Two thousand people were on guard, although there were tens of thousands of troops behind them, but the string in their hearts was still tight, and they were afraid that if one accidentally detected a flaw, all the efforts would be in vain.

Fortunately, there was no episode in the city, and the people and horses from the counties who transferred materials from Nanzheng today were all in Nanzheng, and all of them would be sent to Chuyang in a unified manner, and the troops composed of believers were also escorted to Chuyang in batches, so in the past two days, the flow of people and batches in and out of Nanzheng was too complicated, so no one went to carefully check Liang Xi and Hao Zhao, but let this camouflage team of 2,000 people enter Nanzheng smoothly.

Liang Xi and Hao Zhao glanced at each other, and they both saw relief in each other's eyes, the first level that they thought would be a little troublesome had passed, as for how to fan the flames, it was not a difficult task for them.

"Wait until the evening." Liang Xi said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Hao Zhao nodded his head slightly to express his understanding, the risk of this big daylight shot is not small, two thousand people seems to be a lot, however, spread to the entire city, the strength is naturally not very rich, and the small fight makes Zhang Lu frightened Naturally, it is not a big problem, however, if you want to complete the task, two thousand people are naturally not enough, so Liang Xi and Hao Zhao thought for a while, and finally decided to wait for the army outside the city, and then join forces with the outside to take Nan Zheng in one fell swoop.

Ma Chao, who is less than a dozen miles away from Nanzheng, is not in a hurry, and the remaining more than 20,000 soldiers and horses are on the side road, led by local guides, although the road is a little longer, but it is better that there are few people along the way. It has a great effect on the more than 20,000 troops quietly approaching Nanzheng.

"Colonel Liang and Colonel Hao have successfully entered Nanzheng. There were no accidents along the way. After the two lieutenants had settled their troops and horses, the special commander went out of the city to inform the major general that he would attack in a big way tonight at three o'clock in the city, with the hourglass as a reference, and when the sand in the middle of it had run out. A man dressed in ordinary people's clothes knelt down on one knee and reported to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao waved his hand to let the guards take the hourglass in the man's hand, waved his hand and said, "Ben will know, go back and talk to the two captains." Ben will be the first to cooperate with their offensive tonight. ”

"Whoa." The soldier who sneaked out of Nanzheng replied loudly.

"Go" Ma Chao waved his hand and waved the person away.

When this person left, he saw Ma Chao looking at the surrounding environment, which attracted two people to think and asked, "Is there a water source near here?" ”

When the two men heard this, they thought for a moment, and after a moment one said, "There is a small river, nearly three miles away from here. ”

"Three Miles"

Ma Chao hesitated for a moment, but finally resolutely said: "All departments are stationed in place and bury the pot to cook." ”

Ma Xiu, Ma Tietian, Kai, Guo Huai and other generals had no objections. At present, it is only a dozen miles away from Nanzheng, with their team composed of half cavalry and half foot soldiers. This distance is not too far, and there are still seven or eight hours before the time agreed with Liang Xi and Hao Zhao, so it is better to hide outside Nanzheng at this time, it is better to hide in a place that is not easy to be detected and rest for half a day, so that the soldiers' physical strength can recover.

More than 20,000 soldiers and horses followed Ma Chao's order, and they didn't have time to sit on the ground to breathe, so they began to get busy, cleaning up the mountains and rocks in the camp, as well as measuring the distance and direction between the tents, which are all subtle and very important details, if it were not for the veterans who have been in the army for many years, it really can't be done to satisfy the main general, more than 20,000 people, logistics plus firehead soldiers are almost five or six hundred, and the combat soldiers will work together under the planning of the logistics measurement soldiers, and set up the tents they carry with them, although they will fight tonight, However, as long as it is stationed, it is impossible for a group of people to lie on the bare ground to rest, the march has the rules of marching, and there are rules for stationing, and the officers above the rank of captain are naturally sitting and enjoying their success, and the rest of the pawns can only support themselves, and the nest they sleep in is tidy up, and the sun is still hanging in the air, however, the head of the gang has begun to bury the pot and make food, and their location is facing Nanzheng, with several mountains and forests in between, so naturally there is no need to worry about being discovered by Nanzheng's soldiers and horses, and besides, The scouts under the command of Yunhe within a radius of two miles have already swept away, so everyone can enjoy a rare rest time with peace of mind.

In a short time, the simple camp was laid out, and tents were scattered on the mountainside, so that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses could have time to rest for a short time.

The camp is set up, the smell of meat and the reverse comes to the face, the big pot of rice of the gang leader is almost ready, with the consent of Ma Chao, the soldiers who have been gluttonous by the fragrance will line up into several long queues in less than a while, more than 20,000 people, this is not comparable to those modern construction sites, more than 500 gang soldiers, nearly 100 cauldrons, if it is not for the capable and experienced gang soldiers, how can they catch up with so much food in less than half an hour.

The smell of meat and fragrant rice fills the entire camp, and when it comes to eating time, naturally not every soldier can rush over to eat in the first time, and those who patrol the camp and obey orders outside the tent need to be on duty to be able to eat.

As the main general, Ma Chao naturally does not have to queue up like ordinary soldiers, this is unrealistic, in ancient times, there are really not many people who can line up with ordinary pawns to eat, this is related to too many factors, many generals who squat on the ground with ordinary soldiers at every turn to eat a big pot of rice, are indeed fierce generals, and Ma Chao is a warlord in Liangzhou, although the background is not deep, but he also maintains a kind of arrogance of the children of the family, so that he and ordinary soldiers line up together or squat on the ground to eat a big pot of rice together, it is indeed a little difficult, Therefore, when ordinary soldiers lined up to eat, the pro-army had already brought the meal to the military tent for him, and more than a dozen generals such as Ma Tiema, Hutian, Kaibayun and so on were eating together.

The large pieces of meat that often appear in the film and television dramas of the Three Kingdoms are not common in reality, in this era when the war is not stopped, and most of the people in the world are still having a difficult time, the rich people and the eunuchs may be able to eat meat for dinner, but the marching team, unless the horse is killed, there is not much other meat, that is, the main general, it is naturally impossible to have fresh horse meat and mutton for meals, and some cured meat is already extremely good.

Just like the meals of more than a dozen generals in the tent, it can be seen at a glance that although the specifications are much better than those of ordinary soldiers, it is just the standard of modern fast food, two meats and two dishes, that is, more rice.

More than a dozen pots of food were brought in, and everyone was not polite, seeing that Ma Chao was the first to eat, and Ma Xiu, Ma Tieba, Yun Tiankai, Guo Huai and others were also hungry, and suddenly the main tent was filled with a strong aroma of food.

They are all soldiers, they are very efficient at eating, and the amount of each meal is amazing, a large bucket of rice, more than 20 catties, but they are still easily wiped out, these generals, except for Bayun Guo Yuan, a few strong and strong, the rest of Ma Chao and Guo Huaitian Kaiyunhe are also relatively thin type, but the amount of rice is more than a cow fork, those bowls of rice are basically used by modern people to fill soup, everyone has to eat at least two large bowls, and like Bayun ate four bowls, People who have not seen it in person do not understand how terrible a creature called the Big Stomach King is.

The pots and pans were removed, but he saw Bayun touching his stomach and smiled: "It's finally eight layers full." ”

When everyone in the tent heard this, they all rolled their eyes wordlessly, even Guo Yuan, who also ate four bowls.

"You black boy, four bowls are eight layers full, and Lao Tzu is completely full." Guo Yuan glanced at Ba Yun and shook his head.

"When you call someone a black boy, can you see what kind of skin color you have?"

Bayun rolled his eyes and scolded with a smile: "It's like you're very white." ”

Ma Chao, Ma Tie, Guo Huai and others laughed, these two people have always liked to pinch each other, and everyone has the right to adjust their mood.

Everyone joked again, Ma Chao didn't interject, watching them tease each other, until the time was almost up, then he smiled and said: "Okay, almost, go back and rest for a while, there is still strength to work tonight." ”

When everyone heard this, their expressions were a little straightened, and they all got up and hugged their fists and said, "Oh." ”

The sun sinks to the top of the mountain, the twilight rises, time is like the fine sand in the hourglass, fine and broken, but it is lost quickly, a few hours later, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses quietly advance in the direction of Nanzheng. (To be continued......)