Chapter 353: The Turning Point (Part II)

Liyang is close to the Yangtze River, so naturally there are many foggy weather. =Gold==Bang=At this time, it is late autumn, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and there is fog tonight!

Iron helmets, leather armor, this strange outfit, appeared on the outpost of the Xuzhou army that confronted Yuan Shujun in Liyang City.

At this moment, in the dark of the night, two strangely dressed soldiers were reclining on the sacks, whispering something while carefully observing the movement on the other side through the lookout hole.

They were behind a barrier made of sandbags and planks, with several sandbags at the bottom and a hole in the top through which the soldiers could see through which they could see the outside while they were standing. And on top of it was a plank, and on top of it were sandbags. The height of the entire obstacle was one foot and two feet, and the enemy's feathered arrows would never be able to shoot the soldiers hiding behind.

Two torches were burning fiercely above the barrier, illuminating the distance of dozens of paces in the vicinity.

The two soldiers were tired of standing, but in order to keep an eye on the situation on the other side, they could not squat or sit down, so they had an idea, and stacked the remaining sandbags of the improvised fortifications into a slanting sofa-like thing, and the two of them lay side by side and chatted, but the head could see the situation on the other side through the lookout hole.

They are not very old, one is twenty-four years old, the other is twenty-two years old, in fact, most of the age of Xuzhou soldiers is concentrated in 20 to 30 years old, but there are also some veterans between 30 and 35 years old. Obviously, these two people still belong to the new Nen level. The two of them are all over the world, but due to their limited knowledge, there are many jokes similar to the emperor chopping wood with a golden axe, and Tian Fan, who has been standing behind for a long time, can't help but laugh.

After listening to it for a long time, Tian Fan also knew the names of the two, one was called Da Niu and the other was Qiusheng.

Qiusheng noticed that one of the two torches above his head was gradually darkening, and said, "Brother Niu, wait a minute, I'll change the torch!" ”

So saying, he stood up, put his foot on the spot where he had been lying, removed the dimmed torch, jumped off the sandbag, and pulled out a jar of fire oil from the bottom of the pile of sandbags. He carefully held the torch with one hand, opened the lid of the jar with the other, and then carefully took out a wooden spoon from the side, scooped out half a spoonful of fire oil from the oil can, and carefully poured it onto the torch on the side.

The flames that had been gradually extinguished lit again with a "hula", and the flames rose three or four feet, and then grew smaller again. Seeing that the wooden spoon was also on fire, Qiu Sheng hurriedly inserted the wooden spoon into an open sandbag to extinguish the fire. Only then did he put down the wooden spoon, close the lid of the oil can, and place it in the position just now. Finally, he stepped on the pile of sandbags he had been lying on again, and inserted the torch back into its original position, and the job was complete.

Since the oil on the torches burned quickly, the two of them had to do this work every quarter of an hour, so the conversation was not very coherent. But every time one person changes the torch, the other person stops talking and looks at the lookout hole seriously. These two people cooperate very tacitly, and Tian Fan is very satisfied with their performance!

Although he has been busy since the early hours of yesterday morning, he has not slept for twelve hours, but Tian Fan is still not sleepy. When he had nothing to do, he went to the front stations of the army to take a stroll to see if the soldiers were responsible. The results of the review made him very satisfied.

Tian Fan naturally guarded against Zhang Xun's night attack, so a quarter of the soldiers always stayed awake in case of emergency. He had already inspected most of the locations and was pleased with the performance of the soldiers.

Qiusheng put back the torch, clapped his hands, and when he turned around to lie down, he happened to see three shadows behind him. The two torches cast his shadow on Tian Fan, so that he didn't see Tian Fan's appearance clearly, but Tian Fan's bright eyes were extremely conspicuous in the dark night, making him notice it at a glance.

Taking a closer look at Shi A and Gao Shun beside Tian Fan, he suddenly understood that if Shi A and Gao Shun could be separated, then the person in this shadow must be Tian Fan!

Qiusheng hurriedly jumped off the sandbag, hugged his fists and said: "The villain sees General Tian, see General Gao!" ”

When the big bull next to him heard this, he hurriedly got up and saluted with his fists.

The two of them remembered their behavior just now, and couldn't help but be a little worried, and after glancing at each other, the two of them glanced at Qiao Tian Fan at the same time. Seeing that he had a gentle smile on his face and no trace of anger, the two couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved.

Tian Fan smiled and said, "Get up!" ”

After the two got up, they straightened their backs and waited for Tian Fan to ask.

Tian Fan said: "There is no situation, right?" ”

Da Niu said in a low voice: "General Tian, our night duty time started from the time of the child, and we haven't seen anything abnormal until now!" ”

Tian Fan bowed his head slightly and said, "That's good!" Well, you must not slack off, you must be optimistic about each other's movements! ”

The two hurriedly clasped their fists and whispered in agreement.

After Tian Fan turned around and left, Gao Shun also breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid, if Yuan Shujun came to attack at this time, it would be a question of whether Tian Fan could escape!

After explaining a few words to Da Niu and Qiusheng, he hurriedly chased after him.

This is a place near the northern city, except for the urn city and the city gate tower, all the city walls and the gentle slope that can go up the city wall are controlled by the Xuzhou army, and Gao Shun is the main general here. =Gold==Leaderboard=

After Gao Shun caught up with Tian Fan, he persuaded: "Boguang, you better go back and rest!" It's getting so late, you can't stay awake all night, can you? ”

Tian Fan smiled indifferently and said, "Didn't you also sleep all night?" ”

Gao Shun showed a smile and said: "I am a general, my body has been exercised, when I used to fight with Wen Hou, I had the experience of sleeping only half an hour in three days, hehe, I didn't sleep all night, this is difficult for me!" ”

Tian Fan rolled his eyes and said, "Look at what you said, am I not a general?" If you can hold it, why can't I? ”

Gao Shun nodded silently and said, "Okay, I still have one last point here, you can take a look and go back to Nancheng!" ”

Tian Fan bowed his head slightly and climbed up the gentle slope.

On the gentle slope, there is an arrow tower, which is only 300 steps away from the city gate tower controlled by Zhang Xunjun, and is the forefront of the city wall.

A quarter of the soldiers were still awake, and when they saw Tian Fan and Gao Shun coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted, Tian Fan made a few gestures, and after they understood, they returned to their original form. Those sleeping soldiers, lying on the city wall, in any position, because of the day's fighting, most of them slept very deeply, even if Tian Fan occasionally stepped on their arms or legs, they still would not wake up. Dan Fan believed that as long as there was a shout of killing, they would immediately get up and join the fight. This is a special skill that only veterans who have experienced many battles will have.

Twenty steps from the arrow tower to the city gate tower is a sandbag wall that the soldiers piled up to be level with the city wall, as high as the soldiers' necks, and two feet thick. Sandbags of this width were piled up, and the enemy soldiers would have to pay a huge price if they wanted to move away under the guard of dozens of archers on the arrow tower. In order to prevent the soldiers in the high places from becoming the opponent's live targets under the firelight, there were no torches on the arrow tower, but the soldiers did not sleep, and they all watched the local control area behind the obstacle vigilantly.

The city wall is high, the wind is relatively strong, and the flames of the torches are blown and fluttering. The flag on the arrow tower was also blown by the wind.

Several soldiers on guard near the sandbag wall saw Tian Fan and Gao Shun coming, and hurriedly stood up and saluted. Tian Fan's eyes were fixed, and he listened attentively for a moment, but he only heard the sound of the banner hunting, the snoring of the soldiers, and the sound of the flames. Shaking his head slightly, he thought with a wry smile, maybe he was thinking too much, right?

With a sweep of his eyes, seeing Gao Shun and the others looking at him stunned, Tian Fan was busy collecting his thoughts and chatting with a few soldiers.

The whole fortification, it can be said that it is very well built, but everyone ignores one point!

Due to the thickness of the sandbag wall, and the position of the soldiers to plant the torches close to them, the thick sandbag wall blocked the light, so that the light could only spread flush up the sandbag wall. Therefore, if someone bends his waist and moves forward cautiously at a lower height than the sandbag wall, the guarded Xuzhou soldiers will not be able to see it!

Tian Fan had just said a few words to a few guarded soldiers, and was about to leave, when suddenly, there was a dense shouting sound from the side of the sandbag wall, and then, several figures suddenly rushed to the top of the sandbag wall, roaring with steel knives, and rushed over in just three steps. When he reached the edge of the sandbag wall, one of the soldiers jumped with all his might, jumped down, and slashed down with a big sword!

Under the light of the torches, the steel knife slashed down at the soldiers facing Tian Fan and facing the sand wall with their backs like a horse. The Xuzhou soldier obviously had no defense, and it was impossible to dodge this knife.

Tian Fan's eyes froze, his body took two steps forward like a rabbit, and pulled the soldier who had just turned his head to look behind him, and before he had time to draw his sword, he twisted his body to dodge the enemy's steel knife, his right hand formed a fist, and a heavy punch accurately hit the throat of the enemy soldier. The roar from the mouth of the enemy soldier stopped abruptly, and the steel knife in his hand also fell to the ground with a "bang", his hands were stuck in his neck, and in an instant, his face turned red, his whole body convulsed a few times, and he fell to the ground softly.

Immediately afterwards, the other two enemy soldiers had already jumped off the sand wall, and the broadsword had been raised and was struggling to chop.

Tian Fan moved with the shadow, and suddenly dodged the two steel knives, approached their bodies, opened his left and right hands together, grabbed the necks of the two with his big hands, and then struggled to the middle, and the heads of the two suddenly hit together. The two rolled their eyes and fell to the ground.

At this time, the other three enemy soldiers also attacked, Tian Fan's body retreated suddenly, came to the middle of Gao Shun and Shi A, who had already drawn their swords in their hands, and drew out a four-foot long sword!

Looking at the enemy soldiers who kept climbing over the sandbags in front of him, Tian Fan was not only not afraid, but laughed, and he said with great vigour: "Zhengqing, tell you a secret, the general's swordsmanship is definitely not under you!" On the horse, Ben will definitely not be your opponent, but under the step, Ben will dare to say that you are not my opponent! As they spoke, the three of them had already taken the lead in meeting the enemy soldiers. There is no way, the soldiers behind him have just stood up, if they are not given a little time to form the team, I am afraid that there will be many casualties!

Gao Shun had just woken up from the shock that Tian Fan brought him, and listening to him at this time, Gao Shun was suddenly full of fighting spirit, he blocked the knife of an enemy soldier, and quickly swung his sword to hack the soldier to death, haha laughed: "Okay, let's see which of the three of us kills the most people today!" ”

As he spoke, while facing the enemy, Gao Shun watched Tian Fan kill people. Indeed, what Tian Fan said was true, Gao Shun felt that without the help of the war horse, he was not Tian Fan's opponent. He really couldn't imagine that Tian Fan still had this hand!

Actually, Tian Fan didn't have a long time learning swordsmanship! Since the last assassination in Jiangdong, Tian Fan also realized the importance of learning martial arts, and he asked Shi A to teach him swordsmanship, but Shi A just taught him a little casually, saying that his swordsmanship was a chivalrous sword, which was not suitable for Tian Fan to learn. Tian Fan had no choice but to find [ ] Lu Bu! Lu Bu is this person, and no one can step down immediately! Lu Xin's spear skills are not good, but his swordsmanship is very good, which is all taught by Lu Bu. Tian Fan learned swordsmanship, and Lu Bu naturally taught it. As a result, Tian Fan has two swordsmanship skills: the sword of the knight and the sword of the general.

At this time, it was the first time he used it, although he was a little rusty, but firstly, he learned the Heavenly and Human Decision and the Five Elements Technique, and his body technique was fast and unmatched, and secondly, the Shuangyue Sword was indestructible, and no one could take him a move and a half. The efficiency of killing made Gao Shun feel frightened!

Shi A's swordsmanship is simple and practical, a few pounds of Qingfeng sword in his hands like a spiritual snake, specifically picking the neck of the enemy, wrist and other places without armor, he kills people and kills leisurely, after killing, the sword is picked, the enemy soldier is led to the city by his skill, that feeling, too beautiful! And Gao Shun is different, he is the sword of the war general who opens and closes, one move is dignified, one move is strong and heavy, one move is sharpened, one move is stabbed, and the sword is not empty. Tian Fan's swordsmanship is the ugliest, that guy jumps and jumps, and after a while, he looks at Gao Shun and stares straight at him!

By the time the three of them had killed more than a dozen enemy soldiers, the Xuzhou soldiers behind them had already finished lining up and were ready for battle, and the soldiers on the arrow tower had lit torches and had begun to fire arrows. When the three of them saw it, they immediately retreated.

After that, Tian Fan took a few steps back, and it was not until he reached the location of the arrow tower that he found a place to pull over and stop. Gao Shun is the main general here, Tian Fan can't replace him in command, and just like Tian Fan is clubbing in front, then Gao Shun is afraid that he can't command the battle with peace of mind, and he has to take into account Tian Fan's safety. Therefore, Tian Fan chose to step back and just watch the battle from behind.

Bringing Shi A to the vicinity of the arrow tower, Tian Fan fixed his eyes on the Beicheng City Tower, and suddenly, his gaze was condensed!

He grabbed a soldier who was running forward, ready to line up to meet the enemy, and said in a deep voice: "You go to Nancheng immediately to report the news, just say that the enemy is going to attack the camp, go quickly!" ”

When the soldier saw that it was Tian Fan, he promised loudly and ran quickly in the direction of Nancheng.

Tian Fan, who had excellent eyesight, saw that the city tower that was dimly visible just now and had a slight firelight was already pitch black! If there was no wind and the shouts of soldiers on both sides at this time, then Tian Fan could hear the sound of the gate of the North City slowly opening!