He Bai arched his hand to Hou Cheng, who was lying on the ground, to show his gratitude. Turning around, he picked up Ma Xue'er, who also fell to the ground softly, and strode to the side. After coming to a secluded place around the corner, He Bai lifted Ma Xue'er's pants and slapped at Xuebai's buttocks.

Marcelle screamed and cried, but her hoarse voice was not as clear and pleasant as it had been. He Bai scolded angrily while beating: "You damn little girl's skin, you won't go to the house for three days." This army is also where you, a woman, should come? It's embarrassing to eat and sleep with a group of big men. Now that I have been seen by the soldiers again, it has disturbed my army's morale, how do you tell me to lead the army in the future? How to convince the public? ”

At first, Ma Xue'er struggled and screamed, but then she was already moaning softly. He Bai felt that something was wrong, so he flipped it over, only to see Ma Xue'er's face flushed, her lips peeled, the corners of her mouth foamed, and her mouth was hot. When I reached out and touched it, I had a fever and a severe cold. No wonder the voice is hoarse and not like a female voice.

He Bai's heart became more and more angry, a delicate and expensive lady was born, although she was a person who practiced martial arts, how could she compare with such a big man as herself. It took ten days to travel from Jinyang City to Jingjingguan, and after resting for one day, it was three days in the mountains. It has been very hard to lie on the ice and listen to the snow all day long, and even I am suffering from it, how can Ma Xue'er, a young lady, stand it.

He Bai shouted lightly: "What are you doing here?" Do you believe that I can kill Guo Jian? Specially followed by the overseer? ”

Ma Xue'er opened her closed eyes slightly, and said softly: "Husband, I'm sorry, Xue'er just wanted to kill Guo Jian with her own hands, and at the same time, I also wanted to ask him why he wanted to kill my father." ”

He Bai couldn't help but scold angrily in his heart, do you think this is acting, in the chaotic army under the surprise attack, you will see whoever you want. Maybe even Guo Jian's shadow won't be seen, and the battle will be over. But for the sake of Ma Xue'er's illness, He Bai couldn't scold. just said: "Then you are like this, can you still kill Guo Jian with your own hands?" ”

Ma Xue'er's little face was entangled for a while, and it took a long time before she said: "Xue'er will ask Mr. Fu for this matter." ”

He Bai couldn't help but flick Ma Xue'er's forehead heavily, and scolded: "The way you look now is purely self-inflicted." With that, he picked up Ma Xue'er, walked out of the secluded place, and looked around.

In this era of severe colds, there are no antipyretics and anti-inflammatory drugs, if one is not good, it will be life-threatening, He Bai did not dare to slack off, and shouted: "Where is the military doctor, come quickly to treat Mrs. Xue." ”

Li Ping immediately led a man in his thirties to hurriedly run, and in the treatment of the military doctor, He Bai glared at Li Ping and scolded: "You are now a military master of more than 1,000 people, and you are no longer a servant of the Ma family." In the army, everything should be dominated by me, why did you bring Cher into the army? ”

Li Ping didn't dare to speak, and Ma Xue'er pulled He Bai under him, with a pleading face. He Bai's anger subsided slightly, and said: "There will be a next time, the two of you will be punished together, and if Xue'er comes here, the punishment will be doubled." Did you hear me clearly? ”

Li Ping bowed his hand and said, "It's my uncle." The villain remembered. ”

He Bai's eyes widened again, and he scolded: "Who is your uncle?" It's called Lord Tsuto. ”

"It's Lord Lieutenant, my subordinates remember."

At this time, the military doctor arched his hand and said, "Back to Lord Duwei, Mrs. Xue is just suffering from some wind and cold, and her body is quite heavy. Fortunately, Mrs. Xue is a martial arts practitioner, and her body and bones are very strong, and she can be cured after only taking the decoction for a few days. ”

He Bai breathed a sigh of relief, first ordered someone to cut off two branches, tie them into a stretcher with ropes, and lay out two felt blankets, and then placed Ma Xue'er on it, and ordered two strong soldiers to carry it. After this, the whole army climbed the cliff safely, and the army was ready to start descending.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go up the mountain, but it is difficult to go down the mountain, fortunately, there is snow all over the mountain, although it is not too thick, but it can also be rowed down while walking, before the night falls, the whole army finally gets down the mountain and hides in the snow forest.

He Bai saw that there were sparks not far from the bottom of the mountain, and called Hou Cheng, who served as the Marquis of Li Ping's subordinate army, and said: "You led a hundred people to the other side to investigate one or two to see if it was the village of ordinary people or the camp of the Black Mountain Bandits. ”

After Hou Cheng responded to the order in a low voice, he led people forward. In less than half an hour, Hou Chengcheng sent someone back to report: "Report ...... Lord Duwei, it was a military camp in the headquarters of the Black Mountain Thieves, and there was only a team of fifty people, responsible for guarding a grain station. I heard that the Black Mountain thieves were afraid of the conscription and suppression of the officers and soldiers, and would retreat into the mountains at any time to build a dock and defend it, and deliberately set up at the foot of the mountain. When the villain returned, Hou Zuojun was preparing to take advantage of his unpreparedness and annihilate him. ”

He Bai hurriedly ordered Cheng Qi to lead the troops to surround the Black Mountain thieves together, so as not to let anyone escape and report the news. By the time He Bai and Li Ping arrived, the battle was over. After the 50 thieves were killed and wounded, they all fell to their knees and begged for mercy. This is just a team of baggage soldiers, mostly guarded by half-old and strong men over forty years old, so the combat effectiveness is not strong.

"My lord." Cheng Qi rushed over happily and said: "There are a total of 3,000 stones of grain in the camp here, and you can have a full meal tonight." ”

He Bai nodded and said, "You go down first to arrange dinner, and bring the leader of this team of thieves, I have something to ask." ”

Not long after, an old thief who was nearly fifty years old was brought in, He Bai glanced at the old thief up and down, and asked, "Do you want to live or die?" ”

The old thief turned his head and snorted coldly: "Since it has fallen into the hands of the official thief, I want to die quickly." ”

He Bai smiled: "Oh? Then why did you surrender? ”

The old thief snorted coldly: "I am outnumbered by the thieves, if I don't surrender, then everyone will be slaughtered by you and other officials and thieves." If I surrender, you may still have a life. ”

"You are kind and righteous." He Bai couldn't help but praise again and again: "You can rest assured, I won't kill any of the people who surrender, and in the near future, I will let you and others go." It's just that I have some questions I want to ask you now, and I ask you to answer them truthfully. ”

The old thief glanced at He Bai with a complicated face, and said: "Guo Qushuai's matter, the villain is just a small leader, and he doesn't know anything important. ”

He Bai said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't ask you anything important, just ask you something simple, where are most of Guo Daxian's people stationed, and where is Guo Daxian himself stationed?" You are the head of the guards of this grain camp, and you should know a little bit about the fact that people often come to deliver grain or come to transport it. ”

The old thief hesitated for a while, and then said: "The elite of our troops are all stationed in the city, and most of the others are stationed in several villages on the border with Xingnan Tang, and Guo Qushuai is naturally in the capital and city. ”

This information is similar to what Luo Pei observed, there are 1,000 armored soldiers in each city of Duxiang City and Xingnan Tang City. Other young and strong people are mostly stationed at the junction of the two counties, which means to support left and right.

"Guo Daxian has more than 1,000 horsemen, is he also in the capital?"

"Guo Qushuai doesn't believe in others, and the more than 1,000 cavalry soldiers are naturally led by him, and they are also stationed in the capital."

After He Bai asked the old thief some questions, especially the specific situation on the way to the capital. After understanding them one by one, he ordered someone to take them down. He Bai and Li Ping said: "I waited for half a month to march in the snow, and finally it was not in vain, Guo Daxian's department didn't know anything about our department. Rest tonight and tomorrow during the day, cook tomorrow, set off at the time of unitary, and be sure to attack the capital city tomorrow night. ”

At half past five o'clock in the afternoon of the second day, as soon as there were signs of turning dark, He Bai led his troops to set off. The more than 30 thieves naturally cut a knife each. It is difficult for them to walk and report the news.

When He Bai was halfway through, the old thief who closed his eyes and recuperated suddenly jumped up, and shouted with a limp: "Quick, quick, go and light the grain and grass and burn the sky and start a fire, so that Guo Qushuai will know that there is a change in our department, and prepare early to prevent the enemy from attacking." ”

Someone hesitated: "But the official army just forgave me and others?" ”

The old thief scolded disdainfully: "Why did my generation rebel in the name of Montenegro? Although he made peace with the court, he just wanted to be alone in a corner, and he would not be subject to the jurisdiction and oppression of the court in the future. Now there are officials and thieves coming over the mountains and mountains, obviously wanting to restart the war and exterminate our and other Montenegrin troops. How can the grace of our meagre non-killing be more important than the safety of hundreds of thousands of Montenegrin troops. Quick, go. ”

Under the scolding of the old thief, the thieves finally set fire to all the grain and grass, and all the grain and grass of 3,000 stones were ignited, and the scorched incense came to the face, making the thieves salivate. A thief sighed and said, "Three thousand stones of grain and grass is enough for me to eat until I die, and it is a pity to burn it like this......"

He Bai, who was marching, suddenly felt a red light behind him, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the soldiers of the whole army. I saw that a majestic fire had been ignited in the direction where I came, and half of the sky was white. When He Bai thought about this, he couldn't help but turn pale, and secretly called himself bad.

Hou Cheng was shocked: "Lord Duwei, it's not good, that group of thieves didn't remember the grace of the adults to spare their lives, and they actually set fire to warn Guo Thief." ”

Cheng Qi was furious and shouted: "My subordinates will send people back and kill them all." ”

Watching a team of people rushing back, He Bai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the matter of war can't tolerate the slightest bit of women's kindness, and he is still too kind-hearted. Even if you want to be kind, you have to wait until the war is over. Otherwise, it is purely harmful. He Bai secretly swore that he would never do such a woman's kindness again in the future.

Li Ping and Cheng Qi frowned and asked, "Lord, what are we going to do now?" Is it going forward or backward? ”

In this battle, He Bai was in line with the idea of a surprise attack, and wanted to defeat the Black Mountain thieves in the street battle in a short-handed way, and did not carry standard long weapons such as spears and spears, only short weapons such as waist ring knives and daggers. Fortunately, there is also a strong bow in each person's hand, and the firepower is not weak, so there is no need to retreat for the time being.

He Bai said in a deep voice: "Although the thieves reported the news by burning grain and grass, Guo Daxian, who is in the capital city, may not know the specific situation. At most, he thought that his subordinates had caught fire because of carelessness, and might send a cavalry to investigate the news and deal with the matter. But it will never be mobilized in a big way, or it will be fully armed. Therefore, our army should continue to advance. ”