yu Meng die on the battlefield in the blink of an eye, and his military strength was significantly reduced at this time. Qian Yu decided to retreat immediately. Tang Bing received the order to withdraw and fled to Yuezhou. He was covered by the volunteers led by Xu Tangju and Liu Ying for a while, and Tang Bing stopped for two stops.

Qian Qian led the defeated soldiers and finally came to the city of Yuezhou. They happened to meet Dong Chang leading a man to come. The two quickly ordered Tang Bing to enter the city. After closing the city gate, Dong Chang said, "I brought 10,000 troops from Hangzhou to rescue Yuezhou. Unexpectedly, I was ambushed by the thief Kou Gaihong and damaged 2,000 to 3,000 people. Fortunately, there were not many thieves. I immediately organized a counterattack, and the thief was repulsed by our army. Then I came to Yuezhou. How are you playing over there?

"Do not mention it! This battle is really cowardly!" Qian Qian shook his head and told the war just now.

"What? In this battle of eastern Zhejiang, our army was killed by five generals Wen Renyu, Cao Xin, Liu Meng'an, Xu Ji and Ling Wenju?! Only the injured Ruan Jie and Du Wei? These are all my tiger generals. Our eight-du army has 50,000 elites, most of which have lost, and there are only more than 10,000 left. The eight-du army has become a three-du army. What kind of battle is this!" Dong Chang's eyes are wet and the corners of his mouth keep**.

"Brother, don't forget that there is still a tiger who will die. But the rest of the tiger general is my money! Although the Eighth Metropolitan Army suffered heavy losses, after all, we have saved an important city in eastern Zhejiang, and the initiative on the battlefield is still in our hands! The thief had to leave eastern Zhejiang! Return to western Zhejiang! Brother, this is our biggest victory!" Qian Yong's eyes were red and he said hoarsely.

Ruan Jie and Du Li lay on a stretcher and were carried over by their own soldiers. Because the second generals were quarreling to see Dong Chang, the soldiers had no choice but to carry them over.

When Ruan Jie saw Dong Chang, he immediately turned around and said with hard, "Dong Shuai, in the battle of eastern Zhejiang, our army lost countless soldiers, and the original old capital was almost finished. I have a suggestion that I want to talk to you!"

"Say it, I'll listen!" Dong Chang urged.

"According to my analysis, when Cao Shixiong was defeated this time, Huang Chao will definitely not give up and will definitely raise soldiers to fight us. For our survival and development, on the one hand, we need to make good use of the surrounding towns, and on the other hand, we need to send some military supplies to Huang Chao and demand a peace strike. I guess Huang Chao will agree, because we gave face to the thief. For Huang Chao, if he devotes his main force to fight against us, of course, he can beat us, but it is definitely not good for the development of thieves!" Ruan Jie said slowly.

Dong Chang felt puzzled: "What's the disadvantage?"

Ruan Jie took a breath and said, "Because the Huangchao thief made a lot of noise in the south of the Yangtze River a while ago, and the luck of the Tang Dynasty was seriously affected, and the court will definitely dispatch heavy troops to encircle and suppress it. As long as the Tang Dynasty's powerful brigade crosses the Yangtze River, the Huangchao thief will inevitably escape. If they come to fight us in eastern Zhejiang, hehe, even if we are driven away by them, can they take root in eastern Zhejiang? To the east is the sea. Without a strategic rear, it is extremely unfavorable to the flow of thieves. What if we are crushed by the heavy soldiers of the Tang Dynasty?!"

Du Yu lay on the stretcher and nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Ruan Jie's point of view.

Qian Yong took the opportunity to say, "Brother, I think the ideas of General Ruan and Du are similar to mine. At present, our army is not strong and needs to be recuperated. In order to let us develop at ease, we will sell our personal feelings to Huang Chao and send something to the thieves. In this way, the thieves feel ashamed and will not come to trouble us. . For them, our eastern Zhejiang is actually a chicken rib!"

"Well, since you agree that you want to send something to the bandits, it's up to Qian Yongxian. Don't send too much, just make sure that the Huangchao pirates don't come to hit us!" Dong Chang's second-hand stall, with a helpless face.

"Brother, I'm going to deal with this!" After saying that, Qian Yong turned around and left.

Dong Chang felt physically and mentally exhausted, hit a long yawn and sighed, "What the mother is. What bad did I do in my previous life to provoke these thieves? Do you have to come and hit me?! We didn't lose the battle, and we have to send money and things to the thief. What a bad luck!"

Xu Tangjun and Liu Ying led the army to chase and kill the Tang soldiers for dozens of miles. Seeing that the Tang soldiers had fled far away, Xu Tangjun ordered them to collect their troops. Along the way, Xu Tangjun and Liu Ying walked together. Liu Ying said, "Brother Tang Ju, Mr. Fei is really a magic trick. Let you lead the troops to reinforce Cao Zhai Lord. We came at the right time!"

"With Mr. Fei assisting Daqi, we will definitely get the world!" Xu Tangjun said loudly, full of pride.

Liu Ying suddenly frowned: "Brother Tang Ju, the owner of Cao Zhai must have been seriously injured. Let's speed up the march!"

"Okay, order the whole army to speed up the march!" Xu Tangju waved his whip and galloped away in the direction of Huiji Mountain.

When Xu Tangju, Liu Ying and other generals came to Cao Shixiong, Cao Shixiong's face was bloodless, his mouth was open, and his eyes were staring at the direction of Yuezhou. Cao Shixiong saw Xu Tang Ju appear in front of him. He was refreshed, struggled to stand up, held Xu Tang Ju's hand tightly, and said with great effort, "Tang... Tang Ju, I finally waited for you... You came! I... I can't do it. After I die, the fifth village soldiers and horses of the Rebels... will be under your command! I...believe that you do more...more than me--

Suddenly, Cao Shixiong's head sank down, and his arm suddenly slipped from Xu Tangjun's body. His eyes were wide open and he looked straight at the sky without any sound. At this time, the sun is like blood, and occasionally a few birds are hovering and singing.

Xu Tangju was sad and indignant: "Master-Xiong-Brother, wake up, wake up, Daqi can't live without you!"

Liu Ying, Chang Hong and other righteous generals cried bitterly. When the volunteers learned of the death of the village owner, they all cried loudly. At this time, there were bursts of thunder in the distance, and the world seemed to be moved by it.

A few days later, Xu Tangyu, Liu Ying, Chang Hong and Gai Hong, Wang Mei and Ye Xiang met in Puyang, and Xu Tang Ju presided over Cao Shixiong's funeral. On a dark night, Xu Tangjun secretly buried Cao Shixiong on a mountain near Puyang with his confidant generals and soldiers.

Xu Tangju successfully brought the Rebel Army back to Qiangang. After Fei Chuangu learned the news of the death of Cao Shixiong and Duan Meng, he was speechless and tears. He endured his grief and said to Xu Tangju, "General Xu, there must be no master in the army for a day. For the development and growth of the fifth village of Daqi and for the benefit of the world, we resolutely listen to Cao The last words of the owner of the village, you will be the fifth owner of the village.

Xu Tangju looked in the direction of Yuezhou and suddenly picked up the halberd and tos it hard at a willow tree. The tip of the halberd went straight into the heart of the tree. Xu Tangjun roared like a lion: "Dong Chang, Qian Qian, Xu Tangjun will not kill you, and vow not to be a human!"