Chapter 188 How can the mountains and rivers be settled? VI

Li Yan and King Yan talked in the tent until night fell, the moon rose in the sky, and the stars were sparse. Only then did they decide on a method to conquer Kaifeng City.

Kaifeng City is very strong, and a hard attack will inevitably result in casualties. It is better to besiege it for ten days and a half months, and take the opportunity to capture other small cities around it. When the soldiers and food in Kaifeng City are cut off, the city will fall without attack.

King Yan knew that the matter of conquering cities and territories could not be rushed. Although he was eager to take over Kaifeng City, he could only admit that Li Yan's method was the most stable and the one with the least loss.

They walked out of the military tent together and suddenly smelled a strange fragrance that made them salivate. They looked in the direction of the scent and saw Shi Zhixuan leisurely placing large bowls on the simple small table, no more, no less, exactly fifty-one.

Shi Zhixuan raised his wrist and lifted the two pots of boiled wine from the fire into the air. His movements were very relaxed and comfortable, like a leisurely hermit warming wine in a painting.

Li Yan could see the skill of his hands, and his eyes lit up immediately, secretly sighing that the people around Xiao Hao were also hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

Shi Zhixuan casually patted the dust on his body, stood up, picked up the two pots of wine, looked at the sky, and smiled slightly: "Not too early, not too late, just right."

Li Yan and King Chuang didn't know what he was talking about, so they came forward to ask curiously.

Shi Zhixuan pointed in the direction of Kaifeng City. As he moved, a red figure appeared on the endless plain, jumping at the end of the horizon, like a ball of red fire falling into the world, very conspicuous in the night.

Li Yan squinted his eyes and found that the red light was Xiao Hao riding on Ba Hongchen and holding a long spear!

He was about to ask Shi Zhixuan again, but suddenly felt something was wrong. As Xiao Hao approached, the ground under their feet began to shake, and the pottery bowls on Shi Zhixuan's table clattered and collided. Behind Xiao Hao, there was a cloud of yellow sand and smoke, chasing him.

"Oh my god! What is that!" Someone in the army discovered the scene there and shouted in panic.

"It's soldiers! A dense crowd of soldiers!"

"Soldiers are rushing over!"

Li Yan and King Qian looked at each other and immediately walked to the front of the camp. Sure enough, they saw a huge team running towards them behind the man and the horse. Each of them was wearing soldiers' uniforms, holding weapons in their hands, with terrified expressions on their faces, and they followed closely behind Xiao Hao's horse.

Whenever someone turned around, Xiao Hao would rush into the crowd and take a circle. If there were still people running away, he would open the mountain and pull them away. Every three seconds, he would force five enemies within eight feet to attack him, and he would bump into them in the crowd. He was full of hatred.

If they really couldn't take care of them, Dingjun would attack them if he could, and if not, they would let the 49 militiamen chasing them on horseback take care of them.

This wave of officers and soldiers ran all the way from Kaifeng City to the camp of King Qian, and they were all exhausted, but they were controlled by Xiao Hao's strong hatred and couldn't stop at all, let alone those who turned around were killed by a group of tigers and wolves behind them.

They had already seen their own end - the camp of King Qian was waiting for them, the captives who came to the door in person!

The officers and soldiers were very desperate, and didn't know why such an incredible thing would happen to them.

Xiao Hao and his men were moving very fast, and were only two or three miles away from the camp of King Qian. There was no shelter on the open plain, and the brightly lit camp could be seen at a glance.

King Qian ordered his militia to stand in formation and set up a wide encirclement in front of the camp, waiting for Xiao Hao and his men to rush in and then immediately surround them.

The sound of horses' hooves and footsteps mixed together, galloping like thunder, deafening. Xiao Hao smelled the aroma of Qianchun's wine, and laughed as he rushed into the encirclement that greeted him.

"Kaifeng City has been conquered! Lady Hong offers the head of the defender to King Shan as a gift to cheer him up with wine!"

Ba Hongchen raised his front hoof high, almost at a 90-degree angle to the ground. Xiao Hao held the reins with one hand, and raised the silver spear above his head, looking extremely handsome in the light of the fire in front of the tent and the bright moon.

He did not stop, but led the way in running in a big circle in the encirclement. The officers and soldiers behind him could only run in circles with him, and spontaneously formed a group in the encirclement. King Shan's soldiers closed the gap smoothly and surrounded them all.

Xiao Hao jumped off his horse and landed right in front of Shi Zhixuan. Shi Zhixuan had just opened the mud seal, and the aroma of wine drifted all the way, lingering for miles.

Shi Zhixuan handed over a bowl of wine, Xiao Hao took it and drank it all, wiped the remaining wine from his lips with the back of his hand, and said excitedly: "A man should be like this! Strong wine mixed with blood, coming and going like a gust of wind, one day to determine the mountains and rivers, one day to turn the world upside down!"

King Yan laughed loudly, ordered his men to tie up those officers and soldiers, and came to Xiao Hao with Li Yan.

Those officers and soldiers had run all the way and had already exhausted their physical strength. Without Xiao Hao's strong enemy, their legs were so weak that they couldn't even stand steadily, and some of them just fell to the ground and couldn't get up. The militia captured them all without any effort.

"I didn't expect that there is such a brave general in my Li Zicheng army! Little brother, please leave your name!"

Although Shi Zhixuan's skill of boiling wine seems complicated, it doesn't take long. They went back and forth for only two quarters of an hour, and they were able to capture a city that he had attacked three times and suffered heavy losses. Li Zicheng was ecstatic and smiled. He wished he could talk with Xiao Hao all night long and discuss his grand plans.

When he first saw Xiao Hao following Li Yan and Hong Niangzi, he thought he was their little follower and didn't take him seriously at all. However, he didn't expect that he was a rare military genius. Whether it was courage or martial arts, it was far beyond Li Zicheng's expectations!

God will help him achieve great things! !

Li Zicheng was surprised and delighted, and his eyes were full of strong desire when he looked at Xiao Hao.

Xiao Hao continued to drink another bowl and said proudly: "I am Xiao Hao, a disciple of Wuji in the camp of Duke Zhao of Tiance Mansion."

Xiao Hao did not want to admit that he was a member of Li Zicheng's army. Hongniangzi and others had joined Li Zicheng, but he was a commander without troops and did not belong to any faction. His obviously unsociable attitude also made Li Zicheng quickly realize that this Hummer seemed to be a wild horse and had no intention of surrendering.

Li Zicheng laughed. The more difficult it is to tame a wild horse, the more he wants to conquer it. He did not think that Xiao Hao's words were disrespectful, but instead ignited the idea of ​​taking him under his command.

"Oh? What kind of power is Tiance Mansion?"

Xiao Hao said seriously: "The former Tang King's subordinate, the Wolf of Dongdu!"

Li Yan is well-read, much more knowledgeable than Li Zicheng, and said in surprise: "Is it the army that helped Qin King to establish the country?"

Xiao Hao nodded and said: "Yes!"

Li Yan frowned. No wonder Xiao Hao's dress looks like a soldier, but he can't tell to which army he belongs. I think their master has his own set of clothes. But according to what he said, such a long-ago military force, how can it still exist today? Do they belong to the government or the underworld now?

Li Zicheng didn't think about such far-reaching things. He only cared about the general in front of him. Today, he had a top strategist like Li Yan, and a brave general to help him. He felt that if he couldn't accomplish anything, who else could accomplish it!

"I wonder how many soldiers and horses there are in Tiance Mansion now?"

Xiao Hao glanced at him lightly, and just as he was about to answer, Shi Zhixuan's hand pressed on his shoulder. Shi Zhixuan's smile was elegant and romantic, but it didn't reach his eyes. His dark eyes seemed to contain something bottomless,

which would make people fall into an endless dark swamp at a glance. His expression was obviously very friendly, but Li Zicheng and Li Yan both felt an instinctive danger, an extreme danger. The hairs on their bodies trembled, and frantically warned them that they must not be enemies with this person.

Shi Zhixuan said casually: "Two people."

Xiao Hao: "..." He once again refreshed his perception of Shi Zhixuan's shamelessness.

Although Li Zicheng is a reckless man, he is not stupid. When Shi Zhixuan is not showing off, he looks like an ordinary literati; but when Shi Zhixuan stands in front of him and looks down on him with a condescending look, Li Zicheng has something different in his heart.

Anyone who wants to conquer the world will have such a feeling when he is pressed down by another person and can't breathe.

This unparalleled strength gave him an absolute desire for power. Even though reason clamored that this extremely terrible person must not be provoked, Li Zicheng still couldn't stand someone looking at him with such eyes.

His face was a little stiff, and his smile was a little cold, but he still said in a friendly way: "Hahaha... What can the two of you do? Why not join me in overthrowing the dark Ming Dynasty and building a career!"

Xiao Hao ignored him, and Shi Zhixuan was even more reluctant to pay attention to him. Li Zicheng hit a nail, and his face was lost and he was very embarrassed.

Fortunately, at this time, Hongniangzi's subordinates had also dismounted and were surrounded by people to greet them. Xiao Hao took the opportunity to share the two beauties with them and drank together. When the

militia heard that someone had captured Kaifeng City in two moments, they came to watch, and it was very lively for a while.

One of them recognized Xiao Hao and Shi Zhixuan and exclaimed: "Isn't this the flying soldier who escaped to report the news that day!"

He realized that he had said something wrong and apologized quickly: "It turns out that you are the righteous men under the command of General Hong. It was a misunderstanding... I drove you out in Luoyang that day, but don't take it to heart!"

Xiao Hao laughed it off and didn't care about it.

Hong Niangzi and Li Yan came to join King Qian. Although he didn't want the people he liked to join others, he didn't want to cause them more trouble, so he said to Li Zicheng: "Kaifeng City is now guarded by General Hong. I hope King Qian will send troops to support them as soon as possible."

Li Zicheng's face looked better, and he put down his airs and celebrated with everyone, and went to Kaifeng City together.

When Xiao Hao and his men rushed back to the city, Hong Niangzi was standing alone on the top of the city wall, holding the flagpole of the battle flag in her hand. Her neat ponytail, the battle flag, and her cloak fluttered in the wind, and she looked heroic and powerful.

When Xiao Hao saw the flag in her hand, he exchanged a knowing look with her.

The battle flag that Xiao Hao handed to her at that time had two sides. One was the "闖" flag, and the other was the "天" flag. It was up to Hong Niangzi to decide which side to plant. Xiao Hao neither told her to make a choice nor showed any sign of pulling her or interfering with her.

But as smart as Hong Niangzi was, how could she not understand the meaning of the two flags Xiao Hao gave her.

Some things don't need to be said, and they can be naturally realized at the moment of handover.

It didn't seem that difficult to choose whether to follow the trend of the world and follow King Banxia,

​​or to take a gamble and set up a new faction. She liked Li Yan, who was King Banxia's strategist. King Banxia's subordinates did not welcome newcomers who came to steal credit.

In this way, the choice became very easy.

Jealousy and hatred can kill a person, but the attitude of the person you follow can save him.

Xiao Hao was in a good mood, and he finally had the first group of people under his command.