Time is passing slowly.

It was noon, then noon, and then afternoon.

During this process, Li Mengxi just slept with his head covered by a quilt.

He woke up several times in the middle of the night. Every time he woke up, Li Mengxi opened his eyes and looked at the sky, and then continued to sleep. He had to sleep until dark, sleep all day long, and recharge his energy for the whole day.

It's afternoon and evening.

At this time, the Zhuozhou army and the government troops were in peace and quiet.

Seventy miles away, something else was happening at the same time.

Guan Yu's 800 attacking men, after rushing for more than 70 miles in one day, Guan Yu's forward cavalry finally approached Julu City.

When they saw the city from a distance, the vanguard cavalry glanced in the direction of the city. After a brief pause, they continued to approach the city.

Just half a mile away from the city, unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers who were ambushing in a diagonal position burst out of the woods and blocked the way.

The vanguard cavalry was a little nervous at first, but then calmed down immediately.

"This is Dong Zhuo's command!" The vanguard cavalry deliberately raised the Dong flag in their hands, waved it, and asked the officers and soldiers, "How is the city? Are there any traces of thieves?"

The officer sentry cavalry also looked at the cavalry in front of them who claimed to be Dong Zhuo's tribe with vigilance. They saw that the cavalry in front of them was holding a flag with the word "Dong" in their hands, and they were wearing armor and helmets. Under the armor, they were wearing red military uniforms of the Han Dynasty.

Looking at this man's neatly dressed clothes, he doesn't look like a thief.

The vigilance of the officers and soldiers' sentry cavalry was reduced by three points.

"The city is unobstructed. No trace of the enemy has been seen," the officer's sentry rider said.

"That's good." Zhuozhou Army's vanguard cavalry replied, holding the reins, turning around and leaving, "He's gone."

"Why don't you go into the city and rest for the night?" The officers and soldiers quickly persuaded them to stay.

"No, military affairs are important." The Zhuozhou cavalry did not want to stay any longer, refused the good intentions of the officers and soldiers, and left in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, the officers and cavalry were very enthusiastic. Perhaps they felt that it was unreasonable for friendly troops to come all the way and not stay overnight, so the officers and cavalry chased after them, "It's getting dark, so stay overnight before leaving."

"No need, military affairs are busy."

"Then let's finish eating. It won't be too long."

The Zhuozhou Army cavalry had to rein in their horses and stop. Looking at the chattering officers and soldiers, they said, "Stop! Don't send them off!" The Zhuozhou Army cavalry showed no appreciation and had to forcefully drive them away.

When the opponent stopped chasing, the Zhuozhou Army cavalry finally got rid of the opponent and immediately rode away.

The officers and cavalry looked at Dong Zhuo's men walking away and thought they were friendly sentry cavalry passing by to investigate the enemy's situation, without thinking much about it.

However, in a small episode, it seemed that the Zhuozhou Army cavalry easily deceived the official sentry cavalry, and it was not thrilling at all. In fact, the ability to do so was all due to hard work beforehand.

Beforehand, Li Mengxi and others got together and considered in detail all the situations they might encounter when approaching Julu City.

When encountering the interrogation by the sentries, everyone had considered it beforehand. In order to deal with the situation, in terms of hardware, they first made a large flag with the word "Dong", and then found clean Han Dynasty uniforms and standard armors.

Helmets, and even the sentinels themselves, were also required to comb their hair and change out of their tattered clothes. The more military appearance they had, the better.

So, there was the scene just now.

When the officers and soldiers saw the vanguard cavalry of the Zhuozhou Army and saw that the Zhuozhou Army cavalry was clean and tidy, at first glance, they felt that the Zhuozhou Army cavalry were not spies.

If they had not deliberately looked for military uniforms, the Zhuozhou Army cavalry would still have worn ordinary clothes, which would inevitably violate the rules.

Furthermore, in terms of software, Li Mengxi and others considered all possible situations when they were interrogated by sentries.

In response to each type of cross-examination, there are prepared words in advance.

Dialogue, coping, and whether to withdraw or move forward after coping are all considered.

Only then can the Zhuozhou Army's forward cavalry encounter cross-examination due to adequate preparations.

Besides, the forward cavalry of Zhuozhou Army hurried back and stopped Guan Yu's brigade halfway, saying that Julu City was not far ahead.

Guan Yu looked behind him, and saw eight hundred attacking men behind him. After attacking for more than seventy miles, they all ran away in a miserable state.

Guan Yu ordered to stay away from the main road and choose a place to camp.

According to the pre-arranged plan to seize the city, after approaching Julu City, you should hide your whereabouts and not let the officers and soldiers in the city know that a large army has arrived, and then steal the city at night to catch them off guard.

At a convenient hiding place two hundred paces away from the main road, the soldiers, exhausted from running all the way, lay down shapeless on the spot to rest.

Guan Yu has always been strict, but now he sees his soldiers lying everywhere like mud, but he doesn't care about it.

This attack was the Zhuozhou Army's first attack. Generally speaking, Guan Yu could not be said to be satisfied with the men under his command, but was extremely satisfied.

After traveling more than 70 miles in a hurry, we arrived at the place where there were more than 800 people, no one was left behind.

All the soldiers under his command were resting, but Guan Yu had no time to rest.

Just now the vanguard cavalry reported that there were officers and soldiers ambushing them outside the city.

This is also troublesome.

The officers and soldiers have sentries ambushing outside the city. If they try to steal the city at night, they are noticed by the sentries. By accident, the sentries will advance to the top of the city to give a warning. If the defenders in the city are prepared, it will be difficult for them to attack.

city.

Guan Yu asked Xianfeng, "You met the Sentinel Cavalry. Where did the Sentinel Cavalry come from?"

The pioneer replied, "The woods outside the city."

Guan Yu asked again, "Where is the forest?"

"roadside."

"Where is the road?"

"The left side of the road."

"How far to the left?"

"About a hundred steps."

After Guan Yu carefully inquired about all the situations, Guan Yu had a way to deal with the sentries posted by the army outside the city.

The officers and soldiers may be hiding in the woods to the left of the main road outside the city, a hundred steps away from the main road. In order to prevent the sentries from alerting the officers and soldiers in the city, they can be surrounded and killed.

Send a team of crossbowmen and a team of cavalry to quietly approach the woods at night. If there are sentries and cavalry hiding in the forest, they will be surprised and come out with all their crossbows.

If the bows and crossbows fail to achieve success, the cavalry will immediately pursue them, but they will never be able to give an early warning to the city.

After the dark knights were eliminated, what was left was a large group of people who quietly sneaked into the city and stole it at night.

Time passed quietly, the sun set and the sky gradually darkened. Guan Yu and all the attacking soldiers rested and waited quietly for nightfall.

When it finally gets dark.

The two places are separated by seventy miles.

In the encirclement and confrontation, Li Mengxi, who had slept for a whole day, suddenly woke up again.

This time, when he woke up and lifted the quilt, he saw that the sky was completely dark. Li Mengxi knew that it was getting dark and it was time to work.

Go find Liu Bei and Zhang Fei and have dinner together.

During dinner, Li Mengxi asked, "Can the remaining troops be properly allocated?"

Liu Bei nodded and said, "It has been divided. Leave 12,000 and withdraw the rest."

A lot of effort was spent on arranging the encirclement consisting of more than 90,000 troops.

Now we have to withdraw the siege, which ones should be withdrawn, which ones should be left behind, and manpower coordination are also big issues.

During the day, Liu Bei had quietly mobilized the encirclement troops again.
Chapter completed!