Luo Tianchu and others took a medium-sized car and boat to Tanzhou, when passing by Yunze Village, they saw that the torches in the village were bright, the walls were strict, and the boats were arranged like pontoon bridges, which was worthy of being the second largest village in Dongting. After the www.biquge.info arrived at the west bank, everyone disembarked and boarded the shore, and then galloped to Tanzhou on horseback.

Although the city of Tanzhou is not large, the city is strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, and there are 10,000 soldiers. Kolo Tianchu still believed that his judgment was correct.

The guards opened the gates for them, and when they entered the city, they found that many of the houses were covered with cobwebs on the beams and dust in front of the doors. Most of the people have moved to live on the island, and the city is desolate and desolate. The night wind blew, rolling up the dead leaves and yellow sand on the ground, and the sound seemed to be haunted by wandering ghosts.

The group came to the Xicheng campus. With the exception of a few patrols, the other sergeants slept in the battalion. Zhou Lun said: "I'll let them gather." Yang Tai said: "The castle master really plans to act overnight? You are tired from running around for days, it is better to rest for a night, and it is not too late to order troops tomorrow." Luo Tianchu said: "Bangniupo is fifty miles away from here, and the big battle is imminent, if the Song army spies arrive first, it will be too late, and they must set off overnight." Yang Taidao: "Then you don't need the castle master to go in person, this kind of thing is left to Zhou Lun." Zhou Lun said: "Yes, as the commander of the castle, how can there be any reason to go to the front line." Luo Tianchu said with a smile: "The commander will only work hard when he goes into battle, I am the first soldier in battle, and this time is no exception, I also want to know how strong the Yue family army is." Ask Yang Junshi to be responsible for transporting the grain and grass in the city to Yunze Village, and when we return, we should abandon the city and retreat. Mrs. Yang nodded and said, "Leave it to me, you should be more careful" Luo Tianchu said: "How many war horses are there in the city?" Zhou Lun said: "About three thousand." Luo Tianchu said: "Great, use it all this time." ”

Zhou Lun asked the soldiers to beat the big drum and beat the gong, and after a while, 10,000 soldiers came to the school field to line up. Zhou Lun selected 3,000 elite soldiers from them and said: "The Song army doesn't know what to do, and they are coming to attack us again, and the sons and daughters will go with me to kill them, just like before." The soldiers cheered in unison. Zhou Lun continued: "This time our new commander will also go with us to kill the enemy, and everyone will obey his orders in the future, and under his leadership, we will definitely be able to defeat the Song army." "The Dongting soldiers looked at Luo Tianchu standing under the torch, although he was wearing a mask, he revealed a calm and calm leadership temperament, giving people a feeling that they could be completely relied on, and saw the 'Great Sage Heavenly King' Yang Tai standing behind him politely, and Zhou Lun, who had always been unconvinced, also respected him so much, it seems that this new commander must have a lot of ability, although he doesn't even know his name, but he has an inexplicable confidence in him.

Luo Tianchu, Zhou Lun, Liu Shaoqing, and Li Qingwan got on their horses one after another, led a selected 3,000 cavalry out of Beicheng, wore stars and moons, galloped along the way, and rushed to the bull slope at dawn. There are east slopes and west slopes on the bull slope, stretch for one mile, the forest is luxuriant, there is a two-zhang wide dirt road between the two slopes, it is indeed a good place to set up an ambush. Luo Tianchu and Zhou Lun each led 1,500 men to ambush on the two slopes and hid all the horses in the woods behind the slopes.

Luo Tianchu sat alone on the grass with a slight tide, leaning against the trunk of a tree and napping. Liu Shaoqing sat down next to him and said, "I think Palace Master Li's plan is very good, once and for all, why don't you agree?" Luo Tianchu opened his eyes and said, "That plan is not perfect, and there is still a possibility of failure." Liu Shaoqing said: "But once you succeed, you don't need to mobilize the people like this, if you fail, we won't lose anything, Li Qingwan will definitely be able to retreat, and Yue Fei will not be angry with the innocent people, I'm curious, why don't you even try?" Luo Tianchu smiled and said: "It seems that Brother Liu has already guessed the reason, you might as well talk about it." Liu Shaoqing said: "I see that you just want to defeat Yue Fei on the battlefield, but you don't want him to die." Luo Tianchu said: "Brother Liu really knows me." Liu Shaoqing said: "Is it because Yue Fei is an anti-Jin hero, so you can't bear to do it?" Luo Tianchu said: "This is one of the reasons, and the main thing is that if Yue Fei dies, the Yue family army will have no leader, and the Jin country will have nothing to fear, and then the Jin soldiers on the eastern front will withdraw to the western front, and the pressure on Guanzhong will be great." Liu Shaoqing said: "I have to admit that you are indeed a far-sighted commander. Luo Tianchu smiled and said: "Is this sentence a compliment or a disparagement? But in addition to the commander, I should still be a good friend." Liu Shaoqing said: "If there is a conflict between the foundation and a friend, which one will you choose?" Luo Tianchu sighed: "I don't want to answer such a question, but I don't want to lie in front of you, I can only say that it depends on the matter, but I will put my friends first." Only with friends can there be a foundation, but the foundation cannot be exchanged for friends. Liu Shaoqing nodded and said, "This is the truth." ”

I don't know when Li Qingwan suddenly came out and said with a smile: "What about me, if I am in danger, will Brother Xiao Luo save me?" Luo Tianchu said angrily: "We almost died for you, what do you say." Li Qingwan smiled and said: "I knew that Brother Xiao Luo wouldn't ignore me, by the way, will I and the owner of Liu Zhuang also make a move later?" Luo Tianchu muttered: "Don't use it first, if the Dongting Army is defeated, then make a move, try not to hurt people." Liu Shaoqing said: "I haven't learned the swordsmanship that doesn't hurt people." Li Qingwan also said: "I haven't studied either." Luo Tianchu said: "Then try not to kill people." Liu Shaoqing said: "When do you think Song Jun will come?" Luo Tianchu said: "Yue Fei is more anxious than us, and he shouldn't let us wait for a long time." ”

The sun was rising, it was almost noon, the soldiers were all asleep in the jungle, and Luo Tianchu had recovered his energy after two hours of meditation, and he crouched in the jungle and watched the path below. At this moment, a man and a rider came from the valley, and the passengers were ordinary-looking, and the clothes were not special, and they would never attract attention on the street, but it was strange to appear here. Luo Tianchu motioned for everyone to be quiet, because he had already seen that the man was a spy of the Song army, although the mount under his crotch was an excellent war horse in the army. Li Qingwan smiled: "Do you want me to catch him?" Luo Tianchu said: "Let's see what he does first." ”

The man immediately became vigilant when he entered the mecca, stopped to look around, jumped down and hunched his waist along the road in search of something, when he suddenly picked up a stone and threw it at the dirt slope to the east, and smashed it on the back of a soldier, who was strong enough to say nothing.

The best spies in the world are suspicious, this spy is a good spy, after throwing the stone, he was not at ease, and began to climb the mountain, Luo Tianchu was cold, thinking that if he climbed up, he would find an ambush, even if he was caught, Song Jun would be suspicious if he did not see the spy return.

Thinking of this, he picked up a small pebble and flicked it at the rock that the man was about to put his feet on. The stone flew out with a "whoosh", hitting the rock, and the rock suddenly loosened and fell, and the man stepped on the air and fell from the air. That person didn't know how to work lightly, he fell all over the place, it was really not light, he didn't get up for half a day, but fortunately, his muscles and bones were good, and he didn't suffer any injuries. "Oops" shouted a few times, limped onto the horse, and crouched on the horse's back to return to the original way. Luo Tianchu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was dangerous, and now he would wait for Song Jun to take the bait.

By the afternoon, when the sergeants had rested well and were full of energy, suddenly the sound of a uniform march was heard in the distance. The sound of horses' hooves and walking is very regular, and even the rubbing of armor is consistent. Luo Tianchu's heart sank, he knew that only a well-disciplined and well-trained army could make such a marching sound, and it was the first time he had heard such a neat sound, neither the Jin Kingdom nor the Blood Sword Fort could do it. (To be continued.) )