The group walked and stopped, and soon came to the river, where they spread felt blankets on the ground and wept quietly, and said something in their mouths. At this time, Jin Xuan, who was lying on the other side of the river, leaned into Guo Jia's ear and said, "I'm not wrong, these Wuxi barbarians believe in the immortality of souls, and they will definitely come to perform soul sacrifices for their dead clansmen at night." ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Yes, if you can defeat the enemy today, you should be credited." He turned to Qiu Ming and said, "Send a signal to Su Dai and let him act according to the plan." ”

Most of the barbarians who came out of the camp opposite had relatives who died in the fire during the day, and at this time, the night breeze rose slightly, and the cold moon was like a hook, which aroused boundless sorrow. A young brute sobbed in remembrance of his brother, causing his companions to cry and his own eyes to tears. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of some unusual light in the corner of his eye, and when he looked up, he was stunned.

I saw hundreds of small boats floating down the river from the upper reaches of the river, made of folded paper, cut from wood, and many of them were directly dug into a pit to make a boat look like a carrot. Although they look strange from the outside, these boats are lit with small candles, and the light of the fire ripples in the river, as if it were a scene in a dream.

The young brute was dumbfounded: "What is this?" Did the Han people on the opposite side come to sneak attack? ”

An old barbarian said: "I know, this is the Han people's boat lamp, which was put into the river as a memorial after the death of a loved one." It is said that each lamp represents a deceased soul, and there are so many lamps here, but I am afraid that many people have died. ”

The young brute said: "I see, my brother was a rare warrior in the clan when he was alive, and he was naturally a brave ghost when he died, maybe he had driven away the soul of the Han people attached to the boat and floated down by boat." Anyway, I'm supposed to salute. With that, he took off his rattan helmet and saluted respectfully to the lamps of the boats in the river.

The soldiers who were guarding in the camp behind saw the scene by the river from a distance and said to each other, "What is the fire in the river?" Why did the barbarians salute the river? The star officer looked at them carefully and said: "Don't pay attention to them, these barbarians are weird and weird, I don't know what kind of mystery they are doing, and they don't allow us to see it, we just need to guard this wall." ”

After a long while, the fire in the river finally dissipated, and the barbarians finished their ritual, and slowly walked back to the wall to call the door. The star officer asked a few words, and the leading barbarian seemed to be very unhappy, and scolded stiffly, considering that they had lost their relatives today, and they had to take care of their national feelings, although the star officer also had a fire in his heart, he still let people open the door of the village.

As soon as the gate of the village opened, the star officer on duty greeted him first: "Alas, people can't be resurrected after death, you should mourn by the way, wait for a few days to break Changsha City, and the district marshal will personally bring troops to come, and catch the officers and soldiers on the opposite side one by one to drink and avenge you." ”

The barbarians should go into the camp in harmony and seemed to agree with his words. The star officer smiled: "Did any of you go into the water just now?" Why are the footprints still wet? Suddenly, the young brute broke free and cried out, "They are spies of the enemy, catch them quickly." Before he could finish speaking, a quick knife shook in front of his eyes, and the young brute spurted blood from his throat and fell to the ground screaming.

It turned out that these boat lights on the river were all written by Guo Jia, and Lu Gong lurked under the surface of the water, and quietly crossed the shore with the help of the cover of the boat lights. The Jiangxia soldiers led by Lu Gong were all proficient in water, and they actually swam over silently, taking advantage of the mechanism to restrain the barbarians who were saluting, and wanted to open the gate of the village and blend into the camp.

The young barbarian desperately issued a warning, and the star officer also hurriedly shouted: "Close the gate quickly, the bow and arrow on the wall are waiting." Lu Gong was in a hurry, and while ordering all the barbarians who led the way to be hacked to death, he commanded his subordinates to block the gate of the village and not close it.

After a while, there were many archers on the wall, but it was pitch black under the wall, and there were many of their own people fighting below, and these archers did not dare to shoot arrows for fear of accidentally injuring the star officer. The star officer said angrily: "Bastard, hurry up and release the arrows, don't worry about me." Before the words fell, they had been split in half by Lu Gong.

Lu Gong beheaded the star officer on duty, and was about to take advantage of the situation to grab the door, but saw the locusts on the wall shooting down like raindrops, so he shouted: "The bow and arrow are powerful, everyone first find a place to hide from the arrow." ”

What kind of general can bring out what kind of soldiers, Lu Gong's men are all as treacherous as ghosts, almost as soon as he spoke, everyone has already found a suitable cover, a rain of arrows passed, and none of them were killed, but a few ran too fast and sprained their ankles.

The man on the wall shouted, "Did you shoot?" Did you hit it? Someone immediately replied: "Don't care if you shoot or not, now while they are being forced by bows and arrows, go and close the gate of the fortress, otherwise they will be in trouble if they rush into the door." ”

Lu Gong also heard their words, but now he was forced into a corner by the rain of arrows, completely unable to move, and could only watch as the gate of the village was closed little by little. Lu Gong was in a hurry, if he couldn't break the chaotic military camp this time, he would have to spend more time next time. He then shouted, "Little rabbit cubs, don't hide, go up together and take down the gate." ”

It took several shouts before a few subordinates responded lazily: "The arrows outside are so powerful, didn't you let us go to death, captain?" "Yes, yes, captain, go with peace of mind, we will support you mentally."

Lu Gong gritted his teeth angrily, and after a while, he laughed again, in the end, he was a soldier brought out by himself, this shameless appearance has the style of his youth.

Don't say that they are grinding here, just say that the chaotic military camp was so troubled, and Guo Shi of the Zhou Dynasty led by him had already woken up from his sleep. Zhou Chao came to the door, and saw that there was still a small crack in the gate of the village, and said angrily: "Don't close the door quickly, if you are rushed in by the official army, you will all die." ”

Guo Shi followed closely beside him and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, don't worry too much, it seems that there are not many people from the other party, that is, it is a little trick to deceive the city, since we have seen through it, we must have to retreat." ”

Zhou Chao frowned and said: "That being said, it's just ......", before he finished his words, he only heard a loud bang, and a heavy iron halberd smashed on the gate of the village with the sound of the wind, directly blasting half of the thick wooden door away, and the splashed sawdust flew out like a ceiling, stabbing many nearby soldiers, and the archers standing on the wall of the wall were also shocked by this huge earthquake, and fell to the nose and face swollen, embarrassed.