As it dawned at dusk, the sun set behind the mountains in the distance. Shao Xi and the soldiers and horses of Shangling and Wuyang counties finally arrived at the predetermined position, which is a dense forest on the south side of the south mountain of Yujiang City, and the soldiers and horses of the two counties totaled more than 3,000, densely hidden in the woods.

After Shao Xi settled the soldiers and horses of the two counties, he set off towards the east side of Nanshan Mountain, if there was no accident, Sun Jue should be lurking there with his own soldiers and horses, waiting for Shao Xi's news.

In order to facilitate his actions, Shao Xi did not ride a horse again, but relied on the "Qingping Crossing" to rush all the way to the east where Sun Jue's soldiers and horses were. As soon as they met, Sun Jue ran up to salute Shao Xi.

"Lord Shao, you finally rushed back, we have been restless all day, I'm afraid that something will go wrong with this seconded soldier and horse, and now that you have come back smoothly, this stone in my heart has finally landed."

Shao Xi waved his hand and said that there was no need to be polite, it was important to talk about business at this time.

"You will send the heralds now, each with a volume of Nanshan troop deployment map, and inform the three counties of the soldiers and horses to move immediately, seventy percent of the soldiers and horses are used to encircle and suppress the enemy troops shown on the map, and the other thirty percent of the soldiers and horses are interspersed and outflanked in a roundabout way, so as to prevent the enemy from echoing each other, and at the same time prevent them from breaking up and fleeing south, so that the counties must act according to the order."

Sun Jue didn't say a word, and immediately sent someone down to arrange for the herald to deliver the letter.

Shao Xi looked at the map placed on the stone, and casually asked Sun Jue, "How many soldiers and horses did Lord Sun bring out this time?" How many soldiers and horses are in the hands of Mo Zhaohui and Pan Sheng in the city? ”

"Back to my lord, the county originally had a total of 3,500 soldiers and horses, but this time the lower official brought 2,000 out, and the other 1,500 have been brought back to the city according to the previous instructions of the adults, and they will move according to the order at any time. With Mo Zhaohui and Pan Sheng here, whether it is to encircle the thief army or arrest the Zhao family, they can take action at any time as long as they give an order from the adults. ”

Shao Xi nodded, "There are two thousand on your side, and the two counties of Shangling and Wuyang have a total of more than three thousand, and when the herald comes back, I will know how many soldiers and horses Liantai County has sent over this time, but it seems that it should be enough for now." When will Lao Wu get here? ”

"I have asked Mo Zhaohui and Pan Sheng to inform Lord Wu after returning to the city, thinking that Lord Wu should be on his way here at this time."

Shao Xi nodded again, his thoughts were not complicated, according to the deployment map of Nanshan's troops, the enemy troops were stationed in four places, and the location of these four places happened to be arranged in the four corners of the northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest, and the arsenal where the armor was stored was in the center of these four garrisons, so that the soldiers and horses everywhere could be retrieved at any time.

Shao Xi's idea was that the enemy army in the northeast corner was surrounded and suppressed by Sun Jue with soldiers and horses, the enemy army in the northwest corner was surrounded and suppressed by the soldiers and horses of Liantai County, and the soldiers and horses of Shangling and Wuyang counties encircled and suppressed the enemy troops in the southeast and southwest respectively. During this period, thirty percent of the troops assigned were interspersed between the four soldiers and horses, so that they could not take care of each other, and the encirclement was divided and broken one by one.

Before that, what to do is to infiltrate the Nanshan Mountain first, control its arsenal first, so that the soldiers and horses in the four places cannot raise the armor, which can greatly weaken the enemy's combat power and make the encirclement and suppression smoother.

But if you want to sneak into Nanshan, the fewer people you can, the better, so as not to be discovered by the enemy. But the question is, how to control the arsenal when there are fewer people? This is a war, it is a confrontation between the two armies, not a small fight in the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, no matter how high Shao Xi's martial arts are, he does not dare to arrogantly think that he can block thousands of troops with his own strength when facing many armies, so what he is most worried about at this time is what he should do after he and Lao Wu arrive at the military depot?

"Lord Sun, if this armor is burned, will there be a chance to repair it?"

"Although it can be repaired, it is extremely difficult to repair, and if it only burns the leather rope of the inner lining and the armor, then the armor can be re-tied after collecting and cleaning the armor. However, if the fire is too big and burned for too long, then the armor will be destroyed, and it can only be forged again to make new armor pieces and then become armor, which is equivalent to rebuilding the armor. ”

Shao Xi felt distressed for a while after hearing this, and estimated that there were more than 2,000 sets of armor stored in the arsenal, and if he could keep all of them, it would be a great improvement to Yujiang County's armament. But now there is really no good way to keep this armor from being used by private troops, otherwise it will be a hundred to burn down the arsenal with a fire.

When Sun Jue heard Shao Xi ask these questions, he knew that Shao Xi was fighting this batch of armor, and at the same time, he also saw that Shao Xi had some concerns in his heart, as a perennial leader of the army, he must be stronger than Shao Xi in some aspects, and Sun Jue had his own opinions on this matter.

"Your Excellency, you must be reluctant to burn the thousands of sets of armor in this arsenal like this, right? I must have thought that if these armors were used to equip the soldiers and horses of my Yujiang County, they would definitely be able to create an elite party, but my lord had this kind of thought? ”

Shao Xi nodded, and said with some regret: "It's a pity that there can't be too many people who sneak in, and the requirements for body martial arts are too high, so they can't transport this batch of armor out." At present, the only way I can think of is to burn it with a fire, but as you said just now, the armor that was burned by the fire is basically scrapped, which is really a pity, but I can't think of any other way for a while. ”

When Sun Jue heard Shao Xi say this, he said to Shao Xi with pride: "My lord really underestimates my Sun Jue, although the requirements for sergeants on this march and war cannot be like you Jianghu masters, but the emphasis is on seamless cooperation, orders and prohibitions, adults must not think that only high martial arts and small numbers can do this stealth thing." Of the 2,000 soldiers and horses left by Xia Guan today, 500 are the elite of the army personally trained by Xia Guan, and what they are best at is stealth night raids, so it is better to select 100 people and transfer them to adults, and the adults will lead them to sneak into the arsenal of the Nanshan Bandit Army, and it should not be a problem for these 100 people to guard the military arsenal with adults. The soldiers and horses of my four counties have stepped up their encirclement and suppression, and I think that the thief army does not have much energy to besiege the military depot, and the adults only need to lead these 100 people to hold on to the reinforcements, so that they can keep this batch of armor and ordnance for the use of our army. ”

Shao Xi sounded very reasonable, Sun Jue was originally better at this march and battle, and besides, night sneak attacks were also a common method used by soldiers, and those who could do this kind of work were basically elites, so it seemed that his understanding was shallow.

"In that case, let's do what Master Sun thinks! Before, it was the official himself who thought about things too simply, and it seems that he still needs to consult Lord Sun more about this marching formation! ”

"The lord has won the award, this is the subordinate officer's business, the adult lives in the temple and walks in the rivers and lakes, it is normal that he is not very familiar with the military affairs, and it is also the honor of the subordinate to be able to come up with ideas for the adult. Since the lord agrees with the idea of the lower official, then the lower official will go to rectify the soldiers and horses, and transfer the 100 elites to the command of the lord. ”

"Well, seeing that the sky is gradually darkening, after the soldiers and horses are reorganized, we will hurry up and set off when Lao Wu comes."

Shao Xi just mentioned Lao Wu and didn't want to talk about Cao Cao, so Cao Cao arrived. I saw that Lao Wu rushed over a little out of breath, seeing that he was in a hurry all the way, and he didn't know what happened?

After saying hello, Sun Jue went to prepare the soldiers and horses, and Shao Xi made time to ask Lao Wu about the situation in the city.

"How? What happened in the city on the day I disappeared? The Zhao family saw that the person sent to assassinate me did not come back to report the news, but someone was sent to the yarn shop in Yushui Town to inquire about the news? ”

Lao Wu sat on the stone next to him a little panting, and didn't reply to Shao Xi's words, first took off the wine jug on his waist and poured the wine, it seems that there must be something urgent to hurry up so much, Shao Xi can't help but be a little worried in his heart.

After pouring a few sips of wine, Lao Wu raised his sleeves to wipe his mouth, and said to Shao Xi: "Why don't you send someone to find out the news!" As soon as the morning dawned, they rushed to Yushui Town when the city gate was opened, but after waiting for most of the day, no one came back to inquire about the news, and in the afternoon, they sent more than a dozen people out, I guess this trip was definitely not to inquire about the news. I don't know if the little girl is in the yarn mill? I was a little worried that something would happen. You too, planning comes and goes, why didn't you take this step into account? Throw a girl's family alone in the yarn mill, if something happens, are you worthy of your little master? ”

Shao Xi was also shocked when he heard this, originally he thought that the Zhao family would not act rashly when they saw that they were missing, but would just wait and see what happened, after all, the more they did, the more flaws they would expose.

But now it seems that the Zhao family has made a desperate bet, reckless of the consequences, and is bound to take his life. But I am not in the yarn workshop, only the yarn girl and Gao Guang are in the yarn workshop, how to deal with such a situation? After all, Gao Guang still has injuries on his body.

The people sent out by the Zhao family early in the morning did not come back in the afternoon, Shao Xi could guess why, it seemed that Gao Guang had already made his choice. But later, more than a dozen of them were sent over, how should Gao Guang deal with the injuries on his body?

Shao Xi knows very well the truth that two fists are invincible to four hands, not to mention that Gao Guang will definitely fall into a battle to the death if he is injured against a dozen people, and he doesn't know what the final result will be?

Thinking of this, Shao Xi couldn't help but raise his throat again.

But at the moment, even if you worry about it, it won't help, after all, there are more important things to do, and I can only hope that they can survive this catastrophe.

Just when Shao Xi and Lao Wu were about to wait for Sun Jue to gather troops and horses, and then lead the hundred elites to attack the military depot, Zhao Huajun in Yujiang City was already angry and was pointing at Gao Cang and scolding.

"Rubbish! What is the use of the Zhao family raising you for so many years? You can't even do that. Haven't you always prided yourself on being intelligent? Why didn't you find out that this Shao Xi actually had martial arts? This operation was planned by you, and the manpower was also found by you, and now they are all sent out, and the result is that they are all meat buns beating dogs, and they don't come back, and there is not even a single message, what the hell can you do decent things? ”

Gao Cang was already sweating at this time, but he still forced himself to calm down and analyze the situation. Since the people he sent didn't come back, it means that Shao Xi was not assassinated, so where did he go after disappearing for a whole day?

Gao Cang's heart "chuckled".

"My lord, listen to my advice! Hurry up and send someone to Nanshan to prepare troops and horses, just in case! Now it can be determined that Shao Xi is not dead, since he is not dead, and he has disappeared again, then whatever he does next must be detrimental to my Zhao family. At this point, adults should not hesitate any longer. ”

Zhao Huajun was also dumbfounded, did he finally come to this point?