The sun is gradually setting.

Longxi City, darkened, seemed to sink into a night dream. But in the dark, how many pairs of alert eyes are still open?

Li Chi didn't know, he only knew that these days, he was guarding the city wall day and night, supporting himself with the belief of living and dying with Longxi. From the panic and anxiety at the beginning to the indifference and numbness now, Li Chi felt that the days of the half month seemed to be as long as a hundred years.

During the pressure and hesitation, Li Chi did not say it to anyone, and it was pressed in the bottom of his heart. It's just that when he didn't pay attention to the dream, he was immediately awakened by the nightmare of the afterimage on the battlefield. Covered in cold sweat, he didn't know how to face it.

But why is it possible for the person next to him to sleep peacefully under such a situation of such a great enemy? Moreover, he slept so peacefully and calmly, exhaling and breathing, as if he was enjoying the peace and comfort of his dreams.

Li Chi didn't dare to wake up that person, even though that person was only the same age as him. But Li Chi knew that that person had experienced too many conquests and killings, and the many halos of glory on his head were enough to make him awe-inspired.

However, at this moment, Li Chi saw a sudden fire surging in the sky in the distance, and the flames ignited the sky and the grass together, as if they were about to burn up Longxi City. When the torches all over the sky were surging like a rolling tide of fire, Li Chi hesitated, should he wake up Ma Chao.

Probably stimulated by the firelight, Ma Chao had already opened his eyes slightly. After getting up and running quickly to the head of the city to take a look, he lazy himself after a moment of contemplation, and then came back and lay down again behind the battlements. But Li Chi couldn't help it at this time, he had the courage to say to Ma Chao: "General, the enemy army is coming so blatantly, it is obvious that he is going to attack in a big way. But why do you not seem to see it, instead of commanding your subordinates to defend it, you have to sleep soundly? ”

"They won't be attacking the city tonight." Ma Chao muttered a few words, and then arched his head, as if to find a more comfortable posture.

"The soldiers are in danger and the war is fierce, and the attack and defense change instantly. Even if the enemy is coming, even if it is possible to set up camp, we must not take it lightly! Seeing Ma Chao so indifferent, Li Chi really felt that Ma Chao was a little unbelievable, and couldn't help but say again: "General, the last general is not sleepy, if the general can trust him, let him come to the defense first!" ”

was persuaded twice by Li Chi, and Ma Chao seemed to have lost his sleepiness. He glanced at Li Chi carefully, and then said, "If I remember correctly, you are the son of Li Xiangru, the Taishou of Longxi, whom I just appointed." The surname is Li Mingchi, and the word Liaoyuan is ........ after the Hanfei general Li Guang"

Li Chi, who was standing in front of Ma Chao, was the young general who led the troops to burn the siege equipment of Gongying some time ago, and Ma Chao had some impressions of him in a trance. And Li Xiangru was the Taishou of Longxi before Jiang Yin, and he also killed Liangzhou Assassin Shi Geng with Han Sui and Ma Teng, and he can be regarded as having a little incense with Ma Chao. Coupled with Li Chi's vigorous body, extraordinary martial arts and background, Ma Chao felt that this person could be another young general of the Ma family after several rounds of blood and fire.

As a result, Ma Chao wanted to test Li Chi's understanding. After standing up, Ma Chao pointed to the dense torches outside the city and asked, "Can you infer the enemy's geometry based on these torches?" ”

"A night march with one torch per man is sufficient. And judging by such a number, the enemy army will not be less than 100,000 people! After Jiang Yin was killed, Li Xiangru was old and frail again. And Li Chi defended the city for half a month, and he had already learned some war trails.

"Well, that's good." Ma Chao nodded slightly, just as he was about to say more. Suddenly, I saw the sniper charge of the enemy under the city, and the rumbling of horses' hooves and whistling shouts seemed to suddenly open the sky and uncover the ground in this night. Like a wind roaring over the tide, or like a torrential rain washing over a forest. The ground of the entire Longxi City seemed to tremble slightly under the enemy's charge, and the horse's hooves that were getting closer and closer seemed to step on the tips of people's hearts, making people couldn't help but tremble with fear.

"The enemy is going to attack the city!" Seeing this, Li Chi's face couldn't help but change greatly, and he said to Ma Chao in a panic: "General, please give an order quickly, let the last general go out of the city to face the battle, otherwise the enemy will be like a tiger in one blow, and Longxi County will be in danger!" ”

Ma Chao was silent at this time, like an iron-cast sculpture standing at the head of the city. And the contempt at the corner of the mouth is the most finishing touch of the iron carving: that kind of contempt is sarcasm, sneer, and contempt for seeing through the enemy's tricks!

"As I said, the enemy will not attack the city." The iron sculpture finally spoke, but after he spoke, he was more bored. After seeing Li Chi's anxious look, he actually pulled Li Chi back to the battlements: "Sleep in peace for a while, the second half of the night is the hardest time........

"General! ........." Li Chi broke free from Ma Chao's pull, and was about to fight, but saw that every guard around Ma Chao was lying behind the battlements, as if he hadn't heard the shouts outside the city, and fell asleep peacefully.

"Set foot in Longxi and kill Ma Chao!" The roar of the enemy gradually became clear.

After Li Chi heard the content of the enemy's shouts under the city, his face couldn't help but become more anxious, and after glancing at Ma Chao who didn't care about it, he said angrily: "Since the general doesn't care about the life and death of the people of Longxi, then the general will have the courage to ask for battle!" ”

After that, Li Chi wanted to summon hundreds of soldiers of the Li family and go out of the city to engage the enemy. But Ma Chao seemed to be intentional and unintentional, suddenly turned sideways, raised his foot and tripped Li Chi to the ground, and muttered: "The enemy army has just arrived, and they have not set up camp before they come to attack the city, and you will be like this if you are the general?" ”

When Li Chi turned over, the anger in his chest was already monstrous. But after hearing Ma Chao's muttering, Li Chi couldn't help but be stunned.

"I am in the city, and I have a good position, and the enemy's tricks cannot be carried out, so I can only storm the city. And the night rushes forward, with its own shortness and the length of attacking the enemy, can it be done to set fire to the plain? ”

"Shadow intelligence, the enemy army is only 60,000 people, but at this time there are more than 100,000 torches. Isn't it a ploy to attack the heart and make such a noise? ”

After Ma Chao finished speaking, every sentence smashed into Li Chi's heart like a hammer. And Li Chi, who listened to Ma Chao's analysis, did not have a defensible argument to refute Ma Chao. Because what Ma Chao said is indeed a golden stone and jade words, unless the enemy general is stupid, otherwise, he will definitely not attack the city so strangely.

"The general is saying that the enemy's plan is nothing but a bluff. First, to shock the hearts of the defenders of Longxi, and second, to prepare enough time for the enemy to set up camp? ........" After carefully figuring out what Ma Chao meant, Li Chichi asked.

"Of course, it is also possible that it is to build momentum for their arrangements in the second half of the night." Ma Chao then turned over again and said in a daze: "The enemy army has attacked Longxi County for more than half a month, and every time it is a feint. I really can't think of any reason for him not to take advantage of this half a month to sneak into Longxi? ”

"It can't be!" Li Chi heard Ma Chao question that Longxi County had a detailed work, and he refused without thinking about it. But although he said it absolutely, in his heart, he gradually loosened up before Ma Chao's casual and indecent sleep........

"Maybe, maybe I'm suspicious, but it's quite interesting to hug the grass and beat the rabbit in the middle of the night......." Ma Chao was too lazy to argue with Li Chi, because in the second half of the night, what he had to do was to make something out of nothing!

There is a fine work, although it is good, and it is cooked together. didn't do it carefully, the shadow and the Ma family's personal guards pretended to be the enemy's fine work, anyway, there are conditions to go up, and there are no conditions to create conditions to go up: who let the horse play that goods, when he took the oath in Longxi County, he was so sincere, it was on par with the skills of Ma Chao, a super actor!

"Ma play, don't disappoint me, if you are not an actor, then this era is empty........" Ma Chao muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear. With that, he fell asleep again.

And Li Chi was not in the mood to listen to Ma Chao's self-talk. Because, when Ma Chao finished speaking, the drum noise under the city really gradually subsided. Li Chi stretched out his head to look and vaguely saw the enemy, riding with two torches, and retreating dejectedly........