My Taoist buddy has practiced surrogacy

Chapter 209 Fate
"There is no one like you!" Jordan was furious when he heard the words, "These people are from Yizhou."

"Haven't Qiao Yan heard the saying that kindness does not command soldiers?" Hu Yan was unmoved at all, "There is no one who is immortal in a war. Qiao Chen, if you can't stand it, you can go and stay behind. Let those of us who have been in the army for a long time do it."

Li Yang stood on the row of wooden high platforms in the camp and looked at the chaos below, feeling overjoyed.It has been almost two hours since the start of the war. Although not many people are injured here, many people are already exhausted.Bows and crossbows with broken bowstrings were thrown everywhere on the wooden rafts, and some of the bow arms were even broken.He has paid great attention to the rotation of personnel, but there are too many enemies.

Winter nights always come early.He looked up at the sky, and thought that it must be Shen Shi now, and it must be less than an hour before dark.As long as the sky turns dark, the opponent will definitely retreat.It's just that today is over, what should we do tomorrow?
"Brothers, hold on for a while longer, the sky will soon turn dark, and they will retreat if we hold on for a while longer." Li Yang walked back and forth along the wooden raft, constantly cheering everyone up.

He is counting the hours here, and Luo Shang is also counting the hours there.Seeing that the ladder in front of him could not be climbed, Luo Shang already knew that today's attack was a failure. He once again underestimated the opponent's means and will to resist.

He also sent people to fight the refugees a few times before. Although he didn't win, it can't be said that he lost miserably every time. Even Qin Si's troops could gain the upper hand every time.This time he personally led the army, thinking that he could wipe out the opponent in one fell swoop, but he didn't want the opponent's camp to be so sinister.Not to mention capturing the opponent, they didn't even touch the opponent's camp.

His official life was very smooth.He made his debut as a member of the army when Wang Rong conquered Wu. Along the way, the Wu people looked forward to the wind and surrendered, and never encountered such tenacious resistance.

He thought of his uncle Luo Xian back then.After the empress of the Shu merchants surrendered to Zhong Ai, Luo Xian, who was the prefect of Badong at that time, guarded Yong'an at that time.When people were panicking, Soochow took the opportunity to attack the city and seize territory under the banner of helping Shu merchants.As for Luo Xian's governors, with less than 8000 people, they defeated [-] elite soldiers of Eastern Wu. At that time, he was in his uncle's house and personally experienced the battle that lasted for half a year.

With these two combat experiences, Luo Shang has always thought that he is also an all-rounder who can make a country peaceful and strong.But he never imagined that a small wave of refugees could embarrass him so much.

"My lord," Jordan hurried back from the front, "the front is too chaotic. From the point of view of my subordinates, it is difficult to achieve success today. It is better to withdraw the front troops back to expand the camp while it is still early. Wait until tomorrow. It’s not too late to attack again.”

"Yes, Lord Envoy." This time, Qiao Deng returned with Qin Bang, and he said with a sad and indignant face: "The refugee's trench was dug too skillfully, and our ladder couldn't be put up at all. The soldiers over there were completely passively beaten, almost powerless to fight back. Withdraw the troops, Lord Shijun!"

"Well, if I knew this, I shouldn't have come out to lead the army today." Luo Shang himself didn't know that today he would not be able to take down the opponent no matter what, he had been waiting for someone to come and persuade him to have a step down.

He first turned his head and inspected the expressions of the surrounding people, all of them looked at him with anticipation, as if they were waiting for him to say the word withdrawal.

"Then let's withdraw." Luo Shang thought to himself, and he paused when he was about to say the word withdraw.

He saw the inadvertent sneer at the corner of Jiang Fa's mouth at the far end.

In an instant, a strong sense of shame welled up from the bottom of his heart, followed by anger.

People from other states saw it as a joke!

He was actually underestimated by the vulgar barbarians!

"Bold Qin Si, you actually utter nonsense to disturb our army's morale!" Luo Shang's face suddenly became extremely cold when he thought of this, "If you can't take down the refugee camp today, you should raise your head to see me."

Seeing Qiao Deng and Qin Si's stunned and puzzled expressions, Luo Shang shouted at Qiao Deng again: "Jorden, beat the drums to cheer, the whole army will attack, and take down the opponent's camp!"

"What?" On the other side of the camp, Jian Lan and Ru Ban looked at each other after hearing Luo Shang's latest order delivered by the knights rushing over on horseback. Their first reaction was whether they had misheard. up.

The battle on their side was far less intense than that on Qin Bang's side. The attack here was feeble, and the shots on the other side were sparse.As early as three days ago, before the rain stopped, Jian Lan and Ru Ban received a "guest" in their camp, Yan Shi.

Although Yan Shi brought them a large amount of gold baht, they accepted it without hesitation.Yan Shi didn't stay long, and didn't even mention about their attack on the refugees. After chatting casually for a few words, he left.Ru Ban and Jian Lan were secretly relieved that they were not asked to make any promises.But after collecting other people's property, they naturally slowed down their attack.Ru Ban, who observed carefully, first discovered that not only them, but also the troops of Yuefeng County in Hanjia County on the side seemed to have a lot of momentum, but the actual effect was very poor.

"Damn it, all those bastards took money from Yan Shi." Ru Ban cursed in his heart, but he felt more at ease in his heart.

"That guy Yan Shi is a wonderful person. After breaking through the camp, he can't be killed by the rebels." Ru Ban thought so early in the morning.In his opinion, even if he released the water himself, the refugees would definitely not be able to win.When Shen Shi was about to pass, Ru Ban had already lost all thoughts of crossing the river in the morning.

"Well, I'm afraid that Yan Shi and the others will persist until the evening, and then they will sneak away at night. This is very good, and there will be no need to fight each other tomorrow. It is best for you refugees to return to Yongqin and Qinzhou. We will meet again in the future We can still be friends."

But at this time, Luo Shang suddenly ordered the whole army to attack, which made Ru Ban stunned.

From Ru Ban's point of view, Luo Shang, who hadn't done any investigation and preparation in advance, would definitely not be able to take him down today even if they didn't release the water.For the current plan, the most sensible approach is to quickly set up camp, and then plan for the long term.As long as sufficient preparations are made, these two trenches are nothing to fear in front of an army of [-].Fill them completely, and the camp will be very easy to break through.

"Old Ru," Jian Lan also looked puzzled, "What should we do?"

"What should we do?" Ru Ban quickly calculated in his mind, and then his face changed drastically: "Old Jian, do you think we can capture the opponent today?"

"Impossible." Jian Lan has been in the army for a long time, she has already seen this clearly, and scolded Luo Shang many times in her heart.

"The sky is going to get dark." Ru Ban said to Jian Lan in a low voice, "but our camp on the Pishui side is just that small. It's really night and the weather is still so cold. No, there is nowhere to retreat. Old Jian, what will happen when you talk about it?"

Hearing this, a thin layer of sweat suddenly appeared on Jian Lan's dark forehead, she opened her mouth wide open for a while before saying two words in horror: "Ying Xiao!"

Historical records: In November of the fourth year of Yongtai, Luo Shang, the governor of Yizhou, led an army to attack the Pishui refugee camp, which was unfavorable.Seeing that Luoshang's camp was in disarray, Li Yang led a thousand men to make a surprise attack that night, and Luoshang's camp collapsed.Since then, Yizhou has no spare power to conquer the refugees. Luo Shang has no choice but to appeal to the imperial court, asking Jingzhou to send troops into Shu to suppress the refugees.

After the defeat of Luoshang, the people of Yizhou counties were panic-stricken as they were facing the enemy, and the tyrants from all over the country built fortresses for defense, lest they heard the news of the refugees crossing the river that day.The city gates of all counties are strictly closed even during the day, and no one who is not related to the city is allowed to enter the city.Especially some counties near Pishui, such as Pixian, Niudang, Zizhong and so on.

In Yizhou in winter, the sun is always not so refreshing. Although the wind is not strong, the weather is getting colder and colder.People from all over the country can hardly see anyone in the wild except for the construction of docks for the local people.Of course, it's not that there are no people.

After the defeat of the Luoshang army that day, the remnants of the defeated soldiers were scattered all over the place, either in groups of three or five, or in groups of a dozen or so, and many of them were alone or alone.

On this day, in the outskirts of Niutang County, a girl riding a maroon horse appeared.There was a snow-white fox fur trimmed on her collar, and the eyelashes on a pair of big eyes were long and curled up, but the expression in these beautiful big eyes was blank.

This girl is none other than Xin Wan from the Xin family in Zitong, and her father is Xin Ran, the prefect of Guanghan.

Xin Wan, who ran away from home alone for the first time, tragically lost her way.

She ran away to find Jordan, and she wanted Jordan to tell him some shady things about his father.Xin Wan accidentally overheard the conversation between his father and his brother a few days ago, and only then did she know that his father had always been closely related to the refugees, and even those rumors about the refugees wanting to plant wells and so on were all sent by his father released.And even before Luo Shang attacked the refugee camp, her father, who was sticking to the isolated city of Deyang, secretly sent someone to give Li Yang tens of thousands of feather arrows.

"Wan'er," Xin Ran didn't panic when he saw her daughter's shocked face behind the screen after hearing her exclamation, he just said: "It's about adults, children don't talk too much, you As long as you know one thing, being a father is not for me alone, but for more than 300 people in our Xin family."

Later, her elder brother who always loved her explained to her: "Father almost lost the whole of Guanghan. The only chance to save it is that other counties and counties also fell into the hands of refugees. In this way, if the law does not blame the public, the court will not be punished." I will kill my father. My father has already moved many of our family's things to Yicheng, Jingzhou. As long as the refugees defeat Luo Shijun, my father will give up Deyang City and lead everyone away from Yicheng. Over there The eunuch is my father's old official, so I have no worries about living in peace."

After Luo Shang's defeat, when the Xin family was busy moving, Xin Wan saw an opportunity and ran out.In any case, she could not understand what her father and her brother did.She wanted to find her elder brother Deng and tell him these things, telling him that it was the military rations that Guanghan gave to General Yabo, but in fact most of them were given to Li Xiang, not Yabo.

It's just that she has never traveled far alone, so she got lost as a matter of course.She originally planned to go to CD, but she came to Niujia, and she couldn't enter the gate of the county seat.She was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and it was the first time she knew what it meant to suffer from hunger and cold.

At this moment, she was riding after a gray hare that had been fat.She had gone hunting with her brothers before, but she was always quiet and kind-hearted, and she usually didn't hunt and kill prey. She usually watched her brothers happily hunting there.However, now that she was extremely hungry, she had already put those unbearable things behind her, and even regretted why she didn't practice archery back then.She had shot several arrows in a row, but unfortunately, the hare was too fast.Not only did her few arrows miss, they even missed by a long distance.

Just as she was chasing more and more desperate, suddenly, a long arrow shot from a distance, shooting down the hare that had almost got into the woods.Then, two men in tattered clothes walked out of the woods, one of them happily ran towards the place where the rabbit rolled, while the other held a bow and arrow and looked at Xin Wan who was stopping the galloping horse.

If it were before, Xin Wan would definitely turn around and leave without saying a word.But now she was really hungry for almost a day, which made her almost unable to move.She wanted to speak, but her face turned red as she had never spoken like this before, but she couldn't say a word.

"Hoo!" The man holding the two long ears of the rabbit that was still kicking its legs returned and saw Xin Wan approaching them on horseback, he couldn't help but whistled happily.I saw that he looked to be in his 20s, with disheveled hair, muddy hands on his face, and a few yellow teeth exposed in his wide open mouth.

"Wow, what a beautiful girl!" After hunting a fat hare just now, and meeting such a beautiful woman as Xin Wan, this man couldn't help but be tempted.Several of them were deserters after the defeat that day, and they were rushing to their respective hometowns together.Not to mention today's predicament, but in normal times, with his status, how could he meet a beautiful woman from a big family like Xin Wan.

"Brother Shen," the man winked at the man holding the bow and arrow, "Look..."

This brother Shen looked very majestic, and there was a greedy expression in his eyes looking at Xin Wan and her steed.

"Which eldest lady is lost?" Shen Ge thought to himself: "In such a chaotic situation, we did this vote, and no one will know. At that time, everyone will go their own way. How can this kind of thing happen?" will not be found out again."

After making up his mind, Brother Shen showed a warm smile on his face and said, "Is this lady hungry? It's fate for you to meet by chance, come and have a meal together. Sixth, why don't you hurry up and lead the horse for this noble lady. "

Xin Wan did not doubt that he was there, thanked him repeatedly, and followed the two into the woods.A fire had already been lit in the woods, and there were three people on the other side of the fire, who were holding branches and sticking things in their hands to barbecue. When they saw Xin Wan behind Brother Shen, the three of them were taken aback for a moment, and then they all burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)