Chapter 215 Chapter Twelve

Everyone heard Kou Zhong's exclamation and focused their eyes on him, and looked up at the sky like him. I saw Shen Luoyan's scouting bird kept circling high, making strange flight paths in the air. Yang Gongqing, Linglongjiao, Xu Ziling, Zhai Jiao and other insiders changed their expressions at the same time, as if this strange bird was using a special flying method to inform its owner that there were ambushes hidden in the dense forest. In order to avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy spies, they took a lot of effort to set up this ambush. First of all, another team of cavalry was used to attract the enemy's attention, assuming that they wanted to prevent Shan Xiongxin's troops from attacking while crossing the river with heavy luggage.He kept sentry at a high place again, and took advantage of the dark night to lead the cavalry through the forest and sneak to the place where the ambush is now.Of course, the horseshoes are wrapped in cloth to avoid making abnormal noises.

But after thousands of calculations, this psychic strange bird was missed. "Cack! Crack! Cack!" The bird looked northeast and flew in the direction where Li Mi's cavalry came. At this time, the neighing and hooves of the horses were faintly heard. Yang Gongqing shouted: "The left and right wings go first!" The horn sounded. The left and right vanguards, each with 3,000 cavalry in ambush on the two wings, rushed out of the dense forest first, followed a curved route, and galloped towards the enemy's flanks. Then the Chinese army swarmed out of the forest, galloped up the long grass plain in neat formation, and galloped towards the sparse forest area where the enemy came.

The whip is swung and whipped, and the horse neighs, full of rapid and tragic scenes. The soldiers' fine cavalry covered the grassland like a tidal wave, and the armored weapons shone brightly in the morning light. The earth quickly retreated. In just a few tens of breaths, the 8,000 cavalry of the Chinese army had already entered the sparse forest area, and their riding speed was slightly reduced to meet the enemy. Since the number of the enemy is only eight thousand, they have no scruples to use their superior force to bully their opponents. The only hope now is to fight fast, it is best if the enemy has no time to retreat, or to rectify the formation, let them catch up and kill Li Mi.

Kou Zhong, Ling Longjiao, Zhai Jiao, Xu Ziling and others galloped up a hill first, only to see the dense forest dust rolling up to the sky half a mile away. Zhai Jiao yelled, "Chase!" Kou Zhong shouted, "Don't chase after him!" Zhai Jiao said angrily, "Why don't you chase after him, Li Mi is leaving!" At this time Yang Gongqing came to Kou Zhong's side. Kou Zhong asked Linglongjiao, "Is the appearance of the dust rising up all over the place or the stars scattered?" Linglong Jiaole's snoring horse shouted: "The Wagang enemy army is still in order, scattered but not chaotic."

Kou Zhong nodded and said: "As I expected, Shen Luoyan had already guessed that there was an ambush, so he told us to chase after it with a strange bird. I'm sure there are other ambush in the dense forest. When we step into the trap, Li Mi will return to fight back .” Yang Gongqing shouted: "It makes sense!" Immediately teach the trumpeter to issue the order to stop advancing, instructing the two flanking vanguards to stay where they are. Zhai Jiao finally woke up after the gate, but her emotions were still fluctuating, and her eyes were full of indignation. Xu Ziling paid attention to Kou Zhong, and saw that his pair of eyes were as calm as ever, revealing wisdom and coldness.

It was the first time for him to see such a look in Kou Zhong's eyes, and he couldn't help but tremble, remembering what he said when facing Du Fuwei's siege troops at the top of Jingling City. It is to disregard life and death, and regard the entire battlefield as a chessboard, and the enemy and us are chess pieces on the chessboard. After this experience on the battlefield, Kou Zhong has changed from a boy who is not good at war to a commander with outstanding strategy and predicts the enemy like a god. Yang Gongqing humbly asked him, "What should I do now?" Kou Zhong said decisively: "We only need to leave a few thousand people here to set up defenses, and it will be difficult for Li Mi to make an inch of progress. But the luggage will continue to cross the river, and send out a fast force to approach Luokou, and attack him by surprise."

Xuan Yongdao: "If Li Mi returns to defend Luokou, shall we still attack by force?" Kou Zhongdao: "Li Mi will not retreat willingly. He still has the hope of Shan Xiongxin. When Shan Xiongxin takes us to advance to Luokou and retreats, he will never return. He has no choice but to flee to Hulao." The army stopped in the distance in the dense forest, showing that Li Mi stopped, knowing that the trick would be difficult. This action can increase Kou Zhong's persuasive power and prestige more than any long speech. Kou Zhong continued: "The function of the fast troops is to rush to Luokou first to prevent Li Mi from crossing the river and returning to the city. Then Bing Yuanzhen in Luokou has only two choices: abandoning the city or surrendering."

Yang Gongqing said with a long smile: "Let's decide like this!" The next seven days decided the fate of Li Mi's generation of heroes. Bing Yuanzhen, who was guarding Luokou, surrendered to Yang Gongqing, who was approaching the city. Shan Xiongxin, another general of Li Mi, stood up to defend himself at this critical moment, and was persuaded by Tu Shufang to surrender. Li Mi knew that the situation was over, so he had to lead his people to flee to Hulao, while Wang Bodang retreated to Heyang. Kou Zhong and Yang Gongqing reorganized the army and horses, ready to take advantage of the victory and pursue them, and then take down the Hulao.

Unexpectedly, Li Mi fled first when he heard the wind, and fled to Heyang to join Wang Bodang. He originally wanted to use the Yellow River as a barrier to defend Taihang in the north and Liyang in the east, so as to reverse the defeat. But after the defeat, the morale of the army was slackened. In addition, because of the death of Zhai Rang, the Wagang Army laid down the factors of division early on, and the old generals refused to order one after another, making it difficult for Li Mi to use his strength and no place to use his force. Wang Shichong's army had just acquired many cities and large tracts of land and had to rest and rectify. It was difficult to cross the river to attack Heyang for a while, so they first put down their efforts to pacify the Henan area, and it became a situation of confrontation across the river for a while.

In the side hall at the backyard of Hulao Palace that night, Tu Shufang invited Zhai Jiao to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling and said, "I have already told Miss Hepan about the situation in the south and Susu, because I think it's better to be honest." Zhai Jiao glared at the two of them viciously and said: "How dare you hide such an important matter from me, watch me kill you and that Xiangyu Mountain together." The two of them were so embarrassed that they didn't dare to argue. Zhai Jiao said: "Am I an unreasonable person? Li Mi has already suffered a lot this time, and there is no hope of turning over. Although he failed to kill the traitor, he finally gave his father a sigh of relief. I don't want to do it for Wang Shichong. People continue to work hard, what are your plans?"

Kou Zhongdao: "We want to go back to Luoyang for a while, and then go south immediately, first to help the Pegasus Ranch to save the day, and then see how we can take Sister Su's mother and child away, and then join the young lady." Zhai Jiao said decisively: "I will go with you!" Kou Zhong was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Miss, please don't go." Zhai Jiao said angrily, "Why?" Tu Shufang stretched out his righteous hand and said: "Xiao Zhong's meaning is that I hope that Miss can stay in the north and connect with useful talents from the Wagang Army for him, so that we can create great achievements together in the future." Xu Ziling also said: "Miss stay in the north, watch Li Mi closely, and you can kill him at any time." This sentence moved Zhai Jiao more than anything else. After pondering for a while, she nodded and said: "Okay! I will stay in the north, but I don't want to mix with Wang Shichong's people anymore. When do you want to leave?" Kou Zhongdao: "It's not too late, we'll leave together tomorrow morning." Kou Zhong told Yang Gongqing that he wanted to go back to Luoyang, but before explaining the reason, Yang Gongqing said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhong, do you want to leave now?" Kou Zhong said awkwardly: "The general is really shrewd." Yang Gongqing put his hand on Kou Zhong's shoulder, his eyes sparkled and he said: "You are the most talented commander Yang has ever encountered in his life. With time and experience, it is difficult to have an opponent in the world. Do you have any plans in mind? " Kou Zhong said in a low voice: "What plans can we have for the time being? It's just that Wang Gong is not someone who can work with him, so he retires for the time being, and everyone can still leave a friendship." Yang Gongqing sighed: "I understand how you feel. How can you not be rewarded for meritorious service? Tomorrow I will send a warship to send you back to Luoyang. Decide whether you should immediately cross the great river to attack Heyang. But since you have lost your ambition, Luoyang is no longer the place to stay for a long time, do you understand what I mean?" Kou Zhong was moved and said: "I will never forget the good time fighting side by side with the great general." Yang Gongqing let go of the hand on his shoulder and said with a big laugh: "We are each other! I hope to have the opportunity to ride together on the battlefield again and kill the enemy to win." When Kou Zhong returned to the backyard, someone called out from behind the pillar: "Master Kou!" Kou Zhong poked his head around and saw that it was the charming maidservant Chu Chu. The beauty took his sleeves, came to the depths of the bamboo forest in the garden, and said quietly: "I heard that Miss said that I will break up with you tomorrow! Is it?" Kou Zhong felt a pain in his heart, couldn't help stretching out his hand to caress her bruised face, and said softly: "Something happened in the south, I will definitely come back to you, and you can still see Sister Su and her fat white Baby!" Chu Chuxi said: "That's really good!" Xuan lowered his head and said sadly: "But the maid will not be able to serve Master Kou for a long time." Kou Zhong couldn't help but took out the pendant hanging around his neck, and said with a smile, "Look! Don't you always wait on me personally?" Chu Chu's tender body trembled violently, she shot a look of surprise and surprise, and threw herself into his arms, desperately hugging him firmly, weeping with joy. Kou Zhongruan hugged her warmly and fragrantly, sniffing her unfamiliar yet extremely familiar body fragrance, recalling the intoxicating scene of dying in Dalongtou mansion, he hugged her tightly with both hands and said: "Don't cry, as long as we can stay here Live well in troubled times, and one day you will have a happy and free life.” At this moment, whether it was Song Yuzhi or Li Xiuning, they were all far away from him. Chu Chushu left his embrace again, panting delicately: "Chu Chu has lost her composure!" Kou Zhong couldn't help holding her into his arms again, feeling her unreserved affection for him.Said: "Remember! I, Kou Zhong, have never thought of you as a servant, and never will." Chu Chu trembled all over, and said, "Master Kou, take good care of yourself." After saying that, I shed tears and went away. Kou Zhong sighed. Is it necessary to make so many sacrifices for the cause? If he was a boy with no ambitions, he could make a vow of eternal love with her at this moment, and then they would sleep together and fly together, and the mandarin ducks would spend the night together. But he has reached the point where he can't extricate himself, and the members of the Ssangyong Gang are waiting for his arrival in Guanzhong. Pegasus Ranch is in danger. Susu is anxious for him to rescue. And he and Xu Ziling are also enemies everywhere, and they are in danger at every step. This is the price to be paid. The warship sailed against the current. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling stood side by side on the bow of the boat, facing the river wind and unpredictable fate. Kou Zhongdao: "As long as we find Xu Xingzhi, we will leave immediately, even if we want to turn our backs and beat him out, I will leave." Xu Ziling said indifferently: "Wang Shichong will never dare to do anything to you openly, otherwise he will not be able to convince the public, not to mention that Li Mi is still dead but not stiff, he will not be so stupid as to shake the morale of the army." Kou Zhong nodded and said, "That makes sense! I think so too." Xu Ziling fell silent. Kou Zhong sighed: "It's like a dream, I still don't believe that Li Mi, who once shook the world, will be defeated by us." Xu Ziling sighed: "One day you will realize that life is just a big dream, and the emperor's hegemony is not real." Speaking of this, I can't help but think of Shi Feixuan, who is as elegant as a fairy. Kou Zhong thought of Chu Chu crying in his arms. A gust of wind blew, making the clothes of the two of them rattle, and Luoyang, the eastern capital, appeared in front of them, standing majestically and majestic. Will this great city fall one day?