Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 386

Xiao Chengzhi ran fast, and Yao Guang was not slow to react, leading his troops to chase after him on the third day.

During this period, it's not that Xiao Chengzhi didn't think about attacking back and eating Yao Guang's army.

But Yao Guang was obviously more familiar with the terrain in Yinping area than Xiao Chengzhi, and he would gather and camp in dangerous places, not only did not give Xiao Chengzhi a chance to counterattack, but also consumed a lot of Xiao Chengzhi's army rations.Therefore, Xiao Chengzhi was so talented that he wanted to scold his mother.

"It's really like a dog!"

Xiao Chengzhi was both disgusted and admired by the opponent's perseverance. Seeing Yao Guang catching up again, he ordered his soldiers to set off quickly after eating.

"General Xiao, further south is the Yinping Trail!"

Continuing to go south is Jiangyou, where Deng Ai arrived after smuggling to Yinping.

Once he arrived in Jiangyou, Xiao Chengzhi would naturally be able to easily defend against Yao Guang by relying on Jiangyou's troops and supplies.

"Everyone hold on for a while longer! When we reach Jiangyou, the crisis will naturally be resolved!"

Xiao Chengzhi comforted the soldiers in this way, but he knew in his heart that the road ahead should not be careless.

According to historical records, Deng Ai's smuggling into Yinping is like this.

"Ai traveled more than [-] miles from Yinping Road to uninhabited land, digging mountain passages, and building bridges and pavilions. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and it is extremely difficult and dangerous, and the food transportation will be scarce, so it is often in danger. Ai wraps himself in felt and pushes down. The soldiers all climbed the wooden cliffs and filed in."

This road of more than 700 miles has almost no place to go. Deng Ai even wrapped himself and his soldiers in a blanket and rolled off the cliff. This danger is so dangerous that just reading the text makes people shudder.

Now Xiao Chengzhi is facing a more dangerous situation than Deng Ai. After all, he is followed by Yao Guang who cannot be shaken off. This means that Xiao Chengzhi has a very low error tolerance rate for every step of command, and he must pass this path as quickly and correctly as possible. .

For this reason, Xiao Chengzhi deliberately set up an altar when he entered the trail to pray for good luck for his soldiers.

"The general believes in God?"

"Do not believe."

"Then why worship God?"

Xiao Chengzhi didn't answer, he patted the questioner on the shoulder after the soldiers had finished offering sacrifices to the mountain god here.

"There are people in the world before there are gods."

"At the moment, these soldiers are not worshiping gods, but the people who passed by here one after another."

"I have governed Shu for nearly ten years, and I have seen people in Shu worship Li Bing and his son as Guankou Erlang Gods, and I have also seen a golden body and temple built for Zhuge Wuhou, the prime minister of the Shu Han."

"Don't these people know that Li Bing and his son, Zhuge Wuhou are not gods, but mortals?"

Xiao Chengzhi pointed to the road under his feet again: "Deng Ai set out from here, successfully crossed the mountain road, captured Chengdu, destroyed the Shu Han, and won a big victory. I am waiting to follow the stories of my ancestors today, so I naturally hope to win the battle."

"But general, aren't we going to retreat to Shu now? How can there be such a saying that we have won the battle?"

Xiao Chengzhi smiled boldly: "That's not necessarily true!"

"The mountain gods in the Shu land have always been very impermanent! Our army's trip may not fail to turn danger into good luck!"

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He Lianding, who attacked Qiu Chi in the name of He Lian Bo Bo, also marched down to Qiu Chi.

To Helian Ding's surprise, what greeted him was not Liu Song and Qiu Chi's joint resistance, but Qiu Chi's lord Yang Nan treated him with courtesy.

"Criminal Yang Nan should pay homage to the prince of the Shang Dynasty!"

After Yang Nandang's plan to smuggle across the Hanshui River and seize Dingjunshui and even Hanzhong failed, he decisively dispatched troops back to Qiuchi immediately to defeat Xiao Cheng's troops.

The problem is that Xiao Chengzhi ran away...

The gift left for Helian Ding ran away...

If Hanzhong is not defeated, it will lose the capital to negotiate with Hu Xia.

If Xiao Chengzhi didn't reach Helian Ding's mouth, he lost the benefit of feeding Hu Xia.

The current Yang Nandang had to find a way to stabilize Helian Ding first, so as to prevent the hungry wolf from swallowing himself and Qiu Chi inadvertently.

For this reason, Yang Nandang came to Helianding's barracks alone to show his sincerity to Hu Xia.

Helian Ding was also a little surprised when he saw Yang Nan.

"Yang Nandang, you joined forces with the Southerners to attack and kill my elder brother, yet you still have the guts to come before me?"

Yang Nandang quickly shook his head: "The prince misunderstood me."

"The situation cannot be explained clearly in a few words. But I can guarantee that my loyalty to your country can be learned from the sun and the moon!"

Seeing He Lianding's sneer, Yang Nandang had no choice but to draw out his trump card.

"To be honest, I led troops to attack the land of Hanzhong belonging to Liu Song a few days ago!"

Hanzhong?

He Lianding's ears twitched slightly, thinking of He Lianbo's promise to himself "if Hanzhong is captured, he will make himself the crown prince", he was also interested in Yang Nandang's words.

"Although I was stopped by the Song army on the banks of the Han River, let me ask, if the Hanzhong defenders are really abundant, why did the Hanzhong defenders set up defenses on the Han River?"

Hanzhong does not need many defenders, as long as Yangping Pass and Dingjun Mountain are occupied, even a hundred thousand troops will not be able to invade the Hanzhong Plain.

Although Yuan Huzhi intercepted Yang Nandang in Hanshui, this made Yang Nandang more certain that Hanzhong's defenses were empty, forcing Yuan Huzhi to come to Hanshui to deploy defenses.

Now, Yang Nandang just wants Helian Ding to believe that this piece of fat in Hanzhong is more worth biting than his own bone.

As a nomad, he obviously knew better how a qualified hunter would choose his prey. For this reason, he tried his best to remove Helian Ding's gaze from himself.

But obviously.

Helian Ding is not a fool.

In other words, he is not a fool in the popular sense.

He inherited Helian's bloodthirsty personality, and bloodthirsty often means that his methods of solving things are extremely simple and efficient.

"Yang Nandang, don't change the subject!"

"I am a teacher who inquires about crimes. Whether the fight in Hanzhong is good or not is none of your business!"

He Lian Bobo's promise to He Lianding is only clear to his father and son, so He Lianding is not afraid that Yang Nandang will use Hanzhong to seduce or threaten him.

For Helianding, Hanzhong, he wants.

Qiu Chi, he wants too!

Helian Ding's unreasonable playing of cards made Yang Nandang a little uncomfortable.

Unlike facing Xiao Chengzhi, a "civilized man", Helian Ding's primitive and barbaric way made it difficult for Yang to spit out a series of belly drafts.

resignedly.

Yang Nandang whispered to Helian Ding again: "Does the prince know where the prince of your country is?"

Helian Ding frowned slightly, obviously annoyed by the existence of his elder brother Helian Gui.

"To be honest, Helian Gui was captured by Xiao Chengzhi and planned to be sent to Guanzhong. Now Helian Gui is probably staying in Hanzhong."

Yang Nandang said again: "If the prince can capture Hanzhong now and save the prince, Shanyu must reward the prince heavily!"

These words made Helian Ding's brows tighten a bit.

Save Helian Gui?

Ha ha!

It is true that he had an appointment with Helian Bobo.

But now Hu Xia's prince is still Helian Gui after all.

With Helian Gui alive, can the crown prince really fall into his hands securely?

He Lianding knew that there were actually quite a few Helian Gui forces in Hu Xia Kingdom.If all these forces oppose Helian Bobo and support Helian Gui by proclaiming himself the crown prince, then who can guarantee that Helian Bobo will not break his promise under pressure?

For Helian Ding, if Helian Gui was alive, he would always be a threat to him.

But if he dies...

The more Helianding thought about it, the more excited he became.

Now in his eyes, Hanzhong is not only a promising agreement, but also a step that can help him completely sit on the crown prince.

He Lianding looked at Yang Nan again with a different look in his eyes.

For him, the information "Helian Gui is in Hanzhong" is more inspiring his desire to attack Hanzhong than the information "Hanzhong is empty of troops".

But because of this, He Lianding became more and more wary of Yang Nan being the leader of this small country.

"This man is deep-minded and quite cunning. I'm afraid my elder brother was deceived by him like this and captured by Song Jun?"

Helian Ding asked, "Where is the defense plan for Hanzhong?"

Yang Nandang saw that Helian Ding was no longer obsessed with the matter of questioning the crime, and thought that Helian Ding had been caught, so he immediately handed over the map of Hanzhong area to Helian Ding happily.

It not only describes the deployment of the Song army in detail, but also the hydrology of the Han River and other waterways.

From this map, it can be seen that Yang Nandang covets Hanzhong, which makes Helian Ding more firm in his thoughts.

"I have accepted the Lord's will."

An elusive smile appeared on Helian Ding's face.

This smile seemed strange to Yang Nan, but the attendants who were familiar with Helian Ding knew that when this smile appeared, there was only one possibility.

That is--

Helian Ding is planning to kill someone!

When Yang Nan saw Helian Ding "showing a smile" to him, he still didn't realize it, instead, he walked quickly to Helian Ding's side and squatted halfway, explaining the map to Helian Ding as the lord of the country. all kinds.

But Helian Ding was no longer in the mood to listen to these.

He held a tiger-headed broadsword at his waist, and asked Yang Nandang a question: "The lord thinks, who is more like a prince, me or my elder brother?"

Yang Nandang was stunned.

He didn't understand why Helian Ding would suddenly ask him such a question.

But in order to photograph Helian Ding's horse, he naturally said subconsciously: "Of course the prince is more like a prince!"

"Why?"

"Because the prince acts resolutely, unlike Helian Gui, that..."

"Pfft!"

Yang Nandang's mind went blank, and he looked at the knife blade that pierced through his abdomen with unbelievable eyes.

"I also feel that I am more like a prince than my elder brother."

When Yang Nandang spoke, He Lianding drew out the knife and stabbed Yang Nandang's abdomen, then slowly turned the handle of the knife, causing Yang Nandang's painful face to twist.

"I don't know how you tricked my elder brother into sending the head of Song Jun like a fool, and I don't know how you suddenly attacked Hanzhong, but..."

"Obviously, you are a scourge."

"My elder brother really doesn't look like a prince, because he doesn't even look like Shan Yu, how can he look like a prince?"

"My father taught me a method, if you can't tell whether a person is good or bad, then kill him first."

"My eldest brother didn't learn this truth, but I have learned it."

The blade revolved in Yang Nandang's stomach for nearly a week, Yang Nandang felt his consciousness became more and more blurred, and he could not hear Helian Ding's words clearly.

It's just that he was still puzzled by the knife that stabbed him in the stomach.

It shouldn't be.

It shouldn't be like this!
Yang Nandang's ambition is huge.

So big, he dared to jump repeatedly between the two behemoths Liu Song and Hu Xia.

So big, he dared to design Xiao Chengzhi as a gift for Helian Ding.

So big, he dared to appear alone in Helian Ding's barracks.

And all of this is just to make Qiu Chi rise.

But now with Helian Ding's knife, he knew that Huangtu's hegemony would leave him.

"puff."

Withdrawing the blade, Yang Nandang's blood splashed on Helian Ding's mouth, and Helian Ding pursed the corners of his mouth very satisfied, and took the blood back into his mouth to savor it carefully.

"A lowly person, even blood stinks."

"As the lord of a country, he doesn't think about how to make great efforts to govern, but just uses some unsightly means, which is really disgusting!"

Withdrawing the blade, Helian Ding didn't even look at Yang Nandang's body, and immediately waved the blade and called: "The whole army attacks Qiuchi!"

"Pass down the order to attack Qiu Chi... don't seal the sword!"

Helian Ding's bloodthirsty habit is not limited to himself, his subordinates are even more brutal than wolves, tigers and leopards.

After receiving the military order from Helian Ding, these subordinates plowed the entire territory of Qiuchi as quickly as possible, and almost none of the people in Qiuchi was spared.

The centuries-old Qiuchi palace was burned to the ground.

Yang Nandang's wife and daughter were pulled out to let others vent.

All government offices and government offices that had traces of Qiu Chi's rule were also wiped out by Hu Xia, as if the country of Qiu Chi had never appeared in this world.

After destroying Qiu Chi with a method that could be called extermination, Helian Ding also turned his attention back to Hanzhong.

To him, Qiu Chi is just a bone to grind his teeth, and Hanzhong is the real gluttonous feast!
That is, after He Lianding destroyed Qiu Chi and planned to attack Hanzhong, the news of this twists and turns spread to Chang'an.

Liu Yizhen was not really sad about Qiu Chi's destruction, but rather regretful.

It's a pity that this land of hatred... finally fell into Hu Xia's hands!

This means that Hu Xia's attack on Liu Song has another possible direction.

No, it's not possible, because Helian Ding, the son of Helian Bobo, has indeed begun to attack Hanzhong!

"Gyeongju, Longyou, Hanzhong..."

For some reason, Liu Yizhen smelled a familiar smell from He Lianbo's tactics.

Helian Bobo, who suffered two setbacks, seemed to have become more cunning, and began to spend Liu Song's strength around the Guanzhong area.

This kind of malice entrenched around him made Liu Yizhen dare not take it seriously. In addition to ordering Wang Zhen'e who was stationed in Chencang and Fu Hongzhiduo who was stationed in Gyeongju to pay attention to Helian Bo's movements, he also used Jinyiwei's various forces outside the pass Look for clues.

However, Yuan Huzhi, who was sticking to Hanzhong, did not dare to be careless after knowing Qiu Chi's changes, and fortified his camp all day long to prevent Helian Ding's attack.

Even Yuan Huzhi thought of hanging Helian Gui on the city wall to hinder Helian Ding.

Unexpectedly, when Helian Gui heard about this idea, what he felt first was not anger, but strangeness.

"Why is Gu Na Fifth Brother the one who led the troops?"

Yuanmu was puzzled.

"Why can't it be your fifth brother?"

Helian Gui glanced at Yuan Huzhi, then scratched his head: "Because..."

"Because Shan Yu has long decided to personally lead troops to attack Hanzhong!"

Attack Hanzhong personally?

Helian Booming!

Kakimori's scalp suddenly went numb.

"You mean... Helian Bobo planned to attack Hanzhong from the very beginning??!"

(End of this chapter)