As soon as Xue Zeng's voice fell, those soldiers couldn't help laughing, and the water didn't slow down, and faintly heard bursts of rough singing from other camps not far away, Xue Zeng couldn't help but smile and said, "We can't lose to them, let's sing!"

"Soldiers on the battlefield went to the border, and they did not break the enemy......'s camp and swore that they would not return;

This song was slight at first, and then there were more and more people, and slowly in the dark night became louder and stronger, Xue Zeng looked at the moon shadow, and fell into contemplation in this song, when this flood was exhausted, it should be the time for Yuan Xingjian's army to attack, although the morale is still acceptable, but the whole night soaked in the water can not rest, and when the water level is lowered, the army must be exhausted, and under such a burst of water, and no matter how much food and grass will be left, I am afraid that even a stick of wood will not be burned, do you want the soldiers to fight hungry?

At this time, his whole body was also soaked, the night wind was very cold, blowing on his body more and more cold, he couldn't help but sneeze, the soldiers next to him immediately ran over, he was clever, I don't know when to make a bundle of books that were important in the military tent and carry it on his shoulder, and said: "General, the wind is strong, you go to a leeward place, right?"

Xue Zeng shook his hand and said with a smile: "No matter how big the wind is at the border pass, is it strong?" After saying that, he took two steps forward and made a gesture, the soldier's singing slowly stopped, and Xue Zeng said loudly: " Brothers, your battalion was born and died with me, and I will say it bluntly, tonight the other battalions can still stare at it with their eyes closed for a while, I am afraid you will not be able to rest, this battle is abrupt, I am afraid that there will be more fierce when the day dawns, you can't let the whole army go hungry to fight, you two of you go around searching for food and combustible things that have been washed away, and the remaining four people are making tic-tac-toe knots, and what they find is put on it, this is a chore, you can't let one thing fall into the water, you have to hold on until the water falls, is it possible?"

Hearing his subordinates shouting "yes" in unison, Xue Zengfang smiled and hugged his fists and said: "Then bother the brothers, our own people will work harder, so that the brothers in other battalions can recuperate their spirits, fill their stomachs, and deal with the enemy army." Someone didn't wait for him to finish speaking, the four of them stood in a group, and the eight arms were very skillfully crossed together to build a simple platform, and the clever personal soldier hurriedly put the file on his shoulder, and said: "The arms are going to be broken, this must not fall into the water!"

Searching everywhere in the face of the water is naturally hard, and those soldiers who support heavy objects are even more so, at first I didn't feel that seeing the firewood and all kinds of edible things piled up higher and higher, the weight on the arms became more and more heavy with the passage of time, but fortunately, the eight arms were intertwined and tightly hooked together, so as not to collapse.

The depth of the water became lower and lower, slowly revealing the pile foundation of the camp tent and other objects, but Xue Zeng's face became more and more solemn, he only knew that the big war was coming, but he didn't know how much time he could leave for himself to prepare. Dozens of arm-held platforms have piled up a considerable amount of grain and grass, and even some firewood and grass have been dried by the body temperature of these people. When he could finally see the sand and gravel on the ground through the shallow water, Xue Zeng's heart jumped violently, and he waved his big hand and said: "Send the order, all battalions come to receive grain and grass, open the stove and cook rice, and only give half an hour to gather the whole army and prepare for battle!"

How dare the soldiers who gave the order delay, although their shoes were full of sand and stones, they still threw off their legs and strode towards the battalions, and in a moment someone from each battalion came to take away the supplies, and the sergeants who had been carrying the weight all night breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to let go, but found that the eight arms crossed together had long been numb and stiff, and they couldn't move, and it took a while to slowly untie them, and they each rubbed their shoulders and arms that were in pain.

Xue Zeng walked up dozens of steps, and then looked back into the distance, the battalions had already risen the smoke, and the banner that was washed down by the water was re-erected, and it was finally not so embarrassed, his mind was quickly thinking about where Yuan Xingjian would station the army and wait, and how long it would take to march here, if they were also waiting for the water to stop downstream and then attack, they would naturally be very rich in time, but the effect of his hard work to blow up the two dikes would be greatly reduced, and Yuan Xingjian would not be so stupid. Xue Zeng slapped his forehead violently, hurriedly walked down, and shouted: "Assemble immediately, the left flank will be transformed into an army, and prepare for defense! The army will line up to reinforce the left flank! General Wang, you arrange for the soldiers on the right flank to move slowly to the west! Pay attention, the march must not be panicked, and it must be steady! Arrange to probe to the west, and report at any time! After everything is done, the meal will be started!"

Looking at the slowly changing and moving army, Xue Zengxin was like a drum, how could he forget the huge earthen platform dozens of miles to the west? That day, he also wanted to garrison troops there, but he felt that it was too far away from Beiguan, and it was quite inconvenient to attack and defend and transport grain and grass, if Yuan Xingjian had stationed troops there earlier, he would not have been affected by this big flood, and if he got here from there, if it was fast, he was afraid that he would have arrived at the moment.

Watching his sergeants lift the wooden thorns trapped in the mud and slowly go to the west, what worries Xue Zeng even more is that there is a big flood, and the bows and arrows necessary for defense have lost a lot, I am afraid that in the future, whether it is offensive or defensive, they will not have any advantage, everything that should be done has been done, and the next thing is to wait for the will of heaven.

The little soldier who was waiting next to him followed him for a few years, and at this time he had arranged for people to set up a simple big tent, and the important books had also found a place to put them, and he was about to ask Xue Zeng to rest for a while, but he saw the spies sent out running quickly, his face turned white, and he saw Xue Zeng hurriedly said: "Report! The banner of the Taihu bandit army has been seen from a distance on the west side, and it is very close to our army!"

Xue Zeng said secretly: "Sure enough, as I expected, as soon as the army was hurriedly settled, he came." He turned around and entered the tent, and asked in a deep voice, "How many people?"

The detective groaned for a moment, and Fang Ji said cautiously: "The subordinate glanced at it slightly, like ...... No less than my soldiers. ”

Xue Zeng waved his hand in annoyance and said, "Explore again." He wanted to ask if he had ever seen someone who did not look like an ordinary soldier in the array, but after thinking about it, how could he see it clearly from such a distance? The last battle of Hangzhou was to suffer the loss of such a troublemaker in the rivers and lakes, they were conceited that they had martial arts, and dealing with this group of battlefield veterans under their command was like chopping melons and vegetables, which was really resentful. However, as the commander, how could he show timidity, he took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and walked out of the humble camp with confidence in his face, holding the sword tightly in his hand, and walked to the front of the barracks.

I don't know why, several fights have given Xue Zeng a solemn feeling, the young leader wrapped in plain white Dayu, glanced at each other a few times from afar, it seems that what is surging behind him is not killing intent, but a thick sadness, at this time there is still a light rain, even if there are thousands of troops and horses on the opposite side, they will not see any rolling dust, first a quietly hanging "Yuan" word flag, and then a plain white flag, silently appearing on the opposite side.

The surrounding generals were already ready for a fight, staring intently at the opposite side, and the soldiers seemed to forget the tossing and fatigue of the night, and stared closely at the approaching army. Xue Zeng's palms were already dripping with sweat, and he only hoped that Yuan Xingjian would hesitate when he saw the fairly neat military appearance. Quietly hearing the rumbling drums of the enemy formation, it was getting louder and louder, Xue Zengxin's tight string was also loosened, and he smiled bitterly and pulled out his sword, ready to give the order to meet the enemy at any time. He had already calculated everything, how could he be deceived by this hasty façade? Yuan Xingjian was so confident!

The right hand of the white-clothed man under the banner of the word "Yuan" fell together, a hissing shout and horn shook, and countless people on the opposite side poured out from the two wings with the sound of war drums, Xue Zeng raised his sword high, and secretly hated Yuan Xingjian for knowing that there must be little left of bows and arrows after a big flood before he dared to charge directly like this, but he was helpless, although the soldiers did not complain, but they must be extremely tired, and now they can only save some physical strength, and wait for the enemy to attack in front of the front of the formation. But he saw a fast horse like an arrow from a string between the two empty formations, and he shot into the gap between the two armies out of nowhere.

Xue Zeng had good eyesight, and at a glance he saw that the person in front of him vaguely looked like a young man who had been introduced by King Linzi in a letter that day, and he wanted to scold his mother anxiously, and said secretly: "You ran to the battlefield at this time, didn't you find something for me? I myself am already anxious enough at this time, even if I am lucky not to be wiped out, I have to ask for my own guilt, if you have any more damage, how can I explain to the prince?"

This fast horse suddenly broke into the formation, but it could not stop the offensive of the Taihu army, some people did not see it at all, and some only paused a little and rushed forward again, and who would pay attention to who was sitting on the horse and their life and death at this critical moment of life and death?

The horses were still shuttling in front of the formation, and the enemy troops rushing on the opposite side were getting closer and closer to them, Xue Zeng's voice was like blocking a piece of something, holding his sword in a daze, and wanted to call him over, but he couldn't make a sound, but he saw the young man holding a big bow on the horse, turned around and bent the bow and shot, but he shot three arrows in a row, three arrows were shot, and the sound of war drums stopped abruptly, Xue Zeng was puzzled by the probe next to him and excitedly said: "Look over there, over there!"

Xue Zeng turned his head to look, and the two people beating the drum on the Taihu Army chariot were staring at the drum in a daze, and there were three white feathers neatly inserted on the drum surface, and there was a triangular black hole in between, which was actually shot by the young man. Without the sound of war drums, the charging enemy suddenly became hesitant, many people looked back, and Fang rushed this way again, and a few people rushed in the direction of the horse on their own initiative.

Xue Zeng hurriedly looked at the flag of the word "Yuan", and saw Yuan Xingjian stretching out his hand, and a person next to him handed him a thing, he took it and raised it to his mouth, and in a moment a burst of extremely loud horns spread throughout the position, and the momentum of the army charging along the time was condensed again.

The young man on the horse was stunned for a moment, the man behind him took the reins, and rode his horse to avoid the enemy troops who had already attacked, the young man had free time, but it was an arrow in his free hand, and before everyone could reflect it, the banner of the word "Yuan" had fallen down and landed at the feet of Yuan Xingjian.

The army on the opposite side suddenly made a noise, surging constantly, and the previous army was no longer able to maintain morale, Xue Zeng was overjoyed, thinking of the matter of Fengzhu, and couldn't help but secretly say: "This is really the will of heaven!" Just wait for these bandit troops to advance a little more before the sword can fall, and then maybe they can turn defeat into victory. He was secretly happy, but he heard a crisp sound from the opposite side that seemed to him to be harsh, Yuan Xingjian made a gesture, and it was Mingjin who withdrew his troops. The army stopped instantly, gathered and lined up in an orderly manner, and slowly withdrew to the same place, Xue Zengxin couldn't help but be disappointed, but even so, it was still better than defeat, beckoned, and the detective next to him immediately ran over, Xue Zeng said: "Go there, please Lin Gong back to the camp." ”

Seeing his gesture, he knew that the "Lin Gong" that the marshal said must be one of the two people on the horse, but he didn't know which one it was, so he hurriedly ran over, looked up, and saw that the hand in front of him was holding a big bow, which was the kind commonly used in the army, I don't know where he got it from, his eyes were clear, he seemed to know his intention, and smiled: "You go back and tell your marshal, just wait." ”

The other person was very delicate, silently turned over from the horse, straightened the scribe's hat on his head, and ignored the detective, only looking at Yuan Xingjian opposite. Yuan Xingjian was tilting his head and discussing with a person next to him in a low voice, but that person was dressed in black, wearing a hat, and he couldn't see his face. The delicate book turned around, and saw that the young man on the horse was staring at the man in black, his expression was complicated, he couldn't say whether he was confused or angry, his eyes seemed to be dancing with two clusters of flames, he couldn't help but smile, and said softly: "Lin Gong?"

Lin Jianlan came back to his senses, got off the horse and said, "Su Shu, let's go over." ”

The two of them slowly walked towards the Taihu army, at this time Xue Zeng already knew that Lin Jianlan refused to come, but his heart was no longer as worried as just now, with Lin Jianlan's hands on the horse, he must have the power to protect himself, so there is no need to worry.

Lin Jianlan broke the war drum with a few arrows, and shot down the handsome flag, in the eyes of the Taihu Righteous Army, it was naturally a great shame, seeing these two people walking towards themselves instead, they were all eager to try, and when they got closer, this anger slowly calmed down, but turned into hesitation and incomprehension. A whispered question slowly spread, and the sound became louder and louder.

"That looks like Su Shu to me. ”

"Who?

"It seems to be Su Shu, he was next to him when Master Xie gave me the travel fee, I recognize it!"

"Why did Su Shu go all the way with the official army?"

"Doesn't Su Shu want us to avenge Lord Xie?"

Although the sound of questions around him kept coming to his ears, Yuan Xingjian felt that his heart was always empty and silent, watching the figure in the distance of the drizzle getting closer and closer, the unavoidable shadow of the old days resurfaced in his heart, and through the same thin figure, it seemed that he could see another person walking towards him.

Closer, but not.