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When faced with memories that are unwilling to be mentioned and things that are too embarrassing, human beings tend to choose to forget them completely.

--River.Cowardly.Red in the face.Jun said so.

After suffering such a big shock, Jiang Jun took twice as long as usual to dry his hair—to calm himself down by the way.

When putting on the cloak, Jiang Jun simply made up his mind: No, it's not a big deal if they are all men if they are seen by others during DIY!

In this case, Jiang Jun searched all the way, and when he found Xi Hongxuan in the hall of the Governor's Mansion—the person who was looked at seemed to have the usual attitude, but the one who broke in and got the "unexpected joy" still kept a A completely flushed face.

In the past few days, the chief of the village had a taciturn and cold face, and Jiang Jun felt a little pleasing to him who looked like a boiled shrimp.

Suppressing a smile in his heart, Jiang Jun still had no choice but to put on airs: "It's the village master, Jiang Jun was rude just now, but it seems that he vaguely heard the village master saying that something is wrong?"

These words fell into Xi Hongxuan's ears, and they seemed a bit unsound again:

What is being rude?

The person who was rude was obviously Hongxuan, why Jiang Jun was the first to say "disrespectful"? !Moreover, their Dajin Dynasty calendar did not stipulate that men cannot do things that are beneficial to physical and mental health while taking a bath.

What Jiang Jun didn't know was that although this Xi Hongxuan and Xi Zhaizhu was a solid scumbag, what he cared most about in his life was etiquette and morality. Jun is ironic.

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Xi Hongxuan stood up, blushing and frowning and said: "Mr. Jiang is serious. I'm being rude. After knocking on the door, I didn't ask Mr. Jiang what you mean, so I opened the door and walked in. The offence, I hope Mr. Jiang will forgive you."

Jiang Jun: "..." There is nothing to love in life.jpg

Woji, can you stop talking about that! !

Seeing that Jiang Jun didn't speak, Xi Hongxuan only thought that Jiang Jun felt that his courtesy was not enough, so he tried to explain a few more words: "Although a certain person was born in Jianghu and is a reckless bandit who has read a few books, he also knows There is no reason for a gentleman to tell others. Besides, Mr. Jiang has already been crowned, such things... such things... are not rude!"

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Jiang Jun swore that ever since he knew Xi Hongxuan, he had never seen the chief of the village say so much.

But after Xi Hongxuan said so much, he was sweating profusely, and the heat on his face didn't subside at all.Jiang Jun leaning against a wooden bathtub in a room full of steaming mist: his complexion is flushed|red, and his lips are moist.

Especially those eyes, the corners of which are ruddy, and the black pupils are like bright gemstones, sparkling with water.

Xi Hongxuan's heart was beating fast in this room, but Jiang Jun on the other side finally couldn't take it anymore, he rushed up and hugged Xi Hongxuan's shoulders—they were almost the same height, Jiang Jun almost gnashed his teeth and roared :

"It's the owner of the village, I said, can we turn this matter over! Don't, don't mention it again!"

After being yelled at by him, Xi Hongxuan was stunned for a while, seeing Jiang Jun's face full of embarrassment, he suddenly realized——

But at this moment, the village head was still very embarrassed, nodded in agreement, ran to the table and poured a cup of tea, and took several gulps, before he could barely hold his breath and regain his composure.

Seeing him like this, Jiang Jun was really annoyed and funny. In desperation, he could only ask the question again—what happened, what happened?

Xi Hongxuan frowned, his expression became serious, he sighed, and said, "Fei Sha Gang, something happened to Fei Sha Gang..."

Jiang Jun was taken aback for a moment, and his expression became serious.

Most of the water thieves near Dust Lake are the masters of the Three Caverns of the Cunning Rabbit.The Shipeng Village, which is supposed to be Hongxuan, is not to mention that it is a movable village. Its old nest is in the north of Chenhu Lake, but there are still strongholds in the south and west of Chenhu Lake.

And these water thieves ran rampant on Dust Lake not only because of their excellent water skills.Relying on the waterways they each seized, while plundering passing merchant ships, they provided protection to those caravans who were willing to pay "tolls".

The Dust Lake is a large body of water, and the waterways on the Dust Lake are also clearly defined and hidden.There is also an unwritten rule among water thieves: open ways make money, and secret ways save lives.

Jiang Jun knew that the Flying Shark Gang had such a secret passage leading directly to Changhai County and the interior of Yecheng, and he also read it from the original book. He originally wanted to use this waterway to enter Yecheng and kill Gong Angu without leaving a single one behind.

At this moment, Xi Hongxuan told him—the Flying Shark Gang was gone.

"It happened last night..." Xi Hongxuan's voice returned to calm, but the faintly trembling fingertips leaked his anger: "Gong Angu, that bastard, with the cannon, almost killed him Then, crushed into the Flying Shark Gang."

In Xi Hongxuan's words, Gong Angu is a lunatic.

Last night, this lunatic blasted open the gate of the Flying Shark Gang's stronghold with a cannon, and fired two consecutive waves of rockets like rain.Then they drove the warship, surrounded the little Flying Shark Gang, and threw jars filled with tung oil into it.

Explosions and screams rang out all night, the tung oil ignited instantly, and the entire Flying Shark gang instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

"...The Flying Shark Gang didn't seem to be involved in the uprising," Jiang Jun couldn't stop listening, and interrupted Xi Hongxuan's narration: "Why did Gong Angu...do something to them?"

Xi Hongxuan shook his head, fell silent and stopped talking.

It's not that he doesn't want to say it, but that he doesn't know where to start—

In fact, he has a very close friendship with the leader of the Flying Shark Gang. Recently, the man's concubine gave him a beautiful and beautiful daughter. daughter.

Therefore, the leader is extremely rare for this new born little daughter.

Xi Hongxuan remembered that when that little girl was a hundred days old, the leader of the Flying Shark Gang invited half of the village owners on Dust Lake to go, and spent a lot of money to make a set of long-lived golden locks and gold bracelets for her daughter. The child can grow up to be an adult without any worries.

These water thieves have been wandering all their lives, living a dangerous life of licking blood.

But at the [-]-day banquet that day, Xi Hongxuan felt that the leader of the Flying Shark Gang, who was full of flesh, was smiling so happily, just like an ordinary father, hugging the child, as if hugging the whole world.

However, all of this ceased to exist after last night.

At least a thousand members of the Flying Shark Gang were slaughtered overnight by Gong Angu's army.The gate of the village was blown up, the water village was completely burned down, and the "black shark flag" flying high on the hilltop was also twisted into pieces and discarded in the water at will.

On the ground near Changhai County, thick bloody water is still scattered here and there today.

And on the original two waterways of the Flying Shark Gang, there are dead corpses of the Flying Shark Gang water thieves floating everywhere.Floating corpses piled up to block the entire waterway, while the Jiangnan navy and Jiangnan rebellion army led by Gong Angu directly set out, entered the Changhai Sea from where the Flying Shark Gang was located.

They used the secret passages that the Flying Shark Gang used to escape.

What happened last night, when Xi Hongxuan arrived this morning, the Flying Shark Gang had completely turned into a scorched ruin, and Gong Angu's army had entered Changhai County, as if they were showing off their might. The gang's secret passageway is full of "Gong" banners.

This is a provocation, a blatant provocation.

But Xi Hongxuan didn't understand why Jiang Jun told them about the Flying Shark Gang. In a few days, Gong Angu would lead an army to block their hope of entering Night City.

At that time, there were only him and his eight brothers in the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, including Princess Tongjia, Wu Yan, and Meng Niang, there were only thirteen people.And among these 13 people, each one is his life-long friendship, and each one is someone he can trust.

So Xi Hongxuan didn't understand, and didn't want to say, what Gong Angu did.

But even if he doesn't say it, Jiang Jun will eventually know.Because in the early morning of the second day, Princess Tongjia, who got the news immediately, invited all of them to regroup in the hall of the Governor's Mansion.

The Flying Shark Gang took the blame for Gong Angu, and he found out several secret waterways and sealed them up. It is already very difficult to enter Night City through waterways.

This is a disaster for the Forbidden Army who are ready to go and prepare to win the battle.

However, the people in the city were still immersed in the joy of having enough rice and grain, and the soldiers who came to join them did not know this news that would plummet their morale.

The hall was gloomy and gloomy, but the sky outside the hall was still high and the sky was bright and clear.

In a short period of time, Jiang Jun will never be able to find a second waterway that can lead to Night City.And even if they could be found, the night city was already full of Gong Angu's army, and they were undoubtedly looking for death if they went in now.

Because he knew the news earlier than Princess Tongjia, Jiang Jun stayed up all night last night:

He squatted on the territory map near Dust Lake and looked at it for a long time, and vaguely understood the intention of Gong Angu's move-Jiangning is located in the center of Luzhou and Yecheng. Lu is difficult to defend, Gong Angu can also think of it.

The Luzhou army is a hidden danger to them who are sticking to Jiangning City, but to Gong Angu, it is even more powerful.

Attack front and back, encircle up and down. If Changhai County and Yecheng can be taken down, Gong Angu can use Yecheng as a base. While attacking Jiangning City in the north, he invites the Luzhou Army to go down from the north and south to break through the city defenses in the north of Jiangning. trend.

At the right time, even if Jiangning City is impenetrable, it will be difficult for the military and civilians to take care of both sides.

However, there is Anlu County between Jiangning City and Changhai County. Anlu County is not big, but there are private soldiers of King Gong Lingwu hidden in it.If Gong Angu really planned to go north from Yecheng to conquer Jiangning, An Lu would become a tough bone for him to chew on.

However, once Anlu's private soldiers are exposed, Prince Gong Lingwu will appear passive.

Ling Cheng is bound to take this opportunity to crusade against Prince Gong and his henchmen. When the time comes, the world will be in chaos and the flames of war will be raging in Jiangnan.

Before the time came, Jiang Jun didn't want to expose his plan with Ling Wu in advance.

For the current plan, Jiang Jun has two ways to make up for it, but compared with the previous set of smooth and smooth layout, there are more or less shortcomings:

One is to look for good opportunities from the south of Nightside.

It's just that the terrain of Yecheng is very good. To the south is the Dust Lake Plain, which is full of fertile fields and residential houses. The terrain is too flat and open, and Yecheng is condescending.

Going southwest, there is a place called Yiling.

Yiling County is adjacent to Chenhu Lake, and there are two mountains that complement each other at the mouth of the waterway, forming a natural pass that cannot be opened by one man.However, there are many tea mountains in Yiling, and there are not many fields, which can be used to deploy troops.

It's just that the army of this method needs to cross half of the dust lake to get to Yiling from Jiangning city.During the landing process of the boat, there were many incidents.

Second, the previous plan of occupying Night Watch City, using the Bufu River as an ambush point, and using the tides to defeat Gong Angu remained unchanged.However, it is necessary to find a way to lure Gong Angu out of the night city, and at the same time hurry up and let the princess's people enter the city.

This method sounds relatively safe, but how to lure the enemy and how to quickly enter the city and set up fences to defend the city are all difficult problems.

Jiang Jun was meditating on this side, while Hongxuan, the same family as Princess Tong Jia, couldn't discuss any clever ideas.A few people from Qianchong Pavilion came a few days ago, but the Jianghu sect is of no use at this time, so they can only help pass the message.

Among the several village masters of Hongxuan, the second master seemed particularly stable and experienced.

Moreover, he is also the one Jiang Jun likes the most among the eight masters. This person is born with an honest face and an honest and pleasing smile. What the pig eats the tiger is talking about other people.

"Young Master Jiang, you have been silent since the beginning. If you have any good ideas, tell the big guys to listen. It is better for everyone to think deeply. Three cobblers can make Zhuge Liang!"

You see, others are arguing, but the second-in-command can see something.

Jiang Jun was asked by name by him, so naturally he couldn't hide it anymore, so he could only analyze the two methods he thought of and their respective pros and cons in detail, and then he looked at the crowd.

Princess Tongjia was full of joy, and the eyes of the seven masters looking at Jiang Jun were even more amazed.

"..." Don't be so eager to be happy, just choose one of the two and give me an accurate word first!

Because neither of the two methods is perfect, but they are both feasible, and right now it is only necessary to choose one and implement it.But Jiang Jun himself is afraid of choosing, no matter how powerful Princess Tongjia is, she has never transferred troops.

So Xi Hongxuan and his seven village masters became the key to his decision, but what Jiang Jun didn't expect was——

Xi Hongxuan and the three masters chose the former, while the other three masters under the leadership of the second master chose the latter.Princess Tongjia prefers the former - she doesn't want to be trapped in Jiangning City anymore, while Jiang Jun - wants to take advantage of the convenience of the plot and chooses the latter.

And so on, it was another five-on-five scene, and it was still impossible to tell the reason.

At this time, Wu Yan, who had been standing behind Jiang Jun, suddenly stood up and said, "Master, Wu Yan... I don't know Wu Yan... Can you say something too?"

Although Wuyan was Jiang Jun's servant, Jiang Jun never regarded this child as a servant.

Now he stood up, Jiang Jun naturally welcomed him, but after Wu Yan said that he supported the second method, Xi Hongxuan and the others refused: "You are just a servant, how do you know the things on the battlefield?! "

"Don't you just follow him to make choices just because he is your young master! Do you know how to lure the enemy?! Do you know how to lead people into Night City! Do you know the layout of Night City? ?!"

They questioned Wu Yan like a cannonball, but Wu Yan looked very calm except that he lowered his head and blushed a little.Jiang Jun thought for a while, stood up and pushed aside the crowd, supported Wuyan's shoulder, forcing him to look up at him.

"Wuyan, did you think about what you said?"

"Yes! Master... I am!" Wu Yan said hurriedly, after thinking for a while, he gave the people around him an annoyed look: "I, why don't I know how to do it! I know a waterway! I can pass through it directly. To the Night City! No need to bypass Changhai County!"

As soon as these words came out, the water thieves who were originally very disdainful were taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing——

"Boy, don't you know that you are deceiving us? You and your young master are both from the capital. You must have been to the north, to Yucheng, this Jiangnan-this is your first time here, how can you know where the waterway is? gone?"

"Hahahaha—boy, before you tell a lie, let's make a draft first. Do you think our No. [-] water village in Dust Lake, Shipeng Village is a vain name? If there is a waterway—wouldn't we know about it?"

Everyone laughed, but Wu Yan scratched his neck and said seriously: "I really know!"

Jiang Jun was familiar with Wuyan's temperament, and knew that this child was not just talking nonsense, so he tried his best to ask Wuyan to question him carefully, and only then did he know that Wuyan really knew such a waterway.

It turned out that Wuyan already knew about this waterway when Jiang Jun and Ling Wu, who was incarnated as "Wei Wu", returned to Yucheng from the waterway by boat.At that time, Jiang Jun and Ling Wu were lying sideways, and they didn't notice that their little servant had any trouble with the shadow guard next to Wei Wu.

They lived their two-person world, but they forgot that there was Wuyan's younger brother of the same lineage Hongxuan - Xi Hongming.

Xi Hongming has been by Wei Wu's side since he was a child, and he is the top expert in Qianchong Pavilion. As a shadow guard, Xi Hongming is definitely the most outstanding one - strong in martial arts, stealthy, taciturn silence.

But as the younger brother of Xi Hongxuan, the head of Chenhu Water Village, it is absolutely impossible for Xi Hongming to stay by Wei Wu's side as a shadow guard for the rest of his life.Xi Hongxuan agreed at first, hoping that Xi Hongming could learn real skills by following Wei Wu.

After all, Xi Hongxuan is used to licking blood with a knife, and he also hopes that his younger brother will have a skill to help him. If something happens to him in the future, his younger brother will not have no chance to fight back.

It was his own choice for Xi Hongming to be the shadow guard.

Wei Wu also asked Xi Hongming that there are some skills in Qianchong Pavilion that can allow him to protect himself.That boy was about the same age as Li Wuzhang, even Li Wuzhang had asked him if he wanted to learn the skill of using poison from him.

If it were someone else, he would definitely choose to follow Li Wuzhang to learn such things that don't require too much effort.But Xi Hongming refused, and blocked everyone's persuasion with one sentence.He said that his brother asked him to "follow" Wei Wu to learn skills.

Follow "Wei Wu", not others.

At that time, it was Wei Wu who deliberately made things difficult for him. After all, it was Hongxuan who was fighting for blood outside, and the family still doted on this only younger brother obediently.

At that time Xi Hongxuan sent this kid over, Wei Wu only took it as a way of showing Xi Hongxuan's face, but Xi Hongming must have suffered from not being a shadow guard.

However, Xi Hongming gritted his teeth and survived, and became the most powerful shadow guard in Qianchong Pavilion.

His growth surprised Wei Wu, but also made Xi Hongxuan happy.And when Wei Wu was on the boat heading north, he told Xi Hongming a shocking news—Wei Wu said that he had nothing more to teach Xi Hongming.

The implication is that the shadow guard can see the light, and from now on it will be Hongming or Hongming.

At that time, Xi Hongming was depressed on the boat, seeing Jiang Jun and Wu Yan being so intimate with Wei Wu, of course it was very eye-catching.But Wuyan had met the people in Qianchongge long ago and regarded their young master as a scourge, so naturally he refused to give up an inch, and had a dispute with Hongming.

Although Xi Hongming disliked Wuyan, he didn't dare to really hurt Wuyan.

In this way, the two came and went and did not know each other without fighting.In addition, Jiang Jun's diligent study and hard work in Prince Gong's mansion also fell into Xi Hongming's eyes. Xi Hongming was not a horny person, seeing Wei Wu and Jiang Jun were really happy together, so he gave up.

It's just that when I accidentally quarreled with Wuyan, I mentioned the waterways and culverts in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Is...that's what my little brother told you?" Xi Hongxuan was stunned, "Did he really find that waterway?"

Wuyan nodded: "It's... Brother told me at the time that there are many waterways and culverts under the mountain in Xiangguan. He used to follow... Wallace Master, you stayed there for one night. You, bring your brothers Drinking. He is really bored, so he found it there."

"Well, even if the younger brother of the village owner discovered it—" a certain head of the family was unwilling: "That was more than ten years ago! Now, it is still a matter of whether the waterway is open or not, and we have to find the way from the water. , How can the army pass by!"

After talking, Wu Yan was no longer afraid, he straightened his back and said calmly: "I will go to explore the road during the day today. If the road is clear, I don't need the help of the army."

"What do you mean without an army..."

"Knock the mountain to shake the tiger and deter the enemy. Gong Angu is always proud of himself. He took the lead in occupying the Night City we planned, and he must be very proud and complacent. Now that there is a sudden surprise from the sky behind the Night City, it is naturally too late to take a closer look—it is really unnecessary. The army is overwhelming."

Jiang Jun smiled and explained everything for Wuyan with a smile.

Wuyan gave her young master a grateful look, puffed up her chest and stared proudly at those masters.

"If you can really infiltrate the Night City, that would be a great feat, but...how do you lure the enemy to send troops?" Princess Tongjia hesitated, and subconsciously spoke out what was in her heart, but there was a burst of hearty cheers from outside the hall. Laughter, the princess' concierge didn't have time to report, so he heard the man say:

"If the princess doesn't think the old minister is troublesome, the old minister is willing to take five thousand light cavalry, take the Guanshan Road in the north of the city, and pretend to attack Luzhou to lure the enemy out of the city!"

The voice brightened Jiang Jun's eyes, and at the open door, Princess Tongjia saw a middle-aged man in silver armor with a shiny silver helmet in his right hand pushing in. There was a faint smile.

But that smile made everyone in the audience feel an indescribable force.

"Father--?!"

Among the crowd, Jiang Jun was the most excited. Regardless of the fact that the old general was still holding a silver helmet and posing there, he threw himself into a bear hug, almost shaking the middle-aged man three times.

Jiang Jintian was a little moved by his son's overwhelming enthusiasm, put his arms around Jiang Jun and patted him on the head, and then pretended to be angry and said: "It's not big or small—come down quickly, let Dad give the princess a formal visit." Great gift?"

Jiang Jun quickly let go of his father and took a step out of the way.

However, Princess Tongjia did not let Jiang Jintian kneel this time, she came over and supported the old general with one hand, and led Jiang Jun into the hall with the other: "It is something that Tongjia could not even dream of coming. Now is the time of war, it doesn't matter whether he is the eldest princess or not. The most important thing is that we all share the same hatred—those empty courtesy, no matter what!"

Jiang Jintian shook his head, and made up the gift when Princess Tongjia was not paying attention.

During the days when he was unemployed in the south of the Yangtze River, it would be a lie to say that he was not impatient.But seeing the end of Yin Rong, governor of Henan, and the death of Cheng Wang Linghua, Jiang Jintian sometimes felt that it was a good thing to withdraw from the court early.

Afterwards, the incident of Pei Junhao happened in Jiangnan again, and Princess Tongjia raised the banner and told what happened back then.

The old general nestled at home, and his blood was ignited for some reason—the Jiang family didn’t say they were a noble family, but they always had a heart of loyalty and patriotism in their hearts. After Ling Cheng ascended the throne, he has been depressed and indignant .

Now, his son has already sided with Prince Gong Lingwu and Princess Tongjia. As a father—how can he escape responsibility and regret for his old master!

So he stood up today, put on the armor he had been wiping, and came to the gate of Jiangnan Governor's Mansion.

The concierge originally brought him all the way to the hall, but at that time the second in charge just asked Jiang Jun what he could do, so the old general stopped the concierge, wanting to hear his son's strategy.

As for Jiang Jintian himself, since he dared to put on armor and recommended himself, of course he had prepared a set of tactics in his heart.But what he never expected was that his son thought more thoughtfully and meticulously than he thought.

While comforting Lao Huai, the old general had some doubts—whether his son is not suitable for battle in armor, and should be a strategist who can strategize the world.The kind of flirtatious poet who has a feather fan, a towel, and a mast and scull that disappears in smoke while talking and laughing.

Of course, this illusion disappeared completely after pushing the door open and being hugged by this brat with an unruly bear.

The dragon begets the dragon, the phoenix begets the phoenix, his son Jiang Jintian, he really was born in a muddy egg - not at all suitable for dancing and writing, imitating the elegant attitude of those literati.

Jiang Jun didn't know that his father had made a career planning choice for him while talking and laughing, but after that things were settled like this - the old general led [-] light cavalry and [-] heavy troops to Luzhou, pretending to attack The city breaks out.

And Wuyan used this time to explore the secret waterway under the village pass, and if possible, he would lead young and strong soldiers and a thousand forbidden troops to prepare for an overnight raid into Night City.

Xi Hongxuan led a group of water thieves and accompanied Princess Tongjia to sit in Jiangning Mansion.

Jiang Jun led [-] imperial troops and followed Jiang Jintian to the north of Jiangning City. He did nothing but build up his momentum and pretend to be such a thing.Let Gong Angu think that they are really preparing to break out from the north of Jiangning City.

The night is slightly cool, and the night in the south of the Yangtze River is not as cold as in the capital.

Walking in the middle of the army, looking at his father who is leading the army from a distance, the corners of Jiang Jun's mouth can't help but rise up - the old general in the original book has been a fool all his life, but this time, he can also be a smart man for Jiang Jun people.

Under the moonlight, the silver helmet made a clanging sound, which was a sound that Jiang Jun was very familiar with but unfamiliar.

A year ago in the capital, Yinxiang Building, he heard such a voice from afar and only knew that it was Han Junzhi who was coming to end it.And today, a year later, looking at his father's back and the soldiers who were all ready to go, Jiang Jun could only raise the corners of his mouth.

Gong Angu is not without troops in the north of the city.

Ling Cheng dispatched the former military commander to the south, and sent him an additional 20 troops.In addition to the previous Jiangnan rebellion army and Jiangnan sailors, Gong Angu has at least 40 troops who can be deployed.

Tonight's battle in the north of the city is bound to be a tough one.

It wasn't that Jiang Jintian was outputting in the front, and Jiang Jun shouted "666" behind him, and the battlefield could end.

It was Jiang Jun who needed to go up to the tower, commanding the soldiers to defend the city from the tower, and at the same time find an opportunity to break the siege in the north of the city and let his father go out of the city and pretend to go north.

They couldn't leave any room for it, because Gong Angu was also a genius in using soldiers.If they don't try their best to break through, Gong Angu probably won't send troops to help.

So Jiang Jun put on his armor, and on top of the armor he put on a fiery red battle robe.The battle robe has a standing neckline, and the long hem flutters over the tower like a phoenix tail.

He didn't wear a helmet, but tied his long hair high on the top of his head with a hair band, and the long hair, together with the red battle robe, flew freely in the night wind of the tower——

Below the city gate, there is an open ten miles of white sand.

Behind Baisha is the military tent of the rebellious army.The lights in the tents of the Chinese army were brightly lit, while the soldiers outside the tents, one by one holding torches and weapons, stood in formation, staring closely at their direction.

Looking over from a distance, Jiang Jun found that although the rebellious army was camping and repairing, they still formed a crane-wing formation.This formation can be attacked when advancing, and can be defended when retreating. The general is located in the center and surrounded by heavy troops, while the two wings are flexible and can be opened and closed freely.

There must be seven or eight cannons hidden in the haystack behind the front fence.

Behind the artillery are four archer battalions. The two wings are composed of cavalry and a small amount of infantry. After that are the two sides of the second formation and the third formation of three teams.Among the heavy soldiers are the military flag and the large tent of the Chinese army.

Behind the big tent of the Chinese army, there are two battalions of archers, covering the four artillery pieces behind them.

The military book says: "The crane wings can be attacked or defended in a formation. The front formation feints and invades, and the two wings encircle the miraculous effect. It is suitable for plains and weak tortoise shells."

The "tortoise shell" here refers to the tortoise shell array.

But looking at the dozen or so cannons hidden in the haystack, Jiang Jun felt that even the tortoise shell array would be difficult to resist.The tortoise shell formation needs good shields and strong soldiers, with ninety-nine percent of the small squares as the basis, and then formed into a large formation of ninety and ninety.

Form an unbreakable shield wall with the armor, and move forward piece by piece, like an unbreakable tortoise shell.Although it doesn't look good on the battlefield, it can break the crane's wings for a while.

But no matter how good the armor is, it may not be able to stop the artillery attack. After Jiang Jun stared and pondered for a moment, he said to the adjutant of the forbidden army next to him: "General Lu, let father's vanguard wait. The enemy has hidden artillery. The vanguard stepped forward—for fear of unnecessary sacrifice."

That General Lu came from the Qianfeng Battalion, nodded, stood at attention, gave a military salute to Jiang Jun, and went away.

On the tower, only Jiang Jun and another adjutant who defected to Jiangnan Governor's Mansion were left. The adjutant didn't see where the artillery was hidden, but he was already timid after hearing this, and he moved closer to him carefully. forward:

"Jiang... General Jiang, that... our city also has artillery."

"The artillery in the city is a short-barreled cannon for defending the city," Jiang Jun shook his head, "It's not necessary at this time."

The adjutant's eyes widened. He didn't know that artillery could be classified into different types.

Seeing that he was puzzled, Jiang Jun kindly added a few words: "The enemy troops outside the city use long-barreled iron cannons, which have a long range and the front wheels can move quickly, but they are not powerful enough. It cannot be used to attack a city."

At this time, General Lu who had gone to summon the messenger came back, and still respectfully saluted Jiang Jun before saying: "General, there is a squire under the tower who is willing to donate his flock of sheep, saying that it is for the army and the princess." Come charge."

Jiang Jun was taken aback for a moment, but he couldn't care about the adjutant who was stunned in place.Walking back from the gate tower, I saw a flock of sheep suddenly appearing under the gate tower, and there were two little old men standing in front of the flock of sheep.

"They are all local gentry, and the paddy fields of their two families were severely affected by the disaster. The tenant farmers ran away and fled, and most of the rest defected to Princess Tongjia. So, they simply took this group of animals to surrender. "

General Lu explained the reason to Jiang Jun in a low voice.

It is one thing to be careful. When supplies are in short supply and Jiangning is besieged, they are willing to stand up and take out sheep as gifts.Jiang Jun felt that the two squires were not bad, so after saying a few words of thanks, he asked someone to fetch the Thunderbolt.

"Thunder Fire Egg?" General Lu also raised an objection this time: "General, there is another flock of sheep at such a long distance, how can they..."

When he said this, he himself smiled embarrassedly, but Jiang Jun looked at him and smiled, pulled him back to the tower, pointed to the crane wing formation opposite, and said, "If you are in the army over there, , saw someone coming here, what was your first reaction?"

General Lu was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously replied: "Archer... huh?! I know!"

Seeing that he understood, Jiang Jun clapped his hands and told everyone to prepare. The flock also had to go through some disguises, at least to look like a group of soldiers.

When everything was ready, Jiang Jun boarded the tower and exchanged a glance with Jiang Jintian.He drew out a newly equipped sword with a "swish", pointed it at the enemy camp opposite, and shouted in a dignified manner: "Attack——"

The gate of Jiangning City was fourteen feet high, and the two iron gates opened slowly. The soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion stood in front of the flock of sheep and moved towards the rebel army. Beat the drum and blow the horn.

The strategy to lure the enemy in the north of the city is thus opened.

The rebellious army saw that the city gate was opened, and saw a large group of people in the distance. They hurriedly pulled out the camp, lit the torches, prepared their bows and arrows, and opened the haystacks to meet the enemy!

When they set up camp, they followed the formation of crane wings, and now they have quickly abandoned their tents and spread out their wings, revealing the artillery that was originally placed at the front, and they were pushed forward by the heavy soldiers.

The person shouting over there was a Jiangnan native, and he said "Shoot the arrows!" in Wu dialect. Although Jiang Jun was a little weaker in momentum, the neat rain of arrows was like shooting stars all over the sky, leading the army towards the enemy in an oppressive manner. This side is approaching.

This first set of arrows is mostly to deter the enemy.

Jiang Jun has already explained to the two forwards that the opponent's arrow clusters are not long enough to hurt them at all. They just need to pretend to be fighting and move forward quickly. After that, Jiang Jintian will lead them Burst upwards.

Seeing that the rebellious army did not retreat at all, the distance between the two armies was shortened by another three to five miles.

At this time, everyone had already entered the shooting range of each other, so the official who shouted the marching order ordered everyone to change to rockets according to the views of the general and the military adviser.

"It's at this time!" Jiang Jun heard the sound of changing the rocket, immediately took the bow and arrow, and fired an arrow into the sky!

The two forwards immediately fell to the ground with the sound of arrows, not moving forward.

The last person lit the fire stalk on the tail of the first sheep according to his plan. Once the sheep jumped out like crazy, the following sheep rushed to attack the rebellious army!

Under the darkness of night, the rebellious army didn't realize that this was not a soldier at first - they just wondered if the princess's guards were all short dwarfs.Until the sheep approached, they heard the sound of bleating.

Seeing that it was a flock of sheep, some of the archers sneered disdainfully, and the military commander issued the second arrow cluster order without hesitation.The rocket whized towards the sheep, but made a terrible sound on the first sheep--

With a bang, the ground shook violently.

Immediately afterwards, there was a second roar, and the sound of thunder and fire eggs bursting continuously seemed to be the endless thunder in the sky in July and August, or it seemed to be the never-ending firecrackers in the streets and alleys near the end of the year.

Crackling, accompanied by the blown white sand and sheep.

The fast-moving sheep are already close to their fire