Chapter Thirty-Eight: Crooked Strikes
Su Jing and I broke into the grain and grass camp of Hejis, but found that it was a dog biting a hedgehog and had no way to bite the mouth - their grain and grass were stored in hundreds of cellars, and it would take more than a dozen people to turn the hinges just by opening the lid, and the original fire attack plan was obviously bankrupt, not to mention whether the torches could work in the oxygen-free cellars, just so many cellars were burned one by one in terms of the amount of tasks, even if people opened up and let you burn these 1,000 people, they would be busy for a day and a night, not to mention that this place is very close to the three camps of Hejis, As soon as there is a stir, a large number of people will immediately come to support.
It seems that Heggis has long thought that the enemy will make up his mind on grain and grass, so he buried this hand, which makes people can only sigh with admiration, to build such a big project, it is by no means a simple effort, and it may even take years, it can be seen that Hegis is indeed ambitious and has long been involved in the Honglie Empire, this cellar may have been dug before Chen Zhiyuan's vanguard army set off, which can only show that the Honglie Empire has failed in intelligence, and people are ignorant of such a big move under their noses...... Su Jing and I were at a loss for a while, you look at me, I look at you and ask at the same time, "What now?" I thought for a moment and said, "I have to fire the arrow on the string, even if I burn him three or five." ”
Su Jing gradually regained his composure, gritted his teeth and said: "This is not beneficial to the overall situation, but will startle the snake, it is better to go back and find another way." ”
I said, "It's only a matter of time before our whereabouts are revealed." ”
Su Jing said: "There is no way, fortunately, even if Hegis understands that there is so much grain and grass in a short period of time, there is nowhere else to go, and we can know that the exact location here is the harvest, so we can only go back and then transfer heavy troops to encircle and suppress." ”
I sighed, "That's all there is to it." "That being said, she and I both understand that it is very difficult to do this, and after the alliance between the daughter country and the Honglie Empire, the strength of the army is not as good as that of Hejis, and it can only be an empty word to say that it will be surrounded and suppressed by heavy troops.
In this way, Su Jing and I quietly retreated again and came to the edge of the woods, Ma Jing couldn't wait to say, "How is it?" ”
Su Jing frowned and said, "It can be confirmed that it is the grain and grass camp of Hejis, but ......"
Fei Fengjun, who hadn't had time to be happy, was stunned by the two words behind her, Su Jing said the details, and the female soldiers also looked at each other, Ma Jing hurriedly said: "Then what should I do, I can't come for nothing, right?" ”
Su Jing shook his head and said, "It seems that this is the only way." ”
Ma Jing rolled her eyes and said: "It's better to be like this, we rush in and don't care if we can burn down a few cellars of him, in short, let's put the fire first, the Hegis army in front will be in turmoil when they see the rear on fire, isn't this also helping the general?" ”
A female soldier was unwilling to give up, and when they heard this, they were all eager to try, Su Jing hesitated, and then Zhang Shilei said: "This is not a good way." Ma Jing glared; How? ”
Zhang Shilei analyzed: "Let's not talk about whether the fire can be ignited, even if it is lit, it may not help General Zhao." ”
Ma Jing squinted her eyes and said, "How do you say this?" ”
Zhang Shilei analyzed: "As soon as the Hegis Army saw that the rear was on fire, it was certain that they would send heavy troops to save it, and then we would have to retreat, and General Zhao thought that we would succeed, and blindly holding on to it could only delay the fighter and finally fall into a heavy encirclement, then we were actually doing a disservice, I think it is better to rush to the front line as soon as possible and tell the truth to General Zhao to do a plan as soon as possible, so that the brothers of the Feifeng Army can ...... Well, the sisters chose the city earlier, and there were fewer casualties. ”
When Ma Jing heard this, cold sweat trickled down, and finally she had to stomp her feet and say, "Let's withdraw!" ”
The female soldiers took advantage of the excitement and returned from defeat, seeing that the information they had worked so hard to obtain was about to harvest, but they could only be at a loss in front of the fruits of victory, and they were all depressed, Ma Jing scolded: "Cheer me up, don't be like a defeated chicken!" "Actually, she herself is listless.
We estimated the time and speculated that the Feifeng Army had now attacked the camp of Tangtailang, so the group chose the road to the east.
Just walked less than 300 meters away, three fast horses galloped in the woods in front, seeing that the outfit was a Heggis soldier, Ma Jing waved his hand to let everyone lie down, since he didn't plan to do it for the time being, there was no need to cause unnecessary trouble, the three ran over and then followed by two groups of people, all of them were riding on horses and hurrying, it seemed that they were not sentinels, as if they were in a hurry to recover their lives, Ma Jing muttered: "Could it be that our actions have been exposed?" ”
Zhang Shilei said: "It shouldn't be so fast, and the direction is not right." As he spoke, two more horses galloped by, and this time everyone paid attention, Zhang Shilei stared at the two knights running by, and said uncertainly: "It seems to be a herald." ”
I asked, "How do you tell?" ”
Zhang Shilei said: "You see that their weapons are all on their backs, if it is a cavalry in the battle sequence, the knife should be straddled diagonally on the side of the horse, and only the herald keeps running and bumping." ”
I wondered, "Herald?" What commands can be preached in this wood? To whom do they pass it on? ”
Although we were suspicious, but we didn't pay much attention to the situation on the front line, we still hid in the forest and continued to walk towards the destination, and another war horse ran past us through the bushes, and after a while, we heard a horse neighing not far away, and then someone asked and answered, it seemed to be verifying the password or something, I will be in the army for a long time, and I am no stranger to this form, knowing that all the entrance to the barracks must be set up with a card, and the Q&A password is to prevent enemy spies from taking advantage of the situation, not to mention Ma Jing and Zhang Shilei and others, As soon as they heard that someone was intersecting, they immediately looked at each other: "How can there be a military camp around here?" ”
Su Jing's eyes closed slightly, and Huo Ran said: "The password is 'relaxed and orderly'. ”
We were all puzzled, Su Jing opened his eyes and said: "The content of the password is 'relaxed and orderly'. It turned out that she had a good ear and actually heard what the other party said.
Ma Jing hesitated even more: "What does it mean that Hegis has set up a military camp here?" ”
Su Jing smiled slightly and said, "Since we have stumbled into this place by mistake, we might as well go and take a look?" ”
Ma Jing was annoyed by the matter of the grain and grass camp, and when she heard that she had another opportunity to make meritorious contributions, she hurriedly said: "Okay, but don't delay the work." ”
Su Jing smiled: "Don't worry, if it's really a military camp, then we'll continue to drive our way." ”
I listened to what she said, and my heart moved inexplicably, Su Jing took the lead, and we followed closely one by one, like a pack of wolves cautiously approaching their prey, passing through a lush forest and a low dirt mountain, and the "military camp" in our imagination was finally completely exposed in front of us - behind the dirt mountain, under the shade of the trees, a lonely log cabin stood there, and the front of the house was very lively, and there were constantly knights getting on and off their horses and shuttling between the wooden houses, and they did not dare to delay in the slightest as soon as they received specific instructions. In front of the wooden house, there was a group of about 50 guards, each with a sword, guarding the door, meticulously checking the people and others.
Ma Jing was very excited with just one shot of his eyes: "This is a command headquarters!" ”
When the guards heard the change, they immediately shouted, "Who is it? ”
Su Jing transferred out from behind Tushan and said indifferently: "It's me." ”
The guards were stunned for a moment, and someone said, "Password!" ”
Su Jing smiled slightly and said, "Relaxed and orderly." ”
The man listened to the password and couldn't help scratching his head and said, "Which battalion are you from?" ”
Su Jing said: "I am from the Feifeng Army. ”
The man was shocked and said, "There is an enemy!" Needless to say, at this time, the rest of the guards also rushed up with long knives, Ma Jing rose from behind the dirt slope, and shot down a guard with an arrow, and the female soldiers opened their bows one after another, and shot them together with the guards who pounced on them with the herald at the door, and a few of the arrows shot down the window of the wooden house, but it was like shooting a huge spring, and it bounced back in an instant, and the rate of fire was faster and more ruthless, Su Jing's robe sleeves shook off a few branches, and a unique arrow went straight to Ma Jing's door, with Ma Jing's kung fu, there was no time to dodge, I can anticipate the enemy first because of the light of the Buddha, but she is still three steps away from me, and it is too late to reach out to catch it, in a hurry, I lifted the hilt of the Qingxuan Sword, and the arrow stinged on the swallow of the Qingxuan Sword and fell, from beginning to end Ma Jing only stared at the eyes in a daze, and did not react until the arrow fell to the ground.
"There are masters!" As soon as Su Jing finished saying this, four people burst out of the wooden house like lightning, only one of the four people held a long sword in his hand, and the other three were empty-handed, attacking Su Jing in four directions, Su Jing forced the person in front with one palm, turned around and let go of the fist of the person on the left, and the person on the right saw the change of move and kicked Su Jing's waist, Su Jing came first, and pressed him down with a step on the surface of his raised foot, and at this moment the long sword had been cut to Su Jing's back shoulder, Su Jing leaned forward with his right leg as if he had an eye in the back of his head, and he kicked his right leg accurately towards the hand holding the sword, and he was about to kick it on, but he didn't know that this person took half a step back and put the long sword in his hand to the side, this time Su Jing wanted to continue to exert his strength, which was equivalent to sending his foot to the opponent's sword, and he had to be injured, Su Jing never looked back, but the opponent's every move seemed to be in full view, and when he was about to make his legs, turn back, and palm, he was full of his martial arts to at least make the other party retreat, but he didn't expect that person to be fierce and ruthless, and the sword blade turned and stabbed Su Jing's palm, Su Jing leaned over his right palm to his left palm and continued to move forward, and the person deflected his sword and slapped her alive, and then staggered two steps, the long sword was still in an offensive posture.
It was just a blink of an eye for these people to start and end of a round, which can really be described as a rabbit and a duck, and what surprised me was that Su Jing's skills didn't get much cheap, and the martial arts of these four people themselves were not weak, which was expected, and they cooperated with each other to the extent that they were heart-to-heart.
Su Jing was stunned and suddenly showed a look of surprise and joy, she subconsciously glanced into the wooden house and said, "It must not be an ordinary person who can be guarded by such a master." She stared at the man who made the sword and praised it sincerely, "Good swordsmanship!" Then he said, "The palm is also good." ”
The man knew that he had encountered a strong enemy that he had only seen in his life, so he forced himself to breathe his sword qi, and just snorted.
At this time, Su Jing confronted the four masters, Ma Jing and the others naturally couldn't intervene, only I couldn't help but want to go into the wooden house to see who it was, as soon as my feet moved, the sword man had already seen through my mind, and flew to fight the sword eagle and swooped down on me, it seems that among the four people, this person has the highest martial arts, but unfortunately he is impetuous, and he doesn't know how to hide his sword qi at all, and my Buddha light shines, the stronger the opponent's sword qi, the more obvious the corresponding induction, I knew that he was going to split my left shoulder, so I turned slightly sideways, At the same time, he pulled out the Qingxuan sword across the route he planned to attack, and when the long sword in his hand was cut in half by the Qingxuan sword, this person was holding half of the sword and was stunned on the ground, Su Jing took advantage of the gap when he was stunned and had already grabbed his heart, and the palm force spit out and ejected him more than a foot away, and the body did not stay for a moment, and the remaining three people were knocked to the ground, so that the sword man was gone, and the three people were not Su Jing's opponents at all with palm to palm, and the situation that could barely support just now collapsed in an instant.
I shook my painful wrist vigorously, and saw that the eyes of the four masters were full of horror when they looked at Su Jing, but none of them paid attention to me, so I had to boast to myself: "Well, the sword is good, and the swordsmanship is also good." ”
"How is that possible...... You are obviously a novice at the level of a sword boy......" The sword man's face was full of unwillingness, and I smiled: "This...... You are completely mistaken. "Actually, he didn't lose to me, but his offensive line was definitely an unexpected shock to him when I saw through it, with a master like him, he shouldn't have been in a daze in battle, but things were too unbelievable He was exploited by Su Jing, of course, even if they fight, they are definitely not Su Jing's opponents, but the difference between ten moves and twenty moves.
"To be able to defeat one of the best masters in my Heggis Army in an instant, could it be the Sword God?" Someone in the hut finally spoke, his voice loud but slightly old and tired. Without waiting for someone to answer, the voice added, "Since the daughter country and Hong Lie have formed an alliance, which one is Su Jing and Shi Dizai?" ”
I grinned and said, "I'll tell you the truth, it's all here." The four masters who fell to the ground were instantly relieved when they heard this, and then turned to ashes, and after figuring out who they had lost, they quickly came to a second conclusion: the current situation could never be reversed.
The old man in the room paused and said in surprise: "That old man is very honored." ”
Ma Jing had already commanded people to surround the wooden house at this time, and she asked me with her eyes if I was going to rush in to get people, I waved my hand at her, and still smiled and said, "Old man, you better come out by yourself, so that my subordinates don't offend you rudely." ”
The old man said, "Listening to your tone, you don't seem to know who the old man is?" ”
I said, "I'm smiling you, I found this by mistake." ”
The old man sighed and said, "The old man moved the headquarters to the depths of this dense forest just to hide from you, but he didn't expect it to be sent to you again, this is also a kind of fate, right?" ”
I was stunned and said, "Are you ...... Mt. Rang? ”
The old man smiled bitterly: "Exactly." ”
Ma Jing and Zhang Shilei and others were all overjoyed when they heard this, although everyone speculated that this must be a big general, but they didn't expect it to be one of the three generalissimos of Hejis, Tang Tailang, the two armies faced each other and captured each other's commanders, what a rare great achievement?
I slowly took two steps to the door and said cautiously, "General Yutai, how about you take a step to speak?" "I'm afraid that this old guy can't stand the humiliation of being captured and will commit suicide again, for this kind of character, it is naturally more valuable to live than to die.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the wooden door opened, a veteran with white hair appeared at the door, he was not wearing a helmet, and his weapon had been removed, and his figure was one size smaller than Shi Cundao, but he could also be called burly, and he scared me as soon as he came out, it seems that the old man has not yet thought of martyrdom for the time being.
The first thing he saw when he went out was me, he glanced at the Qingxuan Sword and asked, "You are Shi Dizai?" He glanced at Su Jing again, "Then this is Su Jing?" ”
Ma Jing took a rope in her hand and was about to rush up, although the four masters had no strength to struggle, they still shouted angrily together: "Presumptuous! ”
I waved my hand at Ma Jing, and said with a smile on my face: "The old general is willing to come out, then he has figured it out, and we can't be ignorant." ”
Tan Tailang said: "Don't you kill the old man? ”
Su Jing said: "We just want to ask the old general of Shantai to move to the Feifeng Army for a while. ”
Yu Tailang smiled and said: "Why do you say it so politely, the old man is nothing more than a big fish caught by the ranks, and it is not at the mercy of the two of them to kill or chop?" ”
Su Jing didn't make a fuss, stretched out his hand and said, "Please." ”
Ma Jing's eyebrows fluttered and said: "The general must be fighting in this old guy's camp now, so that the Heggis army outside Xinzhou City can be broken without attacking." "We naturally thought of this, the girls of the Feifeng Army swept the grain and grass in vain, and actually caught the Tailang crookedly, and they couldn't help but be elated, for now, it is difficult to say whether it is more beneficial to break the grain and grass camp of Hegis or to take the Tailang.
At this time, a herald of Hegis happened to arrive, this person didn't notice the abnormality at first, and when he saw the mess all over the ground, it was too late to run, 1000 Feifeng Army bows and arrows in hand, as long as Su Jing or Ma Jing gave an order, he would immediately shoot this person into a hedgehog, Ma Jing and Su Jing discussed: "Master Su, do you want to do it?" ”
Su Jing said: "Let's see what he says first, whether it is useful to us." ”
The soldier came to the front of the Tailang tremblingly, although the goosebumps on his neck were endless, but after all, the marshal was on top, so he dismounted and knelt down on one knee as usual, and said with trembling lips: "Report to the general...... Latest Campaign Report ......"
Lan Tailang glanced down and said, "Say." ”
"This ...... The daughter country Feifeng Army sneaked up on our army's camp, and now it's ...... Now there is a war going on. ”
As soon as I heard this, I was angry, "There is a war", what is this called? Obviously, he was afraid of revealing secrets, but he couldn't make up any jokes, so he had to talk nonsense casually.
Tang Tailang sighed and said, "Idiot, who among the people present doesn't know about this?" What the hell is going on, though. ”
"Yes." The soldier got the marshal's order, and his speech became much smoother: "General Yu, the Feifeng Army has now broken through the north entrance of our army, General Qi Qi's 30,000 horses have been killed and wounded, and it is still 15 miles away from the south entrance, General Zhang Xiqiao asked me to ask the general for an order to go south to rescue, in addition, whether to ask General Qin Yiwu for help, please decide!" ”
(To be continued)