Let's say that Yi Qingfeng, Xiang Chen, and Mu Qianqian followed Jiang Chao's army to the north, and along the way, the army Xiaoxing lived hungry and thirsty at night, and it was very hard, and in the blink of an eye, it had been more than half a month. On this day, seeing that he was about to enter the enemy's territory, Jiang Chao ordered all the soldiers to camp and wait for orders, while he discussed the battle plan with Yi Qingfeng, Xiang Chen, Mu Qianqian, Han Lei, Qin Youcheng, Tang Hong and others in the big tent.

Han Lei said: "Elder, twenty miles ahead is Guiye City, this city's defensive strength is weak, we must quickly fight to take it in one fell swoop, with this city as a stronghold, one soldier will have a place to live and will play a greater combat power, and the other is that there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city to assist, and there is a stable source of grain and grass." ”

Jiang Chao said: "Hall Master Han and I have thought together, but the geometry of the defenders of Guiye City is not clear at present, and we still need to further explore the truth to ensure that we can take it steadily." ”

Han Lei said: "This matter is easy to do, and my subordinates can immediately lead a force to test the truth." ”

Jiang Chao pondered for a moment and said: "I'm just here, and I'm not familiar with this place, I think it's better to be careful, Qin Hall Master, Tang Hall Master, you two each lead a team of soldiers and horses to go to Guiye City with Han Hall Master to find out the truth." ”

Han Lei, Qin Youcheng, and Tang Hong said respectfully: "The subordinates listen to the order." He obeyed his orders and left.

Yi Qingfeng, Xiang Chen, and Mu Qianqian had no tasks for the time being, so they waited for news in Dazhai with Jiang Chao.

Let's say that the leader of the defenders in Guiye City is Ji Peng, the general of the Northern Alliance, and he was naturally unwilling to sit idly by when he saw Jiang Chao leading the army to attack, so he immediately sent his deputy generals Zhang Xing and Liao Yuan to lead 3,000 elite soldiers to intercept them halfway. The two knew that Jiang Chao's attack this time was violent, and his soldiers were strong and strong, and if they fought hard, it would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so they chose a dangerous place and tried to use the terrain advantage to catch the opponent by surprise.

At this time, the two men led their men and horses to lie in ambush in the woods on both sides of the road, intending to flank the invading enemy left and right. Soon, Han Lei led the army into the encirclement set by the two. I only heard an order, and the sound of countless arrows breaking through the air in the woods came, and Han Lei's army was attacked by the enemy in the abdomen, and dozens of people were shot down in one moment. However, the troops were well-trained, and after a little panic, they quickly calmed down, and each of them waved their shields and weapons to block the flying arrows.

After stabilizing the situation, Han Lei immediately said: "Hall Master Qin, Hall Master Tang, you lead the army to attack the enemy army on the left, and I will attack the enemy on the right." With a roar of rage, he led his soldiers and horses to rush towards Zhang Xing and the others who were ambushed in the woods on the right, while Qin Youcheng and Tang Hong led their respective soldiers and horses to attack the enemy on the left.

Zhang Xing saw Han Dang rushing and didn't dare to fight hard and led his subordinates to fight and retreat, Han Lei saw that the enemy army was defeated and retreated, and he couldn't care much, so he let go of his courage and chased forward. I saw him riding a fast horse, waving the spear in his hand and rushing left and right, as if entering a no-man's land, and the enemy could not stop him at all, and in the blink of an eye, he stabbed more than a dozen people.

Zhang Xing couldn't help it when he saw this scene, he stopped and shouted angrily: "Dog thief, I'll meet you." As he spoke, he waved a long axe and rushed towards Han Lei, and the soldiers and horses under the two immediately started to fight, only to see the sword light and sword shadows waving all over the sky, shouting and killing one after another, and a bloody battle was inevitable.

When Han Lei saw Zhang Xing rushing over, he shouted: "It's a good time." Saying that, the spear in his hand slashed out a cold light and swept towards Zhang Xing's body, Zhang Xing didn't dare to slack off, the long axe in his hand did not hesitate to meet it, and after a bang, the two attacks came to naught, Zhang Xing only felt a sharp pain coming from the tiger's mouth in his right hand.

Han Lei did not relent, his body swept out of the horse after shouting angrily, and at the same time as he was in mid-air, the spear in his hand was slashed at Zhang Xing's head, only to see an unstoppable roar of cold light that was more than a foot high, Zhang Xing's heart was horrified, where did he dare to fight hard in the face of such a fierce attack, he instantly urged the true qi in his body to fly backwards, and a roar came, the fast horse he was riding was split in two and fell to the ground, and he himself was also brought by the residual strength of Han Lei's first blow, and the qi and blood on his body surged.

The spear in Han Lei's hand pointed directly at Zhang Xing and said, "Dog thief, if you know each other, hurry up and arrest you, leaving you a whole corpse." ”

Zhang Xing's eyes widened angrily and said, "If you want to kill me, it's not that easy." Saying that, the long axe in his hand waved wildly, only to see countless cold lights flashing, and then a phantom of an axe several feet high rushed towards Han Lei like lightning, Han Lei did not dare to slack off, and while his body flew back, the spear in his hand swung out a sharp cold light to meet it, and a loud bang came, and the full strength of the two of them returned with all their strength.

Han Lei fought back after blocking a blow, only to see the spear in his hand cold light, with an angry shout, he flew up, and at the same time the spear in his hand set off a violent qi several feet high towards Zhang Xing, Zhang Xing was not to be outdone, the long axe in his hand waved wildly, like a high-speed spinning windmill, only to see a sharp cold light like a river rushing continuously, a rumbling explosion came, the mud under the feet of the two splashed everywhere, and then Zhang Xing was hit by the powerful energy and took a few steps back.

At this time, both of them were red-eyed, and they had to distinguish between the superior and the inferior before they were willing to give up, so they tried their best to fight, and the two sides went back and forth like a marquee.

The two of them were full of firepower and did not give in to each other, and in the blink of an eye, they exchanged more than a dozen moves, and suddenly Liao Yuan's shout came from the side: "Commander Zhang, go quickly." It turned out that Qin Youcheng and Tang Hong had killed Liao Yuan's soldiers and horses and fled in all directions, Zhang Xing saw that the situation was not good and had no intention of fighting, he shouted angrily and the long axe in his hand was connected and split, only to see several sharp cold lights roaring towards Han Lei, Han Lei did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly waved a spear to resist, taking advantage of Han Lei's resistance, Zhang Xing launched his body and fled in a hurry.

Han Lei and Qin Youcheng and Tang Honghou chased and killed all the way, until they chased under the gate of Guiye City, only to see Zhang Xing and Liao Yuan flee into the city with a team of remnants of the defeated army, and then the city gate was like a rain of arrows to keep Han Lei's army out. Qin Youcheng shouted and scolded under the city gate for a while, there was no response inside, seeing that the sky was getting dark, Han Lei said: "Forget it, that's the end of today, let's go back to the camp and report to the elders first." As he spoke, he led the army back to the camp.

At night, Han Lei and others reported the military situation to Jiang Chao in Dazhai, Han Lei told Jiang Chao about the situation of the battle with the enemy army during the day, Jiang Chao thought for a moment and said: "Guiye City is alone, the grain and grass in the city will not be able to support for long, if the enemy army can't shrink, then we don't have to be anxious, just besiege it to the death, and it will be self-defeating." ”

Han Lei said: "What the elder said is extremely true, if we wait for the siege but not attack, the enemy can only sit and wait for death, so as to avoid a large number of casualties caused by the strong attack, it can be described as the best of both worlds." ”

Jiang Chao said with a smile: "I waited for these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to spend countless days and nights of strict training, and if we can reduce one casualty, one less casualty, we will have to rely on them to attack the city and plunder the land in the future." As he spoke, the crowd laughed and dispersed.

The next day, Han Lei, Qin Youcheng, and Tang Hong continued to lead the army to call for battle under the gate of Guiye City, but Ji Peng seemed to have made up his mind to close the door and not come out, and let the three of them scold outside the city gate, but they were unmoved, and Han Lei had no choice but to send heavy troops to guard all the passages out of the city according to Jiang Chao's order, trying to trap the enemy in the city.

Seeing that the opponent was in a posture of trapping himself in the city, Ji Peng was like sitting on pins and needles and couldn't sleep and eat, so he summoned his generals to the tent to discuss countermeasures, and the military advisor Meng Li took a step forward and said: "General, my subordinates have a plan or can try." Ji Peng was overjoyed and said: "What is the plan of the military advisor, tell me quickly." ”

Meng Li said: "Jiang Chao's army is now stationed in the suburbs of the city, their daily drinking water must come from the Mianhe River upstream, there is a secret recipe under the subordinate, colorless and tasteless, scattered into the water and eaten by people will get sick, the sick person vomits up and down and discharges the whole body is weak and weak, as long as you can manage to send someone to sprinkle this medicine into the enemy's water source, the besieged enemy will not be defeated." ”

Ji Peng was overjoyed and said: "Good plan, good plan, military advisor's plan is very good, but now the passage out of the city is guarded by enemy troops, can you steal out of the city?"

Zhang Xingdao: "General, my subordinates have a way, when building the moat, a secret passage out of the city was specially left just in case, and now it can come in handy." ”

Ji Peng couldn't help but say: "Okay, God really helps me, military advisor, then you can quickly and Commander Zhang Xing will finish the clever plan to break the enemy just now." ”

Meng Li and Zhang Xing said respectfully: "Yes, general." So saying, everyone withdrew.

At night, it was dark inside and outside the city, Zhang Xing personally led a team to steal out of the city from the secret passage, and everyone took advantage of the night to quickly sweep towards the upper reaches of the Mianhe River. After arriving at the destination, Zhang Xing ordered his men to scatter all the prepared pills into the river.

It turns out that the pill dissolves very slowly in water, and can be stored for at least a few days, and after the pill falls to the bottom of the water, it begins to slowly release its power. Seeing that the matter was done, Zhang Xing didn't dare to stay longer, and hurriedly led his subordinates back to Guiye City to resume his life.

Ji Peng's trick really worked, and in the next few days, a large number of soldiers fell ill in Jiang Chao's military camp, Jiang Chao was worried, and hurriedly sent someone to find a doctor in a nearby village to help see a doctor and prescribe medicine. However, the level of these doctors is limited, and after several days of treatment, the disease cannot be controlled, and Jiang Chao and the others are as anxious as ants on a hot pot for a while.

On this day, everyone was discussing countermeasures in the big tent, and Jiang Chao said: "The soldier's illness this time is fierce, if so."

If we can't find a solution in the near future, then we'll have to go home. ”

Han Lei said with an angry face: "This thing really came suddenly, and I don't know what caused it, those quacks invited are really useless, and they can't even use a little relief method." "Everyone, you and I tell the indignation in my chest.

Yi Qingfeng said: "This matter is strange, if it is said that it is not adapted to the water and soil, it should not be done until now, in my opinion, nine times out of ten it is Ji Peng's dog thief who is behind the ghost." ”

Jiang Chao said: "Now that Guiye City is surrounded by our army, Ji Peng may not be able to do anything even if he has the heart, right?"

Yi Qingfeng said: "Elder Jiang's words are reasonable, but if it weren't for Ji Peng's obstruction, this matter would be too puzzling. ”

Everyone was talking about it, and suddenly a sergeant walked in and said respectfully: "Report to the chiefs, the master of the witch hall and his wife are waiting outside the camp gate. ”

Yi Qingfeng, Mu Qianqian, and Xiang Chen were overjoyed when they heard this: "Why are they here, let's go and see." Without waiting for Jiang Chao's order, he walked quickly towards the outside of the village.

The three of them walked out of Dazhai, and sure enough, they saw Wu Renliang walking over with Cui Yan from afar, and Yi Qingfeng shouted: "Ren Liang, Cui Yan, it's really you." As he spoke, he rushed forward. Everyone hadn't seen each other for a few days, and when they met, they naturally felt more cordial, and they didn't stop asking long and short questions along the way.

After meeting Elder Jiang, Han Lei and others, everyone came to Yi Qingfeng's tent to speak, Wu Renliang said: "When Cui Yan and I just came in, we found that many soldiers were yellow and thin, and they looked like they were sick, what happened?"

Yi Qingfeng sighed and said, "You still said, it's not the right time for you to come, I'm afraid we will have to go home in a few days." ”

Cui Yan said: "This is incomprehensible, now that Guiye City is close at hand, you don't want to think about how to knock it down, how can you think of going home?"

Mu Qianqian said: "Cui Yan, you don't know, just a few days before you came, the soldiers in the camp didn't know why, one after another fell ill, and now they have fallen ill a lot, and now there are no good doctors in the barracks, a few days ago I looked for a few doctors in the nearby villages, and the results were all incompetent, and they couldn't help at all." If you keep going like this, the soldiers will all fall ill, and who else will they expect to fight, but they will have to go home. ”

Cui Yan said: "It turns out that this is the case, everyone finally came here after a long journey, if they return empty-handed like this, I'm afraid no one will be reconciled, right?"

Xiang Chen said: "No, Elder Jiang and the others were so angry just now, but this is also no way, who would have thought that such a thing would happen." ”

Cui Yan pondered for a while and said: "When it comes to curing diseases and saving people, I also know a little bit about it, I don't know if my superficial medical skills can help?"

Mu Qianqian said: "Oh, look at my memory, the famous doctor is far away in front of us, we didn't see it, I remember a headache a few days ago, but Cui Yan gave a few stitches." In this way, it seems that we don't have to go home, there is Cui Yan who is taking care of the medicine until the disease is cured. ”

Cui Yan said: "Sister Qianqian, don't say that, I just want to try, whether it can be cured is another story." ”

Yi Qingfeng said: "Since Cui Yan understands medical skills, it can be said that he has solved the urgent need, saving people is like fighting fire, what are we still standing for, hurry up and take Cui Yan to save people." As he spoke, he led the group towards the soldiers' barracks.

Cui Yan really lived up to expectations, and quickly cured the sick soldiers one by one with the means of rejuvenation, and accurately determined that the source of the disease was the unclean water source, and then the water supply of the barracks found other water sources, and this crisis was safely passed.

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the soldiers who had fallen ill before have all recovered, and the morale of the soldiers in the entire barracks is high, and there is a majestic and high-spirited appearance.