The night was deep and the clouds were light, the wind was bleak and the moon was unclear, and General Xu Zhen wanted to attack the camp; It's a pity that I didn't see a corpse for thousands of miles, so I listened to the wind chimes of the hundred ghosts first.

But it is said that there are already horses in the camp, and the people are quiet, as long as Xu Zhen gives an order, he will rush to the direction of Songzhou!

It's just that Xu Zhen hasn't seen any movement for a long time, the three thousand cavalry are silently killing, and the anger and fighting intent in their hearts have already accumulated and overflowed, so they can only be forcibly suppressed, like the surging tide, constantly squeezing the thin river embankment, and there is a possibility of an outbreak at any time!

Li Daozong is also a veteran of the army, and he knows that there are some things that he can't see or touch, but he always affects the outcome of the battle, such as fighting spirit, such as strategy, such as morale.

Take the lead, rush to kill without hesitation, there are 10,000 unworthy braves, enough to be generals; Only those who care about the soldiers, control the overall situation, and can be called commanders.

With Xu Zhen's control and regulation of his own morale at this time, it can be seen that he has the potential to be a commander, and it is not in vain that he Li Daozong allocated 3,000 cavalry with him, which is inevitably a bit beyond the number that Xu Zhen's position can command, but with Xu Zhen's consistent merits and style, it is enough to convince these cavalrymen.

However, there are also many people who are secretly unconvinced, in addition to Niu Jinda, the general of Zuo Wuwei, there are also veterans in the army such as Liu Lan, the general of the left leading army (note).

Seeing that the meridian had passed, Xu Zhen threw three thousand cavalry on standby in the night wind, and the torches around him were blazing, shining on the square circle, where was there a posture of attacking the enemy camp at half a minute!

Sure enough, after another half an hour, many cavalry were already tired, and most of their morale had already been discarded, Xu Zhen had not seen any movement, Niu Jinda, Liu Lan and others couldn't hold back, and they couldn't wait to drag Xu Zhen, the villain who was pretending to be a posture, off the horse and beat him violently.

After guarding for most of the night, Xu Zhencai boarded the platform, looked up at the sky, licked his fingers again, probed the wind direction in the wind, lowered his head and groaned, and finally spoke: "Hmm... This general has a hexagram in his heart, it is not appropriate to attack the camp tonight, everyone should go and rest..."

As soon as Xu Zhen said this, it was like a torch thrown into a boiling oil pot, and the soldiers in the army who had been shaking in the night wind for most of the night wanted to tear Xu Zhen apart!

On the contrary, Niu Jinda and Liu Lan, who had prejudices against Xu Zhen at first, were secretly surprised when they saw Xu Zhen's move, although they didn't know what Xu Zhen meant, but they wouldn't think that Xu Zhen was stupid enough to deliberately provoke the anger of the sergeant.

The sergeants returned to the camp one after another, but Xu Zhen ordered the soldiers on duty to still light up 3,000 torches, which could not be extinguished, and burned until dawn.

Li Daozong's eyes lit up, and he secretly thought that Xu Zhenguo had a strange move, and when everyone retreated, he hurriedly summoned Xu Zhen, wanting to ask Xu Zhen's strategy privately.

Xu Zhen arrived at Li Daozong's camp, and in the face of Li Daozong's questioning, he only smiled bitterly, shook his head lightly, and said: "Manager Li, although Xu Zhen is good at divination, he doesn't dare to gamble with the lives of many brothers.

Li Daozong was inevitably disappointed, and then a little indignant, he had seen a lot of this nobleman, but he mixed into the army and stopped Xu Zhen's noble man from attacking the enemy camp at night, he Li Daozong wanted to see it with his own eyes!

"Xu Zhen, where is the noble man now? Can you let the old man meet? ”

Xu Zhen couldn't cry or laugh, spread his hands and said: "The manager wants to see it, Xu Zhen naturally doesn't dare to disobey..."

After speaking, Xu Zhen clapped his palms, but saw Zhang Suling pushing Li Wushuang in, Li Daozong narrowed a pair of old eyes slightly, and by the light of the candle in the camp tent, he finally recognized the pearl in the palm of the male soldier's dress, and immediately became so angry that his beard blew up!

"Nonsense! You... You girl, how can you be so willful! ”

Xu Zhen ignored Li Wushuang's angry glare at him, and pulled Zhang Suling out of the camp, only Li Daozong's thunderous scolding and Li Wushuang's intermittent defense came from behind.

In fact, Xu Zhen had no intention of sending troops, and after Zhang Suling secretly reported Li Wushuang's traces, he simply put the blame on Li Wushuang, so that Li Daozong could completely support him Xu Zhen.

After solving the trouble of Li Wushuang, Xu Zhen did not go back to the camp to rest, but came to the rear of the craftsman camp, in fact, there is also a night ban in the camp, except for the sergeant on duty, others are not allowed to move around without authorization, and the vigilant sergeant saw Xu Zhen coming, and did not dare to stop it, and put it in the camp.

Many barracks have long been darkened, and only one place still projected the silhouette of night reading, Xu Zhen chuckled, walked to the front of the camp, and greeted softly: "Xu Zhen visited late at night, did you disturb Mr.?" ”

There was a sound of surprise in the camp tent, and it seemed that there was a tool that had been knocked over, and the man came out barefoot to greet him, but he was a merry Confucian scholar, about thirty years old, with a handsome face, grabbed Xu Zhen's wrist and led it into the camp tent, but he kept accusing himself: "Xu Shimo shouted Mr., this is going to break Jiang Quye!" ”

When Zhang Suling heard the word Jiang Cheng, his heart suddenly shook, and he was secretly surprised: "This person is the great master Jiang Xingben?" How can you be so handsome! ”

She has lived in the workshop for a long time, and is familiar with the characters in the court, this Jiang Xingben is full of meritorious deeds, after being regarded as a prominent family, he is a close minister of the saint, and he was a servant of the Ministry of Labor in the official residence eight years earlier than Wude, and opened five canals in Longzhou, and led the canal to the canal.

In the year of Zhenguan, presided over the construction of Jiucheng Palace and Luoyang Palace, deeply appreciated by the saints, in order to show love, then turned to the general of Zuotun Wei, and selected a vigorous and agile man, dressed in five-color robes, riding six idle horses, called the "flying cavalry" army, all under Jiang Xingben, Zhitun camp to serve as the inner guard, the saint is fortunate to be everywhere, will make it accompany the attendants.

This Jiang Xingben and Yan Lide are on a par, they are both people who are addicted to ingenuity, Yan Lide rushed to Laizhou to build a warship to prepare for the Liao expedition, and the sage had no choice but to send Jiang Xingben to suppress the Tibetan side.

Before leaving, Yan Lide could only hand over all the drawings of the things that Xu Zhen needed to build to Jiang Xingben, although he was reluctant, but the holy order was difficult to disobey, after Jiang Xingben got the drawings, he was really as addicted to it as Yan Lide, if it weren't for Xu Zhen being pushed to the front line by Niu Jinda as a messenger, he would have already stuck to Xu Zhen.

After several days of continuous research and study, Jiang Xingben has become more and more out of control, almost forgetting to sleep and eat, how can he not be happy to have Xu Zhen come tonight.

Let's say that Xu Zhen and Jiang Xingben entered the barracks, and immediately began to explain the drawings in detail, Jiang Xingben was like seeing the moon through the clouds, as if he was blind that day, and he patted his shares from time to time, and he respected Xu Zhen even more.

Zhang Suling heard Jiang Xingben's name for a long time, and saw that he asked Xu Zhen, respectful and humble, and regarded Xu Zhen as a gentleman, and there was a lot of worship in his words and deeds.

After discussing this until dawn, Xu Zhen returned to the camp to rest, while Jiang Xingben beckoned the craftsman and began to put the drawings into reality, and the craftsman camp was suddenly in full swing.

This night was quite an angry night for many sergeants, for Li Wushuang, it was a night that hated Xu Zhen so much, for Xu Zhen, it was a night worth looking forward to, for Jiang Xingben, it was an unforgettable night, but for Han Wei, who surrendered to the enemy, it was a difficult night!

And said that he brought more than a dozen cronies, ran to the city of Songzhou at night, and was escorted by the Tubo soldiers to the front of Qizong Langzan and Murong Hanzhu, and his injuries were still shocking, thinking that it was enough to deceive the enemy, and hurriedly warned that he would attack Songzhou at night, but he didn't want to be suspected by Murong Hanzhu again, so he was tortured and almost killed.

In the second half of the night, Murong Hanzhu still didn't believe it, and insisted on executing Han Wei and others, but someone in the army came to report, saying that there was a fire in the enemy camp, or there was a night attack.

Murong Hanzhu was suspicious, but Lang Zan was a little shaken, and hurriedly asked Lu Dongzan to pass the order, and the battalions under the city were all on alert, and they were mobilized for a while, and people shouted and neighed, and people were panicked.

Lu Dongzan interrogated Han Wei at night, this guy poured out the ** troops and specific arrangements, Lu Dongzan went back and confronted many strategists, confirmed that what Han Wei said was not false, so he believed Han Wei, released the shackles, treated well, and entertained many descendants, and reported to the Qizong Langzan.

Rong Zan is a broad-minded person, he has always admired the generals of the Han Dynasty, and he can't wait to bring all the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty under his command, after listening to Lu Dongzan's report, he hurriedly saw Han Wei in person, and there were many rewards, and he comforted him, and gave the maid a good life to serve, which was considered to be convinced of Han Wei.

However, Murong Hanzhu was not easy to deceive, he climbed to the top of the city, took a look, and was ashamed, bluntly said that Han Wei faked his surrender, and ordered many sergeants to take off their armor and go back to the camp to rest.

Many old ministers led by Lu Dongzan thought that Murong Hanzhu controlled the military power and played with Zampu's mood, and he was a good arguing minister, who overthrew Tuyuhun in the past, and this time he came to plague Tubo, and he had already been resentful of him.

Qizong Rongzan is confident that Murong Hanzhu, but Lu Dongzan is the first auxiliary minister, and he was only thirteen years old when he ascended the throne at the beginning, and the domestic political affairs are all handled by Lu Dongzan and other old ministers.

This Lu Dongzan is also a delicate heart, and he does not directly say that Murong Hanzhu is doing nonsense, but praises the king's wisdom like a torch, and he has Han Wei, and he controls the best troops and movements, and he can sit back and relax in the future.

Qizong praised Lu Dongzan, and his heart was also happy, and he was about to fall asleep, but he could hear the maid who served whispering, saying that Murong Hanzhu had vainly said that Zanpu had no eyes, and he couldn't even see the enemy's deception, and Langzan's heart was suddenly full of haze, and he was going to kill these two maids.

But after pondering for a while, he endured it again, and just summoned his personal guard and asked him to inquire in the army, and the guard was also Lu Dongzan's person, and reported Murong Hanzhu's private order to the sergeant to give up the vigilance to Qizong Langzan, although there was no surprise attack that night, but Qizong Rongzan was already displeased with Murong Hanzhu.

Not long after he fell asleep, Lu Dongzan sent someone to report again, saying that Murong Hanzhu was going to kill Han Wei at night, and the Qizong Rongzan was already in a bad mood, and he was immediately furious when he heard the words!

(Note: Liu Lan, also known as Liu Lancheng, has not many historical records, but he is a murderous guy, and he is also known as Liu Jian in Zizhi Tongjian.) ）