The armies of Chu and Qi took a detour, bypassed several mountains, and attacked Zhenguan.
Song Duo ambushed not far from the army camp, but he did not see any smoke rising from their tents after a long time.
He was a veteran in the Zhan family army, with more experience than the two Chen brothers, Wu Sanlang, and Chen Junlin.
He immediately felt something was wrong, called two veterans, and sneaked into the Chu army camp at night.
At this time, they found that the army camp was already empty. The horses, weapons, and equipment were all taken away.
Only some adobe houses and dozens of tents were left untouched.
Song Duo was so angry that he cursed.
"Damn, we've been fooled!"
The old soldier asked anxiously, "General Song, what should we do now?"
"Send a pigeon to the general immediately, saying that the State of Chu has set out for Zhenguan, and the entire army is on alert!"
"Yes!"
"Then are we going back now?"
Song Duo said in despair, "It's too late!"
He looked at the adobe house and tents again, "No, we're here now, put away the tents, we can't return empty-handed!"
"Bury explosives on their retreat path!"
The Chu army took a detour to attack Zhenguan, and when they return to the city, they can't let them go back so easily.
But right now, the worry is not about burying explosives.
Instead, the Zhan family army is not facing a barbarian army with loose discipline this time, but a joint army of Chu and Qi.
It's a well-trained 350,000 enemy army!
The Zhan family army, plus the new recruits, barely make up 50,000.
How to fight this battle?
How is the general going to win?
Song Duo took fifty people out of the city to bury explosives, and twenty-five people rushed to the border of Chu.
The other twenty-five were at the border of Qi.
I don't know if they found that the Qi soldiers were dispatched over there!
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The water in the vase suddenly stopped flowing, and Tian Qin was awakened by the guard.
He saw the note floating next to the vase, and quickly collected it and sent it to Zhan Chengyin's tent along with the vase.
Zhan Chengyin only slept for a short time in two days, and he was very tired~
Tonight, after the horses were arranged, he went to bed.
He always slept lightly, and he woke up when Tian Qin entered the tent.
He was wearing underwear, turned on the desk lamp, and asked Tian Qin: "What's the matter?"
Tian Qin handed over the wet paper with both hands.
Zhan Chengyin looked at it one by one, and his face changed drastically.
The gods dreamed of his death.
In the dream, the three armies of the Chu and Qi barbarians broke through the town.
He was killed in a sea of blood and corpses with a sword.
The gods saved him and the Zhan family army from water and fire many times, and her dream was not just a dream.
There must be some kind of warning foreshadowing!
Zhan Chengyin asked Tian Qin. "Is there no news from Song Duo?"
"No, did something happen to the general?"
Zhan Chengyin's fingers turned white as he pinched the paper~
The barbarian army suffered a great setback and dared not attack again in a short time for fear of being ambushed by explosives.
But the two countries of Chu and Qi were not afraid.
According to unofficial history, he died recently.
Chu and Qi will not change their plans to conquer Qi because of the great change of the gods.
They have been plotting for decades to occupy the territory of Daqi.
Now, his recruitment notices are posted on the streets of Dachu.
There are indeed hungry people coming to join the army.
If Zhan Chengyin is the king of Chu, he can't stand such a grand poaching, and he can't help but send troops.
Thinking of this, Zhan Chengyin got up and said to Tian Qin: "Wake up all the generals immediately and come to the conference hall to deploy."
"Yes!"
Zhan Chengyin put on his coat, rode on his horse, and returned to the conference hall overnight.
The night lights in the conference hall were bright, and the two solar fans in front and behind were turning.
The first to come were the veterans of the Zhan family army, Bian Ziping, Li Yuanzhong, Lin Dajun, He Hong...
Then Chen Kui, Chen Wu, Wu Sanlang, and Chen Jun came.
Mo Fan came last, yawning and walking slowly.
Zhan Chengyin stood in front of the sand table, looking at the garrisons of the armies of Chu and Qi.
He found that the two countries had several options for sending troops to Zhenguan.
They did not have to join forces with the barbarians. With the strength and manpower of the two countries, they could also swallow Zhenguan.
Therefore, the barbarian army was hit hard, the generals were abolished, and the new generals had not yet arrived...
They excluded the barbarians.
The two countries are most likely to attack Zhenguan from the east gate and the north gate, because these two directions correspond to the nearest passages between Chu and Qi. The two countries changed their routes and did not take the path of Song Duo's ambush. It is also possible that there were spies in the city.They forwarded the news that Song Duo left the city. Song Duo left the city through a secret passage. The spy who knew the news of his leaving the city was of a high rank.
Thinking of this, Zhan Chengyin turned around and saw that the soldiers had not rested well, their eyes were bloodshot, but they were still looking at him with vigor.
They had eaten tree bark and grass roots with him, and they had life-and-death friendships.
Zhan Chengyin did not want to doubt them.
However, there were indeed people in the army who sold information to the outside world.
He called Chen Kui over and leaned down to whisper a few words in his ear.
Chen Kui's pupils widened in shock when he heard it, as if he couldn't believe it.
"Really?"
He nodded and took out the note to show Chen Kui. "The gods will not have nightmares for no reason. You take people to do it, quickly!"
"Okay! I'll go right away."
Chen Kui left with his guards and entourage.
Zhan Chengyin called Chen Wu over and whispered a few words in his ear. He nodded repeatedly and withdrew.
After the two generals left, the remaining people looked at each other.
Mo Fan yawned and asked Zhan Chengyin, "Are you going to steal horses in the middle of the night?"
Zhan Chengyin called him over. Hearing this, his pupils suddenly widened and he was no longer sleepy.
He asked him, "Is it that simple?"
Zhan Chengyin nodded.
"Okay, give me the horses?"
"Sure!"
Mo Fan was happy and left with Jiang Yuan and Zhuang Liang.
As for the rest, Zhan Chengyin said to Wu Sanlang, "Clean up the vacant houses overnight. There are already 2,000 soldiers from outside the city. Let them live in the city!"
The other soldiers objected when they heard this.
"General, they are Chu people. If they get spies in!"
Wu Sanlang also felt that it was inappropriate. "General, let them be stationed outside the city. If the barbarians invade, they will be the first barrier to defend against the enemy."
Zhan Chengyin shook his head.
There are spies in Zhenguan City, even in the army!
"Since they have surrendered to Zhenguan and printed documents, they are considered Daqi people."
"There will be more people surrendering in the future. Separate them from the Daqi people and enclose them in an area so that they cannot move around at will."
Thinking of this, Zhan Chengyin felt that some work should be assigned to them.
Otherwise, they will be idle and will definitely get into trouble.
"Women make clothes and receive four catties of rice and two catties of noodles every month."
"Men repair houses, dig pools, and repair roads... five catties of rice and two catties of noodles every month!"
"The new recruits are included in Wu Sanlang's formation, and they practice every day and practice Mo Dao...!"
Wu Sanlang nodded. He also has a Mo Dao team under him.
He replied with a smile. "Okay, I'll do it right away!"
After Wu Sanlang left, Xu Ming sent a pigeon to deliver a message.
Zhan Chengyin unfolded the letter and looked over.
Sure enough, Song Duo's attempt to bury explosives was in vain.
The Chu army took a detour and headed straight for Zhenguan.
It was more than 100 miles away, and they rushed all night and could reach Zhenguan before dawn.
Song Duo didn't know when the Chu army would leave the camp...
He didn't have an exact time.
Thinking of this, he said to the remaining generals: "Beat the war drums, and the whole army is on guard..."
Dong, Dong, Dong...
The sound of war drums sounded in the middle of the night.
Countless soldiers woke up from their sleep.
They quickly put on their clothes, put on bulletproof vests, put on armor, and lined up neatly with weapons in hand!
Zhan Chengyin stood on the city wall, "The Chu and Qi countries are about to invade, all soldiers are on guard."
"Yes~"
Zhan Chengyin's prediction was correct!
An hour later, the Chu army lined up more than 30 miles away from Zhenguan!