But listening to the two sides scolding each other, Huang Jingyuan's face was pale, when he first received the news, Huang Jingyuan was still very happy, thinking that this was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, if he could take down this caravan, find evidence of Tian Kezang's rebellion, and overthrow Tian Kezang, he could make a great contribution in front of Hou Sheng, and in the future, he would be transferred from Rao An to the court, and he would be promoted to the position of secretary, and even if he was a feudal king, it was not impossible.

And this caravan is only five or six hundred people, it is easy to win this caravan, but Huang Jingyuan didn't expect that this kick actually kicked on the steel plate, and he lost two consecutive defeats, and the number of people lost exceeded a thousand, and now he was blocked at the bottom of the mountain, unable to move forward.

And looking at the Qi army that was lingering at the foot of the mountain, Huang Jingyuan's heart was also very annoyed, if he couldn't rob this caravan, then it would be difficult for him to get the trust of Housheng in the future, not to mention that he couldn't be promoted, it was difficult to say whether the current position of Dr. Rao An could be kept. Huang Jingyuan was originally a small nobleman in Qi State, and after more than ten years of operation, he spent a lot of gold and copper coins to climb to the position of Dr. Rao An, and now he has only been sitting in this position for three years, but he doesn't want to lose this position.

Therefore, Huang Jingyuan immediately ordered to withdraw all the soldiers, and then ordered the leading generals to be taken down and beheaded, and sharply reprimanded the soldiers, they must fight hard, otherwise they will be engaged in military law.

But as soon as Huang Jingyuan gave the order, more than a dozen people surrounded him, all of whom begged for these generals, after all, everyone knew that this time it was them, and the next time it was themselves, so asking for mercy for these people was also to leave a way for themselves to live. A Qi general said: "The doctor is angry, in fact, the fault of this battle is not in these brothers, but the other party is guarding the main road up the mountain, which is really difficult to attack." ”

Another Qi general also said: "Yes, yes, attacking like this can only increase casualties, and it is not their fault, please let the doctor take care of them." ”

With so many people coming to the rescue, Huang Jingyuan couldn't give the order to behead, after all, he also knew in his heart that although he was Dr. Rao An, if he didn't have the help of this group of people, he wouldn't be able to play, so he said: "According to what you say, can't we attack it?" Can only be watched from the bottom of the mountain. ”

A Qi general said: "Doctor, please rest assured, although they have guarded the mountain, but how much food they can carry, we will trap a few of them at the bottom of the mountain, and when their food and grass are exhausted, they will naturally walk down the mountain automatically." ”

When the other generals heard this, they all echoed it, saying that this method was very good and that it should be done in this way. And Huang Jingyuan has no choice, after all, it is impossible for him to go into battle in person to attack and fight, and in the end he can only rely on these people, if he offends these people, it will not be easy for him to do it. And this method does have a certain amount of truth, and now Huang Jingyuan has no confidence in blindly attacking, so he has to stay at the bottom of the mountain and wait for the food on the mountain to run out. Therefore, Huang Jingyuan had no choice but to order, and the whole army camped on the spot and waited at the foot of the mountain.

On the top of the mountain, seeing that the Qi army had set up camp and had been holding on for a long time, Hongxiu was also relieved and said: "Okay, as long as the Qi army does not come to attack, then we will be able to survive these few days, and we can wait until Dr. Kuang Zhang's reinforcements arrive." ”

Although Hongxiu thought very well, the Qi army did not attack, so it was on the mountain to defend until Kuang Zhang's reinforcements arrived. However, Gao Yuan is not the kind of blind passive waiting, pinning his hopes on others. What's more, although the Qi army has a large number of people, the plateau does not look down on the combat effectiveness of the Qi army at all, as long as the tactics are used properly, it can completely defeat the Qi army lightly.

Therefore, on the night of the same day, Gao Yuan ordered Li Kang and Li Wei to lead the 36 cavalry guards of the rapid wind to sneak down the mountain and enter the camp of the Qi army. The thirty-six cavalry guards of the Tempest actually stepped down immediately, and they could do everything. And the Qi army did not expect that the defenders on the mountain would actually take advantage of the darkness to come down the mountain, although there were also some soldiers on duty at night, but they could not stop the 36 cavalry of the rapid wind at all, and as a result, the 36 cavalry of the rapid wind killed the soldiers who were on the night watch, infiltrated the camp of the Qi army, and then set fire everywhere and killed for a while.

The Qi army was defenseless at all, and I didn't know how many people had killed into the camp, and it was chaotic, many people woke up from their sleep, heard the shouts of killing, and didn't care about wearing clothes and armor, so they hurriedly got up and took up their weapons and killed out of the tent, and they couldn't see the opponent clearly in the dark, no matter who it was, they just beckoned their guns and swords to the other party, and as a result, they accidentally injured many of their own people.

And the thirty-six horsemen of the rapid wind did not fight, and when they saw that the camp of the Qi army was in chaos, they immediately took advantage of the chaos to get out of the siege and returned to the mountain. However, the camp of the Qi army did not know that the enemy was gone, and they were still fighting each other, and they were busy for most of the night, before someone gradually realized that something was wrong, and then slowly stopped.

Huang Jingyuan was shocked, angry and afraid, and immediately gathered all the generals and reprimanded him fiercely, but the result was that it was dismantled until dawn, and the soldiers of the first battalion did not sleep all night. Counting last night's losses, more than 200 people were killed, nearly 200 were wounded, and another 20 or 30 tents were not damaged.

In fact, the losses of the Qi army in this battle were not large, but the impact on the Qi army was very huge, and the morale of the Qi army was not high, and this time it was even worse. And after making a fuss all night and not sleeping, the Qi soldiers couldn't keep up their spirits, and Huang Jingyuan was also disheartened, so he wouldn't go to war today. Anyway, the attack could not be attacked, so simply let the soldiers rest in the camp.

As a result, the day passed like this, and it was night again, this time Huang Jingyuan did not dare to be careless, and arranged a large number of night vigil soldiers to take strict precautions, for fear that the other party would attack again. Originally, I didn't sleep all night yesterday, and although I made up for a night's sleep during the day, after a person got used to sleeping at night, it was not possible to sleep during the day, so when it came to night, the soldiers who were not lined up for vigil quickly fell asleep.

But in the second half of the night, only the drums outside the camp shook the sky, and the sound of killing was loud, and the soldiers were alarmed, and they all hurriedly got up, grabbed their weapons, and prepared for battle. After the soldiers were busy for a long time, they made a fuss with all the soldiers, but they found that there was no enemy in their camp, and it turned out that the opponent was more than 200 paces away, just playing drums and shouting, and did not attack.

It's just that the other party doesn't attack, and the Qi army can't ignore them and go back to sleep, and in the dark, the Qi army doesn't know how many people the other party has sent and whether there is an ambush, so they don't dare to attack lightly, so they have to hold their weapons tightly in the camp and wait for them. It's just a drain.

It wasn't until after the sky was slightly bright that the Wu'an army withdrew back to the mountain, and the Qi army was relieved, no matter what, it didn't let the other party enter the camp again, which was much better than the night before.

But they didn't sleep well for two consecutive nights, and the soldiers all felt extremely tired, and when they saw that the other side had withdrawn, their tense nerves were relaxed, and many people fell asleep on the beds as soon as they returned to their tents, and they didn't even have time to take off their clothes and helmets. And Huang Jingyuan has one more heart, this can't really sleep, there are always a few people left to defend, so it's easy to say, even scared, and finally arranged a group of guards of soldiers.

In the afternoon, the soldiers woke up one after another, but they were all sleepy-eyed and unenergetic. And Huang Jingyuan hurriedly gathered the generals to discuss countermeasures, because it was not a way to go on like this. Before the other party is exhausted, he will not be able to bear it first.

After all, in this era, night battles occur very rarely, and the Qi State has not experienced war for forty years, and the vast majority of Qi soldiers have no experience in night battles, not to mention that they have no experience in night battles, and they do not even have training, and of course it is impossible to attack at night to attack each other. However, in the end, everyone still came up with a solution, that is, after night, the whole army was divided into two groups, one group to sleep and rest, and the other group to guard the large camp, and rotate. However, as soon as the other side attacks, then the sleeping soldiers must also get up and fight.

Sure enough, in the evening, the Wu'an army was close to the camp of the Qi army, beating drums and shouting. And the Qi army was also divided into two groups, one to sleep, and the other to guard in the camp, as discussed during the day.

It's just that Huang Jingyuan and the others thought very well, but in fact it was not like that, as soon as the other party came to the camp, they were beating gongs and drums, shouting and making trouble, in this environment, it was not easy to fall asleep; The second is that the enemy army is outside their camp, and they may attack at any time, and there is such a Damoris sword hanging above their heads, if it is a veteran of a hundred battles, it may not be anything, but like Qi Jun, who basically has no actual combat experience, unless he is born with big nerves and no heart and lungs, it is impossible to sleep at all.

Although many Qi soldiers are lying on the bed, their hearts are like being clawed by cats, how can they not fall asleep after turning over and over, and whenever there is a disturbance, they will be immediately alarmed, although some soldiers are also asleep, but they are also woken up by their own companions. Some soldiers really couldn't sleep, so they simply sat up and chatted and sharpened their swords, waiting for their shifts to go to the guard.

As a result, it was dismantled all night, although the Qi army was divided into two groups, taking turns to sleep and guard, but the vast majority of people did not fall asleep at all, and when the sky was about to dawn and after the Wu'an army withdrew, the Qi soldiers were extremely tired, and they did not wait for Huang Jingyuan to order, they ran to their respective tents. Many of them fell asleep on the ground or leaning on the wagons before they could run into their tents.

Although Huang Jingyuan also stayed up all night, sleepy and wanted to sleep very much, but after all, he could withstand it and was thinking about arranging some soldiers to guard. But at this moment, he suddenly heard a dense sound of horses' hooves behind him. And Huang Jingyuan's face suddenly changed greatly, and what he was most worried about still happened.