Fifty miles outside Xingshan City, on both sides of the official road leading to Dangyang, are now densely covered with white tents, stretching endlessly. In the ten-mile long pavilion not far away, a Manchurian soldier dressed like a small leader sat in the pavilion with a red face, holding a young rural woman with a mediocre posture in his arms, and his mouth was still laughing. The young woman pushed back timidly, but she didn't dare to push very hard, and the soldiers in the camp next to her, who had not yet fallen asleep, looked at this scene stupidly, and their eyes showed a hot and obscene gaze.

It was almost the right moment, outside a big tent not far from here, several saber soldiers were majestic, and inside the big tent, the general "Mulima" under the command of the "British Prince" Azig was toasting a Han general frequently.

This person turned out to be the defector Gao Shouyi!

"General Gao is really massive, another cup!" Mulima spoke not very pure Mandarin, and the servant next to him hurriedly sifted the wine full.

"General Mu, please please, you are the massive!" Gao Shouyi lowered his head and said with a hunched waist.

"Sit, sit." Mulima said.

"This time, General Gao led the crowd to vote, which made Prince Ying very satisfied, and it must not be long before he will be on the rise!" Mulima said.

"All the cultivation of adults, Gao will live up to expectations!" Gao Shouyi said.

"It's just that the general said when will the others come to vote?" Mulima asked.

"This, this ......." Gao Shouyi wanted to speak and stopped, thinking about the sentence "Betraying the Lord and stealing, you can't do it regularly", and I didn't know how to phrase it.

Mulima seemed to understand Gao Shouyi's difficulties, patted Gao Shouyi's shoulder and said, "The general doesn't have to be embarrassed, it's not too late to think of a way slowly." Mulima sat down as she spoke, her face gloomy.

Gao Shouyi held the wine glass, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he quickly calculated how to deal with it.

Seeing this, Mulima said: "Ah, General Gao doesn't have to be nervous, sit, sit, eat, eat." Then take out a delicate dry tobacco pouch. The attendant next to him lit the fire and immediately lit it for him, and in an instant, the tent was filled with a strong smell of tobacco. And he looked at Gao Shouyi with contemptuous eyes from time to time.

"Adults, the little ones must be loyal and do their best, and live up to the trust of adults." After speaking, he drank all the wine in the cup, put down the wine glass, clasped his hands into fists, and knelt on the ground, very frightened.

Mulima was slightly satisfied and waved his hand, "General, please get up, sit, sit down." He knocked the copper-colored cigarette pot on the ground, knocked off the ashes, and said:

"In the near future, the regent prince and the army of the ten princes will attack the north and south, and presumably Li Laiheng will not be able to toss for long." As he spoke, he shook the bloated head with a few loose hairs and was almost bald.

"Yes, yes, the Qing Dynasty will win, and the prince will win." Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the tiger head card next to him that was "avoiding" and "quiet". Quickly stood up, bowed and said, "The hour is not early, then the humble duty will go back first, and the adults will rest early!" ”

"Okay, okay, the general is at his own convenience." Mulima squinted and said.

Gao Shouyi then bowed down and retreated from the big tent. Exiting the big tent, he took a deep breath and walked towards the tent by the ten-mile long pavilion. This was the place where he was temporarily garrisoned, and the peasant woman before was the concubine he had just married.

"Alas, people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads." Gao Shouyi walked into his tent dejectedly.

……

Xingshan Village, about three minutes when it was close to Chou, a slip of dust rolled up, and a small team of people and horses quickly rushed into the village.

Li Laiheng, Tian Zhongshun and other dozens of horsemen have arrived outside the Yuanmen, at this time the lights have been lit in the Yuanyuan, Li Laiheng looked at the military appearance of the Xingyuan, the guard was heavy, nodded secretly, and took the lead in entering the Yuanmen. The commander of the Chinese army, Liu Shun, and his subordinates hurriedly went out to greet him, and shouted in unison:

"Greetings to the General!"

Lai Heng waved his hand and went directly into the camp tent of the Chinese army. The left and right sides will be divided into two sides to listen to the order.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I came this time for several purposes, one of which was that Emperor Yongli was killed, and the whole country was shocked. Just when the so-called people were flustered, and Li Dingguo died of illness in Yunnan, these news are extremely unfavorable for us. Recently, Tanma reported that Bai Rumei, the 'governor of Shaanxi', and Wang Yizheng, the 'admiral', had met with Xiangyang Dolgon. 'The governor of Sichuan, Li Qinxiang, wanted to join forces with the soldiers of Jingzhou to encircle Xiakou and Huangliang Town. We should prepare early. Second, the crime of the high thief who defected to the Qing army is unforgivable, and I will kill him to set an example!"

All the generals looked solemn, and responded in unison: "I am willing to listen to the orders of the grandfather of the country!"

"It's late today, the generals will rest first, and tomorrow the hour will raise the account, I hope you will be punctual, and there will be no mistakes!"

"Order", all the generals suddenly led it, and they were all out of the account in an instant, leaving Tian Zhongshun, Liu Shun, Li Yong, Pi Xingyong and other four people in the account.

"Zhongshun, I have a plan, you and Li Yong shaved their hair with capable sergeants, pretended to be merchants and infiltrated the Qing barracks, found out where Gao Shouyi was, and raised a fire on the third watch tomorrow, and we will kill the ...... to destroy this thief!"

Zhongshun and Li Yong both agreed to go, and they didn't show it for the time being.

At this time, it was almost five watches, Gui Huaiyuan, Li Keming, and Li Xuexiu returned to the camp along the mountain road, and Ma Jiaolin went out of the mountain gate to welcome the village.

"Brother Gui, you're back!" Ma Jiaolin said.

Gui Huaiyuan and the others stared at Ma Jiaolin suspiciously, but they didn't speak, only listened to Ma Jiaolin continue: "It's nothing, but I can hear the report from Tanma that there seems to be a transfer of people and horses in Xiling Gorge, and they haven't crossed the river for the time being, so it shouldn't be okay, cough, cough."

"What, 'nothing'?" Gui Huaiyuan and the others were secretly surprised. "Isn't that right?" Gui Huaiyuan said. "Hurry up and call the man."

"Yes, yes," so Ma Jiaolin ordered to call, and hurriedly urged the cook to bring wine and food, very attentive. In a short time, the probe came to the crowd with sleepy eyes.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Gui Huaiyuan looked at him and said.

"Oh, that's right, general, I returned to the camp from Xiling Gorge at the time of Shenyou today, because I saw a forest of flags in the mountains on the opposite bank, and there were vague movements of soldiers and horses. It was dark and raining, but it was not very real, so I immediately returned the letter. After listening to this, Ma Jiangye ordered me to go to bed, and rewarded me with a good meal of wine. Tanma replied, and looked at the general. The general kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Xuexiu, quit your hard work, you immediately lead three hundred cavalry to the Xiling ferry to guard the village, as soon as there is news, you must find out where the soldiers and horses are! Although we are idle here, we should not be careless!" After speaking, I saw Xuexiu nodding and beckoning his soldiers to pat their horses and leave the village. Huaiyuan brought his own soldiers, lit torches, and inspected the camp again without mentioning it.

……

The rooster has crowed several times, and the sky is slowly brightening. The morning glow was full, the fiery red sun swept away all the gloom of yesterday, and the barking of dogs could be heard from time to time in the village. Lai Heng only slept for more than a few more times, and then got up to practice his sword. Like his grandfather, King Li Chuang.

Because the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for him, he feels anxious in his heart. There are not many defenders in Xingshan, the total number of the three armies of Mabu is only 156, and 3,000 were pulled away by this damn Gao Shouyi, counting the 15,000 military horses that Niu Xi will bring today, the total strength is only 30,000, and there are more than 50,000 Qing soldiers stationed in Dangyang, and it is very likely that there will be more troops, according to the spy report, Xiangyang has joined the Shaanxi soldiers and horses, since last year, the position of Dangyang City to the ten-mile long pavilion are all Qing soldiers and horses, and even the official road has become a street, and all kinds of vendors and shops are lined up. Fortunately, Xingshan City is connected to Wanchao Mountain, and Wanchao Mountain is the gateway to Xingshan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There was still more than half a time before the rise of the tent, and he decided to go to Xingshan City to go around, and he hadn't been here for a year.

"General," a voice sounded in the background. He heard that it was Xiaobao, but he didn't expect him to return so soon.

"Go to sleep, you are the master, you need to rest well." Lai Heng said kindly. Although he is much older than Xiaobao, he is also a descendant of King Chuang, and he is the main general in the army, so he is generally not good.

"Yes, I just finished eating, it's a bit stretched." Xiaobao replied with a full hiccup, then smiled at Lai Heng and left happily. Lai Heng went out of Dazhai Yuanmen and went to Xingshan City.

After a year of fighting, fighting and artillery battles, Xingshan City has long been unrecognizable, and everyone has moved away, leaving only some broken walls.

Lai Heng stood on the northern slope of Wanchao Mountain and looked down, only to see rows of wooden fences erected close to the mountain pass, and a trench was set up in front of the wooden fence but it was not very wide, which was equivalent to a fictitious one. He frowned, then looked in the direction of Dangyang, "I hope they can successfully lurk." "If you look again, you can't see anything. The endless Huanglong Mountains block all view. "I don't know if there is merit, what happened to Shoujun and them? There is also a clear veil. Obviously, the pressure is also huge, and the total number of troops is only 10,000. "Ahh

……

"Brothers, work harder, strive to reach the north bank of the West River at dawn," Hei Yougong's voice was thick and magnetic, making people feel down-to-earth when they heard it.

From yesterday's second watch to the present, Hei Yougong led the troops to march in a hurry, and it was almost three hours. In fact, the brothers are very tired, but they all grit their teeth and persevere, the cavalry is better, and the infantry is really choking enough! But what they don't know is that Hei Yougong has been on the road since yesterday afternoon, except for the hour he stayed in Maolu Mountain, and he didn't have time to eat a bite of food, but this is a general order, and it is related to the life and death of thousands of brothers and sisters and old and young masters! He had to work hard to hold on.

"Come here, dog." "Hey," a sixteen or seventeen-year-old man cleverly jumped in front of the meritorious. He was a meritorious leader of his own soldiers.

"Take a few people to the front to find out the news, be careful!"

"Okay, no problem, don't worry, Hei Ye." After saying that, he rode away with a few people.

The dog and a dozen or so soldiers galloped away from the large army and ran in the direction of Wollongong.

Usually during the day, from Nanyang Town Dazhai to Wollongong is more than three hours, on the way through the West River, because of the West River, from the left side of the West Mountain to flow down not far, so this section of the river is not deep, not to mention that now the lunar calendar is September 18, belongs to the dry season, you can wade through, the river is also thirty or fifty meters of water surface.

The dog and his soldiers walked down the hill, and when they were about to reach the river, the east was already white, and they ran all night, their mouths were dry, and the horses were thirsty. At this time, only to hear the sound of "dang", the arrow was shot on the dog's heart guard, and a pro-soldier next to him, the sound of "oops" was not even able to exit, and the neck had already been hit by an arrow and fell to the ground. The dog crouched down and yelled, "Retreat, retreat!" I didn't want arrows to rain down, and in the blink of an eye, nine of the eleven people fell to the ground, leaving the last two, who were not injured because of the distance.

When the two of them saw so many people and horses suddenly appearing in the forest on the opposite bank, they panicked, so they quickly turned their horses around and slapped their horses away.

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