"Sir, the granary is on fire!"
A soldier rolled and crawled into the city guard's mansion, only to see the guard Zou Yi sleeping on the table, drunk and unconscious. The soldier was immediately stunned. He rushed over and shook Zou Yi desperately, but he did not wake up. Instead, he snored so loudly that it almost broke through the roof.
The soldier had no choice but to bring in a bucket of water from outside and pour it on Zou Yi's head with a splash. He was aroused by the cold water and woke up instantly. He saw that he was wet, and a soldier was looking at him with a bucket.
"What are you doing!?" Zou Yi yelled.
The soldier knelt down and cried, "Sir, it's bad, the granary is on fire!"
Zou Yi suddenly felt cold all over, and then his nose smelled the aroma of roasted grain.
"Quickly, let someone get water to put out the fire!" Zou Yi shouted, but the soldier in front of him said with a sad face: "All our soldiers have been transferred away by the newly arrived Quhou."
"Transferred!?" Zou Yi instantly felt a chill on his back, "Transferred to where?" He subconsciously touched his waist, and his face turned pale instantly, and the soldier card was gone!
At this time, Xiao Bing continued to explain: "In the middle of the night, our army's North Camp was attacked by the enemy and caught fire. The newly arrived Zhou Quhou took out your soldier cards, mobilized the defenders in the city, and rushed to the North Camp. Already!"
Zou Yi slammed the table angrily, "Oh no, that's a female enemy officer!"
He hurriedly pushed away the soldiers and ran out, shouting for people, but only a few gray-faced soldiers gathered around him.
"Follow me to the granary!" He pulled a horse and ran to the granary. When he got there, he saw that the entire granary was ablaze, making the sky red. The aroma of cooked food was carried by the heat wave.
Zou Yi shouted in despair: "Quick, bucket! Splash water!"
"Sir, it's useless. The fire is too strong and the water poured in will disappear immediately!" A soldier cried, lifting up his sleeves, and his skin was covered with blisters burned by the hot steam.
"Zhou Zhong...Where's that bastard Zhou Zhong!" Zou Yi yelled and looked around, but he couldn't see Zhou Zhong's shadow anywhere.
"Sir, our soldiers are all on their way to Beida Camp. We might as well go meet them first and then think of a solution!"
Zou Yi gritted his teeth. This was the only solution available at the moment...
He took a few soldiers with dusty faces and rushed out of the city at night, following the tracks northward to chase his men. Just after running three miles, the soldier in front suddenly screamed. Zou Yi hurriedly reined in his horse and stopped, seeing a black rope stretched in front of him. It was dark at this time, and the soldier in front was caught off guard, hit the rope, and fell half to death.
"Master Zou, are you going to chase your men?"
A group of cavalry flashed out in front, and the leader was none other than Zhou Zhong.
"Zhou Zhong! You common man!" Zou Yi pointed at Zhou Zhong and yelled, "Steal my military cards and burn my supplies! You and I are at odds with each other!"
Zhou Zhong sneered: "Master Zou, are you just relying on these few of your men?"
Zou Yi was so angry that his hair stood on end, and he rushed over without replying. Several cavalrymen appeared beside Zhou Zhong, and with one wrong step, they cut off the long sword in Zou Yi's hand.
The weapons they used in the middle of the week were all taken from Shanshui Lingze's arsenal by Song Xin. Although they were not spiritual weapons, their sharpness and toughness were not comparable to the ordinary swords in Zou Yi's hands. With just a casual slash, Zou Yi's ring-headed sword was cut off.
"Ah!" Although Zou Yi's long sword was broken, his eyes were still full of fire, and he threw the half-broken sword towards Zhou Zhong.
At this time, there was a sound of horse hooves behind him, and a tall war horse rushed over and directly knocked Zou Yi's horse away. He screamed and fell to the ground, and was then tightly pressed and tied up by a group of soldiers who rushed forward.
"Lord Zou, surrender." Zhou Zhong flicked the broken knife away and continued.
"Bah! You are a common man! He used such insidious means to deceive me! What a hero you are!"
Zhou Zhong smiled and said: "Now that you have lost your granary, even if you go back, you will be beheaded in public."
"Kill me if you can. If you want me to surrender, it's absolutely impossible!"
At this time, Song Xin's voice came: "I heard that Chen Lan issued a military order.
Anyone who loses in battle, from the leader to the commander-in-chief, will be beheaded, and one soldier out of ten will be decapitated in public. If you don’t want to live yourself, why do you want to hurt your brothers? "
Zhou Zhong took a step back, and Song Xin walked over surrounded by Zhang Hu and others. It turned out that after they left the enemy's Beida Camp, they had been ambushing here, waiting for the enemy troops in Kaihua City to pass, and then came out to intercept Zou Yi. .
"Who are you?"
"Song Xin, I arranged everything tonight. By the way, I also destroyed your military camp in Baiya Mountain before."
"Is it you?" Zou Yi frowned. He had seen the battle report of Baiya Mountain and admired the enemy commander's military tactics. He also heard that the battle was personally commanded by a Junhou named Chen. Because of Song Xin's "hard" propaganda, everyone in Chen Lan's army had already known about this matter.
"What? Don't believe it?"
Song Xin looked at him and smiled.
"You are so young, how can you be so good at using soldiers!"
"You have seen the result tonight. Now that you and I have different statuses, why should I lie to you."
Zou Yi nodded, "Sure enough, a hero comes from a young age, but you can't persuade me to surrender. General Chen Lan treats me very well, how can I betray him? You'd better kill me."
Song Xin nodded, "I admire General Zhongyong." Then he smiled, stood up and said, "Come here, loosen Mr. Zou's bonds."
"What?" Everyone was shocked and thought they heard wrongly.
Song Xin smiled and said, "Master Zou, I respect you as a loyal person, and I can't bear to see you and your brothers being implicated again. You can leave."
"Are you really willing to let me go?" Zou Yi was still in shock and had not recovered.
"I won't hide it from you. I originally wanted you to persuade your subordinates to surrender. But since you would rather die than surrender, and I don't want to kill a loyal person, you can go."
Zou Yi was stunned by these words. When Song Xin waved his hand, everyone behind him moved out of the way, but Zou Yi did not move.
"Why, Mr. Zou doesn't want to leave?"
Zou Yi looked at Song Xin in front of him. There was still a hint of childishness in his face, but he spoke and acted like a general. "Then if you let me go, will you be punished?"
"I won't bother you anymore." Song Xin smiled, "Give Mr. Zou a horse. By the way, don't go back to Chen Lan, he will definitely kill you."
A soldier came over with a horse and handed the reins to Zou Yi.
He held the reins and suddenly knelt down on one knee, "Master Song, I am willing to surrender!"
Song Xin was immediately overjoyed and went over to help him up personally, "It would be great if Mr. Zou is willing to surrender!"
"Now that I have failed to guard the granary, it will be a death sentence to go back. I am willing to help you convince your brothers, and please be kind to them."
Song Xin was overjoyed, "Okay! Great!"
Zhang Hu and Zhou Zhong were very impressed when they saw that Song Xin had used a small trick to persuade Zou Yi to surrender. An hour later, Zou Yi found his plan. They heard that the city was broken and the granary was burned down. They knew that they would die if they went back, so they simply surrendered together.
Just as he was preparing to return north, a cavalry suddenly flew over and shouted: "The enemy's men from the North Camp have returned!"
Song Xin frowned and asked, "How many people are there?"
"I don't know yet, but there are a lot of them!"
Zou Yi came over and said: "There are four thousand troops stationed in the Beida camp. One thousand were transferred away by the Jiugongshan garrison a while ago. There should be three thousand left at present. If we return north now, we will definitely run into them head-on." He looked at it. After taking a look at his subordinates, they saw that their armor and weapons were not complete, and their morale was low, unable to fight.
Zhou Zhong came over and said, "It seems that they broke through Chen Tao's camp and won a great victory. Their morale is now high."
At this moment, Song Xin's jade slip revealed that it was a message from Luo Yao. Upon hearing this, I found out that the enemy troops who originally crossed the river to rescue Jiugong Mountain saw the fire in Kaihua City and all returned across the river.
The Jiugongshan garrison received the news that the supplies had been burned. Knowing that he could no longer fight without food and grass, he divided his troops and began to retreat. Some of them also had to cross the river and flee south. In this way, the number of enemy troops would be much more than four thousand;
Maybe tens of thousands more.
And these people under Zou Yi are all surrendered soldiers and generals. It would be good if they can ensure that they don't defect during the battle. They haven't been trained by him, so they are useless now. He also thought about pushing back to Kaihua City to garrison, but he had no reinforcements and his number was small, so it was impossible to hold the city.
Finally, he looked east and made a decision, "Let's go into the mountains!"
"Into the mountains!?" Zou Yi was surprised, "The mountains to the east are steep and difficult to march."
Song Xin smiled and said, "Then how do you think I got to Kaihua City where you are stationed?"
Zou Yi looked at him in surprise, "Did you come out of the mountain?"
Zhang Hu crossed his arms and smiled, "Otherwise, how do you think we got here?"
Zou Yi glanced at the mountains to the east and couldn't help swallowing, "I've been to those mountains, and they are so steep. I didn't expect you to come from there." He looked at the more than a hundred people behind Song Xin, All of them are strong and tall, and they are all elite soldiers selected from ten thousand. No wonder he was able to climb over the mountains and appear outside Kaihua City without fear of danger.
"Without further ado, let's set off! Zou Yi, you go to the front, and I will personally lead the people behind."
Everyone did not expect that Song Xin would take the initiative to offer the throne, but when they wanted to persuade him, they found that he had already made up his mind. Especially those who surrendered were already frightened. When they heard that Song Xin was willing to take the rear, they were very moved. At this time, dozens of Di soldiers also walked out, willing to take the rear.
The crowd took advantage of the darkness and galloped eastward. Along the way, Song Yu distributed monster meat jerky to them to replenish their strength. By dawn, most of them had entered the mountain, and some of them had already climbed the mountain road.
Suddenly, Song Xin, who was standing behind, heard an angry shout from behind: "The thief will leave! Take your life!"
Zou Yizheng was leading his soldiers to climb the mountain when he saw the cavalry approaching from the foot of the mountain like a rolling torrent. Song Xin turned around on his horse and led dozens of cavalry to meet him. These dozens of Di warriors saw that Song Xin was not afraid of the enemy, which aroused their pride.
The enemy general who was chasing him was filled with anger. He glared at Song Xin and shouted, "How dare you burn my army's food and fodder! I will behead you today!"
This man had a great victory over Chen Tao last night and captured countless carriage horses. When he returned to the army proudly, he found that his camp and Kaihua County had been attacked, and all the army's food and fodder had been burned. Thinking that he would be punished if he went back, he chased after him angrily.
Song Xin rode up to the front of the formation, looked at him and said, "You can come and try."
The enemy soldiers on the opposite side burst into laughter. They didn't expect this kid to be so reckless. At this time, he actually dared to provoke.
Zou Yi and his soldiers were halfway up the mountain. When they saw Song Xin at the bottom of the mountain with only fifty men behind him, he was fending off the pursuers alone. He was moved and panicked, "Master Song is in danger, let's go back and help him!"
Zhang Hu stopped in front of him, "Young master has an order. No matter what happens, you can't go back. Let's leave quickly."
Zhou Zhong also advised: "Brother Zou, don't worry, the young master will be fine."
"How is that possible! Look, there are more than 3,000 people on the other side! How can we fight against just a few dozen people!?"
While speaking, the enemy general led hundreds of cavalry and charged towards Song Xin.
However, they saw Song Xin's Di cavalry dispersed and formed a horizontal formation. They were wrapped in thick armor for protection. Their fast horses and swords were stronger than the enemy's. They had no fear at all. They would probably die.
At this time, Zou Yi saw that when Song Xin saw that the enemy general was only fifty steps away from him, he took out a shiny silver object from his arms and raised his hand to point at the enemy general.
A cloud of smoke and fire erupted from Song Xin's hand, and then he heard a bang, which shook the mountains and forests. The echoes echoed back and forth in the mountains, and it took a long time before they disappeared.
