Xu Ren distinguished the desperate Saburo's home, took a few henchmen of the Xu family, let the herald lead the way, and rode south. When he left the city, it was already evening, and he changed to another leader, but he was afraid that he would not go out at this time, and most of them would choose to sleep well first, and then set off again the next morning. But as long as Xu Renjie hears about the war, no matter what you do day and night, you must be mixed in.

The sun was setting in the western sky, and everyone else was in high spirits, but he was full of energy and smiles.

The fast horse passed through half of Chengcheng, and finally came to the mountains and forests at the junction of Chengcheng and Dali, only to see a large number of chaotic thieves sitting or lying in the woods in front of them, it was Xue Hongqi. Smoke rose from many places in the forest, and it seemed that after they had been defeated, they had put themselves in order to make a little rectification in this wood, and they had buried the pot to cook.

When Xu Renjie's horse was near, a horse thief also rode up and ran up to meet him into the woods.

When he got closer, Xu Renjie found that Xue Hongqi's department was full of misery, and there were many wounded soldiers lying in the woods, most of whom were wounded by bows and arrows, that is, there was a small hole in the body, such injuries were not serious, but they were very painful! In these years, the lethality of the bow and arrow is very limited, as long as it does not pierce the abdominal cavity and cause internal inflammation, it will not be life-threatening. However, the arrows of bows and arrows generally have barbs on them, and once they are shot, they must be bloody when they are pulled out, and they are so painful that they can't do it.

Those who are injured by bows and arrows are considered lucky, but unfortunate are thieves who are hit by fire bricks and fire pots!

The Ming army used all kinds of messy firearms, in addition to artillery and muskets, which are expensive and not highly equipped, there were many bargains, such as fire bricks, which were wrapped in an oilcloth outside the stone, and then smashed it into the city, which not only had the effect of smashing people, but also burned the enemy. The fire pot is filled with oil in a clay pot, and after it is lit, it is smashed under the city, and when it hits the enemy or the ground, it will explode, forming a large area of fire that will not be extinguished for a long time, burning the enemy soldiers besieging the city.

The power of these things is much more powerful than that of bows and arrows, and once they are hit, they will inevitably scorch a large piece of skin and flesh, and the pain will be unbearable.

Xue Hongqi's department lacked medical treatment, whether it was an arrow wound or a burn, it could only be bandaged simply, and there was no way to deal with it better, so the wounded soldiers were groaning, and the whole forest was filled with this sound.

Xu Renjie frowned and walked through a large number of wounded soldiers and came to the middle of the woods, only to see the three leaders of Xue Hongqi, a city, and a cloud sitting in the clearing in the forest, frowning and the atmosphere was dull. Xue Hongqi is still dressed in red, but she has a heavy momentum on her body, obviously she is in a bad mood after losing the battle, but this makes her have a little more quiet beauty that she usually doesn't have.

Xu Renjie saw that the atmosphere was not good, so he quickly put away his smile, although he covered his face, but the smile would be shown through the masked towel, and it was better to be cautious at this time. He hugged his fists and asked in a low voice, "Sister Xue Hongqi, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Knowingly ask!" Xue Hongqi saw that he was not pleasing to his eyes, and snorted dissatisfiedly: "As you can see, Dali didn't come down, and I was chased by the officers and soldiers for ten miles, if it weren't for the strength of my cavalry team, I'm afraid that the officers and soldiers are still chasing after me." ”

"Dare to ask for details?" Xu Renjie also became serious, and when it came to the war, he would be very serious.

"Hmm!" Xue Hongqi didn't want to talk nonsense with him, but seeing his serious expression, he said: "After arriving in Dali, I sent someone to reconnoitre, there are only 500 guards in the city, and our army has more than 4,000 people, so I feel that it should be very easy to fight, so I launched a strong attack, but I didn't expect the officers and soldiers to rely on the seven-foot-high low wall to defend stubbornly, and also mobilized the people in the city to form a township army to defend the city...... Our army was not brave enough in the siege, and the soldiers cowered and made piles under the walls...... As a result, this small city failed to capture three days in a row, but exhausted itself, and had to retreat in defeat......"

I see...... Xu Renjie understood that the rabble is the rabble, and when they saw the city wall in front of them, the thieves were psychologically afraid, so they didn't dare to climb first after they arrived at the city, hoping that other people would go to the city first and then follow them to pick up the credit, which would cause the soldiers to pile up under the city wall, so that there was such a fiasco.

"That's going to be hard!" Xu Renjie sat on the haystack beside Xue Hongqi.

In the era of the late Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for a woman to allow a man to sit next to her, it stands to reason that Xu Renjie will sit down, Xue Hongqi will get out of the way, or scold, but she is a child of the rivers and lakes who was born as a horse thief, and she grew up licking blood with a knife, and she didn't mind a man sitting next to her...... My cavalry was of no use during the siege, and relied entirely on the infantry, but these infantry were not as good as my old brothers, and it was too difficult for them to take the lead in the siege......"

This is the biggest shortcoming of Xue Hongqi's department, whenever it is a hard battle, he can only rely on the two hundred horse thieves under his command to fight the main force, and those infantry are all leaks, and they can't fight hard battles. But when attacking the city, the cavalry could not play a role, and could only rely on the infantry, which put them in a very awkward situation.

Xu Renjie asked seriously: "Sister Xue Hongqi, haven't you captured Anding City?" Why can't it be changed to Dali? ”

"Stability is a soft ground for me, and the poor people in the city have long heard of my reputation and are willing to take me as their leader, and they rebelled in the city, and I took advantage of the situation outside the city, so I broke the city in one fell swoop." Xue Hongqi shook his head and said, "But Dali is a hard ground...... No one in the city has ever heard of my name, so why are they on my side? Alas, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to storm a city. ”

A city next to him interjected: "Eldest sister, it is really difficult to attack the city, let's ask Baishui Eighth Brother Zhu to help, with the strength of Eighth Brother Zhu, the small city is not ready to be captured...... The generalissimo's leader also happens to be here, and he asks him to help us get a message. ”

"No way!" Xue Hongqi shook her head, she didn't care that Xu Renjie was sitting beside her, and said frankly: "Eighth Brother Zhu asked me to join forces, I didn't agree, now I don't have the face to ask him to help, we can only rely on our own strength......"

"But...... It's all about us...... It is almost impossible to succeed. Yicheng sighed: "I have to admit that our strength is not enough." ”

When Xu Renjie heard this, his heart gradually became clear, no wonder Zhu Bugge said that he would not give me soldiers, but could only let me help Xue Hongqi alone, it turned out that he had long expected that Xue Hongqi would not ask him for help, and I had to learn a little in this regard in the future, and guess the actions that the other party might take by observing other people's surnames.

Xu Renjie clapped his hand: "How about I help you?" If you don't invite Bugs Zhu or the army of Huanglong Cottage, I'll help you in my private name, so it's no problem, right? ”

"You're going to help me?" When Xue Hongqi heard this, an indescribable taste flashed at the corner of his mouth, as if he was disdainful: "What's the use of you?" "She looks down on Xu Renjie from the bottom of her heart, this guy is the most unserious one among the leaders of Huanglong Cottage, with a covered face, he is a villain at first glance, and he is giggling, he is not in shape, and at that time in Luochuan, he was also dizzy by the 108,000 taels of the monkey and didn't know how to adjudicate, what is the use of such a guy?

Seeing Xue Hongqi's bad attitude, a cloud next to him hurriedly came over and pulled her hand, and said in a low voice: "Eldest sister, this is too rude, people want to help us, even if he can't catch it, it is also a good heart, we should be grateful, how can there be any reason to be sarcastic." is known by the heroes on the rivers and lakes, and we have a reputation of not knowing what to do. ”

"Hey, why am I so weak?" Xu Renjie's ears were sharp, and he actually heard the words of a cloud, and shouted: "Two big sisters...... Don't you believe me at all? ”

"What is there about you to be trusted?" Xue Hongqi smiled and said, "The guy who is holding the crossbow and rubbing it on his face......"

"Alright! I've got to show my real strength and show you. Xu Renjie snorted: "Let me see how powerful the generalissimo of Huanglong Cottage is who is responsible for commanding an army." ”

"I've seen it a long time ago, you don't need to show it again!" Xue Hongqi stabbed coldly.

"You ......" Xu Renjie's nose was crooked: "Forget it, I don't have the same knowledge as you, let you listen to my tricks first...... The reason why you captured Anding is because there is an internal response in the city, and you can't capture Dali because there is no internal response in the city. That's easy, let's just make an internal response. ”

"Manufacturing internal response?" Xue Hongqi said suspiciously: "How to make this thing?" ”

"Well, it's easy! Disguised as a rice merchant! Xu Renjie laughed and said seriously: "As far as I know, there are two relatively large rice merchants in Dali, and there are seven millet merchants, so let's not worry about the seven millet merchants, let's talk about these two rice merchants, these two rice merchants are based on Xi'an Mansion as the core, and spread half of Shaanxi's west, Dali is just one of their branches, every quarter, these two rice merchants will send a grain transport team of more than 100 people to transport a large amount of rice from Xi'an Mansion. ”

He stopped suddenly, wrenched his hands and counted for a moment: "I'll do the math...... Sixth, seventh, and eighth ...... Uh-huh...... Ha, it just so happens that the grain transportation team of Zhangjia Rice Shop should be delivered this month, and the Lu family's will arrive next month, so let's disguise it as the Zhang family's grain transportation team. ”

Xue Hongqi's face twitched: "Are you able to open these rice shops?" Do you even know when people deliver the goods? ”

"Hey, my generalissimo astronomy and geography, knows everything, what's so difficult about the delivery time of two rice merchants?" Xu Renjie began to run the train with his mouth full again, and he couldn't speak out of tune. The reason why he is so familiar with the delivery time of the rice store is simply because these two rice stores are competitors of the Xu family.

Xue Hongqi asked again: "Also, do you say that disguise is disguise?" How can a rice merchant be so easy to disguise? Cuts, codes, routes, dots...... If we are asked a word by the guards at the gate of the city, we who lick the blood with knives will be heard by others as fakes. ”

"Hahahaha!" Xu Renjie laughed: "This is not necessarily, as long as you follow me to study for five days, no...... In three days, I promise you all to become the buddies of Mi Xing, and no one can tell! ”

(To be continued)