5

The wind is tight in the middle of the night, and the wine is shallow and the food is cold. After some discussion, the matter of leaving the city was indeed a problem. At present, the stone city where everyone is located is surrounded by Dashixi in the shape of a gourd, and Dai Ying only needs to set up heavy troops at the mouth of the gourd, and it will be difficult for the Xuanlong Army to break through on a large scale. The scouts reported that today's Northern Forward Army had set up beacon towers every 100 zhang on the opposite side of the stream. If Zhong Li leads his troops across the water, he will most likely be discovered by the beacon tower. Not to mention whether you can break through at the time, just exposing the action is enough to lead to a full loss.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Gu Yu, who had been on the side for a long time, came to Zhong Li's side. "The general estimates how many days before the battle between the two armies?"

Zhong Li calculated from the time of Dai Ying's march and deployment, and came up with a result of four or five days. "What, you have a way?"

"If it's four or five days, you can give it a try. Does the general know Kong Ming's method of defeating Meng De in Hanzhong in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? ”

"You mean 'tired enemy'?"

"Not bad." Gu Yu continued: "Based on my understanding of Beifeng, if Dai Ying leads the army to Yiwulu, then he can arrange for Xing Tao to stay alone. ”

"Why?"

"The whole army of Beifeng can fight with you Zhong Li but Xing Tao and Shi Jie. Now that Shi Jie is dead, if you use someone else, Dai Ying is afraid that you will directly take the head of the general to the army, and now he has reached the point where the plan cannot be lost. ”

"Then what does this Xing Tao have to do with me going out of the city?"

"Although this Xing Tao can resist you head-on, his brain is not very useful, and he is a real reckless man. Most of this morning's attack was launched by him, and now that he is defeated, he will inevitably be restricted by Dai Ying. ”

"You mean that if our side is only provocative, he will definitely not send troops?"

Gu Yu gave Zhong Li an affirmative smile, and then said: "If I were Dai Ying, I would definitely tell Xing Tao before leaving, unless someone else fights, you must not lead troops to attack first, and everything must wait for the main battlefield to end." ”

Zhong Li also smiled when he heard this: "Then he is really aggrieved, if I keep provoking him several times day and night, he will definitely be indignant." ”

"That's where the opportunity comes."

"And what about the specific plan?"

"I'm not a general, how can I know how to deploy troops? But to tell you everything I know. ”

Zhong Li rolled his eyes at Gu Yu, "Are you still expecting me to introduce you to Lao Yuan?" ”

"Don't dare to hope."

Seeing that the two were talking happily, Qin Lang, who was originally in front of the map with a sad face, also came over. "Did Miss Gu Yu find a way again?"

"You don't believe me like that?" Zhong Li grabbed Qin Lang's shoulder, making him have to smile and say nothing. This scene gathered everyone's attention, so Zhong Li said: "I have a way to relieve the siege, and today I will ask all the soldiers to rest, and tomorrow we will wait for my military orders." In addition, Qin Lang. ”

"The subordinates are here."

"In the past few days, all the big and small incidents have been reported to my mansion, and the wind has been released, and today I broke through and injured my waist, and I need to recuperate for more than ten days."

"Understood."

"Xia Mao."

"General, please command."

"Tomorrow collect the boats in the city, and let the craftsmen make the ferry. And all that was collected and made was put into the storehouses of the city near the gates, and those that could not be allowed were put at the ferry by the stream. ”

"Order."

6

The next day, Zhong Li ordered Qin Lang to go to see the cooking smoke in Beifeng's camp early in the morning, and looked at it again at noon, knowing that the cooking smoke was scarce, he knew that Dai Ying had rushed to the Tuhe area with the main force. In the evening, the afterglow entered the house, but there was a mist at night, and Zhong Li knew that it was time to act.

One couch and one more leaky, Zhong Li pretended to fall asleep at night, but he silently counted the drops in his heart. Around the time of the arrival, he suddenly turned over and rode up, and Qin Lang, who was already confused, was jumped.

"General?"

"Pass my order, and each battalion will take 500 men of its own, carry all the drums and horns, and go out of the four gates of the east, west, south, and north respectively, and call for battle in front of the enemy. If the enemy starts a fire to meet the battle, he will quickly withdraw, and if he does not move, he will toss for half an hour. Whichever side of the sound is memorized, which side of the military exploits. ”

"Order." Although Qin Lang wrote down Zhong Li's words, he was confused. "What about the general?"

"Me? Listen to it here. In addition, those who don't go out let them rest for their own lives, and there will be tomorrow's things. Go, go. ”

Seeing that although Qin Lang went to give the order, he was still confused, Zhong Li secretly rejoiced. Soon the sound of drums and horns came from all directions, and the sound was one higher and higher. Listening carefully to the sound of drums and horns, the killing cries of the soldiers are mixed in, and if you don't know the reason, you will think that thousands of troops and horses are killing at this moment.

The first to get a reaction was from the east, and after a moment of the sound of drums and horns, you could see the fires of the Beifeng front camp not far away, one after another, from the mouth of the gourd to the mountainside in the distance. The flames gradually gathered in front of the formation, but they did not rush towards it for a while, as if waiting for some order.

"Where's the enemy attack?" Xing Tao soon appeared in front of the formation in full armor, and in front of him, he saw that his own lineup was neatly arranged, but he didn't see half of the enemy.

"It's like a feint on our side." In the sound of drums and horns, the adjutant had to shout with Xing Tao at the top of his voice.

Following the adjutant's point, Xing Tao saw that the beacon towers on the side of the creek bank were burning one after another, and the black wolf smoke reflected the black and red flames that went straight into the night sky, as if to hide the moonlight that had just come out of the clouds. "Grandma's, he's going to break through, let's take advantage of this to rush up and break this stone city first."

"General, no." Seeing that Xing Tao was about to leave, the adjutant hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. "The general must not forget the covenant with the lord. At this moment, if Zhong Li wants to lure us to attack the city with a feint, and he has already made an ambush in the city, the enemy is dark and I am clear, I am afraid that something will go wrong! ”

Xing Tao shook his head, although he was unwilling, he didn't dare to go against Dai Ying's wishes, and this adjutant was deliberately arranged by Dai Ying's side when he left. "Then what do you say?"

"General, wait here for a while, and I'll lead the cavalry around the stream to find out. If the sound of killing becomes noisy, the general will quickly lead the troops or attack the city or rush to help. If it's okay, I'll be back in a moment. ”

Seeing the adjutant flying away, Xing Tao had to get off the horse and find a stone to sit obediently, listening to the endless sound of killing. Sure enough, just a moment later, the adjutant led the cavalry back as it was, and by this time the drums and horns in the west had almost stopped.

"How?"

"It's all it, it's all a feint." After running down a lap, the adjutant was also choked by the horse.

When Xing Tao heard this, he jumped up and kicked on the stone. "His grandmother's, what a big night! What is the purpose of this Zhong Li? ”

"I'm afraid it's tempting the general to attack. At this moment, the city should know that most of our army has been transferred, and the purpose of besieging the city to send reinforcements Zhong Li and others should also be expected. Taking the initiative to lure the general into battle in this way, I am afraid that I know that it will not work to break through the encirclement, so I have to find an opportunity for our army to advance. In this way, the general only needs to sit firmly in the camp and keep an eye on the beacon tower to keep this stone city in the pocket of our army. ”

Xing Tao listened to the adjutant's explanation and slowly calmed down, "Eh, that's it, go back to the camp and sleep, this battle is really boring!" ”

The next day came to September 30, and Zhong Li woke up Qin Lang, who was sleeping in the outhouse, early in the morning.

"Don't sleep anymore, you'll sleep in a few days. Get up and go to the front and call for battle. ”

Under Zhong Li's urging, Qin Lang stared at him in a daze, and he was reluctant to reply. "Why do you have to call the battle again this morning, and you can't stop tossing until the fourth watch last night?"

"Teach you to go, the military order is like a mountain." Zhong Li said this, and Qin Lang got out of bed quickly. "First pick two thousand who didn't move last night, and call Xia Mao to pick you up at noon. In case Xing Tao goes to battle, he should withdraw quickly, and he must not hand over troops. ”

Hearing the shouting and scolding outside the city, Zhong Li fell asleep peacefully, on the contrary, Xing Tao was sleeping soundly, but he woke up from his dream.

"Who's going to call the battle?"

"A young general named Qin Lang."

"I haven't heard of it." Qin Lang's name made Xia Mao even more angry, and he was originally looking forward to a head-on confrontation with Zhong Li. "Take me the silver hammer, and I'll teach this kid a lesson, so that he knows that he should sleep well in the morning!" So saying, he jumped down from the head of the bed and asked for someone to put on his armor.

At this time, the adjutant came panting in civilian clothes, "The general must not go to war!" ”

Xing Tao's eyes widened when he heard this, and the bloodshot inside could be seen clearly. "Why can't you play? Could it be that I am still afraid that he will not succeed if he is an unknown young player? ”

"If the general wants to take this Qin Lang's life, it should be easy, but there has been no trace of Zhong Li in the past two days. Although it is rumored in the city that he was injured during the breakout yesterday, no one really saw it. And now that the Xuanlong Army has called the battle several times, it doesn't seem that he is really injured. If he lies in ambush in the shadows and sneaks up on the general while he is out in battle, I am afraid that our army will suffer a great loss. ”

Xing Tao has always regarded Zhang Fei as a role model, and he knows that the reckless man should also be coarse and fine. When he heard the adjutant explain this, he also suppressed his anger and thought carefully. "Then you say that this Zhong Li just wants to lure me into battle, and I don't come out?"

"That's right, the general only needs to stabilize the camp and besiege Zhong Li here."

"That's it, just teach them to toss, and I'll ignore it." He let out a sigh and took off his half-worn armor and sat back down at the head of the bed. "Fetch me wine!"

"How does the general ask for wine?"

"How can you sleep in such a noisy noise without drinking?"

At the end of the day, the Xuanlong army intermittently called seven or eight times in front of the Beifeng camp, Xing Tao did not fight, and after nightfall, it was the same as yesterday, and the drums and horns sounded on all sides. Xing Tao originally planned to let the sentries keep an eye on the beacon tower, if they just beat the drum and call the formation, they would not burn the beacon fire, but he didn't want the Xuanlong army to put out all the boats crossing the river, and for a while, the beacon fire was connected into a piece. Xing Tao personally led the soldiers to search around, and found that it was empty again, so he had to return to the camp to continue drinking.

Early in the morning of the first day of October, the sad cry of the partridge clearly entered the military tent, and Xing Tao, who had been staring at it all night, felt that the Xuanlong army was finally tired, so he untied his armor and planned to sleep beautifully. I didn't want it to be noon, Qin Lang came out again and started calling for battle with two thousand people. Today, he not only beat the drum, but also brought a drum with ten people in front of the battle, and taught the soldiers to stand on the drum and dance and scold. The above scolded and the bottom echoed, and when he was tired, he rested on the spot, and the hot rice soup in the city was delivered, and he scolded so happily. However, the more this happened, the more Xing Tao felt that it was deceitful, so he had to lie on the bed and sulk.

Later, Xing Tao remembered that there would be another killing sound tonight, and his head would rise if he hadn't slept well for two days. He ordered that there was no need to light a beacon fire if there were no boats carrying people across the river, or if an offensive was launched from the other side.

However, this night's beacon fire still dyed the sky red, and Xing Tao saw that this beacon pillar was burning not like wolf smoke, but his own mental strength. Helplessly, the beacon fire had started, so he had to get on his horse to check, and as expected, the Xuanlong army still did not attack, but a group of shield soldiers took advantage of the drum to carry the ferry boat to the stream, and returned after scolding for a while.

After a few tosses, Xing Tao was exhausted and haggard, and in desperation, he handed over all the military power to the adjutant, and the two of them rested every day. When he returned to the camp, he drank in a large bowl, poured half a jar of wine, and fell asleep to the sound of drums and horns.