Chapter 4 fourth quarter

"In the desert, there are many oases, but most of the oases are not fixed and change from time to time, so this picture is not enough to prove." Jian Zhonglan pointed to a military map and talked eloquently, and the senior generals in the army listened attentively.As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Xiuhong said: "Jian joined the army, so you said that the oasis around here is gone now?" "It's possible. It's very windy here. The sandstorms like today's are only small and small. It's not uncommon for oases to be engulfed. It's just that this map is only a map of two years ago. The oasis here was quite large before. It seems that it is difficult to be completely annihilated by quicksand, at most it shrinks."

Shao Fengguan said in a daze: "But I can't see half a tree in the air, and within a hundred miles is a vast expanse, so there is no shadow of an oasis." Xie Xuan, the vice-commander of the Wind Corps, also said: "General Shao is right, the team I led just now did not see any oasis at all." The little prince said: "But, General Shao, you said that the location where your two brothers were found should be near where this oasis should be?" Shao Feng said: "Exactly. His Royal Highness, this matter is extremely strange. We have never seen anyone nearby, but those two people were obviously hacked to death by a knife. Could it be that Di Ren is so powerful that he fell under the sand?"

Chu Xiuhong suddenly stood up and said, "General Shao, I would like to ask you to go to the location of the oasis again tomorrow." As soon as he said a word, the little prince and Shao Fengguan also stood up, and the little prince said: "Shuai Chu, have you figured out the inner and middle joints?" Chu Xiuhong pointed to the map and said: "Look, the oasis is here. I asked Jian Canjun. Even if the oasis is buried in quicksand, those dead trees will not be completely buried. We came all the way, and the dead oasis we passed by, Don't you also see a dead tree?"

The little prince and Shao Feng nodded.Walking on the desert, the most fearful thing is to treat these dead oases as if they are still alive.Looking from a distance, I can only see some trees, and I only know that there is water. If I rush to the front and find that the oasis is already dead, such disappointment is enough to break my spirit. Chu Xiuhong said: "However, General Shao said that he didn't even see a tree in the vast expanse, isn't it strange?" Shao Feng nodded and said, "Could it be, Chu Shuai, you mean..." Chu Xiuhong pointed to the oasis on the map and said, "I'm afraid the oasis is still in place, but what kind of mechanism has been set up by King Di so that we can't see it."

The little prince said: "But what if the oasis is completely buried under the sand because of the large quicksand coming over?" Chu Xiuhong said: "It's windy here, no matter how big the quicksand is, it won't take long for the floating sand on the surface to be scraped off, that's why there are so many sand dunes here. This oasis still existed two years ago, even if the oasis was buried, Those dead trees will never have been weathered, so that there are no traces. If Zhen Lizhi ordered people to cover the oasis for a day, the top would be covered by the blown sand, and it would not be visible from the outside. This trap is set too far, and all traces are eliminated, and here it is exposed."

The little prince said, "The oasis is so big, can it cover it?" Jian Zhonglan nodded and said: "Chu Shuai is right. In places with strong wind and sand, some camel caravans will be blown away after a year or two after being covered by quicksand, and there will be no traces. And this oasis is in the largest At that time, there were only a thousand people living. If King Di had four or five thousand people gathered here, each person would be covered by a camel-skin coat. The trees in the oasis are not tall, and the camel-skin coat is not the same color as the sand. It’s almost invisible from a distance.”

The little prince pondered: "If they hide like this and refuse to fight, then what should we do? The food, grass and water we bring can only last for a month at most." Shao Fengguan said: "This is easy to handle. Let some brothers search in groups. The Feng Legion will support in the air. We will advance step by step. If Marquis Wen wants to ambush us, he can only ambush us at most to these few search teams." Chu Xiuhong lowered her head, thought for a while and said, "This is not good. Firstly, the brothers who came to search are too dangerous. Second, they are in the dark, and we are in the open. We are advancing layer by layer. I am afraid that the efficiency is not high. We can enter in one day." A mile, that is a great achievement, to search the whole area, how long will it take?"

When Chu Xiuhong said this, everyone was speechless.This desert is so big that it is almost boundless. Although we know that the Gele Oasis is in this area, we must send dozens of search teams to search it for 20 or 30 days if we want to search it for a hundred miles.After 20 or 30 days of garrison in the desert, even if the imperial army is as sharp as a knife, the blade will be blunt.Teachers are war-weary, not to mention the reserves of food, grass and water, morale must be greatly reduced. After a moment of silence, a general of a local army said: "Shuai Chu, why don't you send people to hunt down the nearby Di people tribe first, and ask them for the details?"

At this time, Chu Xiuhong was walking to the map and looked carefully. He turned around and said, "When I was about to set off for the expedition, I was thinking that Zhen Lizhi escaped into the desert as a defeated soldier, and most of Di Wang's men were mobs. , It is really not a military victory. Now it seems that although Zhen Lizhi fled in embarrassment, he is still not in chaos. He is still ready to fight back at any time. It seems that there will be some twists and turns in the use of troops this time. The current strategy is to use The Wind Legion is mainly in the air for reconnaissance. Jian joins the army, how many troops can King Di mobilize?"

Jian Zhonglan pondered for a while and said: "The total number of Di people is only 100,000, and they live scattered in various parts of the desert. The pursuit is tight, and in such a short period of time, the number of Di soldiers that King Di can mobilize will not exceed 10,000 at most." Chu Xiuhong said: "Di soldiers are used to fighting in the field. They are a bit like the snake men in the early days. Although individual soldiers are strong, they fight with legions. It is no problem for our five thousand elite soldiers to beat them with twenty thousand. Armored chariots and flying machines. Although Zhen Lizhi can mobilize Di soldiers now, they will definitely show their feet if they lie down for a long time. We march a mile every day, step by step, and let the wind army use thunder to open the way. Always pay attention to their movements Movements. As soon as you find out where the Gele Oasis is, it will be Zhen Lizhi's end."

Shao Fengguan said with a smile: "Chu Shuai, Di Ren has probably never seen the thunderbolt before. Hearing the sound of the explosion, he must be in a mess. As soon as they appear, I will throw down all the thunderbolts, The oasis was bombed once, and Di Ren was forced to kill himself, causing him to be in chaos, and then the army attacked across the board, annihilating them all at once." The little prince suddenly said: "This kind of damage is too big, it will hurt the virtue of God's good life..." Shao Fengguan said: "His Royal Highness, are you worried about Teacher Wu Zhao? It doesn't matter. Although the Thunderbolt is powerful, it does not hurt people. It is just to blow up those Di people who are hiding. It is a pity that this trip is to fight in the desert. The powerful flat mines and octagonal mines are too heavy to bring, otherwise, even if Marquis Wen hid underground, he would have been blasted to pieces." The little prince's mind was hit by someone, and he couldn't help but blushed, but he was still worried, and said: "Teacher Wu Zhao is old, if he can be captured alive, that would be the best." Although the little prince is a member of the clan, he has never had the arrogance of a clan child. He has almost worshiped the four commanders of the Four Phase Legion since he was a child.He is Wu Zhao's closed disciple. It is said that Wu Zhao's Jiaoya Twelve Golden Spear Techniques have all been passed on to him. In terms of spear skills alone, he and Chu Xiuhong can be called the double jade in the army.Wu Zhao had no wife and no children all his life, and he treated the little prince as if he was his own. The little prince seemed to have a better relationship with him than with his own father, King An Le, so no wonder he said so. Shao Feng said: "His Royal Highness, please rest assured, Teacher Wu Zhao is also our teacher, naturally try not to hurt him." The little prince pondered for a moment and then said: "Okay then. We will handle it as soon as it dawns tomorrow. Shuai Chu, how many armored vehicles shall we bring?" Chu Xiuhong said: "The armored car is too heavy. I only brought five large ones, which is enough if I think about it. Using the armored car to open the road means that Zhen Lizhi has an ambush..." As soon as he said this, suddenly there was a commotion outside. From the sound, it turned out that the whole army was clamoring.Shao Fengguan's face changed, and he interrupted Chu Xiuhong's words: "What happened?" As if to answer his words, a soldier staggered in.As soon as he entered the tent, he hissed: "It's not good! The whole army has mutinied!" The little prince's face also turned pale.He had the least experience in actual combat. Hearing what this soldier said, he stood up abruptly and shouted, "What? How could you mutiny?" At this time, voices from outside the tent had come in, and it was indeed mixed with shouts such as "call to Wuyun City".Shao Fengguan was also taken aback, and said: "Marquis Wen must have sent someone to instigate the two armies of Earth and Wind! My God, how could such a thing happen?" When he said this, the other generals in the camp were also panicked.At this time the senior generals are all in the little prince's tent, and there is no one in the camp to suppress them, once someone mutinies, they will be involved more and more, people who didn't want to mutiny will also be involved. Chu Xiuhong also stood up, and said in a deep voice: "There is no reason for the whole army to mutiny." He strode out of the camp and said: "All generals obey the order and keep quiet, and whoever speaks out will be killed immediately! Anyone who has heard this order, pass it on quickly!" His voice was very loud, and the people guarding the little prince's tent were also members of the local army. Hearing this order, some people immediately dispersed.Almost instantly, the voice quieted down, only some voices could be heard from the back camp.Chu Xiuhong said: "It must be Zhen Lizhi's people who sneaked into the rear camp! Bring the horse!" Someone brought the mount over, Chu Xiuhong turned his head and said: "Your Highness, you and General Shao stay here to protect the food and grass, and the others follow me to the rear camp." His order was crisp and clear, all the generals in the camp got on their horses one after another, Jian Zhonglan also jumped on his horse and followed behind Chu Xiuhong, and the group galloped towards the rear camp. There are 4,800 people, and the company battalion is about a mile long. It is only a blink of an eye to rush from the central army to the rear camp.As soon as we arrived at the back camp, we saw crowds of people moving, horses neighing frequently, and it was a mess.Chu Xiuhong shouted: "Chu Xiuhong is here, everyone is silent! If anyone talks too much, they will be killed immediately!" There were only 1,000 people in the rear battalion. At Chu Xiuhong's order, the soldiers led their horses and ran to both sides. They lined up in two neat square formations, but left dozens of people unmoved in the middle.The corner of Chu Xiuhong's mouth twitched, and he shouted, "Capture the people among them!" These people took advantage of the chaos to squeeze around in the crowd, stabbing their weapons randomly at people from time to time, making the order even more chaotic. No one in the rear camp knew that outsiders were among them, and it was getting dark. It is not clear who is on the other side, and the back camp is even more chaotic.It's just that these people didn't expect that when Chu Xiuhong arrived, the imperial army, which was originally in chaos, would immediately restore order. He rushed forward, captured or beheaded these dozens of people, and cleaned them up in a blink of an eye. When these people were captured, Chu Xiuhong said: "Generals, go back to the headquarters immediately to suppress them. If anyone makes a noise, they must be traitors." The generals agreed and dispersed one after another.A large camp was noisy like a boiling pot, but at this moment, it immediately returned to calm.In the silence, there was a gentle sound of hooves.Chu Xiuhong smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Quickly open the gate of the camp, let the enemy in, and prepare to meet the enemy." The camp gate was opened, and Chu Xiuhong had brought a group of people to the camp gate. The invading enemy was rushing at full speed.There were seven to eight hundred people in this group, and they rushed in with the force of the wind, and there was no obstacle, and the speed of the rush was extremely fast.When the enemy army rushed halfway, Chu Xiuhong shouted: "Do it!" The invading enemy originally thought that there was an internal response sent by the camp gate, but they did not expect to be ambushed at this time.At this time, there were no more than a few hundred imperial troops at the gate of the camp, but the enemy was cut in half. The horsemen were stabbed down by random guns. I don't know, I turned my head to leave, but blocked the gate of the camp tightly, unable to enter or retreat, and the order suddenly became chaotic.In the chaos, an old voice could only be heard shouting: "Don't make a mess! Don't make a mess!" But he shouted loudly, most of the cavalry were Di people, they didn't understand his orders at all, and they still acted in disorder One regiment, and the Imperial Army had already prepared for it, and more and more enemies fell. At this moment, Chu Xiuhong raised his voice and said: "Brothers in the Marquis Wen's army, most of you have families in the capital, aren't you afraid that your family members will be implicated?" Most of the enemy troops who attacked at night were high-nosed and deep-eyed Di people, and many of them were government soldiers brought out by Zhen Lizhi.Under the light of the torches, I could see the confusion on their faces.When they came, Zhen Lizhi told them that this plan was foolproof, and it would definitely cause chaos for the imperial army. When the time came, they would rush in just to meet the people who had mixed here before.Unexpectedly, the imperial army was in chaos for a while, but it returned to calm in a blink of an eye, and they were the ones who were caught in the trap. At this time, the old general suddenly shouted sharply: "Chu Shuai, this is the case, then come and fight me to the death." This man came out with a gun, with white hair and beard, it was Wu Zhao who was known as "the first shot in the army"! Seeing Wu Zhao, Chu Xiuhong couldn't help hesitating.He could have ordered that if the intruders did not surrender, they would shoot all the hundreds of people who rushed in, but now Wu Zhao was the leader of the night raiders, so he couldn't help but give this order. Wu Zhao was originally wearing the armor of the Imperial Army. He held a spear in his hand, and his white hair and beard fluttered in the wind, making him even more heroic.He is riding a tall Wan horse, majestic and majestic. Chu Xiuhong urged the horse to come forward, saluted respectfully and said, "Teacher Wu Zhao, hello." Wu Zhao's spear danced in a circle above his head, and said: "Chu Shuai, we had a competition more than ten years ago, and you could see through my magic gun that time, but you couldn't defeat me. In the past ten years, I don't know Have you made any progress?" Chu Xiuhong took off the gun, still very respectfully said: "Mr. Wu Zhao, I have been in the army all these years, and I have no time to compete with others, but no one can beat me in spear skills on the battlefield. Teacher, you have taught well, and I will deeply feel it in the end." Wu Zhao laughed loudly and said, "Chu Shuai, you are still the same as you were ten years ago, polite and polite, but you don't want to take the slightest disadvantage. Well, today we will use real guns to decide the outcome!" Chu Xiuhong raised his gun, and just as he was about to say something, Jian Zhonglan patted his horse and said, "Chu Shuai, you mustn't fall into his trick of playing against the top four. It is useless to win, and it will be a mistake if you lose, or order someone to shoot him down with muskets..." Before he finished speaking, Chu Xiuhong sternly said: "Jian Canjun, get out of the way!" Jian Zhonglan knew that she couldn't be persuaded, so she had to pull the horse away, but she was a little surprised why she wanted to dissuade him. The gate of the camp was not big, and neither of the two cavalry could increase the power of their guns by running up, and could only fire with their wrists and arms.When the two guns collided, there was a sound, and a spark was emitted from the tip of the gun, but Wu Zhao let out a muffled yell, and he didn't know what he had suffered.When the two riders separated, Wu Zhao's arm was trembling. Chu Xiuhong reined in his horse and said, "Teacher Wu Zhao, Zhen Lizhi's plan to attack at night has already failed. If you don't surrender, I'm afraid you will be destroyed. Teacher, please think twice." Wu Zhao swung one arm, and said loudly, "Chu Shuai, I have lived a mediocre life. Although I have enjoyed a great reputation, I have never fought in battle. Today, I ask Chu Shuai to fulfill my dream of becoming a general." Chu Xiuhong's face also sank, and he said in a low voice, "Teacher Wu Zhao, are you willing to donate your life to die just for this dream?" Wu Zhao smiled and said, "Shuai Chu is being stingy." He raised the gun to the top of his head, and said sharply: "Chu Shuai, I have the twelve golden spear skills of crossing teeth, and you probably know it too. But I'm afraid you don't know that the twelve golden spear skills of crossing teeth are all marksmanship in themselves, not It means that I know twelve spear skills. I can’t use this spear skill normally, today, please correct me by Chu Shuai.” Chu Xiuhong didn't speak.There are many legends about Wu Zhao's Jiaoya Twelve Golden Spear Technique, but no one knows what's going on. He also raised his gun and said, "Okay, please teach me, teacher." He was about to strike out with his gun, when suddenly a group of people rushed over from behind, only to hear the voice of the little prince shouting: "Stop! Stop!" The little prince took the lead and rushed towards him like lightning. At this time, Wu Zhao had already urged the horse to attack, and the little prince happened to take over.The two horses huddled together, and the sound of guns colliding could be heard endlessly.Chu Xiuhong said to Shao Feng who was running over at this time: "Brother Shao, why did you let the little prince come here?" Shao Fengguan said: "Someone reported that Teacher Wu Zhao is here and is fighting you to the death, please let the little prince pass." Chu Xiuhong's complexion changed drastically, and he stopped talking to Shao Fengguan, and turned to Jian Zhonglan and shouted: "Jian joins the army, immediately mobilize troops to protect the Chinese army!" Shao Fengguan also knew that the situation had changed, so he came over and said, "Shuai Chu, Shuai Chu!" Chu Xiu didn't turn her head back, but just shouted: "Brother Shao, you are going to sweep the formation for His Highness, and you can't make any mistakes." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang from the Central Army Office, and a flame shot straight into the sky.Shao Feng's face was ashen, and he exclaimed, "Thunderbolt! My Thunderbolt!" Chu Xiuhong had galloped out, followed by more than ten riders, and rushed straight towards the Chinese army. At this time, the imperial army at the gate of the camp let out a burst of cheers. The little prince was coming very violently. After two rounds, Wu Zhao was shot by the little prince to remove his helmet, and his white hair fluttered in the wind.