Xie Ming

Chapter 28 Action!

Just after Xiao Jingchuan explained the complete combat plan, Sun Peizhong asked seriously.

"General, what if the bandits don't attack the mountain?"

"Don't attack? If the thief doesn't come towards me, then I will go towards the thief!" Qiu Zhizhong interjected.

"Haha, that's right!"

"Pei Zhong, if the enemy has no intention of attacking in the short term, then we can't just wait here foolishly any longer!"

"I always feel that the longer this matter is delayed, the greater the variables may be, and there may be unexpected events!"

"Well, wait for me to lead the main force to move, and then you wait for a quarter of an hour!"

"If he doesn't attack you in a quarter of an hour, you can take the initiative to feint an attack, create a lot of momentum, and attract the enemy soldiers to surround him." Xiao Jingchuan said.

"Yes! I understand!" Sun Peizhong replied firmly.

"General! General!"

"Move! Enemy troops are gathering on the east coast!"

At this moment, Gu Changting, who was watching through a monocular telescope, suddenly reported loudly.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan was startled and quickly grabbed the telescope to take a closer look.

"Haha, speak of the devil, and here he comes!"

"Here they come! They are on the east bank of the Hun River below us. The bandits who are coming to reinforce us are arriving one after another!"

"Yo! One, three, five, and eight more falconets!"

"Okay, okay, good job!"

As he spoke, Xiao Lang could not hide his excitement and patted Gu Changting's shoulder a few times.

Gu Changting also had an injury on his shoulder, and when he hit him like that, he grimaced in pain.

"Fei Yu (Qiu Zhizhong), let's go, it's time for us to get on the road!"

"There is no time to lose, we must act now!"

After saying that, Xiao Jingchuan strode forward, followed by Qiu Zhizhong, Gu Changting and Wang Chuanwu, leaving Sun Peizhong alone.

But just when Xiao Lang had taken less than ten steps, he suddenly turned back.

"Pei Zhong, you... after we leave, lead the soldiers to move eastward to a hundred steps away to wait for the enemy. Protect yourself as well. They brought the Portuguese cannon. Although the power of this cannon is not great, a few rounds of volleys will still pose a great threat to you. You are leading the troops here, so you must be careful, understand?" Xiao Lang said with concern.

"Okay, I understand, General!" Sun Peizhong replied.

Xiao Jingchuan turned around and left again!
But within ten steps, he turned back.

"Pei Zhong, before we leave, I will ask Chang Ting to instruct the soldiers below to leave more food for you and your hundred men, enough for you to use for ten days!"

"Well, okay, General, let's go!" Sun Peizhong was very grateful to see the general treat him like this.

After Xiao Lang turned around, he took ten steps back again.

"Pei Zhong, remember, fight and retreat at the same time. Don't fight too long. Save your strength and protect yourself!"

"It doesn't matter whether I, Xiao Jingchuan, can cross the Hun River this time, but I can't live without you, Sun Peizhong. Remember this, kid!"

"If you see things are going badly, run away. I'll be waiting for you on the other side! Do you understand?!"

"General!!"

Sun Peizhong's eyes were filled with tears. Seeing Xiao Jingchuan entrusting him with such a heavy responsibility, how could he not be moved.

"I, Sun Peizhong, have met a wise master in my life. Even if I die, I have no regrets!"

As he said this, he solemnly knelt on one knee in front of Xiao Jingchuan, and burst into tears as he clasped his fists.

"Sun Peizhong, you better remember this! I want Peizhong alive, not the dead deputy general!"

"No matter what, you must stay alive and run to meet me. Do you understand? Repeat it to me!"

Xiao Jingchuan also showed his true nature.

"Yes! No matter what, I must survive and reunite with the general!"

Xiao Lang gritted his teeth and sniffed, suppressing his emotions.

He knew that there was no time to delay any longer and the overall situation was more important, so Xiao Jingchuan slapped Sun Peizhong's shoulders heavily with both hands.

"Let's go!"

After he finished speaking, Xiao Lang never looked back, and finally led the other three people and moved away.

18:45 PM (:).

Xiao Jingchuan's group hurried along the way and approached the foggy area that the fishing village had to pass through to the west. "Old Xiao, this foggy area is not big, there is no need to stop, just go straight through it quickly."

Qiu Zhizhong chased to Xiao Lang and reminded him.

"Well, okay!" Xiao Jingchuan understood.

But just as the troops in front of the foggy area were about to continue marching forward, they suddenly heard heavy artillery fire from behind!

Boom boom boom!
Dozens of shots, dozens of shots!
More than 400 soldiers were immediately startled by the noise and their marching stopped immediately.

Xiao Jingchuan also looked back where he came from.

"It's Peizhong who's fighting started!" Xiao Langyan said.

"Yes, the east direction should not be wrong!" Qiu Zhizhong replied.

"Let's go! We must speed up our march again!"

"Soldiers! Don't stop, hurry! Go through the fog at full speed!"

As he spoke, Xiao Jingchuan ran into the fog first, followed closely by Qiu Zhizhong, Gu Changting and others.

At this moment, the sky was even darker than when Liu, Gong and Qiu first came here!
However, Xiao Jingchuan and his men were destined to be unable to light torches for lighting as they marched, so they were almost marching in the dark all the way. It was normal that they were a little late.

But when Xiao Lang heard about the fierce artillery fire that had just attacked the mountain, he knew in his heart that even if Sun Peizhong was brave and resourceful, he might not be able to hold out for long under this scale of firepower.

Therefore, at the moment, the effective window time they can get to cross the river will only be shorter than previously predicted!

"Everyone, hurry! Faster!"

"Discard the useless things and speed up the march for me!"

"quick!"

Xiao Jingchuan shouted in the fog.

It didn't take long before this team of more than 400 people appeared on the ridge facing north of the small fishing village!

Xiao Jingchuan did not stop and organized his soldiers to continue to descend the mountain quickly.

In order to save time, he did not go into the village to explore, but ran directly to the reed marsh half a mile west of the village.

Fortunately, there are no bandits or soldiers here now.

But even so, there was a major flaw in Xiao Jingchuan's previous plan to cross the river!

That is, no one has ever actually seen those old rafts!
"General! Not good!" Gu Changting said.

"Why? What's the matter?"

After Gu Changting came down the mountain, he led a team of soldiers and rushed to the front. The vanguard rushed to the vicinity of the reed marsh. Xiao Jingchuan followed closely behind. As soon as he got close, he heard Gu Changting's report.

"General, there is no raft!"

"There's not a single raft in this reed marsh?! What should we do?!"

Gu Changting was extremely anxious and slapped his thigh anxiously!

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan's head buzzed and he stopped where he was.

Qiu Zhizhong who was standing by was also greatly shocked!

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

"Changting, have you looked carefully?!" Qiu Zhizhong was also extremely anxious.

"Oh, Mr. Qiu, how dare I not be careful at this critical moment!" Gu Changting retorted.

"Don't panic, don't lose your composure!" It was Xiao Jingchuan who stepped in to calm the two of them.

"Wang Chuanwu!"

"To!"

"Take a few people with you and search eastward from here until you reach the foot of the fishing village. If you find nothing, you can return!"

"Yes, sir!" Wang Chuanwu left quickly.

"Changting, lead a group of soldiers westward along the river. The old chief of the fishing village might have remembered the distance wrongly!"

"You rush west and investigate. Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong) and I will lead a large group of soldiers to follow closely behind!"

"Yes!"

Gu Changting took the order anxiously and rushed out to the west!
Xiao Jingchuan and Qiu Zhizhong looked at each other, both worried. There was nothing they could do. Since they had come this far, they had to bite the bullet and keep going!

(End of this chapter)