"Enemies?" He Lian was stunned, could it be that the people in the city were killed, or the Huns came? "Where is the enemy?"

"I don't know." Drop Gandhi Ao gasped and said.

He Lian couldn't cry or laugh: "I don't know, I don't know why you're so nervous?" ”

"Listen to me." Luo Zhi Qiandi Ao's face was nervous, he explained, none of the scouts released last night have come back, what is going on around them, they don't know anything about it now, the scouts sent out are five hundred steps away from the camp, none of them survived, a patrol of fifty people is missing, and even the body can't be found, as if they disappeared out of thin air.

He Lian was also taken aback, generally speaking, after a large number of scouts disappeared, it was the enemy's army attacking, and the other party would send a large number of people to kill the scouts in order to cover up the whereabouts of the army. And the soldiers who can be scouts are all experienced veterans, with strong martial arts skills and outstanding personal combat effectiveness, so there are usually not many such people.

It is basically impossible to control the whereabouts of the other party without leakage. What's more, it has been snowing for the past two days, and it is snowing heavily in the wild, and it is difficult to find the traces of the other party.

What kind of army is this, and where did it come from? He Lian was confused and frightened.

"Immediately disturb the army, and stop attacking the city." After a short period of distraction, He Lian came back to his senses and said loudly to the fallen Gandhi Ao: "Cross the river and move closer to Heyin City, and take care of each other with the Qiming tribe. ”

Landing Gandhiao quickly understood Helian's worries, with such an enemy on his side, it was absolutely unwise to attack the city, and self-preservation was the most important thing at this time. Without saying a word, he immediately withdrew the army from Jiuyuan City, and at the same time sent a letter to Shuo Fang's father, asking him to send people to support immediately.

He Lian stopped and said to the fallen Gandhi Ao, do you know how many enemies there are? And who?

Gandhiao is at a loss, I don't know.

I don't know if you ask for help from the big boss? It's no wonder that the handsome doesn't scold you for being a fool.

Gandhi Ao was dumbfounded, he couldn't attack the city, and he couldn't ask for help, so what should he do when the marshal asked about the progress of the siege?

The police should be reported, but not so. He Lian called the herald, you said to the marshal, we have a group of enemies here, we do not know the specific situation yet, for the safety of the army, we are searching with all our might, please also pay attention to the safety of the surrounding area.

The herald took the order. For the sake of safety, Helian sent ten heralds to Shuofang City from different roads, so as not to be intercepted by the other side in the middle of the way, and it would not be possible to spread the news to the hands of Gandra.

…… On the riverside outside Yiliang City, a Xianbei knight panted and urged the war horse, and the thick snow seriously hindered the speed of the war horse, but after running for thirty miles, the war horse was exhausted, breathing rapidly, and spit out a cloud of white. The surrounding snowfields are so white that they seem to be endless, as if they can never be finished. It is only two hundred miles from Jiuyuan to Shuofang, and when it is not snowing, this journey can be reached in half a day at most, but now it seems that without two days, he will not be able to send the news to the hands of the marshal.

The knight jerked his horse, and the horse tried his best to run, but after a few steps it slowed down again, and sweat poured out of the fine horse's hair, and soon became ice.

"Chishan Heavenly God, it's really fatal to come out to fight in this sky." The knight lamented, slapping his cheek hard to keep himself from falling off his horse. Suddenly, he heard the sound of danger, instinctively rolled over and dismounted, and fell into the snowdrift.

A feathered arrow struck him in the shoulder, and blood gushed out, quickly soaking his coat. The knight gritted his teeth and broke the shaft of the arrow, but left the arrow in the flesh. If the arrow is pulled out at this time, the blood will flow faster, and he will soon fall unconscious due to blood loss, and in such snow, being unconscious is equivalent to freezing to death.

He hid under the horse's belly and watched around warily as he grabbed his bow and mounted his arrows.

Eighty paces away, in the snow, a man slowly stood up, he was wearing a white cloak, holding a bow in his hand, looking at the knight with a smile, and opened his hand and said, "Surrender, lest you die." ”

The knight hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, suddenly stood up, shot an arrow at a lightning speed, and then used all his strength to start running in the direction of Jiuyuan in vain.

With a "whoosh", another feathered arrow flew and pierced his neck, and blood flew out and bloomed on the snow. The man walked cautiously with his bow in his hand, and when he saw that the Xianbei knight was dead, he lowered his bow. Throw the knight who had not gone a few steps onto the horse, and lead the horse towards the valley in the distance.

There were three corpses lying in front of Liu Xiu.

Wang Yun looked at the wooden card handed over by the killer, and handed it to Liu Xiu casually: "It's also a warning." ”

Liu Xiu nodded, it seemed that He Lian had not messed up yet, he was just a warning, and he did not ask for help, so his plan to attack the opponent's reinforcements fell through. He glanced at Xun You, Xun You's body was thin, he didn't wear iron armor, but wore an extra coat, round like a snowball. He calmly looked at the corpse on the ground, "He is cautious enough to send three people just in the direction of the river." ”

Wang Yun smiled: "Gongda is right, he must have sent people from other directions, it is impossible to intercept all the heralds in such a large area." ”

Xun You nodded and didn't say anything more. Seeing that his expression was calm, Liu Xiu knew that he had a new plan, and his heart was much more stable. He first asked Wang Yun and the others to continue to monitor and remain vigilant, and then turned to Xun You's side: "Gongda, what's the plan?" ”

"Although Helian didn't call for help, but he sent so many people to warn, it is impossible for Gandhara to not feel the danger involved." Xun You said unhurriedly: "I'm sure that within five days, even if you don't send reinforcements, you will at least send a baggage team. Otherwise, there will be a shortage of food and grass, and it will be impossible to complete the siege mission. Of course, these baggage teams will also be heavily guarded. ”

Liu Xiu understood and nodded again and again.

…… He was in his fifties, of medium build, and very stocky, with a dark face and a pair of eerie eyes hidden under his thick eyebrows. He held the wooden plaque, looked at the picture on it, and with a little force, the wooden plaque cracked into pieces.

He Lian said that there were unknown and countless enemies of unknown origin outside the city of Jiuyuan, and they were chasing them. He Lian didn't say anything about the siege, but he understood what he meant: since there was an enemy outside the city, of course he would not attack the city at this time.

Gandra was furious, believing that Helian was using various excuses to resist his order to attack the city. There is also the vigilance of the Spirit Fox tribe in the south, how can there be a large number of enemies to reach the vicinity of Jiuyuan. Whether it was Liu Xiu in the direction of Dachengsai, or the enemies in the direction of Meiji and Manbai, it was impossible for them to quietly pass through the position of the Spirit Fox Tribe.

Not to mention the fact that it had snowed for several days in a row, and it was impossible to march at this time, and in the coming days, a long march would be an impossible thing to achieve. He Lian said that there was no other purpose, only one, and that was to avoid a siege.

He Lian wanted to besiege the big city and catch Liu Xiu, but now that it was snowing so much, maybe the Wild Sand tribe could rush to the west of the big city in a short time and cut off Liu Xiu's retreat, but it was difficult for them to rush to the big city to encircle the city as scheduled, his plan looked very good, but in fact it could not be implemented at all.

What's more, Luo Luo Luo knew that the law deduction of the Wild Sand tribe might not agree to Helian's plan, so he rushed all the way to the big city fortress just to catch Liu Xiu, and he refused to agree no matter what. The most likely thing is that he will directly attack the Northland County, plunder it, and then retreat.

He Lian thought he was smart, he didn't understand what the tribal commanders were thinking.

He was very dissatisfied with Helian's resistance to the siege, but he also knew that Helian and they only took half a month's baggage, and if they didn't replenish it in time, Helian and they would run out of food, and then Helian would retreat under the pretext of fasting, completely burying his plan to capture Jiuyuan City.

The Hongyue tribe entered the fortress in a big way, but the Han people all entered the city to defend themselves, and all the harvest was to settle the troops and livestock of the Huns who began to plunder by Gandhi Ao and Lian, but in the battle of Qingyanze, most of these spoils were taken away by the Han people, if they did not capture Shuofang and Jiuyuan, they could only return empty-handed, and after capturing these two cities, they could return with a full load.

"Send 5,000 men to escort a batch of grain, grass and livestock to the settled Qiandi Ao, and tell him that if he dares to give up the task of attacking Jiuyuan without authorization, I will kill him." Luozhi Gandoro gritted his teeth and said, he pointed at the little handsome Wumeng, "You go to Jiuyuan, if they are disobedient, all the troops will be under your command." ”

Wumeng bowed down to receive the order, then prepared grain and grass, and left Shuofang with more than 6,000 men.

…… Looking at the long convoy of Xianbei people winding in, Liu Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, if it wasn't for Xun You's very affirmation, he would have almost given up. When he came out, he had only brought ten days of dry food, and today is the ninth day. If the Xianbei people don't come again, he will go hungry. The soldiers were a little worried, and his heart was anxious to death, but he didn't dare to show a little lack of confidence on his face.

Xu Huang sent the news that the Xianbei people's baggage team had left the camp two days ago, but until now, he saw the baggage team with his own eyes, and he was really relieved, because if the Xianbei people were advancing too slowly because the road was not good, he would still have to stop cooking.

Food is the guarantee of confidence, and once the food is cut out, this army, which seems to have high morale, but in fact has very limited psychological capacity, will collapse. The difference is a millimeter, a thousand miles away, he pinned a considerable part of his hopes on Xun You, a legendary figure, this time, if he is wrong, he may not recover.

Xun You wrapped the big piece and sat quietly against a big stone, when he heard the latest news, he didn't say anything, just drank two sips of wine in succession, and a smile appeared on his pale face for the first time.

"The Lou Fu battalion occupies the high ground on both sides, and within ten breaths, it is necessary to eliminate more than half of the officers of the opposing side, so that they cannot organize an effective counterattack." Liu Xiu looked at Wang Yun seriously, "I have allocated the best archers to you, I hope you don't let me down." ”

Wang Yun nodded: "Please rest assured, if you can't complete the task, the establishment of the Lou Fu Camp will be cancelled from now on." ”

Liu Xiu turned his head to look at Lu Bu and Zhao Yun: "Fengxian is on the left, Zilong is on the right, your goal is very clear, that is, to flank that little marshal named Wumeng, kill him in the first time, and we will win half of the victory." ”

Lu Bu and Zhao Yun glanced at each other and smiled in unison.

"Originally, you guarded the exit, and a Xianbei person escaped, I only asked. Wen Yue, no matter how many people there are in the back, as soon as the drum sounds, you must attack immediately, and if there is a Xianbei person who comes in to reinforce it, your army Sima will be done. ”

Yuan Shao and Han Sui responded loudly.

"Bo Dao, Yide, your task is to light a fire and boil water, and let everyone eat meat today and taste the taste of victory."

Hao Zhao and Zhang Fei pursed their lips and replied helplessly. As soon as I heard that there was hot food to eat today, the Sima and the military marquis present began to get excited, in order to hide their whereabouts this day, they have been eating dry food, although the dry food tastes good, but eating cold food every day is indeed not a comfortable thing, at this time come to a bowl of hot mutton soup, hot from head to toe, that is called a comfort.

"Don't rejoice too soon." Liu Xiu waved his hand and signaled them to be quiet: "Those who have completed the task have hot food to eat, and those who can't finish it will watch from the side." ”

"And—" Lubra said disapprovingly, "What is such a simple task that cannot be completed?" Zilong and I joined forces, and the whole world went to it. ”

"I hope so." Liu Xiu smiled slightly, stood up, raised his right arm, and lightly hit the breastplate: "Victory!" ”

Everyone straightened up, struck their fist armor, and shouted, "Victory!" ”

…… It took an hour for Wumeng to enter Liu Xiu's eyes to enter the valley, and when he saw the cliffs on both sides that were not very high, Wumeng's first reaction was that he finally had a place to shelter from the wind. Speaking of Daqing Mountain, which is not far from the north of the river, but the wind in the field is still not small, after trekking in the snow for four days, they are cold and tired, and now they just want to find a sheltered place to rest, build a fire to dry their hands and feet, and cook a big pot of hot soup to warm their stomachs, but they did not expect that there are enemies in this calm valley.

The heralds who came and went did not mention that there were enemies in the valley, and the scouts sent by Umeng before did not find any trace of anyone in the valley, and from the heart of Umeng himself, he did not believe that there would be Han people marching in the field in such weather, and even if it was a Huns, it was impossible for them not to make a fire, as long as they made a fire, even if it was fifty miles away, he would be aware of it.

When the rapid sound of war drums exploded on the mountainside, Wumeng was stupid, and all the Xianbei people were stupid, they looked blankly at the rain of arrows pouring from the cliffs on both sides, and they didn't even have the most basic reaction.

Will there be enemies here? No one dared to believe this fact, and no one wanted to believe this fact, and Umeng rubbed his eyes, for fear that he would hallucinate after walking in the snow for too long.

One left and one right, two long arrows flew almost at the same time, and the sheep's head arrow pierced the sky, with a sharp roar of death, and quickly enlarged in Wumeng's eyes.

"Pounce!" In no particular order, the two arrows shot into Umon's chest at the same time. The strong remnant flew backwards with Umeng's body, and Umeng's mouth opened wide, blood pouring out of his mouth, and his whimpering screams.

Before the action, Liu Xiu took care of Lu Bu and Zhao Yun repeatedly, your archery skills are very strong, and it is no problem to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, but on the battlefield, what I want is a lethal effect, as long as I can kill the other party, no matter where I shoot. An arrow through the throat is beautiful, but the hit rate is not as good as the chest after all. The sheep's head arrows of our Han army are enough to break the armor, plus the three-stone strong bow you use, within fifty steps, it is almost a god blocking and killing the god, and the Buddha blocking and killing the Buddha, so why do you have to shoot the throat?

You guys shoot me in the chest!

Lu Bu and Zhao Yun knew the important surname of this battle, and they also knew whether they could shoot Wumeng's important surname in the first place, so they faithfully carried out Liu Xiu's order. Two sheep-headed arrows pierced the iron armor on Umeng's body, killing him in one fell swoop.

This is the glory of Wumeng, who can be attacked by Lu Bu and Zhao Yun at the same time, this is the first and possibly the last.

Lu Bu smiled proudly and continued to shoot at a dazzling speed, and with every sound of the strings, a Xianbei knight fell off his horse.

On the other side of the hill, Zhao Yun shot arrows unhurriedly, his speed was not as fast as Lu Bu, but his accuracy was not inferior, and the target he chose was more important, in a moment, he shot three centurions and one thousand.

The main shooter carefully selected by Lou Fujian had no one else in his eyes, as long as it was someone in armor, he was the target of their care, whether he was a centurion or a thousand-torn. The Xianbei people are very poor, most of their warriors can only wear leather armor, only centurions, thousand-necks and the like can afford to wear armor, and less than thirty percent of the warriors can wear leather armor.

The drums thundered, the arrows were like feathers, the locust-like arrows seemed to obscure the sky, and the blue sky was dark. The Xianbei people were caught off guard and were thrown into a dense and precise array of arrows, some of them urged their horses to run forward, some jumped off their horses, tried to hide under their horses or in their baggage carts, some raised their shields, or they rushed forward with all their might, trying to rush out of this short valley and out of this deadly array of arrows.

In just ten breaths, a drum is blown, and the valley is full of corpses, and more than half of the Xianbei people are killed or injured.

Another puff up, two thousand warriors armed with hooked ring knives poured down the valley like a tide, killing the Xianbei people who had not yet come to their senses. Although the Xianbei people were also quite numerous, most of their officers were shot and killed at the first time, and there was no unified command, so they could only fight separately, and the Changshui battalion they faced was in an orderly command, and their weapons and equipment were far superior to them, and their morale was not comparable to them, and the battle situation showed a one-sided trend from the beginning.

Taniguchi, Yuan Shao stood with a horizontal sword, looking at the Xianbei people who rushed out sporadically, he breathed a sigh of relief, his subordinates were the most seriously attritional, and the morale was also the lowest, if the Xianbei people came too violently, he might not be able to resist. Don't worry about it now, such a few people can only make the soldiers have a good time and smell the blood, and some people may not have the opportunity to cut people.

Unlike the last time when they charged with the army, this time most of the people dismounted and fought on foot, in this regard, in addition to Liu Xiu's personal guard battalion, Yuan Shao's subordinates were the best at it, so Liu Xiu handed over the task of forming a formation to Yuan Shao.

Xianbei people saw the neat Han army infantry formation, frightened and dumbfounded, some people plucked up their bravery, rushed forward, hoping to kill a bloody road, more people lost their fighting spirit, stupidly stood in front of the formation, did not know where they should go, until a certain number of companions gathered behind them, encouraged each other, and rushed up in a mess.

Yuan Shao ordered all of them to be killed, leaving no one alive. The soldiers of the Changshui battalion marched like a wall, and the ring knife and the long halberd cooperated with each other, cutting down the Xianbei people one by one in front of the battle.

On the other side of the valley, Han Sui and Duan Xuan galloped on horseback, killing the panicked Xianbei people to the point that they cried wolf howls and collapsed. They listened to the screams in the valley, where did they still have the courage to go in to support, and they couldn't organize a counterattack, so they scattered and fled.

Half an hour later, calm returned to the valley, and Liu Xiu ordered all the wounded people or horses to be killed, and the livestock were simply cleaned up, and thrown into the boiling cauldron to boil, and the people were thrown aside, and when the time came, there were wild wolves to send them to heaven.

The water boiled, pieces of flesh with blood rolled in it, handfuls of salt and condiments were thrown in, the warm aroma wafted in the valley, and the soldiers talked and laughed around the cauldron, talking about the war just now, while waiting for the meat in the pot.

Cao Hong took the soldiers of the baggage battalion, happily sorting out the spoils of war, this time in order to reduce the burden, non-combatants can be reduced, Cao Hong only brought more than 200 people, according to nearly 3,000 horses, although did not participate in the battle, but the labor intensity is not bad at all. However, all the tiredness flew out of the clouds when he saw the mountains of loot, and the carts of grain needless to say, just more than 3,000 war horses were enough to make Cao Hong look bright.

With these horses, they will be able to carry more dry rations and have more time to fight continuously.

In order to speed up the tidying up, Liu Xiu sent the guard battalion to assist him, but despite this, they were still very busy.

Liu Xiu wiped the wooden bowl with his sleeve and swung it in the cauldron with a wooden spoon. Because of the hurry, the blood of the livestock was not completely cleaned, and there was a layer of blood foam floating in the pot, so Liu Xiu said that there was no need to put the stomach or anything in it, otherwise there would definitely be feces and other things in it.

Liu Xiu scooped a bowl of soup, took a sip, nodded with satisfaction, filled half a bowl, and handed it to Xun You. After a few days of camping, Xun You became ill, with a constant low-grade fever and some cough, thanks to Liu Xiu's side having a Taoist who was proficient in medical skills like Wang Zhi, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

"Thank you, sir." Xun You took the bowl gratefully, took a sip of the hot soup, and a warm current went down his chest to his abdomen.

"Eat some meat." Liu Xiu cut off a piece of mutton with a short knife, dipped it in a salt bowl, and carried it to Xun You with a knife. Xun You hesitated, pinched the meat with two fingers, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and nodded again and again: "It's so fragrant." ”

"Eat more fragrant, mutton is greatly replenished." Liu Xiu smiled: "Gongda, what should I do next?" ”

Xun You coughed lightly: "Next, of course, I will take advantage of the victory to pursue." ”

(To be continued)