Deng Zilong was eating hot pot comfortably, while Li Wen was waiting in the cold wind.

Half an hour, not coming.

An hour, still not coming.

The sound became louder and louder, and the movement became louder, but no one came.

There were constantly people looking at those high staff members with very resentful eyes, and fine beads of sweat oozed from their heads, but they didn't dare to let go.

Li Wen himself also knew that if the rebels really wanted to play with them, what if they went to sleep and the rebels came over?

Niu Bingzhong came back from outside to appease the army, and reported to Li Wen very embarrassed.

"Governor, don't we wait, it's almost ugly, the rebels still haven't come, they're just harassing our army, right?"

Li Wen didn't speak, and a senior staff member opened his mouth to refute Niu Bingzhong: "Chief Soldier Niu, how do you know that the rebels are not trying to harass our army like this, so that our army can relax its vigilance and attack our army?" What if we all go to sleep and the rebels suddenly come to us? Sitting? ”

Niu Bingzhong was embarrassed: "But now it's cold outside, the cold wind is blowing, the soldiers' clothes are not thick, and there are many people who are shivering from the cold, and they are very resentful, and the general is afraid that if this continues, it will damage the morale of the army, and it is not conducive to the battle!" ”

Li Wen thought for a moment.

"Tell the fire head army to boil hot water and distribute it to the sergeant, the more so, the more sleepy, the more you can't relax your vigilance to sleep, the rebels may kill at any time, if we relax our vigilance, we will lose all the plates, Niu Zongbing, the rebels can afford to lose, and we can't afford to lose!"

Li Wen stared at Niu Bingzhong, and Niu Bingzhong had no choice but to leave as promised to let the Huotou Army boil hot water.

Leaving the house lit with charcoal, a cold wind blew, Niu Bingzhong couldn't help but tighten his robe, looking around, the soldiers were shivering from the cold, in order to keep out the cold, a large number of soldiers were huddled together to keep warm, this cold night to stay outside to blow the wind, in case of illness, how to be good?

Niu Bingzhong's deputy commander-in-chief, Zhang Yanshou, followed from behind and asked, "Commander-in-chief, what did the governor say?" Can you get the brothers to go back? If this continues, it is estimated that these brothers will not be able to think about rushing tomorrow, they will all be trapped to death. ”

Niu Bingzhong sighed.

"Tell the fire to boil some hot water for these brothers! The governor said to wait until the rebels came to attack. ”

"Keep waiting?"

Zhang Yanshou was surprised: "It's so cold, what's the use of just a bowl of hot water?" It's as if you didn't wear this winter coat at all, and the brothers are almost freezing, so wait? Those rebels are just harassing us and not letting us get a good night's sleep, right? How can you fight at night in the dark? They're going to sleep too, right? ”

Niu Bingzhong shook his head.

"What's the use of you saying that to me? I want to believe it, but the governor doesn't want to, this is not in Ningxia, someone is in charge of the head, keep your mouth shut for me, don't shout and hear? ”

Zhang Yanshou closed his mouth helplessly, sighed and left.

Niu Bingzhong also sighed deeply, looking at the soldiers who were shivering from the cold, his brows tightened.

At four o'clock, the shouting of the god of killing and the sound of war drums sounded again, and the soldiers in the city were almost numb, not only mentally numb, but also physically numb, basically there was no movement, and it was about the same as before, a stick of incense or so, the sound of war drums was gone, and silence was restored again.

Then Niu Bingzhong heard the sound of many soldiers sneezing around him, and there were many soldiers complaining.

Looking at the current situation, Niu Bingzhong couldn't help it, and when he came to the house where Li Wen was, he asked Li Wen: "Governor, please allow the last general to lead his troops out of the city to find the enemy army!" If you continue to be attacked like this, your morale will be low, your morale will be unstable, and your battle will be ineffective, and you will ask the governor to agree! ”

Before Li Wen could answer, a senior staff member shouted angrily: "Out of the city? Out of what city? The rebels have set up a net outside the city, and as soon as you go out of the city and light torches, the rebels will be able to see you, and you won't know how you died when a rain of arrows comes down, how can you take the initiative to attack at this time? ”

Niu Bingzhong said with red eyes: "But the sergeants outside are shivering from the cold wind, and they can't bear it anymore, if they continue like this, the soldiers will fall ill in large numbers, and the combat effectiveness will be sharply reduced, which will be unfavorable for the future battle, Governor!" ”

"Presumptuous! How can you speak so in the presence of the governor? You are clearly unwilling to contribute to the Governor! ”

The tall ginseng buttoned down with a hat.

"Can't stand it for just one night? What do you eat when the court raises you? ”

Another senior counselor continued to criticize.

"You are clearly greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Another high ginseng followed.

"You fart! It's not you who is starving and freezing outside! You won't be out there for a quarter of an hour before you're going to roll back! ”

Niu Bingzhong couldn't help it, and sprayed it back, which immediately caused the high staff to be furious, and when he opened his mouth, he couldn't bear to squirt out words, where is Niu Bingzhong the opponent of so many people?

In the end, Li Wen couldn't stand it anymore, slapped the table, and shouted angrily: "Shut up!" This is the battlefield! It's not a wet market! Is it a place for you to pass the buck to each other? It's ridiculous! ”

As soon as Li Wen spoke, no one else dared to speak up, and then Li Wen looked at Niu Bingzhong, whose eyes were red, and said coldly: "I have ordered the Huotou Army to boil hot water for the soldiers to keep out the cold, the current situation is unclear, it is the time when the soldiers are needed to contribute, raise troops for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while, if this little thing is not done well, what use does the court want you?" ”

Niu Bingzhong closed his eyes in pain.

"The end will know what is wrong."

In the end, he said something like this.

"It's good to know your mistakes, don't do them again! Let's go down! ”

Niu Bingzhong thanked him and got up, and then left the house.

After Niu Bingzhong left, the senior staff members said some ugly things in a few words, which made Li Wen's brows tighten.

"Enough! Say no more! If you have this kung fu, you might as well go to the city wall and see what is going on outside! It's been more than two hours, why haven't the rebels come to attack yet? ”

Gao Shen looks, look at me, I look at you, no one knows what to say, Li Wen was angry for a while, and directly ordered the three Gao Shen to go to the city wall to check the situation.

In this way, until dawn, there was no shouting of killing gods and war drums outside the city, and the army in the city also waited until dawn under Li Wen's strong order, and then Li Wen sent people out of the city to see, and then searched the surrounding area and did not see a group of men and horses, only a large number of traces of being trampled in the middle of the mountains and forests, proving that the rebels had come.

The rebels came, but they never attacked, and that is the only conclusion.

Faced with this conclusion, Li Wen didn't know what his mood was, but the senior staff members were full of words like "the governor has a good defense, and the rebels only dare to make noise and dare not attack, which is the reason why our army defends properly", which made Li Wen himself a little confused.

Whether he did it right or wrong, Li Wen didn't have much feeling in his heart.

But the next bad situation caught Li Wen a little off guard.