Qianhu cracked the mystery of the so-called celestial artifact of the thief, and at that time he came up with a way to make his own artifact, which made everyone around sigh at that time.

"Wonderful, wonderful. The adult's plan is so brilliant that I am ashamed of myself. Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to select the people who dared to die, ready to act according to the plan.

During this period, it has been decided to attack the city overnight, so the county who stood at the head of the city and watched the battle for half a day did not slack off, and arranged for the usually lazy officials to hurry up to supervise the signing of the Ding with rare work efficiency, and brought hot meals to the army outside.

In fact, these expenses, the county is also distressed, and has already looted a handful of merchant gentry, and it can never be done again, and people can't be offended at one time, and they have to let people take a breath, right? Although I know that those merchants, especially those with a big background, have made a lot of money in the previous period of thieves' large-scale purchases, for the hemp shoe gentry and merchants, whether the court is defeated or not has nothing to do with them, and may be close to the so-called base of the thieves and secretly pray for the victory of this battle, but I know that I don't dare to provoke, because all those who are close to the thieves have the backstage of the gentry raised by the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, or you are a small trader, How can you get the forbidden materials that thieves need? Everyone just opens their eyes and closes their eyes, but it's okay, it's more convenient to fatten up and scrape some oil and water, isn't it?

Therefore, this consumption is all from the county, in fact, the county is its own, that is, the county respects itself.

But the county lord thinks that this time is worth it, because as long as these villagers help themselves to eliminate the thieves, a large number of grass people in the south of Naganquan will continue to pay taxes and money for themselves, so that they can become the real county honor, and they can only stand at the head of the city and do nothing, and these losses can be returned again.

Doesn't it cost to do business? What's more, the investment of these costs, people with a discerning eye know, that is a tenfold and hundredfold return, betting, he Zhang Yuan gambled again, why is Ganquan County Zun not gambling? The gamble is done, everyone gets rich, and if the gamble is lost, it is just to continue to sit in the city of sorrow, is there still two results? No.

With a hot meal and an old wine to drink, and there are constantly passed on, it shows that the thief is not a weapon of the king, but the thunder that the original official army had, those who had been in battle before began to settle down, after a few glasses of wine, all faces were red, and began to brag about their bravery in the battle against those who had not yet been on the battlefield, so that the once low morale began to rise again.

Cao Meng kicked the last villager down to the city, his heart was relieved, it seemed that the danger caused by his own negligence and misjudgment this time was in the past, looking at the embarrassed enemy who was retreating like a tide, he thought that this half day was over, today night will be a Christmas Eve, tomorrow to the afternoon, at most until the evening, the brigade of reinforcements will arrive, then see how we deal with Zhang Yuan, the dog thief.

Assigned people to throw all the enemy's corpses under the city, cleaned up the city, and checked the losses of his own soldiers, which unconsciously made Cao Meng's heart bleed.

Calculated, it turned out to be five people killed by the arrow, and there were more than 30 injuries, but fortunately, the protection was good, and then there was the problem of angle, so it was only a minor injury, and it was not hindered by the women's army after the help of bandaging, but there were 51 killed in the battle of climbing the city, more than 30 were wounded, and there were as many as 24 people who were seriously injured and could not go to the battlefield again, although it was a great deal compared with killing nearly 1,000 enemies, but after all, the enemy was powerful, and he lost almost 20% of the five hundred and twenty people on his side, and this battle loss made Cao Meng very worried.

Busy tidying up the city with a guilty heart, saluting every dead soldier, saying sorry, and rarely feeling down for a while, if it weren't for the casualties of the soldiers who felt sorry for the casualties of the soldiers, he removed the observation post when the arrows rained, and wanted to calculate the time of the enemy's attack with experience, so that the enemy would not be caught off guard, and there would not be so many casualties.

The squad leader of the prison sergeant squad who was stabbed in the face followed behind Cao Meng and persuaded: "Chief Cao, don't blame yourself too much, in the face of ten times the enemy, we have done it very well now, and besides, casualties and mistakes on the battle formation are inevitable, it's just a matter of eating a trench and growing wise, anyway, we all have the heart of death, it's just that these brothers left one step earlier than us, but we still have to live to block Zhang Yuan and not make him move forward half a step, so Chief Cao still don't blame himself for being sad and take a good rest, I can't say that there will be a fierce battle tomorrow. ”

Cao Meng sorted out the body of the last deceased, and then sat down behind the secondary wall in a depressed mood, buried his head in his knees and was silent. The sergeant squad leader was helpless, but he was still very anxious and didn't know where to persuade him.

Cao Meng was annoyed, he felt that he had been pushed, and when he looked up weakly, it was the captain of the women's army who was holding a bowl of rice, and a few buns were standing in front of him. "Let's eat. Don't think so much. ”

"I'm not hungry, I can't eat." Cao Meng pushed away the rice bowl in front of him and whispered.

"Huh. I said you're really a bear, aren't you? Why is a big man so irresponsible, and when he encounters a little setback, he hangs his head and wants to die? The battle has just begun, and it's not too early for it to end. How do you command your brothers to kill the enemy like this? If there is a mistake and wait for the battle to go to King Chuang to receive punishment, this moment should be thinking about how to solve and make up for the mistake. So many brothers are looking at you, don't you mess up the morale of the army like this, you are still a man, why are you so unconcerned. ”

Cao Meng's heart trembled, yes, why can't he just pick it up and put it down? A mistake brings some casualties, and you shouldn't just blame yourself, but want to make up for it, why are you so discouraged and disappointed? But it also affected the morale of the army and left a negative impression on the troops, how could he not even be as good as a woman? What this girl said is right, if she is wrong, she will be wrong, and if she doesn't commit it in the future, if she can live after the war, she will go to the king to receive the punishment in front of the commander.

Thinking of this, he nodded and thanked the team leader, took the food in the team leader's hand and devoured it.

Seeing Cao Meng regain his original dragon spirit and tiger fierce confidence, the squad leader of the sergeant squad was also relieved, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that this matter of persuading people has to be done by women, we just can't do it, but Cao Meng, who was barked by a bear, still has no temper in front of the squad leader, and others really have no way to take him.

looked out, but unconsciously sighed, Cao Meng was eating with a rice bowl, and when he heard that the sergeant squad leader had questions, he also turned around and looked outside.

I couldn't help frowning at this look, but I saw that outside Ganquan City, the torches were bonfired, and there were constantly masters and sons who came and went carrying rice buckets into Zhang Yuan's team, Zhang Yuan's team sat in the cold wind outside the city and ate and drank, and there was no consciousness of collecting troops and boycotting the battle.

Cao Meng finished eating in two bites, handed the rice bowl to the captain of the women's army, and said to a herald: "You go down immediately and call the captain of the sixth team to come to the city, I have something to say." ”

The herald was given the order to leave, and Cao Meng began to carefully observe the movements of the enemy troops outside the fortress. After a while, the captain of the sixth team came up, greeted Cao Meng and said, "What is Chief Cao calling me?" ”

Cao Meng pulled him to the side of the buttress, pointed to Zhang Yuan's big array outside the city, and said: "Look, now that Zhang Yuan is starting to eat outside the city, and he has not seen him build a tent camp, and Xiang Yong has not taken off his armor, it seems that this Zhang Yuan is going to have an overnight battle with us." ”

After observing for a while, as Cao Meng said, the enemy army really had signs of an overnight battle. "What Mr. Cao said is that it seems that this Zhang Yuan lost thousands of Xiangyong in one afternoon, and he was not frightened, and he had to fight with us overnight, which is really tenacious enough. However, the battle must be fought sooner or later, and the battle will be completed sooner rather than later, and we will accompany us to the end when we come. There was not a hint of fear or worry in his tone.

"This Zhang Yuan is not simple, knowing that time is good for us, it is not good for them, this is to take advantage of the time to pull out the thorn in our eyes." Cao Meng held the battlement and looked at the Xiang Yong outside the city who was once again rejuvenated by the stimulation of alcohol, and was also admired by Zhang Yuan's toughness, and he didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky, but whether he was lucky or unlucky, he was determined to win.

As he spoke, outside the fortress, a dull war drum sounded again, but he saw that Zhang Yuan had already divided a part of the townspeople to return to the city and began to fight as a team.

"Hehe, this Zhang Yuan bullies us few, this is going to be a car ** battle against us. Thanks to our small city, we also thought of this method, which is really clear, and we all thought of going together. Cao Meng laughed, sweeping away the decadent haze just now, "Okay, let's fight with a wounded battle, see who is stronger, see who is more afraid of death, everyone will decide the winner, and the king of the province is bothering." As soon as these words came out, the pride was fully revealed, not only the brothers around him were high-spirited, but even the eyes of the lady army captain looking at Cao Meng were full of star worship, and he was a good man.

"Okay, in that case, Captain, you immediately call the brothers below who have rested for an afternoon, and replace the brothers above who have been fighting for half a day, and we will fight him."

"Yes." The captain agreed, turned around and shouted below, and began to organize a gathering and changing of the guard.

For a while, the fortress also shouted and shouted, and the originally tired brothers were replaced by brothers who had recuperated, the rattan armor was sonorous, the weapons were loud, and everyone who went down patted the people who came up, "Brother, I hold it, it's up to you." ”

Everyone who was photographed was silent, just nodded firmly, ran up to the city, stood in their own seat, and stared at the enemy outside the city with a serious face.

Cao Meng held on to the auxiliary wall with his hand, listened to the firm footsteps of the brothers who were constantly running in place behind him, and stared at Zhang Yuan's big array outside the city and said silently.

"Whatever your intentions, my plan is not to let you go one step through this fortress."