Liu Yaoben chewed a green grass leaf in his mouth, and the bitter grass juice seeped into his mouth, which lifted his spirits, and the cold air of the spring night was still very heavy, and a thin layer of dew condensed on the nail pieces on his body, and in the dim moonlight, it slightly emitted a cold cold light.

In the grass under the slope behind him, there were more than a hundred members of the Xingtian Army who were also wearing iron armor, each of them lying on the ground without saying a word, and it would be difficult to find their whereabouts if they did not get close to them.

The movements of the officers and troops in the past two days have always been in the hands of Liu Yaoben, and the scouts have been constantly feeding back the whereabouts of the officers and soldiers, and after discussing with his generals, Liu Yaoben resolutely decided that he could not take the method of stubborn defense to deal with these officers and soldiers whose strength was far greater than that of them several times.

Instead, it was necessary to take the initiative to attack the officers and troops to counterattack, and could not give the initiative to the officers and soldiers, so on the night when the officers and troops arrived at the official crossing, Liu Yaoben selected a hundred dead soldiers in the army by voluntarily signing up, and after nightfall, they relied on their familiarity with the terrain in this area, avoiding the open and dark posts placed by the officers and soldiers outside the camp and the night of swimming, and lurked behind this small hill.

At the bottom of the hill was the camp of the officers and soldiers, and more than 10,000 officers and soldiers were crowded into this not open valley, making the camp of officers and soldiers very crowded.

Originally, the area around the Lu clan was basically mountainous, with mountains and valleys everywhere, and there were very few open flatlands, and even the official roads were basically built in the valley by the mountains, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were squeezed in here at once, and they had to camp and rest, which was really difficult for these officers and soldiers.

Maybe it's because they have too many troops, whether it's Cao Wenyao or Yu Fuxiang, they haven't thought about whether the enemy army will attack them at night when they are stationed here, after all, the disparity between the forces of the two sides is too great, and the thief army is probably not enough to defend itself, so they haven't considered this matter.

Liu Yaoben lay in the grass, enduring the bone-chilling cold brought by the dew wetting his clothes, carefully observing the camp of the officers and soldiers below, when he saw that the noise in the camp gradually stopped, a lamp ball also began to go out, only a few soldiers who kept vigil walked back and forth at the gate, he looked at the sky again, and calculated the time.

At this time, a person quietly climbed to Liu Yaoben's side, glanced at the officers and soldiers camp below, and said to Liu Yaoben in a whispered voice: "Sir! It's already the second watch, and the brothers are waiting a little anxious! When are you going to fuck him? ”

Liu Yaoben picked up another piece of grass and chewed it slowly in his mouth, shook his head slightly, and replied in a very small voice: "No!" Go down and let the brethren be patient, it's still too early, most of the officers and soldiers haven't slept to death, and the slightest movement will wake up immediately! At least wait until after the third watch to do it! Whoever is sleepy chews some grass leaves, what the hell is this, it's bitter, but it's very refreshing! ”

This young descendant who climbed to Liu Yaoben's side reached out and grabbed a blade of grass and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, his bitter face was out of shape, and his saliva flowed, and he clicked his mouth slightly: "What is it!" It's bitter like Coptis chinensis! But it's really refreshing! Cheng, everything is under your orders, sir! ”

After saying that, he cautiously climbed to the back and passed on Liu Yaoben's words.

All the soldiers who voluntarily signed up this time, half of them carried two thunderbolts on their bodies, and each of them also carried a few torches and a small jar of fire oil, and the weapon was a goose sword for each person, and the other half of the people carried a rattan card and a single knife, and more than a dozen of them carried bows or crossbows.

The knives in their hands have a common feature, that is, the blade does not have the slightest sign of glittering, and all the knives are all jet black, apparently before leaving, the blade has been completely smoked black by placing it on the oil lamp, so as not to reflect the light in the night, and the enemy will discover their whereabouts in advance, even the white feathers on the helmets of the guards and the chief have been put away, so that they are lying here, and no one can easily find them.

Time passed minute by minute, it seemed very long, and some people were a little numb in the cold, but they still insisted on lying motionless in the grass nest, waiting for Liu Yaoben's order to come down.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Liu Yaoben slowly climbed down from it and whispered to these brothers lying in the grass nest: "Okay! This is the time! The third watch day has arrived! It's time for the brethren to go! Be careful, everyone, I won't say anything else, if the brothers don't come back today, your family will take good care of them and won't let them suffer! It's a pity that I can't go with you this time, so I'll leave everything to you! ”

The young man who asked Liu Yaoben for instructions and smiled and said, "Sir, don't say more! We all know what to do, and it would be hypocritical to talk too much! Sir, hurry back, and leave it to us! It's all there, check the gear! ”

The dead soldiers were not hypocritical, they all nodded silently to Liu Yaoben in the dark to express their intentions, and then one by one finally lowered their heads and checked the armor on their bodies, and those rattan players put down the rattan cards in their hands, took out the cloth strip from their arms, tied the single knife to their right hand, and tied a white cloth strip on everyone's left arm to distinguish them from the enemy in the chaos.

And the soldiers who were carrying torches, thunderbolts, and canisters of fire oil all felt out the fire folds in the pipe in their arms, and also checked the things on their bodies, and then no one spoke, they all saluted Liu Yaoben silently, and then jumped out of the grass, and hurried towards the direction of the official camp one after another.

Looking at these subordinates who disappeared in the darkness, Liu Yaoben also silently raised his hand to make a military salute to their backs, and then gritted his teeth and turned around with a few guards, and quickly disappeared into the darkness, the reason why Liu Yaoben did not personally lead the team to attack the camp is actually very simple, that is, his responsibility is different from others, as the chief general of Lushi County, he can't easily put himself in danger, once he makes a mistake, then the morale of the soldiers under his command will be greatly demoralized, This battle will not be able to be fought again.

Although Liu Yao wanted to take them to do this, in the end, reason overcame impulse, and handed over the attack to one of his subordinates to lead the team, while he still had to return to Guandaokou and command the rest of the soldiers to continue to prepare for battle.

The officers and soldiers guarding the camp stood lazily at the gate, perhaps because no one would have thought that the Xingtian Army would take the initiative to attack their officers and soldiers in this situation, so the number of night patrol soldiers left behind was very limited, and all of them were ordered to lie down and rest after eating early according to Cao Wenyao's orders, and only wait for tomorrow to break through the defense line of the Xingtian Army at the official road entrance, attack into Lushi County, and completely destroy the thief's nest.

In addition, no one was allowed to roam in the camp at night, so that in the night, except for a few roars of wild beasts and the cry of owls from time to time in the distant mountains, the camp was basically quiet, but the snoring of soldiers could be heard everywhere in the tents.

The hurried journey from Hangu Pass to here in the past two days has made these untrained officers and men really tired, and in addition, the mountain roads along the road are basically undulating, which has increased the physical exertion, and by this time perhaps except for a few guys with nervous breakdowns who can't sleep, the rest of the officers and men have already slept like dead pigs one by one.

Suddenly there was a buzz in the night, and several officers and soldiers guarding the gate pricked up their ears to identify the source of the sound, and only one clever soldier suddenly realized what this sound was, because he heard that this sound was the sound of the bowstring, and what it meant that such a sound suddenly appeared outside the gate in the middle of the night, and he naturally knew that when he was about to shout a warning, more than a dozen arrows struck out from the night sky like lightning, and one arrow was shot into his neck, Sheng Sheng choked his exclamation in his throat, but several other officers and soldiers screamed at the same time as the arrow.

"Enemy attack...... Enemy attack ......" The officers and soldiers of the gatekeeper, whether injured or uninjured, shouted in alarm, panicked in the darkness to search for traces of the enemy.

I saw a group of people holding shields, and suddenly rushed out of the darkness, no one shouted to kill, everyone waved the weapons in their hands silently and rushed to the gate, looking at these like evil ghosts in the darkness appeared in front of them, the timid officers and soldiers were so frightened that their hands and feet softened, and they didn't even have the strength to turn around and run away, and watched a black knife wipe their necks, and instantly took away their lives.

However, there were also a small number of experienced officers and men who immediately figured out the situation, shouting and shouting warnings, and at the same time blocking the gate with guns and knives, and the officers and men like them who were responsible for guarding the gate would be beheaded once the gate was attacked, so some officers and men still launched a counterattack.

But after all, the matter started in a hurry, and the number of officers and soldiers guarding the gate was not much, first they suffered a round of arrow rain, injured a group of people, and the rest were scared stupid, and the only few officers and soldiers who understood the counterattack seemed so pale and powerless, and these thieves who attacked the camp were really like mad tigers, obviously some officers and soldiers had already stabbed them with spears, but these people continued to desperately wield their single knives as if they didn't know the pain, and cut down the officers and soldiers who stabbed them to the ground.

The officers and soldiers guarding the gate only supported for a moment, and then they were slashed and killed by the thieves who attacked the camp, and the remaining officers and soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and fled towards the camp.

However, these thieves raised their shields to block the arrows they shot, and rushed into the official camp like a group of ghosts, and quickly dispersed into several streams of people, and in an instant they disappeared into the black hole of the official camp.

(Happy New Year's Day, brethren!) Everyone made a fortune in the new year, and then gave me a lot of rewards after my good words! Ha ha! ）