The Song camp was in shambles, with weapons and armor scattered everywhere. The soldiers www.biquge.info all hung their heads, and they were in groups carrying buckets or lying on the ground, looking at the sky with their eyes open. It can be seen that Long Jiu's fire not only burned most of the grain and grass, but also burned the morale of the Song army. Most of the remaining grain and grass were also damp, washed everywhere by the water, and could not be collected for a while.

Brigadier Zhao summoned all the generals and the Lingyuan Fountain Master and others into the tent and sat on the top of the handsome seat. His brows were tightly knit, his eyelids were not raised, and he kept snorting his teeth. I only heard that the crowd was talking a lot, and it was full of decadence.

"This fire burns enough!"

"Yes, it was said to have burned for an hour. I don't know how much to lose!"

"It seems that we will return to the DPRK in the near future. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the baggage from the DPRK will not be able to get here, and we will all starve to death!"

Zhao Zhun couldn't help but recall the emperor's entrustment in his heart: "Three months, I will give you three months." To take the Shu Kingdom, you must pay strict attention inside and outside the palace, and don't cause any damage!" Zhao Zhun thought about it, and couldn't help sneering, and said: "Your Majesty gave me three months to take the Shu Kingdom, but I boasted of Haikou and claimed to have conquered the entire territory of Shu in sixty days. Now that nearly 20 days have passed, even the small Jiangyuan City has not been taken. Alas!" said a long sigh.

Zhang Qi came out of the queue and arched his hand and said: "Marshal, fortunately, our main force still exists, and we still have an advantage in terms of troops." Don't lose your confidence, we can regroup!" When the generals heard this, they all bowed their heads and said nothing, and no one dared to respond.

Seeing everyone like this, Zhao Zhun smiled bitterly: "Although the strength is superior, it seems that this morale has disappeared. After several defeats in succession, grain and grass were burned. Alas!" he said, raised his head and asked, "General Zhang Shouyi, has the loss of grain and grass been verified?"

Zhang Shouyi came out and said: "Return to the handsome." A total of 12,400 ...... of grain and grass were lost in this grain and grass burning incident."

Zhao Zhun slapped the table and said, "I don't want to listen to the numbers, just tell me, how many days is our grain and grass enough?"

Zhang Shouyi paused and said, "Less than ten days." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Zhun sighed and said, "How good is this!

The Spirit Source Master thought to himself, "It seems that this Zhao Zhun can no longer be relied on. I had long expected that it would be too slow to advance by relying on the army, and it would be as fast as me sneaking directly into the walls of the Shu Palace. ”

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Situ Sheng secretly calculated in his heart: "I originally thought that Qingyunzhai was just echoing it, but I didn't expect to work so hard. It seems that we also have to use the power of the Jianghu sect here!" Thinking of this, he suddenly had a plan, and said with a deep salute: "Dashuai, I have a good way, I don't know if I can help Dashuai." ”

Zhao Zhun raised his eyes and glanced at him, thinking: "This guy is full of rumors in order to compete for merit, I really don't believe what he can do." However, it doesn't hurt to hear it. Thinking about it, Zhao Zhun raised his hand and signaled to him that it was okay to speak.

Situ Sheng cleared his throat, took a step forward, looked at the people on both sides, and said, "In the southeast of Jiangyuan City, there is a Daping Mountain bordering the Great Song Dynasty, and there is a Daping Town under the mountain. The bandits in the town are rampant, and they all come from Daping Mountain. The two brothers, Niu Feng and Niu Ling, the leaders of Daping Mountain, have always had some dealings with the Ten Thousand Demon Valley, and these two have also collected a lot of grain, grass and people, and the strength of Qingyun Village is on par. The two brothers, Niu Feng and Niu Ling, have always been thinking about extending their tentacles to Jiangyuan City, but they have not succeeded because of Qingyunzhai's power in Jiangyuan City. ”

Zhao Zhun listened to this tirade, felt a little impatient in his heart, waved his hand and said: "Situ Shaoxia has been talking for a long time, it is just a matter of grievances in the rivers and lakes, what does it have to do with this battle?

Situ Sheng continued: "Of course there is something related! The reason why Jiangyuan City has not been attacked by the marshal so far is because of the assistance of Qingyunzhai. This grain burning incident was done by Qingyunzhai. How can the marshal not do something?"

"Speaking of which, do you mean to let Ben Shuai collude with the bandits of Daping Mountain?"

Situ Sheng waved his hand and said, "Dashuai, how can you use the word 'collusion'? Seeing that Zhao Zhun seemed to be a little interested, he continued, "Dashuai, you want to." Jiangyuan City can ask Qingyunzhai to assist, and of course we can also ask Dapingshan to assist. First, there must be three or four thousand people in Daping Mountain, which can completely make up for our personnel loss in the past few days; in addition, Daping Mountain has a mountain of grain and grass, and gold, silver, and jade are even more truckloaded. If you can persuade them to be peaceful and unite with them, there will be no harm in doing a hundred benefits!"

Zhao Zhun shook his head and said, "However, in the final analysis, this is also dealing with bandits, and I don't think Your Majesty wants to have any deal with bandits!"

"As the so-called generals are not subject to the orders of the king. Doesn't the marshal consider the problem of our food and grass for less than ten days?"

Zhao Zhun bowed his head and was silent, thinking in his heart: "It's not that I haven't thought about this strategy, it's just that this bandit's hat, I can't wear it alone!" Thinking of this, he looked up at everyone, "Generals, what do you think?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone understood that he was looking for the bottom of the stairs, so they said in unison: "Listen to the commander's orders!"

Zhao Zhun nodded and said: "I know that this plan will definitely be quite a complaint in the government and the opposition, but when things come to such a point, I have to do it." After that, he stood up and said: "To deal with the people in the rivers and lakes, you must rely on the people who are quite prestigious in the rivers and lakes. As he spoke, he looked at the Spirit Fountainer. Apparently. He hoped that the Spirit Source Master could take on the task of contacting Daping Mountain.

Naturally, the Spirit Source Master didn't care if the imperial court would unite with the bandits. It's just that he calculated in his heart that once Dapingshan was introduced into this war, it would inevitably mean that there would be one more opponent who would compete with him for the Sword Hua Benji in the future. In terms of martial arts, he is definitely above the two brothers Niu Feng and Niu Ling. However, in terms of the strength of the sect, Qingshuimen is inseparable from Daping Mountain. What's more, there is also a "nest" head of Qingshuimen, his own brother, who will definitely not let Qingshuimen get involved in the battle of the rivers and lakes. If Daping Mountain comes to this troubled water, it is difficult to ensure that the two brothers Niu Feng and Niu Ling do not covet the sword spectrum that is about to arrive. ”

Thinking like this, the Spirit Source Master did not respond. Seeing that he didn't react, Zhao Zhun looked at Situ Sheng and said, "Situ Sheng, why don't you go to Dapingshan on behalf of Ben Shuai last time and convey Ben Shuai's intentions!"

Situ Sheng didn't expect that such a heavy responsibility would fall on his shoulders. Fortunately, the Ten Thousand Demon Valley had some contacts with Daping Mountain, and it was not too raw, so he hurriedly gave a deep salute and said: "Xie Dashuai!

Zhao Zhun paused and said: "Don't call yourself a 'grass people', from now on, a new Situ battalion will be established, and the commander will appoint you as the general of the Situ battalion, and allocate 8,000 people from various departments to you." When this battle is over, Ben Shuai guarantees that His Majesty's handwritten document will be issued, and there will be more rewards!"

Situ Sheng was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly clasped his fists and arched his hand: "The handsome hand over this important task, the end will never give up!"

Zhao Zhun took out a token and said, "Situ Sheng listens to the order! Order you to go to Daping Mountain immediately, and be sure to attract the assistance of Daping Mountain to jointly take Jiangyuan City." ”

Situ Sheng stretched out his hand to take the token, and said with an embarrassed face: "Dashuai, I'm afraid that the other party will ask for something!"

"Yes, it makes sense. Tell his second brother that as long as he assists in taking Jiangyuan City, he can agree to any conditions!" Zhao Zhun said, and said with a smile, "Just a bandit, how ambitious can you be?

Situ Sheng accepted the token and continued: "Dashuai, don't take it lightly. Do you know that this Daping Mountain was originally Taiping Mountain, and the villages and towns under the mountain were originally Taiping Town. In the town, the two brothers Niu Feng and Niu Ling fell into the grass in Taiping Mountain, which made the town lose its previous peace. Three years ago, a minor official in Taiping Township injured the mother of the two brothers, and as a result, the two brothers demolished the yamen in Taiping Township. Since then, Taiping Town has become an enclave of Song and Shu, and there has been no yamen to manage it for three years. The locals were humiliated, so they laughed at themselves that the town was not peaceful, and since then it has been renamed Daping Town, and the mountain has also been renamed Daping Mountain. ”

"Oh, it turns out that this Daping Mountain still has this origin? I didn't expect that my Great Song Dynasty would have such a boundary?" Zhao Zhun exclaimed, "Why didn't Your Majesty issue an order to exterminate it?"

"Dashuai, Daping Mountain is like Qingyun Mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. My guess is that it is completely impossible to deal with it with the local armed forces, and if it costs too much money to send a large army, we will have the situation we have today. ”

Zhao Zhun nodded, and instructed Situ Sheng: "Situ Sheng, you go and convey the meaning of Ben Shuai, if the two brothers Niu Feng and Niu Ling have any requests, just come back and report to me! If you have too much appetite, hum!" said, taking a handsome case, "Don't blame me for killing this bandit in Daping Mountain first!"

Situ Sheng received the order and withdrew from the big tent. Turned over and got on the horse, and went straight to Daping Mountain alone.

After walking less than ten miles, he felt someone jumping behind him, as if chasing him.

"Oh no, someone is following me!" he thought, and quickly reined in his horse's head and shouted.

"Who's following me?

With a gust of wind, I saw a woman floating behind her, wearing cicada accessories, pale pink satin, and a pair of pink embroidered shoes on her feet, fluttering behind Situ Sheng.

Seeing that this woman was handsome, Situ Sheng secretly said in his heart: "This woman is so handsome, I don't know where it came from." Thinking of this, he turned over and dismounted, walked to her and saluted: "I don't know the girl, why is the girl secretly following me?"

The woman looked him up and down and said softly, "I've been here for more than ten days, waiting for someone. ”

"Oh, wait for someone. Is that girl waiting?"

"It's not. I'm waiting for a woman, it's my sister. ”

Situ Sheng shook the folding fan, nodded and said, "It seems that the girl is so handsome, presumably my sister is also like a flower!

The woman hid her face and smiled: "It's rude to disturb the little brother for no reason!" said the word "please", and was about to turn around and leave.

When Situ Sheng saw that she was leaving, he hurriedly beckoned and said, "Girl! I don't know what your sister looks like, maybe I did meet it, and I can guide you. ”

After hearing this, the woman stopped, turned around and said, "My sister is dressed in plain clothes, not as luxurious as my little brother. More than ten days ago, she left me. I chased all the way here, but I lost my track. As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of Song Ying, "My sister should have gone in that direction, I didn't dare to move lightly, for fear of going in the wrong direction, so I wandered here." ”

Situ Sheng nodded, as if he already had an answer in his heart, and asked, "Who is your sister's surname, can you say it conveniently?"

"My sister's surname is Yu Yu Zhengmei, Yu Zhengmei. ”

When Situ Sheng heard this, he clapped his hands and said, "Oh! It turned out to be Yu Zhengmei, you are her sister?"

The woman saw that Situ Sheng had the whereabouts of his sister, and hurriedly asked, "Little brother knows my sister's whereabouts, where is she now?"

Situ Sheng paused, and then thought about it: "I'm afraid this woman is not deeply involved in the world. is so beautiful, wouldn't it be a pity to let her go?" Thinking of this, Situ Sheng arched his hand and said, "The girl's sister and I happen to be friends, and I naturally know her whereabouts. ”

"Dare to ask what is the name of the little brother?"

"In Xia Situ Sheng, the chief disciple of the Ten Thousand Demon Valley, the general of the Great Song Situ Battalion. I don't know what the girl's name is?"

"The little woman Ding Yuechan has seen Mr. Situ. Said Shen Shi and said, "It's just that my sister doesn't mention that he has a friend named Situ Sheng on weekdays." My sister has never socialized with anyone, and if he has friends, I must know it!"

Situ Sheng laughed and said, "Miss Yue Chan, Situ and your sister have only known each other in the past few days. I happened to be looking for your sister here, and you and I happened to stop by. How about we walk together all the way to relieve the loneliness of the long journey?"

Ding Yuechan didn't be suspicious, just looked at the horse behind him and said, "But, what if I can't ride a horse?"

Situ Sheng smiled slightly, reached out to help Ding Yuechan, and with a little force, he lifted her onto the horse, which made her scream coldly.

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