Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 738 Mask
Under the command of Qutu and Cheng Rong, Zhou Jun attacked Haojing City fiercely. The battle was frenzied and fierce. After a day of bloody battle, Xu Chao's vanguard had already captured the north gate of Haojing, but at this critical moment, Xue Ju's The allied forces of the princes launched a counterattack. Seeing the change of the flag, Kui Tu immediately led his troops to retreat temporarily.

The stars in the starry sky were extraordinarily shining, and Bao Si, riding a lush horse, found Qu Du, who was studying the enemy's positions alone in the peaceful field, and greeted him with a smile.

"So it's the Empress Dowager." Jue Tu realized that a fresh breath was in front of him, and quickly stood up, his eyes just met Bao Si's clear eyes.

"Ju Tu, why do you call me Queen Mother? You still call me Si'er as before, isn't it very close to the scene?" Bao Si smiled slightly.

"Si'er, I have been in the army for so many years, and today I am finally about to wipe out the enemy, recover the capital of my Great Zhou, and reorganize the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains. But the strange thing is that I always feel a little panic. I seem to be afraid that after victory , one of the most important things will suddenly leave me, and then my heart will still be sad!" Jue Tu looked at Bao Si's frown very palpitatingly.

"Ju Tu, for more than ten years, there has not been a day when I have not wanted to be like a normal person and have a home of my own. Now that I have experienced a lot, I feel that these things have been taken very lightly. As long as I have the most important person in my heart , then, I'm really happy!" Bao Si showed a longing smile and stared at Qu Tu.It was the last quarter moon, the moonlight was so soft, Bao Si felt that her heart was full of love and beauty.

"Si'er, for you, there are still some unexplainable things, I will definitely win this battle perfectly!" Dimples finally appeared on Quchu's cheeks.

The next day, when the dew was very heavy, Zhou Jun took advantage of the fog and suddenly filled up the moats of Haojing, and a pair of LV busses were pushed towards the city. Immediately ordered to command the defenders to go out of the city, repel the Zhou army, and retake the trench.

Taibo Wu and Marquis Chu's soldiers and horses gathered with the Yue army, and the sound of killing suddenly shook the sky, and the gold drums shook the ground. Xue Ju personally led an army of [-] like trapped animals, rushing out of the city gate frantically. Under the command of Cheng Rong, the Zhou army fought and fought. After a while, the vanguard Xu Chao's cavalry returned to their positions. Xue Ju found that Zhou's army had loosened in the chaos. He was overjoyed and immediately commanded the elite to break through the encirclement.

Xue Ju's horse ran for about an hour, and the army behind him followed closely. At this time, Fang Yun, Wu Taibo, and Chuhou all caught up with Xue Ju and loudly reprimanded him: "Mr. Yue, why did you suddenly abandon Haojing? Didn't you seek death yourself?"

Xue Ju said with a sly smile: "Everyone, Song Hou and Prime Minister Zhu Kai are still standing guard in Haojing. Our main force retreated before Dudu and Cheng Rong had time to collect the net. When we get our military pay and food Now, wouldn’t it be the best strategy to return troops to rescue Hao Jing?”

"Xue Ju, since that's the case, let's escort the emperor to the south. There are many princes in the south who hate Du Tu, Cheng Rong, and Ming Chao. Let's go south immediately. What do you think?" Suggested to Xue Ju in a deterrent tone,

Xue Ju knew in his heart that his main force was only [-], so he could only agree again and again. Unexpectedly, the army had just passed the mountain pass, and met a very strange army. All the cavalry were wearing iron armor, and the banners were particularly dazzling.

"Here, Lord Yue, where did this army come from?" Seeing the situation in front of him, Chu Hou was shocked.

"Chuhou, now that the arrow is on the string, we can only break through the siege and go south, and fight with Dutu!" Xue Ju was also frightened, and ordered his subordinates to charge in a threatening tone. There was no movement, until Xue Ju's soldiers came to him, suddenly raised his bow and crossbow, and Zhou Jun shot fiercely, killing the Yue soldiers on their backs, blood flowed into rivers, Xue Ju saw that it was not good, so he hurriedly pulled his horse and fled. A group of cavalry appeared from behind, and the leading general was the vanguard Xu Chao. He pierced Xue Ju with a long dagger, and Xue Ju dodged one. He fell to the ground on the spot and was hacked to death by Xu Chao. Chu Hou Xiongshang was so frightened that he led his troops to flee, but was intercepted by Cheng Rong's crossbow array. Although the army's combat power was formidable, but seeing that the lord had died in battle, they all ran away and collapsed on the spot.

"Quitu, Xue Ju was tricked by the child, the entire Chu army was defeated, Fang Yun was beheaded, Wu Taibo has now brought the false king Baoen, and Xue Ju has fled back to Haojing with Xue Ju!" Amidst the gunpowder smoke, cheerful Cheng Rong came to announce the good news to Dudu.

"Brother Cheng, let's attack Haojing immediately with more than a hundred thousand horses, let's see what the old thief Xue Ju can do?" Qu Tu pulled the reins of the bay red horse, overjoyed.

Besides, Zhou's army used tactics to wipe out Xue Ju's allied princes and continued to attack Haojing. After Xue Ju returned to Haojing in a state of embarrassment, he was lucky that he still had tens of thousands of elite soldiers, so he commanded the soldiers defending the city and guarded the city strictly.

In the south of Wu, Fang Kang, a spy sent by Xue Ju, spread rumors everywhere in Wu, and tried his best to insult and belittle Cheng Rong and Qutu, slander the Empress Dowager Ping and Qutu for usurping the Great Zhou State. Hou's younger brother, Xiong Ba, heard that Que Tu and Cheng Rong were besieging Hao Jing, so he conceived a plan to lead his troops to raid Luoyang.

"Master Fang, since the army of Quetu and Cheng Rong is besieging Haojing, I would like to send a letter to my brother to lead the domestic elite soldiers to attack Luoyang. If Luoyang can be taken, then Quetu and Cheng Rong are lost , have you completely lost the base?" Xiong Ba told Fang Kang about his plan arrogantly.

"My lord is really clever!" Fang Kang immediately beamed with joy.

"Report, my lord, the battle report came from Haojing. Lord Hou died in the battle in Haojing, and the Chu army was disbanded. Now the general Wuche is collecting the defeated soldiers and retreating to Yingdu!" Xiong Ba reported.

"Oh? My brother actually died at the hands of Du Tu'er? How hateful! Doctor Fang, I have decided to lead an army to attack Luoyang!" Xiong Ba was furious and grief-stricken.

When Judu and the army commanded by Cheng Rong, Xu Chao, An Tong and others were besieging Haojing, a battle report from Luoyang stunned Cheng Rong on the spot.

"Xiong Ba, son of the state of Chu, heard that his elder brother was killed in Haojing, and even led his troops to attack Luoyang. Now the emperor has issued an order to bring our troops back to Beijing to rescue immediately!" Cheng Rong took the court's order and handed it over to Qutu .

"Seeing that the old thief Xue Ju is about to die, why did something unexpected happen!" Qu Tu couldn't help being furious.

"Cheng Wang, Zheng Wang, now Hao Jing is like an important pawn in a game of chess, we must completely destroy it, so that the tens of thousands of Xiong Ba will not dare to harass Luoyang, even if Luoyang falls, we must take the pick Take Haojing as the capital!" Bao Si stared at Haojing on the map with determined eyes.

"The queen mother is right, King Zheng, order the attack on Haojing. We must take Haojing to scare off the Chu army's invasion!" An Tong and other generals asked to fight.

"Send the order to attack Haojing with all our strength!" Jue Tu resolutely raised the commander-in-chief flag.

Luoyang did not get a reply from the front line of Haojing, and Shui Jian suddenly felt a kind of anger. As the emperor, Qutu dared to completely ignore his instructions. The rumors made Shuijian full of anger.

"Your Majesty, Marshal Juetu's decision is correct. If you return to save Luoyang, all your hard work this year will be wasted. If our palace captures Haojing, the enemy will not dare to approach Luoyang. Your Majesty, please think twice!" Prime Minister Ming Chao held up the imperial wat and knelt down to remonstrate.

"Prime Minister, are you a subject of King Zheng or the Emperor? The Emperor is the Son of Heaven. Isn't it too arrogant for King Zheng to defy the order? Besides, Zhou Li, how many rules did he follow?" Doctor Wang Kai said very rudely.

"That's enough. Immediately pass the decree to Qutu, agreeing that he should take Haojing first, and then relieve the siege of Luoyang after the victory!" Shui Jian's eyes were awe-inspiring, and he made a decision decisively. Don't dare to talk about digging indiscriminately.

Haojing, Xue Ju supported Baoen as the emperor and the Luoyang court to fight against the court. Due to the crazy spread of rumors, many southern fiefdoms thought that Qutuk and Cheng Rong were the rebels, so the envoys that Qutuk sent to the south to urge food and grass were all Returning to the camp very discouraged, Judu and Cheng Rong felt that they had to attack with all their strength in order to quell the chaos in various places in one fell swoop.

This morning, Xue Ju, as usual, commanded the soldiers to insult and harass the Zhou army's camp, but the Zhou army's attacking troops began to decrease. Xue Ju seemed to feel that the situation had changed. Commanding the army to retreat, he was overjoyed and immediately led his troops to attack. The two sides fought all morning, and the Zhou army was defeated. Xue Ju withdrew his troops back to the city arrogantly. It fell, the gates of the city were opened wide, Zhou Jun, led by Qutu and Cheng Rong, rushed into Haojing unstoppably, and Haojing was suddenly captured by Qutu!
"My lord, Cheng Rong is really cunning. He took advantage of our victory and sent spies to sneak into the city. Now they are attacking from inside and outside, and Hao Jing was broken by the Zhou army!" According to Xue's report.

"Run quickly!" Xue Ju didn't care about Bao En's life or death, he rode his own horse and led a group of soldiers, like bereaved dogs, and fled to the west. Hao Jingcheng was perfectly accepted by Zhou Jun, but the hypocrite Baoen was caught by Xu Chao, and tremblingly, he was dragged to the foot of Qutu.

"Order to put this traitor in a prison van and send him back to Luoyang. The whole army packs up and returns to Luoyang!" Jue Tu ordered in public.

The main force of the Great Zhou triumphed enthusiastically, with strict military discipline. When Xiong Ba heard that Jue Tu had brought an army of [-] troops, he was so frightened that he hugged his head and ran away. The siege of Luoyang was easily resolved.

There were people of Da Zhou who were eating pots and pulp everywhere, Ju Tu and Cheng Rong happily returned to Luoyang, and Shui Jian drove there in person to welcome the Empress Dowager Ping.

(End of this chapter)