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Luo Shijin nodded, cupped his fists and left.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour has passed, and the night is getting darker and darker. There is no moon tonight, the stars in the sky are shining brightly, and the chill between heaven and earth is getting heavier and heavier. In the wilderness, the soldiers huddled together, rubbing their hands,

White breath came out of his mouth, trying to add a little warmth to his cold hands.

The heavy snowfall of the past few days suppressed all the dead wood and withered grass on the ground under the white snow. On the surface, there was no difference at all. Even the wood, withered grass, etc. that were occasionally turned out were all intact.

Because it was soaked in snow water, it couldn't be lit at all.

Therefore, all the soldiers could only stay in groups of 35 or 35, leaning against each other, relying on each other's body temperature to keep each other warm. A howling northwest wind blew by, making the soldiers shiver with cold.

"We can't wait any longer. If we wait any longer, the soldiers of my Pei family army will freeze." Pei Xiaoer's eyes were solemn, "Give me the order and set off immediately. Let's go to Chenggu County and have a good rest."

"The general has orders to set off immediately and rest in Chenggu County."

Following the shouts of the messengers, the soldiers supported each other one by one, hiding their legs that were almost stiff from the cold, and followed the leader to move forward with difficulty.

Fortunately, we only walked less than 5 miles, so we could meet Song Kejiu who was staying behind in Chenggu County.

Song Kejiu was also a subordinate of Zhou Ti. When he first captured Chenggu County, he used Chenggu County as the retreat route for Pei's army. The geographical location was extremely important and had to be guarded by a general. Therefore, Zhou Ti asked Pei Xiao and Song Kejiu.

Since taking office, Song Kejiu has done his best to defend Chenggu County with 3,000 troops.

This time, Song Kejiu was originally patrolling the city at the top of Chenggu City. He suddenly saw a man outside the city stumbling under the city wall. He claimed that the general had been defeated and was on his way back to Chenggu County. He ordered General Song to prepare for the incident.

He led his troops to meet him.

When he first heard this, Song Kejiu thought that other officers and soldiers had come to deceive the city, and almost ordered someone to kill the envoy on the spot. Fortunately, the envoy brought a token given by Pei Xiaoer, which made Song Kejiu believe it.

After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Song Kejiu did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered a conscription of the entire city, collecting more than ten carts of vegetable cakes, dried meat, steamed buns, etc., and also collected more than 300 carts, and then ordered 1,000 soldiers.

Then he thought about the direction Pei Xiaoer came from and came towards him.

After the two parties met, tears filled their eyes. Not to mention the joy of surviving the disaster, Pei Xiaoer distributed the food brought by Song Kejiu and arranged all the weak people on the cart carried by Song Kejiu.

With food to eat and a large car to carry people, the rest of the journey was indeed much faster. Just after dawn, we had already arrived in Chenggu County.

One night passed like this.

At this time, a scout suddenly came to report that a large group of officers and soldiers had been found ten miles northwest of the city.

After hearing this, Luo Shijin, who was on the side, said to Pei Xiao2: "General, this army must be an official army coming in pursuit. How dare you pursue it directly to Chenggu County? It is simply too much of a lie.

We have been running all night, and with the support of General Song, we have just arrived at Chenggu County, and the officers and soldiers are now following closely. I expected that these officers and soldiers must have marched all night without rest. At this time,

The officers and soldiers certainly did not expect that our army would leave the city to attack.

It is better to lead an army of two thousand in a humble position, and when the officers and soldiers are not yet firmly established, go out of the city and attack the officers and soldiers, and you will surely gain something."

A sneak attack out of the city? Pei Xiaoer was a little tempted, but he calmed down and thought about it carefully, and rejected Luo Shijin's proposal. Luo Shijin was unwilling and wanted to persist again, but was stopped by Pei Xiaoer, who pointed at The Grand Army Road just entering the city.

"Shijin, I understand what you mean, but look at the soldiers below the city." Luo Shijin followed what Pei Xiaoer expected, but saw the remaining soldiers who had just entered the city. They were staggering around, yawning, and even more. Some people even lay down casually on the streets in the city and fell asleep directly.

Many of Song Kejiu's soldiers were walking back and forth on the streets. Some were directing the soldiers to deliver bowls of freshly cooked ginger soup to the soldiers who had just entered the city. Some were lifting up the soldiers who were sleeping on both sides of the street and bringing them to the city. They were sent to rest in private houses collected one by one. In such weather, if they slept on the street, they would probably freeze to death.

"These soldiers can no longer fight. If you take them out by force, you will force them to die. What's more, even if you can win the battle, Zuo Guangxian has hundreds of cavalry around him, so you can kill and injure them. How many officers and soldiers are there? Can you still return them?"

Pei Xiaoer's words made Luo Shijin feel as if he had just woken up from a dream. He was extremely ashamed and said: "General, I didn't think carefully about my humble position and almost put the army in jail. I beg the general to punish me."

"It doesn't matter," Pei Xiaoer smiled calmly, "If you can say such things, it means that your fighting spirit has not been lost. In this case, it is more valuable than gold.

However, today is different from the past, and you will be on your own in the future. When you command the 3rd Army, and the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are all tied to you, you will know that every move you make, Every order is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people."

"Remember this humble duty."

Pei Xiaoer was a little discouraged when he saw that he seemed to understand but not understand.

But there is no way around it. Pei Xiaoer comes from a grassroots background. At this time, those who can follow Pei Xiaoer and tuck their heads in their waistbands to rebel are either poor and do not have enough to eat, and are about to starve to death, or they are The bandits and bandits that the officers and soldiers exterminated, their former bosses went to the west, and when they returned to the countryside, they found that they could not survive at all. It happened that the Pei family army came to recruit troops, and the two sides hit it off immediately and joined the Pei family army.

Except for a few captured county magistrates who were forcibly pulled over by Pei Xiaoer, the Pei family army in Nuoda couldn't even find a single literate person.

The advantages of people from poor families are that they are obedient and willing to endure hardships, but their shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, they do not ask questions and have limited knowledge.

Almost all the talents in Pei Xiao's army came here on their own initiative. All talents can only be cultivated point by point by themselves. The advantage is that the talents cultivated through this system are extremely loyal and there is almost no possibility of rebellion. The disadvantage is that The process is too slow and expensive.

Come on 1 o'clock, Pei Xiao 2 sighed.

Nanzheng.

The big victory in the past few days has brought Wang Wanjin's personal prestige to a higher level. The forces that were about to move have been broken and dormant, and they dare not provoke Wang Wanjin at this time.

Instead, Wang Wanjin took this opportunity and severely punished several of Zhenghuan's leaders who jumped out of the army, and hung their heads on the city wall to scare others.

"Have you found the group of eggless things that escaped a few days ago?" In Wang Wanjin's luxurious mansion, hundreds of soldiers knelt on the ground shivering, enduring Wang Wanjin's roar.

After Wang Wanjin defeated Chen Tianming's sneak attack, he already knew the news that his second brother Jia Mingquan and his seventh brother Wei Shizhang's heads were missing, which made him even more frantic.

Jia Mingquan and Wei Shizhang are the two most intelligent and capable generals under Wang Wanjin. They are like Wang Wanjin's right-hand men. They are important helpers for Wang Wanjin to control his 50,000 soldiers and stabilize the kingdom's training.

Now these two people were killed silently. The consequences were like cutting off Wang Wanjin's arms, which directly caused Wang Wanjin's control over his subordinates to be greatly weakened.

Even though Wang Wanjin was able to frighten everyone for a moment with his ruthless tactics and victory over Chen Tianming's sneak attack, he still could not make up for the losses caused by the death of two people.

As time goes by, the consequences of losing two people will gradually become apparent. This is also the most direct reason why Wang Wanjin became extremely angry and directly killed people to establish his authority.

Hearing Wang Wanjin's roar, the kneeling scouts at the steps became even more frightened. Their bodies couldn't help but tremble, and the leader was shaking like chaff.

However, Wang Wanjin's eyes were as sharp as a sword piercing his body, and the leader of the Fifth Army had to speak. He said in a trembling voice: "Master the plate, the little people have discovered the traces of those bandits. I

We have sent people to look after them, and I think it won’t be long before we can find them all.”
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