Cangzhou beacon fire

Chapter 8 The game between the two armies
The next day, Qi Sheng got ready to pay the bill early. He looked at the guards at the tower sentry and asked, "Is there any movement from the Yue army?"

The guards on the sentry tower waved the yellow flag, indicating that the enemy was silent.

"It's strange, there's no night raids, no battles, what is Yue Jun planning?" Qi Sheng said to himself, always feeling that something was wrong.

At this time, the other generals had already paid their bills, and chattered and gathered beside Qi Sheng.

"Old Qi, it seems that the Yue army has no plans to attack by force, what should we do? Send troops?" A veteran stood up and said.

Qi Sheng raised his hand and said, "No, just wait and see."

All the generals looked at each other when they heard Qi Sheng's words, they couldn't understand, this general Qi was more belligerent than anyone else in the past.

"General, why can't we hold on to the advantage of our geographical advantage?" another general asked doubtfully.

"That's right, let's beat him first, and let's talk about killing Yue Jun's spirit!"

Qi Sheng stroked his white beard, and didn't intend to talk to them at all. When it came to war, he was more itchy than anyone else, but when the army was leaving, Yan Yu gave thousands of instructions, only defending and not attacking.

Seeing that the generals were chattering non-stop, Qi Sheng's old face sank, and he cursed: "Go back to your posts! I'm so annoying, if you keep arguing, I will reward him with [-] big boards!"

All the generals were quiet and scattered in despair.

At noon, in the tent of the Yue army camp, a man in black hurried over and reported the news of the early release of arrows in Weishui City in the north.

Zhong Lin stood up from his handsome chair: "According to what Li Tong said, the enemy's scouts for help should have almost arrived, so let's take the time to scare them."

"My lord, why don't you wait until the enemy is gone?" Feng Jin stood up and said after hesitating for a long time. As the commander of the Qingyu Cavalry, Feng Jin has always been low-key and reticent, so that his subordinates always tease that his temperament is not as good as Qingyu Cavalry Good match.

Zhong Lin walked to Feng Jin's side, patted him on the shoulder and said: "The imaginary is the real, the real is the false. Xiao Feng has made progress, and he dares to speak at the meeting."

"So Commander Feng is here? If you don't speak, I thought you were absent." Xia Houyin teased, and the other generals roared with laughter.

Feng Jin scratched the back of his head and laughed foolishly, but he didn't know how to answer the words, thinking that it would be better not to speak in the future.

Zhong Lin winked at Xia Houyin, Xia Houyin understood, and shouted to the outside: "Drum up! Five thousand cavalry come out! Let them Sanyuan dogs see the majesty of our Yue army."

When the marching drum of the Yue army sounded, Qi Sheng ran out of the tent in a panic, and other generals also gathered.

I saw rows of cavalry slowly marching out in front of the tent of the Yue army camp, with the sound of war drums, majestic and majestic.

"General, there are about [-] cavalry in the Yue army, shall we go out?" The deputy general calculated from a distance and asked Qi Sheng.

"Tch, I thought it was an attack, but it turned out that it was just a formation. If he formed a formation, then we should also form a formation. Whoever is afraid of others."

Naturally, Qi Sheng didn't take Wuqian seriously. He was about to give the order when he saw dust billowing from behind.

The three cavalry stepped in disorder, galloping in from the north gate of the tent, they were the first batch of light cavalry scouts in Enshui City to ask for help.

The deputy general first met the three scouts, questioned them in detail, and then let them go after confirming that their identities were fine.

The scouts came to Qi Sheng's horse and reported the news about Enshui City one by one.

When Qi Sheng learned that Enshui City was under siege, Qi Sheng was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.

"How is it possible! The Hongyang Bridge has already burned down! How did they cross the river?" Qi Sheng was puzzled. He had checked the burnt situation of the Hongyang Bridge at the beginning, and the guy was burnt cleaner than his pocket.

General Wei Bo drove forward immediately and asked the scouts: "How many people are in the Yue army, have you found out?"

The three scouts all shook their heads: "I'm not sure. When I left the city, the enemy hadn't attacked the city yet, but the riverside patrol sent eleven black arrows into the air one after another, so there should be quite a few of them."

Wei Bo thought for a moment, looked at Qi Sheng and said, "Old Qi, what should we do? If the main force of the Yue Kingdom really crosses the river, Enshui City will definitely not be able to hold it."

Qi Sheng was also very anxious, so he could only pretend to be calm and replied: "I don't believe that the Yue army can cross the river. With such a huge army, how could it be possible to make so many ferries overnight."

Wei Bo looked at the detectives and asked, "Can the raft cross the river?"

One of the scouts nodded: "The Honghe River is wide but the water is not deep. The raft is fine."

"Old Qi, is there such a situation, if the Yue army predicts that our army will destroy the bridge and make the raft in advance?" Wei Bo looked at Qi Sheng and expressed his conjecture.

These words made Qi Sheng fall into deep thought. It is not impossible to cross the river on a raft.

Seeing that Qi Sheng was still hesitating, Wei Bo pointed to the cavalry formation of the Yue army and said, "Old Qi, there is no time to hesitate. The matter is urgent. If the [-] Yue army in front of us is a cover, once Enshui City is lost, Fengshui City will be destroyed." It may not be possible.”

These words completely awakened Qi Sheng. Fengshui City is the place where food and equipment are stored in Jinxi. Once it is lost, the logistics supply will be completely cut off.

Wei Bo went on to say, "Enshui City originally had [-] garrisons plus [-] newly transferred soldiers and horses, and the high walls and thick walls should be able to withstand it for a while, and it will be too late!"

Qi Sheng finally made up his mind, and said to Wei Bo: "Wei Bo, you take [-] cavalry bows and stay behind, and the other troops will come back with me to help Enshui! Quick!"

Zhong Lin was in the camp, looking at the dust and smoke in the Sanyuan camp to the west, he laughed, and the generals behind him also laughed, Qi Sheng was fooled.

Zhong Lin said, looking back at the generals in the tent: "Qi Sheng is still indecisive. He is good in actual combat, but he can only be regarded as a child in terms of tricks. Generals, the smoke is up."

"Great! General, when will you send troops? Your hands are so itchy." Xia Houyin stepped forward and teased.

Zhong Lin waved his hand: "No, wait a little longer, until the Sanyuan army is completely gone."

"Then is the war drum still beating outside?"

"Let's beat, keep beating."

Half an hour later, Wei Bo saw that the war drums of the Yue army had stopped, and he relaxed a little from his nervousness. It seemed that the main force of the Yue army was really not here.

And just as he got off his horse and was about to walk towards the inner account, the war drums of the Yue army behind him came again, louder and louder than before.

He hurriedly turned around, and when he looked at the Yue army camp, it was no longer the five thousand Yue cavalry lined up before, but a steady stream of Yue cavalry were rushing out of the camp.

"Twenty thousand, thirty thousand, forty thousand, no, it's fifty thousand!" He made a rough calculation and broke out in a cold sweat.

"It's a trick! The whole army is on alert!" He raised his gun and got on his horse.

Then Wei Bo pointed to the two cavalrymen: "You two, hurry up and go out from the north gate. You must stop General Qi's army and tell him that the main force of the Yue army is here. Quick!"

Two cavalrymen took the lead and galloped out from the north gate with whips. Not far from the north gate, dense feather arrows struck, and the two cavalrymen were instantly tied into hedgehogs and killed on the spot.

The guards at the sentry waved the blue flag in panic, indicating that the north gate had been blocked by the Yue army.

Wei Bo's last sliver of hope was completely lost, and frustration surged into his heart instantly.

He calmed down his emotions, gritted his teeth, and roared angrily: "Hold on to me, and never let Yue Jun in!"

Zhong Lin rode his horse and stood outside the camp, listening to the exciting sound of drums, he knew that the victory and defeat had been decided.

"The goal is to encircle the two cities. The strategy stage is over. Next, the generals can play freely." Zhong Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead, had to admit his old age, and then turned around and walked back to the tent slowly, unable to sleep for many days , this time he wants to sleep well.

As soon as Zhong Lin said this, all the generals were extremely excited.

Xia Houyin was the first to speak: "One army and two armies, come with me, first break the Sanyuan camp and then attack Shuicheng!"

"Qingyuqi, let's go, Fengshui City!" Feng Jin, the commander of Qingyuqi, raised his silver spear and said sharply.

As the leader of the Qingyu Cavalry, Feng Jin is about forty years old, brave and good at fighting, and the cross scar on his face is particularly glaring. Although he usually keeps quiet, his light only shows in one place, the battlefield.

"Oh, it's finally our Qingyu ride! It's killing me."

"I wondered why the general didn't join in the first place? He had to wait until now!"

"That's right! Those three-yuan dogs are gone."

"Gone? What's gone? Leave some for me!"

"Do you want to leave a wife for you? Hahaha."

Qingyu Qi, Yue people call her a noble lady on horseback, but although a noble lady talks a lot, she doesn't lose to the village girls and shrews in fights.

(End of this chapter)