"How is this possible?"

Qu Shuai Xu He and Deputy Marshal Sima Ju, who had just rushed back to Fei County from Nanwuyang, were surprised, these two heroes of Qingzhou Le'an (now Guangrao, Shandong) were still ordinary pawns during the Yellow Turban Uprising, and followed the great sage and good teacher Zhang Jiao to fight in the life and death battles in the north and south, and were lucky to survive again and again, and now they are the most important generals in the Yellow Turban Army, but they have never heard of anyone who can build a solid camp five miles long and two miles wide overnight.

The two middle-aged leaders who were kneeling on the ground hurriedly stood up, and the older scout leader had a bitter look on his face, hurriedly stroked the cracks on his face that had been cut by thorns and ice slag and had condensed the blood and water, and clenched his fists again and reported in detail:

"The battalion of the officers and soldiers surrounded the entire Xu Village, the stream on the west side of the village was dug wider and deeper by them, and the mud dug out was filled into the middle of the high log fence, we didn't dare to get close to the closer, but we could see that the five-mile long fence facing us was at least two zhang high, and the stream outside the fence also became a five-zhang ditch, and they also built towers along the fence, Ni Qing had good eyes and saw the words on their banners clearly, the largest red flag with black edges was the Liu character, and the rest were Wang and Yan, let's deduce, There is no doubt that it must be the Langya Army. ”

"Langya Army?" Sima Ju, who was sturdy and stocky, exclaimed, he never expected that the Langya army would come so quickly and be so bold.

Xu He, who was burly and slashed like a knife, finally recovered, his two thick eyebrows slowly condensed to the middle, and his deep sunken eyes shot out two essences: "Liu Cun!" Wang Qi! Yan Shen! Brother Shen Qiao and Brother Zhai Mian died at their hands! ”

Ni Qing, the thirty-two-year-old leader of the scout battalion, added in a low voice: "Commander, looking at the scale of the junior brother, there are no more than 18,000 troops, well-armed and armored, and there are as many as 3,000 cavalry. ”

"What? Scared? Xu He squinted at Ni Qing.

Ni Qing hurriedly bent down and clenched his fists, and his lips trembled twice: "Little brother...... The little brother is really scared! In just a few days, there were only 282 people left in the scout camp, and more than 50 of them did not know if they would survive. ”

Xu He was stunned on the spot, his eyes were full of incredulity, the eight hundred brothers in the scout camp were all carefully selected first-class men in the army, most of them were elite warriors who had experienced a hundred battles in the past two years, and most of them were lost in just a few days, how could he not be shocked.

Sima Ju was also frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Ni Qing's arm, and asked the reason angrily.

Ni Qing started from the encounter between the two scouts at the beginning, and the whole process of the Langya army scouts suddenly hunting the headquarters scouts with a purpose, including the rapid reaction ability of the Langya army cavalry and the ability to always support the Langya scouts in battle, everything was clearly explained.

Sima Ju, who looked solemn, patted Ni Qing's body, whispered to go down to rest, and walked to Xu He, who was pondering hard: "Big brother, Langya Army is a fierce enemy!" Send someone to send a letter to Guan Shuai and Zhang Shuai, see what they say, although we have more than 30,000 horses, but there are only 20,000 soldiers who can fight, and there is no chance of victory in the face of 18,000 well-equipped Langya army, and it is agreed in Nanwuyang Juyi that we will take the lead in waving our army south to feint and attack Nancheng, in order to contain and mobilize the main force of the Xuzhou army, Guan Shuai and Zhang Shuai combined 50,000 troops to quickly go south, and storm the Hecheng that Cao Bao is defending, but who would have thought that Liu Cun's Langya army would come so quickly, and dare to go deep into our army's territory to build a base and camp, so that, I'm afraid all plans will fall through. ”

Xu He nodded: "At present, this change must be notified to Guan Shuai and them, but I think I will meet this Liu Cun first." ”

Seeing Sima Ju's surprised look, Xu He smiled calmly: "Brother Xian was frightened by Langyajun's bluff, but there is no need. Think about it, how many people would it take to build a huge camp five miles long, two miles wide, and two feet high along the creek overnight, and dig twice the width of the frozen stream? Even if Langya can make all kinds of ingenious tools, at least tens of thousands of young people will have to work hard continuously to do it, right? Therefore, Liu Cun's Langya army has only five or six thousand people, and the rest are tired and half-dead people, and they will definitely not be able to slow down in ten days and half a month. ”

Sima Ju suddenly perked up: "Big brother, as long as we replace 10,000 three-zhang spears and put up two 5,000-person gun formations, we will definitely be able to block the 3,000 cavalry of the Langya Army, and without the threat of 3,000 cavalry, everything will be easy to do!" ”

"That's right! But 10,000 guns are not enough, 20,000! ”

After Xu He finished speaking, he immediately issued a series of orders to the two young generals at the door, and then turned to Sima Ju, who was full of confidence: "No matter how Guan Shuai reacts when they receive the urgent report, there is no reason to blame us, only by defeating the suddenly advancing Langya Army can we relieve the flanks of my several large armies, and the direction of Kaecheng in the east is not to worry, then we have more choices, we can go south to feint and attack Nancheng, cooperate with Guan Shuai's actions, or wave their troops to the east and attack the rich Kaiyang Wangcheng, with Guan Shuai's eyes, he will not fail to see this, Maybe he'll send 800 cavalry to help us fight. ”

Sima Ju was so happy that he opened his mouth: "There are so many handsome deputy marshals, only Guan Shuai is the most righteous, and the most moral, and it is the best for us, this time Nanwuyang gathers righteousness, if it is not for Guan Shuai to preside over justice, I am afraid we will suffer a big loss." ”

Xu He nodded: "That's right, so we can't be ashamed, we must fight a tough battle and let heroes from all walks of life take a good look!" The virtuous brothers and others will personally supervise the battalions, immediately organize their weapons and prepare for war, replace the spears as much as possible, and it is best to put out two gun formations of 8,000 people, make food for the third watch, and set off for the fifth watch, just leave 2,000 brothers to lead tens of thousands of old and weak to defend the city! ”

"Little brother, go now!" Sima Ju left in a hurry.

After a while, Ni Qing, the leader of the scout battalion, was ordered to arrive, and Xu He handed him the battle book written on white silk: "Send someone to send it to the Langya army." ”

Ni Qing took the letter and nodded silently: "The little brother went in person, and I haven't seen what Liu Cun looks like." ”

Xu He laughed: "Okay! Speaking of conscience, Liu Cun is still a kind-hearted good official, and he has helped hundreds of thousands of victims in the past two years, I think, such a person will not be small-minded, and he will not embarrass you, go ahead! ”

The sky was bright, Ni Qing deliberately put on a new leather armor, steadily held the yellow flag on the spear, rode his horse to the east of Xu Village, and met the Langya Army's squad of rangers to intercept it more than ten miles away from Xu Village.

Ni Qing rode a horse and raised a flag through the wide suspension bridge that had just been built, looked around as he walked, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in the face of the fastened barracks and the black and unrelenting Langya officers and soldiers in their armor, but soon regained his spirits, raised his face that had been blown off by the biting north wind, and followed the cavalry to the tower in the center of the camp without humility or arrogance.

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