Chapter 399: Small Talk

"A lion with a pack of goats can defeat a pack of hungry wolves, but a goat with a pack of lions can't beat a hungry wolf." This is the goat effect.

Although this theory is a bit one-sided, it represents the herd mentality of people or animals in disguise, and if the thinking of ordinary people is not very strong, then in the army, the head sheep effect is leaked out.

The strength of an army is no longer the quality of their weapons and the strength of their strength, but their courage to dare to fight hard.

Xu Jingye can also be regarded as a general, after all, he can be valued by Wu Meiniang at such a young age, and it is impossible to rely on Li Ji's face alone, the only factor is that Xu Jingye also has real skills, but unfortunately, at this moment, Xu Jingye, the general, is standing at the door completely stunned, and he doesn't know what to do.

It is not accurate to say that it is a rout, because they have not fought with the enemy at all, or there is no enemy at all, and the scene that caused such a chaotic scene was all caused by the soldiers of the Xu army themselves, and even those who drew their swords against each other were also soldiers of the Xu army, probably because of the past grievances or drinking too much wine and losing their rationality, at this moment, they only knew that they waved the weapons in their hands and cut at the people in front of them, and they couldn't even care who the other party was.

"Come on, raise the banner of so-and-so, follow the governor of Pontus in the pro-military camp to quell the chaos, all those who talk nonsense in the camp, kill, all those who run in a panic, kill, all with weapons in hand, kill, all keep commanding, kill."

After being stunned for a long time, Xu Jingye finally came back to his senses, and then shouted when he looked up to the sky.

"Subordinates obey."

As Xu Jingye's several killing orders were issued, hundreds of soldiers in iron armor who were originally guarding around the big tent opened their mouths to receive orders.

The so-called family has a profound heritage, which has no distinction between civil and military, and the heritage of the civil official family may be a variety of officialdom relationships and rich knowledge and experience, and the inheritance of the military attache family depends on not only the connections in the army, but also those veterans who follow their own battles.

Li Ji joined the army since the end of the Sui Dynasty, and has been fighting on the battlefield for decades, and there is no doubt about the connections in the army, and there are definitely a lot of veterans of the discouraged battlefield, many veterans because they are very close to Li Jidao, and take the initiative to follow Li Jidao and the Li family as a servant.

After Li Ji's death, all these things were inherited by Xu Jingye, in addition to the title and family wealth, what Xu Jingye valued most was the three hundred relatives who had always followed him and were the most loyal to him.

Don't look at the number of these people, but they all crawled out of the pile of dead people back then, and with their combat effectiveness, the government soldiers of 3,000 people were not enough for them to kill, and it was with the existence of these people that Xu Jingye dared to act so recklessly.

Drawing out the sword, the two big men behind him carried a huge flagpole, carrying a huge lantern on it, and behind this lantern, a huge flag fluttered in the wind, and even because of the scene at this time, it looked extremely solemn and murderous.

I have to say that Xu Jingye does have the qualifications of a famous general, if he changes to a commander with insufficient experience or courage, he will definitely panic and want to calm the rout of the military camp at this time, but it turns out that that kind of gentle persuasion or shouting is useless at all.

For those panicked rebels who have lost their minds, killing is the quickest and most appropriate solution, and only by cleaning up all those who create chaos and spread panic can the remaining people be stabilized.

One-step, two-step, three-step...........

One, two, three..........

The landing of countless heads, the spread of the pungent smell of blood in the air, finally made those who fell into madness completely sober, as more and more Xu soldiers became sober, they also joined Xu Jingye's team, and the chaos finally ended after three hours.

It's just that when the barracks finally calmed down again, Xu Jingye didn't look happy at all, looking at the messy camp with a solemn expression, the corpses were all over the field, white before the battle, more than 100,000 troops, they didn't even see the face of the enemy, and they actually lost thousands of people, and more importantly, all the grain and grass in the army were burned by the enemy, so to speak, if there is no food delivered within three days, their more than 100,000 soldiers are not as good as more than 100,000 chickens, and they don't need the enemy to do it at all. and they will all starve to death.

In such a scene, how could Xu Jingye be happy.

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Compared with the misery in Xu Jingye's army, there is laughter and joy in Runzhou City, as if it is a festival.

"Hahaha, Manager Duan, I heard people say that in the first battle of Yangzhou City a year ago, you and Di Yushi in the city, Dong Yuanjun and others wiped out tens of thousands of elites of the Tiandao rebels with more than 10,000 people.

With only one hundred and ten people, he did such a great thing in the rebel army of more than 100,000 people, not only burned the grain and grass of the rebels, but also made the rebels almost collapse. In the Runzhou Thorn Mansion, Li Siwen, the Runzhou Thorn Mansion, toasted Duan Jian and the others excitedly.

Picking up the wine glass, Duan Jian said with a smile on his face, "Thank you Li Yuanjun for your kindness, it's all a fluke, and it's God's favor to say it, who let that Xu Jingye just catch up with the banquet tonight, wouldn't it be too much pity not to take this opportunity to cut off a piece of meat from him." ”

"Hahahaha.........."

Hearing what Duan Jian said was interesting, the people in the room couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"It's just a pity, if the heroes under the command of Manager Duan bring back the head of Xu Jingye, I'm afraid I won't have to sit here, but write an excerpt and report the good news to the capital." Governor Shi Suoyunxia sighed in annoyance.

"Lao Suo's words are not bad, it's just that this providence is so, it seems that the people of our Runzhou will suffer a period of disaster, that Xu Jingye does not respect the mandate of heaven, goes against the sky, and will be punished sooner or later, it's just a matter of time, I don't have to worry too much." Li Siwen said.

"Li Yuanjun is all good, this time we happened to hit Xu Jingye hard, but Xu Jingye is not an easy person, since then, if you want to sneak into his military camp, I'm afraid it's impossible, and we will not have a good life from now on, more than 100,000 troops, we have more than 30,000 horses in the city plus the people who can be recruited, how to hold Runzhou City, I'm afraid it will be very difficult!" Duan Jian sighed.

Hearing Duan Jian's words, the people who were originally happily drinking were also silent.

"Whatever, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, it's a big deal to die in this Runzhou city, what's the big deal, eighteen years later, I'm a good man, besides, we are not certain to die, in the previous time, didn't the imperial court have sent Zuo Yuchao Wei General Li Xiaoyi as the governor of Yangzhou Dao, leading 300,000 troops south to exterminate Xu Jingye, even if Manager Li goes slowly, in ten days and half a month, they will always come to the land of Jianghuai, with their army to suppress the border, I don't believe that Xu Jingye can continue to attack us regardless of the fall of Yangzhou, I'm afraid that when the time comes, we don't need to catch up, then Xu Jingye will run back upside down. A lieutenant said a little drunkly, although this lieutenant seemed to have drunk a little, but his words made everyone nod.

"Knock knock knock .............."

A hangover, so that Duan Jian, who was not drunk with good wine, woke up to the rapid sound of drums, his head was still a little faintly painful, fortunately, someone had already thought of this, and the others prepared warm and suitable honey water for him, as well as a towel covered with cold water.

Picked up the water bowl on the table next to him, drank the honey water in the bowl in a few sips, and then someone used a towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead and face.

Duan Jian exhaled comfortably at this time, lay there, and stretched his waist fiercely.

"Hehe, Duan Lang is weird, this army has already arrived in the city, and it looks like it's about to attack, but you don't seem to be fine, and I don't know what you think." Although the person who spoke was wearing a suit of armor, it was obvious that she was a woman in tone and behavior.

And in the entire camp, there is only one woman who can be so close to Duan Jian, the original Holy Lord of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and now Duan Jian's beloved concubine Su Xiu'er.

This time he led the troops to the expedition, because Wang Wanjun was pregnant with Liujia and had to give birth at any time, but no one was close to them, Duan Jian wanted Xu Xiuer to stay in Suzhou to take care of Wang Wanjun, but he was strongly opposed by Wang Wanjun, and in desperation, Duan Jian could only bring Su Xiuer over, leaving Wang Wanjun alone in Suzhou.

Hearing Su Xiu'er's ridicule, Duan Jian was not ashamed but proud, grabbed one of Su Xiu'er's slender hands, and with a fierce force, he pulled Su Xiu'er down on the bed, without caring about the armor on Su Xiu'er's body, Duan Jian held her with his hand, and said softly while gently embroidering the fragrance on his body.

"What about the army pressing the border, no more than me, no less than me, what to do, these days have been prepared, if Li Siwen can't even resist these few days, he is not worthy of being a state assassin, besides, then Xu Jun as just because of the night attack, the soldiers were frightened, at this time to attack the city, Xu Jun has shown three points of weakness psychologically, so calculated, if it is not expected, before noon, Xu Jingye will retreat."

Being held in Duan Jian's arms, although Su Xiu'er was extremely sweet in her heart, she was afraid of being seen, so she had to look outside the house from time to time to see if there was a figure, but when Duan Jian was talking, she was so obsessed that she even forgot the meaning of prevention.

"Things in the army, the slave family doesn't understand, but the slave family has some questions I want to ask you, I heard that last night, they obviously had the opportunity to cut off the head of Xu Jingye, but it was your personal order, in addition to burning the grain and grass of the Xu army, do not let them kill a Xu army, this is why, could it be that you have some plan."

For Su Xiu'er's questioning, Duan Jian was silent for a long time, if it was an outsider who asked like this, he would definitely suspect that there was a traitor in the Nighthawk, only in front of Xu Xiu'er, Nighthawk had no secrets at all, although Nighthawk is now under Duan Jian's command, but many of the Nighthawks were disciples of the Xuanwu Hall of the Heavenly Dao Sect, and the training they received since childhood was to be loyal to the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Holy Lord, so in the face of Xu Xiu'er's inquiry from the Holy Lord, how dare they hide it, and they will not hide it.

"Why, if the Holy Lord wants to spy on the military situation, this is not easy to do, this military information is top secret, if you want to know, but you have to pay a great price, you can think about it, are you willing to pay this price." Looking at Su Xiu'er's pretty face close at hand, it might be a reaction after drinking, or it could be a natural reaction to get up early, and Duan Jian suddenly felt an impulse in his heart.

The two of them have long been not men and women who have fallen in love for the first time, seeing Duan Jian's appearance, how could Su Xiuer not know what he was thinking, although she was secretly happy in her heart, she still said extremely shyly on her face, "What kind of military secret, if you want to say it, you can say it, if you don't want to, you don't say it, I think it's rare." ”

After finishing speaking, Su Xiu'er struggled and wanted to get up, but she was hugged very hard by Duan Jian beside her, making her unable to move at all.

"Hmph, you bold female spy, you still want to sneak away in front of the chief manager, it's too bold, see how so-and-so punishes you.........."

"Ah........ No....... Woowoo"

There was a grinding of ears and temples, intimate contact, although they didn't really get things done, the two of them were still tired of it, and it wasn't until Duan Jian got what she wanted that they finally let go of Xu Xiu'er.

After everything returned to calm, the two finally stopped, Duan Jian hugged Xu Xiu'er and said softly, "Do you know that in the world today, who has the most enemies and whose enemies are the most powerful. ”

Hearing Duan Jian's abrupt question, Rao is Su Xiu'er was extremely shrewd, and she was stunned for a moment before replying, "Well, it should be Xu Jingye outside the city, he has the most enemies and the most power, then he really has to be, the most enemies, not to mention other places, just this Runzhou, I don't know how many people want him to die, as for the most powerful, it is him, the most powerful today is the Queen Mother, he raised troops against the Queen Mother, how can the Queen Mother not hate him." ”

"Hahahaha, wrong, wrong."

Hearing Su Xiu'er's answer, Duan Jian shook his head with a laugh, and then said in Su Xiu'er's puzzled gaze, "Speaking of which, there are the most enemies in the world, and the most powerful enemies, but I am the one." ”

"Ah.......... This......... This......... This ......."

"You want to say how this can be, don't worry, I'll tell you today, why this is happening, why is it saying this."

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