Due to the blockade of the Ningnan Junling Clan, the caravan led by Fu Cong could not go and was trapped on Xibu Mountain.

That night, Shangguan Xiu couldn't sleep in the room and went outside to inspect, Wei Tian accompanied him, and the two walked slowly.

After suffering a big loss, the wind army also learned a lesson, and now Xibu Mountain is heavily guarded, and bright posts and secret posts can be seen everywhere.

Wei Tian said: "My lord, according to the news sent back by my spies, the Ningnan army is less than a hundred miles away from Xibu Mountain, and if nothing happens, they will be able to reach Xibu Mountain early tomorrow morning." ”

Shangguan Xiu nodded, then glanced at Wei Tian with a smile, and asked with a smile: "Old Wei, do you have confidence in tomorrow's battle?"

Wei Tian smiled, smiled bitterly, and said, "My lord, I didn't plan to go back alive when I came to Xibu Mountain. The implication is that he has made up his mind to die in battle, and it can be seen that he has no confidence in this battle.

Shangguan Xiu took a deep look at him and asked, "Since you have decided that this battle is a battle to the death, don't you blame the county lord for sending you over?"

Wei Tianzhengse said: "The county lord has the difficulties and hardships of the county lord, and the county lord has the grace of knowing me, and now is the time for me to repay the county lord." "It's you, even though Zhenxi is under the enemy, you are still willing to come to Xibu Mountain, which is very unexpected. He just pondered the latter sentence in his heart, and did not say it.

He paused for a moment and asked, "Do you have confidence in this battle?"

Shangguan Xiu smiled indifferently and said, "I didn't come to join the war, not to seek death, but to defend against the enemy. As he spoke, he saw several soldiers sitting around the bonfire, which was still steaming with iron pots on it. He walked over. Please Baidu black-rock + pavilion is our greatest support, thank you!

Hearing the sound of footsteps, several soldiers looked back and saw that it was Shangguan Xiu, they hurriedly stood up, intervened in the salute, and said in unison: "My lord!"

Shangguan Xiu waved his hand to them, signaling that they didn't have to be polite and sat down. He stepped forward and asked curiously, "What are you cooking?"

Several soldiers looked at each other, and no one was embarrassed to speak. Wei Tian, who came over, frowned, and shouted in a deep voice: "My lord is asking you something!"

A soldier stirred in the pot with a twig, picked up a few grass-like sticks, and whispered, "My lord, we ...... We are boiling wheat stalks. ”

The wheat planted around Mount Sib is not yet ripe, and is now just a large meadow. The soldier cautiously glanced at Shangguan Xiu, and seeing that his brows were tightly knit, he hurriedly explained: "My lord, the war has fallen, and the wheat planted under the mountain will definitely not be saved...... It's better to cut it now, at least it can fill your stomach. ”

Shangguan Xiu's heart was sour, he took the branch in the soldier's hand, picked up a few straws, and said quietly: "This is something for the livestock to eat!"

The main nutrient of straw is vitamins, and it is no problem for animals to eat it, but it is useless for people to eat it, and they will only have the feeling of swelling their stomachs, and they cannot replenish energy.

Hearing Shangguan Xiu's words, all the soldiers lowered their heads with red faces. Shangguan Xiu glanced around at them, shook his head and said, "Don't be ashamed, the person who should be ashamed should be me." You are waiting for the army to fight, and I, the main general, can't even let you eat your stomach, in front of you, I really have no shame!" As he spoke, he reached into his arms, took out an oiled paper bag, handed it to the soldier who had just spoken, and said, "I still have some dried beef here, you can cook and eat it!"

"My lord......" Looking at the oilpaper bag handed over by Shangguan Xiu, the soldier didn't dare to pick it up, and waved his hand again and again and said, "My lord, I'm ...... I don't ......."

"Take it!" Shangguan Xiu shoved the oiled paper bag into his hand, smiled at everyone again, and then walked to the side. Looking at the back of Shangguan Xiu leaving, it took a long time for the crowd to react, and they all knelt on one knee and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, sir!"

Shangguan Xiutou waved his hand back without looking back, and as he walked forward, he said, "See, I can't die, if I die, none of my brothers will survive." ”

Wei Tian looked at Shangguan Xiu with deep eyes, and his eyes showed surprise. He has been following Shangguan Xiu these days, and he knows his situation very well. The piece of dried beef they had brought with them when they had rushed from Jinzhou to Xibshan, and he had left it before he finished it on the way. And today, he didn't eat a bite of food from morning to night, and he actually gave the piece of dried beef on his body to the soldiers below, he really hadn't seen such a person, and he had never seen such a general.

At the moment of the great enemy, none of the 3,000 soldiers in Xibu Mountain deserted, and they were all willing to stay and work for Shangguan Xiu, not without reason. Wei Tian's face was straight, and he said quietly: "The soldiers fill their stomachs, at best they can kill one or two enemies on the battlefield, and if the adults fill their stomachs, they can kill a hundred enemies or a thousand enemies on the battlefield." The implication is that he doesn't think it's reasonable for Shangguan Xiu to do this.

Shangguan Xiu disagrees with him, he always believes that a person's strength is not really strong, but if a group of people are tightly brought together, that is the real strongest force in the world.

How to unite a group of people together depends on the desire of the people, and how the desire of the people comes about, which either falls from the sky for no reason, or is accumulated in little things.

Wei Tian is a general, by no means a handsome talent, a general can be replaced, but no one can replace the handsome talent, so although he is Tang Wanyun's henchman, it is not so surprising that the latter sent him to Xibu Mountain to die.

Shangguan Xiu thought so in his heart, but he wouldn't say that, Wei Tian was a smart person, and some things didn't need to be explained by others, and he knew it in his heart.

There was nothing to say that night, and the next morning, the gongs and drums were noisy under Xibu Mountain, and the three corps of the Ningnan Army arrived at Xibu Mountain. As the so-called is more than 10,000 people, boundless, and the army of 30,000 is really imposing compared to the 3,000 wind army on the mountain.

Looking down from the mountain, the military formations under the mountain are lined up and lined up, standing neatly and whitely. The armor of the Ningnan Army is made of steel, and the military uniform inside is white, which forms a sharp contrast with the black armor and military uniform of the Feng Army.

The battle formation of 30,000 people looks like a mirror, and under the reflection of the rising sun, the reflection is piercing to the eyes.

Take a closer look at the formation of the Ningnan Army, the flags are unfurled, the show ribbons are fluttering, the generals and heralds on horseback are shuttling back and forth between the various formations, and the sound of the heralds comes and goes, even on the top of Xibu Mountain, you can faintly hear it.

Such a big battle, Dai Yu has never seen it, and Xu Rui has never seen it, and the faces of both of them are a little ugly at this time. If they are still like this, the psychology of the soldiers below can be imagined.

Knock, knock, knock!

A deafening sound of drums rang out from the military formation of the Ningnan Army. It was not a drum, but dozens or hundreds of war drums beating in unison, and the sound of the drums was unified, resounding into a point, deafening.

As the drums sounded, a war horse rushed out of the Ningnan army, and the knight on the horse held a spear high, and the head of the spear was tied with a white ribbon.

The man rode his horse through the wheat fields at the foot of Mount Xibu, came to the foot of the mountain, and shouted loudly at the mountain: "Lord Shangguan, please come out and speak!"

Shangguan Xiu was not surprised that Ningnan knew that he was on Xibu Mountain, Xiao Jue, who was standing beside him, didn't say a word, and was taken off by the spirit bow behind him, twisted the bow and arrows, and made a gesture to shoot the enemy under the mountain.

Shangguan Xiu waved his hand to him and asked the soldiers to lead the war horse, he turned over and got on his horse, followed the mountain road, and walked down the mountain unhurriedly. The other party wants to talk to him, and he is happy to talk to the other party, and the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for him.

He rode down the mountain, came to the close of the Ningnan knight, and looked the other party up and down, this person is not very old, his appearance is not good, but his cultivation is not weak, and he can feel the spiritual pressure emanating from his body from a good distance.

Before Shangguan Xiu could speak, the young man clasped his fists on the horse and asked, "Your Excellency is Lord Shangguan?"

"Exactly. Shangguan Xiu replied with a smile.

The young man's face was straight, and he said, "Lord Shangguan, have you seen our army?"

Shangguan Xiu didn't answer, the other party asked nonsense, and he wasn't blind, how could he not see it?

The young man continued: "We have an army of 30,000, and Lord Shangguan only has a mere 3,000 men under his command, does Lord Shangguan feel that there is still a need to fight this battle again?"

The corners of Shangguan Xiu's mouth were raised, but he didn't say a word.

The young man said: "I also know a little about the situation on Xibu Mountain, even if our army does not storm Xibu Mountain, it only needs to be besieged for three or five days, I think the brothers of the wind army on Xibu Mountain will starve to death, right? Listening to what he meant, it seems that no matter whether Shangguan Xiu fights or not, he will surrender in the end.

"Haha!" Shangguan Xiu looked up and smiled, laughing angrily, after a while, he suppressed his laughter and asked curiously: "If I surrender now, what can your emperor reward me?"

The young man raised his chin, with a look of disdain on his face, and said, "Lord Shangguan, don't worry, as long as you surrender immediately, you will definitely get a much more reward than what you have now. ”

"What if I insist on not surrendering?"

"Hmph!" the young man sneered and said, "Then Lord Shangguan is equivalent to going to death with three thousand Fengjun brothers. ”

"Before you die, if you can pull a few cushions, it's worth it, are you willing to be one of them?" Shangguan Xiu asked with a smile.

The young man's face changed suddenly when he heard this, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he said in a condensed voice: "Lord Shangguan, my general has the virtue of a good life, and I want you to wait for the wind to have a way to live, don't you know what to do!"