"It seems that we have gone far...Yide, it's time to go..."
Zhao Yun said seriously. He saw that Li Yue's figure had disappeared in the distance, and reminded Zhang Fei beside him.
The two of them did not take advantage of the darkness to cross Xiangyang City directly, just to prevent the sound of marching from disturbing Xiangyang and causing Li Yue to get into unnecessary trouble.
They had listened to Zhuge Liang's instructions over and over again in the army, saying that Li Yue was their nobleman and must be treated well.
With the lessons learned from Guan Yu, both of them treated military orders with caution. Even Zhang Fei, who had always been reckless, had a lot more thoughts at this moment...
"No... it's not yet time... It's going to be night now, and most of Cao's army has not fallen asleep yet. We will wait here in the forest for half the night, wait until dawn breaks, and after recharging our energy, we will make a detour to the north of Xiangyang..."
Zhao Yun was quite surprised that the lion head in front of him could say such reasonable words. After thinking about it for a while, it seemed that this was indeed the case, so Zhao Yun agreed with Zhang Fei's decision.
The 20,000 soldiers and horses did not advance rashly, but stayed dormant in the mountains.
——
Outside Xiangyang City where Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun could not see clearly, Li Yue was undergoing the biggest test in his life at this moment.
Said to be the biggest test, in fact Li Yue was only stimulated for a short time before he did it, and all this was just as Yi Xiaotian analyzed to everyone.
Yi Xiaotian was gathered together with Cao Cao and others at this moment, and this place was the so-called "command headquarters" they had temporarily built outside the city.
Looking at Li Yue who was beaten beyond recognition, everyone looked at each other.
Because what Li Yue just said was basically exactly what Yi Xiaotian predicted.
Cao Cao murmured:
"Sure enough, the other party will not simply come towards us..."
Jia Xu was dumbfounded. He looked outside the tent. The Xian Mountain in the distance was clearly visible. In the darkness, who could have imagined that there were 20,000 Qingqi ambushing them right now?
"They...are they going to kill them now?"
"Then let General Xu Chu and Le Jin quickly..."
"No need!"
Jia Xu was a little panicked, but Yi Xiaotian stopped him directly.
At this moment, Yi Xiaotian has become the center of everyone, and Huang Yueying is in the tent with him.
Although Master Mu and others were just summoned tonight, Yi Xiaotian did not intend to let Master Mu take action. He just wanted to let this group of guys with low morale take a good look at——
Let’s see how he used his trump card to win this first life-or-death battle.
"The other party will definitely not attack tonight. As long as the other party uses their brains a little bit, they will definitely attack at dawn tomorrow. After all, that time is when we are usually the most lazy."
"Then we will use our tactics... If the other party does not attack rashly, it will naturally give us more time to deal with it..."
But having said that, after everyone heard what Yi Xiaotian said, they all swallowed their saliva and looked outside the door.
Outside the door, although the night was shrouded, but being so close, everyone could still clearly see the many obstacles under the night...
In fact, since the afternoon two days ago... Yi Xiaotian has been preparing for this battle. Among the mountain-like "obstacles", two thousand temporarily trained county soldiers are waiting in full formation -
With two thousand county soldiers fighting against twenty thousand elite cavalry, if it weren't for Yi Xiaotianxiao's calmness, Cao Cao and others would have been ready to escape now.
Even those who beat Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei to death could not have imagined that two days ago... they were destined to become Huang Yueying's stepping stone to fame.
——
Two days ago.
Huang Yueying slowly woke up after eating some porridge and rice.
When he woke up, he only saw Zhen Luo taking care of him, but Yi Xiaotian was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's sir? The crossbow hasn't been handed over to the craftsmen yet... I have to..."
Huang Yueying propped up her weak body and tried to get up, but was pressed down angrily by Zhen Luo.
"Look at you! Sister Yueying, sir knows that you will ask about the Liannu when you get up... You, just have a good rest, sir has already taken care of all these things..."
"Then sir, he..."
Even if Huang Yueying's skin is wheat-colored, it can't hide her pale complexion at this moment.
Zhen Luo smiled helplessly, fed Huang Yueying another mouthful of porridge and rice, and immediately replied:
"My husband took Brother Xu to see Mr. Hao. He said that he wanted to do something big... After you have rested, we will go to find your husband together..."
Huang Yueying breathed a sigh of relief and finally lay down obediently.
"good!"
She nodded heavily, and Zhen Luo also smiled and wiped her mouth.
——
On the other side, Cao Cao, who had gone out for some fresh air, had arrived at the foot of Lumen Mountain.
In front of the mountain, the signboard of a villa has been hung high, but the door is locked tightly, with no sign of being opened.
"Prime Minister... how about... I go and ask, ask Mr. Yi..."
Cao Ren originally wanted to ask Yi Xiaotian if he was sure of guarding Xiangyang, but before he could finish speaking, he heard the sudden sound of the door opening in the distance.
"What a coincidence, I'm just looking for Mr. Hao and Mr. Ren!"
When Cao Cao saw Yi Xiaotian's haggard face, his nose felt sour, and the grievances he had felt in the past few days almost turned into tears and burst out of his eyes.
Yes, Cao Cao has never been so depressed in his life, and now Yi Xiaotian has become his last hope. How can he not be excited when he sees hope?
Cao Cao pursed his lips and looked like he was about to cry, and rushed directly in front of Yi Xiaotian. Jia Xu was obviously calmer. The first thing he noticed was not Yi Xiaotian, but what Yi Xiaotian was holding.
That strange object...
"That's...a crossbow?"
Doubts arose in Jia Xu's mind, but Cao Cao was so excited that he didn't even notice it.
"Brother Yi! You...you figured it out!"
Yi Xiaotian was startled by the bitter face and excited look of Master Mao. Fortunately, he has a strong psychological quality. Yi Xiaotian smiled and said to Master Mao:
"I've been waiting for a long time... In the past two days, Yueying and I have been making a powerful weapon that can truly defeat the enemy..."
"Big killer!"
Cao Cao exclaimed, and Cao Ren was also dumbfounded. Both of them saw the shock in each other's eyes, and the big killer weapon...
Jia Xu emerged from the side, with complicated eyes, and pointed at the thing in Yi Xiaotian's hand:
"Brother Yi, the killer weapon you mentioned...could it be this?"
Only then did Cao Cao and Cao Ren notice that from just now, Yi Xiaotian was holding a large piece of wood in his hand. This...
"Hey! Don't believe it, I'm going to the craftsman's workshop right now. If you want to see the power of this big killer weapon, why don't you guys come with me? Just in time... After delivering this big killer weapon, I have other things
Something is going to trouble you..."
"What is trouble! Brother Yi, look what you said! As long as I can help, everything will be taken care of by Brother Yi!"
Cao Cao suddenly became energetic and swept away his previous dejection. He kept patting his chest and finally showed a rare smile on his face for several days.
