Gao Lian drank another meal of wine before going to bed, and slept soundly in the middle of the night, when he suddenly heard someone outside the camp tent, "My lord, General Hu Yanzhuo asks to see you!" ”

Gao Lian slept in a daze and thought it was a dream, but he rolled over and fell asleep again.

"My lord? My lord, General Hu Yanzhuo asks to see you. The man cried out again softly and carefully,

There was still no sound in the tent,

At this moment, I suddenly heard the man say urgently, "General...... General, my lord ......,"

Then came Hu Yanzhuo's angry and anxious voice, "Get out!" ”

Seeing that outside the tent, Hu Yanzhuo pushed away the guard, stretched out his hand and just wanted to lift the tent curtain, but he still felt that it was wrong to do so, so he quickly retracted his hand and said loudly, "Zhengshuai!" Hu Yanzhuo has something important to see! ”

Hu Yanzhuo's loud voice shouted, like a bell, and Gao Lian's frightened voice immediately came from the tent, "Ah......! But it soon turned into an angry voice, "Who's making a noise outside!" Come on, give me ......,"

"Hu Yanzhuo begged to see, something is wrong!"

There was silence in the camp for a moment, and after a while, Gao Lian's cold voice came out, "General Huyan, please come in." ”

Hu Yanzhuo lifted the curtain and walked in, only to see that the two major braziers in the tent were burning, although it was cold outside, the inside of the tent was as warm as spring, Gao Lian sat on the bed in casual clothes, and his face was full of unhappiness with a little sleepiness.

Gao Lian is now more and more annoyed by Hu Yanzhuo, secretly saying why is this person so annoying, he has been in the weather a few times during the day, and he doesn't let himself sleep well at night, if you really have something important, it's okay, if it's because of trivial things that disturb the official's dream, the official ......!

"What's the matter with the general?" Gao Lian asked angrily,

Hu Yanzhuo was dressed in military uniform, his face was full of anxiety, "Zhengshuai, the big thing is not good, the scouts sent out to find Puzhou and Bozhou have all returned, and they have already found the two state soldiers, but ...... Both Puzhou and Bozhou were attacked by unknown cavalry on the way, and it is said that they suffered heavy casualties, all the grain and grass were looted, and they were forced to withdraw to their respective prefectures and counties! ”

"What?!" Gao Lian was shocked, got up from the bed all of a sudden, walked barefoot in front of Hu Yanzhuo without even shoes, and shouted in a panic, "This is true?!" Has it been confirmed?! ”

Hu Yanzhuo frowned deeply and nodded, "Puzhou and Bozhou each sent two people to the camp with the scouts, and they were brought here before they could ask clearly, and they are waiting outside the tent at the moment. ”

"Call them in!" Cheap and urgent.

Hu Yanzhuo shouted out, "Come in!" ”

The sedan curtain then opened again, and two sergeants quickly came in from outside, and suddenly knelt down in front of Gao Lian and Hu Yanzhuo, "Meet the two adults." ”

Gao Lian walked up to the sergeant who was closer to him, bent down and grabbed him by the collar, and shouted in an almost roaring manner, "What the hell is going on? Tell me! ”

Hu Yanzhuo couldn't help frowning when he saw it on the side, and secretly said How could this Gao Lian be so unbreathable? Before it could be done, it was already out of proportion.

The sergeant panicked and hurriedly shuddered, "Yes...... The villain will talk about it...... The villain is the Puzhou military ...... Yesterday, under the leadership of Chen Tuanlian, we set off from the barracks towards Yuncheng County, and everything was normal in the first half of the road, but who knew that when we just walked to the junction of Puzhou and Jeju, we saw a cavalry on the main road, with four or five hundred horsemen, and we Chen thought that it was a horse team sent by Jeju to meet us, but we didn't expect it...... When we were less than a hundred paces away from the cavalry, the other party suddenly took out a bow and arrows and began to shoot at us, we immediately had hundreds of people hit the arrows, only then did we understand that the other party was not their own people, Chen Tuanlian hurriedly ordered the archers to fight, but I don't know what kind of bow the other party used, they could shoot us, but we couldn't shoot them, Chen Tuanlian ordered people to approach them with shields, but they immediately launched a charge ......! ”

When the sergeant said this, he seemed to recall the terrible scene at that time, and continued with a face full of horror, "More than four hundred horsemen rushed towards us like a tide, shooting arrows while riding back, and the queue we had managed to organize was instantly chaotic, and the other party quickly rushed into our army, how could we, the infantry, stop the cavalry?" Since I don't know who was the first to turn around and run back, more and more people began to run away, Chen Tuanlian didn't stop even killing two deserters, just when he was about to kill the third deserter, an arrow from nowhere hit his head, Chen Tuanlian ......! ”

Gao Lian let go of him with a pale face, straightened up and looked at Hu Yanzhuo blankly,

Hu Yanzhuo calmly continued to ask the sergeant, "What happened later?" ”

The sergeant replied, "Then they continued to pursue us, and we fled back to the nearest county town, where the cavalry pursued us until the city was down. ”

"What are your losses?"

"After counting in the county, more than 1,000 of us, only more than 400 people escaped, and after half a day, we carefully went out of the city to the place where we had just been attacked, only to see dead people everywhere, Chen Tuanlian had been killed by an arrow in the middle of the head, and all the heavy grain and grass were burned!

Hu Yanzhuo and Gao Lian glanced at each other, and they both saw a deep shock in each other's eyes, it's over, the people in Puzhou are over.

"What about you?" Hu Yanzhuo asked another sergeant,

The sergeant immediately replied, "The villain is the Bozhou army, and the situation is almost the same as that of the Puzhou army, and the other party also attacked us with four or five hundred horsemen, and our more than 1,000 people are only ...... Two hundred people fled back, and all the grain and grass were also burned! Wang Tuanlian was seriously injured! ”

Hu Yanzhuo and Gao Lian's faces were shocked again, it's over, it seems that even the Bozhou army is finished,

But Hu Yanzhuo then asked puzzledly, "When were you attacked?" ”

The sergeant thought for a moment and said, "It should be noon." ”

Hu Yanzhuo asked the sergeant in Puzhou again, "What about you?" ”

The sergeant replied with certainty, "It's also around noon." ”

Hu Yanzhuo suddenly exclaimed, "It's all noon?!" This means that the other party must be two teams acting at the same time? ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Hu Yanzhuo asked the Bozhou sergeant as if he remembered something, "There are 1,000 people in Puzhou, but there are 1,500 people in your Bozhou, why are your casualties heavier than those in Puzhou?" ”

Sergeant Bozhou replied, "Although we were also attacked by four or five hundred cavalry, we were attacked by bows and arrows from a distance of three hundred paces from that cavalry, and the other party's attack was particularly terrifying, killing and wounding four or five hundred of us in just one round!" ”

"Three hundred steps away?!" Hu Yanzhuo was also shocked, "What did the other party use?" ”

The sergeant shook his head, "It's too far away to see clearly, we can only see an overwhelming rain of arrows shooting at us, and the other side only fired a salvo once from a distance of three hundred paces, and then launched a charge, also shooting while riding, we are all infantry, we can't stop it at all!" ”

Hu Yanzhuo didn't speak, he pondered for a moment, his face suddenly startled, as if he had thought of something,

Gao Lian hurriedly asked, "What did General Huyan think of?" ”

Hu Yanzhuo raised his head and said in shock and disbelief, "Boss, the people of Puzhou and Bozhou must have been attacked by the Liangshan bandits, but there are three things I can't figure out, first, how does the other party know when the two people set off?" Even if they have eyeliner in both cities, it is impossible to rush back to report the news so quickly. Second, the opponent attacked Puzhou and Bozhou armies at the same time, both of which were four or five hundred horsemen, which means that the other party had at least one thousand horsemen! But how could they have so many cavalry? Even the combined forces of our several states are only more than 1,000 cavalry, and Liangshan is said to have only 3,000 people, could it be that one-third of them are cavalry? This ratio may not even be reached by our most elite Northwest Army! Our Great Song Dynasty is so short of horses, where did they get so many horses? Second, the weapons that attack the Bozhou army can have such a long attack power, it is very likely that it will be ...... Divine Arm Bow! But how can the other party have a divine arm bow? Even our Runing Army only has more than 200 of them, and this is specially rewarded to us by Captain Gao before leaving Bianliang. Where did these thieves get their Divine Arm Bow?! ”

After Hu Yanzhuo finished speaking, the tent was quiet for a while, Gao Lian and Hu Yanzhuo were silent, thinking about each other,

At this moment, I heard the Puzhou sergeant say again, "Two adults, Liu Zhizhou ordered the villain to come firstly to tell the two adults the true situation, and then to ask the two adults, what should be done about this matter?" ”

Sergeant Nabozhou also said, "My family adults also mean this, may I ask how the two adults should deal with the aftermath?" ”

Hu Yanzhuo and Gao Lian glanced at each other, and they both understood the meaning of the two governors of Puzhou and Bozhou, the Puzhou army and the Bozhou army suffered such a fiasco, if the imperial court was held accountable, the two governors, as military and political officials of a state, would be severely punished. And this kind of thing is not written to say, but through the oral account of the two, it also shows that the two governors are deeply worried and afraid of leaving something "truthful".

Almost in an instant, Gao Lian and Hu Yanzhuo reached a rare tacit understanding, the two glanced at each other, and both understood each other's meaning from each other's eyes, this matter must not be reported to the imperial court, because even if Puzhou and Bozhou were attacked on the way here, but if they dig deeper, as the commander and deputy marshal of the coalition army responsible for dispatching the armies, they can't get out of it, and they have suffered such a fiasco before they leave the division, and under the anger of the imperial court, the two of them may not be able to protect their positions. So they are now grasshoppers on a rope with the two governors of Puzhou and Bozhou.

Gao Lian immediately said to the two sergeants, "Go back and tell your lords, don't report this matter to the imperial court, please rest assured, after the end of the suppression of bandits, in the report to the imperial court, the Puzhou army and the Bozhou army will be the vanguard of the bandit army, because they rushed to the front and bravely killed the enemy, so they suffered heavy losses." ”

The two sergeants were visibly relieved, and saluted the two of them with gratitude, "Thank you, two adults, the villain will hurry up and go back to tell my family." ”