Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 183 Withdrawal of hundreds of miles

On August 23, the sky was slightly bright.

Liang Song was woken up by a splash of urine. After relieving himself, he got dressed and washed under the care of the maid.

He was in a good mood because he had used his strategy correctly.

Ever since the Heavenly Master Thieves swept across the Northland and threatened Qingzhou, Liang Song had carefully studied the Heavenly Master Thieves. The Heavenly Master Thieves were not invincible. The reason why they were able to gain momentum all the way was because of their strong momentum and the support of the people.

But now that what the bandits have done has lost the support of the people, and the people's support has been broken, then the situation is about to break.

The Celestial Master Thief has been sweeping through so far, and its momentum has become very large and powerful. It will not be possible to defeat it overnight, but it is not particularly difficult either.

How did the opponent gain momentum?
It was the accumulation of victories one after another, brought about by the incompetence and defeat of the officers and soldiers.

If you want to break the momentum, you just need to defeat them, but defeating them once is not enough. But if you win two, three, or not more games in a row, they will be afraid and panic.

The Heavenly Master Thieves have lost the support of the people and do not have enough background. In this case, the Heavenly Master Thieves themselves will fall apart if the court does not take action.

Throughout history, in all dynasties, whenever there was a large-scale rebellion, this would happen.

If he wants to win, he has to relax the opponent's vigilance. He first releases false news, then shows the enemy weakness, and then lures the enemy step by step deeper into the ambush circle he has arranged.

Yesterday afternoon's victory proved that his strategy had paid off.

For the rest, just capture and kill the turtles that have entered the urn one by one.

As for whether his strategy will bring disaster to the people of Yuzhou?
He had thought about this, but didn't particularly care.

For the seven famous families, the deaths of the people at the bottom are more than mentioned.

In his opinion, as long as the overall situation is successful and the court is victorious, the deaths of the people are worth it.

Moreover, as long as he wipes out the Tianshi thieves who have gone deep into Yuzhou, he will be considered as avenging the victims.

He can even use this to win over a wave of people's hearts.

Make Yuzhou more peaceful.

Taking the folded dry towel handed by the maid, Liang Song wiped the water stains on his hands and murmured: "It's time to calculate the statistics of yesterday's battle."

Da da da.
At this moment, an armored guard came over, came to Liang Song, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists, and said urgently: "Sir, it's not good, General Guan led the Black Leopard Cavalry to pursue him last night. When the bandit leader was in charge, he encountered an ambush in Luoqing Mountain, killing and injuring more than a hundred riders. General Guan Guan was hit by a hidden arrow and died. Currently, General Guan's body has been brought back by the Xuanbao Cavalry."

"What?" Liang Song dropped the towel on his hand and his expression changed drastically.

……

In the main hall of the Yamen, the Xuanbao cavalry soldiers who followed General Guan last night have gathered here. In the middle of them, there is a body covered with white cloth. Their faces have a look of exhaustion and embarrassment, and their eyes reveal sad.

Da da
The sound of footsteps sounded, and the Xuanbao Cavalry soldiers immediately stared at the figure walking from the back hall.

"grown ups."

"grown ups."

"."

Liang Song waved his hand and led his men to the body covered with white cloth. He squatted down and lifted the white cloth. People who had never seen General Guan's body before suddenly screamed in surprise.

The corpse's eyes were wide open, and there was a broken arrow stuck in its forehead. The death look was terrifying.

Liang Song mobilized his innate spiritual energy and spent some effort to pull out the broken arrow from the corpse's head.

While Liang Song was sizing up the arrow and observing the blood hole on his forehead, the soldier next to him also described the situation last night.

"In other words, the person who assassinated General Guan only shot two arrows. One arrow knocked General Guan off his horse, and one arrow took his life."

"That's right, this hidden arrow can also turn around and turn corners."

"This is just an extraordinary arrow. It seems that the person who shot the secret arrow must be stronger than General Guan. He is probably the leader of the Tianshi thieves." Liang Song analyzed, as for the arrow that can bend, For him, it is not a rare thing, some martial arts, and even the use of innate spiritual energy can be achieved.

Even Liang Song can do better than the person who shoots hidden arrows.

After the analysis, Liang Song quickly came to the map, picked up a red chess piece, and placed it at Luoqing Mountain.

"Behind this is Yangcheng, and behind this is Tianshui Town. Urge General Xu and General Qin, they are closest to these two counties. If the war on their side ends, ask them to lead troops to Yangcheng and Tianshui Town immediately, and be sure to This bandit army is blocking us."

Liang Song raised his head and chest as he spoke, looked around, and said decisively: "My order, Wang Meng, you take 3000 troops, follow me out of Shiling County, and drive them to Yangcheng."

"promise."

……

August 24, afternoon.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, smoke and dust billowed from the ground outside Chuima City. Several siege vehicles were torn apart and paralyzed on the plain. The moat was dyed red with blood, and a thick layer of corpses was piled under the city wall. The captured rebels had their hands and feet tied with hemp ropes. Hundreds of thousands of Tianshi rebels formed a long line and were driven into the city by the Yuzhou army.

"Hurry up, be honest." The brother of a Yuzhou soldier died at the hands of a Tianshi thief in the previous battle. At this moment, when he saw a Tianshi thief walking behind, he kicked him slowly. Kicked up.

The Heavenly Master thief was unprepared and fell forward before he could stand firm. It was like a dragon growing in a row. The Heavenly Master thief in front fell in a row like dominoes.

"Get up." The hands of the Tianshi thieves were stained with the blood of their comrades, so the Yuzhou army showed no mercy. Seeing them fall, they whipped them up one after another.

On the city wall, the "Dai" flag of the Tianshi Thief had been replaced by the imperial dragon flag. Xu Jie looked at the scene happening outside the city and immediately yelled: "Stop."

Xu Jie's strategy was to kill as much as possible, kill as little as possible, and try not to kill as much as possible. Since the leader of the thieves was dead and the following group of thieves were all willing to surrender, he would focus on appeasing them and then reorganize into an army, which would also be a fighting force.

Hearing the general's scolding, the Yuzhou army below restrained themselves.

"General, the count has been completed. A total of more than 420 enemy people have been wiped out, including the bandit general Dai Wangmin, the chief and deputy commanders. More than [-] people were captured, and our army suffered [-] casualties."

The deputy general in charge of the inventory came to Xu Jie to report.

After saying that, he took out a piece of handkerchief and handed it to Xu Jie, asking him to wipe the blood on his face.

"Report-"

Suddenly, a reporting officer hurriedly ran up the city and came to Xu Jie. Before he could take a breath, he said: "General Xu, Mr. Liang has an urgent message and orders your troops to lead troops to Tianshui Town at this moment. Block a bandit army retreating from Luoqing Mountain."

After finishing speaking, the reporting officer handed the original urgent letter to Xu Jie.

After Xu Jie read it, his expression changed drastically: "Guan Weihai was shot dead by the bandits."

"What, General Guan was killed in battle?" The deputy general was also shocked.

You know, Guan Weisheng, Qin Lang and Xu Jie were all three generals under Liang Song and generals of the Liang family. Their skills and martial arts were far better than those of their peers, but now they died in the hands of the thieves. .

"Your Excellency suspects that it is the work of Commander Fang Qu, the Tianshi thief, and ordered us to block their escape route."

Xu Jie took a deep breath and said: "Inform me, general, and rush to Tianshui Town immediately."

On the other side, Qin Lang also received an urgent message from Liang Song.

The ambush led by Qin Lang did not defeat the bandit army, because the bandit army actually saw that he was ambushing here and did not enter the urn. Just when he was thinking about how to annihilate this enemy army, he received an urgent message from Liang Song, asking him to He led his troops to Yangcheng.

Qin Lang was also unlucky enough. When he led his army to Yangcheng, he missed it. After asking the local people, he learned that the bandit army had passed by in the morning and it was already afternoon.

August 26.

It was around three or four in the morning and it was still dark.

After finishing the ambush in Luoqing Mountain, Chen Mo retreated all the way with the two guardsmen and drove all night long.

When he killed all the Hujie troops in Luoqing Mountain before, Chen Mo asked for survivors. They were ambushed at Shiling Pass. Of the tens of thousands of Hujie troops, only a few hundred escaped. It can be imagined that this was a long-planned attack. conspiracy.

And after reading the map that Chen Mo obtained from Yuan Youchun, he discovered that heading east from Shiling County, there is the Shiling Mountain Pass, with mountains on the left and right. Although there are many small roads, the marching road only has one in the middle, also known as a line of sky. , the best ambush place.

As for the openings in the sky, one is in Shiling County and the other is in Tianshui Town. If these two openings are sealed, the people who are blocked inside will die.

Before, without a map, Chen Mo didn't know this at all and kept moving forward stupidly. After looking at the map, he was so scared that he dared to stay here.

Although his personal strength far exceeds that of ordinary people, in terms of his ability to lead troops, he is considered a beginner at best. Compared with these real generals, Chen Mo did not dare to bet on whether his guess was true after being thrown out for more than a dozen streets. It was important to save his life. .

"County Magistrate, the soldiers can't run anymore. Let's rest for a while before leaving. The horses can't run anymore." Sun Mengjian was left behind by Chen Mo in Yangcheng, and now they have reunited after leaving Yangcheng.

Chen Mo looked back and saw that under the light of the fire, the two guards were gasping for air and supporting each other. The queues were already in disarray and the horses could no longer run.

This shows Xue Longjun's endurance, he is not even out of breath now.

"Let them hold on for a while. They must arrive at Tianshui Town before dawn. We will rest again when we arrive at Tianshui Town."

Chen Mo turned over and dismounted, saying: "Get on the wounded man and let me ride my horse."

"County Magistrate, what about you?" Sun Meng was startled.

"It's okay, I can still run." Chen Mo said.

"promise."

Although Chen Mo let the horse out, it was only a drop in the bucket, but in the eyes of the soldiers, this move made him feel a lot better, and he was not as tired as before.

Finally, after traveling tirelessly, the army finally arrived at Tianshui Town and entered the city.

Seeing that Tianshui Town was exactly the same as when they came before, Chen Mo was suspicious. It seemed that he was really overthinking it.

(End of this chapter)