The next morning, when the morning mist swelled, and the mountains in front of Loushan Pass were shrouded in mist, like a fairyland, Ye Xiaotian's soldiers suddenly found that there was another young master with charming eyebrows, red lips and white teeth beside the chieftain, so the chieftain The "good reputation" that adults are both beautiful and fond of children spreads even more.
Zhan Ning'er is a woman, although she has a feminine personality, but a woman is a woman after all, and a woman's intuition is terrifyingly accurate. From Ye Xiaotian's anxious appearance last night, and the way he looked at Tian Yufeng, she could easily tell that there seemed to be something ambiguous between the two of them. In addition, Tian Yufeng once said that she might already have Ye Xiaotian's flesh and blood in order to protect herself.
As a result, Liu Dadao struggled forward through a mountain, a ridge, and a ditch, and behind him, a palace fight was staged in General Ye Da's tent.
Concubine Zhan said in a sour tone: "You have been out leading the army for so long, and with such a charming woman by your side, nothing happened naturally... huh?"
"Of course not!" In order to show his innocence, Ye Xiaotian frowned slightly and gave her a displeased look. It's a pity that Concubine Zhan is not afraid at all.
"Really? I also think, how could Brother Xiaotian like that kind of old woman!" Concubine Zhan curled her lips, looking disgusted, she really couldn't tell the woman she was talking about at the moment and the white woman she was talking about just now. Mei Qianjiao's vixen is alone.
"In that case, why don't you send her back to Wo Niuling and take care of her. I don't think she will be of much use in the army."
"Well… "
"Um?"
"Cough! Actually, she is still useful."
"oh?"
"What's your look? I said she's useful, but I mean..."
Ye Xiaotian leaned on Zhan Ning'er's ear, and whispered something, Zhan Ning'er looked half-believing: "Really? Are you bluffing me?"
"How could I bluff you?"
"No wonder! You've been bluffing me since we just met!"
"Not after getting married?"
"No? As you said, Sister Miaowen married first. There is no other way. She will be the wife of the handprint; Yingying will marry you first, and she will be the first to marry you. What should I do? ?”
"What should I do?" Ye Xiaotian rolled his eyes, really unable to remember. The promises men sometimes make, even if they were serious at the time, are easily forgotten.
"You said you would let my husband have a son! You said you would leave the eldest son and eldest daughter to me!" Zhan Ning'er said while pinching the tender meat under Ye Xiaotian's ribs, gnashing her teeth, angrily: "But now Yingying and Sister Miaowen has them all, but I don't!"
"It's my fault too? If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing wrong with it! Who told you to live up to your stomach! Oh, don't pinch it, you should kick it..."
The two husband and wife were arguing, "little promise" made Zhan Ning'er more difficult.
The third lady of Feng Tian, Tian female, was like an irritated little daughter-in-law, holding a bowl of fragrant soup, and obediently walked in, her voice was delicate and timid, as sweet as if soaked in a honey pot: "My lord~~ ~"
After three days of reverberation: "This is freshly stewed pheasant and mushroom soup. You can try it and nourish your body."
"Replenish your body? Why do you need to mend your body?" Concubine Zhan glared at her viciously, "Little Promise" had a sweet and mysterious smile on her face, she shyly said nothing, but it seemed that she had said all that needed to be said.
Ye Xiaotian put on the awning and looked up the mountain with a solemn expression: "Have you already attacked the sixth fortress? Loushan Pass is really a tough nut to crack! I'll go to the commander-in-chief to inquire about the military situation!"
Ye Xiaotian walked like a rabbit chased by a dog. If they really wanted to fight, Zhan Ning'er would definitely abuse Tian Female Feng, but Ye Xiaotian didn't believe that this girl would do anything to Tian Female Phoenix, so he flicked his sleeves, not taking away any worries.
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Under the personal supervision of Liu Dadao, although the Ming army paid a heavy price, they are advancing step by step, and they are advancing steadily.
The Bozhou army knew that the twelve gates could not stop the Ming army, but they still resisted tenaciously in order to frustrate them. They arrested the strong men nearby, and captured men from nearby villages, including children aged twelve or thirteen, and forced them to serve as cannon fodder. Naturally, the main force of the elite was concentrated at Loushan Pass, waiting for a decisive battle.
The sixth pass, the seventh pass, the eighth pass...
Liu Dadao is advancing slowly at a rate of one pass a day, while in Loushan Pass, the Bozhou Army still maintains an extremely optimistic attitude in the face of the approaching Ming army:
"Wherever the soldiers and horses of the imperial court can attack, they will not be able to attack Loushan Pass!"
"As long as the Loushan Pass is not broken, our Bozhou will still be as stable as Mount Tai!"
"The imperial court's expedition will not last long. As long as Loushan Pass is guarded, Bozhou will be the ultimate winner!"
Those who said this were the native officials and soldiers of Bozhou, as well as the nearby mountain people who gave themselves courage or expressed their loyalty to the native officials.
There are also many strong men in Loushanguan, but the task of these strong men is not to fight as cannon fodder. Of course, if the war is really tight, they will inevitably take this path, but at least for now, they are mainly responsible for cooking, casting, and reinforcement. Heavy and simple tasks such as city defense.
These strong men are all mountain people captured from nearby, including businessmen who were trapped in the pass because of the tight war, but there are many people from Ye Xiaotian among them, more than 200 people.
When Ye Xiaotian was on the way to Chongqing Mansion, he heard Tian Yufeng's conceit towards Loushanguan, so he was already thinking about it and dispatched people in advance. And at that time, Liu Dadao hadn't taken command yet, and Li Hualong hadn't sent troops yet, so how could Loushanguan have thought that since then, they would have been buried among them.
People who have been arrested are always full of complaints; merchants who are trapped in the pass and cannot leave are naturally listless. Among these people, as long as there are a few active and obedient ones, they will naturally be appreciated and favored by the defenders, and they will be entrusted with relatively easy and important positions, such as foreman, chef...
And this kind of people, without exception, are Ye Xiaotian's people. Naturally, there are also ordinary mountain people or merchants among them. Seeing that they can't get rid of it, they intend to flatter them and please them in exchange for a better situation. But they were either tricked by these "deliberate" spies, or they were far less influential than others' prestige, so how could they compete for posts.
"I was delivering food to Qiao Li just now, and I happened to hear him say that the imperial army has already attacked the tenth gate." The chef, Dao Baxiang, wore an apron that was so oily that the color of the twist was completely invisible, and his hands Hold a rice spoon to reinforce the tone.
Duan Pinfan, the foreman, was sitting on a big rock, his muscles stretched out, making him look like a mountain of meat: "Well! If this is the case, it's time for us to take action."
Ma Yong, who was originally an Orion, flashed his eyes and said, "It's been more than half a month, and I've been worried that there might be something wrong with the bamboo tube that the acting elder gave me. So far, it seems that I can catch up!"
Listening to his voice, this Ma Yong was the pretended man who quietly left the customs that day, pretending to be hunting, but actually rushed to meet Dai Yunxi hidden in the deep mountains.
Wearing a long robe with the lapel tucked around his waist, Lao Ping, who was publicly identified as a merchant, was left behind at Loushan Pass and became a handyman carrying bags and building walls. Among the people who gossip and amuse themselves, he is the real person in charge.
Lao Tong knocked on the soles of his shoes on the stone, poured the sand, looked around vigilantly, and gave an order in a deep voice: "Everyone move, as soon as the army is closed, we will act immediately that night!"
"Swear to die for His Majesty!" All the people sat or stood, behaved in various ways, and did not make any eye-catching salutes, but their tone and eyes showed a kind of inexplicable fanaticism.