Chapter 40: Take your life
After this sudden change, the Jin army suddenly became chaotic, and the fools could see that they had been ambushed this time, and even the Jin general who led the army into the valley was a little stunned, and the Song people were really ruthless enough, and they actually used the lives of hundreds of people as bait to lure them here, and the price seemed to be a little too big!
As soon as the valley mouth was blocked, the villagers on the mountain walls on both sides immediately fired arrows under the command of the teenagers, and shot fiercely at the golden soldiers below.
In the chaos, the Jin army held a torch and squeezed into the valley like a target, unable to advance or retreat, and did not need to aim at all, and could shoot over a golden soldier with an arrow in his hand, and the screams suddenly rang out.
Seeing that the situation was not good, it was impossible to retreat, so he immediately raised the big knife in his hand, while knocking on the eagle feather to protect his body, he roared and commanded the remnants of the soldiers to rush towards the valley.
He thought well, but Gao Huaiyuan didn't give him this opportunity, and then gave an order, and the Song army in the valley immediately fired arrows in a volley, shooting back the Jin soldiers who tried to rush into the valley again.
At this time, the degree of confusion of the Jin soldiers has far exceeded that of the Song army just now, and in the darkness, arrows are scattered above their heads like flying locusts, and they can't see the nearby enemy troops at all, and they can't even talk about counterattacking, let alone escape, at this time they don't know how many Song troops are hiding in this valley, and they are already so frightened that they don't know what to do!
"Rocket ready!" With Gao Huaiyuan's order, a flash of fire immediately appeared on the surrounding cliffs, and rockets tied with oilcloth were ignited, and then they left the string and sprinkled down in the valley one after another.
As these rockets fell, the waist-deep dry grass in the valley was suddenly ignited, and the flames quickly surrounded the Jin army that was huddled together, and when they saw the fire in the valley, the Jin army was completely desperate, it turned out that the Song army still had such a vicious move, and actually did not hesitate to set fire to the mountain, to burn them alive.
After a round of rockets were launched, the villagers immediately retreated into the valley from the passage that had been promising on both sides of the cliff, converged the remnants of the Song army inside, and quickly disappeared into the mountain.
In the valley behind them, the flames were blazing, and terrible screams resounded through the night sky......
In this battle, the Song army ventured forward, but was defeated by the Jin people, and lost a lot of soldiers, but fortunately, Gao Huaiyuan sent people to check the mountains in this area in advance, and found a way for the Song army to retreat, so that part of the Song army was able to get out, but used the terrain to give the Jin army an ambush battle, and annihilated four or five hundred Jin troops who pursued into the valley in one fell swoop.
After the news reached Yan Saibu, he was immediately angry, and immediately sent several troops and horses into the mountains to search for this damn Song army, but it was a huge mountain, and after Gao Huaiyuan and their hundreds of people got in, where did they find it?
A day later, their troops ran far away, and under the guidance of the local people, they evaded several waves of Jin soldiers, and hid in the mountains dozens of miles away from Suizhou, and finally escaped from the pursuit of the Jin army.
The continuous rapid march exhausted their physical strength, and when they heard that they had escaped the pursuit of the Jin army, everyone lay down in a quiet valley, and the people gasped for breath, secretly glad that they had finally escaped.
Gao Huaiyuan didn't rest, and after the troops were completely safe, he took Huang Yan and the others with a cold face, and broke into the remnants of Shen Ning's army with an angry face, those Song soldiers were grateful to Gao Huaiyuan for helping them this time, and they all got up to salute him, Gao Huaiyuan just nodded slightly with a cold face, and walked to Shen Ning's resting place.
Du Hu was scared to death for more than a day, followed by Shen Ning's side, and did not dare to leave half a step, for fear of being secretly cleaned up by this group of ruthless people under Gao Huaiyuan, and now his only reliance is Shen Ning, after all, this time the division of troops, the leader of their team is Shen Ning, and only he can protect himself.
At first, he thought that Gao Huaiyuan would definitely not escape death under the sudden release of arrows, but he never thought that Gao Huaiyuan was so powerful, he was only slightly injured in such a dense rain of arrows, and he also led his troops to kill hundreds of pursuers, and led them to withdraw from the encirclement of the Jin army safely, which was really powerful.
When he came here to rest, he soon saw Gao Huaiyuan leading people over with a menacing attitude, so he subconsciously shrank behind Shen Ning.
Shen Ning was injured, he was carried here by his subordinates, and after more than a day of turbulence, he suffered a lot, but he finally saved a life and rescued a lot of people under him, so he was quite grateful to Gao Huaiyuan, knowing that he had underestimated Gao Huaiyuan before, and when he saw Gao Huaiyuan coming, he struggled to straighten up on the stretcher, and nodded to Gao Huaiyuan with a pale face.
"This time, thanks to the high command, the rescue was timely, otherwise Shen and so many brothers would have been lost in Lishan Town! Shen is grateful, I am injured at this time, I can't be polite, and I hope the high commander will forgive me! Shen Ning leaned over and said to Gao Huaiyuan.
Gao Huaiyuan's face was not good, but he still resisted his anger and replied: "Vice General Shen doesn't need to be polite, or his body is important, this is a matter within Gao's responsibility, and it should be!" Gao came over today to find someone to settle the account, I'm afraid I will offend Vice General Shen! ”
Shen Ning saw that Gao Huaiyuan's face was not good, and immediately thought of the reason for the matter, he had heard about what happened in Taniguchi last night, but all he heard was Du Hu's words, and the guy said that in the chaos at night, Gao Huaiyuan and his party were mistaken for Jin Bing, and ordered to release arrows and accidentally injured Gao Huaiyuan and shot more than a dozen of Gao Huaiyuan's subordinates, offended Gao Huaiyuan, and asked Shen Ning to help mediate.
Shen Ning felt that there should be no problem in this matter, after all, in the chaos of the army last night, there was a black rumbling in the valley, and accidental injuries were inevitable, so he didn't think much about it, and agreed to mediate for Du Hu.
Now seeing that Gao Huaiyuan raised the matter of settling accounts, he knew that he was here to trouble Du Hu, so he hurriedly raised his hand to stop Gao Huaiyuan and said: "Commander Gao is slow, Shen has heard about this matter, it's just a misunderstanding, Du Hu didn't mean to, accidental injury in the chaos of the army is inevitable, this matter Shen gave the high commander a companion on his behalf, and I hope that the high commander will take care of the overall situation, raise your hand and let him go!" At present, we still need to be in the same boat, this matter will be after returning to Zaoyang, Shen will personally set out the wine to ask for his guilt, as for those unjustly killed Xiangyong brothers, Shen will naturally not treat their families badly, and will definitely take out some money to appease their families! ”
"Humph! Misunderstand? I'm afraid things are not as simple as Vice General Shen thought! Du Hu actually knew that I was bringing someone back, but he still ordered the arrow to be released, is this also a misunderstanding? Fortunately, Gao had a big life and was not killed by him on the spot, but those brothers under my command fell behind in order to intercept the Jin army's pursuers, but they were all shot to death, how can this matter be counted like this! Du Hu! You come out for me! Gao Huaiyuan couldn't suppress the anger in his chest at this time, and rejected Shen Ning's explanation, and roared at Du Hu who was hiding behind Shen Ning.
"Uh......? How is that possible? The high commander will save us, Du Hu has no reason to hurt the high commander! Shen Ning was a little puzzled, so he persuaded again.
At this time, Du Hu also came out tremblingly, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Yes! It's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding! The situation in the valley last night was very chaotic, and the little one thought that the high commander was the pursuing golden soldier, and he was nervous for a while, and then ordered the arrow to be released. ”
"You fart! Are you fucking deaf? We informed you that it was our High Commander who came back long before he returned! But you still ordered the arrows to be released, didn't you deliberately harm our high commander? Huang Yan on the side scolded angrily.
Du Hu looked like a scoundrel, spread his hands and said, "But the little one really didn't hear it!" ”
"Whew! I have long shouted to you, don't hurt your own people, what the hell are you trying to do with the order to release arrows? Even Zhou Hao, who doesn't like to talk much, couldn't help but scold at this time.
"Misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding! Du Hupi continued to play tricks without smiling.
Gao Huaiyuan stared at Du Hu's face, this guy was dirty enough at the end of the day, but his eyes were purring, and he looked a little thief at first glance, and Gao Huaiyuan felt familiar no matter how he looked at this guy, and tried hard to search for information about this guy's face in his memory.
"I know you! We've met before! Gao Huaiyuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and suddenly remembered where he had seen this guy, and the anger in his heart burned suddenly, and he stepped forward and grabbed the strap on Du Hu's chest without saying a word.
Du Hu panicked and exclaimed, "Let go, let go quickly!" The little one has already said, it's all a misunderstanding, and the high commander makes you don't want to deceive people too much! I didn't know you before, you're taking revenge for personal gain! I'm General Shen's subordinate, even if it's wrong, it's not your turn to deal with me!" ”
Seeing Gao Huaiyuan suddenly grabbed this Du Hu, Shen Ning's face suddenly sank, in his opinion, although Du Hu was at fault in this matter, he was also Gao Huaiyuan's nominal boss, but he didn't give himself face so much, didn't listen to his own explanation, and seemed to want to be rude to Du Hu.
"High Commander! Is my face so worthless? Since this matter is a misunderstanding, Shen has already made amends for Du Hu for you, what do you want? Shen Ning said angrily.
"In the east of Xiangyang City, above the official road, you don't know me? Hum! When you were outside Xiangyang City, you were going to lead the army to rob our Daye County grain truck, are you so forgetful? Du Hu! You don't have to quibble! Master knows what your idea is! If I don't get justice for my dead brethren today, I won't be high! Gao Huaiyuan didn't pay attention to Shen Ning sitting on the stretcher at all, and showed a cruel smile on Du Hu's face.
Du Hu suddenly panicked, originally he thought that Gao Huaiyuan couldn't remember him, but now that he knew something bad, Gao Huaiyuan had already thought of the reason for the matter, and I was afraid that it would be worse next.
Gao Huaiyuan, who was really furious, didn't say anything more, and immediately swung his fist, and smashed it heavily on Du Hu's face with a punch, causing this guy to scream and scream wildly;
"General Shen, help! The communiqué surnamed Gao has a personal vendetta...... Oops......" Before the words fell, Gao Huaiyuan's second punch landed on Du Hu's face.
Shen Ning was really angry, how to say that this is also in the army, and Gao Huaiyuan is nominally controlled by him, even if this Du Hu is guilty, he must deal with it, but Gao Huaiyuan said that he would fight and not leave him half of face at all, which made him put his face somewhere!
"Stop! I said stop! Gao Huaiyuan, you are too much! You...... You...... You deceive people too much! Come! Give me Gao Huaiyuan to take! Shen Ning was mad at this time, seeing Gao Huaiyuan beat Du Hu like crazy, beating Du Hu to the point that his face was covered with blood and screaming again and again, so he ordered his soldiers to take Gao Huaiyuan down.
The surrounding Song soldiers are very embarrassed at this time, on the one hand, they are their heads, and on the other hand, they are their saviors, and now Vice General Shen wants them to take down Gao Huaiyuan, what can I do about this!
But after habitually hearing Shen Ning's orders, the surrounding Song soldiers subconsciously surrounded them, trying to pull Gao Huaiyuan away first.
And the people who came with Gao Huaiyuan stopped doing it, and they pulled out their waist knives from their waists with a choked sound, stopped in front of everyone, and protected Gao Huaiyuan in the middle.
Shen Ning was a little angry and fainted, pointing at Gao Huaiyuan and his subordinate Huang Yan and the others and said angrily: "Do you want to rebel? Who's in charge here? ”
After Gao Huaiyuan punched a few times at this time, he began to calm down, seeing that Shen Ning was already mad, so he suddenly raised his knee and hit Du Hu's lower abdomen with his knee.
"I'm sorry Vice General Shen! Gao already knew why this Du Hu wanted to put Gao to death! I think when Gao first came to Xiangyang with the army, he met Du Hu outside Xiangyang City, he once brought a group of routs and wanted to rob us of the materials we transported from Daye County, but was blocked by the people under him and refuted his face, so this guy has always held a grudge, so he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill Gao!
And all the brethren, think about it! When I was in Taniguchi last night, didn't you really hear my people shouting, did I bring someone back? And who gave the order to release the arrows? I don't ask you to thank me, but everyone asks themselves, has Gao ever been sorry for you? Gao Huaiyuan explained to Shen Ning while shouting and asking the surrounding Song soldiers.
"General Shen, last night...... Last night, we did hear the subordinates of the high commander say that he brought people back, but Du Dutou still ordered the arrows to be released, which is indeed true! At this time, a soldier couldn't help but stand up and clarify for Gao Huaiyuan.
Then more people began to nod, saying that they heard someone shouting that Gao Huaiyuan was coming back last night, and it was Du Hu who ordered the arrows to be released.
This time Shen Ning understood a little, and immediately felt furious, although Gao Huaiyuan is not a member of their Divine Power Army, but at least he is also a friendly army, this time he was sent to support them, and last night he did save his own life and the lives of many of his subordinates, but this Du Hu took revenge with virtue and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to kill Gao Huaiyuan, this matter is serious!
So he glanced at Du Hu, who had been knocked out by Gao Huaiyuan, and after hesitating for a moment, he immediately shouted: "Bring Du Hu's men to me!" ”
After a while, the two of Du Hu's cronies were dragged over, and these two goods saw that Du Hu had been knocked unconscious, and the atmosphere here was also tense, and they were immediately frightened and their legs and stomachs turned tendons, and as soon as they arrived in front of Shen Ning, they knelt in front of Shen Ning and confessed again and again.
"I'm here to ask you! Before Du Hu ordered someone to release the arrows last night, do you know who it is? Shen Ning also has to ask about this matter now, otherwise, now once Gao Huaiyuan turns his face with him, only his two hundred or so people are left, God knows if he can still return to the army, although he is dissatisfied with Gao Huaiyuan's arrogance, but he still has to put down his posture and ask this matter clearly.
The two Du Hu's cronies saw that even Du Hu was beaten to death at this moment, and Gao Huaiyuan and the others were staring at themselves with knives, so they were so frightened that they peed their pants and cried: "General Qiqi, we are not to blame for this matter!" It's all an order from Du Dutou, and the little one reminded him at the beginning, but he had to let the little ones release the arrows, and the little ones knew that the ones who came would be the high commanders to make them, and the little ones were also out of helplessness! Otherwise, Du Dutou won't let us go! ”
After listening to the words of the two, the truth of the matter was revealed, Shen Ning almost fainted, it turned out that it was really this Du Hu who was taking revenge on Gao Huaiyuan for personal gain, and wanted to take the opportunity to kill Gao Huaiyuan to vent his personal anger, such an act happened at this juncture, it was really outrageous!
"Someone! Tie up Du Hu for me and behead him for public display! At the moment of crisis, this guy is still thinking about revenge! Damn it! Damn it! Shen Ning's originally pale face was even paler at this time, and he trembled with anger, and ordered loudly.
So a few soldiers went up and tied up the fainted Du Hu with his shoulders and two arms, at this time Du Hu also woke up from the coma with a sigh, and only after struggling did he know that he was tied up, so he opened his mouth and shouted: "General Shen, help!" The following offenders with high surnames do not listen to your orders, and want to take revenge on the younger ones for personal gain......"
"Whew! You're still hard-mouthed, you really don't know what to live or die! Someone cut him down for me! Shen Ning was angry, this guy was still trying to provoke the relationship between him and Gao Huaiyuan, and wanted to use himself and Gao Huaiyuan to turn his face and save his life, so he immediately ordered.