Chapter 187 187: Chaos in Xiaocheng (Twenty-Seven) [Please vote]
This night is destined to be unrestful.
The bearded man had a livid face as he listened to the officials report back on the damage caused by the fire. The baggage, food and fodder were severely damaged. Eighty-nine times out of ten, there were almost no siege equipment left - most of those things were made of wood and could no longer be used once they caught fire.
In comparison, the casualties were not large.
More than 200 people died, more than 300 people were burned, about 200 people were trampled by cattle and sheep, and about 200 people were injured and disabled. Nearly a hundred tents were burned down by sparks from the sky.
The bearded man had a sullen face: "Are you done?"
The subordinate officer was so cold that he trembled at the ice in his words.
Qiqi Ai Ai said: "Reply, report is over——"
After the words fell, the bearded man raised his hand angrily and threw away the low table in front of him, his face trembled from too much force, a pair of big copper bells Staring at the official who didn't dare to breathe, he roared: "Reply finished? Who are you? Where did they go?"
The crackling sound and the roar were in harmony.
Hot sweat was dripping from the official's forehead, and he did not dare to move.
The solemn atmosphere in the main tent was extremely solemn.
"The humble position...the humble position didn't stop them..."
The bearded man grabbed an object and threw it at the subordinate officer's forehead, scolding: "Asshole! How many of them are there? We can't even catch them. Come on, what do you need? In the heart of the military camp, a group of thugs not only come and go freely, but also have the luggage burned, it’s not a shame!”
The subordinates didn’t even dare to dodge.
He took this blow hard.
A loud bang exploded in my ears.
Warm blood dripped from the forehead. The blood was mixed with turbid sweat and plant ash. It flowed down the forehead, part of it flowed along the cheek and merged into the chin, and the other part flowed into the corner of the eye. The subordinate officer blinked, not daring to raise his hand to wipe it away, letting the dirt spread across his eyeballs.
He pursed his lips and swallowed what was in his heart.
If you really care about responsibility, the general in front of you who openly fights fiercely with his concubine in the heart of the military camp, fighting endlessly, and making noises that can be heard in several nearby camps, is not a good person.
When it comes to dereliction of duty, everyone is half-assed.
Just as a subordinate, he can't complain, let alone speak his mind. An idea flashed in his mind, and he suddenly remembered someone.
"Jiji, Jiji really tried his best! It's just that two of the four gangsters were brought in by the Major General's name. I don't dare to arrest them, just in case the Major General..."
The subordinate officer paused when he said this After a pause, he showed some embarrassment, "It's not that I'm afraid of the Major General due to my humble position, I'm just worried that this matter will affect your relationship with the Major General, and the old general..."
I just had to tell the bearded man openly. ——
It’s not that I’m derelict in my duties! Those bad guys were brought back by the barbarian with bad intentions. He's going to come to settle things later, how can he handle it? Coupled with your partiality, even if the barbarian made such a big mistake, he would probably be treated lightly.
The blame should be placed on Barbarian this time!
The bearded man was already feeling confident, but after hearing the officer's strange words, he almost fell down in anger.
He was so angry that he crushed the paperweight at hand, grinding his back molars and asked: "Where is that scoundrel now?"
The official said: "In terms of healing. Medicine.”
The bearded man sneered twice and said: "Heal the wound? Apply medicine? Will he get injured again? I'm afraid it's a bitter trick!"
Who should use the bitter trick?
Aren’t you looking at that old guy with a unclear mind!
Huo Di stood up and strode towards the youth camp.
He wants to see how much damage the barbarian can get!
The young man was indeed injured.
The injury is not serious.
The spirit of Shen Tang's words turned the black and white literary spirit into fireworks, most of which fell on the young man. It was also the first time for the young man to see this scene. He had no experience and relied solely on his own strength.
Fly, shoot down, and smash the sparks that are constantly coming in. The sparks that are not taken into consideration will condense into a gang and be carried down forcefully!
Although Wu Qi can resist the close proximity of sparks, and can also protect against cold and heat to a certain extent, it cannot completely isolate the terrifying heat. This is also the main reason for the injury of the young man - the temperature of the sparks condensed by Wen Qi is frighteningly high. If it lasts longer, it will cook him.
Although the young man was not roasted, there were large blisters on his back, and his arms and chest were as red as a cooked crayfish.
He took off his shirt and piled it casually around his waist.
Behind him, the doctor carefully opened the blisters and squeezed them out, then applied mint-colored plaster. Wherever the plaster is applied, the coolness dissipates the burning heat. The young man covered his face with a cold cloth and muttered: "Huh, luckily this face is still intact."
There is no handsome face in his clan, and no Mama is willing to sing duet with him. , this face is as important as his voice!
"How long has it been and you still care about your face?" The subordinate officer stood on one side and smiled bitterly, "You should think about what to do later..."
The young man pursed his lips: "What are you thinking about?"
The official said: "Think about how to explain..."
The young man threw the warm cloth into the copper basin filled with cold water. , I don’t care about it : "There's nothing to explain, and he can't do anything to me. If I'm held accountable for accidentally 'letting a wolf into the house,' I must first hold him accountable for 'neglect of duty,' and he'll be fined together..."
The subordinate officer was speechless. .
The young man spread his hands and said without hesitation: "I didn't know there was something wrong with those two people. Can you blame me? I tried my best to stop them, but one against four, two of them were still not weak. Literary scribes, how can I keep them? ”
After saying that, a bearded man's roar came from outside the tent.
"Bad beast! Do you still think you are right?"
The young man was not surprised at all that the man was eavesdropping outside the tent, and said innocently: "I am wrong, but at least 30% of it is wrong, let alone I tried my best to make up for it, but how long did it take to delay the four of them? If my sworn brother sent people to support him in time, he wouldn't have let the four of them escape."
The bearded man shook his beard in anger. shake.
After the doctor had bandaged up, the young man stood up, lazily put on the top that hung around his waist, straightened his clothes, and looked innocent with a fearlessness that annoyed the bearded man.
"It's true that I brought two of these gangsters back! But there are two others who were brought back by the soldiers sent by my sworn brother. It is not yet known which two of the four took action."
< br>The bearded man was so angry that his eyes were about to burst!
“How dare you——”
The young man smiled, narrowed his eyes, pushed back, and sneered: “Why don’t you dare? It’s better to wait until the adoptive father comes to talk about the right and wrong. , it’s up to him to decide. If the adoptive father decides that the younger brother is fully responsible, he will bear no matter how many military sticks he has.”
Suddenly, the bearded man’s eyes widened.
He was shocked by the shameless behavior of the young dead pig who was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. Was he sure that everything would be fine? ? ?
That’s not true!
That’s not true!
"According to the schedule, my adoptive father will not arrive in six or seven days, and our army has run out of food and grass. It is better for my adoptive brother to gather the soldiers and horses in the tent to discuss how to survive these few days. We cannot take Xiaocheng. It’s nothing, it would be embarrassing if he was defeated by that group of soldiers and crabs!”
The bearded man’s breath became much heavier.
His nostrils flared slightly, blowing out angry hot breath.
The young man did not even look at him, but lowered his eyes to see the guest off.
The bearded man gritted his teeth and said: "Just wait! I want to see how you, the general, can get away with colluding with foreign enemies! Anyone who comes, stare at him, and you are not allowed to step out of the camp from now on!"
The young man didn't care. He kicked over the low table blocking the road and didn't even bother to maintain the basic etiquette of seeing off guests. His subordinates secretly thought, "Unlucky", and hurriedly bowed and followed, regardless of whether the bearded man was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.
Listening to the bearded man throwing the curtain angrily and walking further and further away, the young man's depressed mood improved a lot. He took out a box of large longan pearls of different colors, called his subordinates over, and said with a smile: "It's okay now, play two games with me."
The subordinate official: "..."
The young man said again: "Oh, what a pity."
The subordinate official could not restrain his curiosity: "What is a pity?"
The young man said: "My close friend, what a pity."
The subordinate officer: "..."
He didn't understand what the pity was at all.
Although he was not on the battlefield and did not see the confrontation between Shen Tang and the youth, he knew the final result. It is precisely because of this "bosom friend" that the young man is afraid that he will be beaten with a military stick, otherwise he will not be able to quell the public anger... The young general still feels sorry for that person?
The young man sighed: "A lot of money is easy to get, but a good friend is hard to find... Mama may be the only person in the world who can sing to me..."
The subordinate officer was about to say something. . He suddenly stopped talking.
The subordinate officer has been with the young man for a while, and he doesn't know much about the young man, but he doesn't know much about him either. He wanted to say that the young man still had clansmen, but as he was about to speak, he remembered that the Major General's clansmen were gone, and he was the only Miao Miao in the whole clan.
Indeed——
There are only one person who can sing duets with him.
The subordinate official said: "Then you still let people go?"
The young man looked at him with a half-smile.
The official's face suddenly changed, and he realized that he had made a mistake. He knelt down and apologized: "Being humble doesn't mean that. Being humble means..."
He thought about it in his mind and couldn't think of a suitable excuse, and he was so anxious that he was sweating. Like pulp, it quickly wetted the shirt inside the armor.
The atmosphere in the tent was extremely solemn. Just when the subordinate officer was thinking whether he would be silenced, the young man spoke up.
He said: "Get up."
The subordinate officer was surprised. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief as if he had escaped from the disaster. He stood up and found that his hands and feet were weak: "Thank you, Major General!"< br>
The young man said: "Don't worry, we will see you again."
The subordinate officials did not dare to speak anymore.
If you say too much, it will be wrong. He doesn't want to die inexplicably.
As for whether the young man is willing to let him go, no one knows except the young man himself. The two played marbles with pearls for a while. The young man suddenly remembered something and asked the subordinate officer: "Based on your understanding of my sworn brother, will he withdraw his troops after this defeat?"
The subordinate official said: "I dare not speculate in my humble position."
Young man: "That's what you say!"
Official officer: "I think so... The baggage and food supplies have been burned clean. Once the Xiaocheng garrison knows about this, they will gather their troops out of the city to attack us, and our momentum will be low. And they have a last-ditch fight... Well, it would be better to withdraw temporarily and fight with the old man. General, join us."
I think so too."
The official: "...?"
He feels this way. The young general was in a very good mood. He... seemed to want to see the army retreat temporarily? ? ?
After playing marbles for a while, the young man patted his stomach and complained that he was hungry.
Just as he was about to call someone to get food, he remembered that the food and grass had been burned, so he gave up the idea of adding extra meals.
After a while, there was a burst of joy and noise outside the tent.
He asked someone to go out and ask what was going on.
Xiao Bing replied with a happy face.
"Major General, what a good thing!"
The young man crushed a pearl out of boredom, watched the powder fall on his fingertips, and asked casually: "Oh? What's a good thing?"
The soldier said: "The army is coming!"
The young man: "!!!"
There was a crackling sound of things being thrown in the tent, and the soldiers guarding the tent were puzzled. Looking at each other.
Isn't this a good thing?
Haha——
This news is indeed a good thing for the rebel camp, which had its supplies and supplies burned and its momentum plummeted, but it is not a good thing for the people in Xiaocheng. The young man looked in the direction of the commotion outside the tent with a gloomy look on his face, and his fists hanging by his sides tightened again and again.
Unconsciously, the sun is high in the sky.
A messenger soldier came outside the tent.
The old general wants to see him.
The young man pursed his lips tightly. Although he was reluctant, he still cleaned up his appearance. Stepping out of the tent, the bright and simple smile familiar to outsiders once again appeared on his face. Approaching the main tent, he looked towards Xiaocheng and could vaguely see the outline of the towering city wall.
I sighed secretly in my heart——
There is such a calamity in life, there is no way to escape it.
He bent down and lifted the curtain. Before anyone could enter, the sound had already reached the ears of the people inside the tent.
"Father, the son is here."
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“Pfft——”
The two scribes tried their best to help, Zhai Le was a little bit Without hesitation, he squandered his martial energy and quickly brought Shen Tang, who was nearly unconscious, to a safe place. Just as he stopped, Shen Tang held on to the tree trunk and vomited out a mouthful of black and red blood. His pale face looked much better.
Zhai Le was nervous: "Brother Shen, what are you..."
Shen Tang waved his hands and said, "I'm fine, it's a small matter!"
She sat down and adjusted her breathing for a while.
I barely suppressed most of the dizziness.
While paying attention to Shen Tang's situation, Qi Shan was alert to his surroundings. Huo Di, he looked into the dark depths of the jungle and drew his sword.
Shouted: "Who! Get out!"
Zhai Le also entered a state of alert.
At this time, there was a rustling sound from the direction of the dense forest, and a familiar face came out, Captain Yang, who was escorting the tax collectors! He responded: "It's me!"
After not seeing each other for a few days, Captain Yang became very haggard.
Qishan looked at him, then at Zhai Le who had put down his guard, then he retracted his sword with a swipe and bowed from a distance.
Captain Yang said to Zhai Le and the other two: "You two haven't returned for a long time, and there was another fire in the direction of the rebel camp. I thought your plan was successful, so I brought people over to respond..."< br>
Qi Shan's complexion improved a lot.
Captain Yang noticed two unfamiliar faces, Qi Shan and Shen Tang, and asked hesitantly: "Are these two..."
Zhai Huan's mouth twitched slightly.
How should...how to introduce this?
Zhai Le was very enthusiastic and introduced with a smile: "Captain Yang, this is Brother Shen whom I often mention. He is amazing. This fire was a success thanks to the help of him and Mr. Qi." ! Brother Shen, Mr. Qi, this is Captain Yang of the Xiaocheng garrison.”
Captain Yang's eyes lit up after hearing this.
He said: "It turns out they are two righteous men."
Shen Tang reluctantly stood up, with admiration and admiration on his face, and returned the gift: "I don't dare to be a righteous man. I have heard the name Yang Duwei for a long time. , when I saw him today, he lived up to his reputation. "The formulaic smile is impeccable.
Qi Shan lowered his eyes and said a faint greeting.
The two men's greetings were insincere, but Captain Yang didn't mind.
As long as they are fighting against the rebels, then they are Paoze!
"This is not a place to stay for a long time. Please come with me, a righteous man."
Shen Tang's reply was very depleted this time.
It took me three or four hours of sleep to regain my composure.
It’s still two-in-one.
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(End of this chapter)