After reading the words on the cloth, Zhang Guifang took the storage bag and turned to Lin Xiao, who was kneeling on one knee in front of him, and handed the storage bag over.

Curious, he asked, "How many of your 3,000 elite soldiers are left?"

"Unscathed!" Lin Xiao replied as he took the storage bag, opened the bag according to the method Tao Bao had taught before, and looked inside, and sure enough, he saw the things inside.

Seeing the things inside, Lin Xiao's originally serious face was smiling, and Zhang Guifang's heart was itching.

"Niangniang said, there is a shield and a bow inside, let me hand it over to you, saying that you will use it yourself, can you tell me what is in it?" Zhang Guifang covered up the surprise when Lin Xiao said that he was unscathed just now, and asked curiously.

To be honest, he didn't believe it was just a shield and a bow.

"Yes, actually, it's just a bow. Lin Xiao responded, stood up and stepped back three meters, making sure that the land was enough, and then took out the bow inside.

Yes, it's a rack, not a put.

"This is a bed crossbow that can hold three bows and arrows fired at the same time, and the penetration of one arrow can pierce three enemy soldiers in a row. Lin Xiao said lightly, but the pride implied in his tone couldn't be stopped.

Looking at the big guy in front of him, Zhang Guifang couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said after a while: "You, put it away." ”

Thinking that he didn't know this person's name, Zhang Guifang asked again: "I don't know what to call the young general?"

"Lin Xiao, the chief soldier can change the name of the small soldier. Lin Xiao put away the bed crossbow, arched his hand, turned around and went out.

In the following days, Zhang Guifang didn't go to war, he rested in the camp, and when the Zhou soldiers came to fight, he called one or two thousand soldiers to resist it, and ran back if he couldn't stop it.

Later, Lin Xiao couldn't stand it anymore, and said directly: "Why don't you just hang up the war-free card? Zhou Jun pays attention to benevolence and righteousness, and he will definitely not come to commit crimes." ”

Zhang Guifang thought about it, yes, so he hung up the war-free card.

Jiang Ziya naturally knew that the other party was delaying the army, but if they attacked at this time, their reputation would not be good, so they had no choice but to call people to the front of the battle every day.

But Zhang Guifang is still injured, so naturally he will not fight, Jiang Ziya thought, it is not a way to drag on both sides like this, it just happened to be reported by Malay, and the big merchant reinforcements camped in Xiqi Mountain, and suddenly had a plan, planning to solve these reinforcements first.

So he ordered Nangong Shi and his apprentice Wu Ji to take 5,000 men and horses to bypass Zhang Guifang and others, go to Xiqi Mountain, and camp seventy miles away from the merchant camp.

......

It was evening, Tao Bao was meditating in the tent, and the white ape beside her called softly twice, reminding her that someone was coming.

Tao Bao opened his eyes, and there was indeed a guard at the door to report, and Tao Bao called him to bring someone in.

Someone came into the tent and saluted first, and then said: "Qi Yu Niangniang, those Xiqi soldiers moved the camp tent to the top of Xiqi Mountain." ”

"What's wrong with them?" Tao Bao asked.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, when my subordinates saw them carrying stones up the mountain, they were afraid that they would find out that they had not stayed for long, and they didn't know what they were doing. The detectives reported.

Tao Bao bowed his head, remembering Wuyi and the 90,000 army that were one step ahead, and asked, "How is the situation on the prince's side?"

"Qi Yu Niangniang, there is news from the prince's side, everything is normal, and it has not been discovered by the Xiqi army, and our merchant army is marching in two ways. ”

"Well, I know, we've stopped here for three days, Jiang Ziya should have to move, the scarecrow is ready, but don't be blown away by the wind. Tao Bao instructed.

The little soldier replied yes, saw Tao Bao waving his hand, and went out.

It was dark, the heat was cooler, and the soldiers of the merchant camp were cooking on the fire by the camp, and were discussing why the army could not drink enough water, when the sky, which had still a trace of afterglow, suddenly darkened.

"What's going on?" asked the soldier in a low puzzled voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, the wind suddenly blew, and in this hot weather, it was simply not too comfortable.

But before he could enjoy it, the wind suddenly became stronger, and with a "bang", the scarecrow's clothes used as a cover were blown over, and the soldiers beside him hurriedly hugged him.

The wind is getting stronger and stronger, the fire of cooking is flickering and flashing, and there are hidden signs of extinguishing, when everyone is wondering, a team of black armor soldiers is stepping in, and all the soldiers look at it, it is the elite soldiers under Niangniang.

The black-armored army stopped, and Tao Bao, who was in red and black armor, walked out steadily, and the wind blew, and she didn't even blow a single hair.

She stepped forward and raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Bring the stones that the palace ordered you to pick up, press the camp tent, and help these "people" into the camp tent, you don't have to go out of the camp tent these days, there is a change in the palace will notify you, do you understand!"

"Understood!" all the soldiers replied in unison.

Tao Bao bowed his head, left the black-armored soldiers, and went back to the camp tent by himself.

On the top of Xiqi Mountain, looking at the merchants and soldiers who were being blown around by the strong wind below, supporting each other to enter the tent, Wu Ji smiled very happily and hurriedly ran back to tell the master the good news.

That night, the wind did not stop, and the tents rustled, and the soldiers in the camp could not sleep at all.

The next day, I thought the wind would be fine, but I didn't expect the wind to be lighter, but it became very cold, and at this time, the clothes worn by the scarecrow came in handy.

Since Tao Bao gave a death order not to leave the camp unless he went to the toilet, when Bukit saw that there were no soldiers walking around in the commercial camp, he happily ran back and told his master.

On the third day, the cold wind finally stopped, but the good June day turned into a cold winter, and then there were snowflakes in the sky, and at this time, all the scarecrows were pulled out, and the soldiers put the straw between the inner and outer clothes to keep warm.

Although they all look bloated and funny, but hardy, when the straw came, Tao Bao was sufficient, at this time there was still left after the cold, and the soldiers burned it to keep warm, except for feeling cold, the whole army was fine.

At this time, on the top of Xiqi Mountain, Jiang Ziya stood on a stone platform, looking at the commercial camp that had been half covered by heavy snow, hooked his lips and smiled, holding the talisman paper between his fingertips, and chanting words in his mouth.

With his actions, a round of yellow sun suddenly appeared in the sky, stopped on the top of the commercial camp, the snow melted after a while, more than half a meter high snow, as soon as it melted, the merchant camp was suddenly a vast ocean, and the screams of the merchant soldiers were heard from time to time.

Listening to these screams, Wu Ji and Nangong Shi behind Jiang Ziya couldn't help but smile.

But they didn't know that at this time, in the merchant tent, the soldiers had nothing to do, and were standing on the dry ground to fight.

The merchants said that although Niangniang's orders were strange, they had to do them.

"Ahh

"No, no, no, I just missed, Ergou, are you okay?"

"Phew, Lao Tzu's blood has been beaten out for you, you said you missed? Niang Niang said, pretending to fight and shouting to Zhou Jun, you kid is really moving, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you!"

"Ergou! You're crazy! Lao Tzu's eyes!"

"Ahhh

Listening to the terrible screams coming from below, Wu Ji smiled:

"It's still the master who is powerful, and if you use a little Taoism, you can win 100,000 soldiers and horses in the commercial camp without much effort, and the disciple admires it!"

Nangong Shi also echoed and praised a few words, and Jiang Ziya, who listened to the praise of the two, stroked his beard and smiled, and then concentrated on observing the situation.