Time is like a thin frost under the scorching sun, it fades very quickly, and three days seem to pass in a blink of an eye. In the past three days, Xu Dashao was like crazy, anxious and worried all day long, and he lost his temper from time to time, looking at everyone who wanted to get angry.

In the past three days, Li Canming and Wusu have not had any news, even their homes are empty, the soft and other things have not been touched at all, and even the meals prepared on the table are neatly placed, everything has not changed in the slightest, but there are no people. It was as if all of a sudden everything had suddenly turned into nothingness, and that's not all, even the fifteen thousand men and horses brought by the two of them didn't have the slightest news. disappeared out of thin air, and the people sent out to inquire in several waves did not find any traces, Yue Shao'an's army was still in the village where it was originally explored, and the location had not changed, and there was no trace of war, as if the 15,000 people had never appeared in front of them.

This result made Xu Dashao puzzled, how could half of the troops in the city disappear so suddenly? Could it be that Yue Shao'an will do some kind of magic to turn people into nothing? But is it possible? Let him believe this, he prefers to believe that these people are deliberately hiding on their own. However, if they were hiding on purpose, there should always be some trace, right?

Xu Dashao was furious and uneasy, but the Dali army in the city was even more uneasy, because Xu Dashao was emotionally unstable in the past few days and did not issue a strict order to keep it secret, and the news spread far and wide, so that the soldiers in the whole city knew. And it was so miraculous that some people even said that he saw a huge red cloud appear in the sky in the middle of the night, with a Yue character written on it, "Whoosh! With a bang, the fifteen thousand people were sucked in. Yue Shao'an had the ability to induce the heavenly thunder at the beginning, and this time, he must have used some unpredictable technique to take the 15,000 people away. This can no longer be explained by man, it is an absolute miracle......

Of course, no one may believe these nonsense words, but it is true that the soldiers of Dongchuan County are discouraged. The soldiers were personally panicked and had no fighting spirit, and even deserters had already appeared.

Xu Dashao sat for three days, couldn't sit still anymore, and planned to lead his troops out of the city to attack Yue Shao'an's camp, and make things unclear. However, just as he had just come up with this idea, Yue Shao'an's army forced up again and set up camp fifty miles outside the city.

The two armies have entered a state of stalemate from the new, but this time the army of Song Shicheng seems to be waiting for something, and they did not take the initiative to challenge, nor did they attack the city, but the Dali army challenged, and they responded to the battle, the Dali army did not move, and they were idle. Everything seems to be normal, so normal that many people feel very abnormal......

In fact, there are only 5,000 men and horses stationed outside the city, because Dongchuan County has lost most of the troops, so Xu Dashao did not dare to bring too many people when he sent troops, for fear that the other party would take advantage of the emptiness in his city to attack the city.

In the barracks, Niu Qing had already lost his direction at this moment, and the commander of the camp was replaced by Zhang Fan. Zhang Fan fought with Xu Dashao all day long, in fact, he was very bottomless in his heart, in the face of Xu Dashao's stunned youth, he was really a little relieved, he was afraid that he would be stunned that day and pour out of the nest, and when the time comes, even if his paper tiger is not poked into a few transparent holes, it will be completely exposed.

While Zhang Fan was worried all day long, Niu Qing led more than 20,000 troops to Shicheng County. The place they chose was the best road from Dongchuan County to Shicheng County, not long ago, Song Chengfu also chose this road, but the mountainous area around Shicheng County is the best road, and it is not so easy to walk. Song Chengfu has been delayed here for a long time, and he tried to rush in several times, but he was defeated and retreated because the other party was defending against the danger.

These days, both sides have suffered injuries, and the 5,000 men and horses brought by Song Chengfu have so far killed more than 1,000 in battle, more than 1,000 seriously wounded, and less than 3,000 men and horses with combat strength.

The person guarding here is Hong Meng, he was dissatisfied with Jin Mao's unscrupulous approach in order to win and took the initiative to ask Ying to stay here, originally did not plan that there would be an army in Dongchuan County to rescue, just wanted to stay away from Jin Mao and let himself be quiet, but he didn't expect to meet Song Chengfu. These days, Hong Meng has not asked for any benefits, Song Chengfu is not the first think tank under Xu Cheng, in the situation of obviously unfavorable forms, but the schemes are endless, so that Hong Meng has no headache.

Today, the two sides are fighting in one place, the place where Hong Meng is guarding is a mountain stone built on two cliffs, a mountain stone blocked by a heavy city wall in the middle, these days, Hong Meng is high and defending, although Song Chengfu has built a lot of siege equipment on the spot, but still can not conquer. It's just that Hong Meng feels that something is wrong today.

I don't know how Song Chengfu found so many climbing masters, a body with hook claws, the figure of a gecko appeared on the cliff wall on both sides of the smooth mirror, it didn't take long for the cliff wall to be connected by ropes several soft ladders, the follow-up soldiers climbed up along the soft ladder, Hong Meng's strong crossbow on this side could not reach them, and the Dali soldiers were replaced by condescending, arrows continued to shoot towards the camp, and suddenly made Hong Meng's army casualties bigger.

However, the soft ladder is still increasing, and there are more and more Dali soldiers on the cliff, and with their suppression, the difficulty of the defenders has greatly increased. In the past, they condescendingly shot the Dali army, but now the form is diametrically opposite, which makes them quite unaccustomed. Panic for a while, one thing and the other, the morale of the Dali army attacking the village below rose suddenly, one by one as if suddenly changed a person, the fatigue of the previous days was swept away, and the battle was extremely brave.

It didn't take long for the camp and Dali soldiers climbed up, which had never been done before. The defenders led by Hong Meng were even more panicked, if it weren't for Hong Meng's leading soldiers to kill the group of Dali soldiers who rushed up, the camp would have been lost at this moment.

However, even after repelling a wave of attacks, Hong Meng did not have the slightest confidence. At this moment, the form has been reversed, he originally only brought 3,000 men and horses, although his side has been gaining the upper hand these days, but it has also injured more than 1,000 people, and now there are less than 2,000 people who can fight, after a round of sudden arrow rain in the Dali army, and a lot of damage, at this moment there are less than 1,500 people who can fight. With this little force, in the case of losing his advantage and morale, Hong Meng had no confidence that he could defend the camp. At the moment, he is just holding the mentality of living and dying with the camp, and he swears to stick to it.

On the other hand, on the Dali side, although the soldiers who attacked the village were killed and retreated, it made their morale soar, and the places that had not been touched for these days were finally able to be attacked. This gave them great confidence, and they rushed to fight harder. They plan to get it all back, and today they plan to get it all back.

Hong Meng looked at the soldiers who were constantly rushing upwards below, shook his bald head, and rushed over with his sword. However, he alone could not turn the tide of the battle, and even he withstood one place, and soldiers continued to rush up to the camp in other places, and the archers on the cliff seemed to have spotted him, and more and more arrows were fired at him.

The two guards rushed forward, pointed their shields in front of the arrows, and kept persuading: "General, let's go." Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. ”

Hong Meng couldn't listen to a word, and shouted coldly: "Since the emperor sent troops into Shicheng County, there has never been a battle to retreat, and this precedent cannot be set from us." There is only Hong Meng who died in battle, and there are no generals who are defeated and retreated......"

"General—"

Before the guards could be persuaded, Hong Meng pushed the two away, his eyes widened suddenly, and he rushed towards the bottom of the camp with his sword high, already planning to break the net.

At this time, suddenly one of the guards shouted: "General, what do you see over there?" ”

Hong Meng was stunned for a moment, looked at the situation, and saw the dust and smoke billowing in the distance, and countless people and horses leaned towards this side, and in the distance, only small black dots could be seen, and it was not clear how many people there were.

He couldn't help but turn pale and muttered, "It's the reinforcements from Dongchuan County who have arrived...... Don't...... The emperor is defeated? ”

With the appearance of that team, the hope that the defenders on Hong Meng's side had left was also shattered, and a look of despair appeared on everyone's face...... Only Song Chengfu under the camp looked into the distance with deep eyes, and his brows furrowed.