The night was dark. On the south side of Jianmen Pass, in the rebel camp, night defense matters were arranged. After the generals retreated, Dou Shengxing, who had worked hard all day, rubbed his forehead, exhaled a long breath, and stood side by side with Li Taotao. After walking out of the camp that had just been built during the day, I came outside the empty camp and looked at the dots of military tents behind me, feeling filled with emotion.
"We will attack the city tomorrow, but I am still a little uneasy and restless. Husband, do you think we can capture Jianmen Pass?" Li Taotao said, holding Dou Shengxing's arm.
Dou Shengxing smiled slightly when he heard this and said with relief: "Don't worry, don't think too much. After all, our army is several times larger than the defenders, and the third brother sent Yu Wu to lead 5,000 elite troops to help. It can be said that we are sure of victory." .These five thousand elite soldiers are not comparable to bandits who defected halfway."
"If these bandits hadn't disobeyed orders and turned into chaos last night, how could they have been successfully attacked by the Jianmen Pass defenders at night?" Thinking of this, Dou Shengxing said bitterly.
"Then when we attack the city tomorrow, we must be careful of these bandits, don't miss our important event!" Li Taotao said worriedly.
"Hmph, I will have a way to make these bandits obey my command when we attack the city tomorrow." Dou Shengxing's pupils shrank slightly and he said coldly.
After saying that, Dou Shengxing turned to Li Taotao and said softly: "Taotao, after so many years with me, I have never given you the stable life you want. Have you ever regretted it?"
Hearing this, Li Taotao smiled slightly and said, "Who said you didn't give me a stable life? The more than ten years we lived in seclusion in Pengshan County were the happiest days for me. I only regret that I couldn't give birth to my husband. With one son and a half daughters, I couldn’t leave a wife for the Dou family…”
It turned out that Li Taotao had been injured by a sword when she was young, which caused her inner uterus to become infertile. She had visited famous doctors over the years, but nothing could be done. Li Taotao often blamed herself for this, and she repeatedly urged Dou Shengxing to have another concubine so that the Dou family could have a queen, but Dou Shengxing refused every time. Li Taotao was even more moved by this.
Hearing this, Dou Shengxing hugged Li Taotao into his arms and said calmly: "This world is too miserable, why should we let our children suffer in this world again? I feel good about not having children. We have been hiding here and there all these years." , if you have children, you will also suffer if you follow us..."
After hearing this, Li Taotao said no more and nestled her body deeper into her husband's arms. After a moment, she murmured and said: "Husband, after Shuchuan is completely pacified, we will go to Pengshan County to live our pastoral life. Bar……"
Dou Shengxing solemnly said to Li Taotao: "Taotao, I promise you that when Shuchuan settles down, our Kowloon Club will be able to regain its former glory. We can also help eldest brother fulfill his wish to reorganize the Kowloon Club. By then we will Let’s go to Pengshan County to live our secluded life.”
Li Taotao smiled and nodded when he heard this, as if he saw a happy life in the future.
In the early morning of the second day, the weather was clear, the morning breeze was blowing, and white clouds were constantly passing by in the sky. Outside the rebel camp, war drums rumbled, and neat teams were arranged in several square formations, with rows of ladders. Listed in front of the square array.
Yesterday, a group of bandits who worked very hard on logging and building the camp were at the forefront. The bandits looked at each other with fear on their faces. The bandits who originally wanted to take the opportunity to go down the mountain and join the rebel army to make some money were forced to fight for their lives.
They worked very hard yesterday when building the camp, because they knew that when the enemy attacked at night the day before, their fear caused chaos in the battle, resulting in heavy losses to their own side. They were very uneasy, fearing that they would be punished, so yesterday They worked very hard when building the camp, hoping that Dou Shengxing and others would forgive them. But seeing Dou Shengxing's arrangements today, the bandits all felt chills running down their spines, because after assigning the task of siege, Dou Shengxing brought in Yu Wu again. One thousand of the five thousand elite soldiers were divided into a supervising team.
A thousand people in the supervising team are all holding steel knives and standing behind the formation. If any deserters or passive combatants are found during the war, there is no need to report them. They can be killed first and then reported. Generally, there is a supervising team behind, which also shows that the army in front is not strong in combat effectiveness. Because there is no need for heavy hammers to sound the drum, and a truly strong soldier does not need to supervise the troops to hold the battle line.
Dou Shengxing was obviously very upset about the performance of the mountain bandit rebels that night. Out of the hatred in his heart and his uneasiness about these people, he placed these bandit rebels at the front when arranging the order of siege today.
Above the city of Jianmen Pass, Shangguan Zheng and Yang Yunfan came to the battlements and frowned as they looked at the dense formation of rebels below the city. Shangguan Ji Yu behind him was also holding on to the battlements, thinking about strategies to defeat the enemy, while his three brothers were arranging defenses on various parts of the city wall and directing soldiers to carry ordnance to the top of the city.
"Nephew Yang, this rebel team seems to be larger in number than in the past few days, and it looks like the military formation is moving calmly and orderly. It doesn't look like a mob." Shangguan frowned and said.
Yang Yunfan looked at the military formation under the city, frowned and said: "During the night attack the day before yesterday, we didn't see so many rebels. It seems that the reinforcements of the rebels have arrived, and they are elite. It seems that they have no control over Jianmen." Guan is determined to win."
"What strategies does the wise nephew have to defend against the enemy?" Shangguan asked.
Yang Yunfan thought for a while, then suddenly turned his head to Shangguan Ji Yu, who had been meditating next to him, and asked with a smile: "Brother Ji Yu is quite strategic, do you have any good strategies for this?" Although Shangguan Ji Yu is not old, he is good at strategy. Yang Yunfan has a smart mind, so Yang Yunfan asked this question.
"Brother Yang, Miao Zan. In my opinion, with the situation in front of me, there is no better way than to defend. I wonder what brother Yang has to say?" Shangguan Ji Yu replied sincerely.
Yang Yunfan looked at Shangguan Ji Yu and nodded, then said with a smile: "Yes, for this plan we must defend to the death, but do you know why the rebels under the city are so anxious to attack the city? What are they afraid of?"
"Brother Yang, you mean...the Forbidden Army?" Shangguan Ji Yu's eyes lit up and he said.
"Yes, the reason why the rebels are attacking the city with all their strength is because they know that the Forbidden Army is coming towards Jianmen Pass. They want to capture Jianmen Pass before the Forbidden Army arrives." Yang Yunfan looked at the rebel formation outside the city that was advancing towards the pass. , said slowly.
"Then we must hold on to the pass with all our strength. As long as we persist until the arrival of the forbidden army, the situation will be determined." The Shangguan on the side was saying.
Yang Yunfan cupped his hands towards Shangguan Zheng and said, "While we are holding on with all our strength, we will send another group of troops out of the pass to the north to create momentum at the critical moment to confuse and shake the rebels' will to attack the city."
"At the same time, send more sentry riders to the north to look for traces of the imperial imperial army."
"As soon as the imperial army arrives, the morale of the rebels will inevitably collapse. Then we can go out of the city to eliminate the rebels in one go. But before that, we must hold the pass!"
Shangguan Zheng nodded upon hearing this and strengthened his confidence. Turning around, he walked down the city and came to the military camp to command and dispatch. Yang Yunfan led his soldiers to build poles and spikes at the top of the city.
