In the middle of the night, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

Jiang Wan was dreaming on the couch, and suddenly, the drums and gongs sounded in his ears, and the noise dragged him out of the dream in an instant.

Jiang Wanteng sat up, his eyes had not yet opened, his ears had been erected, and he listened attentively, and the sound of drums and shouting and killing became clearer.

Could it be that the enemy is attacking at night?

The body shook, and the drowsiness of the whole body disappeared.

Jiang Wan jumped up from the couch, ran through the room without even putting on his shoes, tore open the door with a hula, and shouted: "Come on, pass my order quickly, and the whole army will go to the city to prepare for war." ”

Don't say that it was Jiang Wan, even if it was the entire county government, the soldiers and civilians of the entire Wu County were awakened by this sudden shouting and killing.

Without Jiang Wan's orders, the soldiers who slept in armor and clothes were driven by the commander to climb up to the city in a daze.

A moment later, the disheveled Jiang Wan hurried up to the city, holding his sword and staring out of the city.

The night was like ink, the vision was not clear, and it seemed that there were dark shadows swaying outside the city, although the momentum was loud, but it did not look like a large-scale siege.

What I saw was a little different from what Jiang Wan imagined.

When all the 3,000 nervous soldiers entered the city, and the men, women, and children of the city were frightened in their dreams, the sound of gongs and drums outside the city suddenly stopped.

After a while, even those vague figures disappeared.

The Jingzhou army outside the city seemed to have just come out to play soy sauce.

Although Jiang Wan was confused, he did not dare to despise it, and sent scouts to quietly go out of the city to reconnoitre, and after tossing for more than half an hour, he was convinced that there was no trace of the enemy outside the city.

Bai was nervous, Jiang Wan had to order the sergeants to go back to rest, and instructed the guards on duty to cheer up and not let the enemy see the gap.

The three thousand soldiers went back to the camp very depressed, and after the nervousness they were so sleepy that they all fell into a deep sleep.

After Jiang Wan returned to the county office, he took off his clothes and armor listlessly, and after a while, he soon fell asleep again.

In his sleep, he dreamed of his home in Jingzhou, his wife, children and mother, as if he saw them beckoning to him, crying and begging him to go home.

Just as he wanted to reach out and touch them, Liu Feng suddenly appeared, brandished the blood-stained sword in his hand, and cut off the heads of his wife and children mercilessly.

"No, don't—"

Suddenly, he woke up from the nightmare and sat up again.

Shortness of breath, the summer breeze blowing through the hall blows on the back, a cool breath penetrates the bones, and when I touch the back, it is sticky and leaching out of a cold sweat.

It turned out to be just a dream.

"Alas—" He shook his head and sighed softly, and in that sigh there was a faint helplessness.

Recalling that dream, Jiang Wan had palpitations, and a strong sense of homesickness arose.

Since hearing the news of the fall of Jingzhou, he has tried his best to suppress the thoughts and worries about his family in a corner of his heart, and deliberately not touch it.

Because Jiang Wan knew that those were the soft coercion of his own will, he was afraid that if he continued to think wildly, he would shake his loyalty to Liu Gong.

It's just that people are not plants and trees, and they can be ruthless.

Jiang Wan was once worried that if he was against Liu Feng like this, Liu Feng would be angry and disadvantageous to his wife and children, or use them as hostages to force him to give up resistance.

It is only now that this fear has gradually disappeared.

Liu Feng did not use his own family to threaten him, and he also did not have other people's family members to act as a shield for him to enter Sichuan, on the contrary, judging from the news sent back by Jingzhou, Liu Feng has always been kind to their family members.

This young man, who has always been known by them as a "traitor to his father", has a tolerant bearing at this point.

In the depths of his heart, Jiang Wan was so grateful to Liu Feng.

It's just that this kind of gratitude, like his longing for his family, is deeply locked in a corner of Jiang Wan's heart.

Who knows, it was just a nightmare, and it easily opened the door to Jiang Wan's self-righteous will, and all kinds of thoughts, like the water that broke the embankment, rolled out, gnawing at his seemingly firm faith like an ant.

"Jiang Wan, Jiang Wan, you must not think about it, Uncle Liu Huang is the master, you can only realize your ambitions by following him, you can't think about him, you must not ......"

Jiang Wan held his breath and condensed, exhaled deeply, and used this kind of autosuggestion to calm the agitated mood.

Gradually, his thoughts returned to calm, and the calm of the white face resurfaced.

Knock Knock Qiang~~Knock Knock Qiang~~ It's like a lake that has just calmed down and is as smooth as a mirror, and it was suddenly thrown into a 10,000-pound boulder, and the huge waves set off instantly shattered the illusory peace.

The sound of gongs and drums sounded again.

Jiang Wan was taken aback, and before he could think about it, he hurriedly put on his armor and clothes, and ordered his soldiers to go to the city to prepare for battle.

When I hurried to the city again, I saw still a few vague figures in the night, knocking and beating for a long time, and when the defenders of Wuxian County were almost all there, the other party carried the beaten soy sauce and drove away.

was tossed twice in a row, Jiang Wan was now a little confused about whether he was awake or asleep, and in a trance, he thought he was dreaming, and he had two identical dreams in a row.

"Dog mongrel, what the hell is it doing."

"Fuck your old mother."

…… The soldiers were furious and scolded one by one.

They would rather have a big fight with the enemy, being played with like clowns, holding back the fire in their stomachs without venting their opponents, as if they were going crazy with depression.

"Gongyan, what kind of trick do you think Liu Feng is playing?" Liao Hua leaned in and asked depressedly.

Jiang Wan pondered for a long time, thought about it again and again, and gradually figured out the conspiracy, and snorted coldly: "What other trick can it be, it's nothing more than trying to use this kind of scoundrel-like tired tactics to hit our morale, consume our energy, and prepare for his sneak attack in the future." ”

I see.

"Then what should we do, if the enemy comes to toss like this every few hours, the soldiers will not be able to sleep well, and sooner or later their spirits will be dragged down." Liao Huamian is worried.

Jiang Wan pondered for a long time, and there was nothing to do, no wonder, in the face of this kind of scoundrel-like attack tactics, he was not good at using strange things, and he had no good way to deal with it.

In desperation, Jiang Wan could only admit it and think of a way that was not a solution.

That is to divide the 3,000 men into two teams, one team sleeps at the head of the city at night, and the other team goes into the camp to rest, and in case of attack, if it is really confirmed that the other side is attacking before going to the city, the rest of the time they will plug their ears and ignore it, and the two teams will take turns to guard day and night.

As Jiang Wan expected, Liu Feng really planned to use this trick to the end, since that night, he sent a small group of soldiers and horses to approach the city every night, beating gongs and drums on both sides of the north and west at the same time, and tossing every other hour, a toss is more than half an hour.

Although during the day, the team that is tossed at night can sleep well, but at night it is tormented, so that the night is reversed, and the spirit is tormented.

For more than 20 days in a row, every night, looking at the gradually depressed morale, Jiang Wan was also useless.

At this time, Jiang Wan was looking forward to Liu Feng quickly implementing his strategy of "combining inside and outside", so that he could hit the rogue opponent hard and boost his tired morale with a victory.

In the blink of an eye, January has passed.

Liu Zhang from Chengdu sent an urgent letter again, claiming that the war was tight on the part of Luocheng, and Liu Bei seemed to have done his best, and if Liu Feng's reinforcements could not arrive, the entire defense line of Luocheng would collapse.

"It seems that Liu Zhang can't hold it anymore, lord, we have to hurry up." Ma Jian said with a grim expression.

Liu Feng nodded slightly and asked, "How is the tunnel project going?" ”

Ma Tan took out the engineering drawing he drew himself, pointed to the north of Wuxian and said: "If the direction is estimated correctly, the ground truth should be straight to the north gate of Wuxian, but after such a distance, there will definitely be deviations, but this is not important, in my opinion, it is enough to plant the degree now." ”

"What about Wuxian, has the other party noticed?" Liu Feng asked again.

Ma Tan sneered: "The master's clever plan, beating gongs and drums every day, unless Jiang Wan has wolf ears, how can he detect it." ”

When Ma Jian was worried that Jiang Wan would arrange a monitoring system at the north gate for safe consideration, Liu Feng thought of this strategy, and every night when he was ready to start construction, he beat gongs and drums at Wuxian County, so that he successfully covered up the sound caused by the excavation of the tunnel.

During the day, Liu Feng ordered another team of men to pretend to dig another tunnel from the east. After Jiang Wan heard the movement underground, he confirmed his judgment even more, thinking that he had seen through Liu Feng's tricks, but he didn't know that the enemy's black hand had quietly reached under the north gate for a long time.

It seems that everything is under control, and it's time to do it.

Liu Feng stared at the dots and lines on the picture, pondered for a long time, smashed the case with his fist, and said resolutely: "Okay, we will act tomorrow night, you can send a code to Liao Hua tonight." ”

That night, according to the agreement with Liao Hua in advance, Ma Tan lit three beacon fires on the high ground in the northwest of the city.

Liao Hua had already explained to the guards on duty, and as soon as he found the signal that there were three beacon fires in the northwest, he immediately reported to him.

Liao Hua had just fallen asleep that night, and the guards on duty hurriedly came to report, and when Liao Hua learned about this, he was completely sleepy, and hurriedly went to the county government to inform Jiang Wan of the news.

At this time, Jiang Wan had just been woken up by the last round of gongs and drums from the enemy outside the city, and his mood was irritable.

"Liu Feng, the torture you have suffered since this month, I will return it to you tomorrow!"

That always elegant face also showed a hideous sneer at this moment.

(To be continued)