The mood is up and down, this is the best description of himself for Shi Xie these days. When www.biquge.info I heard that my younger brother Shi Yi was coming to report, Li Shengjun and Huang Zhongbu of Yan Anguang were attacking, and he immediately raised his heart when he was fighting under Huai'an City. The attacked city of Changping was located in his rear, and it was the most important place to connect the link where the military rations were located with the Huai'an front. If Changping is captured by Huang Zhongjun, then it is difficult to say about his future.

"What a ploy to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle." Shi Xie smacked his tongue, and immediately wanted to slow down the momentum of the attack on Huai'an first, and wait for the situation on the Changping side to come out. Because he had heard of Huang Zhong's prestige, he did not have absolute trust in his brother to ambush Huang Zhong with that mere rabble. If it weren't for the large number of soldiers and horses brought by his brother, far above that led by Huang Zhong, there was indeed a slight possibility of victory, and he would probably have to turn around immediately and bring all the soldiers and horses back to help. At that time, he was really worried about things.

But fortunately, the news that Shi Yi repelled Huang Zhong and held Changping came quickly. Almost the day after Huang Zhong retreated overnight, the news about the entire night battle was quickly delivered to Shi Xie, making his heart that had fallen float again. Although the army of this soldier performed very poorly, the so-called repulsion was only Huang Zhong's own retreat, and it was not even a miserable victory, but Huang Zhong had left Changping after all, and being able to keep such a point in the rear was a thing worth celebrating for Shi Xie. As long as his brother Shiyi is okay, how many casualties his soldiers will have, he Shixie can also accept it, because those people are not the children of their Shi family at all.

The mood of falling together was sad enough, but it hadn't settled down for a few days here, but there was another news over there: "Li Shengzheng, the governor who was originally in Yulin City, is leading more than 30,000 Jiaozhou troops to rush towards this Huai'an!" ”

"What?" Shi Xie's eyes widened in shock: "The soldiers of Jiaozhou have only trained more than 2,000 people in Yulin City, even if you add the Wu Chen Department and Lai Gong Department who have arrived, and there are only more than 10,000 people, how can there be 30,000 all of a sudden?" Perhaps, then Li Sheng, like us, has also recruited many new recruits. So they're a rabble? But this amount is really troublesome. After the initial shock, Shixie thought. Although he was not afraid of the enemy's troops, and he was also confident that Li Sheng would fight face-to-face, those must be after capturing the Huai'an City in front of him. As for the moment, there was only one thought in his mind, which was overwhelmed by hatred: that is, to take this Huai'an city before the enemy's reinforcements arrived.

Thus, the siege began again after a slight pause of two days. "Capture the city, open the knife for three days, and everyone will be added to the first rank. Those who climb the city wall for the first time will be given three levels of official and rewarded with one hundred taels of silver. Shi Xie made a loud wish to the whole army. This time, he pressed his entire army without any reservations. He used more than 10,000 people in his hands to surround this small Huai'an City, and then began this siege that can only be described as crazy. ”

Braving the arrows and stones falling from the city, the soldiers under the city climbed the erected ladder and went up, even if the first person in front died and fell, the people behind still gritted their knives without blinking. The failure of the siege in the previous days had already hooked the hearts of these "bandits", and after receiving the help of Li Sheng's army, Shi Xie carried out a series of measures to motivate the soldiers to move forward, and they all drew their attention to the city that was dilapidated but still standing. The anger in their hearts and the greed in their hearts combined so powerfully that for a moment they mostly forgot the horror of death.

The attack was undoubtedly fierce, as was evident from the desperate vigor of the soldiers. Overall, Shi Xie appreciated the momentum of his soldiers' offensive today. It's just that such praise can't be turned into practical results, which makes him a little disappointed and regretful.

"The news that Li Sheng led the troops to rescue Huai'an is really too late." Shixie regrets this. Although the intelligence said that Li Sheng's reinforcements were still some distance away, the actual situation was that Shixie found that there were many new faces and elite people joining the walls of Huai'an City. Originally, almost none of the old, weak, sick and disabled people in the city had ever been seen on the city today, only the ranks of the well-dressed and obviously fresh army were crisscrossing the city, and only in terms of this general estimate, there were no less than 5,000 defenders on the city today, far higher than the number observed by Li Shixie a few days ago.

"The enemy has already received reinforcements into the city." Everything speaks directly to this one. Although this situation did not make Shi Xie's mood that had just improved become depressed, it did make Shi Xie have a headache: "The defense line that was about to be broken through was actually consolidated because of the addition of enemy reinforcements, and there will be enemy reinforcements arriving one after another, doesn't this obviously increase the time for us to conquer Huai'an?" It's such a hassle! ”

Troublesome? For this unfavorable situation, Shi Xie only regarded it as a small trouble, and as far as he was concerned, he always confirmed one thing: "Huai'an City will definitely be able to be captured" This has become a firm belief in his heart.

Of course, firm conviction could not directly defeat the enemy, and it was under such circumstances that he made a decision that made the people in the city suffer greatly: "Set up small villages on four sides, and station 500 men in each village." As soon as the sky and night fell, I took turns to make trouble. Anyway, we have a lot more soldiers than them, and we can rest in rotation, but they can't do that. I want to see if their majestic new force can hold on to their morale for a few days after my continuous commotion. Shi Xie's withdrawal of today's siege men and horses immediately sneered and came up with such a tired plan.

The rumbling drums, starting from this day, are constantly thinking around this Huai'an City. The noise seriously affected the rest of the defenders and civilians in the city. Although the way to deal with the noise is very simple, as long as you cover your ears with something and ignore them, neither the defenders nor the people, nor even the Shamoke Department of Li Shengjun, who came to help later, did not do this. They didn't understand that such an offensive horn sounded in the middle of the night was a tired tactic of the enemy, but they still did not dare to slack off in the slightest. Because they were all afraid of what if, in case the enemy's falsehood was mixed with such a real siege, they were afraid that this crumbling Huai'an City would be breached immediately. That would definitely cost you your own lives.

Unable to imagine, the people in the city had to grit their teeth and persevere, they all knew that the reinforcements commanded by their lord Li Sheng were not far from here, maybe as long as they held on for a few more days, they might be able to see the arrival of reinforcements, and see the enemy had to retreat because of the arrival of reinforcements, and then they would definitely be able to breathe a sigh of relief, eat a full meal, and sleep peacefully, which is definitely a good thing to say, and it is also the hope of these people at the moment.

"Bear with me. It's only a few days' work. "They all told each other like this, cheering each other on. Then it was put into a new round of defensive response.

Although the continuous harassment here had made the people of Huai'an City sad, Shi Xie did not pity them because of this, and the siege continued. Every time, I tried my best to swallow this Huai'an City, but every time, under the weak but tenacious counterattack of the people in the city, I was finally dragged down until it was dark.

"Why are these damn guys so tough?" If it is said that Shi Xie regretted it once, and Shi Xie was unwilling twice, then it has been the same for the past three or five consecutive days, which cannot but make Shi Xie admire. However, admiration is admiration, Shi Xie's desire to kill into the city and then slaughter the city has not decreased because of this, on the contrary, because they have made such resistance, Shi Xie's desire to kill them has become even more intense.

The battle went on so fiercely for six days that Shixie, who was desperate to take down Huai'an, did not wait for the news of the arrival of Li Sheng's reinforcements, but received news from the defeated army of Liandao that Liandao City had been captured by Huang Zhongjun.

"What? Liandao City was actually breached. Shi Xie fell to the ground in shock, and his face, which was still a little ruddy, suddenly turned extremely white, "This ...... What's going on here? He asked in a daze, the anger and panic in his chest that made him unable to utter a sentence completely.

"Huang Zhong disguised himself as a soldier and infiltrated Liandao City, and attacked Liandao City overnight. Song Wenli, the defender of Liandao City, refused to surrender to the enemy, and died with the 300 defenders in the city. The soldier who came to report Zhang panicked and explained the loss of Liandao City to Shi Xie. Although most of the facts are told in the process, in the process of explanation, it is inevitable that the strength of the enemy is exaggerated a little, and the temperament of his own people is also added a lot of colorful descriptions. He wanted to convince his lord that his defenders had done their best, after all, in reality, they deserter survivors really couldn't atone for their sins. Of course, he didn't want to die.

"Huang Zhong ......!" When Shi Xie heard the name, he gasped and gritted his teeth, his eyes glowing with bloodthirsty red.

This shocked everyone around him. They had no doubt that the anger in their lord's heart was rising high at this moment. "If Huang Zhong really appears in front of the lord, I'm afraid he will be torn to pieces directly by the angry lord." They thought about it, but they vaguely felt that the situation they had today had a lot to do with them. For a while, in front of the angry Shixie, the generals and colonels in the military tent all lowered their heads one by one, not daring to face Shixie's angry face. They all thought that the lord who was so angry would definitely burst out and lose his temper, so they mostly held their breath and waited for the storm to come.

However, the imaginary explosion did not come. They only heard Na Shixie take a few deep breaths, but there was no movement. "Isn't the lord angry anymore?" They thought, and secretly looked up. I saw Shi Xie Tie standing there with a gloomy face, silent, as if nothing had happened, but this was only the surface of him—the undulating chest showed the anger in his heart. He also wanted to be angry, but as the lord of everyone, he knew that he had more important things to do than get angry at the moment.

"Haven't you seen the traces of the reinforcements led by Li Sheng yet?" Liang Jiu Shixie opened his mouth in a deep voice and asked slowly, making it clear that he was holding back his anger.

"Yes!" One of the generals beside him replied cautiously.

"Alas, although it is worrying not to know the other party's traces, there is no other way to think of it at the moment." Shi Xie sighed heavily and ordered: "The whole army must be prepared to retreat before nightfall, and we must withdraw immediately now." ”

"That'...... What if the enemy comes out in pursuit? A general instinctively asked, but as soon as the words came out, he saw his own lord Sergeant staring at him fiercely, he panicked, and suddenly realized that he was a little stupid to ask, so he couldn't help but laugh: "I think too much." The enemy was so tired that there really wasn't much chance of coming out in pursuit. ”

"That being said, it's still not to be careless." Shi Xie put on a whim, and didn't think that being so worried was a bad thing: "Didn't we lose Liandao City because we didn't think about it enough? At the moment when Huang Zhong retreated, who would have thought that he would be so unwilling, and after the unsuccessful attack on Changping, he would actually retreat to Anguang and turn to attack Liandao? Calculate more and win, seek less and win less, most of the things in the world are like this. ”

Shi Xie talked to himself like this, as if he was admonishing himself, and as if he was persuading others. For a while, the inside of the tent was silent, and everyone stood upright, and the entire tent was so quiet that even a thin needle could make a crisp sound when it fell to the ground. They all focused their eyes on Shi Xie's body, quietly waiting for their lord's order.

"Let the soldiers set a trap in this camp. Our army's Dazhai is blocking the crossing, stretching for miles. Non-brigade centaurs can easily avoid it. It would be better if the people in Huai'an City did not come to pursue, but if they came to pursue, it would be impossible for them not to pass by without entering the camp of our army. As long as we set this as a trap, they should be able to get into our hub. Shi Xie thought about it and finally gave such an order. This is not too difficult, especially for the Yue people, who live in the mountains and forests and make a living by hunting, setting a trap is something that can be done with your eyes closed. In just two hours, the whole camp was already a trap with ghosts at every step.

Everything was done, and Shi Xiele soldiers withdrew from Dazhai. He raised his eyes to look at the sky at this moment, and saw that the original blue sky and white clouds had been replaced by a gilded sunset, and it was now ten o'clock in the evening. In order to allow his brother to ambush Huang Zhong with half of his own troops, Shi Xie had to modify the Dazhai he had set up, so that the people in the opposite city could not see the truth of his camp. Although at that time it was only one person and two people, and ten thousand soldiers and thirty thousand people, it was a little different from the empty camp now, but now the sky has darkened, and the vision has been affected to a certain extent, plus all the things that are all over the camp. Shi Xie believed that even if he couldn't fool the people in the city for a few days, he could still do it after only a few hours. For Shi Xie, who planned to leave overnight, as long as there was a few hours of space, he could leave them very far away without being followed by them.

The team formed a hastily formation on the ground behind the camp, and Shi Xie ordered the pot to be sold, and he planned to wait until it was dark to lead the army. Considering the excessive physical exertion required by the army to march at night, he planned to let his soldiers repay him at dusk before setting off. At this moment, he ordered the firehead soldiers to be arrayed behind the original Dazhai, looked in the direction of Huai'an, and then raised a fire and lit the smoke, so that the people watching from afar could see this place from a distance, and saw the appearance of Shixie preparing to cook after the camp.

"What's wrong with them? Why is it so anxious to bury the pot and cook before it gets dark? Yang Ling, who was patrolling all this in the city, asked with a little doubt. At this moment, standing beside him were his own brother Yang Lei and Captain Shamoke, who came to support with 5,000 brave men a few days ago.

"This ......! I don't know why. Shamoko looked at it pretending to be a fool and shook his head without any clue.

It was doubtful that the enemy had suddenly retreated halfway through the siege, and now that they had discovered all this, they wanted to ask why. Therefore, as soon as Yang Ling, who was in charge of the entire Huai'an defense at the moment, opened his mouth, the two people beside him had to use their brains to think. Although this kind of thinking is simply a headache for a brave warrior like Shamoko who does not like to think.

"I think they probably have the idea of withdrawing." After looking out of the city for a while, Yang Lei replied. Among the opinions in Huai'an City, he is a rather strategic person, and his views on things on weekdays are also very insightful. Now that he saw the abnormal behavior of the enemy camp in the city, and thought about the military intelligence report sent by his lord these days, a conclusion that "the enemy wants to flee" appeared in his mind so clearly, so that he naturally said so.

"They're leaving? How is this possible? Yang Ling was still a little puzzled by this. In his opinion, the other party's attack is so crazy, and it has always been like this, how can it suddenly say that he will withdraw? That's too unreasonable.

"That's right. Why is that? Shamoke echoed Yang Ling's thoughts, and at the same time asked Yang Lei accordingly. In his opinion, Shi Xie's move is obviously to cut off a big pleasure in his life when he is really happy to do other things, which is a little "wilting", how can he not be satisfied with himself immersed in the battle, you must know that you have been working with the lord to prepare a big meal for him a long time ago. Although even in the current situation, the feast on his side can be delivered, but it is still somewhat unsatisfying, at least for Shamoko himself.

"Because, I'm afraid they also got the news of the fall of Liandao City." Yang Lei leisurely said his guess.

"Quack......? What does this mean? Yang Ling was puzzled, and still asked.

"It's not where to start, but in terms of time, it's about the same. Although General Huang, who captured Liandao City, blocked the city after capturing the city, the blockade was only incomplete and superficial, he controlled the eyes inside and outside the city, but he didn't ask much about the departure of those deserters in the city. This makes it very likely that the current Shixie will know about the situation in Liandao City from the mouths of those fleeing soldiers. And after learning the news of the fall of Liandao City, how could Shi Xie still stay here in peace? The news of General Huang's attack on Changping had already made them restless, not to mention that this Liandao City was much more important than Changping? If Changping is the standard, then this Liandao City is undoubtedly the inside, and the inside is damaged, how can his hair outside the surface still exist. For him, it is already impossible to continue to attack our Huai'an, and the only thing in front of him now is to withdraw the army back to Changping, and then wave the army to counterattack Liandao with Changping's Shiyi, this way can be taken. Yang Lei's words were still leisurely, light, and full of calm dust, which made it difficult for people who saw him at first sight to believe that such a young man who looked like a scribe and more than a military attache was actually the author of this series of incidents in Jiaozhou. Although it was the damn Shihui who provoked him, he Yang Lei reacted so decisively and ruthlessly after the incident, but it also made things so irreconcilable in the end. This is his ability, and it is also a trouble for everyone, but after he successfully assisted Yang Ling to defend Huai'an, not many people said anything about him. After all, something has happened, and everything still needs to start from the actual situation of solving the matter?

"Talent, this is also a talent." Shamoke and Yang Ling generally listened to Yang Lei's explanation, and kept shouting about this in their hearts. Although he himself can't tell how talented Yang Lei is, he is sure that he is much higher than himself. "Above himself, but below the military advisor. However, the elegant and confident aura emanating from this person's body is not much different from that of a military advisor. This is Shamoke's sense of the character of Yang Lei. As the eldest son of the Sha family of the Shanyue clan, Sha Moke may still be a little lacking in the planning of leading troops to fight, but he has a foothold in the army with his bravery, but under the daily appearance of his ears and eyes, he still understands a lot about the knowledge of people, and he has his own account in his heart who is strong and who is weak. Just like the current Yang Lei and Yang Ling: he thinks that Yang Lei is a talent who can be of great help to the great cause of his father-in-law, while Yang Ling thinks that he is a talent who can let him do things, but he cannot be entrusted with great responsibilities. ――Observe the level of Yang Lei and Yang Ling, this is also another task for Li Sheng to ask him to lead troops to rescue here. After hearing that Yang Lei and Yang Ling were able to hold on to more than 1,000 people in a city under the attack of tens of thousands of people in the Shixie Army for so many days, Li Sheng had the heart to promote these two people. However, considering that the rumors seemed to be exaggerated, and he himself could not enter Huai'an City because of some things, he explained the matter to Shamoke, wanting to look at the two of them through his eyes. Of course, this is only a mission to rescue Huai'an, and it is a mission that cannot be made public.

"If so, what are we going to do now?" Yang Ling didn't know that this Captain Shamoke beside him was just a person who was rough on the surface but extremely delicate in his heart, but this stunned kung fu turned so many thoughts, and at this moment, he heard that his clan brother had made such a judgment on the enemy's current actions, so he was very accustomed to letting his clan brother have some ideas for himself. Although such a move seems to outsiders to be a bit of a loss of face, he doesn't care about it. Because all of this is a very normal thing for him.

Yang Ling asked so naturally, and Yang Lei also answered very naturally. Looking at his confident look, it seems that he has already expected it in his chest, and he really doesn't know who is the official and who is the subordinate. "Now that the enemy army has moved, everything is as arranged by the lord. Although it wasn't all that good for us to feel, it was possible to do it according to the plan in advance. I am in command of the infantry, Sha Daren is in command of the Shanyue infantry, only you have 500 cavalry. Now that the enemy has retreated, even if it is not too far away from us, it is beyond our two legs, so we can only do so with your cavalry as the main force. The lord's request is that we put up a posture here to pursue them, and let them go away in terror. As far as I think about it, it seems that it can be done. We can go around the camp and attack them while they are eating at the back of the camp. With the cavalry of the adults as the mainstay, supplemented by the shouts of our waiting in the rear, they broke into the enemy's formation, prepared more torches and short spears, and did not entangle with the ground. Yang Lei said eloquently.

"Well...... So be it. Although Yang Lei's method is not outstanding, there is nothing magical about it, but it is extremely reasonable. Hearing him say this, Yang Ling and Shamoke considered the current situation of their own soldiers and horses, and seemed to think that with the combat strength of their current soldiers and horses, as long as they persisted a little, they could also go out of the city to fight, so they naturally agreed. After all, more than three hours have passed since the sudden cessation of the enemy in the morning, and the defenders, who have always seized the time to rest, have now recovered most of their physical strength and spirit, and they can be used.

The discussion was decided, the army was ready, and everyone was ready to fight. At this moment, half of his head was set in the sun, but the other half of his head was exposed. The sky was already dark, and although there was still a faint golden appearance in the west, it was already dark in the east. This is exactly the end of the twilight.

Since they didn't plan to continue this pursuit for most of the night, they only planned to get a ticket and leave, so Yang Ling and the others did not let the soldiers go to bury the pot to cook first, and then set off after the full meal, but directly opened the city gate and released their soldiers and horses. Because the sky was darkening, the vision was not very good, so they were all given a torch in their hands to light up their future.

The procession dragged on like this, and everyone crossed the moat that had already been filled by the Shijia army, and soon arrived in front of the quiet and noisy barracks. Although Yang Ling and the others vaguely saw the soldiers who were still standing solemnly in the camp under the dim sky, and had some doubts in their hearts about whether the enemy had really retreated, but under Yang Lei's constant assurance and urging, they still passed around the camp.

The main camp of the Shixie army was laid across the flat ground between two small hills. Although the distance between the two small hills was large enough, and there were some steep colors that were not enough to completely fill the huge camp, they were still half filled, leaving only a side path less than ten people wide to walk.

Right now, Yang Ling and the others are walking here in three sections. The first to pass was naturally the five hundred cavalry led by Yang Ling, and the next were Yang Lei's men and horses, all of whom were lightly armed men with double torches and only a short knife pinned to their waists, and Shamoke's men and horses followed behind Yang Lei. Because of being dragged down by Yang Lei, he walked more slowly.

At this moment, the sun is setting, the evening breeze is blowing, and the people in Huai'an City are walking on the side of this enemy camp with hungry bellies, but they are in order to turn a belly of nest fire into a full flame to bring to the enemy. The battle soon began......