Chapter 597: The Battle of Songjiapo

Hearing that Guo Xian was not married, Zhang He was very happy. While the maid was pouring tea, Zhang He said with a smile:

"My general has a daughter who is in her mid-twenties. She admires scholars very much, especially talented scholars. She has been begging me to find a husband who is a scholar."

As he spoke, Zhang He took a sip of tea. Although he had no education, he was still in a high position now and his conversation was much more elegant than before. Then he put down his wine glass, glanced at "Xian Guo" from the corner of his eye, and said calmly: "I wonder if Mr. Guo would like to have a family in Pingting County?"

Hearing this, Dai Tu's heart skipped a beat. He was a very shrewd person, otherwise he would not have taken action immediately after discovering the loopholes in the imperial examination and came to Qingzhou to take the examination.

Likewise, he also realized that there was an opportunity waiting for him.

Zhang He is a person close to An Guogong, and he is also the first person to follow An Guogong. Although he does not know why he fell into this situation, this kind of "old man" will definitely give great contributions to his career if he becomes his son-in-law. Big boost.

Zhang He was a man who could not sit still. Seeing that "Guo Xian" did not answer his words, he said: "If Master Guo agrees, I can guarantee to Master Guo that any state or county in this northern land can Follow Mr. Guo's selection."

Zhang He is not talking big words.

If "Guo Xian" really becomes his son-in-law, Zhang He will personally go to Duke An to say a few nice words.

"Guo Xian" is not weak in talent. He ranked first in Qingzhou's provincial examination this time, and he is not a regular. And relying on his own reputation, there is no problem in recommending "Guo Xian" to randomly choose a county to be the county magistrate.

At this time, the steward and master on the side quickly came to Zhang He's ear and whispered a few words.

Zhang He looked embarrassed for a moment, then added: "Of course, Mr. Guo doesn't have to rush to answer. You can go home and ask the elders for their opinions first."

Zhang He would have almost forgotten this point if it hadn't been for his master's reminder. This kind of marriage event, regardless of whether it's a man or a woman, requires the parents' nod of approval first, and scholars are more concerned about this.

But at this time, Dai Tu said: "The general doesn't know something. My parents have been dead for many years due to the war. For me, all over the world can be my home. The reason why I didn't answer the general in time just now is because I am a little frightened. How can I be virtuous?" Can win the general's favor."

One thing is true, Dai Tu did not lie. His parents had indeed passed away a long time ago, but they did not die from the war, but from illness. Fortunately, he was an adult after his parents passed away and could take care of himself.

Hearing this, the smile on Zhang He's face became fuller. He is a scholar after all, and his words are nice. But the smile soon faded, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, Mr. Guo, please express my condolences."

"It's okay, it's already over."

Zhang He nodded and immediately ordered: "Go and bring the lady."

Not long after, a girl with bright eyes and white teeth walked into the hall.

The girl is not Zhang He's biological child, but just because she is not Zhang He's biological child, her appearance has not been inherited from Zhang He's, and her face is beautiful.

Dai Tu was mentally prepared to marry the ugly girl. When he saw that the girl looked good, he was overjoyed. The only grudge he had was gone. He wished he could get married this month to avoid long nights and dreams.

Zhang He had been observing Dai Tu's expression, and when he saw his satisfied look, he was even more happy and said: "Zhu'er, come and see Mr. Guo. He is the first place in Qingzhou's provincial examination."

"My little lady has met Mr. Guo," Zhang Zhu said.

After being adopted to Zhang He's first wife, his name was naturally changed.

Zhang Zhu knew her situation in the Zhang family, so she also hoped to get married as soon as possible. Seeing that "Guo Xian" came first in the provincial examination, she was very satisfied.

Both parties were satisfied.

Dai Tu has no parents.

Then it will be up to Zhang He to decide the marriage.

He smiled and said: "When the examination is over next spring, I will ask Duke An to preside over the wedding ceremony for you two."

Dai Tu was overjoyed.

Let’s not talk about anything else.

Just the fact that Duke An Guo came to preside over his wedding ceremony in person, if used to make a fuss about it, would be enough for him to rise to prominence.

"Thank you General."

"You still call me General?"

"Thank you, father-in-law."

"A good son-in-law."

…

the other side.

When Dai Ling returned to the inn, he thought about it and fell into deep self-doubt.

Could it be that he really recognized the wrong person?

impossible.

There are no two people in the world who look exactly the same, with the same height, the same voice, the same body shape, and even the same mole at the corner of their eye.

Even twins are different.

But then he slapped himself on the forehead.

Cursing himself for being a fool.

I won't know if I got the wrong person or not. I won't know if I go back to Yanzhou and see.

If Dai Tu is at home, then this man from Qingzhou has really admitted his mistake.

He loaded up the goods he purchased from Qingzhou and headed home that day.

Dai Ling is a traveling trader. He mainly goes to Qingzhou to buy refined salt and perfume and sells them in Yanzhou. In this way, he can make a lot of money.

At this time, Dai Tu was searching for Dai Ling throughout the city.

I met Lin Zhong and Guo Ning before. Because they only knew each other for a short time, even if they met later, they would be able to fool them.

But Dai Ling couldn't do it. He recognized himself.

He is a wild card.

Dai Tu couldn't let him ruin his good deeds.

Dai Tu had to resolve this variable in advance.

But Pingting County is neither too big nor too small.

This matter cannot be made public.

So Dai Tu couldn't find it if he looked for it alone.

They could only return empty-handed, hoping that Dai Ling would think that he had really recognized the wrong person.

…

Zhanghe was celebrating here, but Songjiapo in Huaizhou had an extremely solemn atmosphere.

The day of the battle finally arrived.

In the morning, a rare thick fog rose in Songjiapo.

Such a thick fog greatly shortened the visible distance.

On Chen Jun's side, the three armies slowly approached Songjiapo. Xia Zhining looked at the thick fog rising in Songjiapo and said, "It's September, the temperature is so high, the surroundings are flat, and the vision is wide. How can there be fog?"

It's not that there will be no fog in summer, but it must meet certain conditions, such as in the deep mountains.

But Songjiapo obviously did not meet this requirement, which violated Xia Zhining's common sense.

At this moment, Sun Meng hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My Lord, the spies reported that the enemy army rushed over."

"What?"

Zhao Liang, Liu Ji and others behind Chen Mo changed their expressions.

Xiao Jingze pricked up his ears: "Listen, there is a sound."

"It's the sound of the horn." Wu Yanqing said in surprise.

"There are also the sounds of horse hooves. Not good, the enemy is going to charge into the battle formation while we are not ready." Chen Mo quickly ordered: "Pass my military order, stop and quickly form a battle formation."

"Yes." Sun Meng hurried to pass the order.

"Xia Zhining." Chen Mo said.

"I am here." Xia Zhining, who was wearing light armor and looked dashing, stepped forward and responded.

"Let the Suzaku Guards get ready and follow my orders."

"Yes."

...

On the other side, the coalition forces of King Chong and Lu Sheng, Gongsun Yan, Liang Xuan, Luo Qingyang, Huicheng and others were all in armor, sitting on tall horses. Beside them, several middle-grade warriors were releasing the innate spiritual energy in their bodies.

If you look closely, you will find that the thick fog in Songjiapo was artificially created by them.

These middle-grade warriors are all from the Liang family. The innate spiritual energy they took in when they broke through the middle-grade warriors was all the air of ground fog.

And they did this to prevent Chen Jun's "strange thunder" and Chen Mo's magic shooting.

They didn't know what the "strange thunder" was like, they only knew that it was powerful and loud, and they thought it also needed to be aimed and fired, so they hoped that the thick fog would make Chen Jun's strange thunder lose its direction.

Of course, Gongsun Yan and others knew that this hope was not great, "strange thunder" was powerful and could be fired blindly.

They were more pinned on the thick fog to allow the coalition forces to quickly approach Chen Jun. As long as the two armies were close, Chen Jun's "strange thunder" would not have much room for bravery.

Finally, they knew that Chen Mo was a magic shooter, and many generals of the Jinxia Barbarians died under Chen Mo's arrows, so they hoped that the thick fog could interfere to a certain extent.

"Woo woo."

The desolate sound of the trumpet drums was getting closer and closer.

Chen Mo sat on the Snow Dragon Horse, and even in the heavy fog, he could see the running black shadow.

At this time, a strong north wind blew, and the thick fog in front of Chen Jun was blown away a little, like a huge white window screen being rolled up.

Groups of coalition cavalry suddenly appeared in front of Chen Jun, waving their swords and spears, rushing towards Chen Jun with their teeth and claws.

Zhao Liang scolded them for not being martial.

Since it was a fight, the other side also accepted the challenge.

Then according to the previous tradition, it was to wait until the two armies had set up their military formations in Songjiapo, and then say a few meaningless words before the war, and then the war would start.

But they had just come, and the coalition rushed over. What else could this be if it was not a lack of martial ethics.

Fortunately, Chen Jun was not a mob, and there were scouts in front of them before they came, so they were prepared in advance.

At this time, Chen Jun's battle formation had been set up, with sword and shield soldiers in front and spear soldiers in the back, with spears placed on shields and the tips of the spears facing forward.

After the spear soldiers, there were archers and crossbowmen.

And the ten red cannons lined up in a row behind.

There were indeed only nine cannons when they went north, but during this period, the Suzaku Guards built six more.

The barrels of the ten red cannons were facing upward at a 60-degree angle.

The gunners stared at the thick fog in front of them with a serious expression. Although the thick fog was blown away a little, it soon gathered again. Moreover, they were in a backward position and could not see the coalition cavalry rushing towards them, but could only hear the sound.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in front.

Chen Mo's military order, passed on by one person after another, soon reached the Suzaku Guards.

Xia Zhining, standing in front of the Suzaku Guards, waved the fiery red flag in her hand and shouted: "Fire."

The moment they heard the order, the gunners did not hesitate at all and started to operate, as if they had practiced it thousands of times.

The soldiers next to them also covered their ears and opened their mouths at this moment.

"Boom boom boom"

Ten loud bangs sounded almost at the same time, and ten fire snakes with a trail of black smoke cut through the sky and headed towards the coalition cavalry.

The trap guards of Huaizhou were not the trap guards in the north, and it was the first time for them to hear this loud noise.

In their shocked eyes, the black shadow that emerged from the thick fog suddenly turned sideways, people and horses fell, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and wailing continued.

Several holes were blasted out on the ground.

And this group of coalition cavalry, who were not from the King of Huai, also saw this situation for the first time. Some of them were scared silly, and those who survived all showed horror, their eyes full of fear of the unknown.

The war horses were frightened and ran around in all directions.

But most of them still rushed forward.

"Boom boom boom"

Just then, the second round of shells arrived.

The shrapnel shells exploded in the crowd, and smoke and dust billowed. Whether it was the cavalry in armor or the warhorse, anyone hit by the shrapnel shells was bloody on the spot.

Those who were not killed on the spot suffered the greatest suffering. They lay on the ground and wailed in pain, and could clearly feel that their lives were leaving them bit by bit.

This fighting style of the coalition forces was still somewhat effective.

With the speed of the cavalry, when the Suzaku Guards changed their ammunition and prepared for the third round of bombing.

The remaining coalition cavalry had already rushed to the front of Chen Jun.

Looking at the Chen Jun who was ready for battle, and the cold spear tips on the shields, the cavalry on the warhorse subconsciously clamped their legs around the horse's belly and lifted the reins, trying to let the warhorse pass the Chen Jun's shield formation.

However, Chen Jun's spearmen had not yet taken action.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

The archers behind him immediately released the bowstrings in their hands.

The warhorse was shot into a hedgehog the moment it jumped up.

They were not armored cavalry. Only the cavalrymen were wearing armor, but the horses were not.

After the horses fell to the ground, the cavalrymen of the coalition army also fell to the ground one by one.

Just as they were about to get up.

Chen Jun's spearmen started to move.

Countless spears pierced out from behind the shields, broke through the armor, and stabbed into their flesh and blood, and blood flowed out.

The cavalrymen of the coalition army grabbed the spear blades, blood flowed from the corners of their mouths, and stared at the spears that pierced their bodies with wide eyes.

As the vitality dissipated, their hands holding the spear blades also fell off powerlessly.

Then the spears were pulled out from their bodies, bringing out blood arrows.

But their mission was also completed.

"Kill, charge."

"Boom boom boom"

A large number of coalition infantrymen rushed towards Chen Jun in the face of Chen Jun's artillery fire.

"Beat the drums." Chen Mo shouted.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

In the middle army, dozens of war drums were beaten by the personal soldiers wearing bright armor, and the exciting drum sound spread to every corner of the Chen army's formation.

The meaning of this drum sound is to meet the enemy.

The sword and shield soldiers of the Chen army gave up the middle position, and the archers in the back first fired randomly, then quickly retreated to refill arrows and crossbows, and the spearmen replaced them and stepped forward to suppress the formation.

If the spear was accidentally knocked down by the enemy, the spearman would not pick up the spear at the first time, but would take off the crossbow hanging on his waist at the first time, without aiming, and shoot.

After dealing with the enemy in front of him, the spearman did not reload the crossbow with arrows, but quickly picked up the spear.

If the enemy took the opportunity to attack.

The sword and shield soldiers quickly filled the position, rushed up with shields, and slashed with swords.

At this time, the spearman picked up the spear on the ground and started a new round of fighting.