The soldiers listened enthusiastically, but some people were still curious about why they brought Jiang Liuyu here. Su Jingye naturally knew, and turned around and pulled Jiang Liuyu in front of him.

"Like all of you, this king asked himself to lead his troops to protect his family. The king and the princess are deeply in love, the princess is not worried about the king, so she insists on following, at this time, the emperor and the emperor have agreed, if you don't believe it, you can ask someone to go to the capital to inquire. ”

Seeing that the opposition was a little quieter, Su Jingye added: "I'm afraid that you don't have doubts about the princess, but about the king's ability to lead." ”

There are also soldiers in the camp who have followed Su Jingye for many years, and the soldiers have passed on to each other, which naturally deifies Su Jingye's ability. There are many people who have admiration for Su Jingye and want to take refuge in his banner, but they have never had a chance, and now they can fight under him, and when they hear that he is worried about the heartfelt feelings of the people below him, they dare to say the opposite.

"His Highness's talent is obvious to all in the army, how dare you doubt Your Highness."

"In that case, do you think I will delay the war because the princess is on my side?" Su Jingye looked down at the people underground, "I, Su Jingye, are very affectionate and righteous, and the princess is the same." There is strict discipline in the army, and I will not make any exceptions because of my status. ”

"Wait for us to go on the expedition, kill the traitors, and defend the territory!"

From this king to me, it is a sign that Su Jingye intends to share weal and woe with all the soldiers. Especially the last sentence, which greatly stimulated the blood in the bones of the soldiers, and for a while the crowd was indignant, raising their arms and shouting: "We swear to follow His Highness to the death, kill traitors, and defend the territory." ”

The 100,000-strong army set out, Su Jingye rode a horse and walked in the front, and Jiang Liuyu sat on the eaves of the troop carriage in order to hide people's eyes. Su Jingye was worried that she couldn't stand the scorching sun so much, so she walked back to look at her when she had the opportunity, and Jiang Liuyu was ashamed and annoyed.

"You go back, this little sun is nothing, and I am no exception to share weal and sorrow with the soldiers."

Su Jingye frowned and glanced into the distance, and said, "I'm going to enter the mountain soon, how cool the trees are in the mountain, you can rest." ”

"Okay, I see, let's go." Jiang Liuyu smiled lightly and nodded.

The road is far away, and Su Jingye is not good at casually asking the soldiers to stop and rest, this time to the deep mountains, the lush branches block a lot of the sun, just to take a break. After 100,000 soldiers and horses had entered the mountain, Su Jingye deliberately slowed down a little, but saw the scouts sent to explore the road in front of him running back out of breath.

"Report ~ Your Highness, a lot of trees have been cut down in front, and there is a suspected ambush!" With that, a feathered arrow flew and shot at him, piercing his chest and dying.

Su Jingye was frightened, quickly turned the horse's head, and shouted: "Quickly find trees and boulders as cover, scatter as much as possible, and avoid places where there is no shelter on the flat ground!" ”

His orders were soon passed on by others. Su Jingye didn't care about the feather arrows that kept shooting from the forest, and rode his horse to Jiang Liuyu's side. It was the first time for Jiang Liuyu to see this kind of ambush battle in the real sense, and he squatted under the carriage for the first time, but fortunately there were no feather arrows to shoot down.

When Su Jingye saw her, he immediately dismounted and pulled out his sword, covering Jiang Liuyu to hide behind the big tree. When Jiang Liuyu was just hiding, he deliberately observed the direction in which the lower feather arrows flew out, mostly shooting from the branches of the trees, from top to bottom, no wonder no one could see Jiang Liuyu.

It's just an ambush in the woods, will someone attack with feathered arrows, isn't it true that most of the feathered arrows are blocked by trees?

Jiang Liuyu felt that something was wrong, and he smelled a smell of charcoal. She hurriedly pulled Su Jingye: "Jingye, no, the feather arrows are just diverting attention, they want to attack with fire!" ”

Su Jingye turned his head sharply and found that many soldiers were hiding behind big trees in order to avoid poisonous milk feather arrows, and behind many trees, they could smell a smell of sesame oleoresin.

"Everyone, lean in the direction of the big stone, pick up the soil with your sword, and bury all the grease!"

As soon as Su Jingye's order was finished, a lot of burning wood flew in the sky. There was wood and grease on the ground, and the spark jumped up a little. Some of them were quick, and they had already covered the flowing grease with soil, and the fire was slightly smaller, so that they could survive.

And those who are still ignorant can only be burned alive. The screams of many people lingered in her ears, and Su Jingye hurriedly covered Jiang Liuyu's ears, telling her to just stare at the ground and not look to either side.

"Everyone, retreat with me." The fire was so great that almost everyone fled in the heat. The burning wood, like shooting stars, kept streaking overhead. In the whole forest, there was only the screams of the warriors.

"Why are there so many fires, how many people are there for them, must there be one or two thousand?" finally escaped, and the deputy general was sitting next to Su Jingye and talked about it. Su Jingye frowned, if there were one or two thousand, how could they completely hide the eyes of the imperial court and quietly come here to set up an ambush?

"Let's check first, how many people have been lost." Su Jingye personally took the gauze and went to bandage the injured soldiers, and Jiang Liuyu was inconvenient to contact them, so he helped dispense medicine.

The adjutant general went and came back, "Return to Your Highness, dead and wounded, at least 10,000." ”

Hearing this, Su Jingye's hands trembled, and he carefully wrapped the little soldier, and then stood up a little depressed, walked to a stone and said loudly: "It's not safe here, let's walk a little longer, and then rest when we reach a place with a water source." After this battle, the morale of all the soldiers was a little frustrated, and they supported each other to continue to move forward.

As night fell, the army found a stream, stopped to trim it, and lit a bonfire to eat. The deputy general brought a bowl of boiling water and a piece of flatbread and handed it to Su Jingye, but Su Jingye shook his head.

"Your Highness, today I only blame those rebels for being too cunning, don't blame yourself too much, you have to eat something first."

"Give it to me." Jiang Liuyu told him to ponder, reached out and took it, and tore the flatbread little by little and soaked it in water.

"You're tired from a day, eat some, don't worry me." Jiang Liuyu handed over the bowl soaked in the cake, Su Jingye glanced at her, took a few sips and drank it all.

"A sneak attack with fire in the woods will catch anyone off guard." Even Cao Cao's cousin Xiahoudun was also defeated and retreated by Zhuge Liang's fire. Jiang Liuyu was very distressed when she saw Su Jingye take the lead in fighting the rebels in order to cover the retreat of the soldiers today. Su Jingye, a person who loves elegance, is also forced to fight on the battlefield.

"I'm not just thinking about this," Su Jingye put the bowl down, "Liuyu, don't you think it's strange, how could the rebels know our march route and wait in the woods. ”

"Also, the adjutant general once said that the number of rebels seems to be as high as 20,000, how did such a large number of men and horses do it to run over silently without revealing any news?"

"Twenty thousand?!" Jiang Liuyu was stunned, and after listening to his words, he was a little aware, "Could it be that you suspect that someone in the army leaked secrets?" ”

"The army is strictly controlled, even if there is, it is difficult to transmit news to the outside, I mainly suspect that the court and the central government, I am afraid that someone has already colluded with the king of Nanyang, otherwise how could the king of Nanyang move so fast, whether it is to occupy the city or today's ambush." Su Jingye narrowed his eyes slightly, "However, in the army, there will definitely be one." ”

"It's all later, and I'm mainly worried about you right now." Jiang Liuyu sighed, "Before you set out on the expedition, you will lose one-tenth of your troops, whether it is morale or the tongue of those cowards in the court, it will be very unfavorable to you." ”

"At the price of blood, it will be easier for the sergeants to boost morale, just send it back to the imperial court, it is estimated that it just gives the group of people who colluded with traitors a chance, please replace me." Su Jingye touched his chin and thought for a while, "But if no one dares to go on the expedition, Your Majesty will not easily replace me." "Actually, he can take a gamble and collude with Su Yutian, when the court learns about his defeat this time, the one who is most enthusiastic about replacing him must be the one who colludes with the traitors. But Su Jingye wasn't sure if Su Yutian would believe in himself.

Just thinking about it, Liu Jianjun came to ask for a meeting.

"What's the matter with you?" Su Jingye coughed and looked at the comer.

Liu Jianjun turned his small dripping eyes, and with a slight movement of his expression, a lot of folds appeared on his face. "I've seen Your Highness, the little one is the prison army, surnamed Hu, I want to ask Your Highness, I have injured so many people in today's war, should I report to Your Majesty."

"No need, if this thing gets out, won't it make everyone in the capital dangerous and make people panic." Jiang Liuyu threw a piece of firewood into the bonfire and burned the fire more vigorously. When she saw the appearance and posture of the prison guard, she felt uncomfortable, and deliberately avoided her eyes.

"The princess doesn't know, how much is lost in the army every day, it has to be reported, we are truthfully returning, how can we put everyone in the capital in danger?" Liu Jianjun smiled and covered the corners of his mouth with his sleeve.

"Since you already have an idea in your heart, why do you bother to ask me," Su Jingye sneered, he was also disdainful of people like the prison army.

"The subordinates do things according to the rules, this asking the master will be the rule, and reporting is also the rule, and the subordinates have no choice." The overseer opened his mouth to call Su Jingye the commander-in-chief, and the emperor appointed him as the commander-in-chief.

Jiang Liuyu was unhappy in her heart, stood up and said: "No matter what rules you have, in this army, the commander's words are the biggest, as a subordinate, you should obey, instead of blindly going against him." ”

"The subordinates know their mistakes, but they don't know where they offended the princess, and the princess wants to compete like this." Liu Jian Jun bowed his body, as if he was very pitiful.

"You!" Jiang Liuyu was angry, and Su Jingye also got up and pulled her. Liu Jianjun said that he would endure him, but if he dared to humiliate Jiang Liuyu, he would never let it go. "I don't know when I pointed out the mistakes of my subordinates, and it turned into a rivalry. Could it be that you want this king to beg you in a low manner! ”