"Yes, this will meet a ruthless character, even your own people will be beaten!" Gao Jie watched all this with great interest, as if he was watching a live drama, and he turned his head: "Brothers, drive those routs back again, and go to the fire of the camp!" ”

The attackers grinned in response, the heavy atmosphere of the previous one was long gone, and the cavalry taunted the enemies who had been shot by the friendly forces with a brutal and light-hearted banter, and what seemed to them to be victory was in hand, and all that remained was to spend some effort to clean up the mess.

At this time, with a few swishing sounds, several cavalry fell off the horse, Gao Jie turned his head with some hesitation, only to see a few black cavalry rushing towards him, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to block, he felt a sharp pain in his head, and fainted in front of him.

He took off the reins and found that there was no one around, he should have run away with his subordinates in the melee just now, and then he felt a pain in his lower abdomen, he hurriedly jumped off the horse and tied it, walked to the grass and unfastened his trouser belt to make it easier, and was pulling freely, when he suddenly heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground in the grass. After walking more than a dozen steps, he saw a person lying on the ground, and the war horse on the side was licking the master's cheek, and with the help of the moonlight, he vaguely looked at the leader of the thieves who were injured by his own bones not long ago.

"Hehe, sure enough, I can't run away from what I should have in my life!" It didn't take off the big joy, took off the belt and tied the unconscious Gao Jie's five horses, threw on his mount, and jumped on Gao Jie's war horse and headed in the direction of the camp.

At the other end of the battlefield, Li Hongji frowned and listened to the report of his subordinates who had just run here.

"I don't know where a team of people came from, rushed from the oblique thorns, cut down a lot of us at once, and then disappeared!"

"Where's the harrier?" didn't see Gao Jie's figure, Li Hongji's brows furrowed.

"Brother Harrier, I, I didn't see it, I should have been scattered!" The speaker was a little nervous and began to stutter.

"Brother Harrier hung up flowers, I saw him hit on the head with my own eyes, I must have been knocked unconscious," the other person replied.

"Then you won't go over and help him?" Li Hongji's face suddenly became very difficult to look at.

"It was very chaotic at that time, it was dark again, and the kung fu harrier brother disappeared in the blink of an eye!"

"Did the harrier fall off the horse?"

"No, I can see clearly that Brother Harrier is holding the horse's neck!" The man hesitated, "Why don't we go back and look for it now?" “

"Find a fart, the devil knows where to go, where to find Black Cloth in the middle of winter?" Li Hongji scolded twice and shouted: "Go, the cavalry of the official army has come out, and no one will be able to leave if they don't leave!" ”

In the camp, Liu Cheng's eyes widened, waiting for the enemy in the darkness to launch a new attack, but after a long time, the expected enemy never appeared. At this time, a long horn sounded in the night sky, and Liu Cheng cast an inquiring gaze to Du Ruhu on the side. Du Ruhu stroked his beard under his chin: "This is the sound of the horn, and the border people on the plug often use this to transmit messages, this should be the thief who saw that he couldn't attack us, gathered his troops, and prepared to retreat." ”

"Good, good, good!" Liu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't know the situation of the other cars, the soldiers in his car were all out of appearance, some people only loaded medicine and not lead when they released the guns, and some people shot arrows but cut their hands with the bowstring, if it weren't for the rout on the opposite side, they would have been frightened by the bow, and they were afraid that they would show their cowardice.

Liu Chengzheng hesitated to let his subordinates relax their guard, and there was a sound of horses' hooves in the darkness, and his nerves that had just relaxed immediately tensed again. Liu Cheng was about to order his subordinates to prepare to fire, when a voice came, it was the loud voice of Totobuhua.

"My lord, it's me who can't take off the flowers, this time it's really happy, not only cut down several, but also caught a job, and a horse, this time you have to give me a head credit!"

"This!" Liu Cheng scolded in a low voice, sneezed violently, he turned around and jumped out of the car and said to Du Ruhu: "Brother Du, I'll leave it to you here, I'm still wet, and I'm a little embarrassed by the cold wind!" ”

For Yang He, the night was incomparably long, and he had been tormented by fear since he woke up in his dream by the announcement of the attack on the camp. As a commander with considerable military experience, Yang He ordered each battalion to strictly guard its own camp and behead those who rebelled, because he knew that if he sent troops to support in the dark night, the most likely thing was that it would end in a fratricidal fight. When the sky was dark, he immediately ordered to send scouts out to investigate, and asked the battalions to report the losses to him.

But waiting for another bad news from Yang He, a general Zuo rushed into the tent and told Yang He that he commanded the general of the front camp He Renlong to command the army to surround a hundred households in the standard camp, and saw that an infighting was about to begin. Yang He, who learned of this, hurried to the location of the incident under the protection of the guards, and when he arrived, the two sides were already tense, and a civil war was about to break out.

"Stop, stop it!" Yang He shouted loudly, he snatched Shang Fang's sword from under his hand, raised it above his head, and shouted: "Whoever dares to send an arrow without permission, this governor will not spare it!" “

Seeing the dark green festival flag representing the governor of the three sides appear, He Renlong knew that it was impossible to solve the problem by force, he waved his hand hatefully, and the knowing soldiers erected the forward banner, and the soldiers on the periphery began to retreat. Liu Cheng in the car camp breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the ground, and the beads of sweat on his forehead fell like rain.

In the handsome tent, Liu Cheng and He Renlong each occupied one side, as a general, He Renlong got a Mazha preferential treatment, he stared at Liu Cheng on the opposite side viciously, as if he wanted to swallow the other party in one bite, and Liu Cheng was eyes to the sky, with a helpless expression on his face.

"The Overseer has arrived!" With the loud sound of communication, He Renlong and Liu Cheng stood up straight as if they had been electrocuted, and bowed to Yang He. Before Yang He sat firmly, He Renlong rushed forward to complain: "Tell the superintendent, when the thieves attacked the camp last night, when the last general led the troops to fight hard with the thieves, he was attacked by Liu Cheng behind his back, so he was worshiped by the thieves. ”

Yang He's face was ugly, he thought He Renlong nodded, turned to Liu Cheng and asked, "Liu Baihu, do you have anything to say?" ”

"Tell the Overseer!" Liu Cheng's face was full of helplessness: "When the villain was attacked by the enemy last night, he guarded the camp tightly, and finally survived until Lord Tianminghe came to ask for the crime with great momentum, the villain is really inexplicable, and please ask the superintendent to investigate!" ”

"Liu Cheng, you are so eloquent!" He Renlong sneered: "My soldiers were shot by your artillery and arrows, killing and wounding dozens of people, can you still push them?" Come! He Renlong shouted behind him, "Bring the body up!" After a while, the soldiers carried seven or eight corpses up, and He Renlong arched his hand to Yang He: "Master Inspector, the thieves who attacked last night did not have firearms, and all of us died from firearms." “

"Liu Baihu, do you have anything else to say?" Yang He's gaze turned to Liu Cheng. Liu Cheng smiled bitterly: "Supervisor, you know that my subordinates are all newly recruited sergeants, and they are unbearable. In the situation last night, the villain could only order his subordinates to connect the vehicles with iron chains, and let the soldiers put their bows and crossbows and firearms on the carts, and if anyone approached, they would fire arrows and arrows to repel them, and where could they tell who was the thief and who was the friendly army? Besides, at night, even if a friendly army rushes into the camp, it is scattered up and down, and what is the difference between it and a thief? Behind the villain is the baggage of the three armies, and if there is a loss, you can't afford it! “

He Renlong sneered, and was about to speak, but Liu Cheng continued: "Lord He said that the villain attacked from behind, causing the front camp to be defeated, but the villain captured a thief, according to him, they used the military envoy sent back by Yan'an City last night to deceive the camp gate, and those soldiers who were shot by me were driven by them to attack our camp. “

"Full of nonsense!" He Renlong was anxious when he heard this, he hurriedly turned to Yang He and bowed and said, "Master Inspector, I don't know where this guy found a scoundrel to frame the last general, please hand it over to the last general, and let him tell the truth in a moment!" “

"Overseer! Even if that person is a scoundrel found by the villain! Liu Cheng walked up to the corpses, pointed to them and said, "If, according to Lord He, these people were shot by me during the bitter battle with the thieves, then even if they didn't have time to wear armor, didn't they wear shoes?" Even if they don't even wear shoes, don't they wear pants? Could it be that the soldiers under the command of General Feihe are used to fighting thieves with their bare butts?

“

"Poof!" A voice broke the silence in the tent, but a staff member couldn't help laughing, and He Renlong, who was angry and purple-black, rushed straight out of the tent, and as soon as the curtain fell, he heard a burst of laughter from inside, and the angry He Renlong paused, gritted his teeth and ignored it.

The staff and generals in the tent had already laughed, and even Yang He, who was at the top, turned his face and coughed in a low voice, and only after a while did he turn his face and point at Liu Chengdao: "You are so good, how can you say such things in public?" ”

"Master Inspector, there is no way for the villain." Liu Cheng smiled bitterly: "General He's crime is terrifying!" “

"That's it!" Yang He waved his hand: "You killed the thief last night, I will reward you with five hundred taels of silver, and you will go to the middle officer to get it later, but you can't mention it again." “

"Yes, sir!"

Fu County, Liu Jiayuan. In Guanzhong and the Loess Plateau, the frequency of the word "yuan" in place names is very high, such as Wuzhang Plain, Bayuan and so on. This kind of area with the word "yuan" usually refers to a kind of plateau, which has a flat surface and often has a steep deep ditch at the edge of the platform, separating the platform from the surrounding area. It is not difficult to see that this kind of area has the advantage of being condescending and easy to defend and attack in the south for the relatively low-lying areas around, and in a sense, the war in the ancient Guanzhong area revolved around the struggle for this "plain".

The frustrated Ming army abandoned its position by the river, which was convenient for drawing water and less defensible, at noon the next day, and turned to the southeast to retreat, landing on Liujiayuan, which was easier to defend. Yang He's intention to do so was obvious: to move his demoralized army to a more defensible plateau to resist the attack of the outnumbered peasant army, and if the enemy ignored the Ming army and went straight south to Guanzhong, Yang He could attack from behind and crush the enemy.

It was another chore for Liu Cheng's soldiers, who had to push heavy carts up steep terraces and build fortifications with shovels, but this time no one complained, and everyone knew very well that many of them would not have been able to see the sun the next morning if it weren't for the cart defense line that night. War taught each of them a vivid lesson - sweat or blood.

27. Descend to the top

Trilateral Governors.

"My lord, the thieves still haven't acted today."

"Or stay where you are?" Yang He raised his head, his brows furrowed.

"Exactly, several teams of scouts are all in return like this, there should be no mistake, this is a report sent from Xi'an." Zhao Wende cautiously submitted the report to the palace, and because of the success of selling salt to raise salaries, his status in Yang He's mind has risen a lot, and he is actually the chief of the staff.

"I'm a little dazzled, you can pick out important thoughts for me!" Yang He closed his eyes tiredly, looking exhausted, and the temples that had dotted with stars in the past were already white.

"Yes, sir!" Zhao Wende responded and read in a low voice. There is nothing special in the newspaper, it is nothing more than a certain civil uprising, a certain official being investigated, a certain official being promoted, and a certain edict issued by the imperial court. Yang He just leaned back in the chair, his eyes slightly closed, and his right index finger tapped the armrest rhythmically. After about half a sound, Zhao Wende stopped.

"Are you done?" Yang He asked.

"Well, my lord, it seems that there has been calm in the court these days."

"Well, but we can't continue to delay, I just hope that the two generals Du and He will arrive soon." Yang He opened his eyes, his eyes full of exhaustion.

It turned out that in the past few days, while Yang He was confronting the peasant army, he was also concerned about the changes in the DPRK and China day and night. He knew very well that the Shaanxi gentry were not satisfied with his strategy of "taking charge of the appeasement", because appeasement meant that a large sum of money would be taken out to pay for the seeds, farm tools, ploughing cattle and rations needed to resettle the peasant army, and the imperial court could not take out this money now, and this cost would inevitably fall on the heads of the Shaanxi gentry. Therefore, officials from Shaanxi Province in the central part of the DPRK continued to attack him, accusing him of being weak and incompetent, and of sitting idly by and watching the thieves cause chaos. I'm going to Sanjiang next week, so let's smash all kinds of tickets!