Song Emperor Jiangshan

Zhao Yuan said: "When Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng left, what did they say to you? Laughing so strangely?"

Before Xiao Shan could answer, Zhao Yuan made another gesture that Zhou Hong made before leaving. The thumb and index finger of his left hand circled into a circle, and the middle finger of his right hand stretched out in and out of the circle.

Xiao Shan's head got a little big, Zhao Yuan asked: "What does this mean?"

Zhao Yuan was raised by Zhao Gou since he was a child, no one dared to tell him what these mean, and no one dared to make such gestures to him, neither did Xiao Shan, so he could only vaguely say: "Crypto, code words in the army. "

Zhao Yuan obviously didn't believe it, and looked at Xiao Shan with a frown: "Why can't I tell the secret language?"

Xiao Shan could only say: "They are fooling around with me, it has nothing to do with you, it's not a good word."

Zhao Yuan looked at Xiao Shan, and after a while said: "Zhou Hong looked at me before he left, so it's nothing to do with me if he didn't believe it. If you don't tell me, can't I ask someone else?"

Xiao Shan saw that Zhao Yuan was holding on to this matter of breaking the casserole and asking the end, he was really helpless, thinking that if he asked others, knowing that we were making fun of him in private, the matter might become serious, so he said: "Well...you keep asking this question. What, if you think about it for yourself, you will know. This gesture is obvious..."

Zhao Yuan originally thought that Zhou Hong was mocking himself before leaving, so he insisted on asking.Seeing how embarrassing Xiao Shan said now, I came back to my senses and thought about it, thinking of the wedding night in the bridal chamber, I understood it all at once, and I couldn't hold back.

The light in the tent was dim, after Xiao Shan finished speaking, he secretly looked at Zhao Yuan's face, seeing Zhao Yuan's sudden change of color, he hurriedly explained: "They, they were joking around, but they didn't really mean that."

Zhao Yuan snorted, thinking that the atmosphere in the army is really bad, talking nonsense.He wanted to say something, but because the matter involved himself, he couldn't say it.

Xiao Shan saw Zhao Yuan's face was sullen and silent, thinking that he had misunderstood him, he quickly argued, "Your Highness, calm down, I definitely don't have that kind of thought in my heart, I dare not show any disrespect." Zhao Yuan stared at Xiao Shan with wide eyes With a cold light, Xiao Shan only felt a shiver all over his body, he quickly stood up and retreated to the position of the tent door: "Don't dare to have any unreasonable thoughts, I will squeeze with other people, Your Highness, please rest."

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, and just as he lifted the curtain, he heard Zhao Yuan say calmly: "Just sleep here, I'm not that mean, I won't take a few jokes to heart." After speaking, he lay down on his own , closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Xiao Shan felt uneasy, it would be strange if he really went out to sleep with other people now.But I don't know if Zhao Yuan really minds this kind of joke.After calling Zhou Hong's ancestors a hundred times in his heart, and hearing Zhao Yuan's slight snoring, he went to move his own cowhide pillow. on the ground.

The autumn night was very cool, and the ground was also cold. The only quilt was wrapped by Zhao Yuan. Xiao Shan woke up two or three times from the cold, and he didn't dare to ask Zhao Yuan for a quilt, let alone his own clothes. To keep out the cold, for fear of making the other party unhappy.

Waiting until midnight, Xiao Shan heard some strange noises coming from the cowhide pillow.

The cowhide pillow he uses is hollow, and when he puts it on the ground as a pillow, he can hear the sound of horseshoes fifty miles away in his sleep, and it is specially used in the army.He couldn't sleep at all, so he listened intently for a while at this time, and found that those strange sounds seemed to be some footsteps. It seemed that there were quite a few people coming, but they were not far away, otherwise he would not have heard them. Someone should have sneaked in in the middle of the night.

Xiao Shan got up immediately, originally he was going to put on his clothes, but seeing Zhao Yuan sleeping soundly with his pillow on his outer shirt, it was not easy to wake him up, so he sneaked out of the tent, there were already three captains outside the tent He also heard the change and came to Xiao Shan.

The three team generals were quite surprised to see that Xiao Shan took off his outer shirt while sleeping today, and he hadn't put it on even though he knew there was something strange, but they didn't ask any further questions, they just said: "General, it seems that someone is coming to sneak attack!"

Xiao Shan said: "Yes, there seem to be quite a few voices, go and wake up the soldiers one by one, don't light the torches, and see how many people come!"

After a while, a secret sentinel sent by Xiaoshan sent back the news that there were indeed some people who wanted to take advantage of the night to attack, but because of the darkness, it was unclear how many people there were. Based on diabolo's ground listening estimates, there were probably thousands of people. As many as one stick of incense will arrive.

Xiao Shan was puzzled, and he didn't know how it was possible for thousands of people to gather in this area and come to sneak attack in the middle of the night. He ordered people to notify Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng's troops, and at the same time ordered his own troops to prepare for battle.After giving these instructions, he quietly walked into the tent. It seemed impossible not to wake Zhao Yuan up.

Xiao Shan walked to Zhao Yuanta's side and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, don't sleep."

Zhao Yuan didn't move after calling out, Xiao Shan frowned slightly, thinking Zhao Yuan didn't make sense to sleep so dead, right?Then he stretched out his hand to push him again, Zhao Yuan opened his eyes, his face was hazy, but there was no confusion in his eyes.Xiao Shan knew that Zhao Yuan was pretending to be asleep, but he didn't know when he woke up, let alone why he was pretending to be asleep.

Zhao Yuan said: "What's the matter?"

Xiao Shan reached out to get the clothes that Zhao Yuan was sleeping on, and while putting them on, he said, "Someone may have come to attack! The spies said there were thousands of people, but I thought it might be the other party's bluff."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a loud noise outside, like thunder, Xiao Shan's heart skipped a beat. Hearing this sound, it turned out that the other party was using artillery!

Cannons are not something ordinary people can afford. They are heavy and difficult to carry, and they are generally used to defend the city.Ordinary troops would not bring this kind of thing with them when they go out. This time Xiao Shan was ordered to quell the chaos, and he dispatched thousands of infantry, none of them had accompanying artillery.

Basically, the artillery is used by an army of ten thousand people, and it will only be used when a large-scale attack on the city.

Xiao Shan took a step forward, jumped out of the tent, looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw the light of fire in the distant wilderness.He walked towards the direction where he was buried in the ground to listen, and listened for a while lying on the top, not only heard the sound of chaotic footsteps, but also the sound of horseshoes!

Xiao Shan yelled in his heart that it was not good, and immediately ordered loudly: "Quick, everyone, get ready to fight! The spears are out, and the crossbowmen are ready!"

While giving the order, he ran up to the mound behind the camp. What he was afraid of was not only the enemy's surprise attack, but also another thing that was more terrifying than the enemy's attack-the army collapsed!

Zhao Yuan had also tidied up and followed Xiao Shan's side. Looking up in the dark night, he saw torches burning in all directions, as if he was surrounded.

The shouts of killing sounded immediately, it seemed that someone had already started to fight the enemy attack, Xiaoshan's troops obeyed the orders strictly, formed formations around the camp, and they didn't panic yet, but the situation of the other two troops became very bad.

The two camps were camped out, and the barracks were in a mess, cursing and crying, but at this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The enemy is powerful, run!"

Just like a dike breaking, when Xiao Shan saw Zhou Hong's troops at the forefront, he shouted loudly, which was obviously a harbinger of the collapse of the army.

The army at this time is most afraid of this, even if it is a few dozen people fleeing, in the chaotic situation, it will quickly expand into the collapse of the entire army.The deserters in the front affect the soldiers who have not yet joined the battle in the back. In an instant, those soldiers who earn their salaries can flee everywhere. Once this happens, no one can recover.

Xiaoshan's army didn't have many horses, a team of 300 men had only ten horses, which were only used for riding by the leader, and most of them were poor horses, unable to go into battle.Seeing this, Xiao Shan hastily summoned ten hard archers around him, and arranged for his lieutenant to look after his team, and he led his men towards Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng's troops.

The distance between the two places was only about [-] meters, and the horse ran there in two steps. Zhou Hong's troops had already collapsed, and the soldiers who ran back were still shouting: "The bandits are here, they are invulnerable, run!"

Without further ado, Xiao Shan rushed forward with his hard archers, shot several arrows, and shot the fleeing soldiers to death. Dozens of people roared in unison: "Anyone who dares to take half a step back, beheaded!"

A dozen or so people roared, their voices were quite loud, the soldiers who fled back were startled, and they didn't dare to run away for now, Xiao Shan said sharply, "Where are the two generals Zhou and Jin?"

A soldier came up and replied: "Someone has been sent to invite!"

Xiao Shan breathed a sigh of relief, most of Zhou Hong's troops had already fled, the rest didn't dare to run away, but they were in a state of chaos, so Xiao Shan temporarily formed a group of 50 soldiers from Zhou Hong's troops, organized as follows: Jin Sheng's troops went to find his adjutant in the army, but unexpectedly, his adjutant also went out to drink at night and was no longer here.

Xiao Shan had no choice but to give orders to the 50 generals, and some hard-hitting archers would immediately shoot and kill anyone who was in a panic.

The arrival of Xiao Shan slightly stabilized the morale of the army.But everyone was still panicking like headless chickens.

Xiao Shan first ordered the two teams to assemble in front, then summoned the rest of the soldiers, and loudly lectured: "Generals Zhou and Jin will be here in a moment, don't panic, just listen to my orders and face the enemy calmly, you will be safe!"

With Xiaoshan in command, the troops of Zhou and Jin took a little shape. After a while, they heard the sound of fighting at the cordon ahead, because it was night and the surrounding terrain was not clear. If they retreated at this moment, they would Arousing even greater panic, Xiao Shan had no choice but to organize his men, ordering the archers to shoot from the outside, and the spearmen to prepare from the inside, and to exclude more spies, to find out how many enemies had come and what equipment they had.

Xiao Shan felt that it was impossible for the thieves to come all at once and bring artillery, and it was more likely that they encountered other imperial troops.

When marching at night, the numbers of each other could not be clearly seen, and there were some accidental injuries. Xiao Shan ordered people to report the number of his troops.And hang up lanterns and torches, and use different colors to convey various orders.

But after notifying his team number, the opponent did not retreat, so Xiao Shan knew that this was an enemy attack!

What made Xiao Shan feel strange was that the other party only harassed, but did not make a big attack at all, presumably because there were not many people.Sitting in the army of Zhou and Jin, as long as the main generals of the two armies arrive, they will be safe and sound.

Just when everything was becoming more and more orderly, there was another cannon fire suddenly, and a shocking cry came from outside the forest: "General Wang Bupo, led the divine soldiers to sweep the world. I am blessed by the divine talisman, and I am invulnerable to swords and guns. , those who stand in my way will die! Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng are here again, why don’t you come down soon?”

With the sound of cannons and the shouts of the opponent, the thieves were all wearing white clothes, very eye-catching in the dark night, and after a while, those thieves in white were like a white line, surrounded from three sides like waves, after Xiao Shan saw the white line The smoke and dust billowed, and it was unknown how many enemies there were.

And the other party reported his name, it was none other than the demon king Bupo who he was ordered to encircle and suppress this time.

Following the yelling, the two heads were lifted high by the other side and illuminated by torches. It was impossible to see whose head was in the darkness, but this move undoubtedly completely shattered the already broken army's morale.

Xiao Shan tried his best to press down, and the hard archers he brought also shouted: "The enemy is spreading rumors! The two generals will be here soon, and the archers will form a circle to fight!"

But because the chief general and the deputy generals were not there, the circular formation was assembled in a mess. Xiao Shan had nothing to do in a hurry. These were not soldiers under his command. Going out, but only some bravely stepped forward to fight, while others flinched.

Xiao Shan once again greeted Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng's eighteen generations of ancestors.But at this moment, he went to ask the soldiers of the two to break through and report back: "The two generals heard about the enemy's attack and fled away!"

This news is undoubtedly a blockbuster, and it spread to the forefront in an instant.The soldiers under the two yelled: "The boss is gone, let's run!"

In an instant, the line of defense that had been assembled with great difficulty collapsed.

Xiao Shan stepped forward immediately, what he had to do at this moment was to stabilize the morale of the army, and signaled to the tough archers around him to raise their torches one after another, indicating that the commander still had one left, and at the same time became a target for the enemy.

In an instant, quite a few bows and arrows shot towards Xiao Shan, all of which were blocked by the surrounding shield players. Xiao Shan saw that the rout was unstoppable, if he stayed here for a long time, his troops might follow suit. We can only minimize losses as much as possible.

He pulled out the long sword at his waist and said loudly: "I would like to personally defeat the enemy and wipe out its leader, and I would like everyone who follows me to come!"

When he shouted like this, more than 20 soldiers who did not flee immediately gathered around him. Xiao Shan knew that if he ran away at this time, everyone would definitely die. There's nothing left to do.

He took the lead, followed by the archers around him, and the gathered more than 20 infantry ran and followed, rushing into the white line surrounded by the enemy, only then did he realize that the white line was not composed of any enemy troops. It was a few scarecrows surrounded by a white cloth one meter wide.

As soon as Xiao Shan rushed over, several enemies shouted: "Don't run away, come here to die, it's like being in my Zhuxian formation!"

Xiao Shan sneered in his heart, no wonder he is called a demon thief, he really thinks he is Nezha Erlang God!

With a wave of the long sword in his hand, the white cloth was cut. He rushed forward and killed three or four enemies. When the pawns behind him saw Xiao Shan approaching, they all followed. One of the coaches didn't run away, but turned around and followed for a while.But the harvest was not big, only more than a dozen beheaded.

Xiao Shan didn't dare to stay longer, he had already seen the rout soldiers running towards his camp, so he rushed back among the rout soldiers with his head on the ground, and shouted loudly: "It's only two or three bandits! The leader has already been beheaded!"

Among the rout soldiers fleeing in the dark night, some cheered loudly and gathered around Xiaoshan, while some ran far away, trampling on each other, and the casualties were hard to remember. Those who could be summoned were gathered, and the rest had to go with them .

Xiao Shan didn't dare to stay any longer, he gathered the soldiers around him and retreated to his camp.

When he got to his own camp, he saw that although the sound of artillery outside continued and shouts of killing gradually surrounded him, but his troops did not show any sign of disintegration, he was a little relieved, and counted the people who followed Zhou and Jin. Most of the remnant soldiers, 600 infantry, escaped and were injured a lot. Only more than 80 people followed!

In the dark night, Xiao Shan was really unable to take care of the scattered friendly troops, and there was a small group of enemy harassing, so he could only strictly guard and restrain his own troops, shoot and kill those who came forward to harass, and don't pursue them.

An hour later, the commotion gradually calmed down. Although there was still the sound of artillery and killing cries that seemed to come from all directions, Xiaoshan's troops strictly obeyed orders and were orderly. The outer realm was not chaotic at all. Xiao Shan stood on the mound, constantly hearing the information from the hard-boiled detectives he eliminated.

There is no doubt that the enemy who came to harass him is the Demon Thief King Bupo.There are not many people, at least not thousands of people, otherwise it is impossible for the opponent not to attack.Of course, it should not be underestimated, it is only midnight, and it is not clear whether the opponent has only so many people, or is waiting for a large army to support.

Xiao Shan and his lieutenant general analyzed the situation, first of all, here is still a hundred miles away from Xuanzhou, the rebels are only more than a thousand people, it is impossible for all of them to dispatch long-distance raids here to fight in the field, it should be only a small group of troops.

Soon, the hard-boiled detectives also found out the specific situation and confirmed Xiao Shan's speculation. The weapons brought by the opponent were not artillery, but some firecrackers.Fighting at night also has a certain chance of winning.

Now wait for Xiao Shan to decide whether to fight or retreat.

Xiao Shan looked at the wounded outside his camp, Zhou and Jin, most of them were trampled by his own people, and now they were lying on the ground crying non-stop.Xiao Shan didn't send anyone to rescue him, because firstly, he didn't have enough manpower, and it was inconvenient to disperse his troops when the enemy's situation was unknown, and secondly, it was not easy to arrange for them after rescue. All the wounded are Zhao Yuan's bodyguards, they are highly loyal and well-trained, they will not disturb the morale of the army after being rescued, and they still have a certain fighting capacity.But for the wounded now, when they are rescued, there is no guarantee that they will make a fuss. When the two sides fight and friction, these people shouting "Xiao Shan is dead, everyone run away" is not a joke.

I can only let them hurt outside and ignore it.

Xiao Shan's lieutenant general suggested: "Minister, let's take advantage of the gangsters to fight out, even a few scoundrels dare to trouble the officers and soldiers!"

Xiao Shan shook his head: "If we rush out now, we can certainly win, but they are also easy to escape!"

Another team will suggest: "It's better to retreat!"

Xiao Shan didn't quite agree with this suggestion either, retreating in the dark would be a big trouble, and it would be bad if people said that he left his allies behind.Although he can't be rescued now, as long as he doesn't run away, he can't catch anything.

Xiao Shan thought for a while, then suddenly turned around and asked Zhao Yuan, "What do you think?"

Zhao Yuan was silent all the time. He didn't interrupt when Xiao Shan was discussing with everyone just now. First, he was not familiar with the war and couldn't get in the way. Second, it was because the commander of Xiao Shan should still maintain his authority at this moment, so it was inconvenient to interrupt him. military affairs.Seeing Xiao Shan asking now, he said: "Since the spies say there are not many people, it's best to catch them all, so as to get some beneficial information from the prisoners."

Xiao Shan and Zhao Yuan also had the same thought in their hearts. Hearing what Zhao Yuan said now, he said, "I also have the same thought as brother Zhao. They are not many, we should find a way to wipe them all out! Otherwise, the army will be defeated today, and it is impossible to escape." blame."

The lieutenant general and several team generals all showed embarrassment, and said: "It's dark now, how can we catch people? They came prepared, our people didn't have any losses, and we gathered 80 people from the friendly army. It's not easy. .”

Xiao Shan thought for a while, and said: "This is easy to handle. Listen, there are still shouts of killing, but our department has strictly ordered, and there is no riot. This is obviously the enemy's trick to lure the enemy! Why don't we just use the trick, and we send a small team , to lure them into pretending to be defeated..."

As soon as the words came out, one of the team generals disapproved: "Be careful of pretending to be defeated!" This kind of thing is not uncommon. Although Xiao Shan thought that his team would collapse before a single blow, but now the other two friendly troops have already collapsed. If they collapse, their own team will definitely be affected.The situation at night is unknown, and if such a thing happens, it will be very bad.

Xiao Shan thought for a while, and said: "Then take the initiative to show weakness, tighten the security around the perimeter, pretend to be cowardly and dare not fight back when provocative in the local area, and send another team of tough detectives to wipe out the surrounding area! Send 100 people out, They retreat and lay in ambush. The main battalion only needs to lure them and make them feel that they can take our troops, and it will be dawn in one hour. When the dawn comes, I will lead the army to pursue them, drive them into the ambush circle, and wipe them out!"

This operation is simple to say, but it is also difficult to implement. First, it is not easy to dispatch 100 people out of the camp to pretend. Second, actively showing weakness will also affect the morale of the army. A careless move will have a very negative impact.

But no one had any objection. Xiaoshan's troops had quelled four or five small rebellions, and the combat effectiveness and cohesion of his direct army were still able to show weakness to the enemy.It is not impossible to send 100 people out of the camp, as long as they divide their time and do it carefully.Xiao Shan also pays attention to training the army's lurking at ordinary times, and it is just in time to use it at this moment.

After doing all this, in order to show that he was sure of victory, Xiao Shan went back to his tent to sleep, and arranged for the soldiers to take turns to rest, waiting for the battle at dawn.If the coach loses his position, the soldiers under him will definitely collapse. Zhou Hong and Jin Sheng's troops are typical examples.

In order to show that he was really sleeping, Xiao Shan deliberately rolled up the curtain of the tent, so that everyone underneath could feel at ease.

This action really stabilized the morale of many soldiers, and all the soldiers also went back to the camp to rest, and took turns to change their vigilance.

With the curtain rolled up, of course it is impossible for Xiao Shan to sleep underground, otherwise it would be very strange.

Zhao Yuan saw soldiers patrolling outside looking this way from time to time, he didn't want to lie down and sleep next to Xiao Shan at all, and was made fun of without doing anything, the quality of a reckless man in the army is really not flattering.

Seeing that Zhao Yuan refused to sleep, Xiao Shan pulled him to his side and pressed him on the couch without opening his eyes: "You haven't slept all night, hurry up and rest now, otherwise you won't be able to hold on to the fierce battle tomorrow morning."