This is not a very big military camp, and you can tell how many tents there are almost at a glance. After Fang Jie entered the door, he was at the back of the barracks. About three miles in front of the barracks is the earthen city that is designated as a battlefield today. This barracks is one of the teams led by the three hot young heroes of the Martial Arts Institute, but it is not known who it belongs to.
Because it was at the back of the barracks, Fang Xie's luck was that there were only two soldiers guarding the small gate in front of him.
Unfortunately, as soon as he entered the door, someone held his neck with a horizontal knife.
"Who are you!"
The soldier holding the knife asked in a cold voice. Fang Xie could feel the other party's eyes and stared at his neck coldly. That's right, he was not staring at his face, but his neck. He was born in the frontier army of the Great Sui Dynasty, and he has a thorough understanding of the military laws of the Great Sui Dynasty. He knew that under the current situation, as long as he behaved a little unusually, the soldier would definitely cut off the knife without hesitation.
According to the military law of the Great Sui Dynasty, anyone, anyone who trespassed in the barracks, after the soldiers on duty found out, they could even kill them without asking the commander.
Back in the imperial court, a young master from the second grade Shangshu, because he was curious about what the barracks of the city defense army in Chang'an City looked like, took a few servants to climb in through the wall, but he jumped in and was discovered by the soldiers patrolling the camp. Then he shouted loudly and ordered those people to kneel down immediately.
Not all the princes of the aristocratic family are shrewd and extremely sophisticated people, there will always be a few ignorant people. Unfortunately, Lord Shangshu's son belongs to this kind of person.
I don't even have the right to ask him to kneel down.
So he cursed loudly, thinking that he could scare the battalion soldiers. Who knew that after the other party called him three times to hug his head and kneel down, a rain of arrows shot at him without hesitation. Including the young master, four or five people were shot into hedgehogs.
This incident was very popular in Chang'an City at that time, and people were talking about it in the streets and alleys. According to Fang Jie's understanding, on the surface, there must be no fuss about this matter. But those soldiers who shot and killed the young master may soon disappear out of people's sight. Generally, the handling of this kind of matter will never be put on the bright side. Perhaps the person in power on the bright side will not only comfort the Lord Shangshu, but also criticize it hypocritically.
Indulging one's own children is also a crime of poor parenting. If it goes deeper, it can even be defined as contempt for the Sui military law.
But in the dark, those in power will inevitably kill a few people to give an explanation to Lord Shangshu. After all, compared with a Shangshu from the second grade, the death of a few small soldiers is really nothing.
In fact, things are not as Fang Xie guessed. Because Fang Jie had the habitual thinking of his previous life, it was easy to speculate in dark ways.
This is Da Sui, not Fang Jie's previous life.
Lord Shangshu, who was suffering from the pain of losing his son, the first thing he did was to make an apology for His Majesty. Then he took off the beam crown by himself and thought about his mistakes behind closed doors. The emperor issued a decree and issued stern words of reprimand to the whole country, only a few words of comfort at the end of the decree. Those soldiers who killed people were not punished at all.
Although, none of them was promoted because of this, and even six or seven years later, none of them was promoted to even a low-level officer like Dui Zheng.
As for what kind of comfort His Majesty gave to the Shang Shu, no one would pay attention to it.
So the crisis that Fang Jie is facing now is how to use the shortest sentence to make the soldiers in front of him suppress their killing intent. Before he said that he was delivering food, he could only stop the man's knife for a few seconds.
"Actually, I'm a spy."
He said six words.
The soldier holding the knife froze for a moment, then looked back at his companion.
"Take him to see General Luo!"
The other soldier made a decision without hesitation, which made Fang Xie slightly relieved. The next thing he had to do was to think of a good excuse to get himself out before meeting that General Luo. He doesn't have Big Dog and Mu Xiaoyao by his side now, and he has a broken right arm.
All he had was a rusty broken knife... No, the knife was also confiscated.
Following behind that soldier, Fang Xie's mind began to work rapidly. He has no time to think about who he has offended so that he has fallen into such a dangerous situation. What he has to do is to think of a way in the shortest time, at least... get out of here alive.
"Are you sent by Li Fubo or Yu Xiao?"
After walking a few steps, the soldier suddenly asked in a cold voice.
Fang Jie's mind suddenly lit up.
"After meeting General Luo, I will naturally say so."
He puffed up his chest and looked quite proud.
The soldier looked at Fang Jie for a few moments, and said with a sneer, "You can pretend, but if you really had the guts, you would immediately confess that you are a spy? Also... the person who sent you was drunk, why did you choose someone like you?" ... crippled?"
Fang Jie was taken aback, and subconsciously looked at his arm.
He looked up at the soldier and said seriously: "The reason why I immediately admitted my identity is because I have no hope of finding out any information. Since I was discovered just after entering your camp, it is better to admit it directly If you want to be beaten or punished, it is up to you. As for why I didn’t tell you who sent me, because you are not qualified to listen.”
The answer was arrogant, even irritating.
But the soldier who led the way was not angry, and actually smiled and said: "We are all soldiers selected by You Zuowei, and today we are just our own masters. Who will really beat you and punish you? If you fail, you will be punished." If it fails, at worst, you will be locked up first and then released after the end."
Right Zuowei.
Fang Jie memorized this key word, and quickly sorted out the news about the Six Armies of the Great Sui Emperor that he had specially inquired about in his mind.
General Youzuowei is Xu Xiaogong, General Youzuowei is Xie Ran.
"What the hell happened to your arm?"
The soldier couldn't help asking curiously.
Fang Jie was silent for a while and said seriously: "After getting the order, he slipped out from our barracks, but was mistaken by the people in the barracks for deserters. When he was in a hurry to escape, he climbed over the wall and fell, and picked up a tree branch at random. Tear off a piece of clothing and tie it up."
"You're out of luck!"
The soldier had to sigh with emotion: "It's also stupid!"
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Although none of the three young masters participating in the competition today had official military positions, there was nothing wrong with the soldiers calling them generals. No matter who these three people win the first prize, after leaving the Martial Arts Academy, the three of them will have the official position of fifth-rank general at the worst.
When Fang Jie first saw Luo Wen, who was called General Xiao Luo, he felt that this was a person who couldn't laugh at all and didn't understand what was funny.
cold.
Cold as ice.
Rowan, who was wearing a black suit and no armor, sat on a chair and glanced indifferently at Fang Jie who was escorted in. This kind of indifference can also be understood as aloof. Just a look in the eyes can declare the gap and distance between you and him who are definitely not in the same world.
He is not tall and burly, of medium build. About 1.75 meters tall, neither fat nor thin, with perfect body proportions. Broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs.
I have to say, this is a very handsome man.
Jianmei, bright eyes.
The edges and corners are sharp, and there is no expression on the face. His eyes are big, his nose is high, the beard on his jaw is cleanly shaved, and he looks clean and tidy.
He just glanced at Fang Jie indifferently, then turned his gaze back to the map on the table again. It was a map of Tucheng, marked in great detail. He held a charcoal pencil in his hand, and many lines had been drawn on the map. Although it was still far away, Fang Jie could tell that every line on the map represented that he had denied his own attack route.
"Go ahead and let him go back by himself after it's over."
Luo Wen gave an order lightly, without even raising his head to look at Fang Xie again.
A few soldiers at the door came over immediately and were about to untie Fang.
"Don't tie it up."
Luo Wen waved his hand, motioning for the soldiers to take Fang Jie away.
"Don't you ask me, who sent me?"
Fang Jie asked.
Rowan didn't answer, and his attention remained on the map.
"Even if you don't want to know who sent me, don't you want to know how others prepare to attack?"
Fang Jie asked again.
Luo Wen still didn't look up, but said indifferently: "You are such a useless pawn, it would be strange if you can know how your general arranges the attack. Go out, I won't make things difficult for you, after all, you There are not many soldiers from Youzuowei, General Xu Xiaogong assigned us, if you detain one of them, my opponent will be one less, although the loss of you has almost no effect on the battle situation."
"have!"
Fang Jie took a slow breath and said, "You buckled me, not because your opponent lost a pawn, but because you gained an extra pawn, a very useful pawn."
Luo Wen finally couldn't help raising his head, and glanced at Fang Jie for the second time.
"Go ahead."
Luo Wen shook his head slightly and said: "I know how strong your desire to express yourself is, maybe you took the initiative to ask to come to me to inquire about the news. After being discovered, your chance to express yourself over there was cut off, so you are in front of me. That's what it looks like."
There was no sarcasm in the tone, but it hurt more than any sarcasm.
A few soldiers came up and were about to push Fang Xie down, Fang Xie smiled disdainfully and asked his last question that caught Luo Wen's attention: "Is the general waiting for dark?"
This sentence froze Luo Wen's action of drawing a route on the blueprint with a pen. He looked up at Fang Jie for the third time, and the meaning in his eyes had changed.
"what's your name?"
he asks.
"It does not matter."
Fang Jie broke away from a soldier who was trying to drag him out, smiled and said with a touch of disdain: "I am not a spy, I am just an unknown person who was tricked into the general's place by accident. I walked all the way just now I took a look by the way, and there should be no more than 500 people in your barracks. I also took a look at the Tucheng from a distance. If there are more than 300 defenders in the Tucheng, your 500 people Even if you break the envoy, you can't attack, even if it is a night attack."
"The general is waiting for the dark, and the other two must be waiting for the dark. And... the three of you should not only be waiting for the dark, but also waiting for others to strike first. In such a siege contest, the third person to make the move is obviously It’s much cheaper than being the first to shoot, if it were me, I wouldn’t be the first one to lead people up to kill foolishly.”
After Fang explained these words, he looked at Luo Wen, waiting for his answer.
Luo Wen was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "I believe you."
"Why?"
Fang Jie was taken aback.
Luo Wen pointed to the dead branch tied to Fang Jie's right arm and said, "It's a dead branch of a plum tree. There are no plum trees in the martial arts arena, and even from here to the imperial capital, there are no plum trees on either side of the official road. You came out of the city, and you must have been led in here if you could come here."
He paused and said: "No matter what wrong I have suffered, since you have entered my camp, since you can see what I am waiting for, then you should finish your thoughts honestly, otherwise ... I don't mind killing you now."
Luo Wen looked at Fang Jie and said seriously: "You are not a soldier of General Xu Xiaogong, maybe you are not even a soldier, you are just a thief who broke into the barracks, if I wanted to, no one would blame me if I chopped you into pieces What."
"I am a soldier, and I know the strict and solemn laws of the Sui army, so I know that you are not trying to scare me, general. The reason why I have always wanted to attract the general's idea is to do something for the general. Because only by helping you, you Only then can I help me. At least... If no one is willing to go all the way with me, it will be difficult for me to do even such a simple thing as returning to the imperial capital. Since those who want to kill me cannot kill me with a borrowed knife, they have to use the knife themselves gone."
Luo Wen nodded, thought for a while and said, "I don't care who you offend, and I don't care if the person you offend can't even offend me. But if you can figure out how to break the ground, I can at least Let you enter the city safely."
"make a deal."
Fang Jie nodded and said, "It's enough for me to enter the city."
Luo Wen began to like the confidence in the boy's tone, although the boy's appearance was a bit strange.
"If what you said is true, then I can only say that you are very smart. The person who tried to harm you this time did not succeed, and with your wisdom, it may not succeed next time."
"When you are always in crisis, don't dare to be stupid."
Luo Wen didn't carefully understand the meaning of this sentence. He didn't know Fang Jie's life experience, so he couldn't think of anything else. So he didn't continue this topic, but simply talked about the content of this competition, then pointed to the map that he had denied countless attack plans and said: "Look at the map, if you can understand it."
Fang Jie shook his head: "There are two thousand defenders, and the general has only five hundred soldiers. Now is not the time to look at the picture, because no matter how you look at it, this battle will not be won. To win the first prize... I'm afraid Dean Zhou didn't want to let him go." One of you can take that title away."
On the viewing platform, Prince Yi Yang Yin rubbed his frowning brows, and asked Dean Zhou beside him, "Mr. Zhou, why haven't there been any movements?"
Zhou Banchuan took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I can't fight in the daytime today, maybe it will be dark. This competition is limited to three days, don't worry... don't worry."
Xu Xiaogong, the general of Youzuowei who was sitting on the side, couldn't help sighing: "If I were to fight this battle, I'm afraid I won't know how to do it for a while. It's difficult to win the championship."
"Win the championship?"
Dean Zhou smiled and said inscrutably: "Five hundred soldiers per person, let alone you fight, I can't win either. Wanting to win the championship... is a dream."
"Then what do you mean?"
Yang Yin asked puzzledly.
"There is only one way to break through the Tucheng. Let's see which of the three of them can think of it. Whoever thinks of it first will be the number one!"