The army marched quickly, and within a few days it arrived at the Hutou Mountain Walled City.

Liu Pi led Gong Du and Yao Jun below to greet each other.

"Is there any change in the Chu Ying Department of Liaoyuan City now?" Liu De came to Hutou Mountain Village, Hutou Mountain Village has been repaired by Liu Pi, and its defense power has been different from before, and it is much stronger than before.

"It's just a daily drill, or a small number of sentry horses wandering around Hutou Mountain, and there is no intention of attacking in a big way! However, our scouts have fought with their sentinels several times, and Chu Ying wants to pinch out our eyes! Liu Pi replied.

"Then he should also know the news of the arrival of my army!" Liu De's fingertips tapped the seat handle, squinting his eyes and thinking for a moment: "Since our soldiers and horses want to delay time for Guan Yubu, it stands to reason that the best way is to stick to Hutou Mountain, but Hutou Mountain can't accommodate more than 20,000 of us, so we must camp under Hutou Mountain." Generals! Set up camp at the foot of Hutou Mountain, but to arrange the camp loosely, I want to see if Chu Ying is fooled? ”

"We are commanded!"

When he got out of the main hall, Dai Zong still didn't understand Liu De's orders, so he found Xun Yu and wanted Xun Yu to solve his doubts.

"Military advisor, the lord ordered us to arrange the camp loosely, Chu Ying saw such a loose camp, wouldn't he sneak attack our army? It is impossible for our army to lay in ambush every day in the camp? ”

"Captain Dai, it's very good that you can think of this!"

Xun Yu stroked the goatee under his chin and said to Dai Zong: "Dai Zong, let me ask you, why does the lord have to go down the mountain to attack Chu Yingbu?" ”

Dai Zong replied: "Because we must attract the attention of the enemy, so as not to make Yang Zichuan attack the eastern part of Guozi with all his might, this is the truth of the cold lips and teeth, otherwise our army can completely stick to Hutou Mountain and defend him for a year and a half!" ”

"You're right!"

Xun Yu nodded, "But the real killing move of our army is in Leyang, in Guan Yu's department!" So we also need to delay for some time, but we can't let the enemy suspect it, so according to the normal situation, we must send troops, and we must be very eager, wanting to fight to the death with Chu Ying's troops! ”

Dai Zong seemed to suddenly understand: "Could it be that the lord's loose arrangement of the camp is a deliberate plan?" ”

"That's right! It's still a very clumsy ploy! ”

Xun Yu said with a smile: "No matter what the purpose of Chu Ying is, he will not send troops to attack our camp, so that it can be delayed for a few days, and it will not let the enemy see our true purpose, and when the news comes from Guan Yu's side, Chu Yingbu will definitely panic and want to go back to the city to rescue Liaocheng, and at that time, our army can take the opportunity to cover up and defeat Chu Yingbu in one fell swoop!" ”

"The lord is wise!"

Dai Zong said with sincere admiration: "It's really a link after a ring, Chu Ying probably thinks that he has insight into everything, but in fact, he is completely played with by the lord in applause!" ”

"Haha! Exactly! Xun Yu smiled.

......

Chu Ying heard that the soldiers were coming to report that the Dongyu army was camped at the foot of Hutou Mountain, so he came to check it in person.

Chu Ying and his subordinates watched on a small hillside on a war horse, and when they saw Liu Dezha's camp, Chu Ying looked proud, let out a cold snort, waved his horse whip and said: "Liu Deqian's donkey skills are poor, such a clumsy strategy, and he wants to lure me into being fooled, don't even think about it!" ”

A general behind Chu Ying stepped forward and cautiously suggested: "General, now that the enemy army has come down the mountain, although the ambush is deliberately designed, it is a good opportunity after all, the enemy has few soldiers, only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and our army is 50,000, so we can take this opportunity to completely eliminate the main force of Dongyu, so that the lord will be overjoyed and reward the general!" ”

Chu Ying glanced at the subordinate general and said: "Although you have some selfish intentions, but what you said is still for the sake of the lord, and I will not punish you, the wisdom of the lord, how can you speculate and act according to orders!" ”

The subordinate general was sweating profusely with fright, in fact, he was still a little unconvinced, but he didn't dare to say anything more and retreated.

Chu Ying turned his horse's head, looked around at the generals, and said, "Do you think that if we have 50,000 soldiers and horses, we will definitely be able to defeat the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Dongyu?" The 100,000 army of Lin Hu led by Tuoba Dashi was defeated by Liu De's 20,000 soldiers and horses, Tuoba Dashi fled from Baoshan to Leyang, but in the end it was difficult to escape death, and his head was sent to Beijing for a group of people to enjoy, how desolate! Can you lead 50,000 men and horses to achieve such a feat? ”

A group of subordinates did not dare to squeak, and lowered their arrogant heads!

"Can't!"

Chu Ying replied for them: "How can the lord not know how powerful Dongyu is?" That's why we were ordered to stick to the far away and trap Dongyu. Although our field battle is not as good as Dongyu, but defending the city is not a field battle, we have 50,000 soldiers and horses, and we will protect Liao far away, and in the siege war, the elite soldiers will also suffer heavy losses, Liu De will definitely not be like this! When the lord defeats Guo Zidong and leads the army to help, then it will be Liu De's death! ”

"Liu De deliberately arranged the camp so loosely, that is, he deliberately lured our army out of the city for a sneak attack, and then they took the opportunity to ambush our army, and when they defeated our army, they would take advantage of the situation to capture Liaocheng, and the great foundation of the lord would be ruined!"

"And the Dongyu army is backed by Hutou Mountain, even if you can't do anything, you can return to Hutou Mountain, but we are helpless!"

"Therefore, as long as our army abides by the lord's strategy and sticks to the far away, Liu De sees that we are not fooled, and this camp will be restored! When that time comes, I'll see what tricks Liu De Xiaoer will use! ”

"The general is wise, we are all obedient!"

All the soldiers bowed one after another.

"Well, go back to the city!" Chu Ying looked at the generals under his command, nodded and said, he actually didn't want to say this, but he was afraid that some generals would not care about anything in order to make meritorious contributions.

Therefore, Chu Ying can only explain the matter clearly, let them extinguish the idea of attacking the Dongyu army, if anyone still does not obey, don't blame the ruthlessness of military law!

Liu De guarded in the camp for a few days, but he still couldn't wait for Chu Ying to attack, and chuckled: "It seems that this Chu Ying is quite patient, but doesn't this just mean that my strategy has succeeded!" It's too late to act! ”

Liu De ordered that the camp tent be changed to a normal layout.

When Chu Ying led the generals to check the Dongyu army formation, they all admired Chu Ying's foresight, and Chu Ying was also quite complacent, and said to everyone: "Liu De can't help us at all!" ”

Liu De led the Dongyu Army and the Liaoyuan Army led by Chu Ying were fighting wits and courage, and in Zhongzhou, thousands of miles away, the war had lasted for half a month!

......

"Trebuchet, projection!"

A general of Cao's army shouted, dozens of trebuchets were launched, and the stones rained down on the head of the city, and a stone hit the head of a soldier guarding the city, and the head was smashed to pieces under the terrified gaze of his companions beside him.

In fact, the trebuchet is not very big for the soldiers defending the city, but the blow to morale is more violent than the casualties, and the general, King Ji Changyou can only continue to use heavy rewards to constantly motivate the soldiers to defend the city, and even the Empress Dowager He knows that the crisis is acting, and deliberately allocates a huge amount of money from the inner treasury to reward the soldiers who defend the city, so that the soldiers who defend the city will not lose their strength.

Cao Zhuo's big tent outside the city, Cao Zhuo and Ouyang Yi sat in the big tent, listening to the military intelligence report of the commanders.

Ouyang Yi said: "The defense of this Beijing division is indeed strong, although the strength of the soldiers defending the city is not good, but they are also brave, they can defend for such a long time, Caozhou Mu can have a good strategy to capture the city?" Otherwise, after waiting for some time, the army of the King of Jingshi Qin will arrive! ”

"Haha!" Cao Zhuo suddenly laughed.

"What does Cao Zhoumu mean by this?"

Ouyang Yi said dissatisfied.

"General Ouyang rest assured, in the past month or so, this so-called Qinwang army is probably only the 50,000 Chen Liujun led by Li Zhen's son Li Yun will come over, and other places have already been overwhelmed, and their own lives are not guaranteed, who cares about the life or death of his little emperor, and even they still wish the little emperor died?"

Although Ouyang Yi claimed to be the King of Jin, how could Cao Zhuo really call him the King of Jin, where was he? If Ouyang Yi's strength is outstanding, it will be fine, only 30,000 soldiers and horses are not enough to see in front of him, he is so polite to Ouyang Yi now, he is just using him, and it is not appropriate to turn his face now.

Some pots still need to be carried by Ouyang Yi!

Of course, Ouyang Yi understands this truth, so although he promised to help Cao Zhuo, he has actually been retaining his strength, of course Cao Zhuo knows, but he didn't say anything.

Ouyang Yi is not afraid that Cao Zhuo will do it to himself in the big tent, his own martial arts can completely hold Cao Zhuo hostage when he does it, Cao Zhuo can only say that he is rough in martial arts, which is also where Ouyang Yi's confidence lies!

"Then does Caozhou Mu have a plan to capture the capital?" Ouyang Yi asked.

"I've sent people to contact my father's old ministry in the city before, and they're all willing to help me open the city gates, so let's just wait for the right time?"

"This? These Cao Sikong's old subordinates, wouldn't Chen He and the others monitor them? Even if they don't monitor, it's impossible for them to lead the troops, how can they help us open the city? Ouyang Yi asked.

"Bing? Of course there will be... Hehehehehe! ”

Cao Zhuo's eyes flashed a glimmer of light, and he already had the victory in his heart!

......

"General Guan, how far are we from Leyang City?"

Late at night, Guan Yu's department found a sheltered location and settled down, Xi Zhicai was wearing a mink fur, coughed twice, and asked.

Zhou Cang added a few handfuls of firewood to the bonfire in front of Xi Zhicai, making it burn more vigorously, and the temperature difference in the grassland was a little too big.

Guan Yu sat on a big stone and squinted his eyes, and when he heard Xi Zhicai's inquiry, he opened his phoenix eyes and said, "It's not far away, it won't take about ten days to reach Leyang!" ”

"Ten days! That's fast! Xi Zhi responded.

......

Lin Yu is among the Beijing Division, no one would have thought that Cao Sui's son-in-law, the important criminal wanted by the imperial court returned to the Beijing Division so openly, perhaps in response to the old saying that the light is black!

When Cao Zhuo attacked He Sui, Lin Yu quietly went south, dressed up a little, and asked Cao Zhuo to help him change his household registration and enter the capital in a grand manner.

His main purpose was to contact some of Cao Sui's subordinates, or rather, the generals who had not yet been discovered by Ji Changyou.

Like those officials and generals who have betrayed Cao Sui, if they find Lin Yu, they will definitely immediately catch Lin Yu and ask for credit, they have already betrayed once, and they can't turn back, and Lin Yu is even more eager to dismantle them!

Lin Yu knocked on the courtyard door of a house to the west of Jingshi.

"Who!" A woman's voice rang out.

"I'm looking for Peng Lu, I am his best friend, my surname is Lin, please let Mrs. inform Peng Lu." Lin Yu said.

"Great! You wait! ”

The woman told Peng Lu, who was still lying on the bed, what Lin Yu said, and Peng Lu was directly startled and hurriedly asked, "What do you say is his surname?" ”

"Surname Lin, what's wrong? Isn't he your friend? The woman asked, suspiciously.

"Yes! He is! Madame, you go and prepare a table of food and drinks, and I'll open the door for him!" Peng Lu replied.

"Okay, Xianggong!" The woman answered.

When Peng Lu opened the courtyard door, he saw Lin Yu standing outside the door wearing ordinary people's clothes, and when Lin Yu entered the courtyard gate, Peng Lu looked around, and then closed the courtyard door.

Lin Yu looked at the simple courtyard and chuckled: "General Peng, it's really hidden deep enough!" ”

"Alas, Brother Lin shouldn't laugh at so-and-so, but instead ask Brother Lin, how did you get into the capital? As soon as the young master attacks the city, the gates of the city are all closed! Peng Lu asked rhetorically.

"Now you can't call the young master, but the lord!" Lin Yu corrected, and then continued: "I actually entered the city a long time ago, but I have been hiding, and only when the army attacked, did I show up to look for you, and now they are understaffed in the city, so they won't notice me!" ”

"I see, what does Brother Lin need me to do?" Peng Lu Dao.

"Set fire to the city and help us capture a gate!"

"How is this possible? Brother Lin, if you don't have a trace of soldiers and horses in your hand now, how can you take the heavily guarded city gate? Peng Lu hurriedly shook his head.

Lin Yu asked sharply: "Peng Lu, what! Have you forgotten the kindness of the old lord to you? ”

"It's... Brother Lin, how can you dare to forget a certain loyalty to the lord? However, there is only one person, and he can gather three or five friends, but for the guards of the city, it is like water dripping into the sea, and it has no effect! Peng Lu hurriedly argued.

"Don't worry, the soldiers have already been there, but General Peng didn't find out!"

"What do you mean..."

Lin Yu's fingers were dipped in water, and he wrote two big words on the table: 'Jingying! ’

"Jingying !!"

Peng Lu's expression moved, "You mean the brother of the old Jingying who was disbanded by Li Zhen and Ji Changyou?" ”

"That's right, those brothers are really loyal to the old lord, and now they are scattered all over the capital, and it is difficult to survive, if the general goes to lobby, he will definitely respond to all calls, and the general has this army of soldiers and horses in his hands, isn't it easy to take the city gate?"

"If so, then give it a try!"

Peng Lu nodded in response.

"Bang!"

A bowl of soup fell, and the soup spilled all over the ground.

The woman looked at Lin Yu and Peng Lu in horror.