August 15 is a day of reunion.

The confrontation between the imperial army and the army of King Yan has lasted for almost half a month, and the battle between Xiongxian and Lou Sang has been cut into fragments by the intertwined armament of dogs' teeth, although there is no large-scale war, but people are dying every day in this empty land.

Today's war report was reported on the table of Yang Song, the coach of Xiongxian County, and he had not taken off his armor for many days, and he had not been able to watch a cup of cold tea for a long time, when he was frowned by the noise outside.

"What's going on?"

"General, the soldiers in the barracks are all making trouble, saying that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and in the past, when fighting wars, they had to send out some wine and food..."

"Mid-Autumn Festival?" Yang Song laughed angrily and slapped the battle report on the table: "The war is stalemate, Lao Tzu's scouts can't even go out for twenty miles, what is Yan Rebellious's army doing, Lao Tzu's eyes are black, they still want to celebrate the festival?" ”

The face of the cronies and lieutenants was not good-looking: "General, it is rumored in the barracks that it will not be able to fight for so many days, and General Geng is afraid that he will be a turtle with a shrunken head... Most of the troublemakers were the government soldiers brought in from the south, and I am afraid that they are homesick. ”

That's right, soldiers are also people, even if they fight, it doesn't affect their homesickness, let alone a day like August 15... Is the father and mother in the family in good health? Has the newborn son learned to call his father? Is there anyone to serve the crops in the field? What if I die north of the Yellow River?

Yang Song's face was gloomy, and he stood up and walked slowly two steps.

It doesn't work... Either suppress it strongly, or let them ask for it, no matter how much the generals say anything on weekdays, they still have to take care of some soldiers at this time, although alcohol is banned in the army, but it also depends on what day it is, he Yang Song is the former army commander, and his subordinates are all southern soldiers, what if he doesn't gather the hearts of the army and mutiny?

The soldier has never bowed to him, and he is not paid the military salary, so why should he give him his life? Even if there is the righteousness of the court here, the soldier is at most pretentious, and if he doesn't turn around and run away, he will be worthy of him.

What a fucking evil sect... Yang Song has been feeling that something is wrong these days, Zhu Di on the opposite side is aggressive and leads the troops south, and he is actually stationed in Lou Sang and he faces each other across the battlefield, he always has an ominous premonition, but he can't say what it is, he can only inspect the barracks every day to check and fill in the gaps to comfort himself, even if Zhu Di wants to carry out a sneak attack, there is no chance, but now it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, why hasn't Zhu Di made any moves?

Before the matter was over, another herald came running and sent a message of worship.

"The magistrate invited Ben to go to the county government for a banquet?"

Yang Song's brows furrowed even deeper, at the moment of the great enemy, these civil officials still have the heart to hold a dinner party? Looking at the signature above, not only the joint name of the magistrate of Xiongxian County, the main book, and the county, but even Wei Chunbin, the magistrate of Zhuozhou, who fled to Xiongxian before, made a scene.

That's right, the Wei Zhixian who shouted "must live and die with the city and fight to the death with Yan Rebellion" originally wanted to go to Zhending, but came to Xiongxian by mistake, according to Wei Zhixian, he led the army and civilians in Zhuozhou to fight with Yan Rebellion for a day and a night, until the arrows were exhausted and the stones were exhausted, so he had to flee south with the Great Yin.

Yang Song can guess the thoughts of the two magistrates, nothing more than to have a relationship with him, the former army commander, Lala, and make a reputation for "a stable place and a war zone administration" in the credit book in the future, this kind of officialdom communication you come and go, everyone knows how long the confrontation between Xiongxian and Lou Sang will last, if you don't give these local civil officials any face, I'm afraid there will be some trouble in the future.

And it's the Mid-Autumn Festival today... Zhu Di's soldiers and horses also have to celebrate the festival, right? The generals and soldiers under his command are homesick, can the Yan army be exempt from vulgarity? Maybe Zhu Di is as anxious as himself at the moment.

Thinking of this, Yang Song finally made a decision, and let out a long breath: "Pass the order, except for the soldiers on duty at night, one person will be given a glass of water and wine!" Ben will go to the county government office and discuss with the county magistrate to see if he can get the local gentry to donate some food and let them open the meat! ”

The lieutenant also breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, General!" ”

Yang Song turned around and walked out of the military tent: "Tell them that it's okay to celebrate the festival, but if anyone neglects their duties... Lao Tzu is going to cut people! ”

……

Unlike what Yang Song thought, Zhu Di was not bothered by the trouble of the Yan army under his hand on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but looked at the city of Xiongxian with great excitement and enthusiasm.

Behind him was a dense army, dormant in the night, and everyone's eyes were a little green... Because the city on the other side was so close that it seemed to be close to it.

That's right, I endured it for so many days, the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival... It was the time of his chosen surprise attack on Xiongxian.

Geng Bingwen's Chinese army tent can't be beaten, and the three cities that are fighting each other are guarding in front, no matter how experienced Zhu Di's scouts are, no matter how they can compete with the Meng Yuan scouts who are about to grow up, it is impossible to find a way to bypass these three cities, and the rear army led by Pan Zhong outside the city of Zhending can't fight, if you want to meet him, you have to cross the Hutuo River where Geng Bingwen's Chinese army is located.

No matter how you look at it, you can only gnaw hard bones... This is actually the reason why Zhu Di has been stationed in Lousang for so many days - to make Yang Song slack off and make the morale of the soldiers low, all of which need to wait until one day, that is, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Of course, the expedition of the southern army will be homesick, and the northern army will naturally miss Beiping, but Zhu Di has done one thing better than Yang Song, that is, he is willing.

Homesick? The gold and silver brought down from Beiping, the money collected from Zhuozhou and even the garrison, all distributed generously, and almost everyone had a share of the 30,000 soldiers, and Zhu Di also promised them that as long as they repelled Geng Bingwen and survived, every soldier who accompanied him on his southern expedition could go home and live a good life.

No land? Divide! No money? Reward! Want to get ahead? Cut two more people, as long as there are military merits, military promotion, no cap!

All the soldiers went crazy.

This is the biggest difference between Zhu Di and Yang Song and even Geng Bingwen - on the one hand, there is an army sent by the imperial court, with all kinds of systems and invisible constraints, and on the other side is an outlaw who has given up everything, as long as he can win... There is nothing he Zhu Di dare not do!

Slightly suppressing the surging tide of his heart, Zhu Di looked at Zhang Yu on the side: "Is there a scout over there to send news over there?" ”

Zhang Yu shook his head slightly: "No." ”

"All the way to the march, have you been discovered by the Southern Army?"

"Definitely not," Zhang Yu's tone was firm, "The scouts are all out, shielded for fifty miles, the Xiongxian garrison already has the intention of sticking to it, and if they don't fight with our scouts, even if they find out in the last twenty miles... It's too late! ”

Zhu Di nodded, and his tone slowly took on a hint of heat:

"Let's get started."

……

Ma Sanbao, dressed in military uniform, approached the city gate with more than twenty dead soldiers from the Yan Palace, taking advantage of the dark clouds to cover the moon, and when the bright moonlight once again sprinkled the earth, they had already thrown their flying claws onto the city wall.

The city wall of Xiongxian County is very short, which has a lot to do with the geographical location of Xiongxian County, here has never been a place where soldiers must fight, to the south is Zhending, to the north is Zhuozhou, this piece is slightly desolate and empty, I am afraid that the craftsmen when the city was built did not expect, one day this will become the acropolis of the imperial army to quell the rebellion in the forefront.

The dead soldiers of Yanwang's Mansion were all trained by Ma Sanbao, and the reason why they were not handed over to Gu Huai with the Secret Spy Division was probably to wait for today, after climbing the city wall with flying claws and successfully solving more than ten patrol soldiers, they were finally discovered by the defenders, and when the piercing alarm sounded, they also untied their clothes, revealing the black iron balls hanging on them.

The violent explosion swept through the entire city, and a deafening shout of killing sounded outside the city gate.

He laughed and got up, and was about to say something, but Wei Xianling, who was like a frightened bird, jumped up one step ahead of him, and said in a trembling voice: "It's not good... It must be the Yan army attacking the city! ”

Yang Song, who was interrupted, glared at him fiercely: "Why panic? Yang carefully deployed, waited for so many days, and then attacked in order to attract Yan! Today, Yang pretended to show flaws, although the soldiers of the big battalion were slack, but the gatekeepers had already received Yang's orders, and carried a large number of arrows and stones, as well as gunpowder and gold juice, if Yan Shun did not come, Yang would be disappointed! Now that he is here, I can't say that he will have no return today! ”

He brushed the ground and ripped off his outer robe, and inside was actually the iron armor that had not been taken off yet: "Come on, beat the drum and gather troops, and follow the general to the city!" Today's battle will definitely make Yan Shun die here! ”

These murderous words were loud, so that several civil officials on the side saw that Yang Song was striding away, and several people sat down again, but before a glass of wine was finished, they saw Yang Song walking back upside down.

Wei Chunbin was stunned: "Ah, General Yang... But the overall situation has been decided, do you want to follow the example of General Huo drinking and laughing at the enemy before the battle? ”

"No, it's not," Jansson paled, "I'm wondering if I'm mistaken." ”

"The city walls... Poured? ”