Cao Pi just said something, and subconsciously glanced at the faces of Cao Cao and Cao Ren. Cao Ren smiled and nodded, expressing encouragement, while Cao Cao frowned, as if to express that he thought what Cao Pi said was like farts.

Is there something wrong again?

Cao Pi couldn't help but hesitate a little, but remembering the situation when he was scolded by Cao Cao a few days ago, he continued to glance at Cao Cao's face cautiously, and said: "If you can't advance, just be tired and disorderly, and when he is disordered, you can

It can be hidden."

Cao Cao frowned, "How can we get into chaos when we are tired? How can we cover up and advance?"

Cao Pi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, racked his brains, and even sweated slightly on his forehead, "You can pretend to attack the wilderness. If you come out of the city, you can attack it. If you don't come out, you can also eat here..."

Cao Ren smiled, nodded, and said, "This is a good strategy!"

Cao Cao opened his brows a little, nodded and said: "It's a plan... In this case, you will take some troops and go to the surrounding areas to prepare military supplies..."

Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, then reacted under Cao Cao's stern gaze, lowered his head and held his hands in response.

After watching Cao Pi retreat, Cao Ren couldn't help but said to Cao Cao: "Brother, you may be treating him too harshly..."

"How can a jade be made into a weapon if it is not polished?" Cao Cao waved his hand and immediately said solemnly to Cao Ren, "Zi Xiao, I will entrust you to Yecheng!"

Cao Ren nodded and took the order and went out.

Although the strategy of exhausting the troops was adopted inside Ye City, it was not good for Yuan Tan and Xia Houyuan outside to be prepared, and it was even worse not to be prepared. However, the soldiers in Ye City also ran several times, and their strength was also exhausted.

A lot.

Not long after Wen Chou lay down, he heard the sound of war drums again, so he turned over and sat up. Then with the help of his guards, he put on his armor and prepared for the next attack.

This time it is serious. All the soldiers, including Wen Chou, will be divided into groups of fifty, carrying fire, rush out of the city, and burn the half-built archery towers and sentry towers.

At this time, the wind had stopped, and the drums were rumbling on the top of the city, but the four gates were tightly closed. According to the previous agreement, Wen Chou led the troops out only after the drums stopped.

Wen Chou stood at the foot of the city, looking up at the Yuan family's flag on the city wall. He looked at the word "Yuan" on the flag that looked a little wrinkled because it hung low. It seemed to have shrunk into a ball, looking lonely and small. There were many people around it.

The flags also lowered their heads as if resigned to their fate.

It was almost dusk, and the sun was hidden among the clouds, making it even more chilly.

The drumming stopped.

Wen Chou was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was doing. He silently took the sword handed over by the guard on the side, walked forward, and quietly gathered under the city gate. Then when the suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate opened, he started making noises.

With a cry, they swarmed out!

The civilian workers who were digging trenches on the opposite side suddenly let out a shout, skillfully dropped the tools in their hands, and ran back with a huff. Some even ran faster than Wen Chou and others. They seemed to be used to this kind of going in and out.

Retreat mode.

Wen Chou led his troops and rushed to the trench, killing a few who were running away slowly or whose feet were weak and unable to escape. He was about to order the soldiers to light fire when he suddenly felt a little weak under his feet. He tilted and almost fell.

fall.

"Why is this ditch surface so loose?"

Before Wen Chou could figure out what was going on, a guard beside him shouted: "General, there is an order from the top of the city asking us to set fire..."

"Okay! Set fire!" Wen Chou shouted, waving his sword.

The soldiers threw the fire starters they carried onto the half-built sentry towers and arrow towers in front of the trench, then lit them on fire before slowly retreating.

On the top of the city wall of Yecheng, Yuan Shang laughed heartily as he looked at the fires that were lit everywhere. He praised his wife a few more times, then left the city gate tower with a happy heart and returned to the government office.

"Master Shen Ling... are you going to attack tonight?" The military prince on top of the city saw that Shen Pei seemed to be in a good mood, so he boldly stepped forward and said, "After these days, the soldiers are also tired...

…”

Shen Pei looked at the sentry towers and arrow towers outside the city that were lit like huge torches. He stroked his beard, nodded and said: "We won't go out tonight, and we will repair it..."

……(=vwv=)……

Far away from Yecheng, there is Cao Jun's camp.

Xia Houyuan looked at the sky, then looked back at the sentry tower and arrow tower burning under Yecheng, and then said: "Are we going to take action tonight?"

Cao Ren also looked into the distance, and his eyes seemed to be dancing with the firelight of the watch towers and arrow towers under the city. "That's right! If these arrow towers are burned in the city, they must be relaxed. Tonight, the clouds are thick and the stars are dim. That's right.

Perfect timing!”

Xia Houyuan nodded and said: "Then tonight!" After another moment of silence, he said, "Also, I have been wondering, why doesn't the lord directly attack the city? I also saw the soldiers in the city, and it was just like that.

It can be captured even with a strong attack..."

Cao Ren looked at the dark outline of Ye City in the distance and said: "You also know that it is a forced attack, right? It is not difficult to attack the city, but the difficult thing is not to lose the soldiers! If we really attack by force, the boys over there will probably be very happy...

Besides, if the losses in Yecheng are too great, what remaining power will be left to control other places? What if..." Cao Ren swallowed the second half of the sentence and stopped talking.

Xia Houyuan suddenly realized, "I see, you are so considerate..."

"It's not what I think, it's what the lord thinks..." Cao Ren patted Xia Houyuan's shoulder, "Let's go and get ready together..."

……(⊙?⊙)……

Wen Chou nodded silently, handed over the order, and then turned around and climbed down the city wall. He originally wanted to tell Shen Pei about the abnormality in the ditch outside the city, but Shen Pei didn't seem to have much desire to talk to him, even the order was

Wen Chou hesitated for a moment after being asked to give the order by the military lord, but in the end he said nothing.

Under the city wall, soldiers who had not yet taken their turn to be on duty were in groups, either sitting or standing, talking in a hurry, and the faint sounds came all the way and penetrated into Wen Chou's ears.

"Aren't we all brothers? Why do we have to fight? A lot of people died last time, right? This time again? When will this day end?"

"Stop fucking saying a few words! Is this the kind of thing you can fucking say?"

"Bah! You've done it all and you still don't want people to complain? You're a naive kid. If I had known that labor and management wouldn't have saved you back then in Yijing!"

"I don't know? You idiot! It's like this now, what's the point of saying it? Why don't you save some energy and sleep on it!"

"Shut up! The general is here..."

"..." Wen Chou walked over indifferently, as if he didn't hear what these guys were talking about.

Brothers, we are all brothers...

As Wen Chou walked, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart. Brother Yan, are you okay under Jiuquan?

Returning to the temporary garrison, several guards saw Wen Chou coming. They went up to remove Wen Chou's armor and asked, "Are we still going to attack?"

"No need," Wen Chou sat down, reached out and grabbed a spoon, poured two or three spoonfuls of paste into the soup pot set above the campfire, and said while drinking, "Everyone, tonight

Have a good rest..."

"Haha, great!"

"What's good, it's not like we don't have to fight tomorrow..."

"Let's just take it one day at a time. Anyway, I have a rest tonight! Let's go to bed!"

Because Wen Chou let Yuan Tan run away last time, although he was exempted from the death penalty, he still had to deal with the living penalty. In addition, this time Yuan Tan made a comeback, Yuan Shang was even more dissatisfied with Wen Chou, and Wen Chou knew it well, so he followed him for a period of time.

Ordinary soldiers are in the same place, eating and living together like a big-headed soldier.

Wen Chou drank two bowls of paste, licked the wooden bowl, and then threw it aside. He took the wet wipes brought by the guard, wiped his face casually, and lay down on the hay mat nearby, smelling the smell of sweat.

The smell was mixed with the smell of hay, and some smell of smelly feet, etc., which was quite irritating to the nose, but I didn't know why but my mood calmed down.

Charge, victory, retreat, failure, scenes from previous battles emerged in my mind, and then gradually faded away. Isn't it life and death? That's it...

If you are alive, you will repay your kindness to your benefactor; if you die, you will go see your brothers.

You can't control other things even if you want to, so let him do whatever he wants.

Wen Chou closed his eyes and sighed silently, this is his fate, his own fate.

……(￣,￣)……

In the night, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan looked at each other, nodded, and then waved.

The gate of the camp opened quietly, and the soldiers who had already lined up filed out. Looking at the number of people surging in the dark night, they turned out to be in full force!

That’s all for the trained soldiers. It’s more difficult for the civilians who haven’t received much training to understand and keep quiet. So each of the civilians following the soldiers is tied with a piece of paper, uh, a title.

, some are even tied too tightly, causing saliva to flow all the way down, haha ​​haha...

In the past few days, Cao Jun seemed to be lazy, like a rabbit being chased here and there by the defenders in Ye City. In fact, he had secretly moved a lot of hands and feet, changing his soldiers into uniforms.

The civilians loosened a lot of soil where the trench was originally dug.

On the surface, the trench is not deep and does not look good. In addition, the inspector has been paying attention to the conspicuous watchtowers and watchtowers, thinking that these watchtowers and watchtowers are the focus of protecting the trench excavation. However, these watchtowers

Hejianlou is actually a cover...

According to the original plan, each group of soldiers led a group of civilians, carrying baskets of shovels, picks and other tools, along the trench, and began to dig up all the loose soil under the cover of night.

The crackling sound suddenly continued outside Yecheng, like thousands of mice digging holes in the corner, which was a bit creepy.

"What is this sound?"

The soldiers guarding the city of Yecheng threw several torches on the battlements and shined them in all directions. There seemed to be nothing where the light reached, and the distance was hidden in the darkness, making it impossible to see clearly.

"Do you want... to report it?" the soldier asked.

The military lord on duty was hesitant, but finally decided to send someone to the city to report. Compared with the sin of disturbing the nobleman's sleep at night, if something really went wrong, the head on his neck would be unsafe.

Martial law has already been enforced in Ye City, and no one is allowed to run in the streets after nightfall. The soldiers responsible for conveying military information rushed all the way from the city gate, and the sound of footsteps broke the originally peaceful night.
To be continued...