Soldiers come to the world

The city of Xiazhi County has a circumference of fifteen miles and a height of two feet and eight feet. They are all made of bluestone, which is very tall and strong. Since there are no civilians in the city, Xiazhi County is actually a military city. Since Chaisang was captured by the Jiangdong Army After the sneak attack and occupation, in order to ensure the safety of Xiazhi County, Liu Jing successively increased the number of troops in Xiazhi County, bringing the number of troops in Xiazhi County to more than [-].

The leader of Xiazhi County is still Wei Yan. Although Wei Yan lost to Chaisang, Liu Jing still decided to give him another chance. He believed that Wei Yan would not let him down again.

Night has gradually fallen, Wei Yan is still standing on the top of the city with a knife, watching the direction of the river mouth, Wei Yan built another beacon at the mouth of the Fushui River, making the number of beacons reach two, to ensure nothing goes wrong, and on the official road leading to Chaisang A beacon was also built to monitor the Jiangdong Army coming from land.

"General, it's getting late, let's go back!" Lu Jin, the general next to him, whispered.

Wei Yan shook his head, his voice was extremely low, "I have a very strong premonition that in these two days, the Jiangdong Army will definitely come to Xiazhi County, I must not be careless."

"General, let's go to rest! I won't be careless in a humble position."

Wei Yan stared into the distance again for a moment, then turned and walked down the city. Just as he reached the entrance of the corridor, a soldier suddenly shouted, "Look, the three-pillar beacon is lit!"

Wei Yan turned around suddenly and walked quickly to the city wall. He also saw that it was the land beacon tower to the east. The three pillars of fire were particularly dazzling in the dark night, which meant that an army of more than a thousand people had been discovered.

Wei Yan immediately ordered: "Ring the bell to call the police!"

The alarm bell on the top of the city rang immediately, and the rapid bell rang throughout the city. Groups of Jiangxia soldiers rushed to the top of the city with murderous spirits, all of them brightly armored, holding spears and crossbows, and their eyes were vigilant. staring out of the city.

Lu Jin walked slowly in front of Wei Yan, and said nervously: "The general is right, how many people from the Jiangdong Army will come?"

Wei Yan also showed a hint of worry in his eyes, "I don't know how many of them will come, but I'm very worried that they are not coming to attack the city, but going to the Pheasant Lake!"

The natural oil well of Huoyou is located in Xiazhi Lake, guarded by [-] soldiers. Since the Jiangdong Army came by land, they would not carry heavy siege equipment. This shows that the Jiangdong Army is heading for the oil well. Come on, they will definitely not attack Xiazhi City, Wei Yan suddenly figured this out.

He immediately turned around and ordered: "Light the beacon!"

Soon, the beacon fire above Xiazhi Nancheng was also lit, which was to notify the oil well garrison that emergency measures must be taken immediately on the oil well.

But at this moment, a cavalry came galloping from the south, Wei Yan's heart sank suddenly, it must be something happened at the oil well, he quickly ordered the soldiers around him: "Hurry up and take the man to the city, Don't let him yell!"

Several soldiers rushed down to the city, and brought the cavalry up to the city in a short while. The cavalry knelt down on one knee in front of Wei Yan and said, "General Wei, the fire oil well was attacked by the enemy. Nearly half of the soldiers were killed and injured, and they have already evacuated to the west." gone."

Sure enough, Wei Yan guessed that the Jiangdong army's goal was the fire oil well, not the city. The Jiangdong army was afraid that they would send heavy troops to guard against it, so they sent vanguards to attack the oil well before they were discovered by Fengsui. This made Wei Yan nervous. The key to Xiazhi County It's an oil well, not a county seat.

At this time, Lu Jin also said anxiously: "Didn't the state pastor have an order to directly fill in the oil well in a crisis, what should we do now?"

Wei Yan received an order from Liu Jing a few days ago. The order said that if the situation is critical, the oil well can be directly filled with soil, but now the situation is critical, but the oil well has been attacked. Wei Yan could not help but curse secretly, "Damn it!" ! '

He asked the cavalry again: "I want to know how many troops have sneaked up?"

The cavalry tremblingly said: "About [-] enemy troops. It's just that the brothers were eating dinner. They were caught off guard for a while and were attacked by them."

Wei Yan was not in the mood to scold for the time being, he was thinking of a countermeasure, when a soldier reported, "Zhou Canjun is here!"

It was only then that Wei Yan remembered that he still had a staff officer, and almost forgot about him. Zhou Junjun was Zhou Buyi. He originally followed Xu Shu's long history and was Xu Shu's right-hand man. General Zhou Buyi was also sent to assist.

Zhou Buji was 20 years old, very young, and also a frail scholar. Although he was young and frail, it was not surprising in Jingzhou, where counselors were generally young.

The key is that Zhou Buyi is a noble person, and he always speaks mercilessly, which makes people dislike him. It is for this reason that neither Wei Yan nor other soldiers take him seriously, and never ask him anything. , In fact, Zhou Buyi was regarded as a decoration.

Wei Yan also disliked joining the army very much. On the first day, he asked himself why he lost Chaisang, which made Wei Yan a little angry.

However, Zhou Buyi was sent by Zhou Mu to join the army after all, which to some extent represented the will of Zhou Mu. Wei Yan couldn't offend him yet, so he couldn't help but feel unhappy and said: "Please come here!"

After a while, Zhou Buyi hurried over and asked anxiously, "Will Jiangdong's army go by water or by land?"

Wei Yan said indifferently: "They came by land, and their vanguard has already occupied the oil well?"

Zhou Buyi turned around abruptly, looked at Wei Yan and said, "Why did this happen? Why didn't General Wei send more troops to guard the oil well? I reminded the general the day before yesterday that there were too few troops in the oil well. Why didn't General Wei listen to my advice? "

A series of questions left Wei Yan speechless. His face swelled into a pig's liver, and he said angrily: "The order of the state herdsman is to fill up the oil well in a critical situation. Now that the enemy situation is discovered, I will immediately notify the oil well garrison to do it. What's the matter?" wrong?"

"But what happened?"

Zhou Buyi asked mercilessly: "I only ask about the result. Wasn't it the same as being attacked by the Jiangdong army? What's the use of lighting a hundred beacon fires?"

Wei Yan was so angry that his eyes were spitting fire, and his lungs were about to explode. At this time, Lu Jin hurriedly said: "The beacon has just been lit, which means that the main force of the enemy army is still twenty miles away. Now it is only [-] forwards who have seized the oil well. I am willing to lead A thousand soldiers recaptured the oil wells and filled them up before the main force of the enemy arrived."

In fact, Wei Yan also meant the same thing, "It's never too late to make up for it", the oil well must be recaptured and filled up, so that they stick to Xiazhi County and will no longer be restrained by the oil well.

But before Wei Yan could speak, Zhou Buyi immediately denied Lu Jin's request, "You can't go! If you go, you will definitely die."

At this time, Wei Yan was already very angry with him. If he didn't say anything, Wei Yan might think about it again, but Zhou Buyi made him firmer in his thoughts.

Wei Yan gave Zhou Buyi a cold look, and agreed to Lu Jin's request without hesitation, "General Lu can lead his troops there immediately!"

This time it was Zhou Buyi's turn to turn pale with anger, his chest heaved violently, and his eyes were fixed on the beacon fire in the distance.

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Xiazhi Lake is located more than a dozen miles south of Xiazhi County. Since the discovery of the overflow of coal oil, it has become a strategic place for Jiang Xia's army. At this time, the oil well has been captured by Ding Feng and his five hundred elites. On one side, on both sides of the official road from Xiazhi County to the oil well, Zhou Yu has led 6000 people to lie in ambush for a long time.

This was of course Zhou Yu's plan. With his secretive marching, he would never let Fengsui find out, but he used his plan and sent more than a thousand people to pass by Fengsui, which caused Fengsui to call the police. I had the illusion that the main force of the Jiangdong Army was still twenty miles away, but Zhou Yu had already laid a big net, waiting for the prey to come.

At this time, a scout rushed to report: "Qi report to the guards, Jiang Xia's army is here, there are only more than a thousand people."

Zhou Yu frowned, there were only 1000 people, which seemed too little, not enough for him to fill the gaps between his teeth!But Zhou Yu rolled his eyes and hit the young one, not afraid that the old one would not come.

He immediately ordered in a low voice: "Send my order, prepare to fight!"

In the woods, the crossbows of thousands of Jiangdong troops were strung up, aiming at the thousand Jiangxia troops who were running far away on the official road.

At this time, it was already dark, and the road and the forests on both sides were shrouded in pitch black night. From time to time, the shrill chirping of owls came from the woods, which made people feel uneasy.

But Lu Jin was afraid that the main force of the Jiangdong Army would arrive and his efforts to recapture the oil well would fail. He was so anxious that he kept urging the soldiers to speed up.

When the team passed through a forest, there was a sudden sound of drums, flames shot up into the sky, and there was a loud cry of killing. Ambush soldiers came from all directions, and an army rushed out from the forest. The leader was Zhou Yu.

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Wei Yan has been watching the movements in the direction of Xiazhi Lake from the head of Nancheng, and he looks back at the beacon fire in the east from time to time. He also feels a little uneasy. How could the Jiangdong army be discovered by the beacon fire? Could it be that his scouts are all pretending? ?

At this moment, the sound of war drums and shouts of killing could be faintly heard in the distance, and a fire was ignited more than ten miles away. Wei Yan supported the battlement and stared at the fire in the distance. His expression changed drastically, and he suddenly understood, The Jiangdong army's attack on the oil well was a bait to lure himself into the bait. He didn't see this, and he really took the bait.

Cold sweat dripped from Wei Yan's forehead, what should he do now?To save or not to save?If he fails again this time, he will really have no face to see Liu Jing.

Although Wei Yan really hated Zhou Buyi, he didn't care about face at this time, and hurriedly ordered the left and right: "Hurry up and invite Zhou Canjun!"

After a while, Zhou Buyi hurried to the top of the city. He stared at the fire in the distance for a while, then suddenly turned his head and said to Wei Yan: "We can't send troops now!"

Wei Yan was relieved that Zhou Buyi didn't have any cynicism, and he was no longer hostile, and asked, "Why can't you send troops?"

Zhou Buyi's personality is lofty and not good at getting along with others. Sometimes he doesn't mean to ridicule or target the other party on purpose, and he doesn't even realize that he is annoying. Although he is also extremely dissatisfied with Wei Yan's attitude, but at this time At the critical moment, Zhou Buyi also let go of the hatred in his heart.

He explained to Wei Yan: "Now we know the situation of the other party. How many troops do they have and where are they deployed? If we are ambushed again, maybe even Xiazhi County will be lost."

Zhou Buyi's explanation was reasonable and Wei Yan gradually calmed down, but... what about Lu Jin?Wei Yan looked back at the distant flames again, feeling extremely anxious in his heart.

"General Wei, it's better to pretend to save him!" Zhou Buyi thought for a moment and said.

Wei Yan turned around and stared at him, "Pretend to save! How to pretend to save?"

Zhou Buyi smiled wryly, "I guess the Jiangdong Army will use General Lu as a bait and won't attack with all its strength for a while. We can use their strategy instead to attract the troops of the Jiangdong Army, relieve Lu Jin's pressure, and let him attack on his own. Let's break through!"

Wei Yan lowered his head and thought hard again, as if there was really no other way, he could only sigh and said: "Just follow the advice of joining the army."