Chapter 147: Night Exploration of the Barracks
Last night, it was difficult to visually inspect at night, but now it is always possible to visually inspect during the day, so Song Jingran asked again, "Visually inspect the number of soldiers and horses?" β
"At least," the shadow paused, glanced at Song Jingran, and said solemnly, "Twenty thousand infantry, two thousand cavalry." β
Song Jingran looked at the shadow in panic, according to the visual inspection of the soldiers and horses, the enemy army is more than his own army, it seems that the 20,000 troops transferred back are indeed not just a part, but a large part, at the moment, not only to inform the dark guard and the dark night, but also to plan a good strategy to win more with less.
"When will the enemy get here?"
"If nothing else, you can pass through here around the end of the evening."
Song Jingran nodded thoughtfully, and said, "On the grounds of receiving the order of King Liang, we are here to welcome the triumph of the army, and it is best to leave them here to rest for one night, and then find a way to put this into their food or tea." β
Song Jingran handed over a bundle of paper bags, and said, "It's not appropriate for this seat to show up, this matter can only be handed over to you, you must be careful, don't let our people eat this thing by mistake, it's best to order them one by one." β
The shadow took the paper bag with a little doubt, he still believed in Song Jingran's strategy, so he said very seriously, "My subordinates understand." β
"Also, send someone to spread the news to the people in the south and to the north, and remember that it is best for them to outwit it, and not to touch it until it is absolutely necessary."
"Yes, my subordinates will send someone to do it." As the shadow spoke, he was about to leave in a hurry, but when he walked to the tent door, he turned back and said, "The enemy is afraid that there is still some way to go, and the young master can rest in peace." With that, he hurried out of the tent.
Song Jingran is indeed exhausted, although he is full of worries, but he still can't resist the fatigue, if it is really a war, enough physical strength is also the key, besides, even if the enemy army arrives, he can't show his face, after all, he has a reputation outside, and he is in the field, it is inevitable that he has come into contact with a lot of people, just in case, it is better to be cautious.
The Shadow Gang arranged everything, Song Jingran couldn't withstand the tiredness of the past few days, and finally fell asleep in the tent, as if he was sleeping, but in fact, he was just closing his eyes and recuperating, he was thinking all the time, how to win more with less, hoping that Yan Yongyan would have news as soon as possible.
Gao Jin's nearly 70,000 troops were distributed in all directions, and they were also surrounding Liangcheng, but he did not give the order to attack, he wanted to wait and see the movements of King Liang, and explore the number of soldiers and horses in Liangwang's city.
This is a battle of psychological quality, each side does not know the number of soldiers and horses of the other party, it depends on who dares to challenge more, who is good at strategy, the winner of the most rear, is the king of the most rear.
Lin Xuan'er has been sleeping groggily due to physical exhaustion, there are three women taking care of the three children, Lin Mo seems to be idle, but from time to time he goes out to investigate the situation in the city, it is quite calm for the time being, it is estimated that there will be no big battle tonight.
In the evening, the dark soul insisted on going back to the palace to pick up another ru niang, and all she prepared for Lin Xuan'er were a child's belongings, and now that the weather is getting cooler, clothes still need to be added, and the palace is guarded by her own people, and she will not be too strict when she haunts.
Cui'er seemed to be a little worried and dissuaded the dark soul, but Lin Mo didn't have any resistance, because he believed that the dark soul never did something that he was not sure of.
Song Jingran fell asleep unconsciously in heavy thoughts, woke up in a noisy noise, shook off his drowsy head, walked to the tent door, looked through the tent door, only to know that the sky had entered the night, and then looked to the other side, only to see the shadow and several generals talking about something with a few unfamiliar generals;
I could vaguely hear the shadow say, "Several generals have worked hard all the way with the army, and King Liang Tepaier and others are here to welcome the army back to the city, and King Liang has also specially instructed that when the army enters the city, King Liang will personally go out of the city to greet and reward the army in public." β
"But the general has not received the news that King Liang sent an army to greet him, and he dares to ask which army General Dark is in?"
"The last general is a major general under General Li, and the reason why General Wang did not receive the news of the greeting is that King Liang sincerely gave the army a heart-warming surprise, so the last general is waiting here."
"Well, in that case, the last general is here to thank King Liang for the love of the army, and there is also General Lao Dian who has been waiting here for a long time, and the general's army has been rushing for a day, and it is very hard, I don't know if General Dark has saliva to drink?"
"Yes, yes, yes, the last general has ordered someone to prepare a sumptuous dinner, General Wang freshened up first, and the last general ordered someone to deliver water and food to the soldiers one by one."
"Then there is General Lao Yan and all the soldiers."
"The general is polite, the general please." Song Jingran saw the shadow and several generals leaving, thinking that the enemy army had also arrived here, and now that the shadow had pacified them, it was to see that the situation would change tomorrow.
The night is thick, the birds and insects have stopped crying, and the moon has stepped into the sky, under the embellishment of the stars, like a little bright red in the green bushes, like a red lotus in a hundred miles of lakes, and like a king in the world, leading thousands of bloody lives.
Song Jingran took advantage of the night to go to the south first to investigate the situation over there, according to the dark guard, King Liang's southern army will pass through the place where they are stationed within three days, and the number of the army is unknown, the secret guard has laid a lot of traps dozens of miles away, as well as hidden weapons and other preparation strategies, but fortunately, there are still three days, and they still have a chance to prepare.
Worried that something would happen on the shadow's side, Song Jingran quickly returned to the east after everything was done.
The silent night sky, illuminated by the moonlight and stars, is extraordinarily bright, and the crisp sound of horses' hooves adds a pleasant timbre to the silent night sky.
Song Jingran galloped on horseback, his beautiful figure was like a dazzling lightning bolt under the presentation of the night, he was not suitable for the moonlight in the night sky, he only needed to be the unique star.
The sound of horses' hooves, which was originally crisp and pleasant, became mixed and noisy in a burst of horses' hooves from far and near.
Song Jingran reined in his horse and hid aside, waiting for the hurried sound of horses' hooves to approach; Choosing to rush in the dead of night, with the current situation, it is either his own people or enemies.
The sound of horses' hooves was almost in front of him, and Song Jingran was holding a long sword, and suddenly burst out from the side, and the long sword was pointed right at the throat of the person who came.
"Heroes spare their lives, heroes spare their lives." The man dismounted in time, raised his hands, and begged for mercy again and again.
"What kind of person, in the middle of the night, act in such a hurry, hurry up and report the number." Song Jingran gave the sword a few more points, if it was daytime, he would definitely be able to see blood flowing out.
"The little one" said tremblingly, "The little one just passed by here, disturbed the hero, and hoped that the hero would spare his life." β
"There are wars everywhere, but you are walking alone at night," Song Jingran snorted coldly, "It seems that you don't want to live anymore." β
Song Jingran said, and stabbed the sword at the person who came again, but he just wanted to test whether he had something to hide.
"The hero's subordinates are merciful, I say I say" The person who came closed his eyes tightly, looked frightened, and swayed his hands again and again.
Song Jingran snorted in his heart, and withdrew the sword that had stabbed out, as expected.
The person who came realized that there was a slight gasp in his throat, swallowed his saliva raw, and immediately dismounted in a panic, prostrate on the ground, and said in a panic, "The small one is ordered by King Liang to send urgent letters to the army, and the small ones dare not slack off, so they can only choose to rush late at night, and I hope that the heroes will not be embarrassed by the small ones." β
The person who came secretly blessed himself in his heart, hoping that in the name of King Liang, he could suppress this person.
"Hand over the letter, and spare you from dying." Song Jingran was secretly glad in his heart, according to this, it seemed that even God helped them.
"This" is very embarrassed, lost the letter, King Liang's side must be in danger, if you don't hand it over
"Hmm~~" Song Jingran let out a sound from his throat and pointed his long sword at the person who came.
"The big hero is angry, and the little one will be handed over." As he spoke, he cowered and took out a few letters from his arms, hesitated for a moment, and then handed the letters to Song Jingran tremblingly.
Song Jingran took the letter and said coldly, "Get out." β
The visitor nodded and got up, and as soon as he turned around, Song Jingran stretched out his hand and slapped him heavily on the back of the head, and the visitor gradually fell to the ground.
Song Jingran dragged the person who died on the ground in the grass on the side, in his mind, the person who came was acting on orders, if he lost the task, it was a trivial matter to go back and think about King Liang's report, but the end was definitely death, so he simply knocked him unconscious here, and when he slept here for two days, he didn't know how to develop, whether he could save his life, it depended on his own creation.
Song Jingran then rode away and took the man's horse with him, first, they needed the most horsepower to fight, and second, the horse stayed here, which would only cause people to find the man even more;
By the time he sneaked back to the barracks, the army had fallen asleep, and only the shadowy tent was still flickering.
The shadow has been worried about Song Jingran's delay in returning, because of the late night, sitting at the table and dozing off, I don't know whether it was disturbed by the dream, or in the vigilance of a martial arts practitioner, suddenly, he got up suddenly, pulled out the dagger hidden in his sleeve, moved as fast as lightning, went straight to the front of the tent, lowered the cold voice and asked, "What person?" β
The tent door opened slightly, a black shadow flashed, the shadow was really like a shadow-like speed, and the dagger was sent on, and the dagger was just half gone, and immediately retracted, knelt down on one knee, and said in a low voice, "The subordinates don't know if it's the young master, there are many offenses, please punish the young master." β
Song Jingran turned around, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, although he didn't smile, but it could be seen from his eyes that it was a kind of satisfaction, he deliberately put the movement to the minimum, in order to avoid being discovered by the army, and also to test the temptation, the shadow's judgment ability and vigilance were fortunate to live up to his expectations.
"Get up, it's not in the workshop right now, you don't have to pay attention to the rules in the workshop." Song Jingran naturally controlled the volume of the voice, and then sat down at the table next to him.
"Young Master Xie." The shadow then got up, and saw that Song Jingran took out a bit of what seemed to be a letter to read, so he brought it to a cup of tea, and then waited on the side.
"How is King Liang's army?" Song Jingran did not look at the shadow, but still looked at the letter in his hand.
"Back to the young master, we are resting in the tent camp that we have prepared in advance, and the army is also arranged nearby."