Night and night, southwest of Shaanxi County.

On a small hill, more than a dozen black-clothed people were standing on the top of the mountain, looking down on the direction of Shaanxi County from a distance.

That lonely city, the lights are dim, like a lonely lamp swaying in the wind, which may be blown out at any time.

Around the lonely city, there are endless sparks, brilliant as the Milky Way, which is the siege camp of the Wei army.

"Brother Clan's worries are right, the Wei army is besieging the camp like an iron bucket, and wants to sneak into the city, saying that nine deaths and one life are light."

Zhuge Dan looked at the Wei army surrounding the camp and let out a low sigh.

As soon as the words fell, Zhuge Dan suddenly sensed something, raised his arm and grabbed the void.

He could feel the wisps of the night breeze slipping through his fingertips.

The south wind rose.

Zhuge Dan's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Brother clan is really right to watch the sky at night, brothers, quickly light the Kong Ming lantern for me." ”

When the order was passed down, more than a dozen black-clothed people got busy, lighting up the dozen or so Kong Ming lamps that had been prepared long ago.

Kong Ming's lantern slowly rose, floating in the direction of Shaanxi County along the south wind.

Zhuge Dan's eyes stared at the scroll hanging under the lamp, until the Kong Ming lantern was far away, and only a little starlight remained.

"There are so many Kong Ming lanterns, there is always one that can fly to Shaancheng smoothly, Fa Xiaozhi, Fa Xiaozhi, I hope you still remember the agreement with my Kong Ming brother."

After Zhuge Dan muttered to himself, he turned over his horse and led a group of black-clothed people down the mountain, and soon disappeared into the lofty mountains of the Qinling Mountains.

Wei Ying.

The night was dark, and there was silence in the camp, only the faint sound of snoring, one after another, echoing in the camp.

Most of the Wei soldiers had already fallen asleep, and only the soldiers on duty were still on guard in the night.

Their attention was fixed in the direction of Shaanxi City for most of the time, and they did not notice the night sky overhead.

The veteran Huang Zhong rode his horse and walked slowly in the camp, and every time he passed through a key point, he had to give advice to the officers and soldiers on duty.

After patrolling this circle, Huang Zhong felt sleepiness coming, so he planned to go back to the military tent first, drink a bowl of hot soup, sober up and then inspect.

"No, it's old, I can't stay up late, alas~~"

Huang Zhong, who turned over and dismounted, shook his head and sighed, opened the curtain casually, and planned to enter the account.

At the moment when he lowered his head, a pair of old but sharp eagle eyes suddenly discovered something abnormal.

He straightened up again, took a few steps back and looked up, and suddenly saw a little spark, floating overhead, and it was about to cross the sky above the camp and head towards Shaanxi County.

"Kong Ming lantern?" Huang Zhong's expression moved slightly, and his face showed suspicion.

On this big night, who is full of food and support, and has nothing to do, but actually releases the Kong Ming lantern?

Huang Zhong turned his head and looked in the direction where Kong Ming's lantern was floating, and saw the remaining veins of the vast Qinling Mountains, and the suspicion in his eyes became more and more intense.

Suddenly, something came to him.

"It's not good, this must be Liu Bei who wants to send a message to the defenders in the city, but he is afraid of being intercepted by us, so he wants to use Kong Ming Lantern to send it into the city from the sky!"

Thinking of this section, Huang Zhong didn't have time to report to Su Zhe, so he immediately turned over and jumped on the war horse, grabbed the iron tire bow, and galloped away in the direction of Kong Minglan's departure.

The south wind is becoming more and more urgent, and Kong Ming's lantern is accelerating, and it will soon float out of the range of the bow and crossbow.

Huang Zhong rode his horse and galloped quickly, and shouted at the same time: "Crossbowman, when you see that there is no Kong Ming lantern in the sky, immediately release arrows to the old man and shoot them down for me!" ”

The crossbowmen who were on duty were reprimanded by Huang Zhong, and when they looked up, they found Kong Ming's lantern and fired their bows one after another.

Whoosh~~

Sharp arrows rose into the air and shot towards Kong Ming's lantern.

It's just that most of the Kong Ming lanterns have drifted away, and the height is a hundred paces away, plus the night wind is quite urgent, the accuracy of the arrows has been disturbed, and the dense rain of arrows has been shot over, and only less than five or six have been shot down.

Huang Zhong chased close to the firing range, and while the war horse was still running, he opened his bow and arrows, shooting four arrows into the sky in a row.

The archery of the bow god is naturally not in vain, four arrows are shot, the arrows are not missing, and the four Kong Ming lanterns fall in response.

Every fifth arrow was fired, but it became the end of the crossbow, and it fell below the distance of less than a stone's throw from the fifth Kong Ming lantern.

At this time, Huang Zhong had already rushed to the side of the camp wall, and was about to hit the wooden fence any further, so he had to grab the reins and strangle the war horse.

When he stopped his horse and freed his hand to open the bow again, the remaining seven Kong Ming lanterns had all floated out of range, even if he was a bow god, it would be useless.

The crossbowmen on the front line of the camp wall were still firing arrows into the sky, and none of them could be shot.

"Alright, let's stop!" Huang Zhong waved the bow in his hand and stopped the soldiers.

Only then did the crossbowmen stop, looking at the Kong Ming lantern in the distance, and there was a lot of discussion, but they couldn't understand what was going on.

Huang Zhong shouted: "Hurry up and pick up the fallen Kong Ming lantern, there must be some paperwork or something like that." ”

The order was laid, and the soldiers on duty quickly rushed out of the camp and searched everywhere with torches.

Since this is still some distance from Shaanxi County, there is no need to worry about being shot by the Han army in the city, and the soldiers can search calmly.

After a short time, the soldiers picked up all the Kong Ming lanterns that had been shot down, and sure enough, there were scrolls tied to them.

"I want to see what orders the big-eared thief gave Huo Jun and Fa Zheng." Huang Zhong personally dismantled a scroll and told the soldiers to light torches and spread them by the light of the fire.

When he saw what was written on the scroll, he couldn't help but be stunned.

The soldiers who watched around looked at this strange scroll, and they all looked surprised and dazed.

"Tear it down again." Huang Zhong shouted.

The soldiers quickly opened another scroll, and the content written inside was the same, which made Huang Zhong's eyes darken, and he couldn't help but scold: "What the hell is written here?" ”

In desperation, Huang Zhong had no choice but to take these scrolls and go to see Su Zhe overnight.

At this moment, in the imperial tent, Su Zhe was holding Zhang Chunhua sleeping incense.

Before falling asleep, he and Zhang Chunhua turned over the clouds and rain, enjoying the joy of the rain until they were exhausted.

Huang Zhong rushed outside the imperial tent and wanted to ask to see Su Zhe, but was stopped by Xu Chu.

Huang Zhong insisted on asking to see him immediately, but Xu Chu refused to inform him on the grounds that if the matter was not urgent, it should not disturb the beautiful dream of the Son of Heaven.

The two of them quarreled outside the tent, but they woke up Su Zhe in the tent, and shouted angrily: "Who is it, who is arguing outside at night and disturbing my dreams." ”

Huang Zhong hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty, it is an old minister, the minister is only on duty, and he is encountering the Han army to deliver news to Shaanxi City with Kong Ming lanterns, and the ministers shot down some Kong Ming lanterns, and I feel that something is wrong, so I want to present it to Your Majesty immediately." ”

In the big tent, Su Zhe, who was originally confused, suddenly brightened his eyes and couldn't help but wake up after hearing the news that Liu Bei had actually passed the news from Kong Ming's lantern.

He hastily put on his clothes, went out of the tent, and called Huang Zhong to come in and talk.

Huang Zhong stepped into the big tent, told what had just happened, and piled up the scrolls in front of Su Zhe's case.

"I actually want to use Kong Ming lantern to deliver news, this trick is very thoughtful." Su Zhe sneered and appreciated, and then asked, "What are you talking about here?" ”

"Well, the minister can't understand this, but Your Majesty will know it after reading it." Huang Zhong didn't know how to answer.

Su Zhe became curious, so he unhurriedly unfolded one of the scrolls and spread it out in front of him.

"What the hell is all this about?"