Nokia only brought a few dozen guards, Pegasus rushed back to the forest, on the way to meet the army that went to Fuyuan to support, intercepted 2,000 people, galloped all the way, and rushed back to the forest, it was already the third watch, the forest was brightly lit, a quiet, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Nokia personally rushing back, one of the centurions who stayed behind was taken aback, quickly opened the gate, let Nokia in, jumped off Malato Nokia and asked urgently, "How is it, Terry, everything is alright?" ”

The centurion called Terry smiled proudly, "Don't worry, General, Shanglin is far away from Dingzhou, and it is very safe, and I have three hundred elites under my command to maintain the safety here." ”

"The slaves here are still calm, aren't they?" Nokia was worried about the thousands of slaves in the upper forest, and if he knew that the army was gone, he would not be disturbed.

"These slaves are very deferential." Terry said proudly: "As soon as the army is gone, I immediately sent a hundred people to guard the slave camp, if they dare to make any changes, my sword and arrow are not decorations, and now that the general has brought back two thousand men, I can rest easy." ”

Nokia nodded with satisfaction, turned around and ordered his generals to release the scouts, but he decided to take a good rest, these days, people do not unarmour, horses do not unsaddle, today and non-stop all the way back to the forest, really tired.

"You're doing a good job, but the defenses in the upper forest need to be strengthened, and the patrols should be doubled and prepared for accidents." Nokia said as he gave the whip in his hand to the guard.

"Yes, General!" Terry bowed respectfully.

At this time, the seemingly calm slave camp in the upper forest was surging in the dark, and several men were sneaking into the slave camps one by one.

"Brother Hu, why did you come to us? Be careful if you are caught, it will be beheaded, and the lightest will be whipped at the lightest. A young slave was taken aback when he saw Hu Dong touching his small group of slaves.

Hu Dong came to the forest not long ago, he himself is Changsheng or the person of the Operations Department of the Survey and Statistics Department, some time ago borrowed the forest to transport equipment, grain and grass to Fuyuan in a big way, found an opportunity, mixed in on the way, but was not discovered, this is also the slaves in the forest have always been calm and submissive, so that the managers here are very lax, even the most basic inventory list did not do, Hu Dong and others came to the slave camp in the forest, they began to secretly contact around, very gathered a group of people.

"Brother Xie, do you know? General Li defeated the barbarians in Fuying, and even the two sons of the barbarian Zuo Colonel Wang were killed by General Li! Hu Si said excitedly.

"Really?" Xie Ke also showed a surprised expression on his face, "Brother Hu, is it true?" How do you know? "Xie Ke is originally from Dingzhou, his family has a small field, which is much better than the average person's family background, and he can afford to read, and he was going to take the exam, but he didn't expect a barbarian invasion and took him captive, and the people in the family killed one of them, and the hatred for the barbarians was in the bones. A few years of slave life have changed a lot for a white-faced scholar, with thick calluses on his hands and a weathered face on his face.

Hu Dong looked around carefully, lowered his voice, and said, "Don't hide it from your brother, I got in voluntarily." ”

Xie Ke was taken aback, and there were others who volunteered to come here as slaves, but Hu Dong's next words relieved him.

"I am General Li's man, long before the battle in Fuyuan, General Li was thinking about cleaning up the barbarians here, I have received the news, and soon a large group of men and horses will attack Shanglin." Hu Dong nervously observed Xie Ke, and if Xie Ke's expression was slightly wrong, he would attack and kill him.

The surprise on Xie Ke's face only lasted for a moment, and then he showed extreme joy, "Brother Hu, are you really from the Dingzhou Army?" ”

Hu Dong smiled, "I'm from Changsheng Camp, how about it, do you dare to do it with me?" ”

"What for?" Xie Kedao.

"When the army attacks the upper forest, we will make trouble from the inside and receive the army into the upper forest." Hu Dongdao.

", why not? I have been waiting for this day for a long time, these barbarians have killed my whole family, and I swear not to stand under the blue sky with them. Xie Ke gritted his teeth.

"Okay, but brother has to think about it, this is a matter of life, and if you don't get it right, you'll die."

"What's the big deal about dying, what's the difference between living like this now and dying?" Xie Ke clenched his fists and said hatefully: "As long as I can kill the barbarian, I am willing to do anything." ”

Hu Dong smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, Brother Xie, you go to contact some people, you must be absolutely reliable, listen to the signal when you see the chaos on my side, and your side will start at the same time." ”

Xie Ke nodded vigorously.

Hu Dong patted him on the shoulder, turned around and sneaked towards the next target. There were thousands of people in the slave camp, and more than 100 soldiers could not take care of them at all, so they could only stand on the high sentry tower to stand guard, which was a piece of cake for Hu Dong and others, who had received professional training.

At this time, on the grassland, the Dingzhou cavalry that passed through Ji Mingze was rushing towards the upper forest.

"General Lu, our unit has moved forward to clear the other side's sentry and is expanding the search area, striving to let Shanglinli know about our army's surprise attack at the last moment." Riding a horse through the mountain wind walked beside Lu Dalin.

Looking at the majestic figure of the mountain wind, Lu Dalin couldn't help but secretly praise, what a big man, seeing the mountain wind skillfully arranging the military force, he couldn't help but be a little curious, "Captain Guo served there before, a good man like you, there's no reason I don't know?" ”

Guo Shanfeng smiled embarrassedly, "Don't hide it from the general, in the past, Guo was a bandit in Chongxian County, and was caught by General Li, General Li was lenient and generous, and did not hold me accountable for my past crimes, but instead asked me to make meritorious service for my crimes, because of the last raid on Angu, I was promoted to Captain Yingyang." ”

Lu Dalin couldn't help but smile, Dingzhou is a military state, and it has always been mainly to suppress bandits, and rarely recruit people, Li Qing is eclectic in using talents, like a guy like the mountain wind, he is really a fierce general.

"General Li is very good to you?" Shen Mingchen asked.

"That's it!" Guo Shanfeng said proudly: "General Li is not an ordinary person, not only can he tolerate us former mountain bandits, but he even invited Mr. to teach us to read and write, saying that we will become generals in the future, what if we can't read?" I didn't know a single big character before, and I couldn't even write my own name, but now it's different, and I can already write a military newspaper by myself. ”

Lu Dalin and Shen Mingchen glanced at each other, Li Qing really had no small ambitions, and taught the army to be literate, not to mention the Dingzhou army, it was also a rare thing in the entire Great Chu army.

Looking at the expressions of the two of them, Guo Shanfeng thought that the two of them were worried that the attack on Shanglin would not go well, so he said: "The two adults don't need to worry, my general has buried nails in Shanglin, and when our army attacks Shanglin, the nails will be launched to encourage the thousands of slaves there to rebel. ”

Lu Dalin said in surprise: "General Li has already arranged in Shanglin?" ”

"Hmm!" Guo Shanfeng nodded, "From the beginning of preparing this plan, the infiltration of the upper forest has begun, so this time it is safe, the two adults can rest assured." ”

Seeing that Li Qing had an arrangement, Lu Dalin was more relieved, only Shen Mingchen was preoccupied, Li Qing was so far-sighted, and he didn't know if he had any countermeasures for Xiao Dashuai's follow-up arrangement?

In the early hours of the morning, Nokia, who had a good night's sleep, got up, and there was nothing to do all night, which made him also a little self-deprecating and thought that he was really a little nervous, and for so many years, there had never been a Great Chu army who dared to attack in the grassland, wiped his face, and ordered the guards to prepare breakfast, he had not eaten a good meal these days, and today he can have a beautiful meal of hand-grabbed mutton.

"Fetch the scouts you sent out yesterday, I have something to tell them." He said to the pro-guard.

The hand-grabbed mutton was quickly served, a glass of wine was poured, and just as he was about to feast, the guards ran in in a little panic, "General, none of the scouts sent out yesterday have come back until now. ”

With a bang, the wine glass in Nokia's hand fell on the table, and he sent out dozens of scouts yesterday, but none of them came back? Something happened! Nokia stood up suddenly, if three or five did not come back, maybe there was a reason, but dozens of them did not come back, it can only mean one thing, what he was most afraid of and the most worried about happened, there was an enemy on the grassland.

"General, General!" Another guard rushed in in a panic.

"What's wrong, did you find the enemy?" When it came to the end, Nokia calmed down.

"Enemies?" The guard gave Nokia a strange look and shook his head, "It's not the enemy, the general, it's Princess Nave who is here." With more than 100 guards with him, he has now entered the upper forest. ”

"What?" Nokia only felt that his scalp was numb, now that the enemy has appeared on the grassland, the purpose must be in the forest, why did Princess Nafu come here at this time, isn't this adding to the chaos.

"Why did the princess run here, go, let the princess go back quickly." Nokia was furious.

"Nokia, you are so bold to say that about me." A small pony whip inlaid with gold and jade reached in, and it was pulled into the tent, followed by an angry and angry face before Nokia, whose fawnskin boots stamped on the carpet and stared at Nokia defiantly.

"See the princess!" Nokia smiled bitterly and knelt down, it was really a house leak that happened to be rainy, and the boat encountered a head wind, at this critical juncture, why did this aunt and grandmother come, and let me not live?