"Woo, woo, woo..."

The Han army camp, which had not moved for a long time, suddenly sounded the sound of horns. This was the horn sound of the Han army gathering.

"Dong, dong, dong..." The heart-shaking drum sound was followed by the passionate horn sound. The fierce drum sound represented that the Han army was preparing to leave the camp and attack.

The Yi army camp was only ten miles away from the Han army's camp. The two armies were so close to each other that when the Han army's drums and horns sounded,

The Yi soldiers had already heard it.

"Your Majesty, this is the clarion call for the Han army to gather and attack. Are they going to attack our camp?" Huo Yuan said to Gao Ding, who hurriedly put on his armor.

Gao Ding took the sword handed over by his bodyguard, walked out of the camp, looked in the direction of the Han army's camp, and replied: "I think so.

Order all troops to keep their positions,

Hold fast to the camp,

No one is allowed to go to war at will without my king’s military orders.”

"Follow your orders." The guard on one side responded. These were the soldiers in the Gaoding Guards who were responsible for delivering orders. As long as Gaoding gave the order, they would immediately follow the orders and leave.

"Huo Yuan, immediately send out scouts to explore the Han army's camp." Gao Ding ordered again.

Huo Yuan bowed and replied: "Yes."

Gao Ding returned to the commander's tent and issued several more military orders, seizing the time to mobilize his troops and generals to make preparations.

Today the Han army seems to be showing signs of leaving camp to fight. This is what he has been dreaming of these days. He can win the battle in the wild with his superior strength. Once the main force of thousands of officers and soldiers is defeated, Anshang City will be on the way.

Got it.

The more Gao Ding thought about it, the more anxious he became. Although in order to maintain a calm demeanor in front of others, he still sat in his seat with a calm look, but he kept looking outside the tent, revealing the eagerness in his heart.

The drums of the Han army on the opposite side were still beating loudly,

Hearing that Gao Ding was a little agitated, he couldn't hold it back and immediately led his guards towards the camp gate. When the group arrived at the camp gate, they saw Huo Yuan coming on horseback from outside the camp gate.

As soon as Huo Yuan approached, Gao Ding couldn't help but ask immediately: "How is it? How is the situation in the Han camp?"

Huo Yuan took a breath and replied: "Your Majesty, the general went to investigate in person. From a distance, he saw the figures of officers and soldiers flashing back and forth up and down the mountain. Even the gate of the Han camp was wide open. The Han people

There are indeed signs of gathering an army."

Gao Ding nodded and said: "Well, the messengers are ready to fight. Huo Yuan asked your people to investigate again and report back."

"As commanded."

Soon, the Yi soldiers' scouts reported that although the Han army's camp was still beating drums and waving flags, hundreds of Han troops had also left the camp.

But somehow these Han troops retreated after a while,

The camp gate was also closed.

This... Gao Ding was a little confused after hearing this.

What were the officers and soldiers doing? There was such a big commotion and the vanguard troops came out. Why did they suddenly retreat?

Huo Yuan on the side was also confused and asked weakly: "Your Majesty, are the Han people going back and not coming out?"

"Humph, how did I know? Ask your people to investigate again and report back." Gao Ding said angrily. After that, he turned his horse's head and went straight back to the commander's tent.

Yang Qing stood on a high place, looking calmly at the earthen platform opposite to the foot high. There were more than 20 military drums on this platform. In front of each drum were two bare-chested warriors, who took turns beating.

snare drum to keep the beat going.

These warriors have been beating for more than half an hour now. Although they can take turns to rest, they may be exhausted from beating the drums so hard. After all, Yang Qing can see that they are sweating profusely.

Yang Qing looked up at the sky and saw that the time was almost up. He immediately ordered Yang Xi on the side: "Wen Ran, order all the troops to return to their base camps and ask the soldiers on the opposite side to stop."

"promise."

After Yang Xi took the order, he turned around and took two steps. Suddenly he remembered something and came back and asked, "Master Fu, do you still need to send someone to beat the drum later?"

Yang Qingdao: "It won't be necessary later. Are those sheep ready?"

"Xiuran is all ready. They are all the strongest ones selected from the Guli clan leader."

Yang Qing smiled when he heard this: "Okay, this time it's really all thanks to Chief Guli."

After that, he smiled and asked Yang Xi: "Wen Ran, do you know that cicadas have to shed their previous shells when they become adults?"

Yang joked and said, "When I was a kid, I also caught cicadas to play with. I know this."

"Then do you think our current deployment looks like a cicada taking off its body and leaving?"

"This..." Yang Xi thought for a while, raised his hands and praised: "It's like, it's so similar, Fu Jun is such a good metaphor. Tomorrow we'll leave this empty shell to that guy from Haute Couture."

"This plan is called the Golden Cicada Escapes Its Shell. What do you think?"

Yang Xi praised: "Wonderful, when I first heard this name in the morning, I didn't know the wonderful meaning of it. Now I completely understand. The name Fu Jun is so suitable."

Of course, this is a classic strategy among the Thirty-Six Strategies, which contains exquisite military wisdom. Yang Qing combined with the current war situation decided to follow the story of Bi Zaiyu, a famous Southern Song Dynasty general in later generations, and defeated the Gaoding rebels in one fell swoop.

"Haha, follow the plan and get ready." Yang Qing flicked his sleeves and ordered.

"yes."

In the Yibing commander's tent, all the main generals under Gao Ding's command were present. They were all discussing the Han army's actions. Gao Ding was upset as he listened and walked up and down in his seat.

"Huh? Your Majesty, it seems that the Han drums have stopped?" Huo Yuan, who was standing behind Gao Ding, approached and reported.

His scouts did not find out any useful information, and had just been scolded severely by Gao Ding. In order to make up for his mistake, he kept paying attention to the movements outside, and then he immediately discovered the changes in the officers and soldiers.

Hearing what Huo Yuan said, everyone also reacted. There was silence in the tent for a while. Gao Ding listened carefully and found that the drums of the army had indeed stopped.

Gao Ding was confused and was about to ask a question when he saw a scout quickly enter the tent and report: "Your Majesty, the drums of the Han army have stopped and there is no sign of the soldiers being mobilized."

"Explore again and report again." Gao Ding's expression changed, and he waved his hand for the scout to retreat.

"Everyone, please tell me what kind of tricks the Han people have done?" Gao Ding sat down and asked.

A strong Yi general tentatively replied: "Your Majesty, could it be that something happened to the Han people and they stopped attacking?"

Gao Ding hummed. In fact, he thought the same thing, but the officers and soldiers made such a big move early in the morning. What could be the reason for them to retreat so easily?

The other barbarian generals also expressed their own speculations, but after talking about it, Gao Ding still felt that only the strong barbarian general's words made some sense.

"Your Majesty, since the Han people have retreated again, I think it's better for us to wait and see how things get better." While everyone was still discussing, Feng Ying, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly said to Gaoding.

Before Gao Ding could speak, Feng Ying stood up and came close to him and whispered: "Your Majesty, E Huan has arrived at the scheduled location as planned. The next step is our side. The Han army has retreated today. General Yi Mo will see

It's a good thing, it will make things easier for us."

Gao Ding nodded: "Well, in that case, we will still act according to the original plan. As for Yang Qing, we just need to be more vigilant."

It turned out that just an hour before Wu Que returned to the Dingjiacun camp, E Huan's envoy rushed to the Yibing camp before dawn to report the situation to Gaoding.

Today and tomorrow are critical moments that Gaoding has been planning for a long time, and there is no room for any mistakes. Therefore, when there were signs of troops leaving camp early in the morning, he was both happy and anxious, for fear of affecting his original layout.

Now that things are better, the Han people have retreated again. It seems that today's battle cannot be fought, and they can concentrate on planning the war over Anshang City.

Thinking of this, Gao Ding's face became much more relaxed, he stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, since the Han people are not coming out, let's go back to our respective camps. There is just one thing, please be more vigilant and be careful."

"Yes." Everyone felt relieved and responded in unison.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the Han army's drums sounded again. Everyone was shocked when they heard it. They all looked at their king, but they saw Gaoding staying in place, and the smile on his face froze.

"Huo Yuan, why don't you go out and take a look." Gao Ding shouted to Huo Yuan, who was also a little dull.

"Yes, yes." After reacting, Huo Yuan hurriedly ran out of the tent. At this moment, he had cursed the Han army seven or eight times in his heart.
Chapter completed!