However, Zhang Shicheng waited for an hour at the head of the city full of apprehension, only to see the Yuan army battalions gradually restless, but did not see the slightest sign of siege, and finally understood that there was a major event inside the Yuan army camp.

Zhang Shicheng pondered for a long time and said: "Today's Tartar camp is very strange, since you don't come to attack, it must be something inside, now it's twilight, after nightfall, send fine people to the city with ropes, go carefully inquire!" ”

Zhang Shide shouted excitedly: "What my brother said is that looking at today's situation, there seems to be a sign of infighting in the Tartars, if you can fish in troubled waters, it is a good opportunity for us to solve the dilemma!" ”

This Zhang Shide is the most intelligent among the Zhang brothers, and Zhang Shicheng attaches great importance to it.

General Shi Wenbing said: "My subordinates are willing to go in person tonight, and they must check carefully!" ”

Zhang Shicheng was overjoyed: "Wen Bing is loyal and brave, crowned in the three armies, be careful when you go!" "Order the generals again," tonight, all the kings should not undress and undress, and all their subordinates will live under the city!" I look at the shape of the tartar is different, the advance and retreat are lost, and there will be changes! ”

These days, Zhang Shicheng and others have been fighting in the city almost day and night, or sleeping in the dilapidated houses under the city, for many days, and everyone is haggard. Not only did many of their companions die, but many of them were also injured or disabled, and everyone had little hope in their hearts about whether they could survive in the future, and they only wanted to pull a few more pads before they died. Now seeing that the situation of the Yuan army is different, they are overjoyed, and they only hope that the peak will turn around and be born.

It is now the winter solstice, the sun is shining during the day, and the temperature is still high, but before nightfall suddenly clouds are thick and the north wind blows strongly. The bare branches of the trees in the wild whined and shivered in the cold wind, the dead grass clinged to the ground, and the slight remnants of green swayed wantonly in the wind.

The temperature plummeted, and soon the snow fell from the sky.

It's snowing, it's the first snow of the year. The snowflakes grew larger and grew like cotton wool. After the second watch, a layer of snow had fallen on the ground, covering almost all traces of the battlefield outside the city.

The winter clothes of the Yuan army have been changed, but the Yuan soldiers who are on duty on the corner tower several feet high are still shivering from the cold. In order to facilitate the lookout, the corner tower was just surrounded by a wooden railing, and the night wind swished through the corner tower without hindrance, blowing the big flag of the Yuan army tied to the corner tower. A yellowish candle flickered in a dead wind lamp, fluttering in the wind.

Looking at the white expanse around them, the two pawns on the corner tower put their hands in front of their mouths, and from time to time they whispered with the heat in their mouths, hoping that they would be able to change the guard in another hour, and quickly return to the warm sleep in the bed.

The north wind is blowing strongly, and the snowflakes continue to fall, and it is already after the third watch.

Gaoyou City quietly with a rope to fall a few black shadows, all white clothes and white cloth, taking advantage of the snow dense wind, a few people tiptoe, bowed waist, trotted forward to the Yuan military camp hundreds of steps away, and then clinged to the ground, hands and feet at the same time, slowly crawling forward.

From time to time, there were patrols and cavalry guards of the Yuan army patrolling the open space between the city and the various Yuan camps, and the Yuan soldiers held torches high, complaining about the cold weather tonight, while absentmindedly looking at the surrounding terrain and movements. The enemy in the city had gone out of the city several times before to attack at night, but they were all repelled by the Yuan army, but now the city has been besieged for many days, and it has long lost the strength to conduct large-scale night attacks, and the vigilance of these patrol soldiers has been greatly reduced.

"Who?" A pawn drank loudly, and he seemed to find that there was a black shadow lurking near the left, moving quietly, and through the flying dense snow, the shadow was full of shadows, as if there was something wrong.

Several companions couldn't help but get nervous, twisted their bows and arrows, or drew their waist knives, and galloped in that direction.

The leading patrol hundred-household hurriedly stopped his horse, took out the letter cannon in his arms, lit a fire fold, and slightly protected himself from the cold wind, and the burning fire fold was placed next to the fire twist string of the letter cannon, and he opened his eyes wide behind him and looked carefully.

Four or five pawns galloped over, brandishing knives and guns, and looked around, there were six or seven shaking black shadows on the ground, and when they saw the pawns flying over, they whimpered a few times and scattered in all directions. Run a short distance and look back.

"Zhang Laosan, what kind of eyes do you have, aren't these just a few earth dogs!" One of the pawns relaxed and laughed.

The first few companions held torches to illuminate it, and recognized that it was indeed a few jackals, thinking that they were hungry on a winter night and came out to forage for food. Many of Zhang Shicheng's dead soldiers were abandoned on the battlefield outside the city, and the Yuan army was only hastily contained, leaving a lot of dead bodies, which just cheapened these foraging jackals.

Zhang Laosan put away his bow and arrows, and under the ridicule of his companions, he scolded: "It's all because of the heavy snow tonight, Lao Tzu can clearly see that a few black shadows are moving, thinking of catching a few enemy soldiers for the big guys, making some military achievements, and going back to drink and relieve fatigue!" ”

Baihu put away the letter cannon, extinguished the fire, and said, "Since there is nothing to do, continue to do it." "He called his men back to the basket, regrouped and continued to patrol." Zhang Laosan, don't keep thinking about military exploits, saving your own life on the battlefield is the most important! Also, don't talk nonsense if your eyes are not good, the whole big guy is nervous! ”

Zhang Laosan bowed his head and replied with a smile: "The lesson of the chief is that I will eat more chicken liver when I go back." ”

"What liver to eat? Just your pickled squire! If there is no chicken liver, is it okay to have human liver? One of them teased.

"Don't mind, I really can't get better."

It is no secret that cannibalism in the army is not a secret. Especially when there was a shortage of food in the army, the Mongol army went east and west to fight, and sometimes ate prisoners in order to punish the opponent. The Han army was part of the Mongol army, and this is not new.

In fact, some of the powerful people in the Mongol army regarded the Han people as two-legged sheep.

The two-legged sheep can be eaten.

Baihu's face became a little ugly, after all, everyone is Han, and it is somewhat taboo to talk about this matter openly.

Baihu reprimanded: "What nonsense! Cheer up and make a good patrol! "After the Qin sent to the camp today, the news of the commander's deposition soon spread throughout the battalions, and the soldiers of each battalion were surprised and inexplicable, and there were many signs of instability in the army, especially many troops were directly locked away by angelic soldiers and horses, and the soldiers of his subordinates were even more panicked. The emotions of these hundreds of households will inevitably be affected.

The subordinates didn't dare to say any more, laughed and scolded each other, and continued to ride forward in turn, Zhang Laosan inadvertently looked at a nearby dirt bag, it seemed that there was a black shadow moving, he wanted to open his mouth to remind, remembering the jackal just now, shook his head, no longer paid attention, and went away with everyone.

The group rode farther and farther away against the winter snow and cold wind, and the messy horseshoe prints on the ground were gradually submerged by the falling snow.

"It's so dangerous, I was almost discovered!" After a long time, a white snow bag suddenly came out of the soil bag.

"Silence, hurry up and crawl over, pay attention, sweep away the traces behind you." Shi Wenbing whispered in a hoarse voice. Dressed in white cloth, they lurked quietly all the way, and were almost discovered by the Yuan Cavalry, if it weren't for a group of jackals who happened to come to forage for food, they were afraid that they would have been exposed.

The snow flew down, except for the hooves and whispers of the patrolling horses, there was silence outside Gaoyou City, and a few low howls of jackals were heard from time to time in the open field.

After a long time, suddenly there was a loud uproar in the Yuan army camp, and soon the sound spread, and gradually startled the Yuan army camp everywhere There were bursts of restlessness, and low and continuous horns and golden gongs sounded everywhere, which was a warning and gathering information.

Accompanied by the commotion of the sergeants in the camp, there were shouts from time to time, and screams came, Shi Wenbing and others raised their upper bodies in surprise, looked at the Yuan army camp in confusion, looked at the chaotic banners in the camp and the campfires that began to splash around, and looked at each other inexplicably.

"Is there an enemy attack on the camp or is there a camp roar?"

Zhang Shicheng and several other generals who have been concerned about the city saw this situation, and they were even more confused.

"Could it be that Wen Bing was discovered by the Tartars? How can a few people make such a big move? ”

At this time, in the tent of the commander of the Yuan army, it was too unspending, Yue Kuo Cha'er and Xue Xue were disheveled, and they gathered together urgently, listening to the advice of their subordinates in disbelief, and they didn't spend much and put on a suit of armor, but they didn't have time to wear a helmet, but Yue Kuo Cha'er and Xue Xue didn't even have a piece of armor, and Xue Xue's two feet were still bare.

"Report, there is an enemy attack!" A thousand households who led the Wei Mansion on the right ran in horror, and when they saw the three people in the tent, they knelt in the tent and said in a trembling voice.

Listening to the waves of exclamations and shouts outside the tent, as well as the hoarse shouts and angry scolding of the generals of the right guard, Yue Kuocha'er was so confused that he completely forgot that he was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, and he felt that there were enemy traces in front and back, left and right.

"Where does the enemy come from? How many centaurs" Yue Kuocha'er's voice trembled.

The thousand households suddenly paused, he was the general on duty tonight in the Shuai camp, and the army in the division was on alert, when there was a sudden chaos in the army, there were bursts of shouts and killings from the outer camp, the neighing of war horses, and the sound of killing came suddenly; Soon, a stream of chaotic soldiers and routs will pour outside the camp.

The camp is the core of the army, and the fact that the rout is pouring in so quickly shows that the peripheral situation is critical. Because of the haste of the incident, these thousand households did not have time to distinguish at all, so he ordered his subordinates to hurry up and convey the warning signal, and he immediately went to the commander's account to report.

Hearing Qincha's inquiry, the thousand households had no choice but to briefly state what they had seen.

"Confused! I don't even know who the enemy is, so I came to the gourd to report it, and you are also the elite of the Beijing Division! Tai Buhua calmed down a little and reprimanded, "Come quickly!" ”

The thousand households were dry-faced, blushing, and bowed back.

Xue Xue asked in horror: "Does Zuo Cheng have a plan?" "He has always been a civil official in most of the capital, although he is a Mongolian, but he does not have the iron-blooded experience and fierce spirit of his ancestors.

Too much urgency to order the right to lead the Weifu guards to assemble, set up in the middle army, raise more torches, and then pile more campfires in the camp, the camp will be illuminated, the Weifu army strictly guards the camp, and then order the herald to immediately inform the commanders of the various departments, assemble the headquarters, first guard and guard their own camps, and do not leave the camp without the commander's order. All departments are not allowed to make noise, and most of them set up torches at the gate of the wall. He also informed the rear camp that the Chinese army was attacked, and the rear army, auxiliary troops, and servants should not be alarmed, just defend themselves, and those who dare to move will be killed!

Everything will be reasoned after dawn.

It didn't take much time to order the Chinese army to scout around and investigate the news. At the same time, beware of movements in Gaoyou City.

Tai Buhua once commanded the army to suppress bandits, and military orders were issued one by one, and the conditioning was clear. Yue Kuo Cha'er and Xue Xue saw that he was stable and felt a little at ease, so they realized that their clothes were not in order, and they quickly ordered their subordinates to clean up.

At this time, the Yuan military camp became more and more chaotic, and shouts and cries were chaotic in all directions. Although he is too calm, he is always uneasy in his heart. Gaoyou's war process has been reported by the imperial court in the morning and evening, except for the heavy encirclement of the Yuan army, there is no other thief army here, there is such a momentum outside, how much assault strength should the thief army have! Could it be Yingxiao?

Tai Buhua secretly thought about it, and left many main generals in the Chinese army tonight, originally to clear the influence of Toktok in the army, but it happened at this time. At this time, most of the battalions were adjutant generals or generals from Beijing, and their prestige and qualifications were insufficient, and the generals in Beijing were not familiar with the personnel in this battalion, so they were afraid that the situation would continue to expand out of control and be difficult to manage.

Another 1,000 households rushed into the newspaper, saying that several parts of the outer camp were in chaos, that it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us, and that the rout was scattered and began to attack the surrounding battalions.

At this time, most of the commanders of the Southern Expeditionary Army were in the tent to listen to the tune, and everyone listened to the movements outside the tent with bated breath, and they all frowned and said nothing.

Immediately, there were reports one after another: the Miao army, the Tubo army, and the Hui army had several camps that had been attacked by the rout, and occasionally broken by the enemy, and several troops and horses gradually collapsed.

Yang Tongguan and the others were shocked when they heard this, and asked for it: "There is no main general in the camp now, and the former soldiers of the great enemy will inevitably lose their ideas, and I hope that the commander will allow his subordinates to return to the camp immediately and preside over military affairs!" His camp was close to the back camp, and there were countless looted goods in the camp, and at this time, Yang Tongguan was anxious, relying on the relationship that had been attached to Hama, so he came out to ask for instructions.

The other ministers also pleaded.