In the towering golden city like a mountain, the drums of the gathering generals are like the rapid thunder of June.

One after another, the atmosphere of the entire Golden City suddenly became depressed and tense.

Some of the dimly lit halls were filled with three-legged braziers, crackling with firewood and a few bones.

On the couch covered with supple bear skin, Han Sui, who was slightly squinting, was lying on his back.

He is over fifty years old, and he still looks like he is in his thirties, only the few strands of gray hair on his sideburns prove his age.

In his arms, a bearded girl in her prime of life, dressed in light silk and with a delicate body. From time to time, there was a string of giggles, and I don't know if it was a gesture or if I really saw something interesting.

Several people in the hall bowed down and stood down, all looking down at their feet, not afraid to look at it, but it was too embarrassing to see such a scene.

Most people want to take a closer look at such a charming bearded girl, but they are afraid that the head on their necks will not be protected.

"Gai Xun, this old fellow, after all, he can't bear it anymore. General Ben vaguely remembers that a few years ago, he stood at the head of the city of Ji County, holding a broken sword in his hand, and scolded us. At that time, General Bian and I listened to him and felt guilty about the imperial court. Now that I think about it, it's just—it's stupid! ”

Han Sui squinted his eyes as if he was chanting a scripture, and when he reached the last few words, he suddenly turned over and stood up, his eyes full of anger.

Repentant anger!

Li Shen, the former Taishou of Longxi, stood up, raised his head slightly, his eyes swept over the glimmering Hu girl, fell on Han Sui's body, and said: "Today is the time when the lord is ashamed!" Marching and fighting in this icy and snowy land, Gai Xun should be old and confused. We just have to hold on to the city wall, and he will have nothing to do. When he runs out of food and grass and lacks soldiers and horses, he only needs to lead a thousand people to cover up and kill, and he can cut down the old man on Gai Xun's neck. ”

Han Sui looked at Li Xiangru and asked, "Xiangru has a deep strategy, but these words make me very suspicious...... Do you have any other plans? ”

Li Xiangru was startled, hurriedly fell to the ground, and hurriedly said: "The lord is really wrong to blame the ministers, even the small people who are fighting in the fight, and they also know that in such a cold winter season, it is not suitable to move troops." Isn't he so old and confused when he goes against the sky like this? ”

Han Suiwei laughed twice, looked around at the generals and said: "In this Liangzhou, you can see anyone as an ant, but only Gai Xun can't, you must not underestimate this old thief." He chose to send troops at this time, and he must have something to rely on, didn't he know that it was not appropriate to use troops at this time? ”

"What the lord says is very true, what he says is very true." Li Xiangru bowed his head and said hurriedly.

He refuted his statement, but it was just Han Sui's effort to change his expression.

At this court meeting with a knife, Li Xiangru has learned the essence of saving his life.

"Candidate, find out the truth of the old thief, send more troops, and strengthen the city defense." Han Sui ordered the candidate and gave the order.

"Whoa!" The candidates were out of the ranks, and they quickly left the temple with a sound.

Playing with the white fingers of the bearded girl, Han Sui pondered for a while, and suddenly laughed, "My brother has been besieged, my brother with a different surname shouldn't see death without help, right?" Come, send someone out of the city quickly, and ask Ma Teng's troops to come to reinforcements quickly. ”

"Whoa!"

The soldiers received Han Sui's order, and quickly went down to carry it out, and the clamour of the collision of armor and leather sounded all the way outside the hall.

Huang Yan, the former Jiuquan Taishou, stood up and asked, "The lord is planning to kill two birds with one stone?" ”

"I'm not as profound as you think, but your question is a reminder to General Ben. This brother of mine is not kind, and he quietly swallowed half of my land, and if I don't return it, it seems that I am too merciful. Tell me, 'Will I be the one who is charitable?' Han Sui had a flash of inspiration and asked everyone with a cruel smile.

But his question stumped a bunch of generals and strategists in the palace.

He called him merciful, as if he meant to say this, that is, he did not want to admit that he was merciful.

To say that he is not merciful is to scold people in plain detail.

"The general is merciful on the inside and cruel on the outside, and it is also for the people under his rule to enjoy peace and well-being." Li Xiangru said with a smile on his face.

Han Sui stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Xiangru, and laughed, "It's still like Xiangru is far-sighted, can speak, and knows what General Ben thinks." ”

Li Xiangru quietly touched the sweat on his forehead with a flattering smile.

"Lord, Gai Xun called for battle in front of the pass, what should I do?" Cheng Yin asked, "If you let the last general lead someone to kill the general, the last general will definitely cut off the old guy's dog head, and see how much dog guts he has!" ”

Han Sui raised his hand to stop Cheng Yin and said, "Change your reckless and belligerent problem, don't worry about it first, dry him." It's right, in this ice and snow, I want to see how capable this old thief is, and what he has to rely on. ”

Cheng Yin glanced at Li Xiangru, reluctantly responded, and retreated.

……

The heavy snowfall that lasted for half a day rendered the whole world covered in silver makeup.

At a glance, the most eye-catching is still the tall Jincheng Pass in front of you.

The soldiers from Dunhuang County were huddled in the camp tents, roasting mutton, using the secret method that Liu Yun had taught them.

The fragrant barracks don't look like they're here to fight, they're more like they've come for a picnic.

The clothes are warm and the food is still mutton, which makes the soldiers feel that today's life is like a dream.

This is definitely the most incredible experience in their military career.

Liu Yun is trying to make distilled spirits, this kind of rice wine with a very low degree of alcohol, in this cold and icy weather, not only can not play a role in warming up, but drinking a sip will make people more and more cold.

Liquor is a must-have for his mother's winter.

Gai Xun strode into the camp tent under the wind and snow.

After slapping the snowflakes that fell on his body twice, he sat by the brazier, took off his gloves, and roasted the fire, Gai Xun said to Liu Yun: "Han Sui's Tanma went out and went to the south, as you guessed, it should be looking for Ma Teng to ask for reinforcements." ”

Liu Yun took off his helmet from the wooden frame that had been erected, and ordered the soldiers to rest in the snow outside, and then said to Gai Xun: "We haven't moved a single soldier yet, and he has already begun to ask for help?" If Han Sui was not pretending, he had other plans. ”

"I think he must have other plans, and there are not many encounters between me and Han Sui. A few years ago, when Ji County was fought, I could see that this person was not trivial. In just a few years, he has annexed half of Liangzhou. If it weren't for this person's narrow-mindedness and disagreement with Ma Teng and others, today's Liangzhou may have already been his own world, and it would be an iron wall. Gai Xun rubbed his hands together on the fire and said.

Liu Yun got up and looked at the sand table that had been rearranged by Gai Xun and made it much clearer, and said: "If Ma Teng really sends troops, Longxi will not even need a day to get here, and then we will be under the attack of both sides." No matter what attention Han Sui paid to Ma Teng, we were the first to bear the brunt. ”

Gai Xun nodded, got up and went to the sand table, and said: "Wang Zhi is in Yuzhong at this time, and Han Sui's general Ma Yu Yitun is guarding this place, and it is rumored that he has led more than 10,000 soldiers. ”

"Jincheng and Yuzhong, they are horns of each other, Han Sui did not use the horse to play, but sent someone to ask for help from Ma Chao. This person seems to know what we think in our hearts, and it's amazing. Liu Yun said with a smile.

He didn't feel undue pressure on this, at least so far, everything was within his expectations.

Gai Xun said: "Perhaps, Han Sui thinks the same as us, and we are all thinking about the land of Longxi. ”

"That old fellow, it looks like he's going to use us as bait. Gai Lao! This bastard didn't take us seriously. Liu Yun deliberately shouted, this bait, in fact, he is more willing to do it.

Underestimating the enemy, this is a very good character of Han Sui, and Liu Yun very encourages him to continue to carry it forward.

Gai Xun's expression was somewhat solemn, and he said, "My lord, in my opinion, we should still leave a back hand. Three-way attack, the road ahead is quite dangerous. ”

"Siege! Siege now! Liu Yun raised his head and said suddenly.

Gai Xun was stunned for a moment, and looked sideways at Liu Yun, looking a little confused.

Liu Yun explained: "If we don't really attack the city and show the momentum of vowing to take Jincheng, I'm afraid that Han Sui will think that we have other plans." We can roughly guess his intentions, and as for our intentions, let him guess first. If he hadn't been forced to hurry, Ma Teng probably wouldn't have sent troops to come, and he wouldn't have let Longxi out for me. ”

"What about Yuzhong?" Gai Xun asked, also thinking about Liu Yun's strategy.

In the original plan, it was just that the suspicious array was in front of Jincheng Pass, and the purpose was actually Longxi, and he didn't really want to attack Jincheng at all. Taking 8,000 people to attack Jincheng, which has tens of thousands of people, is really like a grasshopper shaking a tree.

"Attack! Let him not care about each other. Liu Yun said in a loud voice.

Gai Xun always felt that there was something wrong, so he persuaded: "Lord, since then, it is better for us to kill Longxi directly?" Why waste troops here? ”

"It's just a show, I didn't say I wanted to fight, but I wanted to make it look like I was going to fight!" Liu Yun explained that after talking about it for a long time, Gai Xun didn't seem to fully understand what he meant.

Gai Xun nodded violently and said, "I understand, attack the city immediately!" ”

As Liu Yun's military order was issued, the soldiers who had just eaten and drunk quickly assembled.

The majestic horn, with the murderous aura of Iron Horse Jingo, sounded from the camp and echoed in the wilderness.

Ten ladder carts were quickly erected, and the soldiers moved the raging brazier out of the camp.

Gai Xun took the lead, staring at the towering city tower in front of him, and slowly raised the long knife in his hand.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The surging and burning arrows, like a red curtain, flew up to the head of Jincheng.

The flames of war spread out in a sudden situation.

The news of the enemy's attack on the city had not yet reached Han Sui's ears before the war began.

There is no calling, there is nothing false and unreal, and the opening is a real knife and a real gun.

Just a moment ago, the soldiers at the head of the city had clearly smelled the intoxicating smell of meat from the enemy camp.

But the next moment, deadly rockets flew up the city.

The castle tower, which had been dry for a whole autumn, burst into flames in a row.

The candidate hurriedly rushed to the city wall and took command.

Having avoided the first rain of arrows from the Dunhuang army, the candidate immediately ordered the archers to fight back.

"Formation!"

Seeing the arrows erected on the head of the city, Gai Xun roared fiercely.

The soldier with the huge shield quickly approached and protected the crossbowman in the middle, forming a shell like a king's eight.

The arrows that came with the wind made a loud thud on the shield.

Even with such a strict defense, it is inevitable that some soldiers will be hit by arrows.

One person fell to the ground, and someone immediately made up for it.

With this formation, Gai Xun led them over and over again I don't know how many times they practiced.

In such a fierce battlefield, the death or injury of a few people is a small matter.

If you want to win a war, you have to pay the price of the dead.

After a rain of arrows in the city, Gai Xun ordered people to quickly collect the arrows and make them into rockets again in a very short time.

Liu Yun was also on the battlefield, but he stayed honestly in the rear.

It's not that he's afraid of death, but in such a battle, he has no use for going up, but he has to be protected by the soldiers.

Watching the two sides shoot back and forth, Liu Yun felt more and more the importance of artillery.

It doesn't need to be good, the kind of Hongyi cannon in the Ming Dynasty is completely sufficient.

As long as you have that thing in hand, the victory will be absolutely overwhelming, and it will be over to torture the enemy to the death.

When I returned to Hanyang, I had to put this matter on the agenda, and Lao Tzu was going to abuse the Three Kingdoms.

Liu Yun thought about it, and suddenly became excited!

By the way, there must be a military doctor.

In the eyes of these people, it is natural for a person to die in war, but he is different.

He can't watch his soldiers die, and the necessary medical care must be there.

It turns out that the problems are all found in practice.

As for these problems, to be honest, Liu Yun had never thought of it before.

……

"Mingjin retreats!"

Liu Yun saw that the fight was almost over, and shouted to the soldiers around him.

The sound of cymbals sounded, and the Dunhuang army, which was fighting back and forth, quickly retreated and was out of the range of damage of the arrows.

"Lord, why did Mingjin withdraw his troops?" Gai Xun rode up to Liu Yun and asked.

Liu Yun stretched out his hand and pointed to the head of the city, and said: "They have sent more troops, and it will be enough to give them a little hardship, and the real battle will be at night." ”

Gai Xun looked at Liu Yun for a while, and suddenly asked, "The lord doesn't want to fight with them?" ”

"If you can win by skill, why sacrifice the lives of so many soldiers in vain? Our purpose is to let them know that we really want to take the Golden City. Liu Yun smiled, his eyebrows narrowed into a crescent moon.

Gai Xun lowered his head, thought thoughtfully for a long time, and shouted, "Collect the troops!" ”

When Cheng Yin rushed to the city with reinforcements, all he saw was the messy battlefield and the half-burned tower.

Collapsed pillars lay across the walls, and blackened rubble clogged the walls that could accommodate two carriages.

The shouts of the soldiers in the middle of the arrows, like the teeth and claws of the ghosts of the nine underground floors, came from everywhere.

Under the city wall, there was no trace of the Dunhuang army, and they had already pulled out of the camp.

"Quick, get this place out of the way!" Cheng Yin shouted at the top of his voice.

The robe was burned into a ragged candidate, and with a sense of resentment, he strode over, grabbed Cheng Yin's placket violently, and yelled: "Why is it here at this time?" ”

Cheng Yin was stunned for a moment, and shook off the candidate's hand violently.

"Candidate, what do you mean? Blame me for delaying the fighter?! Cheng Yin's eyes widened, and he yelled with the smell of wine in his mouth.

When the herald rushed in, he was having dinner, and the lord ordered him not to act rashly, so he should eat it.

The candidate opened his reddened eyes angrily and roared, "Isn't it? Lao Tzu lost hundreds, hundreds! ”

Cheng Yin didn't back down, sneered, and said, "Candidate, are you having something wrong with your brain?" How long have you been fighting? Lao Tzu got the news, threw down dinner and hurriedly brought someone over, and then it was over! And you, obviously, still failed miserably! ”

The candidate slowly calmed down his irritated mood, took a long breath, and said, "They came too quickly, and we were caught off guard by setting up a ladder truck, and several rounds of rockets were carried out one after another!" ”

Seeing that the candidate's attitude had improved, Cheng Yin didn't yell at it, and said calmly: "That's why it's just a suspicious soldier, if you want to take a small bargain, you can leave, and I'm really a dead person." I'm going to ask the lord for an order, kill the general, and destroy these dog thieves!" ”

……

After retreating the camp for ten miles, Liu Yun immediately ordered two teams of sentry spies to be dispatched.

A team, thirty miles to the south, paid attention to the movement in the direction of Yuzhong.

A team that keeps an eye on Jincheng's movements.

The day, which had been overcast all day, finally showed a ray of light at dusk, but it was also on the edge of twilight.

"Report!"

The shouts of the sentinels, with a hurry, rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Report, a troop of men and horses suddenly came out of the city, and came straight to the camp of our army, about 3,000 horsemen."

The Sentinel fell to the ground and shouted as fast as he could.

Gai Xun, who was trying a new wine, waved his hand to send the sentry and asked Liu Yun, "How did you expect them to make a move?" ”

"Gai Lao, what you said is very unsatisfactory to the level of a general. Just imagine, if I punch you, will you swallow your anger and ignore it? If that's the case, then I'm going to beat you up one after the other until I kill you. Liu Yun said with a smile.

Gai Xun took a sip of wine, coughed spicily, and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, with my approach, I definitely won't fight back when I'm not sure of your strength." I'll find a safe time to kill you! ”

Liu Yun laughed, "It seems that Gai Lao and I want to go together!" But the average person, for sure. Now that these 3,000 troops have left the city, don't let them go back. ”

Gai Xun smiled, got up and took the scimitar, and walked out of the Chinese army's tent.

When he was about to leave the tent, he suddenly stopped and said, "You are a dangerous move, do you really want to do this?" I don't want to just take refuge in your command and lose my lord in the blink of an eye. ”

"Don't worry, I'm not dying so easily!" Liu Yun said with a smile.

I have watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms many times, and there is an empty account in it, Zhuge Liang has used it several times, and Liu Yun has always been very curious.

Therefore, he decided to show Han Sui today the good skills of Shu Han's future military division.

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