Kamisakadu's side has been fighting for half a night and there is still no progress, and Yintuo is restless. He faintly heard that there seemed to be shouts of killing in the north, but soon there was no more, which made people very confused.

To the north, could it be Dayuan's team to answer? But he didn't send anyone to Sun Gu? After thinking about it, he still felt that he should send someone to Dayuan to take a look, and at the same time report the situation here.

The Purple Shirt Taoist has been meditating, he means that you are in command, and unless something important is discussed, the old Taoist does not want to intervene.

Yintuo paced the small area repeatedly. The offense is already in the fourth round, does it make sense to go any further? He asked himself.

Although the protection was later strengthened, there are still more than 500 casualties so far, which is a staggering number!

They found a passage on the east side of the fort wall, twenty paces wide and narrow, but the passage was full of horses.

There was another gadget that was even less virtuous, and it was just two pieces of wood, nailed to two short logs at both ends, just one foot apart.

It was such a simple but very hateful thing, and no one paid attention to it when it was placed below in the dark, and it caused many people to either stumble or trip, and the ranks were delayed, and the fire guns, bows and arrows on the towers of the people rained down and caused casualties.

Hey, where is the tortoise shell of this little fort, it's just a hedgehog!

Thinking of this, Yin Tuo suddenly stood on his feet, and the purple shirt slowly opened his eyes, knowing that he had made up his mind. "Mingjin!" Yintuo commanded briefly.

"The Great General has an order, Mingjin!" After the Chinese officer Deng Huzi finished speaking, he turned around and asked softly, "My Buddha, are you still soft-hearted?"

"Definitely!" Yintuo shook his head slowly, raised his chin and said:

"Look at this hellish place, it's dark and we don't know each other well, but people are prepared to stay there early, just waiting to take us to the soup pot.

Are we stupid enough to jump into it ourselves? If we continue to consume like this, we will have to lose three centaurs by daybreak, so what will we pay it back?"

"Oh, so the Buddha wants the team to withdraw first, and then wait until dawn?"

"Well, at least then we can see their layout clearly, and we won't suffer too much." After Yintuo finished speaking, he twisted the hanging hair of his ears and temples, and the top of his head was still shaved into hair, only the ears and temples and the back of his head were braided like a Tatar.

"Let the team withdraw and rest first, reorganize the team, and put the people into the soldiers!" After he finished speaking, he knocked a few times on the palm of his hand with a horsewhip rod, and looked back at the direction of Jiyang Mountain: "Can Qian Sima send someone?"

"No, I haven't."

"Hehe, our lord, didn't you hear the sound of the gun under the mountain and couldn't move?" The purple-shirted Taoist suddenly shook off the dust and made a joke. Deng Huzi and the others saw that Yintuo didn't laugh, and they all held back their laughter.

I only heard Yintuo think about it and said, "It shouldn't be cowardly to lift people, but it's strange that he didn't send anyone or lead a team down to join us in the middle of the night. It is long overdue to hand over the camp with the Lou brothers, but why haven't they arrived yet?"

"Does Silver Shuai suspect that he has changed?" Zi Yi sighed softly: "There are a lot of weapons, grain and grass in the camp, and the Lou brothers won't ......?"

"Buddha, this—this is not a trick." Deng Huzi's face was a little bad: "My family members are still on the mountain!"

"No, no." At this time, the captain who had been listening to it for a long time suddenly shook his hand and said:

"Last night, someone sent a group of seriously injured brothers back to Dazhai to hand over to the doctor for treatment, and when they came back, they said how the family members cried and grabbed the ground, and they also saw Hu Yiqiu, the sentry commander who stayed behind, and did not say anything wrong in the village."

"Then did they mention that they saw the Lou family's generals in the village?"

Captain Xiu nodded: "Yes! I remember a brother who said that the team was quite neat, and it deserved to be a subordinate of the Second Heavenly King."

"That's it." Yintuo struck the armor of the skirt with a horsewhip:

"I think it's more likely that Qianziqian (Qianzi) heard about the situation at the front and was worried that I would retreat to the mountain, so he refused to hand over the camp with the Lou brothers, so he froze on the mountain for a while.

I can still trust him as a man, but sometimes he always likes to make his own decisions but he doesn't

Okay."

Qianzhong is a rare man in the ranks of traitors, a high-level intellectual! At first, he was coerced, but later his family was also taken over, so he had to step down and do things for Yintuo, and got the position of Sima.

This person works hard, he is too good at performing, and he always wants to make people think that he is different, so Purple Shirt often sneers at him.

"That's it, Deng Huzi, you take it personally, go back and see if that's the case. If so, let Qian Sima not fight with Lou's son, I won't be able to fight with him."

Yin Tuo is very wise in this regard, he knows that no one else except himself can suppress the Lou family brothers, not to mention that the Second Heavenly King also brought troops over, if he provokes a fire in a hurry, ten Qianzhong are not opponents!

"Let him quit first and wait for me in Dayuan Village. Remember, the important thing is not Jiyang Mountain, but to take away all the baggage and family members safely!" This is very important, if there is no food, the team will be chaotic, and the leaders of the family will not do it!

"Whoa!" Deng Huzi answered, called the captain of the pro-soldiers to arrange a few words, and hurried back to Jiyang Mountain with two pro-soldiers on mules.

Yintuo still frowned, pacing back and forth in the firelight. Purple Shirt sighed, "General, rest, you're about to walk back and forth all night." Poor speculation, the general is confused and worried about Dayuan's side? In that case, you may wish to send someone over and have a look."

"It's fine." Yintuo nodded, and ordered the school captain:

"You send two powerful ones to Dayuan quickly, and bring back a handwritten reply from General Sun, informing me of the situation on his side, and whether the ferry boats are enough and in good condition, can you get up early and start crossing the river?

This Sun Gu is too, since the Second Heavenly King has already arrived at Jiyang Mountain, that is, the handover is over, he should have sent someone to report it as soon as possible!"

"Slow!" Zi Shirt was suddenly reminded and glanced at the north: "We haven't been in contact with Dayuan, is this road still open?"

Yin Tuo's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly turned back and ordered the school captain: "Don't send two people, send a team of people!" By the way, check if there are any enemy troops and ambushes on the road, and if there is a situation, don't fight with Lian, and return to report to me immediately."

He looked at the back of the lieutenant and patted his forehead, and suddenly understood what the reason for the uneasiness he had been feeling just now.

"Don't worry, general, Sun Gu is also a fierce general, how can it be easy? Maybe I was tired from running around last night, so I just have time to arrange a report in the future." Lao Dao comforted him and said.

"I was restless, I always felt like I was missing something, I had never felt this way before." Yintuo pressed the top of his head wrapped in a turban, trying to stabilize his mind, and said:

"I hope that, as the military advisor said, I am suspicious and suspicious." As he spoke, he looked up again in the direction of the battlefield.

The retreating team was returning to the assembly site exhausted, the soldiers silent, their faces expressionless and covered in mud or sweat in the light of the torches.

"What exactly did they do at the ferry? Nearly a thousand casualties have caused me this night?" Yintuo asked in his heart. He eagerly waited for the sun to leap out of the east, so that he could see the ferry.

At the same time, he secretly hoped that Qianzhong could live up to his trust and bring the team and baggage out safely, so that he could ask Sun Gu to bring a thousand or fifteen hundred men over for reinforcements tomorrow.

Yintuo doesn't want to have a two-way plan now, he just wants to break the situation quickly, occupy this damn ferry and bridge, and let the main force reach Guangxin City smoothly, because morale can't afford to fall.

Li Dan endured the mountain for a night without moving, and did not send a signal to Lin Shuntang and Gao Hanzi on the opposite side.

"Was last night's chance bad?" Zhao Jingzi frowned, crossed his arms and came to his side and asked, "The enemy has suffered so many casualties and low morale, let's rush out and give him a moment while it's dark, the enemy crowded on the road will definitely not be able to escape!"

"That's what I said, but that's just some of Yintuo's men. Eating it does not affect the overall situation, and it may also expose us.

Then Yintuo took a look: Yo, there are still ambushes here? Either he pounced on us and tangled with us, or he slipped away when he saw that the situation was not good. Either way, the result is not the most satisfying for me."

"You're thinking about annihilating them all again? Hey, I said, why do you like annihilation so much?" Zhao Jingzi and Li Dan get along every day, and they have learned more and more new words recently, and he likes to come up with them

to fiddle.

"Annihilating the enemy's living force will not only make it difficult for the opponent to regain combat effectiveness in a short period of time, but will also create a fear of me." Li Dan stopped after finishing speaking, and added:

"Especially against a well-known old thief like Yintuo, his will and self-confidence must be broken!" He clenched his hand into a fist and made a thrashing motion downward, and then said:

"If the enemy is not confident, our team will be confident; Their veterans have decreased, and their combat effectiveness has decreased, but we are constantly improving.

Therefore, you see that we are fighting one battle after another, and these people have gradually become regimental training soldiers from the people, and even dare to fight, and are good at fighting more than the officers and soldiers, who else can stop us in the future, and who dares to stop us?"

"But ......," Zhao Jingzi looked down and looked at Li Dan:

"Saburo, what is the need for such a good fighting team? You must know that the servants will always be disbanded and go home after their errands, and you will not be able to continue this patrol and defense envoy."

"That's right." Li Dan admits that he was right. "But I'm going to do business and make a big business in the future. Not only do it in Raozhou Mansion, but also do it in the whole of Jiangxi, and even the ...... of Liangjiang, Fuzhou, Liangguang, and Lianghu.

The world is big! But you see, if we don't have a strong team to protect us, we won't even be able to cross the Fengqi Pass, so what can we talk about circulating in the world?"

"You mentioned that you want to do business, you want to get goods in circulation, so you plan to set up a transport team like 'Marker (see note 1)?"

"Yes." Li Dan nodded: "We have a carriage, and we can also try to continue to organize group training in the name of Yugan County, Geyangwei or Guangxin Mansion, and we can train our troops in the manor."

Usually escort the goods, and pull it out when something happens, it is a team practice that can fight. However, the primary purpose of the group training was to protect the mines, shops and trade routes. Well, it's a bit more like ...... Merchant Soldiers."

"Oh, so you don't want to beat the Lou family to death, but instead do business with them, isn't it a bit of a 'self-respecting?'

Zhao Jingzi pointed his finger and smiled: "I actually said it in front of my yellow belt, don't confess!"

Li Dan also smiled: "It's a little interesting to say, but more importantly, we really don't have the strength to kill them, even if all the officers and troops in Shangrao are dispatched, they may not have this strength."

Feng Shen came back after seeing it in Shangrao and said that the so-called 'Eight Thousand Mine Apprentices' soldiers personally led by Lou Zishi were still very elite, far from being comparable to those subordinates with their arms.

Even if the attack cannot be carried out for a long time, the army is short of food, and the morale has declined, it has not reached the point of being defeated in one blow.

If you look at the people under the Second Heavenly King, it was still a recruit he had recruited for only two months, and the five hundred avant-garde people who led the regiment to train three times rushed up, but as a result, forty-seven were killed and more than two hundred were wounded.

At Luoqiao, it took us 800 of the 300 enemies to finally finish off. Tough!

If the Second Heavenly King hadn't chosen to retreat that day, but had stayed where he had been and fought with us, I really don't know how many dead and wounded he would have to pay to eat the remaining more than 1,000 people.

Now that I think about it, it's actually a bit of a fluke, but fortunately, Lou Shiming doesn't know us, and he is too suspicious and unconfident.

Therefore, if they really cut off the flower arm at that time, or if the bloody battle against the Second Heavenly King angered Lou Thief, they threw away Shangrao and pounced on Guangxin with all their might, or added 3,000 troops to Lou Shiming to defend the left bank, I am afraid that we will not be able to cross this river now.

It is impossible to say that we are using bamboo rafts and small sampans to pour these materials from Xiaban to Shuizhai little by little, how can there be a situation where Guangxin Andu and Shangrao also get 6,000 stone supplies?

The Art of War says, 'If you can't do it, you can't do it.'" Sooner or later, the rebels will have to be eliminated, but if we are not strong enough, we must judge the situation and make a small concession when necessary in order to achieve the success of the great goal.

Fortunately, there is open and secret fighting within the Lou family, and there is greed and competition for financial channels. If it's a monolith, it's not going to be easy."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something: "But I also had negligence, and I was just thinking about how to pry the other party

, I didn't guard against a traitor in my ranks! How did you get to that case?"

"Basically, it can be determined that Zhao Cheng did it, and all the evidence points to him. But how did Hua Arm find his hook, Zhao Cheng himself didn't tell the truth, and now he is frozen here."

Zhao Jingzi said: "Although he doesn't have a yellow belt, after all, he is a member of the Zhao family, and I can't use torture either, so I haven't figured out a way yet." As he spoke, he glanced at Li Dan embarrassedly.

"Don't throw up? There are two possibilities: he wants to protect the other party, or he is afraid of retaliation."

Zhao Jingzi blinked his eyes twice: "Eh, what the inspection said is right, it seems to make a lot of sense!"

Li Dan smiled: "Don't worry, I'll think about him after this battle."

As the two of them spoke, the light began to brighten, and the mist that had risen from the river in the early morning shrouded the forest, and the face was wet.

Zhao Jingzi left with two staff officers, and he wanted to take the opportunity to try to get close to and observe the camping of Yintuo.

Li Dan saw the herald Xiaoqi sent by Sheng Huaien, and learned from him that Yang Dayi had come to the battlefield and had captured one of the other party's generals in his first appearance with troops last night.

"Great! Chief Sheng asked Yang Lian to block the road to Jiyang Mountain, which is really good! I can fight with complete confidence, and the enemy will definitely not be able to count on reinforcements from Dayuan!

By the way, what's the situation in the bridgehead now, what are the casualties, the soldiers didn't rest last night, right?" Li Dan asked with concern.

"Please rest assured. Sun Shoubei came to the aid with 300 Guangxin defenders, and had already replaced the tired brothers to rest. He had also sent three hundred archers from the water village before, and now there were one hundred and fifty on the wall.

Last night, the brothers fought all night, more than 30 were killed and more than 40 were wounded, and it was very hard! Fortunately, reinforcements are coming, and our morale is still very high!" The sender replied.

This person spoke very clearly, and Li Dan was very satisfied.

However, it seems that despite the blessing of firearms, bronze guns, bows and arrows, and even the newly developed grenades, the casualties of the defenders on the bridgehead are still relatively large.

He talked about his thoughts and arrangements for the next battle, and asked Xiaoqi to go back and say that he knew about Sheng Huaien.

After rewarding him and leaving, Li Dan was happy and wondered. I'm glad that Yang Dayi came to help him, but I wonder why my mother suddenly sent him, it can't be that there is something at home, right?

I'm looking forward to meeting him, but it looks like we'll have to wait, because the horn on Yintuo's side is whining again, and the enemy is waking up from their dreams, and it is likely that they will launch a new attack after rearing.

And this time, without the cover of night, they could see the bridgehead more clearly.

No one can say what will happen in the battle that follows, whether it is the regimental training in ambush or the officers and soldiers on guard at the wall, everyone's hearts are full of anxiety.

"Note 1: The transportation organization that arose when Songjiang cloth was exported to the north was based on the standard cloth for goods, and then gradually became mainly armed escort, so it was written as a dart bureau."