Chapter Thirty-Seven Returning to Huayin to Relive Old Dreams (3)
Shaoyao served Shi Jin after midnight snack, and the sleepy Shi Jin fell down to sleep. Shaoyao looked at his beloved man sleeping soundly, and she couldn't express how much she liked him in her heart.
Peony gently stroked Shi Jin's hair, as if stroking his own sentimental heart.
Shaoyao gently blew out the candle and sat quietly next to Shi Jin, listening to Shi Jin's rhythmic breathing, soft and soft, and felt a sense of tenderness in her heart.
Shaoyao didn't know how her fate would be entangled with this handsome man next to her in the future. Maybe she wouldn't even be entangled in the end. No matter how she tried to convince herself or comforted herself, she would never go back to the first time. The feeling when they met, the purest love buried deep in my heart, has made two people with different identities draw a heavenly river between them.
If I had known earlier that he was the famous Nine Pattern Dragon Shi Jin, would I still choose to love him?
Shaoyao had already stumped herself. With her own identity, she would have had nothing to do with Shi Jin, and everything she had now was luxury in the eyes of others. Shaoyao shook her head slightly. She suddenly felt so stupid. Why? It has to be a result. No result is a result in itself. What I want is to be by his side, even if I just look at him quietly like this and fall asleep sweetly.
Shaoyao leaned against the bed curtain and watched. By accident, she fell asleep peacefully. When she woke up again, she was sleeping on the bed. She was alone. She went to look for Shi Jinshi's clothes again. They were all gone. Shaoyao closed his eyes and slowly opened them. There was still no trace of Shi Jin. Shaoyao sighed softly and closed his eyes slowly.
【Huayin County Juyi Hall】
Tan Ma returned to Huayin County in several routes before it was daylight and got first-hand information. Shi Jin rang the bell early in the morning and summoned the generals to the Juyi Hall.
Shi Jinchai's men moved a large table, spread out the topographic map of Huazhou County, stared at the map for a while, and then said: "The scouts from Zheng County reported that six thousand forbidden troops had arrived yesterday. In the evening, they launched the first round of attack on Zheng County. Although they were resisted by Gu Yan soldiers who closed the city and were repulsed,... the arrow feathers, thunder wood ash bottles in the city were almost used in the fierce battle last night, but the officers and soldiers still There are large engineering equipment such as ladders. If we wait until tonight and try again tonight, I'm afraid... we won't be able to stop them."
"Give me a thousand soldiers and horses, and Yang Zhi and I will go and defeat the enemy," Lu Zhishen stood up at this time and said with his chest raised to relieve Shi Jin's problems.
Shi Jin pressed Lu Zhishen's words with his hand, and then frowned and said: "The news from Weinan has been completely cut off, and the road has been cut off by officers and soldiers setting up sentries. The exploration horses cannot get through, and I'm afraid they will not be saved..."
"There are still officers and soldiers on the road, which means the situation is not that bad. They just want to cut off the information between the two places and make Weinan feel isolated. In addition, they are attacking in turns to put more and more pressure on the people in the city. This attack It is a psychological tactic. However, we are told from the side that Weinan is still very tenacious. Although it is trapped now, it can still hold on. It is scary. Liu Tang and Dong Xi who defended the city could resist, but the people inside were Once the rumors are stirred up, he will be unable to bear the internal and external troubles," Wu Yong said, frowning slightly.
"Weinan is not the most difficult at the moment. What Weinan lacks is not food and grass. Liu Tang and Dong Xi also have two to three thousand people. However, the biggest hidden danger is the thousands of recruits Liu Tang has just summoned. All the support is also Talking about 'morale', we currently don't have enough soldiers and horses. Compared with the Forbidden Army, our soldiers and horses are at a disadvantage in terms of quantity and combat effectiveness. We must use strange tactics to succeed," Zhu Wu, the divine machine strategist, said. Seeing Shi Jin's frown furrowed in sorrow, he immediately said.
Shi Jin took up the conversation and said, "Brother Zhu is very confident."
"There was no such thing as a clever plan, but since big brother came last night, this method has been developed."
"What is the solution? Tell me quickly," Shi Jin said, with a bright light of hope in his eyes.
"We have fast horses captured from Shaanzhou. We only need more than a thousand soldiers and horses. We will go at a constant speed and kill enemies on the road. Then we will arrive at Chishui Town and station troops outside the town. The Forbidden Army besieging Weinan will definitely send a force of soldiers and horses. To chase and kill, we just need to be patient. When the imperial army reaches a hundred paces, we will shoot them with strong bows and powerful crossbows. Half of them will be shot down. The distance is only about fifty strides. At that time, all we have to do is gallop forward. Whip to the east. After quickly bypassing Chishui Town, he quickly went west and broke through the officers and soldiers' positions from the east gate of Weinan. No matter what tricks the enemy played, don't stop and keep charging. When the time comes, Liu Tang will see Knowing that they will definitely come out with soldiers and horses, we must not enter the city. Liu Tang came out from the east gate and killed a chaotic group of forbidden troops. We don't have to stay longer and continue to run around the city, all the way down, and connect the north gate and west gate. Attack it,"
"What about the south gate? What to do with the forbidden troops over there," Yang Zhi asked.
"After we attack these three gates, the imperial army will be in chaos. By the time we reach the south gate, I'm afraid they will have dispersed."
"How will we deal with the officers and soldiers we lured out earlier?" Yang Zhi asked again.
"Everything is under my control. That group of officers and soldiers cannot catch up with us. When we take a detour to the north gate, those officers and soldiers will arrive later. What they encounter is the officers and soldiers who are in a mess. There Liu Tang, a fierce man, can resist us. When we come back from a quick killing circle, it will be time to join forces and strangle."
"Okay," everyone cheered in unison.
Shi Jin issued an order: "In that case, Yang Zhi and Lu Zhishen, you two will lead a force and follow Zhu Wu's plan."
"Yes," Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi accepted the order, took a thousand soldiers and horses under their command, exchanged them for the fast horses captured in Shaanzhou, and immediately headed towards Weinan.
Not long after Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi led their troops, Shi Jin couldn't sit still and couldn't help asking: "They are going to relieve the siege of Weinan, so what are we going to do if we stay here?" Shi Jin said here and paused: "The troops are divided into two groups, let's go and deal with the wave of people in the town and county,"
"Hold on, Yang Zhilu Zhishen's soldiers and horses originally came from the Forbidden Army. They are all carefully selected men. After the training of the two of them, they dare to take some risks to kill the Forbidden Army now," Wu Yong said here , and then said: "At the moment, we only bring five hundred soldiers and horses that are equally powerful. Although the soldiers and horses in the city have been killed, they are not the capital of the imperial army to fight hard."
"What does the military advisor mean? What do you plan to do?"
"First, Shi Jin and I will take the five hundred soldiers and horses out of the city and go to Zheng County to have a look. After we understand the terrain and the layout of the forbidden army, we will naturally find a way."
"Okay, I'll accompany the military advisor," Shi Jin said, gathering the five hundred soldiers and horses, and headed straight for Zheng County without stopping at all.
Shi Jin and Wu Yong came out of Huayin County with 500 soldiers and horses, and passed by the northwest of Aoshui Town. Shi Jin took the opportunity to express condolences to Di Yan who was stationed there. When they met, they held hands tightly. Together, there are not too many words, but all the feelings are in this grasp without any concealment. The more passionate the brotherhood between men, the more concise it will become, so concise that there is no need for any words. Be polite, don't say too many words.
Shi Jin lectured the officers and soldiers guarding Aoshui Town, and their morale immediately increased a hundredfold. They were all gearing up and fighting high.
After Shi Jin stopped briefly in Aoshui Town, he and Wu Yong continued to the northwest. The further they went, the denser the woods on both sides of the official road became. After walking for more than ten miles, they almost reached Zheng County. In this place, as the terrain rises steeply, the roads and views also become wider.
At a small saddle, Wu Yong stopped his horse, looked at the hillside in front of him, then looked back at the hillside behind him, and couldn't help but smile.
Shi Jin saw this and knew that Wu Yong must have a clever plan in mind, so he immediately asked: "What is Military Advisor Wu's opinion on this?"
Wu Yong smiled but did not answer. He pointed his feather fan in front and said, "Let's go to the front first and see how the Forbidden Army laid siege to the city."
When Shi Jin heard Wu Yong's words, he knew that this was not because he was trying to show off his skills, but because the time had not come for him to speak out, and Wu Yong refused to speak out without full confidence.
So Shi Jin didn't ask any questions and took Wu Yong to march forward. However, the further he went, the closer he got to the camp where the Forbidden Army was stationed, so he had to be more careful.
A group of men and horses slowly walked up the gentle slope. Looking far ahead, they saw the camp of the Forbidden Army. The camp was in an octagonal shape, with meridians and meridians inside, and roads extending in all directions. Two rows of Juma horns were placed in front of the camp, and stood in the center of the octagonal camp. A large flag was raised, and although the words "big book" could not be clearly seen on it, it could be roughly judged that it was the location of the officers and soldiers' command camp. A few wisps of smoke rose in the southeast corner of the Bajiao camp, which was the food and grass powerhouse of the Forbidden Army. .
Wu Yong looked at it, secretly counting the amount of smoke from the kitchen, and he had already figured out the number of the forbidden troops in his mind.
Wu Yong pointed at the camp of the officers and soldiers with a feather fan and said to Shi Jin: "Look, the camp of the officers and soldiers is a double-layer compound, with an octagonal corner on the outside and a circular array inside. The grain and grass are placed at the corner far away from Zheng County. Jumajiao is ranked in front of the main camp. It seems that they have already been on guard against hijacking the camp." Wu Yong paused and said, "We will suffer big losses if we force our way in. We cannot rob the camp. The only way is to lure the snakes out of their holes and deal with them outside the camp,"
"How should we lure them out," Shi Jin asked.
"This is all in my heart," Wu Yong said, pressing the feather fan on his heart, and smiled strangely at Shi Jin.
"Report..." A sergeant came quickly and rushed to Shi Jin. Out of breath, he quickly reported the report: "A group of soldiers and horses from the Forbidden Army came rushing towards me from the side."