Chapter 62 The 62nd Chapter: Volunteers fought hard to destroy the captives, the knights attacked the hearts and released the prisoners

The first team, led by five officers, attacked the mountain head-on.The officer headed by him is Deng Zhongai, who is well-known in martial arts with his double strokes and four veins. The second team was led by four lamas and went around the back mountain to attack.The leading lama is Master Tiantai, a master of Tantra. The third team was led by four Taoist priests, and the Taoist priest at the head was Hun Yuanzi, the "Tiangang swordsman" from Qingsong Temple in Qionglai Mountain, which is unique among the four major sword sects in the Central Plains.This team acts as a second line of flanking attacks.

Mou Lizhu said: "Hey, where did Cui Baoshan find so many monks and Taoists?" Dan Qiusheng said: "Don't underestimate them, these people are all famous people in the Jianghu. I heard Duan Choushi said that Cui Baoshan has 'five senses', 'four ways' and 'four monks' under his command. In Jinchuan, Cui Baoshan relied on these thirteen people to invade the base of the rebel army and forced the rebel army to retreat to Qaidam. Huaer, you have been to Xiaojinchuan before. Take a look, these people must be Cui Baoshan The 'Five Senses', 'Four Ways', and 'Four Monks' under your command?"

Meng Hua said: "That's right. When Yimei and I were in Xiaojinchuan, we fought against them. Fortunately, it wasn't the thirteen of them that came together, and our two swords combined to break through. Now the thirteen of them fight together. Come together, you must already know that we are hiding here." Dan Qiusheng said: "There are only thirteen of them, and we can handle it. But there is a big difference between soldiers and soldiers. We only have more than a hundred soldiers, how can we fight a tough battle with the opponent's three thousand elite soldiers?" ?”

Sang Da'er suddenly shouted: "Ah, there is a group of people coming up the mountain!" On the other side of the Qing army, Deng Zhongai also shouted loudly: "Which brother is this?" He already saw that something was wrong, but he still couldn't believe that the enemy would "fall from the sky". This group of people came very quickly, and the leader, a burly man, took the lead, shouted loudly like a thunderbolt, and said, "He is the hero who will send you invitations for Lord Yan!" Meng Hua jumped up happily, and shouted: " It turns out that the Kwantung hero Wei Chijiong is here! Uncle Yuchi, Uncle Yuchi!"

Yu Chijiong called out, "Is it Nephew Hua? How are you doing?" Meng Hua shouted: "We're fine, Uncle Yuchi, come quickly!" Across a hill, the voices of the two talking, even though they were among thousands of troops, could be heard clearly.Especially Yu Chijiong's thunderclap-like shout shook the ears of all the Qing troops to buzz! Deng Zhongai's surprise was no small matter, and his "five senses" came up to resist. Suddenly a horse beside Yu Chijiong rushed up first, but the one on the horse was a woman, and said: "Brother, hurry up and join nephew Meng Xian. These five eagle-claw grandchildren are worthy of dirtying your precious sword, let me Deal with them!"

Jin Biyi was overjoyed again, and shouted: "Aunt Yuchi is here too! Brother Hua, you haven't seen her yet, have you? This aunt's skills are not inferior to her husband's!" Meng Hua said with a smile: "I know Mrs. Yuchi is the world's number one master of hidden weapons, and the famous Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara prays for the Holy Cause!" Dan Qiusheng waved his hand and shouted, "Okay, let's all fight out!" Deng Zhongai and his two younger brothers were about to perform the skill of "Two Pens Touching the Eight Meridians", when it was too late, but soon, Qi Shengyin had arrived on a flying horse, and a hundred steps away, he raised his voice and shouted: " Eagle Claw Sun surnamed Deng, I heard that you can do acupuncture, but I want to see if you can do it on my acupoints, or I can do yours!"

Only the sound of "clank" can be heard, like a stringed string.It turned out that Qi Shengyin scattered a handful of copper coins with sharpened edges in the way a celestial girl scattered flowers. Deng Zhongai swung his pen to defend, he could only knock down two Qian Darts, but hit the acupuncture point of the third Qian Dart, and immediately rolled off the horse. His two juniors and two other officers were even worse. They felt the breeze blowing, and they were beaten to death. Not only did they roll off their horses, but they died! The "Five Senses" stood in five places, praying for Sheng Yin, a hundred paces away, the Qian Dart hit all of them with a single raise of hand, causing four deaths and one injury to the "Five Senses". The nickname of "Avalokitesvara" is really well-deserved!At this time, Yu Chijiong had already broken into the hinterland of the Qing army, and the "four monks" headed by Master Tiantai set up a "four elephant array" to meet him.

Immediate confrontation is different from fighting peacefully. When fighting on flat ground, one side's moves are exquisite, which can often take a lot of advantage and make up for the lack of skill.But in an immediate confrontation, the emphasis is on one move, the outcome is decided, the stronger wins, and the weaker loses.Although it is not all about tricks, it is not the most important thing. Yuchijiong galloped fast, with a sound of slamming, he swung his saber and struck out. Master Tiantai swung his staff and hit three loud sounds of "dang, dang, dang". Yuchijiong laughed and said, "I heard that you have achieved what Is it just the same as the "Dragon Elephant Kungfu" for fishing?" Before the laughter stopped, I saw that the Zen stick in Master Tiantai's hand had been broken into two pieces, and it was shaking twice on the horse's back. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell under the horse.

The "Four Elephant Formation" hadn't been encircled yet, and Venerable Tiantai, who was the most capable, was seriously injured. The other three lamas turned their horses' heads in fright, trying to avoid them quickly! It was too late to say, but it was so fast at that time, Yu Chijiong rushed forward on light cavalry and penetrated deep into the enemy's formation. The "Five Senses" and "Four Monks" were completely defeated, and the last remaining four Taoist priests headed by Hun Yuanzi had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward to resist for a while.

Yu Chijiong inserted himself between the four of them, his horses whirled around, his saber flew in the air, and with a move of "Night Fighting All Directions", the wind seemed to sweep them away.But seeing the lights of knives shining on all sides, the sound of clanging can be heard endlessly, his riding skills are excellent, and his saber skills are fast, although it is only one move, within this move, he has already made six, six, thirty-six knives like lightning !The four Taoist priests were all attacked by his move at the same time! In the blink of an eye, the light of the saber faded, and one of Hunyuanzi's younger brothers broke off a right arm, and the other had only the hilt left of his long sword, and Hunyuanzi's dao crown was cut open in the middle, almost cutting off his scalp.Hunyuanzi tremblingly said: "Hero Yuchi, show mercy!" Yuchijiong shouted: "Your former host of Qingsong Temple, Daoist Huang Shi, was a hero all his life, but unexpectedly, you unscrupulous descendants came out. Thanks to your old host. For the sake of this, I will let you off this time; if you don't know how to change your mind and meet me next time, you will never let me go lightly!"

At this time, Meng Hua had already followed his master, and happened to see Yu Chijiong defeating the "Si Dao". He was so excited when he saw him, and thought to himself: "If the saber technique is fast, I may not lose to Uncle Yuchi, but the power of the saber , when I make it so fast, it is far behind him." The rebel army brought by Yu Chijiong was only 500, which was far inferior to the enemy's 3,000 cavalry.But the 500 rebels were all vying for the first place, one against ten, while the morale of the Qing army was low, and they didn't want to fight, and they collapsed as soon as they came into contact. It didn't take long for the Qing army that was able to run to escape completely. Meng Hua stepped forward to meet Yu Chijiong and his wife, and was so happy that he couldn't speak for a while.Yu Chijiong said: "Nephew Hua, your father is also here. You rest for a while, and you and I will go find him." Meng Hua was overjoyed, and said: "My father is here, can I still relax? Uncle Yuchi, take me to find my father immediately!" Yuchijiong said: "I know you haven't slept for a day or two. Feel it, don't you feel tired?" Meng Hua smiled and said: "To be honest, I felt a little tired just now, but when you came, my spirit also came back. Now not only I am not tired at all, but I feel full of energy, and I am looking for a place Let's do it!" Yu Chijiong laughed loudly, and said: "Okay, you are such a hard-core young man, let's go down the mountain now. You have nowhere to use your energy!" A Kazakh warrior picked out a good horse for Meng Hua, and asked him to go down the mountain with Yu Chijiong, and Sang Dar and others followed.On the way down the mountain, Yu Chijiong briefly narrated what happened.It was only then that everyone knew that Happy Zhang first went to inform Luo Hai to send troops, and then rushed back to find the rebel army led by Meng Yuanchao and Yu Chijiong. Sang Da'er said, "I don't know how many brothers have come this time?" Yu Chijiong said: "About five thousand people." After hearing this, Sandal remained silent.He thought to himself: "The Qing army has one hundred thousand people, these five thousand people may not be able to help much." Yu Chijiong seemed to know his intentions, and smiled: "Although our number is small, it is like a dagger piercing the enemy's heart. In the dark night, they don't know how many of us came, we caught him by surprise, I can guarantee that we will win this battle!" While speaking, they had already arrived at the foot of the mountain and immediately entered the battlefield.The rebel army was divided into fifty centurions, and they criss-crossed the enemy's formation, like lighting fire everywhere.Although the Qing army is numerous, they are exhausted by their influence. Thousands of horses are galloping on the battlefield, and the two sides are shouting and fighting fiercely.Suddenly he heard a shout like a thunderbolt, in such a noisy battlefield, he could hear it clearly. Yu Chijiong said: "Nephew Hua, this man must be your father, come with me quickly, he is over there!" Meng Hua's spirit was lifted, he galloped on his horse and rushed forward, only to see three riders in front fighting each other, and the big man with the knife in the middle was indeed his father Meng Yuanchao.The two enemies were Zhang Huosheng and Sun Daoxing.These two are one of the best masters under Cui Baoshan's tent, they fight Meng Yuanchao with two against one. Yu Chijiong laughed loudly, and said loudly: "Brother Meng, who do you think is here? Father and son are always in the battle, it is your son who came for you!" Zhang and Sun joined forces to fight Meng Yuanchao, and they were barely able to parry it. At this moment, they suddenly saw Meng Hua galloping towards him. What a surprise! On the one hand, the spirit is boosted, and on the other hand, the spirit is depressed. How can Zhang and Sun resist Meng Yuanchao's sharp knife. Meng Yuanchao yelled loudly, "hide in the stirrups" dodged Zhang Huosheng's sword move, and swung his knife to slash at Sun Daoxing.Sun Daoxing is a master of monkey boxing, and his light body skills are very good, but he is not good at fighting immediately.The weapon he uses is the Zhangba Snake Spear, which is good for long-distance attack but not good for close combat.When Meng Yuanchao forced him to come forward, he slashed down with his knife, only to hear a "click", and the snake spear broke in two. Sun Daoxing turned over in a somersault, and he was as quick as a spirit ape, and he escaped the disaster of a knife when there was no time to do so.It was too late to say, but soon, Meng Yuanchao had already turned his horse's head, and made another backhand strike.Zhang Huosheng ran away in a hurry, even if he ran fast, the shoulder armor made of fine iron was already opened by Meng Yuanchao's steel saber arm, almost hurting his lute bone.At this moment, Meng Hua had just arrived, and Meng Yuanchao raised his sword horizontally, and laughed, "Hua'er, look at me, I'm not old yet!" The father and son reunited, and Yu Chijiong each led a centurion to attack the Qing army camp.I saw the opening of the camp, and a handsome flag embroidered with the word "Cui" was unfurled, Wei Tuoping, Ye Yuhun, and Ye Tingzhi commanded the troops to fight out. Twelve hours had passed by them, and the poison of Mixiang had long since passed away. solved.But Cui Baoshan has not been seen yet. Wei Tuoping shouted: "Meng Yuanchao, you are so brave, you dare to come and rob the camp! How many of you have come, you will be punished!" Meng Yuanchao sneered and said, "Just wait and see, come out and fight me to the death if you have the guts!" Wei Tuoping laughed and said: "A general fights wits but not strength, you are already a turtle in the urn, why should I fight with you!" Wei Tuoping commanded the central army of the big camp, and tens of thousands of horses galloped over, covering up like a stormy sea, and immediately surrounded the hundreds of people led by Meng Yuanchao in the core. Meng Yuanchao and Yu Chijiong went back and forth to fight, and wherever it was urgent, they would kill there, and those who stood in the way were changed.However, the number of Qing troops was really too large, and one group was killed, and another group came again.Moreover, the Qing troops of other battalions are also rushing to help the big camp one after another.At this time, if they want to break through, it is easier said than done. Qi Sheng was killed by a single rider, and shouted: "The head of the family, let's kill Cui Baoshan alive in the camp." Yu Chijiong said: "Okay!" He rushed out to cover his wife.It was too late for Meng Yuanchao to stop him. Qi Shengyin raised her hand, only to hear the voice of "Ouch, Ouch!" In a short while, more than a dozen Qing soldiers fell off their horses after being hit by her hidden weapon. In order to prevent the enemy from discovering the target, Cui Baoshan put on the uniform of an ordinary soldier and leaned beside Wei Tuoping. When he saw Yu Chijiong and his wife coming to kill together, he was shocked and said, "Why is this woman so powerful?" The ones who went up to intercept Qisheng just now were his armored soldiers, who were wearing heavy armor and were invulnerable. Before the words were finished, an armored soldier was wounded and ran back, covering his eyes, stumbled and almost hit Cui Baoshan.Cui Baoshan shouted: "Why, are you blind?" The soldier who was covering the wounded soldier said: "Commander, he really shot that woman blind!" It is specially designed to hit the eyes of iron armored soldiers.This armored soldier was blinded by her plum blossom needle. Liu Tingzhi said: "Commander, this woman is Yu Chijiong's wife, and people in the world call him Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands." Cui Baoshan is not strong in martial arts, but he is also an expert, he was even more surprised to see this armored soldier blinded by the plum blossom needle.He thought to himself: "In the dark night, although there is fire, it is not as good as the day. The armored soldier confronted this woman immediately, and even shot her blind. The nickname of Avalokitesvara is indeed well-deserved!" Wei Tuoping said: "The plum-blossom needle can't reach far. Let's still form a strong formation with armored soldiers and shoot her with random arrows. It is expected that she will not be able to rush in." Although Qisheng had many hidden weapons on his body, he shot them all soon.Immediately, she used the "Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara" skill of receiving and dispatching hidden weapons, received the random arrows from the enemy, and then reflected them back with the way of throwing the arrows away, scaring the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty so much that they dare not stay within a few feet of her.However, she and Yu Chijiong really couldn't rush into the strong formation formed by armored soldiers.Sandal and the others behind them were surrounded again. Just as he was tense, he suddenly heard the sound of horns sounding from all directions.The enemy's position was shaken, like a wave splitting and breaking.Sang Da'er was fighting side by side with Meng Hua, and exclaimed overjoyed, "Our men are here!" Before he could finish speaking, he saw tens of thousands of horses galloping, and it turned out that countless Kazakh soldiers rushed in. Luo Hai led a group of brave cavalry and rushed straight to the camp. Hundreds of steps away, he shot an arrow "嗖", and shot the flag officer holding the "Shuai" flag off his horse, and the "Shuai" flag fell to the dust.The cheers of the Kazakh soldiers shook the mountains and the ground, and the morale of the Qing army was even more depressed. During the scuffle, Meng Yuanchao heard someone calling "Jian Qing, Jian Qing!" and couldn't help thinking, "Isn't Jian Qing the nephew of Duan Choushi?" Then someone shouted: "Junior Brother Duan can't be found, Master, we still have to Go home!" The person who called Duan Jianqing was a monk in cassock.Next to him was a Hui youth in fox fur.Meng Yuanchao shouted, "Hua Er, come quickly!" This Hui boy in fox fur is Uli Sai, the prince of the Cheju tribe.Ever since he received Meng Hua's explanation that day, he has felt quite remorseful, unlike before, who was tempted by the Qing court's fame and fortune. He originally thought that all ethnic groups in Huijiang would unite to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but it was just an egg against a stone. The various ethnic groups have not joined forces yet, but Luo Hai and Meng Yuanchao's coalition forces have killed Cui Baoshan's 100,000 troops and rushed here and there. This change in the situation is beyond what he could have expected. At this time, he saw that even Cui Baoshan was a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and he could not protect himself.I couldn't help but feel even more frightened and regretful.He remembered Luo Hai's good words of advice to him, and thought to himself: "Yes, the Kazakhs and I are brothers, so why bother to work for the Manchurian Tartars instead?" Eager to escape from the battlefield, he only hopes that he can return to his hometown in peace and stability to be his prince of the Cheju clan. However, because his master, Master Carmel, wanted Duan Jianqing to be his successor, he refused to go back until he found Duan Jianqing. It was too late, and soon, Meng Yuanchao and Meng Hua, father and son, had already arrived.Meng Yuanchao shouted: "I want to see how capable you are, look at the sword!" Master Carmel followed the same example and pulled the green bamboo stick with sticky force to pull his precious sword, but Meng Yuanchao's sword skills were as fast as lightning. There was a change in the middle, and it was coming from an unexpected direction.Venerable Carmel also considered it very rewarding, so he swung his bamboo stick across his busy schedule to block his precious sword.However, the strength of stickiness can no longer be used, and it has become a contest of skills between the two sides. With a sound of "Dang", sparks flew everywhere, and Master Carmel's tiger's mouth was faintly numb. This shock was no small matter: "Why do they have so many capable people, one is better than the other! If Meng Hua also comes to attack me, I will be killed." I'm afraid I can't run away even if I want to run." I was so timid all my life, I didn't dare to love to fight, so I hurriedly turned my horse's head and ran. At this time, Meng Hua was stopping Uli Sai's horse's head. Uli Sai's complexion was pale, and he sighed and said: "Brother Meng, I regret not listening to your good words. Now I have no face to beg for mercy from you. If you want to kill or cut, let you do it!" Meng Hua said: "Prince, don't say that. Do you want to go home?" Uli Circuit: "That's right." Meng Hua said: "Then you have returned to the right path, why should I make things difficult for you? Go back!" Ulisai burst into tears with joy, and said, "Brother Meng, I, I really don't know how to thank you. Do you have anything I can do for you?" With a thought in his mind, Meng Hua asked, "I just want to ask you one thing. Hasn't your junior brother been around since we left yesterday?" Uri Circuit: "No." Meng Hua Said: "Where is the general's wife?" Uli said: "He disappeared with him, and he has not been found yet." When he was talking, Yu Chijiong and his wife had already joined hands to kill him, Yuchijiong was a little strange, and raised his voice to ask: "Nephew Hua, who is this person talking to you?" Meng Hua said: "A friend who has awakened!" Yu Chijiong said: "Where is this monk?" Upon hearing this, Yu Chijiong patted his horse forward, swung his knife and slashed. Yu Chijiong is the second best in Kuai Dao, but his internal strength is stronger than Meng Yuanchao.Just now Meng Yuanchao used the ingenious lightning knife technique to decipher Master Jiami's Tianzhu martial arts of using softness to overcome rigidity, while Yu Chijiong used hard chopping. In an instant, Yuchi Jiong slashed seven times in one breath, the right arm of Master Carmel was numb from the shock, and he could hardly hold the green bamboo staff firmly.But Yu Chijiong was very surprised to see that his precious sword could not cut through his green bamboo staff. Meng Hua thought that although this monk was hateful, he was not the main enemy, so he shouted: "This monk is Duan Jianqing's master, and also this prince's master." Yu Chijiong said: "Okay, then let him go. It is rare for him to be able to pick me up seven times in a row." At this time, the scattered Qing troops were approaching the camp one after another, and Ye Yuhun's war drums were also beating more urgently and louder.The Chinese army in the camp was the main force of the Qing army, and the defense was very strong.Luo Hai commanded the Kazakh fighters to rush and attack. The enemy's position was shaken, but they still couldn't break through it. Yuchijiong said: "Do you still have hidden weapons on your body?" Qi Shengyin said: "There are three flying knives." Yuchijiong said: "Okay, bring them to me!" Three white lights flew over the heads of tens of thousands of Qing soldiers and flew into the enemy's formation. Ye Guhun was beating the war drum thump, thump, thump, when suddenly his eyes lit up, the three flying knives came like lightning, and they had already arrived in front of him.With a "phoenix nod" from Ye Guhunhuo, he dodged the first flying knife, and the drum hammer blocked it with a "click", although the iron drum hammer was cut off, it also knocked down the second flying knife.But the third throwing knife had already pierced the war drum, and there was a sudden sound, Ye Yuhun rolled aside, the war drum suddenly became dumb! The Kazakh soldiers cheered loudly, Luo Hai said happily: "Okay, let's go in and capture Cui Baoshan alive!" Meng Yuanchao was beside him, and suddenly said: "Not good!" Luo Hai was stunned for a moment, and said, "What's wrong? Meng Yuanchao said: "What I mean is that we can only feint for a while, so we must retreat immediately. It's not good to be reckless." Luo Hai frowned and said, "We just took advantage of this opportunity to win a big battle, why did we retreat?" Meng Yuanchao said, "We can only eat food one bite at a time, we can't swallow a bowl in one bite. The purpose of this surprise attack has been achieved. There's no point fighting head-on with the enemy!" Although Luo Hai didn't understand the art of war, once he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he understood what Meng Yuanchao said. You must know that the Kazakh fighters he brought, together with the rebel army brought by Meng Yuanchao, did not exceed 20,000 people.Compared with the enemy's 100,000 people, it is a ratio of five to one.The Qing army battalion was tens of miles away, and the central army under the direct command of Cui Baoshan was the main force with the strongest combat effectiveness. If they attacked with all their strength, it is estimated that Cui Baoshan would be able to defend at least three or two hours.After daybreak, when all the Qing troops from each battalion arrived, there was a risk of a reversal of the situation.So he said: "You are right, one hundred thousand enemy troops cannot be swallowed in one gulp. We are already full, so we should rub our bellies and swallow it after we have digested it!" After feinting for a while, the Qing army was forced into a corner of the valley. After holding on to the danger, Luo Hai shot three loud arrows, which was a signal to retreat.Soldiers come and go as quickly as they come.At dawn, he had already left the battlefield and entered his own defense zone. Luo Hai ordered a camp to rest on a hilltop, and checked the number of casualties. Including the rebel army, the loss was no more than a thousand people. It is estimated that the Qing army lost no less than ten thousand, which is almost a ratio of ten to one.There are always losses in war, so although everyone can't help but mourn for the soldiers who died in battle, the morale of the whole army is rejoicing for this great victory. But Dan Qiusheng and Mou Lizhu haven't come back yet. Although everyone knows that Dan Qiusheng is highly capable and Mou Lizhu is also a hero among women, they are expected to meet no misfortunes together, but they have not been found out so far, and they are always uneasy. During the investigation, a leader of the rebel army escorted a prisoner up, and this prisoner was Cui Yilun, the captain of Cui Baoshan's personal army. "Hero Danqiu and Lady Mou were with us when we broke through the siege. This Tartar officer was captured by Hero Danqiu," the leader of the rebel army reported. Yu Chijiong said: "Then what about Dan Qiusheng and Mou Xia?" The leader reported: "Hero Danqiu handed over the prisoner to us, saying that he was going to catch another person, so he left the team with Xia Mou. He didn't have time to go into details at that time, please interrogate this prisoner to find out the details." Meng Yuanchao personally interrogated the prisoner. Cui Yilun said angrily: "I fall into your hands, you can kill or cut me up, you can do whatever you want. My only regret is that I can't see the seductress give the head!" Meng Yuanchao was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Which temptress?" Meng Hua said: "The temptress he mentioned is Cui Baoshan's wife Han Ziyan!" Cui Yilun said: "Hmph, if it wasn't for the blindness of our general, marrying this temptress, and in an emergency, we would be troubled by her instead. We wouldn't have been defeated by you, such a miserable defeat! Now I can only I hope that Dan Qiusheng can avenge our general." Meng Yuanchao smiled and said: "It seems that you are still not convinced by the defeat, but I am not in a hurry to convince you now. What happened to that temptress, and how did she harm your general? If you want to say it, you can say it Listen to me." From Cui Yilun's confession, Meng Hua knew what happened after they left the Qing army camp last night. Cui Baoshan was poisoned by his wife's Ecstasy Incense. Because he had the weakest skill and the deepest poisoning, even though he and Wei Tuoping were treated by Han Ziyan's girl at the same time, they were the last to wake up.At that time, the rebel army led by Meng Yuanchao had already pierced their hearts like a dagger. After Cui Baoshan woke up, he realized his wife's identity. It turned out that she was not a lady from a famous family, but "the world's number one poison master".Thinking that I was kept in the dark after sharing the bed with this poisonous woman for more than ten years, I couldn't help but shudder.As if waking up from a dream, he began to understand why Hai Lancha, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, was so enthusiastic and wanted to put Han Ziyan by his side. Cui Baoshan noticed Hai Lancha's intention to put Han Ziyan by his side. On the one hand, he shuddered, and on the other hand, he was resentful: "I have worked for the imperial court and fought for so many years, so the imperial court is still worried about me!" What made him even more angry was that Han Ziyan and Duan Jianqing fled behind his back. When he first learned about this matter, his mood was extremely complicated. To be honest, he felt "relaxed" when he got rid of a "pillow man" who was watching him.But as the commander-in-chief of the first army, he couldn't afford to lose face when his wife eloped with others. The more Cui Baoshan thought about it, the angrier he became, and finally he gave an order to Cui Yilun, the captain he trusted the most, and told him to scout the whereabouts of Han Ziyan and Duan Jianqing, and they must be captured! Cui Yilun was the most loyal to Cui Baoshan, even though the small-scale battle had started at that time, he still immediately dispatched his men to start reconnaissance.When it was nearly dawn, he did find some clues: Han Ziyan and Duan Jianqing had already escaped from the camp. Their tracks were discovered by a sentry post at the front of the east, and they were probably fleeing to a snow mountain in the east. He led hundreds of confidant soldiers to chase after him, but he ran into Dan Qiusheng and Mou Lizhu on the way.They knew that he was the captain of Cui Baoshan's personal army, so how could they allow him to run away.He also knew that Dan Qiusheng and Mou Lizhu wanted to seek revenge from Han Ziyan, so he didn't need to torture Dan Qiusheng to extract a confession. He told him what he knew about Han Ziyan when he interrogated him. After Meng Yuanchao found out the truth, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "As expected, they really caught the temptress. The temptress is not in the army. Even though she is the world's number one poison master, Danqiu can't imagine it." If we can deal with her, we don't need to worry about it." Luo Hai said: "Although so, it is easy to get lost when going deep into the snow-capped mountains. It is not easy to find two people in the snow-capped mountains. I think we should send someone to help them." Meng Yuanchao said: "Of course, but let's discuss this matter later." Luo Hai said: "Yes, deal with this guy first!" Cui Yilun proudly puffed out his chest as he thought he was going to die. Meng Yuanchao smiled and said: "I heard that you are a good archer in the Qing army, and you are considered a good man. No wonder you are not convinced." He didn't know that Cui Yilun had compared arrows with Sang Da'er, but Cui Yilun heard him praise his own arrows. Fa, but he couldn't help but flushed all over his face. But he still refused to admit defeat, and said, "Hero Meng, you don't have to mock me. Yes, I can't compare to your Sang Da'er in the arrow competition, and I can't compare to Luo Haige. But fighting is not just relying on a few martial arts. hit by someone." Meng Yuanchao nodded, and said, "You're right. A war depends on many people. So do you think our soldiers are inferior to yours?" Cui Yilun said: "Your fighters are all brave and good at fighting, but we still can't be convinced after losing this battle!" Meng Yuanchao said: "Why?" Cui Yilun said: "We have a group of one hundred thousand, and we are well-trained teachers. If the two sides fight with the banner of righteousness and righteousness, I can't see that we will lose to you!" Meng Yuanchao laughed and said: "The art of war is all about surprise and victory. How can you fight according to certain rules. Cui Baoshan is not a person who doesn't understand the art of war. You are his captain. Why do you speak this kind of layman's language?" Cui Yilun argued forcefully: "If our marshal hadn't been fascinated by the poisonous fragrance of that temptress last night, your night raid might not have been so easy!" Meng Yuanchao shook his head, and said slowly: "You are wrong. One or two unexpected events cannot determine the success or failure of a war. Do you want to know the real reason for your failure?" Cui Yilun said: "Okay, I would like to hear your opinion." He did not expect that Meng Yuanchao would allow him to debate, so his attitude towards Meng Yuanchao was unknowingly polite. Meng Yuanchao said: "Why did you lose the war? The main reason is because the war you fought was unpopular. You fought for the emperor of the Tartars, not for the common people! Think about it, since you returned to Xinjiang, there have been Is a common man willing to help you out of his own free will?" Cui Yilun remained silent, Meng Yuanchao continued: "Nineteen of your soldiers are all Han Chinese, right?" Cui Yilun said: "Not bad." Meng Yuanchao said: "So the battle you fought not only won the hearts of the people, but also the army. Even your soldiers would not fight this battle willingly. The Manchurian Tartars occupied the Han people, bullied the Han people, and drove you to the Muslims. If you are just an ordinary soldier, would you be willing to fight this battle?" Cui Yilun thought about it, since they were ordered to march back to Xinjiang, the soldiers had indeed complained a lot, and he couldn't deny Meng Yuanchao's words. Meng Yuanchao continued: "Yes, among you, there are still many people like you who are truly willing to sacrifice their lives for the Tartar Emperor. But compared with those who are unwilling to fight, these people are still a minority. And among these people , will continue to change. Hey, hey, even if there is one person like you out of ten officers and soldiers, that's no more than ten thousand people. So what you think is that there is a difference between the strength and the weakness. ’, it’s just seeing the numbers on the surface!” At this point, Meng Yuanchao paused, staring at Cui Yilun and said slowly: "Think about it carefully, as a Han, you are willing to sacrifice your life for the emperor of the Tartars, is it worthwhile?" Cui Yilun lowered his head, and he began to speak after a while : "I only know how to eat the king's salary, and worry about the king's worries." Although he is still biting the bullet and acting like a hero, his words are exhausted. Meng Yuanchao said: "Don't say it's you. Even Cui Baoshan, who is determined to be loyal to the Emperor of the Tartars, I am afraid that the Emperor of the Tartars will not confide in him. But you may not believe what I say now, and I will not force you to believe it. What do you think, just tell me!" Cui Yilun smiled wryly and said: "Hero Meng, don't make fun of me, I am your prisoner, you can kill if you want, cut if you want, is there anything for me to say?" Meng Yuanchao laughed and said, "Okay, then I'll let you go back!" Cui Yilun was stunned for a moment, he couldn't believe his ears, and he said slowly: "Hero Meng, you, are you serious?" Meng Yuanchao said with a smile: "What we say always counts!" Cui Yilun was puzzled, and unconsciously asked: "You, why are you willing to let me go back?" Meng Yuanchao smiled and said: "Aren't you still convinced? Let you go back. If you like, you can fight with us again!" After finishing speaking, he immediately asked someone to bring a horse to Cui Yilun.Cui Yihua was dumbfounded, like a fool, and seemed to want to say something but couldn't say it, so he finally got on his horse and left. Sang Da'er said: "Hero Meng, why did you let someone like this be willing to be a dog of the Qing government?" Meng Yuanchao said with a smile: "I want him to be convinced. What's the use of killing him alone? Let him go back. Even if he still wants to fight with us, other people don't want to fight even more. That's not a big advantage." much?" Luo Hai said, "Yes, I've heard the story of Zhuge Liang, a Han Chinese. Zhuge Liang once captured Meng Huo seven times, and released him for the seventh time, but he refused to leave. Now we only release him once, so what's the point? There is no need to talk about it, let's discuss how to help Meng Shaoxia's master." Meng Hua said: "Let me go with Biyi." He is highly skilled, has experience in walking snow-capped mountains, and is Dan Qiusheng's apprentice, so it is logical for his apprentice to take care of his master. Luo Hai said: "Meng Xiaoxia, it would be best to have you and Miss Jin go. But you father and son just met and didn't say a word, and I want you to separate again, but it's a bit unreasonable." Meng Hua said: "I'm not going to some distant place, and I'll be back in three or two days at the most." Song Tengxiao said: "Okay, then if you have anything to say to Dad, just say it quickly." Meng Hua didn't know where to start with those many things, so he had to tell him what his father cared most about first, and said, "I've met my younger brother, and he's fine. And Uncle Jin!" Meng Yuanchao smiled and said, "Happy Zhang has already told me about you. I know that Jin Daxia has agreed to ask you, a foolish boy, to be his son-in-law. I am very happy." Jin Biyi bowed her head in shame, but Meng Hua He suddenly remembered, and said, "Right, where did Uncle Zhang go? Didn't he come back with you?" Meng Yuanchao said: "He came and went in a hurry yesterday, brought me the news, and then left immediately. He said he was rushing to do another matter, but at that time he certainly had no time to elaborate, and I also had no time to ask him. .” After the father and son had a hasty conversation, Meng Hua and Jin Biyi left the brigade and went to the snow mountain Cui Yilun mentioned.exactly: