Hanzhou, Miyun City.

A shrill whistle streaked across the sky above the Miyun Dam, heading straight for the sentry on the high tower. The arrow drew a graceful arc in the air and pierced the sentry's heart accurately. The sentry groaned and fell down, unable to sound the alarm again.

At the same time, the disguised soldiers carefully moved inside the dam, praying silently not to be discovered.

Now they could only hear their own thumping heartbeats, and other than that the breathing and conversation of the surrounding barbarians. The tense atmosphere made it almost impossible for them to think.

The air was filled with the aroma of wine and meat, accompanied by the low laughter of several barbarians, forming a sharp contrast.

The signal tower is located high up on the dam, requiring a wide field of vision. Therefore, there are few barbarians at such a high point, which gives them an opportunity to take advantage of.

At this moment, several barbarians sat lazily together, with hot wine and roasted beef and mutton placed in front of them, enjoying the leisure time between battles. Their laughter and drunkenness made the air around them seem warm and relaxed.

"Don't be so nervous, bro."

One of them put his arm around the other's shoulder in a familiar manner and said with a defenseless smile: "Even if the rebels discover our secret, so what? There are hundreds of thousands of troops stationed outside the city, ready to support us at any time."

“That’s right, bro, don’t be so nervous.

Soon, we, the Northern Barbarians, will be able to rule the Central Plains and trample those weak Han people under our feet!"

The other person also smiled eagerly, his face flushed as if he was drunk, and he said drunkenly: "After I finish all this, I can go back to the grassland and herd sheep and horses..."

The people sitting around talked more and more excitedly, and everyone's eyes showed a look of great longing as they fantasized about the wonderful life in the future.

However, they never expected that danger was approaching.

The disguised soldier felt something in his heart and realized that this was an opportunity and he had to act quickly.

He took a deep breath, mustered up his courage, quietly took out the dagger from his arms, and a cold light flashed across the sharp blade in his hand, instantly killing the person who was hugging him.

The blade flashed coldly in the dim firelight and made almost no sound. The barbarian didn't even have a chance to react before he was knocked down quietly.

At this moment, the few people still sitting on the ground were far from realizing that their companions were dead, and they were still talking about their dreams.

Seeing that the rebels pretending to be a few people did not respond, he realized something was wrong and frowned and asked, "Why don't you speak? What are you doing here?"

At this point, there was no need for them to disguise themselves.

He pushed the corpse on top of him and killed them suddenly. Before they could react, the dagger with a cold glow had already pierced his chest.

Blood splattered out, instantly dyeing the surrounding ground red, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood.

"Not good, hurry up and notify the others!" A soldier saw this and immediately shouted to his companions around him, his voice full of panic and fear. Then, he quickly rushed to the signal tower and tried to sound the alarm.

However, before he could get close to the signal tower, several other rebels had already made preparations in front of the signal tower and blocked his way.

The rebels had stern looks on their faces, their weapons flashing coldly, their eyes as sharp as torches as they stared directly at the panicked barbarians.

They understood that Li Zhongwu's intention was already very clear.

As long as the northern barbarians had no way to notify the rebels under the city, it would not matter whether the dam was exposed or not. Li Zhongwu knew that he had 15,000 Wudang flying troops, which was enough to suppress the 8,000 barbarian soldiers in the city in a short time.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" a barbarian soldier roared, his voice like thunder, echoing inside the dam.

The other barbarians were awakened by the sudden attack, with shock and anger intertwined on their faces. Looking at everything in front of them, they realized that they were in danger.

All the barbarians were quickly adjusting their status, quickly picking up their weapons and preparing to fight the enemy. However, their reaction was too late, and the rebels poured in like a tide, quickly occupying the surrounding high ground and forming a comprehensive encirclement of the dam.

Li Zhongwu was commanding the soldiers outside, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the sentry on the tower had been dealt with. He knew that this was a critical moment, and he had to go all out to completely control the dam before the enemy could react.

"Action!" Li Zhongwu gave a decisive order, and the soldiers rushed to the dam like a tide. With a clear goal, they vowed to take control of this strategic location in the shortest time possible.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard in the distance. It was obvious that other barbarians had noticed something was wrong and were rushing to reinforce.

However, the high towers and signal towers in the city had already been controlled by the rebels. Coupled with the continuous influx of rebels from outside the dam, they were unable to pass any message to the city, and the situation was out of control.

Seeing this, Li Zhongwu felt relieved. He knew that things would become much simpler next.

As a steady stream of rebels poured into the dam, the surrounding barbarians finally realized the seriousness of the situation, and expressions of astonishment and anger were intertwined on their faces.

"We are surrounded!" a barbarian soldier shouted in a hurry, with despair in his voice. They never thought that when they woke up, the rebels had already entered the dam and surrounded them.

"Don't panic, the Khan is right outside the city. As long as we keep holding on, he will definitely send reinforcements." A barbarian soldier shouted hysterically.

This group of barbarians were also well-trained. Faced with such a situation, they did not simply give up their weapons and surrender. Instead, they stared at the rebels with ferocious and hostile faces.

It was obvious that these rebels had no intention of surrendering.

"Kill them!" Li Zhongwu saw this and gave the order without hesitation. He knew that everything had its first surprise, so he had to fight quickly and decisively.

At his command, the morale of the rebels was high and they rushed towards the barbarians...

……

At the same time, outside the city, the Northern Barbarians’ tent.

At this moment, Chagan Uli didn't know what was happening in the Miyun Dam. He just stared at the increasingly dark night outside the tent and was lost in thought for a moment.

The night was as dark as ink, covering the entire earth, as if even the stars were swallowed up by this gloomy atmosphere.

"Do we really have to do that?"

Chagan Wuli's eyebrows were downcast, and he was mumbling in a low voice, his mind was full of the strategy that the middle-aged scholar had given him during the day. His heart was like a turbulent ocean, with turbulent waves that could not be calmed down.

"Abandoning the hundreds of thousands of barbarians in front of us and disregarding their lives?" He thought to himself, his heart growing heavier.

Those soldiers were his brothers, they had fought side by side, faced the enemy together, and shared life and death. Although he knew that if he did not take decisive measures, the entire Beiman plan would be ruined, he still could not make up his mind.

In fact, he was not a soft-hearted person. If the person in front of him was a Han Chinese, he would never hesitate, and he would not even blink. However, the person in front of him was his compatriot, a brother connected by blood, and he really couldn't bear to do this.

Most importantly, doing so would go against the moral principles of the Northern Barbarians. If the other tribal leaders knew about it, his prestige as the Khan would be gone, and his rule would be in jeopardy. Even if it was under his leadership that the Northern Barbarians had the opportunity to rule the Central Plains, all the credit would be stolen and turned into nothing.

Just as he was struggling with it, suddenly, the earth shook violently, and the sound of thousands of horses galloping was like thunder, resounding between heaven and earth.

Chagan Wuli's heart sank suddenly. The lights in the entire camp flickered under the commotion, like a lone boat in the waves, which could be overturned at any time.

"What's going on?" Chagan Uli looked at everything in front of him in shock and was about to lose his temper.

However, the next second, he was completely shocked by the scene in front of him. He stared blankly at everything in front of him, his mind in a daze.

The sound of horse hooves was like rolling thunderclouds, shaking the entire Northern Barbarian tent.

An uneasy premonition suddenly arose in Chagan Wuli's heart, and his eyes were fixed on the distant hilltop. There, the rebel army was surging like a tide, with great momentum, as if they were going to swallow up the entire power of the Northern Barbarians in one fell swoop.

Under the dazzling firelight, the rebel flags fluttered in the wind. The bright red cloth was particularly conspicuous in the night sky, like lightning, stinging people's eyes.

"hateful!"

Chagan Wuli was completely panicked, anger and fear intertwined: "Rebels, damn it, how could they come so quickly?"

Just when he was feeling complacent and thought victory was certain, he never expected that the rebel army would suddenly attack him. He had always regarded the rebel army as the biggest obstacle on his road to dominance, but he did not expect them to appear in front of him so quickly. It was obvious that they had been prepared and intended to deal a fatal blow to the Northern Barbarians at this moment.

Or perhaps the rebels had already known their plan, otherwise they would not have appeared here quietly.

"Khan, what should we do? Should we take the initiative to meet the enemy?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Huyan Kui, who was following Chagan Uli, was stunned and unbelievable.

However, unlike Chagan Wuli's shock and anger, he was not shocked by the sudden appearance of the rebels, but was deeply surprised by the rebels in front of him.

"It would be fine if the man was wearing light armor, but even the flatterer under my crotch is armed to the teeth..." He couldn't help swallowing, feeling endless bitterness in his heart.

The group of rebels in front of him were not as disorganized and weak as rumored, nor as fragile as rumored. Instead, they obeyed orders and had resolute faces.

Especially their eyes flashing with cold light, which is even more frightening.

He was born in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and was the bravest warrior of the Northern Barbarians besides Chagan Uli. The experience he had gained over the years had already enabled him to develop a keen eye.

With just one glance, he could tell whether the soldier in front of him was truly brave and strong or a complete loser.

Therefore, he could tell at a glance that the rebels in front of him were extraordinary and were by no means comparable to ordinary people.

However, it was precisely because he saw it that he was even more terrified.

When did the rebels become so powerful? Are they still the same weak Han people who were trampled by them before?
"Khan, the rebels before us are extraordinary. We must not take them lightly!" Hu Yankui reminded from the side.

Chagan Uli gave Huyan Kui a cold look, snorted coldly and said nothing, but just stared at the rebel army in the distance, with an unprecedented solemnity in his pupils.

As the Khan of the Northern Barbarians, he naturally had an extraordinary vision. Even without Hu Yankui's reminder, he could detect the abnormality of the rebel army at a glance.

He was full of doubts. How could these Han people from the Central Plains suddenly become so powerful? Are they still the weak and powerless Han people who were trampled by them before?
But besides his doubts, he also felt a little relieved.

Fortunately, they did not act on their own and directly go to war with the rebels, otherwise they would have no chance of winning against such a rebel army.

However, he is not panicking now.

Since the main force of the rebel army has already arrived here, just open the floodgates and give the rebels a quick death.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, turned his head and shouted to Hu Yankui beside him: "Send people to Miyun Dam immediately and ask them to prepare to open the gates to release water."

"Yes..." Hu Yankui was about to nod in agreement, but he didn't expect another beam of fire to shoot up into the sky from behind him. The dazzling light hurt his eyes, as if announcing ominous news.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Panicked shouts were heard outside the tent, and panic was evident in the soldiers' voices.

"There's a smoke signal at the Miyun Dam. Something big has happened!" A soldier rushed into the tent breathlessly. The fear on his face was like a ghost in the dark night, chilling.

"What? There was an accident at Miyun Dam?" Chagan Uli was immediately furious. His face turned extremely pale in an instant. His heart was like a turbulent sea and it was difficult to calm down.

You know, Miyun Reservoir is his trump card, and it is also what he relies on to remain calm in the face of so many volunteers. But what about now?

He had ordered long ago that the signal fire must not be lit unless the situation was beyond redemption. But at this moment, the signal fire was rising, and one could imagine the situation inside the Miyun Reservoir.

Once the Miyun Reservoir is lost, he will really have no trump card to compete with the rebel army. The situation of the Northern Barbarians has now become precarious.

"Miyun Dam? Why did they suddenly come up with the idea of ​​conquering Miyun Dam?"

Chagan Uli's face was filled with shock and anger. He no longer had his previous composure. His facial features had already become distorted and hideous due to extreme anger.

"Could it be that the rebels have already discovered our plan?"

This thought suddenly flashed through his mind. He recalled that the rebel army was at the gate of the city first, and at this time the news came that the Miyun Dam had fallen. This was definitely not a coincidence.

Although the number of troops he deployed in the Miyun Dam was not large, it would be extremely difficult to take over the Miyun Dam in a short period of time under their noses without being noticed.

This shows that the rebel army and Lin Zhongyun knew their plan from the beginning and just pretended to be ignorant.

"hateful!"

"We were all fooled by Lin Zhongyun!"

Chagan Wuli thought about it all and anger surged in his heart, making him uncontrollable.

“Miyun Dam lost?
How did he sneak into the city without getting in our way? "Hu Yankui was also confused at this moment, and couldn't believe that all this was true.

Chagan Wuli took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. He knew that the most important thing now was not to get angry, but to take back the Miyun Dam. (End of this chapter)