On the first day back in Liucheng, Qiu Liju, who had changed into clean clothes, had a dream.

In the dream, this Wuhuan Shan Yu, who has been crisscrossing western Liaoning for decades, actually dreamed that he caught up with Gongsun Xun a few days ago, and surrounded Gongsun Xun at the shallow place on the bank of the river and Gui Ni. However, when he led countless Wuhuan white-clothed cavalry to kneel down and beg the other party to come to Liucheng as a guest, the other party actually wiped his neck and died without saying a word.

And then, he and Bandun fled back to Liucheng in despair like this withdrawal, but as soon as they came back, they were besieged!

Zhao Taishou and Gongsun Auntie in Liaodong, Han Dang and Lou Gui in Lu Longsai, Mo Huqi and Cheng Pu in the direction of Yuyang and Chengde, and even Kebineng and Yan Rou in the western grassland, all pounced...... Countless soldiers and horses surrounded Liucheng, slaughtering those Wuhuan soldiers stationed outside the city under the city, and accusing him of burning ambition but unworthiness.

In the end, Collapse was killed, and Lou Ban and himself were put into a cloth bag and thrown on the road outside the city, and then Zhao Bao ordered tens of thousands of Han cavalry to trample their father and son into pulp......

"Is it still raining outside?"

Seeing his son Lou Ban arranging the bowstring under the porch outside the door, Qiu Liju, who woke up from the dream, stopped for a long time before coming back to his senses.

"It's not that big." Lou Ban didn't know what his father dreamed about during a nap behind him. "But it's still dripping."

"That's good." Qiu Liju smiled slightly. "This shows that the Liao River and the Daling River will not be able to cross the army in the short term......"

"I guess so." Lou Ban replied casually. "I just don't know if there are boats in the Liao River. Didn't you say that there have been more and more boats on the Liao River in recent years? Brother Mudun said this just now, so he sent the Luoluo Department to guard the valley mouth in the east to take precautions, but the head of the Luoluo Department was too hard and made a fuss at the city gate, saying that unless Liaodong Su Fuyan was completely destroyed, Zhao Bao would definitely not be able to come over or anything...... In the end, he was killed by Brother Thanun, and sent the river to the department. ”

"That's right." Qiu Liju's heart moved slightly, but he remembered another thing. "Lou Ban, I remember that there is a ferry at the Daling River behind Liucheng, there should be a boat, right?"

"Yes!" Lou Ban turned back and responded. "Not much, seven or eight small boats...... What do you command? ”

"Are you tired?" Qiu Liju asked with a smile as he stroked his beard, which was already a little gray.

"Not tired!" Lou Ban, who was not yet an adult, immediately threw down the bowstring and got up excitedly. "Father, please!"

"It's much better than an old bone like me." Qiu Liju looked at his son and shook his head with a smile, but he was immediately solemn. "I can't get away with your brother...... There is a big thing that can only be left to you to do...... Go now, and take a group of men across the river by boat, and go west to find Kobinon. When he arrived at the place, he explained the previous things clearly, and then told him that if he still had his dream of the second sandalwood acacia, he should immediately bring troops over, and as soon as the sky cleared, he marched from the outside of the Daling River, and I marched from the inside, and Zhao Bao must be caught! ”

"It's raining, and the ground is so wet, can Kebi come?" Lou Ban was puzzled.

"You idiot." Qiu Liju, who was sitting in the hall, replied angrily for a while. "Even the most ignorant herdsmen in western Liaoning know that when you go to the west, the grassland there has a very different climate from ours! If it rains here, how can it rain on the steppe? ”

Lou Ban immediately woke up and immediately turned around and left.

"Come back." Qiu Liju suddenly shouted to the other party again. "Remember...... If Kebi can worry about Yan Rou and Mo Huqi, you can tell him that whether it is Yan Rou or Mo Huqi, they are just Hu and Han mixed generations, and they will not really be ruthless to him, so that for the survival of the two families, he must be ...... Zhao Bao's way, now is our last chance to win, I have fought side by side with this Zhao Taishou, I know that he is only very famous, in fact, there are not many military strategies to speak of......"

Lou Ban turned around and kowtowed.

But Qiu Liju suddenly got up again...... Without him, for no reason, this Wuhuan Shan Yu suddenly remembered his strange dream and his strange death in the dream.

However, before he had time to think about it, a burst of inexplicable tiredness came over him, and Qiu Liju saw that the sky outside the hall was getting darker and no one was bothering him, so he got up and turned to the backyard, ready to sleep well.

Lou Ban is now old, and it seems that it is safe to entrust the entire Wuhuan clan of Liaoxi to Bandun, but it is necessary to leave enough self-protection strength for Lou Ban...... This was Qiu Liju's last thought before falling asleep.

"It's getting dark." More than 100 miles away, in the military camp outside the Daling River, Xi Zhong looked at a stack of wooden cards in front of him, but he didn't do it for a long time. "I wonder if the prince has arrived in Liucheng, is he going to attack at night or will he take advantage of the early morning tomorrow to raid?"

"It doesn't matter." Lou Gui replied with a smile. "It's all said, this battle will be won...... Because there is simply no place to lose. And besides, even a smart person like you would find it a bit unbelievable that the prince and prince had dropped out of the enemy and walked to Liucheng this time, let alone Qiu Liju? ”

"What kind of smart person am I?" Xi Zhong said in frustration. "Although the prince took me with words and asked me to spare my life, but the previous distress, no matter how I think it, it was my fault, right?"

"It's the prince's own fault." Lou Gui suddenly lowered his head and said in a deep voice. At least that's what the prince himself thinks. It started in Luoyang...... Luoyang did a lot of work, and Guanzhong fought hard, but he made a mistake and got nothing out of the situation...... Not only did Jizhou Mu not get his hands on it, but Jia Wenhe, who he fancied, did not bow down, and more importantly, the situation seemed to be worse, Luoyang was still the same, and Youzhou had two more shackles...... When he first came back, he was already full of anger, angry, difficult to control, and sooner or later something would happen, but Ziheng and I didn't expect that he would be entangled to this extent because of this kind of thing, and then there would be such a dangerous situation. ”

"Then this ......"

"Actually, how can this situation be so serious?" Lou Guifu shook his head again and sighed. "Youzhou is still ours, and half of Jizhou is still in our hands. As for wanting to win the world, who hasn't survived all kinds of hardships and built up a bit of work? This time, the rebellion was quelled and Wuhuan was destroyed, could it be that Liaoxi would go wrong again? Looking back at Liu Yu, what can he do? Turning to the south and sweeping Hebei, could it be that Zhao Gong of Liaodong would really turn against him? ”

"Not bad." Xi Zhong thought for a long time before he said slowly. That's exactly what happened...... As long as the prince calms down, doesn't care about those corners, and forges ahead, the general trend is still with us. ”

"Isn't this already forging ahead?" Lou Gui suddenly laughed again. "That's why I said, this rain is really a gifted prince...... As for you, instead of thinking about this, you should think about how to pay off my gambling debts. ”

Xi Zhong was silent for a moment, but he violently pushed down the pile of cards in front of him.

More than 100 miles away, in a rather wide valley more than ten miles south of Liucheng, the rain is still pouring down, and in the occasional war horse wailing, Gongsun Xun, who is fully armored, is leaning against an uncle, waiting for the sky to be completely gloomy.

"Do you want to close your eyes and sleep first?" Han Dang, who was also leaning on the big tree, looked at it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask. "The prince has worked hard for days, and he is exhausted when he thinks about it......"

"As long as the Wuhuan people are more tired than us." Gongsun Xun looked at the crown of trees that were still blooming with green leaves above his head, but he didn't care.

"I mean that since Guanzhong, the prince has been tense for days, and he hasn't had a good rest for a long time, not that he is in a hurry." Han Dang pondered for a moment before he spoke carefully.

"Yigong is right, the heart is tired, the body is tired, and it is even harder." Gongsun Xun looked back and smiled. "Thinking about gains and losses, thinking about advancing and retreating, or selfish thoughts, or moral and benevolent, or reluctant, or ambitious, not to mention being a father, a husband, a son, a minister, and a king...... The body of one person, mixed with so many identities and thoughts, is entangled, and it is simply impossible to rest for a moment. Therefore, if you want to do something, you always have to get rid of distractions and concentrate on it. ”

Han Dang didn't dare to say more, as if he had become sluggish again.

"Prince!" Zhao Yun suddenly shouted softly from afar. "The Black Otter is back......"

"How?" Gongsun Xun immediately got up, and Han Dang and Gao Shun next to him, as well as Wei Yue, Yang Kai, Tian Yu, Wen Ze, Jiao Touch and others also immediately raised their swords.

"I've seen the prince!" However, in two or three days, the black otter learned a new name, and when he came to Gongsun Xun's side, he immediately knelt down to report, and his tone was full of excitement. "Just as the prince guessed, the Wuhuan people are not the slightest defense! Not only that, the chiefs and nobles left their subordinates and all lived in the city, and the 20,000 Wuhuan soldiers outside the city were trapped in the mud, only the leaders of the city, but the tired could not even stand up the camp. I boldly walked around the camp, and all those people were secretly shouting and scolding Qiu Liju......"

"Are the gates well guarded?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but interrupt the other party and asked a most critical question.

"There's no protection!" The black otter replied quickly. "Everywhere there are Wuhuan people coming in and out, looking for their own head people to ask about things...... There are no dedicated guards at all, and I don't think the doors will be closed at night. ”

"Since you go to the camp, do you know the location of the collapse?" Gongsun Xun asked again.

"Roughly rememberable...... But won't he go back to the city at night? The black otter hesitated for a moment.

"It's better to go back." Gongsun Xun replied coldly, and then turned around, but he was already clenching the broken knife in his waist. "Ladies and gentlemen, the lord humiliates the ministers and humiliates me, a few days ago, the Great Ling River was a bad luck, it is really a shame in my life, since you call me a prince, worship me as a respect...... Shame on me tonight! The whole army was divided into four, Gao Suqing led 3,000 soldiers to break the city first, and after entering the city, he didn't care about the back of his body, and directly killed the Wuhuan nobles in the city; Yigong commanded the main force of 10,000 people and generals, sweeping the Wuhuan army camp outside Liucheng; Zilong and Tian Yu and the black otter took my righteous servants to act alone, if Collapse was outside the city, then first ask for Collapse Dun, if not there or ask for this person to succeed, then immediately enter the city to assist Gao Sima; As for myself, I will take 2,000 soldiers to cut off the four gates of Liucheng behind you, and be sure to catch turtles in the urn and overthrow the entire Wuhuan clan in one battle! ”

The generals are awe-inspiringly promised.

Nearly three watches in the evening, Qiu Liju, who was sleeping on a comfortable bed, woke up from his dream for the second time.

This time, the content of his dream was completely different from that of the afternoon during the day, and it was the detailed situation of the battle with Zhao Bao. But what is interesting is that the result is the same, in other words, Qiu Liju once again dreamed that he was put into a cloth bag and trampled to death by Zhao Bao's order with the horse's hooves.

After waking up, Qiu Liju was sweating profusely and panicked in the former residence of Sima in Liucheng...... Once it was an accident, and twice it must have an omen, just like the woman in Luoyang gave birth to a two-headed child, this must be the Lord to have a double son of heaven in the world! But what are the signs of this dream?

Why, why was it trampled into meat by horses' hooves? Why Zhao Bao?

Qiu Liju really couldn't sleep, he threw down the humble woman who was snoring like thunder next to him, got up and went to the couch to find hot water......

One more thing to say here, this Xianbei woman, according to Kebineng, is a concubine of Tanshi Huai's son Helian, and it is a gift of great political value. Originally, it was going to be given to Collapsed, but Collapsed couldn't look down on it, so he wanted to give it to Lou Ban on the spot, and Qiu Liju, who really felt sorry for his son, really couldn't stand it, so he took the initiative to ask for his own woman.

In short, by the sound of snoring, Qiu Liju lit the candle and found the clay bottle, but hesitated for a moment...... It turned out that he really couldn't remember whether the cold water in this clay vase was left after boiling during the day today, or the rain that would be boiled in the future.

After living in Liaoxi for so many years, Qiu Liju is completely convinced by Aunt Gongsun today, and the other party said that boiling water can cause less disease, so if it doesn't work, choose living water, followed by rain, and finally stagnant water...... Having said that, how do you see it on a daily basis? Only this time, tens of thousands of troops braved the rain to return, and I don't know how many people directly chose to drink the rainwater, so that there were thousands of sick people, and the wailing in the military camp outside the city continued.

In other words, the water was too cold, and Qiu Liju suddenly didn't dare to drink it for the sake of his own health, and he didn't dare to sleep...... Qiu Liju sat alone on the bed, and in the sound of the drizzle outside the house and the snoring beside him, the wails of the sick soldiers in the camp outside the city were faintly heard in his ears.

Why don't you go out and do a round? Look at the sick people in the camp?

Qiu Liju hesitated, but still did not get up...... He's old, it's too cold outside, and he's covered in sludge.

Changping has a public opinion.

Gao Shun and Gao Sima are a taciturn person, but they are 10,000 reliable in terms of loyalty and military quality. However, it was this recognized 'reliable' general in the army who was actually in a trance on the battlefield at this time.

The city gate was closed, Gao Suqing let people hang the rope to climb the city, easily opened the city gate, and then took advantage of the night and rain to lead the troops directly into the city. Moreover, after making sure that the Wuhuan nobles in the city were not aware of it, he immediately made a decision, first seeking to control the central watchtower and the main passage, and then to clean the house.

However, with the high platform in hand, the central street passage in hand, and even the Wuhuan people's camp outside the city has been noticed, the shouts of killing have already sounded, and there is no movement in the city?

Got yourself in the wrong place?

"Kill!" Gao Shun glanced at Jiao Touch, the deputy general beside him, and finally pulled out the ring head knife in his waist. "The prince has an order, and those who dare to resist will not be left."

In the rainy night, countless armored Han soldiers shouted instantly.

In front of the bed, Qiu Lijuden, who had just made up his mind to sleep for a while, was shocked.

————I'm the dizzy dividing line————

"Three nights in the rain and the camp,

The white horse froze silently.

Hearing the wailing and the camp rising,

It is known that Suqing has gone to the city. - "Quan Yan Poems"