Gong Fu Long and Li Yong's fifty cavalry rushed to the camp at the mouth of the gorge in the starry night. Because Hongxia was not here, he had to entrust Gui Huaiyuan to bring the pill to Hongxia.

After a short rest in the Xiakou Village, he hurried to Nanyang Town, passing through Tianchi Village, and immediately selected a shrewd and capable soldier from among the fifty cavalry to carry a pill and Duobaodan and quickly sent it to Yuan Chongli of Gufu Village.

When you can go to Nanyang Village, it has come to the beginning of the year.

Li Shoujun knew that the head of the dragon was coming, so he opened the door of the village and greeted him in person. He knew very well who this dragon chief was. Everything must be profound, and honest and frugal, which is deeply relied on by the grandfather of the country.

The two walked into the tent hand in hand, and before dawn, the soldiers in the tent lit many candles.

"Prepare wine and dinner for Chief Long and the accompanying brothers!" Shoujun instructed the soldiers standing next to him.

"Yes," the soldier agreed.

Gong Fu Long ran all night, and he really felt hungry in his stomach, so he didn't push back. After explaining his intentions, he took out the remaining two pills of Huang Dan from his bag and handed them to Shoujun. Shoujun thanked Grandpa Guo and talked with Grandpa Long for a while.

Outside food and wine must be prepared.

Shoujun also wanted to talk to the father-in-law, so he sat down with him.

Shoujun raised his glass and said:

"Brother Long, I respect you." After saying that, I drank it all.

The Gongfu looked at Shoujun, as if he had concerns in his heart, and after a little hesitation, he also dried up. Then he said:

"Brother Li, I still need to hurry, and Grandpa Guo is still waiting for me to go back at noon!"

"That's so, I don't persuade Brother Long to drink, you can eat more food!" At this time, the soldiers outside the door reported:

"Master Li, Xihe Heiye, that's someone again!"

"Okay, I'll be right here."

"Brother Long, you use it slowly, and the younger brother will come when he goes." After saying that, he hugged his fists and turned to leave.

After a few moments, Shoujun returned to the tent.

The father-in-law has finished his meal, and he is drinking a bowl of tea.

"Brother Long, yesterday our black boss fought a beautiful night battle, and it severely frustrated the enemy's sharpness!" Li Shoujun couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and called the "black boss" he usually called in private.

The Gongfu hurriedly put down the tea bowl and listened carefully to Shoujun's account of the incident. After listening, I couldn't help but slap the table with my hand and cheered:

"Good!"

"It's just that Bai Rumei and they have suffered this loss, they will not be reconciled, and they will definitely make a comeback. Brother Shoujun, you are waiting here to rush, you need to be extremely cautious, this matter depends on Brother Li and the two of you, I thank you in advance on behalf of the grandfather! After speaking, he hugged his fists and wanted to bow down, but he was supported by Shoujun's hands.

"Brother Long, you are too polite! I'm not the thirteen armies of many years ago, aren't you too outsider?" After a pause, he said:

"I and Hei Yougong will defend this place to the death, and we will never flinch when we fight to one person and one horse, please Brother Long convey this intention to Grandpa Guo, rest assured, rest assured!"

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Halfway up Maolu Mountain, Jiulianping.

There are 3,000 soldiers stationed in the Chinese military camp here, which is Li Laiheng's personal military camp. The pro-soldiers are all well-trained, and they can all be ten, which is quite brave. A large area has been carved out of the mountainside, and many huts and shacks have been built, and some gray-white tents are scattered all over the place.

At this time, on an empty flat in the walled gate, all the Chinese military camps headed by the deputy commander Zhang Shun were assembled and were waiting for Li Laiheng and Song Qingping to go down the mountain. Today I will move the big tent to the bottom of the mountain.

Zhang Shun and others waited in the warm sun from the hour to the hour when they saw a large group of relocated people coming down from the mountain. Of course, most of these people are people from the pro-military camp, and only a few are people from the "loyal battalion" under the mountain, but whether it is the pro-military camp or the loyal battalion, they are all the iron-blooded guards of Laiheng, and they swear to live and die together.

"I've seen the General!" The soldiers of the pro-military battalion crossed their hands in unison and bowed to the approaching Lai Heng.

"Brothers, hard work!" Lai Heng said with a smile on his face. This smile suddenly swept through the hearts of all the soldiers like a spring breeze.

Seeing Lai Heng walking towards him, Zhang Shun hurriedly saluted with his hands in front of him, and shouted, "I've seen Grandpa Guo!"

Lai Heng still had a smile on his face, and said kindly:

"Zhang Shun'er, don't be polite, Li Yong, are they back?"

"Grandpa Yuguo, I haven't returned to the camp yet."

"Well, if he goes back to the camp and asks him to go to the village under the mountain, I have something to ask him!"

"Yes, Grandpa Guo."

"Zhang Shun'er, Kuang Hanju went to Xingshan to donate medicine, did he give you your medicine?"

"Grandpa Xie Guo, give it!" Zhang Shun replied respectfully.

"Wait for Han Ju to come back and ask him to come over to help you, you have to train the soldiers and horses. Niu Xi won't be back for the time being, you have to pick up the burden of the pro-military camp for me. ”

"Yes, Zhang Shun understands!"

Lai Heng looked at the young man in his early twenties who had been promoted from the boy boy camp, his eyes were full of the love of the elders for the juniors, and after a while, he put away his smile and went down the mountain with Qingping and the others.

Turning the corner outside the Nine Lotus Flat, the vision under the mountain gradually widened. I could vaguely see the cavalry of the brigade rushing towards the mountain. Lai Heng and the others stopped and waited, just because this mountain road is rugged, most places are only enough to ride alone, it is really too narrow!

In a moment, I saw that the person at the head was Li Yong. With a lift of his hand, he stopped the people behind him, quickly turned over from the horse and jumped down, half-knelt in front of Lai Heng, and said to Lai Heng:

"Grandpa Guo, the last general will not be dishonored." After that, he took off the "Howling Sky Sword" from his waist and handed it to Lai Heng with both hands.

"Good, good! Hurry up and talk!" Lai Heng smiled happily and stepped forward to help Li Yong.

"It's not very convenient here, how about Grandpa Guo, please move to the village under the mountain and talk to General Li again?" Qingping stepped forward and asked.

Lai Heng nodded in agreement, then patted Li Yong twice on the shoulder and said:

"Okay, let's talk about it down the mountain, you go and hand over the troops and horses with Zhang Shun first." Lai Heng said as he went down the mountain. Li Yong looked at the group in a daze, and walked down the mountain with his east and west, a little confused. But it didn't stop long, that is, it was handed over to Zhang Shun. Except for the fifty cavalrymen who followed the dragon chief, the remaining four hundred and fifty personal soldiers were unharmed.

"Brother Li Yong is a cow!" A short soldier standing behind Zhang Shun said. Zhang Shun turned around and gestured to pat him on the head.

"As far as you can speak, this sentence should be said to me, right, Brother Yong?"

"Don't praise me, there are people around our grandfather who are more powerful than me. First of all, what did they do to carry things down the mountain? ”

"Oh, you don't know yet? The big tent on the mountain was all relocated to the Baiyang Village at the foot of the mountain today, and I heard that this could save a lot of time for Tangma to go up and down the mountain to and from the front line, so the grandfather of the country decided so. Zhang Shun replied.

"Oh, that's right. That's good, Xiao Shunzi, the soldiers are also for you, I'm leaving, Grandpa Guo is still waiting for me!"

Li Yong came down from the mountain and was still a stone's throw away from the big tent of Baiyang Village, so he noticed something unusual. At this moment, it was already noon, but there were many soldiers wearing pond horse costumes outside the big tent, they were squatting or sitting, not talking to each other, and the atmosphere was dull.

Li Yong walked outside the tent, and the guard's own soldiers intervened in salute, and then lifted the curtain for him. Lai Heng saw it and hurriedly greeted him.

"I've seen Grandpa Guo!" Li Yong half-knelt and saluted.

"No need to be polite, tell me about the situation." Lai Heng said with a smile. At this time, Song Qingping, who was watching the book on the bookcase next to her, put down the book and also walked over.

"Back to the grandfather of the country, Mao Shoudeng was shot by Wu Yingzhao with an arrow on the spot, but Wang Jincai let him run away. It's the last general who is not thoughtful and willing to accept the punishment!"

"Where are the soldiers and horses of Mao and Wang?" Qingping asked.

I could only hear the sound of horses' hooves coming from outside the door, and the soldiers outside the tent said:

"Grandpa Guo, Chief Dragon is back."

"Go and invite him in," Li Laiheng ordered, but his eyes were on Li Yong, waiting for him to reply.

"More than 9,000 people in Wang Jincai's department have all surrendered, and they have returned to Langwu with Mao Chongying, and Mao Shoudeng's subordinates have dismissed some soldiers, and there are about 8,000 people, and they have gone to Huangliang Town to guard the palace with Ying Ying according to Pi Xingyong last night." Li Yong replied.

"Well, yes, yes." Lai Heng touched the back of his head and looked at Song Qingping, Qingping understood, nodded with a smile and said:

"General Li has made a lot of credit this time, Grandpa Guo has a reward for you, go back to the mountain and rest."

"Thank you Grandpa Guo for your kindness, you don't need to rest in the end." Li Yong said.

"Go, let's go to Ciqing Palace to say hello to the Queen Mother first!" Lai Heng said. Just yesterday evening, Li Yong's wife and daughter were picked up by someone sent by Lai Heng to the mountain.

"Yes, the last general obeys!" Li Yong said no more, turned around and left the account.

At this time, the public said hello to Li Yong outside the tent, hugged his fists, lifted the curtain and walked into the tent. Grandpa Guo and the others were looking at him with a smile, and Lai Heng said:

"Father-in-law, it's hard work, come and sit here!"

"I've seen Grandpa Guo and joined the army." The grandfather hugged his fists again and walked over. After sitting down, he told Grandpa Guo and them about what they had seen and heard about going down the mountain this time, especially when he talked about the success of Hei Yougong's sneak attack on the enemy camp, Lai Heng felt very satisfied, but in his heart, like Qingping, he felt that the situation was not so optimistic.

"Well, good! Gongfu, you can go up the mountain to rest for the time being, I have sent someone to pick up Li Yong's family members up the mountain, and you will take care of my life. ”

"Yes, that's nature, don't worry about the country!" After saying that, he immediately got up and left. Qingping saw that the grandfather had left, so she said to Laiheng:

"Grandpa Guo, according to the Tang newspaper in Xingshan, the enemy of Dangyang is increasing unabated."

"How so?" Lai Heng asked.

"When the lights of the cars and horses outside Yangcheng have not been extinguished all night, what is it if it is not an increase in troops?" Qingping asked rhetorically. After a pause, he said:

"It is an ironclad fact that Dolgon is now in Xiangyang City, Qingping speculates that within three days, Hu Ren will definitely attack in a big way, and Grandpa Wangguo has already been mentally prepared!"

Li Laiheng was immediately worried when he heard him say this, so he asked Qingping for advice. Song Qingping stroked his beard and paced slightly, and after a long time, he stopped and spoke:

"Xingshanzhai has 38,000 troops, and it can be defended by danger, and it can be safed for the time being. Huang Liangwu obviously has more than 18,000 troops and is afraid that he will not be able to defeat Jingzhou Duoduo, but Langwu has more than 20,000 troops and can reinforce the other side. There are 20,000 soldiers and horses in the distance of Guihuai at the mouth of the gorge, and it is safe to form horns with Hongxia. Only the Wollongong direction is a little weak, and I am afraid that it will not be able to defeat Bai Rumei and others, if this is foolish, I hope that the grandfather of the country will make his own decision!"

"Qingping, you are right, you should prepare reinforcements to go to the black meritorious place, in your opinion...... What should I do?"

"For today's plan, only General Niu Xi can take on this important task! It's just that after General Niu is transferred, Baiyangzhai may have to sing an empty city plan! Song Qingping looked at Lai Heng and said.

Li Laiheng thought for a moment, couldn't help but pat his thigh, and said: "An empty city is an empty city, okay, Qingping, just do what you say!"

In less than half an hour, the gate of Baiyang Village to Nanyang Town was opened, but countless soldiers and horses were seen in four columns from the village, a mighty general stood at the head of the village, and was talking to his soldiers and soldiers, two big flags were erected behind him, and the words of "loyalty" and "cow" could be seen from afar.

"I hope he lives up to expectations." Li Laiheng and Song Qingping, who were standing on a high place, watched the team drift away, and they both thought silently in their hearts.

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