"Light the lamp!"

Dou Rong, who was asleep, opened his eyes suddenly, stood up, and shouted: "The Zhou army attacked at night, fought to the death!"

"Is that okay?"

Lei Zhenzi under the gate has grown a bird's beak, and the night is so deep, why is Dou Rong still guarding the gate?

What's even more terrifying is that this guy not only sleeps day and night, but also keeps his guard on the guard at all times, and almost when the first wave of arrows is fired, he organizes an effective counterattack.

"Sure enough...."Nangong Shi was not flustered, but ordered: "Being able to approach the pass with a few casualties is something that has not been done in the past few days, and now our army has a large number of soldiers and horses all over the pass, even if the merchant army guards the pass, under the cover of night, why be afraid?"

"The whole army is moving forward, tackling key problems!"

"I'll take the lead!"

Nangong Shi's personal guards Nangong Jia and Nangong Yi snorted and stepped forward with their knives.

Closing the rain of arrows, although the merchant army organized a counterattack at the first time, they did not test the bow in a hurry, and pulled the bow two or three times, and their hands were already dripping with blood.

But looking at Dou Rong, who was still tired but commanding the battle, they still gritted their teeth and endured the pain, and kept pulling their bows and shooting arrows.

"The generals will listen to the order!" Dou Rongqiang shouted loudly: "The Zhou army attacked the pass, but it was just taking advantage of the night, and before long, it would be dawn, kill!"

"Kill!" the merchant army shouted in unison.

Nangong Shi who was closed sneered, and it would be dawn in the near future.

From the third watch to the fifth watch, is it so easy to survive?

The merchant army was tired, and it was attacked at night, and they didn't know the number of enemies, so they were already flustered, and when the fifth watch day dawned, they were afraid that this water pass had already been broken.

"Kill!" Dou Rong personally went up to the wall, shook his hand, and slashed down a Zhou army who was climbing the ladder to the pass, and said in a rough voice: "Brothers, it will be dawn in a while, and after dawn, the Zhou army will retreat without a fight!"

"Yes, General!"

The merchant army suddenly lifted his spirits, and under the light of the lights, he kept killing.

However, the night attack was too sudden, and the Zhou army arrived at the pass almost unharmed, the number of people was too much, and in an instant, dozens of people were killed at the pass, and the two armies fought a bloody battle.

When the battle was in full swing, the sound of "bell-bell" suddenly sounded.

"Hmm?"

Nangong Shi, who commanded the soldiers to tackle key problems, turned his head sharply, looked at Lei Zhenzi beside him and said, "General, you have smart ears and eyes, have you ever heard the movement in the pass?"

"What movement can there be?" Lei Zhenzi pricked up his ears and listened: "It's just a change of sound." ”

The profession of beating people and husbands appeared in the Han Dynasty, but the history of beating more has a long history, and the earliest origin can be traced back to primitive witchcraft, which mainly plays the role of exorcism in witchcraft, and is a sign of the status of witchcraft.

However, when the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there was already a system of fighting, the Zhou army "where the military hanging pot, in order to gather the pot", the "pot" here is the leaky pot used to remember the time, the "order" is in order, the vigil is replaced, "gathering" is some people gathered together, "柝" is the bang, gong and other utensils knock each other.

That is to say, because the army needs to strengthen its vigil at night, it is necessary for some people to gather together, change shifts and keep vigil, and strike bangs, gongs and other utensils to report the night.

Because Bishui Pass is close to Xiqi, he learned Zhou Jun's set to facilitate the evening time.

And Nangong Shi's troops and horses, if they want to determine the time, they can only listen to the sound of beating in Bishui Pass.

No way, now there are only sundials, leaky pots, incense, in the night, the sundial that measures the shadow of the sun, it must not be used, and the leaky pot is not at all, this thing is complicated, it can only be placed in a fixed place, it is difficult to move, there may be such a one among the main army of Ji Fa, but Nangong Shi's vanguard army can definitely not bring, as for the incense, it can only be used indoors, and it is blown by the wind in the wild, and no one knows what time it is.

Looking at the stars and the moon, I can't see it, since it is a night attack, it must be a dark moon and a high windy night, and it is pitch black, and I can't see anything.

Therefore, whether it is the time of the night attack or the current time, it is judged by the spies eavesdropping on the sound of the change in the Bishui Pass, anyway, the sound of the Bishui Pass is copied from Xiqi, and there is no incomprehension.

Nangong Shi asked Lei Zhenzi and said, "How many gongs?"

The night is divided into five watches, according to the number of beatings of the gong and the gong, to judge the number of days, the gong strikes one, the gong strikes two, as a watch, the two watches begin at the time, the gong sounds two, the bang strikes twice, and so on.

Lei Zhenzi's face was embarrassed, before they were indeed spies listening to the sound of the watch in the pass, and according to the sound of the watch, they set the night attack of the third watch, but now the two armies are fighting, and the sound is extremely noisy, who can hear the specific number of times?

"Bell, bell, bell—"

Another series of snorts.

The five watches do not strike the gong, only knock the bang, and the sound of the bang is irregular, the rhythm is extremely fast, it is a continuous knocking, it is called the mess, after the knocking of the bang, the sky is basically bright, even if people are asleep, they are often woken up by the bang.

Hearing this chaos, Nangong Shi's heart suddenly burst out, and he knew that today's night attack was over.

He looked at the slightly white sky, no wonder Dou Rong had the confidence just now and said that it would be dawn if he resisted for a while.

Thinking about it, Nangong Shi glanced at the close, he couldn't see Dou Rong's figure, he could only hear Dou Rong's shouting order, he couldn't help but be angry, and he couldn't release the cold arrow while he was close to the distance.

I'm afraid that this time it was Dou Rong's trick, the two armies have not been fighting for a long time, and it is impossible to fight from the third watch to the fifth watch, obviously as early as the previous watch, he was deceived, it must be Dou Rong who ordered the watchman to delay the watch, I am afraid that the third watch time they mistakenly thought was actually close to the fourth watch, counting the march and fighting, for a while, it was just the fifth watch.

Nangong Shi snorted: "Release the arrow!"

If you can't shoot you, Dou Rong has to relieve his anger!

Looking at Lei Zhenzi again, Lei Zhenzi also saw that the sky was about to turn white at this time, and he was also shocked.

After a few waves of arrow rain, Nangong Shi took a deep breath, his face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "That's it today, Mingjin, withdraw the army!"

"What?" Lei Zhenzi was startled, frowned, and said: "General, our army is close to the wall, and the merchant army is extremely tired, even if it is dawn, we can break it!"

Nangong Shi shook his head: "If the two armies are in a field battle, it is true, but the sky is about to be white, and the enemy army has a wall to rely on, even if it is tired, it has the strength to shoot arrows and rolling stones, and our army was originally a night attack, but the sky has become daytime, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably decline, it is better to withdraw the army as soon as possible, and now it has been planned, it is difficult to ensure that Dou Rong has no backhand." ”

"If that's the case, we'll withdraw the troops...."Lei Zhenzi hesitated: "I'm afraid it will only make the merchant army strengthen its vigilance, and I won't be able to find any opportunities in the near future." ”

"Withdraw the troops, and then figure out a way. Nangong Shi smiled helplessly, who knew that the night attack that had been designed for a long time actually acted according to the time guided by the other party?

"Yes!" Lei Zhenzi responded with his fists clenched, and Ming Jin withdrew his troops.

The guards of Bishui Pass on the gate saw the Zhou army under the pass Mingjin withdraw their troops, slowly retreated, and immediately shouted with great joy: "The Zhou army has retreated! The Zhou army has retreated!"

Dou Rong sat down against the wall, gasping for air, but did not close his bloodshot eyes.

This is not an accident, nor is it a calculation.

He is not a person with deep wisdom, nor is he an immortal who can pinch and calculate, and he can calculate that Nangong Shi will attack at night today.

He just felt that Nangong was likely to attack at night, and he was sure that Zhou Jun could not know the exact time, so he secretly replaced the guards with his henchmen, and the time of the fixed watch, the first watch, the second watch, and the third watch were all pushed back a little, while the fourth and fifth watches were moved forward a little.

In this way, the night time is "shortened", and at the same time, the time period for the guards to relax is also reduced.

Nangong Shi just happened to bump into it.

It's just that....

Dou Rong took several deep breaths in a row and looked in the direction of Chao Ge.

In this way, they will have a few days of respite, and the generals will be more cautious.

But how long can this kind of battle last?

Next time, if Nangong Shi has a timekeeping instrument in the army, and then takes advantage of the night to attack the pass, how should he defend it?

After all, reinforcements are still needed, Jiameng Pass can't be counted on, and other passes have garrison tasks, and only Chaoge's army can be used as a helper.

n.