When the soldiers came to report, Qiu Xin was writing down his thoughts on the development of the battle situation in a booklet.

Hearing that the latest news was coming, Qiu Xin immediately put down what he was doing and ran out.

Liu Zhilan and Jia Yu are no longer surprised by Qiu Xin's performance, although a battalion commander is not a high position, but he is really a general-level officer, if he is placed elsewhere, he can already become the highest military governor in the county, enjoying the prestige that people look up to, and living an enviable rich life.

But in this Xiema Town, he is no longer young, and he still has to work diligently for the country, thinking day and night, getting up early and greedy for darkness, and every time there is a military situation, he must personally inquire about it.

They didn't know how long this white-haired general would be able to wield his sword for the empire again, but the respect for this old general in their hearts was getting deeper and deeper.

Jia Yu reported the situation he had found out one by one, and after Qiu Xin heard it, his eyes were gloomy, and his brows were deeply furrowed and he stared at the map.

This is a map of Zhang Xiema Town within a radius of 100 miles, which marks in detail all the distribution of troops and sentry cards of the Yan army in this area, and not only that, but even some sheep intestine trails are clearly marked on it.

"Now the fortifications of Shema Town have been done to the extreme, as the saying goes, do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, what we need to do now is to work hard." Qiu Xin said to himself, picked up a letter on the desk that had been prepared a long time ago, and handed it to Jia Yu.

"You send this letter to the restaurant, the old handsome but have a question, you can answer truthfully."

"Yes!" Jia Yu took the letter handed over to him by Qiu Xin, although he was a little regretful, but he still left.

Seeing Jia Yu leaving, Qiu Xin turned his head to Liu Zhilan and said, "How about it, it's the first time you're going to stand in front of the enemy, how do you feel?" ”

"I just want to kill it."

"Haha" Qiu Xin laughed heartily, "Do you know why you want to be Mowgli's deputy?" ”

This is also what Liu Zhilan has always wanted to know, although Qiu Xin didn't say it, he knew that there must be a reason.

"Wuji is a rare handsome talent, but the disadvantage is that he pays too much attention to feelings, and he is the most taboo in marching and fighting, and if he is not careful, he may lose all the games, and you are the best in this regard, no matter when you can give rational advice, with you to assist him, whether it is me or the old handsome can be more assured."

Liu Zhilan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, although from the surface meaning of these words, it seemed that he was praising him for being calm and calm, but on the other hand, he belonged to the cold-blooded and ruthless category.

"Hehe" Qiu Xin waved his hand, "Don't think about it, no matter the shortcomings or a little bit, this kind of quality is definitely more beneficial than disadvantageous in the military, I explained to you in private, you must not forget." ”

Liu Zhilan was affectionate, and said with a wry smile on his face: "Don't worry, Camp Shuai, just like that, Yan Qian will probably hold a grudge against me." ”

"When he grows up, he will know that you are for his good, even if he wants to embarrass you at that time, the old man will come forward to protect you." Qiu Xin's gaze fell on the waist card on Liu Zhilan's waist, and led Liu Zhilan's gaze over.

Liu Zhilan's heart suddenly froze, looking at this small token, he used to think that it was a small object given to him by Qiu Xin, but it turned out to be a talisman in the future.

"Follow me back to the northern city wall" Qiu Xin took off the saber of his helmet, dressed neatly, and said solemnly: "Prepare to kill the enemy!" ”

The defensive machinery of the northern city wall has been running in an orderly manner under Yan Wuji's arrangement, and the city-guarding equipment such as falling rocks, rolling logs, and tung oil have been stacked under the battlements, and bundles of arrows have been placed in the most convenient place for them under the arrangement of the longbowmen, and an instant killing aura has spread out on the northern city wall.

Qiu Xinrang was very satisfied with the performance of the soldiers under Yan Wuji's command, and the overall feeling was not half cowardly, but a burning fighting spirit.

Yan Wuji's personal guards had already reported Qiu Xin's arrival to him, and when Qiu Xin just walked on the city wall, Yan Wuji hurried from the place where he was inspected.

Heavy rain is coming, but it is not a matter of any area, only if he has seen it with his own eyes, he will be relieved.

Time passed minute by minute, and the scouts who were released also returned to the city one after another, bringing more and more urgent news, until the last team of scouts returned, and a rolling black shadow could already be faintly seen at the junction of heaven and earth in the distance, like an ant colony, slowly rushing towards the direction of Xiema Town.

At this time, the sun just cross-cut with the ground, and the sunset of the desert is a slaughter!

The soldiers of the Yan Army on the north wall of Xiema Town stared coldly at the gradually amplifying "ant colony", the sound of rolling hooves came from under their feet, roaring, and a kind of overwhelming momentum rushed towards Xiema Town, but the solid city wall as high as several zhang gave everyone in Xiema Town an incomparable sense of security at this time, with a contemptuous look, like a giant overlooking ants, looking down on everything in front of him.

When Hu Meng's army arrived at the city of Shema Town, the entire northwest region was already shrouded in night, whether it was inside or outside the city, clusters of torches reflected each other, illuminating the entire sky, and with the brightness of the torches, Yan Wuji could clearly see that the other party was camping and building a fortress.

The torches outside the city slowly spread from the north to the four directions of Shema Town, the area of Shema Town is not very large, so the 30,000 Humeng army is enough to surround the periphery of Shema Town, and at a glance, it is full of continuous sea of fire, which is magnificent

Yan Wuji beckoned, and the guards on the side came over and waited for the order, "Go and tell Liu Zhilan to let the second column come up and replace the next column." ”

"Yes"

The guards took the order and left, Yan Wuji divided the thousand troops under his command into two columns, the first column was in charge of himself, and the second column was handed over to Liu Zhilan as commander, which was also to express his trust in him to Liu Zhilan, and now the first column has been tense since noon until now, and it is quite tired, so Yan Wuji decided to change the post.

Soon after the order was handed down, the soldiers of the second column, under the command of Liu Zhilan, took over the defense area of the first column in an orderly manner and let them return to the camp under the city to rest.

After the change of guard was completed, Liu Zhilan led a few people to Yan Wuji to report: "Mr. Qian, after the second vertical change of guard, you can go and rest first, and leave it to the last general here." ”

Yan Wuji shook his head and said: "They can rest, but I can't retreat, there will definitely be a night attack on Humeng tonight, so don't let your guard down." ”

Liu Zhilan knew Yan Wuji's character, and even the old handsome couldn't resist what he believed, so Liu Zhilan didn't plan to continue persuasion at all, just waved his hand, and the small schools under his command spontaneously dispersed and returned to their own defense area to supervise the battle.

The long wait is always the most tiring, knowing that something will come, but it is the feeling of not knowing when it will come, which makes people involuntarily rise irritability, and the northwest side plug under the night has begun to blow a cool breeze, and the slightest mist slowly drifts in the air, falling on the heads of the soldiers with a vigilant expression, condensing into a shallow layer of white mist.

Yan Wuji did not fight with his sleepiness, at night, he led his junior colonel back to the camp to rest, although he had been sleeping very lightly, but there was no guard who suddenly came to lift the tent curtain, which made him feel a lot more relieved.

Unconsciously, the sound of roosters has sounded in the city, and the neatly dressed Yan Wuji led the second column to take over the post of the first column in an orderly manner.

"There has been no movement, except for the patrol team, there is no assembly of the brigade."

"I know, General Liu is working hard, let's go rest first." Yan Wuji nodded, let Liu Zhilan hurry up and rest, and led his own soldiers on the city wall to look at the sparsely lit Humeng camp in the distance, he always felt that tonight would not pass so peacefully.

The night at dawn was the darkest hour, and the night sky that made Yan Wuji's heart even more nervous, and a rush of footsteps sounded behind him, Yan Wuji looked back, only to see Qiu Xin walking up in good spirits, but his face was unusually dignified.

"Battalion commander!" Yan Wuji stepped forward to salute.

Qiu Xin nodded in agreement, and turned his gaze out of the city, "But what's the situation?" ”

"The other party didn't behave out of the ordinary." Yan Wuji replied with his fists clenched, hesitated for a moment, and added: "But the last general always felt that it would not be so simple in his heart. ”

"Yes, I was also very panicked in my heart, from years of experience in the army, so I came to take a look." Qiu Xin patted the battlements under him, he didn't doubt whether the battlements were reliable, but wanted to shoot away the panic in his heart.

"Buzzing ......" A buzzing sound faintly reached the ears of every soldier on the city wall, and everyone looked left and right with a puzzled face, thinking that someone was doing something.

Qiu Xin, who was leaning on the battlements, suddenly stopped everyone from happening, and then pricked up his ears and listened quietly, and then in the next moment, he suddenly shouted: "Hide in the wall and protect the top with a shield!" ”

shouted twice, and the soldiers under his command reacted instantly, quickly squatted under the battlement, and waited quietly with their shields.

The sound of "buzzing ......" grew louder and louder, the sound of sharp weapons cutting through the air, and it was a large group, and the tension quickly spread across the city walls, and the soldiers clenched their shields in their hands, and looked through the cracks in the light of torches at the night sky overhead.

......There was a thumping sound like rain on the roof of the shack, and the soldiers felt the constant force of the blow from the other side of the shield, not large, but very dense.

Yan Wuji and Qiu Xin glanced at each other, and they both saw the look of "sure enough" in each other's eyes, but unexpectedly, this time the Humeng people seemed to have become more insidious, and they actually used dark arrows.

You must know that when marching and fighting, although it is important to take it by surprise and attack it unprepared, the two armies are also bright and upright in the confrontation, and the use of hidden arrows at night is the most despicable behavior of soldiers, just like applying poison to arrows.

ps: There is a power outage tonight, and I have been waiting until now, and it is too late. Thank you, everyone!