When he saw the outline of the Yichun city wall, the old instructor stopped his horses and said to everyone: "Take a rest and check the equipment." ”

"Instructor, why don't you go to Yichun to rest! It won't take long to get there. A scout said.

The old instructor glanced at him and said, "Although it is said that Yicheng has been combed by Liu Xinda, they will leave after they have beaten it, maybe those soldiers and horses that were scattered will regather after they leave." Or maybe there are still some officials and some famous people in the city, who will climb high and shout after Liu Bu leaves, and organize people to restore order, our idea is not enough for others to swallow. When the time comes, we will see that the timing is not right, we have to run! What if the horses are tired and the people are weak? ”

"Probably not, right? In those places ahead, you don't see an organized enemy, huh? ”

"Just because there wasn't one before doesn't mean there isn't one now." The old instructor shook his head and said, "As a scout, always be vigilant, always be vigilant, because of one negligence, you will die." ”

"Understood."

After resting for a full pillar of incense, everyone slowly rode their horses towards Yichun City.

The gates were wide open, and people could be seen coming in and out from afar. At the gate of the city, there were no guards in sight, and there were no flags fluttering above the city, and the ruined walls were full of gaps and charred marks, which were burned by fierce fire bombs.

When they heard the sound of horses' hooves, the men at the gate looked up and saw them, and in their exclamations, they turned and ran into the city.

Speeding up his horse, he approached a distance, just outside the range of the feathered arrows above the city, and the old instructor stopped, for him, such a distance, almost like instinct, when to stop, the eyes knew at a glance.

No one came out.

The hole in the city gate is empty, and you can only see the backs of those who are running, Yichun, there is not even a city gate.

Because the city gate has been blown up by Liu Xinda.

The old instructor did not know about some of the deals at the top.

After Liu Xinda entered the city, according to the requirements of the Tang Army, he killed all the people that the Tang Army wanted him to kill, and these people were precisely the people who had the opportunity to restore order in the mouth of the old instructor. And the people who stayed behind died very little, and they just lost all their belongings.

Tang Jun was very dissatisfied with Liu Bu's indiscriminate killing of clean land, because they didn't want to get a piece of white land with no people.

Therefore, when the old instructor carefully left half of the people outside the city and walked into Yichun City with the other half, anyone who saw them either fled without a trace, or slammed the door shut, hid in a secret place and shivered.

Liu Xinda's panic in the city has still not allowed the people here to recover. Whenever he saw the soldiers with armor, he was already frightened in his heart.

After inspecting Yichun City, the old instructor confirmed that this city is indeed ownerless now. All the ordinary people were probably scared of Liu Xinda's killing, and they became quails one by one, and they were so frightened that they couldn't speak when they saw them. In such a situation, he couldn't find a few people who wanted to find the principal. And with them, they can't make this city work anyway.

"Liu Erhu, you go back immediately, tell the general, just say that we have occupied Yichun City, and now wait for the army to come and take over, and tell the general about the general situation here." The old instructor said.

"Yes!" The young scout agreed, turned and rode out of the city.

"Instructor, what do we do now?"

"Go to the city, tree flag!" The old instructor smiled: "Let's stop wandering around the city and stay on the city wall." ”

The group left the inner city and went up to the city wall, and after a while, a banner of the Tang Dynasty was raised to the top of the flagpole. Blowing in the cold wind.

More than a dozen Tang soldiers were guarded under the banner.

Not long after lunch, the young scouts, some of them were dozing against the wall, some of them were sitting there, and they were boredly wiping their already sharp sabers and bayonets, and dismantling and disassembling the crossbows, polishing every part of them.

Maintaining your gear when you're okay is something scouts are repeatedly told as soon as they step into the training camp. The matter of sharpening the knife in battle, for the scout, is the way to seek death.

The old instructor stood on the city wall, looking into the distance.

Somehow, he always had a bit of a heart-pounding feeling.

It's a bad feeling, and it looks like something is going to happen. As a veteran who has been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, his intuition has always been very accurate, although he can't tell the source of this feeling, but every time he has this feeling, the final facts have proved to be right.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a war horse to suddenly appear in the field of vision galloping in the direction of Yichun. The old instructor's eyes narrowed, although it was still far away, he still recognized that it was Liu Erhu he sent out.

Liu Erhu should have gone to find the big army, but now that he is back, it can only mean that something happened.

It was still far away from the city wall, and Liu Erhu waved his hand desperately. Looking at Liu Erhu, who was getting closer and closer, with a frightened look on his face, the old instructor's heart couldn't help but sink.

The sound of horses' hooves startled all the other scouts, who rushed to the city wall, saw Liu Erhu, and then looked at the old instructor.

"What's going on?" Looking at Liu Erhu, who was panting and climbing the city wall, the old instructor asked in a deep voice.

"The enemy, the soldiers and horses of the Jiangxi Observation Envoy are all cavalry, at least 3,000 horsemen!" Liu Erhu stammered a little, "I found out that they turned around and ran, so they sent people to chase them, but their horses are not as good as mine, but they will arrive here soon." ”

There was a sudden silence on the city walls.

"Instructor, three thousand, it's time for us to go!" A scout said. "It's not something we can resist."

The old instructor was silent, but looked up at the Datang flag fluttering in the cold wind.

Everyone else looked at him nervously.

After a long time, the old instructor slowly lowered his head and looked at the people: "Brothers, although the task of scouts has always been to inquire about intelligence and spy on military intelligence, and there is no duty to defend the city and defend the territory, but now, we have occupied Yichun City, and the place where the Tang flag is flying is my Datang land. ”

"But there are only a dozen of us, how can we be the enemy's opponents, one charge, and we are all finished." A soldier said with a pale face.

The old instructor smiled: "Sometimes, there are some things that you know will not have good results, but you still have to do them." Brothers, if we run away today, we will give Yichun City to the enemy, and in the future, you will have the face to tell your comrades-in-arms that we saw the enemy, but we fled from the wind? ”

"Lost land and people ......"

"Shut up!" The old instructor said, "Do you know why we want to seize these places? Because these places were fought down by Liu Xinda, we just took over before the Jiangxi army, and whoever grabbed the land without a master belonged to him. Now that we have come first, this place is ours. If we run away, the Jiangxi army will occupy this place in a clear and justifiable manner, and when our army comes, there will be no reason to start fighting. Without Yichun, there would be no Pingxiang. ”

And all the people hung their heads.

"So we can't go." The old instructor said slowly: "Maybe the people of Jiangxi saw our banner and didn't dare to fight, so they obediently retreated, because they didn't necessarily dare to provoke our Tang army." Brothers, if this is the case, we will be famous all over the world. ”

"What if they don't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, they have to fight?" A soldier asked in a trembling voice.

"Then we'll die!" The old instructor said lightly: "But in the same way, we will also be famous all over the world, only twelve people, facing three thousand enemies, defending the country and defending the land, we will definitely become a model for the entire Tang Dynasty to learn." But more importantly, we traded our death for our army to be able to wage war against the enemy, because they killed our Datang people and robbed our Datang land. The army will take our revenge. ”

Everyone hung their heads.

"Your parents, your family, will be proud of you, and your neighbors will be proud of you. Your deeds will become the content of all Datang soldiers' learning. The old instructor laughed: "People, they all die, early death and late death are death." What's more, half and half of the chance, we can go and give it a go, this vote, no matter how you count it, we will earn it. ”

Slowly glancing at everyone, the old instructor said: "But I can give you a choice, those who are willing to guard this city with me, stay, if you don't want to, leave now." With the skills I've taught you, it's not hard to avoid enemy detection. ”

No one made a sound.

The old instructor was right, if they want to escape, they will definitely be able to escape, but this escape will not only end their reputation, but also everything they have, I am afraid that even the military will not be able to keep it when the time comes, and they will be sent home, that is really the end, and they will never want to raise their heads for the rest of their lives.

Think about other people's family members who have received countless honors, family members who have been treated and cared for in the best, while their own family members have to live in shame, even the most afraid of death cannot move their feet at this moment.

"Very good, worthy of the soldiers taught by my Shen Laosan, go down to the city, get on the horse, we will go out of the city and line up, ready to meet the enemy." The old instructor laughed loudly and took the lead towards the city.

The twelve men turned over and got on their horses, and when they reached the city gate, the old instructor took the lead, and the twelve horsemen lined up behind him, just in front of the city gate.

On the city wall behind them, the banner of the Tang Dynasty was blown by the wind.