"They are coming, the horses are coming," Shi Qian quickly came over to tell everyone the news.
Wu Yong immediately said to Shi Jin: "Brother Shi, quickly order the leaders to call on the brothers on the ship to get off the ship quickly and form a formation."
Shi Jin nodded, then turned around and ordered the leaders to recruit all the brothers in his fleet. At this time, the horses came towards this direction in great numbers and gathered on the river bank.
"Brother Yang, you first lead a team of troops to guard ten miles away. If there is a small team of officers and soldiers, they will rob and kill them immediately. If you find a large team of officers and soldiers, try to divert them and send your minions to report," Shi Jin ordered.
Yang Zhi agreed and led a hundred or so people to get on the horse. Most of the soldiers and horses in Erlong Mountain were from the imperial army of Daming Mansion. They were singled out by Yang Zhi. Later, after escorting the birth plan, they followed Yang Zhi through life and death. Now they are following him. Yang Zhi went to guard some of them. The officers and soldiers from the Forbidden Army were completely different from the ordinary officers and soldiers. After Yang Zhi's training, they became more vigorous and vigorous. Shi Jin had just issued the general order, but in the blink of an eye, Yang Zhi led his men and horses and rushed out. Seeing this kind of execution ability, Shi Jin couldn't help but admire it secretly.
"Quickly, everyone has put on their weapons and supplies, and loaded their food and fodder into carts." Under the command of the leaders, the minions dismounted their horses in an orderly and rapid manner, equipped their armors and weapons, and equipped them with these The horses look like regular troops.
Bai Sheng looked at the silver helmet and armor and said with a smile: "If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, how could you believe it? These are our soldiers and horses, and they are as good as those of that official's family."
Lu Zhishen smiled and said: "Most of these soldiers and horses were trained by Yang Zhi and I on Erlong Mountain. They are naturally stronger than those officers and soldiers."
"Brother Shi, look, we are now fifty miles outside Fenglingdu. From here, we will walk another sixty miles along the river, and then all the way west to Guanxi Town. If we look at the situation when we moved here, , this is the only entrance that is not surrounded by troops. We can bypass Guanxi Town and go to Huayin." Wu Yong held the map in front of Shi Jin and said, "It's just that we can't tell what has changed in the past two days. As we all know, if we want to win the first battle, we must not act rashly. There are two things that need to be done right now. Now, we need to rush to Huayin County in time to get in touch with Zhu Wu who is currently guarding the city to understand the current situation. , Now, let’s quickly send out a wave of people to find a deep mountain and wild forest. We will hide in it first and wait until the news is complete before we make plans.”
"Wu Xuexue's intention is to hide all our soldiers and horses, and then make a surprise attack when the situation is under control," Shi Jin said.
"We sneaked here without knowing it. If we can seize the opportunity to catch them unawares, we will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage," Wu Yong said.
While the two were talking, Lu Zhishen came over and said, "Our troops are all ready. Without further ado, let's get out of here before the officers and soldiers notice."
Shi Jin nodded, turned around and asked Ruan Xiaoqi and Ruan Xiaowu to take Bai Sheng and others on board the ship, and drove the ship back to Liangshan. At the same time, he divided the soldiers and horses into three teams, Wu Yong, Shi Qian and Shi Jin himself. Lin Chong and Gongsun Sheng led a team of 500 men and horses, and Lu Zhishen led a team of remaining men and horses, forming an arrow formation and advancing in the direction of the stream.
When Shi Jin's soldiers and horses had traveled about ten miles, they met Yang Zhibei, who was hiding on the roadside and was on guard. Yang Zhibei detailed the movements nearby. There were no traces of any officers or soldiers, and no other unusual movements were seen.
After hearing this, Shi Jin said: "Could it be that the troops in Shaanzhou are not strong enough? How come these thousands of horses are running around without noticing it? They turn a blind eye like this. In this current storm, it's hard to do anything." That's not how they should react,"
After hearing what Shi Jin said, Wu Yong smiled and answered: "Brother Shi, I don't believe they didn't notice it. The officers and soldiers guarding the city must also be hesitant, but they don't dare to come out to check, and they can't come out to check." , it’s not that there are no soldiers and horses, but that there are no generals. No one dares to act rashly, let alone leave their posts without authorization. This means that the military supervisor of Shaanzhou is now in the territory of Huazhou, and he has also received orders from the court. Participate in encirclement and suppression operations on the front line,"
"We are now in the territory of Nuxian County. When we first reported to the police, there was a supervisor personally leading the troops. The soldiers and horses in Shaanzhou were extremely maneuverable under his command. It was because of this. , Guanxi Town was caught off guard. We didn't even arrive with reinforcements. They came to the city and attacked the four city gates in turn. Liu Quan was so busy that he finally couldn't resist, so he broke out. ," Shi Qian was more familiar with this place than others. At this moment, he told all the situations that he thought were useful: "Liu Quantian came back and said that the supervisor did not separate the troops and horses to attack the city gate. , but concentrated all the strength to attack the four city gates in turn, sometimes attacking the east gate, sometimes fiercely attacking the north gate, and halfway through the attack, he suddenly changed his mind and rushed towards the south gate to attack, the east, west, south, north, and west gates. Thanks to this guy's attack, even Liu Quantian was confused and confused in the end."
"It's so mobile..." Wu Yong exchanged a look with Shi Jin. Shi Jin said incredulously: "The siege techniques are messy and completely unreasonable, just to make Liu Quantian busy. Being dizzy and distracted, hiding his true intention to attack the city, and then suddenly attacking when we are confused, well, he is still a character."
Wu Yong seemed to be thinking about something in his heart. He was silent and speechless, but his eyes were full of confusion.
At this moment, Yang Zhi said: "There is an unknown big mountain in front of us. How can we move at the same time?"
After hearing this, Shi Jin reined in his horses and said, "This mountain is called Taihua Mountain. It is a place close to the junction of Shaanzhou and Huazhou. We can place our troops here tonight and follow the policy mentioned by Wu Xuexue." , let’s send out people to find out more, and then we can make next plans,”
"Since we are all at the door of our house, why not kill them in one go, break through the siege, enter the city, join forces, and then come out and kill those officers and soldiers. How can this be bad?" Lu Zhishen held the Zen staff in his hand. His heart trembled, and he looked like he couldn't wait to fight the officers and soldiers for three hundred rounds.
As soon as Yang Zhi saw Lu Zhishen's appearance, he knew that his brother had just heard everyone say that the supervisor of Shaanzhou was very good. He felt uncomfortable and even more unconvinced.
Wu Yong waved his feather fan and guided the horses close to Lu Zhishen, driving side by side. He explained in a low voice: "We still have a good scene of stabbing in the back, how can we waste it like this?"
After Lu Zhishen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he just smiled and said nothing more.
Gongsun Sheng, who was walking among them on horseback, was quiet all the way, but then he said: "Any high mountain and dangerous peak, close to the junction of two states, is the place where strong men hang out. If Taihua Mountain belongs to someone else's territory, if you go in this time, Isn’t it just causing trouble?”
Shi Qian watched as he walked deeper and deeper into the mountains and said, "How often have I heard of strongmen coming and going in this Taihua Mountain? Even if there are, let's report our names and we can let them refuse."
"I've never heard of it. Even sometimes, he's just a little-known figure in the world. He doesn't have any soldiers and horses, and he can't achieve anything. He probably won't dare to come out if he sees us," Shi Jin said, turning around and pointing, following closely. Brothers behind you.
When everyone looked at it, it suddenly dawned on them that they couldn't help but smile. The soldiers and horses they led were all wearing silver helmets and were dressed like quasi-officers and soldiers. The small gangs that gathered in the mountains to rob people were just as good as scaring the traders. How could they dare to do it to the officials? Challenge in front of you.
At that moment, everyone set their target on Taihua Mountain and rushed towards the mountain. Yang Zhi brought the hundred and ten people to join Lu Zhishen's team. In this regard, more than 1,500 people brought more than a dozen cars. The food and grass went up to Taihua Mountain under the cover of the moonlight, and rested in a sheltered place halfway up the mountain. Taking advantage of the shelter of the mountains and forests, they set up camp here.
Just when everyone was settling down, Shi Jin summoned the generals to meet under the tent. The first one gave an order to Shi Qian: "Shi Qian, this place is almost close to our territory, and you are familiar with it. I will give it to you now." Thirty of you, you must carefully look around to find out all the current information as much as possible. In addition, you must go to Huayin County in person and tell Zhu Wu the news here. Only he can know it. Don't ask for much else, just let him have a good idea in his heart, and don't make a distinction between ourselves and the enemy at the critical moment. There is one more thing, some brothers from Erlongshan are going to Yuncheng County disguised as common people and businessmen, you Let Zhu Wu count how many people there are, and bring back the news from there with me when he comes back. That's all, hurry up and do it. Don't be greedy and be careful along the way."
"Okay, brother, don't worry, I know all this," after saying that, Shi Qian walked down quickly.
Not long after Shi Qian left, a minion came in and said: "Report to the leaders, there is a group of people passing by in front of the mountain. It looks like a group of officers and soldiers."
Shi Jin was surprised when he heard this and asked: "How many people and horses are there? These people are coming up the mountain."
"There were probably about seven or eight hundred people. They were walking very slowly. I guess they were escorting only things such as food and grass."
"Oh," when Wu Yong heard this, he leaned forward with great interest and asked, "How do you know it's food and grass?"
"Little Luocaoqian was a member of the imperial army of Daming Prefecture. He knows a lot about escorting grain and grass. He used straw mats to cover the vehicles. Most of them were military rations," the man replied.
"Military advisor, I will lead a team of troops down the mountain right now to rob this group of military supplies," Lu Zhishen volunteered.