Chapter 212 Night Attack

(Dear friends, I originally wanted to reunite the young couple in this chapter.) But I found it too far-fetched to do that, so I had such a transitional chapter. With your understanding, we can reunite in the next chapter...... ）

The first night without a husband to accompany the warm bed, Xiaoxiao slept very unsteadily. The sound of the tiger's even breathing beside him poured into his ears, and his little mind kept flying outside Chang'an City, and he didn't know where his husband was marching now?

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This is a natural cantonment ground with open terrain in the east of Liangzhou City, and the imperial court counterinsurgency army that set out from the Beijing Division, marched more than 120 miles in one day, and has gone out of the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion and entered the ground of Liangzhou City. Because there are still more than 60 miles away from the capital of Liangzhou, there is also a steep mountain road of nearly 10 miles. Therefore, after symbolically discussing with Jiang Zhixuan, the commander of the army, Qi Shanxing, decided to camp on the spot!

More than a dozen private guards of the Jiang Mansion moved quickly to set up tents for Jiang Zhixuan. Xiao Shun had nothing to do, and he also ran to help, only Jiang Zhixuan was leisurely, walking here and there with great interest, and experiencing the rare military life in life.

Another fifty royal guards surrounded Jiang Zhixuan's military tent. Ten smaller tents were set up to enclose Jiang Zhixuan's main tent tightly. Outside of their small group, the tents of the 40,000-strong army of the Shenwu Army stretched for miles, and their tents were protected layer by layer. Jiang Zhixuan's safety problem seems to be described as stable as Mount Tai!

The tent was set up, and four royal guards guarded the door of Jiang Zhixuan's military tent, and fifteen other people were divided into three groups to patrol back and forth around Jiang Zhixuan's big tent. The rest of the guards and guards went to rest.

The border between Liangzhou and Jingzhaofu is a safe area under the absolute control of the Tang Dynasty, so the army does not have to worry about the enemy's night attack. Therefore, after dark, many camps were lit with blazing bonfires, and the sergeants used this to expel the oppressive cold on the one hand, and on the other hand, put the dry food and dried meat and other food that had been frozen with them on the fire to barbecue, and then grabbed a few handfuls of snow and put them into a small pot to boil, sprinkled some fried flour, and a pot of hot batter was made. Feast on the hot jerky, how comfortable is it in this icy and snowy camping moment?

Jiang Zhixuan naturally didn't need to do this himself, as a prison guard, he had a special royal cook to serve him. While the sergeants were nibbling on the batter, he was also sitting in a warm tent ready to eat, a golden leg of lamb still squeaking and bubbling with oil; a plate of lean fillet with kale flowers; A plate of cabbage stewed; There are also a few dishes that I can't name. Jiang Zhixuan looked at it. There were so many dishes that he couldn't finish them, so he asked Xiao Shun to call in the personal guards of the Jiang Mansion and several captains of the royal guards. I don't want to eat enough, but I want everyone to be able to taste it, after all, it is rare to eat such fresh and delicious vegetables when marching and fighting......

Because the army was always marching during the day, everyone ate some dry food at random while walking at noon. Therefore, this dinner can be regarded as the first dinner of the counterinsurgency army. Jiang Zhixuan's guards and guards, although they didn't say anything, they didn't say anything on their faces. But they all secretly watched his every move in their hearts, and if he was alone in the beautiful tent enjoying the food, he didn't care about everyone. Although everyone can't say anything, there will definitely be something in their hearts. Such a prison army, where is it worth their lives?

But now, the Lord of the Prison Army did not do this, but shared the seven or eight dishes that were not many with their more than 20 wolf-like men. Everyone's thoughts are different, after all, the prison army is different from the commander of the army, a weak scholar, where can he really eat and live with these rough people? Be able to have this heart. It is enough to show that the prison lord has these soldiers in his heart......

After happily finishing a dinner, Jiang Zhixuan had already learned about the things that need to be paid attention to when marching and fighting. The cook and Xiao Shun took down the dishes together, and Xiao Shun hurriedly made a couch for Jiang Zhixuan, and then went to the other side of the tent to rest. The big tent they lived in was much better than that of ordinary sergeants. Spacious and thick, separated by a curtain in the middle, Xiao Shun rests on the other side of the curtain at night, if Jiang Zhixuan needs anything, Xiao Shun can hear the shouts of the master at any time.

The night gradually deepened, but Jiang Zhixuan did not feel the slightest sleep. Lying at the head of the bed, my heart was full of emotion. This is the first military life in his life, and it would be false to say that he is not excited. I wonder what the battle will be like in the near future? Is it really as the court preached in the past, the army of the Celestial Empire is invincible, and the enemy rebels are about to collapse at the touch of a button?

After thinking about this, Jiang Zhixuan was worried about his wife and children at home again. Since they were lifted, the husband and wife have gathered less and left more, although there has been a year or two of time together, but there are lovers who stay together, no matter how much is not enough! I don't know what my beloved wife is doing at this time? Have you fallen asleep? Maybe it's like yourself, thinking about her? and Tiger Head, if you don't sleep with yourself in your arms tonight, will you honestly listen to your mother's words and lie down quietly? Yaya and Dandan, are they noisy? If they quarrel, can my beloved wife be busy alone......

Eyes fell on the strange box again, but at this time. This wooden box has no mystery to Jiang Zhixuan. After a whole day of painstaking research and thinking, he had successfully opened the wooden box.

Stretched out his hand and took out an envelope from his bosom, and wrote "Jiang Zhuangyuan personally opened". Jiang Zhixuan frowned and thought for a long time, and finally tore open the envelope, took out a piece of white silk from it, and read it carefully. This envelope was taken out of the wooden box after he opened it in the evening.

There is no beginning and end on the letter, only a few words of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing: "I would like to give a treasure coat, which can avoid swords and bows, and after seeing the letter, I will put on the treasure clothes, day and night, remember!" ”

"Baoyi?" This was the first thought that flashed through Jiang Zhixuan's mind. Pick up the box from the desk, open the lid, and take out the thin garment that is as thin as a cicada's wings and faintly glowing with gold. "With this dress, can you defend against swords and bows?" Jiang Zhixuan expressed skepticism.

"Xiaoshun, Xiaoshun?"

Xiaoshun also hasn't slept yet, Kazui is lying on the bed and thinking about his hometown, and Cui Qiao who stayed with Mrs. ">. This is also the first time he has gone away with the army, and this time it will take at least half a year to leave home. The mood was also very excited. Hearing the call of the master, he hurriedly lifted the quilt and stood up, and after taking two steps, he opened the curtain again:

"Sir, what do you command?"

"Go, bring me Commander Qin!" The commander of Qin is Qin Zhengyi, the leader of the royal guards who is responsible for protecting Jiang Zhixuan. He is also an old acquaintance with Jiang Zhixuan, and the last time Jiang Zhixuan returned to his hometown in fine clothes, he led the team to escort him.

Soon, the young Qin Zhengyi walked into the tent wearing battle armor and carrying a sword on his waist. He was inspecting the guards' night defense work, and saw Xiaoshun come to invite him. Thinking that the overseer had some orders, he hurried over:

"Lord Warden, what do you command?" Qin Zhengyi clasped his fists and asked in a deep voice.

"Oh, Brother Qin, how many times have I told you, you and my brother are old acquaintances, why be so polite?" After a deep groan, he pointed to the waist knife that Qin Shuang was carrying on his waist and said:

"Brother Qin, I want to borrow your treasure sword! Can? ”

Qin Zhengyi was inexplicable, thinking that the prison master was worried about someone attacking and wanted to take a weapon to his side, so he patted his chest:

"What does the Overseer want to do with his sword? But worried about a night attack by thieves? Don't worry, let's go outside, but there are 40,000 troops stationed there, and no thief can break into the tent of the prison lord......"

Jiang Zhixuan was choked for a moment, and then reacted: "Where does Brother Qin want to go?" Even if there is no 40,000 army, as long as there are Brother Qin and those unstoppable guards under you, Zhixuan is not afraid at all. Zhixuan needs a sharp weapon, try something! ”

Qin Zhengyi now understood, but he was a military general, and when he went out on this kind of expedition, the weapon had to stay with him for a moment. Therefore, I was a little embarrassed, looked around, and saw the sword with yellow hanging tassels on the desk, and my heart moved:

"Hehe, my lord, it's not that the last general is stingy, but when he goes out on the expedition, the general's weapons need to stay with him for a moment. Adults want sharp weapons, isn't there one there? As he spoke, he pointed to the one enshrined on the desk...... Shang Fang Sword!

Jiang Zhixuan looked in the direction of his finger and saw that what he was pointing at was the Shang Fang Sword that His Majesty had awarded to the prison army. was stunned for a moment, and then laughed happily: "Yes, yes, Zhixuan is short-sighted, haha, in this way, I won't work Brother Qin." Brother Qin should also rest earlier, Zhixuan can do it himself! ”

Qin Zhengyi didn't dare to say anything, and then retreated.

After confirming that Qin Zhengyi had gone away, Jiang Zhixuan instructed Xiao Shun again:

"Xiaoshun, the official is going to rest, and no one is allowed to come in without the permission of the official, understand?" Jiang Zhixuan didn't want others to know that he had a treasure robe, and he was not guilty, so he naturally understood the truth of his guilt. If this treasure robe is really invulnerable, how many people will have to fight its idea, and how much trouble and right and wrong will it cause?

"Got it, sir!" Through a curtain, Xiao Shun naturally heard Jiang Zhixuan's instructions clearly, and hurriedly replied when he heard the words.

"Very good, hehe, this official will come and see if this treasure is really as magical as it is on this letter!" Jiang Zhixuan thought so in his heart, then sat up from the bed, no longer wore shoes, ran two steps barefoot, went to the desk to pick up Shang Fang's sword, and then quickly jumped back to the bed. Carefully and slowly draw the sword from its scabbard so as not to make a noise. Then, he picked up the treasure robe again, looked left and right, and finally his eyes fell on the square pillow he was leaning on: "Yes, this is it......"

Picking up the pillow, and then wrapping the treasure clothes on the pillow, the experimental subjects that Jiang Zhixuan needed were made. Then, he picked up the extremely sharp Shang Fang sword, gently placed the tip of the sword on the pillow, and then slammed it hard from top to bottom......

I saw that the pillow, which was about the same hardness as the human body, suddenly became deeply concave. Jiang Zhixuan was still not at ease, so he concentrated the weight of his whole body on the sword and pressed it a few times again. I guess it's almost there, and then I slowly let go. Waiting for the pillow to return to its original shape, Jiang Zhixuan hurriedly threw away Shang Fang's sword, picked up the pillow and the treasure robe, and observed it carefully.

After looking around, Jiang Zhixuan found that the pillow was not damaged at all, and he was immediately very surprised: Is it really good? Then, he picked up the treasure clothes at a very fast speed, and first looked at the oil lamp in the direction of the desk, and found that there was no light leakage. Jiang Zhixuan began to get excited, but he was still a little uneasy, and he held the treasure clothes in both hands, carefully looking for the place where he had just been stabbed by the tip of the sword.

As a result, I searched two or three times, but I didn't find the slightest damage or even a trace of being stabbed by a sword! At this moment, Jiang Zhixuan became excited: Is it really an invulnerable treasure clothes? Who is this? I will give myself such a hard-to-find treasure! After looking at it again and again, Jiang Zhixuan was more and more pleased: with such a treasure robe, if he really encountered a chaotic army, he would have an extra layer of life protection than others anyway.

Thinking like this in his heart, and recalling the request for him in the letter, Jiang Zhixuan didn't say a word, quickly took off his coat, picked up the thin and light treasure clothes, quickly put them on his body, and then put on his coat and jacket. As soon as he put on his clothes, Jiang Zhixuan's heart suddenly became much more steady. Not only that, but he even had a sense of fearlessness, and even wanted to personally lead the sergeants to fight the mountain barbarians......

Finally suppressing the joy of suddenly obtaining the treasure, Jiang Zhixuan slowly put Shang Fang's sword back. Then he retracted back into the bed and slowly became proud.

He didn't know, everyone, including Qi Shanxing, the commander of the army, didn't know that at this time, less than twenty zhang away from the Shenwu military camp tent on the periphery, in a small black mountain col, there was a small army of more than 100 people, dressed in the uniforms of the Tang Army Shenwu Army. These people, all of whom are tall and burly, appear to be powerful and powerful, and the weapons they hold in their hands are also different! But all of them are saddled with bows and arrows! In the heavy snow, these people did not feel cold at all, none of them moved, and none of them spoke, which shows that these people are extremely elite samurai! Strangely, however, why didn't they enter the camp......

The leader of the man, carrying a seven-stone strong bow, with a beard on his face, burst out with a cold look in his eyes, with an unforgettable hatred and resentment, staring at the large military camps that stretched for dozens of miles not far ahead, watching the bustle and hustle and bustle of those camps when they were first set up camp, and the flames were soaring; Slowly, the sound faded, and the fire gradually went out; Then the last snoring sounded everywhere, and the smoke curled. If Xiaoxiao was here, she would definitely exclaim when she saw this bearded man: Isn't this the "ghost" she saw in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an that day......

The night was already very deep, and the entire Tang Army camp, except for the night sergeants who patrolled back and forth sporadically, everyone quietly fell asleep. After a day's journey, all the Don troops were a little tired. It's not that they have poor physical fitness, but they have rested peacefully for a year, and everyone hasn't adapted to it!

It's about the middle of the ugly hour, which is equivalent to about two o'clock in the morning. The small army in the col suddenly moved, the stout man with a bearded face. Turning around, he whispered a few words to the samurai behind him, and then, with a heavy nod, dozens of samurai all drew their short knives tied to their boots. With a very fast speed, he rushed towards the Tang army camp and rushed away......

Soon, these warriors dispersed and approached the night sergeants who were patrolling the outskirts of the Tang army camp. Almost at the same time, seven or eight samurai burst into attack at the same time, and suddenly rose to their feet, their powerful hands covering the mouths of the cruising sergeants with all their might, and the short knives in their hands stabbed at the chests of the sergeants with great skill......

After each assassination of a Tang sergeant, a samurai who did not know where he came from would take over the Tang army's continued patrol. So much so that the Tang Army in the distance couldn't find the slightest abnormality at all!

Although the left and right Shenwu troops are also an elite army, they have been stationed near the Beijing division for a long time, and their vigilance is naturally different from that of Zuo Xiaowei and other border troops who have been fighting outside for a long time. Soon, the mysterious small army all advanced to a place less than twenty zhang away from Jiang Zhixuan's big tent!

Seeing that there were still six or seven night sentinels of the Tang Army patrolling in front of him, he could reach his destination. The mysterious samurai all had a relieved expression on their faces. The bearded man also looked very excited. At this moment, a low voice came from inside a Tang army tent: "Hehe, see where are you still running?" Then there was silence again.

But this sentence was like a thunderclap, and it scared the few warriors who happened to be close to the tent into disarray. After being stunned for a moment, they unanimously made a judgment: their group has been exposed! So, three or four samurai lifted the curtain of the tent and rushed in and slashed with their swords. I heard a terrible scream from inside the tent, and soon calm returned. Pity the Tang Army sergeant who dreamed of winning a battle in his dreams, and because of such a dream sentence, he became a ghost under the knife......

However, he did not die in vain, and the screams of the tent here aroused the alarm of a Tang army night sentry not far away. As he looked this way, he saw several men in military uniforms, carrying bloodied knives, rushing out of the screaming tent.

"Who? Hold it...... Yes! As soon as he opened his mouth to shout, he was shot through the chest by a wolf's tooth arrow, and fell to the ground on his back. But his shout also attracted the attention of all the night sentinels at the same time, and even many Tang soldiers in the tents were awakened......

At the same time, the small army also completely gave up its sneaky actions, each took out its weapons, and shouted loudly towards Jiang Zhixuan's big tent in the middle, and rushed to kill with open fire. And the bearded man, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the rush of the crowd, dodged and hid in the continuous tent......

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