On this night, the furious black military general Lu Chi was eager to kill with a knife in his own hand, and under the strict guard of tens of thousands of company camps, he was actually attacked by a cavalry team of only more than 200 people!

It was winter, the hay was flammable, and the grain and grass used by tens of thousands of people were almost burned clean by a fire under the howling north wind, and they could not even be saved.

Looking at the subordinates who knelt on the ground in front of him, Lu Chi wanted to be angry but couldn't do it at all, this was a sign that he was already disappointed in his subordinates, and he didn't even bother to scold.

"All the people on duty last night, whether they were generals or soldiers, were the first to attack the city for a while, and when they attacked the city, they were not allowed to wear armor or hold shields."

He just gave a faint order, then turned and left.

But in this faint sentence, it has already decided the life and death of many people.

These dereliction of duty, he didn't kill them, and handed them over to the Chu people to kill, but at least gave them the dignity to die in battle.

Back in his big tent, Lu Chi sighed heavily after sitting down, as soon as dawn was the sixth day of his siege, when he came, he was still very relaxed to his subordinates, three days to take the border pass of Chu State, seven days to break through Daizhou City, fifteen days to hit Jizhou City.

If it is calculated in this way, when the spring flowers bloom in the next year, the army of the Black Martial Empire will already be in the south of the Yangtze River.

"General."

Lu Chi's staff member Concord persuaded softly: "Although the Chu State has fallen into civil strife, the Chu people are good at fighting, and this pass is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the subordinates are not without their best ......."

Before he could finish his words, Lu Chi glared at him fiercely.

Lu Chi said: "At most, in four or five days, Your Majesty's army will arrive, if I haven't been able to break through the Daizhou border pass by then, do you think Your Majesty will listen to my explanation?" You know how many people are looking at this vanguard general, everyone thinks that the vanguard general has the most oil and water, plundering all the way over, and the countless gold and silver treasures of the Central Plains seem to be able to fit into the pocket of the vanguard general, Your Majesty trusts me to leave this most important thing to me, I can't beat the border, and those red-eyed people will say that I only care about robbing money......"

Conclair said: "General, now that the reinforcements of the Chu people have been coming in a steady stream, we don't have good siege equipment, if we are in a hurry to attack, the losses will be heavy, and now our casualties have been nearly 10,000, we still have to think of a way." ”

"Method?"

Lu Chi snorted and said: "Now that almost all the grain and grass have been burned, if we can't break through the border pass within two days, we must withdraw our troops, and I will retreat in front of Your Majesty in embarrassment, and Your Majesty will divide my five horses." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Even if you build a ramp with corpses, you must break through the border today!" ”

Half an hour later, the army of the black warriors once again swept under the border pass like a wave, but the eyes of every black warrior soldier no longer had the confidence and arrogance at the beginning, and they were not like this when they charged for the first time, they felt that as long as they rushed casually, they could plant the battle flag of the Black Warrior Empire on the border wall of the Chu State.

From a high place, Tan Qian looked out of the city with clairvoyance, and after a while, he pointed in one direction: "Lu Chi came up in person, and I saw his general flag." ”

Liu Mu looked in the direction he pointed, and then nodded: "If my guess is right, the Black Martial Khan Emperor is about to arrive, Liu Mu burned grain and grass last night, if they can't break through our border pass within two days, they can only retreat without grain and grass, with the fierceness of the wide and powerful big stone, Lu Chi will be executed, so he is going to fight now." ”

He glanced back, then smiled bitterly: "And on our side, it just looks quite stable." ”

There is still a lack of feather arrows on the city wall, and more than half of the arrows brought by the Yanshan camp yesterday were consumed after a big battle, and the remaining feather arrows are only a few thousand, and under such a vicious battle, thousands of arrows can't last long at all.

And this border gate is missing on the city wall

Heavy defensive weapons, not even a ballista.

When he looked back, he happened to see the young man squatting on the ground and drawing, he was very curious, walked over to look, and found that the young man was drawing like a map.

"What is this?"

Liu Mu asked curiously.

Li Qi looked up at him and replied: "I drew a topographic map of our Daizhou border pass, this is the Xinzhou border pass, the distance between the two places is only two hundred miles, now the black warriors are just not familiar with our terrain, once they know that there is a place that is easier to attack two hundred miles away, they will immediately turn to attack Xinzhou, with the strength of the black warriors, even if both sides attack at the same time, it will not be a problem." ”

Liu Mu nodded: "However, although the Xinzhou border pass is not as tall as ours, the mountain gorge over there is narrow, and the troops cannot be used, as long as there are three thousand soldiers to defend it, you look at our side, there is an open land outside, and the offensive of the black warriors can be carried out in a big way, which is different." ”

Li Qi shook his head and said, "I mean, the Shinshu reinforcements didn't come, maybe ......"

Liu Mu's face immediately changed.

He looked at Tan Qianshou, and Tan Qianshou's face also changed after hearing Li Qi's words.

What if the Black Warriors really attacked on both sides at the same time?

Shinshu's reinforcements have not come over, and if the Shinshu Mountain Gorge Pass is also being attacked by the black warriors, whether it is broken by Daishu or Shinshu, the other side will soon fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy.

"I hope ......"

Before Tan Qianshou's words were finished, under the city, two soldiers helped a man wearing a team uniform to come up, the team looked tired and completely out of strength, and the blood and dust on his body were mixed together, making him look like he had just crawled out of the grave.

"General...... begged the general to send troops to save Xinzhou Pass, Xinzhou Pass is about to be unable to hold on, General. ”

The team was crying, their voices hoarse as if their voices had been severed.

"Shinshu Seki ......"

Liu Mu's face turned a little pale and said: "I don't want to divide my troops to rescue, you can see for yourself......."

The team was looking around, there were not many people wearing official clothes on the city wall, most of them were ordinary people, and there was still some expectation in his eyes, but at this time, the expectation quickly disappeared, and was replaced by despair.

"Daizhou and Border Pass add up to 4,000 border troops, and more than 3,000 have been killed in battle."

Liu Mu said in a sad tone: "Now that the defense of the city depends on these spontaneous volunteers, it is really impossible to draw manpower. ”

Li Qi suddenly stood up and said, "I'll figure it out." ”

Liu Mu looked at him, and after a moment of silence, he said, "What can you think of?" ”

Li Qi didn't answer him, ran quickly to Yu Wuving's side, and whispered a few words in Yu Wuving's ear, Yu Wuving was stunned immediately, he shook his head and said: "You also know that if the eldest brother is willing to send troops, it won't be you and me who bring these two hundred brothers over......"

Li Qi said: "You just have to tell Brother Yu what I said, you always have to try, if it is done, Xinzhou can be guaranteed, and Daizhou will be a little sure." ”

Yu Wushu sighed: "Then I'll rush back, if it doesn't work, I'll rush back to meet you." ”

Li Qi said: "Be careful all the way. ”

Yu Wushu answered, turned back and instructed his subordinate brothers: "I am not here, he is your family, you will treat him as you would like me, he and I are the same." ”

"Yes!"

His men answered in unison.

Yu Wushu looked at Li Qi and said, "Don't die." ”

Without waiting for Li Qi to answer, he turned around and ran down the city wall.

Li Qi returned to Liu Mu and Tan Qianshou and asked, "Are there military uniforms and flags in stock here?" ”

Tan Qianshou nodded and said, "Yes, what do you want?" ”

Li Qi said: "Destroy the city."

All the flags were taken off and replaced with new ones, and all the people on the city wall were changed into the clothes of the border army, no matter what method was used, to get the big drums, the more the better, and put them on the city walls, and then I asked you to beat the drums hard, and they must be neat. ”

Liu Mu asked puzzledly: "Change your clothes and let the enemy think that there are new reinforcements on the city wall, I can understand this, what do you want so many drums for?" ”

Li Qi said: "Just do it, if it works, you can delay it for a few days." ”

Then he looked at Tan Qianshou and said: "After assigning people to block today's daytime offensive, the people who patrol at night should each take two torches to walk around the city wall, and find someone to make a big flag, it doesn't need to look like much, as long as it looks like a flag, you can write whatever surname you want on it." ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at the brothers in the rivers and lakes around him and said: "Send people back to the city, search for cattle and sheep, don't care so much, search as many as you want, drive the cattle and sheep to the city, and let the cattle and sheep cry." ”

He looked at the brothers in the Yanshan camp again and said, "All go down, cut off the branches and tie them to the war horses, and run back and forth in the city on horseback, try to get up smoke and dust, and it is best to let the war horses bark a few more times." ”

After he arranged everything, he stood there against the city wall and pondered, he looked like this, Liu Mu, who was in the fourth grade, didn't dare to come forward to disturb, and the young man was like a decision-maker than him when he commanded people.

According to Li Qi's orders, everyone took action, and after a while, Tan Qianshou's people took out the military uniforms in stock and changed them to these Jianghu guests, and replaced the battle flags on the city wall with new ones.

The brothers of the Yanshan camp galloped back and forth in the open space in the city, the dust and smoke were stirring, and the men and horses were neighing.

Outside the city, Lu Chi stood on a high place and looked at the border gate with clairvoyance, and then his face became more and more ugly.

"I'm afraid that the Chu army brigade has arrived, and it is still a high-ranking official."

Lu Chi said: "The Chu people are the most pompous officials, you see, the war drums on the city wall are ringing in unison, and the flags are coming up one by one, and the official position of the people who come must not be low, Qingya intelligence said that the most warlike Prince Wu of Chu is now in Jizhou, most of them are when he arrives, Prince Wu has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, this battle, we are afraid that we will not be able to continue fighting....... The plan of the surprise attack has not worked, and it seems that we have to wait for the arrival of His Majesty's army before making plans. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sounds of cattle and sheep in the city, and he immediately sighed: "Those border soldiers of Chu State can't even eat, but you see, the high-ranking officials of Chu State have arrived, and cattle and sheep are coming in herds...... In this way, the state of Chu, even if it is not destroyed by our Black Martial Empire today, he will definitely lose the country one day. ”

His men didn't want to fight anymore, and with such a continuous onslaught, their sharpness when they first came had already been wiped out.

"Order the temporary withdrawal of the troops, and send someone to ask Your Majesty."

Lu Chi turned around and went down the high slope: "Wait until Your Majesty's will arrive." ”

On the city wall, Li Qi borrowed Liu Mu's clairvoyance to watch, and when he saw that the black army was slowly retreating, he let out a long breath.

"How do you know you can retire this way?"

Liu Mu asked in surprise.

Li Qi said: "I just found a step for Lu Chi, he thought that Prince Wu's army had arrived, and the surprise attack plan had been broken, so he naturally retreated temporarily." ”

Liu Mudao: "If you want to trick him into thinking that Prince Wu has arrived, why don't you make Prince Wu's banner?" Rather, make some flags indiscriminately? ”

Li Qi smiled and said: "If the banner of Prince Wu is beaten, Lu Chi will not believe it." ”

Liu Mu was silent for a moment, thought carefully, and thought about it, it did make some sense.

He couldn't help but ask, "Little brother, how old are you this year?" ”

Li Qi glanced at him and replied seriously: "Fourteen." ”

Liu Mu: "???? ”

Li Qi thought for a moment and added: "Fourteen and a half years old." ”

Liu Mu: "???!!! ”