At night, the autumn wind is blowing.

In Cao's camp, the soldiers had just fallen asleep, and the general Lu Zhao inspected the battalions, and now returned to his big tent.

He took off his armor, washed his face, and lay down on his bed, his eyes closed, and the exhaustion that had been suppressed in his heart welled up, and gradually he fell into a deep sleep.

Suddenly, a deafening drumbeat sounded in his eardrums, and Lu Zhao woke up from his sleep, he jumped up and listened with his ears pricked up, but he heard the north of the camp, the sound of shouting and killing was deafening, and the sound of drums and gongs was even more earth-shattering.

The place where the sound sounded was obviously Kitahara Castle.

"Could it be that the thief army wants to take advantage of General Xiahou's absence and take the opportunity to steal the camp?"

Lu Zhao's spirit immediately became alert, and he stood up quickly, hung up his tent in a thick cloth, and before he put on his clothes and armor, he shouted loudly: "All battalions must not mess with their own formations, and order the whole army to prepare for battle at once." ”

Cao Jun is Cao Jun, this elite infantry of the Central Plains, who has been tested by the war for a long time, how could he be so easily shaken by a few drumbeats.

The orders of the road recruits were handed down, and they were conveyed to all battalions, teams, and units, and the soldiers who slept in their clothes woke up one after another, and instinctively grabbed their weapons and rushed to the predetermined posts.

In less than a quarter of an hour, more than 10,000 Cao troops entered the position, with halberders in front and crossbowmen behind, and they woke up from their dreams and entered a high degree of vigilance, calmly lying behind the camp fence and antlers, ready to deal with the night attack of the Han army.

The walls of Kitahara Castle were brightly lit and the sound of drums and gongs became more and more intense, but the arrival of the enemy was not seen for a long time. And just when the drum beat reached its peak, it stopped abruptly, and the lights of the city were extinguished, and then, everything returned to calm.

The soldiers were all puzzled, looking at the dark Beiyuan City, and there was no movement for a long time.

Lu Zhao also felt strange, so he sent a few scouts to investigate, but there was not even half of the enemy, it was just a false alarm.

"Grandma, the thieves are deliberately trying to disturb our rest!"

Lu Zhao was angry in his heart, but he did not dare to underestimate it, so he ordered the whole army to be unguarded and seize the time to rest, but for the sake of prudence, he ordered the soldiers to wear armor and sleep with weapons, so that they could get up and enter the battle at any time.

After more than half an hour, snoring sounded again all around the camp, and the soldiers quickly forgot the alarm not long ago, and the fatigue caused them to quickly fall asleep again, even if they were wearing heavy armor and holding cold weapons in their hands, they could not stop them from falling asleep.

Quietly, the autumn wind swept through the camp, and when it was in the middle of the day, suddenly, with a cannon sound, the lights of Beiyuan City suddenly brightened, and the earth-shaking drums sounded again.

I had just dreamed that I was awakened again when I was going to be promoted to the knighthood, and I had to rush out of the camp again, commanding more than 10,000 tired and painful soldiers to prepare for battle.

However, after a moment of twitching, Kitahara Castle was as calm as the last time.

Obviously, the enemy is playing monkey tricks on them.

The soldiers of the Cao army were sleepy and annoyed, and they couldn't help but scold, and they were all in high spirits.

So, after experiencing two more harassing battles like this by the Han army that night, Lu Zhao had to give an order that the whole army plugged its ears and no longer paid attention to the harassment of the Han army. At the same time, he was afraid that after several false moves by the Han army, a real move would suddenly come, so he sent several additional scouts to patrol near Beiyuan, and as long as he found that the Han army had real movements, he would report to him.

However, after four times of harassment, it seems that the Han army in the city is also tired and has no heart to toss any longer, and there is no movement after midnight.

Poor Cao Jun soldiers can finally rest in peace. When the tense nerves were completely relaxed, they fell into a deeper sleep, and at this time, even the sound of drums and gongs could not wake them up.

The moon was sinking in the west, and the east was gradually turning white, and in half an hour, the sun was about to rise.

This is the time when people sleep deepest.

At this time, in the northwest of Cao's camp, a mysterious army was taking advantage of the light of the last moon, hurriedly but quietly heading here.

A horse galloped and stopped in front of the veteran.

"Old general, I have reconnoitred, the scouts of the Cao army's battalion are all concentrated near Beiyuan, and there is no half of a figure in the northwest."

Huang Zhong stroked his white beard, nodded slightly, and waved his hand: "Order the whole army, accelerate the advance, and after entering the enemy camp, go straight to the Chinese army." ”

This place is only more than three miles away from the enemy camp, and the soldiers know that after enduring for so many days, they can finally fight the enemy face to face, and everyone's face invariably has a strong fighting spirit.

Avenge the death of your brothers, right now.

The autumn wind was blowing through the field, stirring the weeds and rattling, just to hide the footsteps of the march, and the speed of the ranks was faster.

That's right, this is exactly Fang Shao's plan to break the enemy.

After speculating that Xiahou Yuan led the elite cavalry to rescue Tongguan, Fang Shao made a decisive decision to break the Cao army in Beiyuan and deal a fatal blow to Zhang He of Chen Cang.

However, even if Xiahou Yuan is gone, the elite of the 10,000 Cao army left behind is still not to be underestimated. And the previous Beiyuan meat grinding war, so that the army that he could mobilize, including the soldiers and horses in Beiyuan City, added up to less than 10,000 people.

10,000 against 10,000, it is clear that there is no chance of winning.

Therefore, Fang Shao planned to come to Yin.

In the first half of the night, Wang Ping tossed several times in Beiyuan, firstly, to exhaust the enemy, and secondly, to focus all the enemy's attention on Beiyuan. At this time, the 5,000 elites led by Huang Zhong quietly crossed the river from the upper reaches of Weishui while the Beiyuan was tossing, and then turned around to the northwest of Cao's army, intending to launch a surprise attack from its flank and rear.

It can be said that the key to this battle lies in the surprise of the attack, obviously, so far, the Han army's strategy has not been recognized.

At this time, the road in the tent is sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, there was a deafening shout of killing.

Lu Zhao woke up from his sleep, and he also sat up, but his head shook a few times and he lay down, covered his head with the quilt and continued to sleep.

In his opinion, since the scouts from Beiyuan did not come to report, it means that this is still a harassing war of the Han army. Lu Zhao has learned well now, Lao Tzu covers his head and sleeps Lao Tzu, let you do the monkey show yourself.

"General, general, wake up!"

It seemed that someone was shouting in his ear, and Lu Zhao impatiently lifted the quilt, revealing half of his face, and shouted angrily: "What is it called, it is a ghost trick of the thief army, ignore it, and go to sleep." ”

"The general is not, it's the thief army, the thief army is coming into the camp, killing in!" The soldiers shouted anxiously.

Lu Zhao was sluggish for a while, and suddenly jumped up from the quilt, and exclaimed: "What's the matter, how did the thief army come in, why didn't the scouts come to the morning report, haven't I confessed?" ”

"The thief army is not from the northern plains, but from our backs———"

Before the soldier finished speaking, an arrow pierced the curtain and shot through the back of the soldier's heart, his eyes widened, and he fell in front of Lu Zhao on the spot.

Although he still couldn't figure out where the enemy was coming from, the instinct of a general made him realize the seriousness of the situation, and he put on his armor indiscriminately, grabbed his weapon and ran out of the tent.

At this moment, there was a mess outside, the camp was on fire everywhere, and the soldiers who were caught off guard were being wantonly driven and killed by the surging Han army.

"Don't panic, pass on my orders, and the whole battalion will rise up and fight."

Lu Zhao just wanted to calm the panicked soldiers, when a few arrows came in a row, and several pro-soldiers around him fell to the ground.

It's just that in the midst of the fire, a white-haired veteran is lifting a big knife and galloping towards him.

The old man will come too fast, and the road move is not enough to avoid it, seeing the bright big knife coming, the road move is in a hurry to raise the knife to meet him.

Bang! A blow of lightning.

Hearing only a click, the knife in Lu Zhao's hand was cut in two, and the knife carried an incomparable momentum, cutting straight into his sternum, like killing a pig, chopping his upper body in two.

Then, countless Han army athletes, stained with blood, swarmed in, and the corpses of the road were killed.

………… Xiahou Yuan didn't know what would happen to Beiyuan after he left, and he didn't have time to think about it, compared to Tongguan, anywhere was not worth mentioning. Cao Ying back then, no matter how many twists and turns, he couldn't cross the Tongguan Heavenly Danger, how could the lock and key in this pass be lost in his Xiahou Yuan's hands.

He and his 10,000 cavalry traveled day and night, and after a few days, they arrived at the city of Tongguan.

At this moment, more than 15,000 people under Wei Yan's department have all moved to Guancheng. The grain and grass collected in Tongguan was enough for his more than 10,000 horses to support for two or three months, and now Wei Yan didn't need to worry about the grain and grass.

It's just that he is such a lone army deep into the enemy's henchman, although he occupies Xiongguan, but he has to face the fierce attack from Xiahou Yuan in Guanzhong, as well as several times or even more than ten times the enemy in Guandong, all he has to do is to lead this lone army to hold on, buy time for the main force of the king of Hanzhong, win time to break through Chencang, and wave his army east into Chang'an.

"King of Hanzhong, I will occupy Tongguan for you, and it will be up to you next." When he saw Xiahou Yuan leading the army coming, Wei Yan was standing on top of Xiongguan, facing the raging iron horse, and he sighed in his heart.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan also looked up at Guancheng, looking at the Han army flag planted on Guancheng, half angry, half respectful and asked: "I can't imagine that there is such a bold person in the thief army, who dares to come alone to attack Tongguan, it's really amazing, it's amazing, but I don't know who the enemy will be." ”

"General Hui, the general of the thief army is named Wei Yan, who was originally the Shangyong Taishou under Liu Bei, and was responsible for the military affairs of the three eastern counties."

"Wei Yan, Wei Yan, it seems that Liu Bei's subordinates are really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

When Xiahou Yuan sighed, he looked up at Guancheng again, he seemed to see the place where the flag was displayed, and there was a pair of sharp and murderous eyes, which were also looking directly at him coldly.

(To be continued)