The further I walked, the clearer the sound became, and the vibration beneath my feet was far more vivid than the feeling through the futon.

That's not a sound that a few horses can make.

Chen Ying couldn't help but beat faster, and sped up to the intersection.

"Herod-" A clear neighing of horses suddenly sounded, and the chaotic sound of hooves was supplemented by human shouts, making the sound seem a little chaotic.

Chen Ying couldn't help but be moved by the color.

It worked!

Ma Laosan has done it!

In the silent night, the angry curses and hooves blended, and those swear words sounded so pleasant at the moment, Chen Ying's smile was still on his face, and he even felt that Li Gong, who was stunned by the listening, was very cute.

"It's finished." In the darkness ahead, Ye Qing's emotionless voice came.

Chen Ying nodded, his mind had regained his calm at this moment, and said, "Ma Laosan is very powerful. ”

What answered her was silence.

Ye Qing obviously didn't bother to speak again, probably because she was afraid that Chen Ying would pull her to say it again.

Chen Ying didn't care.

The short-lived joy had passed, and the situation was still dire, and she needed to plan ahead.

"Cousin, I don't know what happened ahead, can you please tell my cousin one or two details?" Li Gong's voice suddenly came, interrupting Chen Ying's thoughts.

She looked away.

The starlight was dim, and she could barely see things, and Li Gong was staring at her at the moment, with a look on his face that was between doubt and nervousness.

Fang Cai's noise was indeed a bit loud, no wonder Li Gong would feel nervous, if Chen Ying was not the one who set up the game, she might also be nervous.

"Big cousin, forgive me." Chen Ying smiled apologetically at him, and tried to slow down her voice: "I was so busy for a while that I forgot to make it clear to you first, which frightened you." ”

Li Gong waved his hand and said gently, "Cousin doesn't have to be so polite. Just listening to what my cousin and Ye Nuxia said, I can probably understand that since there is nothing to do at the moment, I would like to hear it in detail. ”

Chen Ying pondered for a moment, and felt that it was also necessary to inform Li Gong about this, so he said: "The matter is actually very simple, I told Ma Laosan to ask him to drive away the enemy's horses at night, and this noise should be his action at this moment." ”

When Li Gong heard this, he frowned and thought about it, and a trace of doubt crossed his face: "Didn't Ma Laosan go out to deliver the letter?" ”

This was explained by Chen Ying in front of everyone before, and several masters were present at that time.

"It's a disguise." The smile on Chen Ying's face was quiet and strange, and the words he said were even more frank and frightening: "I'm not afraid to tell my cousin, I suspect that one of us is collaborating with the enemy, so I openly asked Ma Laosan to go outside to deliver the letter, but in fact, I quietly gave him this task." ”

Li Gong was already extremely smart, and when he heard that this place was already transparent, he bowed his head and said: "Ma Laosan actually didn't go far at all, I think he has been hiding somewhere, waiting for it to do it when it gets dark." ”

"Cousin is smart." Chen Ying said with a smile.

Li Gong shook his head and sighed, "No matter how smart I am, I'm not as smart as my cousin." My cousin arranged everything in an instant, but I figured it out after the fact. ”

At this point, he turned his head to look at the place where the torches in front of him could not shine, and his voice was filled with emotion and admiration: "Although this terrain is favorable to us, my cousin can see the disadvantages at a glance. The thief is terrible, but the horse is even more powerful, so my cousin set up this plan. For this alone, it is far from being a brother. ”

After speaking, he looked at Chen Ying, his eyes were full of appreciation: "My cousin is really Zhuge among women, and this plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle is very wonderful." ”

This attitude of pure appreciation, Chen Ying felt it from him for the first time. I couldn't help but be a little surprised.

One is surprised that he can see through it in such a short period of time, and the other is surprised by the crispness of his change of attitude.

From this point of view, this Li Gong is really a character, smart but not arrogant, rigorous but not pedantic, and his actions are even more procrastinating, the only thing he lacks is experience. This is also due to age, and he cannot be blamed. Over time, he may not grow into another capable minister like Li Heng.

Thinking like this, Chen Ying was a little more worried about him, and said: "Although my cousin praised me for this, I didn't feel happy. After all, there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us, and if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have exhausted my mind to set up these three levels. ”

Li Gong had completely figured out Chen Ying's train of thought at this time, and when he heard the words, he looked into the distance and said, "Cousin's words are extremely true. If the other party makes it clear that he can rush hard as soon as he comes up, he will be able to crush us with only a few dozen horses, so my cousin will put the most effort into the first line of defense. ”

As he spoke, he smiled again, looked up and looked around, and said with a smile: "My cousin, this first formation, borrowed not only the convenience of the terrain, but also the convenience of the name of the place. The three words of Ghost Crying Ridge can be regarded as being used to the extreme by my cousin. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Ying couldn't help but feel like a bosom friend.

It's rare to be able to talk to a smart person, and this smart person doesn't have any other thoughts about himself now, and that feels really comfortable.

"No wonder my cousin is young and successful, and he really lives up to his reputation." Chen Ying said sincerely, with undisguised praise and appreciation in her tone: "I deliberately set up the first line of defense in a weird and mysterious way, and it was indeed borrowed from the name of the place. And judging from the effect, it was lucky to frighten the enemy, so that they didn't dare to rush in. ”

In fact, in addition to the first line of defense, the remaining two lines of defense are not very lethal, if not ineffective. The barricades formed by the carriages could not withstand the onslaught of the horses at all.

It is true that the narrowness of the world on the front line is indeed not conducive to cavalry raids. But it also depends on the actual situation. If Chen Ying and the others had half of the opponent's combat power, the horses were indeed not to be worried. But they didn't.

Even with the addition of Ma Laosan, they only have two and a half people's combat strength on their side. Just a few people, how can they resist each other's onslaught?

It is precisely because of this that Chen Ying took great pains in the first line of defense and came up with countless tricks. As long as they can scare the other party and dare not make a move easily, Rong Chenying and them stay up until the night, Ma Laosan, a strange army, will be dispatched to destroy the opponent's horses as much as possible, and the pressure on their side will be greatly reduced.

Judging from the movement at the moment, Ma Laosan's action is at least quite effective, if not successful.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying stared at the darkness ahead.

The fire in the first line of defense had been extinguished, and there was nothing to see in front of me, except for the passage illuminated by the fifty meters of torches.

After staring at it for a while, Chen Ying finally asked, "Ye Qing, can you hear the situation of those horses?" How many horses did the thief run? How many are left? ”