The night is gloomy like a strange world, the rain is pouring down, and the front is hazy, and you can't see the mountains and rivers clearly.

Li Changshuo led seven or eight thousand military horses behind him in the rain, water droplets flowed down the helmet into his neck, he stretched out his hand anxiously and wiped it hard, and shouted: "Quick, go quickly!" ”

It's a pity that the sound of rain, whirring wind, and noisy footsteps instantly suppressed his voice, and no one responded.

Just now, he led the soldiers to rush out of Fuchuan City, all the way to the east, but it was difficult to move forward in the rain curtain, and the scene was difficult to distinguish, and at this moment, he had only walked out of ten miles.

Huizhou is on the other side of Rouwolf Mountain, and if they want to go over, they have to turn slightly southeast and bypass Rouwolf Mountain.

In fact, Li Changshuo didn't really want to go to Huizhou, but there was still a road to the north, along the side of Lingbo Mountain to the northeast, Benshatuo County and Yingli City.

But the path over there was close to the place where the Song army opened the gate to release water, and Shichuan was more than 500 miles away from Shatuo, so they marched in the rain and had to travel a long way, for fear that it would be difficult to reach the place and they would be caught up by the Song army.

So, there was no choice but to go to Huizhou.

The night was dark, and the torches could not be lit, so it was all up to the feeling to go ahead, but fortunately the road was not completely washed away by the heavy rain, and you could walk on the hard bottom under the mud, so as not to go into the pit and sink into the grass.

I don't know how far he went, Li Changshuo felt as if it was as long as day and night, but he still urged the team, although he didn't see the Song army ambushing, but he didn't dare to relax the slightest vigilance, how could he think of such a yang plot as flooding Chuan, how could he not ambush and intercept them on the way to escape?

It's just that there are a lot of people on his side, although the heavy rain will suddenly drop the combat strength of the army, how can the other party not be like this, the other party's cavalry is fierce, speaking of which, this rain is muddy or they take advantage, this kind of weather cavalry is almost useless, because the war horse can't run.

Seven or eight thousand people, when they meet the infantry of the Song Army blocking the road, they can fight together!

The rain finally lightened, and a slight light seeped out of the corner of the sky.

After walking for most of the night, it was about to dawn.

The outpost's scouting horse came back at this time to report that it had arrived in the south of Rouwolf Mountain, as long as it turned over, there was the boundary of Huizhou on that side, and it was only more than a hundred miles away from Huizhou.

Li Changshuo not only did not show joy when he heard this, but his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he only walked nearly thirty miles?

Shichuan is one hundred and fifty miles away from Huizhou, and only twenty-seven or eight miles south of Rouwolf Mountain.

In fact, according to common sense, it is not easy for ordinary soldiers and horses to march at night, or in heavy rain.

But Li Changshuo knew that no, it was not enough at all, especially when the sky was about to brighten, the danger would further increase, he gritted his teeth, and ordered again: "Speed up, bypass the soft wolf mountain, and don't stop until you reach the other side of the soft wolf!" ”

The soldiers were complaining and scolding, everyone was exhausted, from waist down was the color of muddy water, and their upper bodies were soaked, and when the wind blew, they couldn't help but sneeze.

The generals had horses to ride, but they didn't, and the generals were dressed in oil, and at most they had a straw hat, which was useless under this heavy rain.

Some scolded: "If you don't drown in the city, you will die of typhoid fever." ”

Another breath said: "How can you drown in the city?" Although the Song soldiers released the water and climbed on the roof, and the head of the city was so high, it was impossible to be flooded. ”

Some muttered in a low voice: "It's okay to die of typhoid fever, but I'm afraid that the Song army will catch up or ambush, and if you come down with a sword, you won't have a whole corpse......

Some people are angry: "It's a big deal!" ”

Li Changshuo faintly heard these voices in front of him, but at this moment he had no other way, he couldn't kill a hundred policemen at this time, he had already been tired from walking overnight, and it was useless to kill, but it would further increase the panic.

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the rain is gradually subsiding, and things can be discerned in the distance, and the soft wolf mountain is halfway south.

A dense forest belt appeared in front, and the trees on the mountain began to flourish, and the soft wolf was different from the zero wave, with many stones and many soft wolf trees.

"Turn around here and rest on the spot for a quarter of an hour!" Li Changshuo ordered, at this moment the line was already extremely long, and the soldiers who had fallen behind began to appear in the rear.

But just when his order was issued for only a dozen breaths, suddenly there was a majestic "whine" sound of horns from the mountain next to him, and then random arrows shot out from the forest on the mountain like locusts, and the Western Xia army immediately became chaotic......

Half an hour later, Du Yan stood in the muddy water with a snake spear in his hand, and Li Changshuo knelt in front of him, his face pale.

The battle ended quickly, and instead of fighting to the death with the Song army as Li Changshuo expected, but after symbolically resisting and killing a wave under the rain of arrows from the opponent, it was difficult to escape, so he surrendered directly.

Could it be that the Great Xia army was already so rotten? Li Changshuo couldn't believe it, but what he saw in front of him didn't allow him to doubt.

He originally relied on the horse and the armor on his body, so he could break through and rush to the side of Rouwolf Mountain, but unexpectedly, the two deputy generals behind him, suddenly turned against the water and knocked him off the horse, and then shouted "Capture the main general of Western Xia alive, the villain is willing to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty"!

What's going on?

Li Changshuo was frightened in his heart, are the generals on the border so bloodless? He has not led troops to garrison one side in these years, but he has only inspected everywhere, and everywhere he goes, he sees bright armor and bright soldiers, and he doesn't know how weak he is on the battlefield!

What is the difference between this and the Liao army?

However, no, in this case, why can't the Song army break through the border, although there have been no large-scale moves in recent years, there are always small temptations, but they are always in vain, and sometimes the Song army has more losses.

Could it be that the Song Army and the Western Army are also so unbearable? Li Changshuo only felt that his mind was a mess, and he couldn't think through anything.

Du Yan stepped forward and kicked him: "What's your name?" ”

Li Changshuo's eyes were closed, and after taking a sip, he was silent.

Du Yan smiled: "It's quite backbone." ”

The deputy general who surrendered next to him bent down and flattered: "General, this person's name is Li Changshuo, he is the clan of the Xia Dynasty, and the lord of the city went out to meet the battle that day and died, so he took over the city as a patrol envoy." ”

"The Western Xia clan?" Du Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this, this can be regarded as a big fish, and he has finally caught someone at this level.

"It's a good job, I'll give you a credit this time, and I'll give you two kind words in front of the general when I go back!"

"Thank you, General, for your kindness!" The two lieutenants immediately fell to their knees, and they both breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

What kind of fight, the form just now can't be fought at all, not to mention that he may not be able to escape, even if he is really lucky enough to escape back to Huizhou, he will also be punished by the capital commander Mi Tuozan knife, what kind of character Mi Tuozan knife is Li Changshuo may not know, but both of them know it.

This man is so hot-tempered that if he punishes his men, he will surely die!

Rather than go back and be killed, or die in battle just now, it is better to vote directly, anyway, direct voting can still make meritorious service, and the result is completely different from resisting and being captured and surrendering.

Du Bai called the two of them up, and then counted the number of people, this Western Xia army just died about five or six hundred in a wave of resistance, more than a thousand wounded, and the rest were intact, but they were a little hung down by the rain, they had no energy, and they were afraid of getting sick when they went back.

But this is already an excellent harvest, Zhao Ta said to expand the army, most of the expansion of the army in the war came from the surrender of troops, after the scale of the war went up, it didn't matter how loyal to the pawns below, fighting back and forth, as long as he didn't die, it was almost a surrender back and forth.

Before, whether it was Wang Qing or Fang La, even the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty was thrown back and forth, where was there any loyalty at all, but it was not wrong to attack the city and the village.

It's not about tempering any elite soldiers, elite soldiers naturally want loyalty, these pawns are better to be loyal, it doesn't matter if they don't, many people who join the army are just mixing a bowl of rice to eat, you want to be loyal, it needs to be cultivated, and where is the opportunity to cultivate on the battlefield.

Then Du Biao issued several orders in a row, urging these surrendered troops to comply, and after they were gathered, they were escorted to Shikichuan City.

The surrender army was obedient, there was no resistance, and many people still showed a relaxed look on their faces.

If you die in battle, you will die, and they don't want to suffer the sin of marching in the dark night and heavy rain, but now that they are going back to Shikikawa, they are naturally safe and sound, so they will obey.

Near noon, Du Yan went back to Fuchuan City, Zhao Ta was ordering someone to clean up the ruins of the city, and he was overjoyed when he came back.

After placing the prisoners, Zhao began to interrogate Li Changshuo.

Li Changshuo's mouth is extremely hard, but his brother-in-law has already asked Shikikawa's deputy general to betray his identity, and when he interrogated this person, he did it all in a few clicks.

Zhao Ta frowned after hearing this: "Brother Richard wrote from him that he would bring someone to support him in two days?" ”

"General, that's exactly the case, where does the villain dare to tell half a lie, if it weren't for at least two days, we wouldn't abandon the city and flee, it's really too late." ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin, looked at Li Yanxian, who was listening carefully, and said with a smile: "What do you think of Shaoyan?" ”

Li Yanxian thought for a while: "General, if this person is telling the truth, and his subordinates have a plan, I don't know if it is feasible or not?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Let's hear it." ”

Li Yanxian whispered, Zhao Ta listened to the joy on his face, but Li Changshuo's expression in front of him changed greatly, and his face turned pale in an instant.

Then the two of them were released from prison, and Zhao Ta immediately gave a series of orders, and by night, the west side of the city had been almost repaired, and the flooded water had been drained out of the city.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhao Ta ordered again, and the ditch and lake outside the west city fell the gate again, and returned to the appearance before the impoundment.

Then the soldiers began to clean up the chaos outside the city, to clean up the debris that had washed by the flood, and to finish their work in the afternoon.

Then shaved their heads, thousands of people shaved into the hairstyles of the Tanguts, changed into the Xixia military uniforms, picked up the Xixia weapons, stood at the head of the city, and looked like the appearance of the river before it was flooded.

Zhao Ta also changed into the armor of Deputy General Shikikawa, stood between the battlements with a knife, looked at the camp in the distance, stretched out his hand, and smiled at Li Changshuo, who was tied up with five flowers on the side: "Inspector Li, tomorrow I will see that the general will break the camp of the Song army!" ”

Li Changshuo's lips trembled, and his face was like ashes: "You, what do you want to do?" ”

Zhao Ta shook his head and said: "Since Inspector Li can break the Yang conspiracy of flooding the river, can't he even see this little trick to hide the sky and cross the sea?" ”

"You, you are so insidious and vicious, who are you?" Li Changshuo couldn't help but scream.

"Who am I?" Zhao Ta smiled slightly: "This general is Xihe Yao Pingzhong!" ”

"No, you are not Yao Pingzhong at all, Yao Pingzhong is nearly thirty years old, and your age is not right at all!" Li Changshuo shouted: "What's more, I once participated in the Battle of Zangdi River back then, and I saw Yao Pingzhong and his people, you are not him at all!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ta was a little surprised, he didn't expect this Li Changshuo to recognize Yao Pingzhong, he said coldly: "Who is it if it is not Yao Pingzhong!" ”

Li Changshuo glared at him, and said for a long time: "You, you are not from the Western Army!" ”

Zhao Ta's eyes narrowed, this Li Changshuo has some vision, he can even see this?

"How is Ben not from the Western Army?"

"I joined the Hall of Sorrow when I was young, and I once went to Kaifeng in the Song Kingdom to spy on intelligence, you are full of Kaifeng official words, how can there be a local general in Tokyo in the Western Army!"

Zhao Ta blinked, he felt more and more interesting, this Li Changshuo is quite well-informed, and he has actually been to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.

"Who will that be?"

Li Changshuo's eyes were puzzled and hesitant, he had a guess in his heart, no matter how old he was, he could match the image, but he didn't dare to say it, and he also doubted how that person could come here.

He was afraid that if he said that this was the case, the other party would immediately be furious and directly execute him.

He is not afraid of death, but if he dies because of such a mouthful thing, it is not worth it.

Death has to die on loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, rather than surrender, never betrayal, what is the matter of dying on many mouths and tongues?

Zhao Ta saw that his eyes flickered, he was silent, and sneered: "Inspector Li is a smart person!" ”

This, is this the default? Li Changshuo's face was immediately shocked, was it really that person? It's just a guess! How is this possible? There's no reason why it's unreasonable!

Zhao Ta walked over and patted him lightly on the shoulder: "Ben will always like smart people, just like Camp Commander Liu." ”

Yuan Guo smiled and bent over and said, "General Miao praised." ”

Li Changshuo glared at Yuan Guo, Yuan Guo didn't care, he recognized this Li Changshuo, he had seen it in Xingqing Mansion.

"Inspector Li doesn't have to stare at me, there is a way that good birds choose trees to perch, good ministers choose the lord and do things, people go to high places, and water flows to low places, I think Inspector Li has also demoted the general, everyone will still be in the same hall in the future, isn't it good?"

What is the same temple as a courtier? Li Changshuo's face changed, what did this shameless villain mean?

Zhao Ta waved his hand at Yuan Guo, Yuan Guo immediately retreated back, he rolled up his sleeves and looked into the distance and said: "Tomorrow, the Japanese will meet the reinforcements at the head of the city with Li Inspector, I don't know how many people Brother Li Cha will send to support Shikikawa......"

Speaking of this, he looked back at Li Changshuo: "What does Inspector Li think?" ”

"You, you ......" Li Changshuo was heartbroken when he heard this, this trick to hide from the sky and cross the sea is really too poisonous, the other party wants to pretend that the Sichuan has not been captured, pretend to be the Great Xia army, and sneak attack reinforcements, it is simply too insidious!

Li Changshuo's body shook a few times, only to feel dizzy in his brain, and he was about to fall, and the two brothers Bai Ba and Bai Zhan next to him, one by one, raised one arm, pushed and shoved, and dragged him down the city.

(End of chapter)