[Chapter Seventy-Three: The Palace Returns Third, Good News]
Gong San came back, at noon on this day.
At that time, Shen Yun was helping to take care of the wounded soldiers in the military hospital. was so busy that even the Shen family came over to help under the command of Bai Xiaosheng.
It was Pan Shi who discovered Gong San and brought him to Shen Yun.
When Shen Yun saw him, he almost couldn't recognize him, although he was still wearing the dark green robe, he was twice as fat as before, he also had a beard on his cheeks, and the short hair on his head had grown a lot, extending to his chin.
If it weren't for the pair of triangular eyes that were still obvious and obvious at a glance, Shen Yun wouldn't dare to recognize him even if he met him on the street.
"Gong San, why are you dressed like this? What about Shi Laosan? Shen Yun asked in surprise.
Gong San arched his hand and said: "Shi Laosan is behind, his eyes are not good, so he can't walk fast!" ”
Speaking of this, he glanced around again, Shen Yun understood, lifted his rolled up long sleeves, and waved his hand: "Go, talk to me over there." ”
As he spoke, he said to Bai Xiaosheng behind him: "Mr. Bai, you send someone to pick up Shi Laosan, he has excellent medical skills, see if you can help!" ”
Bai Xiaosheng knew that they might have something important to discuss, so he said, "Even if the prince goes, I'll take care of it here." ”
When he arrived at Shen Yun's tent, Pan Shi stood around. Gong San said: "Shizi, Shi Qian and O'Neill have rushed to help Shen Wu and Zhang Ji and others according to your instructions, and Hou Kan's side has also been temporarily arranged, looking at the current situation in Bohai County, Hou Kan will be able to return to the grand occasion of the year in less than half a year!" ”
Shen Yun nodded and said strangely: "Why have you gained so much weight?" ”
Gong San smiled, reached out and pulled out a large pile of rags and cotton wool from under his robe, and pulled the crown on his head, and even ripped off his beard and long hair. It turns out that he is disguised!
Now Shen Yun is even more strange, why did he come from Mengjin to change his appearance?
Gong San said: "The prince doesn't know, the area around Pingshan is now occupied by the Japanese invaders, and I and a few others are light and simple, if it is not easy to disguise, it is impossible to escape the investigation of the Japanese sentry detectives." ”
"Inventory?" Pan Shidao, "They didn't force you to stay in the city? ”
Gong San said: "No." I am also wondering that these Japanese invaders seem to want to rule the region, and do not restrict the movement of the merchant population, and even begin to set up their own government offices and courts, and start to punish and break prisons. If it weren't for the fact that the head of Lord Wu of Pingshan County was hung on the flagpole in front of the yamen, I wouldn't have known that Pingshan County had fallen. ”
Pan Shi was shocked: "Lord Wu is dead? ”
Gong Sanyin's eyes also flashed a trace of unbearability: "Yes." Not only Lord Wu, but also the Cheng and county lieutenants of Pingshan County have been killed, and the entire family of the three people has been killed, even the women and children have not been spared. Listening to what the people of Pingshan County said, it was night when the Japanese invaders came, and the county ordered Lord Wu to transfer troops before he could bring the soldiers to resist in his pajamas, and the result was ...... Alas! ”
Shen Yun was as gloomy as water, punched the desk hard, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, what about the reinforcements of the Taishou faction?" Why hasn't it been yet? ”
Gong San arched his hand and said: "The reinforcements have arrived in Bohai Mansion from Fuhai Prefecture one after another, they are the front division and the rear division of the Fusang Prefecture Second Class Army, and the former division commander Xi Lu and the rear division commander Tan Zhen are already at odds, so they have not sent troops for a long time.
Moreover, the imperial court order has never come down, and Xiao Taishou cannot mobilize the warships of the Jiaolong Legion to guard the channel and transport soldiers, these soldiers are still transported through the Shen family's merchant ships, and it is normal to have some delays! ”
"Normal fart!" Shen Yun said angrily, "Pingshan County is just south of Qingchuan, and the occupation of this place by the Japanese is equivalent to cutting off our retreat......
Shen Yun was taken aback, and suddenly remembered the "high mountain" mentioned by Meiji, and hurriedly asked Pan Shidao: "Master Pan, where is the high mountain?" ”
Pan Shi thought for a while and said, "The high mountain is in the southwest of Pingshan, and it is a valley. The prince asked why? ”
Shen Yun was shocked: "Then, do you have to go through the mountains from Bohai Mansion to Pingshan County?" ”
Pan Shidao: "That's not necessarily, there are three or four roads from Bohai Fu to Pingshan, not necessarily through the high mountains. However, it is only a half-day trip to the mountains and valleys! ”
"Oops. No wonder the Japanese did not restrict the entry and exit of merchants and people in Pingshan County, they wanted to use Pingshan as bait to lure snakes out of the hole, and then set up an ambush in the high mountains! ”
Shen Yun said that he would talk about the conversation with Meiji in detail with Gong San and Pan Shi, and Pan Shi also changed color suddenly, and said hurriedly: "In this case, we should immediately inform Lord Taishou, and we must not choose the high mountain as the marching route!" ”
Gong San said, "I'm afraid it's too late." ”
"Why?" Shen Yun and Pan Shi said at the same time.
Gong San scratched his short hair: "What I just said was three days ago, and no one knows what the situation is now, maybe the reinforcements have already set off." ”
"The Japanese only left from Qingchuan County yesterday, even if they have enough ships to transport the soldiers to the high mountains, but it should not be too late to set up an ambush, for today's plan is to fight quickly, we will turn around and attack Pingshan, and strive to get in touch with the reinforcements!" Shen Yun only thought about it for a moment before making a decision.
At this time, he heard a person outside the tent shouting: "No! ”
Shen Yun and the three of them were stunned, the tent curtain was lifted, and a bearded man with a sallow face walked in with the support of the soldiers, it was Wu Shu.
"Master Wu, why are you here?! You may be seated! Shen Yun hurriedly stepped forward and helped him to the main seat in the tent and sat down.
Wu Shu looked at Shen Yun and sighed: "Shizi, I also heard about the battle in the early hours of this morning, Shizi is witty and intelligent, and he is a rare general, but I don't agree with what you said about transferring troops to fight Pingshan!" ”
Shen Yun hurriedly said: "But ......"
"I hear it all!" Wu Shu stopped him and said, "But if we abandon this Qingchuan Station, and to the south is the plain area, how can we get rid of the Japanese Kou behind the killing?" Besides, it may not be possible to catch up with the ...... if you go again at this time. The ambitions of the wolf slaves have been planned for a long time, so why can't they think of anything we can think of? Going back at this time is only an increase in the number of casualties! ”
"But here you just sit back and wait!" Pan Shi hurriedly said, "Master Wu, once the reinforcements are attacked and collapse, our army will become a complete lone army, and it will only be a matter of time before it is destroyed!" ”
"What is Master Wu's plan?" Shen Pan and the two asked at the same time.
Wu Shu swore and said: "That's not necessarily, we rely on the two mountains of Qifeng and Fengming, build camps by the mountains, and wait for help." The imperial court will soon be able to send a flying cavalry army into the Bohai Sea, and the Japanese will not be able to last long......"
Damn, I forgot that he is not only Ma Yan, but also Zhao Kuo!
Shen Yun said in his heart, but at this moment, the highest military rank in the entire Han army is this county lieutenant Wu Shu, and his orders are effective. He is just a son with no real power, except for the Shen family's Ding and Pan Shi's little people, not a single soldier can be transferred. Shen Yun wanted to take out the jade plate given by His Royal Highness Duke Hu for troop transfer, but this jade card could only mobilize a company of troops, and at this time, Wu Shu was afraid that he would immediately become resentful and wary of him. That's a big deal......
Wu Jian disagreed, and Shen Yun naturally couldn't say anything. I could only sigh silently.
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Shi Laosan's medical skills are really not covered, although he can't see it, he can hear it. Moreover, the hearing is excellent, and you can hear where the injury is from the sound of the injured person crying out in pain, which is no longer a simple medical skill that can be summarized, but has reached the realm of transcendent holiness.
Originally, the military hospital, which lacked medical treatment and medicine, and even lacked hemostatic gauze and hemp boiling powder, could only watch the wounded soldiers bleed excessively or screamed to death, but with the help of Shi Laosan's silver acupuncture point, many soldiers survived. At nightfall, Shi Laosan breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the camp tent to rest accompanied by Bai Xiaosheng.
Shen Yun was already waiting there, the three of them talked for a while, Shi Laosan explained Hou Kan's recent situation in detail, Shen Yun gave a few more instructions, and then they went to sleep peacefully.
Shen Yun couldn't sleep on the couch. The brief confrontation in the early hours of the morning came to his mind from time to time.
Deciding the life and death of so many people in one sentence was simply a dream for Shen Yun before, but now he was a little afraid.
He was afraid that he would not be able to take on such a heavy responsibility.
Although Pan Shi said that as long as it is confirmed that the Han soldiers who died on the battlefield will have a generous pension, but the loss of their lives because of themselves still makes him a little unbearable. So today, after Wu Jian raised his objection, Shen Yun didn't dare to argue again.
Shen Yun thought that Gong San might have some way to quickly contact the imperial court or His Royal Highness Duke Hu, and if he let him make a move, he might be able to quickly let the imperial court know what was happening here.
Shen Yun mentioned it to him in the afternoon, but Gong San blindly covered it up, and seemed to be unwilling to use that method to contact the court or Duke Hu.
He said to Shen Yun: "Shizi, you can't help if you have to be here, but I also have unspeakable secrets, please forgive me!" Moreover, the flying cavalry army also needs an edict from the imperial court to mobilize, otherwise it will be complicit in rebellion, and His Royal Highness Duke Hu will not be able to call the shots. ”
Shen Yun said: "His Royal Highness Duke Hu has sent a battalion of flying cavalry to Pyongyang Mansion for the purpose of preparing for emergencies. Since you refuse to contact His Royal Highness Duke Hu, then I will give you the jade plate, how about you help me transfer the battalion of flying cavalry? ”
Gong San looked surprised, he didn't know that His Royal Highness Duke Hu still had this arrangement. After hearing this, he was overjoyed, but his face was still that rigid, and he said in a deep voice: "If the prince can trust me, Gong San will definitely try his best to die." It's just that it will take more than ten days to go to Pyongyang from here, so I don't know if Qingchuan Station will be able to hold it by then! ”
Shen Yun said: "If you really can't do it, you can only say it like Lord Wu, go down to the mountain and wait for help!" ”
In fact, what Shen Yun thought was that he couldn't hold it at all, so he led people into the jungle of the vast Yuanshan Mountain and fought guerrilla warfare with them.
So Gong San immediately left.
No drama at all. Shen Yun thought that he would perform some light skills and go away, but in the end, Guan Shenzhang asked for a mule and rushed towards Pyongyang Mansion.
The safety of thousands of people was pinned on this mule, and Shen Yun really didn't dare to take it lightly, so he couldn't sleep at night. I didn't fall asleep until the wee hours of the morning.
In the next few days, I don't know what the hell this guy Meiji was doing, and he didn't attack Qingchuan Station, nor did he say anything. The two armies faced off like this.
Wu Zhu's body gradually improved under Shi Laosan's medical skills, and during this period, he sent people to the south to inquire about the situation, and really encountered the interception of the Japanese in Pingshan County. In this way, they are equivalent to being surrounded in Qingchuan Station.
Five days passed like this, and on this day, Shen Zhang personally went to Shen Yun's camp tent and said to Shen Yun: "Shizi, now that our army does not have much food, we may have to reduce the amount of food for everyone in the future, and if it is not thoughtful, please ask Shizi Haihan!" ”
Shen Zhang's official uniform was even more sloppy, and he didn't bother to take care of the beard on his face, from the perspective of an imperial official, he really didn't dare to compliment, but it was rare that he would personally come to explain this matter to Shen Yun.
Shen Yun hurriedly said, "What did Lord Shen say?" We are fighting side by side, how can we distinguish between high and low. I will instruct me to go down, and in the future, I will raise food by myself and never cause trouble to Lord Shen. ”
This is the truth, Shen Yun's manpower is actually not much, followed Shen Wuzhangji and others to Yuanshan a batch, the rest is only two or three hundred good people, and most of them are Pan Shi's elite soldiers, and when they came, they also brought enough food for more than a month, and during this time, they still took out some supplies for Shen Zhang!
Shen Zhang felt guilty, and was about to say a few words, when he suddenly heard a person outside rushing in at a very fast speed, and when he saw Shen Yun, he screamed: "The son of the world is not good, something is wrong!" ”
Shen Yun looked at the comer, unkempt and disheveled, but his body was thin and thin, and his eyes were smart, like a civet cat on the beam--- but it was the time to change!
Shen Yun was taken aback, took a few steps forward and said, "Shi Qian, why did you come back?" What's wrong? Has my father's coffin been properly placed? ”
Shen Yun's series of questions were unheard of, and he just said hurriedly: "Shizi, quickly find a way to escape, there are a large number of widows coming!" ”
"What?" Shen Zhang jumped up and shouted, "There is an army of Japanese invaders? How do you know where? ”
Shen Yun was also taken aback, but he was puzzled: "You don't want to fool me when the time comes, the Japanese slaves only have an army of more than 6,000 people, and they must have tried their best to ambush the Han army in the high mountains, where is there any extra reinforcements here?" Where did you see that? ”
After that, a trace of expectation flashed in his heart: Didn't Gong San bring people back?
But then he denied this idea, if Gong San came with the flying cavalry, he would definitely make a big fuss along the way, shouting and shouting, and strive to reach the ears of the Japanese as soon as possible, so as to have a deterrent effect. It is impossible not to know the banner of the Han army. Since it can't be the Han army, then ......
Shen Yun and Shen Zhang glanced at each other at the same time, and they both read the shock in each other's eyes: Could it be that the Japanese Kou really succeeded in a sneak attack in the high mountains, and the Han reinforcements had been wiped out, so they sent reinforcements to eat them completely???
Shi Qian hurriedly said: "How dare I deceive the world, I arrived with Uncle Wu and others near the ancestral tomb of the Shen family in Yuanshan, they are busy with their work, so I will check around to prevent the Japanese from sneaking up." Just on the Haijian Cliff Road east of Yuanshan, an army without a banner was hurrying towards Qingchuan County. I saw that the matter was urgent, so I immediately reported it to Uncle Wu, and Uncle Wu asked me to come back quickly and report the news! ”
Shen Zhang exclaimed: "Hurry without a banner? Haijian Cliff Road? Oh my God, what a Japanese reinforcement! After that, he asked Shi Qian: "How many people?" What kind of class is it? ”
Shi Qian said: "There are about 1,000 people, each with a war horse, and I didn't look carefully at the distance, but they are all wearing armor, and it is not wrong to have bows and knives in their hands. ”
Shen Zhang exclaimed: "It's the Japanese cavalry, oh my God, could it be that the sky is really going to kill me?" ”
Shen Yun hurriedly asked Shen Zhang: "Where is this sea stream cliff road?" How do you know it's a Japanese reinforcement? ”
Shen Zhang stomped his feet and said: "To the east of this Yuanshan is the sea, and there are only three seaports to the north, and now I am afraid that they will all be looted by the Japanese invaders." Further north is the Changbai Mountains, stretching for thousands of miles without people, the Haijian Cliff Road is the only road leading to Qingchuan on the east side of Yuanshan Mountain, but it is rugged and difficult to walk, so it has always been rarely walked. Who else will appear there at this moment, besides the Japanese reinforcements? ”
As soon as Shen Yun heard this, his heart sank to the bottom. Indeed, if it was Gong San's flying cavalry army transferred from Pyongyang Prefecture, they must have rushed here as fast as possible, how could they make a detour to the eastern side of Wonshan and then approach here?
"What a good thing that is! No, I'll hurry up and report to Master Wu! Shen Zhang walked to the door of the tent, and suddenly turned his head to look at Shi Qian and said, "This strong man, when is that group of people expected to be here?" ”
Shi Qian hurriedly said: "They have horses, although the stream is difficult to walk, but it will never be much later than me, it is estimated that they will arrive tomorrow morning at the latest!" ”
Shen Zhang's face froze, and he stomped his feet and sighed: "This is really great bad news!" Let's go, if I lose Qingchuan County, I'll die here! After that, he resolutely walked out of the camp and went straight to the Wu Zuo's house.