The West Tower Courtyard at night is different from the daytime, and the fog is misty. Along the way, weeds and insects were cut, and Whitden ran quickly on the gravel ridge with a knife. Looking up, the village that should have been silent and dark is now shining with lights and fires, and the light and fog are mixed in the dark ink, revealing an elusive haze.

The mountain wind seemed to blow from the mountains that surrounded the West Tower Courtyard in unison, and it blew on Hui Dengxiang's face so dry and fierce that he could barely breathe, but his steps were faster than the wind.

"There is a curfew in the army, why are there still people holding lamps in the village?" At the entrance of the village, a uneven breath of Hui Dengxiang questioned the soldiers in charge of the night patrol.

The soldiers who were on patrol at night looked back at the lights that had risen and fallen in the village, and they were equally puzzled, shaking their heads and saying, "There has been no movement yet...... I don't know who blatantly violated the ban. Seeing that Hui Dengxiang was sweating profusely and his face was pale, he said, "Could it be a sneak attack by the enemy?" ”

Whitden didn't answer, walked straight to the village, and after a few steps, a fire burst out behind a mud wall, and countless soldiers burst out with open flames, and the fierce light made Whiden shine so brightly that he couldn't open his eyes.

"Capture the thief!"

Out of nowhere, there was a sound of an explosion in the air, and before Hui Dengxiang could figure out the situation, he was already twisted to the ground by three or five soldiers.

"Why did the thief capture me?" Hui Dengxiang's face fell heavily on the ground, so that he didn't feel pain, "Who is bold and reckless, you can know that I am the outpost officer of the Wuyi battalion!" ”

"It's you, the sentry thief!"

Whitden's hands were tied to a soldier on the left and on the right, but when he heard a "get up", the whole person suddenly stood up again.

When he was dizzy, he looked forward, and the crowd in front of him separated from the lights, and walked in front of him, and said with a smile: "Officer Hui, you are running wild with a knife, who are you going to cut?" As he spoke, he bent down to pick up the waist knife that had fallen at his feet.

Hui Deng scolded each other: "Li Yanlang, you son of a bitch, who dares to play Lao Tzu with your dog?" ”

When Li Yanlang heard this, his face changed sharply, and he plunged his waist knife into the soil with a "hum", and said sharply: "Who else borrowed my courage, isn't it your fucking Hui Dengxiang!" ”

Hui Dengxiang shouted and said: "You are crazy in your dog's day, let Lao Tzu go quickly, otherwise if you stab the lord, you will make your grandson go around without eating!" "Wait for Lao Tzu's people to arrive, and then I will see you again!" "Before setting off to find Hou Dagui, he had told Li Yanlang that Li Yanlang would be in charge of patrolling in the first half of the night, and he would be responsible for the second half of the night. Now that the distance is far away, the soldiers in his post are still asleep, and they are all Li Yanlang's people when they look around.

Li Yanlang suddenly turned into a laugh, shook his head and said, "Lao Hui, Lao Hui, until now, you are still pretending to be crazy and stupid." Poke me to the lord? Haha, if I report to the Lord those foul and foul words you said on the slopes of the West Mountain, how would the Lord Guild feel? ”

Whitden was furious and said, "What hillside? There's nothing to do, you're going to frame Lao Tzu! Secretly frightened in his heart, "Donkey, who is the person I just hid in the grass and eavesdropped, it turned out to be him." "I hated myself for talking so much that I forgot to beware of the wall having ears.

"Hmph, whether it is framed or not, when it comes to the lord, there is black and white!" Li Yanlang completely ignored Hui Dengxiang's shouting and struggle, shouting left and right, "Tie up this thief!" ”

Li Yanlang's soldiers took the hemp rope and were about to make a move, when Hui Dengxiang suddenly screamed: "Control, control!" There you are! You're just in time, quick, fast...... Li Yanlang wants to take me for no reason, I'll ......" exhaled, his voice suddenly decreased a lot, his eyes widened, and he watched Hou Dagui walk past him indifferently but was indifferent.

Hou Dagui's sudden appearance made Li Yanlang quite nervous. At that time, after separating from Whitten, he walked in the direction of his military tent for a while, but when he thought of Hou Dagui's abnormal behavior, he always couldn't let go. Hou Dagui is the lord of an army, if there are three longs and two shorts, it will have a great impact on Zhao Ying's operation, and as a subordinate, he should not turn a deaf ear. Moreover, in Chengtianfu before, the two of them walked together, and they were also in the same wind and rain and shared a lot of hardships along the way, and out of righteousness, they should also care about one or two.

Who would have thought that when he touched the hillside at the west end of the West Tower Courtyard, he heard a series of astonishing words from Hui Dengxiang. As Zhao Ying's most senior general and Zhao Dangshi's right-hand man, Hou Dagui will be thunderous about Hui Dengxiang's absurd theories, but to his surprise, Hou Dagui's performance is ambiguous and unpredictable. For a few moments, he even thought that Hou Dagui was moved by Hui Dengxiang's words. In the end, seeing that Hui Dengxiang directly "forced the palace", he felt that he could not sit still, because he wanted to go back in advance to prepare, who wanted to show his feet in a state of confusion, which made Hou and Hui realize it.

Fortunately, in the first half of the night, the people in charge of patrolling the camp were all outposts, and when he returned to the West Tower Courtyard, he first gathered some of the sentinels, and at the same time met Bai Wang, just so that Bai Wang could suppress the sentinels who were still resting in the military tent. After that, he took the more than 20 night watch soldiers who had temporarily gathered to arrest Hui Dengxiang on the western slope of the mountain, and then there was this scene at the entrance of the village.

The ambiguity of Hou Dagui's attitude is an important reason for Li Yanlang to resort to violent means, in the face of the outpost officer Hui Dengxiang, Li Yanlang can order the sentinel to take it down without any scruples, but if Hou Dagui appears, it is unknown whether the sentinel soldier who was still like a finger just now is still obedient.

Hui Dengxiang, who was in a desperate situation, was clear in his heart, and Hou Dagui was the only talisman he could count on now. Li Yanlang couldn't suppress the soldiers at the outpost, but Bai Wang, as the Chinese army, had enough prestige to suppress the outpost, and Li Yanlang asked Bai Wang to watch the outpost, but in fact, he had already cut off the only hope for Hui Dengxiang to save himself. Whether it succeeds or fails this time can only be pinned on Hou Dagui's attitude.

In other words, tonight is likely to be the last night of his Hui Dengxiang as the outpost officer of the Zhao camp. Hou Dagui helped him, and he became a general of Xiying; Hou Dagui didn't help him, and he would never have a chance to play for Zhao Ying in the future. Success or failure is between Hou Dagui's thoughts.

"Domination!"

Almost in unison, Li Yanlang and Hui Dengxiang's mouths burst out with the most powerful shouts. At the same time, in the firelight, everyone's eyes focused on Hou Dagui's angular face like a knife and an axe. There was silence, except for the bright flames on the torches, which still fluttered uncontrollably.

"Take down the traitor Hui Dengxiang."

Hou Dagui actually didn't think about it for a long time, but when his words came out, whether it was Li Yanlang or Hui Dengxiang, they all spent three autumns.

Li Yanlang's eyes lit up in an instant, and Hui Dengxiang was like a puddle of mud, and his strength softened.

"Take this guy down, tie your hands and feet, gag your mouth, find a thatched house and lock it up!" Li Yanlang was as happy as having won a big battle, Hui Dengxiang was forcibly dragged away by the soldiers, and before leaving, he looked at Hou Dagui with triangular eyes full of resentment and despair, although his lips were spurting, but he couldn't speak again after all.

Not long after Hui Dengxiang was taken away, the soldiers dispersed slightly, and only a few people in the village, such as Li Yanlang and Hou Dagui, remained.

"The White Chinese Army has just sent someone to deliver the message, and everything is stable at the outpost, and there is no need to control it." Li Yanlang reported on the situation in the army, and his face was as usual, as if everything on the hillside had never happened.

"Okay." Hou Dagui replied gently, his heart was surging, he paced back a few steps with his negative hand, and suddenly asked Li Yanlang, "If I don't help you, but him, what will you do?" ”

Li Yanlang smiled indifferently: "Where does this come from, tonight, you are neither helping him nor me, you are helping yourself." ”

Hou Dagui said coldly: "Even if you let Bai Wang temporarily suppress the outpost, once it is really chaotic, whether it is the front and rear outpost, it may not be in your control." ”

Li Yanlang replied: "Whether you grasp it or not, your subordinates are just fighting to the death with the White Chinese Army." ”

When Hou Dagui heard him say this, his cold face actually revealed a faint smile.

After a long time, he said with relief: "The departure time will not change tomorrow, and the rear post will let Bai Wang take it first." With a command, the step quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Li Yanlang said "yes" and watched him leave. Thinking back to the moment when Shicai confronted Whitden, I still felt a little palpitation. It was as if I had a short nightmare, and as soon as the dream was gone, everything returned to its original state. He didn't know what kind of fluctuations Hou Dagui's heart experienced at that time. However, compared to others, he seems to know more about Hou Dagui. At least compared to being ruthless, Hou Daguixun Hui Dengxiang and others are far away.

At the beginning of the morning rooster, Zhao Yingwu had two outposts in front and behind the army from the West Tower Courtyard to the road.

Although the catastrophe of Hui Dengxiang was killed halfway, the military order was heavier than the mountain, and Hou Dagui, Li Yanlang and Bai Wang discussed it, and decided to hold Hui Dengxiang in this matter and not to show it. In the army, all the insiders who knew that night were tight-lipped and only said that Hui Dengxiang was suddenly infected with a cold and it was difficult to command the troops, and the military affairs of the outpost were temporarily handled by Hou Dagui and Bai Wang, and Hui Dengxiang himself was forcibly placed in the West Tower Courtyard to "recuperate", and more than ten soldiers served closely, so they must "take care of him".

Wu Yan camp left the West Tower Courtyard, the new guide, according to the original plan to the north to Longquan Temple for lunch, and then Hou Dagui and Li Yanlang took the rear and the front two outposts in the toon ditch again to part ways, all the way to the three tone bay, all the way to the mill ditch, trekking through mountains and rivers, and finally rushed to camp in Baishantan on the west side of the lower tiger ditch before nightfall, and traveled nearly half a day longer than expected. From here, you can reach the east side of Huyang Town in one day at most through Xiaogaozhuang, Xishanpo and Baimayan to the west.

At present, the battle of Fanhecheng has not yet begun, and Hou Dagui has swept away the haze of the early stage, and his fighting spirit is high. There was no hesitation at both ends of the first rat, and there was only the determination of the blood-stained robe.

Three days after the army left the camp, the city gate slowly opened in the old city of Chungling, thirty miles south of Zaoyang County.

Meng Aocao climbed to the top of the banner city, spat at the city, took off the gap in the hood, saw Han Gon's figure approaching, and hurriedly saluted: "Commander, the thieves have retreated again." ”

Han Gon held the battlements in his hand and squinted at it and said, "Is it Li Rugui or Wang Kehuai this time?" ”

Meng Aocao pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Wang Kehuai." If Li Rugui wants to lead people, he can still fight for two rounds, if Wang Kehuai leads people, as soon as he sees our horse army arrive, he will flee two miles away. ”

Han Gon said: "Luo Rucai occupies Qingtan City, and I heard that the party members have been gathering in the past few days. He wants to go north, Chungling City is a necessary place, and he should rush down first, why is it better to wander, just send rangers to provoke again and again, and fight without fighting? "It's weird.

Meng Aocao coughed and spit out the fine sand and dust that the wind blew into his throat when the horse galloped, and smacked his lips and said: "Luo Ru only knew that there was my Feijie battalion guarding Chungling City, so he must be afraid." He wanted to fight, but many leaders didn't have the guts to pull each other, so they haven't moved a step so far, haha! ”

Han Gon knew that Meng Aocao had a prodigal temper, and he didn't take him seriously, so he said while thinking about it: "The letter sent by the lord clearly stated that it is necessary to go north first and then south, and it will be difficult to reinforce Chungling City for a while. Therefore, before the lord arrived, we could only rely on ourselves, and we could only rely on the Shiping camp at Shuanggoukou. ”

"Shiping Camp?" When Meng Aocao heard these three words, his brows furrowed into a few words, "The butt surnamed Long has taken root and grown in Shuanggoukou." How many times have we been there, but when did he promise to send a soldier and a soldier to help defend Chungling City? ”

"You can't say that." Han Gon waved his hand to interrupt his complaints, "Lord Long is used to fighting, Zaoyang County is also within the scope of his defense, the thief is the head, he will not ignore it, and now he has not moved, there must be his considerations." ”

"Consider ......," Meng Aocao laughed and muttered in a low voice, "I'm afraid it's just thinking day and night about how to protect his head with a black gauze hat." ”

The two stood at the head of Chungling City for a while, and Meng Aocao said, "There has been no news of Lao Lian in the past few days, I don't know what happened to the back township?" In the Zhao camp, Meng Aocao and Lian Buxin joined the Zhao camp at the same time, and they were both generals of the Ma Army.

Han Gon replied: "Yesterday he sent someone to report, saying that Zhu Yuncheng, the magistrate of Zaoyang, was worried about the thieves invading the city, and invited him to move his troops into Zaoyang County to defend. I thought that the township was a stone's throw away from the county seat, and the county seat was blessed by the city walls and ditches, so I allowed it. ”

"That's not bad." Meng Aocao nodded, after Lian Buxin entered Zaoyang, Shuanggoukou, Zaoyang County, and the old city of Chungling could be connected to form a defensive line to block Cao Ying and other rogues in the south.