Dunsher had two options in front of him.

First, he gave up attacking Dingzhou and immediately transferred back to Chen Hu's department. Second, Chen Hu said that he could break the city in three days, and give him three more days, after all, everything was just Deng She's speculation. With his battlefield experience, he trusts his instincts; However, what is more reliable than intuition is intelligence.

What if it's really the Koreans who don't react? If you are shocked, isn't it self-defeating? Dingzhou to Shuangcheng, but dozens of miles, can be returned in one day. Taking a step back, even if the speculation comes true, Deng She believes that one day is enough time for Chen Hubu to withdraw.

He issued several orders in succession to strengthen the cavalry force patrolling the Dingzhou-Shuangcheng line, and at the same time replenish the infantry in the western mountain passes. The Ranger sent twice as much, from three reports a day to four reports a day. Suspend the construction of camps outside the city, and make every effort to repair the city walls.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is not a hundred battles, knowing oneself and not knowing one's opponent, one victory and one defeat. At present, you can't know your opponent, at least, you can be a confidant.

The length of the walls was so great, and thousands of men had been requisitioned; said that the construction of the camp was suspended, and five or six thousand soldiers could not be used all. Small-scale drills continued.

The Dunsheren are still not idle at the training ground. One morning, the horses were visited and the military newspapers were endless. Ranger Notice: Southwest, Northwest, safe and sound. Chen Hu's second wave of military reports sent that the defenders of Dingzhou were extremely tenacious, fought for three hours, attacked the city wall twice, and were counterattacked by the enemy's fire oil and failed to enter the city.

"When the villain came, the second wave of attacks had already begun." The Courier said.

In the attack on the twin cities, Dunshe's tactics were to attack the cities continuously and uninterruptedly. When he woke up, he and the generals concluded that the effect was good. Therefore, Chen Hu attacked Dingzhou, painted the gourd in the same way, and used it as it was.

"The three hundred men and horses on the plateau, have they been repulsed?"

"Driven across the river by our troops. General Chen sent two battalions of men and horses to garrison the river to prevent him from harassing him again. ”

"What about the cities in Hedong?"

"It's calm."

Deng She nodded, and ordered him to go back immediately to send an order to Chen Hu: "The guard in the west and south must not be relaxed; It was very good to build camp by the river, and all the bridges on the river were burned down. One drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, order: Dingzhou is not broken, and the siege does not stop. "If the city is not broken, his heart will not be stable.

The messenger took the command and departed.

On the training ground, three teams of 100 people, training in pieces, shouted to kill the sky. The soldiers marched with the golden drum banner and beat the drum, and the low flag tended to retreat with the gold. The flag is waved to the left, the right is waved to the right, and the golden drum is struck together, and the spear is sitting.

Next to a team, practicing formation.

The officers were on the side, with flags of different colors, accompanied by golden drums and horns, and gave orders. The commander listed the five basic formations of square, circle, curve, straight and sharp. Sometimes the square formation is round, and sometimes the circle is sharp. Slightly more complicated, one team in the phalanx does not move, and one person comes out of the column to form an outer circle and an inner square.

Every time there is a change, there is a loud shout. Follow the beat of the drum, forward, backward, bayonet, and erect shields.

Because Dunshe marched and camped in peacetime, and in his spare time, he often organized such small-scale training; In addition, the veterans scattered the armies and got along with the recruits day and night, and the experience of the battlefield in peacetime was much taught. Moreover, the troops experienced two bloody battles, in which two or three thousand people were killed in the battles alone, and a large number of weak and unsuitable people were eliminated.

So, it looks decent too. In fact, in the red scarves, most of the troops are engaged in training with war. In particular, Liaoyang and other places have always been mobile in combat and have basically not had long-term training.

Cruelty is a little cruel, and the effect is good. Nothing is more profound than the experience learned in a moment of life and death.

At noon, Dunshe did not return home. Just by the edge of the venue, I asked the soldiers to come to the army for food and ate some. He hurried to check the progress of the repair of the city gates. The ditch has been dug again, the deer's feet and the like have been planted, the city gate has been replaced with a thicker iron sheet, the loss of the city wall is not very large, eighty percent has been repaired, and the city tower has just been built.

It depends on the situation, and one more day, it will be roughly repaired.

Shanxi's Tanma came to report for the second time today: The mountain pass is stable, and there is no trace of the enemy.

The weather was very gloomy, and in the afternoon, it was as dark as night. Dunshe looked up. The clouds were thick and heavy, as if frozen, and the wind could not move. It can be seen almost with the naked eye, it is thickening little by little, forcing up the tower inch by inch. Black clouds crush the city.

Nearly in the evening, Hamitsu Hidebu returned. All three islands off the coast are occupied. He killed more than 80 enemies and suffered more than 300 self-losses. In addition to 100 good horses, the army brought back several carts of sea salt. Following Deng She's orders, he left two groups of men behind and stayed on the island to wait for the Han army to receive them.

Deng She strengthened his spirit and praised him a few words of encouragement. Received meritorious officers, comforted the wounded soldiers, put Haiyan into the warehouse, selected the soldiers, matched them with good horses, and merged into the cavalry team of 1,000 people.

Miscellaneous and busy, it was already night.

The third wave of Shanxi Tanma came to report again: there is still nothing wrong, and not a single Korean has been seen. The more this is the case, the more unreassuring Deng She becomes. He couldn't wait for Chen Hu's military report, so he simply came out of the mansion and went up to the city wall. It was very windy and the night was dark. Torches were raised on the city wall, and they were inserted into the battlements, and from a distance, they circled the city.

Under the clouds, the whole city seemed to be coiled by a fiery dragon, and the flames soared into the sky.

On the side of the city wall, the craftsmen of the strong men and craftsmen's camp rushed to repair it overnight. Not far outside the city, the soldiers were shouting and shouting, and they were blown to pieces by the strong wind. Deng She looked far away, and the dark night shrouded the four fields. Faintly visible wheat seedlings and trees in the field are like waves, undulating. The distant mountains stand, silent and oppressive.

The city of Dingzhou, Deng She has not seen it in person. Before sending Chen Hu to set off, he found the gentry of the two cities and inquired carefully. Its height is not as good as the twin cities, the thickness of the city walls is not as good, although the city defense equipment is not known, from the above aspects of speculation, it is certainly not as good as the twin cities. The soldiers have another experience of attacking the city, and it should not be difficult to break the city.

Chen Hu's military report did not come for a long time. Deng She held his hands, anxious and anxious, the wind was blowing strongly, and the wound on his neck was a little painful.

"The wind was too strong, and it was hard to say that it was going to rain. General, go home. If you are not worried about the speed of the construction of the city wall, the villain stays and monitors. "The one who spoke was the captain of his own soldiers, named Zuo Che'er. He is also the old brother of the horse thief.

Dunshe was silent for a moment and nodded. After a few more glances to the southwest and northwest, he was about to turn around when someone shouted, "General, look." ”

A little firelight, from far and near, galloped to the city.

It is Chen Hu's messenger.

"The poor people of the Han people and Bohai tribes in Dingzhou, Wen General Wen divided the land and the twin cities, and accepted the internal response. The city was broken, 700 levels were killed, and 420 prisoners were captured. General Chen's message: The last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, according to the general's previous order, leave an army to defend the city, and return tomorrow. ”

The dark clouds gathered, and a bolt of lightning suddenly struck out from the clash and the lala. Deng She's heart was light, and the weight of Qianjun was light. He restrained his joy, lifted up the messenger, and gave wine and meat. Herald: Spread the good news throughout the city. Victory can not only boost morale, but also enhance the awe of the Korean people.

Turning his head to look west, there will be another hour, and the fourth wave of horses will be at the appointed time to report. As long as everything is okay from Tanma, it will take a little time to rectify Dingzhou and firmly connect it with the twin cities. With some more effort, expand to the Jurchen land in the northeast, and use Hong Jixun's strategy to help it. With a thread, Goryeo, he can be regarded as a firm foothold.

He didn't sleep for two days and one night, and his worst worries came to fruition, his spirit relaxed, and sleepiness welled up. I really couldn't support it, and ordered my own soldiers, whether the horse came or not, to wake him up after an hour. When I went back to the house, I just fell asleep next to the pillow.

The cold wind outside the window violently swept the window paper. Whistling and roaring, like an angry warrior, sword raised, striking the enemy's camp.

Fighting again and again, the red banners all over the mountains and the soldiers wrapped in red scarves rushed from his side like a tide towards the enemy of the other side with a shout. Arrows are like flying locusts, and the wind is fierce. Wen Huaguo held the golden sledgehammer, looked up to the sky and laughed, and said to him, General, this is the wind of victory. There was blood everywhere, and corpses were everywhere.

The scene suddenly changes, the Yellow River floods, and the red land is thousands of miles. The poisonous sun hung high in the sky, and a group of people surrounded a child with a burst brain, their eyes were fanatical and drooling. Deng She saw Yang Wanhu. He was shirtless, and countless hungry people in ragged clothes, frantically throwing human heads into the air, and they were shouting something so loudly that Dunsha couldn't hear it clearly.

He was drenched in a cold sweat. He suddenly discovered that the enemy of the red scarf was not the Yuan army. Like an endless red cloud, they rushed to the opposite side, the black cloud of the same boundless starving.

He wanted to stop them. He was so anxious that no one listened to him. He didn't know what to do, and everyone ignored him as if he didn't exist. It suddenly occurred to him that he was not a person of this era. Even Wen Huaguo didn't seem to be able to see him anymore.

He was depressed. He was sad, he felt the loneliness that hurt to the marrow. But he was bitter and angry, for what he saw. There was a burst of thunder in the sky, and he looked up suddenly, as if frightened, yes, he was going to question it, he was going to question the sky. How can you do that? Leave him here, let him survive with difficulty, let him see this scene of the tragic scene in the world, but let him do nothing.

He saw Deng San, his huge face, floating in the sky. Looking at him, he smiled kindly, his eyes full of warm love and concern. Suddenly, Deng San seemed to see something, his expression suddenly became nervous, and his mouth opened and closed rapidly, wanting to tell him something.

But Dunsher couldn't hear it. There was another thunderclap, and the Red Turban and the hungry people rushed together, they did not fight, they embraced each other. Countless people, maybe 100,000, maybe a million, maybe all the people in the world are here. They threw their heads up, and raised their weapons in their hands, like a dense forest; greater waves, like the angry sea; They shouted in unison, and waves shook the sky, earth-shattering. Dunsher heard clearly. They were shouting two words, they were shouting: "Survive!" Survive! ”

"General, General!"

A hurried shout called Dunshe back from his dream. In front of my eyes, it was Zuo Che'er's anxious face. The drowsiness disappeared, and Deng She propped himself up: "What? ”

"The road to Dingju was cut off by the Koreans." The left car dodged away, and Deng She saw Lu Qianshi standing behind him, his face covered in blood, and the blood stains on his armor had not dried.

"The villain is incompetent, and he can't stop the Koreans." Lu Qianshi fell to his knees, ashamed and angry.

If you can't hold the line of Dingzhou and Shuangcheng, and you are cut off by the Koreans, everyone knows what the consequences will be.

What to be afraid of, what to come. Dunsher couldn't believe his ears.

With a click, the wind tore the window paper, and the tea bowls and other objects on the shelves and mirror frames swayed with the wind, and the price of the beads rang into a piece. The cold air poured into the room, which made him sober up a little, and he calmed down and asked, "How many Koreans?" When will it arrive? Where did it come from? ”

"At least five thousand, more than an hour ago, taking advantage of the dark night and strong wind, came from the southwest direction of Dingzhou. The villain was caught off guard. When found, it had fallen into the encirclement. ”

"The distance to the Twin Cities?"

"Twenty miles."

"What's going on now?"

Lu Qianxi shook his head: "After the villain broke through, there were dozens of horsemen chasing after him at first, and a few were shot down by the villain, and they all retreated. Surrounding the villain was a thousand-man team, and seeing their main force from afar, it seemed ,...... "He wasn't quite sure," the Koreans were camping. ”

"Camp?" Deng She turned to Zuo Che'er, "Does Chen Hubu have any military reports?" ”

"Nope."

"What about the rangers and the guards of the mountain pass?"

"There are no military newspapers."

Dunshe was silent. The Goryeo people came from the southwest, Dingzhou was a necessary place, and Chen Hubu had no military report, so it can be concluded that Dingzhou must have been besieged. It's just that the mountain pass to the west does not know if it has fallen into the hands of the enemy.

"Order: Send more scouts and rush to the mountain pass to investigate. Call Wen Huaguo, Zhao Guo, Luo Guoqi, etc., see me in the lobby. The gates were closed, and the three armies assembled. Deng She put on his clothes and stood up, "Fetch my armor." He glanced at Lu Qianxi, who was kneeling on the ground, and helped him up, "The enemy is strong, and the general is alone." The responsibility for the loss of the road does not lie with the generals. He paused, remorseful, "In me." ”

He guessed that the enemy was different, and even guessed the direction the enemy was coming from. But I didn't expect it,...... He turned his head, and the wind outside the window was raging and the night was falling, and he couldn't see his fingers. In the battle of the garrison, he took advantage of Tianli, and this time, he was taken advantage of by the Koreans.

Lu Qianshi fought all the way, was injured in two or three places, and never said that it hurt. As soon as Deng She's words of self-reproach came out, his tears couldn't help but roll down. There is a difference between the superior and the low, and the Lord will blame himself, except for Deng She, he has not seen the second one.

Dunshe called in his own soldiers and helped him put on his armor. The wound on the neck was changed before going to bed, and the soldiers were careful not to touch it. The armor was cold, and the pieces of iron were clattering against each other. Deng She thought for a while and ordered: "Send a few brothers to protect Mrs. Wang." told her that Ben would swear to protect her well. ”

"The general is also going into battle himself? ,...... the wound on your neck" Lu Qianxi asked as he watched Deng She straighten out his armor and felt uneasy.

Deng She smiled: "Golden armor, sitting on a soft couch, watching the battle of the generals, Confucius said, are you happy?" This is to borrow the words of Wenhua Guo's drunkenness. Lu Qianshi admired Deng She's composure and was infected, and couldn't help but smile.

Whether Deng She was calm or not in his heart, except for him, no one knew. He looked straight and asked, "How is the general's injury?" ”

"Wounds outside the skin are not enough to worry about."

Deng She took the saber in his hand, inserted it into the sheath for him, and gave the military order: "Gather the cavalry, is two quarters of an hour enough?" ”

"It won't take a quarter of an hour!"

"Charge the first formation, hand it over to the general." Regardless of whether the Koreans were camping or not, in short, they had only arrived for two hours at most, and while their foothold was unstable, they would attack for a while. By the way, you can also look at its combat power and identify its capabilities.

Lu Qianshi awe-inspiring received the order and turned around to go out. He secretly swore that he would wash away his disgrace.

The soldiers came to report, and Wen and Zhao Zhu were all there.