Cangzhou beacon fire

Chapter 15
On the city wall, Zhong Lin looked at the peaceful battlefield below the city, and at the large army of rogues in the distance, and said to Xiahou Yin, "Find someone with the best bow skills."

When it comes to Yue Jun's bow skills, no one dares to compete with Li Tong.

"General, did you call me?" Li Tong hurried up the city wall, his left hand was still wrapped in gauze, obviously the injury hadn't healed yet.

Zhong Lin looked at Li Tong's left hand, pointed to the direction where the rogue troops were resting in the distance, and said, "Can you shoot it with your unhealed body?"

Li Tong took a look, took off the gauze on his left hand and said, "With this distance, I can shoot nine out of ten."

Zhong Lin nodded and said: "That's enough, you go and get a pen and paper, I want to write a letter to the bandit leader."

In the black wood forest behind the rogues, Fan Yi's [-] troops had already started cooking and cooking, and smoke slowly rose from the forest.

Rong Tai turned his head and looked around. There was black smoke rising from the black wood forest at the rear and black smoke rising from the north, which meant that there were enemy troops in these two places, and Fengshui City in front could not be attacked, and there was really no way to retreat.

It's just that he also wondered why Fan Yi's army, which was chasing and intercepting him all the way, stopped advancing when they reached the Black Wood Forest?It stands to reason that if Fan Yi attacks, they will surely die.

At this moment, there was a whoosh, and a sharp arrow drew a high arc and landed half a mile in front of the bandit army.

A sudden arrow shot, there must be something strange, he said to the literate lieutenant general: "You! Go and see."

When the deputy general came back, he was holding the sharp arrow shot from the city in his hand, and a note was tied to the body of the sharp arrow.

Rong Tai said to the lieutenant general: "Take it apart and see what's written inside."

The deputy general opened the note and read it carefully.

Rong Tai anxiously waited for the lieutenant to read, but he didn't see the lieutenant speak out for a long time, so he shouted anxiously: "You fool, read it!"

The lieutenant looked at Rong Tai embarrassedly and said, "The head of the family... I don't know many words..."

"Then find someone you know and read!"

Rong Tai waited anxiously for a long time before the lieutenant pulled the thin young man with a hoe over.

The young man is about 28 years old, dressed in ragged clothes, although his face is yellow and thin, he also has a scholarly atmosphere.

"Are you literate?" Rong Tai asked suspiciously.

The young man nodded: "I went to private schools for several years when I was a child."

"Then take a look at what is written on this note?" Rong Tai handed over the note that was shot from Fengshui City.

The young man took the note and opened it to look.

After a while, the young man closed the note and raised his head and said: "The note means that Fengshui City has been captured by the Yue Kingdom, and there are tens of thousands of Yue troops guarding the city. It's about the boss and our livelihood."

"A date with me? Did you tell me where the date is?"

"Tonight at midnight, the pavilion five miles south of Fengshui City. Each of them only brought ten guards."

The lieutenant general was a little worried, and said: "The head of the family, will something happen?"

When Rong Tai heard this, he nodded: "It must be tricking me to go and arrest me, so I can't go!"

The young man shook his head and said, "Probably not. At this time, the three-yuan and two-way army is waiting for us to kill each other. The Yue army is just like us, all of them are cranes and mussels."

Although he heard the meaning of the young man's last sentence, Rong Tai was not stupid, and it made sense after careful consideration, so he said, "Okay, then tonight I'll go to meet the great general of the Yue Kingdom. What's your name?"

The young man saluted and said, "Little Wei Qian, from Beishui, Qiantian District."

Rong Tai patted Wei Qian on the shoulder and said: "Seeing that you are a little ink, you can be my army staff officer in the future."

At midnight, under the gazebo five miles outside the city.

Zhong Lin, dressed in military uniform, arrived early, sat down and poured flowers and wine, sipping carefully, ten guards outside the gazebo stood upright, and remained motionless despite the mosquito bites.

The clattering of horseshoes in the distance gradually became louder, and after a short while, a burly man came slowly leading ten walking guards behind him.

The burly man got off his horse and went straight to the gazebo, while the others waited outside the pavilion.

"I'm Rongtai Asada, and you're Zhong Lin, the great general of the Yue Kingdom, right?" the big man said as he sat opposite Zhong Lin.

Zhong Lin took a sip of the flower wine, frowned slightly, and stared at Rongtai, the leader of the Asada army, in front of him.

The big man was numb from being stared at, and he froze for a moment and said, "Why are you looking at me, I am the real Rongtai?"

At this moment, Zhong Lin turned his head to look at the ten guards who followed Rong Tai outside the pavilion, and said indifferently: "Master Rong, come out, make a fake one, it seems that you have no sincerity at all."

Among the guards, Rong Tai laughed awkwardly, took off his guard uniform and came out, and said to Zhong Lin with a brief salute: "I've always been afraid of death, General, please forgive me." This courtesy was taught by Wei Qian Yes, otherwise he really wouldn't.

"In this world, who is not afraid of death, sit down and be the master." Zhong Lin finished speaking lightly, poured a glass of flower wine and placed it in front of Rongtai's seat opposite. .

When the real Rongtai passed by the fake Rongtai, he still didn't forget to kick him: "Look at your bear, you will reveal your secrets as soon as you open your mouth!"

"When Yue people treat guests, they have already replaced water with wine to show respect. Please be the head of the family." Zhong Lin picked up a glass, raised his hand to signal, and then drank it all.

Rong Tai also raised his glass to respond and drank it in one gulp. The cool river was like a mouthful, and the fragrance of flowers entered his throat. Although Rong Tai was a rough man, he knew that this was an excellent wine, so he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Good wine!"

Zhong Lin poured it into Rongtai's empty cup again, and said: "Yueguo flower wine is brewed from the pistils of the Yue season. Ten catties of stamens can be used to make half a catty of flower wine. After brewing, it is boiled with Maofeng Mountain Ganquan. For top grade."

Rong Tai wasn't interested in hearing this, so he finished his drink in one gulp and said, "I, Rong Tai, am a rough man, just tell me the general, what do you want me to do?"

Zhong Lin looked at Rongtai and asked, "Is Sanyuan your enemy?"

Rong Tai nodded: "I am a traitor now, and Sanyuan is naturally my mortal enemy."

Zhong Lin said again: "The enemy's enemy?"

Rong Tai stared at Zhong Lin for a moment, then smiled, finished drinking the flower wine in one gulp and said, "Of course we are friends."

Zhong Lin smiled knowingly, and asked: "Zhong wants to ask the next master, which side is the most dangerous in the current situation?"

Rong Tai rolled his eyes and said, "It's either you or me."

Zhong Lin shook his head and said with a smile: "Compared to the situation of the Grand Commander, the Yue Army is still safer."

Rong Tai didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zhong Lin's gourd, and he didn't know how to answer the words for a while.

"It's been said that I'm a rough person, and the general speaks out when he has something to say."

"In front of the Qianhe army of the master, our Yue army defended the city to block the road, and then the two troops of Sanyuan blocked it. Even if your Qiantian army invaded Fengshui City, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses. Can you stop the [-] army of Sanyuan? "

This really stumped Rong Tai, and he said bluntly: "If you can't stop...if you can't stop it, you have to...block it, don't you wait to die!"

"Zhong has a suggestion." Zhong Lin sighed, put down his glass and said.

"Oh, let's hear what the general said?" This is what Rongtai cares about, and he hurriedly asked.

"My Yue army is willing to give up Fengshui City to the master."

As soon as this remark came out, Rong Tai stared at Zhong Lin with wide eyes in disbelief: "Really?"

Zhong Lin nodded: "You and I haven't hurt our vitality yet, if the Grand Commander sticks to Fengshui City, I think the Sanyuan Army will have nothing to do with you."

"Well, it makes sense." It is much safer to have a city guarded than to sleep in the wilderness.

Zhong Lin went on to say: "And we have left the Sanyuan Army's arsenal intact in Fengshui City, so the masters can use it to their heart's content."

This is what Rongtai urgently needs, and it is precisely because of the gap in weapons and equipment that his troops are always at a disadvantage in confronting the Sanyuan Army.

"If our army wins this city, it will be equivalent to blocking a strong enemy for the Yue army. Is the general too good?" Among the guards outside the pavilion, Wei Qian stood up and said. can be heard.

Zhong Lin turned to look at Wei Qian and asked, "Who are you?"

"This is Wei Qian, the staff officer of our army. He is right, so we are your scapegoats!"

Zhong Lin didn't take it seriously, stood up with a faint smile and said, "That's right." Then he looked at Wei Qian for a moment and then turned his eyes back to Rong Tai.

"But the old man wants to ask the master, do you have a better choice? Or do you want to fight with my army and let the Sanyuan army reap the benefits?"

Both Rong Tai and Wei Qian were silent. Indeed, for the Qianhe army, entering the city was the best way out. They knew that they were pushed to the front line to block the knife, but they had no choice at all. It is better to have a city to defend than to be attacked on three sides. What's more, it is more difficult to capture this city with the equipment of Qianhe Army. They have already seen the strength of Yue Army in the siege battle during the day.

Zhong Lin walked slowly out of the pavilion with his hands behind his back, he had already achieved his purpose of attending the meeting.

"We will withdraw our troops from the south gate at the end of Yinshi tonight. At that time, the west gate will also be opened at the same time. Whether you want to enter the city and stay safe, or stay in the wild to drink dew, you can choose for yourself."

(End of this chapter)