Chapter 55: Thousands of Troops
"When you see our general, don't kneel yet!" Zhao Meng scolded loudly.
That Zhang Qing tilted his head, as if he hadn't heard it, Zhao Meng "snorted" and kicked Zhang Qing's calf, Zhang Qing knelt down in pain.
"Tell me, how many of you there are!" Zhao Meng asked.
"It's useless for you to ask, I won't tell you. Kill or chop as you want! Zhang Qing said.
"Zhang Qing, look who is here." Sima Jin walked in with an old man in his arms.
"Ah, mother, why are you here." Zhang Qing said excitedly, it was his mother in front of him.
"Child, you are confused. General Guan is highly respected, acts for the heavens, and exterminates the tyrannical Qin. But you are aiding the abuse, not foolishness! The old man said.
Sima Jin smiled at me knowingly, shook the goose feather fan, and I stepped forward to untie the rope on Zhang Qing's body. But Zhang Qing still knelt and refused to get up.
"General Zhang, please get up." I said.
"No, if you refuse to accept me, General, I will always kneel here." Zhang Qing said.
"My son knows that he is wrong, and it is good to know that he is wrong. General, for the sake of your old body, please forgive him and let him stay in the account. The old man said.
I smiled and said, "General Zhang is such a skilled person, how can I bear to kill him, since the general is willing to stay, he naturally has to give him a heavy responsibility." ”
"General Xie, General Xie!" Zhang Qing said, and I hurriedly helped him up. Turning to Zhao Meng, he said, "Go and arrange a place for the old man to live in for the time being, and take him back to his hometown in the future." ”
"Yes, General." Zhao Meng said, and walked out with the old man in his arms.
"The general's great kindness is beyond repayment." Zhang Qing said.
"Where, where, it's serious. By the way, how many enemy troops there were. I asked.
"Although it claims to be a million, in fact it is not even half, which is actually just an imaginary number." Zhang Qing said.
"I see. This time the enemy army was defeated, but they are bound to make a comeback, do the military advisors have any good ideas? I asked, turning to look at Sima Jin.
Sima Jin was silent, took a sip of tea, and said, "It is advisable to chase after the poor man with the remaining bravery." It's dusk, and night raids are the best. ”
"What does the military advisor mean to rob the village at night?" I asked.
"Exactly." Sima Jin said.
"When is it good?" I asked.
"When everyone sleeps." Sima Jin said.
As night fell, the surroundings grew dark, followed by a dead silence, except for owls chirping in the distance on dead branches. After the previous battle, the enemy army was sleepy, except for a few soldiers guarding the gate, the rest were resting in the camp tents.
I saw that the time was ripe, and at the sound of an order, thousands of soldiers surrounded the place, and threw torches into the stockade, most of which were made of animal skins, and at one point lit up, and at once the whole sky was lit by fire. Many Qin soldiers were burned alive before they could rush out. Some Qin soldiers were set on fire and ran wildly around, igniting many people.
Li Pu, Jiang Huan, and Qin Wen were too seriously injured, and the raccoon was afraid of fire and did not participate in the operation, so I ordered Zhao Meng and Zhang Qing to guard the exit and capture and kill Qin soldiers as soon as they poured out. The Qin soldiers poured out in a hurry, and Zhao Meng was an impatient again, so many Qin soldiers were hacked to death by him before they surrendered.
At this time, a soldier suddenly came to me and said, "General, the military advisor asked me to tell you." The enemy also had an exit, and some of them ran away from that exit. ”
"What! Where does that exit lead? I asked, surprised.
"Direction of Tiger Claw Mountain." The soldier said.
I secretly shouted that it was not good, what if these Qin soldiers colluded with the thieves of Tiger Claw Mountain, Guan Yunyong and the others had a deep relationship with those bandits, although they said that they would help me, I am afraid that it will not be accurate when the time comes.