Garrison Zhang Fifteen and non-muddy Zhang Cunmeng two people one after the other, patrolling on the city wall of Pucheng, looking at the cannon outside the city, the sky and horses like dragons, and then look at the death-like silence in the city, although the team behind him is also clear-cut, neat knives and guns, but how to see themselves compared with the thieves, but it is too much worse, so there is a burst of jealousy and envy in my heart, and confusion, the same team piled up with money and grain, why is the gap so big?

"Old general, look, what should the thief do next?" Zhang Fifteen, for the main force Zhang Cunmeng who will defend the city in the future, expressed absolute courtesy.

Zhang Cunmeng and Zhang Fifteen did not forget their duty and maintained a step behind, heard the garrison humbly asked, and hurriedly said: "Lord Garrison, according to my long time dealing with Lu Shi, I can be regarded as understanding his heart, that kid has wonderful ideas, but he doesn't have much ambition, and at the same time, in troubled times, but he has the heart of a deputy bodhisattva, how can such a person survive for a long time in this troubled world?" Now, under this natural calamity, the people of this great name and outside are like wolves in the northwest, they can only eat the weak, and in the end, they have to eat their own kind. ”

"yes." Zhang 15 stood with his hands behind his back, raised his head, and squinted at the endless sky.

The late autumn sky, deep and far-reaching, a line of silky white clouds, floating leisurely in the sky, not at all, lazy and arbitrary, leisurely——

Clouds can be lazy and leisurely, but people cannot, struggle, this is nature, responsibility, and more importantly, to survive.

"Yes, a person who is said to be able to hold the third uncle on the battlefield and cry bitterly, and he does not hesitate to risk his life for the life of a pariah, how can he go further?" Zhang Shifu looked disdainful, but under the expression of disdain, there was a burst of envy, and he took revenge for his dear people, isn't that the desire of a hot-blooded young man?

Looking at the young guard who raised his head and muttered to himself, Zhang Cunmeng didn't know what he was thinking, and said again cautiously: "Because of this, Lu Shi used his whimsical ideas and came up with many ways to reduce the casualties of his men. Therefore, looking at all the actions of Lu Shi since his debut, everything revolves around the immortal, and he can't see blood. After a pause, he sighed secretly, and then continued: "At least, you can't see too much blood." ”

When Zhang Wufu heard this, he slowly turned around and stared at Zhang Cunmeng and said, "That means that in the face of our strength this time, he will choose to go around the city?" Don't go head-to-head with us? ”

When Zhang Cunmeng heard this, he knew that the garrison had misunderstood the purpose of what he said, so he slowly turned around, held the wall with both hands, looked at the thief camp in the distance, and said softly: "Lu Shi, although his heart is too weak, it doesn't mean that he doesn't insist, otherwise, he won't bewitch the poles to attack Mizhi for the sake of two nephews who are not relatives, and he will not rectify the cottage thousands of miles south, knowing that the road to the south is far away, and the heavy army is surrounded, he still has no hesitation, at the beginning, since he has decided to capture Weinan and obtain the imperial capital of Guanzhong." , now, seeing that you are going to do your best, where will you let go easily? ”

"That's what the old hero said." Zhang Shifu also stood beside Zhang Cunmeng, and looked at the Liantian military camp that stretched from the edge of the sky to the edge of the sky in the distance with him.

Zhang Cunmeng quietly straightened up at this time, took a step back, and stood half a step behind Zhang Fifteen with his hands tied.

Zhang Wufu looked at the strong and strong thieves and nodded slightly, but turned to worry and said: "However, over the years, there have been wanderers all over the place, but all of them have been able to wander, so Lu Shi-"

"No, Lu Shi definitely won't, and at the same time, he can't."

"Why is that?"

"Because Lu Shi is not a rogue." Zhang Cunmeng said firmly, looked at this young guard, shook his head lightly, and said, "What's more, he Lu Shi doesn't dare to wander." ”

When Zhang 15 thought about it, he suddenly realized that although Zhang 15 was young and lacked experience and insight, he was humble and motivated, and he was absolutely full of the art of war.

"Since Lu Shi wants to build a base and not be a thief, then his purpose in entering Weinan is definitely not to grab a handful and leave, but also to build like the seven counties he is entrenched in, then he must uproot our Pucheng, a nail in his seven counties and Weinan Pass, otherwise, no matter how he gets the wind and rain in the south, as long as there are our seven thousand regular officers and soldiers in the middle, everything about him is just a dream in the water."

Zhang Cunmeng saw that Zhang Fifteen immediately understood the key to this, and was very pleased, and it is always a pleasure to cooperate with a smart person.

"What the garrison lord said is that even if Lu Shi cherishes the lives of his brothers, at this critical moment, at a critical point, he has to grit his teeth and fight hard, just like with his two nephews in Mizhi City, he has to grit his teeth and break the city."

Getting the affirmation that his judgment was correct, Zhang Shiwu's original worry about Lu Shiliu burning away from him burned away, and he became full of confidence again, and gently puffed up his chest, "As long as he Lu Shi doesn't wander, then everything will be easy to do, with his 350,000 horses, I don't want to pay huge casualties to take our impregnable Pucheng, that is a pipe dream, as long as we persist in this Pucheng for ten days, until his vitality is greatly damaged, and his food and grass are exhausted, we can slowly encircle the officers and troops on all sides with the cooperation of the officers and troops who are slowly surrounding us on all sides. Gather and annihilate Lu Shi's stubborn bandits in Pucheng, for Jingbian, Shaanxi, to avenge his brother, and to share his worries for the emperor. Speaking of this, he couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm, and said loudly again: "At that time, we can establish infinite merits, and we can crown our wives and sons." ”

Looking at the young guard who had become high-spirited, Zhang Cunmeng envied his youthful vigor, and also shook his head secretly.

Is it so easy to make a career and seal a wife and children? It was the product of the accumulation of countless dry bones, the combination of countless luck and strength. In fact, you may be very unlucky, because you meet Lu Shi, he will definitely not let you get your wish easily.

For Lu Shi, Zhang Cunmeng has always been in a contradiction, which is a testament to the sentence, envy, jealousy, hatred, and often more envy than others.

"Come on, come on, little thief Lu Shi, let's fight, see if I can fight your little cleverness with the power of the Great Ming." Zhang Shifu roared in a low voice at Lu Shilian, which was a declaration of war against Lu Shi, and at the same time, it was more like a firm confidence in himself.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's coming." Suddenly, several of the soldiers around them made a noise, and they all pointed to the joint venture of the thieves in the distance and shouted loudly.

When Zhang Cunmeng heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward, lying on the battlements of the city wall and looking out nervously, could it be that Lu Shi started to attack like this?

For Lu Shichuang thief, Zhang Cunmeng has a kind of fear in his heart, although now as an official soldier, he should be higher than Lu Shichuan thief in confidence, but even if he becomes an official army, even if as Zhang Shifu said, he has a strong Ming behind him as a backing, but the fear in his heart is not a little reduced.

Lu Shi moved, and there began to be drums, trumpets, and rumbling footsteps in the joint camp on the opposite side, and the dust rolled up in the barracks, and it seemed that the war had begun.

He didn't have to rest for a few days after setting up the joint camp before fighting, as others did with his troops, but he began to mobilize his men and horses less than half a day after setting up camp.

"Is this going to war? Didn't he know that once the battle began, he could no longer rest to lower his morale? Zhang Cunmeng was suspicious.

Zhang Shifu became excited, and smashed his fist on the city wall excitedly, "A thief is a thief, and he doesn't even have a minimum of military knowledge." When you first arrive on the battlefield, don't you investigate, don't rest, and go into battle in such a hurry, isn't it self-destruction? Hahahaha. ”

Zhang Cunmeng also felt sorry for Lu Shi's anxiety, but this was exactly what he wanted, the more anxious he was, the better it would be for him.

"Someone." The garrison shouted loudly without replying, and his tone was already trembling with excitement.

The Chinese army following behind him strode forward, and said with a forked hand: "The last general." ”

"Beat the drums, gather the soldiers to the city, and we, meet the battle."

"Yes." The Chinese army saluted again, then turned and ran to the castle tower to give the order.

"When the thief army comes, the drums meet the enemy, and the drums meet the enemy." The Chinese army shouted while running, this sound will continue to pass the order, and immediately, the drummer who was waiting in the city tower was ordered, a big man picked up the drumstick and went naked, and slammed the cowhide drum with a height of one person, "Knock-" A deafening drum sounded earth-shattering, shattering the original death-like silence of Pucheng.

"Knock, knock, knock—" The long, continuous beat of drums resounded.

As the drums spread, Pucheng was in turmoil again, this time only the sound of footsteps, the clashing of knives and guns, and the shouting and scolding of officers.

A group of reserve garrisons, lined up in a fairly neat formation, rushed out of the barracks, ran up the city wall panting along the road of the city wall according to the predetermined defensive position, and stood behind the wall in shock, ready to meet the oncoming fierce attack of the thieves.

Yang Fan hurriedly went to the city with his hundred households, the place they defended was the base camp facing Lu Shi, looking at the thief camp in the sky, Yang Fan secretly shouted in his heart that he was unlucky, facing this side, it was the bloodiest battle place that was coming, and the casualties must be the heaviest. Now, this skill prays to the heavens to take care of his brother, hoping that after the first battle, more people will survive.

But this is a battle formation, swords and guns have no eyes, and they can only look at God's will.

"Alas, if you die, you will die, and if you die sooner, you will be finished." Yang Fan muttered indifferently, and then shouted loudly to the brothers behind him who seemed panicked: "Hurry up, everyone is in place, everyone keep their duties, hurry, hurry." ”

Seeing a brother who was so frightened that his face was pale, two trembling strands, two cold sweats had soaked the back of his heart, and he went up and kicked it at that time, "Bad seeds, thieves are also people, thieves are not as good as our officers and soldiers, it is natural for officials and soldiers to catch thieves, thieves are afraid of officials, that is, mice and cats, what are you afraid of?" ”

That kid was kicked and kicked, and then there was this rhetoric, it was indeed a lot more relieved, and he hurriedly ran to his position, one was careless, and was mixed up by the garrison equipment all over the city wall, and made a dog eat, seeing this, Yang Fan couldn't help but laugh deliberately. His smile immediately made his originally nervous brother laugh too, and the originally depressed atmosphere couldn't help but lighten it.

Seeing that his brother was standing earlier than the other teams, Yang Fan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then, holding his waist knife, walked to the front of the city, and looked at the thief army rumbling out of the enemy camp outside the city, but let out a surprised sound: "What are the thieves going to do?" ”