"Forgive me." Facing the woman saluting him, Li Dan was at a loss as to what to do, so he hurriedly spoke to cover up: "Sister and sister are fine, are you used to sitting in this car?"
Wu Ning'er looked at him in surprise. Li Dan had already changed his armor because he was going to fight, and he looked so heroic. Ning'er couldn't help but blush, and quickly turned her face to the side and lowered her head, not daring to look directly at him.
It was Abin who timidly replied in a low voice: "This car... is different from the previous Wangfu cars. There are less bumps, but it is a little wobbly. If you go fast, you will feel a little dizzy."
"Oh, this is because the entire carriage is pulled by the suspension springs and leather ropes at the four corners, so this phenomenon occurs. It seems that it is not enough to pay attention to the up and down bumps. Shock absorption on the left and right is also necessary to reduce the sway. After returning, I Let them continue to improve!
There is a Hegu point at the tiger's mouth. Pinch this place to relieve headaches and dizziness. There is a Neiguan point two inches above the horizontal crease of the wrist. This can also be used... "Li Dan introduced them to a few tricks to cure motion sickness.
"Well, a battle is about to begin. I will send someone to escort you further back to a safe place to wait for the guards to come and meet." Li Dan felt a little at a loss for words. He looked at the staff officer who was greeting the guards to line up and said, "They They are all loyal, so you can rest assured.”
Seeing that he was silent, Wu Ning'er waited for a moment and asked softly: "General, won't you go together?"
"I'm not a general. You can call me Sir, or Sir. If you don't want to be so harsh, it's better to call me Saburo." Li Dan smiled and said, "I want to wait until this battle is won before retreating, so you go first. .”
After he finished speaking, he summoned an eunuch and asked him, "Can you ride a horse?"
The eunuch cupped his fists and replied, "Your Majesty, we are all affiliated with the Department of Ceremony and We have been practicing martial arts and riding and shooting since we were young."
"Oh?" Li Dan was surprised and understood. The Department of Ceremony trained a small number of eunuchs as personal guards so that they could be on duty in the inner court. It seemed that the people he saw outside Jieyu Tower also fell into this category.
"Well, find two horses for them both, and pick out a set of weapons, bows and arrows, and a pair of leather armor for each of them." He instructed the staff officer. The staff officer agreed and left with the eunuch.
The two sisters looked at his assignments. Abin didn't think anything of it, but Ning'er's eyes sparkled, and then she asked: "The husband sent my concubine away, but where can I see her again?"
Li Dan felt a headache when he heard her call him "husband", but he didn't dare to say anything randomly for fear of hurting his daughter's family's heart with some words, so he had to bite the bullet and answer:
"Sister, don't worry. After the enemy is defeated on the front line, the government troops and civilians will withdraw into Shangrao, and the auxiliary troops will withdraw to join the main force. I will lead the main force to retreat slowly and try to catch up with you at Luoqiao." After a pause, he said:
"I'm afraid we won't be able to get out of danger until the next day. You should protect the prince in the car. Don't get out of the car or open the window to look around unless something happens. Wait until the guard informs you that you are in a safe zone before opening the window or getting out of the car."
After saying that, he told them that the small door next to the seat at the front of the car was opened, and inside there was a toilet bucket, a small basin for washing hands, a kettle and a handkerchief. "The drinking water is under the small table, and there are snacks to satisfy your hunger.
If it's too stuffy, the panel above the head of the back seat can be pushed open to reveal a skylight for ventilation. At night, the bamboo-framed screen can be pulled out to provide ventilation and prevent mosquitoes.
There are pillows, quilts, and quilts in the luggage basket under the seat. Anyway, it's enough for you to eat and drink inside even if you don't get out of the car. "
At this time, the staff officer came closer and stood at attention to report that everything was ready to go. Li Dan nodded, walked over, opened the car door and sent them both into the car, and then said:
"There are many interesting mechanisms and designs in this car. You can take your time and take a look at it on the way. If the car is going fast, it is best to fasten your seat belt to avoid injuries from collisions." After that, he closed the car door for them personally and signaled the staff to set off. .
The staff officer and six lancers were in front, followed by a carriage containing luggage, the prince's carriage, and then two eunuchs and four lancers.
Li Dan watched the convoy crossing the bridge and onto the other side, then turned to look at the endless flow of people, vehicles and horses on the newly built auxiliary bridge built by the engineering platoon. Just then Regis came over and asked, "Mr. Lei, how much has been shipped, and how much is left?"
"Back to Sir, more than half of the shipment has been completed!" Regis's eyes were a little dark, and he replied with a smile:.
"This is really
Unexpectedly, it turns out that using horse-drawn carriages and animal power is so much better than manual labor alone! Even if the rebels rush down and block the passage now, Shangrao's more than 20,000 stones will be of great help! "
"Tools can make people more efficient at work." Li Dan said this, Lei Jisheng seemed to understand, nodded slightly, and felt very impressed. "What time is it now?" Li Dan asked again.
"It's past midnight. Sir, please get some sleep. Isn't there going to be a war in the early morning?"
"Where are Gao Can and the others?"
"He crossed the river while you and Lord Shen were talking inside. Now Zhou, Gao, and Shi have all arrived at the designated positions. Only Song Brigade is left in Guangxin. He will finish the work after the things are transported, and then go as planned. The Earth Temple loaded up our supplies and evacuated to Luoqiao."
Regis replied: "Inspector Song just sent someone to ask if there are any leftover materials that should be taken away during the evacuation and whether they should be burned? Are there county offices, garrison offices, etc.?"
"It's not necessary. Anyway, the court will take it back sooner or later." Li Dan waved his hand: "How many people are left in the city?"
"There are still about a thousand people who refuse to leave, do you want to force them?"
Li Dan shook his head: "Let them go, tell Song Jiuyi not to waste time on this, the wealth and food are the most important!"
"yes!"
Li Dan returned to the bottom of Fort No. 2. The trebuchet above had been taken to the north gate by Liu Shengju. He looked eastward on the empty fort platform for a while, and felt that there seemed to be little torches shining there.
"It's coming." Li Dan sneered: "Lou Shifan, we are really enemies meeting, let's see how you behave this time!" After saying that, he went down. A bed had been prepared for him in the small bowl on the second floor of the fort, and he fell asleep.
Lu Jiu leaned against the door and whispered to Mao Xiulu and Xiao Wan'er that he would stay here and let them rest first.
Lou Shifan didn't know that his whereabouts were being watched by investigators at all times. When it was still dark, he came to a hill not far from Wujiatang and couldn't help but sneer when he saw the brightly lit lights outside the north gate of the water village.
He summoned Matsuakiko and ordered him to take 600 men to seize Shangbandu. "As soon as we launch the attack here, all the attention of the officers and soldiers will be attracted. Take the opportunity to seize the bridge!" He told Matsuakiko:
"It doesn't matter how the fighting is going on here. Anyway, it's a great achievement that you fought so hard to take down the fort and the bridge! In this way, the officers and soldiers are like snakes pinched seven inches. Either they stay outside the city and are beaten until they can't get up, or they have to hurry up. Retreat to the city. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Song Mingzi rolled up her arms and sleeves and asked eagerly, "General, how do I know whether you are advancing or retreating here? We are two miles apart!"
"I fire one arrow to attack, two to enter the city, and three to retreat." After speaking, Lou Shifan pointed in the direction of the ferry:
"If you take Uesaka Fort, I will know if you light two fires at each end of the bridge!" He had commanded thousands of people after all, and the arrangements were quite orderly.
"Hey, it's a pity that they are too far apart and in a hurry, so the news is difficult to communicate. Otherwise, at this time, the navy on the Xinjiang River enters the Chu River waterway and goes up the river to help attack Shangban Fort. Maybe the chance of victory will be greater!"
This thought arose in Lou Shifan's mind for a moment, and Cao Junyou returned to reality and put the rest behind him.
"Third General, it will be dawn in a while, and it will be difficult for the team to hide. Let's take action!"
"Okay, do it!"
With an order, starting from Song Mingzi's people, each team walked out of the hill one by one and pressed towards the north gate of the water village.
Not to mention, the movement was quite small. If the scouts hadn't observed it with binoculars in the dim light of the morning sun, they would have almost been fooled by them.
Many of these people had done robbing and trail-cutting in the past, so they naturally knew that peace was the first factor in hunting. Maybe they don't understand the importance of battle formation, but they are born to imitate the posture of beasts approaching their prey.
"Why haven't you come yet?" In the shelter of Longyang Gang, Shi Dajun stamped his feet anxiously: "Brother Monk, these bastards have retreated, haven't they?" He always liked to call Gao Hanzi this way in private.
"Shitou, I call you Yingzheng. Why are you always so cool?"
Small land? Gao Can leaned on the iron spear pole and sat by the wall with his eyes closed to meditate. When he heard him carelessly calling Gao Hanzi, he immediately opened his eyes to correct him.
"Hey, there is no one else, they are all brothers." Shi Dajun quickly changed his smile and said.
He was a little afraid of Gao Can. When he was still with the Lake Bandits, everyone had fun wrestling with each other. He relied on his strength to knock down more than 70 people, and arrogantly claimed that he was the best player in Peng Lake. However, Gao Can came up to him and knocked him down five times without saying a word. Somersault.
Since then, he has only served Gao Can!
Unexpectedly, Gao Can didn't buy what he said. He rolled his eyes and shouted in a low voice: "What are you talking about? Are the guards outside the door and the brothers who are bitten by insects in the woods not our own people? Are you being stupid again?" Isn’t it?”
"Uh, okay, okay, it's my fault. I said it smoothly, okay?" Shi Dajun grinned and slapped himself on the cheek. But no, the rules of the Green Shirt Team do not encourage cliques.
He glanced at Monk Gao secretly, thinking that he wouldn't ask me to write a test report again, would he?
"Okay, let's not make trouble for now. You are actually said to be a man who can lead a battalion of soldiers. It is not worth being demoted for this sentence!" Gao Hanzi withdrew his eyes from the observation port and looked towards the entrance of the tunnel. .
Because there is no need to worry about the damage caused by explosive shells, Li Dan teaches the straight-through trench digging method. From there, you could see soldiers sitting against the wall outside, talking quietly. "Not only us, I think the brothers are also a little impatient with the wait." He said.
"Yingzheng, there's something going on!" Han Bazi, who was still staring at a big tree in the distance with his telescope, suddenly shouted: "Signal, red signal!" Upon hearing his words, the three people rushed towards the observation port, and the three telescopes The signal sent back by the scout was confirmed again.
A staff officer jumped into the shelter from outside the tunnel: "Bing Zheng, saw the signal, the enemy's three columns, all the way up the slope, and two columns rushed towards the north gate!"
"Send the order, all units prepare for war!" Gao Hanzi said with a sullen face, and called in a messenger waiting outside the door: "Go and send a signal to the north gate, the enemy is attacking!" When he turned around, three companies had already jumped out for two seconds. indivual.
Shi Dajun was not in a hurry anymore. He put on his helmet and laughed loudly: "Sir, Sir, the bastard has finally arrived. Let's catch the rabbit!" After that, he jumped out.
Longyang Gang is actually a high slope outside the north gate, located at the intersection of Shangban Ferry Road and Longyang Road outside the north gate of Shuizhai.
If Lou Shifan wants to attack the north gate of Shuizhai, he must pass through Longyang Gang, so guarding this abrupt hill is crucial!
This is the flag that was set up on this hill when Yin Tuo attacked Shangban Fort. This time it was spotted by Lou Shifan again.
His idea was to use his main force to unexpectedly flank the eastern defense line of the army, break through it and cause chaos to the retreating army and civilians outside, and take advantage of the situation to seize the commanding heights of Longyang Gang.
Then you can attack the north gate of Shuizhai or support Song Mingzi's troops in the direction of Shangban Fort, and firmly control the initiative on the battlefield.
To the east are the positions of Jiang Baihu and Dou Saner, the former Nanshan guards. When they saw the enemy rushing towards them, they huddled into two groups according to their previous plan, but moved out of the way, allowing Lou Shifan to rush to the foot of Longyang Hill without any effort.
"Quickly, occupy the top of the mountain!" As soon as Lou Shifan finished speaking, he heard a "squeak" and a firework flew into the sky.
Someone next to him said, "Damn it, what kind of blind bastard is there? The third general didn't issue an order, so why did he shoot a loud arrow?"
After hearing this, Lou Shifan suddenly remembered the situation at Fengling Pass and shouted, "No!"
"Kill the thief!" The shouts of killing suddenly started from all around.
At this time, although Lou Shifan had not yet reached the top of Longyang Gang, he was already standing at a higher position.
He saw a large number of officers and soldiers pouring out from the direction he came in, cutting off the tail of the team, and then two teams in Tsing Yi emerged from the woods to the north and south of Uesaka Ferry Road.
"Team Green Shirts? Why are they here?" There was a "boom" in his mind: "You've fallen into the trap, retreat quickly and break out!"
"Why did the third general say that? We just came in!" Some people were puzzled.
"Idiot! Look at those masters!" Lou Shifan was furious. Only then did everyone notice that the convoys transporting grain had all stopped, with their rear ends pointing outwards.
One after another, it was like setting up a line of defense in front of the north gate.
Then a group of officers and soldiers rushed out of the north gate and formed a dense formation behind the motorcade. An officer shouted something, and hundreds of arrows were fired from the back, knocking the nearest rebels to the ground.
"They have planned this for a long time. This is a trap! Stop talking nonsense and retreat quickly!" Lou Shifan turned his horse and ran down the slope. Suddenly, a voice shouted from behind: "Kill!" A row of Tsing Yi defense lines appeared from behind the woods and bamboo groves on the mountain.
A white horse came out from behind the forest. One person on the horse was wearing an iron ring armor and a breastplate. He wore a green shirt lined with white linen, a wide-rimmed red tassel helmet, and held a three-edged steel gun in his hand.
When the man saw him, he smiled and chanted the Buddha's name on his horse and said, "Three generals, are you safe? Master Gao has been here for a long time, why is it so late?"
"Monk Gao?" Lou Shifan was surprised: "You, you, you joined the Blue Shirt Team?"
"Not only that." Gao Hanzi sneered and pointed the tip of his gun:
"Today's ambush was planned by Li Sanlang, and Gao took charge of the implementation. I was surrounded on all sides, and it was difficult for the three generals to escape. Instead of taking a risk, it is better to dismount and surrender without losing the honor of being a guest. Besides, this is not the first time that you have been captured. Already."
Lou Shifan was shocked and angry: "Bah, even if I die in battle, I won't kneel down and surrender for you!"
"What else can I say in this case? My sons, go down the mountain and don't let any of them escape!" Gao Hanzi said, urging his horse to rush down the mountain. Knowing that he was not his opponent, Lou Shifan turned around and ran away, and the team behind him suddenly fell into chaos.
Lou Shifan couldn't go east, south or west. He could only go north, so he led his people to run north. Little did they know that this was where Monk Gao won the Silver Tuo Commandery Flag last time. The road was more familiar to him than him and he couldn't get away from it.
When he was annoyed, there was a sound of arrows flying into the sky, and a large number of officers and soldiers poured out in front and on the left and right. It turned out that Liu Shengju, together with the defenders from Dayuanlin Baihu and Fengshan, were ambushing here, frightening Lou Shifan's soul to fly into the sky.
They hurriedly fled to a pond, with only Cao Junyou and three or five soldiers following him. Everyone hurriedly fled along the causeway, which was no more than four feet wide in the middle. Suddenly, a green flag waved out from behind a few houses in front. In the white moonlight, a dark tall character came into view.
Lou Shifan heard the "Oops" sound before he spoke. He was suddenly pushed hard from behind. He lost his balance on his horse and fell into the water. The last two words "Oops" were poured back into his stomach by the muddy water.
The tall man smiled and sat on his horse to see Cao Junyou emerge from the pond holding him in his arms. The soldiers had long since lost their weapons and were kneeling on the embankment with their hands raised. "Wu Na, you are so kind, how about knocking him down and saving him at the same time?" Gao Hanzi nodded Cao Junyou with his chin.
"To tell you what the general is saying, I am the lieutenant officer of the Third General. I can't bear to see him and his opponent meet a tragic end, but I know that the Third General is incompetent, so I still have to save him!"
As Cao Junyou spoke, he put the stuffed Lou Shifan on the bank of the pool. Then several soldiers from the Qing Shirt Team came forward and dragged the drowned third master to the bank.
"Ying Zheng, he's fine, he's just frightened. Spit out the water and rest, he'll be fine." A medical soldier came up to check, got up and reported with a smile.
"Excellent, this is considered a complete meritorious deed. Send the signal and let's go back to Longyang Gang!" Gao Hanzi ordered people to lift Lou Shifan onto the horse, then turned to ask Cao Junyou: "What are you going to do? Do you want to go back with us or not?" Do you want me to let you go?"
"I want you to see something, little one." Cao Jun looked around, took something out of his arms and handed it over.
The tall man picked it up with the tip of his spear and took it over to see that it was a purse. He looked at it in surprise, reached out and took out a small silver medal. "Are you from Zhao Jingzi?" Gao Hanzi asked in a low voice.
"The villain was originally a subordinate of Marshal Yin. After he was captured, Master Zhao fell in love with him and sent him back to the Lou bandit army as an undercover agent."
Cao Junyou answered softly, and then looked at the disarmed soldiers: "The villain has not accomplished his mission, so he has to flee back to report the news. If one or two of them escape, the villain will be exposed."
"Don't worry, they can't escape." Gao Hanzi nodded with a cold face, called over his guard squad leader and said: "Lou Shifan and the guys under him will take the first step, and the soldiers in the middle will definitely Escape, leave no one alive.”
After watching the prisoners walk out to the back of the village, he turned back and said, "Are you going to go back and report? You have to be more careful." After saying that, he ordered three fireworks to be set off as agreed, telling everyone that the battle was successful and the battle was over. .
Then he handed over to Cao Jun and said to take care of himself, and then led the rest of the people to chase the front team.
Besides, Song Mingzi, who was attacking Shangbanbao, was repulsed by a burst of fire. He heard the sound of arrows shooting into the sky, and said happily: "The fighting is starting with the three generals. Brothers, hurry up and work hard. Let's go to Guangxin City to eat." !」
Unexpectedly, when I was conducting the command, I heard another shot of arrows, and I couldn't help but wonder: "What does this mean? Why was the arrow fired again?"
When three fireworks went off, he was shocked and said: "Could it be that the three generals have failed and told us to retreat?" Then he ordered his troops to stop the attack and withdraw.
Unexpectedly, several rounds of shells were fired from the other side, chasing behind them and causing the soldiers to howl like ghosts and wolves.
Song Mingzi knew something was wrong and wanted to escape in a hurry, but an army of officers rushed out of the forest in front of him. They were the former defenders of Fengling Pass.
Zhou Tu commanded a company to rush down from the high ground on the left to cut off their retreat, and the rebels immediately collapsed.
Seeing that they could not escape, Song Mingzi had no choice but to kneel down and ask for surrender.
