After discovering that the Sui army had cut off the water of the Hulu River, in order to destroy the dam for self-protection, Meng Haigong once organized an army to go out of the city from the north gate and charged the Sui army team. As a result, Meng Haigong's team quickly saw in despair that they had been beating the beam before. The Sui army guarding the county flag outside the north gate suddenly changed to the most terrifying Qijun Sui army banner, and then the even more terrifying Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin both slapped their horses into battle, yelling and questioning the bandit army who dared to come to die
Then, Meng Haigong's bandit army, which had already been defeated by Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, was immediately flaccid.
Life and death are at stake, no matter how impotent you are, you have to fight. Under the strict order of the bandit army Meng Yigui, the bandit army still bite the bullet and launched a charge. As a result, this just gave the Sui army of Qi County a great opportunity to vent their anger. Don't cheer up Encouragement, the generals and soldiers of the Sui army, who had already suffocated their anger, were like fierce tigers descending the mountain. Without hesitation, they rushed into the bandit army and started killing. Luo Shixin was still charging forward with his horse, stabbing fiercely with the spear in his hand, and kept yelling, "I want you to win my money! I want you to win my armor! I want you to win my horse!" The bandits on the opposite side were full of heads. Foggy, basically before he figured out when he had won against Luo Shixin, he had already been exposed by Luo Shixin.
The other generals of the Sui army also charged as bravely as Luo Shixin. They couldn't stop attacking the city repeatedly and killed countless companions. The Sui army team in Qi County was already full of anger. Opportunity, where is there any reason to be merciful? The horizontal knives, iron spears, spears and axes were like a violent storm, killing the bandit army in front of them to bloody flesh and corpses all over the ground. Terrified, the fighting power was not as good as that of the Sui Army in Qi County. The bandits fled for their lives one after another. Meng Yugui was still at the forefront. Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin waved their troops to cover up the bandits, smashed the bandits for a while, and almost took advantage of the momentum to attack Enter Menghai City, and end the battle of Menghai City ahead of schedule.
That night, Meng Haigong's bandit army tried to go out of the city twice to destroy the dam, one time they sent troops from the north gate again, and the other time they went down the city with ropes from the west city. However, the Sui Army team, which finally cut off the enemy's water source, said that they would not give them this chance. Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin led elite soldiers to guard outside the North Gate. , the bandit soldiers who went down the city with ropes were also attacked by the Sui army's rockets. Many bandit soldiers didn't even touch the ground below the city, and were shot to death in mid-air, screaming and falling off the city wall to die There are countless bandit soldiers who were seriously injured.
At the same time, Zhang Xutuo, who had already made sufficient preparations, divided his troops overnight and quickly set up a camp outside the north gate of Menghai City. The team built siege fortifications overnight, dug ditches and built fortifications to surround Menghai City, making it more difficult for the bandits to break through. The Qiaojun army was also arranged by Zhang Xutuo to station in the west of Menghai City, to prevent Meng Haigong's army from marching westward from the Hulu River and destroying the dam. Chen Yingliang knew that Zhang Xutuo was worried about his army's combat effectiveness, but he didn't If you mind, I will not mention the move to camp according to the order.
The night passed quickly, and the sky gradually brightened. As Yuan Tiangang predicted, the next day was sunny again, with no clouds in the sky, and the sun was shining. Of course, the soldiers of the Sui Army who had worked all night wanted such a good weather. Cheering and jumping, the bandit army whose water source had been cut off was anxious, cursed viciously, and desperately collected the remaining water in the river. All the yellow feces soup was poured into the nearly dry river, which quickly polluted the remaining water in the river!
Hearing the news, Meng Haigong and his wife were of course yelling at each other, but Zhang Xutuo unceremoniously ordered to dump all the excrement accumulated in the camp into the Hulu River, helping Chen Yingliang to completely pollute the accumulated water in the river faster and more effectively. Zhang Xutuo couldn't help laughing secretly behind his back, "Fortunately, the one stationed beside the Hulu River happens to be you, Chen Yingliang!"
Li Mi, who had calmed down, did not accompany Meng Haigong and his wife to scold their old rival Chen Yingliang for being vicious and despicable this time. Apart from suggesting that Meng Haigong and his wife centralize the distribution of the remaining water in the city, Li Mi basically never left the city and was always observing The Sui army mobilized the defense situation, looked for loopholes in the Sui army's defense, also looked for ways to destroy the dam, and even looked for opportunities to turn defeat into victory.
The sun was scorching, but Li Mi's heart was cold, because after walking around the city wall, Li Mi found that Zhang Xutuo's siege layout was impeccable. The south was Zhang Xutuo's main camp, and the north was Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin. He led the elite troops of Qi County. To the west was the old rival Chen Yingliang's Qiao County army to guard the Hulu River. He also filled up a section of the river to facilitate the connection between the north and the south. At the same time, he also installed fences and antlers in the river to prevent sneak attacks. It is guarded by the Liangjun troops with relatively weak combat effectiveness. Even if they can defeat Yang Wang, they will not be able to cross the Makeng River with a large amount of water.
Yang Jishan, who has never been trusted and reused by Meng Haigong, has been by Li Mi's side all the time. Seeing Li Mi turning around and returning to the original place, looking at the Sui army team outside the city in a daze, Yang Jishan asked in a low voice: "Master, How? Is there a way to destroy the upstream dam and restore the water?"
"Don't think about it." Li Mi replied casually: "Didn't you notice? Our old opponent Chen Yingliang was stationed in the upper reaches of the Hulu River. It's not like you don't know how treacherous and difficult that little thief is. How could he do this to us?" Opportunity?"
"Then what about breaking through?" Yang Jishan asked, "Are you sure you can break through?"
"There may be some hope of breaking through, but not much hope." Li Mi replied: "And even if the breakout is successful, Meng Haigong's team will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and it will be difficult to pose a threat to the official army."
"Don't let Meng Haigong die! Our lives are the most important thing!" Yang Jishan yelled in a low voice, and said: "Because Meng Haigong still has the strength to fight, go and persuade him to abandon the city and break through, so we can take the opportunity to escape with our lives." , with me protecting you, coupled with your ingenuity, there is great hope for the two of us to work together to break out of the encirclement!"
Li Mi didn't say a word, just continued to calculate, Yang Jishan was a little impatient, and urged: "Don't hesitate, there are more than 20,000 people in this city, there is no water to drink, and within three days there will be chaos without a fight. If Meng Haigong's team collapsed on its own, and it will be difficult for us to break through and escape."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Li Mi, who was planning, turned around and asked Yang Jishan, "Seventh General, what did you just say? Please say it again."
"Didn't you hear clearly?" Yang Jishan was taken aback, and hurriedly repeated in a low voice: "I just said, you can't hesitate any longer. There are more than 20,000 people in this city. If Meng Haigong's team collapses by itself, it will be too late for us to break through."
"More than 20,000 people?" Li Mi paid attention to these words, and suddenly saw the bright moon as if the clouds were lifted, and his confused mind immediately became brighter, and he secretly said: "Yeah, why did I forget that there are people in this city?" More than 20,000 people? Sun Tzu said: Ten will encircle them, and five will attack them. Zhang Xutuo surrounded us with almost equal forces. Of course, it is because his army has a strong fighting force and is sure to beat us with fewer hits. But if I make good use of the advantage of sufficient manpower..."
"Master! Master!"
A sudden voice interrupted Li Mi's calculations. Li Mi and Yang Jishan looked back, only to see that it was Meng Haigong and his wife leading the troops up to the city wall. The soldiers put a wooden bucket in front of Li Mi, pointed to the wooden bucket and said, "Master, look quickly, what's inside?"
Li Mi looked into the bucket curiously, but saw a few golden carp in the bucket, Li Mi couldn't help but asked, "Recorder, where did these fish come from?"
"When the soldiers collected the remaining water this morning, they found it in the puddle of the river, and sent it to my office for dedicating it to me." Meng Haigong explained, and then said quickly: "Seeing these fish, Madam, she I thought of a clever plan to solve the current water shortage situation, but I don't know if it is sure, so we came to you to discuss it."
"Resolve the current water shortage situation?" Li Mi was startled for a moment, then immediately came to his senses and asked, "Recorder, aunt, do you want to give these fish to Zhang Xutuo, so that he thinks that our water source is Sufficient, and then lift the water cut off by yourself?"
"Nephew, you are so smart, why do you think exactly the same as us?" Meng Haigong and Ma Saifei were also surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Then do you think this clever plan is feasible?"
The strategy of Meng Haigong and his wife is indeed feasible. In history, both Zhang Jue and Zhang Xianzhong have used it, and they have successfully tricked the enemy into giving up the strategy of cutting off water, but it is a pity...
"Recorder, auntie." Li Mi sighed, and said: "Forgive me, my nephew, your strategy may be effective for others, but it will never be hidden from the eyes of Chen Yingliang's little thief. Only after experiencing it will he know that such a strategy has no possibility of hiding it from him, on the contrary, it will let him know that we are seriously short of water, and he will be more determined in his water cut strategy."
"How can that little thief be so powerful?" Meng Haigong and his wife asked in surprise.
Li Mi smiled wryly and nodded, Yang Jishan chimed in and said, "Meng Lu Shi, you must have heard of it, even Li Zixiong, a veteran who is known as the reincarnation of Zhuge, always fell for the trick when he met the little thief Chen Yingliang, and was often played by the little thief Chen." Among them, how can such a small plan like yours be able to hide from his evil eyes? In my opinion, you had better think about how to break through as soon as possible, this is the truth."
He didn't like the nobleman's arrogance in Yang Jishan at first, but when he heard Yang Jishan's unpleasant words, Meng Haigong's expression became even more ugly, he snorted heavily, and said: "Anyway, there is nothing to lose, I have to give it a try anyway." Try, come and arrange an emissary immediately to send the fish to the old dog Zhang Xutuo!"
"Wait a minute." Li Mi hurriedly stopped, and then pursed his lips to calculate for a moment, then Li Mi said: "Recorder, you must give it a try, then don't waste these precious carp easily, I have a better defrauding enemy." If you can use it together, the effect will definitely be better!"
Meng Haigong and his wife hurriedly asked what the clever plan was, and Li Mi quickly explained his plan. Meng Haigong and his wife were overjoyed when they heard it, and immediately ordered the soldiers to follow the order. Xu Tuo came in person, and Meng Haigong and his wife accepted it without hesitation, and then Li Mi said in his heart: "Give it a try, even if it doesn't work, you can lure Zhang Xutuo here to see with your own eyes that the corridor at the south gate has been closed. The blocked situation will facilitate my next plan.”
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About half an hour later, Chen Yingliang, who was commanding the army to deploy defenses in the upper reaches of the Hulu River, suddenly received a report from a scout, saying that he found that the bandit army was cleaning the horses on the South Gate City! Chen Yingliang was also dumbfounded all of a sudden, and quickly asked the scout if he was wrong, and the scout swore that he was absolutely right. Chen Yingliang was even more frightened, and quickly called Yuan Tiangang, who was also full of horror, and led a team to the south gate of Menghai City to check the situation himself.
When they arrived at the scene, Zhang Xutuo, Mulan and others had also received news that they had brought a troop of cavalry and were looking around the city. Chen Yingliang also raised his head to look at the situation on the city, but Chen Yingliang was stunned. In a conspicuous place on the city wall, there were indeed some bandit soldiers cleaning their horses, pouring buckets of water onto the horses continuously, splashing bright white water, and faintly hearing the bandit soldiers' relaxed and obscene singing, very leisurely. Seeing this scene, even Yuan Tiangang couldn't help but exclaimed, "How is it possible? The water in the city has been cut off, and there are so many waters from the bandit army to wash the horses?"
Chen Yingliang had a gloomy face and didn't speak, just turned to look at Zhang Xutuo, just as Zhang Xutuo also turned to look at Chen Yingliang, his face was still terribly gloomy. Mulan on the other side couldn't wait to ask: "Chen Tongshou, didn't you say that there is absolutely no well in the city? Why do the bandits still have so much water to wash their horses? Where does their water come from?"
Chen Yingliang didn't speak, but blinked his triangular eyes and calculated nervously. At this moment, a bandit soldier was suddenly lowered from the city in a hanging basket, put a large bucket under the city, and then fled to the city quickly. At the same time, Meng Haigong and his wife He also appeared on the city and shouted at Zhang Xutuo: "Zhang Xutuo, old general Zhang, this is a little gift from our husband and wife, please accept it."
Zhang Xutuo pursed his mouth, and a soldier had already rushed up and brought the bucket over. When everyone looked into the bucket again, they were all dumbfounded—not only was there more than half of the bucket of clear water in the bucket, but there were also several birds swimming happily. moving golden carp. At this time, Meng Haigong shouted again in the city, saying: "Zhang Xutuo, thank you very much, if you hadn't cut off the Hulu River and forced me to dig deep wells, I really don't know. , there is actually a hidden river! Thank you, thank you!"
"Thank you, General Zhang! Thank you, General Zhang, for letting us discover the dark river!" Many bandit soldiers also shouted, their voices still very neat, obviously they had been ordered to shout in order.
Hearing these shouts, Zhang Xutuo's eyes naturally fixed on Yuan Tiangang's face, while Yuan Tiangang was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "Ambassador Zhang, it's impossible! Absolutely impossible! Students dare to bet their heads that Meng Haigong is thieves of the city!" It is absolutely impossible for there to be any underground rivers underground!"
"Where did these fish come from?" Mulan asked viciously, pointing to the city wall in the distance, "Also, where did the water for washing horses on the city wall come from?"
"This..., this...." Yuan Tiangang was completely speechless, so he could only answer with his head bowed: "I don't know either."
"I know!"
Chen Yingliang, who had been thinking about it all the time, suddenly opened his mouth. When Zhang Xutuo and Mulan looked up at Chen Yingliang in surprise, Chen Yingliang smiled and stopped talking. He just patted his horse and stepped forward. Yuan Tiangang and the Qiaojun team quickly followed. Zhang Xutuo and Mulan hesitated. After that, he also led the cavalry forward, followed Chen Yingliang to the city wall, and stood still outside the range of the bow and arrow. Then Chen Yingliang said loudly: "Meng Lushi, let's get to know each other. My name is Chen Yingliang. I am the commander of Qiao County in the Sui Dynasty. I came up with the idea of cutting off your water source."
"It really is this little thief!" Meng Haigong gritted his teeth.
"You are so handsome and young!" Ma Saifei praised, and then added: "But how can such a handsome and elegant young man have such a vicious heart? He really can't be judged by his appearance."
"Recorder, be careful, please think twice before speaking." Li Mizang whispered behind the arrow stack: "This little thief is extremely treacherous, be careful that he tricks the truth."
At this time, Chen Yingliang shouted again: "Meng Lushi, you said you dug an underground river in the city. I don't really believe that! If you really dug an underground river, then pour 10000 tons of water into the city." If the bucket of water comes down, then I will believe it!"
Meng Haigong was a little hesitant, but Li Mi quickly pointed out in a low voice, and then Meng Haigong said in a proud tone: "Little thief, believe it or not, I don't need to prove it to you!"
"Meng Lu, are you guilty of being a thief?" Chen Yingliang laughed and said, "I have no way of knowing whether there is a hidden river in your thief city, but I can guess that the fish you sent must be from the Hulu River. Before the end of the river, I got it by chance in the accumulated water in the river, right? If you can still pour ten buckets of water down, I will immediately believe that there is an underground river in your city, and I will immediately withdraw my troops. Anyway, if it cannot be broken Your water source, I am really not sure about taking down your city of thieves, and not fighting uncertain battles, this is my principle of using troops."
Hearing Chen Yingliang's words, Li Mi, who was short and hiding behind the arrow pile, suddenly despaired, and said in a low voice: "Recorder, don't waste your energy, this little thief has already seen through."
"Not necessarily! Try again!"
Meng Haigong refused to give up, and with the idea of taking a last gamble, he decisively ordered ten buckets of water to be poured down the city. Meng Haigong's soldiers did not dare to disobey the order, so they had to bite the bullet and poured out ten buckets of water down the city, which is now more expensive than gold Many of the soldiers drank a few swigs of water before pouring it out. As a result, the Sui Army troops under the city were inevitably in an uproar, but Chen Yingliang smiled even more happily, and exclaimed in feigned surprise: "It's really splashed? You really dug out the underground river?"
Meng Haigong laughed very proudly, while Chen Yingliang shouted again: "Meng Lushi, ten buckets of water is too little. If you pour out another hundred buckets, I will really believe it! Not only will I immediately take Qiao If the county officials leave, I will persuade Marshal Zhang to withdraw too! Meng Lushi, this is a great opportunity for us to retreat, you must not miss it!"
"Damn, this kid is really treacherous!" Meng Haigong cursed in his heart, and then he said proudly: "What are you doing in such a hurry to ask you to retreat? If you have the ability, come and continue to attack the city. I just happened to clean up on the city wall." you!"
Chen Yingliang finally couldn't help laughing out loud, and said with a big laugh: "Meng Lushi, it's not rude to come and go, since you gave General Zhang a bucket of carp, and wasted ten buckets of drinking water that is more expensive than gold for me!" , I can’t help but say something, don’t worry, I’ll send someone to bring you some tangerine peels right away.”
"Why did you give me tangerine peel?" Meng Haigong was taken aback.
"Help your war horse digest it." Chen Yingliang laughed and said, "The war horse will definitely not digest the dried rice. When you bathe the war horse with rice, the war horse must have taken the opportunity to eat a lot of rice. If your horse can't digest it, it will You won’t be able to run fast, maybe you’ll get sick, I want to repay you, of course I have to give you some tangerine peel!"
"Rice?!" The Sui army was in an uproar, but Zhang Xutuo's eyes lit up, and the enemy's problem of washing their horses with water was immediately solved. Meng Haigong and his wife in the city were tongue-tied, saying that they never thought that Chen Yingliang could still see that the so-called water was actually rice from such a long distance.
"Meng Lushi, you must be very strange. From such a long distance, how can I tell that your water is actually rice?" Chen Yingliang laughed proudly and said, "The answer is actually very simple. If I were you , I really dug out an underground river in the city, then I will definitely order it to be kept secret, and deliberately let the army pretend to be short of water, so that General Zhang can take it lightly and wait patiently for the city to run out of water. As a result, you can take the opportunity to find the flaws of General Zhang! But you can't wait to tell us that you have dug out an underground river, and the water source is still sufficient. I immediately knew that you were faking it. I know that the water you use to wash the horses is actually white rice!"
"Sure enough, treacherous." Li Mi shook his head behind the arrow stack and sighed, hating and admiring his arch-enemy.
"Traitor!"
Furious, Meng Haigong snatched a bow, drew the bow and set an arrow, and shot at Chen Yingliang. As a result, under the fury, Meng Haigong, who was already tall and strong, exploded with divine power, and the arrow he shot was far beyond the range of ordinary strong bows. The arrow pierced through the air and came straight towards Chen Yingliang's chest, who was on the edge of the normal strong bow's range. Chen Yingliang, who was laughing triumphantly, was shocked and almost forgot to dodge when caught off guard. Fortunately, Zhang Xutuo, who was next to him, had a sharp eye and shot in time.
"The next time you answer a question with the enemy, beware of backstabbing." After coldly exhorting Zhang Xutuo, he pulled up his horse and walked back, ordering: "Waste time, go back to camp."
Chen Yingliang, who was almost shot by a cold arrow, got off his horse and ran back. Mulan returned to his horse calmly, and said to Chen Yingliang, "Remember, our commander saved your life. If you still have a conscience, don't fight with me this time." We share the credit and the money.”
Chen Yingliang didn't say a word, but pondered in his heart: "I'm too short of expert protection around me, so I have to find a way to get a reliable captain of the soldiers—Mulan is pretty good, she's loyal and capable of fighting, even at night..."
After pondering this, Chen Yingliang, who is still confused in terms of feelings, quickly put an end to this thought, and looked back at the city with hatred. He wanted to curse Meng Haigong—but accidentally saw Meng Haigong who was yelling and ordering to shoot arrows. Beside him, a very familiar black face unexpectedly appeared! Although the black face just passed by in a flash, Chen Yingliang still recognized him all at once!
"Why is he here?" Chen Yingliang almost didn't shout out, and the many doubts in his heart suddenly became clear, and he said to himself: "No wonder, no wonder Zhang Xutuo is frustrated here again and again, it turns out that his nemesis is also here! Damn, Be careful next time, this kid definitely has tricks!"
Li Mi did have tricks, after watching his arch-rival leave, and after Meng Haigong calmed down a bit, Li Mi immediately said to Meng Haigong: "Reporter, the strategy of defrauding the enemy has failed, we only have two options left, please choose. "
"Those two choices?" Meng Haigong asked angrily.
"The first option is to abandon the city and break through." Li Mi replied in a deep voice, "This is a hope destined to suffer heavy losses, but there is hope for a successful breakout, and there is also hope for a comeback."
"Then what's the second choice?" Ma Saifei next to him interrupted and asked.
"The second choice is to fight to the death!" Li Mi said decisively: "I have already thought of a plan. Although I am not absolutely sure, it is destined to cause heavy losses to your team, but there is a great hope of turning defeat into victory. Keep this Menghai city, and kill the government troops outside the city!"
"Turning defeat into victory?"
Meng Haigong and Ma Saifei looked at each other in surprise, saying that they never thought that the situation has become so bad, and Li Mi dare to say that there is hope of turning defeat into victory? Surprised, Meng Haigong and his wife hurriedly asked what the clever plan was, and Li Mi first whispered his plan, and then said: "Reporter, this is a very risky plan, but I can assure you, There is great hope! If it succeeds, we will definitely be able to keep the Meng Hai city that you painstakingly built!"
Meng Haigong and his wife discussed in a low voice for a while, and then Meng Haigong said: "Nephew, the plan you mentioned to turn defeat into victory, we think it should be feasible, but it is not too risky? If it fails, then our soldiers who can break out , but not much left."
"Yes." Ma Saifei also echoed: "That little thief Chen Yingliang is so powerful, if he sees through our arrangement again and makes preparations in advance, then we will lose."
"Recorder, auntie, please rest assured." Li Mi said solemnly: "If Chen Yingliang knows that I am in this city, then he may be able to see through, because so far, I am the only one who has deceived him on the battlefield. He will be cautious no matter what, and after repeated investigation and analysis, it is possible to see through my plan."
"But!" Li Mi added again in a deep voice: "Judging from the information provided by our Jiyin insiders, the officers and soldiers still don't know that I am in the city to advise you and formulate tactics. That little thief Chen Yingliang also He must not know that I am also in Meng Hai City, so he will somewhat underestimate the enemy, and he would never guess that we will use such a risky strategy to fight for this opportunity to turn defeat into victory!"