The three of them stood on the city tower, looking at the morning sun slowly rising in the distance, with a heavy heart.

"Yuxing, there are more than 100,000 ant thieves outside the city, and the momentum is huge, can our more than 10,000 people guard until next month?"

Looking at Wang Wei's worried appearance, Xian Yufu comforted: "Why don't adults have confidence? Concentrate all our forces and fight the ant thieves in Zhuocheng, this is a plan we have set for a long time. In the past month, we have strengthened the walls of Zhuocheng, stockpiled enough food and weapons, and mobilized tens of thousands of people to devote themselves to the preparatory work. Even if the soldiers are exhausted, we still have tens of thousands of civilians to continue fighting! ”

"People?" Wu Chi smiled coldly, looked at Xian Yufu and said, "I have to warn you in advance, these people and the ant thieves outside the city are all of the same heart. You let them look at the wounded in the city, and you can carry weapons and food, but you don't allow them to go up the walls. Once they defected, Zhuocheng was finished. ”

Xian Yufu nodded indifferently.

"Has Wei Beijia already left?" The Wei Beijia that Wang Wei said is the Beijia of the Youzhou Thorn History Mansion who is engaged in Wei You.

"He has already set off, and with the fast speed of the fast ride south, it is estimated that he will be able to reach Anping Kingdom in Jizhou in about ten days."

"I hope that Lord Muguo of Jizhou can solve our urgent need." Wang Wei looked in the direction of Jizhou to the south and muttered to himself.

After discussion, Zhuojun Taishou Wang Wei and Xian Yufu preliminarily determined that Li Hong's suggestion was still very feasible, and it was now the only way. Youzhou now does not have enough troops to resist the Yellow Turban Army, and if you want to drive away Zhang Niujiao, you can only rely on Jizhou to launch an attack on the Yellow Turban Army's lair, otherwise it will definitely be a dead end. So they wrote their opinions into a document and rode them to Jicheng. Yang Huang, the assassin of Youzhou, and Zhang Chun, the minister of Zhongshan, convened the county officials to discuss it carefully and agreed to this plan. They immediately sent Wei Yu to Jizhou in person, hoping to persuade Jizhou Mu Guodian to send troops to attack the Yellow Turban Army of Zhao and Changshan.

Suddenly, a few miles away, the war drums of war in the Yellow Turban Army camp sounded in unison, people shouted and horses neighed, and a huge sound soared into the sky.

The faces of the three changed drastically, and their hearts beat violently.

The enemy is attacking.

The Wind and Cloud Iron Rider ran wildly on the plains against the rising sun.

Li Hong led the black panther to rush out of the large army and galloped towards a small hill.

On the mountain bag, Tian Zhong and the soldiers of the guard tun were sorting out the things on the horse. He now wears two hats, not only the assassin of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, but also the leader of the guard tun.

Since all the 3,000 troops of Daijun Xianyuyin joined the Iron Cavalry Army, the establishment of the troops was readjusted. The cavalry of Daijun was replenished to the various divisions to make up for the losses of the troops in the battle of Dukangting. For the remaining part of the cavalry and 1,500 infantry, Li Hong asked them to set up a separate qu, with Xian Yuyin as the military candidate and Tie Yue as the fake military candidate. For the convenience of contact, this song is called Yan Zhao Qu. Tie Yue went to Yan Zhaoqu to serve as a fake soldier, and this guard tun has no supervisor, so naturally it can't work. So Li Hong asked Tian Zhong to take on the same role.

When Tian Zhong saw Li Hong, he immediately shouted: "My lord, now the number of troops has reached tens of thousands, but our guard is still 300 people, so we are really too busy. ”

Li Hongfei dismounted, walked to Tian Chong's side, and asked with a smile, "Do you need help?" ”

"Of course it does. Although the various divisions have set up a guard team to deal with these things of eating, drinking, and lazing, which has reduced our burden, there are indeed too many things to do in the guard tun, and there are too few people. ”

"That's what you're calling me for?"

"Yes, this time the troops brought out a lot of food and weapons, thousands of transport horses are all these things, we have few people, we can't take care of it, you can transfer some people to me for the time being."

Li Hong looked at the horses around him, and then looked at the black panther behind him, nodded helplessly, and said to Tian Chong: "I was negligent in this matter. The importance of the guard tun to the entire army is self-evident, there are many things and few people. Why haven't I heard your opinions? ”

Tian Zhong smiled faintly.

"It's all due to the kindness of the captain."

Li Hong laughed in surprise, "Uncle, if you have any grievances against me, why bother going around in circles." ”

"That's true. You put most of the soldiers who survived the war in the rearguard camp and paid them a very high salary. As a result, the guard tun became the most popular place in the army, fighting at the back, taking the most money, and everyone was envious. The soldiers of the guard tun are grateful to the adults for this, and everyone works hard, although they are tired, but no one complains, so naturally you will not hear the opinion. ”

Li Hong laughed, "When the battle is over, I will expand the guard tun." Now you get over it for a while. ”

Then he turned around and beckoned to abandon Shen.

"Uncle, I'll let you take three hundred people to help you along the way, okay?"

Tian Zhong immediately smiled.

Li Hong then saw Lao Gui. As he greeted him, he shouted: "Old crutch, old crutch......"

Lao Gui is in his thirties and is Xu Wushan's hunter. Li Hong didn't know his name, he only knew that his name was Lao Gui, and when he was in the scout tun, his martial arts were good, and he was a little famous. An arm was cut off during the defense of Luronse. He was not allowed to continue his military service, but his loved ones died in the war and were left homeless. There were also many such people at that time, who were disabled and homeless. Li Hong then put all the people who were still able to do things in the guard tun, and those who couldn't do things or even take care of themselves couldn't do anything, and Li Hong had no choice but to give a little more money to return to his hometown and let him fend for himself. Although he couldn't bear it, he really didn't have the ability to solve it. For this reason, he has always been very uneasy in his heart.

Lao Guan is of medium stature, strong and sturdy, with a long face and a thick beard, and a pair of very shrewd eyes under thick eyebrows. He has one left hand, and although he can't do martial arts, it's not a problem to do some ordinary strength work. Seeing Li Hong shouting at him, Lao Guan hurriedly jumped off the horse and wanted to salute Li Hong, but stopped Li Hong.

Li Hong held half of his shoulders and said with a smile: "What kind of courtesy, they are all old friends." How are you doing? ”

Lao Guan looked at him gratefully and nodded again and again.

Li Hong felt sorry for him, if it weren't for the lack of a hand, he would be the head of the tun now. Originally, Li Hong wanted to promote him to be the captain of the 100-man team of the guard tun, but because the old man was illiterate, he couldn't handle many things if he was illiterate in the guard tun, so he had to give up, and he is still a soldier today. Li Hong felt very sorry for him. Now Lu Longsei's veterans, as long as they are in good health, are basically junior officers above the captain of the hundred-man team.

"How many of our veterans are left?" Every time Li Hong saw Lao Gui, he had to ask this sentence.

"Not much, there are casualties in these battles. There were also one hundred and seventeen people. Lao Guan also noticed that Li Hong was very concerned about the veterans, so he inquired carefully about the death of the veterans after every war, and if Li Hong asked, he would have an answer.

"More than 160 people came out of Lulongsai with me, and in less than half a year, dozens of people were killed in the battle?" Li Hong asked in surprise.

"Many people are chiefs, captains of the hundreds, so ......" Lao Gui did not continue. These people are all grassroots officers who rushed to the front line after the battle began, and the chances of dying are of course greatly increased.

Li Hong's mood was a little low, and he and Lao Guan walked aside and gossiped.

Tian Zhong commanded the soldiers to help pack up the supplies and prepare to start immediately.

Zheng Xin Pegasus came.

Lao Gui, Li Hong and Zheng Xin were all in Li Song's scout tun last year, and after Li Song was injured and left, Cheng Xie took them. In a year or so, after the raging war, it is now a matter of people. Li Song and Cheng Xie died in the battle, and only a dozen of the scouts' comrades-in-arms in Tunli have survived now. Li Hong had the best luck, and he was promoted all the way, and now among Lu Longsai's veterans, he is the biggest official, and he is the captain of Li Feng. And the comrades-in-arms in the scout team back then, Zheng Xin, who arrived in Lu Longsai some time later than Lao Gui, is now a military waiter, and the younger little lazy is also a fake military waiter. If Lao Guan saw all this and had no thoughts in his heart, it would be a lie. Just because he was missing an arm, the promotion had nothing to do with him anymore, and he felt very sorry and sad in his heart.

Zheng Xin greeted him affectionately. When he met Lao Zhi, his former comrades-in-arms were very sympathetic to him. A battle has changed so much. Some people died, some were promoted, some went home with their bags, and some lost arms and legs and became waste. The old man is unfortunate, unfortunately he is missing an arm, and how he will survive in the future has become a darkness; Lao Guan was lucky, fortunately he met Li Hong, and resolutely left him and a group of comrades-in-arms who had similar encounters by his side, so that he would not live on the street begging for a living. So the old crutch is particularly open. He always compares himself with his dead comrades-in-arms, and being alive is actually the greatest happiness. As for whether he is an official or not, it doesn't really matter. Just live happily.

Seeing Zheng Xin coming to Li Hong, Lao Guan knew that they had important things to discuss, so he immediately said goodbye and left.

Li Hong saw him get on the horse, patted his thigh and said, "It seems that you are more flexible with your left hand than with your right hand." ”

"It's been almost a year, and it's all the same when I'm used to it." The old man smiled heartily and rode away.

Li Hongmu saw him disappear into the distance, let out a long sigh, turned around and asked Zheng Xindao:

"News of the Yellow Turbans?"

"Yes. The scout reported that Sun Qin had set up a large defensive chariot formation at the Dingxing Ferry with a cart transporting weapons, which was very unfavorable for the cavalry to attack. Now his follow-up convoy is crossing the river. At the same time, he successively sent people to the country and the Yellow Turban Camp in Zhuocheng, I don't know if it was to urge reinforcements. ”

"Is there a scout return in the direction of the country?"

"Yes. The report said that there was no movement on the part of the country for the time being. ”

"Is there any news from Zhuocheng?"

"I haven't heard from Zhuocheng today. We set out early in the morning and have walked sixty miles by now. The scouts rushed from Zhuocheng to Fangcheng, and then caught up from Fangcheng, I'm afraid it will be in the afternoon. ”

Li Hong walked back and forth a few steps, and then made a gesture to Yan Liang, who was standing in the distance.

Yan Liang immediately took out the map from the bag on his horse's back and ran over. Li Hong sat on the grass and looked at the map for a long time without making a sound.

"Zhang Niujiao and Sun Qin will consider that we are going to fight their supply transportation." Zheng Xin sat on one side and said, "So it won't give us a chance to attack easily." As long as they have enough manpower to protect the convoy, they can ensure that the grain and grass are safe. ”

"Yesterday you told everyone that even if we can't defeat the Yellow Turban Army's supplies, we will delay its arrival in Zhuocheng. But now it seems that this grandson is not easy to deal with, and he has probably received the news that Zuo Colonel has been defeated by us, so he is very careful and has made careful preparations at the Dingxing Ferry. We are now rushing directly to the Dingxing ferry to beat him, and I am afraid that we will not be able to take advantage. ”

Li Hong nodded.

"In order to protect the convoy, Sun Qin's 10,000 horses are obviously a little thin. If Zhang Niujiao drew troops from the camp and rushed to Dingxing Ferry to respond, it would weaken the siege force. Now there are only 110,000 Yellow Turban troops attacking Zhuocheng, and with their strength, they are barely strong. Moreover, there are more than 300 miles from Zhuocheng to Dingxing Ferry, and we may be attacked at any time along the way, the danger is too great, and Zhang Niujiao will definitely not take the risk. ”

"There is no Yellow Turban Army from the direction of Fanyang to support them for the time being, and the number of Yellow Turban Army remaining south of Juma Water is very small."

"The only thing that can be used now is the 10,000 troops left behind in the country. This unit was originally used to protect the safety of supply and transportation routes. ”

Zheng Xin glanced at the map, shook his head and said, "If this army is transferred, it is equivalent to giving up the country." Didn't Zhang Niujiao consider that we would take the opportunity to occupy the country? ”

"Sun Qin is one of the three young generals in the Yellow Turban Army, and he is brave and good at fighting, doesn't he have the ability to send this batch of supplies to Zhuocheng alone?"

Li Hong shook his head and said with a smile:

"Chu Feiyan, Sun Qin, Wang Dang, although they are young and good at fighting, but in this situation, who dares to pat their chests and say, I can defeat 10,000 iron horses."

Zheng Xin and Yan Liang both laughed when they saw Li Hong talking interestingly.

"As for the country, a small city, give up, what's the big deal. If Zhang Niujiao defeats Zhuocheng and drives us all to the east of the Shengshui River, this small city will not have to be fought by him. Besides, I had no interest in that little town at all. ”

"Oh." Zheng Xin was surprised, "Why?" ”

Li Hong ignored him, raised his head and said to Yan Liang: "Zishan, help me invite Lord Xianyu, Lord Yu and Lord Yan." ”

Yan Liang agreed, and flew away with a few attendants. The time is not long, fresh in silver, jade, swallow fearless, galloping from three different directions.

Li Hong beckoned them to sit on the grass, repeated his analysis, and then concluded:

"I thought that Zhang Niujiao would definitely give up the country and order the 10,000 troops who stayed in the country to go down the river to support Sun Qin, so I decided to kill these 10,000 people."

He pointed to the map and said:

"I am going to intercept the Yellow Turban Army that supports Sun Qin in four ways. Whoever stops the enemy first immediately informs the other three teams. ”

"Junyi, you take Yan Zhaoqu to the hoof slope as fast as possible. It is 30 miles away from Dingxing Ferry and 80 miles away from the country. From righteousness, you led the front song to Laiyin Pavilion, which is fifty miles away from the country; Fearless, you lead Zhongqu to Juting, which is thirty miles away from the country. If the Yellow Turban Army of the Kingdom of Yu went down the river to support Sun Qin, these three places are the only way to go. I took the rest of the Sanqu and the Black Panther Yoshiko directly to the vicinity of the country. ”

"If the righteous and fearless troops stop him, immediately start to charge, because the terrain is not good, so you don't want to fight, just rush and kill. Chase them all the way to the hoof slope, and then the Junyi infantry will block them, and you will charge and kill them, and completely annihilate them. ”

"My mission is to wait for the enemy to leave the city, and then follow and intercept them all the way to ensure that they can't escape back to the city."

"Got it? I repeat if I don't understand. ”

Xian Yu Yin, Jade, and Yan Wuxing nodded again and again.

"What if they stay in the country and don't come out?" Yan Wuxing asked suddenly.

Li Hong lowered his head and pretended to be frustrated: "We have to find another way." ”

Zheng Xin suddenly appeared in front of Li Hong, looking nervous.

"What's going on?" Li Hong hurriedly asked.