In fact, Luo Xin didn't want to slaughter, and if he could use relatively mild means to quickly end this war, Luo Xin was also willing to recruit the mountain people.

Of course, Luo Xin didn't expect much from this, but he just refused to give up an opportunity.

However, he had no idea that he was releasing kindness to those mountain people and sincerely expressing his desire to talk to them, and the result was to send back a head.

"Hoo ......"

Nobuna let out a long breath and forced himself to sit down again. Since a head was returned, the other messengers should also be returned, or their heads should be returned.

Sure enough, in the next day, eighteen heads were sent back one after another, Luo Xin's expression had calmed down at this time, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, he looked coldly at the generals on both sides and said:

"Go back and prepare, and go into the mountain in three days."

"Yes!"

The generals left the tent with apprehension, looking at Luo Xin's gloomy and murderous eyes, no one dared to say anything. Even He Xinyin could only sigh in his heart.

The mountain people have gone too far, which made He Xinyin also have killing intent in his heart.

Luo Xin spread out the paper and rewrote a letter, which only added a content to the previous letter that Hu Zongxian had seen, that is, the matter of the eighteen heads. Then send people to the capital for 800 miles to expedite it.

That night.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Shi Yun appeared here with seventeen people from the rivers and lakes, and each of them sent a map, which was a map of the eighteen villages.

Luo Xin looked at the map one by one, and every time he looked at a map, the person in charge explained to Luo Xin in detail the topography and landform of this route, and finally explained the layout of this cottage, as well as how many people are in the cottage, what is the strength, how much grain is stored, and so on.

These people are worthy of being people with superb light skills in the rivers and lakes, and they are worthy of being the masters of light skills carefully selected by Lu Cuiqiao. Not only did they follow all the way, no one noticed, but they also made the other party's cottage clear at night. There was a scribe next to him who recorded every word of the eighteen men.

When the eighteen were all introduced in detail, Luo Xin spread out a large piece of paper on the bookcase, closed his eyes and thought for about a quarter of an hour, then picked up the pen and began to draw on the paper.

The people around them all held their breath and watched a map gradually come into being under Qin Shuang's pen. The eyes of the eighteen men were full of admiration.

The eighteen of them only took one path each, but now Luo Xin has synthesized these eighteen paths, and then delineated the terrain of the entire mountain range. And the eighteen cottages, as well as the paths, are all drawn on them.

"Brother He, which cottage do you think we should destroy first?"

At the beginning, Luo Xin wrote a letter to the eighteen village owners, and He Xinyin also read it. That letter, Luo Xin wrote very sincerely. Even He Xinyin felt that he was no longer sincere, and the letter did not ask the eighteen village masters to deal with Zhang Daoyuan, but only invited the eighteen village masters to talk in detail in a place where everyone felt safe. In the letter, he promised that if the mountain people were willing to go down the mountain, they would be given land and fair treatment to the mountain people

However, he didn't expect that the eighteen village masters would cleanly cut off the heads of the eighteen soldiers who delivered the letter, which made He Xinyin's heart extremely angry. And he also knew very well in his heart that the mountain people first united with Zhang Daoyuan and killed tens of thousands of Ming soldiers, and now under Luo Xin's goodwill, he killed the messenger. This is not only a slap in the face of Luo Xin, but also a slap in the face of the Ming army. At this time, if anyone still wants to recruit the mountain people, it is the enemy of the entire Ming army.

He Xinyin sighed, and threw away the idea of wanting to recruit the mountain people. Standing in front of the bookcase, looking at the map on the bookcase, he said half-loudly:

"These five cottages." His finger dotted on the map.

Luo Xin nodded and said: "Yes, these five cottages, relatively speaking, have the most gentle terrain among the eighteen villages, and they are easier to attack. And also on the periphery. Even if we want to attack the other cottages, we must destroy these five cottages first. Let's do these five cottages. ”

Luo Xin looked at the eighteen Jianghu people again: "Can you see Zhang Daoyuan? ”

"Nope!" Seventeen shook their heads, and only one of them nodded and said, "I saw Zhang Daoyuan in Kuling Village." ”

Luo Xin's eyes lit up and said, "Can you find Zhang Daoyuan's lair?" ”

"No~!" The man shook his head and said, "Zhang Daoyuan has been a guest in Kuling Village, and even his subordinates have never left Kuling Village. So the subordinates don't know where their nest is. ”

"Hmm!" Luo Xin nodded lightly, and then waved his hand: "You go back first, let everyone get ready, and set off for the mountain tomorrow." ”

"Yes, sir!" Eighteen withdrew from the Great Tent.

He Xin looked at Luo Xin and said: "No, even if you can destroy the Eighteen Villages, you let Zhang Daoyuan run away." If you can't find his lair, the capital won't let you go. You must know that Zhang Daoyuan is the master, and the mountain people are the second. ”

"Don't worry!" Luo Xin said softly: "The people I sent should have discovered Zhang Daoyuan, as long as that person discovers Zhang Daoyuan, he won't be able to escape." As long as he returns to his lair once, there are no more secrets. ”

He Xinyin's eyes were clear, and when he saw the eighteen Jianghu people, he knew that Luo Xin had hired Jianghu people. Think about it, in this deep mountain and old forest, the people of the rivers and lakes are really better than the Ming army.

"Since you hired people from the rivers and lakes to find Zhang Daoyuan, if you find Zhang Daoyuan, how clean will it be to kill him with one sword?"

"No way!" Luo Xin shook his head and said: "The person I sent, if it is said to be light work and tracking, in this world, he said second, and no one dared to say first." As long as he finds Zhang Daoyuan, he will be able to follow it all the time, and he will not let Zhang Daoyuan find out. But let him assassinate Zhang Daoyuan, he is not an opponent. Zhang Daoyuan is very strong. ”

Luo Xin began to arrange for tomorrow's departure, and the whole camp moved. Luo Xin and He Xinyin stood side by side in the camp, looking at those busy soldiers, He Xinyin shook his head and said:

"The atmosphere is a little solemn!"

"Nearly 120,000 people died on both sides, how can the atmosphere not be solemn? Even if they were afraid, I wouldn't blame them. Wait until they have a victory. Vent these emotions out of your heart, and everything will work out for the better. ”

"No, you have to be careful."

"I understand. At the beginning, Hu Zongxian did not first explore the terrain, but looked for a guide. Follow your guide into the mountains. In this way, you will not have an overview of the whole situation, you can only follow the guide. And when they entered the old forest, their guide was shot dead by a bow and arrow. like a blind eagle.

This time we have an overview map, a global plan. There won't be a problem. ”

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