The next day, early in the morning.

The sky was white, and the Qu Yue soldiers defending the city stood on the towering city wall early as in the past, each of them holding spears, and countless pairs of eyes looked into the distance, always watching Song Ying's every move.

Suddenly, a sharp-eyed soldier seemed to have discovered something and shouted: "Look, the Song army seems to be attacking the city!" Go and report to the general! ”

The other soldiers in the city followed his shout and looked down the hill. I saw that there were many soldiers moving in the Song camp, all of them carrying heavy burdens, and quietly slipped out of the camp gate while the sky was dark. But they did not come to Lang Shan in the southwest, but to the northeast.

The soldier who shouted just now touched his nose and said incomprehensibly: "Did this group of Song troops go in the wrong direction, why did they all go to the northeast?" Could it be that the Song Yingjun was disheartened and deserted? Several soldiers around him were also puzzled, and hurriedly ran down the city to find Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang.

After a short time, Wang and Jiang followed a few soldiers to the top of the city, looked in the direction of the soldiers' fingers, and sure enough, they saw a group of three and a group of five Song troops, carrying their burdens and sneaking towards the northeast.

"Haha, General Ben thought that the Song army was so powerful, but he didn't expect that after only a few days of scolding, so many people fled before the battle was fought!" Jiang Juwang looked at Wang Shaozuo with a smile and said, "General Wang, why don't we take advantage of the discouragement of the Song army to go out and kill them personally, and when Your Majesty comes, we will have a bright face." ”

Wang Shaozuo shook his head and said, "No, this matter is strange." It must be a trap set by the Song army, and once we rashly go down the mountain, the consequences will be unimaginable. And Your Majesty has a goal first, we only need to defend it, we don't need to take the initiative to attack, if we resist the order, we are only afraid that the head will not be guaranteed! ”

Jiang Juwang argued: "General Wang, Your Majesty's holy decree is dead, but the enemy army is alive. Even if Your Majesty used his troops like a god, he couldn't have expected the enemy army to lose heart so quickly, right? Right now, this is a godsend, if you miss it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to repel the Song army. ”

Wang Shaozuo was also a little tempted when he saw this opportunity, and couldn't help nodding, just about to order Jiang Juwang to lead 5,000 men and horses down the mountain to rob the camp, but he saw several people dressed as officers in the Song camp, holding long swords and leading dozens of soldiers, chasing and killing deserters while scolding.

Most of these deserters who fled quickly were caught by the officers, and some of them were taken back to the camp tents, and some were beaten and scolded, and a few even hung up their lottery. For a while, who dared to escape, and the commotion suddenly returned to calm.

Jiang Juwang sighed helplessly, "Alas, General Wang, you are too cautious, you missed such a good opportunity in vain." If it had been me, Song Jun would have been covered with corpses all over the field by now! ”

Wang Shaozuo also felt a little regretful, "Yes, if I hadn't hesitated just now, maybe the Song army would really be repelled by us." For the sake of today's plan, the only way to do this is to closely observe the movements of the Song army, and if there is such a good opportunity again, it will never be missed again. ”

In the days that followed, either the sky was faintly bright or the night was low, there would always be some Song soldiers sneaking away with their burdens. But every time the soldiers notified the two generals and ordered thousands of men, the Song battalion had already resumed its usual rigor under the pressure of several officers.

It's a day, late at night.

The hazy moonlight reflected Jiang Juwang's temporary mansion in the city, and reflected the door of his closed bedroom, and snoring sounds came from inside the door from time to time. Tonight seems to be extraordinarily quiet, Jiang Juwang also seems to be sleeping extraordinarily deeply, and only his snoring is left in heaven and earth.

Suddenly, the silence was shattered by the sound of drums and shouts in the dark universe, and Jiang Juwang came to his senses almost instantly. With half a lifetime of experience in Rong Ma, he expected that the Song army would take the risk of attacking Langshan under the cover of night. He hurriedly dressed up neatly, hurriedly ran out of the mansion, and went straight to the northern city gate.

Jiang Juwang had good physical strength, and he ran like a whirlwind, and soon came to the city gate and climbed to the top of the city in a few steps. He saw that Wang Shaozuo had arrived first, and commanded his soldiers to spread their bows and arrows, aiming at the Song army below, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Wang Shaozuo saw Jiang Juwang coming, nodded at him, and continued to keep an eye on the Song army under the mountain, waiting for the best opportunity. Soon, Hou Renbao led the Song army to rush up the hillside, and it didn't take long to kill the city of Langshan.

But Wang Shaozuo didn't panic at all, looking at the two protruding rocks above the hillside, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Hou Renbao looked up, I don't know whether he saw Wang Shaozuo's smile, or saw that there must be ambushes near these two rocks, so he ordered the soldiers to stop in place, and then turned around and quickly retreated to the barracks.

Seeing this, Wang Shaozuo frowned, and muttered: "Hou Renbao sent troops late at night, but he didn't move a knife or a shot, so he went up the hill and turned around and fled, what is the reason for using troops like this?" Even if he doesn't know the art of war anymore, his brain should always be normal, right? ”

Jiang Juwang shouted: "General Wang, when will you wait if you don't send troops at this time?" If you don't send troops, I'll lead my men and horses to kill them!" ”

Wang Shaozuo hurriedly stopped, "No! Song Jun's move seems unreasonable, but there must be a deep meaning. If we rush to kill, what if we are ambushed? ”

Jiang Juwang said impatiently: "General Wang, you said a few days ago that deserters were a trap, and now you say that their retreat is a trap, why is everything a trap in your eyes?" How can a person like you, who was afraid of wolves and tigers, win a battle, if it reaches the ears of His Majesty, he will kill you! ”

Wang Shaozuo made up his mind and said, "Okay, General Jiang only took his headquarters and went to intercept and kill Hou Renbao." In case of danger, I can support you. ”

Jiang Juwang answered, and was about to rush down the city, but Wang Shaozuo stopped him again, "General Jiang, you don't have to go out of the city, Hou Renbao has already returned to the camp with his soldiers." ”

"Alas......" Jiang Juwang stomped his feet depressedly, looked at Song Ying and said hatefully: "Hou Renbao, this guy made such a big noise late at night, it doesn't matter if he disturbed General Ben's sleep, he didn't wait for General Ben to send troops and ran away first, he was so angry with General Ben!" ”

Wang Shaozuo sighed, slightly sleepy, "I'm sleepy, I won't drink the northwest wind with you in the city, and I'll come back tomorrow." You should also hurry back and rest, maybe tomorrow the enemy army will officially attack the city, how can you resist the enemy if you don't have enough spirit? Jiang Juwang also felt a little sleepy, instructed the night vigil soldiers a few words, and then went down to the city with a mutter.

In a few days, the Song army fled more and more, and attacked the city less and less, but instead of stopping the march, the Song army tried to storm more and more times. At first, the Qu Yue soldiers didn't think so, but after a long time, they became unstable and couldn't sleep soundly, and gradually became unbearable.

(End of chapter)