On the city wall, Chen Deng and Xia Houyuan were staring at the firelight on the hillside in the distance.

At the same time in Xiapi City, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jiazheng were looking up at the sky on a high building.

Even though the firelight outside Xiapi City is a little far away, you can still see it against the sky.

"It seems that tonight's night attack has been successful!"

Guo Jia looked at the sky and chuckled.

Xi Zhi beside him nodded.

The two of them naturally believed in Xi Yu very much. After seeing the color of fire flashing on the sky, the two of them did not look much, turned around and returned to the building.

After about an hour, the fire in the distance gradually extinguished.

At this time, Xia Houyuan and Chen Deng were both frowning on Xiapi City.

At this moment, Xia Houyuan was standing on the city wall, his mind a little confused.

Chen Deng began to think about how to deal with the next relationship with Xi Yu.

I don’t know how long it took, when the two of them were silent to each other, suddenly there was a sound of horse hooves in the distance outside Xiapi City.

Just by listening to the sound, you can tell that there are many war horses out in the distance.

This kind of movement is at least the sound that thousands of people can embody.

The horses' hooves vibrated, and some tremors were felt on the entire Xiapi city wall.

The sudden sound brought Xia Houyuan and Chen Deng back to their senses instantly.

The two of them subconsciously looked into the distance, but the sky had not yet lit up.

I don’t know if it was because of the fire in the distance just now, but the crescent moon that was originally hanging in the sky was now hidden behind the clouds.

The sky became a little darker.

There seems to be a large army outside the city, and it is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

Xia Houyuan immediately noticed a warning sign. He did not expect that the men and horses sent by Xi Yu to attack at night would return at this time.

It was really far away for the fire to appear, and it only took about an hour now.

It's really too fast.

Even if Ji Ling was defeated, he couldn't be defeated like this.

At this moment, an army suddenly appeared outside the city, and Xia Houyuan instinctively thought it was an enemy army coming to attack.

Chen Deng next to him had the same idea.

Neither of them thought that the army that attacked at night had returned, but that there might be enemy troops taking advantage of this time to attack Xiapi City.

Almost subconsciously, Xia Houyuan asked the people on the city wall to extinguish the torches.

Then he gave the order.

"According to the order, the troops will be under martial law to prevent the enemy from attacking the city!"

Xia Houyuan was a little anxious, but Chen Deng beside him didn't say much.

At this time, he hid behind the battlements, as if he was afraid of some stray arrows flying up from under the city.

At the same time, not far outside the city.

The movement caused by the horse's hooves was none other than Zhao Yun and his party who had just returned from attacking the camp.

This night attack not only killed Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling, but also captured eight thousand soldiers and horses in the opponent's camp along with the Suwei camp.

If it weren't for the darkness of the night, there would have been another roaring incident in Camp Ji Ling.

I'm afraid they will be able to capture more soldiers than ten thousand.

After capturing Ji Ling's army, Zhao Yun arrived without further delay and saved some food and grass.

He and Dian Wei immediately hurriedly led the people back to Xiapi City.

According to the original plan, Huang Zhonghui would meet them at the east gate of Xiapi.

However, on the way back, due to the darkness, when Zhao Yun and Dian Wei led the people back, they unknowingly walked to the south gate of Xiapi.

At this time, when he saw torches burning on the city wall from a distance, Zhao Yun instinctively thought that he and others had not gone wrong.

I guess Huang Zhong is waiting for them on the city wall.

Everyone quickly began to look at the city approaching.

However, who would have thought that at this moment, the torches on the city wall suddenly went out one by one.

Even before Zhao Yun and others got close, dozens of piercing sounds suddenly resounded in the air around them.

Fortunately, the distance is not yet close and it is night again, so the sharp arrows that pierced the sky did not cause any damage to the group of people led by Zhao Yun.

However, the sudden appearance of sharp arrows still sounded a warning to Zhao Yun and others.

"What's going on?"

Dian Wei shouted next to Zhao Yun.

They just arrived, why are there suddenly arrows shooting down from the city wall?

Something is obviously wrong with this!

Zhao Yun frowned, not even thinking about what was going on.

He still didn't know that he had led people to the wrong city gate, but when he saw that it was indeed Xiapi City in front of him, he was still a little confused.

"I don't know either!"

Zhao Yun shook his head and looked towards the city wall. The distance was a bit far, and because the moon was covered, it was difficult to see clearly what was happening on the city wall.

He could only ask his soldiers to stop first, and then he called in the detective horses to investigate.

At the same time, on the city wall.

The defenders of Xiapi City were somewhat nervous.

Although it was difficult to see clearly under the cover of night, not far from the city, there was a continuous darkness, which made people somewhat nervous.

"General, the army below seems to have stopped!"

Someone made a noise toward Xia Houyuan.

Xia Houyuan naturally saw this movement.

However, although the army under the city stopped, it showed no intention of retreating.

"Let someone check to see who is lying on the ground?"

The opponent did not choose to attack the city, so Xia Houyuan was naturally not in a hurry. If he could find out the opponent's identity, it would not be too late.

However, at this moment, a group of soldiers suddenly rushed towards us from the direction of Dongcheng.

The leader is Huang Zhong.

When Huang Zhong saw the fire rising outside Xiapi City before, he knew that Zhao Yun and others had succeeded in their night attack.

Afterwards, after seeing the fire extinguished, he waited for Zhao Yun and others to return.

I just waited and waited, but I still didn't see any returning troops from the front of Dongcheng.

This makes Huang Zhong somewhat confused.

Until just now, Xia Houyuan suddenly ordered the soldiers in the city to gather under martial law to prepare for an attack on the city.

Huang Zhong then realized something was wrong.

How could someone come to attack the city at this time!

To see such a movement, only Zhao Yun and others have returned to the army.

However, when that guy Zhao Yun returned with his people, wasn't he supposed to take the direction of the east gate as agreed? Why did he end up at the south gate?

Anyway, since Zhao Yun was not waiting for his return, Huang Zhong asked his men to continue watching at the east gate.

He hurriedly led a group of soldiers straight to the south city wall.

After falling on top of the south city, Huang Zhong raised his eyes and saw Chen Deng standing behind the battlements and looking toward the bottom of the city.

He moved forward, and at this moment, the clouds covering the crescent moon moved away.

The surroundings suddenly became a little brighter.

At the same time, under the city wall.

The detective horse sent by Zhao Yun had already returned to Zhao Yun's side.

"General, we went to the wrong city gate. The one ahead is Xiapi South Gate!"

Tan Ma responded.

Only then did Zhao Yun realize that he had gone astray when he led his people back.

But whether it is Nancheng or Dongcheng, Xiapi City is in front of us.
To be continued...