Located in the southeast of Chongqing Prefecture, Shili is a strong Tusi with Youyang, Wuman and other places, the territory of the Tuhan mixed dwelling, the population is prosperous, the products are rich. Compared with the Zhonglu that only barely gathered a thousand people from the top to the bottom, its standing strength reached 3,000, coupled with the extremely high prestige of the Ma family and Qin Liangyu and the strong appeal to the surrounding areas, it is not difficult to gather nearly 10,000 people at once every time they gather soldiers and horses.

There are two kinds of stone soldiers who are most praised: one is the white pole soldier, and the other is the monk soldier.

The white pole soldiers basically come from the residents of Shiyan, and occasionally they will also attract outsiders to supplement. As the name suggests, the weapons used by this type of soldiers are all lances with ash wood handles, the length of the spear is a tall head, and the head of the spear is slightly similar to a hook and sickle. In addition to the sharp spear head, there is also a short hook with a blade. At the end of the gun, a heavy iron ring is cast. In wartime, the white pole gun can be stabbed and slashed, pulled and hammered, and there are many combat skills. In addition to the combat effect, the hook and loop are combined, and can also be used for traction and climbing, which is extremely advantageous when fighting in the mountains.

In addition to the white pole gun, the white pole soldiers were also widely equipped with strong crossbows, round shields, and a small number of sharp swords and broadswords. The enemy is far away, the crossbow is fired, the enemy is close, and the gun and shield are exchanged for hand-to-hand combat. At the same time as the weapons are elite, the armor of the white pole soldiers is also extremely in place, and their soldiers are wearing iron armor inside and cotton armor outside, and the sword cannot enter. The invincible Houjin soldiers will be frustrated in the Hunhe River, which is also caused by underestimating the white pole soldiers. The Tusi at the junction of Sichuan and Chu is incalculable, but there is really the financial and human resources to support such a well-equipped army, and it is only Shi Yan's family.

Compared with the famous white pole soldiers in the sea, the stone stone monk soldiers are much less famous, but their combat power should not be underestimated. Tusi believes in Buddhism, the stone is rich, there are many temples in the territory, among which the elders of the three temples, Donglin Temple, Shifeng Temple, Nancheng Temple four temples of the elder Zhixian, Zhifa, Zhirui, Zhiqi originate from a door, all chivalrous and courageous, jealous and hateful, will be 500 monks and soldiers to assist Shiyan to defend the township. There are not many people, but there has been no defeat so far. It's just that he has never fought far away, so his reputation is not obvious.

Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu both worship Buddhism, and the four elders call each other brothers. Since Ma Qiancheng's death, Qin Liangyu was also in his early sixties at this time, and three of the four elders had passed away. However, due to the continuous replenishment, the 500 monks still maintained their former size, led by a new generation of elders, Ye Heng. Ye Heng is young and promising, and he sits and presides over the four temples, and the cohesion of these 500 monks and soldiers is especially stronger than before.

This time, Shi Yan sent troops, although it was a consolation to make Ma Xianglin's banner, but in essence, after Ma Xianglin entered Beijing with his mother Qin Liangyu to participate in the recovery of the four cities of Yongping in the fourth year of Chongzhen, he and his wife Zhang Fengyi were left in Beijing by Emperor Chongzhen to be in charge of security, so the real commander here was Qin Liangyu - Qin Yiming and others were also left or assisted in guarding the Beijing division or transferred to the Central Plains to suppress thieves, and Qin Liangyu returned to his hometown to "specialize in Shu thieves".

Although Qin Liangyu is old, he is still good at fighting. His body was very fat, and his bravery far surpassed that of ordinary men. She grew up with stones, heard and saw Zhonglu's uncontrolled plundering and slaughter of nearby Pengshui, Qianjiang and other places, and deeply hated the greed and cruelty of Zhonglu Qin's family, so as soon as she received Tian Xuan's letter for help, she immediately mobilized 3,000 white pole soldiers. Ye Heng had a good relationship with him, and also took the initiative to gather monks and soldiers to help in the war.

Ye Heng is very strategic, under his proposal, Qin Liangyu selected nearly 100 shrewd and capable people to take the lead in sneaking into the dormant Zhonglu Village, and unexpectedly snatched the gate of the village, Qin Liangyu and Ye Heng then covered up and killed, almost effortlessly wiped out the old enemy Qin clan.

Although Qin Liangyu was extremely disgusted with Qin Qixun, because of his father's education and cultivation since he was a child, he knew the way of loyalty and righteousness. She had discussed with Zhixian, Yeheng and others before sending out the army, thinking that Zhonglu Qin's family was nothing more than ringworm scabies, just a clown jumping off the beam, and Zhao Ying, who was making waves in Shizhou, was the real hard hand.

Take the Qin family, but do it easily, for Zhao Ying, you must not slack off because of victory.

As early as when Zhao Ying was entrenched in Dazhou, Qin Liangyu had conveyed to Wang Weizhang his willingness to help suppress, but Wang Weizhang seemed to be a little jealous of Shi Yan and was unmoved, and she couldn't cross the border at will. After Zhao Ying entered Huguang, she had no hope of coming out. Yuan is still hating, and he doesn't want the opportunity to fall from the sky.

Some of Zhonglu's defeated soldiers also fled to the Shizhou Guard, and Zhao Dangshi, after discussing with the generals, still thought that the top priority was to join forces with Xu Hui's troops. After all, the stone soldiers reached 3,500, and the Zhao battalion concentrated the main force, and may still be able to rely on the number of people to resist, but it is divided into two places, and it is bound to be broken by each one. Time is not waiting, Zhao Dangshi reorganized his troops and horses to prepare to leave the next day after receiving the news, but the front was only a few miles away, and he heard the enemy's situation, and there was actually a force of more than 2,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the southwest line of the Shizhou Guard. Their purpose was obvious, that is, to prevent Zhao Dangshi from moving south to join forces.

With years of accumulated military experience, Zhao Dangshi will not simply think that the two are just coincidences, and then think about it, he thinks that he has been calculated.

The southwest side of the Shizhou Guard is densely forested, there are countless forts in it, and the path is extremely dangerous. If you detour from Qiyao Mountain in the northwest, you will be too close to Zhonglu, and it is very likely that you will fall into a bitter battle with Shi Yan's soldiers in advance, and Zhao Dangshi is not sure of winning.

What to do? Again, Zhao Dangshi was in a dilemma.

Zhao Ying hesitated for another day in the Shizhou Guard, during which Qin Jinxiao led his troops to join him, absorbing nearly 300 loyal road soldiers along the road, and the number of royal soldiers was also 1,500, which was considerable. Zhao Dangshi greeted Guo and entered the city hand in hand. Qin Jinxiao's face was sad, and he had no intention of going to the dust washing banquet specially prepared by Zhao Dangshi, but he only went to the back division to find his sister Qin Shilu, and the two hugged each other and cried bitterly, and the onlookers all sighed.

On the third day, a sentinel returned with a messenger.

The messenger claimed to have been sent by Xu Hui. He was covered in blood and unkempt, and if he wasn't wearing light armor and carrying credentials, it would be hard to believe that he would be a man in the army. According to what he said, late yesterday, an army suddenly attacked from the north, when Xu Hui was leading the front with Guo Hutou and others to survey the landform, and fought in a hurry, almost the entire army was wiped out, and several important generals escaped by luck, but they also lost nearly 100 brothers on the spot. After Xu Hui learned that it was the Shi Yan soldiers who came, he did not dare to fight in the field, and hid in the earthen village of the Tang Ya chief's official to defend it. The stone soldiers attacked once in the evening, and soon after dark, they withdrew their troops and retreated. He and the other three were appointed by Xu Hui to pass on the news here, and at the same time ask for help, how did they expect that the Shizhou soldiers in the middle of the mountain area were very cautious, three of the four of them were killed, leaving him to die for life, and he touched the neighborhood with all odds, if he didn't happen to meet the Zhao Ying sentry cavalry, and showed his identity, I am afraid that at this time, it will also be difficult to escape the fate of being captured and killed by the Shizhou guerrillas.

Zhao Dangshi saw that he had not eaten and sold for a long time, and he was exhausted and in poor spirits, so he sent someone to take him down to receive the reward and rest after asking a few words.

As the scale of Zhao's camp became larger and larger, Zhao Dangshi gradually felt that his energy could no longer be as full as in the past. Although he is more knowledgeable and has higher means than ordinary people, no matter how strong one person is, he will eventually be hesitant and helpless in the face of seemingly endless problems and choices.

He was in dire need of a supporter.

Zhao Ying's generals, in Zhao Dangshi's opinion, are now the only ones who are more prominent: Hou Dagui, Xu Hui, Guo Hutou, and Yang Zhaofeng.

Among them, Yang Zhaofeng's qualifications are still shallow, and he can only be said to have great potential, but he has no vision and ability to participate in the decision-making of Zhao Ying's top level. Guo Hutou has good ability, and because his father is a private school teacher, he is still one of the few literate talents among the high-ranking officers of Zhao Ying, he is more experienced than Yang Zhaofeng, but he is still a little short of Zhao Dangshi's personal staff officer. Hou Dagui was decisive and keen, and his organizational skills were very strong, but he was too impatient and harsh, and Zhao Dangshi did not dare to hand over the army to him alone before he was assigned a suitable deputy. Only Xu Hui can be regarded as Zhao Dangshi's most optimistic person at present. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Dangshi is relieved to let him lead the army alone.

There are pros and cons to the release of the humerus, and the disadvantages are immediately apparent: Zhao Dangshi can't help him get an idea.

In addition to the above four people, Wu Mingfeng has some ideas and enough experience, but Zhao Dangshi does not trust them. Although Hao Shaoqi is a famous figure in history, but in Zhao Dangshi's observation for a long time, in addition to his military strength, he has not found any other shining points in his person. The rest of Yang Chengfu, Bai Jiaolong, Liu Weiming, Wang Laixing, etc., are not worth mentioning.

After thinking about it, I still found Qin Qigong to come over. After Qin Qigong left the Zhao camp, he went to visit Qin Jinxiao, but he didn't have time to return to Zhonglu, but fortunately escaped. He has been working with Qin Qixun for many years, and he has handled Zhonglu's internal and foreign affairs, military affairs, and miscellaneous affairs, and he is very qualified, and he is a local, so it will not be wrong to listen to his opinions.

Qin Qi took over the task of lurking in the enemy camp and successfully completed it, retreating with his own two brushes. In the planning of several battles, he also contributed a lot, and he couldn't understand the situation of the enemy or the enemy, and after learning about the current situation from Zhao Dangshi, he immediately threw out a solution.

The solution is very simple: use Qin Maoqi to open the gap.

Since Qin Maoqi was captured in Qiyao Mountain, he has been detained in the rear office. Zhao Dangshi did things to leave a way out, and someone put him and Tu Yuan together, and they were able to provide for him, and these days, the injury recovered very well. Later, the war was tense and dangers followed, Zhao Dangshi was distracted by military affairs, and he forgot about him if he didn't pay attention.

Specifically, it is a two-step process. The first step was to send someone to negotiate with Qin Fu, and this negotiator, Qin Qigong, volunteered. He has been in the business for decades and knows the ups and downs. I knew in my heart that the Zhonglu Qin clan was now ruined and disgraced, and it was impossible for him to turn over again. That being the case, it is better to be loyal to Zhao Dangshi. Zhao Ying is in the same boat with him at the moment, and there is no reason to refuse. If you still look forward and backward, then the only remaining bloodline of the Zhonglu Qin clan will never escape the catastrophe. After figuring out this section, Qin Qigong planned to use this envoy as a "letter of nomination" to make meritorious deeds, so that he and more than a thousand loyal soldiers could gain a firm foothold in the Zhao camp.

Qin Jinxiao has always been very convinced of this uncle, who is not a few years older than him, thinking that he is resourceful and courageous. Qin Qigong deliberately had a night talk with him the night before he left. After a long time of arguing, Qin Jinxiao was defeated after all. "If you don't vote for Zhao Ying, will you have a way back?" Qin Qigong asked such a question, and Qin Jinxiao was dumbfounded on the spot. It is true that since he was a child, he has been yearning for the great heroes who command Fang Xuan and is admired by the world, and it is really unacceptable to stoop to be a thief. But as my uncle said, at the moment, apart from Zhao Ying, who else can he and his 1,500 disciples and soldiers rely on? Not to mention being annihilated by Shi Yan, if it weren't for Zhao Ying's generous allocation of grain and grass supplies, he wouldn't have been able to hold out for a day in Jiannan Division and Qiyao Mountain.

People always have to accept the reality, and then think of the tearful eyes and hugging his sobbing sister, he can only nod and agree to his uncle's suggestion.

Qin Qigong was dressed in a black robe, tightly wrapped, and was obtained by Shi Nan's guerrillas in the middle of the road, and tried his best to say that he would avoid death and bring Qin Fu.

When the two first met, Qin Fu was angry at the bullfight, scolded, and drew his sword to kill this "despicable and unjust" person on the spot.

It was a piece of jadeite, with a hint of chill in it. Qin Fu is very familiar with it, this is a token that Qin Maoqi personally wore for him when he was five years old. For more than 20 years, in my memory, Aiko tied this jade to his right wrist every day and carried it closely. The days passed like a white horse, and the slush claws were all induced by this small jade at this moment, and the content of the memories that had been deliberately avoided for a few days was like a rushing river, instantly rolling and surging in Qin Fu's already white head.

With a "clang", the long sword fell to the ground, and the huge hall was silent, only the sword body trembled and made a clear sound, lingering for a long time.

Qin Fu was in tears, squatting down to hide his face for no reason and choking, his voice was hoarse, with endless desolation, and it came into Qin Qigong's ears word for word: "You are so ruthless, no, you are so ruthless, kill my son, it's not enough, do you want to add another knife?" ”

Qin Qigong faced each other coldly, and his voice was like a sharp blade: "Zhonglu is ruthless, can you be ruthless?" You have only lost a son, but my Zhongluqin clan has been completely defeated, and there will be no day to turn over. ”

"Hey, hey, hey......" Qin Fu listened, and suddenly couldn't stop laughing, looking at the green bricks, but the tears in his eyes kept pouring out, describing it as weird, "Fighting and fighting, no one got a good end...... Haha, yes, yes......"

"Good what?" When Qin Qigong heard this, he became angry. He has a deep relationship with his two brothers, and his family also lives in Zhonglu, so he was all harmed by Qin Fu, and he tried his best to suppress it, so as not to forget his mission and fight for his life with the man in front of him who has a deep blood feud.

"Kill your loyal road, I don't think I have that ability." Qin Fu shook his head, stood up, his eyes glazed, "Sandpiper and clam compete for the benefit of fishermen, none of us can please it." ”

Qin Qigong was stunned when he heard this, and when he contacted the obstruction soldiers and horses of unknown origin that suddenly appeared in the past few days, he suddenly understood, and his anger when he looked at Qin Fu disappeared a lot.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, threw the jade to Qin Fu, and said coldly: "Your son is not dead." ”