All the people woke up immediately, and at this time, no one dared to sleep very hard, otherwise they might not be able to sleep at all. One by one, they hurriedly grabbed the weapons around them, stood up, and waited for the arrival of the Yan army one by one.

Huang Chengzhong was already standing by the city wall, and Zhou was like a civil official, and he had already returned to the palace to arrange the next preparations for the war.

Huang Chengzhong, as a military general, the highest military general in the lower capital, he didn't dare to go back to his house to sleep, he had to be here, so that he could know the movements of the Yan army at any time, and he could arrange to meet the enemy faster.

Looking at the Yan army not very far away, he really couldn't understand why the Yan army wanted to attack the lower capital in the middle of the night, and even if it did, it didn't have to be so fanfare! If you are specific, you will sneak attack in the dark.

Although it was strange, Huang Chengzhong still asked the soldiers to be on guard, but soon he found out that something was wrong, after the Yan army's torch dragon left the camp, it did not rush towards the lower capital, but rushed straight to a forest not far from the Yan army, and then the torch dragon poured into the forest as if it opened its bloody mouth, but it did not move forward, and it was busy there.

"What the hell does Yan Jun want to do?" Looking at the fiery red in the distance, Huang Chengzhong was a little puzzled.

Although he saw that there was a fiery red, he couldn't see what Yan Jun was busy with until several objects crashed on the ground and made a rumbling sound. Huang Chengzhong was stunned and said secretly: "It's not good, the Yan army is building cloud ladders and siege equipment." ”

"You, go and call Zhou County's order over immediately." Huang Chengzhong pointed to a humane.

Xiao Liuzi looked around, said that there was no one else, pointed to his nose with his finger, and said suspiciously: "Me? ”

"That's right, it's you, stop grinding, go quickly." Huang Chengzhong said with a suspicious expression.

Seeing Huang Chengzhong's expression, Xiao Liuzi dared to stop, and replied: "Yes" and immediately ran towards the mansion.

Zhou Ru arranged everything, his tired eyes were red, and he was about to go back and squint for a while, when a figure ran in, saying that there was movement in the Yan army outside the city, Huang Chengzhong looked for him, and immediately followed the young man to the city gate without even putting on his coat.

Zhou Ru is not young, and the pressure is too great this time, and he has no time to rest, when he stares at him and runs to the city gate, his eyes begin to glow.

"Lao Huang, what's wrong, the Yan army is going to attack?" As soon as Zhou Ru went to the city, he saw Huang Chengzhong standing by the city wall and hurriedly asked.

"See for yourself." Huang Chengzhong's expression was serious, and he pointed to a place in the distance.

"Huh? This is...? Zhou looked in the direction that Huang Chengzhong pointed at in an instant, only to see a fiery red in the distance, and a rumbling sound was heard from time to time.

Huang Chengzhong said with a suspicious face: "The Yan army is building siege equipment, if they build it, it will be difficult to protect it." ”

"Which old Huang, what should I do now!" Zhou is in a hurry, this is not guaranteed, it doesn't mean that he is finished!

Huang Chengzhong thought for a while, took a deep breath, seemed to have made up his mind, and said, "Old Zhou, you are guarding the city here, and I will take a team of men and horses to disrupt their actions." ”

"Lao Huang, this... Wouldn't that be too risky? Zhou Ru said worriedly.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, Lao Zhou, if I have any accidents, please help me take care of Xiaoping, please." Huang Chengzhong looked at the firelight in the distance, and his expression was resolute.

Zhou Ru opened his mouth but didn't say a word for a long time, he knew that Huang Chengzhong was dead in this operation, which meant that as long as he went out, he couldn't come back But he didn't know what to say, the crisis in the lower capital was in front of him, and if the crisis existed, someone had to clear it, which was unavoidable, and finally nodded heavily.

Huang Chengzhong saw Zhou Ru nodding, showing a hint of a smile, and then flicked his cloak and went to gather the soldiers.

This operation was life-threatening, and instead of going to the civilians, he took all of his elite soldiers with him.

After a while, the city was stuffy with rows of longbows in hand, long knives at their waists, quivers full of arrow feathers on their backs, and a small jar of something hanging on their bodies, which contained fierce fire oil, which could instantly turn into a boiling fire with the slightest spark.

The number of soldiers seemed to be five hundred, and all of them had serious expressions and a hint of determination on their faces, and since they had been selected, they knew that they had something important to do.

Huang Chengzhong had several bottles of fierce fire oil hanging on his body, looking at the rows of soldiers he brought up in front of him, the neat team, the resolute expression, and the spirit of defending immortality, these people were his hard work and his pride, but he was ready to take them to jump into the fire pit, thinking of this, his heart swelled with sadness.

"Brothers, raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, now, there is a crisis below, the Yan army is violent, our army is weak, and now the Yan army is outside the city, cutting wood to build a ladder, if the Yan army builds a ladder, the next is in danger." Huang Chengzhong said with a sad face.

The soldiers all stared at Huang Chengzhong one by one, no one spoke No one moved, just quietly waiting for Huang Chengzhong's next words.

"As soldiers, we defend our families and defend the country, although we have no regrets in death, I will take you to attack the Yan army tonight, everyone knows that the Yan army is overwhelming, this time I went out, and it was already good to say that nine deaths and one life were good, so this operation was voluntary It doesn't matter if someone wants to quit and can't go, they can stay and defend the city." Huang Chengzhong said.

The five hundred soldiers still looked at Huang Chengzhong, not one of them spoke, and no one left, but the weapons they held high had already proved their choice to Huang Chengzhong.

"Okay, very good, it's worthy of the soldiers brought out by me Huang Chengzhong, come here, bring the wine." Huang Chengzhong was pleased.

Behind Huang Chengzhong, there were already hundreds of bowls, one on top of the other, several long ones. Huang Chengzhong took a large wine jar from a soldier and poured wine into the stacks of bowls. It took dozens of jars in a row to finish.

After pouring it, there were already more than a dozen soldiers, who stepped forward and handed out bowls of wine to these soldiers.

Huang Chengzhong also picked up a bowl and held it high: "Serve the country, guard the capital, although there is no regret in death." ”

After Huang Chengzhong finished speaking, he drank the wine in the wine bowl in one go, and threw the bowl on the ground. The bowl fell to the ground, making a "snap" sound, and the wine bowl was suddenly torn apart. This bowl is like his next road, his determination, rather than broken jade than whole.

"There are no regrets about dying." The five hundred soldiers also shouted with a high wine bowl, then handed the wine bowl to their mouths, drank the wine in one gulp, and just like Huang Chengzhong, he broke the night into pieces.

"Let's go."

A crack opened in the gate of the lower capital, and soldiers wearing armor, holding bows and arrows, carrying swords on their waists, and hanging arrow feathers appeared from the city gate, and then ran quickly into the night, towards the brightly lit Yan army camp tent.

Zhou Ru stood at the head of the city, looking at the back of the person at the front of the city, it was his old friend, they had worked together for a long time, but now, the back had the sorrow of a hero's end, and his nose was sore.

"Come back alive." Zhou Ru said silently.