The lobby of the government office

Wang Xu held a meeting, and the generals who participated included ten captains, Huang Quan, Sun Yu, Zhang Meng, and Jia Hui, and more than a dozen people were lined up on both sides; Needless to say, the purpose of this meeting is very clear to everyone, except for Zhang Meng, who stood listlessly, everyone else is looking forward to it.

At this time, Wang Xu signaled everyone to be quiet and said: "There is a group of bandits ten miles south of Jingliao, who have burned, killed and looted the people of Jingliao County for many years, and have done everything they can; As officers and soldiers, we have the heavy responsibility of defending the land and the people, and it is our duty to exterminate the bandits. I decided to send troops to Tianyunzhai to exterminate the bandits and restore peace to the people."

"Ten days ago we expanded our army to 30,000, but due to the lack of weapons, only 10,000 soldiers were fully equipped; After these days of training, I think everyone is already familiar with all kinds of weapons, so the time to test you is here."

Speaking of this, Wang Xu glanced at the people in the hall, and then said: "Tianyun Village, located on a high mountain, has cliffs on three sides, and only the south can go up the mountain; According to the scouts, as early as ten days ago, the bandits in Tianyunzhai were ready to fight, so this crackdown on bandits is very dangerous, who wants to be this pioneer? ”

Zhang Meng opened his mouth with a smile, but when he thought that he had been disqualified, his teeth suddenly itched with anger, so he had to hold his head to the side and sulk.

The ten lieutenants were all quite excited and eager to try; But after all, I had never fought a war, and I was afraid that something big would happen, so I didn't ask for a war.

In the lobby, only Huang Quan and Sun Yu asked for a fight, and Sun Yu said: "Lord, the last general is willing to go."

Sun Yu asked for battle, but Huang Quan was unwilling to give in, and said: "Lord, the seven thousand soldiers I have trained have both sword and shield bearers and archers, and they are the most suitable for the position of vanguard."

Who takes the position of vanguard, Wang Xu has already planned, although the three thousand pikemen trained by Sun Yu have strong combat effectiveness, but they are not suitable for opening the way in front, because Tianyunzhai has already prepared, maybe there are traps along the way, and the defense of the pikemen is extremely poor, and the loss must be small.

And Huang Quan is even worse, the seven thousand sword and shield men and two thousand archers are the main force for his own extermination of Tianyun Village this time, how can he use it to open the way, once he falls into the enemy's trap, it will be all over.

Wang Xu looked at Zhang Meng, who was standing on the side and was sullen, and said: "Zhang Meng listened to the order, and ordered you to lead the people of the headquarters to open the way for our army and be the vanguard of this crackdown on bandits."

"Pioneer mine?" Zhang Meng thought that he had heard it wrong, but when he confirmed that he had heard it correctly, his face immediately smiled, and his black face showed a row of white teeth, Zhang Meng said: "Lord, you can rest assured, it's just a few thousand bandits, you can rest for a while under the mountain, and I can handle it myself."

"Your tone is not small" Wang Xu was speechless, and said: "I asked you to open the way for my army, not to let you go up the mountain to suppress bandits, no matter how arrogant you are, I don't dare to let you be this pioneer."

Zhang Meng was anxious and said: "Okay, I'll open the road, and I'll open the road when I open the road."

Wang Xu continued: "Well, the rest of the people, etc., lead the army to follow my palace; Tomorrow the third watch will make dinner, and the fifth watch will start, everyone go and prepare."

"Nuo" Everyone dispersed, and Wang Xu left Jia Hui behind.

Jia Hui didn't understand what Wang Xu's intentions were, and when he saw Wang Xu's sad face, he said, "The lord is worried about tomorrow's suppression of bandits?" ”

"What are you afraid of?"

Jia Hui said: "Then the lord is."

Wang Xu said his thoughts: "Zhu Huan and Hu Ling fought between Minglan and Languan for nearly ten days, but Wang Cheng has not made a clear statement, nor has he transferred troops to suppress it, I am worried."

"Before coming to Jingliao County, there was tension between the prince and the prince, although the prince has not dared to officially start, but the 100,000 troops are stationed outside the royal city, the royal city may be captured at any time, and the prince may be seized at any time."

"And I have a deep enmity with the prince, if the prince really succeeds in seizing the throne, then the first person he will have to deal with must be me, I have to prepare early."

Jia Hui was indignant and scolded angrily: "The son of the world is really inferior to a beast, and even his father has to be murdered."

"Don't scold" Wang Xu said: "You now go to the barracks to select a hundred clever soldiers, let them be distributed in Languan, Minglan, and Wangcheng, once there is any trouble, come to report immediately, this harmful heart is indispensable, but the heart of defense is indispensable, don't soldiers come to the city and don't know."

"No".

Day 2.

The sky is bright and the sun is rising.

At the foot of Tianyunzhai Mountain, 10,000 soldiers in black armor stood here, with clear banners and shining swords and guns; The army walked along the Tianyun Village, but could not find the way up the mountain, so it can be said that there is no way to go.

Looking at the dense forest in front of him, Sun Yu said: "Lord, the last time I chased Liao Yun up the mountain from this dense forest, but."

Sun Yu looked at it for a long time and said, "Last time, there was a path to go up the mountain here, but now it is gone."

"Hmph, do they think they can stop us with such a small skill of carving insects?"

"Lord, please see" Sun Yu pointed to the sky above the dense forest and said: "In such a dense mountain forest, you can't even see a single bird, so it can be seen that there must be ambushes in this dense forest."

"Hmm" glanced at Sun Yu appreciatively, Wang Xu said: "Even if there are ambushes, we have to go up, and there is no open place to camp here, can we still go back like this?" ”

"Isn't it just an ambush, I'm not afraid" Zhang Meng waved his hand, and the five hundred trained soldiers followed Zhang Meng to the dense forest.

"Bald, be careful."

Zhang Meng didn't look back, and after a few shakes, he entered the dense forest

In the middle of the jungle.

On top of a large tree, with the shade of countless branches, it is difficult to see that there are several people squatting here; Liao Yun was in charge of guarding the dense forest, and when Wang Xu's army left the county seat, Liao Yun knew that he had made full preparations in the dense forest. A bandit pawn said: "Brother Liao, they are here, but there are only a few hundred people, can they fight?" ”

"This is their vanguard army, which is to test whether there are ambushes in the dense forest, and our order is not to eliminate many officers and soldiers, but to prevent officers and soldiers from going up the mountain, so it is better to let the officers and soldiers know that there are ambushes here."

Liao Yun looked down, and when he saw Zhang Meng, he ordered: "Order, the brothers on the trees 34th, 36th, 39th, and 42nd attack the black-faced big man, let them see a little bit, and only shoot the black-faced big man."

"Nuo" The herald standing behind Liao Yun immediately took action, holding the red flag in one hand and the white flag in the other, and began to gesture in the air.