Pi Tong personally led the army to Tianlong Mountain for many days, and there was a lot of backlog in the political affairs of various cities in Shangqiu County.

Now I have just stayed up all night to approve the documents and political affairs sent by the civil officials of various cities, and I am about to sleep in my clothes. Now I suddenly heard the sound of drums and horns in the army, and the trumpets shook the sky, and I was suddenly startled and hurried out of the camp.

"What happened? What happened? Pi Tong shouted, his face gloomy: "All the soldiers hold their own positions, don't panic, don't panic." ”

When the soldiers heard the question, one of them replied, "Lord Qiqi, the enemy has come to rob the camp." ”

"Oh? Someone came to rob the camp? How many people? Pi Tong exclaimed.

"There are more than 100 people in total, but all of them are strong in martial arts. At this moment, they had already broken through the Golden Thunder Gate and headed straight towards the Muyi Gate. ”

"Passed through the Golden Thunder Gate?" Pi Tong's brows furrowed, and he was about to speak.

At this time, other generals in the army arrived in uniforms and asked for orders to leave the army.

Pi Tong pulled his robe, turned around and entered the big tent with the others.

As soon as everyone sat down, one of the generals asked, "Lord Pi, the enemy army has come to rob the camp, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Pi Tong was about to answer, but another general hurriedly asked: "My lord, when the enemy army came, he directly broke through the Golden Thunder Gate in my Five Elements Army Formation and went straight to Muyi Gate. It can be seen that there must be people among the enemy who know the weakness of our military formation. This matter should not be underestimated, and I hope that the adults will make a quick decision. ”

Pi Tong pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Don't panic, the enemy army is only more than 100 people, so why worry?" Although there are shortcomings in my Five Elements Drill Formation, it is not so easy for outsiders to see through it. Now although they have broken through the Golden Thunder Gate, it is also extremely difficult to break through the defense of the four gates behind. Not to mention that there are only so many of them, how can they break through smoothly?

This time, they must have just come to test us, trying to make us mess up our own positions and change the military formation, and then Wang Mang took the opportunity to cover up and kill. The generals should strictly abide by military discipline, carefully check the points, pay close attention to the movements of Wang Mang's army, and stabilize the morale of the army. I guess as long as we hold our ground, he will never dare to march in on a big scale. ”

The generals nodded yes.

Seeing that everyone had stabilized, Pi Tong replied: "You can go back to hold your position, and you can't go out without permission." As for the more than 100 people in the camp, they can be surrounded by the large army on the right flank, and then shot and killed, and not a single person can be let go. Now we will use these people to establish our authority, let Wang Mang'er take a look, and against our army, it is undoubtedly beyond our strength to hit a stone with an egg. ”

The generals listened to the military order, got up and walked out.

However, as soon as they reached the exit of the military account, a soldier rushed in with an anxious expression.

Even the armor on his body was a little scattered, there were many wounds, and blood was dripping. Apparently he had just experienced a big battle and escaped for his life.

Seeing this person's embarrassment, the generals asked one after another, "Why is General Yang Xiu here?" ”

Yang Xiu, who came, didn't answer, rushed away from everyone, came to Pi Tong and knelt down in front of him and said: "Lord Qiqi, the person who robbed the camp has continuously broken through my Jinlei Gate, Muyi Gate, Shuixing Gate, and Huoyan Gate, and is about to arrive at Tuzhong Gate now. Once they break through the Tuzhong Gate, they can directly break through all the defense lines of our army and reach the rear of our army, and then the heavy grain and grass in the rear of our army may be in danger. ”

"What? What did you say? ”

Hearing the news, Pi Tong was finally shocked.

Then he stood up abruptly and shouted, "What did you say? More than 100 of them broke through all the defenses of our army? How is this possible?

The five elements of our army are mutually reinforcing, and the only weakness is that I also let you lead a thousand elite soldiers to defend it, why can they still break through the defense line now? Moreover, there are absolutely not many people in the world who know this weakness. If you don't break into the formation and try it a few times, it's hard to see.

Although that Wang Mang is a little talented, he can't see the flaws at a glance. Could it be that there are spies in our army who report the news? Yang Xiu, who are the people who came to rob the camp? Can you find out? ”

Yang Xiu cried: "Lord Pi, it's not that we are incompetent, but it's actually that the other party is strong in martial arts and proficient in the way of battle formation. And they are also very well versed in the weaknesses of our formation. From the beginning of their formation, without exception, they all avoided the danger area, so that the other officers and men of our army could not smoothly surround and help each other.

I found out that the general who came to rob the camp was Dong Wu, a rebel general in Hujiaoguan, and there were archers Yan Yang under his command, and generals Zhang Gen, Li Sheng, Xiang Wei, Yan You, Chen Shou and others. I led the army to block it desperately, but I still couldn't intercept it. My lord, the purpose of their visit is very obvious, that is, to rush to the rear of our army to carry heavy grain and grass.

Also, I just got a report that the person in charge of the enemy's army is not Wang Mang, but Sun Ce, the military advisor under Li Zhong's account. This person defected to Li Zhong for unknown reasons, and Li Zhong was ordering his arrest. Unexpectedly, this number of people took refuge in Wang Mang's account a few days ago and did things for Wang Mang. ”

"What? Is the person who commands the army Gongsun Ce? And not Wang Mang? ”

When Pi Tong heard the news, he was completely shocked, and muttered: "Gongsun Ce is the one who knows exactly the weakness of my Five Elements Formation, and now that these people who rob the camp can avoid the defense line so smoothly, it seems that it must be Gongsun Ce's arrangement."

Li Zhong and I are both rigid and soft, and Gongsun Ce has been working under Li Zhong's account for many years, and he knows some of my details. This matter was my mistake, and I lost a trick, and I didn't even find out the specific situation of Wang Mang's army in advance. ”

"My lord, what shall we do now?"

The rest of the generals were also a little panicked at this moment, and asked one after another: "This time, they have sent so many generals to attack the camp, it seems that they are bound to win." ”

Pi Tong had already understood Gongsun Ce's actions in the past few days at this moment, and knew that he had completely fallen for the trick and was used by him.

"Okay, good, good Gongsun Ce, I'll go in and you will advance slowly, and I will retreat from your pressure realm. It seems that you planned this in advance, and gave me a cover for me to drill. ”

Pi Tong laughed angrily three times and shouted: "We neglected to investigate the enemy's details and suffered a small loss. At present, our defense line has collapsed, and it is impossible to prevent the robbers of the camp from cutting off our food and grass. Now you don't need to pay attention to them, just defend tightly and wait for the enemy. According to Gongsun Ce's daytime marching arrangement, I think he must find an opportunity to stir up trouble at this time and directly enter from our Chinese army. ”

"My lord, if our army is on a business trip with heavy grain and grass, won't our army be in turmoil?" One soldier asked.

"It's okay!"

Pi Tong sneered: "The three armies are dispatched, and the grain and grass are the most important, how can I not know about this matter?" I have been prepared for the matter of grain and grass. Therefore, before arranging the formation, I specially divided the grain and grass in half, just in case. At present, some of the remaining grain and grass are not in the rear of our army, and the generals can rest assured. If there is a change in the morale of the army, you can inform the soldiers of the news, and the morale of the army will be determined by itself. ”

"Yes, sir!"

The generals hurriedly left the camp tents, and each rushed to the position he was defending, and waited for the enemy in strict defense.

After the generals left, Pi Tong said to himself coldly: "Gongsun Ce, you are a puppet, you dare to use this trick on me." Now that you have been exposed, how can I fear you? This time you're going to die, and I'm going to send you on your way. ”

(End of chapter)