The night is deep and the evening breeze blows, and there is a hint of coolness in the air.

During the day, Li Dao personally pressed the formation, and after the catapult attacked, he dispatched 5,000 soldiers to attack Chen Liucheng.

After a day of fierce fighting, until sunset, the two sides were still deadlocked, each withdrawing its troops and licking the wounds of its calves.

After five days of continuous siege of the city, Zhang Miao had reached the end of the crossbow, more than 3,000 soldiers were killed, more than 4,000 soldiers were wounded, and nearly 8,000 soldiers were lost, and the strength was sharply reduced, leaving less than 3,000 soldiers to defend the city.

On the contrary, the Xiliang army suffered hundreds of casualties every day, in addition to the loss of more than 2,000 foot soldiers on the first day, plus today's 2,000 people, the total loss of Xiliang was less than 6,000.

This loss, compared with the 50,000 Xiliang army, is a drop in the bucket, and it did not shake Li Dao's foundation and did not affect the next battle.

In contrast, after five days of fierce battle, Chen Liucheng had reached a critical moment of life and death.

If the whole army of the Western Liang Army is dispatched tomorrow and attacks the city on a large scale, then Chen Liucheng can be defeated in a battle; Zhang Miao will no longer be able to defend the city, so he can only lead his neck to kill himself and end up in the name of loyalty and unyieldingness.

Late at night, the camp of Changwei Mountain was silent. Tens of thousands of troops have long been asleep. Even the night watchmen on the watchtowers on the left and right sides of the camp gate were drowsy, yawning and leaning against the columns, holding their weapons in their arms, squinting and dozing.

"Whoosh!"

"Poof!"

In the darkness, dark arrows pierced the night sky, carrying a little starlight, in vain.

I saw that the Xiliang soldiers who were on vigil on the sentry towers on both sides of the camp gate were hit by arrows, rolling and falling to the ground like fallen leaves.

Immediately, on the southern wilderness, which was less than two miles away from the camp of the Xiliang Army, thousands of torches were suddenly lit, illuminating a clear area within a radius of several miles.

In the firelight, Xiahoudun and Li Dian's second generals led 500 light cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers were already ready to go, and they had been waiting for a long time.

At this moment, all the soldiers drew their swords out of their sheaths, holding long soldiers, and their black eyes were full of a strong murderous aura.

In front of the battle, Xiahoudun was dressed in black armor, wearing a silver scarf, holding a Zhangwu iron spear, majestic and majestic.

The black war horse under his crotch was already eager to try at this time, and he almost wanted to get out of the reins and go straight to the Xiliang camp.

"All the soldiers listen to the order, the Xiliang army camp is lax, and the day of our meritorious service is tonight! Soldiers, kill with me! ”

The moment the torch was lit, Xiahoudun jumped in front of the horse formation, shouted, and then took the lead and went straight to the Changwei Mountain camp of the Xiliang Army.

With his order, Li Dian led 3,500 foot cavalry to follow closely and galloped bravely.

Thirty meters in front of the gate of the Xiliang camp, there are three vertical and four seven trenches with a width of one zhang and a depth of five zhang, which is the first defensive line laid by Li Li when he set up camp.

"Bang bang bang!"

More than a dozen heavy planks were quickly placed on top of the trench, and Xiahoudun led the army to slow down slightly and cross the first line of defense safely.

The trench is a means of defense placed on the surface, and it is not at all eye-catching.

The second line of defense was three rows of fence barricades on the left and right, which were extremely cumbersome and could prevent the horses from directly attacking the camp gate.

"Ahh

Xiahoudun jumped on his horse and sank his gun, provoked hundreds of catties of fence barricades, and threw them to both sides; In the middle of picking and flicking, in an instant, the second gate defense was cleanly broken.

Immediately, dozens of soldiers rushed forward, opened the camp gate, and retreated to both sides, avoiding the light cavalry charge led by Xiahoudun.

Suddenly, the gate of the Xiliang Army's camp was opened, and the eyes suddenly opened up, and dozens of camp tents were scattered in the sight of Xiahoudun and others.

"Li Dian, you led the infantry to rush into the camp, lit fires everywhere, and burned the tent of the Xiliang military camp! The light cavalry obeyed the order, followed me to take the Chinese army, and captured and killed Li Dao and Guo Yan! ”

Seeing that victory was in sight, Xiahoudun hurriedly gave an order, and then rode his horse and galloped straight to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Ten steps.

Twenty steps.

Thirty steps.

Xiahoudun led five hundred light horsemen to rush into the gate quickly, and the distance of thirty paces was in the blink of an eye.

However, when the war horse jumped out of the thirty-first step, when he landed on the ground, he stepped on the air, and in front of him was a large circle of disordered pits.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Caught off guard, Xiahoudun was the first to fall into the trap with men and horses, and the black war horse under his crotch was instantly pierced by a bamboo blade and died immediately.

Before he could react, the five hundred light horsemen who followed him closely behind him, because they had just started to sprint, were too late to rein in their horses, and rushed into several pits one after another.

In an instant, Xiahoudun was squeezed in the pile of meat, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

And the five-foot bamboo blades that are densely packed deep in the pit continue to harvest lives ruthlessly, regardless of people and animals.

Inside the gate, suddenly the horses neighed and roared, and the screams were loud, and the noise was extremely noisy, and the sound shook in all directions.

At the same time, Li Dian led the foot soldiers to rush the camp from both sides of the gate, but they could not completely avoid the pit, and hundreds of foot soldiers fell into the pit and died tragically on the spot.

Fortunately, Li Dian himself has always been cautious and alert, walking close to the edge, narrowly avoiding the trap and narrowly escaping the catastrophe.

"Boom!"

Just when Xiahoudun led the army into the pit and struggled, with the roar of lighting torches, the surrounding camp of the Xiliang Army was instantly brightly lit, and tens of thousands of Xiliang troops surrounded the remnants of Li Dian's army at the gate.

In the firelight, Li Dao and other generals came out of the darkness on both sides of the Chinese army's tent and looked at the remnants of the enemy army at the gate from afar.

And Li Li led Li Xian, Fan Yong and Bo Cai, as well as the three thousand dragon battalions, to kill from outside the gate and drove more than 2,000 frightened Cao soldiers to the edge of the pit.

When he was in a desperate situation, Li Dian quickly calmed down after the initial shock, opened his voice and shouted, gathering thousands of frightened foot soldiers around him.

Immediately, he led the foot soldiers along the edge of the trap and cautiously retreated to the gate of Yuanmen, trying to break through the Xiliang Iron Cavalry blocking the gate and break out of the encirclement.

At the same time, he also paid attention to whether Xiahoudun was in each trap everywhere, hoping that Xiahoudun was still alive.

Otherwise, even if he led the army to break out of the encirclement, he would not be able to explain to the lord Cao Cao, and he would have no shame to face the Cao family and the Cao clan relatives of the Xiahou family.

If Xiahoudun dies in battle, then he Li Dian might as well die, so as not to be hated by the generals of the Cao clan in the future, and he will not die sooner or later.

After fighting, Li Dian paid attention to every pit, but he never saw Xiahoudun's figure.

For a moment, he felt a sadness in his heart, knowing that he had no hope of survival. Even if he didn't die in the hands of the Xiliang army, he couldn't escape the persecution of the Cao clan in the end.

At this thought, Li Dian led nearly 2,000 remnants of the army to fight back desperately, not afraid of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and fought head-on with a horizontal sword, and was extremely brave.

At this time, he already had the will to die, put life and death out of the way, and was extremely brave, trying his best to kill a way out for the foot soldiers under the tent and seize the gate.

Outside the gate, Li Li stationed a horse and crossed the knife.

Li Xian and Fan Yong followed closely behind him, the 3,000 Longxiang battalion firmly guarded the Yuanmen, and Bo Cai led 3,000 "baggage battalion foot soldiers" to intercept and kill Li Dian's troops who were counterattacking the Jedi.

In fact, the outcome of this battle is no longer important.

From the moment the enemy attacked the camp and fell into the pit, the overall situation was decided, and the only variable was whether or not the enemy could be completely annihilated in this battle and not a single enemy soldier would be spared.

"Big brother, how did you know that Zhang Miao would definitely send troops to attack the camp? Can you pinch and calculate, and think like a god? ”

Fan Yong looked at the remnants of Zhang Miao, who was dying and struggling, and asked Li Li in great admiration.

Hearing this, Li Li shook his head and said, "There are no gods in this world, only some strange people. I'm not a god, but I know that Zhang Miao can't hold Chen Liucheng anymore, and tonight is his chance. What other means can he have besides sneaking up on our army's camp?

Once our army attacks the city tomorrow, Zhang Miao will either abandon the city and flee, or the city will be destroyed. He is not Zhu Jun, his fame and status are not enough to save his own life, as long as it falls into our hands, it will be a matter of falling with a knife.

Therefore, Zhang Miao will definitely fight back desperately, do Zuihou a fight, and attack our army camp at night.

If the attack on the camp is successful, and the fire burns the heavy grain and grass of our army, then he will definitely boost morale and desperately defend the city, as long as it lasts another day or two, our army will be short of food and grass, and he will naturally withdraw his troops and return to Henan County.

If the sneak attack fails, then he is afraid that he will abandon the city and flee tonight, escape from Chenliu County overnight, and slip away. ”