"Okay! Be careful!" The driver nodded and jumped off the carriage. However, he turned around and walked to the goods on the carriage. He kicked the wheels and shouted in a low voice: "Old Zhou! Come out.
!”
"Oops!" As soon as the driver finished his words, he saw that all the "goods" carried by the three or four carriages started to move in an instant. There were actually five or six burly men hiding in each carriage, especially when driving the carriage.
On the carriage in front of him, there was another person who was dark and strong, and he was none other than the Western Qin general Zhou Cang!
Zhou Cang yelled and stretched his body. It was obvious that he had been hiding in the carriage, which made him feel a little aggrieved. But his voice startled the driver and he looked around hurriedly.
Left and right, he patted Zhou Cang hard and yelled: "Old Zhou! Keep your voice down! You want to attract everyone in this city, don't you?"
Zhou Cang chuckled, jumped down from the carriage, and did not forget to take his signature single sword from the carriage, shook his neck, and said with a smile: "Old Liu! I'm not in there.
You’ve been here for a long time, so tell me to relax! Don’t worry, the brothers have just made sure that no one is around!”
"You are the only one who has many things to do!" Liu Pi, the driver and veteran of the Western Qin Dynasty, glared at Zhou Cang. Although Liu Pi was far inferior to Zhou Cang in terms of ability, Liu Pi was one of the first veterans to follow Luo Yang in the Western Qin Dynasty.
He had a very important position in the Qin army. Not to mention Zhou Cang, even Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and others had to treat Liu Pi with courtesy. Liu Pi looked around and made sure everyone got off the carriage.
, then said in a deep voice: "Okay! Let's find a place to hide first. Remember to hide all the carriages! According to the plan, Huang Xu and the others should launch an attack at midnight in the evening! Let's take action at that time!"
"Tsk!" Zhou Cang was a little unhappy. This kind of sneaky way of playing was not in line with his character. What's more, he still had to cover for Huang Xu. Since Huang Xu's son married Zhou Cang's son a few years ago,
Daughter, after they became in-laws, they became more and more like a pair of enemies. They quarreled when they met. Now Huang Xu can lead his army to attack the city openly, but he has to hide in the city and act secretly. This makes
Zhou Cang was very unconvinced, pouting and humming: "Old Liu! I don't think we need to do this at all! I heard that Xia Houmao, the city guard of this stone tower, is not very capable. Just look at the Wei soldiers at the city gate just now.
Yes, even if we attack by force, we can take down the stone building in one go, why bother with so many things?"
Liu Pi and Zhou Cang have known each other for many years. After hearing what Zhou Cang said, how could he not understand his thoughts? He glared at Zhou Cang fiercely and said, "Why are there so many nonsense today! Don't forget, we are here this time."
We didn’t come here just for this Stone Tower City! We will have to fight a lot of tough battles in the future! It would be best if we can lose less here!"
After being trained like this by Liu Pi, Zhou Cang lost his temper, but he still muttered in a low voice: "Then why don't you let that boy Huang Xu come to the city, and I stay in the army to attack the city?"
Although Liu Pi heard what Zhou Cang said, he didn't pay attention to him anymore. This arrangement was decided by Liu Pi himself. For no other reason than because Zhou Cang's temper was too hot. Apart from Liu Pi, these people
Except for the veteran generals, no one can really suppress him. Among the generals, only Liu Pi has a simple appearance, so Liu Pi has to be responsible for sneaking into the city with his soldiers. If Zhou Cang is left in the army, what happens?
No one can stop this guy from going crazy. On the contrary, although Huang Xu has a bit of a temper, he can listen to other people's advice at critical moments, so he is relieved to leave him outside the city. In fact, Zhou Cang is so fond of Huang Xu
The tit-for-tat confrontation does not mean that the two have much hatred. When it comes to friendship, Zhou Cang and Huang Xu's friendship is no worse than others, but the way they express themselves is a little different.
"Okay! Stop rambling!" Liu Pi waved his hand, summoned the surrounding soldiers, formed a circle, and said in a deep voice: "When General Zhao Yun captured Shilou, he deliberately stayed behind
We’ve got a few spies! Later, you! You! And you! The three of you disguised yourself to find these spies. I believe they have stabilized in the city over the years. Before we take action, we will hide in the homes of these spies.
Recharge your batteries! Old Zhou! You will follow me later!" Liu Pi finally reminded Zhou Cang specifically, just because he was worried that he would cause some trouble. Although Zhou Cang was dissatisfied, he did not dare to say anything. He could only
He was following Liu Pi's order.
Those who were able to follow Liu Pi in this operation were all the elites of the Western Qin army. After receiving Liu Pi's order, all the officers and soldiers responded in unison and acted according to Liu Pi's instructions.
Everything was going according to plan, and it was almost Unity Time in the blink of an eye. According to the military law just formulated by Xia Houmao, Unity Time was also the time when the defenders at the top of the city changed their shifts. Several small garrison teams set off from the military camps in the city and rushed towards the city gate.
, to replace those garrison soldiers who had been on duty for half the night. A group of garrison soldiers who had been replaced from the west city gate yawned one after another and walked slowly and leisurely towards the military camp. Although most of them also had small families in the city.
, but usually live in the military camp.
After crossing two more streets, we arrived at the military camp. The thought of returning to the military camp and sleeping under the covers made several soldiers feel more and more sleepy. One of the soldiers suddenly trembled and muttered without saying hello.
, he just walked to a corner of the street with his spear in hand, but it turned out that he was in urgent need of urination, so he solved it on the spot. At this time, except for their group of soldiers, there were no pedestrians passing by on the street. Even so,
It doesn't matter if you relieve yourself in the street.
After he finished urinating slowly, the soldier shuddered again, fastened his trousers quickly, and was about to take back the spear he had put aside, but he stopped just as his hand reached halfway.
Come down. Behind the soldier, I saw a hand and a sharp blade flashing with cold light suddenly stretched out! The hand directly covered the soldier's mouth, and the blade was accurately at the soldier's throat.
With one stroke, the soldier just had time to make a muffled sound, and without much struggle, he collapsed directly on the black figure behind him.
Liu Pi, who had killed the soldier with one knife, slowly placed the body on the ground. At the same time, he wiped the body with the sharp blade in his hand to wipe away the blood. At the same time, he waved his hand behind him. Immediately afterwards, he saw dozens of
A black shadow flashed out from the shadows on both sides of the street and rushed towards the yawning soldiers in front! The bright blade flashed from time to time in the dark night, and in the blink of an eye, it killed all the soldiers in this small group, and unexpectedly...
Not a single sound was made!
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Liu Pi didn't have any pity in his eyes. He just nodded to everyone, and then pointed in the direction of the city gate. Everyone immediately followed Liu Pi towards the city gate, leaving only this person behind.
There were corpses all over the ground, and they seemed too lazy to clean them up.
At the same time, in the study room of the city guard's mansion, Xia Houmao had just closed the bamboo slips and breathed a long sigh of relief. He had finally finished handling today's important military and political affairs. To be fair, Xia Houmao was quite diligent if not in terms of ability.
Yes! Although he was only guarding a small stone city, Xia Houmao had been doing his best and worked until midnight every day.
After finishing the official business, Xia Houmao walked out of the study directly and stretched. When the soldiers who had been guarding the door of the study saw Xia Houmao coming out, they also saluted one after another. One of them clasped his fists at Xia Houmao and said, "General! But
Want to go back to your room and rest?”
"What time is it now?" Xia Houmao raised his head and looked at the sky, but tonight the night sky was covered with dark clouds, and it was impossible to tell what time it was, so Xia Houmao asked this question.
"If you want to get back to the general, it's already time for you!" The soldier always paid attention to the time and replied quickly.
"It's time for you!" Xia Houmao nodded, made some mental calculations, and said: "It should be time for the defenders at the top of the city to change shifts. I don't know if the defenders at the top of the city have changed their defenses! Send a few people to check.
Fan it!"
"Here!" These soldiers were all brought by Xiahou Mao from Dongjun. They are all soldiers of the Xiahou family. They are loyal to Xiahou Mao, so they have no objection to Xiahou Mao's orders.
. And Xia Houmao also trusted these soldiers very much. After giving some instructions, he stopped talking and just left it to them. After sending several soldiers to carry out Xia Houmao's orders, one
The soldiers stepped forward and persuaded Xiahou Mao: "General! It's getting late, General, you'd better rest first!"
"Uh!" After hesitating for a moment, Xia Houmao thought that nothing would happen, and since it was so late now, he was indeed a little tired, so he nodded and agreed. And just when Xia Houmao turned around and thought
When I was about to walk towards the wing in the inner courtyard, suddenly, there was a loud noise from the west, which was clearly the sound of a war drum!
This sound of war drums shocked Xiahou Mao's whole body, and he immediately turned to the west. After all, he was also behind the gate, so he could naturally hear the sound of war drums. However, the sudden sound of war drums in the middle of the night made Xiahou Mao's heart suddenly rise.
An ominous premonition arose! What surprised Xia Houmao the most was that the war drum only rang for a moment and then stopped moving. Now Xia Houmao couldn't help it anymore and immediately started to attack the people on the left and right.
The soldier shouted: "Something happened! Everyone! Follow me to the west to have a look!"
Immediately, Xia Houmao quickly ran out of the city guard house with these soldiers, but before Xia Houmao could take a few steps, he saw a sergeant rushing towards him. He stumbled up to Xia Houmao and faced him.
Xia Houmao just cried and shouted: "General! General! It's not good! Something bad is happening! The enemy is attacking! The west city gate has been lost!"