At noon today, it was the turn of Gong Yuan, the general of Junshui Camp, to be on duty.
Therefore, Gong Yuan stood on the camp wall south of Yanshui Camp, always paying attention to what was going on in the south.
Since he was away on an expedition, even Gong Yuan, as a general, had to eat dry and cold steamed buns for almost three meals a day.
If he hadn't been on duty, he could have drank a bowl of hot vegetable soup. Although there was almost no oil or water, it would warm his stomach. It was better than swallowing the steamed buns with cold water from the water bag.
Much more.
However, Gong Yuan, who can sit in the position of general, seems not to care about such trivial matters.
Feeling cold?
Then just drink some wine secretly to warm yourself up, as long as you don't get discovered.
Otherwise, if you, as a general, take the lead in drinking secretly, you will have to receive a military stick in front of all the soldiers. The physical pain is secondary, the problem is that it is too embarrassing.
While satisfying his hunger, Gong Yuan looked at his feet curiously from time to time.
He somewhat admired the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry for using wood and soil to build the wooden walls of the camp like a city wall, on which Wei soldiers could stand.
In his opinion, the Yanshui Camp was nothing more than a camp, but a small town.
Of course, the more important thing is the long spears and blades embedded in the wooden walls on the outside of the camp wall.
Looking at the densely packed sharp blades and spear points, even Gong Yuan, a general, felt an inexplicable peace of mind, let alone ordinary Wei soldiers.
It was as if they could slap their chests and swear: The Chu army will never be able to break through this military camp!
"General, look to the south."
When Gong Yuan was distracted, a Wei soldier accompanying him on duty reminded him softly.
"Huh?" Gong Yuan had been chewing the dry steamed buns for a long time and was about to swallow it with some cold water. He raised his head and vaguely saw a cavalry galloping towards him in the distance to the south.
Because their Wei army had cut down all the forests nearby. Therefore, the view in this area was very good, and they could see for miles without reservation.
Of course, the premise is that you have the vision.
The cavalry...are they Cao Jie's people?
He took a sip of water from his sac and warmed it in his mouth. Gong∮style_txt;Yuan swallowed it slowly while guessing in his mind.
You should know that Cao Jie's cavalry not only shouldered the important task of endlessly harassing the Chu army and waiting for opportunities to attack the Chu army's food roads, but also had the task of delivering news from the front, such as transmitting some of the Chu army's movements here.
Because of this, when the 80,000-strong army of Chu Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo was only one day away from Yanshui Camp, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun ordered to stop cutting down trees and instead use the numerous wood stocks in the camp.
, repair and strengthen the interior of the camp.
"It doesn't look like Cao Jie's people...the Chu army?"
Gong Yuan frowned.
At this time, the Wei soldiers on the camp wall had subconsciously raised their crossbows.
"Put it down." Gong Yuan waved his hand, signaling the nearby Wei soldiers to put down their crossbows.
Think about it, is a mere Chu cavalry worthy of facing a powerful enemy like this?
Chu State...does it have cavalry?
After stuffing the last piece of steamed bun into his mouth, Gong Yuan curiously looked at the oncoming Chu cavalry, guessing the other party's intention.
In fact, leaving aside whether the Chu State had cavalry, Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, did not have any cavalry. Otherwise, his 80,000-strong army would not have been harassed by Cao Jie's 5,000 cavalry.
Furthermore, the cavalry coming from the opposite side is not a cavalry, but the bodyguard cavalry beside Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng.
Under the confused gazes of Gong Yuan and others, the bodyguard of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo stopped a stone's throw away from Yanshui Camp, took out a wooden box from the bag on the horse's back, and said He raised it towards Gong Yuan and others.
After lifting it for quite a while, the man turned over and came down. He took a few steps forward with the wooden box in hand, and then placed the wooden box on the ground.
Then, the guard got on his horse and drove away along the way he came.
It turned out to be a messenger...
Gong Yuan suddenly realized this and ordered the nearby Wei soldiers: "Who will go and pick up that box?"
"yes."
A Wei soldier crossed his fists, walked down the steps to the camp wall, and ran towards the camp gate.
To be precise, after the transformation by officials from the Ministry of Industry, this military camp no longer has a so-called camp gate. The role of the camp gate is a huge city guard sword cart.
This kind of sword cart is generally used when defending a city. Once the city gate is forced, they can be used to block the city gate. The densely packed blades in their front can effectively block the enemy's infantry.
Originally, this kind of knife cart was movable, but after Zhao Hongrun's transformation, they were fixed and acted as the gate of the camp. The huge knife cart can actually be regarded as a passage. Of course, the premise is that from the passage Pull out the blade from the outside and insert it into the inside. Otherwise, the densely packed blades in the channel will prevent all living things from passing through.
Under Gong Yuan's gaze, the Wei soldiers who were guarding the sword cart successively pulled out the blades inserted in the sword cart. Seeing this, the Wei soldier entered through a passage that was half a person high, and then walked in from another section. , that is, the front section full of blades is drilled out - the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry have designed the front section full of blades into a movable plate. When you lift the plate, there is a The hidden passage.
The Wei soldier emerged from the passage, ran to the distance, picked up the box, and then returned the same way.
After he emerged from the passage inside the camp, the Wei soldiers who were guarding the knife cart inserted the blades into the knife cart one after another, making the inner passage full of intricate sharp blades, and no strangers were allowed to enter.
"General."
The Wei soldier presented the wooden box in front of Gong Yuan.
Gong Yuan reached out and opened the lid of the wooden box. Seeing that there was only one letter inside, he closed the lid again.
"Send it to the commander's tent."
"yes."
The Wei soldier left in a hurry without stopping.
Watching his leaving figure, Gong Yuan reached out and touched his chin, leaning against the camp wall in deep thought.
The letter is packed in a wooden box... It seems that the owner of this letter is of high status. Is he a noble from Chu State? Hmm? It can't be Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, right? It came so fast...
After muttering a few words, Gong Yuan squinted his eyes and looked to the distant south, hoping to see some movement of the Chu army.
Unfortunately, at this moment, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo's army was camped twenty miles away from the Wei camp. Even if the terrain was flat and unobstructed, Gong Yuan could not see it with his naked eyes.
This letter was quickly sent to the commander's account.
At this time, in the commander's tent, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun was discussing with Meng Wei, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Bailiba, the general of the Junshui camp, about strengthening the defense inside the camp.
After all, Zhao Hongrunsheng has many novel ideas, while Meng Wei is good at civil engineering. As for Baili Ba., he can provide a lot of effective suggestions and can highlight which weak points in the camp must be strengthened.
It was the combined efforts of these three people that made this camp so impregnable that it seemed to be much more difficult to attack than some cities.
"Report!"
While Zhao Hongrun and the three of them were discussing, the Wei soldier shouted outside the tent.
"Come in."
Following Zhao Hongrun's casual words, the Wei soldier walked into the tent holding the wooden box and said respectfully: "King Su, General, Lord Meng, just now a Chu man rode on horseback to deliver this wooden box outside the camp. "
Zhao Hongrun, who was talking to Meng Wei, was stunned when he heard this. He looked at the wooden box in Wei Bing's hand with confusion.
Seeing this, Zongwei Shen Yu, who had been standing quietly aside, walked over, opened the box, and took out the letter inside: "Your Highness, this is a letter."
With that said, he handed the letter to Zhao Hongrun.
Zhao Hongrun took the letter, spread it out and glanced at it briefly, a strange look appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Bailiba asked curiously: "Is this the letter of war from Xiong Tuo, Lord of Chuyang City?"
In his opinion, only nobles would use such good-looking wooden boxes to store letters. General generals are accustomed to using arrow books, which use cloth instead of paper and tie them to arrows to shoot to the enemy camp, which is quick and fast. And convenient.
"Haha." Zhao Hongrun snorted twice and handed the letter in his hand to Baili Ba.
As he expected, Bailiba also had a strange expression after reading the letter. He touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "It seems that the Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu we captured is the same as the Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo. We have a good relationship... Otherwise, that Xiong Tuo wouldn't have deliberately written this letter to remind us, for fear that we wouldn't know Xiong Hu's status..."
"Really?" Zongwei Shen Yu took a few secret glances. But he felt that what he saw was clearly two different things from what Bailiba said.
"So, you people have a lot to learn!" Glancing at Shen Yu who was full of confusion, Bailiba slapped the letter in his hand on Shen Yu's chest angrily: "If you don't understand, just keep reading. Until you understand!"
Shen Yu scratched his head and frowned as he looked over and over at the letter in his hand.
Zongwei today...
Bailiba secretly shook his head. After taking a long breath, he turned his gaze to Zhao Hongrun and said with a smile: "It seems that Xiong Tuo has seen our army's barracks."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded.
Although he calculated the dates, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, did arrive on these two days, but according to common sense, he would not rushly tell the Wei soldiers who were hostile to him about the arrival, because then he would not be able to sneak attack the Wei camp. Already.
However, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, still sent this letter, telling the Wei army in disguise that he had led his army to arrive here. This meant that he had already seen the impregnable Yanshui Camp and clearly understood this The military camp cannot be conquered by sneak attack, so I gave up the unrealistic idea of sneak attack.
"Should I bring an army to harass him?" Bailiba suggested, stroking his chin: "Obviously those Chu people must be building a camp at the moment... or there may be a chance to succeed in a sneak attack."
"Forget it." Zhao Hongrun pointed to the letter in Shen Yu's hand and said with a smile: "Since he sent this letter and clearly told us that he has arrived with his army, I believe we can also imagine that... we may take advantage of it. A sneak attack on him...the probability of success is not high."
In Zhao Hongrun's view, maybe this moment would be a good opportunity to sneak attack the Chu army, but to be honest, it's not necessary.
After all, in his plan, as long as he defended this military camp and minimized the casualties of his soldiers, he would be at least 50% sure of defeating Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo's army.
Yes, it was a rout, a complete defeat, not just a repulse of the Chu army.
"That's true, but... I'm really idle." Bailiba stretched out boredly. It can be seen from this that he didn't expect that the Chu army would be wary of his sneak attack. It was just that he was too idle. That's all.
"You want to write him a reply?"
Stretching out and seeing Zhao Hongrun writing on the back of the letter, Bailiba asked curiously.
"Well, it's rude to come back without reciprocating... I was intimidated and threatened by him, so I have to show something."
As he spoke, Zhao Hongrun took up his pen and wrote two words on the back of the letter.