In the barracks of the Southern Battlefront Army, they did not know what was going on when they heard the battle cries. Deng Zilong and the others were awakened in the middle of the night and hurriedly rushed to the entrance of the barracks in full armor. They looked at Li Wen's barracks with their monoculars and felt very strange.
"What's going on? Are they on fire? "
Deng Zilong asked Li Xia.
Li Xia stared at it for a while.
"I don't know, it does look like it's on fire, but isn't it courting death at this time? Aren't they afraid of us launching a night attack? Could this be their plan to lure our army into a trap? "
Deng Zilong pondered for a while.
"Send someone to take a look? Otherwise, I won't be at ease. "
"Alright!"
Li Xia instructed her men to prepare. Just as she finished instructing them, Deng Zilong suddenly shouted, "Wait! Don't act rashly! Look over there, there seems to be a fire moving! "
Li Xia hurriedly followed Deng Zilong's gaze and looked over. She saw a string of moving flames that looked like torches.
"Night attack?"
This thought was immediately dispelled. Who would be stupid enough to launch a night attack with torches in the middle of the night?
What was that?
A diversion?
Or something else?
Deng Zilong and Li Xia immediately ordered for the torches to be thrown into the open space outside the barracks. They then ordered the soldiers to gather in three rows and face the open space outside the barracks. Once the enemy appeared, they would open fire without hesitation.
It was a dark and windy night. They held their breath and prepared to face the strange enemy.
"Don't … hit … me … surrender …"
Deng Zilong frowned.
"Little Xia, did you hear anything?"
Li Xia pricked up his ears and held his breath.
"I think I heard something like don't hit or something …"
Deng Zilong listened for a while.
"Order the entire army not to shoot without orders."
"Yes!"
The messenger immediately went to pass the order. Deng Zilong and Li Xia still pricked up their ears and held their breath.
"Don't … us … surrender …"
"Don't hit … we … are here … to … surrender …"
"Don't hit us … we are here to surrender …!!"
The sound was getting closer and closer. When Deng Zilong and Li Xia were able to hear the exact sound, they heard a sound that made them extremely surprised.
Don't hit them, they are here to surrender?
Deng Zilong and Li Xia stared at each other.
"Why do I hear that they're coming to surrender?"
"I think so too."
The two of them then asked the personal guards beside them. The personal guards expressed that they had heard the same thing. They did not want to fight and that they were here to surrender.
They decided to wait and see.
The torches were getting closer and closer to them. It looked like there were more than a hundred of them. The Zhennan Army did not let down their guard. They nervously looked at the open space in front of the camp gate that was illuminated by the torches to see if there were any enemies.
The voice became clearer and clearer. It was "Don't hit us, we're here to surrender." A group of people were shouting at the top of their lungs. This made Deng Zilong and Li Xia extremely curious.
"You've come to surrender? You're here to surrender at night? "
"Someone is cheating?"
Neither of them could be sure.
Until a man shouted, "Don't fight, don't fight!" and raised his hands as he walked to the open space in front of the camp.
"Don't hit me, we're here to surrender!"
He shouted again.
Deng Zilong tugged at Li Xia. Li Xia then stood up and shouted towards the outside, "Why have you come to surrender?"
"We don't want to fight anymore so we've come to surrender! May I ask if your camp has the three thousand old soldiers of the Firearms Battalion that had followed Marshal Xiao out of Ningxia to fight in the north and south? I am Marshal Xiao's personal general, Wang Hui! I am Marshal Xiao's personal general, the current commanding general of the Zhennan Army's Cannon Battalion, Wang Hui! "
Li Xia's eyes widened. Many people in the camp started to move.
Wang Hui?
Didn't he die?
"Who did you say you are?!"
Li Xia couldn't help but ask.
"Wang Hui! Marshal Xiao's personal general, commanding general of the Zhennan Army's Cannon Battalion! Wang Hui! In the eleventh month of the twenty-fifth year of Wan Li, I followed Marshal Xiao to the north under His Majesty's orders to conquer the Northern Barbarians! May I ask who you are? Are you an old friend of this one? "
Li Xia didn't quite believe what he heard.
He decided to probe.
"I am Li Xia, commander of the Third Brigade of the Zhennan Army's Vermillion Bird Camp. Do you know me?"
His voice trembled slightly.
The person was silent for a moment.
"Little Six! You bastard! You don't even recognize me! I was the one who gave you your f * * king name! Get your ass over here right now! Otherwise, I'll kick your butt! "
That person suddenly shouted. Hearing this voice, Li Xia instantly couldn't suppress his excitement. Disregarding the consequences, he charged over and gave the black figure a big bear hug. Deng Zi Long didn't even have time to stop him.
Li Xia charged in front of the black figure and gave him a bear hug. Then he looked closely — —
"General!! You're still alive!! "
It was Wang Hui, it really was Wang Hui.
Wang Hui also hugged Li Xia hard.
He had thought he would have to go through a lot of trouble. He hadn't expected Li Xia to be right in front of him! This boy had been raised by him. He had then entered Xiao Ruxun's personal troop. After a period of time, he had been placed in Vermillion Bird Camp. This boy had even changed his name. The first word he knew was taught by him.
It could only be said to be fate.
"Brothers! It's General Wang! General Wang isn't dead! "
Hearing this, many soldiers instantly felt a gust of wind blow past them. Then, the officers beside them disappeared.
Several dozen veteran soldiers of the Three Thousand Firearms Battalion, who left Ningxia years ago, rushed out and lit twenty-one torches without any care. As soon as they saw that it was indeed Wang Hui, they immediately rushed forward and hugged each other, crying, laughing, shouting and yelling.
They were basically Wang Hui's subordinates in the past.
Deng Zi Long was dumbfounded.
After a long struggle, in the commander's tent of the Zhennan Army, Deng Zi Long helplessly sat on the commander's seat. He looked at Li Xia and a group of officers surrounding Wang Hui, talking and laughing. They had not seen each other for a long time. They actually directly ignored Zhang Yanshou, who had come to surrender, and Li Wen and his think tank, who were kneeling in three rows.
"Cough cough."
Deng Zi Long couldn't bear it anymore. Seeing Zhang Yanshou's awkward expression and Li Wen's doubtful expression, he could only forcefully interrupt this group of ten years old comrades.
"That, Little Xia, and General Wang, can we first settle the matter in front of us, and then you can reminisce about the past?"
Hearing Deng Zi Long's voice, Wang Hui, Li Xia and the others realized that this was the occasion.
Wang Hui immediately stood up to apologize to Deng Zi Long.
"Old General, please forgive us. We have not seen each other for a long time. I am really happy!"
Deng Zi Long smiled awkwardly.
This was one of Xiao Ruxun's three trusted generals. His position in the army was second only to Xiao Ruxun and Zhao Hu. He had followed Xiao Ruxun since Xiao Ruxun joined the army in Ningxia. His seniority was not too high. In front of this person, Deng Zi Long did not dare to take advantage of his seniority.
"It's alright. It's just that the matter at hand is more important. The war is urgent. How about we deal with the situation first?"
Wang Hui nodded and then looked at Zhang Yanshou and Li Wen.
"Speaking of which, if it weren't for Zongbing Zhang and Zongbing Niu who was previously dismissed and imprisoned by Li Wen, I wouldn't have survived and wouldn't have been able to see you. They have been hiding my existence and secretly protecting me. This time, they also brought me along with the army. They already had the intention to surrender, but Li Wen oppressed them and they didn't dare to act rashly. That's why it was delayed until today."
Wang Hui returned the favor by putting in a good word for Zhang Yanshou and Niu Bingzhong, who was still imprisoned. At least, it made Zhang Yanshou happier.
Zhang Yanshou revealed a smile and waved his hand humbly.
"You actually hid a traitor? You actually had the intention to rebel long ago?! Zhang Yanshou! You traitor! Traitor! I … "
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