The words are divided into two ends.

Zhuge Jin, Mi Zhu, and Zhang Fei were in Haixi County in the rear, making great efforts and various plans for the follow-up counteroffensive.

But if their plan is to be implemented, there is a big prerequisite, that is, Liu Bei and Guan Yu must defeat Ji Ling and Liu Xun on the frontal main battlefield, and then Zhang Fei can take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results.

Otherwise, even if Zhuge Jin helped Zhang Fei to make a foolish plan to pursue Guangling, it would only be a death for nothing.

Fortunately, on the frontal battlefield in Huaiyin County, the day of the decisive battle is finally coming, and in the past few days, Liu Bei and Guan Yu have done a really good job.

On the eve of the decisive battle, everything was unusually quiet.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu defended the city, strictly guarding against all kinds of small movements of the enemy, and on the other hand, they also paid a lot of soldiers, blocked the news, and raised morale.

On the day Zhuge Jin arrived in Haixi, Liu Xunbu of Yuan Jun still had a day's journey to reach Huaiyin County.

And Ji Ling, who has been in the past four days, finally stopped after the initial change of method, with repeated setbacks.

As mentioned earlier, on the second day after arriving in Huaiyin, Ji Ling shouted all kinds of shouts in order to let Liu Beijun know the bad news of "Xiapi was stolen" as soon as possible, but in the end Liu Bei was prevented, and hundreds of people were also damaged, which hurt morale.

In the next two days, Ji Ling tried two more times.

At one time, he built a hundred and ten flying ladders, and some rattan shields and wooden barriers for archers to shield from the rain of arrows, and carried out a tentative ant attack.

This time, however, his army managed to get very close to the enemy, and the soldiers carried out his orders.

While rushing to the hand-to-hand combat, he shouted to the city such as "Xiapi has been lost!" Xuzhou army quickly flee back to their hometown! lines.

It's a pity, because Liu Bei had already completed the singing and sand trick that Zhuge Jin taught him the day before, and he had also given the soldiers extra meals for two days.

So when Ji Ling came to spread it again, no one believed this rumor at all.

Liu Beijun strictly publicized to the soldiers, saying that this was all a trick by the enemy to shake the hearts of our army.

There are really a few people who have to spread rumors, and Liu Bei has no choice but to enforce military law with a heavy hand.

This can't blame Liu Bei for not being merciful, after all, Ci is not in charge of the army.

In any ancient dynasty, there were those in the army who dared to spread unfavorable rumors about their own side and shake the morale of the army, and that was an immediate and unforgivable decision.

So cautiously blocking, grace and power, supplemented by deception,

In the end, all in all, all of Ji Ling's attempts to spread unfavorable information have all come to naught.

In the whole process, Ji Ling also lost a lot of people.

During the two-day siege, a total of one or two thousand people were killed and wounded

And because Ji Lingjun attacked in a hurry when the siege weapons were very rudimentary, the casualty exchange ratio between the two sides was very high, and the total casualties of Liu Beijun on the opposite side were less than 100 people.

In the case of relying on the defense of Jiancheng, this ratio is not exaggerated at all, and it belongs to Guan Yu's normal play.

And compared with the casualties of these 2,000 people, the greater loss of Yuan's army lies in the invisible morale level.

When Ji Ling first arrived, Yuan Jun learned that Xiapi had been stolen, and his morale was high for a while.

Even the sentries who were responsible for patrolling the night and preventing the theft of camps and villages could widen their eyes and be full of energy.

In the past few days, the assault has been fruitless, and the enemy has not been moved to spread the news.

Yuan Jun began to suspect that all this was fake news that Liu Bei deliberately lured the enemy!

The purpose is to deceive Ji Ling, a fool, who thinks he has a chance, and then storm the Huaiyin city wall, wasting the lives of the soldiers on these rammed earth!

The wounded soldiers were in the camp, taking advantage of the opportunity of no outsiders, and they all complained about Ji Ling's blind toss. Even the sentinels who patrolled the night to prevent robbery began to doze off, and they couldn't lift their spirits at all - this was also the first real loss that Ji Ling had in Zhuge Jin's hands.

Although when he suffered a loss, the old Yin Bi who caused him to suffer was no longer in Huaiyin City.

But who makes the family have a high rank, the afterglow is curling, and the city is endless, and everyone can continue to yin you.

At this point, Ji Ling was completely out of moves.

If you're tired, don't toss, just besiege it.

……

After Ji Ling stopped, another day passed, and on the afternoon of the fifth day of the eighth month, Liu Xun's 13,400 troops finally arrived late.

The reason why there were only 13,000 or 4,000 was, of course, because most of the Lei Bo troops under his command were severely damaged and annihilated by Zhang Fei, and more than 1,000 cavalry were lost.

Ji Ling hastily put some water and wine in the big tent of the Chinese army, and gave Liu Xun the wind, and after three rounds of wine, the two of them talked about their experiences in the past few days, and they couldn't help but feel depressed.

"This battle is not easy to fight, what the hell is Liu Bei doing, sending an envoy to Lu Bu, but there is no response for the time being, and I don't see that Lu Bu is willing to accept us to attack Liu Bei, is it really a fraud?"

Ji Ling and Liu Xun quickly unified their thoughts and almost all agreed with this possibility.

They didn't know that the reason why Lu Bu on the Xiapi side did not reveal any accurate letter and did not respond to Ji Ling's sentry was entirely because Lu Bu also hoped that Liu Bei and Yuan Shu would continue to hold on and lose both.

This is beneficial to Lu Bu, otherwise he would not have engaged in "shooting halberds" in the future.

And Lu Bu's chief strategist, Chen Gong, also has this wait-and-see attitude towards Liu Bei at this moment. Seeing that Liu Bei was already half-surrounded by Ji Ling, they were not in a hurry to catalyze Liu Bei's collapse.

In this way, the complete silence in Lu Bu's direction made Yuan Shujun fall into greater suspicion.

The result of Ji Ling and Liu Xun's final discussion was naturally to continue to stand still and surround and watch.

Fortunately, on the first night after Liu Xun arrived, the vigilance of the night patrol troops was still very strong.

After all, Liu Xun's troops have not been exhausted by siege battles like Ji Lingbu.

Losses in the field are only considered by chance, and they can try to block the news to reduce the impact.

However, this kind of vigilance cannot be maintained for a long time after all.

Nothing happened on the first night, and it was still the same on the second night, and the night patrol sentries of Liu Xun's department soon began to be assimilated by the Ji Ling Department and gradually slacked off.

If Liu Bei and Guan Yu choose to attack this night, they will actually have quite a chance.

But it's a pity that Liu Bei and Guan Yu can't open their eyes, and they don't know how long the other party can be vigilant, so they have to wait a little longer.

Looking at the granary day by day, the corn covered with the sand of "singing and measuring sand" is thinning day by day, and the sand will be exposed if you dig it down.

Liu Bei knew that he only had one chance, and he fought for life and death.

Finally, on the evening of the fourth day after Liu Xun's arrival, Liu Bei made up his mind.

He told the soldiers to sleep well during the day in advance, and then ordered the third watch to cook food and the fourth watch to attack.

……

On the eighth day of August, three watches in the middle of the night.

Guan Yu, who had been sleeping since the afternoon before, got out of bed full of energy.

Under the service of the attendants, he washed and dressed, had a full meal, drank a bowl of ginger and garlic tea soup to refresh himself, and then slowly put on his clothes neatly, and took the knife and got on the horse.

Liu Beijun still had a total of 1,000 cavalry left in Huaiyin.

Most of them are the sudden horsemen brought by Liu Bei from his hometown in Youzhou, including the "Karasuma Zahu Rider", but the Karasuma people among them are also completely naturalized by the Han Dynasty.

There are also a few that are native to Xuzhou.

But tonight, whether it was the Xuzhou cavalry or the Karasuma Zahu cavalry, all the thousand cavalry were handed over to Guan Yu for direct command, and Liu Bei did not reserve it at all.

Before opening the city gate, Liu Bei personally poured wine for Guan Yu Zhuangxing:

"Second brother, tonight's thousand horsemen will all be handed over to you, you first try your best to sneak attack and break through Liu Xun's camp. For the brother will lead 10,000 main foot soldiers, and then follow the decisive battle with the enemy! ”

If you fight at night, if there are too many people, there will be chaos, and if the movement is too large, the probability of being discovered by the enemy in advance will also be greatly increased.

Therefore, since ancient times, there have been few people who have used the main force of the army.

They all have to disrupt the enemy with a small group of elites with quick reactions, and then the main force will cover up and kill them with all their might when the enemy army is in chaos and the sky is about to dawn.

Gan Ning's hundred cavalry robbery of Cao Ying is a typical example, it doesn't need many people at all, but it can make the enemy kill each other in a panic.

Liu Bei's subordinates are now withering, and even Zhang Fei has been sent away, so he can only work with Guan Yu to support tonight's field.

Guan Yu also read a trace of sadness from the solemnity of his eldest brother, but he was not worried.

Just boldly dry three bowls in a row, and wipe the wine dripping from his beard with his sleeve:

"Big brother, don't worry! Ji Ling and Liu Xun have been exhausted by our army for many days, and they have suffered several defeats in a row and lost thousands of soldiers. Although the rest are many, there is nothing to be afraid of!

What's more, the autumn rain has been continuous for days, the terrain of Huaiyin is low-lying, and the enemy troops are stationed outside the city, which is bound to be miserable. How can the combat power be compared with the people of our army!

When Liu Xun's camp is on fire, the eldest brother can kill with all his might! ”

With that, Guan Yu smashed the wine bowl and rode his horse out of the city gate.

……

Guan Yu's 1,000 cavalry, with a human rank, a horse mouth, and a horse's hooves wrapped in rags,

rushed out of the south gate of Huaiyin City, and galloped towards Liu Xun's camp seven or eight miles away.

Tonight's weather is not very suitable for arson and robbery.

Because the autumn rains have not completely stopped, there is mud and stagnant water in the low-lying areas, and even if you drop the torch, you may not be able to burn immediately.

What's more, in this kind of weather, the cavalry carried torches with them, marched in concealment for more than ten miles in a state of extinguishment, and then wanted to temporarily ignite the fire when they were used, and it was very likely that they would not be able to light it due to the damp.

However, although it is not conducive to arson, the sound of rain is surprisingly good for the surprise attacker's movement and quiet concealment.

When Guan Yu galloped to the last mile or two outside Liu Xun's camp, there was no movement on the opposite side, and he did not encounter any horse teams patrolling at night.

Guan Yu was very puzzled, he felt that even if Liu Xun was incompetent, he should not indulge the cavalry under his command to such an extent.

In siege warfare, the cavalry was very idle, but the infantry had to constantly repair fortifications, build siege weapons, and shoot at each other or attach ants. And the cavalry only needs to supervise the battle during the day, and they are not tired at all, so shouldn't they patrol the night well and provide security for the army?

But how did Guan Yu know: It was five days ago that nearly sixty percent of the cavalry strength under Liu Xun's command was given to Lei Bo, the uncontrollable Huo Mountain thief.

He was killed under the ambush and counter-killing of his third brother Zhang Fei.

At present, Liu Xun can't get together a thousand horses in total, and he has no choice but to relax his shift patrol.

Since this is the case, Guan Yu is not welcome.