As soon as the word "start the formation" landed, I saw countless black shadows suddenly standing in all directions around the camp. Like a group of zombies smelling the breath of humans, they quickly rushed towards Gong Du.

The ambush soldiers, who have been hidden for a long time, have finally appeared!

A few seconds ago, seeing Hua Xing smiling inexplicably at himself, Gong Du knew that he had been fooled, and hurriedly pulled the reins to stop the charge.

But just as he was about to turn around and retreat, he saw a large number of black shadows appearing in all directions, constantly surging towards him.

The sheer number of people made Gong Du gasp on the spot!

Looking at it with a big eye, there are three or four thousand people, if he is surrounded by these guys, he will be able to explain here today.

So, Gong Du hurriedly shouted "retreat", and at the same time turned the horse's head, raised the whip and whipped it behind him.

The speed of the withdrawal was a few points faster than when they charged just now, and they quickly rushed out of the encirclement with a group of seventy or eighty people, and ran towards the cottage without looking back.

The infantry regiment, which had just reached the halfway point, saw that the commander was going home. They definitely won't rush down stupidly anymore, turned around and followed Gong Du back to the cottage.

……

Seeing that the enemy army was finally frightened back, Tang Sheng clenched his fists and yelled.

It is not difficult to see that he is also very excited at this time.

As for the reason for the excitement, on the one hand, it is because I am happy to "win the battle";

On the other hand, he was glad that the other party didn't really rush in, and his life could be regarded as saved.

"General Hua, you are really like a god! I was scared to death. If it weren't for you on my side, I wouldn't have made it to the end! ”

Tang Sheng's fists were still trembling as he spoke, and his eyes were full of respect.

After this battle, he threw himself to the ground with the five bodies that General Hua had admired in front of him.

"Hehe, your performance just now is already very good, a hundred times stronger than that Hongguang! As long as you continue to work hard, there is no problem in becoming a general in the future. Huaxing smiled and encouraged.

As the son of a businessman, Tang Sheng never thought that he could also be a general.

After hearing Huaxing's words, he was stunned on the spot and stammered:

"General Hua, you, don't be kidding, with my ability, how, how can I be a general......

"A famous general once said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier! Hehe, the ability is insufficient, and it can be cultivated. But if the heart is not good, there will be no drama in that life! Go for it, I'm sure you'll make it. ”

After patting Tang Sheng on the shoulder, Hua Xing raised the flag in his hand and commanded the "big army" to return to the darkness.

In order to prevent the other party's second surprise attack, Huaxing did not rush to let everyone return to the camp, but continued to stand by in place.

It wasn't until dawn that Hua Xing gave the order to withdraw the troops, allowing the soldiers to sneak back to the camp again.

In fact, the soldiers who were ambushed in all directions last night were the 1,000 soldiers brought by Huaxing.

After singing in the evening, they sneaked out of the camp according to Huaxing's instructions and ambushed in four directions.

It wasn't until Huaxing sent a signal that they showed up one after another, making the other party mistakenly believe that they had been ambushed.

As for the number of ambush soldiers, the reason why Gong Du thought that there were three or four thousand people was not that Huaxing really found helpers.

Instead, he ordered the soldiers to cut down a lot of branches in advance, and put on helmets and military uniforms for the branches, and dressed up as many "tree people".

If it is placed in the daytime, these "tree people" cannot even fool children of a few years old, and they look like dummies at first glance.

But in the dark of night, they look no different from "human figures". If you don't look closely, you can really tell the truth from the fake.

It was precisely because Gong Du saw the existence of these "figures" that he was scared back to the cottage.

As for why Huaxing didn't take the opportunity to take down Gong Du?

It's not like he hasn't thought about it.

But thinking about it further, if he really captures Gong Du today, the nine hundred infantry who followed behind the cavalry team will no longer receive the signal to retreat, and they will definitely rush into the camp to do a big job.

If the fight really starts, with the old, weak, sick and disabled under his command, not only will they have no chance of winning, but the empty city plan will also be invalid because of this.

This ending was not what Hua Xing wanted, so he asked the soldiers to slow down their movements and deliberately let Gong Du out.

It was a pity that he couldn't capture the general, but at least it solved the problem in front of him.

At the same time, it also bought another period of peace for Huaxing, so that he could continue to think about ways to break the enemy.

After Gong Du returned to the cottage, he immediately told Liu Bi everything he saw.

Liu Bi had long guessed that the enemy army had "ambushes", so he had no doubt about this matter.

After a simple negotiation, everyone in the village quickly reached an agreement: in the future, they will only defend and not attack, and never go out of the village!

……

Although he won this battle of strategy, in the next few days, Huaxing has been sad and not in a high mood.

Because three days passed, he still couldn't come up with a way to defeat the enemy.

At this moment, he even regretted it a little, he really shouldn't have boasted about the presence effect in the first place, and only brought a thousand soldiers here to suppress the bandits.

If he had been replaced with 3,000 soldiers, he might have already captured the cottage and returned triumphantly.

But unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world. The big words he said could only be fulfilled by himself.

……

One night, as soon as the intelligence gathering conference ended, I heard Tang Sheng sigh:

"Alas! Tonight it's another no. It's been a few days, and I can't give away any money for nothing, so it seems that you really can't find useful information. ”

As Tang Sheng said, although Huaxing is sending people to search in the mountains every day, in addition to the more information fed back in the first three days, there is less and less useful information in the future.

For example, in the last few days, they have not received a single valid message for three consecutive days.

"Then you're not stealing fun? It also saved you a lot of money. Huaxing quipped helplessly.

"Alas! The silver is saved, but if you stay any longer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. It's time for the beginning of summer in two days, and I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to bear it. Tang Sheng said worriedly.

Since calling the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is neither a calendar nor a watch in this place, and the concept of time is becoming weaker and weaker.

Hearing Tang Sheng talk about "Lixia", Huaxing casually asked:

"What day of the month is it?"

Tang Sheng picked up the small book and carefully compared: "Today is the twenty-eighth day of March, and there are three days before the beginning of summer." ”

"Oh! Three-day ...... Ay? What year is it? ”

Seeing that General Hua didn't even remember the year name, Tang Sheng was surprised. I wanted to complain a few sentences, but I was afraid of being trained, so I finally replied honestly:

"Ahem, it's the first year of Chuping."

"Well, the first year of the first peace...... March 28...... Three days later...... Lixia ......"

Originally, it was just an unintentional thought, but after exiting, Huaxing suddenly felt that he seemed to have seen this "date" somewhere.

After some contemplation, he finally recalled the source of this "date", and an inexplicable excitement crossed his face!