Lan Ziyi shouted:

"Oh no, we've been tricked! The thieves are playing with the golden cicada shelling. ”

Wei Qionglou asked puzzledly:

"Golden cicada shelling? Could it be that the thieves are in an empty camp here? But these days a small group of thieves are plundering the countryside, and we are all on horseback, and we have to fight every day. And those menstrual belts collected by the thieves, aren't they all hanging outside the camp? ”

Qiu Wenruo says:

"Fiction is real, reality is fiction. There were tens of thousands of thieves, and it was not difficult to leave men to maintain the empty shelves of the camp. “

Hearing this, Lan Ziyi immediately stood up and said:

"Without further ado, we need to attack quickly."

桃淚虎 says:

"Wei Hou, there are not enough people in the Tiger Camp now."

兰子义 says:

"We can't do it alone. Let's go, let's go to the Shenji Camp now, we have to let Qi Rongxun send troops together. ”

Then Lan Ziyi smiled at Qiu Wenruo and Qiu Xiao, and said:

"At that time, I didn't bring two gentlemen with me, one was that the sword had no eyes, and I was afraid of hurting Mr., and the other was that I thought that Mr. was a scholar and was not familiar with military affairs. Now it seems that Ziyi really shouldn't judge people by their appearance. ”

Qiu Xiao returned the salute and said:

"Since I am a member of Wei Hou's staff, I will naturally do my best for Wei Hou, and Wei Hou can trust me."

Qiu Wenruo also returned the salute and said:

"Wei Hou is also a scholar himself, so why should he have such an opinion?"

Lan Ziyi laughed embarrassedly twice, and then everyone put on their fighting hats and went to the Shenji camp.

When everyone rushed to the tent of the Shenji Battalion, Qi Rongxun and the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion were having lunch, and when they saw Lan Ziyi, they looked cold and ignored.

When Lan Ziyi explained his intentions, Qiu Xiaozhi inferred and explained what he had just made, and Qi Rongxun changed color, he immediately put down the rice bowl in his hand, asked the deputy general to notify the whole battalion to be on standby, and then beckoned people to wear armor for himself.

Qi Rongxun suddenly slowed down after wearing half of it, stopped the sergeant who was wearing armor on the side, and then asked:

"What you just said is indeed reasonable, but this is just speculation, if the army of thieves is entrenched here, and it is raining heavily, most of the firearms cannot be used, and we will be sent to death in the past."

Qiu Xiaozhi says:

"In this case, Qi Hou can invite the scouts who have gone out to investigate in the past few days to ask, and the Jihu Camp will also call the people who have gone out to ask how the situation of the thieves is."

Qi Rongxun nodded, and the order went down, and after a while, the flag officers who led the team out to investigate the Tiger Battalion and the Shenji Battalion in the past few days were gathered.

Qi Rongxun asked at the many officers:

"Have you noticed anything unusual about the thieves when you went out these days?"

The flag officers in the tent looked at each other, and then someone said:

"Qi Qi Hou, the thieves have been normal in the past few days, they are all collecting grain and grass, looking for menstrual belts used by women, and collecting pig and dog blood from butchers in various villages."

Another said:

"For several days, I fought bravely with the thieves and other soldiers of our army, and the beheading was not counted, but the thieves died, and they were not caught. In the past few days, the bandit squad has been killed by our army, and the number of raids out of the camp is much less than before. ”

When Lan Ziyi heard this, he hurriedly stopped the flag officer from speaking and asked:

"You say there are fewer thieves? How much less? From what day? ”

Flag Officer Says:

"Back to the Marquis of Wei, the specific number of times the general did not write down, but I have the impression that the number of thieves is gradually decreasing, and now the number of encounters with thieves is only about one-third compared to when the two armies first set up their villages."

The other flag officers also said nonsense:

"Exactly, the lower officials also found out that the thieves were killed by us."

A flag officer of the Jihu Battalion said:

"Since the day before yesterday, the momentum of the thieves' dispatch has declined most obviously, and the current morale of the thieves will be able to be disgraced as soon as the army arrives."

Lan Ziyi and Qi Rongxun were silent when they listened, and Wei Qionglou's face was almost unbearable.

The flag officers looked at the chief general with gloomy faces, and they didn't know what they had said wrong, so they all kept their mouths shut and bowed their heads, not daring to speak again.

At this time, Qiu Xiao said:

"What does Qi Hou think now?"

Qiu Wenruo says:

"There is an empty camp, Wei Hou and Qi Hou don't have to hesitate."

Qi Rongxun took a sharp breath and asked:

"Can the Divine Machine Camp be ready?"

The lieutenant general of the Shenji battalion replied:

"Already on standby."

Then Qi Rongxun took the lead and walked out of the tent, saying as he walked:

"Pass my command, set off immediately, and there must be no mistake."

Although the flag officer under the account didn't know why, he also heard that the situation was not right, and hurriedly went out to prepare.

Lan Ziyi nodded at this Wei Qionglou, and Wei Qionglou led the flag officer of the Jihu Battalion out to prepare.

Someone had already brought the armor for Lan Ziyi, Lan Ziyi changed his armor on the spot, went out and got on the horse accompanied by the Tao brothers, and saw that the father and son of the enemy family also followed, Lan Ziyi said:

"The two gentlemen are temporarily in the army, and they are in danger before the battle, and they are afraid of hurting the gentlemen."

Qiu Wenruo replied:

"Scholars Weihou are not afraid to lead troops, and Wen Ruo is not afraid.

Today's plan started from my father and son, so naturally I should go with the army, live and die together, and dare not move forward. “

Lan Ziyi looked at Qiu Wenruo, then at Qiu Xiaozhi, nodded, and ordered someone to lead the horse over for the two.

After the army was ready, leaving men to guard the camp, the whole army marched north.

The whole battalion of the Jihu battalion is assembled, and there are only 800 soldiers who can fight, perhaps because the army is almost in Jiangcheng, the supplies are still sufficient these days, and the horses are replenished together, and there are not many soldiers left in the Jihu battalion, and there are already two horses for one person. The ammunition of the Shenji Battalion is also fully replenished.

The officers and soldiers marched all the way, and the outgoing troops who received the news all returned one after another.

The scouts in front of him explored the way, and the thieves he met fled from the wind.

Seeing this, Lan Ziyi and Wei Qionglou led the Jihu Battalion first, and the father and son of the Qiu family couldn't help the fast horse bumps, and continued to slow down with the Shenji Battalion behind.

When they arrived at the camp of the thieves, the thieves had already opened the north gate and were ready to flee.

Wei Qionglou immediately led the team to intercept it, Lan Ziyi planned to charge together, but was stopped by Wei Qionglou on the grounds of physical injury.

So, Lan Ziyi, under the escort of the Tao brothers, watched Wei Qionglou lead the soldiers of the Jihu Battalion to charge and drive the thieves back to the camp. The thieves were so hard that none of them were captured, and they either died in battle or committed suicide.

After the thieves completely retreated to the camp and held on, Wei Qionglou led the team to Lan Ziyi's side and said:

"The thieves don't want us to be captured alive, just like the small group of thieves we met outside before."

兰子义 says:

"It seems like he doesn't want us to know the truth."

Wei Qionglou nodded and said:

"I thought it was a thief who believed in fanaticism. Alas, it is long overdue to notice the strangeness of the thief. ”

At this time, the rain became lighter, and the sky was still so gloomy.

Lan Ziyi and Wei Qionglou led the team to wait for the Shenji Battalion to come outside the range of the bow and arrow of the thief tower.

After another period of time, Qi Rongxun led the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to come quickly, quickly lined up the formation, and set up the gun position.

When Wei Qionglou was ready, he gestured towards Lan Ziyi's cavalry,

Then one of the cavalry rode out and came to the camp of thieves and shouted:

"Heaven is gracious, surrender may save you from death!" (This sentence is a line from "Casting a Name")

The answer to the herald was a pike thrown by the thief, and although the pike was powerful, it was easily dodged by the cavalry.

After the cavalry returned to the battle, Wei Qionglou said:

"The thieves don't have bows and crossbows, and the bows and crossbows are either all requisitioned by the main force, or they are all soaked in the rain."

Lan Ziyi replied:

"Even if the main force is evacuated, it shouldn't be left behind, it seems that the heavy rain has soaked their bows and crossbows."

Before the words fell, there were already bursts of thunder on Qi Rongxun's side, and he turned his head to see that Franc had already fired a cannon, and the lead bullets whistled up, heading straight for the thief camp.

The fortress of the thief camp fell in response, and the thieves in the camp were in chaos, screaming

"The demon firearm has divine help, and the menstrual belt is useless! Menstrual belts are useless!"

Saying that, there was chaos in the thief camp, and the thieves scattered and fled.

There's no need to keep firing, oh, no, you have to blow up the gate of the thief's camp to stop the bombardment.

After blowing up the camp gate, Wei Qionglou led the soldiers of the Jihu Battalion to rush up and rush into the thief camp.

There were no traps, no resistance, the thieves were so frightened that they didn't have the heart to organize a defense, and they surrendered without a few rushes.

After the dust settled in the thief camp, Lan Ziyi and the Tao brothers entered with the Shenji camp.

The camp of thieves has long been empty, the baggage equipment has long been transported, there is very little food and grass materials, all the flags are planted in the ground with long poles, and there are scarecrows between the tents, wearing the uniforms of thieves, as if the camp is full of people. In fact, there were only a little more than 1,000 thieves left in the camp, all of whom were out to loot equipment.

Wei Qionglou was directing the soldiers of the Jihu Battalion to escort the thieves together, and when Lan Ziyi walked over, Wei Qionglou was there shouting and scolding the thieves:

"Aren't the bones all hard? Isn't it not a non-surrender? Why is it cowardly now? Why did you surrender now? ”

A man who appeared to be the leader of the bandits said:

"The heavenly general said, I will wait for this to be the queen of the Great Army Palace, and if I die, I will become an immortal, and if I surrender, I will descend to Hell."

Wei Qionglou scolded:

"Then why did you come down? Let's go on! ”

The thief who answered muttered in a low voice:

"If it weren't for the blessing of Grandpa Vulcan, we wouldn't have surrendered. Menstrual belts are useless, cannons can still ......"

At this time, Lan Ziyi came to Wei Qionglou's side and asked the thief:

"Where are your generals and troops?"

A thief replied:

"After you escaped, I left on the third night."

Lan Ziyi asked again:

"And what about the grain and grass you have collected these days?"

The thief replied:

"It's all shipped away one after another."

Lan Ziyi sighed:

"There are their own characters among the thieves, leading the rabble, and running away in the middle of the night actually left me unnoticed, master."

Qi Rongxun had already come to him on horseback, and after listening to the thief's confession, he said:

"It's strange, why don't you eat us first with the strength of the thieves before leaving?"

Qiu Wenruo on the side said:

"Seeing how the thieves responded, and seeing that Francois was timid before fighting, I guess it's not that the thieves don't want to fight, but that they are afraid that the thieves under their command won't be able to withstand the artillery bombardment, and once they collapse, they may be buried here."

At this time, Tao Zhuhu asked Lan Ziyi:

"What now?"

Lan Ziyi replied:

"Send someone to report to the battalion, especially to inform Father-in-law Yu. Wait for the command of the battalion. ”