The women, carrying their shells on their shoulders like ants moving, made a detour from the flank of Tielock Ridge. In the sunlight, the golden and bronze luster of the cannonballs is so dazzling that you can even see the occasional brave woman resting on the basket on the ground.

Seeing these from the lens of the telescope, Xiang Rengui was really at war in his heart: at the beginning, the soldiers and horses of the Wang family bypassed, but they could leave ambush personnel and make Xiang Rengui sneer; Later, he delivered food and ammunition boxes, but still left a small number of ambushers, which made Xiang Rengui proud that he thought he had seen through Wang Shihua's plan; Now, in the face of the cannonballs, Xiang Rengui really wants to lead people to rush over and loot.

At this moment, a spy came back to report: Wang Shihua's main force was slowly moving this way.

"Quickly signal to the brother on the other side and get ready for battle."

"Don't be so nervous," Xiang Rengui said confidently to his henchmen: "They are back to receive this batch of shells." ”

"Third brother, then let's just take advantage of the fact that they haven't come back yet, catch them off guard, and grab their shells before we talk about it."

Why don't you want to Xiang Rengui? Moreover, when he came, Xiang Renli specially instructed: Tiesuo Ridge is easy to defend and difficult to attack, make good use of the terrain, provoke Wang Shihua, and lead Wang Shihua to attack, so that at least a small half of Wang Shihua's soldiers and horses can be spelled out. But the problem is that Xiang Rengui understands the purpose of Xiang Renli's borrowing knife to kill people, so he disobeys Xiang Renli's order and tries not to stick to it. His intentions are naturally incomprehensible to the people below, and it is difficult to explain them clearly, so that the generals below have already complained a lot, and now, making suggestions in person is already euphemistically expressing dissatisfaction.

"Wang Shihua is very cunning, deliberately set the transportation line in front of our eyes, we must have been prepared, we rashly attacked, didn't we just fall for his plan to lure the enemy to attack?" After speaking, he glanced at a few generals around him, hesitated slightly, and said, "Shoot a few more shots and see their reactions." ”

said that it was to see the other party's reaction, but as soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Rengui himself turned around and left: The accuracy of the earth cannon is really embarrassing, and it will increase blood pressure once you look at it, so it is better not to watch it!

A series of shells hit the past, and the result caused the Wang family to roar and laugh: the women of the Wang family bullied the accuracy of their earthen cannons, and at first they dodged in a panic, but after a few cannons, seeing that none of these shells fell within ten meters of the trail, this courage was much greater, and in the end, it actually formed: You hit your cannon, I will drive my way to the strange scene.

Half an hour later, the shells were delivered. And some of the soldiers of the Wang family who carried guns also walked on the path in a big way, in order to let the sentries on the turret see themselves, some of them also boldly waved and shouted to the sentries on the turret. This made Xiang Rengui not only not angry, but looked at the surrounding generals very proudly: Look! I said that there was an ambush and you didn't believe it, and you complained about me in private, and now you have anything to say?

At the same time, the spies reported that Wang Shihua's army in the middle began to turn around and march towards Tuguan. This made Xiang Rengui both disappointed and glad: he was disappointed that he had not made any contributions, and he was glad that with his own restraint, his eldest brother's plan to kill people with a knife did not succeed. Now, he began to think about how to master the time when the Wang family's soldiers and horses attacked Tuguan, so that he could sneak attack the Wang's soldiers and horses from behind at the most critical moment.

However, just when he fantasized about the beauty of the victory of the sneak attack on the Wang family's soldiers and horses from behind, the third step of Wang Shihua's plan to lure the enemy began.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, his subordinates reported that the Wang family had started to deliver grain again. This time, Xiang Rengui didn't even have the heart to go up to the turret, but just ordered his subordinates to pay attention to observation, and send more spies to search for ambushes around.

Xiang Rengui's behavior of shrinking the turtle made the always proud Xiang family a little dissatisfied. Now when I heard that the Wang family was dangling in front of their noses again, and Xiang Rengui still couldn't hold on, suddenly, everyone changed from complaining to complaining, and some people even scolded Xiang Rengui in private for being the reincarnation of a turtle, otherwise, how could they only know how to shrink their heads in this life?

When Xiang Rengui heard these words, he laughed on the surface, but there must have been a change in his heart.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the Wang family began to carry the ammunition box again one after another.

Faced with Xiang Rengui's orders that still couldn't be adhered to, his subordinates turned from complaining to glaring and whispering insults, but Xiang Rengui still went his own way.

At dusk, the scene of the women of the Wang family carrying cannonballs appeared again.

Looking at the cannonballs refracting the twilight sun, exuding a golden luster, Xiang Rengui still couldn't think of it, but when he saw the generals around him glaring at him, he understood: If he suppresses it with his identity again, I am afraid that as long as the Wang family lures him like this for another day, he will not attack and vent the anger of the generals, even if these generals do not rebel, they will definitely dare to attack privately.

"Have the spies who went around to spy have returned?"

"According to the spy who just returned: there are no ambushes of the Wang family around. It seems that the troops and horses that passed by noon were the ambush soldiers of the Wang family, not those who came from Laosicheng for reinforcements. ”

In fact, this is indeed half of the soldiers and horses drawn from Wang Shihua's battalions - if Xiang Rengui really can't hold out, will the soldiers and horses of the Wang family really want to accompany him here to grow old? The rest of the ambush soldiers retreated five miles, and it was naturally impossible for Xiang Rengui's spies to chase so far, so everyone agreed that the Wang family's ambush soldiers had left.

"Great!" Before Xiang Rengui could speak, a general shouted excitedly: "Third brother, you should be relieved now, right?" ”

Xiang Rengui didn't answer, but looked around and asked solemnly, "You all think you should attack?" ”

The generals nodded in agreement.

"Okay, just hit him. However, I am still a little uneasy. In order to prevent this from being a trap set by the Wang family, only a small number of people can be brought to attack this time...... Don't worry, everyone~! The Wang family's transportation line is not gone in a day or two, and everyone has an opportunity. Renhua, take your people down the mountain and fight with them. ”

"Third Brother Xie!"

"Remember, you are just going to test it, and if you find something wrong, don't fight with each other, and quickly retreat."

"Third brother, don't worry, I remember."

As soon as the night fell, Xiang Renhua couldn't wait to take more than 100 people down the mountain at night and rushed to the Wang family's supply line five miles away.

The team had been advancing for about four miles, when suddenly they heard a shot and shouted, "Oh no, the men and horses of Xiang have come down the mountain to attack us, run!" ”

Xiang Rengui and the generals extinguished the torches running upstairs, waited in fear, and suddenly heard the gunshots, and thought that Xiang Renhua had been ambushed, and their expressions changed greatly. Xiang Rengui hurriedly lit the torch according to the agreed signal, and shook it from side to side while holding the torch.

The Wang family's transport personnel were dangling in front of their eyes all the time, and Xiang Rengui gave a death order not to attack, which made Xiang Renhua extremely uncomfortable, which was suddenly released, really like a tiger descending the mountain, for Xiang Rengui's signal, not only turned a blind eye, but personally took the lead in rushing over.

As a result, after the Wang family dropped more than a dozen shells, they had already disappeared.

Xiang Renhua is worthy of being a member of the Xiang family, and he actually wanted to chase him all the way down the trail, but fortunately, a few henchmen around him tried their best to persuade him not to fall into an ambush, so he let him return with the loot.

came back smoothly, and naturally couldn't wait to show his ability to Rengui.

"Third brother, this Wang family is a paper tiger, it looks scary, in fact, the foundation is unstable, and the people's hearts are uneven. No, I led the brethren with a charge, and they all ran away. Under the envious gaze of everyone, Xiang Renhua smiled proudly: "Third brother, I heard that there is a great need for these shells outside, and the price of eight taels of gold and one shell is set on the black market. This Wang family is really rich, and such a precious thing will be lost. ”

As he spoke, he smiled conspicuously: "However, no matter how expensive things are, they are not as important as their own lives, and we can understand it." Third brother, are you right? Hey! Hey! ”

If Xiang Renhua fell into an ambush, Xiang Rengui would naturally have to calculate with him the responsibility for not obeying orders and attacking rashly. But now that Xiang Renhua has returned victorious, Xiang Rengui can't mention this matter again, so he can only praise perfunctorily: "Renhua, you did a good job, not only tested the confidence of the Wang family, but also greatly increased the prestige of my Xiang family...... Let's talk about the details with everyone, and let's all learn from them. ”

In Xiang Renhua's boasting, not to mention other generals, even Xiang Rengui began to wonder if his original worries were a little superfluous, and he gradually despised the Wang family in his heart...... What He Mei wants is this effect, because according to the intelligence, there are more than 1,100 people in the Xiang family on the Iron Lock Ridge, and there are more than 600 people on the right ridge where Xiang Rengui is located. Besides, Xiangjia doesn't have mountain artillery, so these mountain artillery shells should be temporarily stored here, and it's not a big deal.

"Xiang Rengui, you dog, don't be a shrinking turtle if you have the ability, what kind of ability is it to engage in sneak attacks, if you are a man, you will come out and fight with Lao Tzu with real knives and guns."

Hearing Uncle Zhong's call, Xiang Rengui came to the turret and smiled at Uncle Zhong who was hundreds of meters away: "Old Zhong, don't call either, I don't dare to come out, but if you have the courage, attack it." ”

As a result, the two sides fired cold shots at each other, and the matter was over. But Uncle Zhong's clamor afterwards strengthened Xiang Rengui's cognition: he thought that Wang Shihua had really given up here.

Sure enough, He Mei, a master who grasps the hearts of the people, personally commanded, that night, this path was full of torches, and Lao Zhong sat in the forest hundreds of meters away from the gun tower, jumping out from time to time and roaring, but it made Xiang Rengui smile like a flower - what he wanted was such an effect: you guard, I don't come out, anyway, you don't dare to attack and die; But as soon as you leave, I'll come out and pick up the bargain and see who can survive whom.

On April 7, around five o'clock in the morning, dawn was coming, and it was the darkest time of the day.

The spy came to report: I saw Uncle Zhong quietly walking north with his men and horses.

Xiang Rengui immediately sent Xiang Renhua to attack again with more than 100 people, this time, not only grabbed more than 20 shells, but also injured several Wang family members, if it were not for the desperate resistance of the Wang family, plus Xiang Rengui accepted it when he saw it, maybe he could expand the results of the battle.

But this time, Xiang Rengui immediately made a decision, and immediately sent someone to inform Xiang Renhua and led the team to the forest on the right to ambush, because the spies came to report that the middle road army led by Wang Shihua was about to approach Tuguan. He wanted to take the opportunity to do a big one, so as to disrupt Wang Shihua's deployment and make Wang Shihua embarrassed.

But he didn't know that after Uncle Zhong led the team to the north for more than ten miles, he immediately turned the gun and quietly killed back.

Now, there's a good show to watch......