After Song Erxi finished speaking, Wang Huaqiang asked: "Let me ask you the last two questions, first, that Li Dudu heard that someone in Jiangbei had crossed the river, why didn't he send someone to report first?" Second, where is your camp, how long did it take for Li Dudu to arrive on horseback, how many defenders were there, and who were the generals? ”

Song Erxi opened his mouth and said: "The small camp is the new pavilion five miles to the north, and the garrison is only three thousand, and Li Dudu should have already arrived there by this time." Now that it's the end of the year, everyone usually doesn't wear armor in the base, even Liu Yitong, who is guarding the base, wants to gather the brothers and rush here in full gear, but I'm afraid it will take at least an hour. ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart calmed down a little, and he continued to ask: "What other military camps are there nearby, and how can the naval warships on the river be notified?" ”

Song Erxi was already sweating profusely in pain, but he still didn't dare to delay for a moment, he shook his head: "Good man, the little one is just a small soldier, he only knows how to stay in his own big camp and listen to the orders of the officer, how can these small military planes know?" It's just that I heard that the navy is stationed in the quarry in the south, and as for how to notify it, the small one is not clear. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded, and said to Uncle Fu Quan behind him: "Uncle Fu Quan, please take care of this person, don't let him run away." ”

Uncle Fu Quan glared at Song Erxi fiercely and said, "Wang Dudu, do you still want to keep him?" ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "This time, the Great Sui raised troops to destroy Chen, it was to raise troops to eliminate violence and hang the people to fight crimes, if you kill innocents indiscriminately and do not practice benevolence and righteousness, you will not be able to win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan." In the future, this person will also be a subject of the Great Sui, since he has already confessed, there is no need to take his life again, just don't let him run around. ”

After Wang Huaqiang finished speaking, Uncle Fu Quan took two veterans to escort Song Erxi down.

Wang Huaqiang glanced at Wang Xuan and said: "The situation is not too bad, the Yangxiang rebellion that I am most worried about has not happened, but now that Chen Jun also knows our actions, the three thousand garrison soldiers will definitely rush over, and there will definitely be reinforcements behind."

Fortunately, the water army on the river has not yet received news, and we must move quickly, if it is too late and the river is blocked, it will be too late. ”

Wang Huaqiang turned his head to his two brothers and said, "Hua Wei, you stay here with the archers, if the enemy army comes, listen to my signal, as soon as the gong sounds, go to shoot their middle army and rear army."

Big brother, you and I will go to the river bank now, no matter what, we must hold out until General Wang and them come, those Zhuanghu people in Liu Changshan can't fight, and the people who can fight here are more than 600 of us, as well as more than 200 brothers of Ma Sanye. ”

Ma Sanye said coldly: "Now there are no two hundred, in the battle just now, more than 20 brothers were broken, more than a dozen were injured, and now there are more than 160 people who can move, including me." ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded, and said to Mai Tiecane: "This is our base camp, you and Uncle Fuquan must protect Lord Wang, if Yang Xiang and Pei Yun come with troops, ask them to come to the battlefield to help as soon as possible." ”

Wang Xuan stood up, his eyes blazing: "Hua Qiang, how can I let you go alone, although I, Wang Xuan, am a civil official, I am not a coward, I will go with you." ”

Wang Huaqiang shook his head: "Brother Jingyan, you are the backbone of everyone, Pei Yun and Yang Xiang will only feel at ease when they see you." And I can't go there by the river, otherwise Liu Changshan will be suspicious, and he may not even light the fire.

Now that time is pressing, you are here to defend this high ground, which is the greatest support for me, listen to Uncle Fu Quan more in terms of marching and arranging, he has experience. ”

After Wang Huaqiang finished speaking, he ran down the high ground without looking back, and behind him, in addition to the archers, more than 600 black-clothed men under Ma Laosan and Wang Huashi also drew their blades and ran over.

Xiaogaopo is only about a mile away from this riverside, Wang Huaqiang and others rushed over in an instant, and their whereabouts have been exposed anyway, Wang Huaqiang simply asked everyone to light torches, hundreds of torches a little, illuminating a radius of about a mile.

Through the white mist, I saw that three large firewood piles had been piled up by the river, and Liu Changshan was still directing people to keep adding firewood to the firewood, but his face was full of anxiety, and when he saw the firelight, he looked here, and after looking at Wang Huaqiang, his expression was obviously much more relaxed.

Wang Huaqiang took two steps forward and asked in a deep voice, "Liu Zhuangshi, why haven't you lit the fire yet?" ”

There was a hint of panic in Liu Changshan's eyes, and he said: "At this time, the enemy army may attack at any time, these brothers of mine are all countrymen, they have never seen a war, they will panic, if the second young master is not there, they will think that they have thrown it down, how dare they light a fire." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly, stepped forward and patted Liu Changshan on the shoulder: "The second young master is here to rescue everyone who is suffering in Jiangnan, how can he leave everyone behind?" The second young master said just now that he wants to take everyone into Jiankang City to make a fortune. But if you don't even dare to light a fire, are you embarrassed to enter Jiankang with the second young master? ”

Wang Huaqiang turned his head and pointed at the strong men in armor and swords in front of him: "Look, I brought all the warriors to protect everyone, what are you hesitating about, hurry up and light the fire." ”

Liu Changshan's face was overjoyed, he took a torch and lit a fire on three large pyres, and suddenly, three huge fire balls lit up the entire night sky.

Wang Huaqiang was overjoyed in his heart, his face was still silent, and he said to Liu Changshan: "Liu Zhuangshi, this fire has been lit, and your task has been completed, now according to what I just said, retreat to the forest, just let us guard it here." ”

Liu Changshan's face changed, and he said, "Wang Dudu, you look down on us farmers." Although we haven't read any books, we also know the word loyalty, and since we are here today, we are all risking to kill our heads, and we have already given up our lives. If there is a real fight in a while, and you are fighting hard in front, how can we watch it. ”

Wang Huaqiang felt a burst of pride in his heart, what he said in the book of war was really right, please be better than the general, these simple farmers are different from those bandits and robbers under Ma Laosan, just relying on heavy profits to lure, the effect is not too good, the so-called righteousness slaughters more dogs, for the sake of righteousness, they will also stay to fight.

But Wang Huaqiang also knows that these people have not undergone military training, and they can survive for a while by relying on their blood and bravery, but after a long time, under the attack of well-trained enemy troops, they will only collapse in the end, after all, in the face of life and death, any loyalty, blood, is bullshit.

So Wang Huaqiang nodded excitedly: "All the strong men are really righteous and thin, Wang admires." It's just that the soldiers are in danger, everyone has not fought in a battle, they don't practice the formation, if they take the lead, it is easy to be scattered by the enemy, Liu Zhuangshi, you are here first, and when you are in a melee for a while, listen to my orders, once you hear three rapid bangzi sounds, you will immediately lead people to attack, remember, the enemy who lays down his arms is not allowed to kill!"

Liu Changshan nodded vigorously: "Wang Dudu, don't worry, I will definitely not embarrass you." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled, turned his head to Ma Laosan and said, "Third Master Ma, just now you eliminated those patrols of the Chen army and made the first contribution to this battle.

Your people just broke a lot, this battle first ambushed in the northeast woods, once the fight started, see the opportunity to go straight to the middle of the enemy's army, if you can kill the enemy's general, it is the first merit, when the time comes, I will definitely ask the second young master to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, no, directly to the emperor for your credit. ”

Ma Laosan laughed: "Wang Dudu, just look at us, these brothers of mine, all of them are not ambiguous, and they will not let you down." ”

When Ma Laosan said this, he took more than 100 of his subordinates to extinguish the torches and ran to the woods, Wang Huaqiang suddenly found that many of his subordinates were wearing Chen Jun's leather armor, and some were holding spears, presumably from the corpses of those dead enemies, and the nature of this bandit was really vividly revealed.

Wang Huaqiang glanced at his eldest brother and walked forward more than a dozen steps, Wang Huashi followed closely behind, and said in a low voice: "Huaqiang, didn't you say that the military order was like a mountain when you were in the small highland?" Why were you so polite to Liu Changshan and Ma Laosan just now? ”