"Master Shangguan Hall has arrived!"
"I told you several times, call me General Shangguan." Shangguan Shu looked speechless. But soon, he raised his head seriously and looked ahead.
At this time, the outline of Dawan Pass was getting closer and closer. Near my ears, there was a faint sound of fighting.
"Shang Guan... General, the scouts are reporting urgently!"
"speak!"
"Less than five miles ahead, there are people from Beiyu beating military drums!"
Shangguan Shu was startled, "Could it be an ambush?"
"It hasn't been explored, but the person sitting in charge is a sheepherder from Beiyu. The place is a rolling slope, not suitable for horse racing."
"Sheepherd! It is indeed this old sheepherder! The little strategist Tianren! Follow me and kill him. If an ambush is discovered, the army will rush into the formation immediately to capture the Beiyu Sheepherd!"
Following the Shangguan's order, the army of ten thousand soldiers led them quickly moved forward. It didn't take long before they arrived outside the slope.
As the scout said, at this time, on the front slope, an old man with pale hair was standing in the wind. Seeing the approaching Xishu army, he smiled instead of being surprised. As soon as he opened his mouth, Shangguan Shu's face quickly became serious.
"Beiyu Sheepherds, you have been waiting for the general for a long time——"
The voice was a little hoarse, but it still came out.
Shangguan Shu looked coldly and did not give the order immediately. If they had hidden the ambush troops and killed them so hastily, I'm afraid the gains would outweigh the losses.
"General Shangguan, after careful calculation, there are only three or four Beiyu soldiers near the sheepherder. But I feel that, as a famous planner in the world, the sheepherder must be making a plan to lure me and others into an ambush."
There is nothing wrong with this kind of analysis. If it were other people, they would have the same idea. How could a counselor who was famous all over the world be accompanied by only a few people.
"General, I, the sheepherder, have no other way out, so I'm going to kill him here. I'm waiting for the general's sharp sword to take my head and perform a meritorious service." On the slope, the sheepherder smiled in the wind.
Shangguan Shu frowned. Feeling more and more confident in his heart, the sheepherder left the ambush army behind to lure him deeper. Although he is a chivalrous person, he has also read a lot of art of war in the past two years.
"Get the drum!" The sheepherder's hoarse voice sounded again on the slope.
Some soldiers nearby brought military drums and placed them in front of the sheepherds. After a while, the old Beiyu counselor used all his strength to hold the drumstick and beat it in the strong wind.
Even though he is old and his strength is fading, the drumstick still falls on the drum head.
Boom.
The first sound of the tong drum made the Shu troops not far away look surprised.
"General——"
"Don't talk." Shangguan Shu gritted his teeth and lowered his head to listen carefully. I found that although the drum sound was light, it was calm and powerful.
"A world-famous schemer uses this kind of trick to get you into trouble!" Shangguan Shu's face turned cold.
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The sheepherder on the slope was panting like an ox after being beaten a few times. After all, he is getting old, and he no longer looks as high-spirited as before.
He braced himself and slowly put the drumstick down.
Now, what he has to do is actually very simple. It was an air force strategy that made the reinforcements from Xishu not dare to move in a short time after becoming suspicious. In this way, we can buy time for Zhu Ye.
Only five people, relying on a small slope, blocked an army of ten thousand people. No matter where you put it, it is considered a heroic thing.
But the sheepherds didn't have much joy. If his guess was correct, after just a few more seconds, the Shu general would definitely send out a scouting camp to find out if there was any ambush on the slope.
The only way now is to block it with one's own body.
"Second and third sons, how about following me downhill?" The sheepherder turned back and looked at the three people following him. In fact, there were two other people playing drums hidden on the slope as a shock.
"What do you mean by the military advisor?"
"Block the entrance of the slope so that the Shu people cannot enter."
"Old military advisor, this plan is extremely dangerous."
"If you don't get into danger, you can't stop the Shu people." Leaning on crutches, the shepherd showed a peaceful smile and walked to the slope with the three people around him, under the watchful eyes of thousands of Shu soldiers.
Shangguan Shu frowned and raised his hand. Tan Qi, who was about to go out into battle, slowly retreated back.
No matter how you look at it, the Beiyu people must have set up an ambush.
"General, the shepherd sat quietly... and began to read a book."
"So brave."
Shangguan Shu said in a calm voice and looked carefully at the past. As his subordinates said, at the bottom of the slope, there was an accompanying soldier who took a hand stove and stood aside. The shepherd held a scroll and read it openly.
While watching, I probably saw something emotional and started dancing and laughing.
"General, let me take people to explore!" A knight-errant general beside Shangguan Shu gritted his teeth.
The superior said nothing.
It's a pity that when the general led hundreds of people to charge forward again, at this moment, behind the Beiyu sheepherder, two heavy tong drum sounds suddenly sounded.
Accompanied by this, there was also the sound of trumpets.
"No, it's really an ambush!"
General Xiao Pi, who went out to the army, was shocked beyond measure. He quickly reined in his horse and led the people back.
Looking from a distance, Shangguan Shu's face quickly fell into silence. He didn't want to go around, but going around now was equivalent to exposing his back.
This shepherd seemed to have seen through everything.
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In the strong wind, the old sheepherder slowly put away the scroll. Standing up on crutches, he raised his gaze and looked at the thousands of Shu troops in front of him.
Beside him, the three accompanying guards all had expressions of admiration on their faces.
Taken together seriously, the formation of only six people frightened thousands of Shu soldiers and did not dare to move forward. No matter how you think about it, it is an extremely comfortable thing.
The shepherd raised his eyes and looked ahead in concentration. If the Shu people don't enter, it will only be a short-term matter. As time goes by, this layout will be gradually discovered. By then, he will die here.
Xun Pingzi let out a breath and laughed.
His life seemed to be in a weird state. When he was young, he was very literary and famous, and his reputation was resounding throughout the inner city, but his court was dark and he was depressed. In middle age, he finally went to court and became a courtier, but because of the marriage proposal, he was named as an envoy and went to Rouran Grassland.
With this gone, twenty or thirty years of shepherding passed by in a hurry like a snap of a finger.
He thought of his dead brother, Xun Yangzi, who was known as the Master of the World. But in fact, he wrote six of the eight volumes of writings that made Master Tianxia famous all over the world.
Xun Pingzi lowered his head and his eyes moved slightly.
His life was fleeting, as if he was on a fast train, so fast that he couldn't even remember the scenery. Only in front of the grassland, the figure of the overlord, riding a horse and carrying a pear blossom gun, became increasingly clear.
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