The weather in October, in the vicinity of the outside of the city, has begun to turn colder.

Especially at night, if you don't wear more, it will be even more chilly.

Fortunately, there is Longshan Mountain to the west of the middle road, which not only blocks the Shu Lu on the right side of Longyou, but also blocks the cold air coming from the west.

But even so, when on duty at night, there were still Wei troops who were patrolling the night and quietly raised a fire to keep warm.

Although in the past few years, Guanzhong has tried his best to get a lot of wool from Shu Lu through various channels.

But the price is too high, and if the soldiers at the bottom want to wear such cold things, it is a dream.

At most, only those elite people in the army have such qualifications.

And the elite people in the army had already followed Da Sima to Xiao Guan, how could they stay in the rear to escort grain and grass?

I heard that Feng Yong, a famous thief in Shuyu, has been blocked by Da Sima in Anding, and I think that there will be news of a big victory in the next few days.

In addition, the grain and grass were transported from Wangxian to Xiaoguan, and in the past few years, Huangxian County has arranged heavy troops to strictly prevent Shu captives from entering Kouguan.

Shu Yu can turn over the road of Longshan, regardless of whether it is a road or a small road, there are people who are closely watching.

Therefore, although the middle road is at the foot of Longshan Mountain, it is safe.

Seeing that winter is coming, the army still has to move, which is really too much torture for the big soldiers at the bottom.

In addition, there are no thieves around, and the military marquis and lieutenant in the army have some practices for the subordinates, as long as they are not too excessive, they also turn a blind eye.

One of the Wei soldiers craned his neck, walked to the fire in the corner, and kicked the other Wei soldier:

"Get up, it's time for you to go over and take your shift."

Wei Bing, who was holding the weapon and nodding and dozing off, was kicked awake.

I saw him yawn, rubbed his eyes, and asked lazily:

"What time is it?"

"It's almost time, isn't it?"

Wei Bing, who came to call someone, put down his weapon, stretched out his hands to bake the fire, and found that the fire in the fire was almost extinguished, so he added another piece of firewood to the fire.

His somewhat cold hands warmed up again, giving him a look of contentment.

The Wei soldiers on duty got up with some reluctance and walked towards the position on duty.

Leaving the fire, he suddenly felt a little cold.

When people feel cold, they are prone to urinate.

He looked left and right, crept over to a bush, and lifted up his robe.

With the sound of dripping water, he closed his eyes comfortably.

Then it was as if an extremely slight human voice was heard: "Cao! ”

Frightened, he hurriedly opened his eyes, his mouth had just opened, and before he could make a sound, a hand with the smell of urine covered his mouth tightly.

Then he was thrown to the ground.

He struggled with "hmm", and inadvertently licked that hand, only to feel a little salty......

When the hand left his mouth, he could no longer make a sound.

Because the cold dagger had just slashed through his throat.

Then his body was carefully dragged into the grass.

"What's going on?"

The captain of the Dark Night Camp leaned into the ears of his men and asked in a mosquito-like voice, "Doesn't it mean that this is not the night patrol path of the Cao thief?" ”

"It should be convenient to come here temporarily, I thought I was discovered......"

The Night Hunter, who had just killed one person, endured his nausea and wiped his hand on the corpse, feeling straight in his heart.

It's good to sneak in and crawl here, but it's really unlucky to be poured half of your body with urine!

So he couldn't help but curse secretly: "Cao! ”

The Dark Night Camp was personally trained by Feng Junhou, so the words and deeds of the people in it all more or less carried the shadow of Feng Junhou.

For example, this Cao character, Feng Junhou said that it means scolding Cao thief.

The captain of the Dark Night Battalion heard the explanation of the people under him, and then he was relieved: "Let's act!" ”

In late autumn and early winter, the days are short and the nights are long.

Between ugliness, it is the darkest night before dawn, and it is also the time when people sleep the deepest.

When Wei Bing, who had gone to call someone earlier, sat down, he had already learned from his companions, and began to doze off with his weapons.

Hearing footsteps behind him, he didn't even bother to turn his head back, just muttered, "Why did you come back again?" Don't be discovered by the military marquis, or don't think about being so lazy in the future......"

The visitor didn't answer, just sat down and put his arm around his shoulder.

The movement of his companion finally made him open his eyes and turn his head impatiently.

Then I saw a ghost-like face, full of gray and green, so that people didn't know if it was a human or a ghost.

Under this fright, his sleepiness suddenly disappeared, and he only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

The other party's strength was so great that the hand that held his shoulder not only made it impossible for him to get up, but also reached over to cover his mouth.

After a while, the Wei soldier's body twitched, and then he lowered his head again, and sat still.

Wei Bing, who was guarding the high place not far away, naturally saw this scene, and he watched the person who walked back to the fire pile leaning into the ear of his companion, as if he was whispering something, and his demeanor was extremely intimate.

He frowned and sighed, "Dirty! ”

Thinking that when the time comes, I will definitely inform the military marquis, saying that when these two people patrol the night, they are not only lazy, but also doing such things.

With this in mind, he got up and stretched.

An arrow flew from an unknown direction, piercing his neck fiercely.

He put his hands around his neck, his eyes widened, he looked at the dark night sky, and fell down unwillingly.

After a while, a fire broke out in a corner of the Wei army's temporary camp.

"It's out of the water!"

When someone found out about the situation, they hurriedly went to inform their superiors.

"Those guys must have been burning a fire at night to keep warm, and accidentally caught fire!"

The lieutenant was so annoyed that he scolded, "From tomorrow night, no one is allowed to make a fire privately!" ”

scolded and scolded, but he didn't have much worry in his heart, and immediately sent someone over to organize the firefighting.

I didn't know that the fire on that end had not been extinguished, and someone on the other side ran over to report the fire.

"Why did you ...... so carelessly?"

Before the lieutenant finished speaking, he already felt that something was wrong.

Sure enough, one after another, some people ran to the generals of the Wei army, and they all said that there was a phenomenon of walking water.

"Meticulous! The fine work has mixed in, come here, pass the order, unless you receive a military order, the battalions must not move! ”

The Wei generals were able to take on the heavy responsibility of transporting grain, so they were naturally not randomly assigned, and they reacted quickly.

Riots in the camp at night are prone to camp roaring.

Although the current sergeants and soldiers are not before or after the war, their emotions are still stable, so they should not worry too much.

But precautions still need to be taken.

It's just that this kind of practice is okay to deal with ordinary meticulous work.

What he didn't know was that this time he was dealing with a professional arsonist.

This time, Feng Yong sent this group of people out, and he came for food and grass.

So he divided a part of the tung oil in the engineering camp and let Huo Yi bring as much as he could.

After all, playing with fire is of course more refreshing to add fuel to the fire.

Bringing water to extinguish fires caused by oil will only fuel the fire.

So Wei Jun found that this fire was getting more and more prosperous.

When the sky was about to dawn, the fire in the camp rose to the sky.

When the shouts of killing sounded outside, the generals of the Wei army, who were burned by the fire in the camp, couldn't help but secretly complain:

This camp is in chaos, and there are thieves outside who take the opportunity to attack the camp, but I am afraid that the people who come are not good!

Huo Yi outside naturally didn't really want to attack the camp, after all, this time he came out, all of them were light troops, and he also had the heavy responsibility of attacking Cao Thief's grain route.

How can we easily waste our troops?

He did this to meet the night camp in the camp.

The soldiers of the Wudang battalion set up their longbows and began to throw rockets at the Wei camp.

Some Wei troops wanted to rush out, but they were persuaded to retreat by a rain of arrows from the Wudang battalion, which had been prepared.

When the sky was dark, the enemy outside the camp finally retreated.

The Wei generals were able to put out the fire with all their might, but after the fire in the camp was extinguished, when the losses were counted, it made him cry without tears.

There are not many soldiers who have been killed or injured by thieves, but there are many who trample on each other.

On top of that, most of the grain and grass were burned.

Looking at the piles of grain and grass that were still smoking and emitting a pungent foul-smelling smell of oil, General Wei's face turned pale.

Cao Zhen, who was below Xiao Guan, naturally didn't know that a batch of grain and grass in his army had been burned halfway through.

At this time, he looked at the camp of Shu Lu opposite, and his brows furrowed.

This Feng thief, the leader really has a set.

I thought he had come from afar, and the sergeant must have been tired.

I didn't think that after only half a day and a night's work, such a camp could be built.

Not only that, but they even placed improvised antlers in front of the camp and dug a trench that was not too shallow.

Just when he thought that Feng Thief would be punctual in the village, suddenly the gate of the village opened.

Team after team of Shu Lu came out, relying on the camp, and began to arrange the military formation.

"That Feng thief is really bold, he doesn't defend the village, and he dares to directly fight against Da Sima!"

The generals of the Wei army thought that they were going to attack the camp, but they didn't expect that the other party would dare to come out.

"This camp doesn't seem to have any problems, but it's just hasty, and it's not very solid, Feng Thief knows this, so instead of waiting for us to break the village, it's better to fight to the death!"

Guo Huai hugged his fists and said, "Da Sima, the last general is willing to be a pioneer thief!" ”

"How can I let the assassin be the vanguard to test the thief?" Cao Zhen shook his head, "And I look at Shuyu, and the morale is not weak." ”

"Our army is strong, if it is better to surround it slowly, take turns to attack, Shu Lu is in a hurry, he is already tired, and there are few soldiers, and when the time comes, all parties will not be able to respond, and the camp will break itself."

Although he has repeatedly belittled Feng Yong, Cao Zhen has led the army for many years, how can he not have eyesight?

The opponent's armor is distinct, the army is tightly organized, and the advance and retreat are orderly, and the imaginary situation of low morale does not appear at all.

In addition, in the past few years, Feng's reputation for being good at fighting has spread all over Guanzhong, and Cao Zhen will not be careless.

Anyway, he has superior forces in his hands, and the terrain is flat and wide, so he can just start a large army.

There are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary.

The battle of a few thousand people and the battle of tens of thousands of people are two different concepts at all.

Because in this era, no matter how high a commander's command is, he can only command where the eye can see clearly.

Five or six thousand, that's already the top.

The rest can only be left to the generals under his command to play freely.

Tens of thousands of people on both sides faced each other on a wide land, and the coach could only arrange tactics before the battle, and arrange different troops in different directions.

The attacker will constantly try from all directions in order to find the defender's weak points.

And when there is a real battle, the commander will not only dispatch troops according to the situation reported by the generals below.

As for what will happen under his hands, the coach can't control it at any time.

That's why it's said that a thousand armies are easy to obtain, but one general is rare.

When it's time for the coach to go into battle, it's basically too tragic, or it's already at the last moment.

"It seems that the number of this Cao thief should be more than 50,000."

At the highest point of the camp, Guan Ji, who was dressed in military uniform, held a telescope and watched the Wei army on the opposite side begin to move slowly, constantly deploying troops to his own flanks.

She silently estimated in her heart and spoke.

Cao Thief's current strength has reached at least thirty or forty thousand.

Traditionally, the first day of such a major battle is to set up military formations and test the strength of the opposing side in all directions.

So it is impossible to press all the forces at the beginning.

Feng Junhou was standing behind Guan Ji, his attention was all on the armor on her body.

This is a fine armor specially created for Guan Ji by the Hanyang County Manufacturing Bureau, and of course, there are some ideas of Feng Junhou mixed in it.

Under the light of the sun, Guan Ji, who has been blessed by armor, is like a Valkyrie.

"If Cao Zhen wants to use 50,000 elite soldiers to attack Longyou, then he must mobilize at least 100,000 people."

Feng Yong listened to Guan Ji's words and answered in a casual voice.

The soldiers of the Captain's Mansion say that they are ahead of an era is an exaggeration, but it is a matter of course to say that they want to be a century ahead.

Logistics alone was enough to crush any army of any contemporaneous era.

Not to mention the high degree of organization at the grassroots level of the army, as well as the most basic quality of officers and men.

The school captain's office said that there were 20,000 elite soldiers, but according to the standards of this era, it was normal to organize 100,000 troops with these 20,000 elite soldiers.

But is that necessary?

There is no need at all.

Feng Yong dared to run over knowing that Cao Zhen wanted to use superior forces to crush him on flat ground, just because he had a confidence:

Even if I can't beat you, don't try to eat me in one bite.

Otherwise, with Feng Tu's temperament, he would have led the army to the desert a long time ago.

Anyway, there are Hu Qiqi in your army, afraid of a hair?

It's a big deal to be in the desert for a year and a half.

And there is a Ji around him, so he won't be too lonely on the way......

The two were talking, only to see that Wei Jun had already made the first move in the southeast corner.

Guan Ji shouted loudly: "Xunwei! Dumen! ”

At the same time, he picked up the small flag on the table in front of him and waved it a few times.

The boss's drums soon sounded, and the heralds rode to the southeast.

After receiving the commander's military order, there was no movement on the outermost floor of the Han army in the southeast corner, but it had already turned inside, and at the same time, a reserve battalion in the commander's camp entered the southeast corner to respond.

The attempted attack of the Wei army's 2,000 foot soldiers soon disappeared into the southeast corner of the Han army's formation.

This made Cao Zhen's brows furrow again: Why do I think this Shu Yu is a little weird?

Could it be that that it is where Shu Lu arranges heavy troops?