Xie Ming

Chapter 436: Sleepless Night
On a cool autumn night, moisture condensed outdoors. Even with Xiao Jingchuan wrapped in a cloak, he still felt damp all over and it was very uncomfortable!
So I simply stopped struggling to pretend to sleep, straightened my body and sat up straight!
At this moment, suddenly, Gu Changting got a small charcoal stove from somewhere and it appeared in front of him!

"warlord?!"

"Hey, I knew you couldn't sleep!"

"Here, I just boiled some water and made you some hot tea!"

"Hurry! Drink a few sips to drive away the cold and relieve fatigue!" Chang Ting was rarely smart.

But when Xiao Lang heard him talking about hot tea, he frowned!

"kindness?!"

"Hot, hot tea?!"

"Damn it! I'm ordering the entire army to forbid open flames!"

"You kid, are you looking for a fight?!"

"Where did the fire start?"

"Go and kill him!"

"If you cause any trouble, I won't be able to kick you to death!" Xiao You scolded, listening to the tone.

"Uh, this"

"Oh, don't worry! No one saw it!"

"I just looked down and had nothing to do. I walked around the camp and found a pile of rocks at the back of the east slope. It was half a person high and blocked the wind from all sides!"

"Hey, I saw that there was no one around, so I started a fire!"

"With those stones blocking the way, there's no light from outside at all!"

"Drink, Overseer!"

"No problem!" Changting also argued!
“Bullshit!”

"If there is no fire, I'm afraid of smoke!"

"It's been raining for days, everything is damp, where are you going to find dry firewood?!"

"Even though it's late at night, the sky is not bright and it's dark all around!"

"But don't relax for a moment!"

"Tartar soldiers usually have the habit of fishing and hunting!"

"If I see even a trace of your smoke from miles away, it will be troublesome!"

"You're still being stubborn!" Xiao considered the overall situation and his words did not allow for discussion!

Hearing this, Changting also pursed his lips and looked aggrieved.

Reluctantly, he lowered his head and said nothing!
"listen!"

"When we get to Dezhou, I'll go to the central army and order twenty lashes!"

"A small punishment is a big lesson!"

Seeing Changting's suffocating look, Xiao was helpless and could only make up for it with a few words, then turn the page and forget about it!
"Hehehe"

"Got it!"

"I know!"

"General, drink a few sips quickly, or it will get cold soon!"

Seeing that Shangguan Yan seemed to be relieved, Changting also took the opportunity to change his expression, and insisted on smiling and continuing the conversation.

After hearing this, Xiao didn't say anything more. Instead, he nodded and started talking, taking a few sips from the rim of the glass!
"call--"

The steaming tea flows down my throat and rushes into my stomach!
Xiao Jingchuan let out a long breath, and instantly felt his whole body was much warmer than before!

After taking two more sips to fill his stomach, Xiao pulled his cloak again, opened a gap, stretched his arms and stretched his muscles!
Then he said something else!
"Ugh"

"I don't know what the situation is in Texas City right now!"

"Li Hongsheng has about a thousand men and horses. If the city is heavily guarded, it may be difficult to capture it successfully in a short time!"

"Don't wait until the time comes that we go there with all our might, only to find that we can't get into Dezhou city gate!"

"Humph!"

"At that time, there will be no way to retreat!"

Xiao Jingchuan was able to relax and discuss the subsequent matters. He couldn't help but sigh and feel worried!

After listening to this, Changting spoke some comforting words.

"Hi!"

"General, please be more tolerant!"

"If you ask me, there's no problem with Li Hongsheng!" He felt inexplicably confident.

"Besides, the soldiers we lost in Gaotang are helping him to reinforce the enemy troops in Yuandezhou!"

"Since the bandit leader, Shi Tingzhu, wants to send reinforcements to the north!"

"Then it must be that the defense of Dezhou City was insufficient, so he had to send troops back!" "Otherwise, why would he do such a thing?!"

The Chief Justice has a pure mind and his judgments are simple and direct.

However, what you said does conform to the basic logical motivation!

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan couldn't help but laugh miserably.

"Hehehe"

"I hope so!"

"It would be nice if everyone in the world were as simple as you!"

"Well, it's true that we're sending reinforcements to the north, but it's still hard to say whether Texas is short of garrisons or not!"

"No way!"

"If it's true, Texas can't be defeated!"

"Then, we can only work harder and then continue east to Deping for a rest!" Xiao was speaking melancholy, muttering to himself.

But it is engraved like this!

Suddenly!

In the low place to the west, in the dark night, there seemed to be several people, groping towards it upwards!
Xiao and Gu both felt something was wrong at the same moment, and they both stared alertly and tilted their heads to look in the same direction!
Da da da.
Da da da.
"Ha ha ha ha."

"Hahaha"

"Ogawa! Ogawa!"

As the black shadow came running, he also called out Xiao Lang's name!
Before seeing the person, I heard a burst of laughter!
Hearing the noise, Generals Xiao and Gu, who had been tense, relaxed instantly.

"Hahaha, Ogawa!"

"Come on! Take a look!"

"Look what good stuff I brought you!"

As soon as he said this, Yuan Ping, dressed in black clothes, black boots and a black hood, rushed out from the shadows and appeared in front of Xiao Lang!

Before others arrived, the three or five bloody heads in their hands were thrown to Xiao Lang's feet under the tree!
Gulu!
His head rolled over several times, picking up a lot of wet mud from the ground!

Seeing this, Xiao and Gu were both horrified!

But, after all, they are all soldiers, and a few heads are not enough to scare them!
Seeing this, Xiao Zuo was puzzled and asked with a frown.

"Yuan, I'm talking to Brother Yuan!"

"You, where have you been in the dark? I can't find you for a long time!"

"Is this head from the enemy cavalry?!"

"But are the pursuers coming again?!"

Xiao Yan asked hurriedly, and after thinking about it, his heart was also in pain!

But when he heard this question, Yuan Ping just waved his hand and didn't take it seriously!

"what?!"

"Hi!"

"Hehehe"

"Don't panic, don't panic!"

"The enemy team hasn't discovered our whereabouts so quickly!"

"I led my brothers to the northwest and ran more than 20 miles before I caught these wolf cubs!"

"Damn, these enemy scouting teams are so cunning!"

"If it weren't for the confiscated Tartar horses, coupled with the fact that it was pitch black at night, it would have affected our judgment!"

"I'm afraid it's still hard to get such a catch! Huh?!"

"Ha ha."

Yuan Ping seems to be very satisfied with his team's current performance!
As he was speaking, Chen Jiulang and Lan Qi (formerly a garrison officer of Huchen's army, after the attack on the northern camp of Dezhou, they were sent to follow Yuan Ping's instructions!) who had also hurriedly followed him up the high slope were also holding a few enemy heads in their hands. When they got close, they threw the heads out and piled them together!

The scene was once quite spectacular!
Xiao Lang counted roughly and estimated that there were at least twenty of them!
Seeing this, Yuan Ping spoke again.

"Ha ha!"

"Don't count!"

"There are still a few more of them among the people below. There are a total of 29 thieves. I have counted them all!"

"How?!"

"Without any weapons, we will just fight fiercely with swords!"

"There are more than 70 people on my team, and we exchanged 5 for 29. Is this record acceptable? Huh?!"

(End of this chapter)