On the hill fort, black smoke rose and the pungent smell brought by the wind did not affect everyone's happiness.

"If it weren't for Yue Shumi's delay in sending troops today, Lao Lu and I would have to come up and fight side by side with General Zhao!" Lu Mingyu patted his head and said loudly, as if he was afraid that others would not be able to hear him. Luo Xian Shi and several other generals of the Baoyi Army who were incorporated into the infantry army also agreed, and it seemed that there was a possibility of another mutiny.

The Liao army was repelled during the day, and it should have been celebrated, but the envoy of Yue ordered that the enemy was at present, and the army was not allowed to feast and drink. After months of turmoil, the officers have become much more united. Because Du Fujiao was the person who followed Zhao Xingde for the longest time, and today he and the commander guarded the Xiaoshan fort together, so the generals of the Baoyi Army found some food and fresh fruits, and gathered together in the military tent of Du Fujiao. By the way, he encouraged Du to blow the horn to persuade Zhao Xingde, and in the future war, he would not let the men and horses of the headquarters join forces with the Zhenguo army, so as not to encounter danger in the commander again.

Du Fujiao shook his head and smiled: "If General Zhao's command is determined, even if the people in the Zhou and county camps are made, the Liao soldiers will be defeated and lost." ”

"Hehe, there are Lao Du and the Chinese army tooth soldiers, of course the commander is fine." Lu Mingyu smiled, and a worried look appeared on his face, "But, is the arrow wound he suffered really okay?" "Zhao Xingde's arrow was shot by the whole army. Because the Hu people's arrow wounds are good at using poison, everyone is concerned.

"I've said it several times, no, no." Du Blowhorn's head shook like a rattle, "It's okay if Shi Langzhong licks the arrow, and besides, you don't know that the most poisonous snakes can't do anything about our general." He looked at the clouds outside the tent window, but there was a proud look in his eyes, "Our general is blessed by the gods and Buddhas." ”

"Yes," Luo Xianshi thought thoughtfully, "I didn't even delay today's lecture. ”

"Yo, I forgot about it." Lu Mingyu immediately stood up and said to the generals, "Sue the guilt, accuse, Lu went first." Looking at his hurried figure, the generals burst into laughter. Luo Xianshi quipped: "Lao Lu also wants to be vassal, and the world will be peaceful in the future, he won't want to abandon martial arts and literature and take the exam?" ”

"Forget it!" Gao Su said with a smile, these days, he and the generals of the Baoyi Army are also familiar with each other, "Lao Lu, you can smell the smell of blood on his body from a distance of eight zhang." Now in troubled times, men should walk with swords! He clapped his hands and said with some embarrassment, "Aren't people like General Zhao also abandoning literature and martial arts?" "Gao Su has only recently slowly learned about Zhao Xingde's affairs in Kanto, and he was secretly surprised, but if he thinks about it carefully, if there is no hidden feeling, with Zhao Xingde's talents, there is no need to be in the Xia Kingdom." There are such outstanding people in Kanto who can't use them, but they are used by our dynasty, maybe this is the destiny of heaven to rule the world. Gao Su thought secretly.

He was thinking about it, but Luo Xianshi next to him said: "If it is said that adults abandon literature and follow martial arts, it is not true. Chen Xianggong swore to the sky that he could not be in charge of political affairs for ten years, on popularity, on merit, at that time, except for Zhao Xianggong, I think there is anyone else in the world who can take it! His tone was slightly dignified, and he looked at the generals in the tent, and the generals' hearts trembled. Although Zhao Xingde was in charge of the Baoyi Army, he was well-known among the scholars. It is not impossible to enter the phase in the future and open a precedent for the Great Song Dynasty. Gao Su and Du Fujiao glanced at each other, silent and did not speak.

"Sure enough," Deng Yuanjue said hesitantly: "The general is in the army, and he still recruits soldiers widely, and he never stops teaching every day, and this pattern has never been seen before." There was a bit of playfulness in his words, and he looked up at the sunset outside that was gradually sinking below the horizon, and the expression in his cloudy eyes changed several times. Deng Yuanjue had to be pale, but his position in the southeast was very high, and he had words in his words, and the generals did not hear them very clearly. "We don't care so much," Luo Xianshi said with a smile, "General Zhao is a nostalgic person, the bigger his pattern, the better he will treat us people." No matter how big the pattern is, people need to do things, and let's work together to support it. As he spoke, he grabbed one of the fruits on his plate and took a big bite.

Since Zhao Xingde took charge of the Baoyi Army, he still wrote a script in accordance with the old habits and taught the soldiers to read and write. Later, after recruiting a large number of soldiers to join the army, the matter of teaching words was taken care of by those who were officers, and at the request of these soldiers, Zhao Xingde taught the moral theory to everyone after the sun set every day and the soldiers returned to the camp. When the Baoyi Army and the state and county battalions were combined, many officers who were originally born as bachelors of the state and county also came here. The master is the teacher, and Zhao Xingde is not the only one who speaks, and hundreds of people argue with each other every day, and the scale is even larger than that of ordinary academies, which is also spread as a beautiful talk in Shilin.

The sun had completely sunk into the ground, and after dinner, most of the campfires had been extinguished. The whole world was plunged into darkness. At night, the army was not allowed to walk around, except for a few scouts and sentry guards, and the soldiers returned to their tents according to their battalions, wiping their guns and sharpening their swords and guns. Although many soldiers who had just entered the battlefield went to bed early, the bloody scenes, the rumbling of cannons and the neighing of war horses, and the wails of the wounded lingered in their ears, and it was destined to be a sleepless night.

Ma Yuan, Jia Yuanzhen, and Liu Wengu settled down in the headquarters and went to the Chinese army to listen to Mr. Zhao's lectures. Zhao Xingde's lectures did not have a certain arrangement, nor did they have a certain procedure, and they almost came with the interest of these scholars. Yesterday I talked about the "Book of Songs", and everyone talked about the song "Shuo Mouse", and the competition was very strong. Some people think that this is the meaning of the Master's "The Tao is not good, and the sea is floated on the pole". Mr. Zhao said that this is a difference between ancient and modern times. In ancient times, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and the master did not fight, and there was still a happy land to go to in the world. If there are many prosperous people today, and the land is ownery, it is not enough for you to fight for me, where is there any happy land to go. Instead of pinning their hopes on a place like a castle in the sky, everyone should work together to drive away evil spirits and eradicate rats, so that there is no need to be displaced, and everyone will follow their own way, and there will be a happy land everywhere. Everyone was inspired by this, and it was a lot of discussions, in general, although the scholars did not necessarily agree with Zhao Xingde's statement, their thinking was much broader than before.

"Wonderful." Liu Wengu seemed to be still reminiscing about yesterday's lecture, and suddenly said a little whimfully, "Mr. said yesterday that today is about filial piety, and loyalty and filial piety is a big festival, but it's a pity that the thieves don't know the current affairs, so I don't have time to prepare for this discussion." He had a trace of his thoughts about worshipping Zhao Xingde, worried, and as he spoke, he couldn't help rubbing the "Commentary on the Book of Filial Piety" in his hand.

"Yes, on the topic of filial piety, I don't know what new ideas the master will say." Ma Yuan was also a little fascinated.

Several people quickened their pace, and when they were about to enter the camp tent of the Chinese army, Ma Yuan suddenly stopped. "Ma Juntou?" Liu Wengu turned his head and greeted, his gaze fell into the distance with Ma Yuan, but he was stunned, and the scroll in his hand fell to the ground with a "click". There was a bloody battle during the day, and the stars and moon were dull at night, however, in the dark night sky, 10,000 torches suddenly appeared in the distance, and the fire was constantly beating, as if a sea tide was getting tighter and tighter, and the monstrous waves were rushing towards the Song army. The night breeze was slightly cool, and everyone's blood seemed to be cool at this moment.

"Liao thief! Night Raid! Ma Yuanbang shouted, he looked at Liu Wengu and Jia Yuanzhen, "Go back to the camp!" ”

The three of them turned around without hesitation and ran desperately towards the headquarters, the hills in the south of the Yangtze River were undulating, and the visual distance was not as wide as the north, and the Liao army must be following closely behind the Song army's reconnaissance cavalry, and the momentum was extremely fast, and the hill fort was the key to controlling the entire battlefield, and the Liao army was rushing to this side nine times out of ten. The Song army was slacking off after a big victory, and it was difficult for the infantry army to fight at night, if one was not careful, not only the victory during the day would be lost, but also very likely to be overturned by the Liao army.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Almost at the same moment, sirens sounded throughout the Song barracks.

"The Liao soldiers have been killed!"

"Run—" The voice stopped abruptly, and someone shouted loudly, "Whoever disturbs the morale of the army, die!" ”

"Get on the gun, quick, line up, line up!"

As soon as a group of state and county soldiers left the camp and lined up, they saw the overwhelming torches sweeping in the sky, and the flames spread in the night, and the formation was much more terrifying than during the day, and the faces of many people turned white in an instant. "Good boy, how many Liao soldiers do you have to have?" "The reinforcements of the Liao thieves are so big? Otherwise, it would have just been defeated during the day and attacked again at night. "It's over, it's over, the one hundred and eighty pounds will be handed over here." Countless people had countless ideas, but under the huge momentum of the cavalry's night attack, there was an aura of panic and even despair in the Song army.

After a while, the flag officer of the Chinese army rushed out, and the lame Luoyang sound sounded everywhere on the small hill, and some shouted: "Your Excellency has an order, do your best to protect the artillery." Some shouted: "The gunners are in their own positions, and they are firing their guns in turn at full speed, without stopping." Some said loudly: "Each battalion guards its own barracks, and waits for the Chinese army token to come to help!" Don't leave the camp without an order! ”

"Damn Liao thief!" Liu Wengu gritted his teeth and scolded, the defensive position of their part is in front of the artillery fortress on the southeast side, which is the most dangerous place. Liu Jia and the others are already centurions, and Ma Yuan is the official commander. At this time, the soldiers were in a mess and rushed back to the camp, and the three of them only had time to say "take care" to each other, so they each grabbed their subordinates and prepared to deal with the Liao army iron cavalry that was pouring in like a tide.

Generally speaking, it is taboo for soldiers to raise fire at night and expose their position, but the Liao army is overwhelmed with torches, but on the contrary, it only makes the Song army unable to see the truth clearly. At a glance, the torches of the Liao army are boundless and breathtaking. Every Song army guarding in front had the illusion that my little team of men and horses was facing all the cavalry of the Liao army.

The soldiers were loading their ammunition and, according to the prior arrangement, were ready to take turns to fire their guns. Liu Wengu steadied himself in his heart, picked up a handcuff, and added double ammunition to it. This is a sophisticated weapon only found in centurions and above, and the iron of the gun and the gun tube are excellent, and can withstand the usual three parts of ammunition, so although the gun tube is short, the power of firing the gun is not inferior to that of the long barrel firearm.