Chapter 9 Chapter 8: The Wise Man Wins

The wind was blowing the big flag on my back, and I flew higher and higher like a bird, and the camp of the snake people could be seen below. The place where the snake man is stationed is actually a valley.Southern Xinjiang is mountainous and densely forested, but the population is small. Most of them live in the city walls and villages along the plains, and there are only a few sporadic hunters in those mountains. In the air, I have turned a lot of thoughts.This valley is very large, and the two sides of the mountain walls are like knives. It is impossible to attack from both sides.There is a piece of woods ahead, if you use fire to attack, you can only burn the woods, but not their tents.And with the forest blocking it, the imperial cavalry was useless.Camping in this place, both offensive and defensive, the leader of the Snake Army really knows the art of war.

But why didn't the snake people attack with the whole army? I just find it strange.Each attack of the snake people does not exceed ten thousand people, but when they come, there are at least tens of thousands of dust heads.On the flagpole, I saw that the snake people's camp stretched for several miles, but the number of snake people who came out was no more than a few thousand.Even if not all came out, there would not be so few snake people. Could it be that it was a puppet trick? I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart.Can the snake man really come up with such a plan?If the Snake Man is really no more than 10,000 people, it would be a joke to entangle our 100,000 army here.

At this time, I was high above, and the two armies had a clear view. I could see the snakemen rushing out of the forest like a tide, and they were running towards the city with my flying kite being led by a rope by a black armored knight.Outside the woods, thousands of imperial troops are already waiting. Almost all of these imperial troops were vanguard battalions, with some remnants of the Dragon Scale Army among them.They went to the edge of the woods, but they stopped attacking. They must also know that the cavalry is useless in the woods, and they will definitely not be the opponent of the snake man.But the defense may not last long, the snake man's attack is like a storm, how long can they last?

At this moment, the black-armored knight who was leading me slowed down, and the kite dropped a lot.The man's technique of controlling the kite is very clever. I have also seen children flying kites, and they often fall headfirst when they receive them.If the kite also fell headfirst, I would still die, but the man slowly retracted the rope, and the kite lowered little by little, very stable. The kite dropped to a height of more than ten feet, and I was hanging under the kite, which was still eight or nine feet above the ground.The black armored knight waved to me, motioning for me to put away the flag.With one hand, I grabbed the rope and withdrew the spear from the flag.

At this time, I felt a pain in my left shoulder.The shot pierced my arm, and the injury was serious. I didn't feel any pain because of the effect of Wangyouguo, but now the effect of the medicine had expired, and the wound was painful. The black-armored knight probably knew that my injury was not serious, so he waved his hand, and a few dragon-scale soldiers surrounded him and helped him pull the rope, while others made gestures to catch me. When I got down to a height of more than a foot above the ground, I heard the snake people in the woods suddenly shout, and a black mass of snake people rushed out.

The Vanguard Battalion stood still, and those dragon scale troops tightened their grip on the ropes, as if they had full confidence in the Vanguard Battalion.A few people pulled harder, the kite lowered, and the momentum of its fall became more rapid, and I rushed straight to the ground.Seeing that I was about to fall headfirst to the ground, even though I couldn't fall to death at this height, I would still fall to the ground. Several dragon scale soldiers rushed over and grabbed my feet, one of them shouted: "General Chu, let go!" As soon as I let go of my hands, they lifted me and ran forward a few steps, eliminating my forward momentum.As soon as my feet hit the ground, I just stood still when I felt pain in my left arm as if it was splitting open, and I fell to the ground all at once.

Those dragon-scale soldiers surrounded me, and one of them helped me up and shouted: "General Chu! General Chu!" I untied Shen Xiping's head from my waist, handed it to a dragon-scale soldier beside me, and said, "This is General Shen's head..." I was about to say something, those Dragon Scale Army soldiers suddenly knelt down on the ground and said: "General Chu, General Chu will be ordered in the future, my Dragon Scale Army soldiers will definitely die." I couldn't speak, but I heard Qi Lie shouting: "General!" His voice was ecstatic.I turned my head and saw him leading my horse and running towards me.When he came to me, I said, "Who wants to come out to fight the snake man? Are you crazy?"

Qi Lie must have known that I would say this, and said: "General, don't worry, it was a plan made by Lu Tongzhi and Mr. Zhang, and I also came up with some ideas." I looked at the vanguard battalions lined up. In front of them were some fortifications made of branches. Lu Gongxing stood in the middle of the army, holding a flag in his hand.My heart brightened, and I said, "Use gunpowder?" He smiled and said, "Exactly." I struggled to get up, Qi Lie wrapped my arms, helped me onto the horse, and said: "General, go back." I said: "Brothers of the Dragon Scale Army, take General Shen's head back first, I want to see it again."

Those dragon scale soldiers bowed to me again, jumped on their horses and ran towards the city.I turned my horse's head and looked at the vanguard battalion lined up by the woods.The snake man who rushed to the front was only a few feet away from the forward battalion.I don't know what Lu Gongxing's plan is, if the firewood is burned, it may not be able to stop the attack of the snake man. With a wave of Lu Gongxing's banner, the whole army immediately retreated in an orderly manner, leaving all the fortifications to the Snakeman. What the hell is he trying to do? Before I could ask a question, the first group of snake men who rushed forward had already arrived at the fortification.Qi Lie was a little restless and said, "Don't let anything happen."

As if in response to his words, suddenly, there was a loud noise over there, and the ground seemed to tremble. Although my mount had been battled for a long time, it was so startled that I stood up.I grabbed the rein and led the horse, but I saw Qi Lie shouting excitedly: "General, it's done! It's done!" Just now on the side of the fortification, thick smoke was billowing, and the firewood was also burning.On the ground, there were stumps of snake people everywhere. Several snake people rushed out with fire all over their bodies, but the flames on their bodies were too strong, and they were burned into a pile within a few steps.Only one or two snake men broke through the fire formation, but they reached the front line of the forward line waiting in full force.No matter how stupid the snake man was, he didn't dare to rush again at this time.

My horse spun around in shock at the loud bang.I pulled the rein and the horse stopped. Qi Lie helped me hold the horse and said, "General, is it alright?" I murmured: "What a Zhang Longyou." The power of gunpowder is so powerful, I did not expect it.At this time, the smoke and dust had dissipated a little, and the place where the loud noise was made just now could be clearly seen.The place was flat just now, but now it looks like a deep ditch has been dug. Hundreds of snake-man corpses are piled up in one place, and tongues of fire spew out from time to time.Across the two zhang wide area, a group of panic-stricken snake men were watching, trying to get in or not. This kind of power, the offensive and defensive sides have never thought of it. At this time, Lu Gongxing said: "The whole army obeys the order and retreats into the city one by one without confusion." The Vanguard Battalion has come to me.The centurions I had been friends with nodded to me, and couldn't hide their smiles in their eyes. Even Pu Anli had a little respect for me. Lu Gongxing retreated at the end.The last row of vanguard battalion held long spears and did not dare to be negligent, but the snake men seemed to be frightened, and did not chase after them. A few snake men who had rushed out of the fire stood blankly in front of the fire.Killing these snake men is easy, but it is really unnecessary. When Lu Gongxing saw me, he smiled and said, "General Chu, congratulations on your escape, you have achieved full success." I said, "General Lu, how did you grasp the timing so well?" He smiled and said, "Now is not the time to talk, let's go back." After retreating into the city gate, just as the gate was closed, there was only the sound of thunder and drums exploding like thunder: "Qianfeng Battalion Commander Road respectfully marched, and Centurion Commander Chu Xiuhong of the Fifth Battalion rushed to the tent of the Chinese army. " We were startled, but we saw Lei Gu standing on the top of the city, holding a token in his hand.I whispered: "General Lu, does Marquis Wu know that we are going out?" He smiled wryly and said: "I never asked for orders, I sent troops privately." "what?" I was surprised again.Sending troops privately is no small crime.I said, "Why don't you ask for orders?" "It's urgent." He only said a word, then walked to the tent of the Chinese army.I followed him, a little nervously.Marquis Wu's news is really well-informed, maybe the Dragon Scale Army has reported it to him.I think, even if we have the crime of acting without permission, this victory is enough to offset it. If you can retreat as soon as possible, it is also worth it. As soon as we entered the tent of the Chinese army, Lu Gongxing and I knelt down and said, "Your Majesty Wan'an." Marquis Wu said, "Stand up and talk." We said: "Thank you, Junhou." He stood up straight, only to find that there were several generals of the Chinese army standing in the tent, Gao Tie Chong was sitting in his wheelchair, still wearing a bamboo hat with a veil hanging down, Zhang Longyou was also on the side, with the same expression on his face.My heart is settled, and I know that there is no serious problem, the pile of gunpowder must have been taken out by Zhang Longyou, he is a person whom Marquis Wu admires very much now, he loves the house and Wu, so he will not add any crime to us. Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Marquis Wu shout: "Lu Gongxing, who gave you the right to send troops to fight without permission?" Lu Gongxing raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, this battle happened suddenly, and I have no time to ask for orders. I have to cut it first and then play it. It is indeed against the military order. Please punish me, Your Majesty." Marquis Wu got down from his seat, followed by the big eagle and the little eagle.He stood in front of us and glanced around.I looked at Marquis Wu, afraid that he would say something like "Take Lu Gongxing down". After a while, Marquis Wu said: "Xiangfeng Battalion Commander Lu respectfully, Chu Xiuhong, Centurion Commander of the Fifth Battalion of Qianfeng." I was taken aback.Am I also included in the punishment?Indeed, I also violated the military order by going out of the camp without permission.But I think Marquis Wu probably won't punish me, at most it's just useless.If the 100,000 troops can be taught as soon as possible, then what is a little credit? Marquis Wu said: "Lu Gongxing, you didn't obey the orders, and sent out the Vanguard Battalion and the Dragon Scale Army privately, you should have been executed. But the military situation is urgent, the way of the general, you should adapt to the emergency, you have done a good job, so the merits are worth two." Come on, step back." Lu Gongxing said, "Thank you Marquis Wu." Marquis Wu looked at me, and said again: "Chu Xiuhong, the centurion commander of the Fifth Battalion of the forward, disobeyed the military order, and the crime is unforgivable. Kill him!" I was shocked, I never dreamed that Marquis Wu would deal with it like this.Lu Gongxing was also taken aback, he said loudly: "Your Majesty!" Marquis Wu looked at me and said, "Chu Xiuhong, do you have something to say?" I lowered my head and said, "Marquis Wu has dealt with it extremely well. If a soldier doesn't follow orders, how can he be called a soldier? Although he will make great achievements in the end, he has also committed a heinous crime. I only hope that Marquis Wu can make these ten Wan Dajun will take charge of the army as soon as possible, so that his bones will not be buried in a foreign country, and Chu Xiuhong will have no regrets in his death." Having said that, I know that Marquis Wu will not kill me.Back then, Lu Jingyu committed such a serious crime, so he also tacitly accepted that he fled, let alone I still have credit for it?Marquis Wu looked at me, suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, okay. It's good that you know." He came over, helped me up and said: "General Chu, on the day you broke the city, I saw that you were kind of a woman. As a general, you must never show any mercy to the enemy. Today you must know the weight of military orders. " As soon as I stood up, Marquis Wu suddenly pulled out the Baipi Saber from my waist, and slashed at my neck. This knife was as fast as a lightning strike, I never dreamed that Marquis Wu would strike suddenly while talking and laughing, and I couldn't help but close my eyes. There was a cold on the neck, but it didn't feel painful, and there was a burst of exclamation around my ears.I opened my eyes, but I saw Marquis Wu's knife resting on my neck, and did not cut it. He shouted: "Chu Xiuhong, the centurion of the Fifth Battalion of the Vanguard, listen to the order!" I fell to my knees and said, "The end is here." Marquis Wu said: "Chu Xiuhong, you disobeyed the military order. From today onwards, you will no longer be included in the roster of the Vanguard Battalion." Is this going to fire me?I was really surprised and said: "Your Majesty..." Marquis Wu put the saber back into the sheath around my waist, waved his hand, and said, "General Chu, from today onwards, you will be the commander of the Dragon Scale Army. I allow you to recruit people from the various armies to rebuild the Dragon Scale Army." Is that so?I couldn't help being surprised and delighted, and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty." As soon as the words fell, I felt a sharp pain in my left arm.I was holding back just now, but now my heart felt relieved, I couldn't bear it anymore, my body tilted, and I fell down. When I woke up, I only felt that I was lying on a soft bed.As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard a woman beside him say: "General Chu has woken up!" How can there be a woman?I was a little surprised, and my eyes were still a little blurry.When I looked closely, I saw that I was lying in a tent, and there were two women beside me. One was putting a wet cloth on my head, and the other was looking at me with a happy face.Interestingly, the two women look exactly the same, even with the same clothes. I struggled to sit up, but the two women hurriedly supported me, and one of them removed the wet cloth from my forehead.Just as I was about to ask a question, someone came in from outside the tent. I vaguely remembered that it was the officer of the Dragonscale Army who was pulling the string of the kite when I escaped from the snakeman camp. This man came up to me, knelt down and said: "Commander, the last general, Jin Qianshi, the sentry officer of the Dragon Scale Army, will see you." I have already arrived in the dragon scale army formation?I said: "General Jin, get up. Is this the barracks of the Dragon Scale Army?" Jin Qianshi said: "Yes. Commander Chu, please take good care of your generals. Marquis Wu has ordered that the troops will return to the court after the victory in the future." Victory in the future?I can't help but frown.Did Marquis Wu already have a plan to defeat the enemy?Jin Qianshi also seemed to understand my question, and said: "This is the strategy of General Lao Guoji of the Qianfeng Battalion. He has transferred Xue Wenyi from our army, and he will definitely win a big victory." I said, "Who is Xue Wenyi?" Jin Qianshi was waiting to reply, I said to the two women: "Hey, bring a chair for General Jin, don't let him stand." A woman hurriedly moved a chair over.The action was too hasty, and when I reached the bedside, I touched my left shoulder. I felt a pain and almost cried out, but I saw Jin Qianshi holding the steel knife in his hand, and shouted to the woman: "Get out!" The woman's face was ashen, and she whispered: "General..." I said, "General Jin, what's going on?" Jin Qianshi knelt down and said: "Commander, the last general will die. This woman actually hurt the commander. I will smash her to pieces." I was taken aback.That day Lu Gongxing and I came to the right army to inquire about the Snake Man, and we saw Tian Wei cut off the woman's hand to make dice, and later cut off the woman's head with a knife, that time I almost dueled him.I thought it was just Tian Wei who was arrogant and brutal, but from Jin Qianshi's words, it seems that most of the right army is like this.I secretly sighed, and said: "General Jin, please do me a favor and don't make things difficult for her, she has no intentions." Jin Qianshi said: "The commander has something to say, how dare the last general disobey it." I said to the two women: "Go to the side and rest." When they stepped back, I saw tears in their eyes.When they retreated, I couldn't help sighing. Although the Dragon Scale Army is formidable, but Shen Xiping's way of leading troops is beyond my ability.But things have come to this, I can't resign to Marquis Wu immediately.Perhaps, in Marquis Wu's heart, I can be regarded as his confidant, and the appointment of me as the commander of the Dragon Scale Army is also to bring this strong army under his command. I said to Jin Qianshi: "General Jin, get up, I am a bit of a mother-in-law, please don't mind General Jin. By the way, who is Xue Wenyi you are talking about?" Jin Qianshi sat on the chair and said: "Xue Wen is also the worker of our right army. He has a nickname called Xue Miaoshou, and he is very good at organ learning. By the way, when the commander took Master Shen's head back, he took He made that kite." I said: "That day, how did you prepare that thing? Do you know where I got stuck?" Jin Qianshi smiled and said: "That day we didn't know that the commander would also go. It was originally prepared for the outpost general Qin Quan and the left post general Chen Yifan. Because of the urgency, Xue Miaoshou only made one. Never thought, they He missed, but the commander won the first battle, and the heroes of the world are not all in Longlin's army." I can also hear the arrogance in his words.But at least he promised me to be a hero, I couldn't help but smile a little, and said: "But how did you seize the opportunity?" Jin Qianshi said: "This is Xue Miaoshou's miraculous skill. Commander, can you walk around now?" I tried it.Now I have three major wounds on my body, the one on my abdomen has been closed, and the problem is not serious. The leg is only a flesh wound, only one left arm is still in pain, and it does not hinder walking.I said: "OK." "Then please come with me, Commander." I was a little curious, turned over and wanted to get out of bed, Jin Qianshi shouted: "Hey, come out and help the leader get out of bed." The two women ran out in a panic, went to the bed and carefully supported me.I stood still, smiled at them and said, "Thank you." These words seemed to be scary words, and they were a little embarrassed all of a sudden, and they didn't know how to move their hands and feet. I ignored them and followed Jin Qianshi out.As soon as I walked out of the tent, I asked, "Where did those two girls come from?" Jin Qianshi said: "Those are the two captives of my subordinates. Doesn't the commander like it? It would be fun to see them look exactly the same in the end. If the commander doesn't like it, there are five more in my account, all of which can be considered stunning, but It's no better than them." I couldn't help but secretly sighed again, and said, "How many women are there in the Dragon Scale Army?" Jin Qianshi said: "Everyone has one or two. Don't laugh at the commander, the general has nothing else to do, and the only thing he wants is this wine and sex." As he spoke, his face couldn't help but blush slightly. I said seriously: "General Jin, please tell the brothers in the Dragon Scale Army to treat them better in the future." As soon as Jin Qianshi's face changed, he knelt down again and said: "The last general will die. At the beginning and the end, there were ten concubines, but I killed three of them. I must treat them better in the future." I helped him up with one hand and said: "General Jin is older than me, I am just lucky enough to be in this position, we are all brothers, the general listens to my orders on the battlefield, and you don't have to be too formal when you ask the general to call me by my name. It will be done." Jin Qianshi stood up with a strange expression on his face, as if he was a little puzzled.Perhaps, Shen Xiping's military discipline was very chaotic, but he was very particular about the superiority and inferiority of the upper and lower ranks.He also couldn't figure it out when he met me, a disrespectful leader. take it easy. I looked at the sky.It was also getting late, and the area around Ximen was very peaceful.Marquis Wu's order to seal the sword has been issued for four days, although the right army did not dare to disobey, not to mention that there are not many people left in the city.There are 50,000 to 60,000 city residents gathered in the People's Square, and I really didn't expect that in the past few days of massacring the city, a very large number of them have been slaughtered.At the beginning of the siege, there were about 800,000 soldiers and civilians in the city. More than 700,000 people died.Of the more than 700,000 people, half of those who starved to death and the Republican Army themselves ended up killing people to satisfy their hunger.But even so, at least 300,000 to 400,000 people died in the massacre of the imperial army.A hundred thousand troops, who has no blood on their hands? At this time, Jin Qianshi said: "Commander, that's the one." He pointed to an arrow tower.I raised my head, but saw a long bamboo tube protruding from the arrow tower. "what is that?" Jin Qianshi said: "Go up and have a look." He walked up, and just as I took a step, I felt another pain in my shoulder, and my body shook.Jin Qianshi jumped down the steps, supported me and said: "Damn it, I forgot that the commander's injury is still not healed." I said, "It's nothing serious, thank you General Jin." I said it's nothing serious, half of it is of course to be strong, and the other half is not a lie.The medical officer is Ye Tai, a reincarnated disciple of Master Tianji.Zhang Longyou's Shangqing Danding Sect advocates alchemy and has also refined some medicines. The Qingxu Tuna Sect does not advocate alchemy, but they pay more attention to medicine.Although ascension is the main focus and medical knowledge is supplemented, some people in the Qingxu Tuna sect put the cart before the horse and put the medical knowledge first.Ye Tai's medical skills come from that school, because in the army, he has experience in traumatology.I was injured badly, but today I feel a little itchy in the pain, which is a sign that the wound is healing.On the way, I asked Jin Qianshi about Lao Guoji's plan, but he didn't know much about it, he only knew that the Chinese army was making preparations, and he didn't know what it would be useful to select small dead soldiers from each army. As soon as he walked up the archery tower, two soldiers were sitting on the side.Seeing Jin Qianshi and me coming up, they stood still and said, "General Jin." Jin Qianshi said: "This is General Chu Xiuhong, the new commander of the Dragon Scale Army, come and see us." The two little soldiers also jumped, and said in unison: "Hello, Commander Chu." They said so, but there was a faint dissatisfaction on their faces.It's no wonder that when Shen Xiping led the army, the right army was very independent, many people only knew Shen Xiping, and even didn't know that there was Marquis Wu.I, an outsider, came to lead the elite of Shen Xiping's elite, so naturally some people were not convinced.Marquis Wu also used this name to let me lead the army because the right army was a bit too big to lose. Jin Qianshi said: "This is made by Xue Miao, he named it Telescope." telescope?I looked at the thing.It was a very thick moso bamboo tube, placed on one of the shelves.Because it is too long, half of it sticks out of the arrow tower.I don't know what is inlaid at the two ends, but there is something bright and shining.Jin Qianshi supported the telescope and said, "Commander, you look over here." I walked to the other end and looked in. At first glance, it was a little blurry, but immediately, I saw a field of tents, with a bare flagpole stretched out in front of me.From the looks of it, the tent was erected only a few dozen feet away.Even though it's blurry, it's still clearly visible. Whose tent is that?I couldn't help feeling suspicious for a while. The telescope is facing the southwest, tens of feet away, which is the northwest of the south gate.But there was obviously an open space, and the snake man always only attacked the south gate, never attacked the west gate. "Whose tent is that?" Jin Qianshi said: "Snake people." "what?" I was taken aback.The snake man was still several miles away, but from the perspective of the bamboo tube, it was several times closer.No wonder it's called a telescope.I went up to look again, and sure enough, I could see a forest in front of the camp, which was the forest in front of the snake man's camp. Jin Qianshi said on the side: "Yesterday night, we waited for Qin Quan's signal outside the woods, but we couldn't wait. Fortunately, Xue Miaoshou saw you on the top of the flagpole in the morning, and we immediately set out to meet you. Your guards who are in such a hurry, they happen to have the kind of medicine that can be angry. We were afraid that the snake man would rush out and be difficult to deal with, so we were going to have a bloody battle, and we wanted to save Mr. Shen's head if we threw our lives at it. Join forces together. Haha, this battle can be considered the happiest, and none of us was injured or injured." He was beaming with joy when he said that, and the two soldiers were also fascinated by it, but I was still looking at the telescope, thinking to myself: Don't say there are no casualties.Qin Quan and his Dragon Scale Army had already died in battle, and Tan Qing, the sharp archer of my fifth forward battalion, also died in the snake formation. At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Is General Chu here?" It was Qi Lie's voice. Jin Qianshi stopped talking, poked his head out from the side of the watchtower, and said, "Here. Who are you?" I put down the binoculars, and I was also at the side of the watchtower, only to see Qi Lie and the few surviving elders coming over with a bag of things on their shoulders.Seeing me, Qi Lie shouted: "General, you are here." He rushed up to the archery tower, knelt down in front of me, and said, "General, are you okay?" My left hand was still in a bandage, and I just patted him on the shoulder with my right hand.The mark of a centurion has been hung on his soft armor, I smiled and said, "You have been promoted?" Qi Lie said: "Lu Tongzhi appointed me as the centurion commander of the fifth battalion." His words also couldn't hold back their complacency.He is only nineteen years old this year, and only twenty during the Chinese New Year.To be promoted to a centurion is younger than when I was a centurion.I smiled and said, "Do it well." Qi Lie said: "By the way, where is your tent? Lord Laojun, give ten catties of white rice to each person in the Qianfeng camp, and I will bring these to you." I looked at Jin Qianshi, he was a little embarrassed.The Dragon Scale Army made a lot of contributions in this battle, but they never received any rewards.After all, the Qianfeng Battalion is the direct descendant of Marquis Wu, no more than the Longlin Army. I said: "General Jin, please take this white rice to the kitchen and cook porridge for the brothers at night." After conquering Gaojiu City, we didn't get much food. Our usual food is just some rough dry biscuits.Although everyone has taken a lot of belongings, they can't exchange for food and drink now, and senior officers only occasionally have a little white rice to eat.Marquis Wu gave ten catties of white rice to each of the Qianfeng battalion, and it took more than 10,000 catties at once, which is considered a big deal.This pile of rice must be more than ten catties, thirty catties must be there, I am afraid that Qi Lie and the others saved it from their own rewards and added it. Jin Qianshi was a little dazed, and said, "This..." I said: "What about this and that, share the blessings, and share the difficulties." I turned my head and said to Qi Lie: "Come on, brothers, please come to my camp to rest." As soon as he entered the camp, Qi Lie couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh, General, you live really well now." Indeed, the west city captured by the right army was the richest in Gaojiu city, and the treatment of the Dragon Scale Army was even better than that of the Qianfeng Battalion.We sat down, and I said, "Xiao Lie, is your lord going to launch a counterattack?" Jin Qianshi didn't know it clearly, but for this counterattack, the Qianfeng Battalion must know the inside story.Qi Lie said: "Yes. General Lao once saw you flying out of the snake-man camp on a kite. He offered a plan, made many gunpowder bags, and let people throw them on the kite into the snake-man camp. Attack to win." No wonder Xue Wenyi was also transferred to the short dead man.I can't help but admire Lao Guoji.It is early spring now, and the northeast wind is blowing, and the wind is blowing southwest, which happens to be at the snake man's camp.Attacking snakes on flat ground may have very little chance of winning, but this kind of fire attack, condescending, even if snakes are not very afraid of fire, they will definitely be defeated.It's just that this strategy is too dangerous. The lives of those dead soldiers who threw gunpowder bags over the Snakeman camp were all tied to a small rope. I'm afraid more than half of them will never come back. I said, "When are we leaving?" Qi Lie said: "All the craftsmen have been mobilized and are stepping up to make that kind of big kite. Xue Gong of the right army is saying that at most 50 kites can be made at night." I said, "Fifty people? Is that enough gunpowder?" "Mr. Zhang said that sulfur is produced in the Huoyun Cave outside the north gate, but salt powder can be scraped off those old walls. Prepare to bring a catty of gunpowder for each person, and bring a wooden barrel of wine that can be burned , but these are not difficult to do.” I thought about it and felt that this plan is indeed very feasible.We have all seen the power of gunpowder, plus the kind of wine that ignites as soon as it touches the fire, even gods cannot escape.Marquis Wu really couldn't resist the temptation to defeat the snake man in one fell swoop.However, in my heart, I felt something was wrong, but I really couldn't tell what was wrong. After talking for a while, I broke up with Qi Lie.Send them out.Jin Qianshi brought some remaining officers of the Dragon Scale Army to see me.The establishment of the Dragon Scale Army is divided into five posts, front, rear, left, right, and middle, and each post has a post chief.After that defeat, only Jin Qianshi was left as the head of the five outposts of the Dragon Scale Army. I bid farewell to them and went back to the tent, the two women serving me were already standing beside me and said: "General, please have dinner." On the table, there were two steaming bowls of steaming white rice porridge and some boiled dry beef.Dried beef is originally a food brought out from the capital. When it is dry and hard, it has no taste, but it has a scent when it is boiled.I picked up the bowl with one hand and wanted to drink it, but it was a little hot, and I couldn’t move the other hand. I was a little at a loss. One woman picked up the bowl, and the other scooped up a spoon with a small spoon and fed it to me. .In the vanguard battalion before, Qi Lie also served me bowls when I was guarding the soldiers, but he really couldn't compare with women in serving bowls. No wonder the Dragon Scale Army, which pays attention to enjoyment, has to use women to serve it. The sweet rice grains in the mouth, I just feel that it is really different from the dry biscuits that I usually eat.This kind of white rice porridge is not a great thing in the capital, and rice produced in the south is not a rare thing.But now that the war is raging, it is really a great enjoyment to be able to eat this.It suddenly occurred to me that those city residents who were detained in the National Square did not know what to eat. I just took two bites, and I suddenly said, "Have you eaten it?" A woman was a little embarrassed and said, "General, we..." Only then did I pay attention to them.They all had a haggard look on their identical faces.I said, "you can eat too." The two women looked at each other, the one with the bowl put the bowl on the table, the other put the spoon in the bowl, they knelt down at the same time and said, "General, we dare not." I said, "What dare you? What do you usually eat?" They looked at each other, and after a long time, one of them said: "In the past, General Jin gave us that kind of dry biscuits." I can't help but laugh at the imagining of them eating those unpalatable dry biscuits.They didn't know what I was laughing at, and they were a little scared, so I said, "Bring two more bowls." They took out two bowls, and I divided the two bowls of porridge into three bowls, intentionally saving one bowl, and said: "Here, one bowl for each person. If it is not enough, soak the dry biscuits in it, it will taste better." , brought the smallest bowl to me, took out a piece of dry biscuit from his bosom, and said, "Come on, help me tear it up and soak it in it." After eating porridge, I feel very comfortable on my body.The two of them have gone to rest.I am afraid that they have never had a day without fear after being captured.Although they were still a little scared, they had some smiles on their faces and told me that one was Bai Wei and the other was Zi Liao, the twin daughters of a middle-ranking official in the Republican Army. Looking at the small tent where they rested, I couldn't help but sigh.If Cang Yuegong hadn't rebelled, they must be two pampered ladies, surrounded by a large number of sons and gentlemen. It would be difficult for a small officer like me to pretend to be flamboyant, but now they serve like two docile servants. I. I'm going to launch a counterattack tonight, and I really can't sleep.Go out the door, it's dusk.In the distance, there was no sound in the snake camp.I went to the arrow tower again, but looked at the telescope.The two soldiers also recognized me, and saluted me very respectfully. Looking through the binoculars, it's blurry, and there's nothing unusual about it.The only thing that worries me a little is that it's getting a little brighter in the Snakeman camp.Perhaps, snake people are also gradually getting used to the fire, and are no longer afraid of fire day by day. I watched for a while, and my eyes were a little sore.Just as he was about to leave, suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he seemed to see a black shadow moving in the telescope. what is that? I leaned over to the telescope again.The binoculars were not very clear in the first place, and in addition to the twilight, it was even more difficult to see clearly.Just now it seemed that the shadow was probably in front of the woods, but now I can see nothing. Is it my eyesight? I slowly walked down the arrow tower.On the top of the city, the night patrol soldiers are still patrolling around.Everyone is not allowed to disarm, and the rest is just to take a nap.Such days are coming to an end. The teacher is war-weary. This point is also warned in "Seven Essentials of the March".Since we launched our troops, we have been in a state of unstoppable momentum, and there has been no sign of this.But now in Gaojiu City, confronting the Snakeman, it suddenly made people feel war-weary.With Marquis Wu's ability, he can't fail to see this.He still wants to fight one more time before retreating, that is because he wants to reap all the merits, in the name of his peerless general. Famous generals.I can't help but smile.Throughout the ages, how many famous generals have been produced.The so-called famous generals are nothing more than killing a lot of people.What Lu Jingyu said to me is "There is nothing more than a good way to kill", which is probably also the feeling of being tired of fighting.On the battlefield, apart from killing and being killed, there is no third option. I heaved a long sigh.In the sky, the moon rises, giving a faint smile.At this time last year, Gaojiu City was probably singing and dancing, preparing for the New Year, but this year, most of the people have become corpses.In just one year, there are two completely different worlds. I walked down to the top of the city, and was about to go back to my tent to rest, when suddenly, the faint sound of flute sounded in the city. The sound of the flute is not far away, it seems to be the south gate of the city.The sound of the flute is elegant and beautiful, I don't know what tune it is playing, it is very pleasant to the ear.The melody is very complicated, just like a thin filament, it turns thousands of times, but it is not chaotic at all. Listening to the sound of the flute, it was as if clean water was flowing inside and outside the body, and I no longer thought about anything, but I felt as if I wanted to fly away.I was also a little stunned when I heard it in the city, I only hoped that the sound of the flute would last longer. While listening intently, suddenly the sound of a flute was inserted into the sound of the flute.The sound of the flute is extremely loud and clear, coming suddenly, like a sharp knife piercing the air, but it perfectly matches the sound of the flute that is as dense as silk, as if it should be like this. The loud sound of the flute became louder and louder. Finally, the sound of the flute could no longer match the sound of the flute, and it was about to break. At this moment, there was a sudden "clank", and a series of pipa sounds. As soon as the pipa sounded, my heart shook. Although I don't know the rhythm, I can tell who played it just by hearing the sound. Snow-white fingers, the melody like weeping.Among the red lights and green wine that day, it was like a glimpse of a frail figure. I walked towards the south gate.After walking a few steps, I thought it was too slow, so I ran a few steps, but when I ran, my shoulders hurt a little.At this time, I couldn't control those things, and Gu Zi ran forward. There is also a distance from the west gate to the south gate, but the sound is not at the south gate, but on the city wall to the west of the south gate. That's Marquis Wu's temporary camp.For some reason, I just want to take another look at the fingers flying on the strings, and just want to hear that haunting tune again. The sounds of flute and pipa are still in one place.Even people like me can hear that the sound of the flute is full of slaughter, and the sound of the pipa is calm and upright, but a little weak.After playing for a moment, the sound of the flute became higher and higher, and the sound of the pipa seemed to be unable to keep up. The soft sound of the pipa is like a peanut tree, like a valley that is indifferent to the world, growing together with the sun and the moon.The sound of the flute is like a sharp knife struck like lightning, a group of cavalry rushing like lightning, breaking the dream of peace.刀光闪闪，地上流淌着鲜血，四处都是烈火和人的哭喊。 我奔跑着，任那曲调如浮云般绕在我周围。不知何时，我只觉得眼中已有了泪水。 战场上，不管说什么解民倒悬的正义之战还是开疆拓土的不义之争，死得最多的，仍是无辜百姓。便是冲杀在前线的士兵，他们战死后又能留下什么？胜方的亡魂，称为国殇，还有点哀荣。败方的战死者，却只能遭人唾骂，谁想过他们家中，一样有着妻儿老小，在他们临死时的心中，也许和那些最爱和平的人一样，仍想着给自己家人一点温暖。 跑到了一个城头，我已是气喘吁吁。毕竟，我伤势不轻，这一通跑让我有点脱力。我深深地吸了一口气，慢慢拾级而上。 此时笛声已压倒了琵琶声，便如一条在天际间飞舞的蛟龙，忽焉在东，忽焉在西，不可一世，似乎指挥着千军万马，在战场中冲杀，当者披靡。 忽然，在高亢的笛声中起了一个转折，似是水面有了一个小小的涟漪，隐隐地有些孤寂之意。 Who is that? 我想着，踏上了城头。 我看见了她。 她坐在一队女乐中，怀中怀着琵琶，仍是着着那一袭黄衫，五指仍在弦上拨动。尽管笛声嘹亮干云，琵琶的声音仍是如草尖的露水，纵然铁蹄踏过，依然坠下花梢。 吹笛的，竟然是武侯！ 我不禁有点目瞪口呆。我做梦也想不到，武侯居然也深通音律。他放在唇边吹奏的，也不是一般的竹笛，而是一枝磨得发亮的铁笛。此时他也似沉浸在笛声中，双目紧闭，对周围什么也不关心。他那形影不离的两个护兵大鹰小鹰也侍立在下首。 月光下，一群人有似泥塑木雕。 我不敢近前，远远地看着。城头上，巡视的士兵手扶长枪，也听得如痴如醉，仿入梦境。 笛声渐杳，显得琵琶声重又突兀于外。但这时的琵琶声已不成曲调，便似大军过后，一片狼藉，那个和熙祥和的村庄中已无噍类，只剩一片残垣断壁。 武侯猛地睁开眼，放铁笛在手掌一击，“啪”一声。她一惊，手指移开了琵琶，一众女乐离座，跪倒在武侯座前。 武侯笑道：“起来吧。” 她们都坐回座位上。武侯道：“你的琵琶是跟谁学的？” 这是跟她说的。她敛衽道：“回君侯，我幼时随穆善才学的琵琶。” 这是我第一次听到她开口。她的声音清越婉脆，却又不卑不亢。她此时的身份只是个女俘，话语间却依然如与武侯平等。 “穆善才啊。”武侯低下头。 这穆善才是南国琵琶圣手，听说我们围城时便在高鹫城中，后来不知所踪了，多半也已死在围城中。 武侯抬起头，似是自言自语道：“四十多年前，我与穆善才在帝都会过一面，他传给我以琵琶指法吹笛之技。不知不觉，四十多年了啊，怪不得我见你的琵琶竟能与我这支《马上横戈》相应和。” 她忽道：“君侯的笛曲妙可入神，但兵刃之气过重，我最后已散乱不堪，难乎为继了。” 这话既可说是恭维，也可说指摘。武侯却也不以为忤，道：“正是啊。我自知久在行伍，只怕血中流出来也是刀锋的寒意了。唉。” 最后那一叹如同从心底发出。 不为人所知的武侯竟然还是这样一个人？I was dumbfounded.也怪不得吧，武侯能成为一个百战百胜的名将，帝国立国以来的战将，据说武侯也可排到前十位了。如果我仅仅只凭勇力，那大概永远也成不了名将。 发现自己想的居然是这些，我突然有点对不起她的感觉。 也许她的父兄便是死在我的刀下。现在，她已只成了一班要送给帝君的女乐中的一个了。不知为什么，我心头忽然涌起一阵对战争的痛恨。 如果，战争没有发生，南国依然是一个行省，人们安居乐业，那有多么好啊。 我站在城墙边，正胡思乱想着，忽然，西南边发出了一阵巨响。武侯站起身，眺望着远处，道：“反击开始了！” 西南边，火光飞起，烟焰张天。几乎所有在城头的士兵都涌到城墙边看着那处。 对蛇人的反击终于开始了！