"Qianchang, my subordinates have checked with others, and there are indeed only a thousand black-robed troops stationed outside the city gate."

On the tower, An Cheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the Wei camp in the distance.

It was close to noon, and the group of black-robed men started cooking again in the camp. They didn't know what they were cooking. The aroma was so strong that every time the wind came, standing on the city wall could smell a tempting appetite. scent.

The sunlight in early summer was a bit dazzling, An Cheng looked at it for a while, then looked away, and asked the scouts beside him: "Is there a Wei army lurking within a radius of ten miles?"

"No trace of Wei Jun has been detected."

An Cheng frowned deeply: "This is weird..."

This black-robed army has camped outside the city gate for several days. At first, he was on guard for a while, but later he found that this army was acting strangely. Instead of attacking, there was no sign of contacting the reinforcements. To eat and rest is to send people to provoke and yell at the gate of the city, and let them come out to fight.

Being scolded a few words is not painful, of course An Cheng will not be so stupid as to go out to fight. Although this black card army only has a thousand people, since they dare to be so arrogant, they must have something to rely on behind them.

He is not afraid of the rumors that the Ghost Army is immortal. These stories are fabricated and very false. On the contrary, it is the poisonous smoke weapons that Wei Jun has used in siege battles many times, which makes him even more wary.

But if you give up the fight because of this, and keep the city closed all day long, the people inside can't get out, and the food and grass outside can't be brought in, it's not an option to continue like this.

An Cheng stroked his beard, could it be that the black-robed army didn't plan to attack at all, but was going to spend it like this until they ran out of money?

Don't fall into their conspiracy.

An Cheng thought to himself, turned around and looked at the camp full of tents set up by the Wei people, and had a plan in mind.

·

On a night in early summer, the air is clear and the moon is bright.

As the sky darkened, the players of the Flying Eagles lay down in the tents one by one. Bu Jingyun finally led people to inspect the camp, and then they also went offline.

When the night was deep, there was no sound in the whole camp. The surrounding torches were either blown out by the wind or extinguished naturally. The tents in the camp showed the shapes of small hills under the moonlight. It was as quiet and dark as a grave. field.

Seeing this situation, the Xiongnu scouts who were ambushing a hundred meters away immediately sent someone back to report the letter. Not long after, An Cheng personally led a group of Hun soldiers to the camp outside the camp.

At first, he was worried that patrol soldiers would find their traces, but later he found that there were no patrols in the camp, so he stopped hiding and directly ordered the soldiers to light the oiled arrows, and then Set up the bow and arrow, aim at the tent, and launch together.

In an instant, like a meteor falling from the sky, bright rockets cut through the night sky and landed on tents one after another. The flames ignited the tents, and instantly ignited a big fire. The fire spread rapidly and was out of control.

Outside the camp, watching the enemy camp gradually surrounded by fire, An Cheng sneered: "What undead ghost soldiers, I will let them be wiped out here tonight."

The commander behind him quickly praised: "Qianchang is brilliant, after today, the name of this ghost army will no longer exist!"

An Cheng stroked his beard in satisfaction, his right hand was already on the handle of the knife, and he was waiting for these fraudulent Wei soldiers to escape from the camp in a panic and kill them in one fell swoop.

However, after waiting for a long time, no one escaped from the camp. Even though the fire and smoke had filled the entire camp, the surrounding area was still silent.

Gradually, An Cheng felt flustered.

Could it be that the black-robed army had already anticipated their plan and withdrew early?

If so, you can't stay here for long!

But according to the report of the scouts, they clearly never came out after entering the tent, so how could they disappear for no reason?

At this time, An Cheng's belief that the ghost army is not true rumors has been slightly loosened. Looking at the silently burning fire in front of him, he swallowed his saliva, and said to a soldier beside him: "Go in and check it out. Is there anyone in there?"

The little soldier was actually a little scared, afraid of the fire, and even more afraid of the haunted ghost army, but he didn't dare to disobey the command given by the general, so he carefully climbed over the fence with a knife and entered the camp to investigate the situation.

This is a long time.

Gradually, the uncontrolled fire burned more and more fiercely, and the scorching heat wave approached everyone's eyes, and the Hun soldiers waiting outside were all sweating.

About a quarter of an hour later, the soldier still hadn't come out. An Cheng thought he had been engulfed by the sea of ​​flames, and was about to lead the soldiers back to the city to guard. At this moment, a dirty figure suddenly climbed up the fence and turned out. The shape is exactly that of the previous soldier.

He was obviously choked by the thick smoke, and he coughed for a long time before coming to An Cheng, and then he knelt on the ground and reported in a panicked tone: "My subordinates have inspected several tents, and there are Wei soldiers lying in them, but for some reason, With such a large fire, no one woke up, as if, as if... dead."

An Cheng was taken aback: "You said, they are all dead?"

"Yes, that's right."

An Cheng's eyes widened, the news shocked him more than no one inside.

But any sentient living person, no matter how soundly he slept, would not be able to lie comfortably in the bed in such a hot environment. Moreover, these are soldiers with sensitive senses, so there are only two possibilities. Jun was either drugged or dead.

But in this way, the matter is even more strange. Who gave these people the medicine? Could it be that there are traitors in the black-robed army?

It was difficult for An Cheng to determine the answer, but Shi Zhang behind him gave a guess: "Could it be that Wei Jun drank too much and couldn't wake up?"

"The enemy army is at your side, who dares to get so drunk?" An Cheng asked back.

After thinking about it for a long time, it was indeed the case, so he didn't dare to speak again.

The more you think about what happened tonight, the more weird it gets. An Cheng racked his brains but couldn't figure it out. Finally, he simply waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's go back first. No matter what, this black-robed army is finally killed by us. Tonight I'm going to get a good night's sleep!"

The soldiers didn't want to stay in this weird place too much, and immediately responded after hearing the words: "Qianchang is mighty!"

·

I don't know if it was because of too much thinking before going to bed, but that night, An Cheng had several dreams one after another. In the dream, there were ghost figures covered in pitch black whose faces could not be seen clearly, crying and screaming and rushing towards him to demand his death.

An Cheng was troubled by such a dream, and couldn't wake up no matter what. He didn't open his eyes suddenly until he heard someone shouting "Qianqichang" in his ear.

After waking up, he glanced at the window first, the sun had not yet risen, and the light coming in through the window was a bit hazy.

The natural skylight dispelled the horror of the dream, An Cheng sat up with a bad face, and was about to ask the servant who was serving him what was the reason for entering the door so early, when he turned around, he found that the person kneeling in the room was not a servant, but a It was the chief who went out with him yesterday to attack the enemy camp at night.

An Cheng sensed something was wrong from his pale and flustered face, and quickly got up, put on his shoes and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Please go to the gate of the city quickly and have a look, those ghost army, they have appeared again!"

He said the last few words tremblingly, as if he had been greatly frightened.

An Cheng's heart sank, and the ghost that threatened his life in the dream appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but feel horrified.

He tried his best to conceal the panic in his heart, and after putting on his clothes, he rushed towards the city gate together with Shi Chang.

Until the moment before he climbed the city wall, An Cheng still had a vague idea that maybe the Wei people hiding nearby were causing trouble, deliberately trying to intimidate them. Last night he watched those black-robed soldiers being burned to death with his own eyes. How could the team appear again!

However, when he stood on the tower and looked at the barracks from a height, An Cheng suddenly felt an indescribable fear wrapping around him.

It's exactly the same!

Next to the scorched camp, another military camp that was exactly the same as the original camp popped up at some point, from the size of the camp to the color and arrangement of the tents, and even the placement of various sundries. The original is exactly the same.

Including those masked people who can't see their faces in black clothes...

Those people in black robes, as if nothing had happened, were setting up pots and cooking fire in the camp, and their joyful laughter was faintly blown by the wind.

so horrible!

Even if all this was really a conspiracy by Wei Jun, they didn't care if a thousand brothers died last night. They didn't even clean up the corpses, and they were still eating and chatting happily. Such an army is really terrifying.

"When did they appear?" An Cheng asked the sentry guarding the city gate last night in a hoarse voice.

"I don't know exactly when it appeared, but I just remember that when the sky was light, there was a loud noise around. When I looked in the direction of the sound, I found that there were many tents popping up out of thin air. "The sentinel replied sweating.

In fact, he fell asleep for a while while defending the city, and when he woke up, he saw that there was an additional camp outside, but he couldn't tell the truth to the officer about his neglect of duty, so he could only answer vaguely like this.

Shi Zhang faltered: "Qian Zhang, these men in black, could it be, could it be that they really..."

"Shut up." An Cheng yelled, and suddenly found that someone in the enemy camp below the city seemed to be looking up at him, and he couldn't help but panic.

He hurriedly pretended to be calm and turned his back to avoid this gaze, and then ordered to his subordinates: "Pass it on, just say that the sentry saw another black-robed army coming on the official road this morning, and the new soldiers camped outside the city this morning. The army that came, those black-robed soldiers from last night are already dead, so there is no need for everyone to panic."

Shi Chang lowered his head and turned pale. Knowing that this was a complete lie, he became more and more panicked. He swallowed and answered "No" in a low voice.

·

"Good guy, this group of Huns is too insidious, and they are sneaking up on us while we are not online!"

In the Eagles camp, the "Four Horsemen" are eating breakfast against the fence.

Blue Dragon took a mouthful of steamed pancakes with the hot soup, chewed and said, "Fortunately, the boss told us to hide all the important supplies last night, so we lost some tents."

Huo Yuntian said: "He probably expected it a long time ago, so he bet that these people can't hold their breath."

"By the way, we have been camping here for a long time, when can we attack?" Lan Long asked, "I heard that Xun Ling's army has started to attack Xizhu County, can we not lag behind the progress here?"

"What's the rush, their army has more than 1 people, do we have any?" Ning Cheng said cold water.

"Damn it, these dog Huns scolded them at the door every day and refused to come out to fight. They finally came out and sneaked around..."

Blue Dragon was complaining, Huo Yuntian pushed him and said: "Boss is here, can you ask him when he can attack the city?"

Seeing Bu Jingyun walking towards them, Lan Long asked this question.

"Wait a little longer." Bu Jingyun said calmly.

"Wait, they have wiped us all out. The hatred of self-killing is irreconcilable. Long Te'ao will be compensated for being killed. This time, it is not too much for each of us to capture a Hun as a follower..."

Bu Jingyun showed a helpless look, he didn't want to attack, but since the Xiongnu sent reinforcements to strengthen the defense of the border town, this small Fuchi County has [-] defenders, and there is no chance of winning with their force.

Therefore, his plan was to stay outside the city gate, block the supply and food roads, and wait until the enemy had to come out to fight, but now it seems that using aggressive tactics to gradually defeat the enemy's psychological defense is a good way. .

Thinking of this, he looked up at the tower in the distance, and when he saw the movement of the suspected enemy general turning his back suddenly, he knew that half of his goal had been achieved.

A slight smile appeared on Bu Jingyun's lips, he turned his head and patted Lan Long's shoulder and said, "Just wait, there will be a chance."

·

The day of the graduation exam was a fine and sunny day.

Early in the morning, the gate of the county school was blocked by officers and soldiers with red ropes, and candidates wearing school uniforms outside the red ropes waited in a long line to enter the examination room.

Before entering the gate, every examinee must be checked inside and out by the officers and soldiers, and he is allowed to enter after verifying his identity and confirming that he is not carrying cheating items.

It was the first time for the common people to see such a scene, and when they passed by, they couldn't help but stop and watch curiously. Before they knew it, a large number of people gathered on this section of the road.

In order not to block the road, the officers and soldiers drove away the crowd several times, but it was not long before they were filled with onlookers, plus family and friends of local students mixed in to cheer and cheer, the officers and soldiers had nothing to do about it, they could only send a few more People speed up the speed of checking candidates.

In the newly opened restaurant across the street from Junxue, Tao Ke sat by the window, looking at the scene of pedestrians outside the window, feeling very novel.

He knew that the opposite side was the county school, and he also knew what kind of exam was going to be held today, but he didn't know what the exam was for and why the inspection was so strict.

"It seems that every time I come here, there will always be something new in Miryang City!" He took a sip of the sweet and sour green plum tea and sighed to himself.

"Guest officer, your mutton noodles!"

The guy wearing a blue scarf put the steaming hot mutton noodles on the table, and gave out two small plates, and said warmly: "This is vinegar and chili sauce, you can add whatever flavor you like."

Smelling the aroma of the long-missed mutton noodle soup, Tao Ke slurred his mouth. First, he dipped his chopsticks in some chili sauce and took a sip. Feeling the tingling taste on his lips and tongue, he couldn't help showing a smile. He said to the clerk: "When your store was still setting up a stall, I came to eat his noodles a few times, and I liked it very much. I didn't expect that I haven't been here for two months, and he has opened a restaurant."

He came to eat at the restaurant of the player Nie Huo. Although Nie Huo made his fortune making mutton noodles, after buying the shop, he opened a restaurant.

Most of the food in this restaurant is relatively affordable, and the taste is not bad. In addition, the location of the restaurant is well chosen, just opposite the county school, and the store is often full of business.

If Tao Ke hadn't come early, he might not have been able to eat this bowl of mutton noodles with peace of mind.

At this time, it was not dinner time, and the waiter was not busy, so he chatted with him: "If you say that our owner is really amazing, he set up a stall by himself for more than half a year, and earned the money from this shop. Although the shop is a little smaller, it is located on Guangyan Street after all, and the housing and land prices are even more expensive than the shops in West Market."

Tao Ke couldn't help feeling ashamed when he thought that he had been traveling all over the world for so many years, didn't even have a house of his own in Yizhou, and was still living in the master's house, and nodded in agreement: "It's really amazing."

Immediately seeing that the boy was planning to flatter his boss, Tao Ke interrupted him and said, "I heard that the county school will take an exam today. What is this exam for? Why is there such a big battle?"

"That's right! Didn't you see that the county school has been closed for seven days because of the exam, and the gate is heavily guarded all day long. I heard that all the gentlemen are locked inside to write questions!" The clerk exaggerated, "But It should be the same, after all, our prefect is going to choose officials!"

"Choice?"

"Exactly. I don't know the specific method of the exam. I only heard that the students who took the graduation exam today will be assigned official positions according to their ranks when the results come out. Those who are worse may have to retake the exam, and those who are outstanding may be directly admitted to the exam." You have been selected as an official in our Miryang government!"

"There is such a good thing?" Tao Ke was so surprised that he even forgot to chew the mutton in his mouth.

He had heard before that most of the students who studied in Miyang Xiangxu were from poor families. If he studied here for a year, he would have the opportunity to enter the county government office and change his status. What an opportunity!

Even he wanted to sign up to study in this county.

Of course, thinking about it, considering his own actual situation, it is impossible for Tao Ke to take action.

His family and friends are all in Yizhou, and his family is the governor of Yizhou. Although his identity cannot be changed in this life, he is destined to be a businessman, but it is a good job to do business for the governor.

Speaking of doing business, Tao Ke thought about it and asked, "Has there been any new and good products in Miryang recently?"

The buddy was not affected by his change of topic, so he quickly replied: "Speaking of this novelty, if you go shopping in the West Market, you can see new ones every day, but if you want to talk about the most popular recently, it must be It’s still the products from the newly established cosmetics merchant association, such as lipstick, powder, eyebrow pencil, those merchants from other places are queuing up to grab the goods with the name!”

"Oh?" Hearing that a new chamber of commerce has been opened here, and that the items they sell are being snatched up like this, Tao Ke's heart as a businessman is about to stir, ready to change the original plan, and go here first after eating noodles. The cosmetics merchants in the mouth of the guys will take a look.

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