In the battle of Jincheng Mountain, Zhao Ying won a complete victory, killing two masters, but he only lost about 50 people. Nearly half of them were not killed in battle, but were stragged and lost during the rapid march. That's a pretty good ratio for a scale of nearly 1,500 people.

Being able to do this has a lot to do with Zhao Ying's rigorous training on weekdays. Discipline in the army is the foundation of governing the army, and weapons and equipment can be inferior, but drill is always the first place in Zhao Dangshi's charter. Under his influence, Hou Dagui, Yang Chengfu and other people who were originally negligent in military training also began to pay attention to it. And Xu Hui is an example among them.

With Ma Zhang's as a threat, during the two days of the attack on Yilong, the officers and troops were really calm. According to the earlier judgment of Zhao Dangshi and the generals, it is likely that Er Luo reported to Ma Gan of Guang'an Zhi County because he couldn't make up his mind. Although the world is restless and martial arts are rampant, the atmosphere of martial arts and nobility is still very strong. Luo Shangwen and Luo Wenyuan, a staff general and a guerrilla, still dare not offend the head of a county.

The people and horses returned to Dahushan smoothly, and along the way, there were constantly sentinels riding pond horses from all over the place, and it can be seen that as expected, Yuan Tao, Jing Keqin, and Chang Guo's security department had not yet traveled to the area of the Qingshui River. Hu Jiusi, Liang Shizheng, Yang San and other departments were hovering near Baizhang Pass, presumably Bai Jiaolong's letters with Liu Weiming played a role.

Traveling back and forth for more than 200 miles in two days, Rao is a tough guy like Zhao Dangshi, who chews copper and chews iron, and he also feels a little tired. After he had dismissed the generals after the military meeting, he walked to his dwelling in the city with his handcuff in his hand. When the soldiers along the road saw it, they all greeted him with a smile on their faces.

He responded one by one, and the fatigue gradually faded away. I think a few months ago, I was just a nobody, and the scene of being whipped by Zhang Xiongfei is still in front of me, He Jin, Li Zicheng and other voices and smiles often come to mind, and now, this kid under the fence has thousands of people and can take charge of himself. Looking at the different faces in front of him, Zhao Dangshi only felt a warm current surging in his chest.

When I walked outside the door, I suddenly saw a petite figure standing there. The man had his chest and his head down, but when he heard the sound of approaching footsteps, he raised his head timidly, and Zhao Dangshi recognized it, but it was a maid beside Ma Zhang's side.

The maid's face was flushed, it was estimated that she was alone in this place full of soldiers and men and was so frightened, when she saw Zhao Dangshi, she immediately greeted her, first blessed with a blessing, and then said: "Wait a minute, my lord." ”

Zhao Dangshi was stunned for a moment and pointed to himself: "Are you looking for me?" ”

The maid nodded shyly, not daring to look at him at all, only looked at the muddy floor on the side of her skirt, and said softly: "It's the slave lady who has something." As he spoke, he nervously fiddled with the folds of his skirt.

"Just say something." Zhao Dangshi was helpless. That Ma Zhang has always been picky, she has something to do, there must be something dissatisfied.

"Mrs. Nu said that it was very hard for the adults to fight and kill the enemy outside, without stopping, without leaving the saddle. There are many dark and damp places in the city, and I am afraid that the adults will not rest well and miss the right thing, so I take the initiative to give up the mystical view for the adults to recuperate. ”

"What?" When Zhao Dangshi heard it at first glance, he couldn't believe his ears. That Ma Zhang's family relied on his status as his husband, he has always been arrogant, and it is fortunate not to play some moths, but this time he met a fairy, and his kindness was opened, and he was willing to occupy the Xuan Miaoguan and let it out?

The maid saw that the other party obviously didn't believe it, and said hurriedly: "My lord, the slave lady has already lived in a house in the north of the city, if you don't believe it, you can go and take a look." A piece of sincerity, no hypocrisy. ”

Her attitude was earnest, and when there was no word, Zhao Dangshi answered, sent her away, and began to pace outside the house with doubts.

After thinking for a while, he called a soldier and asked him, "When did Mrs. Ma move away from Xuanmiaoguan?" ”

The soldier scratched his head, thought for a moment, and said, "It should have been three days ago." Listening to the brothers over there, she had been asking privately early in the morning if she had another place to live, and when Mr. Qian led your troops out of the city, they immediately moved out of the city. ”

"Three days ago" Zhao Dangshi thought about it and suddenly became enlightened. Wasn't that the day when he lied to contact Ma Gan, took the mother-in-law from her, and went down the mountain to see Erluo? From this point of view, she may have felt that something was wrong to make such a gesture. If this is true, then this woman is really a little clever.

I don't know why, Zhao Dangshi just doesn't want Ma Zhang to know that he is not an official soldier. But paper can't contain the fire after all, he and Hou Dagui and Yang Chengfu can act, but the hundreds of soldiers under his hands can't act, and it is only a matter of time before she knows the truth of the matter.

The woman never showed up again after coming down the mountain, no wonder Ma Zhang was frightened. But for Zhao Dangshi, whether she knows the truth of the matter or not, before the threat of Yuan Tao and Erluo is lifted, as an extremely useful card, she will never leave Da Win Mountain.

"When you go to Madame Ma, say that I appreciate her kindness. In addition, if you need anything, just ask for it. Zhao Dangshi ordered a soldier.

It rained heavily for two days, and on the third day, the rain faded and the clouds disappeared.

It is reported that after Yuan Tao heard that Wang Gao and Chuang Shiwang's soldiers were defeated and killed, he hastened his march, and now he has entered the northern part of Yilong, and his troops will soon be on the mountain.

To deal with him, Zhao Dangshi has already made arrangements. At present, what I am most concerned about is the movement of the official army. Although he held Ma Zhang's in his hand, it was difficult to say how the other party would react, which not only depended on the opinions of Luo Shangwen and Luo Wenyuan, but also on Ma Gan's attitude.

In order to listen to the rumors, Zhao Dangshi sent a messenger down the mountain and asked to see Erluo again.

The envoy was instructed by Zhao Dangshi to be very tough as soon as he opened his mouth, asking for a price, and threatening the safety of Ma Zhang. Erluo was obviously a little flustered, and repeatedly deduced that he was scraping together money and asked for a few days of forgiveness. After Zhao Dangshi learned of this situation, he speculated that perhaps the negotiation between them and Ma Gan had not yet been in place. No matter how upright Ma Gan is, after all, he is a person of flesh and blood, and it is hard to believe that he will really ignore his concubine. Without his permission, it is unlikely that Erluo will storm Dacheng Mountain.

In order to further disturb the other party, Zhao Dangshi sent several groups of envoys in a row, and almost every one of them put forward conditions that were different from before. In this way, Erluo is overwhelmed and difficult to choose. Hesitation gives time for one's own actions.

Erluo also looked really tired, not only being polite to Zhao Dangshi's envoys, but also sending several envoys up the mountain to bargain. In this way, Zhao Dangshi was convinced that the other party had fallen into his own "strategy of dragging the war", and on the one hand, he dealt with it in a vain manner, and on the other hand, he made every effort to resist the invading enemy from the east.

Dahou Shandong is close to the Song River, and there is only one ferry port in the north to cross the river. After crossing the river to the east, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, the forests are dense, the roads are rugged, and there is only one main road sandwiched between the mountains, which is the only way for Yuan Tao to march into the army. After careful analysis with the generals, Zhao Dangshi decided to set the main battlefield in the mountains east of the Song River with the main road as the main axis.

This battle is related to the rise and fall of Zhao Ying's survival in Sichuan, and the plan must not be flawed. After overnight planning and arrangement, the deployment of the army was divided into three parts.

The first part is for the outpost. From the easternmost temple of Bonguksa Temple to the west, there is a long and narrow section of more than six miles. In the meantime, with the Baijiaolong Department as the main force, the soldiers were taken as a unit of 100 people, and they were stationed at Pengjiaya, Baipozi, Fengting, Leprosy River and other dangerous places along the road, condescendingly, and blocked Yuan Tao's department. did not seek to kill or kill, but only to disturb, and Hou Dagui led the former division to be stationed in Baiwan, not far away, as a reserve, and at the same time listened to orders to carry out special tasks.

The second part is the main force of operations. After passing through the previous narrow road, there is a relatively wide dam to the south of Tuya, with several villages scattered in between. Xu Hui led the Zuo Division to be stationed in Jiangougou, Jishanliang, and Pingzhai South, relying on the favorable terrain to strike at the enemy. Hao Shaoqi led the right division to be stationed on the front line of Loubangou and Dakui Mountain as a reserve. This section is the key area of the entire battle situation. If you win here, you will be fully revitalized, and if you lose here, the general trend will go away. Such an important task, Zhao Dangshi thought that Xu Hui could not undertake it. His age-old character and ability to fight tough battles are particularly suitable.

The third part is the rear troops. Mainly based on Liu Weiming's department, it was divided into the areas of Tunshi Panzi, Mashi, and Hejiawan, waiting for opportunities to support, and at the same time patrolling the pontoon bridge crossing the river in the north. Wang Laixing's rear division did not go down the mountain and held on to Dahou City.

Zhao Dangshi personally commanded and set up the command post in Hongshan Temple between the second and third departments to coordinate the overall situation. Yang Chengfu was responsible for guarding the command post, and his Ma army was widely distributed far and near, inquiring about the military situation and transmitting news.

The military meeting was decided, and the whole army was immediately mobilized and carried out step by step, and in less than a day, they were already in place one after another, and the formation was completed.

The Hongshan Temple where the command post is located is located on the top of the mountain, and from here, you can see all the mountains, paths, cottages, and woods from all over the world. Next to the temple stood a large log pole, as thick as the mouth of the bowl, about two zhang high. Nowadays, the breeze is blowing, a plain flag is hung horizontally, moving slightly with the wind, and the flag slogan here is "the enemy army has not arrived, and all departments are on guard and rest".

Looking outward, as far as the eye can see, it can be seen that there are flags on the top of many mountains several miles away, all of which are hung with plain flags. These are the innermost ring of the flags, only responsible for observing the flag of the main flag of the Hongshan Temple and making corresponding changes, in addition to them, a ring expands out, and there are countless layers of the flag interlocking.

The flag language is the most coarse military order, and if there is a more complex arrangement and movement, Tangma is indispensable. Yang Chengfu had 100 horsemen under his command, and selected nearly 100 good riders from Bai Jiaolong and Liu Weiming, forming a scale of more than 200 people. The two hundred men were each two to three horses, and they were not only responsible for sentry and reconnaissance, but also had to be on standby at all times, going to various places to convey the military orders of their own formation, and the task was also very arduous compared to the field troops in various places. Since Yang Chengfu received this assignment, he hasn't slept well for two days, and his temper towards his subordinates is obviously much stricter than before.

Zhao Dangshi relied on the high knife, looking at the distant mountains like Dai, the surface was light and light, and the heart was turbulent. I inadvertently saw five or six villagers hurrying away with a sheep's horn cart on an earthworm-like path at the bottom of the mountain, and I was a little melancholy for a moment. The war was approaching, and he had already spread the news in the nearby villages, and these villagers had no choice but to flee to other places as soon as possible with their families in order to avoid the military disaster. Looking closely, I saw that there were many sacks and wooden boxes stacked on the surface of the small sheep's horn car, and there was even a drooping old man, with white hair, thin and shriveled, huddled in the gap between the bags on the car, let the road bump, a pair of dead branches like hands clutched the wooden fences on both sides, and did not dare to relax. He was facing backwards, facing his distant homeland. In my imagination, a pair of simple and cloudy eyes must be full of tears at this time.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer.

Only when we come to this troubled world and experience this human tragedy of leaving our hometown and even breaking our families can we have the most intuitive understanding of the true meaning of these seemingly simple eight words.

Zhao Dang is accustomed to seeing joys and sorrows, and he already boasts that he is a soldier who is not surprised and insensitive, but for some reason, sometimes, just a seemingly small thing can make him sentimental. At this point, he can only keep reminding himself of the current situation, warning himself that "mercy is not in charge of soldiers" and there must be no "kindness of a woman".

"Ugh." The figures of those villagers disappeared around a corner, and Zhao Dangshi couldn't bear it and sighed.

Dense forests, mountain breezes, the sky is full of sunset, the sunset travels thousands of miles, tomorrow, when it is a sunny day.

That is, tomorrow, Yuan Tao will come, and this land, which is still quiet and peaceful, can be imagined to become a Shura field full of corpses and blood. The sky will also be filled with gunsmoke, filled with countless roars and wails.

The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no chicken crying for thousands of miles.

Zhao Dangshi shook his head, turned around, and soon, three or five Tang soldiers came to report the progress and situation of the garrisons everywhere.

Yang Chengfu also came over, he was finishing arranging the fortifications set up around the Hongshan Temple, sweating profusely, seeing that Zhao Dangshi looked a little depressed, he asked: "Mr. Qian, is there any discomfort?" ”

Zhao Dangshi looked up and saw his earnest appearance stained with sweat, and suddenly thought in his heart: "I often blame myself for harming the people, but I always forget that these generals are also human beings, not beasts that can only kill and plunder. Instead of pretending to hurt the people, it is better to protect these people around you first. Thinking like this, he smiled dumbly, refreshed his spirits, no matter how confused the other party's eyes were, shook his hand and walked away.