"Kill ——!"

"Knock knock!"

"Offensive ——!"

"Knock knock!"

At the right moment, just as there was a glimmer of light in the far east, outside Yang Wenjun's camp, there was another earth-shattering shouting and snare drum.

However, even if this sound was clearly heard, on the sentry tower near the east gate of the camp, the two Zhao pawns who were in charge of night duty did not care, their faces were not panicked at all, and they who were curled up on the sentry tower to avoid the wind did not even stand up and look outside the camp for the first time to check the movement.

It took seven or eight breaths before a young Zhao pawn, who was in his twenties, stood up and yawned casually at the dark place outside the camp.

"Is there any hostility?"

The companion on duty on the watchtower asked, an old soldier who had a visual inspection of about forty.

"." The young soldier shrugged.

Hearing this, the old soldier smiled and said, "The rebels can really hold on...... It's all harassing all night, isn't it? ”

"Hmph, I think the other side is obviously stupid. Do they really think they can play us again and again? The young soldier snorted softly, and sat down again, shielding himself from the windshield on the watchtower.

It is no wonder that the young soldier was in a bad mood, because he had been "frightened" several times that night, and the rebels would suddenly erupt in shouts and drums every time, even if he had learned about the rebels' "tricks" later, he would still be frightened by this sudden fright, and then he would be laughed at by his companion for being cowardly and so on.

It may be that he heard the sound of talking and laughter coming from the guard tower, even if there were patrolling Zhao soldiers passing by, they did not stop, even though the shouts of killing and the sound of military drums outside the camp were as loud as the sky, they still continued to move forward.

Because of similar things, they have already experienced so much in this night, and they even admire the rebels' spirit of "perseverance" - of course, there is no such word at this time.

"Silly indeed."

The old man propped himself up slightly, raising his head above the railing of the watchtower, so that he could glance out at random, and then sat back again.

"It's almost dawn, and these guys are still outside...... I don't know what I think. ”

"yes."

The young Zhao and his partner, the old pawn, chuckled and talked.

It may be that the sky is about to brighten, and their vigilance will inevitably be relaxed, after all, no matter how you think about it, most of the things like attacking the camp happen in the dark night, who will lead the army to attack the camp in broad daylight? Is it true that all the soldiers defending the camp are blind, and they can't even see such a big living person?

However, just when the Zhao soldiers in the battalion with these two soldiers as a typical example were taking it lightly because it was about to dawn, they never expected that at this time, there were hundreds of Xinwei soldiers who were rushing towards this side on the eve of the rising sun.

The four people led by them are Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu.

I have to say that the sound of hundreds of people galloping, if it were placed in normal times, it would have been discovered by the soldiers on duty at night in the camp, but this time the situation was a little different, because the earth-shattering shouts and snare drums covered the footsteps of hundreds of people, even if some footsteps were still heard by the soldiers on duty in the camp, they only thought that it was one of the rebels' tricks to play them, and no one paid attention to it.

"Tai...... It's amazing!'

After sneaking as lightly as possible outside the camp, Hua Hu and Mu Wu glanced at the east where the early sun was gradually rising, and immediately glanced at each other.

They could clearly see that at this time the sky was getting brighter, and the soldiers in the camp could clearly see their group if they glanced at them, but no one did so.

From beginning to end, the guards in the camp did not care.

Thinking of this, Hua Hu and Mu Wu admired Meng Zhong's strategy.

"Up!"

Meng Zhong glanced at Hua Hu and Mu Wu.

The two of them nodded in agreement, and immediately, the two of them and the rest of the Xinwei soldiers quietly drew the sharp sword in the sheath, inserted it along the gap in the door panel of the camp gate, and quietly lifted the bolt inside the camp gate gently, and then they all turned their heads to look at Meng Zhong, waiting for the latter to give orders.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong waved his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Up!" ”

Hearing this, more than a dozen soldiers of the Xinwei slammed into the camp gate, only to hear a loud "bang", and the bolt in the door fell to the ground, and immediately, the double camp gate was immediately knocked open by them.

At this time, inside the camp gate, there were actually eight soldiers, standing in four or four, standing in two rows.

When the camp gate was knocked open by the Xinwei soldiers, the eight Zhao soldiers, who had been yawning before, turned their heads in unison and looked at the Xinwei soldiers who broke in in dumbfounded.

Especially when they could see clearly by the light of the brazier that there were a dense number of Xinwei soldiers standing outside the camp gate, they were stunned at first, and then their faces showed a deep sense of horror.

"Enemy—"

Before the eight Zhao soldiers could call out the alarm, they saw the sword pointing forward, deliberately showing a hideous appearance, and shouted: "Kill!" ”

Hearing this, hundreds of Xinwei soldiers swarmed in, and immediately submerged the eight Zhao soldiers.

"Menghu team, follow me!"

"Huahu team, follow me in!"

"The soldiers of the Mu Wu team, follow me closely!"

After quickly controlling the camp gate, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu divided into three and led their respective Xinwei soldiers into the camp.

During this period, the patrol soldiers encountered along the way were all killed by the Xinwei soldiers, and the braziers and bonfires encountered along the way were used by the Xinwei soldiers to light the tents and baggage in the camp.

Pity the soldiers in the tents who slept in a daze, they had no idea that the tent they slept in had been lit and were still sleeping there.

What's even more incredible is that some Zhao pawns actually heard the chaos in the camp, but they didn't care, muttering in their mouths.

"What fool is being teased by the rebels' tricks again?"

"It's been a night, and you've been fooled?"

"The rebel group is really annoying......"

Muttering similar words, the Zhao pawns turned over on the hay-covered straw bunk, or covered their ears, or wrapped their heads in thin bedding, and continued to sleep.

However, the next moment, a group of soldiers of the Faith Guard broke in with swords, and after seeing the situation in the tent, they glanced at each other, and all of them showed strange smiles on their faces.

"Ahh

"Enemy - enemy attack! Damn ......"

"Poof—"

In a short period of time, in the eastern area of the camp, the screams of the Handan soldiers resounded, and they were simply one after another.

Pity many Handan sergeants didn't expect that the Xinwei soldiers would actually enter the camp, and they were not prepared at all, so that they were killed by the Xinwei soldiers.

During this period, there were also those Handan soldiers who surrendered to the Xinwei soldiers and begged for mercy, hoping that the Xinwei soldiers could let them go for the sake of being members of the Handan Army in the past.

However, to their despair, the soldiers of the Faith Guard showed regretful expressions.

"I'm sorry, but the military order is hard to disobey!"

A military order is difficult to disobey, so that the sergeant of Xinwei has no intention of showing mercy to his subordinates.

Soon, a soldier spread the news that "the rebels had entered the camp" to Sima Zhouge.

At that time, Xing Sima Zhou Ge was taking a few soldiers to do the last round of patrols in the camp, and after this round of patrols was over, he would have to hand over to the other Xing Simas, and then go back to his own tent to rest.

But just as he was patrolling, he suddenly heard a burst of shouts of killing from the Dongying area.

At first he didn't care, but as he listened, he felt that something was wrong, because he felt that the shouting was so close that it was not outside the camp at all, but inside the camp.

Immediately, the fire that slowly ignited in the eastern camp confirmed Zhou Ge's speculation.

"The rebels really attacked the camp?!"

After realizing this, Zhou Ge was simply a little incredible.

He subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the sky, but saw that the sky was gradually brightening at this time, and it stands to reason that almost no one would choose to surprise the enemy's camp at this time.

However, Meng Zhong's Xinwei army did just that.

"Oh no...... Oh no!'

With a secret cry in his heart, Zhou Ge hurriedly ordered a soldier behind him: "Quick! Hurry up and report to Yang Wenjun and Zuo Sima, the rebels have attacked our military camp! ”

With that, he immediately led the rest of the soldiers towards the east camp.

However, when Zhou Ge came to Dongying District, the Dongying District at this time was already a sea of fire, and there were soldiers running around because of panic.

"Where are the rebels?" Where?'

Zhou Ge looked around, but for a while, he could not find any trace of the rebels.

It's no wonder, after all, the Handan army is the Zhao army, and the Xinwei army under Meng Zhong is also the Zhao army, and the armor worn by the two sides is very similar, or even identical, so it is naturally difficult to distinguish them.

"Don't panic! Calm down! Calm down! ”

I saw Zhou Ge grab a running soldier, and immediately shouted loudly around: "I am Sima Zhou Ge, you wait for the speed to move closer to me......

But unfortunately, in such a chaotic situation, the panicked soldiers around him couldn't listen to Zhou Ge at all.

Oh, it's not right, but a team of soldiers rushed directly towards him after hearing Zhou Ge's shout.

Seeing this, Zhou Ge hurriedly shouted: "Who are you waiting for?" ”

"We are soldiers under the command of Zhao Wen and Zhao Sima......"

The leader of the group replied somewhat vaguely.

"Zhao Wen Zhao Sima" Zhou Ge was stunned, because the situation was urgent at the moment, he didn't care about the careful investigation, and waved his hand to signal: "I am Sima Zhou Ge, you are temporarily under my command and listen to my orders." ”

"Whoa!"

The group of soldiers glanced at each other, and walked towards Zhou Ge with their heads down.

At this time, Zhou Ge turned around and continued to scold the soldiers who were still running around.

Suddenly, a hint of surprise flashed through his heart.

"Wait! Why is it that all the soldiers in the battalion are panicked and untidy, but this group of soldiers is not only fully armed, but there is almost no panic on their faces?'

With his eyebrows raised, Zhou Ge suddenly realized that he had made a serious mistake, and suddenly a chill ran on his back.

I saw him turn around suddenly, and at the same time hold the saber on his waist with his right hand and draw out the sword, but he didn't expect a cold light to flash in front of him.

But with a muffled snort, a sharp sword slashed at Zhou Ge's neck.

"I'm sorry, Zhou Gexing Sima ......"

I saw a Zhao pawn holding a sharp sword, looking at Zhou Ge with a somewhat complicated expression, and said in a low voice: "I used to be a soldier under Zhao Wen and Zhao Sima, but ...... And that's just once. ”

"Poof—"

Blood splattered, and the Zhao pawn withdrew his sword.

"You ......"

Zhou Ge covered his neck and slowly fell, looking at the group of Zhao pawns in front of him with hatred, chagrin and other complicated eyes, and three words slowly burst out of his mouth: "Letter, Guard, Army!" ”

With that, his eyes gradually lost their brightness, and the left hand holding his neck fell weakly, so that blood suddenly gushed out, staining the ground beneath him.

Seeing this, the nearby Zhao pawns were even more panicked and fled towards other camps.

At this time, Meng Hu led dozens of Xinwei soldiers to kill, and after seeing the group of soldiers standing here, he frowned and asked, "Zheng Yong, what are you doing standing here?" …… Who is he? ”

He pointed to Zhou Ge, who had fallen to the ground.

"Chief." Zheng Yong immediately hugged his fists and reported: "This person is Sima Zhou Ge in Yang Wenjun's army, and when he was bumped into by us, he saw that he mistakenly thought that we were soldiers in his army, so I ......."

Seeing that Zheng Yong and the soldiers beside him looked a little depressed, Meng Hu patted Zheng Yong's arm and said in a low voice: "Meng Zhong Sima has repeatedly said that this civil war in Zhao is a meaningless war, but even if it is a meaningless war, we must strive for victory, otherwise, the next one to fall to the ground may be you and me...... Cheer up and go with me into the depths of the camp! ”

"Whoa!"

Zheng Yong and the other Xinwei soldiers nodded emphatically.

At the same time, the soldiers sent out by Sima Zhouge had already rushed to the Chinese military camp area and came to the outside of the military tent of Zuo Sima Zhao Ben, and even the guards on duty outside the tent stopped him.

Seeing this, he shouted loudly: "I am the guard of Zhou Ge and Zhou Xing Sima, and I was ordered to come to convey the warning signal that the Xinwei army attacked our camp...... Zosima! Zosima! ”

Several guards on duty outside the tent looked at each other, and at this moment, they heard a slight noise from inside the tent, and immediately, they saw Zuo Sima Zhao Ben rushing out, staring at the slightly red eyes, and asked with a look of surprise: "Is it you?" What did you say? The Faith Guard attacked my battalion? How can it be?! ”

"It's true!"

After saying that, the soldier subconsciously turned his head to look at the camp on the east side, and then pointed to the place and said loudly: "Zosima, don't believe you! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ben immediately turned his head, and sure enough, he saw the fire in the eastern camp.

"How could it ......?"

Seeing the sky-high fire, Zhao Ben's face turned pale.

After a moment of distraction, he hurriedly ordered loudly: "Quick! Pass my order and order the soldiers of the rest of the camp to quickly support Dongying! Just go! ”

"Whoa!"

Immediately, several soldiers hurriedly went to give the order.

"Meng Zhong ......"

Muttering to himself, Zhao Ben clenched his fists tightly and stared at the fire on the Dongying side with a complicated expression.

For Meng Zhong, Zhao Ben can't talk about any likes and dislikes, because the two of them had no conflict of interests before, even if Meng Zhong was later "committed" to the rebel side of Gongzizhang, Zhao Ben's attitude towards Meng Zhong was only to the extent of "if you have the opportunity to bump into it, kill it, kill it".

Although Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao are very optimistic about Meng Zhong, Zhao Ben is a little unimpressed.

He never thought of comparing with Meng Zhong, firstly, Meng Zhong was too young, and the comparison between the two was meaningless, and secondly, Zhao Ben never felt that Meng Zhong's talent would be above him.

However, when he thought about it at this moment, he felt a hot tingling in his cheeks.

"Zhao Ben."

Suddenly, there was a soft call from behind him.

Zhao Ben turned his head to take a look, and saw Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao walking here with more than a dozen guards, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "Yang Wenjun." ”

"Hmm."

Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao nodded, and immediately stared at the fire in the direction of Dongying, and asked in a somewhat helpless tone: "Is it Meng Zhong's Xinwei Army?" ”

“…… Yes. ”

Zhao Ben lowered his head and said with some shame: "I...... I thought I saw through his ruse, but I didn't expect ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao pat Zhao Ben's arm and urged: "This matter will be talked about later, you go to stabilize the situation first." ”

"Whoa!"

Hearing this, Zhao Ben immediately clenched his fists and took the order, and led a team of guards in the direction of Dongying.

Looking at the back of Zhao Ben leaving, and then looking at the fire in the east camp, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao let out a long breath and muttered: "Fiction is real, reality is virtual, virtual is real, real is virtual, virtual is real, real and virtual...... This Meng Zhong is well versed in the essence of Sun Tzu's Art of War "Fiction and Reality". ”

He didn't blame Zhao Ben, it was because he didn't expect Meng Zhong to suddenly attack a moment before dawn.

Yes, since he learned last night that the Xinwei army was harassing the sergeant of his army outside the camp, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao did not dare to take it lightly, and sat alone in the tent to drink, and did not rest there.

At that time, he was also speculating, speculating whether Meng Zhong would suddenly launch a night attack for the third time after harassing them once or twice.

But to his surprise, the Xinwei soldiers under Meng Zhong's command did not launch the attack on the camp for a long time, as if it was simply harassment.

Is it really just harassment?

When the sky was about to brighten, Zhao Bao, who had been vigilant for a night, couldn't help but be a little surprised.

After all, according to common sense, it is impossible for anyone to lead an army to attack the camp after dawn, right? Because that's almost impossible to get it.

However, Meng Zhong did the opposite, launched a surprise attack at dawn, and just before the morning sun was about to rise, he suddenly attacked and led the Xinwei army to attack his Zhao Bao's camp. - Yes, so far, Zhao Bao can guess more or less.

Since it was something that even Zhao Bao hadn't guessed, Zhao Bao naturally wouldn't blame Zhao Ben.

If you want to blame, you can only blame that kid named Meng Zhong is too cunning.

"If there is no such thing as Gongzizhang's rebellion, that kid is destined to become a famous general of my Zhao Kingdom, no less than the famous general of 'Qi Zhi Kuangzhang'...... Master Zhao's father, Lord Zhao's father...... Alas......

With his hands behind his back, Zhao Bao looked at the fire in the direction of Dongying with a complicated expression, and sighed melancholy.

About a quarter of an hour later, the Guards slowly retreated.

At that time, Zhao Ben had gathered a force and was about to expel the Xinwei army, but he didn't expect the Xinwei army to retreat on its own, which made him very angry, as if he had a feeling of swinging his fist hard but hitting the air, which made him very uncomfortable.

But there was no way, compared to pursuing the Xinwei army, his top priority was to extinguish the fire in the camp and prevent the fire from spreading so as not to cause more serious losses.

As for the pursuit of the Xinwei army, he was really powerless.

At three o'clock, just as Zhao Ben led the soldiers to fight the fire in the camp, Lian Po led 5,000 soldiers to the barracks.

Since the Xinwei army had already fled at this time, Lian Po ordered his 5,000 soldiers to temporarily stop on the east side of the camp outside Yang Wenjun's camp, and he entered the camp to meet Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao and Zuo Sima Zhao Ben.

At this time, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao was checking the losses in the eastern camp, and when he learned that Lian Po was coming, he asked the soldiers to invite the latter to him.

"Yang Wenjun."

When he saw Zhao Bao, Lian Po clenched his fists and made his intentions clear: "Lian Po was ordered to come to support, and he didn't know the rebels who attacked your camp ......"

"You mean the Xinwei Army led by that kid Meng Zhong, right?"

Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao shook his head with a wry smile, then pointed to the miserable situation around him, shook his head and said, "Obviously, the soldiers have been prepared, but they are still ...... Meng Zhong's kid is really not to be underestimated. Even the old man didn't expect that he, who had disturbed our army for a night but had no intention of attacking the camp, would choose to sneak attack our camp in the short moment before the sky brightened...... I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it. ”

Lian Po was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then asked, "Yang Wenjun, how is the loss in the camp?" ”

"The damage wasn't very serious." Zhao Bao shook his head and said: "According to the old man's estimate, the casualties of the soldiers are about seven or eight hundred, and it should be less than a thousand, after all, that Meng Zhong ...... Whether he is cunning or witty, in short, he calculated that Fengyang Jun would send troops to the rescue, so he retreated immediately after setting fire to Dongying, and did not give me the slightest chance to counterattack...... Thanks to this, there was no loss in the rest of the camp. ”

"That's fine." Lian Po nodded slightly.

"Are you alright?" Zhao Bao glanced at Lian Po when he heard this, shook his head and said: "No, in the old man's opinion, it is a very serious loss, and the old man asks you, when Meng Zhong comes back tomorrow night to disturb him, will the old man prevent it or not?" Do the soldiers in the camp still dare to sleep? ”

"Uh......"

As soon as he heard Zhao Bao's words, Lian Po realized the seriousness of being attacked by Meng Zhong today.

Just like Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao said, when Meng Zhong's old tricks are repeated tomorrow night, the soldiers under Zhao Bao's command will definitely not dare to close their eyes, if there is any movement, they must be holding weapons and vigilantly guarding, and in this way, they will just fall into Meng Zhong's tricks.

Sure enough, that night, Meng Zhong once again repeated his old tricks, sending troops to lurk outside the camp of Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao and Fengyang Jun Li Dui, and from time to time he made huge movements as harassment, so that the Zhao pawns of the two battalions did not dare to relax their vigilance, and held their weapons for a night.

As a result, until dawn the next day, Meng Zhong did not lead his army to attack any of the military camps again.

On the third day, August 23, Gongzizhang again led a large army to attack Quliangyi.

Because he received the news sent by Meng Zhong, he learned that in the past two days and nights, Meng Zhong had frequently harassed the camps of Zhao Baojun and Li Duijun, which made the soldiers of the two battalions very annoying, and they could not get enough rest at night.

It's a tired plan!

Through the mouth of the soldier who conveyed the message, Meng Zhong explained his intentions to Gongzizhang, much to Gongzizhang's surprise.

"What a trick to exhaust the enemy! Wonderful! It's wonderful! ”

In front of Tian Buyu, Wei Yuan, Tian Huang, Zhai Dan and others, Gongzizhang couldn't help but praise Meng Zhong's clever plan.

I have to say that on August 20, that is, when Gongzizhang led the army to attack Quliangyi, and Meng Zhong led 3,000 soldiers to watch the play from beginning to end, in fact, Gongzizhang was indeed a little unhappy afterwards, after all, Meng Zhong really made no contribution at that time.

It's just that because of his previous promise to allow Meng Zhong to make independent decisions, Gongzizhang can't blame him for this matter.

Unexpectedly, only a day or two later, Meng Zhong gave him a big gift, and it only took more than 1,000 soldiers before and after, and he harassed the soldiers of the two battalions of Zhao Baojun and Li Duijun who couldn't sleep at night and were annoyed.

So, after learning the news, Gongzizhang immediately led the army to attack Quliangyi again.

Although Gongzizhang still failed to conquer Quliang in this second battle, he could clearly feel that Li Duijun's soldiers, especially those of Zhao Baojun, seemed to be very tired, so that in the second half of the battle, Li Duijun and Zhao Bao's army could only retreat into the camp and use the defense of the camp to resist Gongzizhang's rebels.

What does this mean? Go without saying.

"We have to find a way!"

On that day, watching the army led by Gongzizhang retreat temporarily again, Lian Po pondered solemnly.

He knew very well that whether the rebels could capture Quliang or not, in fact, the key was not the main force of the rebels in Gongzizhang, but in the scheming Meng Zhong.

"If you can get rid of Meng Zhong, then Gongzizhang's rebels have nothing to fear! So...... How can we try to get rid of that Mengzhong?'

Lian Po secretly thought about countermeasures.