Chapter 587: Prince Huai Returns

Under the dark sky.

Fengzhou, in the Chen army camp stationed in Luanshan County. This county is the southernmost part of Fengzhou and borders Yanzhou.

Because Fengzhou and Huaizhou are now the territory of the "Chen Mo regime", the Chen army stationed in Fengzhou does not need to be stationed in Jing County to guard Huaizhou, but only needs to be on guard in the south.

This made most of the Chen army stationed in Fengzhou come to Luanshan County to station. In the general tent of the military camp, Deng Tian, ​​who served as the chancellor of the Xianzhenwei and is now the garrison commander of Fengzhou, just finished dinner and was holding a military book and reading it with relish.

On the table in front of him, there was a map of the surrounding areas of Luanshan County. This map was recently drawn, and some places have not been drawn yet. After all, the Chen army had just occupied Fengzhou not long ago. The previous map of the surrounding areas of Luanshan County was too old and basically meaningless, so it needed to be redrawn.

"Tap, tap, tap"

A quick sound of footsteps came from outside the tent. It was Deng Tian's personal soldier. As soon as he came in, he said anxiously: "General, it's bad. Xing County was attacked by the enemy and suffered heavy losses. I hope the general will send troops to reinforce."

"What?"

Hearing this, Deng Tian stood up and his face changed slightly. He quickly looked at the map on the table in front of him.

Xing County is to the east of Luanshan County. The two counties are less than 50 miles apart. Although it is also close to Yanzhou, there is a thousand-foot-high mountain on the side of Xing County away from Yanzhou.

Fengzhou only has enemies in the south, but if the enemies in the south attack Fengzhou, the easiest way is to invade from Luanshan County. If they invade from Xing County, they have to cross the thousand-foot mountain and there is no route to march. Did the army that attacked Xing County fall from the sky?

Deng Tian frowned. On the newly drawn map of Luanshan County, the east was not drawn successfully.

"Who got the troops, how many people?" Deng Tian said.

"Reply to the general, according to the brothers who came to ask for help, this enemy army is wearing Chongjun armor, and the number of people is unknown."

"What, Chongjun armor?" Deng Tian's eyelids jumped. If it was the Yanzhou army that attacked Xing County, he wouldn't have to worry too much, but if it was the Chongjun, he knew that there might be a big change.

The war was suddenly imminent, and Deng Tian had no time to think about it. He hurriedly said: "Send the order to gather 5,000 troops and follow this general to help Xing County. In addition, send a messenger to Huaizhou to tell General Xiao and General Zhao that Fengzhou has found traces of Chongjun troops and horses, and let them be on guard."

While speaking, Deng Tian also put on armor.

"Yes."

...

Soon, Deng Tian led 5,000 troops and horses to Xing County overnight to help.

However, when they were only 20 miles out of the city and passed a valley,

"Kill!"

In the lush valley, countless soldiers and horses wearing armor of the Chong army swooped down from the mountains on both sides of the official road.

At this time, it was not completely dark yet, and the road could be seen clearly, but it was dim after all, and it was impossible to estimate how many people there were. Listening to the overwhelming shouting and killing, it felt like there were thousands of troops.

Deng Tian sat on the horseback of the central army, his face also showed a little panic, but his expression was still calm. He quickly ordered the infantry to set up the army formation and greet with the divine arm crossbow.

Amid the sound of drums and gongs, the infantry set up a turtle back formation, and the shield soldiers raised their heavy shields and stood at the forefront. Long spears were placed on the shields to prevent the formation from being broken up by the swooping enemy troops.

Puff!

The first enemy who rushed to the front of the formation was instantly pierced by four or five long spears.

Seeing that more and more people were rushing up, the crossbowmen and longbowmen in the turtle back formation immediately greeted, and thousands of arrows were fired at the same time.

"Puff. Puff."

"Ahh."

The sounds of shouting, screaming, roaring and other sounds intertwined, bringing a thick blood and noise to the originally quiet valley.

Deng Tian sat upright on his horse, looking around to see if there were any omissions so that he could fill them in time.

But at this moment, his ears stood up and he instinctively felt a little uneasy. He looked up and saw a sharp sound of breaking wind coming from the upper side. The speed was so fast that even if he dodged quickly, the arrow still knocked off the helmet on his head.

The surrounding protective aura was like a layer of thin paper, and it became vulnerable in front of the sharp arrow.

Deng Tian's face changed drastically, and he immediately realized that the person who shot the hidden arrow was stronger than himself.

On a commanding height in the mountains on the right side of the official road, the King of Huai put down his bow and arrow, frowned, and murmured: "He actually escaped."

He waved his hand and said coldly: "Don't let anyone escape."

The battle lasted for half an hour and ended early.

The King of Huai personally led the troops to ambush, and there were more people. Deng Tian was not leading the most elite Shenyong Guards in the Chen army, so how could he win.

Not only that, none of the 5,000 troops Deng Tian brought out to help escaped.

At this moment, the sky had darkened.

In the valley, a series of flames lit up, and the flames shone on the official road. Corpses could be seen everywhere, and blood dyed the yellow mud road red.

Beside a tree burning with a fire, Deng Tian, ​​covered in blood, was tied up and knelt on the ground.

Of course, this blood was not his, but the enemy's.

Around him, there were Huai Army soldiers wearing Chongjun armor, holding swords and guns against him.

Deng Tian was captured by Prince Huai himself. Prince Huai's confidants had either died in previous battles or surrendered. Therefore, even when facing Deng Tian, ​​a fifth-rank warrior, he had to do it himself to capture him.

Under the gazes of those people, the King of Huai came to Deng Tian with a sword hanging from his waist. Seeing Deng Tian kneeling in front of him with his hands tied, the King of Huai was very happy:

"Fengzhou, the King is back again. What I lost before, I will take back this time."

Just when the King of Huai was talking excitedly, Deng Tian spitted and said sarcastically: "A loser dog is barking here."

"Bold." The King of Huai's personal soldiers shouted, and the whip was swung down with a sound of breaking wind. Only a snap was heard, but the whip did not hit Deng Tian.

It was the King of Huai who stopped him.

"Back."

The personal soldier looked at the King of Huai with a puzzled look, but he did not dare to disobey the order and backed away.

The King of Huai said calmly, "I did lose badly before, but that was before. I underestimated him. This time I came back to let him have a taste of what I felt back then. You must be confused now, wondering why I am lying in ambush here, right?"

Maybe because he had lost too many battles, and now that he finally won a big victory, the King of Huai couldn't wait to show off in front of Deng Tian.

Looking at the King of Huai's smug look, Deng Tian smiled contemptuously, tilted his head to one side, and looked down on the King of Huai.

The smile on the face of the King of Huai froze. Deng Tian's reaction was obviously not what he expected. He immediately said, "You must not have thought that there is a small road in the mountain south of Xing County, right?

By the way, my real target is not Xing County. Attacking Xing County is just a trick of my own. My real goal is to lure you out and ambush you. I didn't expect you to be fooled. Hahaha."

Facing the ridicule of the King of Huai, Deng Tian still said nothing.

This feeling was like a punch on cotton, which made the King of Huai feel uncomfortable.

He thought about it, changed his mind, and said, "Do you want to live? As long as you surrender to me, I will give you a way out. Not only that, I will also ask the court to confer you a title of nobility."

The King of Huai felt that killing Deng Tian was too simple, and he could not avenge Chen Mo. If he could persuade Deng Tian to surrender, he could truly avenge Chen Mo and let him taste the taste of being betrayed by his own people.

However, Deng Tian still said nothing, with an expression of calm death.

The guards of the Huai King could not help but shout: "Don't refuse a toast, the prince is kind-hearted, give you a way to live, don't be ungrateful."

"Humph." Deng Tian snorted coldly, saying: "You are a traitor, a loser, and an incompetent person who was beaten by the Duke of Anguo and abandoned his wife and children. You are worthy of my surrender, ugh."

Deng Tian directly spat a mouthful of thick phlegm at the Huai King.

Unfortunately, it was blocked by the innate spiritual energy of the Huai King.

"How dare you!"

"Bold!"

The guards of the Huai King beside him immediately raised their eyebrows and looked at each other. As long as the Huai King gave an order, they would skin Deng Tian alive.

The Huai King was also angry with Deng Tian's words, especially the sentence that "the Anguo Duke had beaten him and abandoned his wife and children", which touched his bottom line, and his face sank.

But he still maintained his restraint and said coldly: "Traitor? Come, take out the imperial edict and show him who is the traitor."

"Yes."

Soon, a personal soldier came to Deng Tian with the imperial edict and opened it, and brought the torch in his hand closer so that Deng Tian could see it more clearly.

The King of Huai also said: "The court has rehabilitated this king. Chen Mo is the real traitor. His Majesty has issued an edict to dismiss Chen Mo's title and official position, and to appoint this king as the governor of Fengzhou, in charge of all matters in Fengzhou, and to order this king to lead the army to attack the traitor Chen Mo."

Since Lu Sheng has joined forces with the King of Chong and the King of Huai, he naturally vindicated the two in name, and there must be a reason to send troops to attack Chen Mo.

Fortunately, during Chen Mo's rise, there were many "black spots", such as being a traitor and killing officials, which can now be used to deal with Chen Mo.

When Deng Tian heard this, his heart sank, and he secretly thought it was not good.