The night was getting dark, and the cavalry troops sent to beg for tents had not returned yet, but Su Jin felt calm. Originally, he was worried that Zhao Fang and the two would not listen to the orders and might abandon them halfway, so he also ordered Wang Chao's cavalry to escape.
Han followed them, ostensibly to help, but in fact to supervise.
Now it seems that the lack of news is good news, otherwise Mahan of the Dynasty must have come back to report the news long ago.
Su Jin paced slowly in the tent, carefully thinking about every detail of his plan to ensure that no flaws were exposed. At this time, he had to be extra careful. Once the bandits found out, he was prepared to go up the mountain alone. That would be true.
It's a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. I'm afraid his head was cut off after he didn't say a few words.
There was a soft sound of footsteps outside the tent, and someone whispered from outside the curtain: "Special Envoy Su, can my family come in?"
Su Jin was stunned and quickly stepped forward to open the curtain. Yan Biyun's pretty face was outside the curtain. Su Jin hurriedly said: "When did you become so angry? What are you talking about, Special Envoy Su? This is
Are you laughing at me?"
Yan Biyun snorted and stepped into the house. Rou Niang and Xiao Xian'er followed closely. Yan Biyun took off his cloak and gave it to Xiao Xian'er. He stretched out his white and tender hands to warm himself on the stove and said angrily: "You are a wicked person.
I'll file a complaint first. You locked yourself in a tent all afternoon and didn't talk to us. It's just a slave. Sister Rou Niang came all the way to see you. Can you bear it?"
Su Jin said with a smile: "What I said seems like I am a heartless person. I was just thinking about something in the tent and I am very anxious at the moment. But it is true that I ignored your feelings. I am guilty."
Yan Biyun glanced at Su Jin gracefully and said, "Then have you come up with any good ideas?"
Su Jin rubbed his hands and said, "It's difficult. I'm afraid this level will be difficult to pass. I don't think there's a good plan even if I break my head."
Yan Biyun tilted his head and asked, "Really?"
Su Jin pointed to the sky and swore: "What's the point of lying? There is really no other way."
Yan Biyun turned her head and stared at the fire in a daze. Su Jin felt uneasy and looked at her for a moment. Yan Biyun's long eyelashes blinked a few times, and a few pearls fell out of the black grapes.
Su Jin panicked and hurriedly stepped forward to take Yan Biyun's hand. Yan Biyun said angrily: "You are still deceiving us. County Magistrate Li has told us all your plans, and you are risking your life again, completely ignoring our worries."
, you know, Xiao Xian'er and Rou Niang have been crying all afternoon."
Su Jin hurriedly looked at Rou Niang and Xiao Xian'er, only to see that their eyes were red and slightly swollen, and they looked like they had cried. They had their heads lowered when they came in just now, so they didn't notice it.
Su Jin hurriedly bowed to the three of them and said, "It's my fault, but I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would worry. Why is this Li Chong so ignorant?"
Yan Biyun said angrily: "You don't know the seriousness. Do you think these people from the Nu family are shrews who can't reason? If you tell us, will we stop you in every possible way? In Yingtian Mansion that day, if you are going to be in danger, who among us is more likely to do it?"
Say something? If we live together and die together, we will die together. Why don't you understand our hearts?"
Su Jin scratched his head and said, "It's my fault, but don't worry, I'm sure of it."
Yan Biyun sighed: "When will we be able to live in such a fearful life? I really want to... I really want to..."
Su Jin looked at the red charcoal fire in the stove and said quietly: "I know what you want to say, who doesn't want to live a stable and happy life, but the trees are quiet and the wind is not stopping, I don't know why I encountered so many obstacles.
, they want to kill me every time. You want to be safe and sound, but someone refuses to let you go. For me, since I don’t want to join in the evil, I have no choice but to fight for my life with them. After rushing over the dangerous shoal, there is a bright future.
, there will come a day when I will settle the accounts with them."
The three girls quietly looked at Su Jin's resolute and confident expression, and suddenly felt that Su Jin was as calm as a mountain. The previous worries and anxieties seemed to be unnecessary; in front of him, it seemed that no obstacles could stop his steps.
In half a year, this little official has transformed into a completely different person.
People outside the tent screamed, followed by a clutter of footsteps, and the voices of Zhao Dutou and Fang Dutou sounded outside: "Reply to the special envoy, I'll be back soon."
Su Jin hurried out of the tent and asked anxiously: "Have you got the tent?"
Zhao Dutou said proudly: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life!"
After saying that, he pointed outside the fence and saw a dozen large cars piled high and parked there. Su Jin was overjoyed and walked over there, asking as he walked: "How many are there?"
Zhao Fang and the others followed Su Jin closely, and said happily: "More than six hundred heads, and a cart of kerosene."
Su Jin laughed loudly, raised his thumb and said: "Good job, what did the old guy say?"
Fang Du spat on his head and said: "Damn it, it's a lot of nonsense. In the end, old Zhao Mao and I broke up, led the horse army and rushed into the warehouse, asking everyone to throw away the guards' badges.
In front of him, he was told to go to Beijing with his number plate to file a complaint. This old guy really had no other options, so he opened the warehouse door."
Su Jin laughed and said: "The people in your bodyguard department are still very impressive. If they were side soldiers, I'm afraid they would have sent troops to surround them and arrest them."
Zhao Dutou said: "How dare he? He is just a transit envoy. Although he is a high-ranking official, he is only a local official. Even a small shrimp in the capital scares him half to death. How dare he make trouble?"
Su Jin looked through the tent and said with a smile: "He is a transfer envoy after all. He is a high-ranking official from the third rank. When we use the tent and send him back, we can say a few words of respect to him, but don't make him come down too much.
"
Fang Dutou said: "Send it back to him? He has a good idea. I think the envoy will keep this tent for future use. We didn't say it was borrowed."
Su Jin nodded and said: "Let's talk about it then. There are still a lot of things to do right now. Hurry up and ask someone to unload the truck, have dinner, and hurry up to work. This night will not be easy."
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After the sky completely darkened, the bandits who were keeping watch at the Bagong Mountain Pass were extremely bored. They huddled in a small house on the stone cliff to warm themselves up. The north wind blew outside, and the sound made people feel chilly all over. It was so cold.
In the weather, they don't even want to stretch their heads outside.
However, the noise coming from down the mountain forced them to come out of the hot house. The bandits looked down the mountain and were stunned in shock.
On the hillside where the officers and soldiers were stationed, I could see people neighing and horses, silhouettes of people gleaming, and a long queue of torches in the distance pouring into the camp. The bandits exchanged glances with each other, and it was obvious that reinforcements from the officers and soldiers had arrived.
This long queue of torches seemed to be endless. Under the dumbfounded gaze of the bandits, it lasted for most of the night. It was unknown how many reinforcements came. It was not until the fourth watch that the flames ceased, and the officers and soldiers who had been making a scene most of the night continued.
The camp finally fell silent.
It was dawn. After receiving the news, Shen Yaozu and Qiu Dabao went down from the mountain village to the arrow tower at the pass and looked down. The fog was thick and they could not see anything clearly. When the morning sun rose and the fog was completely evaporated by the sun, there appeared
The scene in front of Shen Yaozu and Qiu Dabao made them take a breath of cold air.
I saw that the enemy barracks, which was originally only a hundred paces in radius, had become a large camp stretching for several miles. Uniform military tents were built neatly and orderly on the flat ground. There were many checkpoints around the camp. Groups of soldiers patrolling the camp with guns. Go; you can vaguely see the huge military ration warehouses in the southwest corner of the camp, which are surrounded by wooden fences and are heavily guarded.
Shen Yaozu whispered to himself: "How... is this possible?"
Qiu Dabao whispered worriedly: "Brother, it seems that the officers and soldiers are serious about taking action. There are at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in such a large camp, and there are also cavalry here. This... the situation is not good."
Shen Yaozu gritted his teeth and said, "I thought the officers and soldiers were timid and stood still because they were afraid, but I didn't expect that they were waiting for reinforcements."
Qiu Dabao said: "But the news from our informant said that the soldiers and horses in Luzhou and Shouzhou have not moved. Where did these officers and soldiers come from?"
Shen Yaozu said: "They stationed at the foot of the mountain for four days before the reinforcements arrived. This shows that these reinforcements are definitely not from nearby state capitals. They may be soldiers and horses transferred from other places, perhaps Jiangning Prefecture, Taizhou, Yangzhou, Changzhou and other places. The garrison, damn, it seems like they are not going to let us go."
Qiu Dabao frowned and said: "Why do they sacrifice the near for the distant? Luzhou and Shouzhou are so close, why don't they use their troops?"
Shen Yaozu said: "I'm afraid that the soldiers and horses from these two states have been defeated by us in several encirclement and suppression campaigns, and the imperial court will no longer trust them."
Qiu Dabao remained silent, looking at the continuous enemy camp, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "Brother, can we hold it?"
Shen Yaozu looked at the foot of the mountain, his eyes were complicated and indescribable, including fear, resentment, despair, ferocity and even a trace of regret.dd