Accidentally in mind, unintentionally out of mind

  Osmanthus, peppermint, Buddha's hand and rose, the four girls sheathed their swords and asked loudly: "Are you a martial thief?"

  At this time, a low voice came from behind: "Little kid, don't talk nonsense..."

  The quadruplet sisters hastily turned their heads, only to see a melancholic man with a sword in his arms, who had appeared behind them at some unknown time. He looked down at the precious sword in his arms and said softly, "Don't you hurry up and apologize to Guo Shi?"

  The rose blinked its eyes and said, "When did you appear behind us?" The osmanthus, mint, and Buddha's hand nodded one after another, chattering and scolding, "You pop up out of nowhere, trying to scare people to death?"

  "Yang Zhi is back!" The voice of the bandit came from the cloud cart, and the four sisters blinked their eyes. Yang Zhi with a green face had already disappeared, only to reappear behind the bandit in an instant.

  "Only hear Wu Zei order: 'You pass the order to the three armies, lead the war horses away, leave and go out of the three miles, pursue and kill Gong Sun Sheng, expand the results of the battle.'"

  Yang Zhi nodded in agreement, and ordered Zhang Qing to lead the horse and follow him as he chased after Gongsun Sheng. Wu Song turned to the four girls and said: "Your martial arts skills are not bad, do you want to surrender?"

  Mint mouth quickly said: "What if it falls, what if it doesn't fall?"

  "Surrender now, and you'll follow the great army to fight on the battlefield. In the future, when you marry, you will all be noble ladies by imperial decree, your names etched in history. Your husbands will be honored because of their wives, and your children will be ennobled because of their mothers. If you don't surrender now, I'll have your heads chopped off on the spot and sent back to your original masters as a ball to kick around, killing but not burying."

  The four girls all caught a chill and huddled together with their heads down, discussing: "Elder sister, what to do?"

  Osmanthus said: "Surrender is a must, otherwise you will really die. However, surrendering also has its own rules. If you surrender to the bandit king, most likely you will be taken into his harem to cultivate your yin and yang energy. Therefore, we can't surrender to him, or else I'll become a concubine without a life to enjoy. In my opinion, if we want to surrender, it's better to surrender to this female general!"

  Mint, Buddha's hand and rose nodded in unison, the four women said in unison: "Surrender will not surrender to you, we previously bet with the female flying guard, even if we surrender, it would be to her!" They knelt down to Chen Lijing and said: "We meet our new master!"

  Chen Liqing was overjoyed and quickly helped them up, proudly saying: "You followed me, in the future you will all be imperial consorts!"

  Osmanthus fragrans, peppermint, Buddha's hand and rose face each other and ask: "Why does the host say so?"

  Chen Liqing said in a low voice: "In the future, when I become the wife of Guoshi, you will all be Tongfang's big servant girls. When the emperor rewards us, you will all have military merits and become imperial concubines."

  The four girls secretly wiped away their tears and said: "We still can't escape the fate of being picked, we sisters are really miserable..."

  Wu Song didn't bother with the four little girls' nonsense, but now the demonic tiger aura surrounding his body was spreading wider and wider, covering an area of three miles in diameter. It looked majestic and powerful, but for him, it was a significant blow.

  The aura of the demon beast's primordial spirit behind him grew stronger, indicating that this demon tiger was becoming increasingly profound. He feared that if he didn't die under the Eight Trigrams Sealing God, he would soon be devoured by the demon tiger and lose his divine consciousness.

  Wu Song ordered the whole army to continue advancing, in front were the Iron Horse Tiger Guards, with saddles on their horses, and soldiers riding on top of the iron horses, their combat strength suddenly multiplied several times, numbering around three thousand, they were the Iron Horse Army. Behind them were the mechanical beasts, forming a goose wing formation, each mechanical beast had six or seven people on it, also numbering around three thousand, they were the Fierce Beast Army, led by Chen Liqing and Hu Yanhuo among others.

  Further back were the siege engines, pulled by iron-clad horses, rumbling forward. On either side were 3,000 soldiers guarding them, forming the vanguard army led by Lu Da and Li Kui.

  The three armies advanced in an orderly manner.

  Now that things have come to this, Wu Song no longer cares about being discovered, as long as the large army arrives at Qingzhou City, occupies Qingzhou, and then seals off the entire Shandong Peninsula with a three-city blockade, Chen Shi and Song Jiang will only have one path: annihilation.

  Anyone with a bit of insight can see that the Battle of Qingzhou City is actually a crucial battle that determines the life and death of Qingyun Mountain. Chen Hixin and Song Jiang may not have reacted yet, but they will inevitably come to their senses soon. This war will undoubtedly be the most tragic and spectacular great war in Wu Song's life!

  The army marched forward and arrived at Gao Liu Town, where the town was eerily quiet, without a single person in sight. Not only were there no people, but even livestock and poultry were nowhere to be seen, as if it were a dead town. Many corpses could still be seen in the town, all of which were the result of Zhang Qing's and Gong Sunsheng's armies clashing.

  Wu Song ordered a halt to the troops and looked down to see that most of them were the corpses of rebels, with very few being Song soldiers.

  "Something's not right, pass the word down, search the whole town, beware of ambush!"

  The soldiers responded loudly, searched the town of Gao Liu thoroughly, but still couldn't find a single person. They walked another six or seven miles forward and arrived at Yuan Shang Village, which was exactly the same as Gao Liu Town - a dead village.

  Wu Song ordered another search, but still nothing was found.

  Arrived at Jiangjia Village, another dead village!

  The many generals were all puzzled, following the road where the corpses lay, and seeing that the great army was about to arrive at Hanjia Village. Gong Sunyan suddenly woke up: "It's not good, someone wants to ambush us! The previous empty village was just a decoy! Retreat quickly!"

  Wu Song immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Soldiers disperse, don't gather, retreat quickly!" Gong Sunyan immediately manipulated dozens of mechanical beasts to surround the cloud cart and retreated quickly to the back, shouting: "Retreat, masters!"

  She had just finished all this, only to hear a loud rumbling sound in the village, house after house collapsed with a loud noise, dust filled the sky, and from those houses, one by one, exquisitely crafted war chariots gradually grew larger, supporting the houses until they were torn apart, and then burst out like cutting grass!

  Behind each vehicle, there were four-meter-tall mechanical men with knives, guns, swords and halberds hanging on their backs, cold steel castings. The soldiers stood in front of them, just like little ones!

  "Let the whole army disperse at once and take cover in the woods, waiting for my signal!"

  Wu Song had barely finished speaking when the row of thunderbolt carts suddenly turned their heads, creaking and groaning as they sprang into action. The countless wheels at the bottom of the carts spun around, while the sharp swords whirred incessantly, cutting the surrounding infantry into pieces!

  The soldiers who were slightly farther away immediately drove their iron horses to gallop under the leadership of Lin Chong and Qin Ming, rushing towards the forest on the left. At this time, a loud shout came from the forest, and a group of strong men emerged from the forest, led by Deng Zongbi and Xin Congzhong, two high-ranking generals. With a wave of their hands, arrows flew in, and they laughed loudly: "We, Liu Jun's army, have been waiting for you for a long time!"

  Lin Chong and Qin Ming shouted in unison: "Raise your shields!" The knights on the iron horses immediately raised their large shields, holding them above their heads. The hail of arrows fell like rain on banana leaves, the sound echoing incessantly. Only a few soldiers were shot off their horses!

  Lin Chong and Qin Ming immediately turned their horses around and rode back, arriving at the forest on the right side. Another group of strong men rushed out, led by Bi Yingyuan and Ha Lansen, two senior generals, who drew their bows and shot, shouting: "Wu Zei, you're late! Our military strategist has been waiting impatiently!"

  Lin Chong and Qin Ming exchanged a glance, and shouted in unison: "Raise your shields and charge!" The three thousand soldiers charged into the forest, braving the hail of arrows. As long as they could get close to the Iron Horse Army, they wouldn't fear these people's arrow storm. Lin Chong held an 8-foot-long spear, while Qin Ming wielded a 100-jin wolf-tooth club, leading the Iron Horse Army in a fierce charge.

  But at this moment, the Thunderbolt Car rolled forward, and the rear wheel was tightly tied by springs. The mechanical men lifted several hundred kilograms of stones and placed them on the wheel. Suddenly, the mechanism started to move, and countless giant rocks whizzed up, all hitting the Cloud Chariot!

  In the midst of a deafening crash, the cloud cart was smashed to smithereens, smoke and dust filled the air, even the mechanical beasts guarding the cloud cart were knocked over, lying on the ground in untold numbers!

  The mountain wheel tightened again, and the mechanism man this time released a package of gunpowder. Countless explosives were thrown out when the boulder fell, and when they hit the ground, there was a deafening roar. Suddenly, where the cloud cart had been, a huge mushroom cloud rose up, with black smoke wrapped in fierce flames, rising to an altitude of over 100 meters!

  The two wheels of projection are completed, and the Thunderbolt Car's arrow case opens again. Another storm of sharp arrows shoots into the smoke clouds!

  As soon as the arrow formation was shot out, thirty mechanical people lined up in a row, drew out giant swords that were nearly one zhang long, and jumped out to charge into the smoke and flames.

  Gunfire filled the air, and these thirty armed men charged forward in the thick smoke, only to hear the sound of swords clashing and whizzing past their ears. These thirty armed men charged back and forth through the smoke several times, and all that could be seen was the large sword covered in blood!

  "I did it!"

  In mid-air, a woman smiled and said, "It's Liu Huiniang!"

  The copper crane's wings suddenly flashed, stopping in the high air of hundreds of feet. Liu Hui Niang looked down at the dusty smoke place and saw that the smoke and fire had disappeared. In the original cloud car place, a large pit appeared, several meters deep, tens of square meters, surrounded by scorched earth!

  Dozens of corpses were scattered at the bottom of the pit, all with incomplete limbs, either crushed to death by boulders or blown up by explosives, and several Taoist priests were cut into pieces by the swordsmen.

  "With such a fierce attack, the bandits will never escape with their lives!"

  Liu Hui Niang was thinking, when suddenly she saw a person jumping out of the woods, like a fierce tiger entering the forest, with an unimaginable speed. The person behind her back was carrying a woman, and it was astonishing that he still had such physical strength!

  Dozens of warriors followed beside them, rushing swiftly through the dense forest, surrounding and protecting the two in the middle.

  Behind them, the fierce beast troops drove the mechanical beasts, wolves and pigs rushing forward, whistling as they advanced. Then came the city-breaking troops, led by Li Kui and Lu Da, carrying siege engines as they rushed forward. Lin Chong and Qin Ming saw that their lord had already left safely, immediately abandoning Bi Yingyuan and Ha Lanzhen, driving their iron horses to flee!

  "Isn't that the woman of Wu Zong and Gong Sun's family?" Liu Hui Niang looked down from a high place, saw Wu Song carrying Gong Sun Yan, and immediately gave another order to pursue and attack. Bi Yingyuan, Ha Lan Sheng, Deng Zongbi, and Xin Congzhong, four great generals, followed the Thunderbolt Chariot in a fierce pursuit, only to see that the Thunderbolt Chariot was continuously throwing stones and striking, and Lin Chong and Qin Ming's Iron Horse Army were constantly being hit, falling off their horses.

  Wu Song saw the enemy chasing him tightly, and immediately he and the other Taoist priests each rode a mechanical beast to step on, while he himself rode with Gong Sunyan, quickly running forward. When they arrived at Jiang's village, another round of cannon fire sounded, Xu Hui and Gou Ying led a team of cavalry rushing out, arrows falling like rain, laughing loudly: "Wu thief, you fell into my Liu Jun's plan, don't you hurry up and surrender!"

  Many generals and strategists rushed to support Wu Song and Gong Sunyan, fighting desperately forward. Xu Hui and Gou Ying saw their fierce approach and did not dare to resist, opening up a road, only concerned with snatching the siege equipment behind them.

  When they arrived at Yuanshang Village, Mu Hong and Xiao Li Guang Hua Rong led the army to rush out, all dressed in divine shooting hands, shouting: "Where is Wu Guoshi going?"

  Wu Song led his troops to charge forward and shouted loudly: "Hua Rong, don't you care about your sister's life anymore?"

  Mu Hong looked at Hua Rong, waiting for orders. Hua Rong remained silent and gave way to a road, Wu Song and the other martial artists took advantage of the opportunity to rush over.

  "Brother, you let the martial thief go, I'm afraid Liu Jun Shi will chop your head off!"

  Hua Rong was silent for a long time before saying, "Let's seize some of their siege equipment, at least we can get some credit." Mu Hong had no choice but to lead his troops to seize the siege equipment from the city-breaking army. Just as they seized two thunderbolt carts, Lin Chong and Qin Ming led the Iron Horse Army in a charge, and Mu Hong did not dare resist, so he let them pass again.

  Wu Song escaped to Gao Liu Town and pointed at it, laughing: "If there were another army here, we would have died without a place to bury our bodies! Unfortunately, there isn't."

  All the Taoist priests were frightened and exclaimed: "Master, don't say that! If there really is an army, we're all dead!"

  Wu Song burst out laughing: "Qingzhou City, Yunmen Mountain and Linglong Mountain, there are only so many troops. That military advisor surnamed Liu is too arrogant, not notifying other mountain strongholds, using these few troops to block me, really underestimating me!" He shouted loudly: "The whole army will regroup here, gather the remaining troops, and distinguish between Qingzhou bandits and us. Let's kill them with a single strike!"

  The many soldiers were nervous and looked around, but they didn't see the enemy coming out to attack, so they slightly relaxed. After a moment, the fierce beast army rushed over, and after another moment, Lin Chong and Qin Ming's iron cavalry arrived with the city-breaking army, and more than 6,000 people gathered together.

  The troops formed a battle array, waiting for the Qingzhou army to charge up, and then it was a fierce fight!

  Gong Shu Yan shook his head and said, "I think the Qingzhou army won't come. They can only mobilize a small number of troops in a short period of time, and it's already their greatest effort to get this far. If they try to expand their gains, they will be unable to do so. If I were Liu Jun Shi, I would definitely take advantage of the opportunity to retreat back to Qingzhou City!"

  Wu Song hastily sent a scout to reconnoiter the road, and indeed the enemies in Yuanshang Village, Jiangjia Village, and Hanjia Village had all withdrawn without a single soul left behind.

  Wu Song received the news of Tan Ma, stunned for a moment, and laughed: "The military strategist of Qingzhou City is indeed quite capable!" He shouted loudly: "All troops be on high alert, advance to Qingzhou City in an orderly manner, and take down this hard nut!"