"The stakes are very high, and it must be strictly defended, and no one can slack off, but those who disobey the order will not be forgiven!"

This is what Cao Zhen said when he first arrived at Bishui Pass and the defenders.

He did, and he did. That night, several soldiers who were on the night vigil failed to act according to orders, and they took a nap against the Ru wall in the middle of the night, and were caught by Cao Zhen, who came to inspect, and was killed on the spot. The next day, the corpses were displayed to the people, and no one dared to disobey his orders since.

Night, bleak words!

The wind is awe-inspiring!

At the juncture of the water, the faint human voice, in this ignorant night, drifted away with the wind.

"Old Five, in fact, on this day, it is better to keep vigil than to stand guard during the day, right?"

"That's right! How hot it is during the day, and I have to wear thick armor, and I am sweaty, but it is much cooler at night. ”

“……”

Cao Zhen knew about these soldiers' chats at night, and didn't say anything, and after a long time, the soldiers who kept vigil also developed the habit of chatting. Because he also understands that it is indeed easy to fall asleep when standing like that at night, as long as he can be awake, he can speak!

"This ......"

Somewhere down, Huang Xu looked at the figures in the telescope that shook from time to time, and was surprised in his heart: not only did many people keep vigil, but they were all awake?

Secretly thinking about the people in his hand, Huang Xu rarely hesitated.

In order to attack the pass suddenly, Huang Xu adopted the method of dividing troops one by one and moving forward in concealment. There were five groups in all, either at night, or at the time of the siege, or at the time of the siege, and they disappeared in time, some of them were a hundred men, and some of them were two or three hundred. There were a total of 1,200 men in the five groups, all of whom were elites, and they were especially good at night fighting.

"General!"

The call of the soldier beside him pulled Huang Xu's mind back.

"Wait, the situation is a little unoptimistic!"

Huang Xu knew what his subordinates meant, stabilized his mind, and then said a word, and then carefully observed the Bishui Pass.

Er, Huang Xu said in a low voice: "You wait here, you can't go east, wait for Ben to look forward." ”

Huang Xuyan stopped, walked forward alone, went to the outside of the Bishui Pass, and quietly watched the pass.

"One, two, three ......"

"Twenty-three?"

Huang Xu roughly counted the figures, and thought: The soldiers on the night vigil are twenty to thirty, and according to the principle of one hundred to one, there are two thousand to three thousand people in Bishui Pass?

After thinking about it, Huang Xu couldn't help but gasp, and at the same time, there was a little drum in his heart: The defense is so tight, and there is the power of danger, can you take it down?

With this in mind, Huang Xu returned to his previous place.

"Ladies and gentlemen......"

Huang Xu didn't express his thoughts, but only mentioned that the defenders might have two or three thousand people, and then said: "This time we may meet an opponent, and it may not be so easy to take Bishui Pass." ”

"However, our Ming army is not the kind of team that gives up when encountering difficulties, everyone talks about it and sees if they can think of a good way."

Huang Xu and more than a dozen Qu Chang and Tun Chang gathered around and discussed in a low voice.

For a long time, the discussion was fruitless. Also, Bishui Pass is there, whether you fight or not, it's there! The soldiers on the night vigil were also in high spirits, and there was no chance to take advantage of it.

At the end, someone sighed: "If only it were raining again!" ”

When Huang Xu heard this, he shook his head and said, "Not to mention that it seems impossible to rain in a short period of time on this day, let's just say that even if it rains, it will not be as easy as Hangu Pass with them to guard it so strictly." ”

The man who spoke earlier suddenly smiled embarrassedly.

Huang Xu didn't care, just said: "No matter what, it's impossible to run away without a fight." But this time we'll wait until dawn. ”

"The general is powerful, let him defend it tightly, dawn is also the most tiring time, and a surprise attack at this time is very likely to be successful."

"Okay, don't be a sycophant, hurry up and rest, and wait for dawn." After Huang Xu finished speaking, he went to rest directly.

Time slipped by quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was less than half an hour before dawn.

Huang Xu was woken up by the soldiers on guard, and then 1,200 people were woken up one after another.

After eating some dry food and drinking some water, Huang Xu and other 1,200 people sneaked to the pass.

looked at the juncture again, there was no longer a swaying figure, Huang Xu couldn't hold whether the defenders were really tired, but when it came to the end, he couldn't allow him to think too much, and with a wave of his hand, even if there were twenty people rushing forward.

Twenty people quickly divided into two groups, each group of ten people, one left and one right. Soon, I touched the leftmost and rightmost walls of Bishui, and then one person made a ladder, and the rest of the people took advantage of the situation to climb up, and their skills were very sharp, and it didn't take much effort, and twenty people on the left and right sides had already reached the top of the Ru wall.

Each of the twenty men clasped the wall tightly in each hand, and took advantage of the light of the fire to see what was going on.

The defenders at the juncture were all in pairs, each group, about twenty paces apart, no more than thirty paces, and the most important thing was that although these people did not chat anymore, they were all awake.

When the twenty people saw this, they all felt a pang in their hearts, and they gestured to each other for a moment, before gently pulling out the dagger on their legs and biting it into their mouths.

Do it~

After waiting for a while, all ten of them turned over in unison, jumped to the juncture, and with a light touch, they were about to rush over and take the result.

Twenty people also thought that a few blinks of an eye at most would be able to deal with these soldiers who were on the night vigil and take the moment, however, as soon as they took a step, a jingle bell rang.

"Jingle Bell ......"

"Not good!"

Huang Xu, who was at the gate, also heard it, and his heart was immediately shocked, and he turned around and said: "Everyone get ready, once you see the signal, immediately respond to the retreat of our comrades!" ”

"Yes, General."

The twenty people on the gate were the first to bear the brunt, first stunned, and then rushed up.

"Enemy Attack~"

The loud warning, and the previous bell, there were already noisy shouts in the Bishui Pass, and it was obvious that all the Cao troops in the pass had been awakened.

You can't do anything, you can't—

"Retreat~"

The Ming armies on both sides made the decision to retreat.

It's not so easy to retreat, but for these, they have already trained, although they encountered it for the first time, they were a little panicked, but they still quickly signaled to retreat.

"Quick, bow and arrow suppression!"

Huang Xu saw the signal and immediately shouted. He didn't want these elites under his command to be lost in vain, and after speaking, he was the first to shoot the crossbow arrow in his hand, and the target was the middle of the wall.

In this way, even if you can't shoot the enemy, you can still scare the opponent and put pressure on them.

It's easy to go up, but it's hard to get down. (The ancient city walls and closed walls are inclined angles, as long as you have been trained, it is still very easy to go up, but it is really difficult to come down, if you are not careful, you may fall, you will not die, and you will be injured.) ）

Fortunately, the rest of the soldiers also struck.

1,200 people, divided into six groups of 200 people each, pulled the crossbow machine one after another, and 2,000 crossbow arrows flew out, and then another 2,000, endlessly, steadily suppressing the city.

The twenty people who were retreating saw this scene and breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and then accelerated the speed of retreat.

When Cao Zhen got to the point, all he saw was the back of the Ming army leaving.

"General, do you want to send troops to chase and kill?"

Cao Zhen turned his head to look at the deputy general, and only when he felt his scalp tingle and cold sweat rolling on his forehead did he retract it, and said coldly: "How do you know that this is not the Ming army's plan to lure the enemy?" Don't forget, our mission is to defend the water! ”

"Yes, General!" Where did the adjutant general dare to say more, he just bowed his head and answered.

Cao Zhen didn't pay attention to him anymore, just looked at the west, and muttered in a low voice: "The Ming army really deserves to be an elite division, and if it can't tackle the key problems, it can retreat with all its body, admire, I have to admire!" Just ......"

When the Ming army arrives here, does it mean that Henan has been or will be taken by the Ming army?

Cao Zhen didn't say the rest of the words, but after rearranging the defenses, he returned to the room, immediately wrote a letter, and flew to Cao Cao.

On the other hand, Huang Xu led his men to retreat to the place where the horses were temporarily placed, and seeing that there was no Cao Jun chasing him, he walked more than ten miles, and then found a hill and stopped.

"There should be a general guarding the Bishui Pass, and it can't be taken for the time being, everyone is resting, after dark, in the afternoon, we will set off to meet the military division."

Although he slept for a while last night, Huang Xu still chose to rest in the daytime.

Although the plan failed, for the time being, he did not want to reveal his whereabouts. It's just that......

The next evening, Huang Xu met with Xin Bi and told him his guess.

Xin Bi also frowned after hearing this, and said: "In this way, Prime Minister Cao Cheng must protect the Bishui Pass." Whether he received the news before or made preparations in advance, in short, Prime Minister Cao Cheng must protect Bishui Pass. ”

Simbi's focus is not on how to be discovered, such as using bells to prevent someone from stealing the city, which is not a new thing, and many large families do this. (Cover your ears and steal the bell, probably the bell in it is also used to remind)