Fu Rushou suddenly said to the cronies beside him: "As the saying goes, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, so let's do it, Ah Biao, you personally go to the nearest Xishan to ask for help, be sure to bring rescue people before dark, go quickly." ”

"Subordinates obey." After Ah Biao received the order, he immediately rushed to Xishan to ask for help.

Fu Rushou continued: "The third child, you go to defend the waterway, intercept and kill on the halfway, no one is allowed to land on the shore, if one person lands successfully, you raise your head to see you." ”

The master of Sanzhai said with a serious expression: "Got it, big brother." So he turned and walked out.

"Wait, at least before dark." Fu Rushou stopped him again, regretting his previous absolute order and instructing.

"Yes, big brother...... "The eyes of the three village owners were filled with tears, knowing that this was the eldest brother sparing his life, and then left without looking back.

Fu Rushou said to the second village master: "Second brother, rely on the favorable terrain of our Fushan, defend with all our might, do not allow frontal conflicts, and must hold on until reinforcements arrive, and prepare more long-distance weapons such as bows and arrows, boulders, and logs." ”

"Okay, I'll do what the big brother wants, what about you, big brother?" The second village master asked.

Fu Rushou replied: "I am waiting for the good news of you and the third brother in the cottage, go ahead." ”

The second village master smiled: "Okay, big brother, we promise to beat those officers and soldiers to the ground, and we will definitely hold on until the arrival of reinforcements." So he walked briskly out of the hall.

At this time, Fu Rushou was the only one left in the hall, and he closed his eyes and waited for Ah Biao's news.

Cui Zhendong gave a loud order: "Go full speed, be sure to rush to Fushan before dark." ”

So the army of 1,500 men again increased the speed of the march, and the army of the waterway was moving forward on a calm river, both sides of the river were all woods, which seemed extraordinarily quiet, and suddenly a cold arrow from the depths of the woods shot a soldier who was standing guard on the warship, and then dozens of arrows were shot out together, shooting at the soldiers on the warship, the soldiers could not dodge, and in an instant more than ten soldiers were shot down, and the soldiers hid in the boat, and one soldier immediately went to report to General Xu.

"Tell the general, we have been ambushed!" The bloodstains on the soldiers' bodies told General Xu the seriousness of the situation.

General Xu said angrily: "What are you panicking about? Can the little bandits overturn our warship? ”

At this time, the second round of attack of the bandits had begun, and dozens of arrows were fired at the same time, and unlike the first time, a fire was ignited on the tip of the arrow, which immediately caused a fire when it hit the hull.

General Xu was not afraid of the rain of arrows, walked out of the warship and looked at the shore and shouted: "Half of the people immediately put out the fire, and the other half of the people will ignite the tips of the arrows to the generals and shoot them into the woods, even if they don't shoot them, they will be burned alive to the generals, which is called treating others in the way of others." After the order was given, I saw some soldiers fighting the fire, and others shooting rockets into the forest.

General Xu Shen observed the movement in the woods and said with a smile: "They shoot theirs, let's shoot ours, don't be affected by them." ”

In this way, the two sides exchanged rockets, and in an instant, the woods were covered by raging fires, and the poor bandits hiding in the woods were all burned alive, and the fire of General Xu's warship was also extinguished, and there were few casualties among the officers and soldiers.

General Xu Shen couldn't help but sigh when he saw the scene of mourning on the other side: "Your strategy has made a very serious mistake, presumably your commander should be an extremely stupid person, continue to advance, and must arrive at the destination before dusk, clear all obstacles for the commander-in-chief, and clear all obstacles for the landing team." ”

So the five warships advanced at full speed, and the five warships of General Xu quickly arrived at the destination, and just as they landed, hundreds of arrows were fired from the high ground at the vanguard soldiers who were landing, and dozens of vanguard soldiers were shot down, and the second round of sneak attacks by the bandits were also rockets as before.

General Xu shouted loudly: "Brothers, disperse quickly, and abandon the ship quickly." ”

So some of the soldiers jumped into the river and swam ashore, while others continued to rush forward, unfortunately becoming a live target, and one soldier asked: "General, our casualties are too great, and we will use fire against them, shall we?" ”

General Xu immediately stopped: "No, the woods here are extremely dense, if you attack with fire, then the fire will definitely burn back, so we will lose the landing point, if we wait for the fire to go out, and then land, I'm afraid we won't be able to follow the previous plan, don't affect the overall situation, brothers, disperse Ben, don't we have a shield, as long as we rush to the front, then the bows and arrows in their hands will not be a threat to us." ”

So the landing team of several hundred people forced to land, the soldiers in front fell one after another, and the soldiers in the rear continued to rush, when the soldiers were still more than fifty meters away from the bandits, the lord of Sanzhai saw that the big thing had gone, and shouted: "Brothers, put down all the bows and arrows in their hands, pick up weapons and rush with me, you must hold out until dusk, so that the reinforcements of Xishan will come." So more than 100 bandits in the forest rushed out of the woods at the same time to kill the officers and soldiers.

Seeing this, General Xu smiled slightly: "The troops immediately retreated." After the order, I saw the charging team, all of them withdrew, and when the three village lords were about to rush to the front, they found that the army had retreated, and wondered what was going on? At this moment, I saw General Xu commanding: "Archers prepare." ”

When the lord of the three villages saw the archers not far away, all the mysteries in his heart were solved, everything was understood, and he shouted loudly: "Withdraw quickly, brothers." ”

Xu Shen gently lowered his hand and signaled to shoot arrows, only to see hundreds of arrows shot at the bandits, and half of them were shot down in a moment, so the master of the three villages fled back to the cottage with a few spared thieves.

General Xu looked at his results and couldn't help but smile: "Treating others with the way of others is the general's favorite tactic, immediately rush to the predetermined position and make every effort to reconnoiter the terrain of this mountain and advance." ”

At this time, Fu Rushou was sitting quietly in the hall, and suddenly the master of Sanzhai pushed the door in, knelt on the ground, and cried: "Big brother, we have lost, but we have also inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, and both sides have suffered heavy casualties. ”

After hearing this, Fu Rushou closed his eyes, opened his eyes for a long time, and sighed: "Hey! Third child, do you know? This group of officers and soldiers is the vanguard, their real purpose is to reconnoiter the terrain of Fukuyama, until the goal is clear, their large army will never come, but once they understand the topography of our Fukuyama, they will retreat, waiting for the arrival of the large army, then they will have a strong force, and have useful information, then what ability do we have to stop the enemy's attack? ”

The master of Sanzhai said ashamedly: "Big brother, give me some more brothers, and I will take my brothers to intercept and kill them again." ”

"Hey! It's late, do you think they're going to scout en masse? They are bound to disperse. Fu Rushou sighed.

"Big brother, it's me who harmed the brothers of the whole Fukuyama! Punish me! The master of Sanzhai blamed himself.

Fu Rushou patted the head of the third village master and comforted: "Third brother, don't blame yourself, didn't I already send Ah Biao to Xishan for help?" It is believed that reinforcements will arrive soon. ”

At this moment, someone outside the door shouted: "Owner of the village, I'm back." "It turned out that Ah Biao was back.

Fu Rushou and the three village owners both showed joy, but Ah Biao cried: "The village master, they refuse to rescue, they don't save when they see death!" ”

Fu Rushou exclaimed: "What, is it what the lord of Xishan Dazhai said personally?" ”

Ah Biao replied: "Yes, this is indeed what the master of Dazhai said himself, and he also said that you can share the blessings and the difficulties." ”

Fu Rushou couldn't help sneering after hearing this: "It's only like this now, Ah Biao, you order all the personnel to change the defensive location every half an hour, and you can also participate in blocking the enemy." ”

At this time, Cui Zhendong had already led a large army to reach the designated target, but at this time it was already dark, and General Xu ran over to report: "Lord Commander, my subordinates have completed the reconnaissance, and the environment here is extremely complicated, which is not conducive to the operation of the army. ”

Cui Zhendong nodded: "This general naturally understands, the previous general has attacked this mountain, although it is a victory, but it is also a heavy casualties, this mountain is easy to defend and not conducive to attack, pass on the general order, divide the army into four teams, from four directions to the general to kill, the first to rush to Fushanzhai, this will play the imperial court, reward him." ”

Tang Jiabao asked: "Slow, Lord Commander, it is getting late at this time, which is not conducive to our army's battle, why not wait until dawn tomorrow to attack the mountain?" ”

Cui Zhendong laughed: "Haha, Brother Tang, the general will tell you, I'm not afraid that you will steal the general's art of war, when it's dark, when it's late at night, when we can't see the enemy, the enemy can't see us either, and the war is fought on an equal footing." ”

"Equality?" Tang Jiabao had a slightly questioning tone.

Cui Zhendong said angrily: "Tang Jiabao, Ben will know what you are thinking, although the number of bandits is small, but they have an advantage in the geographical environment, so they can effectively defend with all their might, although there are many soldiers in this general, but they have to climb over the mountains and mountains in order to finally reach Fushan Village, but before reaching Fushan Village, Ben will lose at least half of the men and horses, Tang Jiabao, you just saw the front, and did not see the end, see the result." Cui Zhendong tried his best to explain to Tang Jiabao.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "Lord Commander, there is stubborn resistance ahead, and it is impossible to move on. ”

Cui Zhendong comforted: "Don't be afraid of bloodshed, don't be afraid of sacrifice, Ben will arrive later and order the front team to continue the assault." ”