Lulongsai, now the Xifengkou in Hebei, is located at the easternmost point of the foothills of Xuwu Mountain, and is located between the two mountains. On the left is Meishan and on the right is Yunshan. Lulongsai is located in the southeast of Luanhe River. The road from Wuzhong County goes east to Luanhe River, heading towards Linlanxing and Qingxing east. Lulong is dangerous and lingering, so it is called Jiuzheng.

Liu He stood on the gates and looked up for a long time, and the big star standing on the Lulong Tower. The star stood about ten feet high into the clouds, and the black flag was embroidered with a huge "Han" character.

Is the battle for the glory of the Han Dynasty about to begin?

The iron horse breaks the formation, the wind and spear, gallops, only my great man. He scatters and cold clothes, kills all the Lulong and frost, and the white clouds grow into battles and sets the setting sun. He crosses Yanshan Mountain, who dares to fight for the edge, swallows the whale and shakes the mountain with only one sword.

After receiving the Han Dang army back to Lu Long, Liu He found Cheng Pu to understand the situation of the fortress, he dispatched people out of the city, cut down trees near the city, dug trenches, and dig the water of the Luan River as a moat, and prepare to defend the city. While going down to the military camp, he spent a few days familiarizing himself with the situation of each army.

The military strategy says: Know yourself and your enemy! A big war is coming. The soldiers can not know the generals, and the generals cannot ignore the soldiers.

The fortress originally had two thousand defenders and one thousand fourteen reinforcements from Liu He, with a total of more than 3,400 soldiers, only six hundred cavalry, and the rest were all infantry.

Generally speaking, infantry is divided into three categories. One is "armored soldiers", that is, heavy infantry, most soldiers are strong and brave, with complete hard helmets and iron armor, and equipped with heavy sharp weapons such as halberds, spears, etc.; the other is light infantry, wearing leather armor, using light short-handed weapons such as swords, swords, shields, etc.; the other is "Jiuzhang Shi", that is, crossbow soldiers, using bows and crossbows.

The most of these more than 3,44 soldiers were light infantry, accounting for more than half, with 1,600 people; the second was the crossbow soldiers, with about 800 people; the least of armored soldiers, with only 400 people.

The soldiers and light infantry were mixed together, and more than 2,000 people were organized into a "team". According to convention, crossbowmen and cavalry were organized independently and three "qus" were organized.

Liu He personally went to various departments, Qu, team and team, carefully verified the number of soldiers, carefully checked the soldiers' equipment, and carefully inquired about the daily training situation.

However, not every one of these more than 3,400 people can go on the battlefield to kill the enemy. Liu He found many white-haired old soldiers in each song and team. When asked about his age, the old one was in his sixties and the younger one was in his fifties. He couldn't even wear armor and could not even hold weapons. How could he go on the battlefield to kill the enemy?

There was a Han Dynasty, especially the Eastern Han Dynasty, "recruitment" was divided into two categories: one was temporary recruitment and disbanded after the war; the other was professional soldiers who had been in service for a long time. Yuefu poem sang: "Fifteenth, they were able to return after the military conquest," which refers to the latter type of recruitment, and the veterans of fifty or sixty in the fortress also belonged to the latter.

However, there are differences between the two. The Yuefu poem sings the story of an old soldier who went on a war with the army, who was unable to help but wanted to go home but could not return. However, these veterans in the fortress stayed in the army because their families were poor and they were just for a living. The money that "recruiting troops" had to pay was the nature of a contract worker, and it was not easy to live in the army. Instead of being hungry and full, it was better to stay in the army and have enough food and clothing.

There are such old soldiers in each song, and it is counted to be more than 100 people. At this moment, it is not appropriate to dismiss them. If someone is injuring them, it will be unbeautiful. Liu He simply organized them into a village to be responsible for logistics supplies.

After settling down the old soldiers, after investigating the situation, Liu He called the officers above the garrison and held a small meeting. There were two purposes: one was to be familiar with the officers, and the other was to be a war to mobilize pre-war times to inspire morale.

Cheng Pu said: "The fortress has a deep ditch and a high city wall, and the city wall is strong. Although there are only more than 3,000 soldiers, there are many large households in Xuwu, and they are accompanied by their guests and servants. They can get thousands of people. In addition, if they unfortunately break through the pass and retreat to Xuwu, there will be tens of thousands of people in the city. If they are old and weak, they will be able to help prevent and kill thieves. There are also tens of thousands of young and strong people who can help fight. There are strong walls outside and 20,000 soldiers and civilians who can fight inside. Moreover, the fortress has more than enough food and abundant weapons."

Liu He thought for a while and asked Cheng Pu: "Demou, you said 'there is more than enough food for soldiers', how much food is there in the barrier now?"

"It's enough for tens of thousands of people to eat for half a year."

This is good news.

At this time, Wu Yan, the leader of Wuhuan, shrank his neck at the pale and powerless sun in the sky. The wind on the grassland was too strong, and before the cold weather was too cold, it had already begun to penetrate into the clothes.

Wu Yan was a tough and strong middle-aged man, about forties, tall and burly. Due to the erosion of time, wrinkles climbed up to his forehead prematurely. He had a pair of wolf-like eyes, and his fierceness and cunning were written on his thin face. When he was young, he was also a hero on the grassland and became famous for his bravery and fighting. Later, he inherited the tribe left by his father and was the first to be king in the tribe. The bureaucrats of the Han Dynasty didn't care about their troubles and followed them to make trouble.

When the Xianbei people found him to discuss and jointly attack Lulongsai and invaded the hinterland of Youzhou, he agreed without hesitation. He had been waiting for this day for many years. In order to get more property and land after the invasion, Wuyan had many negotiations with his old friend Mijia, the leader of the Xianbei in the eastern region. The Xianbei people were still generous and basically met his request. So he led a three thousand army to Changyugouzi as planned.

The Xianbei army consisted of four large tribes in the eastern Xianbei region and some small tribes willing to participate in total. Soon after, it also arrived at Changyugouzi.

The army was marching on the grassland quickly.

Looking at the team of horses flying with flags and galloping war horses and looking at the excited faces, Wu Yan felt happy: Lu Longsai waited for me to take you off, and I will tear you off, and see how you will block my way in the future.

Wuyan saw the Xianbei friendly Queji galloping towards him surrounded by several guards. Wuyan hurriedly met him. Although he was known as King Khanlu, his strength and wealth were not much higher than that of Queji. It was a joke that he made the king's poem in front of these people.

"Thank you for your hard work, your lord." Que Ji casually bowed and greeted him.

Queji is also a middle-aged man in his forties.

"Chief, thank you." Wu Yan also bowed: "There will be another thirty miles to Lu Longsai."

Que Ji smiled indifferently: "The siege tools sent by the great leader are just right. We are used to fighting on the backs of the horses. If we really want to attack the city, we have to work harder."

Wu Yan nodded in agreement.

Cheng Pu was awakened by the rapid drum sounds. He got up from the Hu chair and walked out of the house with great strides. The guards by the door looked ahead with nervous eyes.

In order to see the enemy approaching Lu Longsai as soon as possible, Cheng Pu rushed to the sentry tower. Because he was too tired recently, he sat in the house and fell asleep unknowingly.

Cheng Pu saw the enemy and slowly walked over from the horizon in the distance. The soldiers of Lu Longsai rushed to the city tower almost as they heard the sound of alarm drums. Liu He and Huang Zhong squeezed to the side of the battlements of the city wall and looked at the grassland outside the city.

The three thousand troops of Wuyan were in the middle, the two thousand five hundred troops of Xianbei Queji were on the left wing, and the two thousand five hundred troops of Xianbei Suli were on the right wing. The entire army was neatly shaped and orderly towards Lulongsai.

The colorful battle flags fluttered in the wind, the bright swords, guns, swords and halberds were dazzling, and teams of infantry were walking neatly, and cavalry lined up in long queues. Under the command of the loud and high horns, they walked over firmly with consistent steps.

The Han army silently lined up in scattered formations on the city wall, watching the enemy gradually approaching Lu Longsai. Everyone's heartbeat was beating with the pace of the enemy's advancement, and they were beating nervously.

Liu He slowly saw the enemy's flag clearly, and he suddenly appeared Su Li's battle flag coming towards him.

When Cheng Pu saw the soldiers quickly woke up from the shock, he nodded with satisfaction. He turned around and said to the messenger standing behind him: "Tell the drummer to beat the drums in the whole team!"

The messenger immediately withdrew from the crowd and said to the flag soldiers standing on the outermost side: "Let's beat the drums in the whole team."

The flag soldiers immediately jumped to the battlements of the city wall and stood at the drum platform on Lulong Tower and played the flag.

The violent drums exploded in the ears of every soldier like muffled thunder from the sky. The soldiers immediately ran around like a blow-out pot to find the battle flags of their own troops, and gathered under the battle flags as fast as possible.

Cheng Pu looked at the two soldiers from the left and right lined up in line, and his heart couldn't help but feel a lot of passion.

He suddenly pulled out his sword and raised it over the top and roared loudly: "Kill for my big man..."

The soldiers around him followed him and shouted: "Kill..."

The soldiers farther away heard all the soldiers and even the drummers heard them all excitedly raised their arms and shouted: "Kill... Kill..."

The sounds of killing soared into the sky and shook the sky.

Wu Yan seemed to have not heard the Han army's shouts, and he rode on a horse with expressionless face leading the army forward resolutely.

The two sides were three hundred steps apart, and Wuyan raised his hand to signal the army to stop. The eight thousand men stopped in unison like a man in the sound of the huge horn.
Chapter completed!