Returning to his tent, Lou Shiming turned around and whipped Long Hui, shouting angrily: "Long, do you think you have too many heads and need me to chop off a few of them for you?"
Long Hui fell to his knees with a plop. The bosses behind him who wanted to follow him saw this posture and quickly put their feet back. "Long Hui made a mistake, please punish me, Second Young Master."
Although the whip didn't hurt the armor, Long Hui felt his face was burning. He was an old man who had followed Lou Zi in the army, but in front of him was the young master's house, so Long Hui had to reluctantly take off his helmet and put it on the ground.
"Have you thought about the consequences of making your own decision today?" Lou Shiming sat in front of him angrily, pointed and cursed: "Who gave you this idea? Cut it off immediately!"
"Long Hui's own ideas don't concern others." Long Hui replied in a low voice.
Lou Shiming sneered: "You still want to cover up, right? I tell you, that person will kill you in the future!" Then he grabbed the pot and poured it into his mouth.
"With what you did today, if you kill Li Sanlang, you will be dead. The opponent has no backbone and is in chaos. There is no chance that you can take advantage of it. But if you don't kill him, or just hurt him, where will you put me and the three generals?
The scene was opposite the gate of the Qingshan Army Camp. We also knew that they were mostly riding horses or chariots, and they were right in front of us in an instant. What's the point of taking such a risk?
I originally wanted to persuade Li Dan to release his third brother as soon as possible, but this is good, he can recite the Buddha's name without delaying his change of heart! What did eldest brother send you to do? It’s to save people, not to harm them! Who told you to come here to show off your skills and make great achievements? Then you might as well go back now! "
The more he talked, the more angry he got, and he slapped the girl next to him so hard that three of her four legs broke with a "click" sound.
"Long Hui realizes his mistake."
"Do you really know that you are wrong?" Lou Shiming sneered.
"Second General, we just feel aggrieved. We are the hosts, they are the guests, here are the cavalry, and they also have a convoy of civilians. Why can we only follow them? So, the general has made the decision without permission. .”
When Lou Shiming heard him tell the truth, half of his anger disappeared: "My third brother made the decision without permission, and you also made the decision without permission, so you followed suit? What was the result? He lost three thousand people. If I hadn't been here, would you still be thinking about it today? Or come back?
Look at the cavalry behind you. You have been doing this for a long time without realizing how they cut off your retreat. You will die without knowing why! Stupid or not?
You just think about, 'What if you can shoot that little thief to death'? Don't you want to think about how those twenty or thirty people can hold him?
Yin Tuo has eight thousand troops, so what will be the result? Wouldn't you still be defeated by him? He was almost bald and his head was exposed to the public! Why do you think you are more tolerant than others? "
Long Hui swallowed and admitted his mistake again: "The last general realizes his mistake, please punish me, Second Young Master!"
loud Spare!"
Secretly heaving a sigh of relief, Long Hui said goodbye and left. When he reached the door, he turned back and asked, "Second Young Master, do you really want to see them leave just like that?"
"Wait until they release my brother first!" Lou Shiming snorted: "You think I don't want to beat up that little thief?
But now he has a hostage in his hands, we can't mess around. When Shifan comes back, we will have no worries. At that time, if you want to squeeze him, why don't you let him? "
"Oh! Got it, I'm going to leave!" Long Hui was overjoyed, and then he bowed his hands and exited the tent.
Lou Shiming sighed and sat down with his hand on the cloth wrapped around his head. On this day, he felt the swelling and pain of the wound now! He decided to return first after receiving his brother tomorrow. He didn't want to get involved in the pursuit of the Qing Shi team. Besides, he still had the responsibility of guarding the north wall!
Here, let's leave it to Long Hui. Li Sanlang, I am worthy of you by doing this. You have to walk the road ahead on your own. Whether it is a blessing or a disaster has nothing to do with me!
In the Tongjialing camp.
This place is a small hill. Calling it a ridge is an exaggeration. In fact, the highest point is only about forty feet. There are some houses at the southern foot, and Li Dan's camp is located in the east. The old rules are to use horse-drawn carriages to form an array, and there are fences at key points outside.
The difference is that there are many pieces of pig iron hung on the fence. When someone shakes or pushes the fence, the iron pieces collide with each other and make a sound, which is equivalent to alerting the sentry in the quiet night. This thing is also one of the results of the "Study on the Use of Pig Iron".
After the meal, Li Dan invited Gao Hanzi and Regis to walk around the camp to check the defenses, discuss areas that could be improved in the night camp, and discuss tomorrow's itinerary and arrangements.
"Lou Shifan will be released when we get to Qigongtan. I'm worried that Lou Shiming will be unscrupulous after receiving him, so sir, we still can't take it lightly!" Regis said.
"Sir's worry is not unreasonable." Li Dan turned around and asked Gao Hanzi: "Monk, you turned out to be a subordinate of the Lou family, what do you think?"
"Sir, I'm not worried about Lou Shiming, but I need to be careful about Long Hui."
"Oh? Isn't that the same thing?" Regis didn't understand.
"It's different." Gao Hanzi replied: "Lou Shiming doesn't like conspiracy and tricks, and he thinks he is a Zhou Lang figure. Long Hui is different. He was the most powerful thug before Lou Zishi, and he relied on his qualifications to stay in the army. Very domineering.
Just like today, he dared to act recklessly without orders. Very few other generals were like this. So I guess he will definitely not be willing to turn around and go back tomorrow, and will definitely continue to follow us, looking for opportunities to bite us before he can feel at ease! "33
"That's a wolf!" Li Dan nodded: "I'll add another reason to support the monk: Lou Shiming is very capable and has great appeal among the newly emerged middle and lower-level officers, so Lou Zishi and Lou Shiyong are very popular as father and son. Be afraid of him.
Because Lou Shifan stumbled this time, they had to take Lou Shiming out of his role as a food and grass transporter and give him the power to lead troops and be responsible for the siege of the northern city wall. Of course, this would not last long.
But since he currently has the responsibility to surround the northern city wall, he will definitely not stay here for too long. This guy will most likely return immediately after receiving Lou Shifan. As the monk said, Long Hui will decide what happens next. "
"Oh! If you look at it this way, this Long Hui is very annoying!" Regis suddenly realized.
"We have three methods: passive response, fighting and leaving; designing an ambush to kill and defeat the enemy; actively luring the enemy and annihilating Long Hui!" After Li Dan finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the two of them: "Which one do you think should be used...?"
"I agree to adopt the third option. The reason is that the number of enemies is not as good as mine, and the terrain for activities in mountainous areas is not as good as mine. In addition, our troops have sufficient food, and the enemy may not be fully prepared to pursue them in a hurry." Gao Hanzi said.
Li Dan looked at Regis, who nodded: "I agree with Gao Yingzheng. If Lou Shiming returns tomorrow, he will have to take some men with him, which will inevitably weaken the strength of the pursuers. One more thing," he pointed to the sky pretending to be mysterious: "Sir, it will rain from the afternoon to night the day after tomorrow, which is not good for the cavalry."
"Oh? How do you know this?" Li Dan asked with a smile.
"Hey, sir, to be honest, everyone was busy setting up camp just now, so I went to the village to beg for a bowl of water. The local villagers told me that earthworms and ants were very alive, so you have to go early, as it will probably rain in the afternoon. And this rain Then there will be autumn frost.”
Regis was honest, and did not try to make things mysterious like some people did, or engage in any "secrets that must not be leaked" kind of thing. Li Dan nodded with satisfaction and said to Gao Hanzi:
"Do field research and listen to more introductions from villagers. Mr. Lei's spirit of studying things is worth learning! If this matter is really helpful in annihilating Long Hui, it should be included in the textbook of the training team so that all officers know how to study things. Good for winning the war!”
"Your Excellency is wise, Your Majesty is being ridiculous!" Regis was rude immediately, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart, and he felt like a scholar would die for his confidant.
Li Dan came to the Crown Prince's carriage.
Here we use green cloth curtains to form inner and outer circles. The carriage and a small tent were in the inner circle. An eunuch stood at the entrance of the outer circle with his hands folded, and another stood in the corner between the two circles.
The resting place of the guards was more than ten steps away from the tent, and the figures of mounted guards could be seen in the four corners. Li Dan knew that there were fire gunners with secret whistles around, but they didn't show up.
"Has the prince rested?" Li Dan asked in a low voice.
"My lord, I have rested. I have been exhausted today, mainly because I didn't sleep well last night," the eunuch replied.
Li Dan nodded: "It doesn't matter. You should be able to have a good sleep tonight. Please pass on the message. I want to explain to the two girls about the slight adjustments to the schedule tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
The eunuch bowed and nodded towards the eunuch inside. Only then did Li Dan realize that there was a difference between the two of them. There were a few whispers inside, and after a moment the eunuch bowed: "Your Majesty, please!"
The two young ladies were not asleep yet. One of them should stay in the carriage to wait for the prince to rest, and the other would sleep in a small tent outside the carriage. They would change shifts in the middle of the night.
However, when she heard that Li Dan was coming, her sister took the initiative to take care of him in the car. Wu Ning'er stood in front of the car to greet him, bending her knees slightly to greet Li Dan: "Why is Alang so late and hasn't rested yet?" she asked.
Hearing her call Li Dan this way, she felt a little overwhelmed, but she was too embarrassed to refute it, so she could only answer vaguely: "Look at the warnings everywhere, and then walk to my sister." Then she asked: "How is the prince?"
"Children like to go out and are curious about everything, but they can't bear to travel long distances." Wu Ning'er smiled bitterly: "Actually, after noon, I feel very sleepy. I need to sleep for a while and wake up for a while."
"It's hard for him. At such an age, it's hard to urinate." After saying this, Li Dan suddenly remembered that when he was that old, he followed his aunt to help his father's coffin back to his hometown, and quickly changed the topic: "Sister and sister both well enough?"
"What can we have? Such a comfortable carriage is really a blessing. It's many times better than when we were sold!" Wu Ning'er lowered her head and said softly.
What she said made Li Dan feel pity: "Okay, don't be sad, things like that won't happen again in the future." After a pause, he said, "I'm here to talk to you about my fate and my schedule for the future."
"Oh?" Wu Ning'er raised her head in surprise: "It's so late for Lang Jun to talk about the itinerary, but what's the change?"
Li Dan found that this girl was quite sensitive, so he smiled and said:
"You're right. The bandit leader we caught up with today is the second son of the Lou family. We took his younger brother as a hostage, so he didn't dare to attack with all our strength. Our entire army was able to break out safely. But as agreed, we will return him tomorrow. .”
"I understand. Then he can be unscrupulous. Are you afraid there will be a vicious fight?"
"Sister guessed it right again." Li Dan nodded and praised. Wu Ning'er was a little shy and listened to him continue:
"Even if he doesn't want to take action, I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress his subordinates. It will be difficult to walk tomorrow and the next two days." He looked into Wu Ning'er's eyes, hesitated, and said, "I am going to let the prince and the The brigade moves separately.”
"What, separate operations?" Wu Ning'er was shocked.
"If the crown prince leaves with us, I'm worried about safety issues and will be distracted when commanding operations." Li Dan said and looked at Wu Ning'er. Only then did he realize that this girl was quite pretty.
Wu Ning'er doesn't have a gorgeous and charming appearance, she has a natural refinement between her eyebrows and eyes. The small facial features and curved eyebrows looked different from those of Han people under the moonlight, which made Li Dan stunned for a moment.
I have had fifty years of life experience in my previous life, but I have never seen a girl like this.
He suddenly understood that even if the prince taught him Han customs, songs, dances, and musical instruments, what could not change was her innate Miao blood. Her charm towards King Fengning may have originated from this.
"Sanlang, Sanlang!"
"Ah?" Li Dan suddenly woke up and his face immediately started to feel hot.
Wu Ning'er suppressed her laughter and said with a bit of shyness: "What you just said, you will be distracted when fighting... I have realized it!"
"Uh, no, no, that's not what I meant." Li Dan was startled by her boldness and quickly waved his hand: "I, I'm afraid that the crown prince will be discovered by them and become a target, which will cause big trouble!"
"So..., what's Alang's plan?" Wu Ning'er knew what was going on and didn't delve further.
Li Dan walked twice in an arrogant manner with his hands behind his back, returned to her, took out a map from his arms and said, "Is there a candle in the tent? Please come in, sister, and I will tell you in detail."
Wu Ning'er was a little embarrassed, hesitantly made a gesture of invitation, and the two of them went in together.
After searching in the darkness for a long time, Wu Ning'er's voice trembled and she said, "Alang, can you stay here tonight? Then, wait a moment, I'll go find Huo Zhu." Then there was another chattering sound. , the matchmaker finally lit the candle.
Li Dan turned his head and saw clearly that on one side was a folding wooden bed, covered with thatch cut by the soldiers and bedding taken out of the car.
Li Dan smiled and said, "I'll have to talk to Chen Sanlang later. This bed is still too thin. It's just fine for one person to lie flat on it. I'm afraid it will fall over if I fiddle with it." Wu Ning'er blushed with embarrassment. Fortunately, it was dark in the tent. can not see clearly.
She stretched out her hand and slapped Li Dan on the back, then took the candlestick with one hand and pulled Li Dan to sit down by the bed. Sure enough, the bed made a sound, and Wu Ning'er jumped up, knelt down by the bed and listened to what he said.
Putting the map on the bed, Li Dan tilted his body and pointed: "Sister, please see, our original plan was to take this road. What I mean is that tomorrow we will separate at Qilupu and you will take the northern route instead.
That road is farther but easier to walk and has much more people than this one. Although this road on the southern route is close, it is a mountain road, and we need to prepare for the battle. If we do the math, it should take the same time for us to get to the foot of Zhuye Mountain. . "After he finished speaking, he straightened up:
"Tomorrow I will arrange for Fourth Brother Pei to lead a team of reconnaissance, security, and engineering personnel, plus the original cavalry. You will quietly separate from the brigade. Just in case, I will send a team of people to go around the path to Chayuan Ridge to pick you up. .”
"Why not let them follow us from the beginning, but take a small road to pick them up?"
"Because we can't let them notice that hundreds of people have suddenly disappeared, otherwise they will suspect that there are important people among you." Li Dan explained:
"I must attract the enemy's main force to follow, and then find an opportunity to let those people leave, so that the team taking the northern route will not attract too much attention to the maximum extent, and at the same time, I can protect your safety." Seeing her lowering her head and saying nothing. , hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Wu Ning'er shook her head: "I just feel reluctant to leave Sanlang."
Li Dan felt warm in his heart. Apart from his aunt and Aying, there seemed to be another woman who missed him. He left the bed, knelt on one leg, spread his arms and said softly: "Come!" Ning'er then got into his arms with a burst of fragrance.
"Don't worry, don't be afraid!" Li Dan patted her shoulder gently: "Since the prince asked you to follow me, I will never let you live like a duckweed again!"
The candle was blown out again.
After a while, Li Dan came out of the tent. He looked up at the moon in the sky. The moonlight was hazy, like a woman's intoxicated eyes, and a cloud was passing above it, like a drooping eyelid.
The boots stepped on the soft turf, seeming to make a low moan. Li Dan's steps were brisk. He wanted to gather people overnight to arrange this very important thing for tomorrow.
The tent was silent. Wu Ning'er curled up in the quilt and remained motionless, for fear of disturbing the corners of the quilt that he had tucked for her before leaving. Thinking back to the situation just now, she couldn't help but smile.
This young lord is one year younger than himself, but he talks and acts like an adult. No, he is more mature than an adult!
Thinking of the way he hugged her, the way he looked at her, the hands he touched... Wu Ning'er couldn't help but compare him with Zhao Zhen, and found that the prince who could only whisper love words in his ears looked so clumsy. He seemed to be even liked by others. I didn't even think about not liking it.
Li Sanlang is also a little clumsy, but it can be seen that it is due to nervousness and caution. Once the window paper is broken, he immediately shows his cuteness.
Eh! It's a pity that we have to separate again tomorrow. Although Sanlang said that it would only take three or five days at most, Wu Ning'er would still be worried, a worry that she could not express.
I hope that my lover is fine now and can meet again as soon as possible. Then I will find a beautiful night with full moon to continue tonight's story again.
Some people died, but not completely...
