At the beginning of spring, at noon, such a day is considered fierce.

The water splash in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River is beating in the sun, looking very cheerful and lively, Lin Renzhao's army is stationed not far from the outside of Jurong City, and now there is still snow here, and there are undulating hills on both sides, guarding them like arms in the sun, so it is safe here.

The snow melted quickly in the sun, and the ground was gradually revealing a grass-covered earth, yellow and bare, with a few hints of green in between.

At this moment, after the soldiers in the barracks marched and drilled, they were cooking at the cooking table, and smoke and dust rose in the camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Lin Renzhao had already had lunch, and he was listening to the report of the scouts in front of him in the big tent.

The scout was reporting the military situation ahead, as far as he knew, at this moment he said: "Lin Shuai, since the night attack of our army a few days ago, there have been many troops stationed on the side of Jurong, and the west bank of the river has also stepped up the training of soldiers and horses, and it is said that the head of Jinling City has also set up gunpowder and weapons supervisors and other workshops to transport things. ”

Lin Renzhao hit the nail on the head and said: "It's not so easy for Jurong to sneak attack this time, look at this force, only the Lishui Ma Chengjun battalion has the most troops, and it is also the most difficult to fight, not to mention that there is still a naval army stationed there, it is not so easy to fight, we are now going to destroy one of them, although we sneaked into the Jurong camp that night and achieved a certain victory, but it was only a drop in the bucket." Therefore, there are still many obstacles for our army to attack Jinling. ”

Spreading out the marching map, the scout said to Lin Renzhao: "Lin Shuai, the last barrier to defend Jinling is the Jinling guard general Yu Yan, he led 20,000 troops and was stationed in the Zhongshan area, most of them were basically cavalry, and they came and went freely. Why don't we give up attacking Jurong and Lishui and go directly to Zhongshan? ”

Lin Jingcheng said: "Zhong Shan? Although Zhongshan does not have many troops, if we directly give up besieging Jurong and instead attack Zhongshan on the periphery of Jinling, this will be the most difficult to fight, and we will have to face the troops of several prefectures and counties near Jinling. It's better to play steady. ”

Lin Renzhao had an idea in his mind, he shook his head and said: "No, if we want to attack Zhongshan, I'm afraid we will attack the cavalry first, if we lead our troops to attack the horse integrity department, Lu Yan will definitely help with cavalry, and then our side will be in danger of being blocked by horse and infantry together." It takes a day to get from Jurong to Zhongshan. ”

When the scout heard this, he felt justified, and that he had finished reporting, and was about to straighten up and immediately retreat.

Lin Renzhao said suddenly: "You go to the playground and call all the generals to the big tent, the commander has something to discuss." ”

"Yes." The scouts have stepped back.

In less than half a cup of tea, the rest of the generals immediately rushed to the Chinese army's tent after the exercise.

"Lin Shuai, the weather is good today, and the snow on the ground has almost melted, so it's just time to go."

"The brothers are all discussing, seeing that the morale of the soldiers is high, and they will fight today."

"yes, your chance is now."

“……”

Suddenly a few shouting generals came inside and outside the military tent, everyone you say a word, Lin Renzhao saw in his eyes, these generals were all pulled up by him, and he knew what kind of temperament he had, so Lin Renzhao did not blame them for such vulgar behavior.

These generals had all stood up straight, all waiting for Lin Renzhao's orders.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let you come over now, because today our army will immediately go to battle, directly lead the army to conquer Jurong Ma Chengcheng's department, and then give him a severe blow."

"Lin Shuai, I'm willing to fight." Lin Jingcheng volunteered to be the first to sign up.

"Lin Shuai, send the last general."

“……”

"Okay, everything is arranged by the commander, you just have to order."

"Yes." The generals spoke in unison.

After Lin Renzhao ordered the generals, the army began to pull out the camp after noon, leaving 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the camp, and the other 20,000 passed through the mountains, waiting for the opportunity to ambush in a concave not far from the west side of Jurong, as a dark line. And Lin Renzhao personally led 20,000 soldiers and horses to hurry along the long road, and the infantry, horsemen, and archers were all brought this time, and he planned to attack with infantry if necessary.

The Jurong city in the distance has become clearer and clearer in the sight of Lin Renzhao's army, and the pale mountains and forests have begun to show vitality.

Lin Renzhao still had a plan in his heart, that is, another sneak attack team in the mountains and forests, Lin Renzhao and they were already staying in one place according to the designated location.

Sneak attacks are usually held at night, and after a few hours, it is getting dark, and at this moment at the top of the mountains, a team has appeared.

Runzhou Ma Bujun waited for Ma Zitao to come out and said: "This road must be familiar to all the big guys, right?" ”

A scout at the bottom said: "I have figured out this road during the day, this road was originally told to us by an old man who went into the mountains to cut wood, it is said that he often cuts wood here, and the others do not know that there is a mountain road here." Moreover, this old man's family has now been controlled by our army, so he will not dare to deceive us. ”

"That's fine, as long as the sneak attack is successful tonight, it can also alleviate a lot of obstacles in the future." Ma Zitao looked excited, and then he instructed his subordinates, "In order not to be discovered by the enemy, the big guys don't light torches tonight." ”

"But...... Marquis Yu, won't the brothers see the road ahead clearly? ”

Ma Zitao's body was shocked, and he shook his head and said: "There is no way, now the war is difficult, and this is the only way to win, but in order to see the road clearly, I can only suggest that you leave a few torches for pathfinding." ”

"Hmm." Tonight, the soldiers who were tasked with the sneak attack began to set off on horseback, and they had in their hands the things used by Lin Renzhao's army in the sneak attack that night.

Walking in the mountains, there are thorns along the way, occasionally you can hear the sound of wolves howling and tiger howling in the mountains, and in the quiet night, the sound of ropes in the mountains and forests is heard.

Ma Zitao led everyone to walk in the mountains and forests, and all the soldiers were very tired.

Behind them, there seemed to be a commotion, a tiger roar from behind, and then only a wail was heard, and then there was no sound.

Ma Zitao paused, but there was a task tonight, and they had to continue to rush forward, because they didn't dare to stop, and they searched nearby, and there was no trace of the enemy army.

After a while, a deputy head came running over, and he stopped and wiped the sweat from his face and back.

"Yu Hou, it's not good, there are big worms." A deputy head howled in horror, and just then he saw a tiger suddenly burst out of the woods, and the tiger was like a sharp sword, and when he saw a soldier, he pounced, and the soldier could not escape, and was bitten by the tiger in the neck, and only moved a few times before he lost his breath.

Some of the soldiers beside him ran away when they saw the legs, and a few of them were bold with knives in front of their bodies, but the tiger didn't seem to see anyone else, and he ran into the forest with the dead body in his mouth, and the big insect disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Only the heads of the dead bodies were left at the scene, a pair of eyes stared in the night, and several people were so frightened that they peed their pants on the spot.

Ma Zitao took a few sips and said viciously: "Useless thing, the big worm has gone away, we still have a sneak attack mission tonight, if you don't complete it, we will take you to feed the big worm." ”

"Yes." The crowd was forced to keep walking, hoping that nothing strange would happen tonight.

Fortunately, everything was in danger, and the group had already walked out of the mountain according to their purpose.

Not far away is the camp of the Jurong Ma Chengxin Department, as soon as everyone came out of the mountain forest, they extinguished the flames on the torches one by one, and the surroundings were also pitch black, and they couldn't distinguish any direction in the dark night, only the fires in the camp of the Jurong Ma Chengxin Department in front of them were left.

There are some lights in the camp, it seems that most of the people are asleep, only the soldiers who keep watch stay outside to patrol, Ma Zitao They don't know that this camp has almost become an empty camp, and the other party also went to attack their own camp tonight, but the grain, grass and baggage are here.

The soldiers below asked, "Marquis Yu, where are Lin Shuai now?" ”

"It should be not far behind, and when we get it, someone will immediately come back and inform them, and they will come forward then."

Ma Zitao led some people from the Runzhou camp to squat in the grass, leaning sideways to the Jurong Ma Chengxin camp, waiting for the opportunity.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers were half-prostrate in the grass nest, and a gust of wind blew, and they suddenly felt that it was very cold all around, but they had to do the same in order to complete their task.

"The wind is blowing." Ma Zitao felt that this wind was downward, and if he attacked with fire, the opponent's camp would definitely be burned out by the fire, and the wind direction tonight was also favorable to them.

"Marquis Yu, is it okay now?" The soldier felt the strength of the wind and whispered.

"Almost, it's almost ugly now. Rush. ”

Ma Zitao led the Runzhou soldiers to touch the missing corner of the camp, where they observed and felt that they could break through, but the men and horses patrolling the camp did not find this loophole, Ma Zitao's old trick was repeated, and he still did it like Lin Jingcheng last time.

"Boom, boom, boom" The earth trembled, and it felt like it was cracking. Several large camps were suddenly engulfed in flames.

The flames in the camp were very high, and they burned to several nearby military camps in the direction of the wind.

Ma Zitao suddenly patted his head and said, "Marquis Yu, it seems that there are not many people here?" "Some soldiers have already seen the problem, generally there are fires, there should be a lot of people fighting the fire, but this camp is as dead and silent, and few people have escaped.

"It's not good, this is an empty camp, they have already taken precautions, we better withdraw quickly."

Then Ma Zitao led the Runzhou soldiers back along the road they had come.

But when they looked back, they saw that the tents were burning even more vigorously in the fire, and the wind was raging, and the wood and other things crackled.

A soldier in the queue had been staring at Jurong's big battalion, couldn't help but be happy, and suddenly said loudly: "Congratulations to Marquis Yu, there are their grain, grass, army and straw and other baggage, you see." ”

Following the soldier's big hand, Ma Zitao looked back, and sure enough, a large number of cavalry suddenly broke out, and the general howled, and the entire valley and hills heard it very clearly, "Our grain and grass, come quickly, put out the fire——"

The cavalry got off the horse, the Qinhuai River is still three miles away from here, and now the water is far away from the near thirst, and the soldiers in the Jurong camp saw that after that, they had a palpitation and didn't know how to act.

In the dark, Ma Zitao, who was already close to the mountain road, waved his hand and beckoned the sneak attack soldiers behind him: "Let's retreat quickly, if the enemy finds out, we won't be able to leave, and we should immediately meet Lin Shuai at this moment." ”

……

Lin Renzhao and his party didn't go far, and the scout in front came to report, saying that they were halfway up, and suddenly met the army of Ma Chengcheng and Ma Chengjun in front.

"Jurong and Lishui's army have converged?"

"No, Lishui Ma Chengjun came with five thousand cavalry this time."

Lin Renzhao was shocked, and immediately made the troops garrison in place and wait for them, if the cavalry chased them, they would not be able to eat a little good fruit.

Half an hour later, Ma Chengcheng saw Lin Renzhao's army suddenly appear above the middle of the road, thinking that the other party had noticed his plan, so he planned to retreat in the dark night, after all, the men and horses led by him had been scattered several times, if it was a hard encounter, Ma Chengxin also felt that he would not get much cheap.

Lin Renzhao didn't know why, he originally wanted to sneak attack the opponent's camp tonight, but he didn't set off far, and he encountered the enemy near the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River.

The two teams were close at hand, but they didn't make a move, and they wanted to find out the details of each other, and now Lin Renzhao called his subordinates to help him shout.

The other party also sent people to shout.

In the darkness of the night, the two sides had already lit torches, and the vicinity was illuminated.

…… A friction began, like a match meeting a matchbox, and the two teams disagreed and began to fight.

The war horses under the crotch have begun to move, and the soldiers are also intersecting, making bursts of metallic sounds and sparks.

But the two armies fought each other, and they didn't even get much advantage, and the two sides fought to a draw,

In an instant, the two families thought at the same time: It seems that tonight's sneak attack is unsuccessful.

"Withdraw-" The two armies gave orders to each other, for the night, it is impossible to figure out the strength of the other party, the best way is to withdraw to the main camp first, it is difficult to say that there may be a situation on the side of the main camp.

The two armies have withdrawn, and it seems that there is not much reward tonight.

Soon after, the news that the Jurong camp was destroyed by fire had reached Ma Chengcheng's ears, and Ma Chengxin hadn't rushed back at that time, but the announcement of the military officer made him almost fall off his horse, "How can this be, the camp was actually attacked by someone?" How can it be? ”

Here, Ma Chengcheng looked angry, and in the camp over there, Lin Renzhao was very happy when he heard it. I didn't expect to be able to accomplish one thing in a daze tonight, it seems to be God's arrangement.

In the military tent, the soldiers said in unison: "Congratulations to Lin Shuai, Jinling is just around the corner." ”