Around midnight that night, in the rebel camp south of Kunyang City, when the rebel soldiers in the camp were curled up in the grass hut and sleeping in their clothes, the order was issued.

Immediately move to the barracks on the south bank of the Sand River!

Qu General Luo Yu personally conveyed this order to his soldiers: "Immediately transfer to the camp on the south bank of the Shahe River." ”

The soldiers under his command didn't know what was going on, or some of them asked puzzledly: "General Qu, what happened to the military camp on the south bank of the Shahe River?" ”

Luo Yu didn't answer, and said with a straight face: "Hugh wants to ask more, withdraw immediately...... Transfer now! Remember, don't make a noise. ”

“…… Be. ”

Several of his elders looked at each other.

A moment later, under the leadership of these uncles, some of the grassroots soldiers began to move to the south bank of the Shahe River.

At this time, the advantage of this camp only five miles away from the city has become a burden, in order to prevent the Kunyang side from knowing, the soldiers who received the order were ordered not to 'carry out the open fire', and could only use the moonlight and starlight in the night sky to discredit the operation.

Since the evacuation was carried out in batches, while some of the soldiers were evacuated in an orderly manner, the rest of the camp had not yet received orders.

For example, the soldiers under the command of Qu General Zou Wei who are responsible for tonight's patrol.

A patrol team bumped into this and asked Tong Ze in confusion: "Brother, what are you doing...... Where to? ”

The rebel soldier who was asked did not know what was going on, shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't know, but I know that it is an order from above, ordering us to immediately move to the camp on the south bank of the Shahe River." ”

"Is it just you?"

"Who knows."

As he was talking, suddenly everyone saw Qu General Zou Wei coming over, and shouted in a deep voice: "Transfer immediately, don't talk!" ”

Both the evacuated soldiers and the patrolling soldiers were slightly startled and did not dare to talk again.

"Qu Jiang!"

The patrol guards hurriedly saluted the general.

"Hmm."

Zou Wei nodded, beckoned the leading team to the side, and whispered: "Go and tell the brothers, immediately transfer to the barracks on the south bank of the Shahe River......

"Shall we transfer too?" The team asked in surprise.

Zou Wei was obviously also one of the insiders, but he didn't want to explain, so he whispered: "Don't ask more, transfer quickly!" …… Remember, if it's not me, don't reveal it. ”

The team nodded, and then, as if thinking of something, asked, "What about the wounded brothers?" Do you want to be notified? ”

I saw that under the light of the torch in his hand, the Zou Wei and Zou Qu in front of him flickered his eyes, and then said in a low voice: "...... Don't ask. ”

Seeing this, the team seemed to have guessed something, and asked inexplicably: "Qu Jiang, could it be...... Are we going to evacuate? ”

"Don't ask more!"

“…… Be. ”

From the end of the night to the next day, the 20,000 or 30,000 righteous soldiers in the south of Kunyang City evacuated south one after another.

The Jiangxia Yishi under Chen Miao was the first to be allowed to evacuate, then the army directly under Guan Shuo, then the army under the command of General Huang Kang, and the green forest thieves of Zhang Tai, Xiang Hu and others.

On the other hand, in the eastern suburbs of Kunyang, Liu De, a general under Guan Shuo, is also evacuating his soldiers one after another.

Of the tens of thousands of troops, only the wounded battalion and the rebels who were still stationed in the city were not notified, and the rest of the volunteers received the order to 'move to the barracks on the south bank of the Shahe River' and retreated south in the dark.

When approaching Zishi, Qu general Cao Wu climbed the South City Gate Tower and looked at the south with a complicated expression.

This afternoon, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao had already withdrawn from Kunyang and returned to the military camp in the southern suburbs, and then, the general Zhu Yuan, who was originally responsible for attacking the city, was also evacuated, and then Zou Wei, Luo Yu, Ji Wu and other generals.

He Cao Wu is the supreme general who is now staying in Kunyang.

"Qu Jiang."

A soldier patrolling the city wall noticed Cao Wu, approached and saluted, and asked, "Is there something wrong over there?" ”

"Ah, no."

Cao Wu barely squeezed out a smile and said with a smile: "I'm just appreciating this ...... Night view. ”

The nearby soldiers didn't want to laugh when they heard this, but they were afraid that Cao Wu would be angry, so they could only hold back their laughter.

Looking at these smiling and hard-working soldiers, Cao Wu let out a long sigh in his heart - these people, I don't know that they have been abandoned.

"Be on duty." Cao Wu patted a soldier on the shoulder.

"Yes!" The soldier straightened his chest in flattery.

After one last glance at the south, Cao Wutou did not go back to the south city gate tower and walked towards the streets and alleys in the city.

After walking a few steps, he stopped, glanced at the streets of the city, and muttered, "It's too quiet......"

Several of the guards behind him also looked strange.

Yes, tonight's Kunyang is unusually quiet, there is no wolf howl, there is no Kunyang pawn counterattack, and the silence makes people feel a little unaccustomed.

Most people think that the reason why Kunyang is so quiet tonight is because Guan Shuo and Chen Miao, the two marshals, negotiated the conditions with the other party and agreed to stop fighting with each other, but Cao Wu did not think so.

He vaguely felt that the eyes of the Kunyang people were staring at them.

Not only them, but also the friendly troops who were staring at his volunteer division in the southern suburbs outside the city.

『…… At the latest, I am afraid that it will be tomorrow and the dawn, and the people of Kunyang will notice it, and the time will be ...... The soldiers who remain in the city will inevitably suffer the wrath of the Kunyang people for being deceived......

Cao Wu glanced at the patrol guards who passed by him with torches in their hands and saluted him.

"The song will be good!"

"Okay, you have to be on duty."

"Yes!"

Most of the patrol guards who left were not familiar to Cao Wu, because those people were not the original group of soldiers under his command, but they were successively replenished during this time.

The original soldiers under him were not many at this time, and most of them were wounded, belonging to the group of people in Guan Shuo's mouth who 'could not withdraw to the rear alive'.

With complicated feelings, Cao Wu came to the South Street where he was stationed, and looked at the position of Kunyang on the opposite side.

For some reason, he suddenly wanted to talk to Ju Sheng opposite.

At this time, he faintly understood Ju Sheng and understood why the latter had to defect to Kunyang's side in the first place, after all, as the group of people who were abandoned, they were too painful, too angry, and too desperate.

However, in order to prevent the other side from seeing any clues, Cao Wu finally did not shout to Ju Sheng on the other side, but leaned against the broken wall and lay down with his head on his hands.

「…… Take care."

In his ears, it seemed to echo the words of Jiangxia Yishi General Zhu Yu when he said goodbye to him, which made Cao Wu's increasingly cold heart warm a little.

Although General Zhu was ashamed at that time, Cao Wu didn't blame him at all, after all, that General Zhu at least interceded for him and his soldiers in front of Guan Shuo, his Changsha righteous teacher, but that Guan Shuai did not agree.

With mixed feelings, Cao Wu fell asleep in a daze.

After a long time, he suddenly felt someone push him.

When he opened his eyes, he realized that it was his guard, who had a bowl of broth in his hand.

"Qu Jiang, drink it while it's hot, warm up."

"Ah, okay."

Cao Wu nodded, took it with a smile, and slowly drank the soup while holding the wooden bowl, while looking at the south city gate intentionally or unintentionally.

At this moment, the south gate is still closed—that is the order he has given.

And the soldiers in the city still don't seem to know what happened last night, and still cook soup and prepare for dinner as usual.

But how long can this calm last?

Just when Cao Wu secretly sighed, several soldiers hurriedly found him, and the person at the head seemed to be an uncle.

I saw that after the uncle saw Cao Wu, he clenched his fists and asked with confusion: "General Cao Qu, I don't know if you have ever seen General Luo Qu?" ”

Cao Wu knew that the other party was referring to Luo Mata, so he spoke: "Luo Ma has been transferred to the camp outside the city to take charge of the winter, and now you are under my command...... I'm sure you've heard from Ramata, right? ”

"Uh, yes." The elder stopped talking.

Seeing this, Cao Wu asked curiously, "What's wrong, what happened?" ”

"That's ......"

The chief hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke: "Last night, a few brothers were injured and worsened, and I thought about moving to a camp outside the city, so that those brothers could rest in peace, but when I arrived at the city gate, I learned that Cao Qu ordered you not to open the south gate without permission, which is why I ......."

"Yes."

Cao Wu nodded and said: "Although my righteous master and Kunyang have temporarily ceased war, you also know that the Kunyang people are cunning and despicable, and it is very likely to take advantage of the kindness of my righteous master, in order to prevent the Kunyang people from taking advantage of the chaos to recapture the southern city wall, the southern city gate needs to be opened by my order......"

"I see, then you ......," the chief pleaded.

『……』

Cao Wu was silent for a moment and said, "The big camp outside the city is busy...... Prepare for the winter of the army, and if there is chaos in the camp, do not add to the chaos, but put the seriously wounded brothers in a room where they can be protected from the wind, and light a bonfire so that they can recuperate in peace...... Don't worry, we have reached an agreement with the people of Kunyang yesterday, and there will be no more fighting......"

"Didn't you say that the people of Kunyang are despicable and cunning and untrustworthy?"

The uncle glanced at Cao Wu with a strange expression, feeling that this Cao Qu general did not match the preface and afterword.

But he didn't dare to ask more, and left with his fists clenched.

At this time, the sky was gradually brightening, and some soldiers on duty on the south city wall noticed that something was wrong, and ran to Cao Wu to report: "Qu general, there should be a patrol soldier of my righteous division outside the city, but the small one is nowhere to be seen on the city wall, could it be that there is some conspiracy of the Kunyang people?" ”

『……』

Cao Wu was silent for a moment, and said with a straight face: "Don't speculate. I have already given an order, my righteous division has ceased war with Kunyang, and at this moment, the large camp outside the city is busy with the winter of all the soldiers of my righteous division......"

The chief who came to pay his respects asked in a low voice, "Do you want to send someone to confirm with the camp?" ”

"No!"

Cao Wu immediately stopped drinking, and shouted with a little anger: "I have been appointed to be fully responsible for the affairs of the city, and I have my own considerations!" ”

“…… Be. ”

The chief shrunk his neck, not daring to say anything more.

"What happened to Cao Qujiang?"

"I don't know, I feel like Qu will be in a bad mood today......"

When some nearby soldiers saw this scene, they looked at each other and whispered.

『……』

Glancing around at the unknown soldiers nearby, Cao Wu let out a long breath, his expression uncertain.

Those soldiers guessed right, Cao Wu at this moment was indeed holding a fire in his heart.

But even so, he had to fulfill the orders given to him by Guan Shuo, stabilize the morale of the volunteers in the city as much as possible, and buy enough time for the evacuation of the army outside the city.

However, the paper could not save the fire after all, and it didn't take long for all the righteous soldiers in the city to learn the truth......