Chapter Twenty-Six: Waiting for Work with Ease
Lai Kezhong said: "How many troops does the enemy have?"
Xie Tong said, "It should be five hundred!"
Lai Kezhong said with a smile: "Brother Xie, don't worry! Brother will definitely live up to his trust." ”
Xie Tong said, "With Brother Lai, of course the younger brother can rest assured, see you in Xia Hong Kong tomorrow!"
When Xie Tong returned to the courtyard, it was already a watchday, and he hurriedly took off his wet clothes, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
After dawn, Huo Zixin called him.
Xie Tong said, "Why are you going to go?"
Huo Zixin said, "What do you say! Lao Tzu saw that you slept like a pig, so he let you sleep a little longer! How can there be such a lazy servant, and the master wants you to wake up." ”
Xie Tong got up helplessly, simply cleaned up, and followed Huo Zixin to see Chen Daoting.
Chen Daoting and the others had already made all the preparations, just waiting for the two of them to set off.
After breakfast, everyone rode out of the west gate of Jiangyin City and went straight to Xiagang Town.
When he arrived in Xiagang Town, it was noon, and Chen Daoting said, "Huo Gongzi, I've been on the road for two hours, why don't you take a break!"
Where did Xie Tong dare to let him rest, and said busily, "My son-in-law is pressed for time, where is there time to rest, hurry up and get on the road!"
Chen Daoting glared angrily, but he was an extremely forbearant person and did not make a sound.
The team left the town of Xiagang, turned north, and came to the chaotic stone hill of Xiagang Town. Rocky hill is a small hill made of rocks, standing along the river, with only a very thin path.
Since entering Xiagang Town, Xie Tong has been observing the surroundings, trying to find the ambush location of the brothers, and he laughed heartily when he saw this messy stone hill. Lai Kezhong really knows how to pick a place, this is the best place for an ambush.
The troops slowly entered the stone hill. There was no movement, Xie Tong said in his heart. Something is wrong?
Suddenly, dense bamboo arrows were shot from both sides of the stone hill, and someone was shot off the horse when he boarded, and the wails came and went.
Rao is Chen Daoting has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is still surprised, after all, this is the territory of the righteous army, and the Tang army is still hundreds of miles away from accidents, he didn't expect that someone would ambush them, he immediately shouted, "The whole army retreats."
Xie Tong and Huo Zixin glanced at each other, and the two of them had already had a good heart!
Xie Tong slapped his palm suddenly. Take Chen Daoting's chest directly.
Chen Daoting also reacted very quickly, hurriedly raised his true qi, and slapped Xie Tong stiffly.
Xie Tong didn't move at all, but Chen Daoting's shoulders shook so much that he was almost slapped off by Xie Tong's palm. There was murderous intent in his eyes, and he didn't expect Huo Zixin and the others to sneak attack him.
Huo Zixin even used his housekeeping skills, Tianshan Xuanying pointed at him, he took advantage of Chen Daoting and Xie Tong's palm, and pointed at Chen Daoting's lower abdomen.
Chen Daoting palmed back. The qi and blood were surging, and before he could react, he saw Huo Zixin use that appalling fingering, and his heart was not good. Quickly turned sideways, but after all, it was a step too late, and Tianshan Xuanying's finger slammed into his ribs. Knocked him straight upside down and flew out.
Chen Daoting fell to the ground fiercely, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Shouts of killing came from both sides of the stone hill. Lai Kezhong even threw a big bow and shot fiercely. His bamboo arrows were like eyes, and every time he shot an arrow, an enemy would fall, and more than a dozen people would die under his arrows in an instant. The enemy was suddenly in chaos and retreated out in no order.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Daoting hurriedly stood up and ran out after the troops.
Xie Tongna allowed him a chance to escape, and hurriedly used his unique skills, he poured his true qi into his fingers, and pointed at the back of Chen Daoting's heart.
Chen Daoting heard the sound of breaking wind behind him, his heart screamed badly, and his body suddenly turned right, but Xie Tong's true qi had already reached behind him, directly hitting his right back, he was directly knocked to the ground by this strong true qi, and spit out a mouthful of blood again, this blow had already injured him with extremely serious internal injuries, and he could no longer slip out.
Xie Tong and the others slowly surrounded them, the battle continued, Xie Tong said to Lai Kezhong, "Brother Lai, this ambush is very important, and we must not let the enemy run away!"
Lai Kezhong smiled and said, "Brother Xian, don't worry, Yuan Jing has already led his brother to block the retreat, and he can't fly out of Baobao!
Chen Daoting turned over and sat on the ground, he was fingered twice in succession, it was already the end of the crossbow, and he didn't have the strength to resist forcibly, he coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, but calmed down, and said, "Who are you? Why do you want to calculate me!"
Huo Zixin said, "Lao Tzu is the descendant of the Tianshan Sword Sect, didn't you already know this?"
Chen Daoting said, "It turns out that the famous Tianshan Sword Sect will also do despicable and obscene things, aren't you afraid to make people laugh when you spread it?"
Xie Tong walked up to him and said, "In the face of the enemy, there is nothing despicable and indecent, there is just how to take revenge!"
Chen Daoting said, "I don't know you and you, how can I take revenge!"
Xie Tong snorted coldly, "Your Excellency, you have forgotten who you designed to capture in Yichang, who you used to test your Xuan Bing True Qi, and who you threw into the river! ”
Chen Daoting's eyes shot out a look of disbelief, and he said tremblingly, "You, you are Xie Yang, aren't you dead?"
Xie Tong stared at him fiercely, and said, "Xie Yang's is indeed dead, Lao Tzu is the newborn Xie Tong!"
Chen Daoting's face had turned dead gray, since the other party had told him so many secrets, he had obviously made up his mind to kill him, and he would not be allowed to leave here alive, he turned his heart sideways and silently recited, "The master will avenge me!"
Huo Zixin cut off his head with a sword.
Xie Tong looked up to the sky and sighed, and muttered, "Sword Master, I slashed your first enemy, and the next one is Datuk Venerable Meng Kai!"
The whole ambush went very smoothly, all 500 enemies were killed, Lai Kezhong really did not boast, after the ambush was over, everyone rested in the rocky hill and counted the casualties.
The battle was a great victory, and only forty-six brothers were killed, but many were wounded, and many brothers were hung up.
Xie Tong took out the talisman from Chen Daoting's arms, and said in a loud voice, "Brothers, follow me into Jiangyin City!"
Xie Tong led the crowd to Jiangyin City and was stopped by the soldiers at the city gate.
Xie Tong took out the talisman and said, "Lord Chen was ordered to go to health, and I am responsible for all the affairs of Jiangyin City, and those who violate the order will not be pardoned immediately." ”
The soldiers all recognized this talisman, where did they dare to stop him, and all the soldiers also followed Xie Tong into the city.
Xie Tong even imprisoned all the commanders, big and small, and simply appointed new officers. The entire Jiangyin City was immediately controlled by him.
Everyone thought that Chen Daoting had been transferred to the front line, and this person was the newly sent city guard of the Heavenly King, so how could he dare to go against his will.
Xie Tong summoned Huo Zixin and the others over, prepared a table of wine and food, and celebrated.
Everyone didn't expect to take Jiangyin City so easily, the night before yesterday, everyone was still blowing the river breeze by the river, starving, but now they are eating and drinking in Jiangyin City, it is really unpredictable.
Duan Yuanjing said, "My lord is really clever, and he took Jiangyin without much effort, if you don't see it with your own eyes, it's really hard to believe!"
Xie Tong said, "How can it be so exaggerated as you say, after all, it still loses a lot of brothers!"
Huo Zixin smiled and said, "Brother Duan, Xie kid can't boast about it, this kid has a weird belly of bad water, hey, I can only blame Chen Daoting for not being lucky enough to meet him!"
The crowd laughed and raised their glasses.
Lai Kezhong said, "I don't know what the virtuous brother plans to do next."
Huo Zixin said, "It's not simple, send someone to inform Lord Wang, and let him send troops over!"
Lai Kezhong continued: "We have secretly captured Jiangyin, I am afraid that this matter will be known to the enemy in the near future, if the enemy leads the army to attack, all the 5,000 men and horses in this city will defect, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold out to Lord Wang." ”
Xie Tong nodded, and said, "Lord Wang will not send a soldier to take over Jiangyin, after all, the army is hundreds of miles away, and it is impossible to bypass the enemy's defense line and garrison a worthless city like us, not to mention, we can't hold it, what we have to do is to rest here for three days, and before the enemy finds out that Jiangyin is lost, all of them will evacuate."
Duan Yuanjing exclaimed, "My lord, there is a huge Jiangyin City, do you just give up?"
Xie Tong said, "Isolated and helpless, if we stay here, the whole army will be annihilated, and what we have to do is to conduct a large guerrilla operation, so that the enemy can not figure out our direction and route, so as to achieve the goal." ”
Duan Yuanjing was silent, but Xie Tong could clearly see his lost application. This bandit-turned-leader may just want to be able to fight the enemy openly!
Huo Zixin said, "Don't be discouraged, Master Xie's methods are endless, maybe one day he will knock down Suzhou and health for you."
Xie Tong scolded with a smile: "Where is Shao boasting!Lao Tzu doesn't have that skill yet!" He looked at Duan Yuanjing and said, "Brother Duan, how are the material reserves in Jiangyin City!"
Duan Yuanjing said, "All kinds of military materials are complete, and the food is very sufficient."
Xie Tong said, "That's good! I ordered to go down, let the brothers rest for three days, and set off in three days, and at the same time open a warehouse to help with grain, so that the people can remember our goodness!"
Duan Yuanjing said: "I'll send food early tomorrow morning!"
Huo Zixin said with a smile: "Xie Xiaozi's trick is ruthless enough, thousands of stones of grain have been distributed to the people, Huang Chao knows that he will be heartbroken!"
The next morning, before Xie Tong woke up, he heard the noise of the street, like a mountain shouting and a tsunami, Xie Tong called the guards and asked, "What's going on!"
The guard replied respectfully, "Lord Qiyu, Commander Duan opened a warehouse to help grain, and after the people of the whole city heard the news, they all rushed over, and the street of the granary was already blocked."
Xie Tong couldn't sleep anymore, so he planned to get up and take a look.
The scene in the granary simply stunned Xie Tong, and the people surrounded the front street of the granary like a tide, so that Xie Tong had to walk in through the back door. (To be continued.) )