Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 173

Chapter 173

There was cheers in the city of Rundu. Downstairs, the soldiers looked at the arrows that could not be pulled by the carts all over the floor, and they were happy to bloom.

The Utuo’s arrows are sharper and stronger than those of Dawei. Nowadays, tens of thousands of arrows can be obtained without any effort. No one had thought of this kind of pie in the sky. Borrowing arrows is the second thing. The most important thing is that they have been beaten to the door by the Utuo these days and have been helpless and swept away. The Utuo stumbled upon them, and they let the Utuo people this time. It’s hard to talk about eating such a big loss.

“It’s just a bunch of reckless guys who can only work hard!” Zhao Shiming stroked his beard, smiled and said, “Where can I learn the way to outsmart?”

He looked at the young man walking in the front, trot to follow him, and said, “This time, thanks to Master Xiaohe!”

“Sir Xiaohe” so soon? He Yan smiled and said, “If everyone in the city worked together to make so many grass people day after day, I would not be able to do this alone.”

Zhao Shiming had a better impression of this young man. No wonder he was closed off at a young age. He neither grabbed merit nor arrogant, but had a much better temper than Li Kuang’s dog. He asked: “Then what shall we do next?”

He Yan glanced sideways at the little old man, and then at the people around him. The soldiers around were also staring at her with scorching eyes. When she first arrived in Rundu, she only felt that the city was lifeless and everyone was lifeless. Just guarding the door and waiting for death. It had only been a night, and there was a trace of hope in their eyes.

Hope is always very precious.

“I will discuss the next plan with Master Li, but there is one more thing to ask Master Zhao for help.” He Yan said.

Zhao Shiming hurriedly smiled and agreed: “It’s easy to talk, but Master Xiaohe said it’s okay.”

“This matter, I need to trouble all the craftsmen in the city once,” she lowered her eyes, “make a mask for me, the sooner the better.”

…

In the hall, Li Kuang turned around and looked at the two people in front of him. Qi Luo stood behind Li Kuang, staring at the glamorous woman in the room.

Ying Xiang handed over the token and the scroll, and Li Kuang took it. After reading it, he said to Chu Zhao: “It turns out to be the fourth son of Chu.”

The name of the Fourth Young Master Chu is much more famous than the Wu Anlang who came that day. After all, there is a fascinating father who is well-known throughout the country, and a gentleman with power in his hands, who is still alive and handsome and gentle. Such a person is thrown in the crowd and it is difficult for people to not pay attention.

“Master Li, my son was trapped in Rundu on the way back to Shuojing, and now it’s like this situation in Rundu… The grandfather is dead, can I ask Mrs. Li to escort the son out of the city?”

Qi Luo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. This girl is so beautiful, if she stays in Rundu, it will be really disturbing. What if Li Kuang has taken a fancy to her and accepts her too? She is the most beloved concubine, but she can’t give it away.

Li Kuang looked at Chu Zhao and said, “It’s not difficult.”

No matter how dissatisfied in his heart, Xu Jingfu’s face, he can’t help but give. Li Kuang couldn’t help but think of He Yanlai, people in this world are especially different. Like He Yan, who was in Liangzhou with far away, but because he was worried that Rundu had come all the way to coexist and die with Rundu, Chu Zilan was in Rundu, but she wanted to retreat and leave as soon as possible.

However, he himself did not have the ability to force people to stay. The tunnel that General Feihong dug in the past was to move the people over, but now it has become a channel to send out these powerless young masters.

Resentment was unwilling to be pressed into his heart, but Li Kuang had a smile on his face. This smile could even be said to be kind of flattering. “After the four sons of Chu went out of the city, passing by Jinling, or passing by other cities, can he ask for Run? Reinforcement?” He rubbed his hands awkwardly, “Running is already in danger, if the master is willing to help…”

“This is natural,” Chu Zhao smiled, “Once Chu and his maidservant leave the city safely, they will definitely find a way to ask for help for Rundu.”

“Thank you.” Li Kuang was a little aggrieved. When did Wei Xiang play with his life and applaud him. The Uto people are afraid that they have already seen the corruption of the royal family and will take advantage of the fire.

While talking, someone came in again and said humanely: “Master Li, after today, I plan to…”

He Yan’s voice stopped abruptly, looked at Chu Zhao, and said in surprise: “Brother Chu?”

“Brother He?” Chu Zhao was also stunned, “Why are you here?”

He Yan didn’t expect that he would meet Chu Zhao in Rundu, and only said: “I…come for reinforcements.”

“What?” Li Kuang was also stunned. “You two know each other?”

“The fourth son of Chu had stayed in Liangzhouwei for a while,” He Yan asked, “Brother Chu, you haven’t told me, why are you here?”

“When Ying Xiang and I passed by Rundu when we returned to Beijing, the Utuo attacked the city and were temporarily trapped in the city. Unexpectedly, we waited for Brother He to come,” Chu Zhao said at this point, but smiled, “It’s also destined. .”

Who could have imagined that, she and Chu Zhao left after such a long time one after the other, but she did not expect to meet in Rundu. This really complied with what Chu Zhao said at the beginning of “coming together”. Although there are many questions, this is not the time to speak. He Yan said to Chu Zhao: “Brother Chu, I have something to discuss with Master Li. If you are not in a hurry, can you wait until I finish talking with Master Li?”

“Nothing, I’m not in a hurry.” Chu Zhao made a “please” action.

He Yan said to Li Kuang, “Master Li, let’s go in and talk.”

Li Kuang and He Yan went into the back room. Qi Luo glanced at them, owed her body and left the room. Ying Xiang hesitated: “Four sons…”

“We won’t leave for now.”

“But the Lord’s side…”

“I have my own opinion.”

After a while, Ying Xiangcai said, “The fourth son does not leave, is he worried about Miss He?”

Chu Zhao didn’t answer her words, his smile faded, “Ying Xiang, you said too much.”

Ying Xiang stopped talking.

…

In the room, Li Kuang turned his head and looked at He Yan, “Do you want to hang a grass man? The Utuo has been fooled once, and it is impossible to be a second time.”

“Those Utopians are stupid, but they are also cunning. After one lesson, they will only be more suspicious in the future. Anyway, at night, there is no loss in hanging the grass man. Why not try it? If they are still willing to be fooled, It’s good to collect more arrows.”

“Then what if they are not fooled?”

“That would be better.”

Li Kuang shook his head: “Brother He, I don’t understand what you want to do?”

He Yan looked at Li Kuang. She also galloped side by side with Li Kuang on the battlefield. Li Kuang is a serious and old-fashioned man. He has a stern look at the battle. Although he is capable, he doesn’t like to use tactics. He Yan turned around, looked at the map hung on the wall in the house, and said, “Master Li, if you are a utopian, you knew that you had been fooled by someone last night, and you will try your trick again today, and wait until tomorrow. Still so, what will you do?”

“I will be frustrated and will never be fooled again!”

“You won’t shoot arrows at people coming down from the tower anymore?”

“certainly.”

“That’s good,” He Yan turned around, staring at him with a faint smile, “Then the third time, our people can go out of the city directly. Anyway, they will think that the people who come down from the tower are just fake grass. people.”

Li Kuang was taken aback for a moment.

Everyone has heard the story of the wolf coming, once and twice deceived, the third time, even if it was a fool, he would not believe it anymore. The same is true for the Utuo. They lost so many arrows for nothing, and after a few more times, they will not shoot arrows at the grass people. As everyone knows, the grass people were quietly replaced with real run capitals. The soldiers, just taking advantage of the night, sneaked into their camp.

Li Kuang understood what He Yan meant, but he still didn’t understand what he meant. “You mean, let people get out of the city?”

“Master Li, I have already said that defense is worse than offense. If we continue to defend like this, sooner or later the Utopians will attack the city immediately. Yesterday’s borrowing of arrows has angered them. Now when they are least calm, we will pay I can find a chance to attack the city after they recuperate. The troops of Rundu can’t prevent them from breaking through the city gate.”

Li Kuang was shocked when he heard it, and couldn’t help saying: “I know this naturally, but even if we attack at night, we still have not enough people!”

“It’s not to kill the Utuo soldiers in one swoop. This is also impossible. What we have to do is to burn their grain and grass and destroy their morale. Without the grain and grass, the Wutuo people will panic and the military will be unstable. They will hesitate even more. Uncertain, buy the time,” He Yan said, “Master Li, ask Jinling for help.”

“Jinling?”

He Yan looked at him: “Master Li, don’t place your hopes on hopeless people. General Feihong will not come. If he did, he would have come. Run wants to keep it and must seek another way out. Even if you trust He Rufei, the lives of tens of thousands of people in Rundu will be worth your trust.”

The boy’s eyes were firm and his tone was undoubted. For a moment, Li Kuang’s heart was also shaken. After a while, he looked at He Yan: “It’s easy to say, even if you attack at night, how can you guarantee that the Uto people’s grain and grass will be burned? They have a large number of soldiers and horses, guarding the grain and grass, even if they are not even close. It was discovered by the Utopia.”

“Five hundred people.”

“what?”

“I need five hundred elite soldiers,” the boy said: “Master Li knows better than me what the forward battalion means. Headed by me, the forward battalion of five hundred people will definitely burn their food and grass. Even if we die on the battlefield. It doesn’t matter if you die under the sword of the Utuo, please continue to defend the city, Lord Li, don’t waste everyone’s sacrifices.”

“Of course,” she said, “If you can bring back Huyat’s head, so much the better.”

…

Since the grass man borrowed arrows that day, for three consecutive days, every day when the night falls, dozens of ropes will be slowly hung downstairs in Rundu City, with people hanging on the ropes falling to the ground, and a new batch will be changed soon. People” follow the law.

At first, Utopians would tentatively shoot dozens and hundreds of arrows, but in the end, they didn’t bother to be fooled, and only shot a few scattered arrows and then stopped.

All the artisans in the city gathered to make masks overnight. Wang Ba dragged a box of an ox cart over, and moved all the boxes to the ground with the others, and said to He Yan, “They are all here.”

Under everyone’s sight, He Yan stepped forward, bent over and opened the lid of a box, which was filled with dense masks. Zhao Shiming picked up one and looked at it. Seeing the blue-faced fangs from the mask, the eyes were like copper bells, and they were terrifying. He couldn’t help but let out an “Ahhhhhh”, his hands were loosened, and the mask fell back into the box. He murmured: “It’s scary.”

“Brother Ahe, should everyone wear these masks to beat Utuo?” Mai asked nervously, “These… are all masks of evil spirits! They are really terrible.”

He Yan smiled and said, “Is it scary? Not really.”

When they were in Jiyang, a “lied” mask could make Ling Xiu avoid them. If they saw this, they would be scared to face. When Zhao Shiming recruited all the craftsmen from Rundu to make masks for her, He Yan had only one request. The more weird and terrifying it seemed, the better. It’s better to be like the little ghosts in the eighteenth hell of the Buddha statue, hideous and ugly.

She looked at this and felt that ugliness was really ugly, but not terrible, probably because in her life, people were much more terrifying than ghosts, and the truly terrifying and strange things she had seen were far greater than this.

Among the masks in this box, the top one looks very different. This one does not seem to have those fancy patterns painted. The whole mask seems to be cast of iron, airtight, and only reveals a pair of eyes and chin. He Yan picked up the mask and gently put it on his face.

Wang Ba dissatisfied: “Why does your dog look better? Can you treat them equally? Why do we feel ugly when we wear these dogs?”

Li Kuang on one side took a breath and said, “General He!”

Everyone looked at Li Kuang, Jiang Jiao smiled: “Master Li, Brother He is only Wu Anlang now, and he has not yet been promoted to general.”

Li Kuang realized that his words had been misunderstood by others, and explained: “I mean, this mask is the mask of General Feihong.”

When he and He Rufei fought side by side back then, He Rufei wore a mask that looked very similar. Several times he had a urge to take it off, but the mask looked like He Rufei’s face, and he couldn’t take it off. Later, his beloved concubine Qiluo told him that He Rufei was very concerned about the scars on his face, and it was better not to expose people short, and Li Kuang gave up this idea.

A few years later, He Rufei returned to Beijing. He heard that he took off his mask in front of his Majesty. He was a handsome and straight face, and it was amazing. Li Kuang was very angry when he heard the news. He felt that this person was ill. The previous so-called “ugly and unsalted” were all lies. The purpose of keeping out is to find a gimmick for yourself, just to make people contrast.

Except for meeting He Rufei once in the middle of Beijing and going to court, the two of them have not seen each other for a few years, but now they saw the shadow of He Rufei in the body of the young man before him. As always brave and generous.

But he would never be He Rufei.

Li Kuang whispered in his heart, is it possible that He Rufei still has a brother in his family, this young boy is still young, but already has the appearance of a general. Both are surnamed He… Did He Yuansheng raise an illegitimate child outside like Chu Linfeng?

He Yan didn’t know that Li Kuang’s thoughts had drifted so far. Jiang Jiao on one side asked, “General Feihong’s mask? Master Li meant that this mask is very similar to General Feihong’s mask, right?”

After a long time, he can’t remember the details of the mask that He Rufei wore back then, but he felt it was the same, so he nodded: “It’s very similar.”

He Yan smiled slightly. Since Da He Rufei replaced her as “Feihong”, she hadn’t expected that one day she would wear this familiar mask.

“Brother He, what on earth are you going to do?” Huang Xiong wondered.

“False and true, true or false, Huyat has never seen the real Feihong general. But I must have heard of the masked generals fighting the Xiqiang people back then. I wore this mask and marched into the enemy camp. They didn’t know the mask. Who is the next person. With fear and morale, that is our opportunity.”

“You…” Li Kuang suddenly.

“I want to pretend to be General Feihong.” The boy said.

…

The night was getting deeper, and it was drizzling tonight.

In the field, there was the sound of insects, and in the camp, the Uto soldiers were resting.

In the past few days, Li Kuang in Runcheng City did a “grassman borrowing arrows”, which caused them to waste 100,000 feather arrows. These days, they have been cleaning up. 100,000 feather arrows are not a small number. The original plan should also be changed. Huyat was anxious and frustrated, and cut several archers.

And Li Kuang’s “Grassman Borrowing Arrows” is still going on. Every night, there will be grassmen hanging down from the city. In the beginning, Utuo soldiers shot arrows with a vigilant thought. Later, they were not fooled, even He felt that Li Kuang was mocking and insulting them. Huyat said angrily: “When the city is broken, I will bury all Rundu soldiers and horses alive, and I will smash that bastard Li Kuang in front of all the people in Rundu!”

After all, being played around is really too shameful. He was still laughing at Marcha before, but he didn’t expect that it would be his turn so soon.

“General, what if those Li Kuang let go of those grass men tonight?” the subordinate asked.

“What to do?” Huyat asked with a sullen face: “Do you want me to be a fool again? A fool!”

Nono’s subordinate did not dare to answer.

Upstairs, He Yan, dressed in black, was tying ropes to her body. Behind him, there were five hundred elite soldiers selected by Li Kuang for her from Rundu’s soldiers and horses, each with outstanding skills.

Wheat and Hongshan were not originally from Liangzhou Weiqianfeng, and their skills were mediocre. Looking at the brothers who were preparing, Mai anxiously said: “Ahe, those Utuo, really don’t throw arrows here? If they do, wouldn’t it be too late for everyone to look back.”

He Yan stepped on tiptoe and touched his head. Although Wheat has grown taller than her, many times, he is more like a child, and He Yan always thinks of He Yunsheng. She patiently said: “Everything in the world is born from existence, and what is born from nothing. On the first day, we used grass people to borrow arrows to create such an illusion, and deliberately let the Uto people see through. They thought they knew our strategy, Relaxed our vigilance, and after that, we turned nothing into existence, turned false into true, and turned false into reality. When our people really attacked them at night, Huyat would definitely think it was a fake and would not take precautions. We took this opportunity, They can’t defend against it.”

“But how can you be sure?” Wheat is unrelenting.

He Yan said: “There is nothing in the world that can be confirmed. I can only guess Huyat’s thoughts to the greatest extent.”

This is a heart-breaking battle, and it’s also a gamble.

He Yan turned his head and looked at the people behind him. These carefully selected soldiers of Rundu looked thin and haggard due to the consumption of the Utuo for a long time, but their eyes were burning. After being beaten to the door of his house, now he finally has a chance to fight back. Even if the price is life, Da Wei Naner will not hesitate.

“When we go down, maybe the Utuo can’t shoot arrows, but maybe they can shoot arrows. The brothers who hit the arrows must not make a sound or move.” He Yan paused before continuing: “Only we are Think of yourself as a’grassman’, so Utuo people will believe that we are really’grassman’.”

Li Kuang’s face was solemn, he naturally knew what He Yan meant. When there is war, there will be sacrifices, especially the five hundred elite soldiers tonight. If they make a sound or move after the arrow is hit, they are likely to be found out by the Utuo. By then, all previous efforts will be lost.

But it is too difficult to endure the pain of being hit by the arrow.

“Maybe if this arrow goes down, we will get hurt, maybe we will die.” He Yan looked at everyone with a calm voice, “But we all have to remember what our purpose is. Even if we die, it is to keep Rundu. And to die, the Utuo’s feather arrow has no specific target. It may stab everyone, including me. I need you to understand the possible results. If someone can’t accept it now, you can stand up and leave. Otherwise, because one person makes the entire night attack crippled, I will never take it lightly!”

The young man’s eyebrows were cold, and his eyes were cold. When he saw his temperamental and easy-to-talk appearance on weekdays, no one dared to refute when he was really indifferent. No one stood up.

Li Kuang was surprised to discover that before he knew it, he had handed over the command of Rundu to this young man. It was obvious that he was still young, and he didn’t even know this Wu Anlang named He Yan before.

But he happened to have the ability to convince people, just like General Feihong who was still a lieutenant that year.

“Are you all ready?”

“All right!”

“Very good.” He Yan curled his lips and put the mask in his hand on his face.

The mask concealed the young man’s face, so he even disappeared with that little green childishness, only a pair of beautiful eyes were exposed, sharp like a knife, and all the sharpness was hidden.

She walked up to Li Kuang, and before Li Kuang recovered, she snatched the sword in Li Kuang’s hand.

“Master Li, let me use your sword.”

“Hey…” Li Kuang was slightly annoyed. This person is also too natural.

Li Kuang’s sword is a good sword, although not comparable to Qinglang, it is also sharper and lighter than ordinary swords. He Yan squeezed the sword in his hand, and for an instant, it seemed as if she had returned to the battlefield in the past, she was still the general who charged with the Fuyue Army and was still full of enthusiasm.

“General Feihong can’t be without a sword.” She turned her head, her voice was cold, “Irons, put on your masks and come with me!”