-- Time goes back half an hour --

Just as Xu Le and Withered Sheep agreed, when Xu Le secretly sent his henchmen to deliberately create chaos in the Zhou army camp, outside the east side of the Zhou camp, Niuzhu Taiping Army General Wei Zhuang had already led three thousand elites to lurk in the dark night, using a small forest as a cover, and slowly approached in the direction of the Zhou army camp.

"Inside and outside......" glanced at the Zhou army camp that was almost close at hand, Wei Zhuang leaned on the trunk of a tree with his arms crossed, revealing a look that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Beside him, an adjutant general heard it, his eyes flashed with some doubt, and he said in a low voice, "Lord Weizhuang, this time I came to attack the Zhou army camp at night, and the last general felt that something was wrong......

Wei Zhuang smiled slightly and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

I saw that the deputy general frowned, and said, "That Xu Le was a fierce general of our Taiping Army before, and this time he is willing to secretly help our army, which is certainly a good thing, but ...... The last general thought that even though Xu Le pretended to join the command of Xie An and surrendered to the Zhou army, how could the Zhou army put his heart into it? There must be stalking and spying on such a general, so Xu Le must be rare to be free, and what's more, maybe the Zhou army has already learned about our army's night attack on his camp, and it is not impossible to wait for the rabbit and wait for work......"

"Hehehe!" Wei Zhuang chuckled a few times when he heard this, he naturally knew that Zhou Jun must know everything about Xu Le's actions, after all, he had personally encountered Mo Fei, the number one assassin under Xie An, how could he not know what the lieutenant general said? It's just that the withered sheep's night attack on Zhou Ying, in his opinion, is not just a simple night attack.

"What do you mean?" It's okay to be idle, Wei Zhuang pretended to be confused, and deliberately ridiculed his lieutenant.

However, the lieutenant general didn't know what Wei Zhuang was thinking, and when he heard this, he lowered his voice and said, "The last general thinks that the commander of the withered sheep will be ambushed by the Zhou army when he attacks the Zhou army's camp at night......

"Oh oh ......" pretended to be a sudden realization. Wei Zhuang smiled but did not say a word.

And at about this time, there was a sudden noise in the Zhou military camp, and suddenly, the entire military camp was bright, and there were Zhou soldiers running around with torches everywhere, and vaguely, Wei Zhuang and others could even hear a few night raids. The lieutenant who called Wei Zhuang was nervous.

Glancing at the deputy general beside him, Wei Zhuang was secretly amused. He was very clear, not to mention whether Zhou Bing knew that their group was lurking in the grove outside his camp at the moment, and even if he knew, he probably wouldn't necessarily come out of the camp to face the battle. After all, it is not difficult to guess from the consolidated wooden fence of the Zhou army's camp that the Zhou army is afraid that this time the Zhou army will stage a good show of inviting the king into the urn. In other words. Even if the Zhou soldiers learned that their Taiping army was lurking in the grove outside the camp at this moment, they would not take the liberty to go out of the camp to fight, but would turn a blind eye and wait for them Niu Zhu Taiping Army to enter the Zhou camp, so that the Zhou soldiers could have a pot.

Facts have proved that Wei Zhuang's guess is correct, and I don't know whether it was accidental or deliberate. After all, the Zhou army still did not realize that there was actually a small unit of the Taiping army lurking outside its camp, and even the scouts and assassins who monitored the field were not dispatched, as if they were deliberately luring the Taiping army to attack their camp early.

The hour gradually passed, and the noise in the Zhou army's barracks never diminished under the control of some people with ulterior motives, and even, in the direction of the Yuanmen on the east side of the Zhou army, there was a faint sound of fighting.

[Looks like it's almost time......]

Glancing in the direction of the Zhou army's camp, Wei Zhuang beckoned. Signal your subordinates to prepare for a night attack on the enemy camp in front of you. After all, in his opinion, if the plan goes well, the noise at the gate on the east side of the Zhou army must be Xu Le of the Taiping Army who is trying to open the gate and let Weizhuang and others inside. Of course, on the other hand, it was also some Zhou Bing who had learned some confidential information to respond negatively. The person who deliberately called Xu Le succeeded, and he gave up the gate to him.

But in any case, Wei Zhuang has only one attitude towards this.

"Kill!"

Pulling out the sword at his waist, Wei Zhuang let out a deep shout. Suddenly, the elite of the three thousand Taiping troops under his command were like the most terrifying wolves in the deep mountains, rushing towards the camp of the Zhou army in groups, and before the Zhou soldiers near the gate sounded the alarm bell, Wei Zhuang and others had already entered it.

Smooth, everything is too smooth, a military camp with 30,000 Jizhou soldiers, but the night garrison is so weak that it was breached in the blink of an eye......

Wei Zhuang obviously wouldn't believe this kind of thing, on the contrary, he became more and more convinced that this was a plan by the Zhou army to lure the enemy into the depths.

[Xu Le, what a reckless man...... As a powerful general under the command of Chen Bei, the third-generation commander of the former Taiping Army, he was successively used by Withered Yang and Xie An, and even worse, he himself was still kept in the dark...... What a tragedy! ]

With a light snort, Wei Zhuang secretly shook his head.

However, the adjutant general beside him was not as much as he thought, seeing that his side controlled the east side of the Zhou army camp in a very short period of time with the help of the former Taiping soldiers under the command of Xu Le, the traitor of the Zhou army, his heart was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but say to Wei Zhuang, "Lord Wei Zhuang, the Zhou army seems to be defenseless, taking advantage of the current momentum of our army to break the enemy, why don't you successfully enter his commander's tent and capture the commander of the Zhou army, Xie An?" ――What does Lord Wei Zhuang think? ”

[Do you really think that Zhou Jun was negligent in taking precautions?] Obviously, Zhou Bing deliberately let me in, just waiting to wipe out our main forces, I really don't know how to ......]

Glancing at the deputy general, Wei Zhuang smiled faintly, and said, "No, it's here!" -- Ordered the whole army to fight at the gate on the east side of this place, and set fire to the tents, wooden houses, and baggage of the Zhou army, and not to go deeper! ”

"This ......" The deputy general was stunned when he heard this, and clenched his fists and persuaded, "Lord Wei Zhuang, right now, the Zhou army has been stirred up by Xu Le's people, and it must be difficult to gather the army in a short period of time. ”

"When?" Wei Zhuang sneered and asked the adjutant general, "We have already had a stick of incense when we invaded the Zhou army camp, have you ever seen half of the Zhou general?" Aside from Fei Guo and Ma Dan, there are still many fierce generals such as Liao Li, Tang Hao, Ou Peng, Zhang Dong and so on in the Jizhou army, can you see any of them? ”

The adjutant general of "......" was also stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously looked around. Only then did he realize that, as Wei Zhuang said, the generals who commanded the battle nearby were all generals of the Zhou army, and Liao Li, Tang Hao and others were never seen.

"Was it really the last general's misfortune?" The adjutant general asked in surprise.

Wei Zhuang snorted lightly, and didn't know how to speak, just raised his head and glanced around. Because it was the end of April, the moonlight was barely enough to illuminate the whole land. Although there were also a lot of bonfires lit in the Zhou army, it was difficult to see all of them clearly, and it was still dark in the depths of the Zhou camp in the distance. Who knows how many Zhou soldiers are lurking under the dark night?

Seeing that Wei Zhuang didn't say a word, the deputy general obviously realized something, and said in disbelief, "Lord Wei Zhuang." If it was really a plan for the Zhou soldiers to lure the enemy into depth, wouldn't it be a little inappropriate for our army to rush in? ――Why don't you retreat quickly! ”

"Not necessarily!" Raising his hand to interrupt the adjutant general's words, Wei Zhuang said in a deep voice, "Listen to the general's orders!" -- Just fight with the Zhou army nearby, don't go deeper. When to retreat, General Ben has his own thoughts! ”

Hearing this, the deputy general didn't dare to say more, and said with a straight face, "Yes, the last general will obey!" ”

I have to say that Wei Zhuang's guess is not bad at all. Just when he led more than 3,000 Taiping troops under his command to sweep the eastern camp of the Zhou army, in the dark corner in the distance, Zhang Dongzheng, a veteran of the Jizhou army, was secretly looking at this Taiping army.

"It's strange, I didn't attack the tent of our army commander, but stayed here for a long time......" frowned, Zhang Dong's eyes flashed a little doubt, and muttered, "Right now, our army is in the camp." has been secretly sent by Xu Le to stir up the chickens and dogs, such a messy movement, even here can be heard clearly, as any general, he can't help but lead the army to attack the middle camp of our army and capture Lord Xie, but the general of the Taiping Army. But they only fought near the gate...... Is it a temptation? ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Dong's brows furrowed tightly. As a person who is also extremely cautious, how could Zhang Dong not understand that he acted like Wei Zhuang. It is nothing more than testing whether there are ambushes in the Zhou military camp.

"General......" The general next to him couldn't help but interject.

As if guessing this person's thoughts, Zhang Dong raised his right hand, lowered his voice and said, "No!" -- The purpose of our army this time was to lure the main force of the Niuzhu Taiping Army into our military camp and wipe them out. And visually judging the strength of this Taiping army, there are only two or three thousand people, maybe this is just the vanguard who tested the reality of our army's military camp, and there are large groups of men and horses lurking outside the camp, so we must not startle the snake, otherwise it will fall short and ruin such an ingenious design of the adults! ”

The general suddenly realized, nodded and was about to speak, when suddenly several Dongling assassins appeared beside him, knocked on the ground and clenched their fists, and said to Zhang Dong, "General Zhang, Liao Li, Tang Hao and other generals ordered our army to come and ask General Zhang, I don't know why the Taiping thief army only stayed near Yuanmen and did not go deep into the camp?" ――Will General Zhang be able to lead him into the ambush site as planned? ”

"This ......" Zhang Dong frowned when he heard this, and said in a low voice with a long breath, "I bother you to go back and tell the generals that the Taiping thief will be very cunning and cautious, and will not be easily tricked, I hope that the generals will not mess with themselves, and wait for the thief to fall into the net!" ”

"Yes!" The Dongling Assassins hugged their fists and dispersed in all directions for a while.

Glancing at the departing backs of the Dongling assassins, Zhang Dong once again focused his attention on the Taiping Army general in the distance, that is, Wei Zhuang, and he noticed in surprise that Wei Zhuang was staring intently in the direction he was intently intently intimidating at some point.

[Did you see me?] ]

Slightly startled in his heart, Zhang Dong subconsciously looked around, but with experience, he didn't think that the pitch-black environment he was in would allow Wei Zhuang to see his existence.

[Is it an instinct as a military general?] ]

Zhang Dong squinted his eyes, because he noticed that when Wei Zhuang looked in the direction where he was, he smiled intentionally or unintentionally, as if he saw his Zhang Dong's presence, but Zhang Dong noticed that although Wei Zhuang was facing in his direction, his eyes still swept around from time to time.

[Looks like a scheming guy......]

With a sneer in his heart, Zhang Dong clasped his hands, but he was not in a hurry to send troops to surround and kill the three thousand soldiers in Weizhuang, after all, compared to the current strength of more than 22,000 people in the Niuzhu Taiping Army, the three thousand soldiers really seemed a little insignificant.

At the same time, just as Zhang Dong patiently waited for Wei Zhuang to lead his troops deep into the camp, Wei Zhuang also waited for the arrival of the Zhou army's ambush soldiers and horses.

Zhang Dong guessed correctly, although Wei Zhuang really couldn't see Zhang Dong clearly in such a chaotic and dim environment, he always felt a little, after all, he was also a fierce general who had been born and died on the battlefield many times, how could he not even have this intuition.

[Draw out the ambush of the Zhou army as much as possible and drag it down......]

The thought of the task that the withered sheep had given him a few hours ago came to mind, and Wei Zhuang cursed in his heart.

Although the withered sheep's words were said very lightly, God knows how many ambushes were in ambush in the Zhou camp?

Want to attract the Zhou army's ambush and drag it down? This is very easy!

Just like the stupid lieutenant general next to him, he used to do the so-called strange strategy, and led his troops to kill the middle camp of the Zhou army desperately. Even if the commander-in-chief of the Zhou army, Xie An, is in the tent. In Wei Zhuang's opinion, as long as he dares to do this, there will be ambushes from the Zhou army on all sides, and he will complete the task assigned by the withered sheep, but the question is, how should he Wei Zhuang escape?

He is not Liang Qiuhao, and he does not have the strength to form an army by himself. Unable to fight his way out of the encirclement among so many Zhou soldiers, Wei Zhuang is still self-aware, he doesn't want to put himself on the road of no return for the sake of the withered sheep, and then kill himself.

However, it is not good for him to quit the army, otherwise. The withered sheep will definitely be beheaded for disobeying the commander's orders.

[That kid, what a ruthless man!] ――Didn't you just say a few threatening words, and you need to be framed like this? ]

Thinking of this, Wei Zhuang was angry and funny, but it was precisely because of this that he was quite optimistic about the withered sheep.

But the problem is the current situation. And how to deal with it?

The tiger eyes scanned the surroundings, and Wei Zhuang frowned slightly, because he noticed that the Zhou soldiers near the gate on the east side of the Zhou army were getting smaller and smaller under the attack of his Taiping army......

You know, this is a military camp with nearly 30,000 Zhou soldiers, how can it be that he Weizhuang attacked the east side of the gate until now, and the Zhou soldiers have not sent reinforcements over? If this is the case, then the Jizhou soldiers will all be wine bags and rice bags. But it is well known. The Jizhou soldiers were the most diligent Gyeonggi royal divisions in the Great Zhou, and Xie An paid more attention to the cautious use of troops, how could he be negligent in taking precautions to such a point?

Obviously, it was the generals in the Zhou camp who deliberately did not send reinforcements to this side, in order to lure him to the depths of the camp, that is, the tent of the commander of the middle camp. It's just that Wei Zhuang is not so stupid, knowing that it is a dead end. How could they stupidly crash into it?

Because of this, he ordered his 3,000 elites to fight with the Zhou soldiers only near the Yuanmen of the Zhou army's east camp, the purpose of which was to evacuate immediately once the ambush in the Zhou camp was killed. But what he never expected was. The general of the Zhou army who commanded the battle situation here on the opposite side was obviously also a calm master, and he did not send more troops or release the ambush soldiers in the camp, so that Wei Zhuang was not embarrassed to advance or retreat near this gate.

[Good fellow, it's more than patience, isn't it?] - Damn, you're really calm......]

Probably intuitively feeling where Zhang Dong was, Wei Zhuang's tiger eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth raised a little inexplicable smile.

[In that case, I'd like to see how long you can be as calm as you are!] ]

Thinking of this, Wei Zhuang suddenly waved his hand and shouted in a low voice, "Withdraw!" ”

The Taiping soldiers who had completely controlled the eastern camp of the Zhou army in the vicinity looked at each other, and it was really incomprehensible that in such a good situation, their general Wei Zhuang did not take advantage of the situation to fight into the depths of the Zhou camp, but withdrew from the army.

However, after all, the order cannot be violated, with Wei Zhuang's order, two thousand, six or seven hundred Taiping soldiers quickly retreated in the direction of Yuanmen, and Zhang Dong, who was only watching from a distance, was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't react in half a voice.

[This...... This is a retreat? -- It was obviously a good situation to break the enemy, but that guy actually took the opportunity to withdraw his troops immediately? Did you really notice the ambush in our barracks, or did you just come here to thwart our army's sharpness? ]

For a while, many thoughts surged in Zhang Dong's heart, seeing Wei Zhuang's sudden withdrawal of troops, he really couldn't grasp the thoughts of the Taiping Army general.

Although he could roughly see that it was also Wei Zhuang's tentative move, what if Wei Zhuang really came just to frustrate his Zhou Jun's spirit?

Two or three thousand Taiping soldiers attacked the Zhou army camp with 30,000 troops at night, and retreated after conquering the Dongying Yuanmen, so that nearly 30,000 Zhou soldiers watched the enemy army march away, and this face could not be lost by either Jizhou soldiers or Zhang Dong.

Pursue? Or not chasing?

Just as Zhang Dong hesitated, he suddenly heard a burst of artillery sound from the northeast corner, and then, an army dressed as Zhou soldiers rushed out from the depths of the camp and bit the tail of nearly 3,000 Taiping troops under Wei Zhuang's command.

"Who? ――Which general rashly pursued? ”

Seeing this, Zhang Dong, who was shocked and angry, asked urgently, after all, he was the commander of the troops this time, and many Jizhou generals such as Liao Li, Tang Hao, and Ou Peng all had to listen to his dispatch, but now it was obvious that a Zhou general couldn't bear it under the seduction of Wei Zhuang and took the initiative to leave the ambush site.

It wasn't long before the herald came with specific news.

"General Qiyu, it's General Ou Peng!"

"Ou Peng?" Zhang Dong frowned, and secretly blamed Ou Peng in his heart for being too calm.

At the same time, Wei Zhuang obviously noticed that a Zhou army took the initiative to leave the ambush site to chase him, smiled proudly, and deliberately shouted loudly, "Oh no, the Zhou soldiers are scheming, retreat quickly!" -- Quickly send a message to the army outside the camp to withdraw! ”

As soon as I heard that there was still an army of Niuzhu Taiping Army outside the camp, it was not only Ou Peng this time, but also Liao Li, Tang Hao and other generals left the ambush site one after another and came to chase Weizhuang.

Hearing this, Zhang Dong let out a long sigh.

"General, can't I wait to chase?"

Turning his head and glancing in the direction of Nanying, Zhang Dong's heart was horizontal, and he shouted in a deep voice, "Chase!" ”

So, a large number of Zhou soldiers chased Wei Zhuang and nearly 3,000 Taiping soldiers under his command out of the east side of the camp, and shortly thereafter, the Niuzhu Taiping army commander Kuyang, who was paying close attention to the situation of the Zhou camp, led about 20,000 main forces, taking advantage of the empty strength in the Zhou army camp, from the south side of the gate to kill, and the soldiers pointed directly at the commander of the Zhou army, Xie An, where the commander of the Chinese army was located.

PS: Ahem, please refuse to ask for a wedding photo......