The dark night covered the brilliance of the stars and the moon, the earth was silent, and the cold wind of the whistling autumn night carried a gloomy meaning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Torches were lit in the battlements of Nexian County, and the flames lit up the surroundings, and the soldiers who were shuttling and patrolling were faintly visible.

"It wasn't long before the beginning of autumn, and the weather was cold like this." Seeing that the night has been three watches, people and animals are silent, and Shangfeng is not there, and the soldiers guarding the city are also a little lazy, gathering in a more sheltered place, wrapping their clothes tightly, chatting with each other, "If it is colder, the silver money that has been saved with great difficulty will have to be exchanged for a few pieces of skin, and it will be distressing to think about it!" ”

Hearing his companion's complaints, the other sneered, "Come on! You can't read a single big character, and you can get this errand, it's like an ancestor accumulating virtue. If you change it to the side, not to mention saving money for skin, it is a blessing to be able to eat and dress warmly. ”

These two are old men who have accumulated years of experience, and they know each other well, and when they get together, they will talk about my son and I will talk about your brother, but they don't know that outside the moat, where they are faintly hidden, there are more than a dozen people dressed in black, almost blending with the night.

These dozen or so people stayed in the cold wind for most of the night, and then left quietly, and took advantage of the night to drive for a long time, and walked straight for more than a day before returning to the foot of Jiuyun Mountain.

"The defense of Nirvana County is very lax?" Hearing the report of his subordinates, the noble son in gorgeous clothes was overjoyed, "God really helps me!" ”

Seeing his fluttering appearance, a middle-aged scribe beside him hurriedly said: "Although Nexian County does not rely on the mountains, there are many rivers around, and it is not the enemy's direction. Moreover, their defense was lax, and most of them were deceived by Lord Lang's strategy, rather than being unprepared for war. ”

There are many low hills outside the city, so it is easy to occupy the terrain to defend, which is quite troublesome for the attacker. But if these hills, highlands, rivers, and woods are all occupied by the enemy, it will be the unfortunate side of the defenders. The middle-aged scribe knew that he hadn't brought so many people on this trip, and surrounded Niexian, so he couldn't help but persuade: "The county magistrate of Niexian County is a stable person, and we can't get mixed in, Lang Jun still waits for a few days and waits for the army to ......."

"The soldiers are fast, you don't understand such a simple truth?" The man dressed as a young brother glanced at the middle-aged scribe angrily, without any respect, "Nexian County's defense is lax, I never expected us to come over so quickly, this is our advantage, the more it drags on, the more the advantage will be reduced, and the food is definitely not enough...... What is your intention in making me wait longer? ”

Seeing that the other party even buttoned up such a high hat, the middle-aged scribe shook his head again and again, saying that he didn't dare.

This son-in-law is none other than Dou Kai's third son, Dou Cheng, and he is also a figure who is like a little bully in Taiyuan County, and no one dares to provoke.

Compared with the two brothers with dull qualifications, Dou Cheng was smart when he was a child, and his mouth was sweet, and he was deeply loved by Dou Kai and Mrs. Dou Li. Only Dou Kai and Li pointed at Dou Cheng and reprimanded the two sons, saying that they were not as good as their younger brothers, and they never had Dou Cheng reprimanded.

Dou Cheng grew up in this environment, and his personality became extremely agitated and conceited, in addition to pretending to be obedient in front of his parents, in the face of others, he was all in his eyes, commanding, especially looking down on the two elder brothers. In fact, Dou Cheng has always felt that if he hadn't been born a few years late, the position of the head of the family would have been in his pocket, how could it fall into the hands of the eldest brother?

It's not that Dou Cheng doesn't want to kill his brother, so he inherited this position, but Dou Kai also has seven or eight brothers-in-law, so many pairs of eyes are staring at a few nephews, and he looks at them to fight as fiercely as possible, and if they are all abolished, they can pass the position to themselves. When he was fledgling, Dou Cheng really didn't want to cause too much trouble and lose his advantage, so when he heard that there was a battle to fight, he took the initiative to ask for help, thinking that with his own wisdom, victory was not something to be captured! When he gets military merits and traps those rough people, no matter how much his brother inherits the position, he will be a puppet after all, and he won't live long. If it is a success, the prestige is high, and it is not impossible to directly change the heir. Thinking of this, how could he not be excited, how could he not be excited?

Xu Ze set his sights on Taiyuan, and Dou Kai also aimed at the party, both of them were thinking of annexing each other's territory, and they didn't know how many they sent. Because Dou Cheng had just reached the crown not long ago, his prestige was not enough to convince the public, and the right to lead the troops this time fell into the hands of Dou Kai's brother Dou He. However, even if the younger brother he trusted, he was not as close as his son after all, so he wanted to "repair the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark", so he first let his son lead 1,800 parts over the mountains and mountains to rush over, and at the same time deliberately transported grain on a large scale, which was discovered by the Shangdang Xu clan in Taiyuan County, so that they misjudged the time.

I have to say that Dou Kai's hand was extremely exquisite, and he deceived everyone. But Dou Kai's original intention was to let his son open up the sheep intestine trail that he had originally found a little bigger for the time being, and completely control it, waiting for the army to come over in a steady stream. After all, the terrain of Shangdang is higher than Taiyuan, and almost any passage between the two counties is easy to defend by Shangdang, and Taiyuan is difficult to attack. Who expected that Dou Cheng was a young man, and he was extremely agitated and conceited, and when he saw that the defense of Nie County was lax, he wanted to attack a county town with a population of several thousand and a population of 20,000 or 30,000 with 1,800 people! Not only that, but he even ordered the craftsmen to rush to the catapult, which shows that he was ready to attack if he could not outwit him.

The politics of Taiyuan are far from being as moderate as the party, Dou Kai reversed black and white in Taiyuan, referring to the deer as a horse, and no one dared to say a word. If you are in a bad mood, it is common to kill officials under your rule, and even Dou Cheng has contracted this problem. Since the last time the middle-aged scribe Liu Yue persuaded him to slaughter the whole village by mistake, he was afraid of being scared of the grass and startling the snake, but he ordered someone to tie him up and beat him, he no longer dared to contradict Dou Cheng, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin.

Thinking that he would soon be able to win Nixian County and establish the first merit, Dou Cheng was full of ambition. Fortunately, he is conceited, but his talent is not bad at all. What's more, in order to protect his son, Dou Kai sent him the 800 parts are all the elite of the Dou family, even if a few people have horses, there are as many as 200 people who are good at archery. It was more than a dozen literate people in Dou Kai's army who rushed to the scene overnight to produce hundreds of concise and concise documents to persuade them to surrender. The next night, in the dead of night, he ordered 200 people to tie all the documents to arrows and shoot them towards the county.

The weather was cold and the wind was strong, and they were far away for safety, and only a few dozen of the hundreds of bows and arrows were swaying into the county seat, and the rest were all scattered outside. But Rao is floating arrows have made the Nixian soldiers who were about to doze off startle, and looked around cautiously for a long time, and then slowly walked over, picked up the arrows, gathered together in twos and threes, lit more torches, and looked down at the city.

The distance that the torches can illuminate is only a little bit, and how can these people see clearly when they sneak into the forest after shooting the letters? The more this is the case, the colder the hearts of the soldiers become, and some of them are already at a loss.

After collecting more than a dozen arrows and discussing them for a while, several veteran soldiers decided to hand over one of them to the commander, after all, it is strictly forbidden in the army to intercept letters, especially letters shot by the enemy. But I couldn't stand Xinding's curiosity, so I secretly intercepted a letter, and it would be difficult to find it for a while.

It was night, and the mansion of Guan Song, the county commander of Nie County, was brightly lit.

Zhao Tao, the county lieutenant of Niexian, got the letter handed over, and was startled, and he didn't feel sleepy. He didn't dare to open the envelope without permission, hastily put on a piece of clothing, and ran over to find Guan Song regardless of his appearance. The two opened a few letters, and found that some were written to Guan Song, some were written to the county of Niexian, the main book, and Gong Cao, and even Zhao Tao's subordinate, the thief Cao of Niexian County, received a letter of persuasion - it can be seen that the other party has done enough homework, but only Zhao Tao has not given it.

Zhao Tao is not a stupid person, when he sees such a situation, how can he not know that the other party is discordant? He was conceited and upright, but he also knew that most of the literati were too careful, so he blushed in a hurry at the moment, and hurriedly defended: "So-and-so, so-and-so......"

"It's not a matter of concern." Guan Song can be evaluated by Xu Yun as stable, since he will not be in such a simple plan to sow discord, he slowly took the Dou clan to the party, and allowed him to burn the book silk for the Shangdang Juncheng, and said unhurriedly, "If you want to persuade you to surrender, it proves that the enemy's troops are insufficient, and you also have scruples." Let's just hold out for a few more days, and the girl will come with a large army and drive them all out and annihilate them. ”

Hearing that the enemy was shooting arrows at night, Zhao Tao, who had not experienced the battle, was a little shocked, but in Guan Song's slow tone, he gradually regained his calm and courage.

Guan Song is right, since ancient times, it is far easier to defend the city than to attack the city, not to mention that Xu Hui will bring the elite over in the near future, as long as he guards these days, why should the enemy be afraid? There are few people with them, they can't beat Niexian, and there are many people with them...... Do they have enough food to eat?

Thinking of this, Zhao Tao admired the middle-aged man in front of him with a mediocre appearance and a calm bearing. As early as the day he received Xu Ze's letter, Guan Song issued a strict order to prohibit the displaced people from entering the city, and the people would not leave the city if they had nothing important. Not only that, Guan Song also acted resolutely, killing several big families in the city who dared to disobey the yang and the yin, and took the opportunity to make money, and strengthened the garrison of Nie County. If it weren't for this, Dou Cheng would have been able to send someone in and take the opportunity to seize the city, and he would still be able to use this trick?

"Tonight the wind is strong, and many arrows with letters tied to them will surely fall outside the city." Guan Song really didn't want the people to see these books, even if only one person was literate, it could be spread all over the city immediately, but it was obviously unrealistic to open the city gate to pick up this thing, so Guan Song was silent for a moment, and then resolutely said, "Immediately order troops and guard the city gate!" (To be continued.) )