In Rundu City, there was a lot of cheers. Under the city tower, the soldiers were filled with joy as they looked at the arrows that could not be pulled by cars on the ground.

The Utuans' arrows were sharper and stronger than the Great Wei arrows. Now they can get tens of thousands of arrows without any effort. No one expected such a pie from the sky. The borrowing of arrows is second-most important. The most important thing is that the Utuans have been beaten to the door these days and are helplessly disheartened. The Utuans tripped them up. This time they made the Utuans suffer such a big loss, which is hard to speak.

"It's just a group of reckless men who can only work hard!" Zhao Shiming stroked his beard and smiled: "How can he understand the way to get wisdom?"

He looked at the boy walking in the front, trotted and followed, saying, "This time it's thanks to Lord Xiaohe!"

So soon, "Master Xiaohe"? He Yan smiled: "If everyone in the city had not worked together to build so many grass people in recent days, I would not have done this alone."

Zhao Shiming had a better impression of this young man. He thought to himself that he was appointed as an official at a young age. He neither took credit nor was arrogant, but he had a much better temper than Li Kuang's dog. He asked, "What should we do in the future?"

He Yan turned his head and looked at the old man, and then at the people around him. The soldiers around him also stared at her with bright eyes. When she first arrived in Rundu, she felt that the city was full of lifelessness and everyone was lifeless. She was just guarding the door and waiting to die. Just one night, there was a trace of something called "Hope" in their eyes.

Hope is always particularly precious.

"I will discuss the next plan with Lord Li, but I will ask Lord Zhao for help if there is another thing." He Yan said.

Zhao Shiming hurriedly agreed with a smile: "It's easy to say it, Lord Xiaohe, but it's okay to say it."

"This matter needs to be bothered by all the craftsmen in the city," she lowered her eyes, "making a mask for me, the faster the better."

...

In the hall, Li Kuang turned around and looked at the two people in front of him. Qiluo stood behind Li Kuang, staring at the beautiful woman in the room with fierce eyes.

Ying Xiang handed over the token and hand scroll, Li Kuang took it, and after reading it, he said to Chu Zhao: "It turns out to be the Fourth Master Chu."

The name of the Fourth Master Chu is much more famous than the Wu'anlang who came that day. After all, there is a romantic father who is well-known throughout the country, and a powerful gentleman. He is still handsome and gentle. It is difficult for such a person to be thrown into the crowd.

"Mr. Li, my son was trapped on the way back to Shuojing. Now Rundu is in such a situation... The prime minister has his life. Can you ask Lord Li to escort the son out of the city?"

Qiluo breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. This woman was so beautiful. If she stayed in Rundu, it would be really uneasy. What if Li Kuang liked her and took her too? She could not give up her position as the most beloved concubine.

Li Kuang looked at Chu Zhao and said, "It's not difficult."

No matter how dissatisfied he was in his heart, he could not help but give Xu Jingfu's face. Li Kuang couldn't help but think of He Yan's coming. People are particularly different in this world. He Yan was far away from Liangzhou, but because he was worried that Rundu would come and survive and die with Rundu. Chu Zilan was in Rundu, but she wanted to escape unstoppably and leave as soon as possible.

However, he himself did not have the ability to force the people to stay. The tunnel that General Feihong dug was to move the people over, but now it has become a channel to send these young masters and young masters who are powerless.

Resentment and unwilling to be pressed into his heart, but a smile appeared on Li Kuang's face. This smile could even be called a bit pleasing. "After Mr. Chu left the city, he passed by Jinling or other cities, can he ask for reinforcements for Run?" He rubbed his hands in a hurry, "Run is already in danger now. If the prime minister is willing to help..."

"This is natural," Chu Zhao smiled, "Once Chu and his maid leave the city safely, they will definitely find a way to ask for help for Rundu."

"Thank you." Li Kuang felt a little frustrated. When was the life of the Great Wei Dynasty played with the applause by Quan Xiang? The Uttor was afraid that he had already seen the corruption of the royal family and would take advantage of the situation to rob.

While talking, someone came in and said, "Mr. Li, after today, I plan..."

He Yan's voice stopped abruptly, he looked at Chu Zhao, and spoke in surprise: "Brother Chu?"

"Brother He?" Chu Zhao was also stunned, "Why are you here?"

He Yan never expected that he would meet Chu Zhao in Rundu, and said, "I... come to reinforcements."

"What?" Li Kuang was also stunned, "You two know each other?"

"The Fourth Young Master Chu had been in Liangzhou Wei for a while," He Yan asked, "Brother Chu, you haven't told me yet, why are you here?"

"When Ying Xiang and I returned to Beijing, we passed by Rundu, and we asked people to attack the city, and were temporarily trapped in the city. Unexpectedly, we were waiting for Brother He," Chu Zhao said this, but laughed, "It's considered a fate."

Who would have thought that she and Chu Zhao had left so long before leaving, but they didn't expect that they both met Zai Run. This really corresponds to what Chu Zhao said at the time, "Accompanying with you". Although there are many questions, it is not the time to speak now. He Yan said to Chu Zhao: "Brother Chu, I have something to discuss with Lord Li now. If you are not in a hurry, can you wait until I finish talking with Lord Li?"

"Nothing happens, I'm not in a hurry." Chu Zhao made a "please" action.

He Yan said to Li Kuang: "Sir Li, let's go into the house and talk."

Li Kuang and He Yan went into the inner room. Qi Luo glanced at them and owed to leave the room. Ying Xiang hesitated and said: "Fourth Young Master..."

"We won't leave for the time being."

"But the Prime Minister..."

"I have my own opinions."

After a while, Ying Xiang said, "Is the fourth young master worried about Miss He if he doesn't leave?"

Chu Zhao did not answer her words, and his smile faded, "Yingxiang, you have said too much."

Yingxiang stopped talking.

...

In the room, Li Kuang turned around and looked at He Yan, "I still have to hang a straw man? Uttor was fooled once, and it is impossible to go to the second time."

"Those ukuleles are stupid, but they are also cunning. After one lesson, they will only become more suspicious in the future. Anyway, it will be fine if they hang the straw man at night. Why don't you try it? If they are still willing to be fooled, it's good to collect more arrows."

"What if they are not fooled?"

"That would be even better."

Li Kuang shook his head: "Brother He, I don't understand what you want to do?"

He Yan looked at Li Kuang. She also rode along the battlefield with Li Kuang back then. Li Kuang is serious and stern when fighting. Although he is capable, he doesn't like to use tricks. He Yan turned around and looked at the map hanging on the wall in the house, saying, "Mr. Li, if you were a ukulele, you knew you were fooled last night, and you used the same trick again today. What would you do when you are tomorrow?"

"I'll be furious and never be fooled again!"

"You won't shoot arrows at the people who come down from the city tower?"

"certainly."

"That's great," He Yan turned around and stared at him and smiled slightly. "Then the third time, our people can go out of the city directly. Anyway, they will think that the people who came down from the city tower are just fake straw men."

Li Kuang was stunned.

Everyone has heard of the story of the wolf coming. He was deceived once or twice, and the third time even a fool would not believe it. The same is true for the Utu. He paid so many arrows in vain. He would not shoot arrows at the straw man after he came for a few more times. However, he did not know that on the last time, those straw man were quietly replaced by real Rundu soldiers, and he sneaked into their camp in the darkness of the night.

Li Kuang understood He Yan's meaning, but he still didn't understand, "What do you mean is to let someone leave the city?"

"Mr. Li, I have said that it is better to attack than defend. If we continue to defend like this, sooner or later, the UT will attack the city immediately. Yesterday's borrowing arrows has angered them. Now when they are the least calm, we can still find opportunities. After they are recuperating, they will attack the city again. The few troops in Rundu cannot stop them from breaking the city gate."

Li Kuang was frightened and couldn't help but say, "I know this naturally, but even if we attack at night, we still don't have enough people!"

"It's not impossible to capture all the Utu soldiers in one place. What we have to do is burn their food and grass and destroy their morale. Without food and grass, the Utu people will panic and the morale of the army will be unstable. They will be even more unstable about Run, and the time they have won," He Yan said: "Mr. Li, please ask Jinling for help."

"Jinling?"

He Yan looked at him: "Mr. Li, don't pin your hopes on hopeless people. General Feihong won't come. If he had come, he would have come long ago. Run must be willing to defend it and must seek another way of life. Even if you trust He Rufei, Run will be worthy of your trust."

The boy's eyes were firm, his tone was unquestionable, and for a moment, Li Kuang's heart was also a little shaken. After a moment, he looked at He Yan: "It's easy to say. Even if you attack at night, how can you guarantee that you can burn the Utu people's food and grass? They have many soldiers and are guarding the food and grass. I'm afraid that they will be discovered by Utu soldiers before they get close."

"Five hundred people."

"What?"

"I need five hundred elite soldiers," said the young man: "Mr. Li knows better than me what the vanguard battalion means. With me as the leader, the vanguard battalion with 500 people will definitely burn their food and grass. Even if we die on the battlefield, it doesn't matter if we die under the sword of the Utu. Please continue to defend the city and don't waste everyone's sacrifice."

"Of course," she said, "It would be even better if Huyat could bring back his head."

...

Since the straw man borrowed arrows that day, for three consecutive days, every day when it was night, dozens of ropes would slowly hang down the tower of Rundu City. People hung on the ropes fell to the ground. Soon, another group of "people" would be replaced as usual.

At first, people would temptly shoot dozens or hundreds of arrows, but in the end, they were too lazy to be fooled, so they just shot a few arrows in scattered ways and stopped.

All the craftsmen in the city gathered and made masks overnight. Wang Ba came over with a cart of boxes, moved all the boxes to the ground with the rest, and said to He Yan: "It's all here."

In the sight of everyone, He Yan walked forward, bent down and lifted the lid of a box, which was filled with dense masks. Zhao Shiming picked up one and looked at it. Seeing the mask's green face and fangs, eyes like copper bells, it was very terrible. He couldn't help but say "ah" and loosen his hands, and the mask fell back into the box. He muttered, "It's so scary."

"Brother Ah He, are you going to wear these masks to beat Utu?" Xiaomai asked nervously, "These... are all masks of evil ghosts! It's really terrible."

He Yan smiled: "Is it scary? No, either."

When he was in Jiyang, a mask of "little liar" could make Ling Xiu and the others avoid. If they saw these things, they would probably be scared to the point of being shy. When Zhao Shiming attracted all the craftsmen in Rundu to make masks for her, He Yan had only one requirement. The more strange and terrifying it looked, the better. It would be like the little ghosts in the eighteenth floor hell of Buddha statues, which were ferocious and ugly.

She looked at these herself and thought that ugly was really ugly, but it was not terrible. Perhaps because in her life, humans were much scarier than ghosts, and the truly terrifying and strange things she had seen were far greater than this.

In the mask in this box, the top one looked particularly different. This one looked like it did not have those fancy patterns. The whole mask seemed to be made of iron, airtight, and only showed a pair of eyes and chin. He Yan picked up the mask and gently covered it on his face.

Wang Ba was dissatisfied: "Why does this one look much better? Can you treat everyone equally? Why do we think it is ugly when we wear these dogs?"

Li Kuang, who was on the side, took a deep breath and said, "General He!"

Everyone looked at Li Kuang, and Jiang Jiao smiled: "Mr. Li, Brother He is just Wu'anlang now and has not yet been promoted to general."

Only then did Li Kuang realize that his words were misunderstood by others and explained: "I mean, this mask is General Feihong's mask."

When he and He Rufei fought side by side, He Rufei wore a mask that looked very similar. He had a few times of indifference to pick it, but the mask was like it was on He Rufei's face and could not be taken down. Later, his beloved concubine Qiluo told him that He Rufei was very concerned about the scars on his face, and it was better not to expose others' shortcomings, so Li Kuang gave up this idea.

A few years later, He Rufei returned to Beijing. He heard that he took off his mask in front of His Majesty. He was a handsome and upright face, which was amazing. Li Kuang heard this news and felt that this person was sick. The so-called "ugly and unsalted" before were all lies. Maybe he was looking for a gimmick for himself, just to make people have a contrast.

In addition to seeing He Rufei once when he was in court in the middle of Beijing, the two of them had not seen each other for several years, but now they saw He Rufei's shadow back then, as brave and generous as ever.

But he will never be He Rufei.

Li Kuang muttered in his heart, could He Rufei have a brother in his family, who is still young, but already has the charm of a general. He and his surname are He... He Yuansheng, like Chu Linfeng, raised an illegitimate child outside?

He Yan didn't know that Li Kuang's thoughts had floated so far away. Jiang Jiao on the side asked: "General Feihong's mask? Lord Li meant that this mask is very similar to General Feihong's mask, right?"

It took too long for him to remember the details of the mask He Rufei wore back then, but he felt that it was the same, so he nodded: "It's very similar."

He Yan smiled slightly. Since Dahe Rufei replaced her and became "Fei Hong", she had never expected that there would be one day when she would wear this familiar mask.

"Brother He, what are you going to do?" Huang Xiong was puzzled.

"I have never seen the real General Feihong, but I must have heard of the fierce battle between the masked generals in the Western Qiang people. I wore this mask and entered the enemy camp. They didn't know who the person under the mask was. They were afraid and morale was chaotic, so that was our opportunity to take advantage of it."
To be continued...