Chapter 727: Ignition Produces a Miracle
Fang Xuan followed the military officials out of the gate, and his heart gradually rose, making all kinds of speculations in his heart, not knowing what Qin Jin's purpose was in the middle of the night. The camp was only two or three miles away from the front of the battle, and it was a quick time to ride on a horse.
The situation before the battle was much better than Fang Xuan's expectations, those people and horses who had rushed out of the camp all stayed three miles away from the city wall, arranged in the north of a pass, Fang Xuan crossed this pass, only to see that Qin Jin only took more than a hundred followers at a position about two miles away from the wall, as if he was stopping to observe.
In order to conceal their whereabouts, all the actions of the Shenwu Army were carried out in total darkness, and it was now the beginning of the month, and there was no moon in the sky, only a faint light brought by dense stars. The wind lanterns on Xin'an Guan City in the distance flickered and swayed, everything seemed to be calm, but Fang Xuan was shocked to see it, this kind of false calm in the night, I don't know how Qin Jin wants to break it?
"Why did the doctor act so suddenly tonight?"
According to Fang Xuan's temper in the past, seeing Qin Jin moving so headlessly, he had already scolded him. But now, he held back, and decided to persuade Qin Jin in a more tactful tone, don't be so reckless, in case the Shenwu Army is buried, the general trend will be difficult to reverse.
Qin Jin knew what was going on in his heart when he saw Fang Xuan appear. It's just that seeing that the prime minister, who used to be ruthless to him, is now speaking politely to him, he can't help but feel a little dark in his heart. In his view, the most proud thing is not to trample all the opponents and enemies under their feet and make them never turn over, but to make these opponents and enemies heartbroken, and even change the preconceived cognition.
Therefore, when Qin Jin treats some relatively upright opponents, he is different from outright villains such as Yang Guozhong and Cheng Yuanzhen. Cui Jian is like this, and Fang Xuan is no exception.
"It's a good dream to disturb Xianggong, but there will be a good show to watch, even if you don't sleep for ten days or eight days, it's worth it. ”
"How's it good?"
Qin Jin is still selling Guanzi until now, only letting Fang Xuan be a little restless, and when the time comes, the show will be staged naturally.
As he spoke, Qin Jin got down from his horse, stopped in front of a mound, stretched his legs and feet, and said comfortably:
"There are some times when the distance is good, why don't you get off the horse to stretch your muscles. ”
Regarding Qin Jin's deliberate betrayal, Fang Xuan only felt as if his body was itchy and uncomfortable, and he couldn't get an answer when he asked him, but he couldn't take out the prime minister's frame to force him to say it. In fact, not to mention Fang Xuan's current situation, even when the wind and water are rising, Qin Jin will not care about his prime minister's authority.
He had to say stupidly:
"Since you are selling Guanzi, why do you have to wake up the old man so early?"
Seeing Fang Xuan complaining like this, Qin Jin laughed, and at the same time pointed to the Guancheng looming in the darkness, and said:
"What if Qin said that after an hour, the Xin'an Wall in front of him would collapse, and Xiang Gongxin would not believe it?"
"What?"
Fang Xuan simply thought that there was something wrong with his ears, he heard the wrong words, and let the wall of Xin'an collapse, how could it be? Even if the scale of the wall of Xin'an is far from being compared with the big cities of Chang'an and Luoyang, the quality of the rammed earth wall is not much worse, and the iron pickaxe planed on it has a white mark at best, and even the slag may not fall off a little. The only weakness of this rammed earth wall is flooding, when Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, Wang Ben cut Wei, that is, the water of the Yellow River was diverted, and the city wall of the girder collapsed, but it also took several months of effort, and there was no reason to work in a short time.
What's more, it is now the dry season, and two of the three rivers on the east and west sides of Xin'an have dried up most of them, and one is even so dry that even the bottom of the river is exposed.
Fang Xuan turned around in his heart for many thoughts, and said angrily:
"If Doctor Qin tosses the old man in the middle of the night just to say these few jokes, it will inevitably be ......."
For a while, Fang Xuan didn't know how to describe the person in front of him who acted unconventionally and often received miraculous results, could it be that Qin Jin could still invite heavenly soldiers and generals to help? If so, maybe he could easily take Xin'an, let alone Xin'an, even if he won Luoyang, what would it be worth?
Fang Xuan was soon provoked by his own thoughts and smiled bitterly, the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals are things that only exist in legends and myths, who in this mortal world has seen it?
There are a lot of mosquitoes in the middle of summer, and Fang Xuan is gradually losing patience by the buzzing and bloodthirsty insects around him.
Qin Jin was very patient, as if the bite of the mosquito had no effect on him at all.
In the distance, the sound of roosters could already be faintly heard, although the sky was still dark at this time, but Qin Jin knew that the sky was about to dawn. The time when the rooster crows is about three o'clock in the morning in Qin Jin's previous life, and it is now the height of summer, from this moment until four o'clock, the sky will gradually brighten, and almost every ten minutes there will be bright changes in light that can be seen by the naked eye.
"Does Xianggong think that Qin Mouxing mobilized the crowd and tossed up the generals of the whole battalion just to tease you? Xianggong can't help but think too highly of himself!"
Qin Jin's words were very polite, but Fang Xuan reflected on it and felt that it was very reasonable, and he opened his mouth for a while, not knowing how to answer.
As the rooster crowed, the darkness of the original sky gradually faded, and a little light faintly revealed. Fang Xuan glanced at the Xin'an city wall three miles away, the wind lamps on it were still flickering, but there seemed to be a crowd of people on it.
"If the doctor attacks the city, what if the city is prepared?"
Of course, he didn't want Qin Jin to fail, because Qin Jin's defeat was equivalent to the defeat of the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court could no longer afford any defeat.
Qin Jin didn't care about Fang Xuan's worries.
"Tens of thousands of Shenwu troops are deployed outside the city, although the distance is three or four miles, it is not surprising that they are felt by the thieves in the city. ”
At this time, Fang Xuan also figured it out, Qin Jin was so sure that there must be a way that he didn't know, so he was not in a hurry to ask questions or persuade him, he just had a strong temperament, waiting for the time to pass bit by bit, and the answer would be revealed sooner or later.
The sky was getting brighter, and the outlines of the terrain in front and back were already faintly visible, and only then did Fang Xuan realize that there were many soldiers in front of them who were hurrying around, and his eyes soon fell on the edge of a trench, from which the soldiers seemed to have come out.
That's right, it was drilled, and it was clear that there should be a hole in the ground.
An idea suddenly popped out of Fang Xuan's mind, could it be that Qin Jin's filling in the trench was just a trick? This person's real purpose was to dig a tunnel leading directly into the city and break the city by surprise......
Although this kind of strategy may not have miraculous results, but after thinking about it, this is also the most reliable method, could it be that Qin Jin really invited the heavenly soldiers and generals? How is it possible!
While Fang Xuan was thinking wildly, Qin Jin looked at the sky and felt that time was ready, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart. Because he is still waiting for someone, this person is Qingxuzi.
Qing Xuzi didn't let Qin Jin wait long, and quickly climbed up from the trench and appeared in front of Qin Jin and Fang Xuan with a disgraced face.
"It's finally well arranged, it's stuffy and hot underneath, and I almost suffocate the poor road!"
Behind Qing Xuzi were more than a dozen soldiers, some of whom were holding a mass of black objects in their arms, and some of them were bent over with rope-like things in their hands......
Fang Xuan was confused, but Qin Jin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, everything was ready, only Dongfeng was owed, and he gave a categorical order.
"Bring the torches!"
Just when Fang Xuan was stunned, Qin Jin had already handed the torch in front of him.
"Please also ask the prime minister to light the fire on his behalf!"
"Ignition?"
Fang Xuan was even more confused, not knowing what to order. Despite this, he still took the torch from Qin Jin's hand.
Qin Jin didn't explain much, pointing to the five black ropes under his feet.
"Xianggong only needs to light these five leads, and a miracle will appear!"
Hearing this, Fang Xuan's heart jumped for no reason, and reason told him that what Qin Jin had just said was nonsense, and that if he lit that strange rope, there would be a miracle?
Fang Xuan realized that these five finger-thick ropes were by no means ordinary hemp ropes, they caught fire, and there would be an obvious sizzling sound during the burning process. At first, he was even startled by the fast-burning rope, and saw the five-o'clock sizzling splatters of spark-like light in the direction of the trench at a degree visible to the naked eye.
At this time, Qin Jin was obviously nervous, the lead is too long, who knows if there will be a problem, even if there are five leads, but who can guarantee that it will be foolproof?
The clenched fists were already covered with wet sweat.
Finally, the five points of fire disappeared from the field of vision, and Qing Xuzi stretched his head with a blank look, compared to Fang Xuan's unknown situation, his mentality was the most relaxed.
Qin Jin felt as if the time at this moment had frozen, and the five-point flame extended into the tunnel, but the expected result had not appeared for a long time. Beads of sweat gradually appeared on Qingxuzi's forehead, and he muttered in his mouth:
"Bomb, bomb, ......"
But the miracle was that it didn't appear, Qin Jin estimated that after about a quarter of an hour, there was no movement in the distance.
The sky gradually brightened, and the night became lighter and lighter, Qing Xuzi was in a hurry, rolled up his arms and sleeves and beckoned to the soldiers behind him:
"Those who are not afraid of death go to see what is going on, our firearms battalion is the first time, but we can't let people see a joke for the first time!"
The soldiers agreed in unison, and one by one they rushed up to see what was going on. Qin Jin felt that it was inappropriate, so he stopped them all.
"Wait and see, don't rush!"
This kind of thing is not a joke, if people go down into the tunnels and suddenly there is an explosion, they will not be able to return.
Qingxuzi was in a hurry.
"Seeing that the sky is about to dawn, it will delay the big event if I wait any longer......"
Before the words fell, the ground shook and the mountains shook, as if there was a muffled thunder rolling in......
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