Chapter 1142 Charcoal Fire
At the same time, behind the one hundred thousand army, a tent was quickly set up as a temporary tent.
Xiao Yuansui sat in it with the tent door wide open and could directly see his military formation in front of him, but because he was so far away, the Hulao Pass in the distance was almost invisible. , only the spies at the front shuttled back and forth to report military information.
A soldier came to report: "General, the door of Hulao is closed tightly and refuses to fight."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yuansui raised his eyebrows slightly and looked behind him subconsciously - of course, he couldn't see that a wooden board was erected in the center of this temporary Chinese army tent as a simple tent. A topographic map of the area hangs on the screen. But what he was looking at was not the map, but what he wanted to see was Shang Ruyi's reaction behind the tent.
Of course, it can’t be seen.
But he still keenly caught the sound of rapid breathing, and that rapidity made him feel a little happier.
But he immediately retracted his mind and asked: "What's going on on the tower?"
The soldier immediately said: "Some of us crossed the Si River and saw Yu Wenye and Shen Tu Tai and the others were all on the tower, but they just looked at us and didn’t react.”
At this time, a general in the tent immediately laughed and said: "I think it's not that there is no reaction, but that he is too scared to react!"
Hearing this, other people also laughed and said: "That's right."
"Our army of hundreds of thousands, not to mention a small Hulao Pass, even Tongguan and even their Chang'an City can be leveled by them!"
"General, we Let’s send troops!”
In fact, not only these generals were ecstatic, but also several generals who had previously opposed sending troops today were relieved when they heard that Hulao Pass refused to send troops, and they showed their faces one after another. The expression of joy came, and I don’t know whether this emotion spread forward from the Chinese army’s tent, or from the soldiers who laughed when they saw Hulao closing the city gate. In short, everyone felt extremely happy. .
Among them, the one who is most ready to make a move is Shi Yutao.
Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, he took a step subconsciously and wanted to say something to Xiao Yuansui, but before he could say anything, Xiao Yuansui looked at him as if he expected that he would definitely ask for a fight. Shen Shengsheng blocked his words.
Shi Yutao held his breath in his heart and retreated.
It’s not that he doesn’t know his current status in the army. Before, he could still stand beside Shi Yuxin and be in the first few ranks, but now he is at the bottom of the rank among the generals. Not only is he Because he was defeated several times in succession, especially the captured generals had the lowest prestige in the army.
Where does he have the face to lead troops?
But after all, he felt uneasy in his heart. He said softly: "General, while morale is now strong, should we cross the Si River?"
Hearing that he still spoke, Xiao Yuansui's eyebrows raised. Frowning slightly, he just said lightly: "Of course we have to go there, but the army is not crossing the Si River."
After that, he ordered the soldier: " You, then gather a group of people to cross the river and go to Hulao Pass to call for a battle. Say whatever is unpleasant and scold them no matter what." He paused, glanced back, and then said: "Remember, fighting is for men. It has nothing to do with women, just call him Yuwen."
"Yes!"
The soldier turned around and walked out.
As soon as he left, Shi Yutao, who stayed in the tent, frowned, as if he was a little uneasy and wanted to say something, but before he could speak, Hua Ziying, who was standing next to him, had already stretched out his hand to hold him down, and said in a deep voice: "Shi Although the general is in Hulao Pass, Princess Qin is with us. Do you think Yu Wenye really dares to What to do?"
"..."
"He arrested Sister Ling just because of her ability."
After hearing what he said, Shi Yutao relaxed. tone, but when the last words hit his ears, they felt like needle pricks, making his heart tingle.
Regardless of the different sentiments in the big tent here, the group of soldiers on the other side quickly crossed the Si River, and when they arrived at Hulao Pass, they began to curse - generally speaking, those who shouted and challenged were Of course, you can scold them no matter how dirty they are, or how they hurt your heart, plus Another group of soldiers and gangsters were brought here, and their mouths were not clean to begin with, so soon I heard that all the soldiers on the tower were angry, especially Xue Lin. Although he was not standing on the tower, he was only leaning on the other side. Standing on the city wall, I couldn't hold it in anymore.
As soon as he turned around, he was about to go down the tower. After taking two steps, he saw a figure blocking his eyes.
It’s Shen Wuzheng.
He said: "What are you going to do?"
Xue Lin gritted his teeth: "Get out and do his damn thing!"
Shen Wuzheng raised his head and glanced at the sky, and then Said: "Have you forgotten His Highness King Qin's order? Do you want to be dealt with by military law? Or do you want to go out and never come back?"
Xue Lin gritted his teeth and said angrily: "But they scolded me so harshly!"
Shen Wuzheng frowned. At this time, a few scoldings from outside happened to drift past his ears. Yu Wenye's grandfather scolded his father, and His Majesty, the emperor of the great dynasty, was scolded so much that he was even worse than a beast. The soldiers on the tower refused to accept it and started scolding them.
Xue Lindao: "Shen Canjun, if you let them continue scolding like this, there will be no need to fight."
Shen Wuzheng didn't say anything. He was not a military commander, but he had read military books and followed suit. After several battles, I know how important morale is when marching and fighting, Yu Wenye He already understood the purpose of refusing to go to war, but the soldiers' mood could not be solved by understanding. If even the emperor and King Qin were insulted like this and could not fight back, they would gradually feel that their master was incompetent and useless. Once such a mentality appears, how can we fight the war?
Besides, the opponent has an army of more than 100,000 people!
If you don't have an advantage in numbers and your morale is low, it will be really difficult.
Just when he was silent, a tall figure walked past him with Feng Hu, stepped onto the city tower in a few steps and grabbed a bow from a guard soldier: " Bring it!”
Looking closely, it’s Shen Tutai!
Shen Wuzheng immediately said: "General Shentu!"
But before he finished speaking, Shen Tutai had already skillfully stringed his bow and pointed it at the soldier below who was leading the yelling. With a whoosh, the arrow flew over and pierced the man's ear.
Just hearing a scream, the man fell from the horse, covering his bleeding ears.
Seeing this, all the soldiers on the tower cheered.
The fallen man was immediately helped up by the brothers around him. The group of people retreated in panic. After retreating for a while, they stopped again and continued to dance. The one with his feet yelled towards the tower: "Shut up and be a turtle." , You bastard, you don’t dare to come out, do you? Grandpa is here, keep cumming!”
“If they dare, how can they hide in there?”
“Hahahaha, Something you didn’t plant!”
Listening to the arrogant yelling, Shen Tutai stood on the tower, holding the bow and arrow tightly, his teeth chattering. These people were obviously well prepared and ran out of the shooting range. It would be difficult for bows and arrows to hit them. Moreover, this group of people came here to yell and scold. Even if they were hit by arrows, they would not retreat at all. That was them. After returning to collect the reward, a group of people were now shouting and cursing in unison, and the sound was clearly transmitted into Hulao Pass. The soldiers inside the city gate were all gnashing their teeth with anger, but they were helpless.
"Fuck..."
Shen Tutai could only grit his teeth and curse in a low voice.
At this time, Shen Wuzheng walked up to him, looked at the arrogant soldiers, and then looked at the 100,000 troops on the other side of the Sishui River. It had been less than half an hour since they lined up in the morning. It's still neat, but it's not as steady as before, and there are faint signs of instability.
If one person stands for half an hour, he is tired. If one hundred thousand people stand for half an hour, it is not ordinary tiredness.
Just——
Shen Tutai said: "How long do we have to wait."
Shen Wuzheng raised his head and looked at the sky, which was getting higher day by day. Although they only wore Single clothes, but at this time also Feeling a little hot, he said: "It's rare that the weather is good today and the sun is bright. It won't be long."
As he said that, he reached out and patted his muscular arm under the armor, and said: "Again Wait.”
His voice, the aura emanating from his whole person, and even the hand that patted his shoulder exuded a strange cold and calm aura. Feeling this aura, Shen Tutai finally calmed down. He looked at Shen Wuzheng glanced at it and suddenly felt that he was a little ridiculous for knowing what to do but couldn't suppress his anger, so he chuckled and said, "I'll let you see the joke."
Shen Wuzheng said: " General Shentu said this "I've seen you outside."
Shen Tutai glanced at him again: "I thought you would be upset because of the princess, but I didn't expect that we were too angry."
Shen Wuzheng. He let out a deep breath— - He does not deny that he was furious because of Shang Ruyi's arrest a few days ago. Not only was he not calm, but he also disliked Yu Wenye. His words always included guns and sticks, as if he wished he could fight with him again. Only then can you relieve the anger in your heart.
Although, he also understood that Yu Wenye was not at fault.
But after a few days, especially when he saw that Yu Wenye and only a few people broke into Xiao Yuansui's camp at night, causing chaos inside, and finally came back with such serious injuries, his anger gradually subsided - and It's not that Yu Wenye didn't protect Shang Ruyi, but that as long as the world is still divided and there are still people who are enemies of them, no one can guarantee Ruyi's safety.
So, he finally calmed down.
At this time, meeting Shen Tutai's eyes again, he simply said: "Today is our only chance to save Ruyi, Princess Qin alive. If one person is irrational, her chance of survival will be reduced." Points. I have to get her back alive."
Shen Tutai nodded gently: "Don't worry."
Speaking of this, he thought of the worried good boy who had just asked about Shang Ruyi on the tower, and looked around After looking at it: "Hey, where is Lao Jiu?"
Shen Wuzheng also took a look around, and indeed did not see the figure of the good boy. However, Xue Lin came forward, glared angrily at the enemy soldiers who were still jumping and yelling under the city tower, and said with lingering anger: "He went down just now, and it seems that he went to find His Highness King Qin."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Shen Tutai and Shen Wuzheng looked at each other.
In the fort on the other side, Good Tong'er frowned and walked towards Yu Wenye's room - these days, he has been avoiding meeting Yu Wenye alone. It's not that he refuses to forgive him. In the final analysis, he spent too little time with the good teacher, but he and Yu Wenye went through life and death many times, and their relationship was much deeper. The reason why he left was because he couldn't figure it out, and the reason why he came back was that he couldn't let go.
Not only can’t let go of Yu Wenye, but also can’t let go of Shang Ruyi.
But now, it was about Shang Ruyi's life and death. He thought that no matter what, he should ask clearly what the King of Qin's plans were. They couldn't be the only ones who seemed to understand everything and completely kept him in the dark.
However, as soon as he walked to the door, he saw two soldiers retreating from Yu Wenye's room with confused expressions and muttering something.
As soon as they saw the good boy, both of them immediately shut their mouths.
Shan Tong'er said: "What are you doing here?"
The two soldiers looked at each other, and one of them said softly: "His Royal Highness King Qin asked us to send a basin of... charcoal fire over. .”
Good Tong'er asked doubtfully: "Charcoal fire?"
Although it has been rainy and cold in the past few days, it is not the time to use charcoal fire, not to mention that today is a rare good weather. He felt a little hot even before noon, but Yu Wenye was strong and the least afraid of the cold. Why would he need a charcoal fire at this time?
So he asked: "What does he want charcoal fire for?"
The two soldiers shook their heads: "We don't know either, His Highness did not allow us to ask more questions."
Shan Tong'er thought for a while, then waved his hand to let the two people back away. He walked to the door and was about to knock on the door when he suddenly heard a low growl like a wild beast coming from inside: "Well - ”
Immediately, there was a sizzling sound and a burning smell in the air.
What's wrong? !
The good boy thought something had happened and pushed open the door. The scene in front of him stunned him: "You, what are you doing!?"
He saw that in the center of the room, there was the The charcoal basin brought by the two soldiers, The charcoal fire inside was also burning brightly, and the whole room was filled with heat. Yu Wenye, who was sitting in front of the charcoal basin, took off half of his clothes, grabbed a piece of half-burned charcoal with one hand, and directly burned the red-hot charcoal. He pressed hard on his wound.
The heat wave throughout the room was filled with the smell of blood and burning flesh.
This is nothing more than scraping the bones and removing the flesh!
Yu Wenye was biting half of his clothes in order to suppress his screams of pain. Even so, his eyes were red from the pain, as if he was about to faint in the next moment.
The good boy was frightened and rushed forward in a hurry: "Your Highness, what are you doing!?"
Seeing him rush in, Yu Wenye's red eyes gradually gained a little light. , he sweated profusely and spit out his clothes, threw away the charcoal in his hand, glanced at the burnt black wound, and then gently raised his arm and turned it, moving freely.
“Well,”
He nodded: "It doesn't hurt anymore."
(End of this chapter)