Although Xu Bu had previously formulated an attack plan with his generals, he abandoned his plan when he heard about Qiangqu's plan. Qiangqu has been fighting with the officers and troops for many days, so it is natural to understand which city gate has weaker officers and troops. The rest of the department's deployment remained unchanged, except that the attack on the west gate was changed to the east gate. There was little impact on the movement of troops.

After the general explained the matter, he passed out because of his injuries and had not been treated for a long time, and the doctor who accompanied the army was sent to treat the general.

A general beside him asked Subu, "Young leader, now that I have received news from the leader, do I still want to move my camp?" ”

"Not only to move out, but also as soon as possible!" Xu Bu quickly gave an order, and the officials and soldiers of Zhao Yi's troops were found in and out of the city gate, especially when the general went out of the city, he even fought with Tai Shici. This incident may have aroused Zhao Yi's vigilance, and now Zhao Yi's detectives are investigating his position, or even his own location.

Although Su Bu is not sure about this matter, it is always good to be cautious at this time. If his 5,000 soldiers were killed by Zhao Yi, then there would be no hope for the Qiangqu Department in the city. As a tribal matter, I can't help but be nervous.

If Zhao Yi, who got the news, couldn't detect the news of his own department, he would definitely strengthen the vigilance of the four city walls, and even mobilize soldiers like the surrounding counties.

With the prepared Zhao Yiguan army, it must be very difficult to deal with. Subu had been agonizing about this on the march, and at this time, the general who had woken up from his coma said something that made Subu smile. The general said that in order to hold the county seat of Guangning, the commander of Quang Ninh County transferred ten troops from the surrounding counties.

Since there are no soldiers to adjust in the surrounding counties, Xu Bu wants to see how Zhao Yi can block his iron cavalry. Qiangqu was trapped by Zhao Yi in the city of Guangning County, and only then did he lose the speed advantage of the cavalry. But this is not the case with the Subu Division, and the 5,000 Hun soldiers will rush into the official camp like wild horses that have escaped from the reins, and kill Zhao Yi and all the officers and soldiers of the Division.

The soldiers were stationed thirty miles away, and this was already the boundary of the Xianbei tribe, and the official and military spies should not enter to investigate. Subu ordered his soldiers to recuperate and prepare for tonight's battle. Now that he knew the time and signal of the action, the big stone in his heart had already been put down.

Even if Zhao Yi was looking for him everywhere, he would not panic, now he only had to wait until the evening and lead the soldiers to directly rush over and join the Qiangqu army.

Su Bu has now let go of his worries, and is leisurely resting on the prairie. But Zhao Yi didn't sleep all night because of this incident.

There was no news of the horse, and the wounded spy was missing. There was no news from outside, and Zhao Yi didn't dare to act rashly, for fear that if he moved, the Qiangqu department in the city would attack immediately.

Zhao Yi called Tai Shici and others into the military tent to discuss the matter, explaining the situation at this time: "At this moment, the enemy is in the dark, our army is in the open, and the situation is quite unfavorable to our army." Zhao Yi paused when he said this, looked at the gloomy faces of Tai Shici and the others, and then said, "Our army must take some countermeasures to avoid panic at that time." Saying that, Zhao Yi gave an order.

Let Gao Shun divide the 5,000 Fan Yang soldiers brought by Gao Shun into four gates, and then transfer an equal number of Wuhuan soldiers from the four gates, and hand over the 5,000 Wuhuan soldiers to Batu's command. If there is really any change, the 5,000 cavalry in Batu's hands will be the new force in Zhao Yi's hands.

The Batu tribe is 200 miles away from the county seat of Quang Ninh, and according to this distance, it is estimated that the 6,000 soldiers may arrive at noon today.

At this time, Tanma came in to report the news that they had found traces of a large group of men and horses stationed at the border fifty miles away from the county seat of Quang Ninh.

This is the news that Zhao Yi is concerned about, and hurriedly asks the soldiers, "How many people can you find out?" ”

"The horses' hoof marks in the camp are so messy that the subordinates can't find out the actual number of soldiers and horses. However, from the traces of the camp tent, the subordinates speculated that the opponent's strength was definitely more than 3,000 people. Tanma told Zhao Yi the news of the search. It is also said that there are traces of the army walking around, and the traces have been going west and entering the Xianbei tribe.

Zhao Yi waved his hand to let the soldier go down to rest, but his mind was spinning at a rapid speed, it seemed that he expected it well, and Qiangqu really invited a helper. Zhao Yi now has insufficient troops in his hands, and if the two soldiers attack back and forth, then the officers and soldiers will be in danger.

If you don't have enough troops, you need to use a clever trap to make it up. Zhao Yi was really grateful to the general who led the team at this time, it was he who gave him time.

Although Zhao Yi and Xu Bu have never met, from the withdrawal of Su Bu alone, Zhao Yi can see that Su Bu is more cautious but less courageous. He only thought of the attack of the official army, and he was afraid that the vigilant Zhao Yi would kill them first after getting the news.

But he didn't expect to take advantage of this time to attack the official army, since Zhao Yi had already noticed this matter, and while sending a scout horse to find the location of Xu Bu, he would definitely make countermeasures. Since the Qiangqu in the city already knew that Xu Bu had led his troops to come, then Su Bu should not withdraw his troops and give Zhao Yi enough time to deal with it, but should lead the army to attack Zhao Yi and defeat the official army while Zhao Yi was not fully prepared. He already knew that Qiangqu was coming with his troops, and whenever Su Bu attacked, he would definitely respond positively.

The purpose of attacking at night was to surprise and attack unprepared, but now that Zhao Yi was on guard, they had lost the opportunity.

But it's a pity that Xu Bu doesn't have the courage and vision of Zhao Yi, so he missed a good opportunity. If Su Bu did not choose to withdraw the army at that time, but led the army to rush and kill, I am afraid that now the official army and the Xiongnu are in chaos. Zhao Yi simply didn't have time to give the order to transfer soldiers.

So when Zhao Yi heard the news that the army was not advancing but retreating, he was a little happy in his heart, and secretly said that he was really lucky this time. Now that Zhao Yi has the 5,000 fresh troops of Batu, even if a large group of cavalry arrives, he can resist it for a while with these 5,000 Wuhuan soldiers.

However, what gave Zhao Yi a bit of a headache was that he hadn't thought of that ingenious method yet, because there were too few conditions available in this Guangning county. Just when Zhao Yi was sad, Gao Shun came over with a panicked face and reported, "General, there is a large group of men and horses marching towards our department!" ”

"What?!" This news shocked Zhao Yi for a moment, "Take me to see." ”

Zhao Yi walked quickly to the outside of the camp tent, stood on the lookout and looked far away, and saw that there were bursts of dust in the southeast direction, and it was still more than ten miles away from the camp at this moment.

Batu at the camp gate had already lined up in formation, just waiting for Zhao Yi to give the order to go out, and after waiting for half an hour, Batu was a little impatient, "Zhao Yi, don't wait any longer, if you let those soldiers enter the camp, then the battle will be dangerous." ”

In the entire camp, only Batu dared to call Zhao Yi by his name and spoke rudely. Zhao Yi has nothing to do with Batu, who made Batu his brother-in-law. Batu is indeed right, if the other party is allowed to rush into the official army camp, the situation will be chaotic, and Qiangqu will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack.

Batu said that Zhao Yi had already thought about it in his heart, and the reason why he never gave the order was because Zhao Yi found a strange place, because the marching speed of this army was extremely slow, and half an hour had passed, and it had only traveled less than two miles, which was not the speed that cavalry should have.

"General, don't worry, it's impossible to determine whether the person who is coming is friend or foe." Zhao Yi turned his head and said.

The scout horse who had gone to investigate returned to the camp at this time, turned over and dismounted, and told the situation of the group: "General, there are three thousand men in that group, and the leader is three men. Because of the distance, the subordinates did not see the appearance of the three people clearly. ”

"What kind of clothes are the soldiers of the other side? Is it a cavalry team? Zhao Yi asked about the horse.

"Except for a few who wore official and military uniforms, the rest were all people's clothes. It was not a cavalry team, and the subordinates saw that the team of men and horses and cavalry was less than 100 people. ”

According to the description of this Tanma, the team in front of him was not a reinforcement soldier from the Qiangqu department, but more like bandits.

And the soldiers guarding the city gate also reported this change to Qiangqu, and there were soldiers and horses coming, which made Qiangqu very excited. When he left the palace, he had already ordered the soldiers to assemble.

Panicked on the city gate, looking into the distance excitedly, only a short time after the tower found two things wrong, one is that this team of soldiers came in the wrong direction, how could they come from the southeast? The second point is that the problem that Zhao Yi found was too slow. This is not at all the speed of his own cavalry.

The generals and soldiers around him were very excited, and some generals even asked Qiangqu, "Leader, is our army out of the city to respond?" ”

"Response?" Qiang Qu smiled bitterly, now that the enemy and me have not been distinguished, how can they do it easily. "General, don't be in a hurry, wait."

Zhao Yi and Qiang Qu waited nervously for half an hour, and finally saw the appearance of the person who came, the three men led by Zhao Yi are very familiar with them, one in the middle is kind and kind-eyed, on the left is a red-faced and long-haired man, and on the right is a reckless man with a leopard's head and eyes, which is the three brothers of Liu Guanzhang and Zhang.

Zhao Yi was very strange about the arrival of these three brothers, didn't Liu Bei go to Xiami County to be the county magistrate, why did he come here? The officers and soldiers behind him who should have had a clear banner look like bandits now.

Although Zhao Yi was a little strange, he still warmly welcomed Liu Bei into the camp, and looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei behind Liu Bei with a happy face.

"Brother Xuande is busy with affairs, how can he have time to come to my Youzhou?" Zhao Yi invited Liu Bei's three brothers into the camp and ordered the soldiers to bring wine to entertain them.

Speaking of this, Liu Bei's face turned a little red, but Zhang Fei, who had drunk a few glasses of wine, was a rectum man and told the story. It turned out that the county town of Xiami was broken by bandits a month ago, Liu Bei was afraid of the punishment of the imperial court, and wanted to return to Youzhou, and the three thousand soldiers outside were all stragglers captured by these brothers along the way. When he was walking in Jizhou, he heard about the situation in Youzhou and came to help Zhao Yi.

What Liu Bei said was good, and when he heard that the situation in Youzhou was in crisis, Beite led his troops to help.

But Zhao Yi knew that Liu Bei just wanted to make a few great contributions from himself, even if he couldn't be promoted and made a fortune, he had to make the court revoke the wanted notice.

"Xuande came at the right time, I need to rely on Brother Xuande for something." Since Liu Bei sent it to the door, Zhao Yi naturally would not be polite.