Chapter 1 Family and Country (VI)

"Brother, alas..." Zhe Saihua frowned slightly, smiled bitterly and shook her head.

It is said that a gentleman can be straightforward and can be deceived by others. Her husband's martial arts and military strategy are also well-known. However, he has never suffered any setbacks since he was a child. In terms of exploring and grasping people's hearts, he is far inferior to Zheng Xiaofei, who was once chased like a broken dog. Therefore, it is natural to accidentally be deceived by the other party.

"Scared! I still think he is really fearless. It turns out that kid was bluffing just now!" Zhang Yuanheng, who had retreated without fighting before, suddenly became both wise and brave. He stepped forward and shouted with claws, "I'm still surprised. He has obviously been defeated by both sides. How could he be so calm in front of General Yang? It turns out that he is bluffing! General Yang, why don't you lead troops to chase him quickly? Otherwise, this matter will spread. Even if Your Majesty doesn't punish you, it will be a great damage to your reputation!"

"You want to go, you go by yourself. How do you know that Zheng Ziming was not deliberately showing weakness to lure the enemy?" Zhe Saihua glared Danfeng's eyes, and his eyes were like a knife, piercing Zhang Yuanheng's heart.

Zhang Yuanheng was so excited that she was so angry that she had a cold war. He immediately drooped his neck and did not dare to point fingers. However, deep down, he became more convinced that Yang Chonggui had just been deceived by Zheng Ziming and missed the opportunity to decide Hebei after a battle.

But Yang Chonggui was a square man and did not understand his wife's painstaking efforts to defend himself. He slowly let go of his hand on the hilt and said in a muffled voice: "It's not that he is showing weakness, he is reluctant to let go of his brothers. His back was soaked in sweat just now, and even his cloak was wrapped around him. If I don't talk nonsense to him, I will lead the army and kill him directly. Even if I can't take him, at least I can kill and kill most of the Cangzhou army under him, and then..."

"Then, then go chase!" Zhang Yuanheng heard this, the battle in his heart suddenly ignited, and he opened his voice again and urged loudly.

"One move will bring down again, and three times will bring down!" Yang Chonggui was too lazy to see him, so he left a famous saying in the art of war and drove his horse away.

"You, you..." Zhang Yuanheng was furious, but he didn't have the courage to force Yang Chonggui and Zhe Saihua to chase Zheng Ziming. He sat on the horse's back for a while, and finally made up his mind and whispered in a low voice: "Bah, isn't it just because he was given the national surname? What's so proud of? What's done is to really be the crown prince? You have a friendship with the Zheng surname, but I don't. I'll chop his head now and see what face you have in the future to call Yang Wudi?"

After scolding, he didn't care whether Yang Chonggui and his wife heard it. They went straight to find some confidant generals and asked the latter to gather the defeated soldiers separately. They were preparing to follow and kill Zheng Ziming to avenge their previous shame.

After the generals were rescued by the Yang family army, they calmed down to reflect on the entire battle process and felt very wronged. Therefore, they tried their best to do everything, and it took about an hour to gather three thousand brave men from the defeated soldiers.

The Cangzhou army retreated in a hurry and did not care about cleaning the battlefield. Yang Chonggui was arrogant and did not bother to use the weapons, baggage and horses that Zhang Yuanheng's troops had lost when they were defeated before as spoils. Therefore, these three thousand "threatening war" did not take much effort to re-arm themselves. And each of them found a war horse, flew up, and followed Zhang Dashen, chasing the Cangzhou army's evacuation direction.

In mid-spring, peanut trees were mixed with warm wind. Along the way, everyone ran so well that they were ecstatic. In a blink of an eye, they chased for more than twenty miles. Suddenly, several scouts wearing Cangzhou military uniforms appeared in Zhang Yuanheng's sight.

"Wuwuwu, wuwuwuwu—" The scouts of Cangzhou Army also quickly appeared in pursuit. While jumping on the back of the horse and running wildly, they tried their best to sound the horn to warn.

"Kill me, kill one, and I will reward him with twenty-foot-hungry copper coins, and three turns of the title." Seeing that the other party was indeed unprepared, Zhang Yuanheng was overjoyed and pointed his spear forward, and opened his throat to give the reward.

The soldiers from Hedong who came with him to make a fortune were still a little nervous. At this moment, seeing the panic of the scouts of the Cangzhou Army, the courage suddenly arose. They shouted and urged the mount to chase him, wishing they could tear all their opponents into pieces immediately.

However, although the people were eager to fight, the mounts under their crotch were already running a little too late. They only chased after three or five miles and lost the traces of the Cangzhou army scouts.

"No, it's okay. They, they can't all run as fast as scouts. They always have to stop, stop and rest and cook." Seeing that the best opportunity to make contributions disappeared, Zhang Yuanheng felt very unwilling. While slowing down his mount, he shouted, "Stop, stop and rest, stop and rest. Drink, drink, drink water, eat, and eat dry food. The person surnamed Zheng said that he would retreat ninety or ninety miles. This is less than half of it."

"Stop, stop and rest, let the mount recover!" The generals dispersed and implemented his orders throughout the army. Soon, more than 3,000 "warriors" stopped six times and jumped off the horses. They tried every possible way to rest and recuperate.

"Master, brothers, your physical strength has dropped a lot!" A veteran with many years of experience in fighting walked to Zhang Yuanheng and whispered. "Even if you can catch up with the Zheng surname..."

"I will chase thirty miles today, and I will stop the troops within twenty miles!" After running for more than half an hour, Zhang Yuanheng's intention to achieve meritorious deeds was no longer as eager as before. He shook his head and interrupted in a low voice, "It's best to catch a few Cangzhou soldiers who are alone. Cut their heads. After we go back, we can say that we will chase Zheng Ziming for more than thirty miles and return with great victory. Even if we can't catch up, hum..."

Turning his head and looking around the lush wilderness around him, a little cold flashed in his eyes, "Su Wen Zheng's army, soldiers and civilians are not distinguished. The people in this place may have colluded with Zheng Ziming. You can take some brothers to the village later..."

As soon as he was halfway through the clear sky, a thunder suddenly sounded. "Boom!", and in an instant, the earth shook!

"Uh!" Zhang Yuanheng was so scared that he covered his mouth with his hands and looked hard at the sound.

It was not Thunder King, although the thought he had just had just been struck by the sky with thunder ten times was not unfair! The sentry was coming, with a total of more than two thousand. He bypassed the valley on the left wing of the battlefield and rushed straight to the rest of the Hedong Army. He was the first general, holding a copper stick. Wherever he passed along the way, no matter the people of the Hedong Army or the war horses, they were smashed to pieces and broken bones.

"Come on, fight! Get on the horse and fight!" Zhang Yuanheng was so scared that he opened his throat and shouted loudly.

"Zhao Kuangyin, this person is Zhao Kuangyin! Zheng Ziming's second brother Zhao Kuangyin." In the Hedong army that suddenly attacked, someone recognized the identity of the enemy general from the weapons and cried and warned his companions, "Go up together, come forward together to stop him. Otherwise, we all have to die here today!"

Unlike Zheng Ziming, who is "fake benevolence and righteousness", in legend, Zhao Kuangyin, the second brother of the three brothers, is a cruel and ruthless master. He never shows mercy to the enemy at the time of war or after the war. Especially for those enemy troops who led the Khitans, they almost killed one, whether they put down their weapons and surrendered or resisted to the end.

"Fight, fight for one thing. I'll die sooner or later!" A Hedong soldiers howled and responded, their voices like a lone wolf falling into a trap.

They were unwilling to let go of their hands and wanted to fight to death. They had more people than those who came, and they still had hope of survival.

However, what made them feel desperate was that their legs and arms were so soft that they could not exert their strength. Even if they barely jumped onto their mounts, the war horse under their crotch was reluctant to move their four hooves.

God seemed to have really learned about Zhang Yuanheng's previous vicious thoughts, and suddenly cursed or cast a spell. They made them unhappy with the bow, unable to move the gun, and even the mount refused to accept their orders.

"Boom!" Fearing that the soldiers and horses in Hedong were not panic enough, a second thunder suddenly sounded in the air. Immediately afterwards, a young white horse and silver spear led more than 2,000 cavalry to break out from behind the woods on the right wing of the battlefield, and formed a scissor-shaped approach with Zhao Kuangyin's team, giving the Hedong Army a blow in the middle.

"Gao Huaide, it's Gao Huaide!" The crying in the chaotic Hedong Army became even more desperate. Many people recognized the identity of the person, and at the same time realized that they had completely reached the end of their lives today.

"Boom!" The young white horse and silver spear player Gao Huaide was still unsatisfied, so he ignited a medicine puppet and threw it directly into the Hedong Army's team.

The thick smoke swayed up with dust. He was already extremely desperate, and he could not feel resistance. He was frightened by the sound of explosions without any harm.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, that's a medicine puppet. Taiyuan City has been sold for a long time, and it won't hurt anyone!" At this moment, the only one who could still maintain some courage and rationality was the only generals of Zhang Yuanheng. They waved their weapons one by one, running around among the defeated soldiers.

You cannot escape. This place is at least forty miles away from the place where the previous battle is born. Even if you run, you can run away to death. Only by calming down and fighting in a group can everyone have hope of survival. At least, you have the opportunity to persevere until Yang Wudi comes to save him again.

Their prestige is not high enough, and it is difficult to get a response from the soldiers. They urgently hope that their coach Zhang Yuanheng can stand up and shout. However, when they turned their expectant eyes to the coach, they saw their coach Zhang Yuanheng fighting in two battles, and they exchanged tears. They mumbled and kept shouting, but there was no word, which was related to the war at this moment.

"He said he wanted to retreat to Sanshe! Sanshe, Sanshe is ninety miles, this is less than forty miles! He, he doesn't keep his word. He is despicable and shameless!" A general named Zhang Shou rushed to Zhang Yuanheng with difficulty, and finally heard what his commander was calling. He was so angry that his eyes were dark and almost vomiting blood on the spot.

"With retreat, what's the retreat? Liar! A lie with the surname Zheng. His words didn't count at all. It's only less than forty miles, but less than forty miles?" As if he had completely forgotten where he was, Zhang Yuanheng snot and tears, and cried so hard.

"Master, no more, leave!" Zhang Shouqiang, the general of the family swallowed the blood in his throat, pushed him violently, and urged with red eyes, "Brothers and the war horses have just begun to soothe their muscles and bones, and no one can raise their strength at this moment. Go quickly, while no one notices you, hurry up and ask Yang Wudi for help!"

With his coach like this, don't expect him to stay and order his brothers to resist. Let him go and run away before Zhao Kuangyin and Gao Huaide could reach the coach's banner. As for whether he can escape, he will leave it to God!

"Ah, ah, uh!" Zhang Yuanheng was pushed and staggered for several steps, finally recovering from a little awakening. He trotted towards a war horse that looked quite energetic, jumped up, and hit the horse's belly with both legs.

"Well, hum, hum..." The poor mount was about to be urged to go on the road before he could chew the essence into pieces. He was so angry that he shook his head and tail and was reluctant to move away from his four hooves.

"Go away quickly, I will kill you if I don't leave!" Zhang Yuanheng was so anxious that his eyes were filled with smoke and fire. He pulled out his waist knife and wiped it hard towards the horse's butt. "Puff!", red light splattered, and a half-foot-long knife appeared on the horse's butt, and blood gushed out along the sides of the blade.

"Sigh and shit--" The poor war horse was so irritated by the pain that it was so stimulating that it was radiating forward and rushed towards the outside of the battlefield like a cloud and fog. Along the way, countless soldiers were trampled over.

"Ah!" "Ah!" "Damn!" "My Day..." The "warriors" in Hedong were so angry that they cursed loudly. However, they didn't bother to settle the score with the person who rode the horse and bumped into their own. Instead, they continued to compete for their mounts and tried every means to escape.

After all, there were more than 3,000 people and the same number of war horses, not 6,000 sheep. Even though he lost the strength and courage to continue to resist, it delayed Zhao Kuangyin and Gao Huaide for a lot of time.

When the two finally realized that the enemy's commander was not under his commander's commander, they looked up and could only find a few vague backs at the edge of the battlefield. Which one was Zhang Yuanheng, but they could not tell at all.

"Let's send more teams to chase each other. If you don't believe he can still fly to the sky!" Before the two main generals made a decision, Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Guangyi rushed out first and made a loud suggestion.

"Stop! Don't chase!" Zhao Kuangyin used a silence, frightening his younger brother to hold his mount. "Otherwise, military law will be used!"

"Yes!" Zhao Guangyi did not dare to disobey the order, and agreed, and returned with a disgusted head.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at his younger brother and added coldly: "With General Gao and I here, where is your turn to make decisions without authorization? I will let you go this time. If you commit another crime next time, you will definitely be served by the army!"

"Yes!" Zhao Guangyi did not dare to make a quibble and bowed with a grievance. After a while, he took advantage of his brother's inattention and put his head next to Gao Huaide and asked in a low voice, "General Gao, why didn't you speak just now? You could catch the Zhang surnamed..."

"Catch him back, who will deal with Yang Wudi for us?" Gao Huaide shrugged and threw a medicine puppet that had just been lit for more than 40 steps away.

"Boom!" The medicine puppet imitated by Cangzhou craftsmen exploded and countless sparks were scattered in the air, like fallen heroes, and colorful things passed with the wind.
Chapter completed!