The night was miserable and the cold wind howled outside the window.
The cold wind carried withered branches and fallen leaves and rose into the sky. It hit the window sill, making a sound like a moth's wings. Outside the window, hundreds of sergeants clenched their swords and prepared for battle. They looked at the three gatherings in the room with solemn expressions.
Figures together.
In the room, the fire was burning brightly, and the blazing charcoal fire could be vaguely seen between the gaps in the stove. Beside the ancient sandalwood table, Wu Ningyuan leaned forward and listened carefully to Lu Heng's arrangements for the upcoming war.
Lu Heng dipped his brush in ink and lightly drew several target locations on the paper. He put down the brush, pointed at the circle at the last dock, raised his chin and said, "Here, this is it!"
On the side, Wu Ningyuan nodded, stroking his beard and thinking for a while, then raised his head and said to Lu Heng with a smile: "Since you are already familiar with this battle, then you can take charge!"
Lu Heng raised his head and glanced at him. When he saw him looking at him with a smile, he didn't refuse and nodded in agreement.
After all, this matter was related to his own safety, and Lu Heng had been thinking about solving this problem himself.
The two sat down on the chairs, and guard Zhan personally made tea for them.
After taking the teacup and taking a sip, Lu Heng put down the teacup, raised his head and looked at Guard Zhan standing beside him, and said calmly: "Zhan Xiong!"
This was the first time Lu Heng called him by his first name, and his voice was calm. It was completely different from his usual joking.
Guard Zhan was shocked, knowing that the young master was about to issue a battle order. He straightened up, took a step forward, stood in front of Lu Heng, put one hand on his chest, lowered his head and said, "Here you are!"
"Take a hundred sergeants and go to Area 1 to carry out the mission of knocking down the mountain and shaking the tiger. Remember, each of your team has two torches in their hands and quickly advance to the first five miles of Area 1. It is the third watch today. It is necessary.
We have reached Area 1. Do you understand?" Lu Heng pointed at the col on the map at the top of the mountain where Liu Yuanyi was hiding in Purple Mountain, raised his head, and said to Zhan Guard.
"Yes, sir, don't worry. Zhan Xiong will arrive on time as per your request. Zijin, oh no, area one!" Zhan Xiong promised in a deep voice.
Lu Heng nodded and smiled. After that, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He pointed at the map and said: "After arriving at the destination, extinguish the torch locally and make an offensive posture. When the other party evacuates towards the dock, you wait
Follow closely, but don't let him discover it. After the opponent enters the predetermined area, you and others quickly go forward to join Wang Wu's troops and complete the closing. Prince Ning and I will bury ourselves on both sides of Area 1.
Ambush troops. When the time comes, use the launch of the rocket as the signal for the general attack. After receiving the signal, the three teams will join together and be sure to annihilate this pair!"
"Yes, Zhan Xiong understands. It's just, Master!" Zhan Weiwei first responded with clasped fists, and then said hesitantly.
"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Lu Heng smiled, leaned on the chair, and said calmly.
"Zhan Xiong thinks we can hit him when we arrive at Area 1?" Zhan Weiwei said with a murderous intent in his eyes as he sneered.
Lu Heng looked at the murderous look of this burly man, and couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking.
In the first half of the night, those assassins almost succeeded in assassinating him under the nose of his men. As a guard of the palace, how could Guard Zhan swallow such a bird's breath.
This is like an adult being slapped in the face by a three-year-old child as soon as he goes out. Hey, I can't afford to embarrass this person!
Lu Heng shook his head with a smile, looked at him and said: "Guard Zhan, everyone makes mistakes and horses make mistakes, and a temporary setback is nothing. As long as you can successfully complete the task tonight, it will be a success. Why bother worrying about it?"
Just for a while!"
He picked up the teacup, blew on the tea leaves in the cup, raised his head, pointed at the sergeants waiting outside the room, and said with a smile: "What's more, the lives of soldiers are much more valuable than those gangsters. That's why.
I can do it even if you give ten back. Okay, go and call Wang Wu in!"
Hearing Lu Heng tell him about the life of the sergeant, Zhan Wei suddenly woke up. He glanced at Lu Heng, nodded solemnly and said: "Young Master Renai, Zhan Xiong will lead the sergeants to thank you. Don't worry, your prince, if Zhan Xiong cannot complete the task,
Come and see me!"
After clasping his fists at Wu Ningyuan and Lu Heng, Zhan Xiong strode out.
After issuing the combat order to Wang Wu, the two of them also headed to the Yangtze River Wharf for deployment and control.
When he was about to go out, Wu Ningyuan beside him stopped. He turned his head and looked at Lu Heng with a strange look in his eyes.
Lu Heng felt a little frightened by the old man's strange gaze. He quickly took a step back and looked at Wu Ningyuan with a wary look on his face: "You old man, what do you want to do?"
But Wu Ningyuan chuckled, came over, pointed to the brightly lit east wing, and lowered his voice and said to Lu Heng, "Boy, do you like my goddaughter?"
Your goddaughter? Lu Heng was stunned for a moment, but when he saw Wu Ningyuan's wretched look, he suddenly understood.
He glanced at the old man speechlessly and cursed with a smile: "You old man, eat your carrot first and worry about it. What are you talking about?"
Wu Ningyuan is an old man, how could he not see what Lu Heng was thinking. He chuckled, stretched out his hand disrespectfully, poked Lu Heng in the chest, and said with a wink, "Okay, stop pretending."
I don’t know about you? You may be small, but your mind is not small at all. You are simply full of intrigues!”
Lu Heng's head was suddenly filled with black lines, he spread his hands and said helplessly: "Am I so insidious?"
Wu Ningyuan rolled his eyes and looked at Lu Heng with contempt: "Not only is it sinister, it's simply terrifying!"
Seeing that Lu Heng was extremely speechless, Wu Ningyuan had no intention of letting him go. He still leaned into Lu Heng's ear and whispered in a low voice: "Okay, don't think that I don't know. If my goddaughter hadn't been injured, you would have
Are you so angry? Will you personally carry out this combat mission? You are usually as slippery as a loach, why did you suddenly pop out today? Besides, I just said that I was a guard.
, in order to force that dead soldier to confess, you actually threatened his family. Such unscrupulous tactics are not your style!"
Lu Heng glanced at him, and then kept glaring at Wu Ningyuan. Finally, until he realized that the old man had made up his mind to do this today, he finally shook his head helplessly and stopped arguing with him.
Finally, Wu Ningyuan sighed, stretched out his arm and put it on Lu Heng's shoulder. He said to Lu Heng, arm-in-arm: "Okay, that's all for me. I have accepted Miss Qingqing as my adopted daughter. Between you,
The gap between us is gone. Whether you can capture Miss Qingqing’s heart depends on your kid’s methods. Oh, by the way, there is also my future father-in-law’s intention, quack!”
Wu Ningyuan had been thinking about Lu Heng in his heart. Lu Heng was a little moved when he heard the first half of the sentence. When he heard the last sentence of the old guy, he was speechless. It turned out that the old man had impure motives for thinking about this matter.
After saying this, Wu Ningyuan smiled meaningfully at Lu Heng, reached out and patted Lu Heng on the shoulder, then walked away with his hands behind his back, humming a ditty triumphantly.
Behind him, Lu Heng looked at the old guy with a strange expression. He wanted to laugh but couldn't. Finally, he sighed helplessly, stared at Wu Ningyuan's swaggering figure, sighed and cursed: This old fox!
The night was silent and the stars were twinkling. On the dark streets, soldiers in full armor were marching rapidly out of the city.
At the city gate, the Yin officials of Jiangning Prefecture who were in charge of guarding the gate had already received instructions from Hong Quan. When they saw the army coming, they immediately opened the city gate and let the army out of the city.
After leaving the city gate, he joined forces with the three thousand generals of the Jiangning garrison who had been waiting outside the city. Afterwards, Guard Zhan led a hundred sergeants, mounted their war horses, and took advantage of the night to head towards Area 1 of Purple Mountain.
go.
Another guard of Ning Prince's Mansion, Wang Wu, also left the main force with 500 sergeants and headed towards the sealed area.
Lu Heng and Wu Ningyuan took the remaining two thousand sergeants and marched towards the dock.
Along the way, the night was dark and the cold wind was blowing. The sergeants in full armor stepped on the dust on the ground and moved forward quickly. Lu Heng and Wu Ningyuan sat on their horses and walked side by side.
It is already October, and the Jiangning area is also very cold. Although it has not frozen, when the cold wind blows at night, it still makes people shiver.
The war horses snorted and snorted white air. They were moving forward rapidly. The soldiers walking in the middle of the road, holding swords and guns, followed the officers in front, running with their heads down.
"Hey, San'er, who is that person? How dare you march side by side with the prince?" Because this was the first time Lu Heng appeared in the army, naturally these soldiers did not recognize him. Moreover, perhaps because of the low status of the Zhou army,
These soldiers had an instinctive resistance to scholars wearing long robes. They spoke with a hint of disdain.
Another soldier raised his head and glanced at the scholar on the horse in front of him. He lowered his head and ran while replying in a low voice: "Who the hell knows? I don't know if he is the son of that high official. I want to come."
A white-collar worker gets a military honor so that he can get promoted and make a fortune back home! Looking at his pretty face, you can tell he is a coward!"
"Who says it's not the case!" The sergeants around also nodded in agreement.
"Damn it, shut up!" The lieutenant who was riding a horse and galloping around the team was shocked when he heard the nonsense of his group of brats. He stopped in a hurry and looked at the sergeant who took the lead in heckles.
Whip stared at him with fierce eyes and cursed loudly.
Damn it, besides the prince, who else in the Zhou Dynasty can ride a horse with the prince? Who else can have this honor? If anyone hears it, it will be over.
It doesn't matter if you don't want to live, don't bring me down!
The lieutenant glared at him angrily and shouted in a low voice: "I want to die, use your brain to think about it, you can ride with the prince, is it you who can talk nonsense?"
While riding on the horse, Lu Heng could naturally hear the gossips of the sergeants behind him.
In this regard, he seemed not to have heard anything, and kept talking calmly to Wu Ningyuan next to him about the upcoming troop formations.
Seeing Wu Ningyuan frowning, he wanted to rein in his horse and go back to teach those soldiers a lesson. Lu Heng laughed, stopped him, shook his head and said, "Soldiers are straightforward, let them talk!"