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Xiazhi County is fifteen miles in circumference, and is two feet high. It is made of bluestone. It is very tall and strong. Since there are no civilians in the city, Xiazhi County is actually a military city. Since Chaisang was attacked and occupied by the Jiangdong Army, in order to ensure the safety of Xiazhi County, Liu Jing has successively increased troops to Xiazhi County, so that Xiazhi County's troops have reached more than 9,000.

The main general of Xiazhi County is still Wei Yan. Although Wei Yan lost to Chaisang, Liu Jing decided to give him another chance. He believed that Wei Yan would not disappoint him again.

Night gradually came, and Wei Yan was still standing on the top of the city with a knife, staring at the direction of the river estuary. Wei Yan built a new beacon tower at the Fushui River estuary, so that it could reach two beacon towers to ensure that there was no accident. In addition, a beacon tower was built on the official road leading to Chaisang to monitor the Jiangdong army coming from the land.

"General, it's getting late, go back," said Lu Jin, the leader next to him, whispering.

Wei Yan shook his head, his voice was extremely low, "I have a strong premonition. In the past two days, the Jiangdong Army will definitely come to Xiazhi County. I must not be careless."

"God of the general, go and rest, you won't be careless at all."

Wei Yan stared at the distance for a moment, then turned around and walked down the city. As soon as he reached the entrance of the corridor, a soldier suddenly shouted, "Look, the Zhu Fenghuo has been lit."

Wei Yan suddenly turned around and walked quickly to the city wall. He also saw that it was Lu Fenghuo in the east. The flames of pillars were particularly dazzling in the darkness, which meant that more than a thousand troops had been discovered.

Wei Yan immediately ordered: "Calling the bell to call the police."

The alarm bells on the top of the city sounded when the local area, and the rapid bells rang across the city. Teams of Jiangxia soldiers rushed to the top of the city with murderous intent. They were all brightly armored, holding spears and crossbows, and staring vigilantly outside the city.

Lu Jin slowly walked to Wei Yan and said nervously: "I've been told by the general. How many people will come to Jiangdong Army?"

Wei Yan's eyes also showed a hint of worry, "I don't know how many people they will come, but I'm very worried that they will not come to attack the city, but to Xiazhi Lake."

The natural oil well for tinder oil is located in Xiazhi Lake, and there are five soldiers guarding it. Since the Jiangdong army came from the land, they would not carry heavy siege weapons, which means that the Jiangdong army was heading towards the oil well. In this way, they would definitely not attack Xiazhi City. Wei Yan suddenly figured out this.

He immediately turned around and said, "Light the beacon tower."

Soon, the beacon on the head of Xiazhinan City was also lit, which was to notify the oil well garrison that urgent measures must be taken immediately on the oil well.

But at this moment, a cavalry rushed from the south, and Wei Yan's heart sank. It must be something happened on the oil well. He quickly ordered the soldiers around him and said, "Go and take people to the city quickly, don't let him shout."

Several soldiers rushed down the city and took the cavalry to the city for a moment. The cavalry knelt down on one knee in front of Wei Yan and said, "Report to General Wei, the turret well was attacked by the enemy. Nearly half of the soldiers were killed or injured, and they have evacuated westward."

As expected, Wei Yan guessed that the Jiangdong Army's purpose was a ignition oil well, not a city. The Jiangdong Army was afraid that it would send heavy troops to prepare, so he rushed to send a vanguard to attack the oil well before being discovered by the beacon tower. This made Wei Yan nervous. The key to Xiazhi County was an oil well, not a county town.

At this time, Lu Jin also said anxiously: "The state governor did not have an order, and ordered us to fill the oil well directly during the crisis. What should we do now?"

Wei Yan received an order from Liu Jing a few days ago, saying that if the situation is critical, the oil well can be filled with soil directly. But now the situation is critical, but the oil well has been attacked by a sneak attack. Wei Yan couldn't help but curse secretly, "Do you deserve to die."

He asked the cavalry again, "I want to know how many troops were attacking the enemy in the end."

The cavalry said tremblingly: "About five enemy troops, but the brothers were having supper, and they were not prepared for a moment, and they succeeded in sneak attack."

Wei Yan was temporarily unwilling to scold him. He was thinking about a solution. At this time, a soldier reported, "Zhou Zhanjun is here."

Wei Yan then remembered that he had military affairs and almost forgot about him. Zhou Buyi was the one who joined the army. He was originally engaged in the chief of Xu Shu's history and was Xu Shu's right-hand assistant. However, Liu Jing was worried that Wei Yan had no plans, so he sent Zhou Buyi to assist.

Zhou Buyi was twenty years old, very young, and a weak scholar. Although he was young and weak, this was not surprising in Jingzhou, where counselors were generally young.

The key is that Zhou Buyi is a noble person and always speaks without mercy, which makes people dislike him very much. It is precisely because of this that neither Wei Yan nor other soldiers take him seriously and never ask him about anything. In fact, he just treats Zhou Buyi as a decoration.

Wei Yan didn't like this. On the first day, he asked himself why he lost Chaisang, which made Wei Yan a little angry.

However, Zhou Buyi was sent by the provincial governor to join the army after all. In some way, he represented the provincial governor's will. Wei Yan could not offend him, so he could not help but say unhappy: "Please come here."

After a moment, Zhou Buyi hurried over and asked anxiously: "Does the Jiangdong Army go to the water or the land?"

Wei Yan said lightly: "It's from the land that their pioneers have occupied the oil well."

Zhou Buyi turned around suddenly and looked at Wei Yan and said, "Why does this happen? Why doesn't General Wei send more troops to garrison the oil well? I reminded the general the day before yesterday that the oil well has fewer troops, why does General Wei not listen to my advice?"

A series of questions left Wei Yan speechless. His face swelled into pig liver and said angrily: "The order of the provincial governor is to fill the oil well in a critical moment. Now that the enemy has been discovered, I will immediately notify the oil well garrison to take action. What's wrong?"

"But what the result"

Zhou Buyi asked mercilessly: "I only ask the result, isn't it the same thing that was successfully attacked by the Jiangdong Army? Even if you want to light a beacon, what's the use of?"

Wei Yan was so angry that his eyes were blew out of fire, and his lungs were about to explode. At this time, Lu Jin hurriedly said: "The beacon tower had just been lit, which means that the main force of the enemy was still twenty miles away. Now only the five forwards have seized the oil well. Bei Zhi is willing to lead a thousand soldiers to regain the oil well before the main force of the enemy arrived, and fill them."

In fact, Wei Yan also meant this. It was not too late to make up for the loss of sheep. The oil well must be recaptured and the oil wells were filled. In this way, they would not be restrained by the oil wells in order to stay in Xiazhi County.

But before Wei Yan could speak, Zhou Buyi immediately denied Lu Jin's request, "If you can't go, you will die."

At this time, Wei Yan was already very annoyed by him. If he didn't say it, Wei Yan might have considered it again, but Zhou Buyi made him more determined.

Wei Yan glanced at Zhou Buyi coldly and agreed to Lu Jin's request without hesitation, "General Lu can lead his troops to go immediately."

This time it was Zhou Buyi's turn so angry that his face turned pale, his chest was undulating violently, and his eyes were staring at Fenghuo in the distance.

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Xiazhi Lake is located more than ten miles south of Xiazhi County. Since the discovery of overflowing carbohydrate oil, it has become a strategic place for the Jiangxia army. At this time, the oil well had been captured by Ding Feng and five elite troops. On the other side of the lake, on both sides of the official roads of Xiazhi County came to the oil well. Zhou Yu had led 6,000 people to ambush for a long time.

This was naturally Zhou Yu's plan. With his secret marching, he would never let the beacon tower discover it. However, he used the trick and sent more than a thousand people to pass by the beacon tower, which caused the beacon tower to call the police. This gave the Xiazhi County illusion that the main force of the Jiangdong Army was still twenty miles away, but Zhou Yu had already set up a big net to wait for the prey to come to his door.

At this time, a scout ran to report: "Report to the Guardian Army, Jiangxia Army has arrived, and there are only more than a thousand people."

Zhou Yu frowned. There were only a thousand people. This seemed to be a little less. It was not enough to fill the gap between his teeth. However, Zhou Yu's eyes turned and hit the younger ones, not afraid that the old ones would not come.

He immediately whispered: "Tell me my order and prepare for battle."

In the woods, thousands of Jiangdong troops were bowed and crossbowed, aiming at the thousand Jiangxia troops running from afar on the official road.

It was already dark at this time, and the forests on both sides were covered by dark night. From time to time, the sound of owls came from the woods, which made people feel restless.

But Lu Jin was afraid that the main force of the Jiangdong Army would arrive, which would make his efforts to retake the oil well fail. He was anxious and kept urging the soldiers to speed up.

When the team passed through a forest, a drum sound suddenly came, and the fire suddenly burst into the sky, and the shouts of killing sounds were loud. Ambush came from all directions, and an army rushed out of the woods, and it was Zhou Yu.

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Wei Yan has been watching the movements in the direction of Xiazhi Lake at the south city. He turned back from time to time to look at the beacon fire in the east. He felt a little uneasy. How could the Jiangdong Army be discovered by the beacon fire? Could it be that his scouts are all pretending.

At this moment, the sound of war drums and shouts of killing came faintly from afar, and a fire lit up more than ten miles away. Wei Yan held the battlements and stared at the fire in the distance. His face changed drastically. He suddenly realized that the Jiangdong Army attacked the oil well was a bait, luring him to take the bait. He didn't see this, and he really took the bait.

Cold sweat flowed down Wei Yan's forehead. What should he do to save him now or not. If he fails this time, he will really lose face to meet Liu Jing.

Although Wei Yan really hated Zhou Buyi, he didn't care about it at this time and urgently ordered his left and right to say, "Go and invite Zhou to the army."

After a moment, Zhou Buyi hurried to the top of the city. He stared at the firelight in the distance for a while, and suddenly turned around and said to Wei Yan: "We cannot send troops now."

Zhou Buyi's lack of sarcasm made Wei Yan feel relieved. He was no longer hostile and asked: "Why can't we send troops?"

Zhou Buyi's personality is aloof and unkind to get along with others. Sometimes he did not deliberately mock or target the other party, and even he himself did not realize that it was annoying. Although he was dissatisfied with Wei Yan's attitude, at this critical moment, Zhou Buyi also let go of his hatred.

He explained to Wei Yan: "Now we know the situation of the other party, how many troops they have, where they are deployed to ambush General Lu, whether there are ambushers in the woods opposite us. These are all at a loss. If we send troops in a hurry, if we encounter another ambush, maybe even Xiazhi County will be thrown away."

Zhou Buyi's explanation was reasonable, which made Wei Yan gradually calm down, but... what should Lu Jin do? Wei Yan turned around and looked at the fire in the distance, and he was anxious.

"General Wei, it's better to pretend to save him." Zhou Buyi pondered for a moment.

Wei Yan turned around and stared at him, "How to pretend to save him?"

Zhou Buyi smiled bitterly, "I guess the Jiangdong Army will use General Lu as bait and will not attack with all its strength for the time being. We can use their strategy to attract the Jiangdong Army's troops, reduce the pressure on Lu Jin, and let him break through by himself."
Chapter completed!