Ride to the garden of the municipal square, dozens of piles of firewood have been erected in the center of the square, and there are iron forks on top of the firewood, and the servants are stringing the pigs and sheep that have just been slaughtered on the iron forks for tonight's bonfire dinner.

Kabias was dressed in a jade carved wine glass, and flirted with several young beautiful women.

"Kabias, Kabias!"

Gudapa shouted angrily, but Kabias was calm and relaxed, still talking and laughing vigorously:

"What could make our proud Gudapa executive so anxious"

"Kabias, the two thousand people who disappeared more than ten days ago have been killed by the Central Plains Army!"

As if he hadn't heard clearly, Kabias asked blankly:

"What? You repeat? ”

"According to the information sent back from our internal sources, it was an army from the north that attacked our site last year, and in the last six or seven months, they have had an army of no less than 11,000 men, and they are well-trained soldiers. The previous miners' riots in Qamis and Bakusaa, as well as the 2,000 people who disappeared this time, were also ambushed by them. ”

"It's impossible, it's impossible to know. How could a northern army of more than 10,000 people pass through a no-man's-land of seven or eight thousand miles, and His Majesty's army would not allow such a thing to happen. ”

"No, they were originally two or three thousand people, a mob that had been built up over the past six months."

"Is there any evidence, who are their generals?"

"Their system is tight, and it is difficult for outsiders to know their origins, but they speak with accents that are not local accents, and they use a sword with only one blade, and they wear soft armor made of iron rings, which is exactly the same as the samples of weapons and armor that His Majesty asked us to imitate before, and they are the army from the north."

"Hell, how did they do it, didn't they starve to death on the road!"

"It's too late to say anything, according to reliable sources, they fled to Cupigon, where it is said that a way in and out of Cupigon was discovered, and we should have Etis's legions gather there at once and find that way."

"Well, I agree. But it's really hard to imagine, how did they gather so many people, aren't they scattered! ”

"There is no point in saying this now, we should report this matter to Your Majesty immediately, and prevent any more troops from the northerners from flowing into our homeland."

"No, when they are destroyed, it will be too late to report to Your Majesty. Don't forget, from last year to now, they have killed at least more than 10,000 of us, which will make Your Majesty feel embarrassed, and it is better to annihilate them and report to Your Majesty. ”

"Alright then, I want Etis's legion to be in Cupigong within fifteen days"

When Gudapa and Kabias agreed to encircle and suppress Bailiyan, the auxiliary soldiers from the periphery to exterminate the rebels flocked to them, and in just four or five days, more than 20,000 people arrived successively, and began to test the way into the valley of Cupigon all over the mountains. After Lu Gao returned from Shannan, he also failed to find a second way out.

On this day, the narrowest part of the only forest trail leading to the outer lake outside the valley, the earthen wall was raised from north to south, the earthen wall was three zhang thick, one hundred and eighty steps long, the height had reached one zhang, and it was still constantly increasing upward, the earthen wall was sixty miles away from the inner lake, fifty miles away from the exit of the outer lake, and it was exactly located between the mountains on the north and south sides, and it was the narrowest place of the trail between the mountains on both sides.

"My lord, what is the use of our army ramming such an earthen wall here, neither as a pass, nor as a barrier to stop the enemy army?"

Jiang Jie was puzzled, and Bai Liyan pointed to the small river flowing between the north and south earthen walls and said:

"At present, there is only one passage in and out of the valley, and the Jinxuedi people will inevitably forcibly land at the outer lake. After this earthen wall was built, it was not an earthen wall, but a cofferdam. Our army only needs to block the small river and waterway, and then store the water, and when Jin Xuedi enters the outer side of the forest path, our army will open the gate for him to release water and drown them! ”

"This ......" Jiang Jiemeng was taken aback: "This plan is really powerful." From here, let's go to the outer lake, let alone forty or fifty miles, if all the Jinxuedi people camped here, how many people would die. ”

"Therefore, the earthen wall should be rammed at least three feet or more, and the higher, thicker, and better. In the future, this plan can often be used to flood the people of Jinxuedi. However, before that, it is necessary to strengthen the surveillance and vigilance everywhere to prevent the Central Plains thieves from leaking the heavenly secrets, and the second is to prevent the Jin Xuedi scouts from spying on the military situation. ”

"My subordinates understand!"

The scouts of the Jin Xuedi people successively penetrated into the outer valley of the Khubigon, and were exterminated by the old soldiers of the Xian army, and captured alive, and they have not been able to touch the mountains so far.

10,000 auxiliary troops were stationed east of the swamp of the outer lake, and they were trying to cross the swamp and force their way across the outer lake, and Bailiyan also temporarily transferred 4,000 people from Su Hong and Fang Liang to the west bank of the outer lake to station and confront each other to prevent these 10,000 auxiliary troops from rushing to the beach and landing.

At this time, how much capital he has in his hands, Bailiyan is still very clear, at the moment, almost everyone can get a weapon, the armor is still very thin, the veterans of the Xianjun army are not counted, and the armed new Ding armor rate is less than forty percent, and some are still wearing leather patches, and the front is hard and has no chance of winning.

In the following days, the cofferdam was continuously heightened, from one zhang to two zhang, and the thickness expanded from three zhang to five zhang.

The internal guard hoe team released by Sikong Nan found some clues one after another, and the Xianjun veterans on the periphery caught three Central Plains thieves one after another. One of them confessed quickly, and the other two survived for a long time, refusing to admit their debts, and clamoring for witnesses to prove their innocence.

Sikong Nan, Lu Gao and others had no experience in anti-specialty, and they were really fooled into going to Xinding in the same camp to identify, but they were categorically stopped by Bai Liyan.

The profession of espionage has always been kept secret, and whether it is arrested or executed, the official has always kept silent and avoided mentioning it. Not to mention that the biggest skill of spies is to confuse the public with fallacies, these Central Plains thieves have no way to prove that they are Central Plains thieves, once they incite others to make trouble, ordinary people have no ability to identify, once the news spreads, the consequences are unimaginable.

At this time, Bai Liyan was even more secretly executed with the mentality that he would rather be killed by mistake than let go, and then pulled to a distance to bury him.

"Remember, in the future, when such spies and spies are executed, they should be done in secret and not in silence, and their mouths are the root of all evil, and they are not to be made public. From now on, martial law will be imposed in the valley, but anyone who tries to leave the valley will be detained, interrogated, and even executed, depending on the situation, in secret. You all know that! ”

"The last general and others must obey the military order!"

Everyone spoke in unison, and then the old man outside the door came in to report:

"Enlighten the generals, the wooden frame on the northeast hill suddenly fell down, and it is suspected that there is a barbarian army coming!"

"Sikong Nan and Bai He stayed, and Lu Gao went to the outer lake with the general to find out!"

Baili Yan made people cut down the trees on the top of the mountains in more than 70 places in all directions, erected wooden frames, and found that Jin Xuedi people mobilized in a big way, that is, they put down the wooden frames, and through other wooden frames and whistles along the way, relay the message, and use the telescope, so that the Jin Xuedi people can transfer troops during the day, and quietly transmit the news back to the valley, and at night with the beacon tower as a signal, to transmit military information.

On the way to the cofferdam, a path had been cut into the woods to facilitate the march, and the east of the cofferdam was still overgrown, and it was already dark when the horseback reached the outer lake, and the fire on the opposite bank had soared to tens of thousands.

"Su Hong, what's the situation on the other side."

"At the end of the morning, 100,000 people came from the opposite bank, and in the afternoon they began to fill in the swamp, and there were signs of crossing the lake."

Hearing the news of more than 100,000 people, Bailiyan was also taken aback:

"So many people!"

"Yes, with only 4,000 people, I'm afraid I can't withstand it here." Fang Liang said.

"Otherwise, let's retreat now, and when they have a firm foothold on the shore, we will kill them for a while." Su Hong suggested.

Bai Liyan shook his head:

"Retreat without resistance, they are bound to be suspicious. But if we resist head-on, we will suffer again. So let's retreat ten miles, retreat back into the woods, and give up this place first, and let them go ashore. ”

"Then they can gain a firm foothold here, which is extremely unfavorable to our army!" Su Hong said worriedly.

"So, Ben will come over from the cofferdam tonight with four thousand more men, bring in all the bows and crossbows, and meet them for a while!"

Su Hong and Fang Liang's camping on the west bank of the Outer Lake was relatively wide, and if they gave up ten miles of land, they could only garrison 30,000 people at best, and for the sake of prudence, the Jin Xuedi people would only land 10,000 or 20,000 people. Even if there are only 20,000 people, the combat power and equipment of the auxiliary legions are still overwhelming.

However, ten miles west of the west bank, the terrain is narrow, high in the west and low in the east, and densely wooded, so that 20,000 people cannot be fully deployed, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as the Xian army occupies the high ground on both sides of the mountain in advance, blocks the way on the road, and prepares enough rolling wood and stones, it can wait for Lao to ambush the Jinxuedi people.

After retreating ten miles that night, Lu Gao went to Bashang overnight and transferred a total of 4,000 reinforcements from Tian Peng's department and the newly formed battalion.

Early the next morning, the Jinshedi people who had passed through the swamp arrived on the east bank and were surprised to find that the rebels on the west bank had retreated.

"Commander, the rebels seem to have been scared away by our army." The head of Etis's subordinate regiment said.

"Don't underestimate them, some of them are not ordinary mobs, it's a wandering defeated army from the north, and they have killed more than 10,000 of us in the last six months, if not more.

Or do it according to our rules, send messengers to make them surrender, and if you can, end this pointless battle in a more civilized way. At the same time, I need to know what is going on on this road. ”

"Obey the Legion Commander!"

Half an hour later, the Jinxuedi people dragged the raft into the water with a unicorn horse, and a well-equipped and heavily armed team of 100 escorted the messenger across the outer lake to the western shore.

"General, what are they doing?" Su Hong wondered.

Bailiyan knows:

"Believe it or not, they're here to persuade them to surrender."

"I believe it!" Su Hong affirmed: "Otherwise, it can't be looking for death."

"Let the battalions be on guard and don't act rashly."

"No!"

Bailiyan climbed on his horse and came to the front of the camp. At the same time, the envoy of Jin Xuedi landed under the escort of a hundred people and walked for a long time to the front of the camp.