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At noon, an army of 5,000 people was marching north quickly, with a big Chinese character written on the red flag, which was the Han army flag.

This army was the team of veteran Huang Zhong. As the vanguard of the Han army, Huang Zhong led a 10,000 elite army to the north. His important task was to capture Licheng and Qishan Fort, establish a midway supply point, and lay the foundation for the Han army to capture the West City.

Huang Zhong did not participate in the first northern expedition. He led 20,000 troops to station in southern Yizhou to prevent the barbarians from taking advantage of the Han army's northern expedition to rebel. However, as the barbarians expressed their surrender one after another, Liu Jing and the ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang reached a compromise, and the situation in southern Xinjiang gradually eased.

Liu Jing immediately appointed Yan Yan as the governor of Yinan and Liao Hua as the deputy governor. The two commanded 10,000 troops to station Nanyizhou, and transferred Huang Zhong to Hanzhong.

Huang Zhong is cautious, good at using strategies, and good at getting along with others. If he is a pioneer, he will implement the Han army's strategy of step by step in the second northern expedition. Compared with Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong has richer experience and can combine the strategies of Pang Tong and other strategists more perfectly with actual combat, so that it will be more effective. Zhao Yun appears a little weaker in this regard.

Pang Tong followed Huang Zhong on a horse. He asked in confusion: "Why don't the old general march at night? It is easy to be discovered by Cao's scouts during the day."

Huang Zhong smiled slightly and said, "There is only one official road to the north. Even if you march at night, you will be discovered by Cao's army. Moreover, march at night is prone to ambush by the enemy, which is not good. So if you weigh it, there is no problem with marching during the day."

"But when Cao's army discovered, they will strengthen the defense of the city wall, which will increase the difficulty of Liu Zheng and others in entering the city. Has the old general considered this?"

Huang Zhong smiled gently and said, "Shi Yuan, don't worry, I have considered this issue. I only came to 5,000 troops. I think Xiahou Ba will not be nervous, and I also believe that Liu Zheng and the others will not disappoint, and they will definitely succeed."

Pang Tong had nothing to say. He found that Huang Zhong was very generous on the surface and never got angry, but in fact he was even more difficult to speak than Zhao Yun. After formulating the strategy, Huang Zhong acted completely according to his own ideas and did not obey other people's opinions. Pang Tong felt helpless and had to sigh and stop saying anything more.

At this time, several cavalrymen rushed forward, and one of them clasped his fists and said, "Report to the old general Huang, there is information from Lieutenant Liu."

He took out a letter of information and submitted it to Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong opened it and looked at it. He couldn't help but stroke his beard and smiled at Pang Tong: "It seems that Captain Liu is already sure. Let's speed up the march and seize Licheng at night."

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Xiahou Ba was awakened by a rush knock on the door while sleeping. He asked very unhappily: "What's the matter?"

"Report to the general, a scout came to report urgently and found that the Han army was heading north."

"ah"

Xiahou Ba exclaimed, and his sleepiness disappeared without a trace. He quickly got up and walked out the door and asked, "How many enemy troops are there, where are they now?"

"The scout said about five thousand people, and when they found them ten miles away, they were probably twenty miles away now."

When Xiahou Ba heard that there were only five thousand people, he felt a little relieved. He had four thousand defenders and had the defensive advantage of the city wall. He could handle the attack of five thousand people. He quickly walked out of the military yamen and walked towards the city wall.

After the last fire baptism in Licheng, the layout of the city has been changed. The army tried to station as far as possible to the south, and built the upper barracks with mixed stone slabs and soil and wood. A row of stone houses were built close to the city wall. The stone houses were naturally the military yamen of the chief general Xiahouba. In this way, even if the enemy attacked with fire, it would not be easily ignited.

However, it is impossible to give up the tent completely, but there are a lot less, only a few large tents, used to make warehouses, located in the middle of the city, and wooden boards are simply built around to withstand rocket attacks.

Even if these large tents are only used temporarily, thousands of soldiers are still busy building barracks, striving to completely abandon the tents by next spring.

Xiahou Ba hurriedly ran to the city, standing at the top of the city and looking south. He was not in a hurry. After all, the enemy was still more than twenty miles away, and it would take at least an hour to walk. Now he could not determine whether the Han army was coming to attack Licheng.

At this time, another scout rushed over and rushed to the city and shouted: "General, the Han army has been stationed fifteen miles away, as if it is building a wall camp."

Xiahou Ba was a little stunned. The Han army built a wall camp fifteen miles away. This usually means to be stationed for a long time. He became more and more confused. What exactly did the Han army do?

At this time, Xiahou Ba's deputy general Mao Xin stepped forward and said, "General, could it be that the Han army was preparing for the northern expedition and building a camp to store grain so that they had a supply point and no longer had to transport food from Wudu County. The last time they were forced to retreat south because of difficulties in transporting food?"

A sentence reminded Xiahouba that the Han army only came to 5,000 troops, which was not like they were here to attack the city and fight, but what was they here to do to puzzle him, but Mao Xin reminded him that the Han army was here to build supply camps and prepare for the northern expedition.

Xiahou Ba also realized that this was an important information. They discovered the Han army's northern expedition strategy, established a supply station, and fought step by step. He had to report to the upper party immediately. Xiahou Ba wrote a quick letter on the spot and found a personal soldier and said, "Go to Jicheng quickly and hand this letter to General Xiahou."

After Xiahou Yuan was killed, the commander of Longxi was changed to Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Ba directly accepted the command of his uncle Xiahou Dun, and his personal soldiers rode horses to the north.

Although Xiahou Ba concludes that the Han army is not here to attack, he still dares not be careless. He divides the army into two squads, patrolling the city day and night, and sends famous scouts to investigate the movements of the Han army's camp.

Night slowly descended, and the tired birds returned to fly, and the forest was silent. Behind a big tree beside the forest, Liu Zheng gently patted Ren Ping on the shoulder and whispered: "It's extremely dangerous to go to the city, so you take care of everything."

Ren Ping had changed into Cao's military uniforms. He only brought two subordinates into the city. It was indeed extremely dangerous, but they still accepted the task without hesitation. Ren Ping nodded silently, "If I unfortunately died, my father, wife and children will be left to the lieutenant to take care of him."

"Don't worry, your father is my father, but I believe you will return safely."

Liu Zheng said to two soldiers again: "Save your life and come back to receive a generous reward."

The two soldiers nodded. At this time, Ren Ping looked at the sky and whispered: "Let's go."

People ran out of the mountains and forests one after another, and were as quick as raccoons, stopping and walking, gradually approaching the city wall. They were walking in the northeast corner, which was easier to climb the city here. People were close to the city wall. Ren Ping tried it, and there were many gaps. It was indeed easy to climb the city. Of course, this was only compared to them, but for ordinary people, it was still as difficult as climbing the sky.

Like a gecko, he climbed up slowly against the city wall. After a moment, Ren Ping first went up to the city head. He observed the city head against the battlements. Cao's army's defense was mainly concentrated in the south, almost two steps and one sentry, while there were no such soldiers in the north. There were mainly more than a dozen patrol teams patrolling the city head back and forth. The patrol frequency was very dense, and the patrol teams were only more than twenty steps apart, so they did not have many opportunities.

After observing for a while, a team of ten people came to patrols, walking by the battlement where Ren Pingren was hiding. They had just walked a few steps, and the other patrol team did not come, so they had only a moment of opportunity. Ren Ping winked at both of his subordinates at the same time. The man jumped up and jumped to the top of the city at the same time, then rolled rapidly at the top of the city and gently descended from the other side.

Just as their figures disappeared, another team of patrol soldiers came in line again. They found no abnormality and walked over the city. The group of soldiers just now turned around and came back.

When the Han army's Eagle Strike Army headed north, they caught two Cao army scouts. From the Cao army's soldiers, they knew the layout of the city very clearly and formulated corresponding plans. There were 4,000 troops in the city, and it was a military city without residential houses. It was unrealistic to compete for the city gate. The only way was to copy the last time the city was seized.

The last time was to smash fireballs from the mountain to burn the camp, and this time, people sneaked into the city to set fire. Ren Pingren's target was a warehouse with multiple tents that had not been demolished yet, burning the enemy's food, and Cao's army could no longer support it.

Of course, things were not that simple. The tent was covered with defenders, with tight defenses, and it was difficult to get close. Ren Pingren hid behind a military camp and looked at the tent dozens of steps away from afar. There were soldiers patrolling back and forth beside the tent, and they had no chance to get close.

Ren Ping was not in a hurry to act. He was waiting patiently. According to the plan he discussed with Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng would help them create opportunities.

At this time, a rapid sound of galloping horses came from afar, and a noise broke out on the city. Someone heard a shout: "Go and report to the general, the Han army is coming to attack."

A soldier ran to report, and the shouts on the top of the city were even louder. Countless arrows shot up from the city, and screams were heard constantly. Many arrows shot into the city. The sudden attack outside the city made the city in chaos.

Five soldiers ran towards the city wall, and the soldiers guarding the tent rushed to the front, paying attention to the situation at the city wall. Ren Pingren seized this opportunity and ran over, taking advantage of the opportunity that Cao's army did not pay attention to it and got into the tent.

The Han army attacking the city was two subordinates led by Liu Zheng. They used a surprise attack to harass the enemy, attract the attention of Cao's army, and create opportunities for Ren Pingren. After harassing for a while, Liu Zheng saw that the city was in chaos, immediately led the soldiers to leave quickly and soon disappeared into the darkness.

At this time, Huang Zhong led 5,000 troops to line up, waiting for the situation in Licheng. Pang Tong truly admired Huang Zhong's experience. It was indeed difficult for 5,000 people to come here to build a camp. Although Cao's army would guess their strategy, it had nothing to do with it. Once Licheng was captured, his strategy of taking every step of the camp will be revealed to the world.

"Elder General, do you think they can succeed?" Pang Tong asked with some concern.

Huang Gai smiled and said, "Don't worry, military advisors, they are the Eagle Strike Army. This is their best method. If they cannot succeed, then there will be no second army in the world that will succeed. After all, Xiahou Ba does not have much experience, so they will definitely succeed."

Huang Zhong estimated the time that Liu Zheng agreed upon and now he can set off. He waved his hand and said, "Go away."
Chapter completed!