Qiuchang City, official road, simple city wall.

According to Ye Guan's order, Tu Xingping consolidated the city defense of this simple wooden city wall, and the security on both sides was also arranged, and all the sergeants were ready, just waiting for the large army to break through, and he was in charge of the palace.

Between the surrounding mountains, there is silence, occasionally you can hear a few nightingales chirping, everything is silent in the night, the whole Zongqiu Mountain, like a sleeping beast, standing in the valley and looking into the distance, people feel depressed.

Since arriving at this place, Tu Xingping has not felt very good, although things are going very well, the city wall abandoned by the enemy has long been dilapidated, but fortunately, the structure is simple, and it only took one day to repair and reinforce. But even though everything seems to be ready now, Tu Xingping still vaguely feels that something is wrong in his heart, but he can't specifically understand what is wrong.

So, he ordered all the sergeants to be on combat alert and ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Facts have proved that Tu Xingping's worries are warranted.

Under the hazy night light, from the mountains on the left and right, a large number of enemy troops suddenly appeared, needless to say, and immediately began to storm Tu Xingping's camp. Fortunately, he had already made arrangements in advance and was ready to deal with emergencies, and his soldiers immediately counterattacked and killed the enemy in one place.

The sound of swords and soldiers was everywhere, and for a while, in the quiet deep mountains, blood and light were everywhere.

The enemy's attack did not last long, and after several attacks failed to break through the camp, they abandoned the attack and disappeared into the vast mountains and mountains, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Seeing that the enemy army was so vulnerable, many generals asked Tu Xingping for battle and asked to lead troops to pursue, but they were all stopped by Tu Xingping.

Judging from the state of the previous battle with the enemy, it is absolutely impossible for the enemy's combat strength to be so unbearable, and a few faces can be repelled by their own side. With such a rapid retreat, there must have been an ambush in the mountains, which may have been a plan to lure the enemy deeper.

Tu Xingping is calm and calm in his life, and the more he is in battle, the more his mind is in trouble. He immediately realized that the place where he was was suddenly attacked by the enemy, and the attack and defense of Zhu'an City was likely to have changed.

After retiring the generals around him, Tu Xingping was solemn. The enemy's sudden sneak attack was certainly not untargeted, but what was the purpose of their attack on the present place? Could it be that they wanted to annihilate their own troops?

After thinking about it, I felt that it was unlikely, and if the enemy army wanted to annihilate all its men and horses, it would never be possible to do it with a simple plan to lure the enemy into the depths. The short battle can only make you aware of the danger around you, and realize that the battle in Zhu'an City may have changed, and other than that, it will not have any other effect.

But why did the enemy do this?

Tu Xingping frowned, a little unclear about the enemy's dynamics, he did not have many troops, and it was impossible for him to take the initiative to attack into the mountains to meet the enemy, so what did the enemy mean by attacking his current camp.

When Tu Xingping was meditating, he suddenly heard a soft sound in front of the tent, looked up, and saw an old man in a long shirt standing outside the tent, walking into the tent, who else could it be?

When Tu Xingping saw Ye Guan appear, his heart suddenly burst, and he immediately stepped forward, saluted Ye Guan with his fists, and said softly: "I've seen Commander Ye." ”

Ye Guan nodded lightly, glanced at Tu Xingping, and asked, "There is also a war here, what is the situation?"

"It is true that a small number of enemy troops came to harass them before they were routed, but they were not too large and did not form an effective impact on the area. Tu Xingping replied truthfully: "The subordinates are pondering the intentions of the enemy army, but they don't want the commander-in-chief to come suddenly. ”

Hearing Tu Xingping say this, Ye Guan's brows immediately furrowed, the enemy's movements were not quite right, normally speaking, they used a long-range trebuchet as a lure to lure themselves out, and there was a time difference, and they launched a fierce attack on the layout of the Dongwangfu in front, at this time they should organize elite combat forces, and strive to destroy all the external arrangements of the Dongwangfu in a short period of time, and at the same time flank the front and back, and surround the Dongwangfu troops in Zhu'an City.

Ye Guan asked Ren Zijin to immediately lead people out of the back door to clear the road, also to prevent the enemy from forming a siege of Zhu'an City, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army. But now the enemy army is harassing here, what is the purpose?

Immediately, a spiritual light suddenly appeared in Ye Guan's mind, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and immediately understood what was going on.

The enemy's movement seems to be to encircle Zhu'an City, surround all the Dongwangfu troops in Zhu'an City, and annihilate them all, but if you think about it carefully, the movements of the enemy army behind it seem to be leading their noses. Their plan began when trebuchets began to bombard Jukan Castle.

The enemy must have clearly known that they were the only ones in Zhu'an City who could go out of the city and destroy all the trebuchets, and they thought that they would definitely set up an ambush at the trebuchet, which was in fact the case. However, although the ambush was extremely powerful, it did not form a substantial obstacle to himself, but only delayed for some time.

When he returned to Zhu'an City, he found that the battle had already begun and the situation was critical, and he immediately thought of the two thousand soldiers in Tu Xingping's hands, if he put these two thousand soldiers into the battle and sneak attack the enemy from the rear, it would definitely play a key role. At the same time, he arranged for Ren Zijin to send troops from the back door to clear the way for retreat.

Originally, Ye Guan felt that his strategy was more thoughtful, and it was not very easy for the enemy army on the frontal battlefield to easily wipe out all his eight thousand soldiers, even if their number was several times that of the Dongwang Mansion. At the same time, Ren Zijin led people to clear the rear road, swept away the enemy's ambush, and waited for himself to lead 2,000 soldiers back to relieve the siege of the frontal battlefield, and then quickly retreated to Zhu'an City, and then immediately retreated, and the enemy's encirclement strategy would collapse.

The focus of this strategy is the 2,000 sergeants assigned to Tu Xingping before, these 2,000 sergeants did not participate in the two days of fighting, they are a new force, well-equipped and led by themselves, and their combat power should not be underestimated, and they will definitely play a key role.

And just before I came over, the enemy launched a sneak attack on the place, but did not attack with all its might, what does this mean?

The answer is obvious, the enemy army is telling himself that the two thousand sergeants he has placed here, the other party already knows, even if Ye Guan returns with his troops now and joins the battle, the enemy army must be ready to deal with the surprise attack.

Ye Guan suddenly understood that all this that the enemy army did seemed to be telling himself that no matter what strategy he used, it was within their expectations.

The opponent is definitely not Shen Tuyan.

Ye Guan frowned, his own forces were limited, facing an enemy army several times his own, he was already stretched thin in battle, he didn't want to confront the enemy head-on, so he retained his vital strength and tried to evacuate as much as possible to prepare for the future. But now it seems that the enemy army counts itself to death in all aspects, and there are only 20,000 troops in his hands, and there are only so many strategies that can be used, even if he goes to ask for reinforcements now, it is definitely too late.

Thinking of this, Ye Guan quickly thought about the countermeasures in his mind, and immediately thought of a little.

If you go to the enemy camp alone and kill its leader, without the guidance of a master, you will definitely not be your opponent with a single Shen Tu Yan.

But in the next moment, Ye Guan suddenly realized that he was afraid that the enemy's actions before and after were to achieve this purpose.

Tu Xingping stood beside Ye Guan, looking at Ye Guan's uncertain face, and his heart sank. What I expected was definitely good, there must have been something wrong on the frontal battlefield, otherwise Ye Guan would never have suddenly appeared here.

"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, but what went wrong with the war, and what do you need to do?" Tu Xingping was also anxious in his heart, and asked softly. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and if you delay for a moment, the result may be different.

Ye Guan turned his head and glanced at Tu Xingping, thinking quickly in his mind, formulating a strategy, thinking about it, there may only be two solutions to the current situation.

Or, the strong man broke his wrist and ordered the soldiers of Zhu'an City to break through, with Zhu'an City as the base point, the soldiers were divided into two roads, all the way to Shilu City along the direction of Ren Zijin, and all the way to the front gate of Zhu'an City to break through to the place where they are now, and no love on the road. In doing so, they will inevitably be pursued by the enemy, and without the city as a defense, it is inevitable that the sergeants will be killed and wounded, and the troops who can successfully break through are likely to be even fewer than imagined.

The other way is to go to the enemy camp alone, the enemy used so many means to crack their own strategy, and the attack was not hysterical, which made Ye Guan faintly feel as if they wanted to let him go. But if this is done, the frontal battlefield must be concluded, whether to arrange for the troops to break through or return to Zhu'an City, and a decision must be made at this moment.

Once the enemy's encirclement of Zhu'an City is completed, the soldiers of the East Wangfu have only one way to be completely annihilated, and there is no possibility of breaking through.

At that moment, Ye Guan quickly made a decision, looked at Tu Xingping, and said: "General Tu, the situation has changed, the enemy army is now pouring out to attack my rear camp, and now General Kou Long is leading the soldiers to fight bloodily, I order you to immediately pull out the camp, throw off your soldiers to join the battle, and raid the enemy from the rear to reduce the frontal pressure." ”

Tu Xingping's heart suddenly burst when he heard this, and then he knew it in his heart, and then hugged his fists and said: "My subordinates respect the order." ”

"This time your action, the enemy should have been aware, the action will not be too smooth, you try to harass the enemy as much as possible, do not resist head-on, once you find that the enemy army is pouring in large numbers immediately retreat, follow the current road, go straight to the Black Rock Bridge, the frontal matter, don't care about it anymore. Ye Guan looked at Tu Xingping, his tone was solemn, the task given to Tu Xingping this time was very heavy, and in the second half of the paragraph, whether Tu Xingping could do it or not, Ye Guan didn't know the bottom in his heart.

Tu Xingping looked at Ye Guan's appearance, suddenly grinned, and said: "Why should the commander-in-chief be so worried, I am the Hundred Battles Heroes of the Eastern Palace, and it is understandable for people in this poor and remote country." The commander-in-chief's order is clear, and the general will do his best to win the opportunity for General Kou Long to retreat. ”

Ye Guan's words were not too clear, but now the two of them knew each other. The task given to Tu Xingping this time is likely to be gone and never returned, but for the sake of the combat strength of the sergeants on the frontal battlefield, and for the retreat of the royal army now, Tu Xingping still gladly accepted the order.

Nodding slightly, Ye Guan glanced at Tu Xingping deeply, and didn't speak again, the original plan in his heart was also abandoned, now even if he leads these two thousand soldiers to kill back, the effect will not be much better, at this moment, he needs to return to Zhu'an City immediately, arrange everything, and then his own test.

Stretched out his hand and patted Tu Xingping's shoulder, then turned around, and his figure turned into a green light, and disappeared in an instant.

Tu Xingping looked at the place where Ye Guan disappeared, grinned, and then said loudly: "Someone!"