Chapter 259: Turning Defeat into Victory

Mei Xiaoren personally rushed to Mrs. Wei's barracks, and when she saw the starry light, it was already dark, and the surroundings were extremely quiet, a kind of unsettling quiet.

She came out of Yunxian County to the outside of the barracks has never met the enemy, nor has she seen anything to carry grain and grass, she thought that she came in time, who knew that after entering the barracks, she saw a few people in rough clothes walking around the barracks, chatting with the soldiers, helping the soldiers to make a fire and cook.

Mei Xiaoren suddenly felt bad, and after inquiring with the soldiers, he learned that those were the coolies who were the grain coolies rescued by Mrs. Wei from the Xia army today, the so-called "prisoners".

Mei Xiaoren didn't have time to let the soldiers report, so she quickened her pace and entered the big tent, at this time Mrs. Wei was sitting behind the desk with her legs crossed, shaking her fan boringly.

"Xia Guo is the same, I don't pick a time to fight, what kind of war is declared on a hot day, can't I fight in winter?" Mrs. Wei sped up shaking the fan and complained, "The old lady has to sweat if she doesn't move!" ”

Mei Xiaoren stepped forward and arched his hand, "Madam, I have something to report to Madame." ”

Zhu Xiaozhen frowned when she saw someone coming, put down her legs, sat up straight, and said: "Master Mei, didn't I let you stay in the city, you came here, in case there is a bad thing, how can our Zhu family explain to Xiangye?" ”

"Without further ado, Madame will give the order as I say, and I will explain something else to Madame."

In less than half an hour, it became a bit noisy outside.

"Newspaper—" a soldier hurried to report, "General, the granary is on fire!" ”

Zhu Xiaozhen walked quickly to the window, opened the curtain and looked out, only to see the northwest corner of the barracks blazing.

"Newspaper—" another soldier came in with a long voice, "General, the west side is also burning." ”

"Don't put out the fire yet."

Soon, someone else came to report: "General, many soldiers are rolling on the ground outside, and the military doctor says they have been poisoned!" ”

Zhu Xiaozhen walked out of the camp tent to check the situation outside, it should be because of the strong wind, the fire spread extremely fast, quickly engulfing most of the military camp.

After the fire, the barracks became extremely noisy, the soldiers fled, and it was not long before the entire barracks was in disarray.

Zhu Xiaozhen had to evacuate with Mei Xiaoren and them, and when they arrived outside the barracks, there were already flames behind them.

Mei Xiaoren told her that the reason why this happened was that she fell into the enemy's way. The "captives" she rescued in the evening were not captives at all, but spies who had already taken refuge in the Xia Kingdom.

They infiltrated her barracks only to set fire to and poison her.

She's obviously kind......

Zhu Xiaozhen was angry, raised her sword and pointed in the direction of Xia Guo and scolded: "The princess of Xia Guo who suffered a thousand knives dares to calculate the old lady, the old lady has to chop her next time!" ”

Mei Xiaoren also looked in the direction of Xia Guo and said to Mrs. Wei: "Madam, hurry up, the enemy army is coming." ”

Xia Guo played these tricks because he wanted to take advantage of the chaos in their military camp and send troops to take advantage of the fire to rob.

She dared to conclude that Xia Jun was hiding in the Xia Kingdom at this time, not far from them.

Sure enough, as soon as Mrs. Wei gave the order to withdraw the troops, Xia Guo was relieved that there were many flickering lights, which were enemies rushing towards them with torches.

Mei Xiaoren rode his horse back with Mrs. Wei, and the Xia army pursued after him. She went back and estimated the strength of the enemy's army, which was at least twice as much as theirs, which showed that Xia Guo had made a heavy bet this time and wanted to wipe out Mrs. Wei's 40,000 horses.

Xia Jun chased closer and closer, Mrs. Wei grabbed the reins and said to Mei Xiaoren beside her: "That's it, you stand far away and protect yourself." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded, and spurred his horse to run into the mountains and forests on the side.

The Xia army soon caught up, and the two armies converged and immediately fell into a melee.

Not long after the Xia army withdrew, this time it was to concentrate its forces and pour out of the nest. Compared with the Xia Kingdom, Zhu Xiaozhen led very few soldiers and horses, but she was not afraid and still ordered the army to stop and fight with her.

When all the troops of the Xia Kingdom caught up, a red firework soared into the air, and many Ning troops rushed out of the mountains and forests behind the Xia army, cutting off their way to the ground.

As early as the fire, Zhao Dutong and the others were ordered to evacuate the barracks with the army, seemingly fleeing due to the fire, but in fact, according to the orders of Mrs. Wei, they hid in the mountains and forests nearby.

The Xia people wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, so they gave the Xia people an urn to catch turtles.

Zhu Xiaozhen led fewer retreating soldiers and horses, and most of the troops were given to Zhao Dutong to block the enemy's way, even if the Xia army has been trapped by them now, their chances of victory are not great.

Zhu Xiaozhen was only glad that Mei Xiaoren had been with the prime minister for a long time, and his brain was much smarter than ordinary people.

The burning of the military camp was originally a means for the spies to hint at the Xia army's attack, but now it has also become a way for her to summon reinforcements.

When the fire was soaring, the Xia army began to attack, and her father also came with the army to help catch the eighth king in the urn.

Not long after the two armies fought, Daning's 40,000 horses suddenly turned into 100,000, which made the Xia army, who was in a dilemma, dumbfounded.

The Xia army had no way to escape, so they had to fight to the death, and a fierce battle lasted from late night to dawn.

When the sun rose, the sound of soldiers gradually stopped.

In the end, the battle ended with the surrender of the Xia generals.

Zhu Xiaozhen was half tired to death, and only breathed a sigh of relief after watching the soldiers tie up all the captives. She walked up to her father with a stirrup kick and exclaimed, "It's so enjoyable! ”

General Zhu watched his subordinates clean up the battlefield, and said to his daughter: "You have to thank Master Mei when you go back, if it weren't for him, what is lying here now would be the corpses of Daning soldiers, if we lose this battle, we will be greatly injured, and we can hope to win the battle in the future." ”

"I know he's done a good job." Zhu Xiaozhen smiled and instructed his entourage, "Don't go and invite Master Mei out, our Zhu family has to thank him!" ”

Mei Xiaoren rushed to the barracks last night and told her that the "prisoner" she rescued was a spy, and at that time she only thought of arresting people, and it was Mei Xiaoren who said that instead of ruining the plan of the Xia army and letting it give up the attack, it was better to have a plan and take this opportunity to counter the Xia army.

Zhu Xiaozhen listened to Mei Xiaoren's suggestion, and arrested them before the spies started, in order to prevent the spies and meticulous work of the Xia Kingdom inside and outside the camp, she let some of her henchmen lie on the ground and roll, pretending to be poisoned, and ordered people to start setting fire to the camp, and then pretending to be defeated in front of the Xia army, so that the Xia army mistakenly thought that the plan had been completed.

She arranged for Zhao Dutong and Ye Zhi to take the opportunity to hide in the mountains and forests with the army first, and then she evacuated with the rest of the men and horses, luring the Xia army to fight, and when her father arrived, the battle turned into victory so beautifully!

Zhu Xiaozhen happily waited, and waited for a long time before the entourage came back, but Mei Xiaoren was still nowhere to be seen.

The attendant said anxiously: "Miss, we searched all over the forest, but we didn't find Master Mei......"