Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 252 Conspiracy
This is especially true for Bashi Khan of the Naiman tribe. For him, if the tribal warriors suffered too many casualties, he would most likely face being attacked by the crowd, and eventually his entire tribe and property would be swallowed up.

Therefore, Bashi Khan was the first to have the idea of ​​retiring.

Then he received terrible news: an army had invaded his territory, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of atrocities!

And he went straight to the Golden Horde: Batu Qincha.

Seeing these two approaches at the same time, Bashi Khan was extremely furious. He drew his sword and killed the three shepherds and four maids around him. Without saying a word, he immediately broke camp and rushed back to provide support the same night he received the news.

Seeing that their own base camp was about to be "stolen by someone", how could they care about the big piece of fat meat with a highly poisonous substance, Sansheng City, in front of them?

As soon as the Naiman tribe retreated, the remaining coalition forces of Khotan and Che Ming were dumbfounded and could only think of ways to evacuate.

But now they can't just leave if they want to. Chen Yunsheng is not a famous general, but he is also a veteran. He started to send out the cavalry of Xuanjia City to harass them. His intention is obvious:
"If you want to retreat, you will definitely be pursued by us."

You know, it is very difficult for an army to maintain its formation when it is evacuating. Once it is attacked, it will be easily defeated unless there are friendly troops who are determined to die to stay behind to cover their retreat.

In this situation, the coalition forces were in a very uncomfortable situation, so they set up traps, hoping to give the Xuanjiadu cavalry a severe blow.

However, although this trap was effective and successfully trapped more than a thousand cavalrymen from Xuanjia City, and even successfully counterattacked to annihilate them, it became the battle that made Yang Yun, the peerless general, famous!
Gong Tianwu sent him to lead a hundred Wuluo guards to ride out of the city to rescue. In this battle, Yang Yun killed four of them in and out! Because of fatigue and injuries, he had to change five horses.

In full view of everyone, at the foot of Sansheng City, he killed seventeen enemy generals and countless soldiers with spears and crossbows, and even killed Taowu, a disciple of the national master of Cheming State.

Such a battle brought unprecedented shock to the enemy and even friendly forces.

Even Yang Yun himself was extremely excited after the battle. After all, he was very clear about his own strength. Even at the peak of his power, being able to charge and kill once and come back was already the limit.
However, after four ins and outs, there is still energy to spare. There is only one reason for this, and that is that their own equipment has been updated.

The extremely powerful weapon held in his hand: Po Jun is extremely sharp, can constantly change its form in various situations, and can penetrate armor like paper.

Of course, the most important thing is the "bloodthirsty" special effect, which can continuously restore one's physical strength, injuries, and energy.

Even the armor he wore was of exceptional quality, only half the weight of ordinary heavy armor, but with twice the protective power.

After witnessing this scene, Chen Yunsheng was a man of discernment. He knew very well that there was no one like him, not only under his own command, but even in the Langshan Kingdom.

After this battle, the morale and spirit of the remaining coalition forces fell to the bottom, and Yang Yun himself was praised as the "Peerless Ming King".

Because Yang Yun had a handsome appearance, he adopted Gong Tianwu's advice and wore a specially made metal mask when going into battle, which looked ferocious and terrifying.

According to Yang Yun's preference, this mask was made based on the appearance of Mahakala, and the effect was indeed extraordinary! !

***
that night,

Chen Yunsheng was still quite courageous. He personally led the Xuanjia troops out of the city to rob the camp overnight, and even brought his three adult sons with him - ahem, excluding Gong Tianwu.

Because it snowed heavily at midnight that day, even Chen Yunsheng himself decided to rob the camp on a whim.

It is certainly difficult for the enemy to predict this kind of surprise attack that even their own people could not think of in advance.

Chen Yunsheng personally participated in the battle and even brought his three sons with him. The boost to morale is imaginable. For the soldiers at the lowest level, the feeling of having their commander and their own sons fighting side by side with them would be regarded as a lifelong honor and a topic of conversation for the rest of their lives!

Therefore, the fighting power unleashed by Xuanjia was also extremely amazing. It took only half an hour to completely defeat the enemy, forcing it into a state of camp explosion.

Before dawn, the coalition forces were already in a state of fleeing in all directions, and the Marquis' Mansion was also in a state of each fighting for itself. However, Gu Ming, the new commander promoted by Chen Yunsheng this time, was full of excitement!
Because he was sure that he had caught a big fish, that is, the commander-in-chief of the Khotan army: Gulie.

This man was already over fifty years old and had lost too much blood in battles in his early years, so his body was actually quite weak. He was surrounded by his personal soldiers and fled together.

It is worth mentioning that Gu Ming’s father is the coach Gu with a broken leg in the Marquis’ Mansion. Even Gong Tianwu had been taught by him before.

By this time it was already dawn, and Gu Ming could see very clearly: the group of fleeing guys in front of him were staggering, their armor was barely in place, and some of them were even riding bareback horses.

How could such an enemy have any fighting power? He would definitely be chased to death by himself.

Obviously, what Gu Ming saw, the battle-hardened Gu Lie could also see. In desperation, he could only lead his troops to rush up a nearby hill and then hold on to the position.

Gu Ming sneered and led his men to surround them. He launched a tentative attack, but found that their will to resist was very firm, so he decided to trap them.

Anyway, his supporters will continue to come, while Guilie will be trapped to death if he is isolated and helpless.

After waiting for less than an hour, the reinforcements that Gu Ming was waiting for appeared in the distance, but they were the Wulou Guards under Gong Tianwu, not the Xuanjiadu of the Marquis' Mansion.

Soon, Gong Tianwu rode here with a large group of people. After seeing Gu Lie's flag from above, Gong Tianwu came directly in front of Gu Ming and said:
"Well done, leave this to me, you guys can retreat now."

Hearing this, Gu Ming was immediately shocked and angry, and said to Gong Tianwu:

"You are trying to steal my credit! I don't accept it?!!! You..."

However, Gu Ming's angry shout came to an abrupt end.

Because behind Gong Tianwu, there suddenly appeared a rider riding out on horseback, with a ferocious Mingwang mask on his face and a strange-shaped spear in his hand, staring at him intently.

This person was none other than the most popular and famous warrior in recent days: "Wushuang Ming Wang!"

At this moment, Gu Ming was stared at by him, and suddenly he felt his heart beating faster and his breathing became difficult.

Gong Tianwu ignored him and rode forward to the black armors around Gu Ming and said:
"Brothers, you have caught this big fish. Thank you for your hard work. Come and claim your reward. Ten silver coins each!"

"Military judge, come and write down the names of all those present. If I swallow your reward later, just spit in my face."

Suddenly, a small number of people in the black armor group burst into laughter.

For these black armored soldiers, they are loyal to Chen Yunsheng, the Marquis of Zhenbei, not Gu Ming. They just want their own merits not to be forgotten, and few of them care about Gu Ming's feelings.

Of course, what is more important is that everyone saw what the Seventh Young Master Gong Tianwu did during this battle to defend the city.

If someone else had interfered, there would have been a mutiny, but since this young master came forward, no one would believe that he would take credit for it. After all, everyone thought that most of the mansion belonged to him, so what was there to be greedy about?

Soon, Gu Ming left with his group of people, full of resentment. Gong Tianwu waved to the people behind him and let a masked man ride a horse up the mountain alone.

To be honest, when Gu Lie found out that it was Gong Tianwu who brought people here, the last glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered. He let out a long sigh, and was about to wave away his men and commit suicide with his sword.

In this way, his men could still use their own heads to seek a way out. However, what Gu Lie did not expect was that Gong Tianwu actually dismissed most of the soldiers, and then quickly built a large tent at the foot of the mountain, and sent a masked man up on horseback.

The others just thought that Gong Tianwu wanted to surrender and sent envoys. They certainly didn't want to go too far, so they didn't take any action.

Unexpectedly, after the masked man rode up, he knelt down in front of Gu Lie and burst into tears:

"Father!!!!"

Gu Lie and his subordinates looked at each other in surprise. It turned out that this man was none other than Gu Lie's own son, Guliza, who was the vanguard and the last one to fall into the city.

This man is quite famous for his bravery and is known as the bravest warrior in the army.

At this time, someone below shouted:
"General Gu, my Seventh Young Master has a few words from the bottom of his heart that he wants to say to you. Can you come up to me and meet me?"

Gu Lie hesitated for a moment, then immediately said loudly:

"Okay, I'll come down right now."

The others were shocked and hurried to stop him. Gu Lie shook his head slightly and said:

"If they want to kill me, Wushuang Ming Wang is right here. We will definitely not be able to resist him if he leads his troops to kill us. There is no need to go through so much trouble, let alone release Zhaer."

So very quickly, Gu Lie entered the tent.

There were only two people inside, one was a young man sitting at the top, and the other was a scholar. He looked quite dark and thin, but his eyes were bright and he looked very smart and capable.

After Gu Lie entered, Gong Tianwu stood up and saluted:
"I am Chen Feiding, the seventh son of the Marquis's Mansion. This is Mr. Cai, my capable assistant."

Gu Lie sighed:
"Heroes have always emerged from youth. Young Marquis, you have gone to such great lengths to summon me. I believe you have something to tell me?"

Gong Tianwu smiled and said:
"I am the seventh son of the Marquisate. I am not as good as my eldest brother in terms of legitimacy and seniority, and I am not as virtuous as my sixth brother. How can I be called a young marquis? Let Mr. Cai and General Gu discuss the next matter."

Cai Yuanchang did not refuse and smiled slightly:

"General Gu, you know that without my strong advice, your head would have been chopped off by now and sent to the capital with Brother Gu to report your achievements."

What Cai Yuanchang said also solved the doubts in Gu Lie's heart. He stood up and bowed deeply, saying:

“I don’t know why Mr. Cai wants to do this?”

Cai Yuanchang smiled and said:

"Because the death of General Gu is a great thing for Langshan Country, but it is definitely not a happy event for our Marquis' Mansion!"

Some things are like window paper, which can be broken with a poke! After hearing this, Gu Lie's eyes lit up and he suddenly felt enlightened.

"Yes, we attacked you in the three-party coalition because we felt that you were not strong enough. Although you won this battle, you were also seriously injured."

"Under such circumstances, if you can still kill me, Gu, and repel the three-party coalition forces, with such combat power, I'm afraid that your achievements will shock the lord, and Wei Qu will not be able to sleep well!"

Cai Yuanchang nodded, but looked around and said something else:
"The general has many political enemies in the country. He was able to lead the army this time because the Lord of Khotan overcame all opposition. Although this is a minor setback, he will probably be punished after returning home, and there is a possibility that he will be dismissed."

After hearing this, Gu Shuai's face suddenly turned gloomy. He seemed to want to say something but held back because he knew very well that it was meaningless to deny it now.

Cai Yuanchang smiled and said:
"So, General Gu, you didn't actually lose. You were just dragged down by the idiots of the Naiman tribe and Che Mingguo. Then you found that the defense of the nearby Suli County was empty, so you took the opportunity to attack!"

"And your spies are lucky too. They happened to capture several people who are very familiar with the terrain and strengths of Suli County. If you are lucky, it is not impossible to capture Pucang, the seat of Suli County."

After hearing this, Gu Shuai said coldly:

"You guys, do you want me to be your sword?"

Before Cai Yuanchang could speak, Gong Tianwu said calmly:

"If you refuse, then I'll give you a glass of wine. You are the most suitable candidate, but not the only one. There will always be someone who doesn't want to die and is willing to cooperate."

As soon as these words were spoken, even though Gu Shuai was an old and cunning man, he felt a chill run down his spine. He could feel that this kid was serious!

He could only smile bitterly, only smile bitterly!!

Cai Yuanchang spoke out in time to help:
"General Gu, we are not asking you to betray your country. We are just giving you a chance to make a comeback. If you go back with the guilt of defeat, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your descendants and family."

At this point, Gu Shuai actually knew that he really had no choice, and he sighed and said:

"Okay. Tell me about your plan."

***
Ten days later,

In front of the palace,
The civil and military officials who were waiting for the morning court were discussing.

"Did you know that there are multiple coalition forces attacking Sansheng City?!"

"What? Which three parties?"

"Naiman tribe, Khotan and Cheming."

"Zhenbeihou suffered a heavy blow just a year ago! Can he withstand it?"

"What do you mean a year ago? It was clearly eight months ago. And I remember two months ago, the war in the west was tense. Didn't the Fourth Prince call back the several thousand Yulin Guards stationed in Sansheng City?"

"Don't tell anyone. I heard that the report from Zhenbei Hou arrived the day before yesterday. He said that they were attacked suddenly and suffered heavy casualties. Even some of the servants who had followed them for decades died in the battle and they were barely able to hold on."

"The latest battle situation should be discussed today. I suspect that Sansheng City has been captured."

"It's really like a house that leaks when it rains. The ship is broken and the wind is strong. We are having a bad battle against the Tatars in the west, and now we have another problem here."

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(End of this chapter)