The pawn who had hesitated again and again and set off to patrol the pass didn't take two steps before he heard the shouts of battle under the pass.

He was horrified in his heart, and when the lights turned on, he only saw three or five black shadows, and he did not imagine the scene of the merchant army attacking in a big way, but the matter was urgent, and no one could say that the merchant army was so many, so he immediately went down the wall and went to report to Nangong Shi.

"General, it's not good! The merchant army is coming!"

Nangong Shi had already fallen asleep, but he was awakened by the shout, he was not Dou Rong, although he knew that personally patrolling the pass like Dou Rong could guard the Bishui Pass to the greatest extent, but whether he could do it or not was another matter.

"Quickly gather the soldiers to guard the pass!"

Nangong Shi got up and gave orders in an orderly manner, the Shang army's attack tonight was indeed unexpected, but at most it was a rush for a while, Lu Xiong's defeated general, the morale of his troops was not high, the king of Xuan was new, the soldiers and horses were tired, and the two soldiers and horses were not to be afraid, even if they came to tackle the key problems, they would shoot a few arrows at most, and it was impossible to attack Guanzhong.

After a while, Nangong Shi went up to the wall with all his armor complete, looked at the more than a hundred black shadows below, and couldn't help but wonder, and asked, "What's the matter? This is the merchant army who came to call for war?"

"Yes..."

After the soldiers on the wall reacted, they all felt strange, such a few people, they just shouted a few times, they still wanted to tackle key problems, and they still wanted to attack at night?

Ao Lie saw more and more lights on the wall, just shouted for a while, and then led the troops away.

He knows that Nangong Shi is very powerful, this is the first general in the world on the Yuedan evaluation, so that Lu Xiongdu suffered a big defeat and almost lost the famous general, and there is also Lei Zhenzi who can stop him in Bishui Pass, if he waits for Nangong Shi to really lead troops out of the pass, even if he withdraws in time, I am afraid that he will suffer a big loss, so he felt empty in his stomach and was a little thirsty, so he retreated according to the order of King Xu.

Anyway, it's all a ploy, as long as the shouting is in place, it's enough.

The Zhou soldiers on the gate watched Ao Lie leave with the merchant army, leaving only the night sky dotted with stars, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and there is no clue in the four eyes.

Nangong Shi's face became gloomy, the merchant army is like this, but I am afraid that it is not simple.

His eyes narrowed slightly, he swept around, stared at a few pawns, and said in a deep voice, "Why did the merchant army come?"

The pawn who had just gone to report to Nangong Shi lowered his head and replied, "Yes... The merchant army came to call for war, but the number was small, and as far as the eye could see, there were about 100 people. ”

Nangong Shi asked: "Hundreds, but why are hundreds of people called wars! But why don't hundreds of people dare to fire arrows to expel them, but let them retreat with their whole body?"

The soldiers on the gate were trembling, not to mention that they were all slacking off, the merchant army was busy eating and drinking when the battle was called, even if they reacted in time and shot a few waves of arrows to shoot back, it was useless!

If there are more than 10,000 people crowding people under the gate, a wave of arrow rain will definitely cause effective killing, but there are only 100 people, and they are blind in the black light, where to shoot?

"General, there is nothing wrong with our garrison, it is the merchant army that is too shameless, calling for battle in the night, but the number is not large, they have no intention of attacking the attack at all!"

Nangong Shi was silent, he knew this, otherwise the merchant army would not have retreated so neatly.

He walked around, sniffed and sniffed, and after a while, said angrily: "There is nothing wrong? There are only 100 people tonight, and if 1,000 people come tomorrow night, and 10,000 people come the night after, you can only eat meat and drink wine! Tonight, the guards and guards are all derelict in their duties, can you be guilty?"

The pawns didn't dare to say more, and bowed their heads and said, "I'm waiting to be convicted, please.. Please forgive the General!"

In fact, they don't feel that there is anything wrong in their hearts, and it hasn't been a day or two since they drank wine and eaten meat, and isn't there nothing to lose?

Besides, it's autumn, it's cold, and you don't drink alcohol and eat meat at night, where does the spirit come from? Where does the strength come from?

Nangong Shi was unrelenting, snorted coldly, and said: "You should be responsible for dereliction of duty, but now is the time to employ people, write down this mistake for the time being, and then investigate it later!

"Thank you, General, thank you!"

Nangong Shi said this, that is, he would not punish more, and the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, but then they were a little dissatisfied in their hearts, what kind of mistake is this? This is not a mistake at all!

But Nangong Shi also has a hard time in his heart, there is no way!

How could he not know that the soldiers had already developed contempt and arrogance in their hearts?

Originally, he attacked the strong with the weak, so even if Dou Rong defended it strictly, he could gather soldiers to attack Bishui Pass again and again, but now that Bishui Pass has been taken and defeated the merchant army of the Western Expedition, everything is extremely smooth, in this case, who will continue to tense his nerves?

It was Nangong Shi who was also a lot more relaxed, which was unavoidable.

Nangong Shi has already understood that the merchant army came at night this time to call for war, what will be a few months to recapture Bishui Pass, set foot on Xiqi, and let the young men go home for the Spring Festival, it is all, next year's Spring Festival is only half a year away from now, they are in the big hands, how can they be defeated in half a year, such arrogant words, and the contrast between the gray and slippery fleeing without a fight, is nothing more than to boost the arrogance of the Zhou army soldiers and make the Zhou army even more light on the enemy.

Therefore, Nangong Shi had to propose a punishment, and then raised it high and fell gently, no matter what, let the soldiers be vigilant first.

Ao Lie led his troops out of Bishui Pass, all the way back to the east, and after a few miles, he met the soldiers and horses who met him.

Lu Xiong came to greet him personally.

"General Li, what's the situation?"

Ao Lie replied: "Everything is going well, there is no casualty in our army, it has already alarmed Nangong Shi, Your Majesty has ordered not to stay for a long time, seeing that there are more and more fires, I led my troops to leave." ”

The old man had already planned to send a small force to the front of the Bishui Pass to call for battle, even if it could not help the arrogance of the Zhou army, it could also play a role in exhausting the enemy, but the old man's department was newly defeated, and the morale was low, if he left without a fight, it would be even more difficult to gather people's hearts, and the general's department had no such worries, the general should go back quickly, His Majesty should have prepared a meal. ”

Meals...

The corners of Ao Lie's mouth twitched, it was good to have food, but don't think about it, there must be a music girl dancing girl tonight, he really doesn't want to see a woman in the barracks.

Lu Xiong saw Ao Lie's expression and said, "General Li is dissatisfied with the music girls and dancing girls in the barracks?"

"Hey..."Ao Lie sighed: "It's not a secret, I have persuaded Your Majesty several times, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, the old general might as well go with me, and then persuade Your Majesty, in the barracks, how can this be?"

"Hahaha!" Lu Xiong laughed and said: "Your Majesty has gone to great lengths, even if you want to take music girls and dancing girls with you on the march, just for today! Since boosting the arrogance of the Zhou army is the key to breaking the enemy, if the news of Your Majesty's singing and dancing in the military camp reaches Bishui Pass, what will the Zhou army think? That is, Nangong Shi and other generals will be on guard, can ordinary soldiers see through it?"

"But... If Zhou Jun takes the opportunity to come...."Before the attack was finished, Ao Lie understood, I see!

The lack of arrogance in the enemy's strategy is nothing more than that the soldiers are easy to indulge in it, and it is difficult to deal with the sudden attack of the Zhou army.

But the big camp is set up in the mountains, or a hundred miles of company camp, and it is a horn with Lu Xiong's department, and it is also thirty or forty miles away from Bishui Pass, so there is enough time to deal with it, so to speak, everything is focused on guarding, which doesn't just make up for the shortcomings?

"Also, go, brothers, hurry up and go back to the camp to eat!"

Ao Lie let out a loud cry, and a big stone fell to the ground in his heart.