"We lost 600 men in the night battle three days ago......," said a man in the hall of the Xiyang County Ya with anger. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"We lost five hundred men in today's battle......" The anger contained in the words grew louder and louder, and his tone became more and more harsh.

"Our soldiers have shrunk from a total of 3,200 to 1,800 now. In just four days, our men lost 1,100 men. On the other hand, the strength of the two divisions of Liu and Zhou has not been reduced, and when we have lost more than 1,000 people, your team has only lost more than 100 people. Again, this was lost in the melee three days ago. As for today's battle, you have not suffered any blow at all. I'd love to ask you guys what the hell is going on. He finally couldn't suppress the anger in his chest, and couldn't help but shout.

In his shouting, everyone in the hall had their own reactions: Liu and Zhou sneered impatiently; The other party sitting opposite them stared at the two of them through gritted teeth, with the idea of breaking them into pieces. Although they were still sitting together and attending meetings together in the county office, it was clear that they had been divided into two factions. On one side, there are slightly more people than the leaders of the thieves who are the main force of the Yellow Turban tribe, and on the other side are the local powerful forces dominated by Liu Ji and Zhou Yan. At this moment, there was a contradiction between them, but its fierce urgency could no longer be concealed and the surface of the gentle work was rising.

Everyone gathered in this hall to say that it was a review of the disadvantages of the past few days, in order to find a way to correct the mistakes, but in fact, it was a party led by the Yellow Turban tribe that was basically rooted in the local area, and among them, it was a showdown between the wealthy Liu Zhou and his family. The main thing is to solve the problem of the leadership of the entire coalition army after the great change of power between the two sides.

"You can't do without a head. We can't let the command go into this mess any longer, we have to find a leader for our team. Several Yellow Turban Leaders who had brought hundreds of people to support said with a sparkle on their faces. They want to fight for this position, they want to put down roots here. Although the four counties in the north of Jiangxia are the most broken places in Jiangxia, no matter how broken they are, it is much better than staying in the Dabie Mountains. Before the Sun family in the east has fulfilled its promise to itself, staying here is really the best choice.

Of course, if you want to gain a foothold here and gain your own territory, you will undoubtedly offend some people. So who to offend and who to target is something to think about with a little brain. Because of the same desire, several people who had been very close to each other in the mountains formally reached a joint agreement two days ago, integrated their respective teams, and decided to form another faction system led by Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, the two most powerful of them, and became the largest force in the entire coalition army -- after the integration was completed, the strength of these people had reached about 1,200 people, far more than the 700 people of Liu Zhou and the others.

Rights and enjoyment must be backed by strength. Originally, Liu Zhou's team was the strongest part of the all-coalition army, so it was naturally normal for everyone to respect him as the leader. And now that Zhang and Chen Zhijun's strength is higher than that of Liu and Zhou, it is normal for them to want to use this as a backing to seek more rights for themselves. In addition, these days, a series of dissatisfaction with Liu Zhou and the two of them, as well as Liu Zhou's inexplicable move to preserve their strength, have given Zhang and Chen the opportunity to provoke the relationship between everyone, so that they can gradually isolate Liu Zhou and the others, thus creating the current situation.

Of course, the reason why everyone confronted Liu Zhou and the others was because of this incident - because of the faintly wrinkled white paper and an envelope that seemed to have just been opened when spread out in front of everyone. If he hadn't taken this from Zhou Yan's hands, I was afraid that everyone wouldn't have made trouble in such a wartime anyway. After all, there is a common enemy in front of them. For them, this enemy on the other side is a headache for them.

However, they found this strange white paper and an equally strange envelope.

"Liu Ji and Zhou Yan? Can you explain how this letter relates to your safety these days? Why did they kill the captives, but only our people, and put yours back? Chen Sun glared at the two of them and asked Liu Zhou and the others in a snarky tone.

"I'm afraid that no matter how I explain it, you all have the corresponding opinion in your heart, right? In fact, the matter was originally so simple: we were just guarding our city at the south gate, because there were many flags outside the city, I did not know the depth of the truth, although the enemy had no attacking soldiers, I could only defend there. All the soldiers of our army can testify to this. About a moment before you arrived, the enemy suddenly moved. One of the generals, dressed in silver armor, suddenly appeared under the city and shot an arrow at us. It was this letter that was on his arrows. This is really strange, and we naturally have to spread out the letter and read it now. However, this letter is a blank sheet of paper, and we are surprised and inexplicable. And while we were not knowing why, ye came and asked for the letter. Maybe you want to use this letter to calculate something! Liu Ji endured the anger in his chest, and calmly and conditioned what he had experienced: "As for the issue of the prisoners that day, isn't it already decided? If you have to reverse black and white, you are afraid that everything will be stopped. ”

"So it's just a coincidence?" Seeing that everyone seemed to be moved by Liu Ji's words, Chen Sun's face couldn't help but change slightly, and he said coldly: "If it's just one time, it may be explained by coincidence." But this was the case both times, which cannot but make people suspicious. You said you didn't know why the envelope was a blank sheet of paper, is that possible? Can it be believed? You know, it's been in your hands for a while. ”

"What exactly do you want to say?" Zhou Yan, who was listening irritably, asked with a frown.

"I wonder if you're in cahoots with those guys out there." Chen Sun's eyes flashed, and he asked sharply.

"Chen Sun, you kid, don't bully people too much." Hearing Chen Sun slander himself like this, Zhou Yan roared angrily. His personality was always so irritable.

"I'm spurting blood? Don't do it, but don't dare to bear it. Chen Sun said tightly without taking a step.

Seeing that Chen Sun was unwilling to be kind, Liu Ji frowned again, and a flame of anger ignited in his eyes. I only heard him say in a deep voice: "Lord Chen Sun, evidence, I need evidence." How can you arbitrarily correct such a great event based on your words? If there is no relevant evidence, I am afraid that everyone here will not be convinced. ”

"Evidence? I have no evidence that you are indeed collaborators. But again, you don't have the evidence to prove your innocence. Chen Sun smiled smugly and looked at him obliquely, "You are absolutely suspicious, so you can't stay in your current position any longer." Although the coalition army is not a strict team, it will never allow anyone suspected of collaborating with the enemy to occupy a high position, so it ...... I also asked the two generals to give up their posts. ”

"Give up the position of military advisor?" Liu Ji and Zhou Yan couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and then laughed, "So this is your real intention?" So you're trying to force us to give way! Ha ha! ”

Smiling and smiling, their eyes became more and more stern: "If this is your common will, we will give up this position." But I would like to ask you that I don't know if you know how to be ashamed of this kind of infighting when you have such an important enemy in front of you. Hum! That's all for you, and you can discuss the distribution of these two places for yourselves. It's really a lack of vertical and conspiracy! ”

After the two said this coldly, they turned around and left, leaving behind the room of people who looked at each other.

"Damn, these two people are too arrogant." Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Zhang Wu pouted in annoyance and said.

"There's no way, who made us too excited, and couldn't wait to have a showdown with these two people before we had the evidence of their collaboration? It's a good thing that I just forced them to step down, but instead of solving them, I completely offended them and made us incompatible between the two sides. Chen Sun shook his head helplessly. He was also very unhappy with the final outcome.

"Completely offended them? What should I do? Some people panicked, and most of them were small forces that followed them to attack Liu Zhou and the others. Originally, they were only dissatisfied with Liu Zhou and the two in their hearts, and they did not directly resist the two. It's just that his heart is not firm, and under the preaching of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, he attacked Liu Zhou from the two of them. They originally wanted to get maybe the benefits from this, but they didn't want to end up with such a situation - they didn't get the benefits at all, but completely offended Liu Zhou and the others, and formed a grudge. As a small force with little strength, they were really afraid that Liu Zhou and the others would use this as an excuse to retaliate against their own group of people.

"Lord Chen, Lord Zhang, we have become like this for you, you can't leave us alone!" Those people immediately turned to Zhang Wu and Chen Sun. In their opinion, since there is an irreconcilable contradiction between their side and Liu Zhou, there is no room for them to retreat. He must fight against Liu Zhou and the others. Of course, he can't beat the two of them, so he must find a force that can fight against the two. In their eyes, the forces led by Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are undoubtedly their best choice. They couldn't wait to climb up and hold on to this relationship tightly.

"Rest assured, rest assured! How could we abandon you? In fact, for the safety of all of us, for all of us to see tomorrow, and for the whole war to turn in a good direction, we need your strength. Chen Sun smiled evilly. The crowd voted on their side, and that was exactly what he needed. As a figure who thinks he is much more powerful than Liu Zhou and the two guys, the first thing he sees is the power of these many small forces.

"Just bring these small forces together. It is not necessary to take them into our account entirely, but to make them listen to us properly. That would allow us to completely suppress the forces of Liu Zhou and the others, so that they could not move at all. This is exactly what Zhang Wu and Chen Sun saw, and Liu Ji and Zhou Yan couldn't find out for a long time.

Liu Zhou and the others are too lonely, too lonely. Such an attitude, even if they are able to fully transcend the contradictions with others and make good use of the contradictions between the various small forces to develop themselves, it also makes their enemies far more than their allies. This code of conduct is a good rule when their power has not weakened, but at the moment, it is undoubtedly the introduction for them to step by step into the abyss of ruin. When they were taking the wrong step after step, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun did not give them a chance to breathe at all. They completely exploited the resentment and fear of most of the leaders against the two to dominate everything today.

"What a perfect day!" When all the bosses dispersed contentedly after receiving tangible guarantees, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun gathered in Chen Sun's room to discuss today's events.

"Chen Sun, your eloquence is really so amazing." Zhang Wu said with a smile, "He is worthy of being the number one lobbyist in our Runan Yellow Turban Army." ”

"Where. If it weren't for the righteousness of Brother Zhang Wu's faction, I'm afraid that no matter how beautiful what I say, I'm afraid that everyone won't have much heartbeat. It's a pity that the old lady gave me such a roe deer look. Chen Sun said humbly and self-deprecatingly, and he also held Zhang Wu in the faint secret.

"Don't dare to be. You were originally learned, and I was born with such a appearance, but you are more worthy of admiration in comparison. Zhang Wu waved his hand modestly, then his face turned pale, and he asked about the matter: "As of today, the plan we have set can be said to have been partially completed. I'd like to ask you if there are any specific moves we should do next. As he spoke, Zhang Wu looked at Chen Sun sincerely, waiting for his answer. He regarded Chen Sun as his military advisor and gave him full trust.

"In the next step, we should start to completely solve Liu Erren with a strong method." Chen Sun said gloomily, his eyes were shining: "We people do things, the important thing is to do everything." If you don't offend Liu Zhou and the others, since you have already offended, then simply offend him to the end and beat him thoroughly. In my opinion, we must be prepared to raid the South Gate. ”

"Raid on the South Gate? It won't be so fast, will it? Didn't you say it would take a while? Zhang Wuwen's eyes couldn't help but widen, and his bearded face suddenly stretched out, and suddenly became so big and big.

"Plans can't keep up with the changes! Liu Erren's soldiers and horses have not been weakened much, which is a serious problem. Because of this, we have to speed up our actions. Right now, those little bosses have just agreed to our actions. This is an opportunity to strike while the iron is hot. If it drags on for a period of time and lets Liu Zhou and the others launch first, it is still a completely unknown thing who will kill the deer! Chen Sun explained in detail in his characteristic sharp voice: "You must know that Liu Zhou and the others also have more than 700 soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is also among the best, and their equipment is the best. The combat power is really not to be underestimated. ”

"So, are we going to take them off guard quickly?" Zhang Wu thought for a moment and then chuckled: "This seems to be very interesting." I want to know exactly what you're going to do. Saying this, Zhang Wu's face showed an excited color. He has always had a keen interest in such concrete actions.

"In the name of strengthening the defense of the castle, the troops of the various bosses stationed in the castle were moved to the city wall, and the interoperability of the city wall was used to monitor the part of the south gate. And we ourselves moved the soldiers and horses to the vicinity of the county office, and used the established houses to quietly concentrate the soldiers and horses on the edge of the south gate, ready for a surprise attack. It all had to be done in the first half of the night, and in the second half of the night, when they slept the deepest, it was time for us all to attack. We must tell everyone under our command that they don't have to kill Liu Zhou's team too much, they just need to control them all. After all, they can also be captured and charged to become our combat power. Except for Liu Zhou and the others, we don't need to pay attention to the others. Chen Sun explained in detail. He is well suited to the position of arranger of such plans.

In the past cooperation with Zhang Wu, he has always formulated the plan and Zhang Wu is responsible for the implementation. It is precisely because the two cooperate so harmoniously that this also enables the Yellow Turban Army in the southern part of Dabie Mountain led by them to resist the suppression of the Yellow Turban Army in the northern part of Dabie Mountain led by Liu Pi and Gong Du.

Even today, many years after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was suppressed, the struggle for power within the Yellow Turban Army has not stopped. This cannot but be said to be the sorrow of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Is that it? Your plan is really to my liking. The smile on Zhang Wu's face deepened, and he immediately asked Chen Sun with a straight face: "Please take a lot of trouble to persuade those people." I'm just going to let our men sneak in as planned. Hmph, those guys with eyes on the top of their heads think that we people only have some poor strength. Don't they know that we have reservations? Looks like they're going to have to get some disadvantage tonight. ”

"Exactly." Chen Sun nodded vigorously: "In the past, it was mainly Liu Zhou and the others, so we naturally had to retain our strength to avoid being used as cannon fodder." But in the future, it will be about ourselves. If you don't show a certain amount of ability, I'm afraid that they will all look down on you, and then you won't be able to lead them into battle well. So, we'll have to be tough in tonight's fight. He babbled and tried very hard to take on the role of such a preacher.

"I understand, I understand what you're talking about." Seeing that Chen Sun was getting more and more energetic, Zhang Wu was a little flustered: "You are really too instigated." It's like a little ghost! Do you think I haven't thought about these things? He said with a frown, a slight hint of displeasure in his tone. At this time, he felt that Chen Sun was too troublesome, but it was comparable to the long-tongued woman in the market.

"Maybe he will get along with his mother-in-law in the future, and he will be like this nagging everywhere and taking care of everything!" Looking at Chen Sun's mouth that was so easy to close, Zhang Wu occasionally thought to Xiao who was so vicious.

At this point, the matter is basically settled. Zhang Wu and Chen Sun agreed on the time and method of contact with each other and left. An arrangement for Liu Ji and Zhou Yan began.

Regarding this conspiracy, Liu Zhou and the others are naturally unclear. They didn't expect that Zhang Wu and Chen Sun would launch a purge on their side so soon. It's just that as two people who also fought hard from blood and conspiracy, they would never see today's things so simple. They had already anticipated the danger of the future, and understood that after the events of the day, it was impossible for the people led by Zhang Chen and the others to have a good situation with their own side of the ceremony, and the next step would definitely be a life-or-death situation. In order to finally achieve the final victory in such a dump, the two men had to quietly discuss various ways to deal with the two in their own tents. After all, the two of them are not good people, and they will not have much good fruit for each other to eat.

"Today's events are really infuriating." Zhou Yan glared at the big eyes full of anger and shouted, "Those guys actually dare to slander us like this. I wanted to rush up and twist their heads off. ”

"Don't be impulsive. Don't you see? All their actions are planned. Everything in front of us is only afraid that Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are dominant. Liu Ji comforted Zhou Yan and asked him to calm his anger for a while, while recalling today's situation and trying to get some useful news from everyone's reactions today.

When Zhang Wu and Chen Sun conspired to calculate Liu Ji and Zhou Yan, Liu Ji and Zhou Yan also calculated the two in turn. This kind of back-and-forth is normal for people like them. Maybe they would be bored without such calculations. After all, they have become accustomed to such intrigues to a certain extent.

But......

"Isn't it a little strange that you're raising those two bastards like that? They've always been bad. Zhou Yan was a little unimpressed by Liu Ji's statement. In his impression, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, the two bastards, have always been ordinary, and he usually doesn't see how much ability they show. Not only is this the case themselves, but even the Yellow Turban Army they lead can't see anything special: the military discipline is average, and the courage is average. It's just a name for the Yellow Turban Army's toughness.

"Not how? Don't you know that there is a word in the world called clumsy? Liu Ji said coldly, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Zhang Chen and the others were terrible: "Not only are the generals clumsy, but even the soldiers under them know how to restrain their edge, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun are really extraordinary." Thinking of this, he jerked to his feet.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhou Yan looked at him strangely, as if he hadn't felt the hidden crisis yet.

"I don't know if you've ever heard the saying: 'If you don't fly, you will soar into the sky; If you don't make a hit, it's a blockbuster'? Liu Ji looked at Zhou Yan with a slightly unrestrained expression: "Zhang Wu and Chen Sun should have a major plan to hide so clumsily. He should have been hiding it all along, but now he is activating. This may well indicate that he is going to bring us a violent storm. ”

"Are you saying that they could attack us?" Hearing that there was such a possibility, Zhou Yan's face also became serious.

"And it's a very fast, very strong attack. I think that someone like him who can endure will do things, and if he doesn't start it, he will do it, but once he does, it will be impossible for any of us to react. It is quite possible that they will attack us today, at night! Liu Ji said with a heavy expression. He felt that he had been faintly driven to a dead end by now.

"Since that's a possibility, then we have to be ready?" Zhou Yan reacted quickly.

"Well, it's time to turn the defense from the outside to the inside. And it must be done secretly, on the surface, it must not let others see anything, but secretly it has to lay out several important killing moves. I will leave those who dare to invade us dead without a place to bury. Liu Ji nodded, his eyes shining sternly. He was already moved to kill, and he quickly discussed with Zhou Yan to arrange the internal adjustment of his entire camp.

For now, they have completely forgotten how to deal with the enemies outside the city, and are completely focused on dealing with the enemies inside the city. A fierce fight is about to begin.

Before the battle, both sides seemed to have assumed full confidence in the battle that was about to take place, in their calculations. They all believed in their own abilities, in their soldiers, and in their own side for the whole day. So, they were all confident to follow their own wishes. They all thought that the battle would be split in a very short time, so they didn't have a long-term plan.

"The battle is settled." This is exactly their general psychology. Because of this thought, they are somewhat underestimated of the difficulties they will encounter. This is just as Liu Zhou and the others did not estimate that Zhang Chen would use the city wall to threaten him from both wings, and Zhang Chen and the others did not expect that Liu and the two would calculate that they would attack them and were ready to defend for a long time. -- Of course, these are the conclusions of those who are bystanders like us or those who come after us, and it is normal for people in the midst of events to be negligent in one way or another. If we are fortunate to be in a different place with them, I am afraid that we may not be able to think more and see farther than them.

Night came, and endless darkness enveloped the land. Under the blue-black sky, Xiyang County, which should have a few lights, is so isolated and helpless. In the gentle cold wind, the crescent moon on the horizon has gradually shifted westward with the passage of time. The second half of the night has arrived, and if nothing special is about to happen, the best time to sleep is under the light of the western moon. However, the soldiers who acted according to the orders of Zhang and Chen were now quietly and covertly lying on the edge of Liu Erren's barracks, waiting for the order to attack.

"As long as we work hard tonight, our long-held wish will come true!" This was what the two generals Zhang Wu and Chen Sun told them before they attacked, and it was also something they had long hoped for in their hearts. They were originally men from good families, but because they could not continue to survive in this cannibalistic world, they participated in the Yellow Turban Uprising. However, the long-term fighting and the gradual deterioration of the rebel army made them finally sink when they still had some righteous thoughts in their hearts. Although they still have a desire for a peaceful life in their hearts, they have also done a lot of evil things under the oppression of their own survival. Originally, they could only go on like this until their final death. However, a condition put forward by the Sun family in the east gave them new hope.

"As long as you complete Jiangxia's strategy, you can be incorporated into Jiangdong's forces and become a regular soldier of our Sun family." This is the condition put forward by the Sun family, and it is indeed very attractive to them. Although in the future, I will also have to live a life of licking blood from the knife's edge, but living as a regular soldier is indeed much more stable than before. For the sake of such stability, they decided to take a gamble.

So, they followed the two bosses to participate in the operation here, and survived the battle again and again. Thinking about those miscellaneous stratagems, that's what the boss does, and as ordinary soldiers, they naturally don't bother with these troubles. Anyway, they do what the boss says, and they don't have to use their brains, which is the favorite of most of them, and now there are more words of encouragement from the boss, and they are suddenly more serious. None of them want to let their hopes and those of others be disappointed because of their own misfortune in such a situation.

"Attack!" It was strange that the first faint but firm order came, and they breathed a sigh of relief. When the battle finally began, they stood up, lit their torches, and rushed towards the camp at the south gate. Soon, without any reaction from the other party, he broke through the gate of Nanying and rushed into the camp full of silence. Everything seems to be going smoothly so far.