When the farmer heard this, he turned and ran straight to the place where he had come, where there was a forest with all the dead branches. And the more than 100 veterans commanded Ma Laosan's men to seize the time to cut down trees in the woods, and made roadblocks to block the road leading to here in Jiankang, and the bank of the river suddenly became a hot construction site.

Wang Huaqiang quietly walked to Wang Xuan's side, only to see Wang Xuan whispering to Mai Tiezhu and asking, "Have Yang Xiang and Pei Yun been notified?" ”

Mai Tiezhu nodded: "As soon as I landed on the shore yesterday, I first notified Uncle Fuquan and asked him to bring someone here to gather, and then I went to Jiankang to find the two of them." Yang Xiang is now leading the guards to patrol the river along the Shogunate Mountain, and he said that he would come here at night tonight, and Pei Yun was also in his own village outside the city, and said that he would arrive tonight. ”

Wang Huaqiang followed up and asked, "Did they say when it was coming?" ”

Mai Tiezhu shook his head: "Because when I came, you didn't tell me when I would cross the river, so I couldn't make an appointment with them in too much detail, I only said that I arrived here before midnight tonight, and now it's almost time, I think they should come soon." ”

Wang Huaqiang lowered his voice and said to Wang Xuan: "Jing Yan, I always feel that something is wrong, among so many people, if one person has a bad intention to report to the official, then we will die today and have no place to bury, and there is Yang Xiang and Pei Yun, it is not yet yet, it really can't let me rest assured." ”

Wang Xuan hurriedly covered Wang Huaqiang's mouth and said in a low voice: "Actually, I have the same mind as you now, but the matter has come to this point, and it is difficult to ride a tiger." The ferries that sent us over also returned to Jiangbei at this time, and there was no way back for everyone.

Hua Qiang, hurry up and take our brothers to seize the favorable terrain in this vicinity, and send some people to block the road by doing some roadblocks to block the horse, as long as we can hold out until General Wang's army arrives, we will be safe. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded, and said to Mai Tiecane: "Mai Zhuangshi, please be sure to protect General Wang, and don't make any mistakes." After saying that, he turned his head and ran towards the more than 600 strong men from Guanzhong who had brought them from Jiangbei.

Wang Huashi and Wang Huawei are leading everyone to stay here, the weather is too cold, everyone keeps jumping, keeping the heat in their bodies from losing too quickly.

Seeing that the people who answered were all lighting torches, these people also followed suit, and hundreds of torches were a little bit, and everyone felt less cold.

As soon as Wang Huashi saw Wang Huaqiang, he said, "What are we going to do now?" With such a large fire, presumably the southerners will also be aware of it, and if it drags on for too long, it will be dangerous. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "So we have to hurry up and seize the high point nearby, big brother, let's split up......"

Before Wang Huaqiang's words fell, a terrible sound of feather arrows breaking through the air suddenly sounded, followed by several screams. Wang Huaqiang roared almost instinctively: "The enemy army is coming!" ”

Before Wang Huaqiang's words fell, a rapid bangzi sound sounded four or five miles to the north, and another sound of feathered arrows breaking through the air, accompanied by the sound of arrows hitting the body and the screams of the wounded, cursing, and rang out.

The farmers, who were still piling firewood in the distance, were so frightened that they threw away their torches and fled.

Wang Huaqiang also ran towards Wang Xu, only to see that he was completely panicked and at a loss at this time, while dozens of veterans around him, as well as Liu Changshan and Ma Laosan, were staring at him.

Wang Huaqiang's heart sank: This Wang Xuan was like in Lanzhou a year ago, he panicked when he encountered an emergency, he didn't care about Wang Xuan, and shouted directly: "Don't panic, everyone, continue to ignite the fire, the number of enemy troops is not large, Ma Sanye quickly led people to attack and destroy them!" After the incident, the high ground in the left front converged. ”

Ma Sanye quickly lay on the ground, listened carefully, jumped up all of a sudden, and said: "This master is right, there are not many enemies, and the men of Jinyunzhai are all rushing with Lao Tzu!" ”

His words were still echoing in everyone's ears, but the people had already rushed into the thick fog, and behind him, the more than two hundred black-clothed robbers also disappeared into the fog.

Wang Huaqiang glanced at Wang Xuan, who was still panting beside him, and said: "Brother Jing Yan, the matter was urgent just now, and people are uneasy, the younger brother can only trespass first, please bear with me." ”

Wang Yu sighed and grabbed Wang Huaqiang's hands tightly, Wang Huaqiang could feel that his palms were already full of sweat: "Huaqiang, being a brother is really not the material for commanding the battle, and this time it is thanks to you." ”

When Wang Xuan said this, he paused, and then asked, "Is it enough to only need more than 200 people from Ma Laosan?" I don't think it's safe. ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly: "From the number of arrows shot by the enemy just now, we know that there are not many of them, if there are really a lot of them, a burst of feather arrows can shoot down at least dozens of people, but we have no more than ten arrows."

And if they were outnumbered, they would have taken advantage of the situation after the feather arrow raid, but they were just there to knock on the hammer, and there was no further action, so I concluded that the enemy would not exceed fifty. ”

Uncle Fu Quan, who was standing on the side, said in surprise: "Second son, this companion of yours is really amazing, General Xiongxin fought back then, and it was nothing more than that." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled humbly: "The juniors just read more military books and talk about soldiers on paper, how can they compare to the seniors." ”

Although the expression on his face was calm, his heart was becoming more and more nervous, judging from the size of the enemy, forty or fifty people were just a patrol squad of Chen Jun, but this squad did not patrol with torches like ordinary Chen Jun, which made his heart more and more uneasy, and he could feel that danger was imminent.

Wang Huaqiang suddenly turned his head and ordered in a deep voice to Wang Huashi and Wang Huawei, who were dozens of steps away: "Big brother, third brother, let the brothers quickly occupy the nearby high ground, don't light a fire, it's too late to cut down trees and block the road, be quick!" ”

When Wang Huashi heard this, he took the more than 600 strong men behind him and rushed into the fog in the distance.

Wang Huaqiang turned to Liu Changshan and shouted: "Liu Zhuangshi, please all the brothers quickly extinguish the torches in their hands, and then let everyone hurry up and build a fire. ”

Liu Changshan scratched his head and asked, "If you don't light a torch, how can you pick up branches?" ”

Wang Huaqiang was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "Liu Zhuangshi, don't you know that in this kind of fog now, torches are the best targets to attack?" There is a moon in the sky, and as long as you look at the moon in the sky, you can probably remember the path you ran. ”

Liu Changshan sighed, turned his head and shouted: "Brothers in the township, go with me Shanzi, put out the torch, go to the woods and touch the branches and come back!" ”

The footsteps of Liu Changshan and the others disappeared into the distance, and Wang Huaqiang said to Wang Xuan: "Now the situation is urgent, I'm afraid it's no longer safe here, let's move to my eldest brother first." ”

Wang Xuan shook his head and said categorically: "No, Hua Qiang, I can promise you other things, but this thing will not work, don't forget, we have military orders, and General Wang wants us to hold out until they cross the river." Now if we run away, we will disobey the military order and kill our heads. ”

Wang Huaqiang was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "Brother Jing Yan, we can't be rigid at this time, now that our whereabouts have been discovered by the enemy, I estimate that soon the enemy army will attack in a big way, and we will only kill ourselves if we stay in this open space by the river where there is no danger to defend." ”

Wang Xuan asked in a deep voice: "Then according to your meaning, we will flee here now and go to the high ground to hide, and the fire will not be lit?" If there is no one to defend here, even if we light the fire, the enemy will extinguish the fire and miss the major event of General Wang's crossing of the river, then we will all lose our heads! ”

Wang Huaqiang hurriedly said: "Brother Jing Yan, the enemy is dark and I am clear, I don't know how many enemies will come now, if the enemy army is a small force, Ma Laosan's people are enough to solve it, and they will not let them run over and extinguish the fire, on the other hand, if Ma Laosan can't stop it, it is impossible for us people to stop it here."

Listen to me, first retreat to the high ground, see the enemy's movements clearly, and if you can fight, attack condescendingly, only then will you have a chance of winning!"