In the dark night, the tall outline of the city wall was vaguely visible under the fire. On the city tower, teams of Zhongshan troops patrolling with halberds passed by. From time to time, one or two shouts of call broke through the night sky, but soon returned to tranquility.

When it was almost midnight, it was time to be sleepy. Many Zhongshan soldiers patrolling the city wall were yawning, cursing and muttering, but they still kept cheering up and staring at the dark corner under the city.

Although the Zhao army did not launch a massive offensive, the troops had already swept into Zhongshan. As the southern gate of Zhongshan, Shiyi is undoubtedly the must-attack place for the Zhao army, so naturally they dare not relax at all in defense.

Outside the city of Bai Sun is an endless plain, with nowhere to hide whereabouts, so there is no need to worry about the Zhao army's sneak attack. But at night, the Zhao army is very likely to take advantage of the night to touch the city of Shiyi, so the defenders in the city dare not slacken at all at night, but just add torches and patrolmen, and set up a lookout warning stand every kilometer to see.

Ji Xin, the chief general of Shiyi, was a famous general in Zhongshan. He repelled the Zhao army's attacks several times in his life. He was one of the few generals in Zhongshan who knew how to fight. Two months ago, he was alert from the scouts' investigation that Zhao army was frequently mobilized, and speculated that the Zhao army might launch another massive war against Zhongshan.

Ji Xin immediately reported his guess to the King of Zhongshan and asked the King of Zhongshan to immediately order the preparations for war, and the general's resources and supplies were moved into the city. At the same time, he took the initiative and sent elite troops to launch an offensive before the Zhao army had completed the assembly, and took the initiative in the war in his own hands.

To be fair, Ji Xin's idea is indeed good. Although according to the strength of the Zhao army, even if the army of Dai County is only based on the army of the Dai County, Zhongshan Kingdom may not be the opponent. However, if Zhongshan Kingdom takes the initiative, it will be able to disrupt the master's plan to first north and then south. In this way, the master's father will probably end the northern hunt in a hurry and lead the army to rush south to reinforce.

But after Ji Xin sent the letter to Lingshou, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any news. To know that the military situation was like fire, Ji Xin waited in Shiyi for a whole month but did not receive any reply from the King of Zhongshan. He could no longer hold it back and had to go to Lingshou to meet the King of Zhongshan. Only then did he learn that his memorial was detained by Xiangbang Sima Xi. He was furious and confronted Sima Xi in the court and asked him why he detained his letter.

Sima Xi made excuses on the grounds that the people did not want to fight and Zhao did not intend to attack. He also said that even if Zhao sent troops, Qi and Wei would never allow Zhao to annex Zhongshan and become a big shot. Zhongshan only needs to be defended for one month, and reinforcements must come from the Central Plains.

The hateful Zhongshan King Yi Shang actually believed Sima Xi's remarks. Not only did he not carry out any war preparations, he instead scolded Ji Xin for having ulterior motives and trying to provoke the war between the two countries. Ji Xin was angry and angry and left Lingshou and returned to Shiyi, and never stepped into the court again.

Although Ji Xin left with anger, he did not let go of it. When he returned to Shiyi, he mobilized the military and civilians in the city and moved the villagers under Shiyi into the city. His caution also caused Shiyi to suffer minimal losses in the plundering battle of the Zhao army. Not only that, he successfully ambushed a Zhao cavalry under Shiyi City and killed more than 500 Zhao cavalry. For a moment, the three armies of Zhao State were shocked, and Zhao Zhang never dared to approach Shiyi lightly again.

After learning that Zhao's father had led his army south to Dai County, a war was imminent. Ji Xin even moved out of his mansion, and he was at the top of the city every day. He also ordered men over fifteen in the city to be registered and were given weapons and armor, ready to fight on the city wall at any time.

On this day, Ji Xin still brought his personal soldiers to the city and patrol in armor as usual.

Seeing that the general was coming in person, the soldiers naturally did not dare to be careless and quickly cheered up. Ji Xin inspected several passes in the west of the city and was quite satisfied, so he wanted to turn east to check.

Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly stopped. Seeing this, the personal soldiers behind him hurried forward a few steps and asked, "General, what's wrong?"

"Listen, what's the sound?" Ji Xin pricked up his ears and listened intently towards the wilderness outside the city.

The personal soldier was stunned and listened skeptically, but did not hear any abnormal movement, so he said, "General, you heard it wrong, where did you come from..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Xin interrupted him and shouted, "Here you come."

A few "kicks" sounds faintly from the depths of the darkness in the distance. When I got closer, I heard that it was the sound of the war horses running rapidly. Ji Xin's face changed and he shouted loudly, "Prepare for war, there will be an enemy attack."

Before he could finish his words, the cavalry rushed out of the night and rushed to Shiyi like a flying. The Zhongshan army on the top of the city quickly reacted and rushed to the walls, raising their bows and crossbows, looking like they were facing a great enemy.

But the cavalry rushing towards Shiyi held a bow in his left hand and waved his right hand and whipped his horse's buttocks quickly. The fire was too far away and could not see clearly. He could only use the moonlight to see that it was the costume of a Zhongshan sergeant, but his expression was like an escape. When he saw someone on the top of the city, he shouted for help.

As expected, a large number of Zhao cavalry soon emerged from the night. The first few people galloped and opened their long bows and shot arrows at the chasing Zhongshan soldiers. The long arrows cut through the sky and shot behind the man with a whistling sound. Although the Zhongshan soldiers at the top of the city were helpful, they had no choice but to open their eyes and look at the escaped colleague with their eyes wide and sweat secretly for him.

However, the Zhongshan sergeant was extremely agile. He immediately stopped and turned around when he heard the sound of the bowstring. He waved his bow and blocked several arrow feathers that were shot at him. He picked up several arrows from the quiver on the saddle and quickly shot back. His movements were like flowing clouds and water, without any stagnation.

A few screams sounded in the night, and then the dull sound of heavy objects falling to the ground came. Several Zhao soldiers rushing to the front had been shot and killed. Seeing his superb archery skills, the Zhongshan soldiers on the city were all staring at the top of the city, waving their arms to cheer and shouting like thunder.

The Zhongshan soldier laughed and then quickly turned his horse's head and rushed to hide under the city wall. The Zhao army who arrived behind him still refused to give up, but was forced back by the Zhongshan army on the top of the city. Although there were no casualties, he did not dare to get closer. He stopped in the distance and scolded the Zhongshan army as a turtle that he dared not go out of the city to fight.

The Zhao army did not seem to be large in number, but in the dark night, there was no way to tell whether there were any ambushers. Ji Xin was cautious by nature, so he naturally would not easily get into this aggressive general. The Zhao army cursed outside the city for a long time, but no one came out to fight, so he blew a whistle and waving it. Before leaving, he did not forget to take away the "corpses" of his colleagues on the ground.

Seeing that the Zhao army outside the city walked away, the Zhongshan army then put down the hanging basket from the city wall and hung Zhao Xin into the city. As for his mount, he had to abandon it outside the city and dared to open the city gate and take it back after dawn.

Zhao Xin jumped onto the city wall from his basket, but was almost squeezed to death by the Zhongshan soldiers who were swarming in. The Zhongshan soldiers who had just witnessed Zhao Xin showing their power all cheered loudly with excitement and rushed towards Zhao Xin desperately. It turned out that Zhongshan had been weak for many years, and the people were no longer good at martial arts, but the blood of the worship of warriors in the Baidi people's bones did not fade. If Zhao Xin was so brave, he actually shot and killed several elite cavalrymen of Zhao State with one enemy, which made these Zhongshan people who were bullied by Zhao State breath out a sigh of relief.

Zhao Xin finally squeezed out of the crowd, but his expression was in a mess. Zhao Xin was not afraid of the sky or the earth, and even faced Lou Fanlin Hu's hundreds of thousands of troops, he remained calm this time. His armor was squeezed and his helmet was torn and broken. I don't know which guy pulled out the feathers of the helmet. Now this look is really angry and funny.

Before he could breathe, he heard a burst of hearty laughter. The soldiers in Zhongshan in front of him made way. Ji Xin walked over with a laugh. The deputy general Nie Gai who came after hearing the news was right next to him. Ji Xin first saw Zhao Xin's appearance clearly in the firelight, and couldn't help but be stunned. Obviously, he didn't expect him to be so young.

Even though he was shocked, he had already turned his cup of tea. "These little brothers are very skilled. I didn't expect that there are such heroes in Zhongshan, which is really eye-opening."

Zhao Xin looked calmly and saw two middle-aged men walking towards him surrounded by soldiers. One of them was burly, with a rough face, and a standard look like a hero from the north. I think it must be Ji Xin. As for the person behind him, he was thin, with a sharp-mouthed cheek, and his expression was a little listless, which made people really dislike him, but I don’t know if it was the deputy general Nie Gai mentioned in the letter.

Zhao Xin thought of taking a step forward and bowed to him, "I'll meet General Ji for my humble duties."
Chapter completed!