"Retreat!"

The Xianbei soldiers besieging the city retreated like a tide.

Call~

"Finally retreated, if you don't retreat, Lao Tzu will not be able to hold on." Gongsun Du said something in his heart, and sat on the ground.

Next to him, Huang Zhong was the same, he sat directly on the ground, wiped his forehead indiscriminately, I don't know if it was blood or sweat, and muttered: "These Xianbei barbarians are not ordinarily powerful, no wonder they dare to go south to invade my Dahan Border County." ”

Gongsun Du nodded when he heard this, but he didn't speak, saving his strength.

The surrounding soldiers took the opportunity to clear the city walls, threw the dead Xianbei soldiers down the city, and carried their own brothers away...... Zhao Lun quickly went to the city with a group of people and began to repair the city wall......

Gongsun Du and Huang Zhong were in stark contrast to them, but no one said anything. It's not because Gongsun Du is the lord and the captain, but they have seen the previous scenes in their eyes and feel that they should be. If it weren't for the two of them constantly fighting and constantly filling the gap, I don't know how many times the city would have been taken today.

So the soldiers are also tired, but definitely not as tired as the two of them! After all, the soldiers who remained on the city walls now were "substitutes", and the soldiers at the beginning were either dead or injured and replaced.

After resting for a while and recovering a little bit of strength, Gongsun Du looked at the outside of the city that had dissipated, turned his head and said to Huang Zhong: "How is it, are you okay?" ”

Huang Zhong patted the armor on his chest with a "bang" and replied: "Lord, Zhong is very good." It is...... It's ......"

Gongsun Du looked at the twisted Huang Zhong curiously, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Huang Zhong felt a little irritable and panicked on his face, but in order to have enough physical strength in the afternoon, he still said: "I just feel a little hungry." ”

"Eh~" Gongsun Du was stunned, and immediately came back to his senses and said, "I still think what's wrong, let's go, let's eat." ”

Returning to the barracks with Huang Zhong, lunch had already been prepared, so needless to say, he ate directly. After eating, taking advantage of the rotating stall, Gongsun Du called Qu Chang, who was in charge of digging the secret passage, and asked how it was going. Although Gongsun Du would ask every day at this time, today's situation has indeed reached a critical moment, so he can't help but be in a hurry.

"How long will it take to dig a secret passage?"

Qu Chang replied: "Back to the lord, in fact, it can be regarded as digging a secret passage now, as long as you dig it up, you can get out of the city." Just ......"

"Just what?" Gongsun Du frowned.

Seeing that the lord was displeased, Qu Chang hurriedly said: "That's the case, the direction of the secret passage has been carefully calculated, although it has encountered stones blocking the road before, and it has been detoured ......"

"Okay, don't talk about these things that don't matter." Gongsun Du interrupted Qu Chang's words and snorted, "Let's just say it, what's wrong?" ”

Inappropriate? Yes, it's not proper, as soon as Gongsun Du heard it, he knew that it would definitely be inappropriate if he directly got the exit right now, as for what was wrong, he would be in a hurry, where could he think of it, where would he have time to think about it.

Qu Chang didn't expect that the always shrewd lord would do that at this time, so he could only explain seriously: "If you get it out at the moment, it will be easy to be exposed, and it will be discovered by Xianbei. ”

After speaking, Qu Chang looked at Gongsun Du very worriedly, because more than ten days have passed, and the efforts of 800 people day and night are still a mile away to dig through, which is really a bit embarrassing. But it's really not on his head, who let him run into a stone twice, and had to take two detours to lengthen the length of the excavation!

Gongsun Du also knew about this, and he also knew that the longer it was, the more troublesome it became, and the trouble of transporting dirt, so he didn't blame Qu Chang, but after thinking about it, he said: "If you add another thousand people, can you dig a secret passage before tonight?" ”

Qu Chang didn't speak immediately, but thought about it carefully. After more than ten days of excavation, he asked himself if he could be regarded as a professional digger.

Well, boasted.

However, after thinking about it, Qu Chang nodded and said, "Lord, although it is still a bit difficult to add a thousand people, my subordinates are willing to give it a try." ”

Gongsun Du also knows that some strong people are difficult, after all, this is not the first life, there are machines to dig, and there are machines to transport soil, which completely rely on manpower, whether it is digging or transporting, it is naturally troublesome.

However, at this time, Gongsun Du couldn't tolerate the bottom of his heart, so he could only say: "Well, since you can do it, then hurry up, and someone will be sent over immediately." ”

Qu Chang was a little stunned, but he could only respond with a red face: "Yes, lord." ”

"Hmm!"

Gongsun Du then shouted, "Someone." ”

"My lord." The soldiers outside the door answered.

"Go and ask Zhao Lun to come over, and say that something is looking for him."

"Yes, my lord."

Not long after, Zhao Lun arrived, and Gongsun Du was not verbose, and directly talked about the reason. After hearing this, Zhao Lun immediately said that there was no problem at all, and even another thousand people could be produced, that is, two thousand, so that not only could it be completed, but also a lot earlier.

Gongsun Du thought about it and agreed. As for exposing anything, as long as you can defeat, or even defeat the Xianbei army outside the city, and relieve the siege of Houcheng, it's no problem.

In the afternoon, although Xianbei was still attacking, Gongsun Du was keenly aware that the intensity of the attack was decreasing, which had to make people suspicious.

"Is it that the long-term siege has consumed a lot of energy, and now it is too tired to do it, or is there another conspiracy?"

Gongsun Du wanted to find someone to discuss, but there was no one to find him, so he reluctantly mentioned it to Huang Zhong, but he didn't get any useful advice.

This made Gongsun Du both nostalgic for Zhang Hong, and wondered where to find a few more strategists to use, or transfer Wei You? Forget it, Xiangping's situation is complicated, and Wei Yu is indispensable. But the top strategists at the end of the Han Dynasty haven't grown up yet, how can they be broken?

Gongsun Du said very distressedly, and couldn't help but think in his heart: Did you dress a little early? If only it had been a few years before the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Well, unless Gongsun Du goes to commit suicide now, maybe......

After panting and repelling Xianbei's attack again, Gongsun Du left Huang Zhong to guard the west gate to prevent Xianbei's sneak attack, and then went to the vicinity of the north gate.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, Gongsun Du saw Zhao Lun busy and asked directly, "How is the situation?" Can it be done ahead of schedule? ”

Zhao Lun saw Gongsun Du coming, and hurriedly saluted before replying: "No problem, if there is no accident, it will be completed in one hour at most." ”

An hour?

Gongsun Du looked at the sky, it was obviously still early, at least two hours before he arrived, and couldn't help but be surprised: "So fast? ”

"Hmm." Zhao Lun affirmed, "That's right, my lord,." In order to complete the orders of the adults, Wang Quchang dug desperately, and even went down now. ”

Gongsun Duxindao didn't see that guy, it turned out that he had also entered the secret passage. Looking at the busy crowd again, Gongsun Du nodded, encouraged and left.

Now that the secret passage is about to be dug, the next preparations should be prepared first.

Then Gongsun Du first went to the West City Gate to inspect it, and knew that Xianbei had no intention of coming back, so he took Huang Zhong back to the barracks. Back at the barracks, Gongsun Du and Huang Zhong went into the room, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

It is only known that not long after the two came out, Gongsun Du went to the west city gate, and Huang Zhong ran around the three city gates in the south, east and west......

Soon after dark, Huang Zhong disappeared, along with some soldiers from the south, south, and west gates, a thousand people...... In addition, there seems to be a lot of people gathered quietly at the south gate.

Night Raid?

At midnight, Gongsun Du once again inspected the defense of the West City Gate, and prepared to sneak to the South Gate, but before he could leave, a personal soldier arrived with an old man, disrupting his plan.

"Master Mi, why did you get here?" Gongsun Du looked surprised and puzzled.

Mi Du cheered up, smiled, and said: "My lord, my Mi family's doorman heard that my lord has a chance to wash away his grievances and glorify the lintel, so he asked the old man to bring them to deliver a message to the adult, and asked the adult to give them a chance. ”

Gongsun Du understood as soon as he heard it, although it cannot be said that what washes away grievances and what glorious lintels are fake, but Mi Du's words are clearly saying: My lord, I brought my disciples to help you, as long as I can offset their sins and give them a chance to get ahead.

"Okay, in the previous crisis, the head of the Mi family not only did not abandon XX, but increased his support for XX, so he agreed to this." Gongsun Du didn't care how many people among the disciples were fugitive criminals, because at this time, if he didn't say anything else, just said whether these people really committed crimes, and how big a crime they were, is heaven and earth not allowed? Gongsun Du did not believe it.

After a pause, Gongsun Du said again: "May I ask how many disciples of the Mi family are willing to help?" ”

"Three thousand!" Midu coldly spit out two words.

There are actually more than 10,000 customers from the Mi family, but why are there only 3,000 here? It was also decided after careful consideration. He already planned to give up these 3,000 guests directly, of course, it can't be said to be abandoned, but let them go directly to Gongsun Du, and it will have nothing to do with him in the future. Of course, it can't be completely absent, after all, they are not cold-blooded animals.

In this case, it is not good to beg for food under Gongsun Du, and it is not good to be unrestrained. After some selection, there were only three thousand.