The night shrouded the city of Mogaoguan, and also covered the hearts of the soldiers of Mogaoguan. There was a dead silence in the garrison camp, as if there were no living people.

Zhao Yan stared at the sky in the distance and did not move for a long time. Zhao De walked over and sat down next to him. Zhao Yan heard the sound, and then turned his eyes to look at his brother.

"What is Brother Yan thinking?" Zhao De asked.

"Nothing, just a little worried." Zhao Yan showed a little smile, maybe not a smile, but just trying to make a relaxed expression.

Zhao De sighed, chewing a blade of grass in his mouth, and a bitter taste quickly exploded in his mouth, but he didn't spit it out, and kept chewing. "Don't worry, since ancient times, soldiers have been coming to block it, and water has come to cover it. As long as we delay long enough, I believe that the imperial court will come to the rescue, and they should not be so mediocre that they can't even see how important the silent prison pass is. Go ahead, eat something, I'll watch first. ”

Zhao Yan patted his brother on the shoulder, stood up with a halberd, and walked towards the bottom of the city wall.

The night was a little scary, and I could only see the sparks in Ling Kuang's barracks, and nothing else. The moon rose from the sky, with a bright star beside it. The wind blew through the Arrow Tower, making a terrible sound. I don't know how many people have woken up from their dreams.

Zhao De sighed again, for some reason, there was always an inexplicable sense of panic in his heart, he knew his father Zhao Fang best, if he didn't lose the silence, his father would be fine, once the silence was lost, his father would definitely not survive, this was his responsibility, and it was also his only explanation to the court and the people of Guanzhong.

The night passed peacefully, nothing happened, and Ling Kuang did not take advantage of the night to attack.

However, there was also a major event, that is, the 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Wang Qing finally arrived at the Mogao Pass, and Ling Xuozi came with the army.

Ling Kuang heard the arrival of the second master, and hurriedly got up from the military couch, greeted the camp gate, and bowed to the ground: "Congratulations to the general!" ”

Since Wang Fang raised his army, he officially named his younger brother General Dangkou, only under himself. No one objected to this matter, even Ling Xuozi didn't say anything, who called the family the younger brother of the big boss.

Wang Qing entered the big tent and sat on the seat of the main general, Ling Kuang stood on one side, nodded and bowed, completely missing the majesty of the past. Ling Xuzi followed into the military tent at the end, and just sat silently next to the last table.

Ling Kuang bowed and walked in front of Wang Qing and said, "The general has worked hard, and the little one failed to meet him in time, and I hope the general will forgive him." ”

Wang Qing smiled, "Sit down." He knows this person who has followed him and his eldest brother for many years, although this person is not very good, but he is very loyal, and has some fancy intestines, but he can't get on the stage, the most important thing is that this person is very good at winning people's hearts, and few people will rebel against him, after all, most of the people who want to rebel against him have been dealt with by him for various reasons.

Ling Xuozi looked at the two people who were talking about common things in front of the battle, and felt a little uncomfortable, so he got up and arched his hand and said, "General, Poor Dao wants to go out for a walk, and by the way, take a look at the situation of the garrison of the army." ”

Wang Qing waved his hand casually, signaling Ling Xuzi to go out, and then said to Ling Kuang: "Have you had a good siege these days?" ”

Ling Kuang hurriedly said: "Some of them, the small ones don't dare to delay for a moment, and they have been challenging in front of the pass, but the old Zhao Fang is like a turtle, shrinking in the shell and not coming out, the small ones can only be attacked, but unfortunately they all failed." ”

These words were all expected by Wang Qing, and Wang Qing didn't pay much attention to it, but said: "Say, how many people and horses have been lost, and how many thieves have been killed?" ”

Ling Kuang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I lost about 5,000 people, I don't know how many thieves I killed." ”

"Idiot, are you such a waste with your soldiers? In vain, I swore in front of my eldest brother to recommend you," Wang Qing scolded, and then calmed down again, "It's true, you were originally very good at water, and now you are a bit overkill to let you conquer the city." Well, I'll take your place for now. ”

Ling Kuang naturally didn't dare to say anything, so he just answered yes and withdrew.

Ling Xuzi got out of the camp tent, walked around the garrison barracks, shook his head again and again, and scolded What a mediocre talent, who would have thought that this Ling Kuang would be lined up in camp, and take the Chinese military camp tent directly to the Mogao Pass, if the enemy army sneaks up on the Chinese army's tent at night, the left and right armies can't protect it, I'm afraid that the Chinese army will be broken through.

Ling Xuzi came to the place where the army was storing grain again, and saw that the granary was covered with straw for the war horses to eat. Ling Xuzi sighed: "How can such a person lead troops to fight? ”

There were a few shouts of punching orders from the big tent guarding the granary next to him, Ling Xuzi lifted the curtain and walked in, it turned out that a group of soldiers were drinking and having fun, they looked up and saw someone coming in, and then lowered their heads and continued to shout and play, no one cared about the people who came in.

Ling Xuzi shouted angrily: "Is this how you guard the grain and grass!" If someone comes to burn the grain and grass, what will you do? ”

One of them glanced at Ling Xuozi and said with some dissatisfaction, "Who are you?" Don't worry about so many things, this is a strong place for the rear army, and irrelevant people should go out early, otherwise you will be arrested! ”

Ling Xuozi stomped his feet angrily when he heard this, and said loudly: "I am the military master Ling Xuzi!" ”

Only then did the sergeants who were drinking and having fun wake up, and hurriedly stood up and saluted Ling Xuozi. Ling Xuzi shook his head and walked out of the military tent, leaving only a group of soldiers looking at each other.

Then, Ling Xuzi rode a horse and went straight out of the camp gate, coming to a place less than fifty meters in front of the Silent Prison Pass.

Zhao Yan was standing on the city wall with his soldiers to guard against the enemy army coming to attack the city, and suddenly saw a person dressed as a soldier coming from the front of the pass, without bringing an entourage, he suddenly felt a little suspicious, and couldn't help frowning, and then took the bow and arrow from the soldier next to him, buckled the bowstring, and the arrow flew out in response.

Ling Xuzi, who was walking forward, saw the arrow flying down from the city wall, hurriedly stopped the horse, and the arrow shot in front of him impartially, Ling Xuzi let out a cold sweat, urging the horse to walk fifty steps away, only then stopped, and looked at it carefully.

Ling Xuzi saw Zhao Yan holding a hard bow in his hand, and saw that it was a young general, with a fierce white robe and an extraordinary heroic posture, and he couldn't help but praise in his heart.

After about half an hour passed, Ling Xuzile turned his horse and returned to the camp tent and came to the Chinese army's tent.

Wang Qing was the only one in the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Qing was leaning on the backrest and closing his eyes to take a nap, when he saw Ling Xuzi coming in, he changed to a more comfortable position and lay down again, and even snored quietly.

Ling Xuozi knew that Wang Qing had some trouble with him, and he had been like this since he slaughtered nearly 100 people from Tang He's Mansion and was reprimanded by himself that day, he was already not surprised.

Ling Xuozi didn't speak, but walked straight to the desk where he was sitting, poured a cup of tea and drank it.

Wang Qing, who was pretending to sleep, thought that this old Taoist priest was going to talk about something again, and deliberately made such a look, but after waiting for a long time but did not hear him speak, he opened his eyes a little puzzled, and saw Ling Xuzi drinking tea, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, and asked: "We are here to fight, but the Taoist chief is so leisurely and leisurely, he drank tea by himself." ”

Ling Xuozi actually knew that Wang Qing had opened his eyes, and when he heard him ask, he only pretended not to know, pretended to be surprised, and hurriedly put down the teacup, saying, "I saw that the general was asleep, so I didn't bother, it was rude." Since the general has woken up, let's talk about it, Poor Dao just went out to see General Ling's military camp, it's really ridiculous......"

Before Ling Xuzi finished speaking, Wang Qing had already said: "I don't want to hear you say this, even if it's ridiculous, Ling Kuang only lost some soldiers and horses during the siege, not because of camping." ”

"That's because the guards of the Silent Pass are insufficient, so Ling Kuang is safe and sound, if the Silent Prison Guards are fully prepared, I am afraid that Ling Kuang's camp will have been killed by someone long ago!"

"Okay," Wang Qing said impatiently, "The Taoist is my eldest brother's own military advisor, let's say, what can be done to defeat this silent prison?" I think the Taoist chief has already found a way, let's listen to it, don't embarrass my eldest brother. ”