(Xie: Moshaocong, Rainbow Pear Flower 1957, Big Dirty Sky and other brothers' monthly passes.) ）

A light incense stick was planted in the mud outside the camp, and the red burning light at the end of the incense was very striking in the night. The cold wind blew suddenly, and every gust of wind blew, the fire on the incense head became brighter, and it was visible to the naked eye that the pillar of incense would be burned down a lot, which also made the hearts of all the people who watched this pillar of incense tighten.

The time seems to be long, but soon a large part of this pillar of incense is burned, and the remaining part is getting shorter and shorter, giving people a stronger sense of psychological oppression. When a third of the incense was left, Liu Jun waved his hand with a calm face, and behind him came the squeak of the bowstring as it was pulled open, and the piercing grinding sound of the sword coming out of its sheath.

The three hundred knots of the soldiers are under tremendous psychological pressure in their hearts, and the head of the general is in front of him, and what is coming after this pillar of incense is extinguished is his own death, everyone understands that there is no good end to hard fighting, even if he can pull the back of the pad when he is dying, but what does that mean to himself?

Liu Jun's words obviously worked, although most people understood that it was Liu Jun's means to divide them, but at the moment of life and death, many people's psychology changed dramatically, and many people would rather take risks before the temptation of life.

The incense gradually burned to the end, only an inch was left, the time was tense as if it had frozen, and everyone's breathing became extremely short. Many people's eyes have become a little hot, and their eyes began to patrol the three team leaders of the brigade commander Lu Ping and more than a dozen fire commanders, intentionally or unintentionally. And Lu Ping and the others also clearly felt the strange emotions in the eyes of the people around them, and the hairs on their bodies began to stand up.

One of the fire captains in the third team was named Zhao Dabao, and he was extremely harsh on his soldiers when he shouted at him, beating and scolding him at every turn, and deducting his salary. Among the soldiers he led was a soldier named Chen Jiulang, because of Zhao Dabao's harshness, the two had many conflicts, and once Zhao Dabao almost kicked Chen Jiulang's ribs off.

At this moment, Zhao Dabao's nerves were extremely sensitive, and he was extremely sensitive to the wind and grass of the people around him, he seemed to see Chen Jiulang standing beside him glancing at him with his eyes intentionally or unintentionally, and the spear in Chen Jiulang's hand suddenly moved, aiming at his throat.

The last barrier in Zhao Dabao's heart, which was already a soldier, collapsed in an instant, and without thinking, he slashed it with his backhand, and roared in his mouth: "The dog said, you want Lao Tzu's life, and Lao Tzu will kill you first." ”

Chen Jiulang never expected Zhao Dabao to suddenly do something to himself, he just changed his weapon and scratched it, and before he even had time to explain, he was slashed in the head by Zhao Dabao, almost splitting his head in half.

This knife instantly became the fuse. Suo, when Chen Jiulang's body fell to the ground, I don't know who shouted: "Dogs, we didn't do it, you did it first." After killing these officials, we can still be officials for our lives, kill. ”

The last trace of defense in the hearts of dozens of soldiers who had been ready to move for a long time also collapsed instantly, and the blades in their hands seemed to be pulled by some kind of magical power, and they subconsciously slashed towards the officers around them. The officers were willing to die, swinging their blades and starting to fight back. The officers in the army are all ruthless characters, and they are more powerful than ordinary soldiers, and more than a dozen soldiers are dead on the spot in an instant.

Once they did it, they couldn't stop, and the officers saw every soldier standing next to them as a threat, and they didn't even have time to tell if the other party had malicious intent before slashing them down. Lu Ping yelled loudly: "Don't do it, don't be fooled." ”

But when a soldier staggered and fell in front of his horse, and the spear in his hand happened to pierce his leggings and armor, Lu Ping couldn't resist the fear in his heart, and swung his knife to behead the soldier who didn't actually participate in the slashing. The situation suddenly became irreversible, and it took hundreds of soldiers only a dozen breaths to chop dozens of officers into meat sauce amid the unbearable insults from the soldiers.

Before the tragedy was over, a soldier shouted: "I killed Lu Ping, I am the brigade commander." Before the words fell, a soldier next to him gave him a knife in his head, cut him to the ground, and scolded angrily: "You are a fart, Lao Tzu is." ”

This serial slaughter does not seem to have a tendency to stop, and Liu Jun, who was standing outside the camp, did not expect that he would actually trigger this murderous cannibalism, and hurriedly ordered in a loud voice: "Stop, stop immediately." ”

The five hundred guards and horses shouted angrily in unison, which shocked the soldiers and horses who were killing each other, and they came to their senses and saw that the people around them were covered with bloodstains, all of them looked like ghosts.

"You, you, you, and you, and a few of you." Liu Jun pointed towards the crowd, and more than a dozen soldiers with strong bodies who had killed several people in the fight just now were singled out.

"From now on, each of you will be promoted to the rank of Captain of Fire, and you will have twenty soldiers under my direct control. From now on, I will be your brigade commander. Dig a pit immediately to clean up the corpses. Then the camp began to be pulled out and ready to go. Liu Jun ordered in a cold voice.

"Yes." More than a dozen people smiled happily and promised in unison.

"Brigade commander, what about a dozen or so injured brothers?" Someone asked.

"Take those who can walk with them, and give them a good time if they are seriously injured." Liu Jun said in a deep voice.

Everyone was shocked, although the execution of seriously wounded soldiers was common in the army, but from the mouth of a ten-year-old child, such cold words still made people feel an inexplicable chill welling up in their bodies.

The soldiers began to dig pits and bury people, and the minor injuries were treated, as long as they could ride horses, they could avoid death, and the seriously injured actually wanted to give themselves a good time, and after everything was restored to order, Liu Jun breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to see Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan had actually been standing from a distance and watching the development of the situation, and his heart was also terrified when he saw the scene of cannibalism. Liu Jun's psychological warfare was carried out very successfully, although it almost got out of control, but in any case, Liu Jun successfully subdued these soldiers and horses. The remaining two hundred or so people will be obedient to Liu Jun from now on. Wang Yuan has a new understanding of Liu Jun.

"Teacher, the matter is settled, and the two hundred and thirty-two Jiedu soldiers and horses can be used by us." Liu Jun's joyful report.

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Your progress is faster than I imagined, and you will be an outstanding general in time, but I have a word for you, teacher." Hmmm......"

Wang Yuan groaned, and Liu Jun said with excitement on his face: "What are you saying, teacher, you just say." ”

Wang Yuan couldn't bear to dampen his enthusiasm, thought for a while and said, "That's it, let's talk about it in the future, you are very good." And these two hundred people will be under your command, and you will urge them to clean up. After we leave the camp, Yan Zhuang will definitely send someone back to check, and if there are traces of fighting, he will know that we have seen through their plot, so we must leave no traces. ”

"Obey the teacher, I'll go." Liu Jun was in a happy mood, turned around and rode away, and the snow-white body of the night lion was as fast as a lightning bolt in the darkness.

……

As dawn broke in the east, Wang Yuan ordered the team to march into the mouth of the Jiming Valley. Although Gongsun Lan had not yet returned, Wang Yuan could not delay outside the mountain because he did not want to arouse the suspicion of Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu.

Before dawn, Wang Yuan sent people to check, Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu really did not go far, and set up a simple camp under a hilly slope more than ten miles away, if they knew that the intention was exposed, they could kill a horse gun at any time, and cooperate with the ambush soldiers in the valley to attack back and forth, the consequences would be very serious, which Wang Yuan would never want to see.

The entrance to the Jiming Mountain Canyon is relatively gentle, and there is no ambush here, so Wang Yuan can rest assured that the large group of soldiers and horses can enter the front of the mountain pass, hiding from Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu's ears and eyes.

The entrance to the canyon is quite wide, the ground is fairly flat, and the walk of the team is not too difficult. This is an ancient battlefield, and from time to time you can see the collapsed stone fortifications in the canyon and the archery bunkers for setting up arrows, but they are all dilapidated. After years of wind and rain, there are many landslides on the mountain walls on both sides of the canyon, peeling off the ochre-colored rocks, craggy and hanging in the air, very terrifying.

Entering the mountain for two or three miles, the canyon gradually tightened inward, the width was less than twenty zhang, looking at the cliff in front of him, the terrain was difficult and dangerous, Wang Yuan knew that he could not go any further. Because according to the gradually shrinking width of this canyon, the narrowest part may only be more than ten zhang wide, and that will be the best place to be attacked. The trees on the cliffs on both sides gradually became denser, and the cliffs in front were all covered with pines and cypresses, and there was no vision at all.

"Stop moving forward and be on the spot." Wang Yuan ordered.

When the order was given, the men and horses immediately stopped moving, and more than forty vehicles accompanying the transportation of supplies were gathered together and lined up in several barriers, forming simple fortifications in the front and rear of the team.

"Wang Dahei and Zhang Wulang, each took twenty people to climb the cliff on both sides of the cliff to watch and guard. Liu Dehai, pay close attention to the suspicious signs in the valley, Liu Jun, lead your two hundred men to immediately cut down trees and move rocks to block the passage in the rear. Wang Yuan ordered in a loud voice.

"What do you do to block the rear passage? Doesn't it cut off your own back road? Zi Yun'er asked in a low voice.

Wang Yuan said solemnly: "Cutting off your own back road and also cutting off the road for Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu to enter, it is much better to deal with one enemy than to be flanked in front and back." ”