Almost everyone had no sleep that night.

Ma Bencai had been listening carefully to the sounds outside, for fear that the Beiyi army would suddenly attack Cloud City.

Many times when he was half-asleep and half-awake, he suddenly screamed, and in the end he had no choice but to be cheeky and make a bunk near Tian Zhiyu, and then slowly fell asleep.

Since Tian Zhiyu began to cultivate internal strength, like Wu Lihan, he has less and less requirements for sleep, and even if he is asleep, he is constantly cultivating.

In addition, he experienced so much in one day today, which made him extremely excited, and he couldn't wait to spend forty-eight hours a day cultivating.

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In the Yunzhong City Office, Shi Guangying and Zhu Xiaoping sat on an unfolded map, pondering the purpose of the Beiyi Army's attack this time, as well as various coping strategies.

"Xiaoping, you have fought on a large scale with the Flame Banner head-on, how do you evaluate them?" Shi Guangying asked.

Zhu Xiaoping thought for a while and said: "Very capable of fighting, the equipment is not as good as ours, and the weapons are not as advanced as ours, but once they fight, they will not back down." We outnumbered them by five hundred men that time, and we were at a disadvantage in the engagement, and we would be in a very dangerous position if your reinforcements hadn't arrived in time. ”

Shi Guangying nodded and said, "I have also dealt with them for more than 20 years, and I know them very well. However, the largest battle in the past was more than 10,000 people. Their previous sieges were nothing more than a bluff, often attacking the east and west. But this time Batu came in person, and all the four flags were dispatched, I think it is not so simple. ”

"Yes, 100,000 people were dispatched, which was almost impossible before the Beiyi Kingdom. The last time the nest was set out, it was 60 years ago, and the command of the city defense made Zhu Yanshou's command ineffective, resulting in the city being broken, and Taiyuan City also suffered the shame of destroying the city. However, after that, Beiyi also experienced a long period of turmoil, internal strife, and the continuous war with Dongyi, they were also greatly damaged. I didn't expect this Batu to have such earth-shaking changes after only three years as a big man. ”

Shi Guangying nodded again and said, "I really underestimated this Batu." At the age of eighteen, he has the ability to integrate the four banners and command the royal court. I have a very bad premonition that this Batu may become the best man in Beiyi in the past hundred years, and even surpass Agoura. ”

Zhu Xiaoping nodded yes, the two discussed for a while, and Zhu Xiaoping said to Shi Guangying: "You better go and rest for a while, when the enemy arrives in the city, there may not be much time to sleep." You are the lord of a city and the commander of an army, and you need energy to command everyone. ”

"But how can I sleep when an army of 100,000 is approaching?"

"It's okay to close your eyes and rest, no matter why the enemy is coming, we just have to deal with it immediately, and the soldiers will cover the water and the earth. ”

Shi Guangying knew that he couldn't do anything, so he got up and prepared to lie down, and he said to Zhu Xiaoping: "You can also take a rest, and then we must be prepared for long-term difficulties." ”

Zhu Xiaoping nodded, and also got up and left.

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Lying on the bed, Shi Guangying couldn't fall asleep completely, his years of military career made him always vigilant, and even his daily sleep was extremely shallow, and at this moment, he was a big enemy, and he had been straining a string in his mind, closing his eyes and being dazed as if he was asleep.

At dawn, he was woken up by a soft knock on the door, and his own soldiers entered, "Where is the enemy?"

The soldiers replied: "Your Excellency, the Beiyi army has arrived fifteen miles away from the city, and they have begun to set up camp. ”

Shi Guangying immediately got up, put on his armor under the service of his own soldiers, picked up his weapon, and said, "Let's go, go to the city gate and have a look." ”

When he went to the city gate, Zhu Xiaoping and Zhang Bin were already waiting there.

At this time, the east is not yet fully bright, only the faint morning light.

With this morning light, Shi Guangying saw that fifteen miles away, the Beiyi army really began to set up camp, and there were already continuous tents as far as his eyes could see.

The Beiyi army is not like the Dongyang army, rarely uses flags, but at this time there are countless Beiyi army flags floating in the north wind, and the flags in the Chinese army are embroidered with various Yi totems, one of the largest, on the blue wolf, embroidered a few huge Yiwen.

Shi Guangying didn't know Yiwen, and his own soldiers who knew Yiwen translated it for him, saying that it was written on it.

Shi Guangying smiled: "Presumably in that tent is their young big man Batu, Tian Khan? ”

Zhang Bin stepped forward and said, "General, do you want to take advantage of their unstable foothold, and I will lead a team of men and horses to kill a few back and forth first, and disrupt their formation?"

Shi Guangying shook his head, pointed to the distance on the left, and then to the distance on the right, and said: "You see, their left and right armies are also in place, except for the soldiers who set up tents, everyone else is waiting for them and has not relaxed their vigilance. This is not a good time to strike. ”

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At this time, the city in the clouds was also in a busy state, and the arrows and fire oil in the city were being transported to the city walls and beacon towers.

By the time the sun had fully risen, both sides were almost ready, and a big battle was about to break out.

At this time, a few people on horseback came out from the middle army of the Beiyi Army, and they came in the direction of Cloud City without hurrying.

When we got within ten miles, the speed began to slow down. During this journey, the engineers of Cloudsdale City arranged a lot of thistles and tripwires according to Shi Guangying's instructions, and those people were obviously very clear about these, carefully avoiding all the traps, and finally stopped at a place six or seven hundred meters away from the city.

This distance was outside the range of the soldier's bow and arrow, but the mechanical crossbow could be shot, and Shi Guangying wanted to see what they wanted to do, so he did not give the order to attack.

One of those people took off the bow and arrow from his back, took out an arrow from the quiver, put it on the string, and shot it vigorously under the surprised eyes of Shi Guangying and others.

I saw that after the arrow went offline, it was like a flying fire meteor at first, flying diagonally into the sky, and after reaching a certain height, it quickly rotated and ran in the direction of Shi Guangying.

Its speed is unprecedented, and its momentum is unheard of.

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Zhang Bin saw that the direction of this arrow was Shi Guangying, and quickly rushed to him, and when the two dodged together, the arrow had already reached the head of the city, and shot the pole of the flag impartially.

Everyone was taken aback when they saw this, the distance of about 600 meters between the two sides was impossible for the best archers in the army to shoot, let alone shoot the flagpole with such accuracy.

They looked at the men, and when they stared at the place for a moment, they turned their horses' heads and went back to the army.

"This person is Beiyi Jebebespa. Shi Guangying said in a low voice.

"No one but him can shoot an arrow from such a distance," Zhang Bin said: "I have heard of his name for a long time, but today I saw it for the first time, and it is really extraordinary." ”

He was first full of admiration for Bei Siba, and then remembered that Tian Zhiyu mentioned that Feng Sijing said before he died that it was Bei Siba's arrow that seriously injured him, so he could not escape from Beiyi's pursuers, and he was also the culprit who killed Feng Sijing, looking at his back slowly leaving, his eyes were full of hatred.

Shi Guangying looked at the arrow, it was no different from ordinary arrows, but it was slightly longer, he stepped forward, pulled the arrow down, and saw that a piece of cloth was tied to the body of the arrow, and when he took off the cloth, it was full of Yiwen.

He gave the cloth to the pro-soldier who knew Yiwen, and the pro-soldier looked at it and translated: " Soldiers of Dongyang Kingdom, I am mobilizing the army this time, not far to the city of clouds, there is no intention of going to war, although there are contradictions and frictions between our two sides, the overall river water does not violate the well water, I came this time, one is to hope that the two countries can reopen trade, with the cattle, sheep and horses of the grassland, in exchange for the grain and iron of the Dongyang country, and the other is to invite back a warrior from the Dongyang country as our honored guest, so I hope that the Dongyang country will send a weighty person to negotiate with us, and the time of negotiation, I hope that at noon tomorrow, the place of negotiation is in the middle of our two sides。 As a sign of sincerity, I will give Dongyang Kingdom a gift, and I will tell you what it is when I negotiate. To fight or not to fight, the choice is in your hands. Batuu. ”

Hearing these words, Shi Guangying and the others were a little confused, "Is this Batu Xingshi moving the crowd and coming all the way to do business with us?"

Zhu Xiaoping was also surprised and said, "Yes, this is not Beiyi's style at all. Besides, give us a gift, what gift? If you want us alone, who do you want?"

"Besides, whether we can negotiate or not is not up to us. As the commander of the first army, I have the right to decide whether or not to go to war, but to negotiate, there must be the will of the military department and the imperial court. ”

Shi Guangying paced back and forth, waited for a while to call Zhang Bin over, and asked, "You went to the Jin King's Mansion to deliver the news, how did the King of Jin and the second prince react?"

Zhang Bin looked left and right, asked the soldiers and lieutenants to retreat first, and then replied: "When I first told them the news, the king of Jin and the second prince were surprised, especially the second prince, who obviously wanted to leave Taiyuan immediately. However, Lin Zhaoyang said something in his ear, and he dispelled his thoughts. And King Jin immediately regained his composure after panicking, and expressed his willingness to assist us in fighting together. ”

Shi Guangying nodded and said, "The second prince grew up in the palace, and although he taught in the Qilin Pavilion, he relied on the doting of today's saints and did not concentrate on his studies. Nor has he experienced the hardships of the border like the crown prince and has a clear understanding of the war. But whether to negotiate with Beiyi or not, the second prince can have the power to decide, so I will personally go to the Jin Palace, and discuss it with the second prince and the King of Jin. ”

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The second prince and the king of Jin, who were a little restless in the Jin Palace, immediately let him in when they heard the news of Shi Guangying's arrival, and before he could sit down, they hurriedly asked about the situation in Cloud City.

Shi Guangying gave a detailed introduction to the opponent's soldiers and horses, how to arrange the formation, and the requirements put forward. When I heard that the other side did not mean to go to war immediately, but wanted to negotiate, I immediately felt a lot easier.

Especially the King of Jin, Yunzhong City and Taiyuan City are cold, once Yunzhong City cannot be defended, Taiyuan City will also suffer.

After the second prince relaxed, he immediately had his own thoughts in his heart.

He thought that it would be too late to go to Luoyang to ask his father for instructions according to Beiyi's request, and that his own words here were the most weighty, if he could lead the negotiation and achieve a favorable result for Dongyang, his status in his father's emperor would be even higher.

My father has always been fair to himself and his prince brother, but the prince is the prince, and he is the second child after all, unless he can prove that he is much better than the prince, he can continue to add points to his father.

So the second prince immediately showed a smile on his face, looked at King Jin first, and said, "Uncle, what should you do about this matter?"

King Jin also has his own little Jiujiu in his heart, of course he doesn't want to go to war, but he also doesn't want smooth negotiations.

He hoped that he could take advantage of this Beiyi attack and find a way to cry to the emperor again, and strive for him to recruit some more soldiers to strengthen the power of the Jin Palace.

He looked at Shi Guangying, turned back to the second prince and said, "Of course it's good to be able to stop fighting, Beiyi has 100,000 soldiers and horses, once a war starts, it will definitely be ruined." However, they came from afar, and if it was just for these two small requests, it would be a bit exciting. I always feel that they still have some conspiracy, and we must not underestimate the cunning of the Beiyi people. ”

The second prince said: "This matter is indeed a bit strange, if it is just for trade and one person, Batu does not have to come in person, but we don't know their true intentions yet, and we can't start a war rashly." Otherwise, let's look at it like this, tomorrow I will go to the two of us first, touch the bottom of each other, and see what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds, and then we will make further plans. ”

King Jin had no better way, so he had to agree: "Then who is going to negotiate on our side?"

Several people hesitated again, as the second prince and the king of Jin, it was impossible to be in danger and negotiate with the Beiyi people, Shi Guangying and Zhu Xiaoping, as commanders in the army, could not leave Yunzhong City, and there was no suitable person to think about it.

In the end, the second prince said: "General Shi, you are the four protector generals of Yunzhong City, General Feng was unfortunately killed, General Lu Zheng was transferred to Tongtian City, and now there are still Zhang Bin and Wu Xiujing left, are these two suitable?"

Shi Guangying replied: "I sent Wu Xiujing to Pingyang City last night to inform the Pingyang County Order, but I haven't come back yet, and now there is only Zhang Bin in Cloud City." If the second prince and the king of Jin felt that it was appropriate, they sent General Zhang to negotiate. ”

The second prince and the king of Jin couldn't think of a more suitable candidate, so they both nodded and agreed.

Shi Guangying was about to leave, but the second prince called out to him, looked back at Lin Zhaoyang who was following him, and said, "Mr. Lin, I'm afraid that it will be inconvenient for General Zhang to go alone, so if you don't bother you, let's go with General Zhang." ”

Lin Zhaoyang, who was always expressionless behind him, nodded and agreed.