After nightfall, Li Yuan invited Peng Qingying to the tower, saying that he had set a banquet on the tower and asked his beloved concubine to accompany him to the tower to drink and admire the moon. Peng Qingying was extremely puzzled as to where she could enjoy the moon at the end of March. Even if there is a crescent moon, there is nothing interesting about it.
But Li Yuan insisted on inviting him, and Peng Qingying couldn't refuse him. After all, Li Yuan is not only the emperor, but also his husband. If his husband wants to drink with him, of course he must accompany him to relax.
It was really not interesting to sit in the cold wind at the top of the city for two days, eating cold dishes and drinking cold wine, and looking at the dark scene below the city. But Li Yuan seemed to be in high spirits, chatting and laughing and in a good mood, so Peng Qingying had no choice but to sit aside and accompany him.
It was almost the third update, and Peng Qingying quit. She no longer wanted to pay attention to Li Yuan, who was giggling beside her, so she got up and prepared to go down to the city and go back to her residence to rest. At this time, Li Yuan said with a smile: "My beloved, don't leave in a hurry. The show tonight is about to begin. I invite you to watch the show tonight."
"Your Majesty, you dragged me to blow the cold wind all night. My hands and feet are all cold, but you still have the nerve to say it." Peng Qingying complained softly.
Li Yuan chuckled and said: "I am the king of a country, and I keep my word. It's true, the show has begun. My dear concubine, do you know the allusion of King Zhou You playing beacon fire on the princes? The first scene tonight is the beacon fire play on the princes. . Just watch, here comes someone, fire off the flare!"
"Bang bang bang", three signal bombs went up into the sky, and then the opponent's military camp was in chaos. Shouting and noise came from far away, turning into a pot of chaos.
Li Yuan laughed proudly and said, "Isn't it fun? Did you see it? Three signal flares made the enemy wet their pants."
Peng Qingying looked at him speechlessly, frowning and said: "Is this what Your Majesty said about playing with the princes by beacon fire? Is Your Majesty so happy just to let your concubine see the other party in such a mess?"
Li Yuan said in astonishment: "Isn't this funny? I haven't even used a single soldier yet, but I only used three signal bombs and they panicked like this. Isn't this funny? Why don't you laugh?"
"Boring!" Peng Qingying whispered.
Li Yuan was frustrated and sighed: "Hey, what do you know? Do you know how difficult it is to do this? How difficult is it to make them panic after being frightened by three signal bombs? This shows that Do you know how much they are afraid of my Great King of Chu, and how much effort it takes to make them so afraid?"
"I know it's difficult, but this is really not funny. Your Majesty is not King Zhou You, and I am not your concubine. Your Majesty does not need to use this method to make me happy. I would rather stay in a warm room. Have a good sleep! Your Majesty, you forced me to come here to suffer the cold. You really don’t care about me anymore." Peng Qingying said unceremoniously.
"Don't you want to have a prince? Then you have to exercise. Lying down every day is not good for your health. It's not that I don't feel sorry for you, but it's a pity to miss such a good show. Hey, don't go, there's a third As for the second act, let's have some wine and the second act will begin soon." Li Yuan firmly stopped Peng Qingying and refused to allow her to go to the city.
"What's the second act? Your Majesty, tell me first. If it's not fun, I'll go back to sleep." Peng Qingying pouted.
"It's fun, it's fun. The second act is modeled after the Battle of Yiling in the Three Kingdoms. It's called the Burning Company! It's a big show, it's a big show!" Li Yuan said with a smile.
"Burning the camp?" Peng Qingying asked in shock.
Li Yuan said proudly: "Yes, if you want to watch, just sit down obediently. By the way, if you dare to leave, you won't give me face. If you don't give me, the emperor, face, then I will... "
Peng Qingying raised her face and asked, "What about it?"
Li Yuan lowered his voice and said, "I won't go to your bed for a month."
Peng Qingying was so ashamed that she scolded, and quickly turned to look at the surrounding guards, worried that they would hear the outrageous words of Li Yuan, the dignified king of the country. The guards stood motionless in the distance, seemingly not hearing anything, and were relieved.
Peng Qingying sat down again. She actually wanted to know what Li Yuan was going to do tonight and how the fire company was going to burn it. She was also a little curious.
The chaos in the front camp of Zhang Wenbiao's army gradually subsided, and everyone was a little frustrated. Especially those soldiers who were sleeping soundly but were woken up, they couldn't stop cursing in their hearts.
They didn't know whether to scold the Chu army for scaring them or scolding themselves for not living up to expectations, for being so easily frightened and panicked. But in short, it was a good thing that the other party did not attack. Everyone returned to the tent, cursed and fell down to sleep, and soon they started snoring loudly again.
In a military tent on the south side of the front camp, three figures were gathering together to discuss something in a low voice. That was Liu Chengwu and Zhang Yaoxian, as well as Li Zhong, the former battalion deputy general in charge of logistics.
Three signal flares were raised on the Tanzhou City Tower. At first, everyone thought it was the Chu army that was about to send troops to attack the camp. Later, they thought it was just three signal flares and just a joke. But no one knew that these three signal flares were the orders given to Liu Chengwu, Zhang Yaoxian and Li Zhong to take action.
Last night, the plan discussed by Li Yuan and Liu Chengwu was to use three signal flares as signals. From now on, it will enter the implementation stage.
Soon after, Li Zhong took the lead, followed by thousands of soldiers pushing carts, who appeared on the flat road leading to the Chinese army camp. The front camp and the central army were separated by less than 200 steps and separated by fences. To enter the Chinese military camp, you must pass through the central camp gate and undergo interrogation. When the group of people walked dozens of steps in front of the gate of the Zhongying camp, they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the Zhongying gate.
"What are you doing? Stop." The guard guard shouted.
"Impossible, I am Li Zhong, the former battalion deputy general and commander of the logistics and munitions school. I came to the middle camp granary to collect tomorrow's military rations." Li Zhong said in a deep voice.
Among large armies, since grain and grass are stored centrally, each army needs to send people to collect grain and grass supplies according to their quota every day. Once a day, in the early hours of the morning. In this way, after the soldiers get up in the morning, they can be distributed to each camp for them to eat. Collecting food every day is Li Zhong's daily responsibility.
More than a dozen guards came forward and checked Li Zhong's waistband. They also knew Li Zhong, after all, they came here every day.
"It turns out to be General Li. Are those all your people? Why are there so many today?" the little leader asked as usual.
"Yes, they are all brothers under my general's command. Today we need to collect some dried meat, food and firewood. We don't have enough manpower, so we bring more men to avoid having to make another trip." Li Zhong said with a smile.
"General Li, please stop." The guards waved their hands without any doubt and opened the gate of the central camp. Li Zhong led everyone into the central camp.
The group of people traveled further, passed through the continuous tent camps, and arrived at a flat land below the hill where Zhang Wenbiao's tent was located. This is where the army's grain and grass supplies are stored. All the grain and grass supplies that were transported without exception were put into the huge field enclosed by wooden fences and piled up.
At the entrance of the warehouse, the same interrogation was conducted again, but Li Zhong and others still entered the warehouse unimpeded. But in the large open space, huge grain stacks stood in rows, and the hay stacks for the horses were piled up like hills.
Hundreds of huge tents on the periphery are material warehouses. Inside are arrows, armor, weapons and other military supplies to ensure the combat and food of the 150,000 Jiangbei army. The amount of supplies required is staggering.
A hundred steps ahead, the field in the middle of the warehouse was brightly lit. Hundreds of soldiers from the rear camp were lining up pushing carts, collecting grain for loading according to the rules. Hundreds of civilians were carrying grain packaging carts from the grain stacks. A busy scene.
Li Zhong stood still, and from behind, Liu Chengwu and Zhang Yao, who were wearing ordinary soldier armor, came up first.
"Two generals, we can't proceed as planned, so let's just take action." Li Zhong said in a low voice.
