"I caught a few fish in the river and brought them to you all for a taste." When Zhou Qin said this, Li Dan noticed that he was barefoot with his trousers rolled up and there were still mud spots on his legs, so he hurriedly thanked him.
Zhou Qin added: "Don't thank me yet, let me ask you: The rear camp was so proud of winning the battle. I heard that all the corps commanders wore helmets, and every commander also had a set of armor, but is it true?
Then when it's my turn to be in the right camp, I can't always be asked to guard the prisoners, right? "
Zhou Qin performed well in both Sipu Suo and Lingyan Temple battles, and the right battalion suffered considerable losses.
Twenty to thirty people were recruited from the prisoners, and a dozen civilians were recruited to finally make up for the loss caused by casualties.
It's only been a few days and I want to fight again. It seems I've tasted enough sweetness and can't stop.
Li Dan nodded: "I was just thinking that the enemy's reinforcements are coming, and there will be a strong battle tomorrow and the next two days. It would be best if the right battalion can be spared to participate in the battle, but the prisoners must be watched by someone while they work."
He paused: "Your deputy, Mr. Zhu Er, is named Zhu He, right? I think he's pretty good.
When I go back, I write a warrant to set up an engineering transportation brigade, ask him to be the brigade leader, and give him three hundred people. The following is divided into three squadrons and two craftsmen squads.
Dial a few key personnel from your camp, and recruit people from among the civilians. Responsible for three things:
Fortification planning and construction supervision, prisoner guarding, and baggage guarding.
In this way, you are all freed. The right camp made some supplements and went down the mountain to reoccupy the outer gate of Fengqiguan, and then built an earth wall there.
In this way, Beishan and Nanshan will be connected, the defense line will be more stable, and the guard force of Xishan can be mobilized elsewhere. "
"Okay, I'll take care of it!" Zhou Qin jumped up happily and said that these fish were not given away for free, making everyone laugh.
"Hey, wait a minute. Is that snitch Shen Wu in your camp?" Li Dan remembered and asked him.
"Yes, you have been staying at my place these past few days." Zhou Qin nodded: "This boy is very agile and can learn the work of a bamboo craftsman in no time.
I have been helping to make dustpans and soil baskets these days. This kind of stuff requires a lot of work, so seven or eight people were specially assigned to make it. "
"He is a man who can walk at night and has a lively mind. You should ask him to return to the Central Army and ask him to come to Xianfu. They already know each other and it will be easier to do things together."
"Okay, okay!" Zhou Qin agreed and went down the mountain in three steps and two steps.
Wu Mao said softly: "Do you want that Shenwu to go visit the enemy camp at night?"
"Originally, it would be best for Feng San to go, but he has not returned from Guangxin, so he asked Shen Wu to go." Li Dan said as he walked.
The view from the mountain was not very clear. It was unclear how the rebels camped, their morale, their food and equipment, the size of their reinforcements, and who their leaders were. So Li Dan planned to find someone to investigate, and Shen Wu was a very suitable candidate.
The order to withdraw troops was given by Lou Shifan after he received a letter written by his father.
Previously, he sent people to Shangrao to inform his father, who was besieging the city, of his defeat, and asked aggrievedly for reinforcements.
Lou Zishi was very angry. His son took away 4,000 people, but he couldn't even take down the Guanzhai that was guarded by 300 people. Instead, reinforcements came up and they were defeated.
After listening to the report carefully, he criticized his son for underestimating the enemy. At the same time, he also understood the fact that there was no hope of success on the trip to Sanjiang.
However, the idea of conquering Fengqiguan completely deprived Shangrao of foreign aid, and even letting his son attack Xing'an and Geyang was very persistent in Lou Zishi's heart.
In addition, it was true that there were not many soldiers in these two cities. After thinking about it, he ordered someone to notify the team under Guangxin City and send a thousand people to support Lao San who was attacking Fengqiguan.
However, in his reply, he scolded Lou Shifan and told him not to underestimate his opponents and to be cautious about this team that could swallow up You Sanjiang in one go.
If the army and the army join forces for group training, how powerful can this be? He believed that as long as he commanded it properly, it would be possible to defeat this opponent!
After being scolded by his father, Lou Shifan had no choice but to lead his troops and retreat, re-establish a camp on the hillside close to Fengling Town, and wait for reinforcements.
His new camp is about two miles away from the town, across the Mayan River and backed by the Gaoling Mountains.
The low-lying area on the right is a series of water surfaces silted out by floods over the years. The one in the southwest is the largest, and the ones behind it are getting denser and smaller.
The locals describe it like an old toad with a group of little toads behind it, so it is collectively called Toad Pond.
This place has beautiful scenery, mountains and water. Lou Shifan chose a high hill as the center position, sat outside the tent and got angry looking at the Nanshan Mountain opposite.
With this retreat, he had to retreat three miles away. The trouble was secondary, the most important thing was the loss of face!
Unexpectedly, something even more embarrassing was to come.
The reinforcements finally arrived before evening, and the leader turned out to be Xu Qiniang!
This Xu Qiniang was originally a rope and sword dancer. Her origins are unknown. All she knows is that she was taken in by the class leader and took her surname, ranking seventh.
When she was sixteen, she was juggling in a Chenghuang Temple. She was spotted by Lou Zishi who was passing by and asked to marry her as a concubine.
Xu Qiniang borrowed the scale from the nearby drugstore and said to him: If you fill this scale with gold beads as a betrothal gift for my father, then there is no harm in marrying you.
Unexpectedly, Lou Zishi really did it. From then on, Xu Qiniang entered the Lou family's door, and the name "One Name of Gold" was resounding in all the mines.
This person is only in his early twenties, not much older than Lou Shifan, but he is still his elder in name, and she is a woman, and he has just lost a battle.
Therefore, after meeting him, he asked unhappily: "Is my father confused? Why did he let you come?"
"Why, you look down on me? At least, I never suffered a defeat like yours under Guangxin City!"
Yi Jin smiled "gege", which made Lou Shifan extremely annoyed. He couldn't refute, so he could only say bitterly:
"The officers and soldiers are up there, with firearms and crossbows, and hundreds of militia groups to help. I tell you, don't underestimate them, they are not that easy to fight!"
"Forget it, you, a junior, are here to teach me a lesson?
No matter what he does, it sounds like the officers and soldiers combined are only a thousand people. We have 5,000 people here. It’s enough to attack Guangxin! Don’t you believe that this small hill can compare to the county town? "
She walked up to Lou Shifan with a sneer and raised his chin with her fingers: "Don't say any nonsense tonight, just serve me well. It makes me happy. Go out and form an army tomorrow to kill him!"
The government, army and militia are just here to scare you! "After saying that, he stretched out a finger like a jade green onion and poked him hard on the forehead.
A good night was accompanied by the crowing of frogs, and thousands of drums and troops were ordered in the autumn pond.
When Dongfang announced the next day, the two of them got up unexpectedly early. They were fully dressed and did not show their flags. After giving a few instructions, each took five or seven followers and went for an early morning walk on horseback.
The morning dew was shining brightly and the rising sun was lazy. They ran down a section of the river and saw a green hill on their right, opposite to the foot of the south mountain. Less than a hundred steps away, the Mayan River turned sharply here and headed west.
Xu Qiniang, who was a gold medalist, looked at the horse, pointed it with a whip and asked: "Is this Beishan?"
"Where! Beishan is still ahead, and the narrowest point at the bottom of the mountain is the pass." Lou Shifan told her.
"This is strange. I think the roads here are narrow and the river is fast. Wouldn't it be a good checkpoint to put some garrison sergeants? Why do we have to go further downstream?"
"This is just what the locals call a 'big intersection'. If you walk further, you will know it when you see it."
After saying that, the two men urged their horses to trot forward, followed closely by their followers. Yishen Jin tilted his head and looked at the towering cliffs on Nanshan's side warily, making calculations in his mind.
Suddenly she narrowed her eyes and shouted: "Third brother."
"Well, what?"
"Look, there is a big mound up here. When you came to attack the day before yesterday, were there any guards on it?"
Lou Shifan smiled bitterly: "Why not? The first shot of cannons was shot from up there."
"Oh!" Yishang Jin's eyes were a little disappointed. Turning around Xiaobei Qiu, an earthen castle suddenly appeared on the slope in front. One side of the two wing walls was connected to the cliff, and one side extended westward along the foot of the hill.
But you can't see much more, because an unfinished earthen fort blocks your view.
The wall on one side of the earthen castle extends downhill. A section is obscured by trees and cannot be seen clearly, but it can be judged that someone seems to be busy there, and it must be unfinished.
"They opened a gate toward the west. It was originally a bamboo fence. After we knocked it down, we are now building an earthen wall." Lou Shifan explained: "This is the outer wall, and there is an inner wall inside."
"Or two?" Yishen Jin was surprised and said dissatisfied: "You just watch them build the wall and don't actually reach out to stop it?"
"After the defeat, people were very distraught, and I didn't have time to clean up the situation. Besides, their actions were secretive and fast. By the time I found out, the gates on the outer wall had been erected, and the walls on both sides were half as tall as a person."
When he finished speaking, he was standing at his original camp site and pointed with his whip: "Here, this is Beishan."
Yi Wenjin looked it up and down and couldn't help but blurt out: "It's not high, but it's really difficult to attack." Only then did she understand why Lou Shifan said he only knew it after seeing it.
The mountain is indeed not high, but it is just a steep cliff. The slope behind is thin, steep, and long. Even if you come by yourself, you have no chance of conquering Beishan. In contrast, the large grassy slopes of Nanshan facilitated the team's deployment.
At this time, the officers and soldiers on the lookout saw them and gathered for discussion. Some people ran away. After a while, a flag officer from the officers and soldiers took two small flags and started waving flags on the opposite mountain.
"It's been discovered." Yishenjin muttered.
"That's not the worst. They can't get down and they can't shoot anyway. The worst is on the other side."
Lou Shifan motioned her to look westward with his chin: "Look, when we retreated, they came back and reoccupied the pass fence!"
It turned out that Zhou Qin was actively seeking the war, so after receiving the order yesterday, he went to the migrant workers team to select people, and also recruited people from local villagers to help the project meet the demand, and gathered 200 people for Brother Zhu. He couldn't wait any longer, so he brought He rushed to the Fengqiguan fence with Youying to help build the wall.
Lin Baihu and Ai Ba, who was guarding the gate, were still a little hesitant when they saw the enemy retreating. Later, Nanshan sent an order to announce the situation and found out that they had really retreated, so they sent a team down to sort out the fences and stop the horses.
After the right camp arrived, the craftsmen brought there immediately started planning the construction of the wall.
This section of the wall is not long, only a hundred and forty steps from the mountain wall to the river. The designed door is wide enough for two four-wheel carts to pass in parallel. A wooden and reinforced earth platform is built on both sides, with a base of one foot and three feet (420cm) wide. It is about one foot and two feet (370cm) thick, one foot (320cm) wide at the top, and six feet (192cm) high. It is planned to build two feet (64cm) thick protective walls and battlements using the bamboo reinforcement method on top.
Since earth, wood, bamboo and other materials can be transported and unloaded using pallets, and it is temporary and does not need to be permanently solidified, hundreds of people worked together to directly ram the earth and build it very quickly. Basically, the walls on both wings were built in one night.
There is a thick wooden board on top, which already has basic functions.
Lou Shifan here rolled his eyes. When Yi Shengjin heard that this thing appeared overnight, he frowned and said:
"This is really a tricky one. He has such ability and does everything flawlessly. Then Li Sanlang, do you think he is still a little brother?"
Before he finished speaking, there was a burst of noise from the front. The officers and soldiers guarding the pass moved away from their horses, and more than thirty men rushed out from inside, each armed with spears and guns. They were dressed in different colors and looked very energetic.
Yanchi lined up and slammed his weapon on the ground, "Ho!" Then I saw a dark figure, wearing a red cowhide armor on his upper body.
Outside, he wears a jade-colored single-leaf military robe with the right shoulder exposed, a shawl hung on his right arm, and a fine linen scarf tied around his chest with a red ribbon. Around his waist is the same red ribbon waist flag and a pair of blue He was protecting his waist and hugging his belly with a leather belt, but on his head was a hat-shaped half-helmet of the official military standard, and in his hand was a three-pronged fork.
The hero stood at a distance and pointed with his hand: "Hey! Listen up to those on the other side. I built this gate and opened this door. If you want to pass through it, leave your wealth behind!"
Yishen Jin and Hua Zuibao looked at each other: "What's going on? Have we two thieves been robbed?"
Then I heard the man yell again: "Isn't the man riding the flower horse the flower-armed Lou Shifan?"
Your father was busy the day before yesterday and had no time to take care of you. It's a good idea to come by yourself today. My good son, don't leave. Please dismount and follow me, Zhou Qin, to Nanshan to ask for credit! "
The two were furious after hearing this!
"This guy is so rude!" Lou Shifan stretched out his hand to draw his sword (he didn't bring a big gun with him today).
Xu Qiniang stretched out her hand to stop her. She looked at the strangely dressed robber, and a charming smile suddenly appeared on her face that had changed color:
"Hey, this great hero of Zhou is so hard-working. Why does he come out to get food so early in the morning? The two of us are just going for a walk and passing by. Can we spare the slave family?"
"Eh? Who are you? Whose little lady was kidnapped by thieves? Oh, I know this flowery arm can't do serious things.
Get off your horse and hide behind me. Don't be afraid of this guy. He's just a showman. My defense doesn't care about squaring off with him. You know that, right? "
Yicheng Jin knew that he was deliberately trying to deal with Lou Shifan, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand: "Hold on, can't you hear that he is irritating you?"
"Oh Lou San, this is your fault. How could you take my little girl around so early in the morning? Fortunately, she is in charge, otherwise you would be in trouble again!"
Zhou Qin's words made the officers, soldiers, civilians, and regiment members behind him all burst into laughter, and those who had good intentions even whistled.
These words sarcastically pierced the minds of the two evil people. They both said "shua" and their faces sank, and they gritted their teeth and said: "You are shameless, be careful not to fall into my hands!"
"My dear, why don't you come over and hold hands with me to see if our horoscopes are compatible..." Zhou Qin winked and sang, and the surrounding people screamed strangely.
Yishen Jin was really angry. She had never experienced such anger in Lou Zishi's army. Throwing the reins to Lou Shifan, she jumped off the horse and drew out her swords:
"Today my aunt is asking you to meet Xu Qiniang. You'd better reach out and don't ask me to catch her and peel her off and eat her wonton noodles!"
Lou Shifan complained endlessly, so he had to order his followers: "Protect Grandma Qi!" Everyone gathered around with weapons in hand.
"No one should move!" Yishen Jin said with anger on his face: "You are not allowed to interfere in my affairs with him!" He turned around and smiled sinisterly:
"Wude, please wait a moment. In just a moment, I will geld your stallion and take it back to be a good husband."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sword light started to move, and people were already rolling in like a ball of powdery snow.
"You're dreaming!" Zhou Qin was furious and raised his cross to greet each other, and the two of them fought together.
The two swords here are fast and sharp. Zhou Qin has a long weapon. He can chop, chop, smash, tease, block, wash, and intercept in endless ways. In addition to his height and weight, the weak Yishen Jin gradually becomes busy parrying. .
The boys at the back saw that their own camp was beginning to gain the upper hand, and their spirits immediately rose. Someone shouted: "Brother Zhou, work harder, brothers will arrange a bridal chamber for you tonight!"
Yishen Jin was furious after hearing this. He suddenly became confused and shouted secretly that it was not good. The other party had a large number of people. It would not be difficult to keep a few of his own.
Isn't it better to keep Qingshan alive without fear of running out of firewood, and go back and mobilize thousands of troops to strangle this black guy? Why bother fighting at this moment?
Thinking of this, Zhou Qin took a step back and turned away, shouting: "Zhahu!"
"Don't leave, you talkative woman!" Zhou Qin was about to give chase when suddenly the woman in front turned around and yelled: "No!"
He has been involved in fighting enemies for many years. What has he not seen while sailing in the rivers and lakes?
He immediately took a big step forward to the right, leaned down, raised the fork with his right hand and threw it hard, but reached back with his left hand, took out a short-handled ax from his back and threw it out.
Then he heard a "chi" sound, and there was a shining silver spear dart on his left shoulder.
This thing is a guy who Jin learned to perform tricks when she was young, and later became her own hidden weapon.
When Yishen Jin threw out the dart, he was surprised when he saw the fork flying towards him. He quickly turned around and kicked his right leg back, raised his left hand and pushed his wrist with his right hand, and blocked it with the move of a boy worshiping Sanqing.
What Zhou Qin used was not a pitchfork, a sky fork, or a five-pronged fork, but a three-pronged harpoon. The fork head is small and has a barb, the fork body is long and heavy, thin at the front and thick at the back, and does not drift when it enters the water.
She felt the weight of the fork during the fight just now, so she blocked it with all her strength and kicked it away. Yi Zhenjin was suddenly overjoyed: This man has no weapons in his hand!
Just when I raised my head, something black suddenly flew towards me. Yishen Jin never expected that Zhou Qin could pull out an ax from behind, and he was still left-handed!
There was a muffled "bang" sound, and a piece of gold was smashed and fell ten feet away. There was blood dripping from the corner of his mouth and he was motionless.
"Help!" Lou Shifan yelled, drew his sword and urged his horse forward. His cronies rushed forward, dragged and hugged her (well, some took advantage of the opportunity), snatched the "Seventh Grandma" and put her on the horse's back.
At this time, all the regiment members also cheered and formed a semicircle, with the tips of their spears protecting Zhou Qin.
Now he was protected like a hedgehog. Lou Shifan stared for a long time with bulging eyes, unable to do anything. He thought that something would happen as soon as King Kong arrived, and now it was important to rescue people and return to the camp.
If she is lost or killed, he will be completely ruined!
He glanced at the knife in his hand, shook his head secretly, and ordered: "Go back to camp!" He cut himself off and slowly retreated to the intersection with his cronies.
