In Banan City, many soldiers from Tinglei Camp could not help but wonder when they saw the appearance of their own captain.
"Are you all confused?"
"Don't talk!"
The captain trembled, closed his eyes and listened for a while, then retracted his movements and began to walk out tremblingly. As soon as he walked out of the urn well, a high-octave voice immediately rang out.
"Sichuan enemy attacks!"
"Sichuan people are attacking——"
After a while, the entire Banan City began to become uneasy.
"Go and report to General Leng immediately."
In the past, every inspection by Tinglei Camp was almost accurate. Therefore, in Banan City, whether it was Leng Qiao or the defending generals, after receiving the military report from Tinglei Camp, they all
After counting the people and horses, they started to rush to the city.
Under the rain curtain, Dou Tong raised his head and looked at the outline of Banan City in the mist. His heart suddenly became agitated.
This Banan City has been like a huge iron plate for a long time, blocking the way for people in southern Shu to survive.
But now, after Xu Mu entered Shu, he had a vague feeling that this iron plate was about to be torn down.
"General, we have approached Banan City. On top of the city, soldiers from Western Shu have begun to take up positions."
Dou Tong nodded, it was true as his master said. With Leng Qiao's stability, he would definitely take control immediately.
"Suspend the march."
"The general has an order to suspend the march!"
The heavy footsteps of three thousand people slowly stopped. All around, there was only the pouring of rain, which continued to fall on the mountain roads and woods.
Banan City Head.
Leng Qiao, who was wearing a battle armor, twisted his wet goat's beard and his eyes became extremely gloomy.
"Listen to Lei Camp, are you sure it's silent?"
"Indeed. First of all, there were others before, and their footsteps were very heavy. At least they were an army of ten thousand people."
Leng Qiao raised his head and tried desperately to look forward through the rain curtain. However, the mist shrouded him and he couldn't see anything clearly from a little distance away.
"What on earth do these damn Shunan people want to do?"
Withdrawing his gaze, Leng Qiao looked towards the top of the city where the defenders were preparing for battle. For a moment, he felt an uneasy premonition spreading throughout his body.
"You are not allowed to return to the camp, and continue to guard the city strictly. Be careful of the Nanbarbarians stealing the city."
Under Leng Qiao's order, groups of defenders had no choice but to continue to guard the city in the rain.
"Listen to Lei Camp, keep listening to the jar! If there is anything unusual, report it as soon as possible."
…
"My lord, as expected! The defenders of Banan City have begun to secure the border! The guard, Leng Qiao, has been standing on the city wall."
After hearing the report from the scout, Xu Mu smiled.
A guard with a steady temperament has this shortcoming. Even if there is any trouble, he will be ready for it.
Of course, compared to the noise of the three thousand people Dou Tong led, the marching sound was much louder.
"Tell Dou Tong to protect the Pingman camp digging tunnels at intervals of one hour."
The scout took the order and carefully moved forward to hide.
"Lord, what should I do now?" Yu Wen walked closer.
"There's no rush, the time hasn't come yet, just wait here."
The real opportunity is to wait until the Pingman camp takes advantage of the situation and digs through the tunnel.
For a whole day, the defenders at the top of Banan City changed their defenses several times and did not dare to relax at all.
Leng Qiao was very sure that there should be an ambush by the Shunan Army outside Banan City at this moment. For this reason, he even made a special trip to Wengjing.
"General, it's not just the sound of rain, there seems to be other sounds... No, there's the sound of marching again."
The captain who listened to Lei Camp rubbed his ears and looked a little annoyed. For most of the day, the sound of the Shunan people marching rang out countless times.
"General, this must be a trick."
In the past, when people from southern Sichuan attacked Banan City, they just relied on their enthusiasm. If they couldn't conquer it for a long time, they left the corpses along the way and fled back to southern Sichuan in a hurry.
But now, it seems to be different.
"General, what do these southern barbarians mean?"
Leng Qiao's face turned cold, "I thought about it and found that this was probably a tactic to exhaust the troops."
"A strategy to exhaust troops?"
"That barbarian king wanted the defenders of Banan City to be disturbed by the sound of marching and fall into repeated fatigue."
"General, do you want to withdraw the camp?"
"No need, continue to change defenses." Leng Qiao narrowed his eyes, "If we withdraw the camp at this time, we will just fall into the Shunan people's plan."
"It doesn't hurt to be a little tired. The goal of controlling these Shunan people is to capture Banan City. As long as we stay here and watch the mountain roads outside the city, there is nothing the Southern Barbarians can do."
"Besides, don't be careless when it comes to what you are listening to. Send more manpower and pay attention to the sound of the Shunan people marching."
…
For three consecutive days, the rain never stopped. Dou Tong and his men kept making marching sounds near Banan City, which were as weird as mountain ghosts.
It goes round and round, endlessly.
As calm as a cold woodcutter, he couldn't help but scold his mother while standing on the top of the city. In the past three days, he had been changing defenses back and forth without daring to slack off at all.
But the Shunan people had no intention of attacking the city at all. He knew that it was a tactic to exhaust the troops, but this tactic of exhausting the troops had been used for a long time, so why was there no action yet.
Suddenly, Leng Qiao thought of something, his face suddenly froze, and he hurriedly walked from the city wall into the urn well. Before the captain of Ting Lei camp could clasp his fists, he was pushed away by him, and then Leng Qiao pricked up his ears.
, lying on the edge of the urn.
It's a pity that there is nothing except the patter of rain.
"General, if not, send someone out of the city to search?"
"No." Leng Qiao retracted his action, "If you leave the city, you will definitely fall into the Shunan people's trick. In any case, the most important thing is to defend the city right now."
"Listen to Lei Camp, have you heard the sound of someone digging recently?" After thinking for a while, Leng Qiao spoke again.
"General, under this rain, who dares to dig mountains... On the mountain road in front of Banan City, the people who hear the most are the Shunan people marching outside the city."
"As soon as the march stopped, the only sound was the sound of rain."
After listening, Leng Qiao's expression softened a little. He lifted his steps and walked out of the urn well. When he saw the thick city wall in front of him, his expression became calm again without realizing it.
There are only two roads into the middle of Shu. One is Yuguan, one of the three great passes in the world. The other is Banan City where he is stationed. Its main function is to guard against those poor and crazy Shunan people.
As long as these two natural dangers are guarded, no matter who wants to enter Shu, it will be a joke.
"Change camp, right camp, and quickly go to the city to garrison."
"The Nanman is so poor that he won't be rewarded with some bones if he reaches out to ask for them. But you are so brave, the Nanman invades Banan City again!"
"Stop them!"
…
It is about twenty or thirty miles away from Shuzhou.
A middle-aged general with a calm face, riding a divine Liangzhou horse, wearing silver armor wrapped with gold threads, holding a tiger-tooth gun in his hand, rode out slowly.
After receiving the military report from the scout, the middle-aged general's calm face revealed a hint of relief.
His name is Dong Rong, the legitimate son of the King of Liangzhou, and the candidate to be the next King of Liangzhou.
"Don't laugh at the sons of the generals in Guanxi. You have to guard against jade and autumn."
"Liangzhou Army, rush to Yuguan!"
"Once I leave, I, the son of the Eighth Commandery of Liangzhou, will emerge from the mountain like a tiger and a wolf!"