The dark clouds rolling in the sky had slowly pressed over from the sky at this time, but the camp in Yuyang County was in full swing.

Just now, Ansu took his centurion to visit the residents in the city door to door, and pulled all the clothes and hats to the camp.

But even so, less than 9,000 sets of robes and hats were collected, but this was basically enough for the defenders of Yuyang County.

After all, there weren't so many people standing on the city walls.

Under the command of the veteran general, they selected the strongest 9,000 people from the 60,000 horses in Yuyang County, and these 9,000 people were all masters in various armies, and many of them were veterans of a hundred battles.

All of them were dressed in armor and hats, and from a distance, they looked like gods carved on the mountain wall.

Then 3,000 soldiers were selected from the 9,000 men to guard the city, and each of them was given a spear, which was the first weapon they used to defend the city, and these spears would send them back to the ground as soon as they encountered soldiers who wanted to enter the city.

In addition to the spears, each of the 3,000 soldiers was armed with two long swords, as the battle of the ascent was likely to develop into a melee at the head of the city.

Therefore, even if the sword is broken or knocked off in battle, it can draw another sword to fight at the first time.

In addition to these 3,000 soldiers, the remaining 6,000 people were all deployed in the urn city.

Although this battle to defend the city in the rain made it impossible for the steppe tribes, who were very good at riding and archery, to use bows and arrows, it also limited the defense of the city on their side.

Therefore, the steppe tribe could easily push the siege cart to the gate of the city this time, and the soldiers at the head of the city basically had no means of restricting this.

This means that the gates of the urn city are basically difficult to preserve.

Once the gates are breached, the soldiers of the steppe tribe will enter the urn city, and then this small urn city will become a real Shura field.

The soldiers of Yuyang County and the soldiers of the grassland tribe will fight to the death here, and if the victory of the Dayu side will greatly dampen the morale of the other side, it will bring great advantages to the next battle.

But if the steppe tribes win, then they will drive the leader straight into and attack the inner city gates.

Although the inner city gate is stronger than the Urn city gate, it is difficult to defend against the impact of siege vehicles.

When the inner city gate is also lost, it will be the final battle, and the 60,000-strong defenders of Yuyang County will start a final battle with the soldiers of the grassland tribe.

Old General Long took a breath in front of him as he faced the three thousand heavily armed city defenders and six thousand urn city defenders.

"Soldiers, the time of battle has come, and the enemy is now eyeing our city, trying to break through our city by storm, and they want to enter the hinterland of our great danger to plunder us and enslave us! Can we say yes? ”

Although General Long was already very old, every word he shouted was full of anger, and nearly 9,000 people could hear it clearly.

"I don't want to wait!"

The deafening shouts resounded throughout the border passes of Yuyang County.

"The ancients said that it is difficult to sacrifice your life to the country, and it is like returning to death, I hope that when you can't hold on and want to give up, think about your wives and children, parents, and think about the simple people of my Dayu, once you retreat, they will become the souls of the grassland tribes under the iron hooves, and they will become the playthings of the grassland barbarians' wanton humiliation."

Old General Long's tone was filled with indignation and determination.

"Do you think you're going to back off?"

"I'll die and won't give up!"

The sound of neatness resounded through the border again.

"Today, the old man personally went up to the city tower to cheer for you, you can't wait for my drumming to stop!"

As soon as these words came out, all the generals present stepped forward to persuade each other, and regardless of General Long's age, he didn't know if his physical strength could keep up, just facing the attack of the grassland tribe soldiers made everyone worried.

After all, the drums on the battlefield are the easiest targets for the enemy, because the drums are designed to boost morale.

Killing the opponent's drummer in battle will have a huge impact on the opponent's morale.

Therefore, this decision of General Long Lao was an extremely risky move.

"You don't have to persuade again, this time the grassland tribe can't use bows and arrows, I'm relatively safe to beat the drum on the city tower, and this battle is basically a white-knuckle defense battle, basically there won't be too much place to use strategy, with the ability of Vice General Song, I will definitely be able to dispatch all the defenders."

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

"The old general can rest assured, someone Song will definitely live up to the old general's expectations."

Song Shilong knew the character of General Long, as long as it was a decision he made, it was generally difficult to change, so he no longer objected.

Immediately, with the help of his personal guards, General Long put on his armor and began to ascend the city.

The 3,000 soldiers followed General Long to the top of the city step by step, and the armor hidden under their robes slammed into a neat clatter.

The other 6,000 people also entered the urn city one after another, and then they were neatly arranged in the urn city according to the pre-planned formation.

As they entered the urn city, the two gates in front of them and behind them creaked shut.

They watched as the gates grew smaller and smaller until they were slammed shut with a bang, followed by the sound of a huge latch falling.

When the city gate is completely closed, it also means that their hope of survival is also completely closed, just like these two gates.

Although the generals did not say anything, they all knew very well in their hearts that what they would face next was only endless battles until the moment they fell.

But even so, these 6,000 people did not hesitate or flinch in the slightest, and the reason for this was the seemingly empty words of encouragement that General Long said.

Each of the 6,000 of them has parents, wives and children, and they don't want to die very much, but if they choose to retreat, it is likely that it will be true, as General Long said, their wives and children and parents will be slaughtered and abused by the grassland tribe.

Even if their families can escape the raids of the steppe tribes, they can't accept in their hearts how to face their families and ancestors when the time comes.

Therefore, they can only choose to fight to the death.

"Let's fight, fight for my Dayu and make a hope, kill, kill for my relatives."

Just when General Long Lao was impassionedly inspiring these nine thousand people, Mu Fengxun and the leaders of the beggar army had already been invited to Li Yi's barracks by Qi Ning and Qi Chao.

When Mu Fengxun pushed open the door of Li Yi's barracks, he found Li Yi squatting on the ground and looking up at him.

And lines were drawn on the ground of his barracks, and Mu Fengxun looked closely and found that these lines looked very much like the border map of Yuyang County.

And on these maps, Li Yi drew arrows and forks one by one.

"Little Brother Li, what are you looking for me and the others?"

Mu Fengxun asked straight to the point, and he found that Li Yi was still relatively easy to communicate with through the exchanges in the last one or two days.

And the leader of the beggar army, the former Tugu clan general Helian Yun, looked at the young man squatting on the ground with a scrutinizing gaze.

He had heard from other generals that the person who had deduced that the grassland tribe would attack the three counties in a row was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

At first, they didn't think so, but with the constant movement of the cavalry of the steppe tribe, this inference was confirmed, and he felt that this young man was by no means an ordinary person.

And just now, when Keiko was hurriedly running into the camp to tell everyone why the Beisi and the military department did not issue any orders, and tonight's rain was when the grassland tribe attacked, Helian Yun was even more surprised by the young man who deduced all this.

Now when he really saw Li Yi, he found that he was not the same as he imagined, or very different.

Originally, he thought that the young man who could have such wisdom must be a handsome scholar, but Li Yi looked like a martial arts practitioner, especially the two spears stuck behind him.

"Lend me five hundred strong!"

Li Yi also said unceremoniously.

"Five hundred strong? What are you going to do? ”

Mu Fengxun didn't understand why Li Yi asked for five hundred soldiers.

"I don't know what to call this beggar army commander?"

Li Yi didn't answer Mu Fengxun's inquiry, he turned to Helian Yun and said.

"In Xiazhen, the commander of the Hai Beggar's Army, Helian Yun!"

Helian Yun didn't dare to underestimate this young man, and he also said politely.

"General Helian should be from the Tugu Clan, can you make up five hundred sets of Tugu Clan's clothes for me?"

Hearing Li Yi's request, Helian Yun couldn't help but be stunned.

"Five hundred sets of clothes is not a problem, but what is the use of five hundred sets of my people's clothes?"

Helian Yun didn't understand why the defense of the city required 500 people to disguise themselves as Tugu tribesmen.

"By the way, please also ask General Helian to send ten people with these five hundred."

Li Yi added.

"Little Brother Li, what are you doing here?"

Mu Fengxun was really curious about what Li Yi was going to do, and he also felt like Helian Yun that Da Yu's side was not the one besieging the city, and he still needed to use fine tricks to open the city gate.

"I'm going to take advantage of the night rain to take five hundred people out of the city."

Li Yi didn't hide it from them either.

"Are you crazy? Out of town with five hundred people? There are at least thirty or forty thousand grassland tribes outside the city, and your five hundred people are not enough for the other party to charge. ”

Mu Fengxun shouted in horror.

"I'm not a fool, of course I know that confronting these 500 people head-on is basically equivalent to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, and I don't plan to fight hard."

Li Yi's face showed a bright smile.

"Brother Li is planning to put on makeup and become a member of my Tugu clan to blend into the other party's camp?"

Helian Yun, as a former wise general, understood Li Yi's intentions in an instant.

"That's right, my master has always believed that offense is the best defense, and the best way to win more with less is to capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as I can take five hundred people to finish off the opponent's Chinese army tent and kill their commander, we will win this battle."

Helian Yun and Mu Fengxun couldn't help but gasp, they felt that the kid in front of them was really crazy.

Using 500 people to attack the big tent of the Chinese army, which has 30,000 or 40,000 people, what a crazy way to get along.

But on second thought, this method still seems to be feasible, and if he really succeeds by luck, it will completely change the direction of the battle.

"It's just that even if you are wearing the clothes of my clan, it is easy to be recognized, after all, we Tugu people are all braided hair."

Saying that, Helian Yun grabbed his pigtail and said.

It is difficult to braid a small braid at this end for a few hours, and it is difficult to braid a dense braid for 500 people, so you can imagine how much work it takes.

"I also thought of this, it happens that tonight is a rainy day, we can wear hoods, and ten members of your tribe can be fooled when they are interrogated when they walk in front, and once we enter their camp, we can see the opportunity to act."

Li Yi said confidently.

Helian Yun and Mu Fengxun all began to carefully analyze the feasibility of Li Yi's plan, and Li Yi was not in a hurry to urge, after all, his plan had to be nodded and agreed by these two people.

And for the two of them to nod their heads in agreement, they must be allowed to think clearly and figure it out for themselves.

After a while, Helian Yun was the first to speak.

"No problem, I'll go and prepare your clothes and manpower now."

He felt that instead of waiting for the other party to break through the city gate and fighting to the death, it would be better to listen to Li Yi, this kid, gamble once, maybe there would be unexpected results.

Seeing that Helian Yun had agreed, Mu Fengxun had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Do you need to report this matter to General Long Lao and Gonggong Zhou of the Northern Division?"

Mu Fengxun asked as he was about to gather five hundred soldiers.

"Let others know, I'm afraid they won't agree to my plan, and I'm not sure if there will be spies of the steppe tribes in the army. When you are ready, we will meet in the grove to the east of the camp. ”

Li Yi immediately stopped Mu Fengxun.

Helian Yun also nodded and said that he would not tell anyone else about it.

The two of them then went to prepare their own men and weapons.

In fact, when Li Yi asked Qi Ning and Qi Chao to find Song Shilong just now, he asked the two of them to quietly tell Song Shilong, so Song Shilong would go out of the camp alone after the soldiers reported to General Long.

When Qi Ning and Qi Chao told Song Shilong about Li Yi's request, he immediately understood Li Yi's intentions, and at the same time, he also understood why Li Yi let Qi Ning and Qi Chao secretly come to him.

From this time, the opposing cavalry was able to transfer the reinforcements of Yunzhong County and Shanggu County, which showed that there must be spies of the grassland tribe in these two counties.

Therefore, he did not report the matter to General Long and Gonggong Zhou, after all, no one knows if there are spies of the grassland tribe around them.

Then he asked Mu Fengxun and Helian Yun to go to Li Yi.

Not long after Helian Yun and Mu Fengxun left, An Su, Jing Zizheng and others also returned to Li Yi's barracks.

They couldn't help but be surprised to see Li Yi sorting out his leather armor and double guns.

"Senior brother, what are you doing here? Are you going to go up to the walls to guard it yourself? ”

"Childe can't do it at this time, the city wall will be in chaos when attacking the city, although you are strong in martial arts but the sword has no eyes, and you may not be able to parry the other party."

An Su also hurriedly persuaded.

Li Yi smiled and patted the shoulders of the two.

"Don't worry, I won't go up to the wall, I'm going to dig a wolf's den and plan to hunt a few wolves back."

Jing Zizheng and An Su looked confused, when is this Li Yi still planning to go hunting?