Chapter 579 Horns (2)
Wang Foer walked around the small village for a while and returned to the outside of the village. The guards of the followers boarded the horse and prepared to return. After all, Henglin Town was the most vanguard of the Zhenhai Army. Further ahead was the middle of the two sides. However, after Wang Foer got on the horse, he did not set off immediately, but stared to the west for a long time. For a while, the field was extremely quiet, and only the horse's neighing sound appeared from time to time.
"There are ponds over there, over there, and over there?" Wang Foer suddenly pointed in several directions and asked.
The guards on the side tried their best to open their eyes and could only see the reeds floating faintly in the direction of the coach's finger, as if they were in the waters of the lake. They had to report carefully: "The villain doesn't know either, so it's better to send someone to explore later!"
"Hurry, send my order immediately and send troops to explore first. If there are any enemy soldiers guarding the embankment, expel them immediately!" Wang Foer ordered sternly.
"Here!" Although the guard did not know why Wang Foer gave this order, the military order was like a mountain and immediately drove away. Wang Foer stared at the distance of the horizon and thought to himself: "There is a lot of rain this season. If the defenders dig up the embankment, turn the low-lying areas outside the city into mud, and delay the army's advance, it would be troublesome. I hope it's not too late to act now."
Wu entered the city, and the civilians and soldiers were busy bringing arrows, stones, cloth curtains and other guards to the city. The city was piled with bundles of wood and firewood to fill the city wall when the city wall was damaged. Li Yu stood on the east gate tower and looked at the narrow corridor of the urn city below. He saw that the inner city gate had been tightly stuffed with big earth bags and stones, and the gaps in the city gate were also sealed with lead water. If he wanted to enter the city, either from the west gate or from the city gate. This was his decision after repeated consideration. Although this happened, the guards were in a passive state of being beaten.
However, there were only 3,000 guards in the city. Compared with the army's troops of the Zhenhai Army, the attack may not have a good effect. He ordered two outbreaks to be opened in the northeast corner of the city wall, and stuffed them with firewood and broken soil for the purpose of necessary use. Li Yu patroled the city gates for a long time, and felt that everything he had thought was almost done, but before the war, he was still full of anxiety and couldn't help but laugh at himself. Since he had already had the determination to guard the lonely city alone, wouldn't it be ridiculous to hesitate and regret it at this time?
When Li Yu came down from the city, a spy sent a message saying that the vanguard of the Zhenhai Army had taken Henglin Town. He was stunned when he heard this. Although he expected that Henglin Town would not be able to resist for a long time, the Zhenhai Army's speed of advancement was indeed beyond his expectations. In this way, he persisted for more than 20 days, and the task of reinforcements from Jiangbei was heavier. After a moment of thinking, Li Yu ordered the soldiers and civilians to stop working and rest for a long time. After all, Henglin Town is only thirty miles away, and the siege may break out at any time. At this time, he would be foolish to spend his energy on such things.
Henglin Town, in just two days, the nearest Yaojin east of Wujin City changed its appearance. The area of the small village has been expanded several times, the trenches and earthen buildings have been repaired, and several prominent corner towers have been built on the four corners of the village. There are thousands of people stationed in the village. In addition to guarding this important place, their mission is another task - to guard the large bullpen next to it. The river channel here is relatively high, and it requires a lot of animal power whether it is to open the gate or towing the ship. Many civilians are still around.
With busyness, Henglin Town is thirty miles away from Wujin. As the camp of the besieged army, it is still possible to serve as a back camp for storing and transporting materials. Wang Foer has read a lot of history books over the years and has become increasingly more cultivated. In history, the army went on a war. Although it was unstoppable when it came to victory, it was defeated in a few setbacks. This time, Lu Fang handed over more than half of the army to him. Although Wang Foer acted quickly, he was cautious on the other hand, as if walking on thin ice. He left a way out first, for fear of being burdened with a heavy burden.
A large boat on the canal was full of caps, and dozens of generals and generals, which were not small, were crowded with cabins. The front battalion of Zhenhai Army was holding a military discussion here, and many people were already red in their faces, and obviously they did not agree.
"The Huainan Army is already less powerful than us, and they are divided into two places. This is their own way of death. Our army attacked Wujincheng with all its might. After the city was broken, the remaining one place would naturally be scared, and they would be defeated without attacking it!"
"The general's words are wrong. The Huainan army's arrangement is a force of supporting each other. If you attack the left, you will support it. If you attack the right, you will support it. If you attack the right, you will support it. It is better to use some of the troops to enter the city and surround it without attacking it. Use the main force to defeat the defending enemy of Benniu Town, and then you can go straight to Runzhou! The soldiers are so fast!"
"You are taking risks. If the main force cannot win quickly, and Wu Jin stays behind, wouldn't it be impossible to advance or retreat, and be attacked from both sides?"
"Nonsense, there is no risk in war. You can slowly chew under Wujincheng as you said. Not to mention whether you can attack under the harassment of the enemy in Benniu Town, even if you capture it, the enemy in Jiangbei has arrived. What's the use? Sitting under the eaves and there are tiles blown down by the wind, it's better to stay in Yuezhou to renovate your farm!"
"What did you say?" Zo Meng, who was angry at the opponent's words, stood up.
The history of the Zhenhai Army's formation was very short. The generals and solemen under Lu Fang were generally not old, so naturally they were not much better in their cultivation. Except for a few who had already achieved the prefecture and county chiefs, who also paid attention to their own identities and paid more attention to their words and deeds, the rest had long been quarreling. If it weren't for the fact that this was the commander's residence, I was afraid that even his hands would be moved.
"Cough!" With a slight sound, the cabin suddenly became quiet. It turned out that Wang Foer, who was sitting in the first seat, coughed gently. He seemed to have not felt the quarrel in the cabin just now. He turned to Luo Renqiong beside him and asked, "Luo Taizhou, what do you think you should do?"
"At the end, the general thought that when he was going straight to Niutang, the entire Zhenhai army had two sides in front of the hall, six personal wings, and the lord handed over four of them, and the lake, and the two Suzhou soldiers to the general. If the lord led the rear army and even Runzhou did not enter, how could we have the attitude to meet the lord?" Luo Renqiong obviously advocated jumping over Wu and entering the city and attacking Benniu Town directly. After all, many of the people who were quarreling just now were his subordinates. Without his approval, how could they dare to speak like this in such a military conference venue.
Wang Foer nodded, turned to Wang Xu on the right and asked, "What do you think General Wang?"
"The lord handed over the army to the commander to defeat the enemy and win the battle. The military strategy is a place for life and death. How can you do this kind of luck? Huainan famous generals gather, so you must not take it lightly."
Wang Xu and Luo Renqiong had similar qualifications and official ranks. They had different opinions at this time, and everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Wang Fo'er. It was obvious that it was time to make a decision. Wang Fo'er pondered for a moment, got up and walked to the hanging map behind him, stretched out his right hand to draw a circle around Wujin City, and said sternly: "Send the order to build Jiacheng outside Wujin City."
In the tent of Li Jian of Huainan Army, since he and Li Yu agreed on a strategy in Wujin City, he rushed to Benniu Town, built barriers, built dams and stored water in case of Zhenhai attack; at the same time, he went out to scout cavalry to explore the direction of Zhenhai Army, so as to decide his own way. In his opinion, it was best that Zhenhai Army would stop and siege Wujin City. Although Wujin City was small, it was very strong and rushed south. As long as he dragged it for twenty days, the burden on his shoulders would be handed over to others to bear. However, when Li Jian learned that the enemy was building a long siege outside Wujin City as he hoped, and was preparing to siege, his heart did not relax, but became quite complicated. Although Li Yu was not close friends with him before, he still felt a little sad when he saw the other party in a life-and-death crisis.
"General, an envoy from Guangling arrived!" A notice interrupted Li Jian's thoughts. He raised his spirits and restored his usual general's appearance as a commanding general, and said in a deep voice: "Come on!"
After a while, a messenger came in the tent, knelt down and saluted, and presented a letter with both hands. The military officer had already submitted it. When Li Jian opened it, he frowned and couldn't help but feel anger in his heart.
"Zhu Jin, the governor of Pinglu Army, was the commander of the southeast camp. The army of Jiangdong led the Guangling army to aid!" Li Jian repeated the words in the letter softly, but there seemed to be a stream of evil fire in his heart. Although there has been constant civil strife in Huainan in recent years, the contestants are all from Jianghuai, that is, the "Thirty-Six Heroes of Huainan" who followed Yang Xingmi to cause trouble. As the saying goes, "the meat always rots in the pot." Although Zhu Jin was brave and powerful, he was a northerner after all. When he came to surrender, he was a man from the north.
After that, the overall situation in Huainan has been decided. With Yang Xingmi's mind, he only has high officials and generous salaries and good treatment, but he has no territory and military power. This time, Xu Wen put so many veterans away, but he raised this person to control the army. It was clearly from outside and the JAC Group, preparing to use this person to balance and suppress the JAC Group. To be honest, perhaps the Huainan generals could tolerate him killing Yang Wo, but it was absolutely impossible to tolerate him to harm the overall interests of the JAC Group. It was absolutely impossible to be ambiguous on this issue.
After seeing Li Jian read the letter, he was silent and his face changed complicatedly. The military officer had to cough in a low voice and reminded Li Jian that the messenger was still kneeling on the ground. Li Jian then woke up and said casually: "You have worked hard all the way, so go down and have a rest first. I will write a receipt later and take it back together!"
The messenger quickly stood up and retreated with the military officers. At this time, only Li Jian was left in the tent. He saw his face gloomy and paced back and forth in the tent, walking faster and faster. Suddenly, he shouted loudly, pulled out his knife, and cut several corners of the case to the ground with one knife.
Wu entered the city and was ready to face the most fierce attacking defenders, but was surprised to find that Zhenhai did not attack immediately with his sharpness. Instead, he dug trenches and walls outside the city and built a long encirclement. Obviously, the enemy was ready to make a lasting plan. The defenders had heard that Lu Fang was best at siege, and they had many achievements, especially various equipment, especially various equipment. So this time Li Yu was well prepared. Many bunkers were built on the top of the city to guard against the power of the opponent's crossbows. More than a dozen large cylinders were prepared at the base of the city wall, so that the blind people with sharp hearing could wait aside to prevent the enemy's attack. Li Yu made up his mind this time and must consume more of the enemy's flesh and blood and sharpness to get more chances of victory for his side.
Zhen Haijun's actions surprised him very much. After all, delaying time was more beneficial to him. At first, he ordered the defenders to be cautious and not let their opponents take advantage of the loopholes. But later, as time went by, he saw that Zhen Haijun was indeed building a long encirclement, and the defenders gradually relaxed and no longer hid in the barriers and peeked behind the female wall. Instead, he boldly looked at the head and looked carefully. A few loud voices were laughing at the enemy soldiers who were digging the soil.
A short and fat man jumped onto the city plate, put a trumpet on his mouth with his hands, and shouted loudly to the soldiers of the Zhenhai Army who were digging the soil at the city: "Dipping the soil is like a good dealer. Let's go back and use your strength in the fields. Digging here will have no food to grow. If you lose your life, the women in the family will be cheaper!" As soon as he finished speaking, the friends behind him laughed loudly, and several urging people even made sharp whistles, and laughed and made a choke on the top of the city.
The soldiers in Zhenhai who built a long siege under the city could only hear a rough idea, but even if they couldn't hear it clearly, they wouldn't have any good words to see the Huainan soldiers on the top of the city. Many soldiers in Zhenhai also shouted and returned it. A few impatient men even shot their bows at the top of the city. However, the two sides were far away, and the arrows were still four or five feet away, so they lost their strength and fell down. The soldiers on the top of the city were even more energetic when they saw this. The short and fat man had simply untied his belt, took off his boxer pants, and untied it to the outside of the city, which caused laughter and scolding behind him, and filthy words to be mixed.
Seeing this, Zhenhaijun was even more furious and cursed loudly. Some of them were impatient and even picked up the earth and stones beside them and threw them at the opposite side. This was naturally even less than the top of the city. After shouting and scolding on both sides, the short and fat man thought of another idea. He found a long rope, silenced the top of the city, and first let the left and right silence, and shouted loudly: "There are long ropes here. If there are really good men in your Zhenhaijun, you will climb up from this long rope. I will say a good man, otherwise I'd better go back and poke the cow's butt and be a farmer. Don't use a knife and a stick, which will make people laugh."
After a little quiet on the Zhenhaijun side, someone replied, "Do you think we are fools? There are crossbows on the top of the city, and even if the arrows come down, a god will die if he comes!"
The short and fat man squeezed his eyes at his companions and whispered, "Anyway, it's very boring, let's watch me play with these barbarians!" Then he answered loudly, "Don't worry, if someone adds a knife and a arrow to climb people, we will hit lightning and will not die well. If a child is born, he will be a slave, and a daughter is a prostitute!" His voice was loud and clear, and nearly a thousand people in the city could hear it clearly. At that time, the ancients were very simple, and they believed that there were gods three feet above their heads. If such a poisonous oath was released, ordinary people would not be contrary to it.
After a long argument, a gentle man jumped out and ran to the city, raised his head and whispered: "Your grandfather is Xiuning Haosun, please remember!" After that, he grabbed the rope and crawled along the rope toward the city.
This Hao Xun was a famous horn master in Xiuning. He was light and strong. However, during his breathing, he was only about a meter away from the top of the city. The soldiers of Zhenhai outside the city cheered in unison, as if watching a social show. Suddenly, Hao Xun shook in the air and fell down with a half-cut rope. The onlookers of Zhenhai let out a burst of exclamations.
It turned out that when Hao Xun was about to reach the city, the short and fat man on the top of the city cut the rope with a knife. The soldiers of Zhenhai under the city saw the enemy's fraud, and couldn't help but curse. The short and fat man didn't care and stood proudly on the city and whispered: "I just said that I would not add a knife or an arrow to the people who climbed the city. Have we ever violated the oath? If you don't dare to climb again, just leave. Why do you have to say more?" At this point, he made a gesture and put another rope down on the city.
There was another scolding from the soldiers of Zhenhai soldiers watching, but the short and fat man didn't care at all. The companions on the side also laughed loudly. They were extremely bored and finally found an opportunity to play with the enemy soldiers, but they didn't seize the opportunity. But as soon as the city cried twice, it suddenly became quiet. The short and fat man felt something was wrong. When he looked back, he saw that the man who had just fallen to the ground had climbed up. Not only was he not injured, he walked to the end of the rope and climbed up again, seeing that his movements were three points lighter than before.
Seeing this, the soldiers guarded the city couldn't help but silence. The soldiers of Zhenhai under the city also held their breath and did not dare to make a sound to disturb their companions. It turned out that Hao Xun was a family of horns. When he was still young, he worked hard to temper his muscles and bones. Even if others did not break their hands and feet, they would be distracted, but he seemed to be fine. Seeing this, the short and fat man couldn't help but panic. Before Hao Xun could climb up high and fell ruthlessly, he reached out to cut the rope. Hao Xun fell to the ground and got up with a Gulong.
The short and fat man asked his companion to put down the rope and shouted loudly: "Why can that man dare to climb again?" The voice was louder, but it felt a bit more fierce and cowardly.
"If you dare to let it go a hundred times, you will dare to climb another hundred times!" Hao Xun grabbed the rope with a quick step, and climbed up again, his movements three points faster than before. The short and fat man couldn't help but be anxious when he saw this. He thought that he could only fall to the other party so hard that he could scare the other party, but he didn't cut the rope first, and was about to wait for Hao Xun to reach the highest point. However, he didn't expect Hao Xun to climb faster and faster. When he was about to cut, he was panicked. Instead, he didn't cut the rope, but was caught by Hao Xun and jumped down the city, falling and bleeding.
Seeing Hao Xun as brave as he was, there were shouting in the city, but the defenders at the top of the city exclaimed, but the Zhenhai Army under the city praised the behavior of his companions. Hao Xun got up, walked to the short and fat man, grabbed him, and asked with a smile: "Is there any good man in the Zhenhai Army?"
After the short and fat man fell, he had 90% of his life. After Hao Xun asked, he quickly replied: "Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, spare your life! I never dreamed that there was such a good man in the world!"
Chapter completed!