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Seeing that the defenders had no intention of letting go, Hu Zongmao urged the horse to move forward again. The general next to him with a bandage on his head said, "General, let the future come." The archers behind the fence immediately aimed their arrows at the person who came, and the captain had already sternly shouted: "Stop, stop, and go forward, don't blame the ruthlessness."

Hu Zongmao also roared sharply: "If anyone dares to touch a hair on him, I promise to kill him."

The soldiers all looked at the captain, no one dared to shoot arrows lightly, in fact, everyone thought that the general in trouble in front of them was most likely Hu Zongmao, and everyone knew that Hu Zongmao was an equal general with Zhang Shuyan, since he said he wanted to kill the Nine Clans , if it is really a shot, no one dares to bear the consequences.

The captain was obviously also stunned by Hu Zongmao's words. Seeing all the soldiers looking at him, the soldiers did not dare to shoot arrows, for fear of bearing the consequences. The injured general rushed over and said helplessly: "Wait a minute, I have something to say."

The general reined in his horse in front of the wooden fence and said angrily: "We fought bloody battles with the Chu army. We know that the Chu army is powerful and the journey will be difficult. General Hu is coming to discuss the urgent military situation with General Zhang. The Chu army may come here at any time. You are still wasting time here, do you really think that we dare not go in?"

The captain thought to himself, the so-called discussion of emergency military situation may not be true, it is true that he fled here after the defeat. The general in front of him was obviously full of anger after the defeat. There is no way out. If they are really tough, this group of people may not dare to do things like breaking into the valley. Although the opponent is a defeated army, the two sides can be regarded as friendly armies anyway. Fighting and killing, and being known by the superiors, the consequences are naturally very serious.

He no longer had the angry and stern look just now, so he could only say: "Be safe and don't be impatient, the military order is in your body, you have to obey. In this case, I will report to Vice General Cai and ask him to make a decision!"

The injured general turned his head, Hu Zongmao hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Go, you can't wait here for long!"

The captain promised, and then ran into the valley in a hurry.

It didn't take long, a group of people rushed over quickly, stationed in Langya Valley was Zhang Shuyan's confidant general Cai Cheng, the sound of arrows sounded, he knew something happened, and he had already rushed over here, wanting to see what happened What happened, he bumped into the captain who reported in the past, hurried over immediately, and saw Hu Zongmao in a panic from a distance, he had seen Hu Zongmao before, knew that there would be no fakes, so he came over immediately, cupped his hands and said: "General Hu! "

Hu Zongmao obviously knew Cai Cheng as well, frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense, let us go there quickly, there will be an urgent military situation to discuss with General Zhang."

Cai Cheng looked around Hu Zongmao and saw a large group of soldiers scattered behind him, at least five or six hundred people. He said with a smile without changing his face, "General Hu came here, and naturally he wants to let him go, but... General Hu, General Zhang There is an order, and the general will strictly guard Langya Valley again, not even a bird can let go, there is an order from above, the general dare not disobey, so...!"

"So how?" Hu Zongmao stared into Cai Cheng's eyes.

Cai Cheng sighed, and said: "The general wants to pass, but the last general dare not stop, but your subordinates, the last general can't let go, if you disobey, General Zhang blames it, and the last general can only feed this head to the dogs. "

Hu Zongmao sneered and said, "You mean, let the brothers who are under the command of the general go through the valley alone?"

Cai Cheng nodded and said: "That's right. The general can enter the valley first. It is less than half a day's journey from Lanyi City. When you arrive at Lanyi City, you will see General Zhang. If General Zhang orders to let you go, then you will be released later." Crossing the valley, I don't know what the general wants?"

"Brothers, wouldn't it take a day at the earliest to go back and forth like this?" Hu Zongmao sneered.

Cai Cheng said helplessly: "This is already within the capabilities of the last general."

"Chu Huan's army is right behind, maybe they will be able to kill them in less than a day." Hu Zongmao's face showed anger: "Aren't they here to be slaughtered?"

Cai Cheng still didn't change his face, and said: "General, don't worry, if the Chu army really kills us, we won't just sit idly by, but at this moment, the last general really can't let everyone go." But he was thinking in his heart, This group of Hezhou soldiers had narrowly escaped death, and if the Chu army were really going to kill them, it would not be a bad idea for these people to stand outside the valley for a while, at least it would give Langya Valley more time to prepare.

At this time, he knew in his heart that Hezhou City must have been breached, and he was really surprised. He didn't expect Hezhou City to fall in such a short period of time, and he didn't know whether the Chu army was too strong or Hu Zongmao was too incompetent. .

Hu Zongmao hesitated, but someone beside him said: "The general will go alone, we are not at ease, even if we can't all cross the valley, we will send guards to follow the general to protect the general's safety."

"Don't worry, Jinzhou is very peaceful!" Cai Cheng said with a smile.

Someone behind Hu Zongmao sneered and said: "There are bandits everywhere in the northwest, and there is no peace. The general treats us like brothers and sisters. We must protect him by his side."

Hu Zongmao finally said: "That's right, I'm going to take the guards there."

"I don't know how many people General Hu intends to bring?" Cai Cheng hesitated for a while, and finally said: "If there are too many people, the last general will still not be able to let him go. He can only bring five guards at most!"

"No." Immediately someone said: "The general has never had less than twenty personal followers."

Cai Cheng originally thought of advance as retreat, and pretended to be hesitant when he heard the words. In fact, he knew very well that twenty guards were all right, and it was impossible for Hu Zongmao to cause trouble in Jinzhou. Hu Zongmao also said: "I will bring twenty guards. One guard crosses the valley, and the others will stay here temporarily, but I will put my ugly words first, if the Chu army kills them, you must let them enter the valley!"

Cai Cheng sighed, and said: "Although it is very difficult, since General Hu is so persistent, the last general has no choice but to be merciful. I only hope that when the time comes, General Zhang will blame him, and General Hu will be able to say a few words for the last general... General Hu, you You can take twenty guards across the valley!"

Hu Zongmao turned his head and said loudly: "Brothers, you wait here. I will go to Lanyi City. You can cross the valley in a day at most. I will wait for you there and prepare wine and meat for you."

All the soldiers were full of complaints, but the matter had come to an end, and there was nothing they could do. Among the accompanying soldiers, twenty guards followed Hu Zongmao on horseback. Cai Cheng ordered to open the wooden fence and let Hu Zongmao and others pass by. Beside Hu Zongmao, under the personal leadership of Cai Cheng, they marched along the Langya Valley Road.

The Langya Valley road is narrow and tortuous, and the mountain walls on both sides feel extremely oppressive. When everyone looked up, they could only see that the tops of the valleys on both sides were heavily guarded. Rolling stones had already been prepared on the top, and a large number of archers looked down from above. People were secretly startled, this Wolf Fang Valley is indeed a natural danger, even if they really try their best to break out of Langya Valley, they will have to pay a heavy price.

The Langya Valley Road is actually not very long. It took less than a stick of incense to walk, and the exit was already seen. Cai Cheng wanted to guard the Langya Valley, so he called a subordinate and asked him to lead a dozen soldiers to lead the Hu Zongmao went to Lanyi City.

After leaving Langya Valley, a group of people galloped on horseback. At dusk, they could already see Lanyi City in the distance. Lanyi City was not as grand as Hezhou City, and looked much smaller than the city in Guannei, but it was Heart of the Golden State.

As they approached Lanyi City, everyone saw banners fluttering on the top of Lanyi City, soldiers in bright armor, and vaguely saw a group of people standing directly above the city gate, one of them was wearing silver-gray armor, which was very conspicuous.

"General Hu, Zhang has been waiting for a long time." As soon as he arrived at the bottom of the city, a hearty voice sounded from the top of the city, "The wine and food have been prepared. If General Hu is later, the food and wine may be cold."

The person who spoke was the general in silver-gray battle armor. He was over half a century old, but he was in good health. He had already sent people to report to Lanyi City, and said loudly: "General Zhang, you are welcome. I haven't seen you for a long time. You look pretty good."

"The old man looks good, but General Hu's complexion doesn't look very good." Zhang Shuyan sighed on the top of the wall: "Although I miss General Hu very much, I really don't want to see General Hu so soon."

Of course, Hu Zongmao understood that Zhang Shuyan was talking in the middle of his words, and his eyes flashed cold and stern, but his expression was still very awkward, and he could only say: "General Zhang asked Hu to talk to you in the city?"

Zhang Shuyan laughed, and whispered to Zhang Han, who was also wearing armor beside him, and Zhang Han bowed his hands. After a while, there was a rattling sound, and the gate of Lanyi City slowly opened. Inside the gate, there were two factions of soldiers on the left and right. Tall and big, with bright armor, long spears and short knives, with a chilling air.

Zhang Han rode a horse, clasped his hands inside the city gate and said, "Welcome General Hu to enter the city!"

Hu Zongmao's face was even more embarrassing. If it was the past, Zhang Shuyan must have been greeted at the city gate at this time. Now that he was defeated, Zhang Shuyan did not greet him at the city gate in person, but sent his own son, although it was only on the scene. However, Zhang Shuyan obviously put Hu Zongmao under him.

A group of guards surrounded Hu Zongmao and entered the city, only to see Zhang Shuyan, surrounded by a group of generals, slowly descending from the wall ladder, Hu Zongmao turned over and got off his horse, Zhang Shuyan slowly descended the wall ladder, stroking his beard as he walked , looked down at Hu Zongmao, and asked, "General Hu, is Chu Huan chasing after you?"

Zhang Shuyan and Hu Zongmao were already at odds with each other, both of them looked down on each other, now that Hu Zongmao is down and out, Zhang Shuyan naturally had to ridicule a few words.

Hu Zongmao sighed: "Yes, the Chu army has captured Hezhou City and blocked the road to Tianshan. Hu has no choice but to break through and come to Jinzhou. Although he was defeated, I have already seen Chu Huan's ghost tricks It is very clear that if you and I join forces, Chu Huan will definitely not be able to defeat Jinzhou."

"The walls of Hezhou are so thick and high, how could it be broken by Chu Huan?" Zhang Shuyan pretended to be puzzled and said, "How many troops does Chu Huan have? General Hu, you are the number one city defender in the Northwest. Can break your city? This is incredible."

While speaking, Zhang Shuyan had already come down from the wall ladder, and surrounded by a group of generals, he walked towards Hu Zongmao. He and Hu Zongmao have had a long-standing grudge, and today he found an opportunity to ridicule Hu Zongmao. The more people around him, the more fun and comfortable it would be for him to taunt Hu Zongmao in public.