Different from the barracks guarding one side of Cao Chunshan, the "ping" of the Xingping army comes from the Ping Dynasty. They were the troops who followed Song Zhiyi all the way from Anjiang to raise the flag and fight. After Song Zhiyi ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, this army was renamed Xingping. The Ping army only obeyed the main force of the Daping Dynasty who took orders from Song Zhiyi.
Cao Chunshan saw the corpses of these soldiers at the foot of the mountain. There were twenty-two bodies in total. The fatal wounds were all caused by swords.
Although there were no arrows at the scene, just like the corpses of the loyal soldiers found before, most of the corpses had marks on their heads that had been touched by swords or swords.
Based on this, Cao Chunshan can conclude that it was Shen Lie who did it.
Previously, he thought that Shen Lie was only dealing with loyal soldiers. This was the first time that Cao Chunshan saw "one of his own" who died tragically.
But thinking about it, his real "own people" have always been with the army. These Xingping troops obviously came down from the north.
General Zhang Zihou ordered his men to sort out the corpses and return them to Cao Chunshan.
Cao Chunshan stood at the intersection with his hands behind his back, looking at the rugged mountain road going north.
Zhang Zihou said: "I always thought that Shen Lie only attacked the Zhongxin Army, but we have taken it lightly. Now, should we write a letter to the Sifang Barracks and ask them to help with the encirclement and suppression?"
Cao Chunshan was unwilling to accept it: "What if Shen Lie fell into the hands of others?"
Zhang Zihou frowned: "But if no notification was given, other soldiers and horses were not alert and prepared when they were marching towards Guide and Jinghe, just like these Xingping troops, they ran straight into Shen Lie's hands. Wouldn't it be..."
"Stop talking," Cao Chunshan raised his hand, interrupting him, "In another two days, if we still haven't found anything within two days, let us know in a letter."
The army stopped briefly, gathered and then continued northward to hunt.
Cao Chunshan sent out a large number of scouts, and in just ten hours, they discovered a large number of corpses.
Compared with the previous two days, the other party's killing actions now seem to have become more intensive.
In addition to the Zhongxin Army and the Xingping Army, the bodies of the Dadong Army and the scouts he sent out also appeared inside.
In front of the newly discovered corpse of Xingping Army, Cao Chunshan couldn't hold back at all: "This Shen Lie, isn't he tired? We have to take a breath while we are on the road, and he keeps killing people?!"
Zhang Zihou said in a deep voice: "General, these corpses have just died, we should find them soon."
Cao Chunshan looked at the staff director Shi: "How many people died in total?"
The staff commander Shi respectfully said: "Report to the general, twenty-nine people."
"I meant it all!"
The assistant officer next to the head of the staff immediately presented the book.
Shi Mingming, the staff commander, opened the book and said in a trembling voice: "So far, a total of 733 soldiers of the Loyalty Army and 126 soldiers of the Xingping Army have been found dead at the hands of the traitor Shen Lie. .The Dadong Army has fifty-eight people. Our Pingpi Army has fifteen people."
Cao Chunshan said coldly: "The fifteen people are just the ones whose bodies have been found. In fact, how many of our scouts have not returned?"
Chief Shi said: "General, there are eight more people."
Scouts are the most difficult elite unit to train besides heavy cavalry, light cavalry and shield soldiers. Fifteen of them have died and eight have not returned. For Cao Chunshan, this is already a considerable loss.
After a long time, Cao Chunshan gritted his teeth and said, "In just six days, Shen Lie has killed thousands of people on our land of Guide, but we haven't even seen him yet."
Shi Dao, the staff commander: "General, the 733 people killed by the loyal army can be attributed to our efforts."
"Is now the time to talk about this?" Cao Chunshan was furious, "It's Shen Lie. He comes and goes freely under our noses, killing people like crazy! He's killing like crazy, he's a madman!!"
After heaving a sigh of relief, Cao Chunshan looked at the marching chief on the side and said: "No wait, write now, write immediately! You quickly inform the Sifang military camp, whoever can catch this Shen Lie will receive the reward!"
"Yes!" the marching chief responded.
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With a "swish" sound, the arrow penetrated the temple of a galloping scout.
He instantly fell off the back of the galloping horse.
The war horse kept running wildly without looking back.
The scout's body was entangled in the pedals and dragged dozens of feet before the horse could stop.
Wu Shaoning picked up the empty quiver and said, "Not a single quiver is left."
For this one, I picked it up and screened out the severely worn and washed ones.
Now, it's all used up.
"Master," Ye Zheng looked at Shen Lie who was drawing a route map on the ground, "Now go chop down the trees. We can cut out another batch. I understand the model of this crossbow and the thickness of the arrows."
Shen Lie added a few more strokes on the ground with the branch in his hand, and said, "You don't have to do this, keep your fingers."
In the past few days, the crossbows had been fired frequently, and the fingers of several secret guards had been bruised and bled. Cutting down trees and branches was more damaging to the fingers than pulling the crossbows.
Shen Lie stood up from the ground and said, "Rest where you are. We will return in half an hour."
"Are you going back now?" Ye Zheng said blankly, "Xie Zhong..."
"After leaving Jinxiang County, he has become a drop in the ocean. There is no need to do useless work."
Wu Shaoning said: "Well, nearly a thousand loyal soldiers have died in our hands in the past few days. Xie Zhong should not have many soldiers and horses left in his hands. I don't believe he can be willing to disperse all the last soldiers and horses. So, at least this The people who have returned to virtue are now in no danger, so let us consider it as a meritorious deed."
Ye Zheng nodded and looked at Shen Lie: "It's time to go back. I told Miss Ali before that I would be back in ten days, and now it's been fifteen days."
When saying these words, Ye Zheng deliberately raised his spirits and quietly paid attention to his serious eyebrows.
Whenever he mentioned that woman, the young master's deep and handsome eyebrows would always soften and take on a soft color.
But Ye Zheng still felt something was different.
Ever since the young master returned from being alone with the woman that day by Heng Xiangshui, Ye Zhenglao felt that something had changed in him, but upon closer inspection, he found that he was no different from before.
Xia Zhaoyi had Zhan Ning, a curious baby, next to him, and Ye Zheng was the most curious person next to Shen Lie. He would feel uncomfortable if he didn't figure it out.
At this time, a faint smile suddenly appeared on the corners of the serious lips, fresh and free, handsome and refreshing.
If a person who usually doesn't like to smile suddenly smiles and the curvature of the lips is so perfect, then no matter how dark the sky is, their mood will seem to be instantly brightened by their smile.
Shen Lie took out a small medicine box. The small round box was pale moon white and was only a quarter of the size of his palm. The aroma of the medicine seemed to be emitted from the medicine box, slightly bitter but sweet.
Shen Lie turned his hand lightly and looked at the back of his hand. The bruises on it had faded away, but the touch left by her slender long fingers rubbing the medicine on it seemed to be an immortal mark.
And the look in her eyes when she raised her head...
A slight blush appeared on Shen Lie's cheeks. Is that look really looking at his brother or a friend?
He always felt that it didn't look like, well, it didn't look like that.
So, what kind of gaze is it?
Shen Lie didn't dare to think about it. As soon as he thought about it, he felt a numbness and throbbing in his chest, as well as the greed and desire related to her...
Ye Zheng looked at Shen Lie for a long time and was suddenly startled.
He finally knew what the strange feeling he had always felt in the young master was!
