After turning two hills, the Junzi Army stopped to rest under Tao Ying's order, eating dry food and feeding the war horses, after most of the hour, there was a boiling sound from the north, Tao Ying hurriedly climbed to the heights, raised the crystal telescope made by himself to watch, and saw that the north really chased four or five hundred Yuan Shujun soldiers, all of them had foot and horse, and followed the horse manure left by the Junzi Army's war horses all the way south, and soon entered the open area where the dock fort was located before.

Entering the fertile farmland area, the difference between the Junzi Army and Yuan Shujun's army was also suddenly reflected, the infantry unscrupulously trampled on the fields that had just been replanted with rape, and the war horses trampled the fields more arrogantly, and they also gnawed on the vegetables in the fields under the deliberate indulgence of the cavalry of Yuan Shujun, and the chaotic shouting sound could be faintly heard. Seeing this scene, Tao Ying was of course overjoyed, and secretly said in his heart: "Okay, there are really not many chasing soldiers, even if these Qiu Ba don't rob the village, I can rest assured that I can boldly use troops in this rare open area." ”

As with the Junzi Army, it was found that another wave of troops was coming, and the dock fort that refused to help the Junzi army immediately entered a state of readiness, and more than 100 young men hurriedly rushed to the wall of the arrow tower fort, holding weapons and preparing to defend the dock, and the dock owner dressed as a scholar before also climbed to the top of the dock gate again, ready to negotiate with the incoming army. But after seeing Yuan Shujun's unscrupulous trampling on farmland and vegetable fields, the master of the dock suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and said secretly: "This level, I'm afraid it's not as easy as the previous level." ”

Sure enough, the general of Yuan Shujun, who led the chasing army, rushed to the front and back of the dock fort gate, and immediately raised his horsewhip in a big way, pointing at the dock gate and shouting violently, "The horseman in the dock, come out and pant, did more than a hundred cavalry pass by here just now?" Where did you go? ”

"More than a hundred cavalry?" The dock lord was puzzled in his heart, and said in his heart that General Zuo's team of men and horses was really confused, and the Xuzhou cavalry team just now also had seven hundred and eight hundred people, how could it be judged to be more than one hundred? Could it be that they were not chasing and killing the Xuzhou cavalry just now?

"Piff, deaf?" Seeing that no one answered, the captain of the Yuan Shujun led by him was a little impatient, and pointed at the dock master and shouted: "It's you, the puppet in a Confucian shirt, this general asked you, did a team of cavalry pass by here just now?" If you don't answer, Hugh blames General Ben for being polite to you. ”

"Back to the general, no." The dock lord was angry in his heart, and deliberately replied: "General Hui, Hugh said that just now, even in the past few days, there has not been a cavalry team of more than 100 people passing in front of the dock gate. ”

"Dare to lie to me?!" The captain of the Yuan Shujun was furious, pointed at the ground with his horsewhip, and shouted: "No cavalry has passed? So where did all this horse manure come from? ”

Glancing at the dots of horse manure on the ground, the dock master suddenly realized, his heart turned out to be like this, no wonder the back of the horse's horse butt just now, most of them were covered with sackcloth, it turned out that only a small number of horses were deliberately left on the road to leave dung, so this team of pursuers misunderstood their strength, and only sent four or five hundred people to pursue, so that even if they were caught up by the pursuers, they could also have an advantage in turn. The son just now was not only benevolent and gentle, but also very scheming.

"Piff, have nothing to say?" The captain of the Yuan Shujun roared again, "Tell me, where is that cavalry?" Otherwise, General Ben will arrest you in Dongcheng and punish you for the crime of collaborating with the enemy!" ”

"General." What Tao Ying had been waiting for for a long time happened, and a small colonel leaned into the lieutenant's ear and whispered in his ear, and pointed his horsewhip at the towering domed granary of the Dock Fort. Seeing this scene, the dock lord immediately understood that something was wrong, and hurriedly said loudly: "General, please don't misunderstand, most of the people in the dock are Jiujiang people, who have been favored by General Zuo for a long time, how dare they betray General Zuo and do anything to collaborate with the enemy?" Just now there was a troop of cavalry passing by, although they were not more than a hundred people as the general said, but they went that way. ”

As he spoke, the dock master pointed to the way of the gentleman's army with great conscience, and betrayed the whereabouts of the gentleman's army very unjustly. But it was too late for the dock lord to do this, and after discovering that this dock fort was very rich, the lieutenant's eyes rolled a few times, and he immediately shouted, "Bold horseman, you have repeatedly deceived this general, can this general still believe you?" Open the dock door immediately, and General Ben will search the dock to see if you have any enemy troops in secret! Quick, open the door! ”

Roaring, the captain raised his whip and waved, and the Yuan Shujun team behind him immediately rushed up with understanding, drew his bow and arrows and aimed at the dock fort, and put on a posture of attacking the dock. The lieutenant shouted again, "Open the door!" Open the door now! Otherwise, you are deliberately harboring thieves, and all of them will be caught and punished by the government! ”

"It's troublesome, it's really the money and food in the dock." The dock lord complained bitterly in his heart, knowing that these officers and soldiers were searching the village was fake, and it was true that they took the opportunity to loot, and at the same time, the dock lord was even more angry in his heart, the foreign Xuzhou army was strictly disciplined, and he did not commit any crime in the treatment of the people of the enemy county, but the local officers and soldiers were so fierce and vicious, and they trampled on the fields and took the opportunity to loot, it seems that the law of Yuan Shu's subordinates was abolished, which was more serious than his previous judgment, and Jiujiang County was occupied by such people, which was really Jiujiang's misfortune.

"Dock master, you can't open the door." Several dock men also saw that Yuan Shujun's intentions were not good, and they all persuaded the dock master: "Dock master, don't open the door, open the door, our Lujia City will definitely be finished, and the more than 300 people in the dock will also be finished." ”

"General Huang, what are you talking about with these collaborators?" Several Yuan Shujun generals shouted, "Let the soldiers go directly to it, and we will testify to you when we go back, this dock fort is collaborating with the enemy and hiding the enemy, and you have to send troops to exterminate the general." ”

"Do you still need to testify? General Huang, you are General Yuan's person, exterminate a collaborator dock fort, don't say Huang Gai Lao'er, even Sun Ce Xiao'er dare to say anything? ”

was instigated by several subordinates, and the captain of Yuan Shujun was even more moved, and said in his heart that it was good, Lao Tzu was General Yuan's person, and General Yuan was the younger brother of the lord, what are you afraid of when you destroy a village that collaborates with the enemy? Sun Ce Xiaoer and Huang Gai Lao'er dare to fart half a fart? Thinking of this, the lieutenant did not hesitate, and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, this dock fort is collaborating with the enemy and hiding the enemy, and the crime cannot be punished!" Give it to me, kill it! Shoot the arrows! ”

"Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! In the impatient shouting, the soldiers of Yuan Shujun fired their bows and crossbows in unison, shooting at the dock fort in a mess, several dock soldiers couldn't dodge, and were immediately shot by arrows, and the dock owner who was still thinking about how to send this group of jackals was furious, and urgently ordered the dock to shoot back, and the fierce shouting and killing sound quickly echoed in front of the gate of this rich dock fort.

It was also when the real sword and real gun were fought, that Yuan Shujun Lieutenant named Huang Yi found that he was underestimating this small dock fort, especially the dock master wearing a Confucian shirt, the strong bow in his hand shot an arrow, both accurate and ruthless, and in a moment there were three soldiers buried under his arrow, and there was also a soldier with a shield in his hand who simply shot through the shield by his strong bow, and the arrow passed through the shield, injuring the shield-holding soldier, and frightened the shieldmen on both sides retreated again and again. Although the rest of the dock soldiers were not as brave as the dock master, they occupied a favorable position, condescending to fire their bows and crossbows, so that more than a dozen Yuan Shujun soldiers screamed and fell in a pool of blood.

Even more so that Huang Yiwo fire was still behind, more than 20 infantry carried the crashing wood to hit the dock door, never thought that just walked on the bridge in front of the door, the seemingly solid wooden bridge turned on its own side, five or six infantry stood unsteadily and fell down the trench, and was immediately strung into bloody human flesh skewers by the sharp piles in the ditch, and the sound of screams shook the mountains with some echoes. All of a sudden, Yuan Shujun, who had a large number of people, was helpless to take this small dock fort.

"Stand down, stand down!" Huang Yi was born as a regular army general in the end, and he had a lot of experience in the battlefield, so he soon discovered the fatal shortcomings of this dock fort, first ordered the troops to retreat, and then shouted the order: "Prepare rockets and torches, and change to rockets!" All the torches are lit, the shield is covered, and the torches are thrown! ”

"Fire?!" Seeing the soldiers of Yuan Shujun collecting wood to start a fire, the dock owner was suddenly taken aback, knowing that Yuan Jun was about to launch a fire attack, he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, prepare buckets and water tanks, and splash all the roofs in the fort with water, the enemy is going to set fire to the fort." Quick, quick, call the old and weak women and children to help too. ”

The dockman agreed, and hurriedly went down to organize the men to prepare to extinguish the fire, but the dock owner was still very anxious, because the dock owner was very aware of the shortcomings of his dock fort - the area was too small, as long as the rocket torches passed over the fort wall and fell into the dense houses in the fort, they could immediately cause a fire, as long as the fort was on fire, no matter how strong the dock fort was, the inhabitants of the fort were doomed to suffer heavy casualties.

Yuan Shujun's rockets and torches were quickly ready, and although he couldn't find so many grease wrapped arrows in a hurry, as long as he wrapped the arrows in rags and shot them out on fire, he could also receive the arson effect. Then Huang Yi gave an order, a large number of Yuan Shujun crossbowmen immediately rushed forward to throw rockets, and the infantry with torches also stepped forward under the cover of shield bearers and threw torches at the fort wall.

"Zi said, learn and learn from time to time, and be happy! It's fun to have friends from afar! People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen......? ”

Seeing that Yuan Shu's army was about to succeed in attacking the dock fort, on the road in the distance, there was a sudden sound of neat recitation of the "Analects", Huang Yi and the dock lord and others were surprised to look for the sound, but they saw that on the road to the south, I don't know when a cavalry team appeared, the number was about eight hundred, lined up as five horizontal teams, the white and black characters of the gentleman's banner fluttered in the wind, the left and right two sub-flags each wrote five big characters, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith! Be gentle and frugal!

Zi said: For politics and morality, such as Beichen, live in its place, and all the stars are together. Zi said: There are 300 poems, in a word, he says: Thinking is innocent! ”

The recitation suddenly changed, jumping directly from the first part of the Analects to the second part, and then, the three cavalry teams behind suddenly slapped their horses and charged, and rushed to the front of the two horizontal teams in front of them. He also kept releasing arrows in the charge, covering the Yuan Shujun team with bows and arrows.

"Enemy attack, fast, break through the way you came!" Although Huang Yi was greedy and vicious, he had a lot of battlefield experience, and when he found that the situation was not right, especially when he found that the number of the Junzi army was far above the number of his troops, he immediately ordered the army to break through the encirclement by the way he came, and concentrated his forces to kill the light cavalry of the Junzi army that had returned to the rear. However, like all the generals who fought with the Junzi Army, Huang Yi soon found out that the Junzi Army Light Cavalry without armor did not intend to melee with him at all, and as soon as his team charged, the Junzi Army Light Cavalry immediately turned around and ran, and at the same time kept turning back on the horse and firing arrows, frantically shooting Yuan Shujun soldiers.

Because standing on the high place of the fort wall, the pretentious and erudite dock master finally opened his eyes once, in the absolutely perverted slogan, the five teams of gentlemen around the Yuan Shujun team just frantically released arrows, and did not fight with Yuan Shujun at all, and Huang Yi no matter whether he commanded Yuan Shujun to charge in that direction, the cavalry of the Junzi Army where the position was located turned around and ran without saying a word, turning around and releasing arrows while running, and the rest of the Junzi Army cavalry always maintained a distance from Yuan Shujun, and desperately released arrows around Yuan Shujun, The white feather arrows cut a torrent in the sky, constantly flowing to the head of the Yuan Shujun team, and one after another the soldiers of the Yuan Shujun army also fell under the Junzi Army arrows one after another, and they died on the spot without even touching a single hair of the Junzi Army.

"Is there an army in the world that fights like this?" The dock master was completely stunned, "How did they release the arrows on the horse?" Running with both hands and arrows, they are not afraid of falling off the warhorse? ”

"What the hell have we run into an enemy there?" What was even more stunned was Huang Yi, the main general of this Yuan Shu army, who followed Yuan Shu from his younger brother Yuan Yin to the south and the north for more than ten years, and successively participated in dozens of battles such as the princes' fight against Dong, the Kuangting War and the Shouchun War, Huang Yi really had never heard of and seen such strange cavalry tactics, let alone how these enemies turned back and fired arrows in the charge, and the various scenes in front of him were far beyond Huang Yi's cognitive range.

Zi said Shiyun's slogan was still echoing on the battlefield, and the feather arrows of the Junzi Army were also constantly covering the Yuan Shujun led by Huang Yi, and learned the lessons of the last battle with Zhenrong, the Junzi Army's bow and arrow accuracy this time had obviously been improved a lot, and basically five or six arrows could hit an enemy - of course, this was also at the expense of the frequency of arrows, but this was enough to make Yuan Shujun shout that he couldn't bear it, and in a short time, at least two hundred Yuan Shujun soldiers fell under the arrows of the Junzi Army, and most of the remaining three hundred or so people were also wounded. Seeing that the situation was not good, Huang Yi hurriedly gathered the remaining thirty or so cavalry to his side, let these cavalry protect him to break through with all his strength, and threw the remaining infantry to the Junzi Army for slaughter.

Huang Yi's abacus is too beautiful, his more than 30 riding machine power is naturally very strong compared to the infantry, but unfortunately this bit of machine power is definitely not enough for the gentleman's army, and Huang Yi also chose to break through in the direction of Tao Ji's direct light cavalry, Tao Ji, who is strong and victorious, will naturally not miss this meritorious opportunity, first command the light cavalry to deliberately give way to avoid melee attrition, and then quickly wave the division to follow and kill, and give full play to the cavalry and archery expertise to kill the enemy in the charge. As a result, Huang Yi was killed on the spot by two arrows in the chaotic army, and only two of the cavalry of Yuan Shujun who protected him to break through escaped, and the rest were all killed under the light cavalry arrows of the Junzi Army.

The main general Huang Yi fled with the cavalry, and the rest of the infantry of the Yuan Shu army was naturally completely chaotic, and some people took the initiative to throw down their weapons and surrender, but Tao Ying came to fight guerrillas this time, and bringing infantry prisoners would naturally only lag behind, Tao Ying chose to give up this good opportunity to surrender very wisely, and at the same time Tao Ying did not order a charge, and rushed into the melee combat of the Yuan Shu army infantry that had collapsed - the number of the Junzi army was too small, and even if he died a Tao Ying, he would feel distressed for a long time. Therefore, Tao Ying issued orders one after another, ordering the soldiers to continue to fire arrows around the infantry of Yuan Shu's army, and would rather waste bows and arrows than waste troops.

At this time, the dock fort that had already extinguished the fire suddenly opened, and the dock lord in a Confucian shirt personally led more than 100 young men to kill it, and rushed to the infantry of Yuan Shujun who had been in chaos on foot, and started a melee with the infantry of Yuan Shujun. Seeing this scene, Tao Ying hurriedly ordered to stop the bow and arrow coverage, and ordered the gentleman's army to form a team, and the bow and arrow sniped the defeated soldiers of Yuan Shu's army with a single shot, and at the same time, Tao Ying secretly wondered, this dock master was still afraid of Yuan Shu's revenge just now, and refused to provide him with a guide, how could he take the initiative to lead the fort soldiers to help him kill Yuan Shu's soldiers? Even if it is to repay the kindness of his rescue, but this change is too fast and too drastic, right?

Tao Ying's question was quickly answered, and the infantry of the Yuan Shujun army, who had already suffered most of the casualties under the arrows of the Junzi army, had already been killed, and they fled for their lives without the intention of fighting, allowing the group of Wu Ding, who were quite good, to chase and kill with their butts, and the cavalry of the Junzi Army assisted Wu Ding in the battle on both wings, sniping the defeated soldiers of Yuan Shu's army with bows and arrows, and gave all the opportunities for hand-to-hand combat to Wu Ding. Seeing that the victory was decided, the dock master also handed over the dock to others to command, and he came to Tao Ying alone and thanked Tao Ying in person.

"Thank you Childe for rescuing your kindness." After bowing to Tao Ying to the ground, the dock lord said sincerely: "If it weren't for the fact that Gongzi didn't remember the old evil and rescued him with righteousness, there would be more than 320 people in Lujia City, and now I am afraid that everyone will not be able to escape for their lives." Childe's great kindness, even if he is broken in the next day, it is difficult to repay it. ”

"The dock owner doesn't have to be polite, when the road is uneven, it is a matter of duty to draw a knife to help." Tao Ying dismounted and returned the salute, and said sincerely: "But the dock master is not afraid of being implicated, and he helped our army to kill the enemy, and Tao Ying is really grateful." ”

"Childe doesn't have to be polite, this is the next thing." The dock lord said sincerely: "Gongzi Ning is unwilling to fight in close combat, consuming precious troops, and receiving the great grace of Gongzi in the lower body, he should lead the young man in the dock to fight to the death, and repay Gongzi's great kindness for saving his life." ”

"How does the dockmaster know I don't want to be close combat?" Tao Ying asked curiously.

"It's very simple, this army of Childe is too precious." The dock lord replied: "I have just found that this army of Gongzi is not only neat in slogans, but also neat in unified action, nearly 800 people move like a human body, without any chaos, such a disciplined and skilled tiger and wolf hero, presumably poured into Gongzi's countless efforts, every soldier is worth the same amount of gold, how can Gongzi be willing to take it to the enemy's infantry melee consumption?" I'm afraid that even if one person is sacrificed, Childe will feel distressed for a long time, so he bravely led the army to help Childe share the pressure of close combat. ”

"The dock master has a good eye!" Tao Ying was even more surprised, and said with a smile: "It's not a secret, the first time I saw me, a gentleman's army, the dock master was the first person who didn't laugh and ridicule, and gave such a good evaluation." ”

"Others laughed at Childe's heroic army of the gentleman, thinking that they were confused by the slogan of the gentleman's army, so they laughed." The dock lord replied solemnly: "But I don't dare to deceive my son, when I hear the slogan of the gentleman's army, my first reaction is shock and admiration, and then I admire my son's good intentions." ”

"Oh, can the Lord of the Dock give me advice, why do you feel this way?" Tao Ying was even more interested in this dock master, and couldn't help but ask again: "Why is the dock master shocked when he hears my gentleman's army reciting a discourse that has nothing to do with the battlefield?" I let the gentleman army talk about it, what good intentions do I have? ”

"Then I have the courage to speak out, and where there is a fallacy, I still hope that Gongzi Haihan." The lord replied: "The Analects have nothing to do with the battlefield, but Gongzi has let the Junzi army recite them neatly on the battlefield, and its purpose is threefold. First, of course, it is to confuse the enemy and make the enemy take it lightly, presumably any villain who is unfortunate enough to be the enemy of the son, when he hears the gentleman reciting the Analects, his first reaction is to want to laugh, and he has contempt for the gentleman's army. ”

"Second, Childe asked the Junzi Army to recite the Analects, which actually helped the soldiers of the Junzi Army to overcome their demons and calm their emotions, because what Gongzi needed was a calm and wise army like an arm, and what he needed was a simple and ordinary cold-blooded hero who could treat killing the enemy in battle as if he were eating and sleeping, not a group of rabble who only knew how to act and were carried away by blood. The Analects are complex, and it is not easy for seven or eight hundred people to recite them neatly, but when these seven or eight hundred people recite the complex Analects in unison, the soldiers will forget the timidity, impulsiveness, nervousness, excitement, and other unnecessary emotions when they are about to fight, and concentrate their attention on collective action. ”

Tao Ying's eyes widened, and he looked up and down in surprise at this dock master who was about the same age as himself, and couldn't help urging: "Dock master, please continue to talk, listen to me." ”

"The third purpose of Childe for the Junzi Army to recite the Analects is the future, not the present." The dock lord smiled and said: "The Junzi Army is so powerful, and it is only a matter of time before it becomes famous in the world, and the recitation of the "Analects" on the battlefield is the only one of the Junzi Army, and there is no other semicolon, so in the future, after the Junzi is famous all over the world, the enemy hears the sound of the "Analects" on the battlefield, and it is naturally like hearing a curse of urging life, and he is cowardly before fighting, and even collapses on his own. ”

Tao Ying stopped talking, and continued to look at the dock master for a long time, Tao Ying finally smiled and said: "Dock master, you are really my confidant, your opinion, even if it is my third brother who was taught by the ear and face command, you can only see one of them at most, and the first time you see my gentleman's army, you can make my three intentions come together, and I admire them endlessly." ”

"Childe has an overreputation, it's just a fluke in the next place." The dock lord was modest, and suddenly asked: "Childe, you claim to be surnamed Tao Mingying, aren't you the second son of the Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian Tao Mansion Jun?" The second son of Tao who sacrificed himself into the oil pot outside Xuzhou City to rescue the people of Xuzhou? ”

"Don't dare, it's down there." Tao Ying was proud in his heart, humble in his mouth, and said disappreciatively: "I never thought that the dock master had also heard of the name of the micro-name in the next, and I was really flattered in the next." ”

"Childe is too humble, Childe's righteous deeds have been heard of a few months ago, and now I can see that there are such benevolent and righteous people in the world." The dock master put on a high hat for Tao Ying again, and suddenly smiled again and said, "Childe, don't you need a guide who is familiar with the local roads and mountains?" If the son does not give up, in the next thought, Mao Sui recommended himself to lead the way for the son, I wonder if the son can accept it? ”

"Dock master, you're not kidding, are you?" Tao Ying smiled bitterly and said: "Your family property is so huge, act as a guide for me, aren't you afraid that Yuan Shu will come to you to settle accounts?" Besides, what about your family? ”

"I was raised by my grandmother, who passed away a few years ago, and I have nothing to worry about." The dock master's smile was even more bitter, and then he said in a surprising voice: "As for the ancestral business of the family, I am not afraid of the jokes of the son, I am a well-known loser, and the ancestral industry of the family has long been defeated by the tenth **, and now there is only this dock fort and a little field left, and it is better to lose all of them, and there is no concern in the next." ”

Speaking of this, the master of the dock was dressed properly, bowed solemnly to Tao Ying, and said loudly: "I have heard that the prince is recruiting talents in Xuzhou, and declares that all the elders who have a skill will not hesitate to use them, and if the son does not hesitate to contain them, he will immediately send all the property and fields in the dock to the neighbors, and go with the son to do big things." ”

"Give up your family business and go with me to do great things? When did I have such a big charm? Tao Ying, who already admired the dock master very much, was a little surprised and couldn't believe his ears, and blurted out: "Dock master, you're not joking, are you?" ”

"Childe thinks he's joking? A gentleman promises a thousand gold, although he is not a gentleman, he is willing to follow the example of a gentleman. The master of Nawu said in a somewhat unhappy tone, and said: "Besides, I joined forces with Gongzi to kill the enemy, and the people who killed were all the soldiers of General Yuan Shu of Zuo, even if Gongzi refused to accept it, he would not be able to gain a foothold in Jiujiang in Xia." ”

"The dock owner is to blame, it is Tao Ying who spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." Tao Ying hurriedly apologized to the dock master, and asked casually: "The dock master, it is really rude to be below, and he has not asked the dock master's name until now, may I ask the dock master's surname." ”

"Childe doesn't have to be polite." The dock lord replied calmly: "Your surname is a big name, you don't dare to be a nobody, and your surname is Lu Mingsu, and the word is respectful." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Zijing, Mr. Jiuyang's name." Tao Ying smiled as if he was not excited at all, and then shook his fist to Lu Su to the ground, and said more sincerely: "Mr. will repay me with a countryman, and Tao Ying will definitely repay Mr. with a countryman." If Mr. does not give up, Tao Ying is willing to worship Mr. as a military advisor, listen to Mr. Ming's teachings, obey his words, and swear not to be disappointed. ”