Chapter 248: Joy and Sorrow

The night sè became thicker and thicker, and the faint moonlight sprinkled on the land of the Xixia Plain, and wisps of wind blew by, swaying the lights in the darkness.

On the Tangut Plain at the other end of the Philippine and Yue city walls, an army of about half a million people was stationed here. At the big mén place of the barracks, a banner with the big 'west' character written on it was on the ground, fluttering in the wind and rustling.

In the barracks, the lights are bright, countless camp tents are scattered like dots, the camp tents are facing each other in pairs, there are many soldiers standing guard around the outside of the barracks, and a small group of patrol soldiers composed of ten people patrols all over the barracks regularly, and the whole barracks appear to be very strict.

The periphery of the barracks was extremely strict, but the inside of the barracks was relatively lively, some soldiers gathered outside the camp tents to chat, and some soldiers gathered together, and from time to time there were bursts of shouting, as if they were gathering to gamble.

The barracks is a place where the soldiers are stationed, and it stands to reason that this should not happen, but for the soldiers of the Xiyuan Empire in the barracks, although the war has been difficult in the past few days, the night is indeed where their joy lies, and the general actually allows the soldiers to relax appropriately, as long as they return to the camp tent to rest before the point.

This permission is not easy to come by for the soldiers who have been living a hard life in the barracks, but all soldiers who are able-bodied and uninjured are not willing to miss this rare opportunity to relax.

At this moment, in a large camp tent, there are seven people sitting in the camp tent, each of them has a jar of wine in front of the table, everyone is full of smiles, from time to time toast toast, drink happily, seem to be very relaxed and happy.

"General, once this battle is over, the general will be promoted to the knighthood again, congratulations. The lower officials first toasted each other with wine. A middle-aged man with a stubble on his chin raised a wine glass in his hand to a man in his thirties sitting on the main seat, then tilted his head back and drank a glass of wine.

"That's right, it is expected that now the Golden Python Squad has begun to launch a surprise attack, and I am afraid that the military camp of the Xia Dynasty Empire is already full of jī flying dogs, tsk, imagine the thunderous appearance of Qin Xiao's weather, I feel very happy in my heart. The other officer-looking man had a rosy face, and was obviously drunk a lot, and his tongue was a little knotted when he spoke.

"Hehe, I'm just afraid that after tonight, tomorrow the Xia Dynasty Emperor's ** team will no longer have the heart to fight, and when the time comes, our army will be full of strength, and it will be able to beat the enemy army and throw away the armor and cry dad and call mother. That Qin Xiaotian is known as the first person under the undefeated God of War, Gaga, I don't know if he will vomit blood and die when the time comes. A man sitting at the end shook his head and said upside down, faintly drunk.

After being praised by his subordinates repeatedly, the general who was in the main position seemed to become a little fluttery, and the cow, who was in a great mood, took a sip and said, "With the help of the golden python troops of the duke, victory in this battle is inevitable." As courtiers, we should think about being loyal to the country, not greedy for fame, and you must not be carried away by victory. He seemed very modest between his words, but looking at the way he couldn't close his smiling mouth, it showed that he was a little carried away.

"What the general said is that the golden python was built by the Duke Huā for three years, and it is a well-deserved jīng in the army of our dynasty. But General, do you know why the Duke is willing to put the Golden Python troops into battle this time? A lieutenant sitting at the head of the general asked curiously.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but cast their eyes on Shen Mingling, the general who was in the prime of life.

These officers have been on the frontier for a long time to guard the frontier, and the news is very closed, except for marching and fighting, they are basically unaware of what is happening in the empire. For the existence of the Golden Python Force, everyone here has heard of it, but no one has seen it with their own eyes, only heard that the soldiers in the Golden Python Force are all transferred from the jīng mile chōu in the various armies to organize the jīng ying, the individual combat ability is quite strong, but don't think that this means that their team ability is insufficient, in fact, their teamwork ability is not inferior to their individual combat ability.

In the past, these generals stationed in the Western Xia Plain had applied to the Duke Shen Chengao to send a part of the Golden Python troops to assist in the battle, giving the Xia Dynasty Empire a severe blow. But the Duke Shen Chengao refused repeatedly, and refused to send the Golden Python Troop to death, as if his heart and soul were afraid of being snatched away by others.

Although the Duke Shen Chengao's actions made the officers present a little talkative, it was precisely because of Shen Chengao that everyone became more and more curious about the Golden Python troops.

However, no one could have imagined that just ten days ago, the military camp suddenly received an order from the empire, saying that the Golden Python troops, who had been called for for nothing to die, were finally going to the Western Xia Plain to participate in the war. As soon as this news spread, it immediately set off a wave of excitement in the barracks, full of curiosity about the arrival of the Golden Python Force, and they all wanted to see what was so powerful about this Golden Python Force, which had been rumored for three years but had never been faced.

The officers were naturally happy and suspicious of this news, happy that this unit had finally arrived, and suspicious that they had not applied to Lord Duke Shen Chengao this time, how could Lord Duke send this precious unit to the front line on his own. They sensed something strange about it.

Looking at everyone's expectant gaze and remembering the reason why the golden python came here, Shen Mingling's drunkenness suddenly woke up a little, and he sighed abruptly and said, "You may not know yet, Lord Duke's son is dead." ”

The Duke's son died

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other with a look at each other, and they all saw the shock and incredulity on each other's faces.

"Is the general saying that Shen Changkun, the son of Lord Duke, who is known as the 'number one evil' in the capital, is dead?" This news was so shocking that the officers present couldn't help but ask in a lost voice.

Although they have been in the barracks for a long time, they are like thunder about Shen Changkun, who has the honorary title of 'the first major harm in the capital'. Whoever called him a good father, the name of the duke's son alone was enough to scare everyone off.

Of course, the reason why everyone is very familiar with this name is because this guy has done a lot of evil deeds in his life, and he is notorious in the capital and even in the entire Xiyuan Empire, almost to the point where no one knows about it, and the people in the capital are gritting their teeth and complaining when they mention him.

It's a pity that he can't stand the fact that he has a good father who is above 10,000 people under one person, no matter what unreasonable things he does, his father who dotes on him to the point of obedience will wipe his ass, so Shen Chengao's doting on his baby son is also a well-known thing in the world.

The officers present didn't dare to imagine which powerful guy dared to kill Shen Changkun without knowing the sky, wasn't he afraid of attracting the crazy revenge of Duke Shen Chengao?

Shen Mingling looked at everyone's incredulous gods, and sighed again in his heart, when he first got the news, he was much more shocked than them. Because he is a member of the side branch of the Shen family, he knows more about the affairs between Shen Chengao and Shen Changkun's father and son than others.

Shen Mingling can vouch for his xìng life, there is absolutely no father in this world who can compare to Shen Chengao's doting on Shen Changkun. If anyone dared to hurt Shen Changkun by a millimeter, Shen Mingling was extremely confident that Shen Chengao would definitely make that person pay a tenfold and hundredfold or even heavier price.

But in addition to the shock, another news that came also surprised him, the person who killed Shen Changkun was actually the King of the Xia Dynasty Empire, Zhang Huaming, who had the title of 'Undefeated God of War'.

How could these two characters from all over the world suddenly get together?

After thinking about it for a while, Shen Mingling faintly understood why Shen Chengao, who had always refused to let go, send the Golden Python troops to Xixia Pingyuan on his own this time.

In fact, whether Shen Changkun dies or not has no impact on Shen Mingling, anyway, his side children are not qualified to inherit the Shen family, they can toss as much as they like, the only thing he cares about is whether the golden python army that fell from the sky can help him make meritorious contributions.

However, after the arrival of the Golden Python, he continued to launch continuous surprise attacks on the Xia Dynasty Emperor's ** team and achieved remarkable results, Shen Mingling was relieved, the Golden Python troops really deserved to be known as the Jīng Ying in the army, he believed that as long as the Golden Python troops helped him, he had every chance to defeat the enemy marshal Qin Xiaotian.

And tonight, it will be the biggest surprise attack of the Golden Python Force on the Xia Dynasty Empire, once the plan to burn all the other party's baggage is successful, from tomorrow the Xia Dynasty Empire's army will not have enough food and grass supply, and the military spirit will inevitably be greatly dispersed, as long as his army pours out, it will be no problem to eliminate the emperor's ** team, which is why he is willing to let go of the ban in the barracks tonight, allowing soldiers to gather to gamble and drink. Just because he wants to let these soldiers under his command go into battle in the happiest mood tomorrow to kill the enemy and defeat the ** team of the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty in one fell swoop.

"I didn't expect that the murderer who killed Shen Changkun turned out to be the undefeated god of war of the Xia Dynasty Empire, no wonder, apart from him, I'm afraid few people dare to do this to Shen Changkun. Even Zheng Chenggong, the king of the Xia Dynasty Empire, did not necessarily have the courage to dare to kill Shen Changkun. ”

Everyone present knew very well in their hearts what the price to pay for killing Shen Changkun was.

"No wonder the Duke will suddenly send the Golden Python troops to the front line, if his subordinates' guess is correct, I am afraid that the Duke is ready to officially start a war against the Xia Dynasty Empire. An officer said with a sudden realization.

"That's true. Shen Mingling nodded without hesitation and said, "The arrival of the Golden Python Force is just the opening dish of this war between the two empires, just wait for the Duke to give an order, the war will definitely break out, and then it will be a great opportunity for us to make contributions and be loyal to the country." ”

"Hehe, no wonder the general has been smiling very happily these days, it turns out that there is such a secret in it. When the officers heard this, they couldn't help but smile and said.

"But what time is it now, they've been out for so long, they should be coming back. An officer got up and walked outside the camp tent to look at the sky, it was dark, the night was already thick, and it was almost two hours before the golden python set off for the Xia Dynasty Emperor's ** camp, and it stands to reason that they should indeed come back.

"Could it be that something happened?" said an officer with a slight frown, glancing at everyone.

"Don't worry, there won't be any surprises. Don't forget who they are and where they come from. Shen Mingling smiled disappreciatively and said loudly.

"What the general said is that with the combat effectiveness of ordinary soldiers of the Xia Dynasty Empire, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Golden Python Force, even if they are discovered by the Xia Dynasty Empire, they will have a way to escape unharmed. The officer who had a little doubt in his heart secretly thought about it, and felt that maybe he was really worried about it, so he was relieved and echoed with a smile.

"Come on, let's celebrate the win, let's do it together. Shen Mingling raised the wine glass in his hand and said to everyone.

"Victory" all the officers unanimously raised the wine glasses in their hands, raised their heads and drank them all.

For a while, there was a lot of laughter in the camp.

"Newspaper"

When everyone was drinking and drinking, the sound of soldiers suddenly sounded outside the camp tent.

"Come in. Shen Mingling glanced outside the tent and said.

"See the general. The herald came in and saluted, and said breathlessly, "General, something is wrong. The herald's words were astonishing, and the first words he said made everyone present stunned for a moment.

"When the sky falls, there is also General Ben on top, why are you so panicked?" Shen Mingling put away the smile on his face and scolded with some displeasure.

"General Qiyu, the spies have just reported that more than a hundred members of the Golden Python have lost any contact among the people sent out to carry out a surprise attack. The herald took a deep breath and calmed down a little.

"What did you say?" Shen Mingling heard this, as if he had heard some unbelievable news, and the wine was instantly thrown out of the clouds, and the whole person Huo Ran stood up from his seat, and his eyes were fixed on the herald, only to frighten the herald.

"The Golden Python's team is gone. "Originally, according to your orders, we would contact every half hour by secret signal in case of accidents. But an hour ago, the spies didn't get the golden python's code, and they were worried that something had happened, so they specially ordered the lowly to come back and report to you in advance. ”

The team composed of the soldiers of the so-called army jīng Ying actually lost a hundred people

Don't think that the number of 100 people is very small, not even less than 30,000 of the number of Emperor Xiyuan's ** team, but for Shen Chengao and the Golden Python, this 100 people is one-twentieth of the Golden Python Army. In particular, the members of the Golden Python Force have all poured their efforts into the Xiyuan Empire, and every loss is a blow to the Golden Python Force.

Now, this herald actually said that hundreds of members of the Golden Python were missing at the same time, how could he not make the faces of everyone present shocked.