Two days later, when it was still dark, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had just woken up, and was lighting a candle to read in his tent, when he suddenly heard Wu Shu say: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the Tangbao cavalry is here." ”

In an instant, several Tangbao cavalry came to the tent of His Royal Highness the Prince, and one of them entered the tent and bowed to His Royal Highness the Prince, saying, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, something is wrong!" ”

"What's wrong?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked up and asked.

Under the reflection of the candlelight, he could see that the look on the face of the Tang newspaper cavalry was a little panicked.

"Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, those 30,000 mountain bandits have entered the Cold Mountain!" After saying this, the Tang Bao cavalry immediately lowered his head, and his face was extremely ashamed.

"What? Entered the Cold Mountain? How did they get by? "In the past few days, he ordered people to step up patrols, just to block them out of the cold mountain, but as a result, they still let them reach the cold mountain easily?

The Tang Bao cavalry replied: "Yesterday evening they deliberately set up many tents on the banks of the river, and we thought they were going to spend the night there, so we also found a place to sleep. Unexpectedly, as soon as the morning dawned, I saw that the tent had been taken away, and there was only an open space. ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: "That means that they crossed the Xiao River overnight and went to Hanshan?" ”

The Tang Bao cavalry replied: "Yes, a few of us were deceived by their tricks. Ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to punish him! ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frowned and said, "Forget it, no wonder you, the enemy is too cunning, you go down first." ”

The Tang Bao cavalry saluted and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Xie is magnanimous and will not condemn us and others." He said and retreated.

After the Tangbao cavalry left, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately summoned important people in the army to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss the strategy of attacking Hanshan.

After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince announced the news of the return of the Tangbao cavalry to everyone, he asked everyone present: "I wonder what everyone thinks should be done at this time?" ”

Qin Wudao: "If you don't fight now, you can't do it, and when they gather more people, it will be more difficult to eliminate." ”

Lin Taoyin also said: "There are some advantages for us to attack today, because those mountain bandits have traveled a long way, and they have not slept all night last night, so they must be exhausted, and attacking at this time is the best time." ”

At this time, in addition to Lu Shikang, several other people present who had not yet spoken also echoed at the same time: "I have to fight now, since I want to fight, it is most appropriate to fight now." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw that there was no Lu Shikang among the people who echoed him, so he turned his face and asked Lu Shikang: "What do you think, Shikang?" ”

Lu Shikang said: "The current terrain is favorable to them, and if they start a war, it will be extremely unfavorable to our side." Now is the snow season, their food delivery is bound to be difficult, it is better for our side to surround the cold mountain first, so that their logistics soldiers can not send food in, after a long time, when the food is about to run out, they will inevitably run out of food, and have to come out to fight, as long as they come out, they will not have the advantage of the terrain, our number is more than them, the chance of victory is very great. ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded again and again: "Well, Shikang's analysis makes sense, okay, let's do what you say." ”

The other people present did not express any objections at this time, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already made his attitude clear.

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Cold Mountain.

As soon as it was dawn, Zhou Jing had just gotten up when he heard a noise.

She got up, put on her windproof white cape, and stepped out of the tent.

"What's going on?" She asked the soldiers guarding outside her tent.

"Your Royal Highness, there are a lot of farmers here today, and they are standing on the training ground. I've heard that there are at least 30,000 people. I didn't wake you up because you were asleep. The soldier replied to her.

"Farmer? How come there are so many farmers? Zhou Jing was a little puzzled.

"I heard they're coming to join us."

"Defected to us?" Zhou Jing was even more confused.

As she spoke, she walked towards the training ground, and when she got there, she saw that Zheng Hangsu, Qi Lian, and the other generals were already standing there.

When she arrived, the peasants looked at her with their eyes.

She stood in front and said to them: "Since you have come to join me, please rest assured, I will not treat you badly, from now on, you will be my quiet people......

At this time, a person in front of the group of farmers said, "Lord Zhou Jing, we are here to defect to Zheng Gongzi!" My father was his old subordinate! I have admired Zheng Gong since I was a child, and now that his house is burning, my father asked me to come over and defect to Zheng Gongzi, and contribute to Zheng Gongzi's death! ”

Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment and did not make a sound.

At this time, another person's voice sounded far away in the crowd, and the man said loudly: "I am also here to defect to Zheng Gongzi!" My father was also his old subordinate! ”

Then many people shouted: "We are all here to defect to Zheng Gongzi!" ”

Zhou Jing was a little puzzled, looked at Zheng Hangsu, and saw that he was facing the crowd, but he was silent.

After being silent for a moment, she said: "When everyone comes to Zheng Gongzi, they also defect to me Zhou Jing." There is no need to distinguish between them, as long as we work together to fight the enemy. ”

One of the people in the crowd replied, "That's different! We are only here for Zheng Gongzi! ”

"Zheng Gongzi, what's going on?" Zhou Jing glanced at Zheng Hangsu and said.

Zheng Hangsu said: "Maybe as they said, they are my father's old subordinates, so when they saw that my house was burned, they rushed over to show their support to me." ”

At this time, Qi Lian was standing beside him, just snorting and not speaking.

He was puzzled, these farmers looked much stronger than ordinary farmers, and they looked like they had been practicing martial arts all year round.

What farmer will have enough to eat, have nothing to do, dance with a gun and a sword every day?

But because he couldn't understand where these farmers came from, he didn't say anything for the time being.

Zhou Jing said to the farmers: "That's it, since you are here, stay for the time being, as for Zheng Gongzi's affairs, I will make arrangements in the future." ”

"We don't want you to arrange it, we have to arrange it ourselves now, we only recognize Zheng Gongzi as our master, and no one else recognizes it! If His Royal Highness the County Lord doesn't comply, we'll leave immediately! ”

Zhou Jing said: "This matter needs to be discussed with the generals before making a decision. ”

She understood that if Zheng Hangsu was allowed to hold an important position in the army right now, and let him become the leader of these people, she was afraid that it would arouse the indignation of other generals.

It is also possible to cause the peasants and their own remnants of the soldiers to disagree with each other.

After all, the other soldiers only obeyed their own orders, as well as the generals in the army who were already leading them.

They have always had a disapproving and contemptuous attitude towards Zheng Hangsu.

And that, she can't change.

Now that these newcomers are present, she neither wants them to leave without leaving, nor does she want their arrival to cause irreconcilable contradictions.

Somehow blending these new and old soldiers is the most important issue at the moment.

She needs to think about it.