Chu Chen on the side lowered his eyes, he didn't understand why the adults humiliated Xun Xiu so much, if he didn't want to form an alliance with Nie Shu, just say it, why bother!

Lin Haotian patted Xun Xiu's shoulder and said, "Mr. Xun, now, you can honor your bet, right?"

Xun Xiu's face turned pale, he looked at Lin Haotian blankly for a long time, and then, he grabbed the shaft of the arrow violently, pressed the arrow against his throat, and made a gesture to stab down. But at the moment when he stabbed back hard, Lin Haotian suddenly clasped his wrist, and then, with a smile on his back, praised: "Yes, although Mr. Xun is just a scholar, he does have some special backbone!"

"General Lin......"

"You have backbone, it doesn't mean that Nie Shu is qualified to form an alliance with Ben Shuai, you go back and tell Nie Shu that if you want to form an alliance with my Jin Kingdom, you have to show your strength to prove your qualifications. ”

While speaking, Lin Haotian turned around and walked towards his camp tent and said without looking back: "As long as one month, you have to let Ben Shuai see how many heads of Yan Jun you can cut off, and a human head can be exchanged for a weapon, a set of armor, a tael of silver, and a stone of grain and grass." How much assistance you can get from my Jin Kingdom depends on the skills you have shown this month!"

Huh? Xun Xiu froze, looking at Lin Haotian's departing back and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Chu Chen's eyes rolled, and he reminded in a low voice, "Mr. Xun, why don't you hurry up and thank you?"

Xun Xiu's body was shocked, and he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Thank you General Lin, villain." ”

"Haha-" Lin Haotian's hearty laughter returned.

Let's talk about Xun Xiu, after Lin Haotian walked away, he stood up tremblingly from the ground, and it was only then that he noticed that the clothes on his body were soaked with sweat, and the night wind blew, and there was a cold chill.

He shivered. looked at Chu Chen for help, and said in a trembling voice: "General Nie, General Lin is ......"

"Your Excellency's meaning has been made clear. Chu Chen said: "Mr. Xun has to rush back to Youdi immediately and tell the adult's intentions to Nie Shu, the adult now wants to see your true strength, so in this month." You have to do everything you can to attack the Yan army that you can, not only for the first aid that the Jin Kingdom will give you, but also for the formal alliance in the future. ”

Xun Xiu nodded while listening, and when Chu Chen finished speaking, he hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, yes, the villain will immediately go back to Youdi and convey General Lin's meaning to my general!"

"En!" Chu Chen nodded and said, "You can leave immediately." Ben Shuai can't send you back, you need to stay in Liuhe for a while longer. ”

"Yes!" Xun Xiu agreed, bowed to Chu Chen again, and thanked him for his great help, but Chu Chen's reaction was very distant, and he didn't say anything more, and walked away quickly.

Chu Chen could see that the adults still had a lot of scruples about Youren. He can't get too close to Youren anymore, otherwise he will only attract the disgust and suspicion of adults. His own life was hanging by a thread.

Xun Xiu said goodbye to Chu Chen, left Liuhe overnight, and rushed back to Youdi.

The rebels led by Nie Shu basically gathered in Xiangshan and Guping counties in Youdi, which were not far from Liuhe, but in order to avoid the Yan army along the way, Xun Xiu needed to take a detour.

Even if he traveled overnight. When I rushed back to Xiangshan County to join Nie Shu, it was already half a month later. Now, there is only half a month left for Nie Shu, and he wants to kill and injure the Yan army as much as possible in half a month, if it is just to fight the stragglers of the Yan army. Attacking some small checkpoints and small strongholds, it will not kill many people at all, and the materials that can be exchanged for will be pitiful, and the alliance with the Jin State is impossible to talk about, after repeated consideration, Nie Shu decided to take a risk and directly attack a Yan army camp on the border of Yumu.

The Yan army camp he selected had as many as 50,000 Yan troops, and it was not a local army, it was the thirteenth army corps under the Yan Central Army.

Although it is not the main army of the Yan Kingdom, it is the Central Army after all, and its combat power should not be underestimated.

In fact, Nie Shu has long wanted to attack here, first of all, this Yanjun camp is very close to Xiangshan County, and there are many troops in it, for Nie Shu, it is a huge threat and hidden danger.

It's just that there are 50,000 troops hoarded in this Yan camp, and it is still the central army of Yan State, he has never dared to touch it, just thinking that after forming an alliance with Jin State, he can join forces with the Jin Army to attack and pull out this thorn in his eye, and now it seems that he can't count on the Jin Army for the time being, and he can only rely on them to act alone.

Knowing that Nie Shu was going to attack this Yan army camp, many of the generals below expressed their opposition, thinking that attacking such a large Yan camp with their current strength was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, but Nie Shu ignored public opinion and insisted on his own opinion, thinking that he had a chance to defeat the Yan camp, and this time was also a good opportunity to show his strength to the Jin country.

Of course, there is a reason for Nie Shu's confidence.

First, there are many troops under his command, even if it is a rabble that is temporarily pieced together, it is also a rabble of 200,000, several times that of the Yan army, second, the Yan army will not think that they can take the initiative to attack them, and the Yan people will not think that they have such courage, so they have the conditions to surprise and attack them, third, the terrain of the Yan camp is high in the south and low in the north, and it is very effective in defending the Jin army in the north, while the Yan army is attacking from behind the Yan camp, from high to low, and has a geographical advantage.

It is precisely because of these considerations that Nie Shu believes that there is a great hope of winning this battle.

In fact, he still thought about the war too ideally, he used to fight the local army of Yanguo, but now he wants to fight the central army, like most countries, the combat power of the local army of Yanguo is not at the same level as the combat power of the central army.

When Nie Shu's rebels launched a surprise attack on the Yan camp, they were met with stubborn resistance from the Yan army.

The speed of the Yan army's reaction was extremely fast, and the center of gravity of the defense immediately shifted from north to south, giving the sneak attack to the rebels.

As soon as the fighting was in full swing, the rebels' weaknesses were immediately exposed.

The soldiers have no armor, most of them are wearing cloth clothes and linen pants to charge, there are no decent weapons, there are many people who use bamboo curtains as shields and axes and sickles as weapons, and what is even worse is that the rebels do not have imaginary siege equipment, large equipment such as stone throwers is a luxury for them, even the most basic ladders are in short supply, and a ladder is erected. There were a large number of soldiers crowded below, and there was a sea of rebels rushing to the bottom of the camp, but few could climb the ladder.

Such an attack was completely by adding people to it, and the rebels who rushed up were killed one after another, and the corpses in front of the camp were piled up. Rivers of blood.

If it were a rebel army from another country, it would have retreated long ago when it reached such a point, and the morale of the whole army would have collapsed long ago, but the people in particular have the spirit of not giving up until the goal is reached, preferring to die rather than looking back, and people step on the corpses of their comrades, let out a beast-like cry, and charge forward like crazy, fighting to the end. Even the Yan army guarding the camp was so weak and cold that they were cold.

The Yan army was intimidated by You Ren's momentum, and the original fierce counterattack gradually weakened, which gave You Ren a chance to break through head-on.

At the beginning, the You people only tore a small hole in the Yan army's defense line, but as more and more You people killed the wall, the Yan army's defense line began to fall into chaos.

At the end of the battle, the You people who rushed to the walled wall took advantage of the situation and killed in the camp. And open the gate of the camp, so that the people outside can rush directly into it.

saw that the gate of the Yan camp was breached by his own side. Nie Shu, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at this time he could already conclude that his side had won the battle.

In hand-to-hand combat, even if the number of Yan troops is larger than his own, Nie Shu is not afraid, not to mention. Now they still have the advantage in troops.

The battle was also just as he judged, after the defense line was broken through by Youren, the Yan army was completely defeated, and the ensuing battle became no suspense, and it was completely a one-sided massacre of the Yan army by Youren.

The battle lasted from early morning to late at night. From the late night to the early morning of the second day, the battle lasted for a day and a night.

It wasn't until the next day, when it was dark, that the battle was basically over.

In this battle, the 50,000 Yan army was almost wiped out, and a few people did not escape, and the Nie Shu 1 who won a complete victory was actually a miserable victory, and their casualties were more than the Yan army, reaching about 80,000, if only the casualties, Nie Shu was defeated.

Those Yan soldiers who were captured alive by You Sheng in the battle, Nie Shu was not polite at all, and ordered all of them to be beheaded. For him, the living captives are meaningless, but still a burden, and if you kill them, you can take their heads to the Jin Kingdom in exchange for a large amount of supplies and food.

The 50,000 Yan army allowed Nie Shu to get 50,000 heads, although the price paid was a bit heavy, but it was finally gained.

After this battle, Nie Shu took advantage of the situation to sneak attack several strongholds and fortresses of the Yan army, and finally collected 60,000 Yan army heads, and when Lin Haotian agreed on the date, Nie Shu personally went out to transport the 60,000 Yan army heads quietly across the border and sneaked into the wooden land.

After arriving at the camp of the Iron Lion Army, Chu Chen, who heard the news, greeted him out of the camp and met Nie Shu outside the camp gate.

Nie Shu is not very old, not yet thirty years old, burly, with big shoulders and a round waist, he is born with a dignified appearance and extraordinary aura, and it seems that he has a little familiarity with Nie Xing.

After meeting, Nie Shu first stepped forward, bowed his hand, and said: "In Xia Nie Shu, I have admired General Chu's name for a long time, and I have been living in Wanxian County with my father before, and I didn't have the opportunity to meet General Chu. ”

At that time, as long as the princes of the countries were not princes, most of them would be sent to places after being knighted, and Nie Shu said that he had never seen Chu Chen before, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Seeing that Nie Shu was so polite, Chu Chen also treated him politely, and he said with a smile: "General Li is polite, please in the camp!"

"General Chu, please!" During the greetings, the two walked into the barracks.

Entering the Chinese military tent and taking a seat, Nie Shu first thanked Chu Chen and said: "Thanks to General Chu's great help this time, Mr. Xun was able to meet General Lin smoothly when he visited Jin State. ”

He was a pun intended.

First, it is to curry favor with Chu Chen, and second, it is to see Chu Chen's attitude towards himself, if he can, win Chu Chen to his side, it will be too beneficial to himself.

Chu Chen is only in his forties, but he is already a veteran in the army, and he is very shrewd, how can he not understand Nie Shu's intentions? He smiled slightly, and said: "General Li doesn't need to thank me, forming an alliance with your side is also profitable for my Jin country, and it doesn't matter who helped whom, so General Li doesn't have to be grateful to Ben Shuai at all." ”

Hearing him say this, Nie Shu knew in his heart that Chu Chen did not intend to turn his back on Jin Guo, he was clever and no longer tempted, and the words changed sharply, and he said: "General Chu." The appointment with General Lin came as scheduled, but I don't know if your army has prepared everything agreed?"

Chu Chen looked up and smiled, and said, "General Li, rest assured, the armaments and food reserves in our army are enough for your needs. ”

"Oh?" Nie Shu reminded with a smile: "General Chu, you must know that there are a lot of loot brought by you this time!"

"How much is a lot?" Chu Chen asked with a smile.

"Sixty thousand!" Nie Shu said in an accentuated tone.

Sixty thousand? Chu Chen was shocked. In just one month, Nie Shu actually killed 60,000 Yan troops?

Seeing the surprise in his eyes unconsciously, Nie Shu also became nervous, and asked, "The armaments and food prepared by your army are not enough?"

Now he is most concerned about armaments and food, this time he paid such a big price, in order to get as much assistance as possible from the Jin State, if the Jin State can not fulfill its promise, then all kinds of losses on his side will be in vain.

Chu Chen quickly calmed down and said with a smile: "General Li doesn't have to be careful. Since it is a promise made by an adult, Japan will certainly fulfill it. ”

According to Lin Haotian's promise, 60,000 Yan troops are equivalent to 60,000 sets of armaments, 60,000 silver taels and 60,000 stone of grain and grass, which is nothing at all for the Jin Kingdom.

He stood up and said to Nie Shu: "Since General Li has brought all the loot, I don't know if I can take this marshal to have a look!"

"Of course you can!" Nie Shu also hurriedly stood up and walked out of the Zhongjun tent with Chu Chen.

At this time. The carriages of the people have all stopped outside the tent of the Chinese army, and they can be seen. There were hundreds of them as far as the eye could see, and each carriage was stacked with several boxes, tied up sturdily.

Chu Chen walked over to the guards beside him, jumped into a carriage, and drew his saber. Pick off the top chest, then open one and look inside.

Chu Chen's guards are all veterans of the army who kill people without blinking, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as iron-hearted, but when he saw the contents of the box clearly. The guard's face couldn't help but change suddenly, his brows furrowed, and he forcibly resisted a gagging reaction, picked up a severed head with his saber, and then looked back at Chu Chen.

Due to the time that has been left for too long, the human head has been somewhat rotten, the flesh and blood on the face are blurred, and it is not clear what he looks like, but Nie Shu is very 'considerate', and he deliberately asked people to hang the military badge of the Yan Army on each severed head, with a name, a surname and a background, indicating that he is not adulterated.

Nie Shu said on the side: "General Chu, these are a total of 60,000 heads of the Yan Army, only a lot more, and each has the military badge of the Yan Army hanging on it.

Chu Chen was not interested in these Yan Army's severed heads, and after listening to Nie Shu's explanation, he nodded slightly, unwilling to take a second look, and turned around and walked back to the Zhongjun tent.

Nie Shu immediately followed, and asked in a low voice, "General Nie, our supplies and food ......?"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Chu Chen said to Deputy Marshal Chen Xiu: "General Chen, take out 60,000 sets of armor and weapons from my military arsenal, and another 60,000 taels of silver and 60,000 stone of grain. ”

Chen Xiu replied, "Yes, General!" After speaking, he strode out.

Seeing that Chu Chen didn't lose his words, it really made people go to extract armaments and food, Nie Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With these 60,000 sets of armaments, he can arm a 60,000 army of tigers and wolves, and with 60,000 salaries, he can recruit a large number of soldiers.

However, he was not satisfied, these armaments and food were only enough to solve the urgent need, and he valued the next aid from the Jin State.

He owed a debt to Chu Chen and said, "This time, our side has annihilated as many as 60,000 Yan troops within a month, presumably in General Lin's mind, he is already qualified to form an alliance with the Jin State!"

"Ben Shuai is not an adult, as for what the adult thinks in his heart, Ben Shuai is also difficult to guess. Chu Chen said, "However, General Li can discuss with the adults in person. ”

Nie Shu was secretly taken aback, rolled his eyes, and said, "What does General Chu mean is that he wants to go down to the Liuhe River?"

"Why? Don't General Li dare?"

"No, no, no! Since I dare to come here to meet General Chu, I naturally have the courage to go to Liuhe in person, but I don't know if this is what General Lin means or General Chu means?"

Chu Chen looked up and smiled, and said, "The meaning of this handsome is the meaning of an adult." General Li, since you plan to form an alliance with our Jin Kingdom, Ben Shuai thinks that there are many things that you still need to discuss with your adults face to face. ”

Nie Shu nodded again and again, and said with a straight face: "What General Chu said is extremely true, I don't know, when will I start my journey?"

"Without further ado, the sooner the better, of course. Chu Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at Nie Shu, his gaze a little floating.

Now, his mood is also very complicated, from the bottom of his heart, he hopes that Nie Shu can successfully restore the country and rebuild the country of You, but with the strength of Nie Shu's department, he really can't compete with the country of Yan, so he can only ask the country of Jin for help, but Chu Chen knows Lin Haotian's temperament too well, and forming an alliance with Lin Haotian is undoubtedly a conspiracy with the tiger, and Lin Haotian cannot tolerate the re-establishment of the country of You. Therefore, in Chu Chen's opinion, no matter whether Nie Shu can successfully form an alliance with the Jin State or not, in the end, he is afraid that it will be a dead end.

Of course, he couldn't say these words to Nie Shu, so he could only hold them in his heart and sigh secretly.

To make a long story short, Nie Shu listened to Chu Chen's suggestion and went to Liuhe in person to meet Lin Haotian.

It's just that after he arrived at Liuhe, he didn't even enter the post station where Lin Haotian was staying, and the latter only met him in the military camp outside the city.

It's not that Lin Haotian despises him so much, but he doesn't want to make the matter of the alliance between Jin Guo and Nie Shu public so quickly.

The military camp where Lin Haotian met Nie Shu was the camp of the First Legion, and after Nie Shu came in, it was not enough, he looked left and right, and looked endlessly.

If he could, he really wanted to go through all the camps of the First Legion, and there were too many things for him to learn from the layout, layout, ordering, and even the use of terrain in the entire camp. (To be continued......)