Chapter 1237 Rumors are spreading in the army, and the military division is firmly in the tent
Chapter 1,237: Rumors are spreading in the army, and the military advisor is sitting tight in his tent
On the same day, as if tacitly, the chariot that had been maintained for Lu Xun for half a month also drove from the valley behind Piling to the foot of Piling City early in the morning.
Of course, before the chariot actually shows up on the battlefield, it still needs to be disguised.
Yi Xiaotian, who had just returned from Qiting, told Lu Xun how to disguise the chariot appropriately——
This is Yi Xiaotian's usual trick. After repeated attempts, almost no one can crack it...
"To camouflage different things, you must first observe the surrounding environment——"
Yi Xiaotian stood on the high city wall and said to Lu Xun beside him.
Lu Xun, on the other hand, held a small notebook seriously and wrote and drew on it with a brush... A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Lu Xun wrote down what Yi Xiaotian said casually.
Yi Xiaotian looked at the layout outside the city, then gestured with his hands to mark the width of the battlefield, and easily selected the place where the chariot would temporarily stop next.
"At the beginning, two generals, Lu Meng and Zhu Ran, still have to lead their troops to resist... The chariots must be dispatched at the most appropriate time to catch the opponent by surprise. Therefore, the ramp to the west of the city is quite suitable as a location for the chariots to be stationed."
Following the direction Yi Xiaotian said, Lu Xun also looked over from a distance.
"Well...I see...But sir, it's a bare hillside there. Won't the chariot be noticed if it stays on it?"
"This is what I'm going to teach you."
"Just rely on that."
Yi Xiaotian pouted, but Lu Xun was a little confused and could only look down the city in the direction Yi Xiaotian pointed.
result…
"That's... our tank?"
Lu Xun was stunned for a while. Just below the city, he found a huge moving clod of soil... Yes, clod of soil, with an earthy color and an uneven surface. If "that thing" wasn't moving, Lu Xun might have
You really wouldn't realize that its true appearance is that of a chariot.
He quickly rubbed his eyes and looked down on the stone bricks of the city wall with some excitement.
Sure enough... after looking at it carefully at such a close distance, the true appearance of the chariot is actually quite easy to spot.
But just like Yi Xiaotian said...the location they chose was a hillside in the northwest of the city. The distance from the city was even further than the city to the defensive line of Zhu Ran and others.
Therefore, at such a distance, it is not easy to tell at a glance whether a camouflaged tank is actually a mound of dirt.
"How about it?"
Yi Xiaotian smiled and patted Lu Xun on the shoulder, which finally made Lu Xun get out of the shock.
But Lu Xun still wanted to know how Yi Xiaotian added such a realistic disguise to the chariot...
"Sir, how on earth is this done?"
"If you knew how Cao Jun relied on disguise to defeat Liu Bei's cavalry in the Battle of Xiangyang, you would probably understand it immediately."
"Actually, it's just a layer of outer clothing that was mixed with linen and marl... I can only say that the chariot itself was made of wood, which saved us a lot of trouble. The original color of the chariot matched the color of the hillside.
The dirt on it is pretty close to—"
"Anyway..."
Yi Xiaotian nodded to himself, looking at the empty hillside in the distance, he already had a lot of reverie in his heart.
"Just wait until Liu Bei and the others throw themselves into a trap."
——
Sure enough, after Liu Beijun determined to advance, their speed was quite terrifying.
In only half a day, the elite cavalry on land had already captured Jurong City, which was regarded as an outpost in Jiangdong.
After ensuring that Jurong can serve as a relay station for wartime supplies, under the command of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's army will probably advance the front to the Yunyang-Piling area in less than a day.
However, at this time, there seemed to be some discordant voices among Liu Bei's army.
The reason is also very simple... everything is closely related to Zhao Yun.
——
Ever since the last attack on Jianye was abandoned alone, the team led by Zhao Yun had been filled with an air of resentment.
All the soldiers were like this, let alone how Zhao Yun thought about it.
While Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were reorganizing their armies, this disharmonious atmosphere continued to ferment over the past few days.
Every day, a large number of soldiers came to Zhao Yun and asked him for an explanation.
In fact... everyone doesn't really want to target Zhao Yun, but... if they want to ask Zhuge Liang, who made the decision at the time, for an explanation, they must go through Zhao Yun -
However, after Zhao Yun heard everyone's voices, he did not choose to report the situation and seek explanations, but chose to suppress such objections.
Today... the light cavalry led by Zhao Yun is still one of the main forces of the former army, but compared to Zhang Fei, who has a more complete lineup, the interest of the big guy has obviously been affected.
The key point is that if this kind of thing only fermented in Zhao Yun's army... I don't know who spread the word. Gradually, some kind of rumors began to spread throughout the advancing army:
Zhao Yun was suspected by Zhuge Liang of being a collaborator, so Zhuge Liang would simply leave Zhao Yun behind to test the enemy's attitude.
And after such rumors spread, anyone with a little bit of independent thinking ability can feel the rationality of its logic——
The result is obvious. Everyone has heard about the danger that Zhao Yun encountered before, but under such circumstances, Zhao Yun actually brought the army out of the encirclement in an almost intact manner. If this is not a suspicion, then what is a suspicion?
?
There were even...some veterans who had good memories but didn't have much affection for Zhao Yun talked about the battle at Xiangyang after Chibi...
It is said that Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei suffered a disastrous defeat at the gate of Xiangyang City and were even captured by the enemy, but were eventually let go by the enemy.
This statement caused an uproar among the army.
Not only the soldiers began to discuss this kind of thing, but even some middle-level generals were expressing their own opinions on this matter.
But even so... Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei did not show any signs of speaking out on this matter.
This made the group of soldiers following Zhao Yun gradually begin to collapse.
In just one day, there were hundreds of deserters in Zhao Yun's team, and the remaining soldiers seemed to have no qualms about escaping...
At this time, Zhao Yun finally couldn't bear it anymore.
——
In the middle of the night on the day the army set out, Zhao Yun came to Zhuge Liang's tent again.
The army has now reached the midline between Jurong and Piling, and is now stationed near a lake called Changdang Lake. Zhuge Liang's temporary army tent faces the sparkling lake, and it seems that there is no trace of any contamination in the army.
Anxious breath.
Zhao Yun hesitated whether to take a few steps forward, but the soldiers on duty outside Zhuge Liang's tent had already seen Zhao Yun's figure.
As if he had known Zhao Yun would come for a long time, candlelight suddenly lit up in the dark military tent, and Zhuge Liang's voice came at the right time:
"Zilong, stop standing outside and come in."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun took a deep breath, forced down the annoyance in his heart, and entered the house again.
