Today's noon, it was the turn of Gong Yuan, the general of the Junshui Battalion, to be on duty.

Therefore, Gong Yuan stood on the camp wall south of the Yanshui camp, always paying attention to the movements in the south.

Because he is out on an expedition, even Gong Yuan, who is a general, almost always eats three meals a day with dry and cold steamed buns.

If he hadn't been on duty, he would have been able to drink a bowl of hot vegetable soup, although there was almost no oil and water, but it was better to warm his stomach than to make do with the cold water in the water bladder to swallow steamed buns.

However, Gong Yuan, who can sit in the position of general, doesn't seem to care about such a trivial matter anymore.

Too cold?

Then take a sip of wine to warm up, as long as you don't get discovered.

Otherwise, as a general, he took the lead in stealing wine, and he would have to be beaten in front of all the generals, and the pain of skin and flesh was secondary, and the problem was too embarrassing.

During the period of hunger, Miyabuchi looked at his feet curiously from time to time.

He admired the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, who used wood and mud to build the wooden walls of the camp like city walls, on which Wei soldiers could stand.

In his opinion, this Yanshui camp is a small city.

Of course, the more important thing is the outside of the camp wall, the long spears and blades embedded in the wooden wall.

Looking at the dense blades and spear tips, even Gong Yuan, who was a general, felt an inexplicable sense of peace of mind, let alone ordinary Wei soldiers.

They seemed to be able to pat their chests and swear: The Chu army will never be able to break through this military camp!

"General, look south."

When Gong Yuan was distracted, a Wei soldier who accompanied him on duty reminded him softly.

"Huh?" Gong Yuan chewed on the dry steamed buns that he had been chewing for a while and was about to swallow them with cold water, when he raised his head and vaguely saw a cavalry speeding towards him in the distance to the south.

Because their Wei army has cut down the forests around here. As a result, the view in this area is very good, and you can see miles away without reservation.

Of course, only if you have that eyesight.

"Cavalry...... Is it Cao Jue's people?'

He took a sip of the water in the bladder and warmed it in his mouth, while Gong Yuan swallowed it slowly. While guessing in his mind.

You must know that Cao Jue's cavalry not only shouldered the heavy task of endlessly harassing the Chu army and waiting for opportunities to attack the Chu army's grain route, but also carried the task of transmitting news from the front, such as transmitting some of the Chu army's movements here.

Because of this, when the 80,000-strong army of Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Xuancheng, was only a day's journey from the Yanshui camp, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, ordered to stop the order to cut down trees, and instead used the large stock of wood in the camp to repair and strengthen the interior of the camp.

"It's not like Cao Jue's person...... Chu Jun? ”

Gong Yuan frowned.

At this time, those Wei soldiers on the camp wall. Already subconsciously raised the bow and crossbow.

"Put it down." Gong Yuan waved his hand and motioned for the nearby Wei soldiers to put down their bows and crossbows.

Think about it, a mere cavalryman of the Chu State is worthy of facing the enemy like this?

"Chu State...... Are there cavalry?'

Stuffing the last piece of steamed bun into his mouth, Gong Yuan looked curiously at the oncoming cavalry of the Chu State, guessing the other party's intention.

In fact, there is no cavalry in the Chu State for the time being, and there is no cavalry under Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng. Otherwise, his army of 80,000 would not have been harassed by Cao Jue's 5,000 cavalry.

Moreover, the oncoming ride on the opposite side. It's not a cavalry, it's a personal guard rider beside Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng.

Under the puzzled gaze of Gong Yuan and the others, the guard of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, stopped a stone's throw away from the Yanshui camp, took out a wooden box from the bag on the horse's back, and raised it towards Gong Yuan and the others.

It took a long time for the man to turn over. Holding the wooden box, he took a few steps forward before placing it on the ground.

The guard then got on his horse and drove away along the way he came.

"It turned out to be a messenger......

Gong Yuan suddenly realized, and ordered the nearby Wei soldiers: "Who goes." Pick up that box back. ”

"Yes."

A Wei soldier hugged his fists, walked down the steps down the camp wall, and ran towards the camp gate.

To be precise, after the transformation of the officials of the Ministry of Industry, there is no so-called camp gate in this military camp, and what plays the role of the camp gate is a huge "city defense knife car".

This kind of knife cart is generally used to defend the city, once the city gate is forced, they can be used to block the city gate, and their dense blades in the front section can effectively block the enemy's infantry.

Originally, this kind of knife cart was movable, but after Zhao Hongrun's transformation, they were fixed and died, and they played the role of the camp gate - the huge knife cart can actually be regarded as a passage, of course, the premise is to pull out the blade from the outside of the passage and insert it into the inside, otherwise, the dense blade in the passage refuses all living creatures to pass through.

Under Gong Yuan's gaze, the Wei soldiers guarding the knife cart successively pulled out the blades inserted in the knife cart, seeing this, the Wei soldier entered through a half-human-high passage, and then drilled out from another section, that is, the front section was full of blades—the craftsmen of the Ministry of Engineering designed it very cleverly, and designed the front section of the knife cart full of blades into a movable plate, and when the board was lifted, it was a hidden passage inside.

The Wei soldier emerged from the passage, ran to the distance and picked up the box, and then returned the same way.

After he got out of the passage inside the camp, the Wei soldiers guarding the knife cart inserted those blades into the knife cart one after another, so that the internal passage was full of intricate sharp blades, and no one was allowed to enter.

"General."

The Wei soldier presented the wooden box in front of Gong Yuan.

Gong Yuan stretched out his hand and opened the lid of the wooden box, and saw that there was only one letter inside, so he closed the lid again.

"Let's send it to the tent."

"Yes."

The Wei soldier didn't stop and left in a hurry.

Looking at his departing back, Gong Yuan reached out and touched his chin, leaning against the camp wall thoughtfully.

"Packed in a wooden box...... It seems that the owner of this letter is not low. The nobles of the Chu State? Not? It can't be that Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, right? It's coming so fast......

Muttering a few words, Gong Yuan squinted his eyes and looked at the far south, hoping to catch some movement of the Chu army.

It is a pity that at this moment, the army of Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, is twenty miles away from the Wei camp, and even if it is a flat terrain, it is not something that Gong Yuan can see with the naked eye.

The Epistle. Soon he was sent to the handsome tent.

At this time, in the tent, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, was discussing with Meng Kui, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, and Bailiba, the general of the Junshui battalion, and the three of them discussed the matter of strengthening the defense inside the camp.

After all, Zhao Hongrunsheng has many novel ideas, while Meng Kui is proficient in the way of civil engineering, as for Baili. It can provide a lot of effective suggestions, and can highlight which weak areas in the camp must be strengthened.

It was these three people who worked together to build this camp into a solid place, as if it was much more difficult to attack than some cities.

"Report!"

While Zhao Hongrun and the three of them were discussing, the Wei soldier shouted outside the tent.

"Come in."

With Zhao Hongrun's careless words, the Wei soldier walked into the tent with the wooden box in his hand, and said respectfully: "King Su, general, Lord Meng, there is only one Chu man who rode a horse to send this wooden box outside the camp. ”

Zhao Hongrun, who was talking to Meng Kui, was stunned when he heard this. Looking at the wooden box in Wei Bing's hand suspiciously.

Seeing this, Zong Wei Shen Yu, who had been standing quietly aside, walked over, opened the box, and took out the letter inside: "Your Highness, it's a letter." ”

As he spoke, he handed the letter to Zhao Hongrun.

Zhao Hongrun took the letter, spread it out and glanced at it roughly, and his face showed a strange look.

See here. Bailiba asked curiously: "Is it the battle book of Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Chu Xuancheng?" ”

In his opinion, only the nobles would hold letters in such good-looking wooden boxes. Ordinary generals are accustomed to using the "arrow book", that is, using cloth instead of paper, tied to the arrow to shoot to the enemy camp, which is fast and convenient.

"Huh." Zhao Hongrun snorted lightly twice and handed the letter in his hand to Bailiba.

As he expected, Bailiba's expression was also strange after reading the letter. Touching his chin and said thoughtfully: "It seems that Xiong Hu, the Pingyu Jun we captured, has a good relationship with this Huancheng Jun Xiong Tuo...... Otherwise, that Xiong Tuo would not have deliberately written this letter to remind us, for fear that we would not know Xiong Hu's status......"

"Really?" Zong Wei Shen Yu secretly glanced at it a few times. But he felt that what he saw was clearly different from what Bailiba said.

"So, you people have so much to learn!" Glancing at Shen Yu, who was full of doubts, Bailiba slapped the letter in his hand on Shen Yu's chest angrily: "If you don't understand, keep reading until you understand!" ”

Shen Yu scratched his head, frowned and looked at the letter in his hand repeatedly.

"Today's Zongwei......

Baili Ba secretly shook his head in his heart, and after a long breath, he turned his eyes to Zhao Hongrun, and said with a smile: "It seems that Xiong Tuo has seen the barracks of our army. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded.

Although it was true that Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, had arrived on these two days, according to common sense, he would not rashly tell the news of his arrival to the Wei soldiers who were hostile to him, because then it would be impossible for him to sneak attack the Wei camp.

However, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, still sent this letter, telling the Wei army the news that he had arrived here with his army in disguise, which meant that he had seen the impregnable Yanshui camp and clearly understood that this military camp could not be conquered by sneak attack, so he gave up the unrealistic idea of sneak attack.

"Do you want to bring an army to harass him?" Bailiba touched his chin and suggested, "Obviously, those Chu people must be building a camp at this time...... Or there may be a chance to sneak up on it. ”

"Forget it." Zhao Hongrun pointed to the letter in Shen Yu's hand, and said with a smile: "Since he sent this letter, he clearly told us that he had arrived with a large army, I believe he could also think of it...... We might as well take the opportunity to sneak up on him. …… The chances of success are not high. ”

In Zhao Hongrun's opinion, maybe this moment will be a good opportunity to sneak attack the Chu army, but to be honest, there is no need.

After all, in his plan, as long as he held this military camp and minimized the casualties of his soldiers as much as possible, he would have at least fifty percent certainty of defeating the army of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng.

Yes, it was a defeat, a complete defeat, not just the repulsion of the Chu army.

"That's true, but ...... It's really idle. Baili stretched out boredly, it can be seen from this that he didn't expect the Chu army to be wary of his sneak attack, it was just that he was too idle.

"You want to write back to him?"

Stretching his waist, he caught a glimpse of Zhao Hongrun writing on the back of the letter with a pen, and asked curiously.

"Well, it's not rude to come...... I was intimidated and threatened by him, and I had to say something. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Hongrun picked up his pen and wrote two words on the back of the letter.

"Idiot" (To be continued.) )