Fifteen miles northwest of Mayi County, on Leitou Mountain, an agile Tang Army scout wearing leather armor and holding a straight sword climbed over the bare hills and came to a valley sheltered from the wind.
The dried snow was very thick and hard, and even if the scout was very careful, he would inevitably make a "crunch! crunch!" sound when stepping on it.
Leitou Mountain is bare, not to mention the towering old trees, there are no saplings. It is the beginning of March and the ice and snow have not yet melted, so it is impossible to hide people at a glance. But in such weather conditions, the alert
The scouts walked a hundred steps into the valley only to find that someone had already made dumplings.
Five fully armed soldiers suddenly jumped out of the snow-covered rocks. One of them bent his bow and pointed an arrow at the scout and said, "Who is that?"
"The scout team directly under the command of the Governor, Luo Bao." The scout took his hands away from the horizontal sword and slowly raised it, so that the soldier could see clearly.
The soldier then shouted: "Big!"
The scout immediately replied "Snow!" and the soldier put down his long bow and turned sideways.
The scout clenched his fist with his right hand, beat his chest with his chest, and saluted as a military salute before hurriedly running into the valley. The scout would repeat the scene every mile he passed, and was interrogated three times along the way.
There are hundreds of military tents in the valley, and they are arranged in a clear and orderly manner. It is obvious that a lot of thought has been put into it. There is a large tent in the valley, and several generals in helmets and armors are discussing around the terrain map.
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Liu Liangrui pointed to the topographic map of Leitou Mountain and said: "Tornado is good at guerrilla warfare. Most of his horse thieves have learned his skills and know how to run away with one strike. Leitou Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles and is crisscrossed by mountains. If you can't touch Tornado,
Home, we can’t defeat them in a guerrilla war, and even if we can, we still can’t do this. We can’t just leave a whole county alone and go around in circles with this group of horse thieves!”
Nangong Shou nodded and said: "I heard that Tornado has no less than seven or eight hundred thieves under his command. He is a bold guy. He not only robs all the tribes in the grassland, but also kills us. But even if he is capable, this time
We also want to eat him. I wonder if any of the captains have any good ideas?"
There are four captains under Nangong Shou, who are in charge of two thousand soldiers. One of them is Luo Long, who defected more than a month ago. The three brothers of the Luo family are good at martial arts, and Luo Long is the most calm, capable and capable of commanding troops.
, after several bandits were suppressed, he stood out and was appointed as a lieutenant colonel by Nangong Shou.
I saw Luo Long looking at the terrain map and thinking for a long time and said: "Your Excellency, you should send scouts to find out the nest of the tornado, and then the entire army will march lightly at night to determine the outcome, and not to alert the snake and turn it into a cat and mouse game!"
The other three captains were secretly frightened when they heard what Luo Long said so eloquently. They thought that this boy could do it. He is quite thoughtful despite his age.
Liu Liangrui and Nangong Shou looked at each other, smiled slightly and commented. Nangong Shou looked at the other three captains and said, "Do you have any other good ideas?"
The other three captains looked at each other, and one of them said: "I think Luo Long's method is good, but this scout needs to choose a few smarter ones!"
Just as he was talking, he heard a deep voice coming from outside the big tent.
"Scout Luo Bao has returned to camp. I have something important to ask to see the Governor!"
Hearing Luo Bao's voice, Nangong Shou and Liu Liangrui smiled and hurriedly called Luo Bao into the tent.
Luo Bao quickly walked into the tent with a tired look on his face, knelt down on one knee and said: "Fortunately, I lived up to my command. After three days of non-stop work, my subordinates finally found out every tree and grass in Tired Mountain and reached the nest of the tornado!
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Nangong Shou stepped forward to help Luo Bao up, and said with a smile: "Well done, if the tornado can be successfully extinguished, I will remember you as Luo Bao! Now all you have to do is go down and have a good sleep, and you will know how to do it by then."
Someone called you."
Seeing Luo Bao stand up, Luo Long glared at Luo Bao and said coldly: "I asked you why I haven't seen you in the past few days. It turns out that you were ordered to go on a mission!"
Luo Bao just glanced at his elder brother and bowed out of the tent without saying anything.
Nangong Shou said with a smile: "Captain Luo, please don't blame Luo Bao. He was also acting under orders and did not intend to hide anything from you!"
Luo Long hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said: "Luo Long is just concerned about his brother's safety. He is not trying to find out the secrets of the army. Please be aware of this!"
Nangong Shou smiled and helped Luo Long up and said: "The safety of Mayi County lies in the hands of the six of us. All matters in the army must be decided by the six of us, so even if there is something, I will not hide it from you."
Liu Liangrui said: "The scouts go first before the army moves. This is the most basic thing in marching and fighting. Luo Bao just did what he was supposed to do, and he didn't hide it from you..."
Nangong Shou waved his hand to stop Liu Liangrui from continuing, and then looked at the four captains and said: "I have decided to support war with war, because I want to help you grow up quickly by killing bandits, so that you can truly understand what you are responsible for.
What should be done? Let the soldiers see blood and know that the battlefield is not just a game like usual training. If you can't hold the knife tightly, you will lose your life."
Nangong Shou pushed open the curtain of the big tent, came to the valley, looked at the busy soldiers, and asked, "Who are they?"
The lieutenants looked at each other, not knowing how to answer, but Nangong Shou said loudly: "They are soldiers who protect the home and the country. They are the father of the child and the son of the mother. They are brothers to you and me! We will
Our brothers and sisters have been brought to the battlefield. Not only do we have to win the battle so that they can gain military glory, we also have to bring them back alive. This burden is very, very heavy!"
Nangong Shou turned around, looked at Luo Long and said: "Luo Bao has done a good job. Although he does not have your overall view, he knows what he is carrying. As the scout leader, his intelligence information determines the army.
His safety was in danger, so he would do his part, and detecting the enemy's situation was a top priority. He led the scout team all over Tioutou Mountain for three days without sleep, just to bring back the most accurate information to the army.
Information."
Luo Long knelt down on one knee again and said: "I know my mistake. Luo Bao's behavior has taught me that I can't slack off in marching and fighting. Please punish me!"
After hearing Luo Long's words, the other three captains also knelt down to apologize...
The matter of suppressing the bandits was decided before leaving the city, which one would be eaten first. Although the first few battles went smoothly, Nangong Shou and Liu Liangrui discovered that the soldiers became arrogant after several victories. Even the four captains
Wei also raised his tail.
Nangong Shou knows that arrogant soldiers will be defeated, so Nangong Shou is very worried. This time he tested several school captains on how to extinguish tornadoes, just to see if they knew what they knew, but he didn't expect Luo Long, who has always been calm and capable.
It turned out that it was only when things were happening that we started to think about how to deal with them.
Nangong Shou then used Luo Bao's incident to teach these guys a lesson, so as to prevent these guys from raising their tails to the sky.
"Everyone, get up. It's good if you admit your mistake! When Luo Bao wakes up tomorrow, we will discuss in detail how to take down the Tornado gang at the minimum cost. Now you can go down first."
The captains bowed and left. Before they could return to the camp, they sent someone to drag the captains of each team to the camp. Not long after, the captains walked out of the camp with cold faces. It seemed that the fire chiefs were not happy anymore...
Liu Liangrui smiled in the tent and said, "It's time to pour cold water on these guys, otherwise after taking down the tornado, you won't be able to think that you are a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general!"
Nangong Shou frowned and said: "Tornado is just difficult to deal with. It is not difficult to capture him. But what we have to face next is the Red Lady. This woman is really not easy. I'm afraid that these guys don't know how powerful they are. The morale of the generals will be greatly reduced if they lose their troops."
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Liu Liangrui said with some uncertainty: "I inquired before and there was no such person as the Red Lady. Judging from the information sent back by the spies, this woman is crazy and the kind of master who doesn't care about life, and her subordinates also kill people like her.
It can kill red eyes."
Nangong Shou spread out the terrain map, pointed at Dingxiang County and said: "I heard that they came from Dingxiang County, with no less than 4,000 soldiers and horses!"
Liu Liangrui said: "As I said before, if you can avoid fighting her, don't fight her. The main thing is to drive her away."
"I'm afraid that Red Lady is not an easy talker! If Uncle Liu doesn't do this, I'll leave the tornado to you. I'll go to the mountains to the north to find out what Red Lady is. It's better than us just guessing here!" Nangong Shou!
said.
Liu Liangrui thought for a while and said: "That's all we have to do, but you must be careful, don't put yourself in danger!"
Nangong Shou smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, don't worry!"
The nest of the tornado has been found. Although Liu Liangrui has a hot temper, it depends on the time of day, so Nangong Shou is still very relieved. Before nightfall, Nangong Shou changed into a round-collared gray robe and called Luo Long and other captains to the camp.
After giving instructions, he left the camp...
The red lady is tall and tall in a red dress, and she looks very eye-catching with her light blue eyes. At first glance, this red lady is not a gangster, but a foreigner. Since the leading red lady is a foreigner, this group
Most of the horse bandits are not Gan people. They include Turkmen, Yakuts, Gan people, Tuva people, etc. Among them, Tuva people are the most numerous.
Early in the morning, the strong smell of mutton soup was wafting in the red lady's camp. I saw a charming lady walking out of the tent and frowning and said: "It's mutton soup again! I've been eating so much these days that I'm covered in the smell of mutton, so I can't change it."
Change the taste!”
The red lady smiled and got out of the tent, walked to the charming woman and said: "This has reached the realm of fucking people. It's not easy to change the taste!"
The charming woman tilted her head and looked at the red lady and said: "I have agreed before that we cannot rob people, let alone kill them! If you break the rules, my boss will fall out!"
An old man wrapped in a sheepskin coat and carrying a dragon-headed cane came behind the red lady and said: "Since you changed into red clothes and used the name of a god to do things, you must follow the rules of the Seven Heroes of Mobei!
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The red woman turned around and said, "Don't you also rob the person you are doing? Why can't I rob him?"
The old man frowned and said: "You wore red and changed your name, but your eyes cannot be changed, so you are still a foreigner! As a Ganren, I will never let foreigners rob my Ganren.
And sit back and do nothing! Of course, those bandits before are not counted, because they are not human beings at all!"
The red lady smiled bitterly and said: "Poison Yama is your lady fox who said she had eaten enough mutton and wanted to change her taste. I didn't say I wanted to rob people of their things!"