Shi Jin held a banquet for Wu Song to welcome him, and invited Zhang Qing and his wife to come with him. Zhu Wu, the divine machine strategist in Huayin County, and Wu Yong, the wise star, also attended the banquet. During the banquet, under Shi Jin's concern Next, Wu Song told all the previous encounters. When he said where he met Song Jiang, Shi Jin's eyes flashed with excitement. Although Wu Song seemed to have something special in Song Jiang's words, he didn't do anything at the moment. Before it became clear, I didn’t mention that incident again.
Back then, Shi Jin and Lei Heng released Song Jiang in Yuncheng County. Now Shi Jin was very concerned about the whereabouts of his sworn brother, and immediately asked: "Since you have met Brother Song Jiang, why did you If you don’t come with him, where will he go?”
"He said that Xiao Li Guang Huarong from Qingfeng Village invited him several times, so he wanted to stay there for a few days," Wu Song replied.
Shi Jindao: "After Brother Song and I became sworn sworn friends in Yuncheng County, I invited him to come to Huazhou. Now that he has been involved in a murder case, he needs to be careful wherever he hides. If he could come here, wouldn't it be a good life?" Happy life,"
"Since my brother wants to invite Song Jiang so much, he just needs to send someone to invite him," Zhu Wu said.
"Very true," Shi Jin nodded and waved his hand to summon a boy, and said: "Come here, please follow my order and send two capable men to Qingfeng Village. You must invite Brother Song Jiang to come. "
"Well," the boy was about to go down to settle down after receiving the order. At this time, Shi Jin suddenly stopped the man. Shi Jin said to everyone: "It's not appropriate to be in such a hurry. You need to prepare some gifts and bring some." Go ahead and write the letter, I will take care of this myself tonight," he said, waving his hand to the boy to step aside and wait.
"Brother, what is the situation in Huazhou right now? It turned out that there was no sign of the three-level interrogation I heard from others. However, there are notices posted in the nearby state capital, asking the people to be careful, and the interrogation is tight when entering and leaving the city. I Coming from the southeast, I didn't see any officers and soldiers on the way," Wu Song asked Shi Jin after taking a sip of wine.
"Brother Wu, Shangzhou initially sent 5,000 troops to garrison in the south of Huazhou, and Shaanzhou also sent more than 5,000 men to garrison in the east of Huazhou. Later, we defeated them one by one, and they all dared to go out after being defeated. Brothers, when we first came here, we didn’t know that we had conquered Zheng County and Weinan, and defeated more than 13,000 forbidden troops. Now we divided the north and south with the officers and soldiers, and ruled Xiagui occupied by the officers and soldiers, and Zheng County and Weinan under our rule. , formed the momentum of a tripartite confrontation. Among them, there were 7,000 officers and soldiers of the imperial army stationed in Xiagui City, and fifty miles in front of Xiagui City, the imperial court sent an additional 30,000 horses half a month ago, divided into five battalions for garrison. Shi Jin said this and looked at Zhu Wu.
Zhu Wu understood what Shi Jin meant, so he nodded and finished his words, saying: "These five battalions are stationed on the front line according to the shape of the five elements. The left side of the front is the fire camp, the right side is the earth camp, and the fire camp is The outer and rear side is the water camp. Oppositely, the outer and rear side of the earth camp is the wooden camp. The last one is the gold camp. Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are colored soap, green, blue, and red respectively. There are five black flags, and each battalion has six thousand soldiers and horses. Don't forget that although these five battalions are separate, they are mutually reinforcing." Zhu Wu said this, paused and then said: "We have also been observing for a long time. Among these battalions, Each has cavalry, infantry, spearmen, crossbowmen, etc., which is something we have never seen in other officer and soldier camps."
"It is indeed strange," Shi Qian said: "It has never happened before. It turns out that most of the officers and soldiers are all infantry. Thanks to Pu Dao, they are only a few with multiple bows and arrows on their backs. If we take advantage of the arms again, I’m afraid there’s no opportunity to take advantage of it,”
"It's not that there are no opportunities to take advantage of the enemy's force by relying on the superiority of arms. It's just that there are fewer opportunities. The method must be clever and the heat must be appropriate to be effective. It's not easy," Shi Jin said.
"That's not the only novelty," Zhu Wu said.
"Is there something unusual about it?" Zhang Qing asked.
"Of course, as the saying goes, 'before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first.' Guess where the food and grass for the soldiers and horses are placed," Zhu Wu's eyes swept over the faces of Zhang Qing, his wife, and Wu Song.
"Normally, the food and grass are under the supervision of the Yan family in the rear camp. Since you have said that this group of officers and soldiers are extremely novel, I guess they will not follow the routine. They must do the opposite. Could it be that they are in the camp? Can’t do it now,” Zhang Qing asked.
"It's not in front of the camp, but I can guess that their food and grass are all outside the camp. Their Five Elements camp forms a circle that is not prominent, and their food and grass are in the center of this circle," Zhu Wu said.
"In this case, I can arrange for Kui Er to bring a few good guys to sneak in under the cover of night, set off a fire, and burn all the food and grass," Shi Qian said, "No matter how powerful they are, "It can't withstand the torture of hunger. Without food and grass, people's hearts will be scattered. When the time comes, they will be defeated."
"It's easy to say, but it's very difficult to do. This method is absolutely impossible. The reason why they dare to put it outside and free their principles is that the location of their fifth camp coincides with the five elements. Dazhai A five-element formation was formed between them. Don't look at them placing valuable things like food and grass outside the camp, but they actually placed them in the formation. To put it bluntly, it was a trap. If I were greedy and brought soldiers and horses with me, Fighting in, it is equivalent to entering the formation that others have set up invisibly. When the time comes, the soldiers of the Five Elements roll out, and the changes and flows are mutually reinforcing. If you have to fight out first, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach the sky."
Everyone couldn't help but gasped when they heard this, and Wu Song was also secretly surprised. If Shi Qian hadn't been quick to talk just now, he would have almost said that he would lead a group of people to burn the batch of grain and grass. Wu Song came here for the first time. What I was anxious about was to make great contributions and bring about a resounding reputation for myself, so that everyone in Huazhou would know the reputation of Wu Song. At this moment, Wu Song knew the dangers involved. At the moment, I have to say that the power of this officer and soldier There are also some unpredictable people among them.
At this moment, Shi Qian smiled again and said without taking it seriously: "Even if their formations are ever-changing, let me ask you."
After Zhu Wu listened, he gently put down his chopsticks, looked at Shi Qian seriously, and listened to what he said next.
"What you just said was that you would go with hundreds of soldiers. What if I only go with twenty or thirty men?"
"It's not just grain and grass there, there are naturally officers and soldiers collecting the warehouses. Although we can't know the depth of it, we can make a rough guess. There are not a thousand people, but there are probably five hundred people. You went there with twenty or thirty people. , Don’t say you want to enter the granary and set fire to it, because if these people are setting up defense outside, you won’t be able to kill them, and you won’t even be able to touch the side of the warehouse,” Zhu Wu said.
Shi Qian felt uncomfortable after hearing this. Although he knew that what Zhu Wu said was reasonable, he was not convinced. When arranging his troops, Zhu Wu was indeed superior in skills, which Shi Qian could not match. However, when it came to sneak attacks and assassinations, , he was the "ancestral master" in Shi Qian. When he and Shi Jin had just fought out of Shaohua Mountain, they faced a large number of Huazhou officers and soldiers in Huayin County, including an assassination team of Supervisor Zhang. Shi Qian took care of it. Now, most of the original assassins were impressed by Shi Qian. The leader Kui Erjiu worshiped Shi Qian wholeheartedly. Later, Shi Jin and others secured the first base area in Huayin County. While recruiting troops or developing the economy, Shi Qian was recruiting talents from all over the place and secretly formed an assassination organization according to Shi Jin's orders, which Shi Jin called "Jue".
Jue, there are thirty people in total, subordinate to Kui Er, under the direct command of Shi Jin. No one in Huazhou knows about it. Even Zhu Wu and others who are closest to Shi Jin have no way of knowing. The people were selected by Shi Qian himself, and each of them was a person with outstanding endurance and agility. They had received introductory training from Shi Qian before. When Shi Qian followed Shi Jin and left to calculate the birth plan, Kui Er took charge of the training. The secret training over the past few months has begun to bear fruit. After Shi Qian returned to Huazhou, he further improved and strengthened the footwork and skills of these thirty people.
During the half-month confrontation with the officers and soldiers, Shi Jin often summoned the organization in the underground secret room late at night. Not only did he affirm and praise Shi Qian and Kui Er's training, but he also personally taught these thirty people some close combat skills. The unique routine skills have made this organization's combat effectiveness achieve another qualitative leap.
And now, the reason why Shi Qian is so confident is because he knows that such an organization exists, he knows their combat effectiveness, and he also knows what they can do. He never had a chance before, but now there is one.
Shi Qian thought of this and glanced at Shi Jin. Shi Jin had just heard the meaning of Shi Qian's words and knew what belief he had moved. He turned around at that moment. Their eyes met, but Shi Jin Shaking his head slightly, Shi Qian understood, but he didn't understand in his heart why. "Raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a moment". Seeing that as long as the food and grass were destroyed, those officers and soldiers would be scrapped immediately. However, why didn't Shi Jin To do this, could it be that the role of the organization is not the same? Could it be that my brother's intention in establishing it is not different? Shi Qian did not think about it anymore, he just paused here and looked at Shi Jin, and in Shi Jin's eyes, just now The denial has passed by in a flash, but what he has gained is a confident and heroic spirit.
Shi Qian slowly sifted the wine in front of him, raised it to his mouth, and slowly poured it down one mouthful at a time. Everyone continued to talk, but all this was no longer important to Shi Qian. , Shi Qian carefully imagined the appearance of the fodder warehouse, thinking about what he might encounter, and calculating the things he might use.