"Why, turn to the southeast?" Shao Fengguan pushed aside the curtain of my camp tent and asked before sitting down, "Brother Chu, what are you thinking?" "Brother Shao, it is extremely difficult to open a road from here. You have also seen that it is impossible to open a road this year." Shao Fengguan rolled his eyes and said in a low voice: "Is it the emperor's order that you must return this year?" His mind was really sharp, and he guessed it with just one sentence.I smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Shao, I've been glad I'm not your enemy. Being your enemy, I really can't sleep well."

He laughed and said, "Don't you dare, there are strong players among the strong, and I am the one who can't sleep well now. It's just that these big men are like this, and they are preparing to draw the bridge board before they cross the bridge. He sat down heavily and said, "It's just that you are so blatantly violating the order of Marquis Wen, how can you explain to your supervising army?" Now it's time to go.Although he hadn't discussed with Shao Fengguan before, he couldn't hide it from him now.After getting the map of Baomucuo, I have already figured out a strategy.I thought about it all night last night, and I think it is even feasible.And this strategy must be greatly assisted by Shao Fengguan.

I said, "Don't worry, I've already figured out how to deal with him." "Brother Chu, I advise you not to underestimate this young man. This boy has fangs and sharp claws. Regardless of his young age, he is not easy to deal with." A trace of doubt flashed in Shao Fengguan's eyes, " Moreover, if we go from the southeast, we will bypass Gaojiu City. If we go from there, we will not be able to hide from the eyes and ears of the Republican Army, have you contacted them?" I nodded and said, "There is already a secret agreement." Shao Fengguan was stunned for a while, he was speechless, and said: "Do you trust the Republican Army so much? If they turn their faces at that time, how should we deal with it?"

I smiled and said: "Brother Shao is about to assist you in this matter, please come here for this matter." I told him my strategy, Shao Fengguan was so engrossed that he was speechless for a while.After listening to me, he thought for a while, sighed, and said, "Brother Chu, you are becoming more and more sinister." I didn't expect him to say such a sentence, so I couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and said: "Why did you say that? Is this a bad plan?" He shook his head and said: "The scheme is perfect. It's just that I always thought that only Marquis Wen could come up with this kind of scheme."

My heart shuddered.Although the strategy I conceived is very thoughtful, it does look a bit like the one designed by Marquis Wen.Maybe, I became the second Marquis Wen unknowingly? Sweat dripped down my back, and I sighed: "It's not easy to be the only one with the sword. Even if it's insidious, I will admit it, as long as I have no regrets in my heart." Shao Fengguan stood up and walked to me, patted my shoulder, and said, "I know. Brother Chu, do you remember what I said before? I said you can't be an enemy." I said, "Yes. At that time, I thought you were talking about Marquis Wen."

Shao Fengguan smiled: "You can bear it. No matter what kind of life and death situation, you never give up. This kind of perseverance is the most terrifying. I don't have your kind of perseverance. To be honest, when the emperor came to recruit me, I It's decided. If you don't want to fall to the emperor at that time, I will report everything to Marquis Wen immediately, even if I am a despicable villain." I didn't expect Shao Fengguan to speak so bluntly, and asked in surprise, "Why do you insist on bringing me in?" "Wenhou is the most tolerant person I have ever met. He can hide his power for so many years under the light of Wuhou, but he has never experienced life and death. So I think that the only one who can deal with Wenhou is you It's gone." Shao Feng looked at me, patted my shoulder again, and said, "So it's not a bad thing for you to be insidious."

I didn't know whether I should smile or what to say, "Then you are not afraid that I will be insidious to you?" "Of course I'm not afraid." There was a hint of cunning in his eyes, but also insightful wisdom, "You are different from Marquis Wen, you are a person of friendship. So, as long as I don't harm you, you won't harm me." "The Shajihan Supervisor is here." Feng Qi spoke in a low voice, and he could see that he was a little uneasy.When he heard that I was going to invite Shah Jihan to discuss turning to the southeast, he was taken aback and probably thought I was too bold.

I said, "He's here? Quickly invite him in." Seeing that Feng Qi's eyes were full of worry, I couldn't help but smiled, and said, "Brother Feng, don't worry." Feng Qi stood at attention and said in a low voice, "General Chu, he has dozens of personal soldiers with him, do you want us to stay inside?" Shajihan must have sensed something was wrong.It's just that no matter how smart he is, he can't escape my trick.I said: "No need. If you are inside, he will become suspicious instead." Seeing what he wanted to say, I said, "Don't worry, he won't attack me, please come in. Remember what I told you .”

Feng Qi said: "Yes, this subordinate remembers." He turned around and went out. As soon as the door curtain opened, Shajihan came in.As soon as he saw me, he bowed and saluted, saying: "Chu Dudu, Shajihan is very polite." His words are very polite, but the four bodyguards behind him have already shown that he doesn't trust me at all.He is the nominal supreme commander of the expeditionary force, so I should have an audience with him, so I hypothesized that I had a sudden illness and asked him to come over to discuss important military affairs. Shajihan was very attentive, rushed to my bed and said, "Captain, what's wrong with you?"

I coughed twice, pretending to be weak, and said: "My lord, the Superintendent, the last general suddenly contracted a serious illness, so I have to ask the Lord Superviser to move the jade." Shajihan said: "What disease does the governor have? How can this be good?" He said very concerned. "I'm afraid I've been caught in a miasma." I sighed, "Now I can no longer command the troops, and I can only have the full authority of the Labor Supervision Army." He was immediately attracted by me, leaned over and said, "Lord Governor, is your illness so serious?"

I secretly laughed in my heart.Marquis Wen gave him a secret order that if I don't obey the order, I will be taken down. Now he must not expect that I will hand over all the military power to him.Even if you are older than Shajihan, you can't escape this strategy of retreating to advance and luring the enemy to go deep.I sighed and said, "I don't know if I'll recover from this illness." Shajihan paused for a moment, then suddenly said in a low voice: "Then, General Chu, go to die." As soon as he finished speaking, the four bodyguards rushed over and stood around me with their knives drawn.I was stunned, and said: "Master Supervisor, what do you mean at this time?" My hand was already holding the Baipi knife under the quilt.Shajihan's action was a big surprise to me. I just thought that when I said this, there would always be some politeness on his surface. A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Shajihan's mouth.Seeing his smile like this, my heart couldn't help but tremble.I am too familiar with this kind of smile, it is clearly the same as that of Marquis Wen.Although this young man is a Di, he may become a Marquis of Wen again when he grows up.He laughed silently: "Master Dudu, Lord Wenhou has an order when we arrive. As long as you have a different mind, let me kill you on the spot. General Chu, even though you are seriously ill, you have not been dispatched a while ago. , Colluding secretly with the Republican Army, this crime is punishable!" Marquis Wen actually wants to kill me immediately!I couldn't help but stunned.Although we are becoming more and more distant from Marquis Wen now, when he arrived, he even asked me to come over and teach me the opportunity face to face. I always felt in my heart that no matter what, Marquis Wen would not treat me like this.Could it be that he already knew about my secret refuge with the emperor?There was a sharp pain in my heart.Although I have taken refuge in the emperor, I also swear that as long as Wenhou has never really committed an act of disobedience, I will never rebel against Wenhou.However, Marquis Wen obviously didn't think so. I looked at Shajihan and said, "Master Supervisor, you killed me, how will you explain to the army?" Shajihan looked at the person beside him, smiled and said, "Tabri, tell General Chu what skills you have." This Tabri is also a Di man, but his appearance is quite different from that of ordinary Di men.He bowed to me and said, "My lord, in Xiatabri, my specialty is making human skin masks." When he mentioned the word "human skin mask", I couldn't help but tremble all over, and I understood Shajihan's intention in an instant.Tabri is very similar to my figure, and Shajihan wanted to kill me and let Tabri pretend to be me.Because I claim to be seriously ill, most people will not be able to find out when I pretend to be me.In this way, everything will truly be under his control, and when he releases the news that I died of a serious illness, no one will doubt it.If I don't use this kind of strategy, but just try to win him over, I'm afraid it will be self-defeating, and he will follow suit. I looked at Shajihan and said slowly, "Shajihan, are you really going to kill me?" I stared at him, and he was also looking at me at the beginning, after a while, he finally couldn't block my gaze, turned his head and said: "I..." After he said a word, his whole body was shocked, and his hands trembled. Shaking, like in pain. It's done!I couldn't hold back my joy.There is a small space behind my sickbed, and Zheng Zhao is sitting in it.Call Shajihan over and control him with telekinesis, this is my plan.Zheng Zhao told me that in order to use the mind-stimulating technique, the other party must be in a state of uncertainty, so I stared at him closely, taking advantage of the flicker in his eyes, Zheng Zhao succeeded in one fell swoop. His four bodyguards didn't know what happened to Shajihan, that Tabri asked, "Prince, what's wrong?" Shajihan's expression was very painful, I knew he was fighting against Zheng Zhao's mind control.But this mind-stimulating technique came and went without a trace, I'm afraid he didn't know how to resist it at all, and he couldn't even utter a single word.As I was looking at him, Shajihan suddenly stretched out his hand to pull out the waist knife, but this small waist knife seemed to be extremely heavy, and he pulled it out very slowly. He is going to kill me?I was stunned, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I shouted: "Don't let the prince commit suicide!" The four bodyguards were already confused. They probably felt that Shajihan was ordered to kill me, but they couldn't bear it. Hearing what I said, they even thought that Shajihan wanted to commit suicide because of the battle between heaven and man.Natabri was loyal, snatched Shajihan's waist knife, and said: "Prince, don't be too hard on yourself." Shajihan wanted to stab himself in order to break Zheng Zhao's mind control technique.As soon as his waist knife was snatched away, his whole body trembled, and he suddenly calmed down.Knowing that Zheng Zhao's mind control technique has completely controlled Shajihan, I was secretly happy and said, "Prince Shajihan, do you still want to kill me?" Shajihan shook his head and said, "You guys, follow General Chu's orders from now on." Taburi asked anxiously: "Prince, what are you going to do?" Shajihan asked them to kill me just now, and then asked them to obey my order, which must have made them at a loss. Shajihan grunted twice, and shouted: "Follow General Chu's orders!" He yelled sharply, a column of blood spewed out of his mouth suddenly, and he fell forward.Tabri supported him and looked at me again, with a face of bewilderment. Zheng Zhao's mind-stimulating technique can kill people from afar!I was also taken aback.In the eyes of Tabri and the others, my astonished look is naturally unsuspecting.I said: "Hurry up, go and call Doctor Jiang!" I deliberately didn't mention sending Shajihan to the medical camp, for fear that after sending Shajihan, he would not die, but would wake up instead.Just after finishing speaking, Zheng Zhao whispered in his ear: "Take them down!" Zheng Zhao's voice was also extremely weak.I couldn't help being surprised again, seeing that Tabri was about to leave, I hurriedly said: "I'm afraid it's too late, wait, I'll call someone in, Feng Qi!" Tabri saluted me, his face full of shame.Just now they were forcing me with knives, but now I think about Shajihan so much, even Di Ren must be very moved by such an act of repaying hatred with kindness.I suddenly called out to him with great anger, and he didn't care about doubts. Feng Qi was guarding the door, and when he heard my cry, several people from Ten Swords Slashed rushed in at the same time.He was afraid that Shajihan would do me a disservice, so when he came in, he still had his hand on the waist knife. When he came in, he saw that Shajihan's chest was covered with blood and lay on the side. He couldn't help being surprised, so I waved and said, "Feng Qihan , do it!" This is what I explained in advance.As soon as they were called in, they suddenly caught Shajihan and the others.They acted very fast, and Tabri and the others were still preparing for me to ask Feng Qi and the others to help carry people. They were unprepared, and the nine people who had cut ten swords suddenly started, two serving one. Although these four Di people were strong, they could fight in close quarters But they were far from Feng Qi's opponents. In the blink of an eye, the four of them were knocked unconscious at the same time.Feng Qi originally wanted to deal with Shajihan, but he hadn't done it yet. Seeing that Shajihan had fallen to the ground, he couldn't help being startled. When the four people were knocked over, I got up from the bed and said, "Okay, take the four people and Shajihan's body to the back tent first. Be careful, don't let others notice." Shajihan died for no apparent reason, and the four bodyguards were also defenseless, Feng Qi must have been puzzled.It's just that he didn't say anything, he bowed and carried the four people to the back tent.As soon as they left, I opened the curtain and said, "Brother Zheng!" Zheng Zhao's face was extremely pale.He was sitting on a chair, clutching his chest with both hands, saw me, and said, "Have you taken it?" I said: "It's all taken." He looked too weak, I helped him to the bed and let him lie down, and said: "Brother Zheng, why did Shajihan die?" Zheng Zhao gasped for a while, and said, "This Diren boy is really strong-willed, and I almost couldn't control him, so I had no choice but to kill him." He looked up at me, and said, "Brother Chu, there is one thing I want to do. Ask you." I said: "What?" "Kill those four Di people immediately." I was startled, and immediately understood, and said, "Is it because your mind control technique can kill people?" Zheng Zhao's face became even paler, and he said with a wry smile, "Yes, I gave you another handle." Anyone would be afraid that Zheng Zhao's mind-stimulating technique has such power, if the Nanwu son knows that Zheng Zhao has this kind of ability, his first thought will be to get rid of him, so as to prevent future troubles. It seems that the Republican Army is far from being a worry-free paradise as it advertises. It also has intrigues and infighting.After killing those four bodyguards, I am the only one in the world who knows that Zheng Zhao has this kind of ability, so Zheng Zhao said that he gave me another handle. My face was probably a little pale, and I murmured: "Brother Zheng, thank you for not killing me, I appreciate it." He just can't use mind-reading skills on me, and mind-stimulating skills are still available.If he wants to kill me, he can kill me too. Zheng Zhao smiled wryly, coughed a few times, and said, "Don't think that this kind of murderous intention is easy to use. It's a kind of killing method with a knife. If you don't have the murderous intention, I won't be able to kill you at all. Just now, this young man's murderous intentions are extremely strong. Sheng, if I don’t kill him, he’s going to cut off your head soon.” He coughed twice, and said, “Stop talking, kill those four Di people immediately!” What Zheng Zhao is most afraid of now is that the news of his murderous intentions will spread.It's just that Shajihan has a Diren cavalry of 300 men on hand.Although there are not many, the Diren cavalry are famous for their bravery, so they must be careful.I originally wanted to control Shajihan and let him issue orders to gradually disarm the three hundred Diren cavalry, but now that Shajihan is dead, this plan will not work.I thought about it, and said: "Wait a while before killing, there is still someone who is still useful, I still have to rely on you, Brother Zheng." Zheng Zhao hesitated for a moment, he was extremely tired from using the mind-killing technique, and it must be difficult for him to use this kind of technique again.But he also knows that now we are riding a tiger, and we have to fight no matter what.He nodded and said: "Okay, I know you want to use that Tabri who can make a human skin mask. This man's will is far less than that of Shajihan, and I can still hold it." He took out a bottle from his arms , took a sip, took a long breath, and said, "What should I do?" When he opened the bottle, I smelled Wangyou juice.Wangyou fruit juice has immediate effect after taking it, and it can immediately relieve pain and refresh oneself. However, this kind of fruit juice treats the symptoms, not the root cause, and will cause damage to the human body afterwards.I said: "Okay, take a rest first, I will bring Natabri here later, listen to me say 'do it', and you will control him." I told him my plan, Zheng Zhao nodded and said, "I remember." I said, "Take a rest, I'm tired." Let him sit behind the curtain, and I asked Feng Qi to bring the commander of Shaofengguan Wude Battalion and the little prince to him. They came very quickly, and Shao Fengguan wanted to say a few jokes when he came in, but seeing my serious face, he didn't say anything.I let them sit down and said: "Everyone, it is the critical moment of our expeditionary army. Just now, the supervising army Shajihan and several people came to assassinate me." How to deal with Shajihan, I only told Shao Fengguan a little bit, the five commanders of the Wudeying Battalion don't know yet, but they must have guessed that I will deal with Shajihan sooner or later.Hearing what I said, Cao Wendao stood up "suddenly" and said, "What? Commander, I'll kill him!" I said, "No need, Shajihan is dead." As soon as these words came out, not only the five commanders, but also Shao Fengguan's expression changed.Cao Wendao said that he was going to kill Shajihan, but no one would take it seriously.But if I kill Shah Jihan, that is open treason.The plan I told Shao Fengguan was not to kill Shajihan. Yang Yidao: "Commander, even though Shajihan deserves to die the most, how should he explain to Lord Wenhou?" I said: "This is a matter for the future. The key now is how to deal with his three hundred soldiers without anyone noticing." In this kind of thing in the officialdom, the most used tone is "sudden illness and death", but saying that Shajihan suddenly died of a sudden illness in my tent, I'm afraid it will add fuel to the fire.Yang Yi hesitated for a while, and said: "If you don't do it, you can't stop, just..." What Yang Yi meant was to kill those three hundred people together before the news leaked out.I can't help being kind at such a time, but I really can't do it if I want to kill those three hundred innocent people together.I said: "Kill them all, it's too cruel. I have an idea, then Shajihan has one of his subordinates who is good at making human skin masks, Shajihan was about to kill me just now, disguised as me, so that you don't Suspicion. We might as well use his own way to deal with him, and let this person deceive those three hundred people." Yang Yidao: "Will this person listen? Even if you threaten him, if he changes his mind at that time, wouldn't it be self-defeating?" Yang Yi still doesn't know about Zheng Zhao's mind-taking technique.I smiled and said, "He won't change his mind." Cao Wendao suddenly asked, "Tongzhi, is that Mr. Zheng Zhao here?" What he said took me by surprise.Zheng Zhao came to discuss the matter, and this matter was extremely confidential, and Zheng Zhao also kept it very well.I don't know how Cao Wendao guessed it, but I immediately remembered that when Cao Wendao and I were ordered to capture Zheng Zhao, we both fell into his mind-boosting technique.Afterwards, Cao Wendao didn't say anything, but he must have a heart for Zheng Zhao. Now he thinks that the best person who can control Taburi is this person who can control other people's minds.I didn't know how to answer, and Zheng Zhao's voice suddenly came from behind: "General Cao's eyes are as bright as lightning." I turned my head and saw Zheng Zhao lifted the curtain and came out.His complexion has returned to normal at this time, but Cao Wendao's complexion is a bit ugly.Shao Fengguan and the others didn't expect Zheng Zhao to be in my tent, Shao Fengguan was surprised and said: "Mr. Zheng!" Zheng Zhao smiled slightly, and said to me: "General Chu, the plan that this General Yang made is the best strategy. The three hundred Di troops are not easy to deal with, and keeping them is always a disaster. It is better to solve them." .” Of course you think it's best to kill them.I was thinking in my heart, before I could speak, Shao Fengguan suddenly said: "Mr. Zheng's words are reasonable, I think it must be completely wiped out." I was confused, and said: "How to eliminate it?" Lian Baice interrupted and said: "Let that person pretend to be Shajihan's army supervisor, and just let out the wind that the little prince is ordered to come, and all the troops will inspect it urgently. Then let the little prince order Shajihan to hand over the seal of the army supervisor, and let the army go to the police station." The fake Shajihan pretended not to do so and started a rebellion, so he could justifiably kill them." This strategy is very vicious. Although Lian Baice didn't say which side he supported, he came up with an idea and obviously supported the complete annihilation of the Di army.The army formed an army, and these three hundred people belonged to the supervising army. This is really a big taboo for military strategists, and Lian Baice must really want to get rid of them. Now that Shao Fengguan and the two commanders have agreed to wipe out the Di army, I was in a state of confusion and said, "It's just that this is too dishonest..." Shao Feng said: "Soldiers act deceitfully, there is no faith at all." He looked up at Cao Wendao, Chen Zhong and Qian Wenyi, and said, "What do you think of the three commanders?" Cao Wendao knocked on the table and said: "Controlling, the last general also thinks it's the best policy to solve it in one fell swoop, otherwise it's a heart disease." Chen Zhong looked at me and didn't say anything, but Qian Wenyi said: "The governor doesn't want to kill more, it's the heart of a benevolent man." I couldn't help but smile wryly.Qian Wenyi didn't want to offend me. Although he didn't clearly support the idea of ​​annihilating the Di army, there was obviously such a meaning in his words.I was still hesitating, but Cao Wendao yelled in a low voice: "Controlling, now it has become a tiger riding a tiger. Even if we don't kill these 300 people, we can't escape the name of rebellion. The only way is to keep our mouths shut first. Killing the Snake Man in one fell swoop, with this skill, even if Marquis Wen wanted to blame him after returning to the imperial capital, he would not say anything." A light flashed in my mind.Although Cao Wendao was a little reckless, what he said was really reasonable.I went against Marquis Wen's intention to join forces with the Republican Army, which is already tantamount to rebellion, and killing the three hundred Di troops will not change the reality of rebellion.It's just that, after all, it's three hundred lives. I really can't open my mouth to order me to kill them all for no reason.Just as I was thinking, Cao Wendao slapped the table again and said, "Controlling, make a quick decision, kill him!" Before I could speak, Yang Yi also stood up and said, "Controlling, if you don't kill these three hundred people, there will be a catastrophe. Make a quick decision, and you can't be compassionate at this time." If I were still the little centurion in the vanguard battalion back then, I would have scolded him sharply and called him nonsense.Only, right now I can't tell.I can't kill those innocent people.But because I don't kill them, I will implicate the officers above the middle level of the Wude Battalion in the future when Marquis Wen is purged. I can't even imagine such a thing. My heart was in a mess, and I could vaguely understand Marquis Wu's decision at the time, but now that I am in this position, I can no longer control many things by myself.I sigh to myself.It would be better if I were still a small officer who only knew how to charge and fight. Chen Zhongdao: "It's just that those 300 people didn't commit any crimes at all. If you kill them, how can you convince them?" Cao Wendao said in a low voice: "They belong to Shajihan's personal soldiers, and this is a capital offense. Once these three hundred people make trouble, far more than three hundred people will die." Chen Zhongdao: "But they may not make trouble..." Before he finished speaking, he stopped and lowered his head. Shao Feng said: "Brother Chu, it's time for you to make up your mind." I looked at them.Now most of the five commanders representing the Wude Battalion, Shao Fengguan representing the Feng Corps, and Zheng Zhao representing the Republican Army have all agreed to wipe out the Diren Army. It is self-evident what decision I have to make.I nodded, trying not to tremble in my voice, and said, "Okay, let's follow Commander Yang's plan." This is the best solution as Zheng Zhao said, but my heart still hurts.I suddenly thought of the eight-character inscription on the Baipi Knife. "It's not easy to be the only one with the sword." At first, I thought these eight words were ordinary, but now I feel more and more the pain and regret in them.Sometimes, you can only do things against your will. When Li Sijin grew old back then, he was afraid that he would live in self-blame, but would I also be like this? With Zheng Zhao in charge, everything went according to plan.Tabri was controlled by Zheng Zhao and changed into the appearance of Shajihan. Because Shajihan grew a beard, although he was young, he was quite tall, and he was almost the same as me. It was easier for Taburi to play him than me .In addition, it was night, and Zheng Zhao controlled Tabri to express his resistance in public on the grounds that the little prince was ordered to take over the position of military supervisor.Those Di soldiers were really loyal, and they had no time to tell whether it was the real Shah Jihan or the fake Shah Jihan, so they made trouble in public.It's just that the Wude Camp is ready to fight, and the Di Renjun has not had time to rush to me, and the Wude Camp has almost chopped melons and vegetables.None of the 300 Di soldiers, including Tabri, remained, and all their heads were cut off. I stood side by side with the little prince on the viewing platform, watching the Di army crumble under the attack of Wude Battalion.Di people are all cavalry, but they didn't ride horses during the military parade. They can't show their strengths, let alone the opponents of Wudeying.Looking at the broken arms and limbs all over the floor, I suddenly felt like vomiting.I have seen more bloody scenes on the battlefield, but now this kind of massacre makes me extremely uncomfortable. "General Chu, look at that man, he's quite capable." The little prince suddenly cried out, pointing to a Di man in the field.At this time, there were only thirty or forty Di people left, and they were still dying. One of the Di people with a gun was very good at marksmanship, blocking from left to right, and the soldiers of the Wude Battalion were unable to take him down.However, with the strength of that person's ability, he was still unable to fight against the Wude Battalion formed in formation, and was retreating step by step.At this time, the circle formed by the Wude Camp was getting smaller and smaller, and if he got closer, the man would have no way to retreat, and could only die under the knife and gun. I said: "Yeah, this guy is good at marksmanship. Most Di people are not good at marksmanship, but this guy is an anomaly." The little prince scratched his head and said, "General Chu, I think... this... that man is very capable, should he die with dignity?" I said, "Do you want to compete with him?" The little prince nodded.He was obsessed with marksmanship like his life, seeing that Di Ren's marksmanship was so good, it was unavoidable that he couldn't bear it. I lowered my face and said, "No. If you are fighting with him now, then you are looking down on him, and you have to tease him before he dies. Let him die under the sword and gun, like a scumbag." Man." That man really looked like a man, at this moment he had no way to retreat, surrounded by Wude camp pressing up on all sides, he finally let out a loud roar and rushed towards the east.This desperate blow was really fierce, he had just rushed two steps when two long spears pierced his body.But Di Ren didn't realize it, and still rushed forward, stabbing a soldier.No one can stop this desperate fighting method, the unlucky Wude camp soldier was pierced through by this gun.Before the Di man could draw out his gun, more than a dozen guns stabbed him at the same time. This time, he couldn't fight for his life. There were blood holes all over his body, and his whole body seemed to be soaked in blood. Seeing that Di Ren's desperate blow, the little prince let out an "ah".That Di Ren's marksmanship was excellent, but the last shot was no longer a marksmanship, but it happened that no one could block this shot.The little prince's body trembled a little, probably thinking about it, if he really wanted to compete with guns just now, he might not be able to stop that person from fighting with his life.He murmured, "What kind of marksmanship is this?" I said: "Your Highness, on the battlefield, spear skills cannot actually determine the outcome of a duel." It's life and death on the battlefield, and no one will come to compete with you move by move.Teacher Wu Zhao is known as the best gun in the world. If he went to battle, he might not be able to be dealt with one-on-one by others, but as long as three or four soldiers stepped forward to besiege him, he would die.On the battlefield, what decides the outcome is actually a brave spirit that is not afraid of death.It's just that the little prince is pampered, he can practice spear skills to perfection, but he lacks this momentum. The little prince was silent.After a while, he said: "General Chu, is it true that the way of a general needs to be ruthless?" I lowered my head and said, "A soldier's murder weapon is always an ominous thing. Although you must be ruthless on the battlefield, if you continue to be ruthless, you yourself will become a murder weapon. To be a general, the most important thing is to It is the heart of the benevolent." "The heart of the benevolent?" "Yes. A benevolent man loves others and treats everyone in the world as his own body. Only in this way can he be a general." As I said this, my heart felt cramped again.Can I do these words?I used to tell Henry Ding that the Republican Army said one thing and did another, but even if it was me, wouldn't it be the same?The benevolent loves others, how much can I do? please forgive me.If you turn into ghosts and find someone to take your life, I am willing to go to hell with you to bear this sin. Watching the last Diren become a corpse, I spoke silently.Even though the Di man was dead, he still didn't fall, standing in the middle, his whole body was soaked with blood, his eyes still showed anger and puzzlement. After solving the Diren army, I immediately mobilized all the troops to set off urgently and turned to the southeast. Zheng Zhao and I walked in front of the team. Zheng Zhao's riding skills are not bad, and he is very flexible on horseback.We chatted about the scenery of various places along the way, but it was more like two old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.But Zheng Zhao never told me about the internal situation of the Republican Army. Several times I tried to ask him about Hai Lao by insinuating, but he always changed the topic. I knew he must be wary of me. me too. It takes four to five days to bypass Gaojiu City from Bingde Province to the southeast.We set off on March 11th, and on the evening of March 15th, the scouts in front of us reported that the forward of our army was only 30 miles away from Gaojiu City. Gaojiu City.When the name of this nightmarish city came to my ears again, I almost thought I was having a dream, a long nightmare. Cao Wendao, who was in charge of opening the way, brought his horse over at this time, and when he was two feet away from my horse, he saluted and said, "Control, the Republican army's grain envoy has arrived." The condition that Zheng Zhao gave me was that the Republican Army would provide food and grass. It was a good plan to meet up in Gaojiu City, but I didn't expect to change my mind.I don't know why Cao Wendao stayed so far away, and said, "Let him come here." Cao Wendao hesitated for a moment, and said, "Tong Zhi, it's best for you to look into the issue of food and grass by yourself." Cao Wendao has always been outspoken, but his hesitant appearance now makes me a little suspicious.I turned my head to look at Zheng Zhao, and saw that he was also looking at Cao Wendao with a strange look in his eyes, and my heart shivered, and I said, "Mr. Zheng, excuse me." When Zheng Zhao was called by me, his whole body trembled, and he smiled again: "General Chu, please go ahead." Zheng Zhao must be going to read Cao Wendao's mind, but I interrupted him, he probably can't read anything now.I was afraid that the night would be full of dreams, so I clamped the flying feathers under my crotch and said, "General Cao, come with me." When I was ten or twenty feet away from Zheng Zhao, I confirmed that he could no longer use mind reading skills, I whispered Said: "What's the matter?" Cao Wendao said in a low voice: "Republican Henry Ding is also here, and he said he has something to tell you." Henry Ding?I was a little stunned and said, "Let's go." The envoy named Sun Shuquan was the deputy of Kong Renying, head of the Customs Department of Wuyang City, and this time he brought us 300,000 catties of grain and grass supplies.Wuyang City has always been known for its prosperity, and now the rear has stabilized, and the trade with overseas is very frequent, and it has completely restored its old outlook. Therefore, although Wuyang City has a large population, their grain reserves are extremely abundant. Three hundred thousand catties of grain and grass are equal to them. It's like a drop in the bucket.Since the expeditionary force set off from Bingde Province, although they still had enough food and grass, they had already eaten a lot when they arrived here, and there was not much left. Sun Shuquan's supplies came very timely. I asked Cao Wendao to inform Qian Wenyi to come over to receive the batch of grain and grass, and then led the horse to Ding Henry.When I came up to him, I cupped my hands and said, "General Ding, it's really a fate, are you here all right?" Henry Ding was standing in front of the grain cart, with two soldiers leading his horse.Seeing me coming, he cupped his hands and said, "General Chu, long time no see." I jumped off the horse, walked towards Henry Ding, and said, "General Ding ordered me to come, what advice do you have?" Ding Henry said: "General Chu, there is something that needs to be reported to General Chu." He spoke very solemnly, and I said, "What's the matter?" Ding Henry hesitated for a while, and said: "We originally planned to transport the grain and grass to Gaojiu City to store up, and then transport it when the war starts so that we won't be unable to help. It's just..." Gaojiu City is located between Fuxi Valley and Wuyang City. Setting this place as a transit point can indeed get twice the result with half the effort.I said: "Yeah, why do you want to be so lucky now?" Ding Henry said: "It was going smoothly, but when we came here, we found out that there was a group of snake people in Gaojiu City at some point. What I brought was just a food transport team, and I was about to ask for help from the rear. , just in time for you to come." I was startled, and said: "Is there such a thing?" Ding Henry smiled bitterly, and said: "This is because I underestimated the enemy too much, and I didn't check first, which made me in a dilemma. General Chu, you came just in time, and I can only rely on you, General Chu." "Bastard, what a coincidence, it's clearly a trap!" Cao Wendao slapped the case hard, "General Chu, they obviously want us to have a fierce fight with the snake man first." I smiled wryly.I don't believe that with Henry Ding's ability, he didn't even find out about the snake man in Gaojiu City in advance.What the hell is he thinking?Just to let us show off?Or do you want to sneak attack on us like in Nan'an City? I looked at Yang Yi and Lian Baice, and said, "General Yang, what do you think?" Yang Yi tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Captain, the Republican Army may be ambushing nearby. What they want is to see the real strength of our army." I was silent for a while, and said, "General Lian, what do you think?" 廉百策没有抬头，皱起眉，半晌才道：“楚将军，上一次和共和军联手合攻南安城，我军的实力，丁亨利应该已经知道了。” 那一次明士贞逃到营中，说当时共和军正是奉了海老之命要与我们火拼，结果何从景权衡之下，不再听信海老提议，反要将海老拿下。那时海老让共和军与帝国军火拼的理由是帝国军的诸多武器，但明士贞告诉我共和军已有了一种神威炮，与帝国军火军团的神龙炮相埒。何从景大概觉得帝国军的武器并不大占上风，所以才会对海老起疑吧。我点了点头，道：“是。” “方才那丁亨利过来，我在他身上没闻到有火药之味。恐怕，”廉百策抬起头，有些忧虑地看着我，“楚将军，恐怕共和军已经发明了一种比我们的火药更有效的东西了。” 比火药更有效？我呆了呆，一时还想不通是什么意思。回过神来，我道：“真会如此？” 廉百策道：“方才丁亨利与楚将军你交谈时，末将有意与那些共和军押粮队搭话。他们虽然不知底细，但隐约也听说，何从景手下有个叫虚心子的人发明了一种白色火药。” 火药是硫黄、硝石、炭合并而成，现在的配方约略是七硝一硫二炭。硝石虽是白色，但因为掺有硫黄与炭粉，所以拌匀后颜色是灰黑色的。听廉百策说什么白色火药，我道：“难道用的是纯硝石么？” 廉百策道：“是不是纯硝石我们现在也探听不到。不过共和军用了这种白火药，末将以为他们一定是想在实战中测试一下。” 曹闻道在一边道：“他们若要测试，趁我们没来时自行攻击蛇人，岂不是更好？” 共和军测试的并不是炮火的威力，而是与帝国军神龙炮的比较吧。我还没说话，廉百策已冷笑道：“他们要测试与我们的神龙炮相比，哪个威力更大。” 曹闻道诧道：“他们测这个做……”刚说了半句，他一下睁大了眼，道：“是要对我们下手！” 廉百策点了点头，道：“如果他们的火炮射程、威力不及我们，到时一旦双方开战，吃亏的是他们。需要这等临阵磨枪的测试，显然他们马上就要用炮火来对付我们了。” 曹闻道呆住了。共和军迟早会对我们下手，大家心中都有准备。只是现在对蛇人巢穴的远征还不曾开始，共和军就在准备对付我们，廉百策这等说法实在令人难以置信。可是，丁亨利手下有相当强的武装，他要攻破盘踞在高鹫城的蛇人残军，可以说不费吹灰之力。现在他要如此做作，我也只能承认廉百策的想法极有道理。 陈忠忽然道：“只是，那位丁将军看上去是个正直的人，他会这么做吗？” 廉百策冷笑道：“正直？也许他是个正直的人。只是在正直的共和军眼里，我们都是些帝国鹰犬，都是需要斩尽杀绝的。” 陈忠没有再说什么。其实，在他们眼里，现在共和军虽然是同盟，同样也是迟早要消灭的一支叛军而已。我想说丁亨利不会这么做，但却说不出口。换了我，会这样么？我想说不会，但也知道这只是一句谎言。 我道：“廉将军，你虽然这样认为，可是有证据么？” 廉百策站起身，向我行了个大礼，道：“都督，末将若无十分把握，决不敢如此嚣张。末将在共和军中布有一个眼线，这消息是他舍命得来，请都督万万不可掉以轻心。” 眼线？我不由怔住了，马上又点了点头，道：“好。”我想了想，看了他们一眼，道：“现在神龙炮的有效距离是两百步左右，明日攻打高鹫城，我自有办法。只消瞒过丁亨利，他们就不敢对我们轻易下手了。” 他们几个都站了起来，道：“遵命。” 开完这个战前会议，我突然觉得疲倦之极。我走出营帐，向操练场走去。 这个操练场只是临时踩出来的，并不如何平整。南疆的气候湿热，草木繁盛，现在更是生得郁郁葱葱。为了扎营，辎重营曾将草皮略微割了一道，但留下的杂草还是深可没膝。我走在草丛中，拣了块石头坐下，呆呆地看着渐渐沉下去的夕阳。 “统制。” 曹闻道的声音突然在我背后想起。我转过头，却见他站在我身后五尺远的地方。我笑了笑，道：“曹兄，你不休息么？坐一会吧。怎么了，板着个脸？” 曹闻道坐到我身边。如果是平时私底下，他对我向来嘻嘻哈哈的，现在脸色却很凝重。他看了看四周，小声道：“统制，我觉得我不认识老廉了。” 我道：“怎么了？” “老廉平时从不出头，有什么话也总是在最后说。现在他好像变了个人一样。而且，他在共和军中放眼线，谁让他这么干的？” 我忽地一震。曹闻道的话提醒了我，廉百策作为五德营的一个统领，居然瞒着我在共和军中布眼线，这完全不像他的性格啊。如果说他暗中有推翻我之心，以他这种谨慎小心的性子，一定要瞒住我的，为什么今天如此锋芒毕露？现在为了丁亨利这件事我搞得焦头烂额，这些事都没想到，听曹闻道一提醒，我才觉得其中大有不寻常之处。我道：“你觉得呢？” 曹闻道摇了摇头，道：“我怕老廉也会和老钱当初在东平城时一样。统制，我觉得你对他们都未免太相信了，钱文义到底出卖过你一次，你还把这么重要的事交给他。” 我心头一阵乱，一时间也不知道自己的决策对不对。 不，我应该相信他们。杨易，钱文义，陈忠，廉百策，曹闻道，虽然他们性子各不相同，但都与我出生入死那么多年了，我如果不信任他们，那么这场仗也不用打了。 我拍拍他的肩，道：“曹兄，我们一同作战，也有六七年了吧，地军团正式成军也有几年了。这几年五德营百战百胜，还不曾打过败仗，靠的不正是上下一心吗？” 曹闻道没说什么。我们与蛇人交手已有几十次了，战斗中廉字营与勇字营配合也相当默契，曹闻道是个天生的军人，他自然知道战争中团结一致的重要性。 我道：“廉将军不管做什么，不管他是什么身份，首先我们就要相信他。我相信五德营的每一个弟兄，首先是五德营的一员，相信他绝对不会做出有损五德营的事。” 曹闻道大概被我一席话说得蒙了，点了点头，道：“是。” 看着他离去的背影，我不由暗自苦笑。方才说得慷慨激昂，但曹闻道的话也不无道理，廉百策的身份实在有些微妙。他说起“眼线”这两个字时，我就不自觉地想到了……文侯。