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Lu Zhongming: "..."

Said that Bi Luoshixin opened the door and went in, saw Zhang Xutuo talking to an official, Lu Zhongming thought of Yang Guang's trouble, his heart thumped, and instinctively hid behind Luo Shixin.

Luo Shixin noticed that Lu Zhongming seemed to be afraid, so he took the initiative to stand in front of him, showing the intention of protecting him, and prevented him from facing the special envoy.Standing still, he cupped his fists at Zhang Xutuo.

Luo Shixin: "Master."

"It's just in time." Zhang Xutuo said: "You go and prepare, and then follow me to the expedition."

Luo Shidao: "No! Let me go."

Zhang Xutuo said angrily: "What! Can't you look down on Master?"

Luo Shidao said, "No way! The soldiers led by Shu Bao haven't returned yet. General Lin is going to help Luoyang. Lu Mingyue has 10 people! We only have less than 100 people!"

"Miscellaneous soldiers scattered bravely." Zhang Xutuo said: "There is nothing to fear."

While speaking, Zhang Xutuo glanced at Lu Zhongming, as if he was a little surprised that he also followed.

Luo Shidao: "There are less than 50 people under his command! Master cannot be allowed to take risks!"

Zhang Xutuo: "Military orders are like mountains! How can you settle Lu Mingyue if you go alone!"

Luo Shixin had a violent temper, Zhang Xutuo seemed to be in a bad mood, he had a gray beard, and was in his sixties, but his temper was unspeakably hot. The imperial envoy watched, and the two masters and apprentices were about to quarrel When he got up, Luo Shixin had blue veins on his forehead, and Lu Zhongming didn't look right. He was afraid that Zhang Xutuo would beat him up, so he hurriedly said, "That..."

"that……"

As soon as Lu Zhongming opened his mouth, the two people in the hall suddenly stopped talking and looked at Lu Zhongming.Zhang Xutuo frowned slightly, Luo Shixin said coldly: "Say."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Lu Zhongming just wanted to persuade the two of them not to quarrel, but he didn't expect to be so embarrassing all of a sudden. After thinking about it for a while, he had to bite the bullet and sort out a general idea from the previous words.

"That...Lu Mingyue's rebel army is nothing to fear. Although Wang Bo's troops are gone, it is uncertain whether they will make a comeback..." Lu Zhongming chatted with Qin Qiong a few days ago, and probably knows what the situation is like. He speculated: "General Zhang should sit in Zhanghan, and there is no room for loss at this moment."

The imperial envoy snorted disdainfully, and Luo Shixin glared immediately, but Zhang Xutuo reacted faster and said angrily: "Shixin, this is Mr. Li from the imperial court! Don't be rude!"

When Zhang Xutuo yelled, Lu Zhongming felt very dangerous. If he hadn't been there, Luo Shixin would have stepped forward and slapped the "special envoy" out of the hall again, and continued: "After General Qin and Zhou Fashang meet, Presumably the decisive victory will be within the next few days. It is better to send someone to send him a letter, and let him return to Zhu'a as soon as possible after the battle by the Yellow River is resolved. General Luo and I will go with him outside Zhu'a County Let’s meet. If General Zhang can be trusted, Zhong Ming is willing to join Brother Luo in helping him.”

Luo Shixin was on an errand before, and he didn't know about Lu Zhongming's background, but Lu Zhongming's proposal was exactly what he wanted, and he replied: "Exactly, just Lu Mingyue, Master doesn't need to fight, it is enough for this little brother to go with me."

Zhang Xutuo said: "Your Majesty wants to find you by name, I can't let you play rashly."

Luo Shixin didn't know about Lu Zhongming's origin. He changed his face when he heard this. When he looked at Lu Zhongming, his eyes were full of inquiries. Lu Zhongming signaled with his eyes that he would explain to you later. He was shocked and knew immediately that the imperial envoy had found him. Zhang Xutuo is here!

The special envoy asked: "Master Zhang, is he Lu Zhongming?"

In just two sentences, Lu Zhongming had guessed that before he and Luo Shixin came in, the conversation between Zhang Xutuo and the imperial envoy was nothing more than Yang Guang finding out that he was in Zhang Xutuo's camp, so he sent someone to ask for it.But... how did Yang Guang know?Can the news be so well-informed?After all, Yang Guang is a mortal, and he is probably still fighting the rebels. How did the news reach him?

In case it is not Yang Guang who is looking for him, but someone else, it will be dangerous at this time.Although Lu Zhongming was going to Daxing, he couldn't be so passive. Just as he was about to try to stop the envoy from talking, Luo Shixin was even more stalwart, and replied: "The general is away, and the king's order is not acceptable. Luo Mou wants to take this little brother Go out to fight, Master Li will not be too late to ask for someone after I return from victory."

Lu Zhongming praised in his heart that it's a good job!That's right, he hurriedly said: "Old General Zhang, if you can trust me..."

At this time, Luo Shixin only wanted to keep Zhang Xutuo. After all, his side only had dozens of people, while the opponent had [-] people. He didn't even need to fight this time.Zhang Xutuo is a veteran, but he is already old. If anything goes wrong, it will be a major blow to the Sui Dynasty.

I saw Zhang Xutuo looked at Lu Zhongming, and said after a while: "Qin Qiong admires you so much, I think you have some self-protection skills. Since you are willing to fight for my Great Sui, you and Shi Xin will go out together, and when you arrive at Zhua Queen , Qin Qiong will join you, and then try to break it, don't act impulsively."

The envoy's expression changed and he said, "Master Zhang!"

Luo Shixin didn't want to speak to the special envoy, so he replied, "Let's go!"

Said that Bi Chao Zhang Xutuo clasped his fists, leaving the scene to him to deal with, turned around to take Lu Zhongming away, Zhang Xutuo glanced at Lu Zhongming, then at Luo Shixin, and said meaningfully: "Shixin, you always act regardless of the past and the future. , you have to discuss everything with this little brother, and you can't act arbitrarily."

Lu Zhongming nodded, knowing that Zhang Xutuo let him go, not because he thought he could help, but because Luo Shixin was unsteady. Zhang Xutuo was afraid that this disciple would be reckless and miss the chance of fighting, and because of what Qin Qiong said earlier , Zhang Xutuo was quite protective of Lu Zhongming.

Lu Zhongming couldn't help feeling grateful, nodded, looked at the special envoy again, turned around and came out with Luo Shixin.

As soon as Luo Shixin got out of the barracks, he got on his horse and said to Lu Zhongming, "Go and choose a weapon."

Only then did Lu Zhongming realize that he was going to fight Luo Shixin when he came out!I have never fought a war, so writing and drawing on paper is pretty smooth.This is how to do?It was obviously a treatment, but why did it suddenly become a T!

"What?" Luo Shixin asked, "Have you never studied martial arts?"

"I have learned it." Lu Zhongming hurriedly said, he saw Luo Shixin holding a long spear behind his back, the spear was bare, without any accessories, he thought that this man was indeed a ruthless character.Generally, those who use a lance have a complex of restraint on the lance, so as not to penetrate the enemy with one lance.

Lu Zhongming has never experienced horse fighting. It is good to hold two swords, but it is too dangerous to attack in close quarters. Moreover, he is not skilled in controlling horses. , so I chose a longbow as a long-range weapon.He also chose a halberd to act as a mid-range bodyguard.

"Can you use these two?" Luo Shixin looked at Lu Zhongming as if reading a joke.

Lu Zhongming said: "Yes..."

Luo Shixin: "..."

"...Is it?" Lu Zhongming said anxiously, feeling a little guilty after being seen by Luo Shixin.

Luo Shidao said, "A strong bow weighing 83 jin, let's try it out."

Lu Zhongming held the bow, pondered for a while, pushed it with one hand, and buckled the string with the other, leaned over and pulled it away.Luo Shixin was a little surprised, but seeing Lu Zhongming's bow posture, he knew that it was taught by a famous teacher, so he didn't ask any more questions, and replied: "Offended."

Lu Zhongming smiled, Luo Shixin took off the cowhide wrench in his hand and threw it to him, Lu Zhongming put it on and said, "Shall I try the halberd again for you to see?"

Luo Shidao: "No need, let's go."

After Luo Shixin finished speaking, he urged the horse out of the camp like a gust of wind. Lu Zhongming followed behind him, and was very uncomfortable being knocked by the painted halberd on his back. Sun swallowing bow.It's a pity that 10 people can be settled in two strokes.

Luo Shixin's face was gloomy, and the two cavalry went outside the camp. Luo Shixin put his fingers together and whistled, and five more cavalry came out, followed Luo Shixin, without saying a word to each other, and went straight out of Zhanghan City and started on the road.

The horse was bumping, and Lu Zhongming's heart was pounding. After running for a long time, he found that Luo Shixin had brought only these five people, and he had run for ten miles out of Zhanghan, and there was no army to join him, so he asked tentatively: "Brother Luo, what ..."

Luo Shixin: "?"

Lu Zhongming: "Only five people?"

"Seven." Luo Shi said, "Aren't you human? Am I not human?"

Lu Zhongming said: "Seven people, going to beat Lu Mingyue with 10 people?"

Luo Shixin stayed on the horse and said, "Are you afraid?"

Lu Zhongming hurriedly waved his hands, he was not afraid, he knew that Luo Shixin should still have his own plan, while speaking, the small group of people went up the mountain road, the sky was dark, it had just rained not long ago, the mountain road was rough and slippery, so they had to walk slowly .Lu Zhongming said again: "Brother Luo."

Luo Shixin raised his eyebrows, indicating that he would speak up if he had something to say. Lu Zhongming thought about it for a long time, thinking of what he knew about Luo Shixin's life.

Luo Shixin joined the army in his thirteenth year, first serving as a soldier under Zhang Xutuo. After Zhang Xutuo died in battle, he followed Qin Qiong to defect to Li Mi, and then to Wang Shichong, who was humiliated by Wang Shichong and turned to Li Yuan angrily.Soon after, he was captured by the Hedong Army in the First Battle of Luoshui and died of torture.

When Lu Zhongming thought of the person in front of him, who was about to die young at the age of 20, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.The mountain road was muddy, so Luo Shixin got off his horse and ordered to lead the horse to walk side by side with Lu Zhongming.Lu Zhongming asked, "Brother Luo, are you and Brother Qin disciples of General Zhang?"

"It's usually called that." Luo Shixin replied casually, "What's the problem?"

Lu Zhongming waved his hand and asked, "Did General Zhang treat you very well?"

Lu Zhongming was fed up with this kind of dialogue, Qin Qiong told him to be cautious, but he didn't feel right about what he said, and worried: "Brother Luo, if you beat up the counselor under Old General Zhang, will something go wrong? "

Luo Shixin said coldly: "Wang Zhiyang's chirping will only spoil my good deeds, so what's wrong with beating him? Why are you such a mother-in-law? Are you a man?"

Lu Zhongming said: "I'm afraid he will retaliate against you... Forget it."

Luo Shixin looked at Lu Zhongming. Lu Zhongming couldn't guess what Luo Shi was thinking in his heart, so he didn't dare to speak. Several people led the horses across a narrow road. You provoked the emperor, tell the truth, I will not make it difficult for you, what did Yang Guang ask you for? Why did he arrest you?"

Lu Zhongming selectively and honestly confessed: "He regarded me as an assassin and wanted to take me back to Daxing. In fact, I didn't do anything. I just ran into his barracks by mistake."

Luo Shixin sneered and nodded. Lu Zhongming remembered Luo Shixin's protective intention in front of Zhang Xutuo, and said, "Thank you, Brother Luo."

Luo Shidao: "You stay with me and Shubao, and no one will leave you."

Lu Zhongming thought that Luo Shixin didn't even buy Yang Guang's face, which is really tough. Luo Shixin said again: "I was wanted by the government back then. It was Master who saved my life and took me in the army. As long as you can fight , don’t cause trouble, Master will also take you in.”

Luo Shixin regarded Lu Zhongming as a wanted criminal, but Lu Zhongming nodded gratefully without explaining.

Lu Zhongming thought a lot on the road, one was the fact that Luo Shixin only lived to be 20 years old, the other was that Zhang Xutuo's final destination was to die in battle. Way to save their lives.

After leaving the mountain, he saw hundreds of people waiting at the foot of the mountain. Only then did Lu Zhongming know that Luo Shixin's men were in ambush here. After the second group of people joined, they continued on their way non-stop.

After marching in such a hurry for a day, when we arrived at Dezhu'a, it was getting late.Lu Zhongming finally saw the power of a large number of people - a full 10 people, 10 people, squeezed into a county town the size of a palm.At night, lights are lit up everywhere in the city, and security is heavily guarded.

Luo Shixin was sitting on a tall tree with a grass pole in his mouth, looking into the distance from the top of the hillside, groaning silently in the night, with a bloodthirsty and perverted expression on his profile in the evening light.

Lu Zhongming could feel that Luo Shixin was like an owl hiding in the night, ready to move at any time and let his spear drink blood.

"What should we do now?" Lu Zhongming asked.

"Nothing to do." Luo Shi said, "Sleep and replenish your energy."

Lu Zhongming: "I'm hungry."

Luo Shixin: "There is nothing to eat now, but after the victory, there will be food to eat."

Lu Zhongming said: "When will the war begin?"

Luo Shixin: "In the middle of the night, after the lights in the city are turned off, go in and kill people."

Lu Zhongming was a little apprehensive, and replied: "I have never killed anyone."

"I'll teach you." Luo Shixin said indifferently: "If you can't kill, you can only be killed. If you kill too much, you will."

Lu Zhongming knew that he had never been on a battlefield at first glance. In Luo Shixin's eyes, he was probably a harmless chicken, but like Luo Shixin, when it came time to kill, every pore in his body exuded excitement , Lu Zhongming was also a little scared.

Fighting is fighting, and killing is inevitable. Dad also said that killing is for the sake of killing no more, and killing should not be enjoyed.Luo Shixin was too bloodthirsty, with karma all over his body, killing too many sins, and even died young.

Lu Zhongming thought about it for a while and said, "I have an idea. Or let's go steal the clothes and sneak in to find out the news first?"

Luo Shixin looked at Lu Zhongming with a sense of menace. Lu Zhongming thought that Luo Shixin was going to beat him up, but he pondered for a while, and then said: "Yes. Do as you say. But you have to stay here and let them go."

Lu Zhongming chatted with several soldiers under the tree. The soldiers took orders one after another, took off their armor, went down the mountain to steal things from farmers outside the county, put on coarse clothes, scattered down the plain, and went into the county. , I wanted to climb up the tree to watch together, but I couldn't climb up for a long time, so Luo Shixin hung down with one foot dangling, Lu Zhongming hugged Luo Shixin's thigh, and finally climbed up.

"Thank you..." Lu Zhongming couldn't laugh or cry.

Luo Shixin squinted and slept on the branch of a tree. Lu Zhongming looked around, watching the soldiers enter the city in the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Invisible, rest." Luo Shi said.

Lu Zhongming could still vaguely see people, and replied: "I can see them, but they've all gone to the periphery and mixed in."

Zhu'a is a small county town, there is no city wall outside, only a group of wooden fences, people come and go, Lu Mingyue's army is not very wary of spies.

"It's a good pair of tricks." Luo Shixin said in a deep voice, "It's very similar to my brother."

Lu Zhongming didn't pay attention to this sentence, and said blankly: "What?"

Luo Shixin stopped talking, Lu Zhongming watched several soldiers enter the city, and then followed Luo Shixin to lie down, Luo Shixin closed his eyes, and asked, "What are we going to do after we investigate clearly?"

When Lu Zhongming was discussing with the spies just now, he asked them to focus on inspecting the granary, stables, armory and barracks. Luo Shixin listened to them on the road, and Lu Zhongming explained: "I will draw a map for you..."

"No, just say it, I will remember it." Luo Shixin said coldly.

"Don't you want to attack at night?" Lu Zhongming drew a map on Luo Shixin's lap, and explained while drawing: "We only have seven people, and it is too dangerous to attack at night rashly. As I think, we should check it out first. In the granary and other places, after entering, set fire first, let all the horses run away, and after causing chaos, rush out from the north."

"Hmm." Luo Shi said, "Smart."

"But this plan is still a bit risky." Lu Zhongming said again: "I have to prepare torches later. On the eastern hillside, tie all of them to trees, and tie hundreds of them, so that they can be lit in the middle of the night, and then send someone to call the battle. , Lu Mingyue's attention will be attracted..."

"Understood." Luo Shixin opened his eyes and looked at Lu Zhongming: "Sounds east and west."

"Yes!" Lu Zhongming laughed.

Lu Zhongming's stomach was rumbling, and after thinking about it, he felt even hungrier, so he leaned on the tree, took a peek at Luo Shixin, and found that although this guy spoke fiercely, he was still very protective of his own people, which was embarrassing. trust.Luo Shixin kept his eyes closed, as if he was really sleeping.Lu Zhongming heard that he was breathing evenly, and knew that he was really asleep, so he held the bow in his hand and kept vigil for Luo Shixin.

Two hours later, the spies came back, and Lu Zhongming told them to keep their voices down, so as not to wake Luo Shixin, he asked about the situation in the city under the tree, and drew a map on the mud with the branches.Just finished speaking, I was thinking about how to sneak attack, but I had a headache because there were too few people. If there were 200 more people, it would be enough to kill Lu Mingyue himself.

At this moment, Luo Shixin jumped down from the tree and woke up at some time. Lu Zhongming's plan was already heard in his ears. Luo Shixin ordered: "You take 50 people to set up an ambush in the woods to the east, and I will take 50 people to sneak attack. orders."

"Wait..." Lu Zhongming said, "I haven't finished yet!"

Luo Shixin didn't wait for him, he whistled and called the 50 people to leave, and said to the other soldiers: "Listen to General Lu's order, if he wants you to die, you will die."

"Hey!" Lu Zhongming said.

Luo Shixin had run away, and Lu Zhongming was left standing alone, completely dumbfounded. Originally, according to Lu Zhongming's own plan, Luo Shixin led the troops to fight outside the city, and went to sneak attack by himself, so that the granary was set on fire and the horses were released. Withdrew, unexpectedly, Luo Shixin ran away like a wild dog.

I don't know how to lead troops, and I don't know how to fight, so what should I do?

"General Lu?" A subordinate already asked.

"I...Okay." Lu Zhongming had no choice but to bite the bullet and kept cheering himself up, saying, "Come with me."

Lv Zhongming led 50 people and asked people to go into the woods to light torches and bury torches. The formation of troops learned from his father in the past was limited to sand table planning, but he had never engaged in actual combat!Now it's all right, not only to give orders, but also to lead troops to the front line.Lu Zhongming only felt that he was driven to the rack, and he was running all the way on the wrong road, and he couldn't turn his head anymore. While wailing in his heart, he set up the torches and set the bridle ropes, and gradually found that the soldiers were quite obedient.

Sure enough, the words of the military order are like a mountain are true. Lu Zhongming just made the arrangement, and within an hour, everything was finished.

The next thing is to fight.

It was already late at night, and the torches all over the mountains and plains immediately alarmed the defenders of Zhu'a County. There were a total of 10 people inside, and they all squeezed onto the wooden fence to watch.Lu Zhongming didn't know what to do for a while. There were so many people on the other side, and one person and one foot could crush him into a meatloaf... However, the torch was already lit, and it was created that our side also had thousands of troops. In fact, Only 51 people...

"General Lu!" The subordinate said: "The opponent has been alarmed, this opportunity is not to be missed, it is best to fight quickly!"

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Lu Zhongming poked his head in the woods, finally turned his mind, galloped out on the plain, took the firework used as a messenger, and studied it for a long time with trepidation. His subordinates handed over the torch wisely, and Lu Zhongming lit the barrel with the light of the fire, and let out a snort , Another loud noise from Peng, and the fireworks flew into the sky.The black smoke made Lu Zhongming cough uncontrollably, and tears came out.

"Who is here! Tell me your name—!" Someone shouted in the distance.

"Dangdangdang-"

The whole town is ringing bells.

When Lu Zhongming saw the battle, he instinctively wanted to turn around and run away, but there were fifty soldiers behind him. As soon as the general ran away, he was not caught and trampled to death by the army rushing out of the city, no, not waiting for people to come out of the city , his own people have to strangle him first.

Lv Zhongming was complaining incessantly, and holding the halberd, he rode his horse slowly around the outside of the city, reckoning that he was almost within the range of the bow and arrow, and then stopped.

The army was silent, and there were tens of thousands of people in a row full of torches in the city.

Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes stared at Lu Zhongming.

Lv Zhongming braced himself and shouted:

"What, Lu Mingyue, come out!"

If so, the first battle of Lu Zhongming's life started.