Everything is going in a good direction. For Li Sheng www.biquge.info his injury may have exuded all the musty. He and his raiding party did not encounter any good hands in clearing the local forces and bandits in the remaining three counties. The enemy seems to have put all his strength in Xiyang, and the people and horses used to defend his nest are only so big, two or three cats and kittens, and even a decent defense cannot be formed. Although everyone is scattered all over the place, it is very troublesome for Li Sheng to negotiate here, but for Li Sheng, it is just used to break the boredom of the distribution room.

The enemy was so weak that when it came to battle, Li Sheng completely handed over the battle to Huang Zhong and Zhou Li, while he and Shi Tao hid behind and admired the majesty of his subordinates. Although this kind of majesty is always similar and boring to watch, there are some things that must be done. Just as Huang Zhong and Zhou Li had to eliminate these extremely weak enemies again and again, Li Sheng and Shi Tao, the two protected people who could not go to the battlefield, must also appreciate this repeated battle scene again and again.

"It's really boring!" Sometimes, Li Sheng would always let out such a wail, and then gently waved his injured left hand, made a few movements that made those who cared about him tremble, and then jumped in front of Master Huang Zhong, who even had to obey him, and cautiously put forward his request: "Master." You see my hands are all right, can you let me go to the battlefield and play? ”

"Play? What to play? Can your hands lift, and you get the waning moon? Don't tell me you can tolerate it, if you really want to go up, you'll have to be prepared for your hands to be completely useless in a few years. Young people should be calm, especially those like you who are in charge of the overall situation. The battle is dangerous, and you should command from the back of the battlefield rather than charge at the front. As the head of so many people, you shouldn't take things as simple as that. Something like this, you should let me do it? Huang Zhong glared at Li Sheng tightly, and said such a long call with great concern, which made the people around him stunned. As a general, Huang Zhong was usually silent, and he had never said so much as he did today.

"Yes......" was reprimanded by his master so mercilessly, even the bold Li Sheng had to bow his eyebrows. He froze, left silently, and then pulled Shi Tao to the back tent and continued his own business. At the moment, he really didn't want to continue to mix in front of him. Since he can't go to the battlefield, it's better to turn a blind eye to this military matter. Otherwise, if you continue to stay in the big tent and listen to them talk about those troublesome things, I am afraid that it will make my heart itch again, but it will be even more uncomfortable. So it's better to leave as soon as possible.

In fact, Li Sheng is not idle for nothing. He's also busy. In the current shortage of manpower, he has to take on some tasks that could have been handed over to his subordinates. For example, the three big projects he proposed to Shi Tao. Although he has already handed this over to Shi Tao to do, Shi Tao is only one person now, and he can't be busy anyway. In no way, he had no choice but to get involved himself.

Li Sheng undertook the task of cultivating talents. After solving the problem of the country, according to his requirements, Shi Tao found a few literate and good-tempered young people from the people and the military as his training objects. Originally, he planned to teach them how to deal with political affairs, but due to Shi Tao's own busyness, the teaching matter was delayed again and again. Seeing that time passed day by day, these people were still wandering in the big tent with nothing to do, and Li Sheng had no choice but to accept them, and bid farewell to the original idle healing career.

Teaching people something is tiring. Li Sheng is only now deeply aware of this. He had never taught before, so naturally he didn't know how to teach people. He just asked the young men to sit down in his tent, and everyone gathered together, and then he began to talk about the mountains. Although it is said that it is to teach them how to deal with political affairs, Li Sheng himself does not know much about this problem. When he gets along with everyone, he almost thinks of what to say, and when he doesn't pay attention to what he says, he deviates from the topic of "administration".

After a few days of teaching like this, several young people didn't really learn anything. Although their minds were filled with a lot of Li Sheng's various unbelievable but reasonable words, how to sort them out into an organized clue and make it helpful to their own affairs is still a no-brainer. After all, Li Sheng's teaching was only to pass the time for himself and their boredom. He didn't prepare for the class at all, so he didn't know what to teach them every day. Although everyone has been busy for a few days, that busyness is just busyness for boredom. For Li Sheng and those young people, they have spent the past few days in a muddy nightmare.

Li Sheng is a person who is not very patient, he is very impatient. Especially when doing things that he doesn't want to do and isn't good at, his impatience and lack of demeanor are even more obvious. When he lectured, the young people who were listening could only listen and not ask. Because as soon as they opened their mouths to ask, it would definitely be Li Sheng's impatient answer.

Such an answer did not satisfy the people who attended the lecture, and their re-questioning also made Li Sheng feel wordy. After a few days, Li Sheng was visibly tired. He decided to suspend the course for a few days, to get himself out of the boring lectures, and to calm down his increasingly impatient heart.

So, there was Li Sheng's proposal to go to the battlefield.

People get a little bored after doing one thing once in a while, and want to change to something else. It's like the current Li Sheng is tired of teaching and educating people, and wants to go back to the battlefield. However, this decision was ultimately vetoed by Huang Zhong, because he felt that with Li Sheng's current situation, it was not suitable to go to the battlefield. He was too impulsive, his perception of war was too superficial, and he was not fully cultivated last time.

He and Shi Tao came to the back tent and began to discuss some other matters. Li Sheng didn't want to continue to do the business of teaching and educating people. His eloquent talk a few days ago had already shown his "erudition" in front of those people, and although they had absolutely not learned anything from it, they admired Li Sheng to the extreme with such a wealth of knowledge. That's enough for Li Sheng. He knew that the admiration of these people would turn into loyalty to himself in the days to come. And what he has to do now is to transfer these people who admire him to Shi Tao's hands, and he must let them really learn something.

"I can't continue to teach. I want you to be in charge of their next lessons. Li Sheng directly told Shi Tao his plan: "You know, my personality is not suitable for such meticulous work. I don't like the patience required to be like this. ”

"But I already have something on my hands." Shi Tao frowned with a wry smile: "Zixu, if you put another burden on me, I will be overwhelmed." He reluctantly expressed his suffering: "You know, dealing with the affairs of these people is not as easy as imagined. ”

"Rest assured. I didn't intend to put you in charge of both. I just find teaching a little annoying, and I want to change places with you. I'll take care of your business, and I'll leave it to you to take care of these people. It's that simple. Li Sheng shook his head with a smile, spread his hands, and said everything he had planned.

"So? That's fine. As long as I don't have to be in charge of both at the same time, everything is fine. Shi Tao looked very honorable at the moment, and he quickly agreed to Li Sheng's request.

Everything is settled.

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While Li Sheng's expeditionary army was progressing smoothly in the Kingdom of Yu and other places, the Xiyang battalion, where Wei Yan was located, was receiving an attack from the enemy. The attack was very crazy, like the raging waves of the sea, coming in waves endlessly, endlessly, with no sign of stopping. Three days, just three days, Wei Yan's subordinates, who relied on the defense of the big battalion, had already lost more than 300 people. The large camp outside Xiyang City was already in tatters, and he had to temporarily retreat to the small hill two miles away, and set up a large camp again to distance himself from the other side.

This is already the fourth day after Li Sheng led the team to leave. The news that the Liu family and the Zhou family of the Yu Kingdom were attacked by Li Shengjun has reached Xiyang City. Liu Ji and Zhou Jin were shocked and cried bitterly after hearing the news, and the others naturally made two sets of reflections on the affairs of the Liu family and the Zhou family, both face-to-face and private: on the surface, they were allies and comrades, so they naturally had to sympathize with the misfortune; In private, they are rivals, competitors, and they are happy about the destruction of the two forces. They would love to hear the news of the demise of several forces other than themselves.

For their very "natural" reactions, Liu Ji and Zhou Jin were secretly angry, but neither of them, who also suffered misfortune, had a seizure on the spot. Although the team of the two of them together was the strongest in the entire Xiyang Thief Army, except for the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, they still understood that relying on their existing strength alone was not enough to command the entire army, subdue all the forces, and make them all obey their command. They can't turn against the majority, so they can only endure and find ways to take advantage of those people.

"Alas......!" Liu Ji sighed sadly. After two days of grief, he appeared in front of everyone again as if he was ten years old, and the old man's demeanor was no longer there, just like the most ordinary bad old man in the city. Not only is he like this, but even Zhou Jin, who is with him, is not much better. Both are generally listless.

"Don't look like that, do you? That is, the loss is just a little bigger. Both of you, you should know that it is not too difficult for us to survive what we have lost as long as we have troops. Seeing these two people look like this, everyone was still startled, and then hurriedly persuaded and comforted them.

"Who says I'm saddened by the ruin of my own business? I'm worried about the future of all of us. Liu Ji said with a sigh.

"Our prospects? Isn't our future bright? The enemy is just around the corner, and we can quickly destroy them, and then we can go and destroy the little bugs that threaten us. Most of the thieves didn't believe Liu Jide's words, and retorted aggressively.

"How can it be so easy?" Liu Ji shook his head with a wry smile, "Do you think these officers and soldiers are just here to deal with me?" They are targeting all of us. Now that all our strength is concentrated here, our nest must be defenseless. With the troops they have sent, it is absolutely enough to set off all kinds of turbulent waves in our nest, and they can ransack our nest, and we have absolutely no way to come. After all, Xiyang is not the only place that is connected to the outside. Once these things are sent into Jiangxia City by them, what strength do we have to get them back? Jiangxia has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Liu Ji spoke out his worries slowly.

"This ......" everyone was a little frightened when they heard this.

After all, what Liu Ji said is still very likely to happen. Although it was said earlier that as long as you have troops in your hands, you can regain everything you have lost. This is true, but it is not complete. In fact, a condition must be added to the premise: "You must at least have troops that are able to fully obey your orders." ”

Yes, after you have lost everything, only the troops that belong to you will be able to help you regain everything. This is a basic condition, but it is also very difficult for the leaders of these thieves. They are not connected to their men by loyalty, they are by money and oppression. None of them, except for the Yellow Turban remnants, could guarantee that their army would follow them after they had lost everything. So, the question arises - after they have lost everything, will they still be able to guarantee their control over the armed forces in their opponents?

It's a problem and a nuisance. Occasionally, one or two of these thieves were clever enough to deduce from this that the news would come out when they knocked out our nest and family. At that time, we will have no will to fight, we will have no will to fight, how can we fight with others?

This hand is quite poisonous. They had to admit it bitterly.

"What should I do?" Someone's eyes widened and he asked, "Are we going to block these messages?" ”

"How to block? That's what they did. We've denied it, but they've been able to make a noise. Sooner or later, everyone will find out. Zhou Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head. The man asked idiots. In normal times, he would definitely sneer at this person, but at this moment, when everything seems critical, he doesn't even have the strength to laugh.

Everyone was silent: "Yes, our side has blocked the information and prevented our men from knowing this terrible news. But we blocked our side, but we can't guarantee that their side won't get the news out. After all, this is their record, and there is no need for them to hide their glory and keep it a secret. They are absolutely going to announce these. And once they announce it, then our blockade will be completely in vain. Even such news, announced by their side, will cause us more harm. ”

Hey, headache. A day ago, I was confident that I could quickly destroy the enemy on the opposite side, and a day ago, I was glad that the Liu family and the Zhou family were ruined, but I didn't want to feel a headache about the situation in front of me now. Under the words of Liu Ji and Zhou Yan, a very terrifying scene was displayed in front of everyone. They couldn't help but worry a little about their future.

"So let's retreat, leave Xiyang, and go find out these damn guys for us and kill them?" Some people are cowardly, so they don't want to fight anymore.

"If you want to die, just leave. Retreating at this time is not only a faceless coward's move, but also a stupid move to completely put his life in the hands of the other party. Liu Ji opened his mouth coldly. He looked at the leaders whose faces had changed slightly, sighed heavily, and continued, "This is not an alarmist thing. How strong our men are compared to their armies, I think we all understand. We are now able to gain the upper hand because of the number of us. They have to defeat us to win, and most of our people are in the city. With their current strength, they can't do a siege. This can be said to be our greatest reliance at the moment. Once we get out of here, out of the city, in the unanchored wilderness, how can we resist the enemy's attack? At that time, we will encounter the little insects you said have come to our territory to cause trouble, and then we will encounter the enemy on this side, and we will be able to call the real death without a place to bury. ”

"This ......" The cold sweat on the forehead of the person who had just spoken kept breaking. He bowed his head, not daring to say any more. Because he knew that if he continued to do so, the results of his people might really be as tragic as Liu Ji said. That's all over.

"What should I do?" Everyone looked at Liu Ji in confusion.

"Actually, we don't have to be so pessimistic." Surprisingly, Liu Ji actually smiled faintly at this time, "Actually, although it is our danger right now, it may not be our opportunity." ”

"Oh?" The crowd thought it was strange.

"Didn't the enemy divide his forces? Then the strength of each of them will be reduced, such as the soldiers in this large battalion in front of us. Liu Ji said with a smile: "Their strength will be much weaker than before." We don't have to worry about their tricks at all. Because their strength is already there. ”

"I see." Everyone suddenly realized, "Do you want to destroy the enemy in front of you first before making plans?" ”

"That's it!" Liu Ji laughed coldly, "Since they divide their troops, then we will let them taste the pain of dividing their troops." According to our intelligence, their strength will definitely not exceed two thousand. In this way, the strength of their remaining troops in the large camp after the division of troops will not exceed 1,000, and it should be very easy to attack their large camp of 2,000 men with more than 4,000 troops in our hands. If we can't beat them anymore, then we might as well kill ourselves. ”

"It's, it's just, if we can't beat them, we'll all have to admit that we're stupid." The crowd was in a huff. They have already been provoked by Liu Ji's words and provoked passion.

Plans were made quickly. In fact, it is very simple, but it is only agreed that the army will set off together tonight to attack the camp of those people on the other side. As uneducated thieves who have gathered together temporarily, they are unwilling and impossible to carry out such complex schemes. For them, rushing out in a swarm to carry out a night attack on the enemy's camp was already a great plan.

"In the dark, the vigilance of those of them must be low. We haven't carried out a night attack on them, but I'm afraid they don't think we're going to do it. Well, that's amazing. The crowd was a little intoxicated.

They hurriedly prepared, and then waited quietly for the blue canopy to envelop them, and waited for the bright half-moon to gradually rise high in the sky.

And when they departed. They left the fortified city and swooped out from the hillock two miles ahead. So their enemies set up a new camp under the hill.

In fact, the camp captured by his own side is good: around the old camp there is a stream of living water from the Huang River to supply the needs of the camp, which can obviously prevent the enemy from cutting off the water, plus the camp itself is in a superior location - the camp is built on the upper reaches of the river, on the tidal flat, there are no trees around, and it prevents the possibility of being attacked by the enemy and flooded. If it weren't for the fact that the enemy on the opposite side had too few and too few soldiers, he was afraid that attacking such a camp with his own soldiers and horses would only lead to heavy losses and no progress.

How many soldiers and horses are there on the other side? Liu Ji's estimate is one thousand. However, everyone thinks that this is an overestimation of the enemy.

"A thousand? Would they really be anxious about our siege if they had a thousand? Recall the blank look they had at the beginning? They didn't even have enough troops to stand around the camp. They? Well, at most, there are 500 troops. Liu Ji's estimation of the enemy is always a little biased. Most of the people thought so, and the successful capture of the good camp by the river seemed to indicate it.

Based on this, they have 120 percent confidence in tonight's actions. They knew that the enemy on the other side had already lost some of them in the last attack, so they were weaker, and they understood how bad their camp was—after the first defeat, they had set up their makeshift camp in the woods below the hillside, and did they not understand that they had given the other side a chance to attack?

If there are materials for fire attack in their hands, Liu Ji and Zhou Yan will definitely choose this method of fire attack. However, it is a pity that these thieves who are ready to fight hard with each other do not have the materials for fire attack at all.

"It's really suffocating." The leaders who were awakened by Liu Ji all felt regret.

Of course, this feeling of regret is only a matter of a moment. How could the leaders who firmly believe that they could successfully solve each other with their own strength have been immersed in regretful thoughts?

"Even if they don't do a fire attack, it will take a little time to solve them." They were so confident that they didn't hide their actions during the entire night attack. The thieves marched forward in a loud noise, and they were in a good mood as if they were going on an outing.

After entering the sparse woods that led to the right of the enemy camp, they were carelessly dispatched. In this regard, Liu Ji also dutifully reminded those leaders, but was brutally rejected by the other party. The reason is, "Why do we bother to search such a vast expanse of woods?" We just need to use our eyes. The trees here are so sparse that they can't be haunted at all. And according to what you said, the enemy has a meagre force of less than a thousand troops at most, so where can he plan against us? is strong, and he is not afraid of any conspiracy and tricks played by the other party. ”

"This ...... There is some truth to this. The other party said it so righteously and strictly, so that Liu Ji didn't feel a little scared. Because his nest was ****, his strength has been significantly reduced in the hearts of everyone. It turned out that several bigwigs who were a little obedient to Liu Ji were also secretly restless. In order to continue to rely on their strength, Liu Jihe Zhou Yan had to compromise on some small things, such as the matter of sending the candidate to reprimand - even in Liu Ji's opinion, this is dispensable. pie, just for insurance. No, there's nothing to worry about. Since the other party asked for that, Liu Ji could only obey them. After all, among these thieves, strength is the ultimate guarantee of whether the words are effective or not.

And so, the crowd went forward with great swagger. Shuttling through the sparse woods, I don't care about the so-called seclusion at all. Perhaps, they all think that even if they are discovered, it is not a big deal. But I didn't notice that a dexterous figure was shuttling quickly through the sparse trees.

The speed of this figure is simply amazing. It seemed to take him less than a cup of tea to make his silent run across three miles, directly behind the hill to the east of the camp.

"Are all the guests here?" Wei Yan, who was standing at the front of the team, saw the speeding figure, and a happy smile appeared on his face. Without waiting for the comer to stop, he raised his voice slightly and asked.

The "......" came to a halt in front of Wei Yan, his rapid rise and fall of his chest and the dull gasp of insufficiency showed that his current physical strength had been greatly consumed. He seemed unable to speak again, so he nodded heavily and raised the three fingers of his left hand to express himself. For his emaciated body, running at a rapid pace was undoubtedly a great burden.

"In that case, it's time for us to get moving." Wei Yan said softly: "Zixu and Hansheng have already made good results, and our side naturally can't compare with them. We're going to have to do something about it. We've been preparing for this day for a long time, and it's time to test the results. ”

As he spoke, he looked up at the sky. In the sky, the bright half-moon was honestly hanging on the highest part of the firmament, exuding that bright and soft silver ash. The cool, gentle south wind was blowing, occasionally bringing a few clouds from the south in the night sky. It seemed as if the moon was about to be obscured by the clouds, and the shy answer seemed as if the merciful did not want to see the impending tragedy.

"Brethren, it's time to get out of this nest for a few days. We should carry out our plan to send the man who took over our city to hell. Look at the clouds in the sky, it is being blown by the south wind to support the north. This wind from the south is blessed by the heavens. Tonight, we will win! Retracting his gaze to the sky, Wei Yan said passionately to the more than a thousand soldiers standing behind him.

He was ready to attack.