The 50,000 Crusader cavalry from Bafang City did not come.
News of the fall of Bafang City and Zhenshuiguan spread throughout the Han Empire. The deaths of General Mili, Losey Army and General Hyde deeply shocked the Crusaders and caused a sensation throughout the Han Empire.
If it is understandable that General Milley and General Losey died on the battlefield, then the death of Hyde was incomprehensible to the Crusaders.
The soldiers and civilians of the Han Empire could not understand Hyde's status in the Kingdom of Heaven.
No matter how notorious and vicious Hyde is, people have to admit that he is the greatest assassin in the Kingdom of Heaven in recent years, and this greatest assassin failed for the first time when he assassinated Zhou Sen. Moreover,
He eventually died in the hands of Zhou Sen. At present, no one knows that Hyde died in the hands of his own people.
The Crusaders killed three famous generals in succession, and they just killed the Crusaders with high morale.
The originally lifeless Han Empire was like a strong wind due to the appearance of Zhou Sen. This strong wind swept across the entire territory of the Han Empire. The gentry and local tyrants were all ready to take action, and some young people in the empire were even more ambitious.
As the saying goes, heroes emerge from troubled times, and it is natural that heroes emerge from troubled times.
Zhou Sen, who rose up in rebellion, became a model for resisting foreign enemies and an idol for young people in the Han Empire.
In the past, Zhou Sen was also the idol of many young people, but Zhou Sen's image at that time could not be compared with his current image, because the current image involves the life and death of the country, and its positive significance is much more important.
Zhou Sen's reputation has reached an unprecedented height.
If Zhou Sen was just a reckless hero in the past, Zhou Sen now has become a patriotic hero who saved the Han Empire.
A fanatical atmosphere surged in Zhenshuiguan.
No one knows Zhou Sen's anxiety. Everyone believes that as long as Zhou Sen leads the team, the future will be bright.
Zhou Sen stands on the city wall, and his rock-like armor makes people feel extremely ancient and vicissitudes of life under the sun.
Where did Jiutian Xuannv and the others go?
It has been almost a month since Zhou Sen appeared, and everyone knows about it, but there is still no news about Jiutian Xuannv and the others.
Fannie'er nestled on Zhou Sen's arm, she could feel Zhou Sen's sadness.
"Don't worry, Zhou Lang. Ji people have their own destiny. Sister Xianzi has been in the Han Empire for hundreds of years. What's more, there is also the resourceful Shen Huimin and they are together, taking care of each other. Even if there is any danger, they will definitely be able to meet it."
A bad thing turns into a good thing." Fan Ni'er said softly with relief.
"Yeah." Zhou Sen nodded and sighed.
"Mr. Zhou, shall we stay here and wait at Zishui Pass?" Fan Nier changed the subject.
"No." Zhou Sen shook his head.
"What's the plan?" Fannier's blue eyes lit up.
"I need cavalry."
Zhou Sen looked at the sky in the distance. He could see a group of Crusader rangers moving in the crop fields on the plain.
Now, although Zhenshuiguan has fallen into the hands of Zhou Sen, in fact, the place controlled by Zhou Sen's army is within the city of Zhenshuiguan. Outside the city, there is the world of Crusader cavalry. They are like ghosts.
, elusive, coming and going like the wind.
"Unfortunately, this place is too far away from the Xiongnu prairie." Fan Nier sighed.
"The Chanyu can definitely assist Wuchao City now, why do you have to wait for me to rush to the Xiongnu Prairie in person?" Zhou Sen frowned.
"Zhou Lang, you also know that the little emperor of the Han Empire..."
"And General Wu Yuan."
"General Wu Yuan is old. The last time he fought with General Gore in the imperial capital, he was seriously injured and has not recovered yet. In this Han Empire, there are only a few people who can speak to the military.
But Shanyu doesn't believe them..."
"He believes me? I killed his father!" Zhou Sen snorted coldly.
"Zhou Lang, we Xiongnu people worship the strong. On the one hand, the Huns worship the strong and follow whoever is strong. This is related to our authority. In ancient times, we worshiped the Han Empire, so we follow
When the Han Empire left, Zhou Lang killed Yu Wenshi at the foot of Wuchao City, chased King Shanyu for thousands of miles, and killed Master Ye Rong, the King of Kung Fu, in the capital of the Han Empire. Among our Xiongnu clan, they are very prestigious. They are not only
I am afraid of you, but I also respect you, so if I want to negotiate terms with the Han Empire, it must be Zhou Lang."
"You need to write a letter first and let them prepare. I will rush to the Xiongnu grassland as soon as possible."
"Okay, Zhou Lang." Fan Nier's face showed a hint of joy.
"But Shan Yu is beyond reach, and water from afar cannot quench his thirst nearby!"
Zhou Sen took off Fannier's short bow from his shoulder and gently stroked it in his hand. Then, he took out a black-feathered arrow from the quiver behind Fannier's back, placed the arrow on the string, and slowly pulled out the bowstring.
For an instant, the entire city tower was suffocatingly quiet.
Time and space seemed to have frozen at this moment.
The soldiers on duty on the city wall cast their fanatical eyes on Zhou Sen.
During the past half month, Zhou Sen climbed up to the tower to shoot arrows almost every day. His arrows never missed the target. It was precisely because of Zhou Sen's terrifying archery skills that the Crusaders did not dare to approach Zishui Pass unscrupulously.
Zhou Sen's target was a Ranger officer.
Through observation during this period, Zhou Sen discovered that most of the rangers were in groups of nine, among which there would be an officer with a slightly higher rank than the ordinary cavalry leading the team, and Zhou Sen's target was the officer leading the team.
Zhou Sen did not kill people for fun.
Although there are 100,000 troops in Zhenshuiguan, in fact, these 100,000 troops cannot confront the well-trained cavalry in a short period of time. In order to keep their morale, Zhou Sen had no choice but to personally go out and kill the Crusader Rangers.
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There is no doubt that Zhou Sen's method is very effective. It not only prevents the rangers from getting close to the city wall, but also greatly boosts the morale of the Han Empire soldiers defending the city.
During this period, Zhou Sen had almost no rest. He knew very well that the survival of the entire Zhenshuiguan Pass depended on him, and he had a heavy responsibility.
In fact, not only Zhou Sen did not rest, but also the Golden Eagle of the Sea of Clouds did not rest. In order to find out the movements of the Crusaders and beware of the Crusaders' sneak attack on Zhenshuiguan, the Golden Eagle of the Sea of Clouds would fly out every once in a while to reconnoiter the enemy's situation.
Zhou Sen discovered that the reconnaissance significance of the Yunhai Golden Eagle is actually not very great, because the Rangers' activities are too frequent, and the scope of their activities is getting larger and larger. They can launch a large-scale battle at any time.
, the reconnaissance of the Yunhai Golden Eagle has become dispensable. Now, what Zhenshuiguan has to do is to prepare for war at any time.
Now, what troubles Zhou Sen the most is that he cannot take the initiative.
Zhou Sen is not good at defense.
During Zhou Sen's legendary career, he almost always launched an attack. Even when facing peerless masters like Yu Wenshi and the King of Martial Arts, Zhou Sen was able to take the initiative, break the boat, and fight to the bitter end.
Using infantry to attack cavalry is simply seeking death.
Now, what Zhou Sen hopes most is for the Crusaders to attack the city, and then use the advantages of the city wall and population to wear away the Crusaders bit by bit.
Unfortunately, the Crusaders were not fooled, but moved several miles away, causing a psychological shock to the Han soldiers at Zhenshuiguan. If Zhou Sen had not continuously climbed the city wall to attack the Crusaders' arrogance, the Han Empire's
The soldiers guarding the city may have collapsed long ago. After all, most of them are not regular troops, but farmers who have just put down their farm tools. Let alone fighting, they just hold a weapon and their movements are not standardized. They are expected to go out of the city to kill the enemy.
That's nothing more than a fool's dream...
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"General, someone wants to see you." Zhang Laosan climbed up the tower.
"Who?" Zhou Sen saw that the expression on Zhang Laosan's face was a little strange.
"Some martial arts figures and superpowers..."
"Let them come up." Zhou Sen said calmly.
"Yes, General." Zhang Laosan turned around and went down to the city with a respectful look. After Zhou Sen recaptured Zhenshuiguan without a single soldier, Zhang Laosan's fanatical admiration for Zhou Sen has reached an unprecedented level.
No matter how Zhou Sen arranges, he always obeys his instructions.
"Why is Zhou Lang smiling... Huh... I understand, I understand..." Fannie'er was very familiar with Zhou Sen. When she saw the fleeting smile at the corner of Zhou Sen's mouth, she immediately noticed something.
"What do you understand?" Zhou Sen chuckled.
"Zhou Lang has deliberately ignored those martial arts figures and superpowers during this period, just to make them volunteer to kill the enemy." Fan Ni'er had a sly expression on his face.
"Nie'er is almost turning into a roundworm in someone's stomach." Zhou Sen laughed loudly.
"What are roundworms?" Fannie'er was stunned.
"...Uh." Zhou Sen was petrified immediately. He actually used some words from the five star regions here, and quickly changed the subject and said: "Nie'er, I have a gift for you, close your eyes."
"What kind of gift... is so mysterious, you still have to close your eyes." Fan Ni'er pouted, but still closed her eyes.
"Look!"
Zhou Sen checked his hand, and a crystal clear crystal bottle appeared on his palm. There were many such things in his Qiankun Ring. At the beginning, Shen Huimin and Mingxian Mingkong were both
Treating his Qiankun Ring as a warehouse for storing materials, they never imagined that it would make it easier for Zhou Sen to use their private possessions to please women.
"What is this?" Fannie'er looked at the finely crafted crystal bottle in amazement.
"This is perfume. When you spray it on your body, it can emit a nice fragrance, and it can last for a long time. Try it, it's very useful. Just press here and spray it... That's right...
That’s it…”
"Wow, it smells so good!"
Fannie'er closed her eyes, with an intoxicated look on her face, and played with the perfume bottle in her hand, unable to put it down.
"I have a lot more here, just take them from here when you're done using them."
"Is it from Shen Huimin and the others?" Fan Ni'er blinked with a sly look on her face.
"This...ahem..."
"Don't worry, I won't tell them." Fan Nier said with a smile.
"...You know even if you don't tell them..." Zhou Sen suddenly realized that he had done an extremely stupid thing, because after Van Nier sprayed perfume on her body, as long as she met several other women, they would naturally be able to smell it.
The smell of perfume on Fannie's body.
"You know what the big deal is. Could it be that I, Fan Ni'er, am afraid of them?" Seeing Zhou Sen's nervous expression, Fan Ni'er suddenly became unhappy, snorted coldly, and carefully hid the perfume in her arms.
"..."
"That thing you gave me last time...a bathrobe, yes, it's a bathrobe. That's good. Are there any other goodies?" Fan Ni'er looked at Zhou Sen expectantly.
"...Moreover." Zhou Sen hesitated.
"Reluctant?" Fan Ni'er had a strange expression on his face.
"No no..."
Zhou Sen gritted his teeth and took the risk. From the Qiankun Ring, he summoned a lot of scattered trinkets, such as necklaces, diamond rings, hairpins, rubber bands, etc., which made Vannier happy.
With a smile on his face, he kept urging Zhou Sen to get more.
"General, the guests have arrived." An officer reminded.
"Ni'er, I'll have something good to show you later in the evening." Zhou Sen nodded towards the officer and said mysteriously with his ears attached to Fan Ni'er.
"What good stuff? I want to see it now." Fan Nier refused, hugging Zhou Sen's arm and acting coquettishly.
"It's not convenient now, we have to do it at night."
"Why?"
"It's an X mask." Zhou Sen lowered his voice.
"x..." Although Fannie'er didn't know what a x-mask was, she was extremely smart and immediately realized something. Her face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, and her fair neck was covered with red clouds.
"The guests are coming, you go down first, I have a lot of good things for you to see tonight." Looking at Fan Ni'er's shy and red face, Zhou Sen's mind was filled with excitement, and he wished he could execute Fan Ni'er immediately on the spot.
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"Um……"
Seeing Zhou Sen's lustful look, Fannie'er stuck out her pink tongue towards Zhou Sen and flew away like a dragonfly, blowing an intoxicating fragrance.
A dozen selected martial arts figures and superpowers were brought to the city wall by Zhang Laosan.
As expected by Zhou Sen, after half a month of leisure, they could no longer sit still. They waited one after another on the city wall and asked Zhou Sen for a fight. And Zhou Sen wanted this effect.
Zhou Sen knows that people in the world and those with superpowers cannot be restrained by rules. In the army, there is no rule and military discipline is strict. Therefore, although Zhou Sen is employing people now, he still restrains his desire to use them.
, but now, the situation is different. If a person in the Jianghu takes the initiative to ask for a fight, he must obey Zhou Sen's arrangements, and he will develop a sense of responsibility and self-restraint.
People with superpowers and people in the world are in turmoil.
For people with superpowers and people in the world, this is actually a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Once the Han Empire is restored, their future is limitless. Especially some sects will definitely be rewarded by the Emperor of the Han Empire. When the time comes, with the support of the Emperor
, the sect is naturally expected to flourish.
In fact, a large number of these superpowers are young heroes from some sects who help the Han Empire restore its state. However, some superpowers do not dare to disclose their identities in line with the principle of being a monk and not caring about the world.
Avoid incurring retaliation from the Crusaders.
No matter how powerful a sect of superpowers is, it is impossible to compete with a political power.
In the history of cultivating gods in the Gods and Demons Continent, there have been many cultivating sects that were eventually lost in the dust of history because they supported a certain party.
Because of bloody lessons learned from the past, some cultivating sects will warn their disciples to try not to get involved with the imperial court to avoid the disaster of annihilation. It is for this reason that the superpowers of the Han Empire have almost no say in politics.
In the military, nothing has been accomplished, and some important functional departments are occupied by strong men.
Of course, although superpowers claim not to care about worldly affairs, they eat whole grains, and believers come from ordinary people, so they cannot avoid being inextricably linked to the court. But now, the country is in ruins and the family is in ruins.
At that time, some cultivating sects naturally did not want to give up the opportunity to repair relations with the imperial court.
In fact, the relationship between the Han Empire and the world of cultivating gods is very subtle. Many officials of the imperial court will send their children to some sects to practice. Of course, the practice is just a cover. Where can some well-dressed and well-fed dandies be able to endure winter training?
Sanjiu, Xia Lian Sanfu's hardship, they only go to the mountain gate for ten and a half months every year to take advantage of the situation, letting the world know that they are disciples of a certain sect, and those cultivating sects can also use this to hint to some competitors.
They have a backend.
In short, if the Xiu Shen Sect wanted to survive in some of the famous mountains and rivers of the Han Empire, it had to have some relationship with the imperial court.
Precisely because of various reasons, when the Han Empire was in danger of collapse, the Xiu Shen Sect could not ignore it.
In addition to the above reasons, there is another more important reason.
The Crusades are a completely different faith.
In this year, some churches have sprung up in major cities like mushrooms after a rain. These church organizations spread doctrines under the guise of charity and deceived a large number of people at the bottom of society. If this rate continues, by then, the Han Empire will be
All the cultivating sects may be squeezed out...
Invisible pressure caused the Xiu Shen sect to be involved in this magnificent secular war.
In fact, people with super powers don’t know that this is an out-and-out religious war.
Zhou Sen guessed that the Crusaders had not yet done so blatantly in order to avoid irritating the cultivating world of gods throughout the Han Empire. Once the Crusaders' regime was stabilized, they would definitely defeat each of the major cultivating sects.
Zhou Sen didn't know that the Crusaders had already taken action, and some unknown small sects had already been destroyed. It was just because of the continuous flames of war and the rising smoke that no one noticed those small cultivating sects...
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"I know you are eager to kill the enemy, but our current environment is harsh..." Zhou Sen, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.
"General, if you have any difficulties, just tell me, I, Mr. Tang, will not hesitate to go through fire and water!"
"Yes, General, we have seen big scenes. We are definitely not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. We die on the battlefield and are buried in horse leather, but I long for it."
"Damn it, now that the great Han Dynasty has fallen under the iron heel, I, a passionate man of Han Dynasty, will kill the enemy as a hero!"
"..."
The crowd was excited and expressed their loyalty to Zhou Sen.
Whether they are figures in the world or people with super powers, they are not stupid. Now Zhou Sen is the most eye-catching general in the Han Empire. If you depend on him, your future is limitless.
It can be said that everyone here has their own goals. Some hope to become famous, some hope to be remembered in history, some want to serve the country and defend the country, and some want to fight for the future of the sect...
"Thank you brothers for looking up to me, Mr. Zhou. This Zhenshuiguan, hey..."
"General, you are so heroic. Why are you so hesitant today? General, if you have any difficulties, please tell me. We are all in the same boat now. If there are difficulties, everyone should work together to overcome the difficulties."
"Well, since the brothers are so loyal, I, Zhou, will no longer be my mother-in-law and my mother-in-law." Zhou Sen stood up tall, high-spirited and heroic.
"Haha, this is Zhou Sen who is on our gangster list!"
"I just like General Zhou's domineering attitude."