Chapter VII The Eve of the Great War
Holding Zhu Yuyan in her arms, she quietly glanced over Luoyang. Wei Zhenzhen was also accompanied by my side with a gentle and obedient look. Looking down at Luoyang in the night, she felt a feeling in her heart.
The thick night shrouded Luoyang, a magnificent military camp, tightly, as if it was about to swallow up all the prosperity and noise during the day, and let everything return to the silence of the beginning of life. If it were the past, the several commercial streets in Luoyang were still brightly lit and lively at this moment. Whether it was the dignitaries who had been living all day or the civilian vendors who had been busy all day, any mother Yasha who had some ability would come here to enjoy it, because the mid-grade brothels and wine shops were gathered on these streets, it was indeed the most ideal place for entertainment.
At first, when Li Mi's army first arrived, Luoyang was not as panicked as before. At night, except for the civilian area that could be calm, other places were still brightly lit and singing and dancing, and there was no crisis at all because the Wagang army was at the city. No wonder this is the case. Luoyang, the ancient capital, has formed a very complete city defense system after several dynasties. Luoyang has become the most solid city today. If you want to attack Luoyang from the front, even if you have several times the strength of Luoyang, it is nothing more than a dream, not to mention that there are 100,000 elite soldiers stationed in Luoyang City. Whether it is Luoyang's officials or the people, Luoyang has undoubtedly become a "city that will not fall" in their hearts.
However, with Wang Shichong being seriously injured by Li Mi's plot, the situation in Luoyang took a sharp turn for the worse, and several bans were issued one after another, including curfews that had never been issued before. So now, these places where fireworks that could have staged wonderful in the night are now deserted and deserted. Under my instructions, several other yards also hung up the "free" sign.
Not only that, if there is no time for each street or alley, a team of fully armed soldiers will patrol by. Every sensitive area must be carefully searched to prevent the Wagang spies hiding in Luoyang City from harassed the city defense during the night and even opened the city gate.
They fell quietly in the courtyard and hugged Zhu Yuyan and walked towards her room. Just now, the girls of Fu Junma felt my breath and walked out of the room. The slightly tired smile on their faces immediately frozen after seeing Zhu Yuyan unconscious in my arms, and hurriedly surrounded Wei Zhenzhen and me in the middle.
"Brother Tian, what happened? What happened to Sister Yan? Who hurt her?" Fu Junhua quickly walked to me, his face was anxious, his tone was very concerned and he had a hint of resentment. He reached out and touched Zhu Yuyan in my arms. It seemed that he had preconceived thought that Zhu Yuyan must have been injured by someone, and the other girls also looked hatred.
"Huh? Why don't Sister Yan be injured? Did Sister Yan get injured while competing with others for internal strength? Could it be that the three masters were attacking Sister Yan at the same time?" Fu Junhao couldn't help but murmur, as if she was talking to herself, but the eyes of her eyes clearly filled with inquiries.
"Oh, who made my baby Junmao angry? Even when I saw my husband, it seemed like I had seen an enemy?" Instead of answering her inquiry directly, he joked with her.
Fu Junmao's face turned slightly red, she gave me a look in anger, and said in a slight angrily: "Husband, you are really, when is it time for me to joke with me? Who is the one who hurt Sister Yan? Wasn't you there at that time?"
Seeing that there was no trace of worry on my face, Nangong Qian knew that Zhu Yuyan's injury was not serious. She smiled slightly and joked to Fu Junmao beside her: "Sister Wu, don't worry, do you see, have you ever had a slight worry on your husband's face? Sister Yan's injury is definitely not a big deal. Otherwise, with her husband's temperament, it would be strange if anyone hurts Sister Yan and doesn't swallow that person alive. If Sister Yan was injured by Li Mi's hands, I'm afraid there will be corpses everywhere in the Wagang camp now, but I think Li Mi does not have that ability yet."
Hearing Nangong Qian say this, Fu Junmao looked at the signature evil smile on my face. Fu Junmao, who was as bright as a mirror, immediately understood the clues. He took my arms around me and said coquettishly: "Husband is really bad, and I was laughed at by my sisters. I will punish you not to enter my boudoir tonight. Husband should go to Sister Qian'er, she can always feel like a mirror in her heart."
Nangong Qian pretended to be unhappy and spat, her face flushed, lowered her head shyly, but she was secretly happy. After the other girls realized that it was nothing important to come over, they all felt relieved and returned to their previous charming spirit. They also followed Fu Junmao to tease Nangong Qian.
Wei Zhenzhen stopped everyone's play and said softly: "Sisters, don't make trouble. Let your husband carry Sister Yan into the house first. Although Sister Yan is not a big deal, you should also be careful of the invasion of wind and cold."
After hearing what Wei Zhenzhen said, the girls hurriedly let me into the house. Fu Junmao and Dongfang Yanran even insisted on taking Zhu Yuyan from my arms, and after they placed her, they returned to me and sat around me at the same time with the girls.
Shang Xiuxun poured a cup of light tea, handed it to me, and asked in a soft voice: "Husband, let me tell you how Sister Yan became like this now. This is probably what other sisters want to know the most now."
He gently sipped the refreshing light tea, then stood up, looked around the girls and said, "I'm afraid my husband has no time to explain, I'm afraid Li Mi will launch an attack on Luoyang at dawn tomorrow, so I'm going to rush to the military camp now and I need some things to discuss with Xiaozhong and the others. As for what to do tonight, you can ask Zhen'er."
All the girls were reasonable and familiar, and they were naturally clear in their hearts. So they nodded obediently, then turned around and chirped around Wei Zhenzhen to ask.
After leaving the courtyard, I quickly came to the outer wall. I saw that there was already busy here. A dozen heavy black catapults were parked ten feet apart in an orderly manner. More than a hundred soldiers stood sparsely in rows, transporting the bows and arrows transported from the warehouse to the city wall, and were sent into four batches to the quarantine officers in the four corners of the city wall. Archers were in groups of ten people, and according to the principle of proximity, they received bows and arrows from the quarantine officers in the four corners of the city wall. Since Luoyang was built beside the Luo River, the north gate could hardly be defended. The main pressure was naturally concentrated at the three gates in the east and south, and the south gate was the main attack of the Wagang Army. Therefore, the troops defending the city gate were mainly concentrated in the south, and most archers and transport soldiers were also concentrated here.
After a hurry, I inspected the vicinity of Nanguo and saw that all the soldiers were energetic and stuck on their posts without any carry. I felt calm in my heart. It seemed that the arrival of Li Mi's army made all the Luoyang soldiers abandon the prejudices and grievances of the military, unite closely together to fight against the outside world. Of course, this is naturally closely related to the serious military discipline of Kou Zhong and Yang Gongqing and other important generals today.
He waved his hand to the sentry guarding outside the military camp, stopped them from salute, and walked into the central army camp, and found that all the generals were gathering here at this time, discussing something in groups of three or two. Kou Zhong was motionless in the face of the Luoyang map hanging on the camp tent, and fell deeply into deep thought. The red carved silver-white tight armor emitting a faint cold light curtain under the reflection of the firelight urging in the brazier, a solemn and somewhat free and easy majesty faintly impacted the generals around him. No, that was domineering! The most basic momentum that a generation of overlords should have!
Now Xiao Zhong can be said to be able to truly stand alone, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
When the generals saw me coming, they stopped discussing, were overjoyed, and bowed to me. Seeing that I was returning safely, it was naturally not difficult to guess that Li Mi's actions tonight must have failed.
Kou Zhong turned around and said kindly: "Brother, you are here, how about you? Did that old boy Li Mi use the rocks from Qingniu Mountain to block the Luo water and cut off our water source?"
I clicked, walked to Kou Zhong, looked at the map carefully, and smiled at everyone, "Li Mi has invested a lot tonight, and she racked her brains to deal with me. The degree of viciousness is definitely beyond everyone's expectations. Fortunately, I have some ability to save my life, and maybe I will really follow his words."
Kou Zhong casually placed the handsome chair beside me behind me, and pressed me in the seat without saying a word. He took a chair and sat on my hand, signaling the other generals to take the seat, and asked me: "Does Li Mi know that my elder brother has escaped?"
I shook my head and said, "Xiao Zhong, if you know what program Li Mi arranged tonight, you wouldn't have asked this question. I guess Li Mi could not wait to announce my death to the Wagang army with the morale of the army. Hehe, when Li Mi led the army to attack the city tomorrow, I would be caught off guard. I don't know what he should think." At this time, I remembered the black catapults and asked Kou Zhong, "When I came just now, I saw some catapults under Nan Guo, but why were they all dyed black?"
Kou Zhong did not answer my question directly, and smiled and said, "This is General Yu Hai's suggestion. Let him explain it to his elder brother. It must be more clear than what I, a layman, explained it."
"Oh?" I turned my head, looked at the generals under my seat, and asked, "Who is General Yu Hai?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a middle-aged man standing up from the last seat of the door of the big tent with a slightly thin body, but not losing his spirit. He respectfully hugged me and said, "The lower official is Yu Hai."
He took a lot of simple appearance but also had a straight face, a square face with clear edges and a little heroic spirit against the backdrop of a armor. It can be seen that this person is a person who dares to speak and do things, but it is probably because of his personality that he is still "willing to accompany" the last one in his forties.
I waved to him, signaled him to sit down and speak, and asked with praise: "Can General Yu relieve my doubts?"
Yu Hai's eyes flashed with excitement, and he replied cheerfully: "Of course." He sat back on his seat and continued: "My Jiang's ancestral home is in a small fishing village near Luoshui. His ancestors in his family have been fishing in Luoshui for generations, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Mo Jiang grew up in Luoshui since he was young. Luoshui is rich in a plant called "silt". Because this plant grows only in the silt deep in Luoshui, our ancestors gave it this name. This grass is easy to be crushed after being dried.
It is made into powder, and then mixes sand and water together to form a viscous thing. Applying it on the roof can insulate it. Moreover, this thing is not afraid of fire, so some valuable wooden farm tools in the house are coated with this thing to prevent it from being burned by accident. These things are also applied to those catapults. Because Kou Shuai said that the Wagang Army might launch a fire attack. In such hot and dry weather, the wooden catapults are easily ignited, so he thought of this method after a sudden inspiration."
"Miscellaneous!" I clapped my hands and praised, and then asked: "I wonder how much powder there is in General Yu?"
Yu Hai scratched his head embarrassedly and replied awkwardly: "There are so hot these days. It is the best time to dry these shits. The blind dates in the village are busy fishing and carrying water to irrigate the fields, and they don't have time to deal with these shits. This... So, I used the power in my hands and asked my brothers underground to collect all the shits in the village, dry them and then crush them into powder. This can also be regarded as giving the villagers in the village a little effort." When he said this, Yu Hai stood up and said to me resolutely: "I am good at using power, so I ask the commander to punish me!"
I smiled "haha", waved my hand, and said with relief: "Dare to do things, General Yu is a man! Those who accomplish great things do not care about the trivial matters. The general not only has no mistakes but also has made contributions. I wonder if the general can bear the pain of giving up his love and take out all the remaining weed powder for fire prevention purposes? After the war is over, I will make compensation to the people in your hometown."
Yu Hai was so energetic that he was refreshed and said readily: "The Grand Marshal is serious, and these things are not worth much money. As long as he can make this old boy Li Mi can't get it, he will be willing to take his life even if he wants the generals! Without further ado, he can go and supervise this matter." After that, he stood up, saluted me, bowed to other generals, turned around and left the military camp with great strides.
Lang Feng stood up and asked seriously: "Tomorrow, Li Mi's army will definitely attack Luoyang with all its might. Please order quickly, so that all the generals can be prepared early."
When Yang Gongqing heard that Lang Feng was in the military camp, he deliberately called me a "virtuous brother" to raise his identity. In addition, when Lang Feng was the leader of the family before, he pointed at himself and made things difficult for him. Wuming immediately became angry. Just as he was about to retort, he saw me shook his head at him, suppressing his anger in his heart, and swearing in his heart, boy! Sooner or later, I will settle the old and new accounts with you!
Chapter completed!