In early November, the Wei soldiers in the Junshui camp worked together to repel the strong attack of the Chu army, successfully defended the Yanshui camp, and forced the Chu army, which had failed in the land battle, to find ways to defeat the enemy through waterways.
Two days later, the general of the Chu army, Zi Che Yuqin, led 30,000 soldiers and 70 or 80 warships, and sailed upstream along the Cai River, intending to launch a surprise attack on Daliang, the capital of Wei.
I remember that when Zi Cheyu proposed this strategy to Yangcheng Jun Xiongtuo two days ago, he had a vague premonition in his heart. However, Yangcheng Jun Xiongtuo's comforting words made his worries subside slightly.
From a common sense point of view, what Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo said is indeed correct. After all, it is now the end of the year, and the water in the Cai River is far less than that in spring, summer, and autumn. If you want to build a dam to store water, it will destroy his car fish. With the warship team under his command, this is not easy.
But Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, may have never imagined that as early as two months ago, when King Su Zhao Hongrun of Wei State had just arrived in Yanling, the young His Highness King Su had paid a golden order given by the emperor. , ordered Bailiba to lead the Junshui Battalion to build a dam at the intersection of Cai River and Jishui River, and left a force of 500 men to garrison here.
The military attache stationed in this small group of troops was a military prince. It was the military prince who first stood up against Zhao Hongrun when he provoked the generals in Junshui Camp, Duan Yang.
It has to be said that although Duan Yang was very hostile to Zhao Hongrun at first, it was just because Zhao Hongrun "insulted" the military flag of their Junshui Camp in order to motivate them to join the Wei soldiers in the Junshui Camp. Wait until this matter is revealed. , Duan Yang no longer had any prejudice against Zhao Hongrun.
As one of the many Wei soldiers in the Junshui Camp who were inspired by Zhao Hongrun, Duan Yang was so excited after hearing those impassioned speeches that he only wanted to go to the battlefield, kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, and protect his family and country. .
But what he never expected was that he was unlucky enough to be captured and became a garrison near the dam.
"I don't know how the war in Yanling is going..."
Like the five hundred Wei soldiers under his command, Military Marquis Duan Yang was biting a piece of withered grass, lying on the ground with his head on his hands, thinking about this and that out of boredom.
It’s not just him. The five hundred Wei soldiers stationed here are very envious of their comrades who have already set foot on the battlefield. They don’t want to think that they have been waiting by the dam with nothing to do for more than two months, and they are almost sick. Coming.
"Old Duan, tell me, is it because you offended His Highness Prince Su, so His Highness Prince Su deliberately asked our general to leave this job to you?"
A soldier sitting near Duan Yang joked with him with a smile.
"God knows." Duan Yang curled his lips and said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the other Wei soldiers nearby also started talking about it.
It's not that Duan Yang or the other Wei soldiers have any prejudice against Zhao Hongrun. It's really because they are too idle and have nothing to do.
No, after just a few words of conversation, the topic of this group of people changed from King Su's deliberate mischief to so and so in which battalion just married a wife a while ago, and a bunch of idle Wei soldiers were targeting their comrade in the army. They started discussing whether the daughter-in-law was beautiful or not, and then said that the woman was extremely ugly, even though none of them had ever seen that woman.
As we chatted, the topic gradually became a bit unbearable, and it’s no wonder. After all, for these soldiers who stay in the military camp all year round, the topics they talk about are essentially three things: violence, women, and dirty jokes. This is true in closed military camps.
Because of this, during the war, soldiers from various countries would commit such shameful things as killing the people of other countries and raping and humiliating women of other countries. Don’t think that it didn’t happen in the Wei State. It’s just that the Wei State has strict military discipline, so this
This kind of thing happened only a little less often, not necessarily in the Chu State. It allowed the soldiers to kill, burn, loot and give vent to their beastly desires.
"By the way, Lao Duan, do you recognize Liu He?"
"Liu He?" Duan Yang was stunned and asked curiously: "Is it Liu He, the third Quhou of Shezhun Camp?"
"Is there any friendship?"
Duan Yang scratched his hair. He couldn't laugh or cry and said: "We are from the former infantry battalion, and he is from the shooting battalion. Although we are both from the Junshui Army, but let's talk about friendship... what's the matter?"
"It is said that Liu He has three younger sisters in his family who are all of marriageable age. Liu He was arranging this a while ago... Everyone in the shooting camp knows about this."
"Why, you kid has such thoughts?" Duan Yang looked at Wei Bing who said this funny.
As the saying goes, first come first, those who are near the water. Generally, sisters in the family of Junshui soldiers will give priority to Wei soldiers who also belong to the Junshui army. This is an unwritten rule in the Junshui army.
Bailiba is very supportive of this. After all, this can enhance the cohesion of the army's sergeants. The Wei soldiers are also very supportive of this. They also hope to introduce their sisters at home to Tongze, who already has a good relationship with them in the army.
, further brought the relationship between the two people closer and went to the battlefield. This was a guarantee. Even if one of them unfortunately died in the battle, the other one would shoulder the responsibility of two families.
However, generally such things are limited to their respective camps. For example, Liu He, the third Quhou of the Shezhun Battalion, would introduce his sister to the Wei soldiers in the Shezhun Battalion. As for the other four camps, there would be no such thing.
I'm sorry, after all, although they all belong to the Junshui Army, each Wei soldier's enthusiasm for his own battalion is still somewhat close to that of the other four battalions.
Therefore, Duan Yang shrugged and poured cold water on him: "Stop thinking about it. There are 5,000 people in the shooting camp. Unless Liu He has 5,001 sisters, it won't be your turn."
As soon as he finished speaking, another Wei soldier nearby shouted, "Even if Liu Quhou has five thousand and one sisters, it's not your turn. Xiao Zhang, who among us is not stronger than you?" As he said that, Wei
Bing clenched his fists mischievously.
"Hahaha."
The surrounding Wei soldiers burst into laughter.
Duan Yang also smiled and shook his head, then fell into deep thought again.
I remember that in the past two months, Duan Yang had repeatedly thought about the purpose of their dredging army to build a dam here. After much deliberation, he could only come to one conclusion, that is, His Highness King Su was guarding against the Chu army.
It is possible to take a boat upstream from the Cai River and sneak attack on Daliang.
And he couldn't figure it out at all.
After all, as far as he knew, the 160,000-strong army of Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, was fighting vigorously in Yingshui County and captured many of his cities in the Wei Dynasty. Logically speaking, they would not go deep into Daliang alone and attack Daliang by surprise.
You must know that Daliang is the capital of their Wei Dynasty. No matter how arrogant the Chu people are, they will not think that they can conquer this city with warships alone.
Will the Chu army really attack Daliang in warships?
Duan Yang asked himself over and over again.
He hoped so. After all, only in this way would it make sense for him and the five hundred Wei soldiers under his command to stay here. Otherwise, they would have been busy for more than two months and missed the opportunity to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.
Regrettably, every time he waited with high expectations for the arrival of Chu's warships, he was always disappointed.
In the end, all he waited for every day was to wait until the sun set, and then the five hundred of them were busy making food for themselves, that's all.
Therefore, Duan Yang gradually lost his expectations. After all, in recent days, the water in the Cai River has begun to float with thin ice, which means that the river will freeze in a few days. By then, Chu
It is even less likely that the army's warships will come.
At the same time, the freezing of Cai River also meant that the hard wait of more than two months for the five hundred of them was in vain.
But today, it seems that the situation is a bit special.
No, the sun hadn't set yet, but Duan Yang vaguely heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the downstream direction.
There are not many in number, just twenty or thirty riders.
Obviously, those were the scouts he sent out to monitor the lower reaches.
Although the five hundred of them were infantry, when the Jun Shui Army set out for Yanling, they left fifty war horses with Duan Yang and asked him to monitor the area around the Cai River.
…
Duan Yang shook his head and glanced at the sun still hanging high in the sky, stood up, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
Because he knew that if there was no emergency, the scouts he sent out would never return to their base before the sun went down.
Could it be...
His whole body was agitated, and Duan Yang felt his heartbeat gradually speeding up.
At this time, the twenty or so mounted scouts had quickly arrived in front of him. One of the scouts hurriedly shouted: "Marquis, here we come, here we come."
"What, what's coming?" Duan Yang suppressed his excitement and asked carefully.
"The warships of the Chu State are the warships of the Chu State!" Another scout also shouted happily.
Duan Yang licked his lips happily when he heard this. To be cautious, he asked again: "Did you look carefully? Is it really a warship from the Chu Kingdom?"
"It can't be wrong... there are seventy or eighty warships in total. We, the Wei Dynasty, don't have warships like that! Besides, every warship is hoisted with the military flag of Chu..."
"How do you know that it is the military flag of Chu?"
"The words Chu Yangcheng Lord on the flag are so big that even a blind man can see them."
"Great!" Duan Yang rubbed his hands excitedly after hearing this, looked back at the Wei soldiers nearby, and grinned: "Brothers, we are finally alive... wake up!"
"Oh." The nearby Wei soldiers stood up one by one. The depression that had been idle for more than two months was finally vented today.
"Lower the conewood into the river."
Following Duan Yang's order, the nearby Wei soldiers cut off the ropes tied to the logs next to them. There was a loud roar, and the three nearby logs piled up like hills all fell due to inertia.
Enter the Cai River.
I saw that the branches of the logs were all cut off, and the roots were sharpened. After falling into the Cai River, because the roots were heavy and the front ends were light, they naturally pointed the sharp roots in the downstream direction in the river water.
Go down the river.
"Destroy the dam and release the water!"
Duan Yang shouted loudly.
In fact, the Wei soldiers under his command were already ready and had been waiting for Duan Yang to issue orders.
I saw them cutting off the ropes connecting the various wooden parts in the dam. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the white river water broke through the dam in an instant, like a silver dragon, roaring, carrying the numbers
Hundreds of cone trees surged downstream.
"Brothers, it's time for us to make a contribution!"
"Whoa whoa!"
Under the leadership of Duan Yang, five hundred Wei soldiers ran downstream along the Cai River. (To be continued.)