Step on a branch

Chapter 319
In the darkness, the horseshoes moved forward in bursts.

Lin Fan had been looking at the topography of the Xizhou City area over and over on the sand table since he was a child, so he kept it in mind.

With the lessons learned from the changes in Yushakou caused by the earthquake, after the stationing this time, Lin Fan made comparisons in the vicinity according to the impression in his mind.

The high place in the north of the city that Qin Luan pointed out, Lin Fan had gone around it before, and he remembered the way.

In order to be more on the safe side, I ordered someone who knew the way before.

Because of the gusts of north wind, this trip went against the wind.

But the sky was dark, and he couldn't see the situation under his feet, so he pressed the speed of the horse, neither fast nor slow.

After walking for about an hour, they arrived at the place.

Standing here, Qin Luan looked at Xizhou City.

On the city wall, the brazier was burning, which was very clear in the night.

But in the city, there are only sporadic spots.

Qin Luan took out some talisman papers.

Asking Lin Fan and the others to stand side by side, blocking the direction of Xizhou City, Qin Luan lit a torch.

The talisman paper burned and turned into ashes, and it all fell into the porcelain bowl in Lin Fan's hand.

After blowing out the fire, Qin Luan opened the water bag and poured it into the porcelain bowl, then took the porcelain bowl and shook it slightly: "One mouthful per person, even if you smell the smell, it won't be affected."

After finishing speaking, she raised her head and took a bite.

Lin Fan took the porcelain bowl and took a bite without saying a word.

Feng Jing had great confidence in Qin Luan's ability, but he still remembered that last year before sending that Taoist priest to Deng Guoshi, Lin Fan also fed that stinky Taoist priest a bowl of talisman water.

What did you say then?

puppet?blood puppet?
Anyway, it sounds more scary than the other.

"Miss Qin," Feng Jing took the bowl and asked, "Is this talisman water correct?"

"I drank it all, what are you afraid of?" Qin Luan smiled, rolled his eyes, and said again, "Don't worry, there were others who drank it before, and they were not affected by this spice at all."

Feng Jing blinked.

Yo, there is already a first mover?
Curiously, he wanted to ask a few more questions, but when he saw Lin Fan staring at him, he didn't dare to say anything more, and raised his head.

Also.

Now we have to focus on dealing with the Xiliang people.

Interesting story, after the battle, he will ask Miss Qin again.

After several people finished drinking, Qin Luan dug a pit, lit a fire in it, set a porcelain bowl on the fire, rolled the spice balls slightly and poured them in.

Faint smoke curled up.

Everyone retreated to the side, the wind blew, wrapped in smoke, and blew in the direction of Xizhou City.

Lin Fan observed carefully.

The fire is hidden in the pit, even if you look at it from Xizhou City, you won't find any light.

I just don't know if the smoke can enter the city smoothly.

Qin Luan knew what Lin Fan was thinking, and said, "It will spread out, but the overall problem is not serious."

After the spice is turned into smoke, it has a good cohesion, it won't be scattered and gone, and it can persist until it is blown into the city.

Lin Fan nodded.

Qin Luan stood beside him, tilted his body slightly, and asked him in a low voice: "Aren't you curious who used this talisman water before?"

Lin Fan raised his eyebrows, of course there was a trace of curiosity.

Qin Luan pursed her lips and smiled, and when she finished laughing, she said, "I dare say, Feng Jing probably won't listen."

Lin Fan was taken aback.

Qin Luan didn't name them directly, but said in a low voice, "Your second uncle and second aunt."

This answer made Lin Fan dumbfounded.

His second uncle refers to the emperor, as for the second aunt...

Presumably, she would cooperate with A Luan to attack the emperor, among the concubines, only Concubine Shu was the only one.

The medicine powder in the bowl was almost burnt, Qin Luan added some more to ensure that it would continue.

In Xizhou City, except for the night watchmen, everyone else fell asleep.

Yu Bai also fell asleep.

This feeling is still unreliable.

Ever since Zhou's troops were stationed outside the city, he hadn't had a peaceful night's sleep.

Suddenly, Yu Bai had a dream again.

In the dream, Li Jie asked him why he didn't surrender, Yu Bai wanted to refute, but he couldn't speak, his head was sweating profusely.

Suddenly, the soldiers came, saying that the morale of the soldiers was low and the people were panicked.

Yu Bo ignored Li Jie and turned to deal with it.

Before he could run out of the mansion, a flame shot into the sky.

He looked down, trembling with fear.

That's the direction of the granary!
If the granaries burn down, they are finished.

Yu Bai shouted anxiously, "Fire, fire!", but he couldn't make a sound. In the distance, he seemed to hear the sound of war drums and horns.

While pointing in the direction of the fire, he stamped his feet and wanted to go to the city wall, but he was at a loss for what to do, so he straightened up and sat up.

Panting heavily, Yu Bai held his beating heart and rubbed his drowsy head.

Fortunately.

Fortunately, it was a dream.

just dreaming...

He was trying to comfort himself, trying to calm down, when the next moment, he heard the drumming again.

Yu Bai's eyes widened in disbelief.

what happened?

Could it be that Zhou people attacked at night?
Yu Bai got up quickly, dressed in a hurry, opened the door and went out.

The soldiers rushed towards him and reported to him: "General, there are Zhou people attacking outside the city."

"How many people? Who leads the troops?" Yu Bai asked while running.

The soldiers chased after him, and said, "I don't know. It's pitch black at least in Zhou people's place. You can't see anything clearly. You can only hear the sound of drums and horns."

Yu Bo paused, and a thought came to his mind: feint?To scare them?

Otherwise, there was a sneak attack all night, so what drums and trumpets are there to be played?

If it is not a sneak attack, but a night battle, then no matter what, the torches must be lit.

too weird!

Yu Bai stepped up and met two lieutenants on the way. The three of them exchanged a few words, but they couldn't understand Zhou Ren's inexplicable way.

Just when they rushed to the bottom of the city wall, when a few people climbed up the steps, there was a sharp hissing sound from the direction of the barracks.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

One after another.

Yu Bai staggered, and turned around in astonishment.

Zhou Ren actually appeared in the barracks?
When did they enter the city?

This is impossible, absolutely impossible!
He didn't care about going up the city wall again, so he only let one of the generals go up, Yu Bai led the other and turned to the barracks.

They were still far away, but the screams were endless, weapons were handed over, and shouts shook the sky.

Suddenly, someone in that room knocked over the brazier, and the fire started, making the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.

A soldier escaped madly from the camp, Yu Bo grabbed him with sharp eyesight and quick hands, and asked sharply, "Where are the Zhou people?"

"Yes, yes..." The soldier was dizzy, pointing east and west for a while.

Seeing this, Yu Bai patted him on the back twice: "Where's Zhou Ren?"

The soldier shook his head and said in a trembling voice: "In the camp."

Yu Bai couldn't believe it, so he could only continue on his way.

When he arrived at the barracks, the messy scene in front of him hit him hard on the forehead like a stick.

As far as the eye can see, there is no one around.

Some are his soldiers, his generals are their own people, shouting, waving weapons, killing each other.

It's Yingxiao.

(End of this chapter)