The envoy sent by Xiao Yuan Sangong to appease and comfort and inquire about Liu Beijun's expedition was reassured by the nervous and restless Uncle Liu, feeling that his plan to delay the army had been successful, and Xiao Yuan Sangong probably gave up his plan to turn his face with himself in order to send troops to save Yinling. Therefore, in addition to being a little relaxed, Uncle Liu Huang had to bargain with Yuan Shujun's envoy to try to stabilize Xiao Yuan Sangong for a while.

Finally ended the politeness with the envoy of Yuan Shujun, personally sent the envoy out of the camp, smiled and watched the envoy of Yuan Shujun go away, after turning around, Uncle Liu's first order was, "Quick, immediately start to build the Feishui pontoon bridge, before the third watch tonight, at least one pontoon bridge must be built, and before the early morning of tomorrow, at least three pontoon bridges must be built." ”

The ordnance officer sang a promise and hurriedly took the order, and Guan Yu, who had always been by Uncle Liu's side, asked suspiciously: "Brother, do you really want to send troops to save Yin Ling?" If we send troops, don't say that the main force of Tao Ying's thieves on the battlefield of Yinling is the hypocrite army on the east bank of Feishui, and we are not sure to deal with it? ”

"Whether to save the Yin Tomb or not, we will discuss it later, but the pontoon bridge must be built immediately, it can be of great use." Uncle Liu Huang replied very simply, and said: "If the Huainan team sends someone to ask, it will say that we are preparing for crossing the river tomorrow and sending troops, and by the way, we will ask the Huainan army team for some materials for building bridges." ”

Guan Yu has always admired Uncle Liu's resourcefulness, and after listening, he didn't ask more, just nodded in agreement, and Uncle Liu Huang whispered to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, "Second brother and third brother, although Yuan Shupifu sent an envoy to appease, but what his intentions are, at present, we still don't know anything, for the sake of prudence, the two virtuous brothers will take turns to rest from now on, take turns to rest, take turns to rest, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and deal with the unexpected at any time!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei glanced at each other, and soon hugged their fists together and agreed.

After the corporal began to build the pontoon bridge, Yuan Shujun really sent a messenger to inquire about the reason, and Uncle Liu Huang personally came forward to receive him, explaining that it was for the convenience of sending troops the next day, and the envoy of Yuan Shujun did not say much, but just told a few words to be careful that the Xuzhou army grabbed the bridge and grabbed the ferry and left. And after the second Yuan Shujun envoy left, Guan Yu Zhang Fei, who was riding on the rectum, was not at the scene, and Jian Yong, who knew some inside information, came to Uncle Liu Huang and said in a low voice: "Lord, is it too urgent to build a pontoon bridge now?" Mr. Gongyou went to see Tao Ying, there is no reply yet, if Tao Ying refuses to send troops, and our army builds the pontoon bridge, then our army will have to send troops? ”

"Now we have to prepare for both." Uncle Liu Huang replied quietly: "Yuan Shupifu is secretly preparing for war, and his goal is to achieve nine achievements of our army, if I don't make concessions, Yuan Shupifu will inevitably turn against our army." In order to prepare for a rainy day, I can only prepare with both hands, if Tao Ying is to defend the alliance and send troops, the pontoon bridge I am building now is his bridge across the river, if Tao Ying's thief does not keep the alliance, I can only cross the fat water and avoid the front of Yuan Shupifu's blade. ”

"But after crossing the river, if Tao Ying turns his face and goes to war...... Jian Yong was still a little worried.

"Let's fight, then." Uncle Liu Huang's tone was calm, and he showed some smiles, and said: "The main force of Tao Ying's thief is on the battlefield of Yinling sixty miles away, even if our army can't defeat his partial division, it will still be too late to transfer in time, and even if our army can't retreat back to Shouchun, it can retreat to other places." Jian Yong suddenly realized, and quickly bowed and retreated.

After that, until it was all dark, everything was safe, and the second watch's bangzi was about to ring, just when Uncle Liu Huang gradually relaxed his vigilance, a scout team from Cao Laoda's old army team hurriedly returned to Liu Beijun's camp, bringing a very unfavorable news to Uncle Liu Huang - as soon as it was dark, a Yuan Shujun team quietly sneaked to the mouth of Shaobi Lake in the upper reaches of Feishui, and transferred out more than 20 civilian boats that Yuan Shujun forcibly detained in Shaobi Lake to dock and listen. Liu Beijun's scouts, who discovered this situation, ventured to sneak up on the ground with their rich experience, and found that this group of Yuan Shujun soldiers was actually transforming a civilian ship into a fire boat!

Hearing this news, no matter how deep Uncle Liu is city mansion is, he couldn't help but change color on his face at this moment, jumped up and asked, "Is the investigation clear?" The Huainan team is indeed renovating the fireboat in the upper reaches of Feishui? ”

"Back to the lord, the villain has seen it carefully that he is indeed transforming the fireboat." The captain of the scout replied: "The Huainan soldiers carried firewood and thatch onto the boat, and poured fire oil and nitrate yellow and other fire-causing things, which were definitely prepared to set fire on the water. When the villain followed Cao Gong to fight the Yellow Turban Thief, he once built such a fireboat with his own hands to burn the Yellow Turban Thief's pontoon bridge, and he would never admit his mistake. ”

Uncle Liu Huang stared at this veteran of the Cao Army, his face was cloudy, and after a long time, Uncle Liu Huang shouted, "Blow the trumpet, raise the account, and summon the generals to the big tent!" The guards in the tent agreed, and hurriedly followed the order, and in a short time, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gong Du, Liu Bi and Jian Yong and other civil and military officials arrived one after another, and Uncle Liu Huang was not polite, and immediately pointed to the scout captain and ordered: "Introduce the situation you have detected, and then introduce it to everyone." ”

The scout captain repeated as instructed, and after listening, Guan Yu, Jian Yong and the others were also taken aback, and they all questioned the intention of Xiao Yuan Sangong's move, and the grumpy Zhang Fei was even more furious, and shouted: "What is Yuan Shu's old puppet planning to do?" Do you want to burn our pontoons, or do you want to cut our army in two? ”

"Third brother, don't be impatient, listen to my brother." Uncle Liu Huang waved his hand to stop Zhang Fei first, then slowly stood up, and said with a solemn face: "Zhugong, second brother and third brother, you probably know the situation, our army has been ...... for Yuan Shu since crossing Huai. ”

"Bang!" The sudden sound of trumpets interrupted Uncle Liu's long-brewing emotional speech, and Uncle Liu's tirade only began at the beginning and then came to an abrupt end, and then, the earth-shattering shouts of killing also sounded from the north, south, and west sides of Liu Beijun's camp at the same time, and countless slogans shouted angrily, "Capture the big-eared thief alive!" Capture the big-eared thief alive! Kill! Capture the big-eared thief alive! ”

"Hit the mark!" Hearing this earth-shattering shouting and killing, poor Uncle Liu Huang first weakened his legs, stumbled and almost didn't fall to the ground, and there was only one thought left in his head, "I've been tricked!" I've been tricked! I used the strategy of delaying the army, and Yuan Shupifu was also using the strategy of delaying the army, he was afraid that my dog would jump off the wall in a hurry to make the first move, so he deliberately pretended to be a plan, pretending to be as if he believed that I was going to send troops to save the Yin ......Tomb. ”

Xiao Yuan Sangong's move actually had early signs, and Liu Beijun's team, which had always been used as cannon fodder by Yuan Shujun, had never believed in Xiao Yuan Sangong, so although Yuan Shujun's move this time was quite sudden, Liu Beijun's generals quickly woke up after the initial shock, and shouted: "Enemy attack!" Lord, it's an enemy attack, and the old puppet of Yuan Shu really attacked us! ”

"All the generals will go back to the camp and stick to the camp!" Uncle Liu Huang also quickly regained his senses, and quickly ordered: "Gong Du go to the Feishui Ferry to protect the pontoon bridge under construction, and urge the sappers to speed up the repair of the bridge, but be careful of the fireboats coming upstream!" Liu Pi guarded the camp of the Chinese army and made every effort to strengthen the defense of the Chinese army! Second brother, third brother, you lead two thousand troops out of the camp with me to see what is happening! ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also led the most capable core team of two thousand to protect Uncle Liu Huang hurried to the front camp, to the camp gate to check the situation, out of the most heavily defended Chinese army camp, the front camp and the left and right battalions were already killing chaos, the fire was soaring, countless Yuan Shujun troops with torches, one after another to impact Liu Beijun's camp defense line, the prepared Liu Beijun soldiers were under the command of the grassroots generals, relying on the fortifications to resolutely defend, with bows and crossbows and spears against the enemy in the camp, In the sky, rockets and feathers and arrows came and went, and the shouts of killing were earth-shattering, and the fighting was even more intense.

Uncle Liu Huang rushed to the gate of the camp again, outside the gate of the camp was already full of dense soldiers of the Yuan Shu Army, seeing Uncle Liu Huang's team approaching with torches, he didn't say a word just greeted with a bow and crossbow, and the bow and arrow and crossbow arrows poured into Liu Beijun's camp like a life, Uncle Liu Huang didn't say that he would answer the camp, it was difficult to enter the gate, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also afraid that Uncle Liu Huang would lose, so they hurriedly grabbed Uncle Liu Huang and shouted, "Brother, the bow and arrow of the thief army are too dense to pass!" ”

Uncle Liu Huang didn't resist either, and let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei pull him back, staring at the Yuan Shujun team outside the camp with a pair of slender eyes just like an eagle falcon, and quickly calculated in his heart, "Yuan Shu's bows and arrows and rockets are so fierce, it seems that the enemies outside the camp gate are at least more than 10,000 people, and Yuan Shu's old puppet is also determined to completely eradicate me, what should I do?" Do you continue to wait for news from Sun Qian, or do you immediately cross the river to preserve your strength? ”

"My lord! Lord! I am back! I am back! At this time, Sun Gan, who was wearing ordinary soldier clothes, shouted and shouted, and walked through the dense Liu Beijun team to approach Uncle Liu, hearing this heavenly voice, Uncle Liu Huang was suddenly excited, and quickly let the soldiers disperse to let Sun Qian get closer, and took the initiative to dismount to meet Sun Gan, and without waiting for Sun Gan to salute, he couldn't wait to ask: "How is it?" Good news or bad news? ”

Sun Gan wiped the sweat and dust on his face, panting and showing Uncle Liu a happy smile that was even more moving than Sister Angel, seeing Sun Gan's smile, Uncle Liu Huang was immediately so happy that he jumped three feet high, and yelled: "Order the whole army, resolutely defend the camp, hold on for a while, and our army's reinforcements will be able to arrive!" Hang on! Persistence is victory! ”

Although he didn't know which reinforcement Uncle Liu was talking about, seeing that the lord who had always put his life first was so confident, Liu Beijun's morale still rose, and he began to resist the shameless sneak attack of Yuan Shujun under the personal command of Uncle Liu. And Yuan Shujun's side also relied on the advantage of strength and sufficient preparation, and frantically attacked Liu Beijun's camp defense line again and again, throwing the expensive weapons that were originally intended to be used to deal with the Xuzhou army on Liu Beijun's head, and the overwhelming rockets almost set Liu Beijun's peripheral camp tents on fire, and the soldiers of the two armies who were supposed to join forces to resist Deputy Director Tao fought bloodily in the firelight, desperately harvesting each other's precious lives, and desperately consuming the opponent's strength that was not dominant, and the casualties were equally heavy.

In the melee, Liu Beijun relied on the camp fortifications to resolutely defend, and Yuan Shujun relied on the soldiers to attack in turn, and once the battle was inseparable, but as the trenches on the periphery of Liu Bei's camp were gradually filled with corpses and sandbags, and the horses, antlers and fences were destroyed and burned, Liu Beijun's outer defense line gradually began to be urgent, and several weak points were broken through by the Huainan army. But even so, Uncle Liu Huang, who had been prepared, was not flustered, but just commanded the teams to withdraw to the Chinese army camp in an orderly manner, and continued to defend the Chinese army camp with more solid fortifications, and the two generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each led a thousand elite soldiers to intercept the Huainan army that was chasing and killing, although the Huainan army also discovered this, and planned to raid and disperse Liu Beijun's team several times, but they were also killed and retreated by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and could only watch Liu Beijun retreat to the Chinese army camp to preserve his strength and continue to hold on.

When Zhang Fei was the last to retreat to the camp of the Chinese army, Liu Beijun's good news came one after another, first of all, the first pontoon bridge across the river was finally built, and the construction of the remaining two pontoon bridges also entered the end; Then, in the distant darkness on the west bank of Feishui, countless flags and torches fluttering in the wind finally appeared, and the torches were densely packed, like the stars of the Milky Way, reflecting half of the sky in red. Seeing this firelight, Uncle Liu Huang, who was actually still a little apprehensive, suddenly cheered, "Reinforcements are coming!" Tao Envoy is here! Tell the whole army the news, our reinforcements are coming! Tao Envoy Jun's team is our reinforcements, and they are here to help us clean up the ungrateful Yuan Shupifu! ”

"Big brother, when did the little thief Tao Ying become our reinforcement?" Guan Yu asked dumbfounded.

"I'll talk about that later." Uncle Liu Huang waved his big hand in a dashing manner, and said with a smile: "In short, Brother Wei has turned enemies into friends with Tao Envoy Jun, and is ready to join forces to deal with Yuan Shupifu who will take revenge!" So the second brother and the third brother, when you see Tao Yuanjun's team in a while, don't shout and shout to kill at every turn like before. ”

After that, Uncle Liu Huang didn't dare to explain why he didn't expect that Xiao Yuan Sangong'en would take revenge, but just urged the generals to relay their words to each team, and the isolated Liu Beijun soldiers heard that the Xuzhou army had become allies of the army, and their morale was indeed greatly inspired, almost every team was thunderous, and some people even shouted the slogan of long live Tao Zhijun, and they killed Yuan Shujun who attacked the camp of the Chinese army more and more fiercely, and also caused more unnecessary casualties to Yuan Shujun.

At the same time, Xiao Yuan Sangong, who personally commanded this encirclement and suppression battle, also discovered the approach of the Xuzhou army, and his face turned pale, and Xiao Yuan Sangong hurriedly asked the lord Bo Yan Xiang next to him: "Yan Gong, Tao Ying thief has sent troops, what should I do?" ”

"It should be fine." Yan Xiang hesitated a little, and after thinking for a long time, he replied, "My lord, it should be fine!" It's only been two hours, no matter how fast the main force of Tao Ying's thief is, it is impossible to arrive at the battlefield now, if nothing else, it should be Tao Ying's thief's team left behind in Quyang, and there are definitely not many troops! Moreover, the fireboats arranged by our army in the upper reaches of Feishui can burn the pontoon bridge on the Feishui River at any time, so that Tao Ying's thief's team cannot cross the river to fish in troubled waters, and his subordinates believe that before Tao Ying's main force arrives, as long as our army can break through Liu Bei's Chinese army camp and control the ferry, then Tao Ying's thief can't do it no matter how many troops he comes! ”

"Yan Gong's words are just in line with the will!" Xiao Yuan Sangong applauded, took out his matching sword, handed it to Yuan Yin, the younger brother next to him, and shouted: "Chuan Gu's order, ignore the Xuzhou thief soldiers, and go all out to attack the big-eared thief camp!" Thou take the sword of Lone to supervise the battle, and whoever takes a step back will be cut with the sword of Lone! Yuan Yin sang a promise, held a sword and led the order, and the little Yuan Sangong listened to Yan Xiang's suggestion again, and ordered the fireboat to immediately set out to burn the bridge.

Because he didn't guess the true thickness of Uncle Liu's face, the resourceful Yan Xiang Master Bo made an inevitable mistake in the analysis of the enemy situation, but this mistake was not only not fatal, but on the contrary, there were some crooked effects. After the death order of Xiao Yuan Sangong not to take a step back was issued, the morale of the Yuan Shujun generals, whose morale had been somewhat exhausted, rebounded, and began to impact Liu Beijun's strong camp again, although Liu Beijun's soldiers desperately defended, but the camp fortifications were far inferior to the city wall fortifications after all, and the casualties began to expand in the bitter battle, and the well-prepared Yuan Shujun team filled the trenches with all kinds of debris while setting fire to Liu Beijun's camp fortifications, and then there was a side that desperately stepped forward and exerted heavier pressure on Liu Beijun. The teams of both sides were inseparable from Liu Beijun's Chinese army camp defense line, and the casualties continued to increase together.

At the same time, after receiving the order of Xiao Yuan Sangong, thirty fireboats converted from fishing boats and civilian boats also went out, divided into three teams and went down the river, killing the temporary pontoon bridge urgently built by Liu Beijun. Seeing the fireboats sailing on the river, Uncle Liu Huang was inevitably anxious, and hurriedly sent Sun Gan to cross the river to contact the Xuzhou army, asking the Xuzhou army to speed up the speed of crossing the river, so as not to be able to cross the river for reinforcements after the pontoon bridge was burned.

The battle became more and more intense, and on the ground, Yuan Shujun, who had an absolute advantage in numbers, rushed and fought fiercely around Liu Beijun's camp in a semicircle, and Liu Beijun stubbornly resisted with the fortifications; On the river, Liu Beijun's sappers raced against time to grab the pontoon bridge, and more than 30 small boats and fishing boats in Liu Beijun's hands also set out to go out of the nest, swaying and paddling to meet Yuan Shu's military boat, or lighting the boat, or jumping on the fire boat to kill people and seize the boat, the river and the ground together with the sound of killing like thunder, the fire soared to the sky, and the blood flowed into a river, only the west bank of Feishui was silent, and the Xuzhou army that rushed to the battlefield in a hurry to rest on the spot and watch the fire from the other bank.

In such a bloody battle until more than half of the fourth watch, although Yuan Shujun's fireboat failed to get on the pontoon bridge under the sacrificial interception of Liu Beijun's soldiers, the Xuzhou army on the other side still refused to seize the opportunity to cross the river, and Sun Gan, who was sent to contact the Xuzhou army, did not come back, and Uncle Liu Huang began to notice that something was wrong. Just as he was about to send another envoy across the river to check the situation, Sun Gan finally rushed back from the west bank of Feishui and shouted from afar: "Lord, it's not good, it's not good, something has changed." ”

"What's going on?" Uncle Liu asked nervously.

"Qiao Rui ......, Qiao Rui, Qiao Rui may have known the news." Sun Qian, who was choked by the smoke when crossing the river, coughed and said: "So when Tao Yuanjun was about to personally lead the main force west to rescue, Qiao Rui sent troops to attack Tao Yuanjun's camp, and Tao Yuanjun was forced to meet the enemy, and now it is Zang Ba Zang Xuangao who is leading the army to rescue, and there are only about 6,000 people. General Zang Ba said that it was very difficult for his troops to break through the Feishui defense line, and he couldn't take risks, so General Zang Ba gave the lord two choices, one is to continue to hold the camp and wait for Tao Zhijun's main force to arrive, and the other is to lead the army to withdraw from Feishui, and General Zang Ba will meet our army on the west bank. ”

"Piff!" Uncle Liu Huang was furious and roared: "Yuan Shupifu is attacking so quickly, if he orders the withdrawal of the army at this time, our army will be in chaos immediately, and the camp that can be defended will not be able to hold it, and the casualties will be even greater!" It's a shame that he is still battle-hardened, and he doesn't understand such a simple truth? ! ”

After scolding, Uncle Liu Huang asked suspiciously: "Qiao Rui also has the courage to go out of the city to attack the Xuzhou camp?" Is this news true or false? ”

Sun Gan didn't understand military affairs, shook his head blankly and replied: "General Zang Ba introduced it like this, whether it is true or not, Qian doesn't know." ”

Uncle Liu Huang scolded Sun Qian in his heart, and when he turned his gaze to Jian Yong next to him, Jian Yong hesitated and said: "Lord, whether it is true or not, Zang Ba's attitude of refusing to cross the river is already obvious, whether our army continues to hold on, or withdraw from the west bank of Feishui, we can only ask the lord to decide." ”

Uncle Liu Huang didn't answer, but his face was gloomy and turned his gaze to the camp defense battlefield in the distance, and at this moment Liu Beijun's Chinese army camp fence defense line has been on fire everywhere, everywhere is a sea of fire, Yuan Shujun did not hesitate to use a large amount of fire oil to burn Liu Beijun's camp fortifications, Liu Beijun's previous construction of the fortifications was completely destroyed is only a matter of time, Liu Beijun's soldiers are not in a hurry to save in front of the sea of fire, and they are burned back by the flames, where are the shouts of reinforcements one after another, morale has been shaken, seeing such a situation, Uncle Liu Huang gritted his teeth, and finally ordered: "Withdraw, save your strength!" ”

After the decision to retreat, the Gong Du team, which was responsible for repairing the pontoon bridge and blocking the fire boats, was naturally the first lucky one to retreat because it was crowded near the ferry, and when Uncle Liu's order was conveyed to the Gong Du team, the Gong Du team suddenly thundered with joy, and the soldiers rushed to the three temporary pontoon bridges that had been basically built, cheering and rushing to the other side of the safety, General Gong Du, a good friend of Uncle Liu, under the pretext of commanding the army to retreat in an orderly manner, and rushed to the front of the retreat............ At the same time on the west bank of Feishui, the two teams of Zang Ba and Tao Ji, who had long been in strict formation, finally waited for the moment when Liu Beijun retreated, and the outstanding bandit Zang Ba and the young man who lacked virtue Tao Ji first smiled at each other, and then waved their arms together, and roared in unison: "Release the arrow!" Send the big-eared thief back to heaven! ”

"Woohoo!" In the dense buzzing bowstring vibration, one after another sharp arrows came out of the string, with the new and old hatred of the Xuzhou army against Uncle Liu, and also with the most despicable betrayal and the most vicious deception in the world, whistling, flying, flying overwhelmingly to the three pontoon bridges, and pounced on the pontoon bridges Liu Beijun's soldiers who rushed to cheer............ "Ah! Poor General Gong Du bore the brunt of the attack, and was hit by at least ten bows and arrows at the same time, and in severe pain all over his body, General Gong Du's dying screams also echoed above the Feishui River, "Wrong! I'm an ally! Friendly! Don't shoot arrows! Don't---! ”

(To be continued)