Chapter 223: Praying Mantis Catching Cicadas (7)
After a day's march, Lan Ziyi and they camped for the night.
According to Lan Ziyi's current speed, they will arrive in Shouchun at this time tomorrow, but what is the situation of the thieves, and whether reinforcements from other places under Shouchun City will arrive tomorrow, these are all bothering Lan Ziyi.
Before sunset, Lan Ziyi withdrew all the scouts, returned to the garrison, and assisted the main force in setting up camp.
Lan Ziyi learned from the scouts that along the way, the villages on the road were burned to the ground, and the escapees were gone, and there was no one to be seen.
Lan Ziyi led the soldiers to help settle the camp, and then arranged for his soldiers to go out to pick wood.
Although the thieves burned all the way, it was not a locust plague after all, and there were still plants and trees.
The infantry soldiers went out to collect firewood and came back to make a fire to cook, while the cavalry soldiers went out to cut the grass and feed the horses.
By the time everything is packed up and settled, it's time to unitary,
Lan Ziyi refused Qi Rongxun's invitation on the pretext that he needed to rest, and ate something in the tent by himself.
Lan Ziyi did not see Qi Rongxun of course in order to avoid friction, since the joint army, Lan Ziyi secretly let Tao Zhulu infiltrate Qi Rongxun's infantry, during the day, Tao Zhutu mentioned that Qi Rongxun's subordinates were more focused on Lan Ziyi, it seems that Tao Zhulu is going very smoothly,
Of course, Lan Ziyi is not all because of this reason to avoid Qi Rongxun, today on the river embankment to see the boat to fish for the corpse made Lan Ziyi feel deeply, at that moment he remembered his words before entering Beijing "for the living people of the world" rhetoric, but also remembered the mountain of corpses and blood along the way, if the killing of thieves can also be explained by eliminating harm for the people, then the corpses floating on the river one after another are the moths that gnaw at Lan Ziyi's heart, biting his heart wall full of holes,
Lan Ziyi, who studied all day long and didn't listen to foreign affairs, seemed to be standing on the sidelines and watching Lan Ziyi, looking at his blood-stained hands and his increasingly cold heart, that kind of wordless indifference was a kind of interrogation, a kind of whipping, there was such a huge gap between Lan Ziyi and his past self, almost becoming two completely different people, and all this happened in just a few months,
This huge contrast and contradiction tormented Lan Ziyi, not only made him unable to control his feelings on the river embankment, but also made him unable to keep up his spirits for a day today.
After dinner, Lan Ziyi refused all activities, and even Tao Zhutu went out with an excuse, and lay alone in the tent in a daze.
The flickering candle flame shredded the space inside the tent, and the people outside did not bring the atmosphere of the camp into the tent at all, as if the noisy sound had nothing to do with Lan Ziyi.
Lan Ziyi didn't think about what to do next as usual, and at this moment he was not in the mood to think about how to destroy the thief.
The busyness of the day is replaced by another feeling, which is indescribable, it is a numbness, a kind of indulgence, a despair of the world,
These days, Lan Ziyi has been racking his brains thinking about how to fight, how to destroy thieves, how to
He always wanted to relax himself, but whenever he was alone, his thoughts would involuntarily introduce the military situation and victory and defeat into endless thoughts, and finally he couldn't sleep at night
And now, the scene in the river during the day is like the flowing water in the river channel, which flows into Lan Ziyi's heart firmly and endlessly, washing his thoughts cleanly.
Lan Ziyi's wide eyes didn't blink, his mind seemed to be passing through a marquee, and the scenes of the past slipped through Lan Ziyi's mind one after another.
There is not much left of self-blame that has been swept away by memory, Lan Ziyi is immersed in his memory I don't know how long it has been, he doesn't know why he is like this,
Slowly, Lan Ziyi felt that he was a little ignorant, and understood that his current behavior seemed to be the so-called memory.
After realizing that he was reminiscing, Lan Ziyi let out a knowing smile, he was only sixteen years old, and he began to recall at the age of sixteen, so what should he do at the age of sixteen?
In this way, the thoughts disappeared little by little, the consciousness dissolved little by little, those that were still had already happened, and the memories of Lan Ziyi knowing how to happen were all active, Lan Ziyi was no longer a bystander, he walked into the picture from outside the picture, and reached out to touch the memories of those activities.
"Young Master!"
A low but powerful greeting pulled Lan Ziyi back from his dream,
Lan Ziyi woke up suddenly, took a deep breath,
He felt his heartbeat stop suddenly, then accelerate again, and then Lan Ziyi's blood was pumped all over his body, and he began to continue to breathe.
Seeing that it had disturbed Lan Ziyi's sleep, Tao Zhulu hurriedly clasped his fists and said:
"I'm sorry young master, I didn't know you were sleeping, I'll leave now."
After saying that, he stepped back and prepared to leave,
Lan Ziyi sat up and held his forehead, he was a little annoyed, Lan Ziyi wanted to fall asleep for the first time in these days, but was disturbed by someone, can this not make people angry?
But Lan Ziyi will not be angry, because Tao Zhulu will definitely not come for no reason, there must be something wrong with him coming
So Lan Ziyi stopped Tao Zhulu and asked:
"What's the matter with the second brother?"
ζ‘ζ΅ιΉΏ says:
"I heard that the young master wants to know the news of the thief, so I came to report to the young master.
Since the young master is asleep, let's wait until the young master wakes up. β
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"How can you wait for this kind of thing, second brother, of course I have to know as soon as I have information."
Tao Zhulu said embarrassedly:
"The main thing is that I didn't get any important information, and I didn't have any new information, I just came to inform the young master,
Young master, you better go back to sleep. β
Lan Ziyi was suddenly woken up with a wry smile in his heart, how easy it was to continue sleeping,
And it's very unusual for Tao Zhulu to say that there is no new information, thieves are infighting, even if such a big thing is not in Shouchun City, you can see something when you observe it outside the city, and Tao Zhulu has always been careful in collecting intelligence, how can there be no new news,
So Lan Ziyi asked:
"Why did the second brother say that there was no news? Could it be that the thieves in Shouchun City are just stalemate and haven't made a move? β
Tao Zhulu saw Lan Ziyi asking, knowing that Lan Ziyi would definitely not sleep for a while, so he found a Mazha to sit down and said to Lan Ziyi:
"It's been two days since I left the city, and I've been focusing on cleaning up the insiders, and I don't worry much about the thieves.
And according to the scouts I sent out to investigate Shouchun, Shouchun City has been full of smoke and killing since the beginning of the infighting, and Lei Youde did not solve the Heavenly King in a short time. β
Lan Ziyi thought about it after listening and said:
"So we still have a chance."
After a moment of silence, Lan Ziyi asked:
"That's all for the thieves?"
Tao Zhulu nodded and said:
"That's all,
I didn't go in person, so I couldn't get more information, and the intelligence network that had developed among the thieves also went to the city with the Heavenly King, and I don't know what the situation was. β
Pull your attention and ask:
"What about Zhongli? Second brother, did you report anything on the eyeliner you planted under Lei Youde? β
Tao Zhulu shook his head and said:
"After Lei Youde killed that general, he caught a group of people in his own battalion, and my informant network with Lei Youde was hit in pieces, and when I was stationed in Ruyin, I only contacted Shouchun's people."
Lan Ziyi listened to it and said:
"Lei Youde is really difficult."
Then Lan Ziyi changed his words and asked Tao Zhulu:
"How is Qi Rongxun over there? Was there any case of the westward advance of the Eastern Army? β
Tao Zhulu straightened his body when he heard this, it seems that Tao Zhulu has a very clear grasp of this matter,
Tao Zhulu replied:
"Qi Rongxun sent people to cross the river and contact the Eastern Army east along the north bank of the river, although this will take a lot of detours, but at least it is safe,
Before setting up camp today, Qi Rongxun had just received information that Hailing's eastern army had entered Duliang, and after the eastern army was assembled, it would march west by boat and join forces with us under Shouchun City. β
Lan Ziyi frowned a little when he heard this, and he asked:
"Aren't the Eastern Army afraid of being intercepted by thieves and sailors when they take a boat?"
Tao Zhulu replied:
"The result of Qi Rongxun's discussion with the Eastern Army of Duliang was to first send a naval army to the west to preserve the physical strength of the soldiers, and then abandon the ship on foot to the east of Shouchun, march west from the north bank of the river, and join us."
Lan Ziyi kept smacking his tongue when he heard this plan, such an operation is too complicated, once the action is complicated, there will be more flaws, and the opportunity for thieves will become bigger, the eastern army has 50,000 people in the west, how can it be said to leave if he abandons the ship and walks, and he will cross the river again when he reaches the north bank of the river, what should he do?
Lan Ziyi poured out all these doubts for Tao Zhulu, and Tao Zhulu said:
"I actually have similar questions, and I have mentioned them to Qi Rongxun, but Qi Rongxun doesn't care, the Eastern Army seems to have a way to quickly arrange along the river, and there is a very good way to cross the river. It's just that Qi Rongxun didn't plan to tell me. β
Lan Ziyi couldn't ask more when he heard this, maybe the Eastern Army had been stationed along the coast for a long time, and maybe he did have a unique way to cross the river and maneuver the boat, but Lan Ziyi didn't want to pin his hopes on Maybe.
After another moment of silence, Lan Ziyi asked:
"Then second brother, how are you doing in Qi Rongxun's army?"
Tao Zhulu knew what Lan Ziyi was asking, and replied:
"In the past two days, when I was clearing up spies, I also had a careful conversation with the generals and colonels of Qi Rongxun's infantry.
Many people on the forbidden army led by Qi Rongxun accused Xie Xuanming of losing Yuzhou City, and Qi Rongxun and Xuanming were very close to each other in Yuzhou City, and these soldiers were also very dissatisfied with Qi Rongxun.
However, the young master galloped outside Yuzhou City and left a very deep impression on the soldiers, and the young master of Xiangcheng held on to the lonely city in the first battle, killing countless enemies, and the thieves who fought lost their armor, and the soldiers of the forbidden army also admired the young master very much, I just chatted with them, and these forbidden soldiers expressed their willingness to obey the command of the young master,
As for the Shenji Battalion, many of them have a relationship with the Eastern Army, and they are determined to follow Qi Rongxun, and it is impossible to do anything to them. β
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