Lou Shiming laughed heartily, came over, patted Qianzhong on the back, and said, "Why should Sima be so humble? A man is born in this world, and he should stand upright, so why can't he look forward and backward and not speak freely?
It's not a secret that Yin Tuo doesn't want to live under Lou's banner. Is there anything that can't be said? "
In fact, many things are like this. Once the window paper is punctured, there will be no worries. Qianzhong laughed dryly, cupped his hands and said, "The second young master is really refreshing, Qian admires him very much!"
"Is it true?" Lou Shiming tilted his head and looked at him: "I am indeed honest and straightforward. If you have it, you have it, and if you don't have it, you don't have it. But you literati may be making some detours in your hearts, and you may be slandering me. .”
"Don't dare, don't dare!"
"Okay, Zi Qian, I won't beat around the bush with you." Lou Shiming pointed toward the door:
"I have sent Luoqi (reconnaissance personnel mounted on livestock) and sentinels (reconnaissance personnel on foot) everywhere to inquire about Yin Shuai's situation, but no one has reported back yet. Do you know what this means?"
Qianzhong lowered his head and thought about it, then asked in surprise: "But Yin Shuai is in a bad situation?"
"Not only is it bad, it's very likely that the main force of the army has been surrounded."
"Ah? Then, is there any way to save the second young master?" Qianzhong was so anxious that he quickly bowed and begged: "Perhaps you can lead your team to kill him down the mountain and open a bloody road to save Yin Shuai?"
"I only have more than a thousand soldiers around me, and the rest are the defeated soldiers before I took them in. I didn't have time to rectify them, and I didn't let them have a good rest. How can I fight?
Besides, if the people we sent out don’t come back, we won’t even know the enemy’s situation. Where are they, how many people there are, and what kind of weapons are they? You can't just go out and mess around with your eyes darkened, otherwise it might end up in your pocket. "
Lou Shiming looked at Qianzhong's frustrated expression and comforted him: "Sima, don't worry, maybe there will be news if we wait a little longer. Let's not get in trouble first. It is important to stabilize the people's hearts on the mountain."
"Yes, to stabilize people's hearts, what Second Young Master said is very important!" Qianzhong looked like he was lost and nodded in agreement.
He peeked at Lou Shiming and began to regret that he should have left with everything on the mountain earlier, but now it was too late to leave.
He never thought that Yin Tuo would be taken into a trap. After all, it was Yin Tuo. How could he be so easily plotted?
He was confused in his heart, and when he looked at Lou Shiming again, he happened to look over too, and he was so frightened that he quickly dodge.
"Ziqian doesn't believe me?"
"Uh, where, where, how dare I question the second young master?"
"It's not that I don't want to save anyone. I need to be forewarned before sending a rescue." Lou Shiming stretched out two fingers:
“Know the enemy’s situation, understand the opponent’s weaknesses, try to surprise them, and attack more with less to break through the siege;
In addition, we must communicate with the inside and outside to let our colleagues know that reinforcements are coming. At the same time, it is best for us to get in touch with the inside to understand their breakout direction and intentions.
Without these two, the reinforcements will easily become fat meat that comes to the door. If the person cannot be saved, he will lose half his life. Is it worth it? "
After he finished speaking, he sat down in the chair and said, "Don't be impatient for a moment. Besides, I believe that Yin Shuai was definitely not given for free.
At that time, no matter how capable the officers, soldiers and regiments were, they were just a bunch of people. If they want to swallow Yin Shuai, they are still very young! "
In fact, what this person was thinking was that it would be best for the two families to fight to the death, and then pick a ready-made peach by himself.
After hearing this, Qianzhong felt a little more at ease. Just as he was about to sit back, Lou Shiming's words made him stand up involuntarily.
"But you have to make a good plan before you die. If Yin Shuai is really defeated, or there is an accident, how will you deal with it?"
"Yin, Commander Yin is still here, why did the Second Young Master say this?"
"I'm not saying this to curse Commander Yin. You have to be prepared for everything. As a military commander, you are used to it. Not only do you have to think about what will happen after victory, but you also have to think about what to do if you lose, how to retreat, where to retreat, etc.
It's just a lot of thinking, preparing a way out for himself and his subordinates. What's more, you not only have brothers in your army, but also so many civilian husbands and family members. "
Lou Shiming said on his face
Maybe it was an expression that made Qianzhong feel like a ferocious beast was facing him.
"I... never thought about it." He told the truth: "But, the second young master just said that Yin Shuai was not given for free..."
"Ha!" Lou Shiming slapped the armrest of the chair: "Xiang Yu didn't get it for free. Didn't he commit suicide in Wujiang River in the end? How can there be an undefeated general in the world?"
Silence in piety. It's not that he hasn't thought about this problem, but the result is so terrible that people dare not continue to think about it.
If Yin Tuo was really defeated or even killed, he could imagine that the soldiers and civilians dispersed in a hurry, or robbed the supplies in the camp and then dispersed in a herd.
Those family members are the most unlucky. They may be robbed, massacred or humiliated, and I am afraid that I have to escape first to avoid harming innocent people.
Thinking of this, Qianzhong sighed: "I hope it doesn't come to this!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Xueyi strode in. He glanced at Qianzhong, holding the hilt of his sword and saying nothing. "Xueyou (Mo Xueyi) is here in a hurry, but there is something important? Sima is not an outsider, but there is no harm in talking."
Looking into his uncle's eyes, Lou Shiming had already seen something in his excited and excited eyes, so he smiled and encouraged him.
"Second General, two scouts just came back to report: Commander Yin has been defeated!"
"What did you say? What happened? Xueyou, can you tell me more details?" Lou Shiming was stunned for a moment, looked at the pale Qianzhong, and quickly asked for details.
Although he wanted Yin Tuo to be taught a lesson from the bottom of his heart, he never thought that he would not be able to last even one morning, which still surprised him.
Mo Xueyi also heard the news from people who came back. The descriptions of the two groups of people were different. It took him a lot of effort to get a rough idea and figure out the plot.
It turned out that after seeing the terrain clearly in the morning, Yin Tuo decided to change his attack method to attract in the middle and outflank the two wings.
Who would have thought that there were arrangements on both sides, and an ambush suddenly broke out, and the general attacked with musketry, resulting in a huge collapse in the middle, and a bitter battle on the left and right wings.
The captain in the middle of the road in haste was stabbed to death by a monk holding a spear. The right wing, which had lost its command, was divided among the terrain and could not escape. The captain who rushed to the middle to reorganize the attack was accidentally killed by a firecracker. The team that had just summoned up the courage to come Defeated again.
At the same time, Lieutenant Zhu, who was commanding on the left wing, was seriously injured by a cold arrow. The regiment training in the woods took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and the left wing was defeated.
Wang Xi led his own soldiers to stop him, but his whereabouts among the rebels were unknown. The defeated soldiers turned back and rushed towards Yin Tuo's central army like a tide.
Seeing that the opponent had begun to counterattack across the board, Yin Tuo probably wanted to attract the opponent to the pond and then use his superior force to reverse the situation of the battle.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the Chinese army moved, the enemy shouted slogans such as "Yin Tuo is defeated", and the situation became out of control. Even the Chinese army could not stop and had to turn around and flee.
"It just happened in the blink of an eye. Our people could see clearly from a high place, and the whole army collapsed in an instant. The general's muskets were still chasing us, killing and injuring many of our brothers."
Mo Xueyi continued: "Later, the defeated army retreated along the west bank of Daizi Lake. Unexpectedly, people had already arranged to stop them. Many people surrendered when they saw that they could not escape. A small number of people are said to have fled to the northwest."
"You may not be able to escape if you go northwest. That road is to Fengshan. It's strange that the officers and soldiers in Fengshan Fort can just sit back and watch! Unless they go to Dayuan, maybe Sun Gu can take care of them."
Lou Shiming frowned and thought about it, then asked, "Do you know where Yin Shuai went?"
"They all said they didn't see it." Mo Xueyi waved his hand: "I only saw it from a distance on the mountain. The handsome flag of Yin Shuai was snatched away by the monk mentioned earlier at the edge of Wutang."
"Hey, it's really weird! Could it be that this monk and Yin Tuo have an old relationship, so why are they chasing him so hard?" Lou Shiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to ask:
"So what's the situation at the bottom of the mountain now?" Another Qiao Zhang shouted in a pretentious manner: "Quickly gather the five hundred people and follow me down the mountain to pick up the brothers!"
"Where are you going, second brother? Why are you shouting so loudly?" Lou Shifan woke up and stepped through the door. When he heard the last sentence, he rubbed his eyes and asked with a confused look.
"Third General, Yin Shuai has been defeated. Second General is going down the mountain to respond." Mo Xueyi told him.
"What, defeated?" Lou Shifan was shocked: "How is this possible? That's an army of five or six thousand!"
"Alas, he was rushed into battle by the defeated army." Lou Shiming spread his hands: "This Yin Shuai has been on the battlefield for a long time, how could he do this? I really don't understand!"
"No matter what happens, second brother, you can't go down the mountain at this time!" Lou Shifan warned.
"Why?"
"I know Li Sanlang very well. The little thief is extremely cunning. Maybe he is ambushing a team somewhere and is waiting to be caught off guard when the troops come down the mountain to pick him up!
Even if there is no ambush, I'm afraid he knows how to take advantage of it, right? There are few soldiers in Dazhai at this time and the morale of the army is unstable. How could he not want to reach out? "
Lou Shifan's words made spitting stars fly everywhere, which really made Lou Shiming a little hesitant.
"That's right..." He frowned while stroking his red beard, and suddenly turned around and said, "Why doesn't Qian Sima say anything? In this situation, sir, what do you have to say, or what can you teach me? What should we do next? Woolen cloth?"
Qianzhong looked gloomy and depressed. Especially when he heard that Yin Tuo's whereabouts were unknown, he felt really regretful. He felt more and more that he should have gone down the mountain to meet up immediately.
Maybe things wouldn't be the same as they are now with the addition of his own thousand-person force, or maybe things could be saved if he was by Yin Tuo's side to advise? But it's too late to say anything now.
"Qian, I'm upset and don't know what to do." He replied blankly.
"Hey, this is not like your Qian Sima style." Lou Shiming waved his hand:
"I heard that when Yin Tuo goes into battle, he always entrusts you with the responsibility of guarding the camp, so he is called 'Sitting Tiger'.
Now that Yin Shuai is not here, how can Qian Sima just say that he is upset and just push it away?
Commander Yin left behind thousands of soldiers, more than a thousand civilians, and so many families. You are now their backbone, and you are the one who should make the decision! "
"In the face of a powerful enemy, what can I do if I can't be as pious as a scholar?" Qianzhong said and looked at Lou Shiming: "It's better..., it's better..."
"Not as good as what?"
Qianzhong gritted his teeth. He knew how much he weighed. Allocating military supplies, deploying manpower, planning military discussions, and accounting documents were all not a problem for him, but when it came to decision-making and battles, he was absolutely blind and didn't know where to start.
In other words, this person has always thought of himself as a supporting role. If you ask him to suddenly take the lead in the middle of the stage, he doesn't know how to sing.
"The Second Young Master is the most respected person on the mountain, and you have the final say in everything." Qianzhong said and bowed deeply. He sighed secretly in his heart, knowing that all the family fortune Yin Tuo had saved would belong to others. But in other words, can it be otherwise?
If he hadn't said this, the Lou brothers would have been watching eagerly, as well as the lieutenant officer. Each of the three of them could have killed him with one punch, and then all the benefits of the mountain would have gone to the Lou family. Read the book
Yin Tuo was born and disappeared. Who else can control Lou Shiming and Lou Shifan?
"Have you thought about it, Qian Sima? If you want me to make the decision, then you must obey my orders. If there is anyone who disobeys on this mountain, I will kill him without mercy!"
Lou Shiming glanced at Mo Xueyi, who pulled out half of the sword with a menacing "cang clang" sound.
"Now is not the time for the great enemy to care about the interests of each family. To ensure the safety of the brothers and the peace of mind of the family members, the Second Young Master must come forward to take charge. Since you are in charge of the affairs on the mountain, the rebels in the world are one family and they must obey your orders." Qianzhong replied. explain.
"Okay, in that case, let's gather the sentry commanders and above to discuss the matter first, and ask Qian Sima to speak clearly to the brothers in person, and leave the rest to me to distribute." After Lou Shiming finished speaking, he ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals.
There are not many big and small leaders on the mountain, and most of them are people brought by Lou Shiming. Everyone quickly gathered, and at this time someone noticed that the main defense on the mountain had been taken over by the Lou family, and even the personnel inside and outside the meeting hall had been changed.
Qianzhong spoke first, saying that Yintuo was defeated and disappeared, and there was no owner on the mountain. Since the mountain stronghold had been handed over to the second son of Lou according to Yin Shuai's order, he should be the one to issue unified orders, etc. He told everyone.
Everyone's eyes exchanged, and everyone in the Lou family was in high spirits. Yin Tuo left behind a secret cry of bad luck, but no one dared to disobey. Lou Shi
Ming stepped forward to greet everyone first, and then said three things:
From now on, the supply of grain and rice will be in accordance with the rules of the Lou Army; in view of the tightness of the war, materials, grain and family members on the mountain were immediately transferred to Chashanzhai; the officers left by Yin Shuai will all retain their official positions, and those with incomplete numbers of subordinates will be given priority.
As soon as these three items were said, people's hearts were at peace, and everyone cheered, showing their goodwill to the second and third young masters and expressing their sincerity.
Then Lou Shiming glanced at Mr. Hu Shao who lowered his head and said nothing, and said that if there was someone who didn't want to stay, he wouldn't force it. General Hu Shao hesitated for a moment, took a step forward, knelt down, kowtowed and said:
"It's not just the young master who is ignorant. Everyone sees the kindness of the second young master and remembers it in their hearts. It's just that the young master is a fellow villager of Yin Shuai and is worried about his safety. Now he may be in danger, and the villain can't bear to abandon him. .
I beg the Second Young Master to show mercy and allow Xiaoren to go down the mountain to search for Yin Shuai's whereabouts. If he is killed in battle, the villain will bury his bones and show his loyalty to his fellow countrymen. Then he will come back and surrender himself to the second young master to serve him.
If Marshal Yin is still alive, please let Xiaoxiao's retinue know that he is safe. In the future, regardless of the end of the world, if the second young master is useful and gets a villain, he will definitely repay it with his ring! "
"Well, yes, he is a loyal person. I promised you, but is there anyone else who wants to go there?"
Hearing this, two more commanders looked at each other and knelt down behind Commander Hu: "I am also a fellow Yin Shuai, and I have the same thoughts as Commander Hu. I beg you, the Second Young Master, to help me!"
"Since you are loyal and loyal, why bother to hide it?" Lou Shiming stepped forward and helped the three of them up:
"You must have all heard that my father, the commander-in-chief, will soon be called the founding of the country. It is such loyal ministers who advocate for the new country. You can go ahead with peace of mind. I will neither harm you nor stop you. I am loyal to you all. .
But you also need to remember the vows you made. I love Xinnuo talents. Don’t let me down! After saying that, he called Mo Xueyi:
"Send the three of them down the mountain in person, pay each of them twelve taels of silver as payment, and be careful to avoid Qingshan'er's regiment training and officers. If you really can't get out, you three can come back."
The three of them left with tears in their eyes. Those who stayed behind admired the fact that King Er Tian was really generous in his work, but few knew that it was called buying horse bones for a thousand dollars.
After seeing off the three of them, Lou Shiming returned to the main seat and sat down, saying to everyone: "Everyone, for a long time my central army has been held by Mo Xueyi.
But everyone actually knows that he is a relative of mine, and it is not appropriate for him to hold such an important position. Moreover, he himself is interested in doing business and is not accustomed to military affairs, and has submitted his resignation to me many times. Today is an opportunity. I intend to let him formally hand over and retire from the military. "
Everyone was very surprised when they heard this. An officer asked: "May I ask the second young master, who will take over the position of the Central Army? Who should we talk to in the future?"
Lou Shiming pointed with his hand: "Qian Sima is familiar with military affairs and is very wise and resourceful. I would like to ask you to temporarily take over the position of military officer in the Central Committee. I wonder what you want?"
Qianzhong was stunned.
The lieutenant general is equivalent to the lieutenant-general of the general. In addition to being responsible for assisting the commander in managing various affairs of the team, he also has the responsibilities of supervision, supervision, and escort. He is also responsible for the general's protection, and even handles private and hidden matters for the general.
This is much higher than the "Army Sima" who is in charge of logistics!
He was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at everyone helplessly, and finally couldn't stand amid the congratulations. He fell to his knees and said in a trembling voice: "I will do my best to repay you!"
