Chapter 4 (31) Advance instead of retreating

Wang Yi saw that Ran Linde and Shang Cheng asked and answered, neither asking for instructions nor discussing, and in two sentences, he set the team's next action plan in a child's play, and a wave of unhappiness suddenly surged in his heart. Although he also knows his ability, the marching formation is not as good as Ran Linde, and the courage is not as good as the blind man, but no matter how he says that he is a dignified general from the fourth rank of Mingwei, these two people actually regard themselves as nothing? A pair of pitch-black pupils were hidden behind his eyelids, reflecting the firelight, and he sighed silently, saying: "Marching on a moonlit night, the enemy's situation is unknown, the enemy's situation is difficult to investigate, and it is difficult to ensure that the enemy takes advantage of it, so it is better to stay in this earth city for a while." Moreover, the soldiers were tired from fighting day after day, and they also needed time to rest and recuperate their strength. It is better to rest here for one night, and when the dawn breaks tomorrow, more detectives will be sent to detect the enemy's movements, and then it will not be too late to decide to stay. What does General Yiyi think? ”

Chen Pu nodded and said, "I agree with General Wang's proposal. It's pretty much the same decision she made earlier.

Ran Linde had already heard the meaning of Wang Yi's words, and wanted to explain it to Chen Pu, but when the words came to his mouth, he held back again, lowered his eyebrows and bit the wheat cake and chewed. Shang Cheng thought about far more things than Ran Linde, and he didn't have as many worries as Ran Linde, so he pondered for a while and said, "You can't stay here for a long time." There are enemies on three sides here, and this earthen city is a prominent place in this area, and no matter how careless the enemy is, he will often come to inspect it, and there is a danger of being exposed at any time. The place is small, and there are not too many people to hide, and if you really want to fight, you don't even have room to maneuver. ”

Wang Yi interrupted him and interjected: "Captain Shang probably doesn't know, we have been camping here since evening, and until now, no one has noticed us except you, and the rangers of Tuqi have not noticed us......

Shang Cheng raised his eyelids and glanced at him, but he didn't say anything. They found Wang Yi's outpost fifteen miles away, and then they found that there was a team of soldiers stationed here, and if it weren't for the sudden extinguishment of the fire in Tucheng, he suspected that there might be something strange hidden in Tucheng, and he would have been ruthless when he came around from the east...... He was about to talk to Wang Yi about the truth, and Zheng Qi, who came out of Moganzhai, said: "General Wang probably doesn't know yet, we have long known that there are people here, but we are afraid of alarming you, so we pretend not to know." If it weren't for Captain Wen contacting us, we'd have come over and serve it as soon as it gets dark. The other two officers from Moganzhai also laughed, and both said: "This Tucheng used to be a must-visit place for us when we patrolled, and we had to go at least two or three times every day. It was because we knew that this place was being closely watched, so we didn't dare to rest here. ”

As soon as the three Mogan officers said this, Chen Pu and Wang Yi were a little embarrassed, and Ran Linde's old face like orange peel ravines was even more flushed. Fortunately, there is a fire in front of him, although the fire is not strong, if others don't pay attention carefully, they can't see his embarrassment at this moment.

Shang Cheng slowly chewed a piece of cake in his mouth, and said in a low tone: "Let me tell you something, the Middle Route Army has been defeated. ”

Although the officers had such suspicions in their hearts for a long time, they were still shocked when they heard this terrible news. Chen Pu clenched the wheat cake in her hand and desperately pressed her hands on her thighs, but the chills and shivers still hit her irrepressibly. Ran Linde's face was pale, the flesh on his cheeks twitched and trembled, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth: "News, is it reliable?" ”

"I've personally interrogated several captives, and they all said so, and they should be reliable."

"How did you lose?"

Shang Cheng shook his head painfully: "I don't know." ”

"What's the defeat?"

"I don't know the exact situation." Shang Cheng pursed his lips and stared at the dancing flames with a gloomy face. "I know that from the Heishui River to Moganzhai, tens of thousands of people died along the way, and some fled into Moganzhai. At present, more than 100,000 enemies have surrounded Moganzhai. "He arrived three or four days earlier than Chen Pu and them, exchanged hands with the enemy a few times, and also captured a few prisoners, and from the mouths of the prisoners, he already had a general understanding of the current situation." Almost all the tribal soldiers of the thirteen tribes on the left flank of the Turks have arrived, and the big tent soldiers of the king of Donglu Valley have also been dispatched, and the situation in the east and north of Mogan is not clear, but there are at least two checkpoints in the south. ”

Ran Linde thought nervously for a while, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and said, "It seems that the situation is not too bad. Since the enemy surrounded Mogan with heavy troops, it shows that the Middle Route Army was not defeated but retreated, and the soldiers in Moganzhai still had the strength to fight a battle. It seems that Xiao Dashuai should also have returned to Mo Gan. As long as he is there, and there is the food support of the old camp of Mogan, the army's morale will not be chaotic for a while, whether it is to hold on to the village or break through to the south, it is not impossible. He analyzed the Tao on his lips, but in his heart, he actually had fifteen buckets of water to draw water, and while he said, he also looked at Shang Chengyi with his eyes, and now he needs someone to stand up and support his point of view! He also needs to support himself with this person's point of view so that he does not fall into a whirlpool of pessimism and despair.

Shang Cheng broke a piece of cake, but did not put it in his mouth, but slowly kneaded it between his fingers. He stared at the fire and said, "I think so too." However, it is obviously unrealistic to stick to the reinforcements, and it is impossible for the Yanshan side to mobilize tens of thousands of people into the grassland to rescue the middle route army, the right route army is already small, and the road is not smooth, so it is not possible to rush to help. Seeing that the army of the Tuqi people gathered on all sides of Moganzhai, the camps were dense one after another, and they thought that their plan was to besiege and trap the middle route army. Although Moganzhai is the old camp of the Middle Route Army, it is impossible for the grain to last too long, and if the Central Route Army wants to avoid the annihilation of the whole army, the only way out is to break through to the south before the food is broken...... "The fine wheat cake crumbs leaked out of his fingers one by one, but he didn't seem to notice these at all. The more he spoke, the lower his voice became, and he gradually lost his breath, just staring straight at him.

This kind of large-scale battlefield situation change situation deduction, Chen Pu can only listen to the general understanding, and he can't answer half a sentence. The three officers who came out of Mo Gan are all veterans in fighting the enemy, but this kind of thing can't be intervened at all. Wang Yi and Wen Mu can understand the sinister nature of imagining the current situation, but it is difficult for them to come up with a clear view immediately. Ran Linde was not as far-reaching and meticulous as Shang Cheng thought, he was inspired, and then calculated along the train of thought, and was shocked into a cold sweat by his own idea for a moment. He didn't bother talking to Shang Cheng for a while, twisted his brows, repeatedly thought about all kinds of possible changes, and desperately tried to find a reason to convince himself. For a moment, several officers by the fire were silent. All that was left of this small area was the crackling sound of firewood burning in the fire. Someone by the fire next to him lowered his voice and was telling a vulgar joke, probably about something wonderful, and several soldiers laughed and cursed. Farther away there is an even snoring sound, whirring and rhythmic. Several horses snorted outside the city walls.

After a long time, Zheng Qi finally couldn't stand this suffocating and quiet atmosphere, and said fiercely: "it! Fight! Big deal, don't want this life! Two of his colleagues immediately chimed in. The surrounding soldiers didn't know what was going on here, and when they saw the three officers shouting something "fight", they all looked around and discussed.

Ran Linde stopped Zheng Qi and them with his gaze, and asked Shang Chengdao in a consultative tone: "Look, what should we do next?" ”

Shang Cheng rubbed his hands vigorously, then rubbed his bruised cheeks with his hot palm, and said, "I still have the opinion just now, rest for a while, and let's go." Thirty miles to the east, there is a camp of the Tuqi people, and then there is Moganzhai. Let's leave overnight, as long as there is no problem on the road, we can arrive around the clock. Speaking of this, Shang Cheng stopped, as if thinking about something. His gaze passed through the jumping flames, slowly examining the few people on the other side of the fire, and finally resting on Chen Pu's uncertain face. “…… Let's go burn that camp. ”

Regardless of Shang Cheng's proposal to break through to the south, or retreat to the west, or even to the east to intersperse between the troops of the Raiders, Ran Linde would not be surprised, but he could never have imagined that Shang Cheng would come up with such a reckless idea of hitting a stone with an egg. He stared at Shang Cheng with a determined expression with wide eyes, and he didn't know what he should say at all.

Not only Ran Linde, but the others were also stunned by Shang Cheng's proposal, and in the silence, they heard Chen Pu say: "Okay! I'll go with you! ”

Wang Yi shouted: "General! ......" But what he wanted to say was forced back by Chen Pu's majestic cold gaze.

Liao Pheasant whispered behind Chen Pu: "Princess! ……”

Chen Pu didn't seem to hear it, his eyes stared at Shang Cheng, and he repeated what he had just said: "I'll go with you." ”

Ran Linde half-sideways his face, two sharp eyes were like two knives, staring at Shang Cheng's left eye from the side, as if he wanted to see something from this eye, and his gloomy voice listened to the teachings from the bottom of his heart: "Why? ”

"I suspect it's a grain depot in Turquos."

"You doubt?" These three words popped out of Ran Linde's mouth word by word.

"Yes, I doubt it. Didn't have time to scout for confirmation. I'm just skeptical. Shang Cheng didn't seem to notice Ran Linde's fierce gaze and hideous expression at all, and filled the last piece of cake into his mouth. He tilted his face up, as if searching for some twinkling star in the night sky. "You can decide for yourself whether to go or not."

Ran Linde suddenly laughed: "How many enemies are there?" ”

"I don't know. If it is really a grain depot, there will always be three or five thousand people. ”

"How many of you have?"

"Two hundred and thirty-four."

Ran Linde frowned: "You take this person to deal with a grain depot, is it a little less?" ”

Shang Cheng nodded with a serious face, swallowed all the bread in his mouth, and then said, "Yes, I just don't think there are enough people, so I don't plan to surround them." ”

Several officers leading the troops were all upset by his serious answer, and then they broke out into a burst of unbridled laughter, and even Chen Pu couldn't care about maintaining the dignity and majesty of his Changsha princess Zhuguo general, and threw his head into the arms of Liao Pheasant, who was smiling backwards and backwards, and while laughing, he stretched out his hand to twist the poor guard's body......