When Wang Yuan came to the scene with the guard battalion as soon as he received the report, dozens of trebuchets were already in full swing. The soldiers of the Tang Army used water to fight the fire, but the strange thing is that every bucket of water poured into the raging flames would cause the flames to gush and erupt, and when the water was splashed, the fire would rise several feet higher, making a beeping and popping sound.

The flames burst up, burning the throwing arms of several trebuchets and the ropes at the fixing places of the axles, and the long throwing arms collapsed with the blazing 'hulala', killing more than a dozen Tang soldiers who were fighting the fire.

Wang Yuan scolded loudly: "Stupid, use sand to extinguish the fire, you can't use water." Are you adding fuel to the fire? ”

Only then did the soldiers suddenly come to their senses, and they were busy digging sand and piling up the flames, and the fire was brought under control.

Song Jiangong galloped from the front with an anxious face, and when he saw Wang Yuan dismounted and knelt on the ground and was about to speak, Wang Yuan waved his hand coldly and said: "Don't say anything to ask for sin, how many barbarians have attacked the camp, what is the situation now?" ”

Song Jiangong hurriedly said: "Deputy Marshal, it is a sneak attack by a small group of brute soldiers, and the target is only our Shenwei cannon, and there is no intention of attacking the military camp. The barbarian soldiers in the direction of Yangba City have not been dispatched, and they have been ordered to be closely monitored. ”

Wang Yuan snorted coldly and said, "Have all the enemy troops who sneak attacked been annihilated?" ”

Song Jiangong said with shame on his face: "Damn it, they touched down from the northern hillside and attacked them, and now they have retreated to the hillside." The lowly led the men to chase them to the edge of the woodland, fearing that there would be brute soldiers in the woodland in ambush, so he ordered the pursuit to be stopped. ”

Wang Yuan rode his horse to the northern hillside, and Song Jiangong shouted, "Where is the deputy marshal?" ”

Wang Yuan shouted: "You lead someone to put out the fire immediately, tie up the relevant personnel in charge of the Shenwei cannon on duty and send them to the big tent, and I will come back later to punish them." And, of course, you, General Song. ”

Song Jiangong's face was like earth, sighed, watched Wang Yuan rush into the darkness with the guard battalion, and hurriedly ordered a deputy general beside him: "Take the soldiers and horses to follow the deputy marshal to protect the deputy marshal, and desperately can't let the deputy marshal go into the mountains and forests to chase the enemy, if the deputy marshal makes a mistake, only you ask." ”

The deputy general promised loudly, and followed behind Wang Yuan and the others with more than 1,000 soldiers and horses.

The camp was less than three miles away from the northern slope, and Wang Yuan came to the edge of the mountain forest with hundreds of cavalry from the personal guard battalion. There was silence on the hillside, the mountain wind blew, and the trees emitted a tidal sound like a tide, as if mocking Wang Yuan's incompetence.

Wang Yuan rode his horse a few steps closer to the hillside, and Captain Zhao Qing of the personal guard battalion and Tan Ping, the son of Orion, who had been promoted to captain, hurriedly stopped him.

"Deputy marshal, you must not enter the mountains and forests in the dark night, General Song is right, I don't know how many barbarians are ambushed in the forest, don't take risks. Wait until dawn to send troops to search. Zhao Qingdao said.

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm not mad yet, I'm just going to take a look at the situation at the edge of the forest." It was my poor consideration, and the edge of the woodland under the hillside should have sent troops to reconnoitre, and gave them the opportunity to easily approach my camp. A small military camp should have been set up at the edge of the woodland to closely monitor the mountains and forests on both sides. It was my mistake. ”

Tan Ping persuaded: "The deputy marshal doesn't have to blame himself, it was the defense of the front battalion that was lax, and he actually allowed the brute soldiers to touch the edge of the camp, this is the responsibility of the general in charge of this matter, not the fault of the deputy marshal." ”

Wang Yuan was silent, he understood that such a ridiculous thing actually seemed to be the incompetence of the generals in charge of the night defense of the front battalion, but in fact, this reflected an impetuous and lax mentality of the whole army. Along the way, the confidence of the officers and men of the whole army is too full, and the mentality is too relaxed, as the saying goes, too much self-confidence is conceit and arrogance, and the whole army is now full of confidence, so I didn't expect the brute soldiers to come such a hand.

The arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and Wang Yuan finally understands that every word and sentence on those ancient military books is the crystallization of wisdom, and they are not written casually. The current situation is that if the officers and men of the whole army are not made nervous, if the military discipline is not rigorous, and if the attitude is not correct, I am afraid that it will lead to an even greater defeat.

In a sense, this attack was a very useful wake-up call, pouring cold water on Wang Yuan's own head, which was also a little hot. From that point of view, it's not necessarily a bad thing.

"Deputy marshal, there's movement on the hillside." Zhao Qing exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone hurriedly looked up, only to see a burning torch appear in the dark trees not far above. A moment later, hundreds of torches were lit up, illuminating a small area on the hillside. There was a rocky slope on a hillside, and torches lit up and down the area above and below the rocky slope, and the figures of hundreds of Nanzhao barbarians stood quietly up and down the rocky slope.

"This group of barbarians still dare to show up and provoke, they are really bold." Zhao Qing scolded in a low voice.

Wang Yuan didn't speak, he couldn't take his eyes off the rocky slope on the hillside, only to see that under the light of the torch, a slender and slender figure slowly stepped on the top boulder, standing on the edge of the big stone and looking down coldly. The mountain wind blew, the figure's long hair fluttered, the corners of her skirt fluttered, although she couldn't see her face clearly, she could still feel her noble and extraordinary.

"Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, listen!" The woman on the rocks spoke loudly, her voice drifting in the wind, and there was a hint of indifference in her crisp and pleasant voice.

"Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, listen! The shore of Cangshan and Erhai Lake is where the people of Nanzhao have lived for generations, and every grass and tree here is blessed by the gods. You have entered the territory of my Nanzhao Kingdom and wreaked havoc, destroying my mountains and forests, attacking my cities, killing my people, hunting my birds and beasts, and doing all kinds of bad things. Today is a lesson for you. If you know each other, you will immediately withdraw from the border of my Nanzhao country, and if you continue to trample on the land of my Nanzhao country, you will be cursed by the gods and die. Tell you that the commander named Wang Yuan will take his head in his sleep next time if he is obsessed with it again. ”

There was a commotion in the Tang army, and many guards scolded angrily, scolding this female barbarian for being bold and disrespectful.

Wang Yuan smiled to stop their commotion, and after the woman finished speaking, Yun Dantian said loudly: "This girl is so big-breathed. It's just that they burned a few of my divine cannons, do you think that this can stop my army from stepping on your Nanzhao Kingdom? If the girl is acquainted, it is the best policy to hurry up and persuade your Nanzhao lord Ge Luofeng to surrender the city. Otherwise, our army will set foot on your land of mountains and seas, and let your small country disappear forever. ”

The woman on the hillside was angry enough, and said angrily: "The tone is not small, do you have that ability?" Your boss Wang Yuan was afraid that he would not dare to show up tonight, so he sent you little minions to blow the atmosphere. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "The contemptible person is Wang Yuan, I'm not too scared to show up." However, Ge Luofeng was scared enough, and he sent a girl to his house for such a thing as a night attack on the barracks, and he himself became a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

"Phew, I don't need my brother to deal with you, my Ruan Luozhu is enough. What's the use of tens of thousands of troops? I didn't burn your trebuchets yet. Wang Yuan, if you know each other, get out of my Nanzhao, otherwise this princess will tell you to eat and sleep restlessly, beware that you were taken by this princess in your sleep that day. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Ge Luofeng is your brother? Are you Ruan Luozhu, the princess of Erhai in Nanzhao Kingdom? I have heard that there is a national treasure in Nanzhao, which is Princess Aluo, who was named the princess of Erhai. I didn't expect to see it in this situation, and I looked up for a long time. I have to say that you have some guts. It's a pity that you can't save your brother's Nanzhao Kingdom. ”

Princess Arlo shouted, "It is not known who killed the deer. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "Then let's see, Princess Aluo, I will keep the account of you burning my Shenwei cannon, and I will come to you to ask for it when I break Taihe City." ”

Princess Arlo scolded angrily: "You think beautifully. ”

Zhao Qing shouted loudly: "Break the city, capture your princess and give our deputy marshal as a concubine, and serve our deputy marshal well, maybe I will spare your life." ”

The guards laughed, the barbarians on the hillside shouted and scolded, Princess Aluo's face turned pale with anger, and she reprimanded angrily: "Wang Yuan dog thief, such a despicable and filthy person, one day I will make you die at my hands." ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "It's not what I said, besides, even if you want to be my concubine, I may not be willing." ”

Zhao Qing laughed and said: "Yes, how many women squeeze their heads to go to our deputy marshal's bed, you may not have this creation." The Nanban woman has a green face and fangs, and our deputy marshal doesn't want a female yaksha. ”

"Hahaha, hahaha." The Tang army's guards leaned forward and laughed wantonly.

Princess Arlo gritted her silver teeth, tears of anger swirling in her eyes. Wang Yuan turned his horse's head and said, "That's it, there's no need to bully this princess, it's just a shame to get angry." It's shameless to bully a woman. ”

The guards stopped laughing and followed Wang Yuan out of the foot of the mountain and galloped back to the camp. On the hillside, Princess Aluo gritted her teeth and said: "Dog thief Wang Yuan, this princess remembers today's humiliation, and he will ask you to crawl forward to survive and not to die." ”

Princess Aluo stomped her feet hatefully, turned around and disappeared into the mountain forest, and the barbarian soldiers extinguished their torches and quickly went east along the mountain forest to protect the princess and go back to the city.