It was a difficult day for people inside and outside the city.

But the good news is that no matter how hard the day is, it will eventually pass.

But the bad thing is that you don't know if the next day will be harder.

For Ma Lirong, who was called to stand on the city wall again, he felt that this day was even worse.

Because, the rebels actually came to reinforcements again.

A whole team of 3,000 infantry, with vigorous steps, from far behind, came again!

He couldn't see the expressions on the faces of the group of men and horses rushing out of the camp, but he could guess that it must have been the smile that should have been on their faces.

Then, reinforcements entered the camp, and the rebels were in the array, and the cheers shook the sky.

The city of the state city became more and more silent, and the silence was panic at the moment.

Ma Lirong forcibly suppressed his uneasiness, and opened his mouth to reassure: "It's just two or three thousand, and now there are only 10,000 people, and 10,000 people want to eat the state city that we have been operating for more than ten years, and it is a delusional thing, don't care about him!" ”

This time, the crowd did not regain their vigor as he had hoped.

Because of a very simple truth, from behind the rebels at this moment, all the way to Huaishang, it is completely out of their control, the rebels can come with 2,000 yesterday, and 3,000 today, who can guarantee that they will not be able to come again 5,000 tomorrow, and then 10,000, and finally directly wrap this Longshouzhou City with dumplings?

It is said that the city is strong, the city defense is complete, and it will definitely be able to hold it, but that is just imagination, if the war can be counted like this, then there will not be so many accidents.

And even if you have to defend it, how many people will have to die?

Is it the same thing to guard against five or six thousand people attacking a city than to guard against tens of thousands of people attacking it?

People can have a steady stream of reinforcements, so what about us?

Hey, yes, we can also call in reinforcements!

In the afternoon, as the night darkened, puffs of smoke rose from the rebel camp.

The smoke rose and dispersed, like a mist that enveloped the entire rebel camp and turned into a haze that lingered in the hearts of the defenders.

After confirming that the rebels would not attack today, several lieutenants came to the governor's mansion.

"Asking for help?"

Ma Lirong sat at the table with the map of Longshou Prefecture, looking at everyone, a little puzzled.

"Yes, Mr. Ma, there are more and more rebels, and we only rely on these 3,000 people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist!"

"yes, we're not nobody."

The two lieutenants spoke one after another, but Ma Lirong groaned and shook his head, "No." ”

He looked at the people who had changed color and explained: "First of all, three thousand defenders plus the city defense, and so many people, are enough to deal with at least twenty thousand troops. ”

"Secondly, I know that you are worried about casualties, and you don't feel the need to rely on just so many people without sacrificing so many people. But have you ever thought about a question, how many people can come over from the other party's land of two counties? I have already asked people to go to Guangling Prefecture with a handwritten letter stamped with the seal of the state pastor, and let them pay attention to Huaishang, and Surabaya Prefecture and Yunmeng Prefecture will not be able to squeeze out so many soldiers and horses to Longshou Prefecture in the short term! ”

"Finally, we're not sure if they're going to attack the city, what if we bring in all the reinforcements and they turn around and attack where the forces are weak?"

His gaze swept over the faces of several people, "So, for now, the plan is to use this solid state city as bait to catch this big fish, and then slowly consume them under this city." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am also in this city with you, living and dying together!"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, but they were powerless to refute it, so they had to retreat stupidly.

——

"How?"

In the camp, Bai Yunbian eagerly came to the big tent of the Chinese army, looked at the old owner of Zhao, and looked forward to it.

Old Master Zhao glared at him angrily, "Are you all stupid like you on the other side?" So easy to fall for it? ”

Bai Yunbian was stunned for a moment, "If you can't do it yourself, you still blame others for being too powerful?" ”

Old Master Zhao took a deep breath and looked at Ye Hongluan beside him, "Ye family girl, either you plug his mouth, or I sew his mouth together, you choose one!" ”

Bai Yunbian snorted, "Woo woo!" ”

Ye Hongluan tore off a piece of skirt and stuffed it into Bai Yunbian's mouth, and then said apologetically: "Old owner, please speak." ”

Old Master Zhao looked at the people in the camp and said, "You don't have to worry, we must know that our opponent is not a mediocre person, and it is impossible for us to make them fall for the trick with one transfer." ”

He paused, "So, next, the people will listen to the order!" ”

Everyone's expressions were stunned.

"Bear Protection!"

"The last general!"

"You lead 2,000 men from the headquarters, change your outfit tonight, sneak out of the camp, don't light a fire, rest twenty miles east of the camp, raise the flag tomorrow, and then pretend to be reinforcements to arrive!"

Xiong Baoquan stood up and agreed with his fists clenched.

"Zhuang Dexiang! Thou shalt take two thousand men from thy headquarters, replace them with the finest armor and horses, sneak out of the camp tonight, lead two thousand horses, tie them with hooves, and do not light the fire, rest twenty miles south of the camp, and raise the banner before tomorrow, and pretend that reinforcements have arrived! ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers brought by the old owner Zhao from Yunmengzhou immediately came out of the queue and responded in a deep voice.

"General Ye listens to orders!"

Ye Hongluan was stunned for a moment before he realized that it was himself, and hurriedly let go of the hand blocking Bai Yunbian's mouth and stepped out of the ranks, "The end will be!" ”

"You led the Cao gang to patrol the perimeter of the camp, and no one was allowed to leave the camp without giving instructions to enter and exit, so as to prevent news from leaking! This is especially important and must not go wrong! ”

Ye Hongluan nodded and responded with a fist.

After settling all this, the old owner of Zhao Zhuang said in a deep voice: "Everyone, remember that this matter is top secret, and you must not leak the news!" I'll go back to camp tomorrow, and I'll talk about the follow-up later! ”

Everyone agreed, and then they went their own way.

And after the old owner Zhao settled these things, he was not idle, but directly led people to the outside of the camp.

He ordered the wood to be cut down, and built a bunch of facilities outside the camp that no one in the state city had ever seen.

If anyone who has been in the labor camp outside Jiang'an City can know that this is the pulley that Xia Jingyun dedicated to the prisoner.

In the evening, several of the first pulleys were successfully erected, swaying and leisurely bringing baskets of soil, almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, in front of the camp of the "rebels", erected two dirt slopes.

On the third day, early in the morning.

When Ma Lirong and several lieutenants stood on the city tower, they almost shouted in unison!

I saw that in front of the rebel camp opposite, the two dirt slopes of last night turned into two high earthen walls after one night.

The two earthen walls are like two doors, which together completely cut off the eyes of the rebel camp from the state city.

Ma Lirong stared at the two earthen walls, and his expression was obviously dignified.

"Mr. Ma, what do you think they are doing?"

"In one day, we can build such an earthen wall, and if we use this ant to attach to Miyagi, will we not die?"

Ma Lirong said coldly: "Otherwise, if they build a city close to the city wall, the bows and arrows of our officers and soldiers will not be so calm." But now we do need to know what they want behind this earthen wall. ”

Just when he was puzzled, one of the lieutenants exclaimed: "Look! ”

Everyone followed his fingers, and saw that in the eastern direction of the rebels, a team of nearly two or three thousand people appeared at the end of the line of sight.

"How is that possible!"

Ma Lirong exclaimed directly, "They only have two counties!" Where did you mobilize so many soldiers! ”

But facts speak louder than words, no matter how people do it, the reinforcements of these two or three thousand are real.

I saw that in the rebel camp, after the scouts reported the news, a group of officers immediately rode out and exchanged with everyone, and then happily introduced reinforcements behind the earthen wall.

The crowd fell silent.

The other side even has reinforcements!

Several lieutenants looked at Ma Lirong, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally sighed.

And Ma Lirong watched the reinforcements enter the camp behind the earthen wall, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.

But that's not the end of it.

When the time came, the people on the city wall were shocked again, and in the direction of the rebels' south back, a wisp of smoke and dust gradually became clear.

Glancing at each other, a bad premonition rose in their minds.

No way?

However, the world is often like this, what is afraid of what comes.

I saw a cavalryman wearing armor first appear in the field of vision, and then, a large number of elite cavalry swarmed in, filling the field of vision and the horror in their hearts.

The body is well-armoured, and on the banner held high above his head, there is a big scarlet character embroidered: [Zhuang].

In the silence and tension of everyone in the city, the strange general who led the way even stepped forward directly, came to the city wall, looked at the defenders on the city wall, and shouted proudly: "Listen to the lackeys of the people who killed the king in the city, Zhuang Dexiang, the general of the general Zhuang Dexiang under the command of the king of Jiaodong County, Yunmengzhou!" Wait and save the dog's head, and in three days, I will break the city and take it! ”

"Yay! It's too much of a deception! ”

A lieutenant general was so angry that he grabbed his bow and arrows from the side and shot them out, but unfortunately the cavalry general had already taken precautions, deftly dodged, and continued to mock: "Sneak attack? Sure enough, it was the lackey of the king-killer who did it! Phew! ”

After saying that, he rode his horse back to the camp, and behind him was a rain of arrows falling weakly.

The cavalry turned into the camp behind the earthen wall, and loud and high-pitched cheers rang out from the rebel camp, in stark contrast to the silence on the walls of the state city.

Including today's reinforcements, the rebels already have a full 15,000 or 6 men.

The camp has nearly doubled.

Do you still have to rely on 3,000 men to defend your side?

"Mr. Ma, ask for help!"

A lieutenant finally couldn't help but mention it again and spoke again.

There are a total of six counties in Longshou Prefecture, and there are only two counties on the opposite side, and there are four counties on his side, so there is enough backup!

If there are few rebels, it would be fine, and now the rebels are about to soar to 20,000 people, and they have to use 3,000 deaths to carry it, isn't it stupid?

Everyone can come to reinforcements, why can't we?

"Yes, Mr. Ma, while the rebels are not yet besieged and it is convenient to get out of the city, hurry up and write a letter for help! If the rebels completely besiege the city, we won't be able to send reinforcements even if we want to! ”

"Yes, let's at least add five thousand, right?"

"Pei County, Hongque County, and Gaocheng County in the west, and Yuanliang, Huanglong, and Nangang counties in the north, are not far away, and they all have garrison troops, five hundred soldiers from one city, and two or three thousand soldiers and horses, which is enough for what is needed!"

Ma Lirong frowned and didn't say a word, he was still worried about a question, what if the rebels either wanted to attack the city, or the idea of encircling the point to send reinforcements?

He shared his doubts with the people, and then said, "We have only 3,000 men, but they have more than 10,000 or nearly 20,000 men. ”

"But what if the rebels are going to attack the city? We don't take advantage of the fact that we will increase the number of men and horses before the siege is closed now, and after the siege is closed, the reinforcements will not be able to enter the city if they want to save them! ”

Immediately, some generals refuted Ma Lirong's words, and for a while, the atmosphere on the city wall was a little solemn.

"Look, sir, general!"

A city wall soldier suddenly shouted, and everyone looked sideways at the rebel camp, only to see a cavalry team of hundreds of people, coming out of the camp, around the city wall and starting to move, and stopping from time to time to point at the city wall or arrow tower, obviously beginning to arrange the siege of the city.

"Mr. Ma, give me a thousand soldiers and horses, and I will go out of the city to take them down! This battle will be won! ”

"Ridiculous!" Before Ma Lirong could speak, another Lao Cheng deputy general on the side opened his mouth and scolded: "Since people dare to come out, it means that they have a safe guarantee, we only have these 3,000 soldiers and horses now, what should you do if you rush out rashly and lose it?" ”

The corners of Ma Lirong's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he still persuaded himself to ask for help.

He sighed and pointed to the earthen wall in the distance, "Is there a way to see what is going on behind this earthen wall?" ”

This mysterious earthen wall, and the situation behind it, is also another concern for him.

One lieutenant said, "I'll send a few powerful scouts to spy on the news." ”

Ma Lirong shook his head, "In the past, the rebels are so encircled, they will inevitably send people to take strict precautions, but they will only lose their lives in vain." ”

A lieutenant's eyes suddenly lit up, "I have a solution!" ”

A moment later, on the city wall, four or five military men formed a circle, firmly holding a long wooden stick.

A thin monkey-like man slowly climbed up the pole.

", don't shake it!"

The thin monkey climbed a section and shouted in fright.

The person below immediately replied: "Where is it, isn't this firmly grasped?" Hurry up and climb! ”

The thin monkey had no choice but to climb up in fear, for the sake of the military order, and for the reward of twenty taels of silver.

He slowly came to the top of the stick, wrapped his legs around it, put his hands on the pergola, and looked up at the rebel camp.

One of the lieutenants below said anxiously: "How is it?" Can you see it? ”

"See!"

"What's the situation?"

"General, can I come down and talk about it?" A gust of wind blew, the wooden stick shook slightly, and the thin monkey's voice trembled.

"It's up there! Tell me what's going on! ”

"They're cutting a lot of wood and building siege machines!"

Ma Lirong's face changed, and he directly grabbed the conversation, "How much have you repaired?" ”

"It's been repaired, and the wood is piled up like a hill!"

The adjutant general immediately said: "Mr. Ma, the rebels are trying to catch us off guard!" ”

Ma Lirong pondered for a moment, "Follow me back to the house and write a letter for help!" ”

The lieutenants were overjoyed and nodded in response.

In the hurried footsteps, a trembling thin monkey asked, "My lord, can I come down?" ”

——

In the "rebel" camp, the old owner of Zhao and Bai Yunbian sat on the top together, and everyone lived separately.

In the midst of the crowd, there was a table with a map spread on it.

"Zhuang Dexiang, you led five hundred soldiers and horses, and together in the night, you quietly sneaked out and set up an ambush in Matou Mountain between Peixian and the state capital."

"General Ye, you lead five hundred soldiers and horses, and you also sneak out at night to set up an ambush in Xifeng Town between Cardinal Bird County and the state capital, and be sure to annihilate the opponent's reinforcements."

"The old man also led a thousand soldiers and horses, set up an ambush in Qianfeng Ridge between Gaocheng County and the state city, and strangled the opponent's reinforcements."

"General Xiong, your subordinates are familiar with the terrain and military affairs of Longshou Prefecture, and you need to allocate six hundred elites from your department, divided into three teams, each team of two hundred people, and hand them over to our three soldiers and horses as guides."

"At that time, after ambushing the reinforcements sent by the other party to the state city, they will immediately change into the other party's clothes, feign defeat, open the city gates, and then quickly control these three cities."

"This formation is jointly managed by Bai Xianling, Mr. Su and General Xiong, bluffing the momentum of the siege, and we must ensure that we stabilize the people in the city before we wait for the news of success."

Everyone nodded solemnly, seeing that the situation was realized step by step towards the expected plan, everyone was excited, even Bai Yunbian didn't muttered anything to be beaten, just silently thought, obviously it is my home field, this old thing will really dominate, it's just that my son has a lot of them, and he doesn't care about him.

In Qianfeng Ridge, two messengers rode their horses across the official road against the moonlight on their heads.

But they didn't know their whereabouts, and they all fell into the eyes of the ambush soldiers in the forests on both sides.

Old Master Zhao said softly: "Let the soldiers rest for a while, and the enemy army will arrive in two hours at most." ”

Sure enough, in less than two hours, a commotion woke up the night sky.

The sound of hooves and footsteps gradually sounded from far and near.

Dozens of sergeants stood on both sides of the road, their hands on the logs and stones, nervously listening to the orders from above.

"Put!"

When a cry suddenly sounded, the rolling logs and stones rolled into the official road, and with a terrifying sound, the road was cut off.

Not only that, but a rain of arrows also shot out of the forest, greeting the unsuspecting reinforcements with sharp arrows, and the screams and panic were the unprepared responses of the reinforcements.

The infantry blocking the front and the cavalry harvesting in the rear appeared, and the sergeants on both sides descended the mountain like tigers, burying all the reinforcements in the night.

When the night returns to tranquility, hundreds of lives are lost forever in the forest.

This is war, either you die or I die.

Mercy and mercy are the most useless things here.

Therefore, none of the sergeants mourned for the enemy, and quickly stripped off their shirts, put them on their bodies, and then took the remaining captives and headed for the castle of Goseong-gun.

In Gaocheng County, Taishou Hong Fang was sitting in the mansion with his clothes on, looking quite worried.

Below, on the left and right, sat the commander and the county commander respectively.

Du Wei whispered: "My lord, the state pastor took away a thousand men and horses before, and there were only a thousand people left in our county, and now we have sent another seven hundred people out, if the thieves call, then what should it be!" ”

Hong Taishou sighed, "So what's going on?" Now Lord Xiao is called the deputy prime minister, but he is actually the prime minister, Ma Lirong is his hardcore confidant, in charge of all affairs in the state, he wrote a letter asking for help, and we dare to sit idly by? ”

Du Wei whispered: "Xiaguan means that behind us is the Bird Tail Valley, which is the main road to Zhongjing, and in this name, we should send fewer people." ”

Hong Taishou shook his head and didn't speak.

Jun Cheng had no choice but to explain to the lieutenant in a whisper: "There are some things, attitude is very important!" Take 10,000 steps back, as long as we show our loyalty and cooperation to that Mr. Ma, even if we lose the city in the future, we will have the possibility of being promoted and making a fortune in the future, but if we offend him, even if we have meritorious service in defending the land, we will inevitably be suppressed by his jealousy in the future, and even lose our official position. The account can't be calculated so simply. ”

Captain Du was stunned when he heard this, let out a long sigh, stomped his foot, and turned to go out.

Jun Cheng looked at Taishou and said, "My lord, he has always been anxious, don't be angry with him." ”

Hong Taishou also sighed and waved his hand, "The old man can't sleep either, if Lifu is fine, accompany the old man to the city wall." ”

With that, the two walked out, and when the captain saw this, he silently followed.

The three chiefs of the county walked slowly in the night until they were awakened by a commotion.

I saw a team of remnants of the defeated soldiers rushing back in embarrassment and standing under the city wall, "Lord Duwei, I'm Liu Da!" Oh no! We're in the middle of it! ”

Hong Taishou lay on the city wall and looked at the people below in shock, "This is?" ”

Du Wei's face sank like water, looking at the familiar face reflected by the torch, and slapped it on the city wall, "There are ambush soldiers on the way to the state city, these thieves are really cunning!" ”

Taishou and Juncheng were both panicked, and hurriedly looked at the lieutenant, and Qi Qi asked, "What then?" ”

"Put the defeated soldiers in first, and you can have more or less people to defend the city!"

He glanced at the torch that was biting the back far away, and said in a deep voice, "Open the city gate!" The whole city is on alert! All the soldiers in the county are assembled! ”

The sergeant on the side immediately went to give the order, and soon the whole city moved.

At the same time, a crack opened in the city gate, and the people outside the gate rushed inside.

"Hurry up. Yes! ”

Before the opener's scolding was finished, the bright sword light slashed over.

The howls were immediately drowned out by shouts of killing.

There were a little more things on the weekend, there was a delay, and the update was late.

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