Chapter Seventy-Eight: Encirclement (3)

Fox Ridge Fortress

When Zeng Ziren ran out of the city with the few remaining soldiers, the Fox Ridge Fortress was already in a sea of fire.

The arrows shot down from the Fox Ridge by the Five Grain Sect were different from ordinary feather arrows, the arrows were carefully designed and filled with a small amount of fire oil.

This kind of arrow was shot down with the rocket, and the fortress that was not too big, but it was filled with all kinds of supplies, instantly ignited.

Zhao Jizong is a smart person, he has long known that this little young master is unreliable, so she left Zeng Ziren with five hundred guards battalion sergeants, and then went out of the city to camp in the south of the fortress.

He thought clearly, once the Huling Fortress was in trouble, with the position of the guard battalion, he would be able to enter the territory of Long'an Mansion within half an hour at the earliest, even if the old commander blamed him in the end, and he retired with his whole body to save more than 1,000 sergeants, he would not lose his life, and it was a big deal to take off his official robe and go home to hug the child.

However, what Zhao Jizong never expected was that only one day had passed, and the Chinese military camp was completely wiped out!

Facing the Huling Fortress, which had fallen into the raging fire, he no longer had much hope, just now, he had already given the order to pull out the camp, ready to retreat to Long'an Mansion, and then pass through Long'an Mansion and then turn back to Chengdu.

It's just that what makes him more sad is that when he went out of the city to set up camp, Zeng Ziren agreed to give him three days of grain and grass, and since yesterday, the grain and grass in the camp is only enough to last for two days.

"Alas, the generals are incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted! Needless to say, when I used to fight with the old commander, even if I followed Na Xiaang, I had never fought such a bad battle. ”

Zhao Jizong complained to the chief flag officer sitting beside him, and sighed with his head.

"I wonder if Zeng Ziren has been buried in the fire? My lord, should we send a few men to investigate? When the time comes, I will have an explanation with the commander. The chief flag officer beside him answered his words and said,

After hearing this, Zhao Jizong hurriedly waved his hand towards the chief flag officer, "Now that the emperor is here, I will not return to the fortress." Who can believe this fucking group of bandits in two days, defeating a regimental training battalion, annihilating a garrison barracks, and capturing a fortress? Who is the rabble? ”

He let out another heavy breath, and then said: "If you want me to say, it's best, this little young master has died in the fire, and when the time comes, we will plant him together to disobey the dissuasion and underestimate the enemy's rash advance, resulting in the loss of the fortress in Fox Ridge." It's a big deal that the brothers took off this official uniform and went back to the countryside, anyway, the money I have earned in the past few years is enough for me to support my old age. It is better to buy a few big mansions and a few concubines than to be angry with this pickled thing every day. ”

The more Zhao Jizong said it, the more angry he became, if Zeng Ziren was here, he would be pointing at his nose and scolding when he saw this posture.

"My lord! General Zeng is back! ”

A sergeant with a small pennant behind him broke into the camp tent in a hurry, and reported to Zhao Jizong, who was sitting at the top.

Zhao Jizong stood up with a "hoof",

"Who??"

The sergeant, who was kneeling on one knee, thought that he had not heard clearly, so he raised his voice. Almost with a shout:

"Lord Qiyu, General Zeng Ziren has arrived at the door!"

This really means that Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive, pointing to where to fight.

Seeing this, the chief flag officer on the side asked Zhao Jizong in a low voice: "My lord, look at this ......."

Zhao Jizong was also a little depressed when he asked, what else could he do, he was at the door, of course he went out to greet him.

As he spoke, he lifted the hem of his armor, stood up, and asked the sergeant who had come to report, "How many people did General Zeng bring?" ”

"Counting General Zeng, there are only five horsemen."

Hearing what he said, Zhao Jizong almost didn't get angry, do you still need to ask? That is to say, more than 500 guards battalions were all lost in the fortress.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jizong's face was full of annoyance for a while, and the chief flag officer next to him who wanted to say something was so frightened that he hurriedly closed his mouth, only to watch him stride away angrily, and walked out of the camp with Zeng Ziren.

It also happened that Zeng Ziren also happened to walk outside the door of the tent, and as soon as he opened the curtain, he met Zhao Jizong's angry expression, and he was so frightened that he took two steps back and was stunned on the spot.

The chief flag officer in the camp saw this scene in his eyes, and hurriedly trotted to the side of the camp tent door curtain, one is to salute the "resurrected" General Zeng, and the other is to quickly find a way to pull Zhao Jizong, who looks like he is about to have a seizure on the spot.

However, the chief flag officer still underestimated his old boss.

Almost instantly, Zhao Jizong's face was replaced with an extremely flattering expression, and he suddenly knelt down at Zeng Ziren's feet, hugged Zeng Ziren's somewhat ragged robe that had been burned by the fire, and cried:

"General Zeng! Xia Guan thought you were caught in the fire, and was preparing to send the whole battalion to rescue you, but I didn't expect you to be fine, you are really protected by the gods, and the Buddha blesses you! ”

Zeng Ziren turned his head and saw the busy soldiers coming and going in the guard camp and "reorganizing the army for war", he was very moved for a while, and hurriedly leaned over and helped Zhao Jizong, who was kneeling beside his legs, "Oh, Zhao General is really a pillar of the country and a loyal minister of the imperial court!" Hurry up, please get up! ”

I don't know if it was the courage given to him by the "loyal and brave minister" Zhao Jizong, Zeng Ziren strode into the camp tent, and then supported the handsome case, and said to Zhao Jizong very righteously: "Mr. Zhao, you quickly go to rectify the soldiers and horses, take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Wugu Sect, and follow me back to the Huling Fortress." ”

Zhao Jizong, who had just been helped up by Zeng Ziren and had not yet dusted off the dust on his trouser legs, heard this, and quickly "pounced" and knelt on the spot.

"General Zeng, don't do it! The Wugu Sect was strong, and more than 1,500 sergeants in the Chinese military camp were killed in battle, and even Vice General Liu fell into their hands. Not to mention the regimental training camp on the northern slope, there is not even a single news so far, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out long ago. There are only more than 1,000 people in our battalion, and the best way to do this is to quickly move closer to the direction of Long'an Mansion and ensure that the whole battalion is not lost, which is already a great achievement! ”

Zhao Jizong said the truth, now Zeng Ziren is safe in his own camp, the current situation, as long as he brings back the thousand men and horses safely, and when the time comes, he will plant the original plan to plant Zeng Ziren's rhetoric to Vice General Liu and Anyi, he doesn't know what reason the old commander has to deal with him, and it is not impossible to get a deputy general of the garrison.

But Zeng Ziren didn't think so, he secretly took the talisman and brought out nearly 5,000 people from the three battalions. The original abacus was to trap An Yi here first, not only to avenge his personal vendetta, but also to show favor to the political envoy Zhu Zongchen, and then turn around and eradicate this five grains sect, which is a great achievement, and my father will not say anything more, perfect with one stone.

It's good now, the hair of the Wugu Sect has not been touched, and he has already broken two battalions of men and horses, and he just went back with a thousand remnants of soldiers? Needless to say, the imperial court side, the old commander had already skinned him alive first.

"Zhao Jizong, are you afraid of death! As the commander of the army, charging into battle and not fearing death is what you should do, and I now order you in the name of the acting garrison general of Chengdu to reorganize the army! Prepare for battle! Kill back! ”

Zeng Ziren took out the tiger talisman from his arms, and slammed it on several cases with a "bang", and the angry Zhao Jizong roared.

Although Zhao Jizong had already scolded Zeng Ziren's family up and down in his heart, the identity of the acting garrison general and the heavy copper nuggets on that side were not something he could disobey if he wanted to, so he had to nod angrily yes, and then stood up and prepared to go out of the camp to reorganize the army.

"Your Excellency!"

The herald in the tent had not yet gone out, when another one came in shouting and opening the curtain.

He didn't pay attention to his fiery energy, so he directly put his head on the heart guard on the chest of Zhao Jizong, who was about to go out.

The pain on the herald's head had not completely dispersed, followed by the slap of Zhao Jizong, who was holding back the fire in his heart,

"! You don't have long eyes! Can't General Zeng see it here? What to run, what to run! ”

The herald was so beaten by this slap that he covered his face and knelt on the ground very aggrieved.

"The little one has no eyes, and I didn't see General Zeng here, please forgive General Zeng."

Zeng Ziren was also angry, and waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, let's say something." ”

"General Qiyu, all commanded the envoy to take the pioneer battalion general Pei Zhenfeng, the central military battalion general Jiang Yun and the pioneer battalion of more than 1,500 military horses, and they are almost outside the camp."

"Father is here?"

"Your Excellency is here?"

Zeng Ziren and Zhao Jizong blurted out almost at the same time, but the mood of the two people at this time was really different, it can be said that one face was happy, and the other face was frustrated.

Fortunately, it is naturally Zhao Jizong, as soon as this old commander comes, he no longer needs to listen to the blind command of the young master Zeng in front of him, I believe that Zeng Hanru, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, will not turn back to do this kind of thing of hitting stones with eggs.

The frustrated one must be Zeng Ziren, presumably his father already knew about his stealing of the tiger talisman, and came with a large army to ask for the guilt, and now the three battalions of soldiers and horses let him lose less than one battalion, and he is waiting to meet the thunderous wrath of the old man Zeng.

Zeng Hanru rode a horse, and Tie Qing walked in front with a green face, and had already arrived at the gate of the camp.

If before he came, Zeng Hanru still wanted to get some bargains from the Five Grain Sect, so that he could get by on face and in terms of folds,

Now, after listening to the news that had been sent out to him one by one, he just wanted to bring back as many men as possible.

"See the Commander!"

"Daddy~"

Zhao Jizong and Zeng Ziren went out to welcome them to the gate of the camp and knelt down in front of Zeng Hanru's horse.

Zeng Hanru looked at the sergeants who were busy preparing to pull out the camp in the middle of the barracks, and did not pay attention to Zeng Ziren, but asked Zhao Jizong in a deep voice: "Where does Mr. Zhao want to go?" ”

Zhao Jizong simply stiffened his head and said bluntly: "Return to the commander of the envoy, because ...... Because the regimental training camp and the middle military camp have been .... has temporarily lost contact, so he wants to go to the direction of Long'an Province and rely on the local garrison to temporarily avoid the enemy's edge. ”

"Dad, I think we should take advantage of the fact that the Wugu Sect is not firmly established and fight back directly, so ......"

Zeng Ziren still insisted on his own opinion and wanted to tell Zeng Hanru his set of rhetoric, who knew that before he finished speaking, Old Man Zeng waved his horsewhip,

"Smack!"

The whip was lightly lifted and struck accurately on his cheek, which was somewhat black and gray from the fire in the fortress, but it was still clear that there was a deep blood mark on his white face.

"Oops!"

Zeng Ziren grinned in pain, he saw his father sitting on the horse, looking at him expressionlessly, his eyes became strange to him, and he didn't seem to be able to find the doting that often surfaced before, and he didn't even give him the kind of disappointment he had last time.

Zeng Hanru no longer intends to have even the slightest hope for his son who he regards as a treasure, and even feels that it is a waste of words to say a word to him, if he can, he would rather let Zeng Ziren fend for himself here.

He snorted coldly at Zhao Jizong: "It's good that the people who came out of my hands still know something." ”

Zhao Jizong listened to his words, but he didn't dare to be happy at all, and lowered his head deeper.

"Jiang Yun! Gather the stragglers in the former Chinese military camp and guard the surroundings of the hard drive. Pei Zhenfeng! After taking the vanguard camp hall to prevent the raid of the Wugu Sect, and after waiting for the Chinese military camp to finish pulling out the camp, everyone retreated in the direction of Chengdu Mansion! ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The three of them divided their orders, and for a while, Zeng Ziren, who was kneeling there and was at a loss, was left in front of the horse.

"Dad, I'm ......."

Zeng Hanru didn't even look at him, and with a force on his legs, he urged the horse under his crotch to go towards the Chinese military camp.