The sound of the old donkey grinding, and the south gate of Houcheng was slowly opened.

"Let's go!"

Gongsun Du ignored the depression brought by the dark night, waved his hand, and rode out of the city.

Three thousand people, this is the most force that Huang Zhong can draw after leaving the city with 1,500 people from the secret passage, no more, enough people must be left to defend the city to avoid accidents.

Gongsun Du went south for a short distance, then turned the road and went west, and only stopped for more than 20 miles, and then stayed there quietly. I don't know what I'm going to do, but are I coming out to play?

Waiting in the dark of night is difficult, especially this silent waiting, which makes people even more drowsy.

Suddenly, a man came hurrying in.

Gongsun Du opened his eyes when he heard the sound and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

"Lord, Captain Huang has arrived."

"It's finally here." Gongsun Du was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Well, bring him over." ”

"Yes, my lord."

In an instant, Huang Zhong walked over: "Zhong greets the lord." ”

"Get up, please!" Gongsun Du stretched out his hand and said, "Tell me how the situation is?" ”

"Thank you, Lord." Huang Zhong paused and replied, "According to the strategy of the lord, the subordinates successively led out two groups of men and horses from the Xianbei camp, the first three thousand people, only one or two hundred escaped after the ambush, most of the rest were killed, and only a few were captured alive. The rest of the way, but I don't know where I went. ”

"Is there any way missing?" Gongsun Du frowned and said, "How many people are there?" ”

"About two or three thousand."

Gongsun Du nodded, and did not delve further, it is more important to break through the Xianbei camp at this time, yes, as soon as the words changed, he said: "How many people are there in the Xianbei camp?" ”

Huang Zhong shook his head and said: "Since the two Xianbei cavalry were introduced, the Xianbei camp has strengthened its vigilance, and the scouts who are ambushed outside the camp dare not approach at all, and can only estimate by the approximate number of camp tents, which should be between five thousand and ten thousand. ”

Gongsun Du's face sank, and he said, "There are so many people?" ”

Think about it, because of the reason that Gongsun Du is in Houcheng, Xianbei put his main energy on his side, and there are at least 20,000 Xianbei troops who have come here before and after, although the siege during this period has caused them to lose a lot, about six or seven thousand, hundreds of people a day, but the rest of the people are definitely more than 10,000. Therefore, even if five or six thousand people were led out, there should be five thousand more people in the camp.

"In this case, the outcome of this battle is unpredictable." Gongsun Du shook his head with a wry smile, and then asked, "Han Sheng, how are the casualties?" ”

When he was on the way, Huang Zhong had already counted the number of people, and now Gongsun Du asked, his face couldn't help but be a little gloomy: "Back to the lord, including the original Mi family's three thousand guests, there are still more than three thousand four hundred and eighty people available." ”

The implication is that even if it is an ambush, with or without intention, more than 1,500 people have been sacrificed. It can be seen that Xianbei's strength is really not simple.

If you attack the Xianbei camp now, even if it is like this ambush battle, one for two, maybe it is not someone's opponent, you are dead, and everyone is still there.

Gongsun Du really has a feeling of "dog bites turtle - no way to eat".

Huang Zhong looked at Gongsun Du in embarrassment, and couldn't help but say, "Lord, why don't we give him another time?" ”

"Again?" Gongsun Du shook his head after speaking, now this will presumably the Xianbei camp has already known the news of their first group of people and horses, if they come again, the possibility of taking the bait is almost none.

But it doesn't seem impossible to give it a try.

Therefore, Gongsun Du thought for a while and said, "It's okay, give it a try, it's better for Hansheng to lure the enemy, and someone will ambush here." If not, we'll ...... ...... like this"

"Yes, my lord. The subordinates are gone. Huang Zhong seemed very happy that his opinion could be adopted, although he just gave it a try, it was not bad, anyway, he was just a general, not a strategist.

"Well, go ahead."

Huang Zhong arched his arch and left, and rushed to the Xianbei camp a few miles away with five hundred horsemen. Gongsun Du was not idle, first met with Qin Wu, one of the guests of the original Mi family, and after comforting him, he hurriedly arranged an ambush.

After some restlessness, the humble little mound soon regained its tranquility.

Huang Zhong had the experience of the first time, and the second time he was very skilled in attracting a lot of Xianbei cavalry, however, the people couldn't chase Li Xu, so he retreated back, obviously worried that he would be ambushed again.

Huang Zhongzi was unwilling, and tried to turn around and lure the other party again, but this time the people didn't even come out of the camp. In the end, Huang Zhong could only reluctantly take people back to the small mound.

"My lord, my subordinates are incompetent and have failed to lure them out." Huang Zhong said ashamedly.

"It's okay, it's not your fault." Gongsun Du waved his hand, and seeing that Huang Zhong was still unwilling, he persuaded, "There are still two or three thousand enemy troops who are missing, so the sooner you attack the Xianbei camp, the better." Besides, there is still one hour before dawn at most, and there is no more time. ”

"Well, that's right!" Huang Zhong's face was straight and he nodded. He is not a reckless person, and the current situation is critical, but he can't be defeated because of his unwillingness, then he can't escape the blame even if he dies. I'm even more sorry for Gongsun Du, who saved Huang Xu, he definitely doesn't want to see such a scene.

"Okay, go ahead with the plan!" Gongsun Du patted Huang Zhong's broad shoulder and said, "I believe that Han Sheng's bravery that day must have left a deep impression on the Xianbei people, so it depends on Han Sheng whether he wins or loses this battle." ”

Huang Zhong couldn't help but be moved: "It's a great honor to be loyal to the lord, after all, this battle loyalty is full of strength, kill the Xianbei barbarians, and help the lord repel the Xianbei barbarians in Xuansu and Liaodong two counties!" ”

"Hmm!"

Soon, all the soldiers and disciples who were ambushed in the small mound gathered again, and according to Gongsun Du's order, they divided into four roads and surrounded the Xianbei camp. However, before leaving, Gongsun Du specially brought Qin Wu over and talked with him for a while, because Gongsun Du found that Huang Zhong was a great influencing factor to win this battle, but Qin Wu and the others were not bad. Because......

Xianbei camp.

After Yu Wenzhu was "disturbed" by Huang Zhong, he never slept again, and he was worried that the Han army would attack the barracks. It's just that he didn't wait for the Han army to attack the camp, but he got the news of Yuwen Mueller's death, which made him sad, but at the same time, he also determined that Huang Zhong and others came to provoke, and it was indeed a female plan.

Therefore, when Huang Zhong came again, although he was angry, he was afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, so he just sent someone to "expel him", or called a temptation and retreated.

After Huang Zhong retreated again, Yuwen Zhu strengthened his guard again, and he had a premonition that Huang Zhong, or the Han army, would come again.

Gongsun Du didn't know that Yuwenzhu's vigilance would be so high, but he didn't mean to relax at all.

When he came to the main gate of the Xianbei camp, he did not immediately attack, but carefully watched the entire Xianbei camp.

"This Xianbei leader really has two brushes!" Gongsun Du looked at the tight defense of Xianbei, who was not very virtuous, and the firelight that illuminated the surrounding dozens of zhang, and felt quite emotional.

"Wait!" Gongsun Du did not immediately give the order to attack, but waited patiently.

Time passed bit by bit, but Qin Wu, who was on the side, felt anxious: "What's the matter?" Didn't you say that you were going to attack the Xianbei camp? Not only him, but even the other guests of the Yuan Mi family who traveled with him also had the same idea, the difference was that Qin Wu didn't want to leave a bad impression on Gongsun Du, although he was anxious, he didn't take any action, and he didn't even inquire. And they asked Qin Wu for the reason, and then they were suppressed by Qin Wu.

Huang Zhong, who was in the back, not only had peerless martial arts, but also had good wisdom, and saw that the Xianbei camp was heavily guarded and it was not suitable to attack for the time being, so he also comforted the guests of the Yuan Mi family who were traveling with him.