When Liu Xiu returned to the team, he raised his eyes and saw the handsome face of his eldest brother Liu Qi full of anger.

Liu Xiu hurriedly took two steps and made one step, and quickly walked in front of Liu Qi, like a child who had made a mistake, and whispered: "Big brother"

"Where have you gone, do you know how dangerous it is now? If the trip is delayed, I won't wait for you! Liu Qi almost yelled.

After a delay just now, Liu Xiu said with some guilt: "I just let go, and I happened to meet Luoyang's husband and classmates, so I chatted for a while, I forgot the time, and I won't be next time." ”

Liu Qi seemed to understand this situation, so he didn't say more, but said, "There is no next time!" After a pause, he asked, "These two are your husband and classmates in Luoyang?" ”

When Liu Xiu heard him say this, he thought that there was nothing to do, so he simply replied: "Exactly, this is my husband Liu Ji Liu Bowen who worshipped when I was in Luoyang, he taught me Confucianism and scriptures, and this Yang Xun Yang Yanguang and his wife, Yanguang studied with me under Mr. Berwyn; This time, they heard that I was going to move to Xiangyang, so they wanted to move to Jingzhou with me. ”

Liu Qi saw three people, one was a Confucian who was about the same age as him, and he thought he was a gentleman; The other, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, had a golden spear in his hand, and looked a little mighty, while the young woman, who was very good-looking, and had a spear and bow and arrows in her hand, should have been his wife, but this mighty young man did not look like a Confucian scholar, but like a little general; However, since it was introduced by his second brother, he should not be a thief, so he just took a few deep looks and didn't care too much.

Then Liu Qi spoke again: "Since this is the case, I will not take it as an example; General Wen ordered in front of me, and I will leave immediately. ”

"Okay, big brother." Liu Xiu also promised

The sky was getting dark, and the cold wind blew up the dead branches and leaves in the forest, swirling and drifting into the distance.

Liu Xiu and his entourage of hundreds of people worked hard and did not stop, and there was no problem along the way. Although Xiangyang is in sight, and you can reach it tomorrow evening, it is a pity that both the soldiers and the servants are hungry and tired, and they cannot continue to move forward.

In such a situation, Wen Ping naturally could only order a rest, but he was not allowed to cook rice, but only ate dry food

Liu Xiu and the other four people also followed everyone to clean up and rest in the rear, and the four of them gathered around and talked with a little moonlight.

"No one has come to attack all day today, and I will arrive at Xiangyang City at dusk tomorrow, so there will be no surprises?" Liu Xiu asked Liu Bowen with both affirmation and questioning.

"This is not necessarily, the more relaxed it is in the end, the greater the crisis," although there was a cold wind, Liu Bowen still shook his feather fan slightly, and analyzed with a smile: "If there is really an enemy army, the only time that can allow the enemy to attack now is tonight and tomorrow morning, and when you enter the Xiangyang realm tomorrow afternoon, there will be no more chance; Therefore, if the enemy wants to come, there are three strategies, and the next strategy is to attack tomorrow morning, which is the last chance; The middle strategy is to attack after nightfall, and this is the strategy of night attack; The best strategy is to attack our army at dawn, when the night watchman is tired, and others are awake, and the best strategy to attack is at this time. ”

Liu Xiu was still thinking about it, and Yang Yanguang on the side had already asked, "Then according to Mr. Wang's intentions, the enemy is most likely to attack us at the end of the day?" ”

"As far as I know now, it is Yuan Shu who wants to send troops to attack, but Yuan Shu does not have such a resourceful person, if Yuan Jun really comes, he can't think of the best strategy, the most likely is to attack tonight." Liu Bowen said quite confidently.

"So, I should be vigilant and take precautions tonight?" When Liu Xiu heard this, he asked.

"That's true," Liu Bowen gave Liu Xiu an answer, and said to Yang Yanguang: "I have to trouble San Lang tonight; If the enemy general is stupid, I am afraid that tomorrow will come in the morning. ”

"Sir is polite, Yanguang is sure to protect the lord!" Yang Yanguang said with an oath.

Liu Xiu also said: "Third Brother Yang must also pay attention to his own safety. ”

"Thank you for your concern, Yanguang will be there." Yang Yanguang said gratefully: "Since there is an enemy coming, then I have to remind the eldest prince?" ”

"As it should be"

Liu Bowen on the side said: "There's no need to be so troublesome, just look over there." ”

When Liu Xiu and the others were gathered together, Liu Qi wanted to go over and warn them not to light a fire, but he didn't want to just approach them, so he heard Liu Bowen's analysis, so he stopped, and listened quietly not far away, but the more he listened, the more shocked he became: he didn't expect this Mr. Liu to have such wisdom, and he considered all the enemy's roads clearly, and he was thinking about it while listening, but when he saw Liu Xiu and the others looking at him, he panicked, and hurriedly covered up and walked away, thinking that he was going to discuss the deployment of defense with General Wen

The night shift was silent, the moonlight was like water, it was pitch black in the distance, and the surrounding woods were quiet only the sound of the cold wind, like a ghost crying wolf, and the slightly timid maids and servants were all napping and dozing together, but they were still shivering, and they didn't know whether they were cold or frightened.

In addition to Yang Yanguang, Liu Xiu and several people also rested, but Liu Qi and Wen Ping didn't know how to arrange the defense, but the elite cavalry in the camp was less than half.

While everyone in the camp was dozing, not far from the camp there were dozens of people in black clothes and black boots, black scarves and masks, and short swords in their hands, only to see these people jump into the camp in a few jumps, skillfully cut the throats of those guards, and did not even make a sound, they seemed to be somewhat satisfied with their methods, and after a short pause, these night assassins continued to rush quickly into the depths of the camp.

It's a pity that the assassinations seem to be invulnerable to themselves, but to the seasoned Wenpin, the murderous aura of these assassins makes them shine like the lights of the night. Therefore, before the Assassins could enter the depths of the camp, the elite cavalry who had already been lying in ambush surrounded them.

The two sides didn't say anything about the useless scenes, and directly began to charge. For a while, a little scarlet dyed the moonlight, and delicate red plums bloomed on the snow, making the dark night look even more weird and enchanting.

In a short time, dozens of assassins were killed, and as for breaking out of the encirclement, they never seemed to think about it, but they just exchanged injuries with the soldiers, killed to stop killing, and were not afraid of life and death attacks, so even Wen Ping suffered some sword wounds

With such a movement, Liu Xiu and the others naturally had no intention of sleeping again, gathered together, and began to discuss again.

Yang Yanguang said with admiration: "As Mr. expected, someone really attacked tonight, fortunately, Mr. reminded me in advance, otherwise there will be heavy losses." ”

Liu Xiu also nodded and said, "That's true, if it weren't for Mr. tonight, I would be in danger." As he spoke, he sighed again: "I think there won't be any more problems in the next trip, right?" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Liu Bowen, hoping to get an affirmation.

Liu Bowen noticed his lord's thoughts, shook his head, and said, "That's not the case. ”

"Why?" Liu Xiu and Yang Yanguang both asked in surprise.

"Isn't the enemy already retreating?"

At this time, I don't know when, Liu Qi and Wen Ping had also cleaned up the camp and stood behind Liu Xiu and the others, the two of them came to thank them, but unfortunately, they heard Liu Bowen's conversation and analysis, and hurriedly asked: "Thank you Mr. for coming to the rescue tonight, I don't know what Mr. just said?" ”

"The eldest prince (eldest brother), General Wen" saw the two of them, and Liu Xiu and the others met a little.

Then, Liu Bowen shook his feather fan and said: "When the assassins were surrounded, they all fought for their lives, not trying to break through, which shows that the assassins did not come to spy on the military."

"That's true, the gang of thieves just now are not afraid of life and death, and they fight with their swords and swords, resulting in more than a dozen deaths and dozens of injuries under my command, but none of the assassins escaped, so they didn't come for information." Wen Ping listened to what Liu Bowen said, and also recalled the situation.

"The assassins are here, not for intelligence, not for assassination, but for their lives" Liu Bowen slowed down, shook his feather fan again, and said: "Presumably, the enemy army wants to find out the number of our troops, and this assassin should be specially here to kill people, so as to weaken our forces and provide an advantage for tomorrow's attack." ”

At this time, everyone was a little anxious, Liu Xiu hurriedly asked: "How is this good, according to what General Wen said, our side has nearly 100 casualties, and there are not many people who can fight, tomorrow the enemy army will attack, won't we sit back and wait for death?" ”

When Liu Bowen heard this, he smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the enemy army has sent dozens of assassins to kill people, and there must not be many soldiers from them. ”

"Then don't we have to bother?" Wen Ping on the side asked, in his opinion, this gentleman does have real talent and learning, and it should not be wrong to ask him.

"No, I'll plan when I wait for the general," Liu Bowen still said gently: "Set up a camp tent, prepare more things for fire, we will ambush around the camp tonight, wait for the enemy to enter the camp, we will attack it with rockets, and kill him on both sides, we will be able to kill him by surprise, and then wave the flag and shout around the servants, when we can raise the morale of the army, victory can be expected!" ”

After listening to the plan, Liu Qi and Wen Ping immediately bowed and said, "Mr. is talented, thank you for your help." ”

"There is no need for this, since I have already worshiped the second son, I should make suggestions for the life of the lord." Liu Bowen also got up and returned the salute.

When Liu Qi heard this, he had a strange expression on his face, but he still went to arm with Wen Ping.