Song Emperor Jiangshan

Zhao Yuan could only hear the shouts of killing coming from outside from time to time, as well as the sound of artillery, and the sound of the officers and soldiers being defeated.He had never experienced such a situation before, and when he saw Zhou and Jin fleeing in front of the battle, the pawns they led dispersed as quickly as possible. Couldn't sleep at all.

He lay beside Xiao Shan, secretly opened his eyes to look at Xiao Shan, through the light from the torch outside, he could see clearly, Xiao Shan's face was well-defined, his eyebrows were neat and sharp, but his eyelids were moving slightly, obviously Really fell asleep, not only asleep, but dreaming!

Seeing that Xiao Shan was able to sleep soundly in such a situation, Zhao Yuan felt very comforted in his heart, as expected he was right about the person, he has some abilities.At least in this case, the psychological quality is very testable.

Before dawn, Xiao Shan had already woken up, he saw Zhao Yuan was dressed in white, he was too conspicuous among the soldiers, he was easy to be a target, he was going to take off his own clothes and let him change into them, but he found it didn't fit well, so he started his hands It was inconvenient, so he went out and summoned a soldier who was about the same size as Zhao Yuan, took his coat and gave it to Zhao Yuan to put on, and then he organized the team and prepared to attack!

Xiao Shan's sleep was not in vain, all the sergeants saw the general lying high, everything was going on in an orderly manner.The soldiers guarding the perimeter successfully lured the thieves who came to harass, but they didn't realize that they had fallen into a conspiracy.

When the sky was getting dark, the drums in the army suddenly rang, and the two hundred infantry who stayed in the camp plus the rout soldiers who followed Zhou and Jin made a total of three hundred people, and they all shouted and launched an attack. During the day, there were few people, and the order did not need to be so complicated. According to the situation discussed last night, the small group of thieves who came to harass were immediately surrounded.Because there were not enough troops, a hole was deliberately left to let him escape.

The small group of thieves waited until dawn and planned to retreat, but they were surrounded by people before they retreated, and rushed towards the gap left without thinking.

The bandits and bandits were all riding horses, and Xiao Shan's troops were all infantry, so it was hard to catch up. After running for more than 20 miles, when they entered the valley, Xiao Shan's pawns who were lying in wait appeared to intercept them.

Xiao Shan's infantry arrived immediately, encircling them from all directions, and within a short time of incense sticks, the battle was resolved.

When all the thieves were caught, Xiao Shan was fine, but Zhao Yuan was extremely depressed.

Because of the darkness last night, the other party was bluffing, Xiao Shan estimated that the other party had two or three hundred people, but today when it was time to check the prisoners, after interrogation, it was found that the other party only had 80 people! !

With 80 people, the team of thousands of people almost collapsed.The imperial court spends a lot of money on raising soldiers every year, and what they raise is this kind of waste!

Xiao Shan encountered this situation several times, and explained to Zhao Yuan: "Those soldiers are doing things with money, and they are beating their own people. Their morale is not high, and it is common for them to be weak in fighting power. Usually, there are no thieves, and they have never met each other. One of the reasons for the sneak attack at night when hundreds of miles away is that the vigilance is not high and being caught off guard."

Zhao Yuan was silent, he remembered Qin Hui's rhetoric in front of Zhao Gou: negotiate peace and disarmament, save money, cut useless soldiers, leave good soldiers and good generals to prepare for the enemy.

Looking at it now, the facts have already slapped Qin Hui hard.This is the so-called elite soldier left by Qin Hui, who was destroyed by a nighttime raid by 80 people.

Zhao Yuan once again felt that if Qin Hui was allowed to continue like this, the situation would only get worse.It was only less than seven or eight years ago. The bloody battle between the Yue family army and the Jin soldiers that day, and the situation of dying in battle and never retreating, is no longer seen.

One can imagine what will happen if another 20 years pass.

Xiao Shan didn't entangle Zhao Yuan on this issue, because he felt that it was not easy for the bandits to come this time.The opponent seems to be well aware of the weaknesses of the officers and soldiers, and they can do this in advance by disrupting a large number of troops with a small force. Get caught off guard and earn your first win.

Xiao Shan interrogated the captives, and it didn't take him too much effort to figure out who the evil thief's think tank was.

I heard from the prisoners that in the past they were often defeated and wandered around, but three months ago, a white-faced scholar came and was left behind by the bandit leader Wang Bupo.Since the white-faced scholar arrived, he has become Wang Bupo's military adviser, and he has come up with a lot of ideas. This strategy of "preempting the surprise attack, disrupting the enemy's army, and causing them to disperse" was the idea of ​​the white-faced scholar.

Xiao Shan was very curious about the white-faced scholar mentioned by the captives, and wanted to ask his name, but when he asked, he felt that the other party was even more mysterious.

Among the thieves, there were only a few people who had seen the scholar, and the rest had never seen him. It is said that the scholar only stayed in Wang Bupo's inner courtyard and never came out to see anyone, let alone knew his name and address. Here comes the history.

Since he couldn't find out, Xiao Shan had no choice but how to deal with these captives, but it also made Xiao Shan a little troublesome. According to the opinion of the deputy general and several team generals, he should kill them to avoid trouble.But Xiao Shan is short of manpower now, he only has less than 400 people in total, but it is almost impossible task to exterminate thousands of people, and there is also a demon thief who is a powerful military advisor.

So he planned to recruit these thieves. Although there were not many of them, they had horses, and each of them could ride and shoot, so they had combat effectiveness.

But the general reminded him: the imperial court forbids to recruit bandits and bandits, and if these people are extra out of thin air, the imperial court will not give them soldiers' salaries and money!

Xiao Shan didn't care too much, he just took over temporarily. Although the Zhou and Jin ministries collapsed, their supplies were still there and were relatively sufficient.It's not too late to deal with it when we go back, and God knows whether these people will survive when the bandits are wiped out.

After investigation, Xiao Shan learned that the 80 people captured this time were all common people near Xuanzhou. Can't survive.

Xiao Shan dealt with these people one by one, those who were willing to stay were given military uniforms and dry rations, and those who were not willing to stay were given money to go home.Some of the team generals were worried that doing so would reveal the secrets of the army, but Xiao Shan thought this was not a problem: "Instead of revealing the number of our troops, after they go back, they will spread the word that the army will not kill randomly. Dismantle them from within."

After dealing with these things, there was one thing that surprised Xiao Shan even more.That was when he finally ran into the legendary soldier of Jiankang Mansion who was going to join him.

Those soldiers were originally going to kill Xiao Shan's subordinates who stole their military uniforms and sneaked in, but after following for a day, none of Xiao Shan's subordinates were left behind, and the night camp was very strict, and there was no chance to strike. While waiting for an opportunity, they encountered a night raid. These people took advantage of the chaos to kill a few rout soldiers and sneaked in.Last night was chaotic and this morning they fought, Xiao Shan didn't pay attention to these ten people.Now when tidying up the battlefield and cleaning supplies, I saw these dozen or so very unfamiliar guys at a glance.

Seeing that he was recognized, the leader introduced himself with a salivating face: "My name is Li Huchen. These are some of our brothers from Jiankang Mansion. Commander Wang De of the garrison of Jiankang Mansion withheld our military pay and often Beating and scolding, so I sneaked over, and asked General Xiao to take him in, I am willing to fight to the death!"

He also complimented Xiao Shan: "General Xiao has good eyesight, thousands of people know him well, it's really amazing!"

Xiao Shan did not accept their compliments, nor did he plan to recruit them.It is still within his purview to take in captives, but to take in friendly troops is tantamount to grabbing territory with others and fishing beyond the boundaries.This is something that cannot be tolerated between factions in the military and is sure to cause conflict.

Seeing that Xiao Shan refused to take him in and drove him back, Li Huchen begged and threatened at the same time. Later, seeing that these tricks didn't work, he simply threw a tantrum. Immediately his face turned cold, and when he was about to let his own soldiers beat him out with sticks, Li Huchen took aim at Zhao Yuan who was walking towards this side.

Li Huchen and a group of people stayed in the army for an hour or two, and saw the two meet again outside the inn, so they already knew that Zhao Yuan and Xiao Shan were good friends, not only that, they even knew Zhao Yuan's name.Seeing Zhao Yuan approaching, Li Huchen shouted: "Brother Zhao Shen, brother Zhao!"

Xiao Shan felt that it would be difficult if Zhao Yuan intervened in this matter. Just as he was about to speak, Li Huchen ran over and hugged Zhao Yuan's thigh, telling his credit with tears and ashes: "Brother Zhao, if it wasn't for us, how could you Can we meet General Xiao again?"

"Brother Zhao, you see that we have helped you so much, help us once!"

"If we go back, we will definitely be beheaded by the king's command!"

"Help, help!"

Zhao Yuan was dragged by these people, so it was not easy for him to beat and scold him, that would be too disrespectful, Zhao Yuan was a little helpless in the face of this kind of soldier and rascal.

Seeing Li Huchen pulling Zhao Yuan, Xiao Shan grabbed the hem of his trousers with one hand and hugged his thigh with the other, feeling furious in his heart, he walked over and kicked Li Huchen away one by one, and said sharply, "You're blind! Friends are also something you can pull at will? If you dare to touch your hands again, I will destroy you!"