Dong Lei's brows furrowed, and he said, "Liu Zhuangshi, although I know your ability, is it a bit of an exaggeration for you to say this?" Although the Xiyan Army is fierce, it is not easy to break my Dongjiawu. If we were really vulnerable here, then over the years, all kinds of people from all walks of life, as well as Zhang Yuan's rebels, and even Murong Chui's soldiers and horses, would have broken through this place a long time ago. Nor will it stay until now. Although your Beifu army is powerful, don't treat our Central Plains fathers as nothing. ”

Liu Yu Zhengse said: "Lord Dong Zhai, you were able to block these bandits from all walks of life before, because they were not regular troops, and they did not aim to capture the Central Plains. In the past few years, there has not been a large army in the Central Plains, at most a small group of bandits of a few hundred people, of course you can hold it. ”

"But the Xiyan army is different, they are a very skilled robbery group, not so much the army, but a large number of bandits, starting from Guanzhong, they have robbed all the way, and they have a very rich experience in breaking the dock fort and villages, which is not comparable to the horse thieves you encountered before. Moreover, in the past, you were able to hold on many times, because when you encountered a large number of enemy troops, you could light wolf smoke and ask for support from each village and dock, even if the strength of a stockade was insufficient, dozens or hundreds of them together were enough to scare off thousands of enemy troops. ”

"But this trick is not good for the Xiyan army, they have a lot of cavalry, strong mobility, even if you summon reinforcements, I am afraid that as soon as you set out, you will be surrounded by a large force of enemy cavalry in the field, and wipe out, in the end, not only your stockade can't hold it, but all the nearby stockades will be finished." The news I got is that Murong Yong sent 2,000 cavalry to cross the river first, and entered the Lishan area from the area of Baisimaban, and the two dock forts in the north of you, Leijiagou and Linjiapozi, will bear the brunt, and now, I am afraid that that there has been an attack. ”

Dong Lei's face changed, and he turned his head to look in the direction of the north, and several people around him turned their heads back with his movements, and they all opened their mouths in surprise, because they clearly saw the direction of about sixty or seventy miles to the north, and two cyan smoke columns were raised, about ten miles apart, which were still clearly visible in this clear weather, which was the direction of Leijiagou and Linjiapozi, and it was the most standard signal for help.

Liu Yu said calmly: "Master Dong Zhai, I'm not wrong, those two stockades have been attacked, and now they are lighting cyan cigarettes, this is a signal that the enemy army is strong and needs to call for help, right?" ”

Dong Lei gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Lei Dongtian and Lin Xue are my sworn brothers, I can't sit idly by and not save them, come here, order the soldiers and horses in the village, dispatch 2,000 people, follow me to the rescue, in addition, send signals to other villages and let them go together." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Liu Yu: "Liu Zhuangshi, if you really come to rescue us people in the mountains as you said, please come with us to rescue now." ”

Liu Yu shook his head and said: "Master Dong Zhai, it's too late, they were raided, and now the green smoke is released, which means that the two places were attacked almost at the same time, it must be that the Yan army has been fully reconnoitred and found out the time of their deployment and opening the village, and suddenly attacked when the farmers outside their fort finished farming and returned to the village, so that they didn't have time to defend at all, and it was impossible to save them now." You'd better stay still, if you rush to the rescue, I'm afraid that even your own people will get in. ”

Dong Lei's eyes sparkled, and he fell into thinking, Dong Shenhu stomped his feet anxiously on the side, and said: "Dad, what do you want, don't listen to this Liu Yu's nonsense, he is obviously afraid of the Xiyan Army, he doesn't dare to fight, and wants to take us back to Luoyang, or he is simply playing tricks and wants to trick us into going to Luoyang, then Zhu Xu invited you to discuss the matter several times, in fact, he just wants to take the opportunity to annex us and enrich his Luoyang power, this Liu Yu, I'm afraid that he is also here to do this." ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Dong Zhuangshi, if you don't believe me, you can send spies to inquire about the situation in Erzhai in the north now, and see if I lied to you or as I said." ”

Dong Lei nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Yazi, Pimple, Ge Erzhuzi, the three of you are now riding fast horses to investigate the situation, if you have news, report it quickly, don't slack off!" ”

The three small soldiers led the order to go, Dong Lei looked back at Liu Yu, and said in a deep voice: "Liu Zhuangshi, now the enemy is now, please forgive me for not letting you in immediately, if it is really as you said, the second village is not guaranteed, then our village of more than 5,000 people, it is impossible to go with you all at once, we need time to prepare, bring things to the road, you better go back and report to Zhu Tingshi, ask him to send more troops and horses to support and respond, even if we have to leave, we must have sufficient guards." ”

Liu Yu shook his head confidently: "No need, the forward of the Xiyan Army is only more than 2,000 horsemen, and my three hundred strong men are enough to deal with it, if the owner of Dong Zhai doesn't believe it, but please sit in the village, and then you can see with your own eyes how we can break the enemy cavalry, and then decide whether to go with us." ”

Dong Shenhu hooked the corners of his mouth disdainfully: "This bull has blown up to the sky, but there are only three hundred infantry, and there is no car formation, how can it confront two thousand cavalry head-on?" Liu Yu, are you all three-year-olds? ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Dong Zhuangshi, in this world, when it comes to war, you are afraid that you have not really seen it, and today you have the opportunity to see what a real battle is, which is also beneficial to you in this life." ”

As he was talking, the two pillars of smoke in the north turned red, Dong Shenhu's face changed, became pale, and said in vain: "What, what's the matter, the two stockades, just like that, have they fallen like this?" ”

Liu Yu sighed: "Master Dong Zhai, have you seen it, just a quarter of an hour or more of what we are talking about, the village of your two sworn brothers has fallen like this, just now you said that you can hold it, but are you really sure how much stronger you are than your two brothers?" This is only the vanguard of the Yan army, if Murong Yong's army arrives, how can you resist? ”

Dong Lei looked at the two pillars of smoke in the distance, gradually turning from red to black, and it was a mess of black smoke, no longer the straight column of smoke before, obviously, the beacon tower that released wolf smoke had also fallen, and the two dock forts were being slaughtered and looted, he could even hear the screams and cries there, Dong Lei's eyes were shining with tears, and he said sadly: "Lao Lei, Lao Lin, my brother is incompetent, I didn't have time to save you, I will definitely avenge your revenge!" ”8)