Hundreds of bonfires were lit in the Xucun camp of the Langya army, two thousand-strong crossbowmen slowly withdrew to their camps, and the officers and soldiers on the earthen walls of the barracks also retreated to rest, and a team of civilians quickly sent buckets of steaming meals, only on the nine arrow towers surrounding the camp, the officers and soldiers on duty were still vigilantly observing the surroundings.

Liu Cun inspected a circle of the camp and visited more than 300 wounded Yellow Turban soldiers who were brought back, and then returned to the central tent to meet with Cheng Bing, Cangci and others who had been waiting for half an afternoon:

"Brother Deshu and Brother Xiaoren (Cangci), how could the king send two brothers over to reward the army at this time? More than 40,000 people from the enemy and our armies are fighting, and any situation can happen, which is very dangerous. Even if you don't know that our army has plenty of food and grass, don't you two know either? ”

Cheng Bing smiled helplessly: "Your Excellency understands the hard work of you and the soldiers!" Think about it, in the blink of an eye, you led the whole army to break into the hinterland of the thieves, no one knew that you Liu Zijian was so bold before, and they were all frightened, and then they received your urgent report, knowing that they had set up a big camp, the king and we were relieved, and the whole of the royal city was moved by the sacrifice of the Langya army! ”

Without waiting for Liu Cun to be modest, Cang Ci laughed: "Zi Xian wants to scare me, I saw it all the way, many villagers have begun to follow the Langya army back home, and your team of rangers is haunting everywhere, our army convoy is still ten miles away from the battlefield, and hundreds of cavalry will escort us all the way, what's the danger?" It made us see two offensive and defensive battles of tens of thousands of people, which was enjoyable, haha! ”

Liu Cun had no choice but to invite everyone to sit down and eat together: "Eat first, the little brother is really hungry, the two brothers will greet themselves." ”

Cheng Bing saw Liu Cun holding a large bowl of rice and eating it violently, there were only two Fluttershy on the table, which was a piece of boiled fish half the size of a palm and half a dish of pickled cabbage, and then looked at the table in front of Liu Cun's military Hou Tai Shici, Fu Min and several young soldiers, and found that their food was the same as Liu Cun's, and he couldn't help but look at Cang Ci beside him.

Cang Ci had entered the military camp more than once, he had never seen such a simple general as Liu Cun, and he couldn't help but ask, "Zijian, ...... Every meal? ”

Liu Cun swallowed hard: "What's wrong?" ”

"As a taishou, the commander of the first army, and the generals and colonels in the tent, you have such a meat and a vegetarian meal like this?" Cang Ci raised her voice.

Liu Cun didn't do this on purpose, but he didn't have high requirements for eating, and the army had strict regulations on the dietary standards of officers and soldiers, and everyone abided by them very well, so Liu Cun didn't think it was a big deal:

"Brother Xiaoren, this is much better than all the armies of the Han Dynasty, the fish in our plate is the fresh fish that the brothers of the guard battalion went down to the river to break the ice and get back, and it is estimated that there will be a bowl of fish soup to drink, the officers and soldiers outside do not have this blessing, they eat pickled meat and salted fish, if they encounter a continuous rapid march or encounter a battle like today, it is normal not to eat all day, the officers and soldiers are the same, there is no special, at this moment, Brother Wang Qi is leading a group of lieutenants to wait for the patrol camp, and they are also going to eat wherever they go."

Cang Ci and Cheng Bing were moved, and silently took the rice in front of them and ate it.

"Report to your lordship: Lord Mi has led 8,000 friendly troops to bypass the Great North Ditch, twenty miles southwest of Fei County, and successfully arrived at the predetermined location Changjian, and no enemy scouts and patrol rangers have been found." A tun chief covered in hot mist stood at the door of the tent and clenched his fists to report, and it could be seen that he had been in a hurry.

Liu Cun smiled with satisfaction: "Let's go wash and eat, sleep and be busy tomorrow morning." ”

The young commander turned around and left very neatly, and several brothers from the guard camp outside the door walked with him, joking with him as they went, and making affection for the brother who was the first to be transferred from the guard camp to the scout camp to lead the troops.

At dawn, four miles north of Fei County, Tuo Village.

Under the leadership of Captain Zhai Yue, 3,000 elite soldiers of the Langya Army dressed in white linen cloth slowly and orderly drilled into the dense mulberry forest, and the scouts who came quickly reported the news of the city to Zhai Yue in a low voice: "My lord, I have figured it out, the 800 cavalry that suddenly drove at midnight last night will leave when they wait, saying that they are going to rush to Xu Village to help the battle, and the leader is the Yellow Turban General Guan Hai." ”

"Guan Hai?!"

Zhai Yue's eyes suddenly became round, and his whole body exuded a strong fighting intent.

The military judge on the side hurriedly grabbed Zhai Yue: "My lord, our goal is to occupy Fei County, you have to remember!" ”

Zhai Yue reluctantly exhaled a long white mist: "Damn! Wait for Lao Tzu to take the county seat, and then clean him up when he goes back! Li Er, how are the troops in the city? How are the gate guards? ”

"There are less than 3,000 soldiers who can fight in the city, many of them are still wounded, and the guards inside and outside are very lax, but the north and south gates have been closed, only the east and west city gates are opened, and the subordinates are dressed as homeless people, and the guards who enter and exit have not asked once, and there are more than 30,000 civilians, and the weather is too cold to crowd every household, and another 10,000 young people were pulled away by the main force of the Yellow Turban yesterday, saying that they were going to cut down trees and camp." The short and thin Li Er replied neatly.

Zhai Yue and the officers around him were excited, and immediately gathered together to discuss in a low voice, and quickly decided on a series of strategies on how to occupy the West Gate as quickly as possible, how to kill the two military camps in the city, and how to light a fire to notify the friendly troops in Xuzhou in the south to come quickly, and implemented them one by one on each leading soldier.

The sky was bright, and Guan Hai, who had rested for half a night, left the warm East School Barracks, strode towards the assembled 800 cavalry, rubbing his sour eyes that had not slept all night, and always felt very unsteady in his heart, as if something bad was going to happen.

Guan Hai walked to the side of the war horse and pondered for a long time, then turned to the few left-behind leaders who were respectfully seeing him off: "After I leave, you must be on strict guard and not slack off!" According to the previous battles of the Langya Army, this officer and soldier are different from the officers and soldiers we have encountered before, they are fierce, with sharp weapons, strange fighting style, and are good at surprise attacks, so you need to send some people to the city wall to guard, and it is best to send scouts in all directions, don't be careless. ”

"Don't worry, our brothers will do it later, and we will definitely guard Xiao County steadily." Several leading leaders shouted assurances.

Guan Hai nodded and got back on the horse, reined in the horse's head and turned around in place, waved his thick arms and roared: "Go!" ”

Eight hundred cavalry responded in unison, and the horses rushed out of the school field in an orderly manner, passing through the bright dawn of the city gate in the dense sound of horses' hooves, and soon disappeared in front of the eastern bay.

Several left-behind leaders did not fulfill the promise made to Guan Hai, nor did they have any measures to strengthen vigilance, and returned to the barracks together, discussing with great interest as they walked, it seemed that as long as Guan Hai led 800 cavalry into the battlefield, they could wipe out the Langya army of less than 10,000 horses, and one of the leaders said very regretfully: "Brother, I couldn't participate in the war, it's a pity!" Otherwise, he will be able to peel off a set of stainless steel armor worth 100 gold from the officers of the Langya Army. ”

Two quarters of an hour passed, and more than 30 ragged and shrunken homeless people came from outside the west city gate, many of them carrying tattered baggage and dirty bamboo mats, and a wheelbarrow piled up with broken sacks in the middle, which was pushed towards the city gate with little energy.

Not long after the more than ten Yellow Turban soldiers guarding the city changed shifts, they were still talking in groups, many of them stomped their feet back and forth, so that the frozen feet warmed up, they just glanced at the unkempt and filthy-faced homeless people who were gradually approaching, no one took these lonely homeless people who saw more than a dozen groups every day seriously, and they were not even interested in shouting.

Captain Zhai Yue, who was hunched over and barefoot, followed the wheelbarrow, glanced at the empty city gate tower above, lowered his head and walked silently, and when he passed by the yellow turban guards who were gathered together, he suddenly pulled out a five-foot-long broad-backed horizontal knife from under the broken sack on the wheelbarrow, and swung it out like lightning with a muffled snort.

Two clouds of blood suddenly burst into flames, and two heads with shocked expressions flew into the air.

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