Shao Song

Chapter 240

The sun was slightly to the west. At the camp of the Song Army, the generals and officials of the Chinese Army who remained here were already inexplicably excited.

There is no need to mention the frontal battlefield on the Dongpo Plain. Although at the beginning, everyone moved and gestured, and felt that it seemed that they could fight the Golden Army under the advantage of military strength, but everyone had no bottom until the imperial army at this time. On the top of the face, steadily moving forward... And compared to the bottom, Liu Qi's **** luck in the left-wing quagmire is even more lucky!

It's really a fluke. Dozens of tricks, plus a dozen tricks that were successful in the previous attack but were expelled, and some other scattered troops, it can be inferred that this is a gold medal march leading the main force of the Golden Army. Wanhu and his core subordinates are likely to have officially undertaken a flank mission, about one-fifth of the strength of the Golden Army.

Such a powerful Jurchen cavalry, if it really crosses the swamp safely, whether it is to attack the flanks of the base camp or to support the plateau, the impact on the battle situation will be huge... But for now, They were trapped in the swamp, and then Liu Qibu, who attacked in time, was surrounded in the mud.

This kind of luck, is it true that many people take advantage of the situation to join in the fun, saying that the so-called "Deputy Commander Zhao", the true emperor of the dragon, has his own strong luck and pressure.

Of course, if you say that, then what is the second sage in the Jingkang change? What about the group of Jurchen generals who have finished arresting Emperor Qidan and Emperor Zhao Song on the opposite side?

Is it good for someone to catch the dragon professionally?

But no matter what, the situation is great, and the sentiment is naturally exciting.

"Deputy Marshal, Marshal!" The more I watched, the more eager he became, and Zhao Zhe finally couldn't help but ask for a fight. "Let the final general lead the troops to help Liu Jinglue... If you can eat these thousands of golden troops, you will be sure of victory in this battle!"

Besides, before and after the start of the battle, whether Zhao Jiu really broke the pot or forced himself to be calm, he was still in a calm posture. At this time, naturally there was not much change in his expression, but he really didn’t know the military. , But it was natural to look at Wu Jie.

But just as Wu Jie was about to speak, Liu Xi, who was on the side of Xihe Road, the capital of the West Third Road, shook his head and said, "It doesn’t have to be this... It’s worth investing more troops and letting Yu brother do it for himself. As for where Zhao Jing is left, I think the upper part of the plateau is the place where the winner is determined, so I might as well wait for a while.”

As soon as this statement came out, Zhao Zhe and the generals and officials of the Chinese army were speechless, but they went to see Wu Jie together... The meaning is very clear, Liu Da, who relied that he was Xisanlu Dutong, and you The Wu brothers are just like two brothers. This time, for the sake of being handsome, you have been against the Taiwei for many days. The rules of the Western Army have become difficult to tolerate.

But now, he actually wants to let his brother complete this battle in front of you, and you, Wu Da, who has been in the Western Army for twenty years, has a yellow face and a black heart. How can you not be an official at this time? The family's face pressure Liu Qiyanyan, so that the rest of the brothers can be more profitable?

If you can divide the merits of the battle, regardless of whether he is unified in the West Three Roads, or is a general from the world, wouldn't you, Qin Fenglu, really convince you as a commander?

However, when Wu Jie heard the words sternly yellow face, he actually nodded heavily: "Liu Dutong's words are extremely true! In such a dignified battle, the victory or defeat is only in the face-to-face main confrontation. As for the flanking mud, it is to send reinforcements. How long will it take to kill such a multitude of knights? On the contrary, it was a waste of soldiers and horses... If I, Wu Da, send half of the reinforcements to the flank today, it is just my incompetence!"

Zhao Zhe and others were dumbfounded, but they were speechless.

On the other hand, when Zhao Jiu thought about it for a moment, he couldn't help but nod immediately... It's exactly the truth, it's like this time the Jin Army goes south, everyone knows that the gains and losses in Guanzhong are the roots, and the rest of the rest are nowhere to be lost It's just a check and exchange; and the gains and losses in Guanzhong are the most critical here. As long as the rest is not collapsed; then continue to follow this principle, specific to the front, the flanks, and so on, as long as Just make sure that you don't lose completely. The only thing that really decides the outcome is where the army gathers on the plateau.

If you win there, then this battle can be won!

At this point, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, because the current battle has inevitably gone too smoothly, and Wanyan Loushi has never been an opponent that can relax people... The real decisive battle must have not really come.

Just when Zhao Jiu was thinking, suddenly, on the Chinese general's platform, Yang Yizhong directly stretched out his hand and pulled the official Zhao's cloak, which caused the official to turn his head back in shock, and was puzzled for a while.

However, he soon realized what had happened, because on the stage of the Chinese generals, the generals were almost staring at the left-wing battlefield on the northeast side of the camp, and Zhao Jiu just followed the generals' gaze and immediately. Stunned... It turned out that Wu Jiu's "Marshal Wu" just made a solemn statement that he would never send half a reinforcement to Liu Qi on the flank. There is still no time for him. From Jiangtai, it is clear that the edge of the mud. , There are already no less than four to five hundred crossbowmen riding war horses from the south to help. When they came to the mud, they dismounted one after another, but they were scattered in the mud, looking for a suitable hard ground in the mud, then stepped on the crossbow, and joined the ranks of the extermination of the golden army!

There is no need to have a clairvoyance, Zhao Jiu can also instantly understand that this is a god-arm archer! Four or five hundred archers with arms of God!

In the mud, the Golden Army lost its mobility. The armour-piercing and excellent range of the **** arm bow is the best helper for destroying the enemy and gaining military exploits... Of course, the problem is not here, the problem lies in where the **** arm bow is placed. The best helper to deal with Jin Jun!

Obviously, Wu Jie and Liu Xi, the two most powerful figures in the army, have just emphasized the importance of the frontal battlefield together, but why would anyone use such a large number of precious **** arm bows in a blink of an eye to have fallen into the mud and occupied it? Go to the upper wing?

"Whose soldier is this?" After watching for a moment, Zhao Jiu, the deputy commander, finally said coldly.

"It's good to teach the deputy commander to know." Everyone recovered, and Zhao Zhe was the first to bow his hand, angrily. "There are so many crossbowmen, not the Chinese army, but the squad straight, anyway, it is not the Qin Fenglu soldier who is the last general!"

It could not be the Zhongjun and Banzhi. The Zhongjun and Banzhi were accumulating in the military account behind this general. Zhao Zhe was telling the truth.

In fact, as soon as Zhao Zhe finished speaking, Zhao Jiu and Wu Jiu, as well as generals Wang Yuan, Yang Yizhong, Zhang Xian, and Tian Shi, almost all looked at Liu Xi together... Why didn’t they understand, before Liu Xi Words, I'm just afraid that his brother will be robbed of his military exploits, but he doesn't delay sending reinforcements to help his brother succeed!

Of course, in such a situation, Liu Xi was also embarrassed. How did he think that Wu Jie was so focused on the overall situation and didn't mean to take advantage of his brother? Therefore, seeing his own brother in such a wonderful battle, but with the heart of a villain, he immediately let his confidant leave, and attracted half of the god-arm archers in the headquarters to help.

As a result, everyone did not say that they were evil in vain, the key is to cause official unhappiness!

"Deputy Commander!" Liu Xi's face was red, and he could only argue. "Brother Yu had been serving as the guardian of Longyou on Xihe Road before. It must be his old ministry who is in charge of it privately..."

Zhao Jiu glanced at this person in a daze. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a thunder-like movement right in front of him, so he hurried to look. But everyone could see clearly that on the Dongpo Plain, there was a roll of smoke and dust on the left and right sides, like two yellow dragons with their teeth and claws, flying in from the flank slowly, but they were sticking to the Song-Jin battle line and directly inserted into the left and right flank of the Song army. !

Obviously, the Jin army sent reinforcements from the rear.

For a time, although the loess was flying, it was hard to see the specific battle situation on the two wings, but the sound of the horseshoes carried by the two yellow dragons combined with the sudden screams of killing by the golden army in front of them was really shocking. Moreover, soon everyone could see that the battle line between Song and Jin was really like a line, and the Huanglong, who was staggered by two crossings from the two wings to the middle, was abruptly flattened!

Needless to say, the cavalry of the Golden Army rushed in and interspersed accurately. The Song Army was careless for a while, and was succeeded by the Golden Army, and directly lost the victory on the plateau.

However, in the eyes of senior officers such as Wu Jie, Jin Jun's wonderful interspersion is not only as simple as winning back.

On the one hand, this shows the strength of the tactical capabilities of the large-scale cavalry of the Golden Army, and on the other hand, it also shows that the character of their commander Lou Shi is not at all strong. The superposition of these two makes Zhao Jiu and Wu Below Ji, almost all of the Song army generals who came from the defeated generals of Lou Shi were shocked for a while.

It was Liu Xi, who had received an amnesty for a while, and hurriedly asked for the battle: "Deputy Marshal, Marshal, the general is willing to lead Xihe Road to support!"

"No!" Wu Jie was too lazy to behave like this person at this time, and immediately scolded. "The headquarters of the Lou room has not yet arrived, and Xihe Road soldiers should stay on the right wing to prevent the Lou room from bypassing the assault! It was the Lou room last coming up from the plateau. Your cavalry has the most cavalry. You should stay at the end to outflank it! "

Hearing that he was still useful, and "Deputy Commander Zhao" didn't mean to say anything, Liu Xi finally relaxed for a while.

"Don't need support?" Zhao Jiufu looked for a while, seeing that the Song Army's retreat was slow but difficult to stop, so he asked Wu Jie seriously.

"The official, I haven't reached that share yet." Wu Jie returned to his senses, and gave the official a little explanation, and also made a little warning. "If the battalions of the Chinese army in the imperial battalion really can't stand up and almost retreat to the plains, then we will immediately send Qinfeng Road soldiers to help immediately, and if Qinfeng Road can't hold it, naturally it is the ministers who lead the Chinese army to support... the left and right wings. Don't move lightly."

Zhao Jiu nodded: "I understand what you mean, if you can't make it, then I personally applied for help!"

Wu Jie stopped talking, but finally was silent...If he was defeated too, Zhao Guan's staying in the camp would be a dead end. It was really time to use Long Jiang to lead the royal squad to help directly. That might have a chance of life.

But back to the present, these are not what I should think about at this time, because the frontal battlefield is the most critical place. The situation on the plateau is already very bad at this time.

The Jin Army has more than 4,000 cavalry, and the effect is almost qualitatively changed. At present, the Jin Army has 10,000 Haner infantry plus 10,000 cavalry on the plateau, and the Song Army has 35,000 troops in the imperial camp... But the problem is The 35,000 troops in the imperial camp were mostly infantry, divided into ten divisions. The front lines could not be lined up at all, and basically they were fighting separately. Although the golden cavalry were also fighting in chaos, they could not stand how familiar the golden cavalry was. The method of hunting is properly linked to the tricks; the forty tricks, which are also new aids, are divided into two. Under the leadership of Pei Man Tu Nian and Wan Yan Xian Bu, they have not been dispersed, but they are given. The Jin army concentrated a large group of cavalry to use the opportunity of parallel interspersed to repel the various parts of the Song army.

In all fairness, in terms of the armoring rate of the various parts of the imperial camp and the Golden Army, due to the front of the battle between the large-scale armored warriors, there are not many real casualties, but the problem is that in this era, there are several people. Can you face that kind of casualties?

The Golden Army is famous for its heavy arrows. The arrows are thick and they dominate the country. Thousands of cavalry gallops from the plateau, and the arrows are so dense that they will inevitably get injured even if they are heavily armored. They hit the armpit and the crotch. , It is almost equal to disability, not to mention the quality of the Jin Army is far better than the Song Army, many brave warriors holding the bow of the Song Army, also have to fly into a very close range to shoot arrows... Once this kind of arrow is next to it, it is a dead end. .

Therefore, since the Song Army's various ministries were rushed to the Yuanpo by the Jin Army reinforcements, they have retreated one after another, making it almost impossible to gain a foothold.

In sharp contrast, the Golden Army cavalry is still able to fight because of the terrain and bow and arrow. There is no situation of reorganization after retreat. On the contrary, they are basically formed in groups, and they dare to stay long. Spear assault, and the Song army battle, as a cover for the cavalry heavy arrows behind.

"Jin Sai!"

Li Qiong Lema stood in the center of his headquarters. Seeing that the Jinjun cavalry once again pushed his own unit back, they galloped to the side and attacked the Xin Yongzong tribe outside, and the Xin Yongzong tribe was even more unbearable. Shaking the trend, he was also about to split his eyes, but he suddenly gritted his teeth and called his lieutenant. "You are here to preside over the situation for me!"

"When is the general going?" Lieutenant Jin Sai galloped from the front. The man hit an arrow in his helmet before, but his hair crown was shot to pieces, so that after the arrow was broken, his hair fell directly from the helmet. Coupled with the loess here, it is extremely embarrassing.

"How long can you support?" In the noisy surroundings, Jin Jun saw Xin Yongzong's seemingly unstable state, and they also screamed in a group to frighten them. Li Qiong had no choice but to inquire loudly.

"Only dare to save a quarter of an hour!" Jin Sai was also struggling to speak out.

"Enough!" Li Qiong spoke to each other loudly. Before he could finish his words, he had already patted his horse to the side and behind a banner, which was the banner of the Eight-character Army Wang Yan.

And his 30-rided guards also quickly reined in to follow.

But even at the side and rear, it was inevitable that the Jinjun cavalry came and went fiercely. When Li Qiong arrived in Wang Yan's formation and peeled off his visor, the thirty horsemen who accompanied him had lost ten horsemen, and Li Qiong himself was also on his shoulders. An arrow was inserted, but it was separated by a double layer of heavy armor and a silk lining, which did not cause any effective injuries.

"Li Qiong!"

As the only ambassador on the plateau and the rear oppressor, Wang Yan naturally had the duty of supervising the army. Therefore, when he saw Li Qiong abandon the formation, he was naturally unhappy and angry. "How did you get there?"

"Wang Taiwei!"

Li Qiong rushed to the front and faced each other earnestly. "The battle is already very urgent. If the Golden Army cavalry is allowed to repeat along the battle line for a few more times, and then squeeze a few times with the soldiers, we will retreat to the plains! The deputy commander...the official family will be behind the battle. After losing this plateau, the Golden Army cavalry lined up on the plateau. In one attack, I was a commanding officer and died. But Taiwei was the only holder of the festival on the plateau. Even if he died, he would also be recorded in history books. This battle lost this place and made the world laugh!"

"Then what do you say?!" Wang Yan was furious and furious. "I don't know that the official family is behind? But you six are in front, and you retreat in succession, I can't do anything behind!"

"To prevent the cavalry of the Golden Army from interspersing, there must be two things. One is that the elite troops take the initiative to attack and stop these two cavalry from continuing to intersect, and the other is to have a general supervisor, like a mainstay, behind. Stabilize the overall situation so that the people can no longer retreat!" Li Qiong struggled to face each other. "Wang Taiwei is the minister of the country, and the only envoy of Jidu on the plateau. Please do it yourself at this time!"

After speaking, before Wang Yan could say anything, Li Qiong galloped away again and turned to somewhere ahead.

On this side, Wang Yan was frightened and furious, but when he turned his head and saw that the big camp behind him was far away, he could only clenched his fists right away, and then shouted the order: "Let Meng De and Jiao Wentong come closer to me, parallel to my banner, and then Let Liu Ze retreat to the plains for support, tell him, let him be the supervising team, count me Wang Yan, today regardless of Song Jin, the lower plains die! Then send this order to the previous ones!"

Many of the guards around dispersed after hearing the news, but Wang Yan simply held the flag himself, and then slowly urged the army forward.

And just as Wang Yan broke into the boat, on the other side, Li Qiong had already come to Wang De’s formation, and then he could see Wang De’s majestic figure and his two sons, Wang Qi, who had similar figures from a distance. Wang Shun... the father and son were personally leading more than a hundred long axe soldiers to stand in front of the headquarters. Seeing this situation, Li Qiong was overjoyed, and then galloped to keep up.

"Dutong!" Li Qiong was much more at ease with Wang De. "I know that you are a good guy. Now the country is in critical condition. After all, all important things must be done by such a good guy... I want to unite with them to carry their backs and cut off the golden cavalry from running rampant. I don't know if you dare?! "

Wang De turned around and listened to Li Qiong's shouting, but did not answer. He just laughed. The laughter did not stop. Suddenly he urged him immediately, leaping out like a dragon, and arranging a golden military plan who secretly parked and shot an arrow while he was laughing. Ke Wei directly smashed the horse down with an axe, his two sons immediately rushed to protect the wings, and then his guards also followed with a large axe, his men did not dare to neglect, regardless of the three sides of the enemy, they also followed under the command of the deputy .

Seeing the situation, Li Qiong rushed back to the line without saying more.

Unexpectedly, before reaching the battlefield, he saw Xin Yongzong's army retreat with his own eyes. The Jinjun cavalry drove a small army to the side of his army. At this time, Jin Sai was at a loss and only saw the return of his own control. , This was a sigh of relief, and went directly to the front of the formation to stop the soldiers.

Besides, Li Qiong returned to the formation and watched Jin Sai stop the defeated soldiers with his own eyes, and immediately issued the military order to join Wang Debu from the front. However, when he looked up again, he saw with his own eyes Jin Saiwei that Jin Jun shot the helmet again with an arrow from close range. This time, Jin Sai was not as lucky as the previous one. Instead, he fell off the horse without moving.

Li Qiong took a turn in the formation, with no extra words or expressions, just pulling down the iron cladding and continuing to urge the army to move forward.

After a short while, pulling away from Su's subordinate, the original Yinshu lovely drove Pei Mantu away from Xin Yongzong's tribe, and when they passed through the yellow dust, they found that Li Qiong's tribe, who had just been forced by him, was moving strangely in front of him. He was overjoyed, and then personally led hundreds of cavalry to rush in, and after firing a few arrows, he took the initiative to change into the lance.

The length of the lance is amazing, and Pei Man’s twisting twist is not directly pierced...At this time, it’s not that much... but when he was dozens of steps before the battle, he took the initiative to cut his horse to the side, and was slashing with the spear. The Song Army, who could not move the spear formation, assassinated and stabbed the outermost Song Army with the advantage of length.

Under such a sudden, the effect is like scraping the scales of a fish, easily scraping a layer of **** flesh from the side of Li Qiong's formation.

After Pei Mantu twisted and scraped the next layer, he turned back and saw that the Song Army in front of him was still moving, but he did not hesitate to do the same again, but to use the opponent to actively move the formation to expose the opportunity of the weakness of the flanks. , Defeated Li Qiong's army.

But this time, just as Pei Man Tu Nian suddenly turned in front of the formation, the Song Army in front suddenly stopped. This made the silver medal marching violently caught off guard, but it seemed a little bit deeper... While Pei Man Tu Nian and dozens of front-line subordinates cut into the Song Army formation, among the smoke and dust on the side, an officer who knew at a glance was the Song Army general led dozens of prancing horses. To take the sudden twist, and do not do the other superfluous things, but directly took advantage of the opportunity of Pei Man to reduce the speed of the follow-up soldiers, and the vertical troops horizontally cut off the gold and silver medals.

Suddenly was cut off in a small area for a while, naturally he was shocked, but the horse under his hips accelerated more than just... Obviously, he just wanted to take the opportunity to stand out quickly. But it was obvious that the general had great prestige in the army, and Song Jun was inspired by that general, and he was desperate to squeeze directly towards the three sides of Tu Nian.

Poor Tunian lost his mount first, rolled over, was already injured, and was stabbed by several spears again, but he died directly in the Song Army formation.

The sun continued to sway west, because the Lou room had not sent troops, and Wu Jie also held on to the follow-up soldiers, but thanks to the daring fighting of the Chinese troops in the imperial camp, the plateau suddenly stabilized the front line.

In the foothill camp five or six miles away, Wu Jie's hands were trembling from the rammed earth general stage with a good view, so that he had to hold his saber to endure...Because Song Jun is steady, it is still After Jin Jun continued to make moves, all Wu Da needed to do was to wait and act later.

"What's that?" The situation slowed down, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but raised his head curiously, because he only discovered now that a big bird had been hovering in front of his head for some time. "Is the Jurchen’s Costin?"

"Yes!" Yang Yizhong looked at the big bird above his head, and nodded directly after taking a look. "I don't know which Jurchen general..."

Zhao Jiu nodded and didn't take it seriously. Although the other generals also glanced at the words, they also didn't say anything.

After all, this is not a long-distance traversal. Raising a Costin can also bring its own eagle eye stunts. This kind of bird depends on where there are many people at most, and returning to a general position of the main battlefield is already incredible.

And when the battle has reached this level, does this kind of intelligence still have meaning?

Therefore, no one cares at all.

However, just when everyone was ready to turn their attention back to the front, and began to discuss whether to appropriately let Qin Feng Road's soldiers and horses be pushed up...Yang Yizhong's complexion suddenly changed, and then Zhao Jiu, Wu Jiu and others also looked big. Change, because under the eyes of everyone, the Costin had hovered in the main battlefield area full of people for a few weeks, but turned his head to the west, that is, flew towards the back of Mount Yao!

"Liu Xi! Quickly lead your Xihe Road battalion to the right wing!" Wu Jie ordered immediately after his face changed drastically.

Liu Xi was not a fool, but bowed his head and called his life, and then hurriedly left.

Almost this person had just walked out of the gate, and he rode along the not too steep mountain foothills to meet with it, and galloped to the front of the Chinese army camp, and then hurriedly showed a gold medal, and fell to the ground with difficulty.

The official guard in front of the gate did not dare to neglect, and came over with the gold medal and a kit. Yang Yizhong stepped forward to take it. Before looking at the gold medal, he opened the kit and looked at it. After only one glance, his complexion changed and he returned hurriedly. .

"I said Lou Shi would not be so blunt to fight with less." Wu Jie glanced at the kit in Yang Yizhong's hand, with a gloomy expression, and directly spoke to Zhao Jiu and the other generals. "As I expected, it's not bad. It should be the living girl who led his 10,000 riders, coming from behind Yaoshan, ready to attack the big camp from the side, or simply go to the plain to decide the outcome... The Hai Dongqing just now can only It means that Jin Jun has arrived at Yaoshan behind us, and it’s only seven or eight miles away. When Liu Xi is out of battle, he will hit head-on... However, Qu Da is in the north, and if the living girl is going south, he I must be aware that there is no reason not to come here. I just hate him for the lack of cavalry. I am afraid that he can only come to aid five or six thousand cavalry. The infantry will not say anything until the evening!"

Wang Yuan, Zhang Xian, Tian Shi and others all nodded, and even Shi Xiaolin nodded slightly at this time and agreed.

However, as Yang Yizhong whispered before Zhao Jiu’s ear, the Zhao Song official became silent for a while, and then he managed to correct the information: “It’s not the military situation behind the mountain, but Han Liangchen sent someone to report. According to him, it’s not just living women who came here, because the day before yesterday, the Longmen Du had a large number of gold troops from the Longmen Dujiang behind Liangshan, ranging from 10,000 to tens of thousands..."

Below Wu Jie, everyone's complexion changed drastically.

"But the good thing is that Han Liangchen set off this morning, with about 7,000 reinforcements, maybe he can arrive before the evening... He made us beware." Zhao Jiu took a few deep breaths and said calmly.

The generals were somewhat relieved, but Yang Yizhong opened his mouth slightly, but immediately closed it.

In this way, two quarters of an hour later, Liu Xi led the entire army on Xihe Road to complete the formation~www.wuxiaspot.com~. At this time, at the southwest end of Yaoshan, several flags flashed past, and then countless. The golden cavalry rushed from there.

Seeing this scene in the distance, Zhao Jiu and Wu Jiu are both constrained to face each other.

Correspondingly speaking, on the Jinsu Mountain more than ten miles away, Lou Shi saw the scene from a distance, but he didn't say a word, but he stood up and turned on his horse. When he came down to the mountain, this person was just a gesture. The remaining seven thousand cavalrymen swarmed to keep up, trailing forward.

The crowd of seven thousand, calmly marched westward without any hurry.

At the same time, at the foot of Mount Yaoshan, the cavalry of the Golden Army continued to emerge. Liu Xi had already seen through the flag that it was the fourth prince Wanyanwu and Han Chang. On the Dongpo Plain, the fierce battle did not stop, but before and after With such a great movement, the two armies of the Song Army were slightly frustrated and a little tired. As for Liu Qi in the mud on the north side of the battlefield, although Liu Qi had the advantage, so far, the Jin Army was surrounded by thirty. Murk was only one-fifth of the casualties, and he persisted.

"Shoot out my dragon!" After a pause, Zhao Jiu asked Wu Jiu. "If it is Wushu, knowing that I am here, I can't say that I will be anxious for a while and lose my square inch."

(End of this chapter)