Night fell quietly, and the front of Tianshui City finally quieted down.

Huang Wudie and other women led the army back to the camp in a huff, she fought in front of Tianshui City for the whole afternoon, but people just didn't fight, and she had no way to take the defenders of Tianshui City.

She went to call for a female general, and she generally did not take much advantage of the verbal situation, and at one time, the soldiers of Li Daojun's army at the head of the city spoke foul language and insulted them to the extreme. Even, many soldiers of the dissolute Li Daojun still stood on the battlements of the city, revealing their ugly black words, radiating liquid to Huang Wudie and other female generals under the city, making fun of them.

However, those guys paid with their lives because of this.

Huang Wudie's archery skills, learned from his father Huang Zhong's archery, although they are not yet true, but they are much more powerful than Liu Yi.

Nine arrows in a row, Huang Wudie has not learned it yet, but shooting six or seven arrows at a time is not a problem. Moreover, the bow and arrow she shot really seemed to have eyes, specifically shooting the lower bodies of those soldiers who dared to show it, directly deterring Li Daojun at the head of the city, so that Li Daojun at the head of the city no longer dared to speak foul words. They were so frightened that they didn't dare to show their heads again.

Of course, although she was shocked by Li Daojun, Huang Wudie still felt bored, if it weren't for the fact that she not only fought against Li Daojun, but also attracted Li Daojun's attention, so that Ma Chao and the others could prepare to bypass Tianshui City, she would have wanted to lead the army back to the camp.

Back in the camp, she was still a little out of breath.

However, after Liu Yi and Wang Yi rummaged fiercely in the bath tent, they saw that Wang Yi seemed to be unable to accept grace anymore. did not let her go wantonly, but gently carried her to the sleeping tent and let her rest first. After all, she hadn't closed her eyes night and day. Liu Yi is naturally not good, too indulgent and makes Wang Yi too tired.

Therefore, after Liu Yi coaxed Wang Yi to sleep, he had already left the barracks and went to see off Ma Chao and other generals.

Ma Chao and the other generals, this time they bypassed Tianshui City to attack the two or three hundred miles long route passes, and there were countless checkpoints along the way, and they needed to attack quickly. And once you start attacking, you can't stop, you have to attack all the way through. Once stopped or blocked. Then the rest of the Li Daojun in the pass will be prepared, and at that time, it will not be an attack, but a forcible attack.

But. It doesn't matter who it is. They all knew in their hearts that as soon as they launched an attack, the defenders of Li Dao in the back pass would definitely be alert, so they were all ready to fight hard battles and tough battles.

Liu Yi actually wanted to go with Ma Chao and the other generals, but was persuaded by the generals, so Liu Yi could only watch them disappear into the night.

Return to the barracks. Liu Yi saw the angry Huang Wudie and asked. Only then did she know that she was angry because Li Daojun of Tianshui City did not engage in the battle and dared to insult her. No way, Liu Yi tried his best to coax her, and this night was naturally another night of passion.

Naturally, under the circumstance that Li Wei of Tianshui City did not dare to fight, Liu Yi had nothing to do in the military camp in front of Tianshui City, so he could only turn over passionately with the women.

Compared with Ma Chao and other generals, this night was a night of fierce battles.

Around Tianshui City, there were originally many military camps of Li Dao's army, but when Ma Chao led the army to attack Tianshui City, Li Dao had already ordered the military horses of those military camps to withdraw to Tianshui City. The Li Daojun military camp left outside the city has already been cleared by Ma Chao's army, and there is no longer Li Daojun's figure.

To bypass Tianshui City, in fact, you only need to bypass some mountains in the mountains and forests in the east of the city, and the defenders of Tianshui City cannot see it. What's more, marching at night will not let Li Daojun of Tianshui City know at all.

Therefore, Ma Chao, Pang De, Hao Zhao, as well as Wang Yue, Shi A and others, it only took them about two hours to bypass Tianshui City and reach more than ten miles north of Tianshui City.

From Tianshui City to Chang'an Chencang direction, its first pass is more than ten miles away from Tianshui City, this pass is actually equivalent to a town, a county-level city.

The castle is located in the middle of a mountain pass, which is not too large, but it is also an important castle.

Here, it is a branch of the Wei River, and crossing the branch of the Wei River is the first pass, the mountain city of the East River.

In fact, with Tianshui City as the center, a radius of about ten miles, there is still a relatively flat terrain, especially from Tianshui City to the northeast, along the tributaries of the Wei River, there will be a flat terrain about several miles wide. Of course, such a flat terrain can also be regarded as a river beach of a tributary of the Wei River.

Donghe Mountain City happens to guard the mountain pass in the direction of Chencang.

If Ma Chaojun wants to figure out guò, he must take the city.

Different from the ordinary passes, this city is a complete small city, not like the general passes, only defending in the direction of Chencang.

However, Ma Chao and other generals did not hesitate, because Ma Chao's heart was more anxious than ordinary generals, because his battle this time was related to the safety of Longxi City, as long as they attacked Shun all the way, directly opened up the route of two or three hundred miles, and let the New Han Army enter Xiliang, then, maybe Longxi City has not been captured by Han Sui, he can lead the army to support, and the ability to protect Longxi City will not be lost.

After ordering the 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers who had marched for two hours to rest for a while, and after eating and drinking, Ma Chao personally went into battle, and together with several generals, undertook the task of raiding, striving to break through a gate in Hedong City with one blow and let his military horses enter the city.

There was no snow that night, but the wind was cold.

In the middle of the night, the land was dark, and in the county town of Hedong, the people had already turned off the lights and rested, only on the city wall, there was still a row of torches.

Although it was very cold and the wind was blowing, Li Dao's army at the head of the city was still heavily guarded, and there was no sign of slackness.

At the head of the city, in addition to the soldiers who were stationed at the station, there were also patrols of one person and one person patrolling back and forth on the city.

Li Daojun was so prepared, but it was also a bit unexpected for Ma Chao and others.

In fact, Ma Chao and the others didn't know that the defenders of Li Dao at this moment were actually frightened birds. For Li Daojun in Hedong City, they really have an indescribable panic now.

Nor can they not panic.

Because. Ever since Ma Chaojun was killed under Tianshui City, they have always been worried about whether Ma Chaojun would cut off their connection with Tianshui City. Once they were cut off from Tianshui City, they would be out of Li Wei's control. Without Li Dao's direct leadership, they are like headless snakes, full of despair for the future.

Hedong City, in fact, is also equivalent to the supply bridgehead of the defenders in the checkpoint within two or three hundred miles from the city to the direction of Chencang. Once the city was lost and fell into the hands of the enemy, they, including the tens of thousands of defenders within two or three hundred miles. will be cut off from supplies.

Therefore, Hedong City, relative to Li Dao. is very important. His garrison in this city also had more than 10,000 horses.

Li Xin is a relative of Li Dao and is deeply trusted by Li Dao. If only such an important city would be guarded by him.

He was also very loyal to Li Dao. He has always come, but he has not dared to have the slightest difference, and he has worked diligently for Li Dao.

You must know that he guards Hedong City, which is equivalent to controlling the food supply of tens of thousands of military horses and the military supplies of tens of thousands of horse troops. Oil and water are not insufficient, but Li Xin has never withheld or coveted these military rations. The defenders were never withheld from their dues.

Because of this, those tens of thousands of defenders. can be at ease guarding various passes for Li Daozhen.

When Ma Chao's army arrived in Tianshui City, Li Xin also personally returned to Tianshui City to see Li Dao, mentioned yì to Li Dai, and built a duel between Li Dao and Ma Chao. At that time, Li Dao had not yet let Zhao Ang take tens of thousands of military horses to attack Jicheng, and at that time, Li Dao was in Tianshui City, with a large number of tens of thousands, almost to 100,000 troops. Li Xinjian had more than 10,000 defenders in Hedong City, and if he drew some military horses from the two or three hundred miles long checkpoint, he could organize about 30,000 men and horses. He built yì, Li Wei led the army in Tianshui City, and Ma Chao's army fought a decisive battle, the army went out of the city, set up a formation to fight with Ma Chao, and he led 30,000 troops and horses, from the side Ji to attack Ma Chao's army, so that Ma Chao will be defeated.

There are only about 30,000 horses in Ma Chao's army, if Li Dao dares to fight and comes out of the city, plus Li Xin attacks Ma Chao's army from the side, at that time, under Li Dao's absolute superiority in strength, it may not be possible to defeat Ma Chao.

However, Li Dao has already lost his fighting spirit, he has no sharpness, he does not agree with Li Xin's construction, Li Dao has always believed that even if his troops are more than Ma Chao's, however, he thinks that it is better to be still than still, and it is too risky to fight with Ma Chao, especially when Wang Yi has surrendered to the New Han Dynasty, but he is worried that once he leads his army out of the city, he will suffer a blow. In the final analysis, he really has no available generals under his account, and no one can compete with Ma Chao, Pang De and other generals, which makes him feel empty.

Also, when did he fight with Liu Yi and not have absolute strength? However, he lost to Levi every time. Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu and others personally led the army to fight with Liu Yi at Tongguan, but in the end it was also a fiasco, and the sergeants suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw to Chang'an to defend it. He asked himself if he couldn't compare with Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu with martial arts, what could he do to fight Ma Chao, who was already a New Han Army?

Li Wei not only disagreed with Li Xin's construction, but also ordered Li Xin not to leave Hedong City lightly, and ordered him to defend Hedong City to the death.

However, Li Xin was still a bit far-sighted, and he vaguely felt that if Li Dao did not dare to fight and allowed Ma Chaojun to calmly attack Tianshui City, then his connection with Tianshui City would be cut off sooner or later. When the time comes, he will lead the army to fight against Ma Chao alone.

Therefore, after he returned to Hedong City, he did not dare to relax at all, and ordered the sergeants to keep watch day and night to prevent the Arima Chao Army from coming to steal the city. On the other hand, he was also a little worried about the loss of his Hedong City, so he secretly sent all the grain and grass in Hedong City away and sent them to the sergeants at each checkpoint, so that even if Tianshui City was surrounded by Ma Chao's army and the Hedong City he was guarding was lost, the defenders on those checkpoints would still have a month's worth of food reserves. In doing so, he didn't report it to Li Dao, but just prepared it in private, planning that even if Hedong City was lost, he could use those checkpoints to deal with Ma Chaojun for a while.

That night, he couldn't sleep for a long time, and his eyelids kept jumping.

For this reason, he simply did not sleep, and went out on patrol in armor, ready to inspect the city defenses to see if his soldiers showed any signs of laxity.

Ma Chao and the others sneaked directly to the west gate of the city, but Li Xin happened to inspect the west gate of the city.

There was a heavy snowfall yesterday, so. The snow on the ground had not yet completely melted, so that although the night was dark, the snow under the castle could barely be seen.

Sneak up on Ma Chao and the others who are preparing for a sneak attack. There were only four or five hundred men in all, and each of them wore a snow-white cloak, like snails, and crawled on the ground slowly, little by little.

Now, Ma Chao and the others have climbed in front of the moat under the city.

Well, that's right. Although this city is only a small city, because of its close proximity to the tributaries of the Wei River, a river moat was dug under the city. It is more than ten meters wide. Because it is a living water moat, although the weather is cold, there is no ice on the surface of the moat. If Ma Chao and others want to attack and attack the city, they must dive through the moat.

This is for the besieging side. This moat. It is also equivalent to a natural risk.

The current river is freezing and biting, and if you dive through the moat, you will probably be frozen in the water immediately.

In addition to Ma Chao and other first-class generals, only those who can protect their bodies by luck can dive through the moat. The soldiers, who were carrying some ropes and a small amount of planks, planned to be sneaked over by Ma Chao, Wang Yue and others. A simple rope bridge over the river was erected for many sergeants to pass.

Just cross the moat. It is only ten or twenty meters away from the city wall, and when the time comes, you can go to the city and attack it.

Ma Chao and Pang De lay on the side of the moat respectively, and used their internal strength to press down the two wooden stakes to the riverside and fix them, and then tied one end of the rope tightly. In this way, as long as you swim across the river and tighten the rope, you can form a soft ladder and float on the water. When the time comes, the soldiers in the back, laying wooden planks on it, will be a pontoon bridge on the water.

However, just as Ma Chao and Pang De were sliding down from the moat, enduring the biting cold of the moat, there was a sudden sound on the city.

It turned out that Li Xin had inspected the west gate of the city.

"Report to General Li, one qiē is normal!"

"Well, keep an eye on me, this period is not destined to be peaceful. Wake up your spirits, as long as our lord repels Ma Chaojun, when the time comes, I, Li Xin, will personally ask the lord for his life and give you a reward, even if you are allowed to go into other people's territory to move around. ”

"Really?"

"I, Li Xin, will never break my word!"

"Ha, great, the brothers haven't been active for a long time, okay, brothers, all staring down with wide eyes, as soon as there is any movement, immediately warn, bows and arrows are waiting!"

The soldier in charge of the guard let out a lewd laugh.

For Li Daojun, they don't have the idea of a vacation. Moreover, the so-called reward, their sergeants are not too rare, because the reward is nothing more than a little coin, some wine and food. Vacations, these guys, their homes are not here, and they don't even have families, they don't know, and they don't think about going home or anything at all. Money, they are guarding here, poor and remote, there is no place to spend money, at most they go to Tianshui City to find happiness. They will not lack food and drink.

Therefore, what they hope most is that they can loot at any time like when they were under Dong Zhuo's tent before, and for them, only plundering can be regarded as a windfall. And most importantly, they can play with women at will without spending money, and even catch some women back. This is the real no-capital business.

It's just that in recent years, they have really suffocated them. Because Li Dao occupies Tianshui City, the Tianshui area, but Li Dao has a foothold, it is naturally impossible for him to let the soldiers below turn these places into red land for thousands of miles, it is impossible for them to be indiscriminately robbed, and then the entire Tianshui will become a place without a little human population.

And the place immediately followed by Tianshui is the territory of Ma Chao, Guo Yan and others. Because he couldn't fight with everyone, Li Dao couldn't let his soldiers cross the border to plunder. But now it's different, Li Dao and Ma Chao are at war, if they can defeat Ma Chao this time, then they can wave their army into Longxi and let go of the robbery.

"Okay, is it really okay?" Li Xin also stopped the laughing soldiers on the city with unease, and personally glanced at the city.

The city was snow-white, and there was nothing to be seen on the surface.

At this time, it was really hard to get rid of Ma Chao and Pang De, who had already sneaked into the moat.

In fact, Ma Chao and Pang De are actually not proficient in water, but the moat is only more than ten meters wide, and they are confident that they can swim over it with their breath in their breath, so they dare to go into the water.

But it happened that as soon as they got out of the water, there was a sound of talking in the city, which made them not dare to move even after they got out of the water.

In addition, the moat is not too simple, the bottom of the river is full of sharpened spikes, and if you fall to the bottom of the river, you will be stabbed by those dense spikes.

It was bitterly cold in the water, and both of them felt a little stiff in their hands and feet.

In fact, the two of them were in the water, and bubbles kept coming out of their mouths, if it weren't for the moat being living water, the bubbles would rush to the water, and I was afraid that the people in the city would find out that something was wrong.

"Huh? What's there? ”

Li Xin didn't notice that there was anyone outside the moat under the city, nor did he notice Ma Chao and Pang De in the moat.

However, with sharp eyes, he actually saw four wooden stakes that were not too high and protruding by the moat below.

"Where?" The soldiers beside Li Xin leaned their heads close to the wall and looked out.

Following Li Xin's finger, a soldier said casually: "It looks like it should be wood, right?" ”

"Wood? When was there such wood on the side of the moat? General Ben had also made his rounds during the day, and there were no four stakes on the other side of the moat. Not good! ”

Li Xin was suddenly startled and lost his voice. (To be continued......)