This majestic old man is really Li Mu's father, he heard Zhao Kuo say that he and Li Mu are friends, even if he has a straight face, it is difficult to hide the joy in his heart, shaking his head, he said: "I have three sons, Li Mu is the most unsuccessful one, it is his honor to be friends with Ma Fuzi." Zhao Kuo's face froze, and then he said: "You are too modest, his future achievements will definitely be higher than mine." ”

Zhao Kuo asked about the matter, he asked seriously: "Before I came to Bairen, I observed the surrounding terrain, and I found that there are many places around Bairen where the army can be hidden. The old man stroked his beard and replied, "In the south of Bairen, there is a dense forest, called the Funeral Forest, where the mountains are endless, and there are thorns all over the place, and wild beasts are rampant, and it is difficult to move an inch. ”

"Unless you know the right path, no one can get out of here safely, if the Bairen people encounter a disaster year, they will flee here, this campaign, there are also many Bairen people who have fled here, if you want to ambush soldiers here, I can take you in, unless the Yan people are cut all the way, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to see where the ambush is hidden."

Zhao Kuo frowned, the reason why he gave up Shancheng, which was located on a high slope, and came to Bairen, was because there was no suitable place to hide near Shancheng, because the location was dangerous, the surrounding jungle was all overlooked, and the road was flat, while Bairen was much better, the road was in disrepair, and there were mountain streams and dense forests everywhere. If the Yan people were to come, they would have come from the main road, that is, from the southeast, and there was a wide plain in the southeast, which was the most suitable place to camp.

Zhao Kuo knew about these situations, and then said to Li Mu's father with a smile: "Then I will bother you." ”

He looked at Dong Chengzi again, this fat man looked extremely uneasy now, he originally thought that these thousands of people were just the vanguard troops, so there was still a lot of open space left in the east of the city, which was ready to meet the follow-up main force, who knows, this is all the troops of Zhao Kuo, he seems to be a little desperate. Li Mu's father went to prepare, but Zhao Kuo pulled Dong Chengzi to the side, and he said, "I'm going to withdraw from Bairen." ”

Dong Chengzi nodded in a bit of a trance and said, "Okay, withdraw to Handan." ”

"I'm afraid not, Handan is different from Bairen, Handan is full of flat roads, there is no way to stop the Yan people, if the Yan people surround Handan, Handan and the surrounding connection is broken, it will cause the destruction of the Zhao State."

"Then you... You... What do you want to do? ”

"I will lead the soldiers to withdraw from Bairen and set up an ambush outside Bairen, and you will send the people here back to Handan first."

"Good! I'll take them back to Handan! Dong Chengzi nodded and was about to leave, but Zhao Kuo hurriedly grabbed him and said with a smile: "You can't leave yet." Dong Chengzi cried and asked, "Then what do you want me to do?" Zhao Kuo said: "Please don't be afraid, you take a group of people, stay in Bairen, erect my banner on the city wall, beat the war drums, and make the appearance that I am guarding here." ”

"If the Yan people camp outside the city and prepare to rest, you wait for the battle situation to make a decision, if the Yan people are about to attack the city, then you can abandon the defense and flee."

Dong Chengzi was still a little afraid, his face was full of entanglement, and he couldn't make up his mind, seeing Dong Chengzi's appearance, Zhao Kuo lowered his head, looked at the short sword on his waist, he smiled, and said: "The set of armor I am wearing should be left by General Dong, and so is your sword?" "General Uncle Dong's military exploits may not be much, but in his life, he has never been afraid, let alone flinched. ”

"I've heard that this saber will rust if it is not sheathed for too long."

"Please help me this time. As long as I'm alive, I won't let you die first. Zhao Kuo said seriously.

Dong Chengzi gritted his teeth and nodded.

Soon, Zhao Kuo issued an order, let the soldiers get ready, leave Bairen, although everyone did not know Zhao Kuo's intentions, but no one dared to ask more, after the night attack on the Yan people of this battle spread, Zhao Kuo killed tens of thousands of Yan people, burned all the enemy's grain and grass The "legendary deeds" also reached the ears of the soldiers, which made the soldiers worship Ma Fuzi even more, including the people of Bairen, are the same.

Zhao Kuo sat on the chariot again, he didn't expect that Li Mu's father could still ride a horse at this age, he led the way in front, led everyone, and got into the unfathomable dense forest, in this dense forest, people are difficult to walk, not to mention chariots and horses, the soldiers cut down trees in front of them, creating a road, the cost is huge, but gradually into the depths of the dense forest, you can see a road that can pass through the carriage and horses.

This road is opened up by generations of Bairen people, every time there is a war, they will flee here, but this time, Zhao Kuo does not want them to escape here, if they are defeated, the Yan people will definitely conduct a serious search of this dense forest, when the time comes, I don't know how many people will die in the hands of the Yan people, until the night, they have not been able to reach the destination.

According to Zhao Kuo's thoughts, they naturally wanted to hide in the closest place to the enemy.

At this moment, Dong Chengzi was still sending people to persuade the people of Bairen.

"Ma Fuzi has evacuated Bairen, please return to Handan, the Yan people are about to kill Bairen!"

"Ma Fuzi will definitely not retreat, he must be going to fight the Yan people, we are here waiting for the news of his triumph!"

"That's right! If you can't follow Mafuzi to kill the enemy, can't you stay here to celebrate Mafuzi's victory?! ”

Maybe it's too blind trust, Dong Chengzi's things are not going well, he hurriedly persuaded around, and finally made some of the people ready to leave, and then, he gathered a group of people, erected countless flags on the city wall, and prepared a lot of war drums and other items, standing on the city wall in fear and waiting, Dong Chengzi's horse is tied under the city wall, as long as things are not right, he will ride a horse to escape here.

Zhao Kuo and the others cut a road in the dense forest, and finally went around to the near place near Bairen, here, he asked people to secretly cut down the trees on the road out of the dense forest, not to let these trees block the road of the army, but not to be directly exposed, so it is necessary to secretly place these felled trees, which can not only block the view, but also can be easily moved to form a road.

After doing this, three full days have passed, Li Mu's father was reluctant to go back, Zhao Kuo couldn't persuade him, and finally let him leave with a strong order, the old man looked very annoyed, Zhao Kuo also breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the soldiers to wait here with peace of mind. I hope that after the Yan people arrive here, they will camp and rest when they see the Zhao army on the city wall. In this way, Zhao Kuo has a chance to attack again.

But if the enemy does not stop and directly attacks the city, then he can only go out of the forest and fight the enemy to the death.

There is no way for him to delay any longer, and after Bairen, it is Handan.

On the fifth day, Dong Chengzi had just woken up, and was pulled to the city wall by the frightened doorman, he stood on the city wall, looked around, and immediately took a breath of cold air, and the people also learned the news of the arrival of the Yan people, and they all lay on the city wall, secretly looking. Dong Chengzi had never seen such a picture in his life, outside of Bairen, all of them were densely packed with people, and there was no end in sight, and they were all stationed on the plain less than a mile away from the city wall, and Dong Chengzi could even see their spears that shimmered with cold light.

The flags seemed to be planted everywhere they could see, swaying and swaying under the blowing of the wind, the officers were giving orders, the roar was gathered together, deafening, the chariots were lined up, one after another, the Yan soldiers stood on the chariots, the strong bows were aimed in the direction of Bai Ren, the cavalry shuttled back and forth, and more and more foot soldiers kept appearing from afar, endlessly.

Dong Chengzi's legs were weak and he almost fell, but the doorman on the side hurriedly supported him.

The people, who were originally reluctant to leave, did not say a word at this moment, and flocked to the direction of the West Gate. The doorman looked into the distance in horror and asked, "Master of the family, are we going to withdraw??" ”

Dong Chengzi trembled, touched the short sword on his waist, and said tremblingly: "Still. Not yet.. Retreat, drumming quickly!! ”