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In late February, Wan Yanliang's messengers Li Chu and Tang Kuo were killed in Yuzhou, completely cutting off the possibility of both sides maintaining dignity.

When the news came back to Huanglong Mansion, Wan Yanliang had no choice but to carry out a purge in the court and secretly executed some ministers and generals who were still loyal to the Jin Emperor.

In order to obtain the title of "Great Righteousness", Wan Yanliang transferred a large number of interests and united with the Tatar, Klie, Zhuo Tuo, Shi Dun and other Jin tribes to form an alliance in Daru City in early March.

They gathered 20,000 gold men and 50,000 servants of various tribes, claiming to be one hundred thousand, and vowed to 'purge the traitors and welcome the emperor back to the capital'.

Due to the sudden incident of Wanyan Dan's "South Hunt", Wanyan Liang spent some time integrating the internal affairs. By the time the army moved south, it was already late March.

On the Qi side, King Chu led his army to Yuzhou on the ninth day of the third lunar month, and only rested for one day before continuing to march north.

At this time, on Zhongjing Road, the various state governments first received an edict issued by the Jin Emperor in the name of the crown prince, denounced the rebellious minister Wanyan Liang for bullying the emperor and monopolizing power, and called on the officials and people of Jin Dynasty to attack.

Immediately afterwards, another official document was urgently delivered from Huanglong Mansion in the name of the imperial court. It said that the emperor had been deceived by treacherous ministers and villains, and ordered civil and military officials from all over the country to defend the city until the imperial army came to receive it.

For a time, the defenders and ministers in various states were at a loss what to do and panicked.

On March 13, Chen Chu led his headquarters and gathered for King Qin the Han Qixian tribe in Nanjing, the Guihua Yelu Guangde tribe, the middle Yuwenxu tribe in Lizhou, the Wu Yinshi tribe in Enzhou, the Panggu tribe in Yuzhou, and the Jin army in Jianzhou. .
There were more than 60,000 people from all ethnic groups, with Gao Cunfu, who stayed on Zhongjing Road, as the commander, and Tongxuan Guoshi, the favored minister of the Jin Emperor, as the supervisor. The troops came to Jianzhou City.

The Jianzhou defenders were among the troops under the city at this time. There were only a few hundred old and weak people left in the city, and the former capital commander Shu Hu had already been beheaded by Wan Yandan in the Yuzhou Incident last month.

At noon on the 13th, the prince's personal edict and the autographed letter of Gao Cunfu, who was staying in Beijing, were shot into the city from outside the city. An hour later, the city gates, which had been closed all morning, were opened wide.

The prefect led civil and military officials to greet him.

In order to express their position, Jianzhou civil and military forces had killed all the family members and heirs of the 'rebellious minister' Shuhu who had stayed in the city before the army entered the city.

Jianzhou was captured without bloodshed.

Afterwards, the troops continued to push forward, and in just eight days, they attacked the four cities of Xingzhong, Xiankang, Shengji and Hongzheng.

Because of the prince's decree, they also encountered little resistance.

It was not until the 22nd that when the coalition forces arrived at Haibei Prefecture on the west bank of the Daling River, the guard general Heihan, who was from the Tatar tribe, blocked the way of the army.

Those who served as the vanguard at the front were Hezha's pro-army troops.

The new commander, Sepuli, was originally a low-level officer in the Hezha pro-army. Because he did not hesitate to attack Shangguan Tuoman Chigu during the Yuzhou Incident, he was recommended by Tongxuan and sealed by the prince. He became a He Zha was in charge of all the pro-army forces.

To reach the top in one step, in the military, which has always valued seniority and military merit, some people are not convinced.

Sai Puli held back his energy, just waiting to make achievements to convince the public.

Arriving at Haibeizhou City on the same day, Sai Puli followed the previous procedures and ordered people to deliver the prince's edict and Gao Cunfu's letter into the city.

But just a quarter of an hour later, the messenger's head was hung above the west gate of Haibei Prefecture.

Sepuli was furious and launched an siege with simple weapons without waiting for the main force to arrive.

Haibei Prefecture has penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom and is the gateway to the Jin Kingdom's Tokyo Road. If you take this place, there will be an endless fertile plain behind it.

Although there are not many troops stationed in the area, they are still dominated by Jin people and have good combat power.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, defender Heihan relied on the strength of the city wall to repel Sepuli's attacks several times. The latter suffered more than 200 casualties, but could not advance even an inch.

When the battle reached noon, Sepuli saw that he was going to organize a strong attack again. His deputy Orlewin was unwilling, so he dragged Sepuli and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty is hunting in the south. I, Heza, have only two thousand warriors with me. Is it possible for you to do this?" Are we going to fill these two thousand warriors into Haibeizhou City today?"

"I am the commander-in-chief of Hezha appointed by the prince himself, Orlewin. Do you want to disobey me?"

Saipuli, who was angry because of the failure in attacking the city, saw that the other party dared to question him, so he drew his sword in anger.

Orlewin was not convinced by Sepuli, so he naturally did not accept his trick and drew his sword on the spot.

The same was true for the guards on both sides, and tensions rose in the military tent for a while.

At this time, a messenger came to report that the main force of the rear army had arrived, and the two generals were ordered to go to discuss matters.

The two sides then took advantage of this step to put away their weapons.

It's not the end of time.

The two came to the main tent of the Chinese army. At the top sat the commander-in-chief Gao Cunfu, and on the left and right sat the supervisor Tongxuan and the king of Chu of Qi.
The rest of the generals stood in the tent.

As a Bohai native, Gao Cunfu was one of the first foreign descendants to follow his ancestor Aguda in the uprising against the Liao Dynasty. Considering his status as a stayer in Beijing, he could barely convince the crowd when he took the chief position.

Tongxuan was the most favored person of the emperor, so it was reasonable for him to have a seat.

But a big prince of the Qi Dynasty sat here, which made Olewen very dissatisfied.

Even if the Han people were lucky enough to win a match on Hebei Road, so what? The Han people have a low status. Not to mention the Jin people, even the Bo people and Liao people are much nobler than them!
Within the Jin Kingdom, the Han soldiers were the most vulnerable to fighting and could only follow the Jin warriors as slaves.

Now, he is allowed to sit here majestically!

"Marshal, the Haibei Prefecture City is well-fortified and the trenches are deep. The rebel army is well-equipped and they have just attacked the city with a small setback. At midnight, we will organize warriors to attack at night."

Here, Sepuli defended his reckless failure to attack the city, and at the same time took the initiative to take over the task of attacking the city in the middle of the night.

When Orlewin heard this, he immediately objected: "My Hezha soldiers are all warriors who can only be chosen from a thousand miles. They are good at field battles, but not good at attacking cities! It is said that the Han army is good at imitating gophers and digging tunnels, so it is better to attack them with generals." Leave the affairs of the city to them!”

Seeing Orlevin making trouble in public, Sebuli couldn't help turning his head and glaring.

Orlewin did not look at him, but glanced at Chen Chu, Wu Yinshi, Pang Panggu and other Han generals in the tent with disdainful eyes.

The contempt did not distinguish between internal and external, and was fairly distributed to Chen Chu of Qi State, and Wu and Pang of Jin State.

It kind of means 'everyone sitting here is rubbish'.

Chen Chu had a relaxed expression from beginning to end, as if he didn't hear Orlewin's provocation.

But Pang Panggu refused to obey, and stood up and said, "Who do you think is the gopher?"

Orewin, who had just spoken fluent Chinese, said a few words of Jurchen. Pang Panggu didn't understand, but he expected that the words were not good, so he rushed forward and wanted to fight with Orewin.

Fortunately, there were guards in the tent who stopped him.

Gao Cunfu scolded the two of them before the tent became stable again. Then he looked at Chen Chu with a smile, "What do you think, Commander Chen?"

Gao Cunfu was almost coerced into siding with the Jin Emperor. There were many doubts about the Yuzhou Incident, and in the past month, the military and political orders issued by the Jin Emperor who stayed in Nanjing all came from the prince.

It seems that the news that the emperor is seriously ill is not groundless.

Now the strategy of uniting Qi to attack King Hailing is unexpected and almost absurd.

Even when he couldn't help himself, Gao Cunfu still had the intention of sitting on the wall and watching.

To this day, the secret correspondence between him and Huanglong Mansion has not been cut off.

Therefore, Gao Cunfu wanted to see the quality of the Qi army that defeated the Jin army in Hebei.

I thought that the King of Chu would shirk the blame, but unexpectedly, he only thought for a few moments and then replied with a smile: "Okay! Let's fight in Haibei Prefecture!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yelu Guangde, Yu Wenxuzhong, Wu Yinshi and other generals from various tribes had different expressions.

Like Gao Cunfu, they all wanted to see whether the Huaibei Army, which had recently become famous and was praised by Qi as the strongest army in the world, was a mule or a horse.

Chen Chu made some calculations in his mind and immediately said to the soldiers behind him: "Recruit Zhou Brigade Commander to enter the tent."

Not long after, Zhou Liang, dressed in armor, stepped inside. He first casually clasped his fists at the nominal coalition coach Gao Cunfu, treating it as a salute. Then he faced Chen Chu on one side and neatly touched the ground with one knee. , said loudly: "The last general Zhou Liang, what are the orders from the King of Chu!"

Although the coalition forces each have their own teams, those who are as unabashed as Zhou Liang are rare.

"Get up."

Chen Chu first called Zhou Liang to stand up, and then said: "Commander Zhou, I will attach the same military force to you and order you to capture Haibei Prefecture City within two hours!"

"Om~"

Everyone in the tent was in an uproar.

If the generals hadn't known that Zhou Liang was a direct descendant of the King of Chu, everyone would have thought that the King of Chu was deliberately trying to embarrass Zhou Liang by attacking the city.

Although this Haibei Prefecture is not a big city, it is the gateway to Dongjing Road of the Jin Kingdom. The Heza Army, the most elite of the coalition forces, fought for an entire afternoon without even climbing to the top of the city. Your Huaibei Army won it in two hours?
What a joke.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Liang didn't hesitate at all, he neatly clasped his fists and said: "The last general takes orders!" Others don't know, can brother Liang still not know what "attached to the same military unit" means?

Today, Wu Tong's Tianlei Regiment is equipped with more than a hundred Tianlei cannons of various calibers. This time they come north, there are even new large-caliber cannons on display.

Zhou Liang had seen the artillery regiment practicing in the field. The large-caliber sky thunder cannon hit the mountain, causing rubble to fly hundreds of feet, and the momentum was like the sky collapsing!

This thing is simply a weapon tailor-made for attacking fortified cities.

Let alone two hours, the city wall would not be able to hold up even with two quarters of an hour's salvo.

Seeing that Chen Chu and Zhou Liang had made arrangements in a matter of seconds, they were as relaxed as visiting a brothel. Sepuli and Olewen, who had suffered casualties of more than 200 people in vain, couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Orlewin muttered something in the Jurchen bird language again.

A translator whispered in Chen Chu's ear and translated Orlewin's words, "Han'er only has one mouth left."

This time, Chen Chu did not pretend not to hear. He looked up at Orlewin and said with a smile, "You don't believe it?"

Seeing Chen Chu's question, Orlewin was not afraid and laughed loudly: "If you can capture Haibei Prefecture City in two hours, I will take your head off!"

"it is good!"

Chen Chu immediately accepted his words and turned to look at Zhou Liang, "Commander Zhou! Do you dare to issue a military order?"

"One hour! Take Haibeizhou in one hour!"

These words instantly made the generals in the tent unable to suppress their discussions.

What an arrogant Qi General!

Zhou Liang answered Chen Chu's question, turned to stare at Orlewin and said, "I'll take Haibei Prefecture in one hour. If I can't do it within the time limit, you chop my head off! If I take it in one hour, I'll chop your head off." Head! Do you dare to follow me and issue a military order?"

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Orlewin still didn't believe that Zhou Liang could break the city within an hour, but the opponent's unparalleled confidence made him doubtful.

But at this moment, the eyes of all the generals in the tent fell on him, and it was difficult to get off the tiger.

"Okay! I will issue a military order with you!"

It's three o'clock in time.

Haibei Prefecture City has been surrounded by three gates in the north, west and south by the rebel coalition forces.

Seeing the opponent's flags fluttering boundlessly, and with the righteous intention of "following the emperor's order to fight against rebellion", the military morale in the city was unavoidable.

"The demon is holding the emperor hostage. King Hailing has personally led a large army to help. Brothers, we only need to hold on for a day or two. When King Hailing arrives, there will be a heavy reward."

When Heihan, the governor of Haibei Prefecture, was trying his best to appease the people, large carts stopped on a flat hill three miles away from the west gate.

The Sky Thunder Cannon is the treasure of the entire Huaibei Army, and it also occupies the largest number of troops accompanying the army. When the cart arrives at the gun position, the soldiers first set up wooden boards with rolling sky thunder in front of the gun position, blocking the gun position. on the working process.

At the same time, a high platform of more than ten feet was erected in front of the formation.

The national master Tongxuan wore a bright yellow robe of Bagua and a seven-star crown on his head. He held a peach wood sword in one hand and pinched the magic formula in the other hand while muttering something in his mouth.

Because the artillery positions had wooden boards blocking their sight, Yelu Guangde, Yu Wenxuzhong, Wu Yinshi, Orlewin and others standing behind the Black Flag Army formation had no idea what the Huaibei Army was doing, and most of them were blocked by Taixu, who was casting spells in front of the formation. attracted attention.

"What is this for? Then does the King of Chu of Qi State want this man to be punished by heaven for destroying Beizhou City?"

Yu Wenxuzhong whispered in a sarcastic tone, but Yelu Guangde beside him had witnessed the miracle of Tongxuan's bare hands creating the three-flavored true fire in Huanglong Mansion in his early years, and he couldn't help but doubt it: "The national master is a Taoist immortal, Maybe he can really cause wind and rain like Zhuge Liang."

On the other side, Wu Yinshi sneered and said: "Zhuge Liang just attracted the east wind. Now we are not fighting on water, so attracting wind and rain will have an effect! I thought that the Huaibei Army could defeat Commander Zong Bi in Hebei. It would be a bit of a surprise. He’s really capable, but he’s just pretending to be a ghost here.”

Not far away, Orlewin seemed to feel relieved when he saw this. Even when Zhou Liang passed by him when he was inspecting the black flag army in formation, Orlewin even joked: "General Zhou, it's time to play tricks! It's already passed. Two quarters of an hour."

Zhou Liang showed his teeth and grinned at him, "You should take a closer look at this colorful world. Time is running out."

After a while, the thunder cannons on the hill seemed to be ready, and the shooting holes were opened on the wooden planks.

Later, one of Taixu's disciples walked to the high platform in front of the formation and quietly gave a thumbs up to his master.

When Taixu saw this, his body movements suddenly became louder.

I saw him holding the magic formula with his hands, looking up to the sky, trembling all over, and shouting: "Thunder generals, Six Armor and Six Ding, hear my move, come quickly! Make the clouds spit out mist, throw fire thousands of miles, ghosts can't escape." Thunder, come down!”

After a loud shout, Taixu spread his beard and hair, put his index and middle fingers together, and pointed sharply at Haibei Prefecture City!
This emotional performance frightened several generals behind the formation. For a moment, they really thought that with his "surrender", there would be heavenly soldiers and generals coming to the mortal world.

Can.
After this sound, everything was quiet and nothing happened.

Only the spring breeze passing through the wilderness ruffled Taixu's black hair.
Taixu continued to maintain his original posture and glared angrily at the apprentice who came to report the news.

Thinking about it, the latter must have failed to calculate the time according to the original plan. After he said "Thunder, come down", thousands of cannons were launched!
Knowing that there were countless people watching him behind his back, Taixu had no choice but to bite the bullet, retract his arm, and point his finger fiercely, "Thunder, come down!"

Tranquility remains
Rub, not ready yet?
"Thunder, come down!"

The slightly funny scene caused Yelu Guangde and Wu Yinshi to cover their mouths and laugh wildly.

"This old man has finally exposed his secrets. Let's see who will respond in the future."

Before Yelu Guangde could finish his sentence, he suddenly felt the ground shake, followed by dense explosions like a collapse of the sky almost at the same time.

Everyone felt their ears buzzing, and their entire bodies were trembling with the disturbance caused by the vibrations in the air.

The war horses neighed one after another, and some horses were frightened and raised their front hooves high, knocking Wu Yinshi on the horse's back to the ground.

"What's wrong! What's wrong!"

Wu Yinshi fell off his horse and felt no pain, but was frightened by the noise and turned pale. He quickly asked his companions what happened.

But Yelu Guangde, Yu Wenxuzhong, Sepuli and others immediately stared in the direction of Haibei Prefecture with their eyes wide open, as if they had seen a ghost.

Wu Yinshi was surprised and hurriedly got up. Only then could he look beyond the black flag army arrayed in front, but he saw a scene that he would never forget.

I saw that the west wall of Haibei Prefecture, which was in good condition just now, now had dozens of large black holes, and a piece of wall stacking was also missing.

There was also a half-foot-thick hardwood city gate. Unexpectedly, something broke open a large hole three feet in diameter. Behind the door, you could vaguely see the broken limbs and the frightened sergeant.

"What happened!"

Wu Yinshi shouted very loudly because his ears were ringing from the shock just now.

But all the generals were deafened, staring blankly at the city wall. The next moment, they almost simultaneously looked at Taoist Tongxuan who was still casting spells on the stage. No, it was Immortal Master Tongxuan!

"Urgent like a law, thunder from the sky will fall!"

Coincidentally, Tongxuan pointed again.

This time, the two sides finally caught up.

As soon as Tongxuan stretched out his hand, the loud noise just now came again.
Wu Yinshi watched helplessly as the arrow tower above the south gate was struck by a heavy hammer from the gods. The beam as thick as a man suddenly broke from it, and sawdust, bricks, limbs, blood mist, and dust all flew into the sky.

Even three miles away, one could hear a heartbreaking creaking sound of wood being squeezed and deformed. The next moment, the two-story watchtower collapsed.
Immediately, the third round of sound started again.

After the initial shock, Wu Yinshi, Yelu Guangde and others turned around at the same time and looked at the hill behind them.

However, he saw streams of thick smoke rising from behind the baffle, and an obvious cloud of smoke had gathered above the hill.

Then he turned to look at Haibei Prefecture. After just three rounds of volleys, the city gate had been smashed to pieces, and there was no one on the wall.

Then, the fourth round of thunder started again.

In front of the formation, some Jin, Bo, and Liao sergeants who had no idea what was going on were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They involuntarily knelt down and kowtowed madly towards the Imperial Master who was still doing his best to cast spells.

Zhou Liang, who had moved to the front of the formation, saw that the city gate was wide open and the city wall was crumbling. He drew his knife and said: "Brothers, this is the first battle of the day. Let the barbarians see the style of my husband from Huaibei. Kill!"

"Kill!"

Thousands of people shouted in unison, and swarmed towards Haibeizhou City in organized units (End of Chapter)