A soldier rushed to report: "Report to the general! A squad of men has broken through the enemy's encirclement from the north! ”

Bailizan clapped his palms and exclaimed: "Great! It couldn't have come at a better time! ”

Cao Qian hurriedly went up to the city gate to look, and by the faint moonlight, he saw that there was indeed a group of men and horses in the distance, rushing into the formation of the Beidi infantry, the first person was dressed in black armor, the figure was very burly, and the two big axes in his hands were slashed horizontally and vertically, leading the few cavalry teams into the battle like sharp blades and spears.

The Beidi people patronized the siege of the city, did not expect that the rear would be attacked, and in a hurry, the general shouted loudly, waved the handsome flag, and gathered a thousand people to pounce on it, but the man raised his axe and fell, and cut an oncoming young general into two pieces, and then continued to charge.

Cao Qian's eyes almost fell out - General Xu is almost old, and he still has such divine power? Oh no, before General Xu left, he said that he would never serve the Cui family again in this life, and at that time, Cui Yi repeatedly retained, but he couldn't change the stubborn old man's mind, so he could only let him leave with his family.

Thinking that the black-armored general had rushed to the shield array, the archers hurriedly drew their swords to resist, but they were not the opponents of the cavalry at all, and they were killed alive and made a hole in the siege convoy.

"General Cao! Fast! Bailizan was smoked to tears, pinching his nose and screaming.

Cao Qian immediately went down to the city tower to mobilize men and horses to prepare to respond, and Bailizan took the command flag, trying his best to see the situation on the battlefield through smoke and tears.

The black armor general slashed all the way, all those who were close were defeated by his three moves, all of them were cut to the flesh and blood, and they were about to rush to the city gate, Bailizan was about to order the city gate to be opened, and suddenly the man and horse turned their heads and rushed back into the enemy formation again, and the Beidi soldiers had just rearranged the formation, and they were once again rushed to pieces.

Bailizan's spirit was shocked, and he immediately waved the order flag: "Shoot!" ”

Suddenly thousands of arrows were fired at the city gate, and the Beidi front soldiers who were not ready to continue the siege were shot and killed, and the black armor general led less than 2,000 people to rush left and right on the plain in front of the pass, and the Beidi soldiers were frightened.

Bailizan breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened and people were let in.

General Hei Kai led the team into the Tiger Ben Pass, and the torches came up, and Cao Qian saw clearly that this was the seventy and eighty old general Xu Chong, and it was clearly his son Xu Cheng!

"Thanks to General Xu, who came all the way to help, I was relieved of the difficulty of running to the pass!" Bailizan hurriedly went down to the city tower with the hem of his clothes and thanked him for a long time.

Xu Cheng is more than eight feet long, with a round waist and thick shoulders, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and inverted eyebrows, just standing there makes people feel afraid, but contrary to this majestic appearance, he is a very talkative, enthusiastic and bold person, when Cui Yi and the others first arrived in Yanzhou, Xu Chong used the excuse of being old and physically exhausted, and did not come out to meet at first, all the reception and placement, and the handover of duties were handled by his son, so Xu Cheng and Bailizan and Cao Qian also dealt with each other, and their impressions of each other were also good.

"Mr. Baili has won the award," Xu Cheng returned the salute, "Tonight is just a temptation, Beidi only sent less than 8,000 people to fight, otherwise the Xu family really can't stand the toss, the next is a tough battle, the prince is not in the city, everything is decided by Mr. Baili and General Cao, there is a place for me Xu Cheng, although it is sent!" ”

Bailizan nodded with satisfaction: "It's easy to do when General Xu comes, the soldiers are tired from the journey, please go to the accommodation arranged by Zan to rest first, and we will discuss how to retreat from the enemy early tomorrow morning." ”

In fact, the Beidi people came to attack overnight, obviously knowing or guessing that Cui Yi was not there, and they would never allow them to delay time, the sooner the tactics were formulated, the better, but considering that Xu Cheng came over with a large number of people from afar, and just fought again, it was not good not to let people rest, so Bailizan decided to let him take people to rest first, at least the Beidi people would not attack rashly before dawn.

But Xu Cheng waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay with me, just arrange for them to rest, I can't sleep without first agreeing on tactics." ”

"That's great, please!"

The three of them talked and laughed all the way to the mansion, and when they saw that the lights were bright, they went in to take a look, but they were sitting inside waiting for them.

Bailizan hurriedly introduced: "Madam, this is the son of the former Yanzhou Mu Xu Lao General, General Xu Chengxu, General Xu, this is Madame." ”

Xu Cheng blinked and looked at Zhiying, and blurted out: "Why isn't it the one last time?" ”

Cao Qian was startled, and hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Last time it was the princess." Xu Cheng realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly bowed his head to apologize, but Zhiying didn't care about this, beckoned them all to sit down, and then asked about the situation outside the Huben Pass.

"Tonight's water test battle, the other party only sent less than 8,000 people, the sky is too dark, and I can't see how many people and horses are still on standby in the rear, but the spies have already left the city, and they should be able to report the exact number of people before dawn, and the tiger runs to the pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are 20,000 Yanzhou troops in the pass, plus General Xu, it should be enough to hold." Bailizan replied.

After hearing this, Zhiying did not show a relieved or relieved expression as he expected, but frowned, Xu Cheng asked, "Madame, do you have any other concerns?" ”

Zhiying shook his head and said slowly: "It's not a concern, I'm just wondering, can I repel the Beidi people before the prince returns?" ”

The three members of the hall looked at her together.

"It's not to wait for the prince to come back, to be honest, even if the prince rushes back, it's just one or two more, before General Xu came, there was only one general Cao in the city, and he lacked skills, so he could only wait for reinforcements, but now can he take the initiative to attack, and before the prince comes back, drive back the group of jackals outside the pass?"

Cao Qian understood what she meant: "What does Madam mean, let's lead the troops to take the initiative to attack and kill the Beidi people back?" This is ...... It's not completely impossible, it still depends on how many Beidi people come, if it's 350,000, then there is absolutely no problem, if it's 70,000 or 80,000, then it's hanging, if it's more than 100,000, don't say it's the prince's absence, it's the prince's existence, with one enemy and five, the odds of winning are also difficult to predict. ”

Zhiying shook his head again: "It's not to fight, since the Beidi people dare to attack the Tiger Ben Pass overnight, one is to catch us off guard, and the other is to have no fear, and have tried that the prince is not in the city, tomorrow's offensive will inevitably be more fierce than tonight, and it is not easy to attack the city, as long as Huer Hana is not a fool, he will not only send thirty or fifty thousand people to take the Hu Ben Pass, what if the prince is here?" Thirty or fifty thousand people are simply here to deliver meat, and although the spies have not yet returned, I think we should consider how many people they will come according to the prince's presence in the city. ”

Xu Cheng said: "If I bring troops to fight Tiger Benguan, I know that the prince is in the city, and the number of people I bring will never be less than 100,000." ”

"What would Hurhana think? General Cao, has the prince fought with Huerhana in the past? Or what kind of person Khurhana is, do you know something? Zhiying turned to ask Cao Qian.

Cao Qian replied truthfully: "The prince and Huerhana have not fought directly, but according to the information sent to Beidi, Huerhana should be a person who has excellent martial arts and is arrogant and complacent. ”

Bailizan took his words and said: "If it is a person with excellent martial arts skills and extreme self-confidence, and he comes to attack the city in person, maybe it will really only cost thirty or fifty thousand, but Huerhana must still be on the way to the north now, and he can't personally lead his troops to attack, so the number of troops will increase." ”

"It seems that seventy or eighty thousand is indispensable," Zhi Ying made a summary, and he had a bottom in his heart, "The enemy has seventy or eighty thousand, and our side only has twenty thousand, even if the militia is temporarily recruited, it will only be 30,000 to die. ”

What's the best way to do it? Zhiying has never read the basic military book, and he can say a few words sloppily when talking about soldiers on paper, but if he really wants to formulate tactics, he can't do it, Bailizan is also a person who has never fought a war, and the military division is not cultivated in a day or two, Cao Qian is experienced in a hundred battles, but Zhiying looked at him expectantly several times, and he didn't see him give any useful advice, so he couldn't help but be a little frustrated.

Xu Cheng suddenly suggested: "The three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, it is better to try to burn their grain and grass, no matter how fierce the Beidi people are, they will eat, and if they can't eat, they will naturally go back." ”

Baili sighed in admiration: "Although the idea is good, where is it so easy, the Beidi people come so far to fight, they will inevitably send heavy troops to guard the grain and grass, and how to burn it is also particular." ”

The hall fell into silence again, Zhiying held his head and thought for a while, he didn't have a clue, he was thinking about whether to move here, and he hugged the Buddha's feet temporarily, but he heard a lazy voice outside the door: "I said that I didn't see anyone, it turned out that they were all here, Jane was late, please forgive me." ”

Shan Jian was distracted, yawning even the heavens and the earth came, and when he saw people he didn't know, he didn't ask, so he found a chair and sat down, rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked, "Won the first battle?" ”

"For the time being, Mr. Shan came just in time, I want to ask for a plan." Zhiying is used to his laziness, compared to Bailizan's appearance of overworking every day, Shanjian is simply here to eat and drink, and he doesn't care about anything after he finishes his work, and he wanders around when he has nothing to do, although he is friends with Bailizan, but he doesn't mean to share it for others.

Shan Jian yawned and didn't open her eyes: "What kind of plan?" ”

Zhiying said word by word: "Win more with less, and solve the plan quickly." ”

Shan Jian opened his mouth and came: "Yes, there are many things, give some poison to the upstream of the river where the enemy gets water, and all the work of a meal is dead, or find a beautiful woman, pretend to be captured by them, find an opportunity to kill the generals of the Beidi army, and the dragons will naturally rout without a leader, or ......"

He talked a lot of things, all of them were poisonous schemes that hurt others and themselves, and hurt the peace of the heavens, Cao Qian and Bailizan were used to it, but the newcomer Xu Cheng looked like his eyes were about to fall out, and when he finished speaking, he was stunned and said: "You can think of such a vicious method, you ...... What did you grow up eating? ”

Zhiying sighed in her heart, thinking that something bad was wrong, Shanjian has always thought very highly of herself, and she was the person who was personally photographed by Cui Yi, no one dared to talk to him like this in Yanzhou Mansion, Xu Cheng was going to be unlucky.

Sure enough, the corners of Shanjian's mouth hooked, and she said slowly: "Of course it's the brain, the brain has seen it, it's white, tender, use this small bowl to put a bowl, sprinkle some green onions, or drizzle some syrup......"

Before he finished speaking, the four people in the hall were all pale except for Zhiying's miserable expression, as if they would spit out at any time.

Xu Cheng asked in a trembling voice: "What, what kind of brain?" ”

Shan Jian replied as a matter of course: "Tofu." ”

Everyone: "......"