On the river beach, Zhang He set up a pavilion with his hands and squinted towards the mountain, where the general of the Shu army was located, but he only saw a dazzling light shining down from a long, dark and towering hill.
Deputy General Dai Ling looked worried and cupped his hands and said: "The general was ordered to rush to Longxi to aid, but he was blocked by a street pavilion. For three days, he was unable to advance even an inch, and he lost his troops and generals. Seeing that the situation in Longxi is critical, how can the army delay here? How about dividing the troops and going there?
Just save Longxi?"
Zhang He looked around and said slowly: "Otherwise, the Shu army is trapped on the top of the mountain and the way to draw water has been cut off. As long as there is no water on the mountain, its troops will be in chaos without fighting. By then, my army will cover the mountain and capture the street pavilion.
The crisis in Longxi can be easily resolved."
Dai Ling squinted his eyes and looked at the top of the mountain, with a worried look on his face: "But my army has been surrounding the mountain for three days, but the momentum of the Shu soldiers has not diminished at all. They are provoking scoldings on the top of the mountain every day. Could it be, could it be..."
"Is there another source of water on this mountain?"
Hearing this, Zhang He couldn't help but sneer, looked at Dai Ling, and said: "Huang Miao! There are no streams flowing down around this mountain, so it can be seen that there is no water source on the mountain. Besides, even if there is water on such a small mountain, how much water can there be?
It is definitely not enough to feed tens of thousands of horses. General Dai, you are worrying too much!"
Dai Ling thought about it and asked, "But I don't know when our army will attack the mountain?"
"Four days later!"
"Four days..." Dai Ling murmured, then ordered the soldiers to set up a formation on the river beach, erect fences, drive the horses into the fences to surround them, and then went to cut down trees, set up camp, and collect hay and other supplies.
All of them were spread on the river beach for the soldiers to rest and wait for the arrival of subsequent soldiers and horses.
By the time all the trivial matters were completed, it was already dark.
Unlike the Wei army at the foot of the mountain who was busy in full swing, the mountain was quiet.
Ma Su took off his armor, put on his clothes and lay down on the makeshift wooden bed, with his head on his arms and his eyes looking up at the night sky through the opened curtain.
The night breeze was slightly cool, the stars were sparse and the moon was bright. A large round jade plate slowly emerged from the mountains to the east, hanging in the eastern sky, as if it was within reach.
The pure white moonlight swayed down gently, illuminating every detail of the Wei army's formation at the foot of the mountain.
On the nearby river beach, groups of soldiers holding bows or guns were patrolling in circles; on several mountain roads in the distance, yurt-style tents spread out densely, as scattered as refugee slums.
This primitive, wild and beautiful scene made Ma Di temporarily forget the bloody fighting during the day.
I can't help but feel the heroic feeling of "thinking about the long distance of heaven and earth, standing proudly in it",
To put it simply, it is a bit bloated.
As the mountain wind blew, the rich smell of blood in the mountain path spread everywhere and carried it to the top of the mountain. It made people extremely uncomfortable and brought Ma Su back to reality from his reverie.
So he simply sat up and waved his hand to Zhang Xiu, who was also wide-eyed not far away, to come closer to him.
He has something to say.
The small victory during the day did not bring much joy to Ma Su. On the contrary, Wei Bing's bravery and fearlessness shocked him even more.
He urgently needed to talk to someone to relieve his uneasiness.
At this time, further away in the vast mountain forest, bursts of wild wolf howls suddenly came, one after another, the sound was long and long, the howls seemed to be calling their companions, and gradually came closer and closer.
Not long after, countless gray shadows dragged their long tails and appeared downstream of the river beach, slowly moving upstream along both sides of the river. Pairs of eyes with green light looked up at the direction of the hillside.
Wherever they could see, they were the bodies of thousands of Wei soldiers who died on the mountain road.
The wolves stopped six or seven hundred paces away, looking warily at the Wei soldiers blocking their way, letting out a low growl from their throats.
The low roar seemed to be a warning, warning the Wei soldiers to get out of the way and let them pass to have a feast.
The low roar seems to be a prayer, begging the Wei soldiers to put down their weapons and let them pass. When there are dead people to eat, they usually don't eat living people.
The moment he saw the pack of wolves, Ma Su suddenly thought that Zhang Xiu was a hunter, and he was a good hunter with flying stones.
Thinking of this, he suddenly had a thought in his mind and had an immature idea, and quickly waved to Zhang Xiu.
Ergouzi, come here quickly!
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At the foot of the mountain.
The sudden appearance of a pack of wild wolves caused the patrolling Wei soldiers to panic and run around shouting at the top of their lungs.
After a while, all the Wei soldiers were frightened and gathered in one place, with their bows and arrows drawn and ready to prepare.
…
Zhang Xiu quietly moved over and lowered his voice and said, "General, what's the matter?"
Ma Su pointed at the wolves at the foot of the mountain, and then at the Wei soldiers' camp on the river beach, and asked tentatively: "Is there any way to make the wolves go crazy and have a big fight with the Wei soldiers?"
After thinking for a while, he added: "The kind that will last until death!"
"This..." Zhang Xiu carefully looked at the wolves at the foot of the mountain, and looked a little embarrassed: "I'm afraid not, there are only a few hundred wolves in this group, and Wei has thirty or forty thousand soldiers. If we really fight, the wolves won't be able to defeat...
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"Besides, wolves are very disciplined beasts. They only listen to the wolf king. Although the general knows some ways to drive away the beasts, he cannot command them."
Hearing this, Ma Su suddenly looked disappointed.
After the prosperous Han Dynasty, the scope of human activities has become larger and larger, but the activity space of animals has been compressed smaller and smaller, and their numbers have become smaller and smaller. That is because Jieting is located in Longshan, and Longshan
It is also connected to the Qinling Mountains, which is thousands of miles away, so you can see a lot of wild animals and wolves.
If it were in a plain area, I might not even see a single hair of wild animals.
These hundreds of wolves are probably the biggest uncertainty in Longshan.
Just when he was extremely disappointed, he suddenly heard Zhang Xiu say:
"General, although the last general cannot control the wolves, when he accompanied the Prime Minister on the southern expedition, he also learned some methods from the southern barbarians to drive away the beasts and attract them. He can drive other wild beasts. The mountains around my Guanjie Pavilion may be
There will be tigers, leopards, bears, bison and other wild animals, do you want to give them a try?"
"Try, try quickly!" Ma Di slapped his thigh, overjoyed. In order to cause trouble for the Wei army at the foot of the mountain, he decided to temporarily put aside his moral bottom line.
When the soldiers marched to the street pavilion, he issued a military order. If he could not keep it, the whole family would be in trouble.
In this situation, he could only choose to die as a Taoist friend rather than die as a poor Taoist.
But Zhang Xiu was still reluctant to move.
Despite Ma Su's doubtful gaze, he looked hesitant: "General, there are many corpses here, and the smell of blood is strong. The beasts will go crazy when they see it. The general is worried that once the beasts are summoned, they will lose control."
Ma Su was startled when he heard this, and waved his hand quickly and said, "Call, call quickly! How many wild beasts can there be in the Longshan Mountains? It scares you. Something really happened, and I will be responsible for everything."
"Hmph, I just want to have a taste of tiger meat."
This is not a joke. In later generations, tigers have become first-level protected animals. Not to mention eating, you have to spend money to even look at them.
Zhang Xiu took out a curved flute from his arms, and after bringing it to his mouth, he did not forget to ask: "General, did I really summon you?"
Before he finished speaking, Ma Di's eyes widened and he was about to get angry. Zhang Xiu quickly lowered his head and started playing "woo woo woo".
As soon as the flute sounded, everyone felt their brains explode, their hearts were inexplicably irritated, and their blood was boiling.
The sound of the flute is like sand rubbing against glass, or like a heavy hammer hitting the heart. It makes people feel so uncomfortable that they want to pull out the player, press him to the ground, beat him a hundred times, and then bite him to death!
Zhang Xiu played for about five minutes and then stopped.
Ma Su couldn't remember how he spent these five minutes. He only felt that there was liquid flowing slowly in his nostrils and his mouth was fishy and salty.
When I finally came back to my senses, I felt like my head was a little numb.
Then I realized there was an earthquake.
The top of the mountain trembled slightly, and the ripples on the Tianchi water surface rose up, rippling round and round. The calm vast mountains and fields suddenly became restless.
The trees all around were swaying violently, mixed with the sound of rolling rocks, like the roar of dense thunder.
At the same time, countless black spots, large or small, quickly gathered towards the Jieting River Beach from all directions.
"Beasts...beasts...tide of beasts!" Zhang Xiu fell to the ground, dumbfounded.
Having lived in the mountains and wilderness since he was a child, he is very aware of the terror of beast tides.
