It took half a month, and the army led by Liu Xiu finally arrived in Quren County. шщш.(vii) (ix) x.S.сом The update is so fast.

The army lined up outside the city, and the drums beat to make the atmosphere tense inside.

Liu Xiu rode his horse to the city, looked up at the city tower, and said loudly: "Where is the order of Qu Ren County?"

"This official is!"

Huang Quan stepped forward, his hands propped up on the city tower, his eyes staring at Liu Xiu. It's just that there is a trace of apprehension in his heart. There is no other reason, because Liu Xiu fought in the east and west, and his achievements were impressive, and he faced Liu Xiu with huge pressure.

Liu Xiu looked at Huang Quan and said: "This official has come to crusade against inhumanity, today you open the 'gate' of the city and conform to the torrent, and this official will let you continue to serve as the commander of Qu Ren County, and Qiu has not committed any crimes." If you resist stubbornly, Hugh blames the official for being polite. ”

Huang Quan raised his chin and said loudly: "Liu Xiu, don't be rampant." The city is here, and you can attack the city if you have the ability. ”

Liu Xiu said: "Rotten wood can't be carved!"

Huang Quan said: "Don't talk nonsense, you have the ability to attack the city." ”

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to submit, Liu Xiu sneered twice, and then returned to the military formation. Liu Xiu did not go to war, but ordered the army to retreat and camp six miles away.

Liu Xiu's army retreated, but Huang Quan was stunned.

What's going on?

On the city tower, the people of the major families were also dumbfounded when they saw this.

Liu Xiu has always been incomparably strong, how could he be so aggressive that he ordered Huang Quan to surrender and retreated?

There are quirks!

Huang Quan's heart has such thoughts.

Huang Quan looked at the people under his command, as well as the soldiers of other major families, and ordered: "Liu Xiu retreats, but be careful that they will kill a horse pistol." Be careful and not let up. ”

"No!"

Everyone was ordered, but they didn't dare to relax.

After all, the person who came was Liu Xiu.

On the contrary, it was Liu Xiu's side, after he returned to the camp, he sat down in the camp tent and sent someone to invite Pang Tong and Jia Xu. Liu Xiu's eyes were sharp, and he said, "The army has arrived in Qu Ren County, and now we are waiting for the news of Huo Jun and Chen's arrival." But other than that, I'm not going to just wait. I'm going to send a squad of soldiers to harass me at night, what do you think?"

Pang Tong said: "The strategy of attacking and harassing is also good, so that the other party cannot rest well, and in this way, it can also consume the morale of the other party." ”

Jia Xu said: "Truth and falsehood, fiction and reality." Since it is to attack, you can actually send a team of soldiers out and let them actually attack the city occasionally. In this case, the soldiers in the city could not live in peace. ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, he also nodded.

The three of them did not discuss other strategies, because the plan to conquer the county was already underway.

By nightfall, the soldiers in the army had rested.

Liu Xiu sent a team of soldiers and quietly 'pressed' towards the city tower in Quren County.

This group of soldiers, only a thousand people.

The soldiers arrived outside the city, looked at the brilliant lights on the tower, and directly beat the drums of war.

"Knock! knock!"

The sound of war drums suddenly resounded in the night sky.

The voice echoed and reached the castle tower.

When the patrolling soldiers heard this, they immediately became vigilant, and then one by one the soldiers clenched their weapons. In addition, the soldiers stationed on the tower, and even the soldiers stationed inside the tower, all went into action.

Huang Quan has always been on the city tower, he saw that Liu Xiu did not attack the city during the day, and thought that there would likely be a sneak attack at night, so he prepared early, and now as soon as he heard the sound of the drum, he turned over and carried the sword to kill.

When he came to the city tower, Huang Quan shouted: "Prepare for battle! ”

The shouts rang out, and the soldiers under his command were even more active.

A steady stream of soldiers rushed up to the tower, assembled on it, and stood on guard.

"Knock! knock!"

The drums are still beating.

In the darkness of the night, not a single soldier rushed out.

The name of the person who led the troops of the Qu family was Qu Zheng, and he was the son of Qu Lin. He is nearly forty years old, but he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he is burly and strong. Qu Zheng glanced outside the city, listened attentively, the expression on his face wrinkled, and said: "Huang County Order, there are no footsteps outside the city at all, not even shouting to kill." In my opinion, this is simply Liu Xiu's attack and harassment strategy. ”

Huang Quan stared out of the city, his expression solemn, his eyes nervous, and there was no trace of relaxation.

After thinking for a moment, the drumming had stopped.

All around, everything is silent.

Huang Quan looked at it for a moment, nodded and said, "This situation should be an attack, hmph, Liu Xiu is really cunning." At night, it is simply hateful to send troops to attack and disturb. ”

Qu Zheng said: "The two armies are fighting, and it is not surprising that attacking and harassing is the most normal strategy. Huang County, I went to sleep. ”

As he spoke, Qu Zheng yawned.

Then, Qu Zheng took the soldiers of the major families and retreated and went to sleep again.

Huang Quan watched the soldiers of the family retreat, but did not order the officers and soldiers stationed in the city tower to retreat, but guarded for another quarter of an hour, and saw that there was really no response outside the city, so he ordered: "Except for the soldiers stationed there, all go down and rest." ”

The soldiers disbanded, and Huang Quan was ready to go back to rest.

"Knock! knock!"

The drums of war outside the city suddenly rang out.

The sound was extremely fast, and in the sound of war drums, it seemed that thousands of troops and horses were galloping forward, and the murderous spirit was soaring.

Huang Quan was just about to go down to rest, but he quickly turned around and stared at the outside of the city. And as the war drums continued to sound, all the soldiers who had just dispersed were killed, including Qu Zheng, who had just gone down, also returned.

Qu Zheng's face was full of tiredness, and he said loudly: "Huang County Order, is the Jingzhou army coming?"

Huang Quan shook his head and said, "I haven't seen anyone yet." ”

"Damn!"

Qu Zheng's face was quite tired, and whoever was tossed like this, the emotions in his heart were not much better.

Countless soldiers once again gathered on the city tower.

However, the drums of war continued, and no soldiers emerged from outside the city.

Scammed!

Huang Quan saw this scene and knew that he had been deceived again.

These damn Jingzhou soldiers!

Huang Quan scolded in his heart, and even felt that the Jingzhou soldiers were simply too hateful, and if they wanted to start a war, they would kill them in a dignified manner, and it was really difficult to get into the hall of elegance if they played such a small trick.

Qu Zheng propped his hands on the 'female' wall and said, "Huang County Order, it can't go on like this." If we have to come up and meet the drums of war outside the city, we won't have to sleep tonight. If so, then it is right in Liu Xiu's arms. ”

Huang Quan said: "Indeed, we have to change our strategy. ”

"What to do?"

Qu Zheng's eyes fell on Huang Quan, although he was the one who commanded the 'private' soldiers of the major families, but the general direction of the arrangement was still Huangquan, the county commander.

Huang Quan thought for a while and said, "In this way, the defense on the city tower is temporarily garrisoned by the soldiers under the command of this official. Regardless of whether there are war drums outside the city or not, we are responsible for patrolling. Once Liu Xiu's soldiers really attacked the city, at that time, the official asked the soldiers under his command to blow the horn. When the trumpet sounds, you will fight again to meet the enemy. In this way, the effects of the drums of war outside the city can be avoided. ”

Qu Zheng's eyes also lit up, and said, "This is a good way." ”

Huang Quan had a smug look on his face, and said, "Okay, you can go down and rest quickly." ”

"Farewell!"

Qu Zheng nodded heavily, and retreated with the soldiers.

Huang Quan stayed on top of the city tower, he looked at the soldiers under his command, and ordered: "The Jingzhou soldiers outside the city are coming to disturb, no matter what the war drums outside are, there is no need to mobilize troops." Only when the trumpet sounded did the army gather on the tower. ”

After giving the order, Huang Quan disbanded the army on the castle tower, leaving only a part of the soldiers stationed on patrol.

After arranging everything, Huang Quan also went to rest.

When he lies down to rest, he sleeps in his clothes, so as to avoid getting up and wasting time when he suddenly encounters something. When he slept in a daze, war drums suddenly sounded in his ears.

Suddenly, Huang Quan had already woken up.

It's just that the Yellow Spring sounded instantly, and the sound of war drums outside the city was an attack, so he closed his eyes and slept.

After the third drum sound, about a quarter of an hour later, the war drums sounded again. This time, the sound of war drums still woke Huang Quan up, but the sound of war drums four times in a row already made Huang Quan a little numb.

I don't care about the sound of the drums.

Including the soldiers stationed on the city tower, they all relaxed their vigilance when they encountered the sound of war drums in succession, and the expressions on their faces were extremely relaxed, not worried that they would be attacked at night.