Outside the Great Wall of Yuyang County, the sunset was everywhere outside the Great Wall of Yuyang County, and the fiery red sun had lost its daytime temperature like a candle about to burn out.

The cold air slowly enveloped the land with the twilight, and transparent ice crystals had begun to condense on the dead grass on the grassland.

The originally warm earthen fort has also become very cold under the invasion of the cold.

All the people in the earthen fort leaned together, and they warmed their comrades with their body heat.

Although the cold took away their heat pervasively, none of the earthen forts lit a bonfire.

Because experienced veterans know that once they light a campfire, it means that their lives are coming to an end.

Although the all-out war has not yet begun, sporadic attacks by the steppe tribes have begun.

The first thing they had to do was to clear out the earthen bunkers scattered across the grasslands.

During the day, the Great Wall defense line would send teams of cavalry to roam the grassland, cooperating with the earthen forts for defense.

But at night, the cavalry would retreat inside the Wall.

Compared to the steppe tribes who grew up on horseback, night cavalry warfare was their home skill.

The heavy cavalry of the Dayu Dynasty encountered the archers of the steppe tribe at night and could only be killed.

In a small earthen fort, Li Li desperately leaned on Li Cheng's body, as soldiers from the south, they could not adapt to the cold weather in the north.

Taught by the two of them, Song Yu and the other veterans of the Pengzhou Army were much more hardy.

Suddenly, Li Li felt a fine amount of dust falling on the top of the earthen fort, and he seemed a little flustered in the face of this sudden situation.

He immediately got up to observe the war drum buried in the ground, and sure enough, there was a slight vibration on the drum surface of the war drum, and the dust on the drum surface was beating up and down with the vibration.

"Song Tou, it's not good, there's cavalry coming over on the ground."

Li Li immediately told Song Yu about his discovery.

But Song Yu leaned against the wall indifferently and was unmoved.

"Song Tou, a cavalry is coming."

Li Li thought that Song Yu hadn't heard what he said, so he raised his voice again and said.

"I hear it all, my ears are not deaf."

Song Yu's voice sounded slowly, and Li Li couldn't hear the slightest anxiety.

"Song Tou, what should we do then? Are you ready to retreat or are you ready to fight? ”

Li Li's mood was a little excited, both because he was excited and because he was a little afraid.

This is the first time he has faced this situation, and people always maintain a certain fear in the face of the unknown.

"Don't be surprised. Keep me honest here. ”

An old soldier said with some displeasure.

"But the cavalry of the steppe has been killed, do we have to sit back and wait to be killed?"

Li Li looked at everyone as lazy as they didn't care, and couldn't help but feel anxious.

"You recruit baby knows a fart, look at which side this shock is coming from."

The old soldier yawned and said indifferently.

"Which side of the tremor?" After listening to this, Li Li looked at the drum surface.

He suddenly noticed that although the whole drum was shaking, the sand near the south drum was beating more violently.

"It's a tremor from the south, why is it south? Could it be that the steppe tribes have come around to surround us? ”

Li Li was puzzled as to why the tremors were transmitted from the south.

"Say you don't understand anything! They also came around and surrounded us. Once they crossed the line of defense of the earthen fort, the brothers on the Great Wall could go out of the city as soon as possible and cooperate with us to make dumplings for the barbarians. ”

"If it's not the cavalry of the steppe tribe, is it our cavalry? No, our cavalry returned to the Great Wall at night! ”

Li Li still didn't understand who sent these shocks.

"Don't worry, these sounds are made by our cavalry."

Song Yu's slightly old voice sounded slowly, but there was a trace of sadness in his tone.

"Song Tou, why does our army still send cavalry out of the city at night?"

Li Li couldn't understand why a cavalry unit was sent to the Great Wall in such cold weather.

If they encounter the cavalry of the steppe tribe at night, it is impossible for them to rescue these earthen forts in time.

So they are likely to be wiped out by the steppe tribes.

"It's almost time to start the war, and Long Shuai has begun to send "Night Doesn't Collect". ”

A veteran's tone was filled with regret and respect.

"Song Tou, what is "not collected at night"? ”

The first time Li Yi heard of this name, he had never heard of a unit called "Night Doesn't Collect" before.

"Hmph, of course you haven't heard of it, not collecting it at night is a unique class of troops in my border army."

The veteran said with pride in his tone.

"Brother, you tell me more about this night!"

Li Li sat down beside the veteran and pestered the veteran to tell him about the mysterious army he had never heard of.

"Anyway, if you have nothing to do, I'll tell you about this night."

The veteran slowed down, and then told Li Li with a serious face about the special unit with the strange name of Night Buhui.

The reason why it is said that the night is a special force is because there are three major particularities of the night collection.

The first peculiarity is that the members who don't close the night are very special.

The members of the group are the best in the army, the most skilled in martial arts, the most tenacious in willpower, and the most loyal.

The second peculiarity is that the night is not a fixed presence of troops.

The Silent Harvest was a temporary force, and they were only formed during the annual steppe tribe invasions.

And whenever the steppe tribe finishes fighting the grass valley, the night harvest will be disbanded, and its members will return to their original team.

The third peculiarity of the night is that the nature of the night is different from that of other units.

The main role of other troops in the war with the steppe tribes is to destroy the living forces of the steppe tribes, or to complete various strategic objectives assigned by the generals, such as assassinating the leaders of the steppe tribes, destroying the opponent's food and grass sources, luring the enemy into depth, etc.

But the night does not have any set goal, nor is it to destroy the living force of the steppe tribes, their purpose is only to steal intelligence and sabotage behind enemy lines.

So their time of action is generally at night.

"In this way, if you don't collect it this night, you won't be far from a scout."

After listening to the introduction of the night not collecting, Li Li thought that the night not receiving was still not much different from the nature of the scout.

"How can the scouts of the armies be compared to the night."

The other veterans said dissatisfied.

"They're about the same nature as scouts."

"You know what a fart, do you know how many people die every time you execute a character?"

A veteran had already stood up angrily at this time, and yelled angrily at Li Li.

Li Li was so frightened by the veteran's attitude that he didn't dare to speak.

At this time, he had already seen that some of the veterans in the earthen fort were looking at him angrily at this time.

"I tell you, once they accept the orders of the generals, they will implement them unconditionally and thoroughly, and even if they encounter great difficulties, even if they are completely annihilated, they will not take a step back."

"Don't collect it at night, don't collect it at night, don't look back when you go, don't collect it at night, don't collect it at night, and the king of Hades bows his head when he sees it."

Song Yu chanted a smooth sentence in a low voice.

"There is only one situation in which you will turn back, that is, the war with the grassland tribe is completely over, but the proportion of battle losses that are not collected every Chinese New Year's Eve is as high as ninety, and it can be said that it is very rare to see a living night without harvesting."

Song Yu continued.

At this time, Li Li realized that ordinary scouts were very different from not collecting at night.

"That's right, the night is not collected by the grassland tribe to become the night demon king, and the living night is not collected on the grassland to stop the children's crying."

A veteran added.

Li Li couldn't help but yearn for the night when he heard everyone say that he would not collect the night, and he also longed for the day when he could gallop on the grassland in the wind and snow, and then run thousands of miles to break through the enemy's tent and return with the head of the enemy chief.

It's just that he doesn't know how many nights have died silently on the way to the enemy's tent, and they don't even have a chance to shroud them in horse leather.

Seeing that the dust on the earthen fort was falling less and less, and the buried drum surface was beating weaker, Song Yu stood up and slowly climbed out of the cellar of the earthen fort.

He looked at the dark front in the cold wind of the cutting man, although the night hid all the figures that did not close, but he still looked firmly into the distance.

It was as if his gaze could penetrate the inky darkness, as if he could see every face that never closed at night.

He slowly raised his right hand, raised it above his head and waved it softly, as if to see him off at night.

The other veterans also crawled out of the earthen fort and waved goodbye to Ye Bushu in the same way as Song Yu.

This goes to a thousand mountains and all difficulties, I fold the willows and say goodbye to you, this is to seal the Hou Road, I don't know how many people will return to the battle.

Li Li watched a group of veterans face the cold wind and practice for the night, and couldn't help but feel that his blood was surging, and he felt that this was the army he longed for.

It's just that he still has a lot of things to do before he joins the Night, the first of which is to survive the next war.

On the wall of the Great Wall, General Long also stood in the cold wind like Song Yu to see off the night.

Every year he sends a group of Nightdows on the road of no return, and although occasionally some lucky ones make it back alive, most of them are gone.

This made General Long's heart extremely painful and self-reproachful.

Although as the saying goes, righteousness does not do business, and compassion does not lead the army.

But everyone's heart is flesh and blood, and his decisive old army is no exception.

Whenever he saw those young lives die on the battlefield because of his orders, his heart would also ache.

However, for the sake of thousands of Dayu people, he could only grit his teeth and tearfully send these young soldiers to the road to Huangquan.

"Old general, if the grassland tribe does not attack this time, we can only send it to the night to seize the initiative."

The deputy general, Song Shilong, saw the unbearable of the Long family, so he comforted him.

"This time, the Ministry of War and the North Division issued such an order, and the old man thought it was ridiculous."

Old General Long slapped the battlement of the city wall and said angrily.

"Zhou Mi's eunuch is still in the army, and I hope that the old general will be cautious, in case the wall has ears."

Song Shilong said as he looked around.

"Humph! These pickled shelves and air forces control the command of the army and make nonsense all day long, causing the army to be full of miasma and complaints. The reinforcements that were promised have not yet arrived. ”

The more General Long spoke, the more angry he became, and now facing the imminent attack of the grassland tribes, Zhou Mi Zhou's father-in-law actually asked General Long to arrange for the night not to return and take the initiative to provoke the grassland tribes.

In the eyes of General Long Lao, this was simply self-defeating, and he could have resisted the attack of the grassland tribe as long as he waited for reinforcements to arrive.

But now that the reinforcements have not arrived, it is easy to take the initiative to provoke the grassland tribes and cause the other party to be pressed on all fronts.

At that time, the entire Yuyang front line is likely to be unable to withstand the counterattack of the grassland tribes and will be crushed with one blow.

At that time, I am afraid that it will cause a chain reaction, causing the entire Great Wall defense line to collapse directly.

And when Zhou Mi read out the battle plan formulated by the Ministry of War and the North Division for the first time, Veteran Long immediately expressed his opposition.

He earnestly stated the risks and drawbacks, but the military department and the North Division were unmoved.

General Long Lao knew that it was a very dangerous thing to let a layman command an insider, let alone a war.

Every wrong choice can lead to the death of a large number of soldiers.

As for the official military order of the North Division, General Long Lao could only reluctantly accept the military order, because the soldiers must obey the military order.

is the so-called: the military order is like a mountain, so there is tonight's night not to collect the attack.

However, since he has already sent out the expedition without collecting the night, he can only hope that the night without collecting can directly smash the Yellow Dragon to complete the military order.

Taking a deep breath, Old General Long suppressed the worry in his heart and continued.

"What is the material consumption of my Yuyang defense line now, can it last for a month?"

"Tell the general that the supplies of our army are far from enough now, and I estimate that the current supplies are only enough to last about 15 days."

Song Shilong's face showed embarrassment.

"But supplies are still being delivered from the hinterland of the dynasty."

Old General Long patted Song Shilong on the shoulder and comforted.

"In addition to supplies, I think that many young handsome people have come to sign up for the army recently, although this is a good thing, but you should also have the best screening, don't let the grassland barbarians mix in like before."

General Long added.

"Don't worry, general, we are carefully screening all those who come to join the army to sign up."

"Those rat-like night wolf camps are annoying, but they are also unguardable."

Said the old general of the Night Wolf Battalion with a look of disgust and disgust.

Compared with the more straightforward night of the night, the night wolf camp is much more sneaky and shameless.

However, General Long also undeniably knows that the vitality of the rats in the Night Wolf Camp is extremely tenacious, and they are still able to maintain a relatively complete structure under countless blows.

It is a pity that they are not able to maintain a low casualty rate like they do.

But he still maintained his own style.

He was more concerned about the success of his mission than about reducing mortality, and they didn't bother to learn the reluctance of the Night Wolf Battalion.