Under the scorching eyes of everyone, the soldiers who went up the mountain had a difficult face, and they hesitated and did not dare to speak. Gao Yingen glanced at Mu Gongchun and said loudly: "But it's okay to say it!" ”

The soldier was sweating profusely, and he made a promise, and then reported: "Zhangpan, the soldiers and horses of our battalion are divided into left, middle and right three ways to kill Bentuo Battalion, but half of them are intercepted by the enemy......" looked at Tuupan Gao, swallowed and salivaed, "At present, the three-way battle is stalemate, and the outcome is unknown." ”

When Gao Yingen heard this, his body shook violently, and he laughed loudly: "You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder." If you want to plot against Lao Tzu, I'm afraid it's still tender! As he spoke, he stood up, "You are worried that I will not come to the appointment, so you chose this place to earn me to come, not to kill me here, but to trap me in the mountains, and take the opportunity to sneak attack my camp, yes or no?" ”

"You ......" Gao Yingen's face was pale, his lips were pursed, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak. Tuo Pangao's guess was not entirely correct, because the plan he and Mu Gongchun had set was to reinforce Xiaoshan with one army, capture Tuo, Zhao, and Zhang, and resist the enemy forces that might come up from the other two. However, at present, if the plan does not succeed, it will be cut off separately for the other party, and it doesn't matter what the other party thinks.

Tuo Pangao took two steps leisurely and said proudly: "The mountains here are steep, and it is difficult to ambush the soldiers. You have taken great pains to come here in order to make me put aside my doubts. It's just that I'm here, but your clever plan has failed, and now you and I have similar troops on the mountain, and we are really fighting, and I can't tell who is a ghost under the knife. ”

Gao Yingen occupied the home field, and the troops on the mountain were slightly superior, but Tuupan Gao and Zhao Dangshi's men were all brave and desperate, and they fought in this small place, winning or losing uncertainly.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Dangshi and Zhang Miaoshou also stood up, looked left and right, and the dozens of soldiers who came up the mountain all pulled out their swords and prepared to fight. Gao Yingen did not show weakness, and with a wave of his hand, his own family and horses arranged on the left and right also carried guns and knives, and pressed forward.

"Everyone, wait." Seeing that the scuffle was about to break out, Mu Gongchun suddenly flew in and blocked the line of fire. Then he walked slowly to the middle, looking at its color, he was not as restless as Gao Yingen, but calm. Although Zhao Dangshi knew that he was pretending to be calm, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised by his courage.

What kind of character is Gao Yingen, Tuupan Gao knows that he can go around with himself to this point, and the mastermind behind the scenes should be this Mu Gongchun, so he is very impatient with this pretentious Confucian student, and shouted: "What trick do you want to play?" ”

Mu Gongchun held his head high, did not flinch in the face of Tuopan's murderous aura, and his voice was full of anger: "The three palms are a little restless, and listening to Xiaosheng's words is beneficial to both parties." ”

Tuopan Gao was about to scold, scolding, "What are you", but behind him, Zhao Dangshi came over and grabbed his shoulder, and persuaded in a low voice: "Listen to what he says first, it's harmless." ”

I only heard Mu Gongchun continue: "At present, on this mountain, the two sides are equal, and it is useless to fight for a head here." It's better to sit down again and wait for news from the mountain. ”

"Sit down?" Tuopan Gao looked incredulous.

"Exactly. The battle at the foot of the mountain has begun, since both of you and I have made preparations in advance, and think that the people who have already arranged a proper commander for the coming battle will go down the mountain, what is the use? So what Xiaosheng meant, instead of fighting for his life here and doing useless work, is it better to eat this last table of wine with harmony? When the time comes, it will be up to heaven to become a king or a loser. ”

Tuopan Gao was stunned, and turned his head to look at Zhao Dangshi and Zhang Miaoshou. This time to resist Gao Yingen's action, Tupan Gao is also divided into three roads: his own road, Zhao Ying's road, and Zhang Ying's road. To put it bluntly, the three of them are grasshoppers on a rope, and if they want to win, they can only advance and retreat together.

Zhang Miaoshou was speechless, but Zhao Dangshi nodded and said: "This is very true, blindly brave and ruthless, and lost his life in vain, it is not what I want to see." Then, turning to Tuo Pangaodao, "Before the war, we have agreed on a perfect strategy, and the personnel have been exhausted, whether we succeed or fail, and we can no longer control it. ”

He is telling the truth. Before coming to the mountain to attend the meeting, the arrangement and deployment of soldiers and horses had been drawn up, and the responsible persons of each road had also been assigned. Not to mention that this hill is far away from the battlefield, and it is not easy to go, even if a few of them really arrived in time, it is impossible to temporarily replace the general and suddenly change the commander when the war is in full swing. If you do this, you will be able to intervene rashly without a full understanding of the battle situation, which will easily cause chaos in the overall deployment, and the possibility of helping is small and the possibility of adding chaos is high. In other words, anyway, the result is the same, and it is really as Mu Gongchun proposed, it is more suitable and more free to sit on the mountain.

The strategy was seen through, and Mu Gongchun was also flustered at first, but in the end, he was calm and immediately changed his strategy. He does things for Gao Yingen, and his first responsibility is to keep the lord safe. Tuo Pangao's counterattack was beyond his expectations, and in the original plan, he did not have the idea of doing anything on the mountain. Tuopan Gao and Zhao Dangshi are both strong and good at fighting, and they fight with them without having an absolute advantage, Mu Gongchun is not sure that Gao Yingen or himself will be able to retreat.

As a strategist, Mu Gongchun's most prominent feature is not that he has no last resort, in fact, he calculated Zhao Dangshi before, and this time he made a mistake to deal with Tuupan Gao. But he will not be discouraged by this, but will come up with a way to solve the dilemma as soon as possible. In his opinion, it is more likely to win the battle under the mountain than the fight on the mountain, so he chose the lesser of two evils and put forward such an idea.

Originally, for the hot-tempered and conceited and arrogant Tu Pangao, Mu Gongchun was not sure about the result. But to his surprise, Zhao Dangshi, who has always liked to spoil his own good deeds, spoke out in favor of the proposal at this moment, and Zhang Miaoshou was Zhao Dangshi's follower.

After hesitating, Tuo Pan Gao succumbed to the softness and accepted the persuasion of Zhao Dangshi and Zhang Miaoshou. In his opinion, his three battalions not only have an advantage in numbers, but also far superior in combat effectiveness, as long as the front-line command does not make a big mistake, victory is inevitable. Thinking about it again, even Gao Yingen dared to bet this time, is he not as good as him? Isn't the boastful words that I kept saying before, all of which were slaps in the face?

In a negative mood, he shouted hello, stepped back to the table and sat down, and shouted to the soldiers: "Come, fill it up for Lao Tzu." If you want to wait, then I will wait with you! ”

Gao Yingen was in a daze, and he had already lost the six gods, and all his actions at this time relied on Mu Gongchun's eyes. Seeing that Mu Gongchun also stroked his palms and shouted hello, he turned pale and sat back on the seat with Zhao Dangshi and Zhang Miaoshou.

Tuoban Gao actually wanted to take this opportunity to kill Gao Yingen on the mountain, but Zhao and Zhang didn't agree, he was lonely and had to back down, so the fire in his belly was in the wine. Gao, Zhao, and Zhang poured and drank slowly, but he yelled at five to drink six, seven or eight bowls.

Zhao Dangshi observed the cowardly and mediocre Gao Yingen and the irritable Tuo Pangao, and was glad that his decision to choose Li Zicheng was not wrong. The talent and bearing of these two people, compared with Li Zicheng, the gap is more than 10 million miles. Not to mention that he is not qualified to afford such a resounding name as "King Chuang", he is just an ordinary palm plate, and he is not in the eyes of Zhao Dangshi.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dangshi thought of another thing, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart.

A table of eight immortals, four people sit around, plus a Mu Gongchun, there is no fist fighting order, laughing and scolding, and some are just in silence. The mountain breeze came slightly, and several people tried their best to find some clues from the wind, but this place was far away from the battlefield, and there was no other sound except for the trees shaking and the birds chirping.

After a long time, there was a sudden chaotic sound of footsteps at the entrance of the trail, and everyone's hearts were like a hammer, and they all looked there for the first time.

It was still the same herald from before, he listened to the army report of the Tang soldiers coming from the front line at the foot of the mountain, and came to convey the battle situation.

With the experience of the previous time, the soldier walked to the front of the pavilion and said directly: "Our army is unable to hold the enemy on the left flank, and the center and right have retreated...... Retreat three miles in a row. "He is a person of high Yingen, and it is self-evident that he is referring to me and foe.

As soon as these words came out, Tuopan Gao's face was happy, and Gao Yingen's face was gloomy.

"Zhao Zhangpanguo lives up to the name of being good at fighting, and the surname Tuo admires, come, you and I have done this bowl!" Gao Yingen's opponent on the left is Zhang Ying, and the middle and right sides are Tuoying and Zhao Ying. Listening to the military report, now that the two roads have grabbed the upper hand, how can you not like it? After drinking with Zhao Dangshi, he didn't forget to joke about Gao Yingen, "Old Gao, can you still eat this wine?" When he finished speaking, he smiled proudly.

Gao Yingen bit her lower lip tightly, speechless, and Mu Gongchun coldly replied behind her back: "The situation is unknown, Tuo Zhangpan is so happy, be careful and be happy." ”

Tuopan looked at him and said, "The battle is not fought by mouth." With his words and joy, he drank three bowls in a row. accidentally caught a glimpse of Zhao Dangshi and seemed to be uneasy, so he asked casually: "Huh?" Zhao Zhangpan has something on his mind? ”

Zhao Dangshi hurriedly said: "No, no." I'm just worried about the battle situation under the mountain. ”

Tuopan Gao didn't doubt that he had him, and said haha: "I'm not worried, what are you worried about?" ”

Zhao Dangshi said yes again and again, and raised the wine bowl to salute him: "Brother Tuo's heroism, I can't do it." ”

More than ten bowls of wine were down, and Tuo Pangao was already drunk, and he relieved his hands three or four times. At this moment, he was walking to the pavilion with his trousers on, and the soldier came again.

He drunkenly grabbed the soldier and asked with a smile, "What?" But your family has been wiped out and you have come to report the funeral? ”

The soldier couldn't stand the smell of wine and bad breath from his nose, so he took a few steps back, and respectfully said to Gao Yingen: "Palm the plate, our army has broken through the enemy formation on the left side, and the enemy on the left has retreated for more than ten miles!" ”

Tuopan Gao was startled, and the wine suddenly woke up seven points, and tried to ask for clarification again, but the soldier pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife and forcefully forced him to retreat.

Zhao Dangshi moved his eyes to look at Zhang Miaoshou, only to see that his lips trembled slightly, his face was blue and purple for a while, extremely ugly, and then glanced at Gao Yingen with his residual light, and his face turned into rain and rain in an instant, and he turned his worries into joy.

"Holy shit!" Tuopan was full of confidence, jumped into the pavilion, and wanted to grab Zhang Miao's hand, Zhao Dangshi hurriedly set him away, and said hurriedly: "Brother Tuo, what are you doing!" ”

Tuopan Gao was drunk, coupled with anger, his eyes were as red as two cherries, and he scolded: "The surname is Zhang, you don't have a hammer, you are a bad man, you want to spoil Lao Tzu's business, Lao Tzu will gelding you first!" ”

Zhang Miao's hands trembled with anger, her face swelled like a piece of pork liver, and she sat there with her fists clenched. Zhao Dangshi said that he could barely say that he had to sit down and say: "Victory and defeat are commonplace, our army still has an advantage on both roads, and Zhang Zhangpan is only temporarily retreating all the way, and he has not been defeated, so Brother Tuo does not need to be too harsh." ”

Tuopan Gao didn't speak, and Mu Gongchun said first: "How is it?" Expand the palm plate, Xiaosheng's words are good, right? The world is unpredictable, and self-righteous people will inevitably suffer some hardships. As soon as the words changed, he said to Zhang Miao, "Tuo Zhangpan said that he was going to gelding you, did you hear it?" ”

Zhao Dangshi knew that he still wanted to provoke, and said: "Brother Tuo is bold, he drinks too much, and it is inevitable to say some nonsense." With my surname Zhao, no one can touch a single hair of Brother Miao. ”

Zhang Miaoshou listened, and cast a grateful look at Zhao Dangshi, Mu Gongchun was annoyed in his heart, and said with a dry smile: "Haha, Zhao Zhangpan is really a real man who values love and righteousness." ”

Because of this defeat, Tuopan Gao no longer had any luck, smashed his wine bowl, and glared at Gao Yingen. Gao Yingen's eyes dodged, not daring to look at him.

The two of them didn't drink, Zhang Miaoshou was not in the mood, Zhao Dangshi drank another bowl of wine alone, it was tasteless, threw down the wine bowl, and walked to the cliff by the pavilion.

Looking down, the pines and cypresses, the shadows of the trees, only the temporary loess path, winding among them. The gaze moved along the trail to the foot of the mountain, and then lifted it again, but it was blocked by several large mountains. Zhao Dangshi knew that at the end of the mountain, there were countless soldiers fighting bloodily.

The more he thought about it, the more his heartbeat in his chest became, and he even felt that no matter Gao Yingen or Tuoban Gao, it was impossible to be more nervous than himself now - because he went up the mountain this time, not just as Tuo Pangao's follower, but to make a big profit.

How big is it? It is beyond the imagination of everyone such as Tuo Pangao, Gao Yingen, Mu Gongchun, etc.

He stood on the edge of the cliff and thought about it for a long time, and the next military report was not yet coming. Later, the anxious and irritable Gao Yingen and Tuo Pangao couldn't bear to continue to sit in the pavilion and came out to pace. They all had a premonition that when the soldier came again, it would be the time when the coffin was closed.

I don't know how long it took, finally, the figure of the soldier appeared again, Tuopan Gao, Gao Yingen and others reacted almost at the same time, rushed up to ask about the battle, and then, everyone present froze.