Chapter 189: Kindness Returns
"Who is this?" Zhu Long looked at the excited Wu Song and the white-faced Housheng suspiciously, and there were some guesses in his heart.
Wu Song came back to his senses and introduced: "This is my good brother Shi En, the people in the rivers and lakes call him 'Golden Eye Biao', when the younger brother was in Mengzhou Prison City, he took care of it!" ”
Without waiting for Wu Song to introduce Zhu Long, Shi En stepped forward and bowed: "Your Excellency must be the Zhu Daguan of Weizhen Shandong and Hebei!" ”
Zhu Long replied: "Don't dare to be, it's just below, I'm glad to be happy!" ”
"The younger brother still thinks that Brother Shi'en is a spy of the official army, I'm really sorry!" Zeng Sheng apologized to Shi Grace.
"If you don't fight, you don't know each other, it's just a misunderstanding!" Shi En waved his hand generously, and said to Wu Song: "Since my brother washed the Mandarin Duck Tower in blood, the younger brother was also wanted by the government, and had to live in the rivers and lakes. ”
"Brother has worked hard!" Wu Song looked at the emaciated Shi En, his voice was choked, and the two began to say to each other again.
Zhu Long was very understanding, and he took everyone back to the camp together, ready to wash the dust for Shi En.
But Shi En suddenly patted his head, which caused everyone to look sideways, only to see him annoyed: "I was overjoyed to see my brother, and I forgot something important!" ”
He said to Zhu Long: "On the way here, I met the officials and soldiers of the Beijing Daimyo Mansion who were heading here, and when I inquired, it turned out that they had made a special trip to deal with the Zhu Daguan, and it was the capital eunuchs Li Cheng and Wen Da who led the leaders!" ”
When everyone heard this, their faces became solemn, the king Li Cheng and Dadao Wenda, they had all heard of it, they were masters who had been famous for a long time, and they were famous riverside generals.
Zhu Long was calm and calm, and asked indifferently: "How many people are there, where are they?" ”
"Three thousand cavalry, probably tomorrow afternoon, will be here!"
Zhu Long thanked him: "Thank you Brother Shi'en, the news you brought is too important!" ”
Hua Rong looked at Zhu Long and proposed, "Do you want to recall the Lin Sect Leader?" ”
"No need! Now that the army has set out, how can it be repeated! Zhu Long's face was calm, "Let's go back to the camp first to catch the wind for Brother Shi!" Brother Shi'en, since Brother Wu Song is already in Zhujiazhuang, why don't you stay too, let's drink wine and eat meat together, and talk about righteousness together, wouldn't it be happy? ”
"I can't ask for it, thank you for wishing the officials to lift up!" Shi En hurriedly thanked him, he was in the rivers and lakes, and he had to avoid the pursuit of the government, hide in Tibet, be afraid, hungry and cold, and endure all the hardships, otherwise he would not have looked for Wu Song all over the world.
"Then you will take the position of the general of the Xuanwu Army, and you happen to work with the Wu Song brothers, how about it?" Zhu Long thought about it for a while and made arrangements for Shi En.
"That's very good, thank you for wishing you a great official!" Shi was overjoyed, and Wu Song was also happy for him.
Because it was wartime, the reception banquet was very simple, and everyone drank consciously and restrained, but the atmosphere was warm, and the grace was also mixed in the way, and it quickly blended into it and became familiar with everyone.
After eating and drinking, he ordered someone to clean up the dishes and plates, and then Zhu Long held a meeting on the spot.
He raised his head, looked around with a calm gaze, and swept over the faces of fourteen generals, including Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Hua Rong, Shi Wengong, Su Ding, Zeng Tu, Zeng Mi, Zeng Suo, Zeng Kui, Zeng Sheng, Lu Fang, Wei Dingguo, Bao Xu, and Shi En, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the officers and soldiers of the Daimyo Mansion are heading here, and we will face a two-way attack tomorrow, and the situation is not favorable to me!" In order to avoid falling into such a predicament, I am determined to attack the enemy camp tonight, take down Gao Lian and Zhang Qing in one fell swoop, rescue the two brothers Ou Peng and Ma Lin, and compete with the Daimyo's Mansion tomorrow! ”
There was silence in the camp for a moment, and Wei Dingguo was the first to speak, hesitating: "But the main force of the cavalry was taken away by Sect Leader Lin and them......
"The main force tonight is the infantry!" Zhu Long cut the railway, looked at Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, and asked, "Are you confident?" ”
Lu Zhishen said sonorously: "Don't take the high price, come to see you!" ”
Wu Song also nodded resolutely.
Hua Rong said worriedly: "The officers and soldiers have 2,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and the camp to rely on, we only have 1,500 infantry and 400 cavalry now......
Zhu Long said with a smile: "Fighting is not counting, and it is never possible to win if there are many people. The reason why I am confident is because of all of you here, with you fierce generals leading the troops, we can win more with less! Brother Wu Song, you go and prepare 500 soldiers, and launch an attack at the third watch! ”
"Five hundred is enough! Your subordinates will definitely kill it! Wu Song's eyes were murderous.
Zeng Sheng, the fifth elder of the Zeng family, joked: "The head of Wudu is a fierce general who broke the army of 5,000 with 28 people, and there are more than 500 people!" ”。
Wu Song glanced at him and didn't speak, Zeng Tu glared at his fifth child fiercely.
Zhu Long smiled and began to teach Zeng Sheng: "At that time, there were only twenty-eight people around Brother Wu, so I had no choice but to do so. In many cases, victory or defeat depends on prior planning and preparation, and it is necessary to create all conditions that are beneficial to one's own side, not just brute force! The number of troops is an important condition, as long as it is within the scope of one's own command ability, the more people the better! ”
Zeng Sheng lowered his head convincingly.
He changed his words and said to Wu Song: "However, this is only the first wave of attacks. Gao Lian will definitely guard against our army stealing the camp tonight, so we will steal it to him, and after repelling us, he will be able to relax his guard and sleep peacefully, and then we will steal it a second time! ”
"Yes!" Wu Song received the order and went down to prepare.
"Brother Bao Xu, you go and order someone to make some ladders, it doesn't need to be too long, just climb up to the official barracks!"
At the third watch of the night, Wu Song took 500 soldiers to attack the official army camp, but was discovered by the official army, fought for a while, and was forced to withdraw.
The officers and soldiers won, shouted loudly, and then fell asleep with peace of mind!
In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and the days are late.
Before dawn broke, the Zhu family army had already quietly dispatched, attacking on three sides and ambushing on the other.
Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, and Shi En led 1,300 infantry to attack the front and attract the attention of the officers and soldiers;
Zhu Long led Lu Fang and Wei Dingguo to attack the left; Shi Wengong, Su Ding, and Bao Xu attacked the right side, and the two partial armies each brought 100 elite soldiers.
Hua Rong and the five brothers of the Zeng family took 400 cavalry to ambush behind the official army - Hua Rong was used to deal with Zhang Qing, Zhang Qing's flying stones were powerful, but Hua Rong's bow and arrow attack distance was farther, so he could not play.
Zhu Long lit three incense sticks, gave one each to Lu Zhishen and Shi Wengong, and kept one for himself, and advised: "After this incense is burned, we will start at the same time, not in advance or delay!" ”
Everyone thought that this idea was very ingenious, and they all kept it in their hearts, thinking that they would also make an appointment when they led the troops in the future.
The four groups of men and horses acted separately, and the three lines of infantry quietly lurked in place.
Zhu Long observed the camp wall of the official army, which was more than five feet high, about four and a half meters, equivalent to the height of the window sill on the second floor, and people wearing dozens of catties of iron armor really couldn't climb it.
The top of the fence was sharpened from the wood, and inside was a board on which could stand a defending soldier, but no one was to be seen at this time.
"My lord, the incense is finished!" A guard next to him whispered, holding the burned incense in his right hand, and opening his left hand to block the sparks, preventing the officers and soldiers from discovering the light moving in the dark.
The incense has burned out, and the appointed time has arrived!
Zhu Long had just raised his hand and was about to give an order, when suddenly a figure suddenly stood up on the fence, his body was straight, his head was slightly raised, and then from the gap between the wood of the fence wall, a column of water flew down and fell to the ground with a loud noise. After the sound was finished, the man shuddered, let out a long "ah" comfortably, shook a few times, and then fell back to sleep.