Early in the morning, the continuous sound of drums came into Xin'er's tent.

After listening for a moment, I realized that this was the sound of the drum that summoned the soldiers to assemble.

Li Liang, Wei Shu, and Wei Xian entered the tent. Wei Shu and Wei Xian's father and son wore armor and a belt to ring the first sword. Although Li Liang is still wearing a silk coat, he also has a sword on his waist. His round face showed a serious demeanor, and as soon as he arrived in the tent, he said: "Ming Gong, Huan Ying suddenly summoned soldiers, I don't know why?" Please prepare for a rainy day. ”

Xin Er asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Li Liang said: "The riders are ordered to put the saddle on the horse, and once something happens, you can do it." ”

Xin Er smiled: "No need." ”

Wei Shu said: "Ming Gong, it has been four days since I entered the Huan camp, and the number of Jingzhou soldiers on duty outside the tent area is increasing day by day. I inquired and learned that these Jingzhou soldiers were sent by Yuan Ziqiao under the pretext of strengthening the defense. Ming Gongsu is in Huanying, and it is not a war zone, where do you need to strengthen what defense? Yuan Ziqiao is Huan Jingzhou's henchman. The meaning of Huan Jingzhou is unpredictable. It's better to make some preparations. ”

His expression was more serious than Li Liang's, after all, he was the leader of Xin Er's personal guards, and he had the great responsibility of protecting Xin Er.

Wei Shu and the others, as vassals, have their own responsibilities and worries, Xin Er, as a superior, has been meeting and talking with Huan Meng for a few days in a row, and he also has his own judgment, and said with a calm smile: "Qing and others are too worried." ”

The sound of the armor vibrating and the sound of neat footsteps continued to sound not far from the tent area where Xin Er was waiting.

Accompanied by the sound of armor and footsteps, there were brief orders from the officers leading the team from time to time.

Every troop passing through the tent area of Xin Er and others would shout loudly twice.

The cheers came and went.

Li Liang, Wei Shu, and Wei Xian became more and more nervous.

Xin Er didn't take it seriously, raised his voice slightly to suppress the noise outside, looked at Li Liang, and continued: "Gou Zi, do you remember what I said to you on the way to Huanying? ”

On the way here, the two talked a lot, and Li Liang asked, "Which sentence is Ming Gong referring to?" ”

"Huan Jingzhou asked me to enter Chengdu in order to claim back the Sword Pavilion. How could I give it to him in the Sword Pavilion? He is nothing more than two methods, one is to ask for literature and the other is to force him. For the first three days, I didn't give him a chance to talk about it; He must have been in a hurry, so he will beat the drums and gather his troops today. He will not gather the soldiers today for anything other than to try to 'force' against me. ”

Li Liang said: "I remember this, but Ming Gong, since it is 'force', it is even more necessary to guard against it!" ”

Li Liang's implication is that you resolutely refuse to give the Sword Pavilion to Huan Meng, which caused Huan Meng to start a battle of "force", and those who are forced to come and go, forced to the end, will they tear their faces on both sides and simply fight with swords?

Xin Er smiled: "I've already guarded it!" ”

Wei Shu said: "What does Ming Gong mean? ”

"Thousands of miles sit in the Sword Pavilion, Gao Yan Tiger is stationed in Qinde, Luo Hu is guarding Jia Meng, with the wisdom of thousands of miles and the bravery of the two tigers, it is enough to protect me!"

Wei Shu said: "But Ming Gong, Tang Sima and Gao and Luo Er Generals are hundreds of miles away, if Ming Gong is in danger, how can he be saved!" ”

Wei Xian, the son of Wei Shu, is smarter than Wei Shu, and has understood the meaning of Xin Er's words, and thinks about it and says: "Huan Jingzhou is in the early peace of Shu, and his soldiers and horses are only 10,000 people, which is not enough to suppress the whole of Shu. In this case, he must not dare to start another war and start a war with me Dingxi. I set more than 10,000 soldiers in the west, once out of the Sword Pavilion to the south, Chengdu, Qianwei and other counties of the unattached generation, will definitely rebel and respond. At that time, Huan Jingzhou will be attacked by the enemy, not only will the previous efforts of Shu be in vain, but I am afraid that Jingzhou will not be able to go back! ”

Xin Er rolled his eyes at Wei Xian, and said in his heart: "This is the countermeasure that I and Qianli have discussed about Huan Jingzhou's entry into Chengdu." Wei Xian didn't know. However, when he hears my words now, he can understand me and the strategy of a thousand miles. In the past, I only thought that he was loyal and brave, but he also had brains, yes, and he was a material that could be made. Stroking his beard, he smiled, "Exactly." Duke Huan did not dare to start a war with our army, and he would not dare to harm me; That's why I said that there are thousands of miles and two tigers looking north of Chengdu, which is enough to keep me safe. ”

Li Liang and Wei Shu were still worried.

Seeing this, Xin Er thought: "Today in Huanying, although it is not a war zone, it is like being in the enemy camp. There are tens of thousands of soldiers, and I only have more than 100 riders, and the disparity between the numbers is huge, and the morale must be unstable is one of them. Let me soothe them with words. He smiled, "Don't worry. If my expectations are correct, I will be able to return to the Sword Pavilion in three or two days at most. ”

Wei Shu asked, "What does Ming Gong mean by this?" Why can I go back in three or two days? ”

Xin Er got up from the couch, went down to the ground, walked to the front of the tent, looked at the soldiers of the Jingzhou army outside, bypassed the tent area where he was located in a group, rushed to the school field, and said: "Before coming to Chengdu, I discussed with Qianli and decided that it was impossible for Huan Jingzhou to stay in Chengdu for a long time. However, although he couldn't stay for a long time, he took out seven or eight days to slowly negotiate with me about the ownership of the Sword Pavilion, but he was still completely able to.

"It's only been a few days since I've been in Huan Camp today? It's just four days. He actually tried to be poor, went to the last step, and started 'force'. Speaking of this, Xin Er turned his head, looked at Li Liang and Wei Xian, and asked, "You say, why is he so impatient?" ”

Li Liang's eyes lit up and replied, "There must be other reasons behind it." ”

"Why?"

Li Liang speculated: "Isn't it, who in Shu disobeys him and has already rebelled?" ”

"That's how I see it! Shu Qin has been a country for decades, but it is a 'country', how can there be no people who are unsubordinate and ambitious? Although Duke Huan conquered Chengdu, there were only 10,000 soldiers, and the reason for his victory in the first battle of Chengdu was that he attacked and rushed forward, and hit Li Dang by surprise, because Li Dang was defeated, and Chengdu was not guaranteed; But the surviving Shu generals and Shu soldiers are still crowded, and when they relieved themselves and knew that Huan Gong only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, they raised their banners to rebel in order to get lucky, and the resistance to the king was probably inevitable. ”

Li Liang, Wei Shu, and Wei Xian understood what Xin Er meant.

Wei Xianxi said: "If as Ming Gong expected, if there was a rebellion in Shuzhong, then Huan Jingzhou would be too busy to take care of himself, and at the same time he would not dare to turn his face with Ming Gong, then in the end, he would indeed have no choice but to give Ming Gong a gift to return to the Sword Pavilion!" ”

Li Liang thought in his heart: "Ming Gong is not only bold, but also extremely thoughtful. What a masterpiece in the world, my master! He calmed down, looked at Xin Er with admiration, and said with admiration, "In the tiger's den in Longtan, if you are calm, Ming Gong is also!" ”

Xin Er smiled and said nothing.

After more than an hour, about the soldiers of the Huanmeng Department were assembled, Xi Shantu came to the tent and invited Xin Er to see Huanmeng.

Li Liang deliberately asked him and said: "Master Xi, the drums in the camp are all around, and when you hear it, it seems to be the sound of gathering troops." Dare to ask Master Xi, what happened? Looking at Xi Shantu's expression, he continued, "It can't be that there are Shu people making trouble, right?" ”

Xi Shantu won the trust and love of Yuan Ziqiao and Huan Meng, on the day he came back, although he did not participate in the counterinsurgency meeting organized by Huan Meng, but soon after he learned about it, he suddenly heard Li Liang ask, his expression changed slightly, but he immediately adjusted his expression back, and replied: "What? Shu people are in turmoil? No, no. Today's drumming and gathering of troops is just a military parade and drill in accordance with the usual practice. He Xin Er said, "The general may not know that Duke Huan governs the army strictly, and every ten days, there will be a rehearsal; Today is the day of the parade, and it coincides with the general's drive in the camp, so Huan Gong invited the general to the school martial arts field to watch the troops. ”

Xin Er had already seen the change in his expression, meaning something, and said to Xi Shantu with a smile: "The master book is really an honest man. ”

Xi Shantu was surprised and asked, "What does the general mean by this?" ”

The melancholy on Li Liang's face was gone, and he also showed a smile at this time, and interjected: "The general praised you, isn't it good?" ”

Xi Shantu is inexplicable.

Xin Er laughed, didn't explain, and said to Wei Shu and Wei Xian: "You two don't have to follow me. Called Li Liang and said, "Gou Zi, you go with me to see Duke Huan." ”

Knowing that Huan Meng was going to be "forced", Wei Shu, Wei Xian and more than 100 followers rode it, but they didn't bring it, Xin Er only brought Li Liang alone, and asked Xi Shantu to lead the way and go to the school martial arts field.

The school martial arts field is in the south of the camp, covering a wide area, which can accommodate thousands of steps.

When Xin Er and Li Liang arrived, the field was full of Jingzhou soldiers.

In the center of the field, there is a high platform.

Around the high platform, the Jingzhou soldiers were divided into four large phalanxes.

Each large phalanx consists of several smaller phalanxes. In front of the large phalanx, the military flags of each formation are blue, red, black and white, with different colors, embroidered with colorful patterns such as dragons, tigers, turtles, and finch; In front of the small phalanx, there are also flags. As far as the eye can see, there are many flags.

On the four sides under the high platform, on three sides stood Huanmeng's personal guard foot cavalry, and on the other side stood the drums, horns and other officials in the army.

On the platform, there is a high tooth with a long pole, the flag is big, there is a hanging jade, decorated with beads, fluttering with the wind, very gorgeous.

The flag bears Huan Meng's official title.

In addition to the flag, there are several rectangular or triangular flags of various colors, which are the order flags of the Chinese army during drills and battles.

The area of the high platform is not small.

Xin Er saw from a distance that Huan Meng was standing under the banner of Xu, Cheng Wuji, Zhou An, Yuan Ziqiao and other twenty or thirty civil and military officers, listed behind him, and hundreds of soldiers, holding halberds and lances, and listed behind Cheng Wuji and others, acting as honor guards.

According to a rough calculation, there are almost 5,000 foot cavalry soldiers in the field.

So many people gathered together, but there was no sound, and even the war horses did not neigh.

If a blind man had come here, he would never have imagined that there would be so many soldiers here.

The rustling of the wind and the flag was the only sound in the field, and it was clearly audible.

Under the silent gaze of the five thousand Jingzhou tiger and wolf soldiers, Xin Er took Li Liang through the passage in the middle of the north side of the school field and arrived at the foot of the high platform.

Xi Shantu reported to the top: "The general of the conquest and the leader of Yongzhou Assassin Shi Xin have arrived!" ”

Huan Meng on the stage, wearing a helmet and armor, majestic, glanced at Xiner, and said in a low voice: "Please recruit prisoners to come to the stage to watch the soldiers." ”

The hundred-person armor soldiers slammed the halberd and lance in their hands to the table, and said in unison: "Please take the captives to the stage to watch the soldiers!" ”

Huanmeng's personal guards on three sides of the stage, almost 500 people, shouted in unison: "Please recruit prisoners to watch the troops!" ”

On the other side, the drummers beat the war drums, and the horns blow the trumpets, and the drums and horns sound in unison.

The 5,000 Jingzhou soldiers from four directions in the field stomped their feet and shouted in unison: "Please take the captives and watch the troops!" ”

The sound of drums, horns, and cries converged into a huge wave, which formed a strong contrast with the silence just now, the sound of the trembling armor was like a torrential rain, the movement of the stomping shook the ground, the horses neighed, and a flock of birds and sparrows that swept through the air on the field scattered and fled in panic. 5,000 Jingzhou soldiers shouted three times in a row, "Please recruit prisoners to come to the stage to watch the troops"! Like thunder, it is intimidating.

Rao Li Liang's strength, at this time, in the face of such a scene, he also felt hallucinated, as if he was in the midst of stormy waves, and he was a small boat. The waves wet the boat, and the wind swept the face. This lonely boat could capsize at any time.

He clenched his fists and subconsciously looked at Xin Er.

Xin Er smiled at the corner of his mouth, calm and calm, but saw him swinging under the stage and slowly ascending the steps.

Huan Meng pressed his sword and looked at Xin Er on the stage.

Without waiting for Xin Er to stand firm, Huan Meng pulled out his sword, pointed to the audience, asked Xin Er, and said, "What is our army?" ”

"If it weren't for this strong army, they wouldn't be able to destroy Shu, and neither would Xiong Zhenshi."

"How is it compared to the Longzhou soldiers?"

"The Longbing army set the Western Regions in the west, defeated Rouran in the north, curbed Puqin in the east, and destroyed Ranxing in the south.

"Compared with our army, who is superior?"

"If the governor asks questions, he is not fighting, and he does not know what is superior."

Huan Meng's murderous aura was exposed, and he said: "Fight? I will Uncle Yuan Yan, whose speed is like the wind, thousands of miles away; Zhou Daohe, immobile as a mountain, with a thousand people is to destroy more than 10,000 people; Cheng Gongshou, the king of Chen, invades like fire, and breaks the thief on the bridge! Advisor Yuan Ziqiao and others, "Where are the generals?" ”

Yuan Ziqiao, Zhou An, and Cheng Wuji strode out, saluted in front of Huan Meng, and replied in unison: "The last general!" ”

Huan Meng asked Xin Er: "Is there a Qing army capable of defeating our generals?" ”

"Our army Gao Yancao and Luo Dang are all enemies of 10,000 people."

"Where are the two?"

Xin Er smiled and said: "Today, I should be invited by the public to Chengdu to celebrate with the public, why do I need to bring Gao and Luo?" The city and the town pass are used only for the use of the foreign invaders. ”

Huan Meng's momentum was as strong as a rainbow, and he was dumbfounded for a while because of Xin Er's words.

Among the people behind Huan Meng, one person listened to the quick question and answer between Huan Meng and Xin Er, his eyes were full of brilliance, and he frequently looked at Xin Er.

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