Liu Cheng was not in the ranks of the first round of sleeping, on the one hand, because he had good physical strength, full of energy, and was more endurant than ordinary people.

On the other hand, Liu Cheng, as the commander, needs to lead by example, which can improve the cohesion of the soldiers.

At the same time, at this time, he had just taken Jincheng, and many things needed to be handled by him personally.

Here in Jincheng, those spontaneous actions of the people, Liu Cheng saw them in his eyes, listened to them in his ears, and remembered them in his heart, and his face was full of irrepressible smiles.

He rejoiced because he knew what it meant, and more because he had worked hard to not be let down.

The kindness they unleashed was effectively reciprocated.

There is nothing uncomfortable in the world that is more uncomfortable than a hot face attached to a cold buttocks, and a good heart is not rewarded, but is scarred by injuries.

What makes people feel happy is to meet good people with good intentions, give with kindness, and get kind responses.

It's a very happy and comforting thing.

It was at this time that Zhang Lu, who had been leading troops in the Taishou Mansion and conducting a careful search, made a new discovery.

The soldiers finally found the secret passage.

After learning the news, Zhang Lu immediately came over and asked some soldiers, armed with torches and weapons, to enter the secret passage to track.

In Zhang Lu's imagination, it won't take too long for those who enter the secret passage to come out.

Bring some of the news you want.

As a result, time passed little by little, half an hour passed, and the soldiers who entered the tunnel did not return.

Zhang Lu was anxious, and at the same time, he was also a little uneasy in his heart, worried that those soldiers who entered the secret passage would encounter accidents.

At that moment, he sent more men into the secret passage.

This time, there were fifty people who entered the secret passage.

Another half an hour passed, and there was still no movement at the entrance of the secret passage, and Zhang Lu, who was waiting, was anxious, and his face became extremely ugly.

He thinks that something big is going to happen if he can't get it right!

He sent seventy people back and forth into the secret passage, but there was no movement, as if the entrance to the secret passage in front of him was a terrifying demon's mouth!

All who entered it were silently devoured!

This time, the surprise attack on Jincheng and the entire Jincheng in his hands was just a loss of one person.

As a result, now, Jincheng has been taken, but there are seventy people here, and they have disappeared without a trace under their noses, how can this not make Zhang Lu anxious?

Once such a thing really happens, it can only be said that you are incompetent!

I don't even know how to meet Uncle Huang!

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, there was still no movement.

Zhang Lu couldn't wait any longer.

immediately arranged for someone to report this matter to Uncle Liu Huang.

After explaining this matter, he took the lead and went to the secret passage.

He wants to go into the secret passage in person, go and see what is going on, and figure out this matter, he can't let so many soldiers disappear silently!

As a result, the secret passage, which had just entered less than half of the way and had not been moving, finally moved.

When Zhang Lu heard the movement, he came out again, waiting for the people inside to come out.

A moment later, someone emerged from the entrance to the passage, one of the second group to enter the passage.

After this man came out, there was a steady stream of people coming out from behind.

They all entered the secret passage before to inspect the situation.

"What's going on, what's the discovery? Why did it take you so long to come back? ”

Zhang Lu, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, immediately began to ask after the first person came out.

"The secret passage is very long, and we only began to return after meeting the first group of people who went down in the secret passage.

They said that the secret passage led three miles outside the city.

They went out and followed for a while, and came to a courtyard, in which there were no people, and there were horseshoe marks on the snow, and there were quite a few of them, and they should have ridden in two people, all the way to the east...... We didn't have horses, so we couldn't catch up, so we came back......"

Listening to the soldier's answer, Zhang Lu's heart sank.

His worst fears had happened.

If these people were still in Jincheng, then he wouldn't be worried at all.

As long as they are in the city, they will be caught sooner or later, and there is no need to worry that these people will go to Ma Teng to report and leak the news.

But now, these people are out of the city, and looking at the direction, they still go to Aotouguan.

This must be looking for Ma Teng and others to report the news!

If Uncle Huang's plan is leaked because of this, then the matter will be really uncomfortable and regretful!

Thinking so in his heart, Zhang Lu didn't have time to wait for everyone to come out, so he immediately set off and flew all the way towards Liu Cheng.

When he was about to arrive at Liu Cheng, he caught up with the people who were sent by him not long ago to report to Liu Cheng that seventy people had entered the secret passage, and he had not returned, and he Zhang Lu was going to personally go down the secret passage to check the situation.

At this time, things have changed again, so naturally there is no need for this person to inform the imperial uncle of this outdated news......

"Uncle Huang, this is the way it is, what do you need to do next?

After these thieves leave the city, they will definitely run all the way to Aotou Pass, and they will leak the matter of our occupation of Jincheng......"

Zhang Lu came to Liu Cheng, quickly told Liu Cheng about the matter, and then asked Liu Cheng what he needed to do next.

In his opinion, this matter is extremely serious.

It will even be so serious that it will greatly threaten the grand strategy formulated by Uncle Huang!

Let yourself wait for others to work hard before, and fall short!

Liu Cheng didn't expect that things would be like this.

Is this Ma Teng and others rats?

I actually built such a secret passage at home and came directly to the outside of the city!

It's a tricky thing to do.

Ma Teng Han Sui soldiers and horses, after being defeated by Aotou Pass, without knowing it, it is certain to retreat to Jincheng with a large army, after all, this is Ma Teng's base camp, and it is a strategic point.

But after getting the news that Jincheng has been occupied by himself and others, in order not to be blocked, he is afraid that he will change direction and go to the rest of the places that are not the most preferred for them before.

In this way, Liu Cheng's plan to block the other party here in Jincheng is not easy to complete.

Once Ma Teng, Han Sui and the other armies returned to Liangzhou and entered the vast area of Liangzhou, then it would be a little difficult to easily solve the problem of Liangzhou.

There will be a lot of trouble, and the front will be stretched.

Liu Cheng thought for a while, and immediately called Zhao Yun over.

Zhao Yun belonged to the first batch of people to rest, and at this time, he had been sleeping for almost two hours.

Naturally, it is impossible to completely rest for two hours, but the overall mental state can be much better......

"Zilong, this is the case, you lead ten tigers and leopards to ride personal guards, one person and three horses, set off immediately, and keep rushing to Aotou Pass all the way.

If you can't catch up with these people on the road, it's best to intercept them, if you can't catch up, take a detour to Aotou Pass, give my letter to Niu Fu, and let him find the right time to wave his troops to attack Han Sui Ma Teng, completely defeat these people, and let them flee! ”

Liu Cheng quickly told Zhao Yun about the matter, and then handed over the task to Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, this mission is urgent, and the load on people is very large, so it will be hard Zilong."

Zhao Yun arched his hand at Liu Chengyi and said loudly: "Zhao Yun promises to complete the task, please rest assured Uncle Huang!" ”

Without further ado, he immediately turned around and walked downward.

It just seems to be reassuring.

In less than two quarters of an hour, Zhao Yun had already led ten tigers and leopards to ride personal guards, one person and three horses, and galloped towards the east.

Liu Cheng and the others came on foot this time, and they didn't bring horses.

The horse that Zhao Yun and the others are riding now was obtained after conquering Jincheng.

Watching Zhao Yun lead people all the way away, Liu Cheng showed a little smile on his face.

When I was before, I tried every means to accept Zhao Yun, what a wise decision!

Such a person with super force and a cautious personality can do things reassuringly!

After Zhao Yun left, Liu Cheng called Li Yan over again, divided a thousand soldiers and horses for Li Yan to lead, and immediately left the city and headed north.

About one hundred and fifty miles to the north, there is a city called Cangcheng.

It is another strategic point that can go to Liangzhou.

Although it is far less important than Jincheng, but Han Sui Ma Teng and others already know that Jincheng is lost, it is very likely that it will become an option for Liangzhou soldiers and horses to return to Liangzhou and go deep into the interior of Liangzhou.

Therefore, it is necessary to take it into your own hands.

He can't put all his hopes on Zhao Yun being able to successfully catch up and intercept Ma Xiu and the others, he needs to make two preparations and do a good job of dealing with things once they don't work out.

Otherwise, when the time comes, it is very likely that you will suffer.

"Uncle Huang rest assured, I promise to complete the task!"

Li Yan knew the seriousness of the matter, and was happy that Liu Cheng was able to hand over such a task to himself and let himself go to complete it, and said to Liu Cheng solemnly.

Liu Chengdao: "The faster things are, the better, and the faster they are, the more they can catch the other party off guard!"

My order is that tomorrow morning, you will occupy Cangcheng!

Take Cangcheng down! ”

The task is indeed arduous, at this time, it is already noon, and it will take some time to wait for the whole army to set off.

It is not less than one hundred and fifty miles away from Cangcheng!

But Uncle Huang asked them to take Cangcheng completely in their hands tomorrow morning.

In other words, they need to walk this one hundred and fifty miles from afternoon to tomorrow morning, and they still have to complete this one hundred and five miles before dawn.

Then before dawn, launch an attack on Cangcheng.

Only in this way can Cangcheng be taken down quickly!

Horseback riding is impossible.

The horses here in Jincheng were basically taken away by Ma Teng, and there were less than sixty left.

Before, Zhao Yun and the others took more than 30 horses.

That is, Li Yan and the others need to rely on two feet to walk these distances.

Moreover, these soldiers climbed the ice and snow all the way and followed Liu Cheng through the swamp of death.

Last night, I didn't sleep all night, and I traveled more than 60 miles all the way, and went down to Jincheng overnight.

Even the first batch to rest was only a little more than two hours off.

Such a little rest time is far from the extent that the soldiers can rest completely and greatly relieve the fatigue of the soldiers.

It's really hard to challenge the most difficult task in a state that is not the best!

But it has to be done.

If Matthew and the others can escape from Jincheng through such a method, it means that the rest of the people may also escape from Jincheng through various means, or pass on the news.

They only brought 3,000 soldiers and horses this time, Jincheng is a big city, and there are still thousands of troops to be taken care of, and the division of 1,000 troops is already the limit.

If there are more, there may be some accidents here in Jincheng.

Li Yan and the others could only take Cangcheng with a thousand troops, and they had to hurry up and carry out a surprise attack.

Otherwise, once Cangcheng gets the news and has a certain amount of precautions, it will be extremely difficult to rely on a thousand soldiers to defeat Cangcheng!

Li Yan is not a straw bag, he is a very small talent, otherwise, in the original history, he would not have achieved such a high status in the Shuhan Group.

It's just that in the original history, his personality was relatively withdrawn and arrogant, and he always felt that Zhuge Liang was pressing on his head, and he was extremely unhappy.

Politically, the IQ is relatively low.

But the military talent is still very good.

He naturally could know how heavy the task assigned to him by the imperial uncle was and how difficult it was to complete.

If it was before, he didn't agree with this appointment at all, and felt that this order was not done by people at all, but was specially used to embarrass people.

No team can do this.

However, after following the imperial uncle and the soldiers led by the imperial uncle, walking to the land of death, and participating in the battle of the night attack on Jincheng, he no longer thought so.

Because he knew that these soldiers and horses led by Uncle Huang were different from ordinary soldiers and horses.

This task can't be done by other soldiers, but these soldiers led by Uncle Huang can do it!

Uncle Huang's soldiers and horses are used to create miracles!

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Li Yan took a deep breath and took Liu Cheng's order out loud.

"Even if Li Yan climbs on the ground with his brothers, he must climb to Cangcheng before dawn!!"

He looked at Liu Cheng and said solemnly.

Liu Cheng reached out and grabbed Li Yan's hand, shook it hard, and after letting go, he said loudly: "Go, this time the situation is special, I have to work so hard."

If we don't work hard at this time, all the efforts we have made before will be in vain! ”

Li Yan nodded at Liu Cheng, and went to arrange things in great strides.

Then the whistle sounded for the emergency assembly......

The time of half an hour was not used up, and Li Yan led a thousand soldiers out of the north gate of Jincheng and marched all the way.

In this small half an hour, they completed the assembly of the army, the selection of personnel, the sorting of materials, and the arrangement of tasks......

All of this was done in such a short period of time.

Li Yan took the soldiers, quickly moved his legs, and kept marching forward.

His heart was full of emotion, full of shock.

To be able to complete all of this in such a short period of time, and then send troops with a very good mental outlook and extremely high discipline, except for this team brought out by the emperor's uncle, the rest, he really has never seen it

I haven't even heard of it!

It is really an honor to be able to follow a person like Uncle Huang to personally participate in this operation, and to be able to lead such soldiers to fight!

At this time, Li Yan had already realized that the experience of this trip would be an extremely valuable asset for him.

At this time, when he thought about his previous self, he already felt that his previous self was a little ridiculous and a little naïve.

It turned out that he had unconsciously completed some transformations, which was different from before......

After Li Yan left, Liu Cheng arranged some more things, stopped for a long time, and then rested.

He didn't do anything special, he spread the futon and went to the base of the city wall, wrapped in the futon, and soon fell asleep soundly......

After sleeping for about an hour, Liu Cheng got up again to do things.

This was a special period, and he couldn't sleep soundly for a long time.

A little squinting is fine.

Fortunately, his physical strength is relatively good and his mental strength is strong, otherwise, he really can't stand it......

After dealing with some more things, Liu Cheng went to a place in the city.

Go and see for yourself the soldiers in the golden city that are under guard.

These soldiers need to be dealt with a little bit and at least some propaganda.

Let these soldiers know who they are, so that they don't have too much hostility towards themselves and others.

In this way, the pressure on their side will be reduced in the battles that may occur later.

At least they don't have to spend as much effort to guard these people.

"I am Liu Cheng, that is, Uncle Liu Huang as people often say.

I was the one who blocked many Kwantung rebels in Bishui Pass before, and I was the one who led the troops to Yizhou and took Yizhou.

This time, it was me who led the troops to take Jincheng.

I have come to see you today to make some things clear to you, so as not to cause you unnecessary panic.

I won't kill you people, after all, you haven't committed many mistakes, although you are thieves, but you are also forced to be thieves, and you are also subjects of the Han Dynasty......"

Liu Cheng looked at the more than 3,000 Jincheng defenders who were guarded and said loudly.

As he spoke, the hearts of these defenders became different.

After talking to these people, Liu Cheng took out a stack of paper from his arms and asked the guards around him to send it to the literate among these people.

The content written on these papers is the same as the content on the papers where Niu Fu, Xun Yu and others shut Ma Chao up.

Liu Cheng first read the contents of this paper twice in public, so that everyone knew what was written on this paper.

Then he said to these Jincheng defenders that everyone needed to memorize these things.

After reciting it, the matter here in Jincheng is resolved, and those who are willing to leave can provide three catties of food for each of them and let them leave freely.

Only those who can carry it can enjoy such treatment, and those who can't carry it don't even think about it.

There are more than 3,000 people, and when the time is put back, there will be more than 3,000 propaganda machines that carry out propaganda for them and destroy the rumors spread by Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Liangzhou.

This kind of propaganda carried out by Liangzhou's own people is more effective and convincing than the propaganda carried out by Liu Cheng and others......

……

Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually became dark.

As the sky darkened, the air became colder.

After a day's hard work, Jincheng has basically settled down.

Through taking turns to rest, the soldiers led by Liu Cheng have also recovered greatly in terms of physical strength and spirit.

Liu Cheng stood on the wall of Jincheng and looked north.

There was some worry in my heart.

After all, this time, the task he assigned to the soldiers was very heavy and not easy to complete......

"Go fast, don't stop, hold on!

When you are hungry, you eat dry food, you eat jerky, you eat while walking, you drink water when you are thirsty, you drink while walking, you just can't stop! ”

In the night, with the light reflected in the unmelted snow, everyone braved the severe cold and kept hurrying under their feet.

These people were Li Yan and his party who set off from Jincheng after noon.

Since they set off at noon, they have never rested until now.

Li Yan didn't dare to let the soldiers rest, after all, the distance was so far, he was afraid of delaying time, and he was even more afraid that once the soldiers started to rest, they would not be able to get up and continue to hurry, so he could only continue to boost the morale of the soldiers.

Constantly running before and after.

When he saw that some of the soldiers couldn't walk, he went over and pulled them up and encouraged them.

It looked like he didn't feel tired, but in fact, he was just as tired and wanted to lie down and rest.

However, as the leader of this road, he must not do this.

No matter how tired you are, no matter how uncomfortable you are, you have to endure it.

It needs to come out with more enthusiasm and passion than the soldiers.

Uncle Huang, who walked through the swamp of death this time and led the team forward, has always seemed very optimistic, tenacious, and full of a temperament that makes people feel that they are not afraid of anything and that no difficulty is difficult after seeing it.

Li Yan can't learn this kind of temperament, but there are some things that can be imitated as much as possible.

The hardest thing is not this time, the hardest is the second half of the night.

After walking for a long time, the soldiers were tired and hungry one by one, and their sleepiness was like a tide, surging up wave after wave.

The legs are no longer their own legs, and they no longer feel anything.

It's just that by instinct, with perseverance, they are doing the mechanical movements that are constantly repeated......

Some of the soldiers, walking and walking, fell to the ground, and after waking up, they quickly got up and continued to move.

And some soldiers have directly evolved a skill.

That is, to put your hand on the shoulder of the person in front of you, or to pull the clothes of the soldier in front of you, so that you can walk and sleep at the same time......

Forward, forward, and forward.

Advancing so much that people are numb to it, and even forget the passage of time, just walking mechanically.

That is, in this kind of walking, the scenery around them keeps retreating.

Under the reflection of the snow, a large silhouette appeared in front of it......