CHAPTER XXVIII
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and the Xiongnu army, which tried to attack the Qin military camp to seize grain and grass, found nothing, and could only return to the city with despair in their hearts. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Due to the lack of food and the distance of nearly 200 miles, the Xiongnu army that returned to the city had long since lost its strength, as if it had lost its armor.
At this time, there was an army of 10,000 people heading in the direction of Zhang Xiao, it was the team led by Li Jin, who was planning to go to join Li Gang and counterattack the Xiongnu.
Li Jin's team set off at dawn, and arrived at Li Gang's military camp when it was almost dark. ”
Li Jin moved his gaze a little over, and saw the large number of camp tents a few hundred meters away, and immediately said to Gu Li beside him: "Gu Li, let the soldiers set up camp!" Qinglong, let's go. ”
"Yes!"
Li Jin and Qinglong rode their horses towards the tent, and when they heard the sound of horses' hooves nearby, the soldiers at the tent looked vigilantly at Li Jin and the others who came over, and saw that the people on horseback were Qinglong and Li Jin, and they also breathed a sigh of relief, and a soldier said: "General Li, Mr. and the general are already waiting for you!" ”
Hearing this, Li Jin and Qinglong got off the horseback, handed over the reins to the soldiers on the side, and followed the soldiers in front of him into a camp tent.
Li Gang in the camp tent saw Li Jin, and hurriedly stepped forward and said excitedly: "Big brother, you are finally here!" ”
"Haha, second brother, we haven't seen each other for a while!" Li Jin said with a smile.
"That's right, big brother." Li Gang introduced: "This is Zhang Xiao, this time the grain and grass warehouse in the Xiongnu City was burned by the Chengguan Brigade under him under him!" ”
"Oh!" Li Jin looked at Zhang Xiao for a moment, and then continued: "Sure enough, it's a hero and a boy!" ”
Zhang Xiao hugged his fists when he heard this: "Thank you General Li for your praise, I just did what I could." I don't know if the army under General Lee has been brought."
Zhang Xiao said that it is really tiring to talk to these ancient people, unlike modern times to pay attention to so many details.
"All 10,000 people were brought, and the military camp was burned clean by the Huns, so I had to bring all the soldiers with me," Li Jin said and continued to ask, "Then when will we start attacking the Xiongnu city?" ”
"Starting tomorrow morning!" Zhang Xiao replied.
Li Jin was stunned when he heard this, and said, "So fast? Does that gentleman have a plan to attack the city? ”
Zhang Xiao nodded and took out a piece of cloth, this is the era without paper, Zhang Xiao was too lazy to go back to modern times to get paper, so he simply took materials on the spot and asked Li Gang for a piece of cloth. Zhang Xiao put the cloth on the table and unfolded it and said, "Everyone come and see!" ”
Hearing this, Brother Li Jin and Qinglong stepped forward to look at the cloth on the table, Zhang Xiao continued: "This is a sketch of the Xiongnu city that I drew from memory, this city only has two gates, the south gate and the north gate, according to the information we caught the Xiongnu spies that day, there is an official road outside the north gate that leads directly to another city, but the distance between the two cities is too far, and now this city is isolated. ”
At this time, Li Jin looked at the drawings and said: "If we attack from the south gate as Mr. said, once the Xiongnu detect that they are invincible, they may abandon the city and flee from the north gate." At that point, it will be even more difficult for us to chase after it! ”
"Big brother is right, if that's the case, it's not easy to do!" Li Gang responded.
Zhang Xiao smiled and said: "General, if you run out of food, you are trapped in a lonely city, isolated and helpless, and you will only starve to death if you escape, do you choose to die desperately or escape and choose to starve to death!" ”
"Haha, I see, I see!" Li Jin said with a smile.
"But!" Zhang Xiao said suddenly, "Even if the Xiongnu are now out of food and physically exhausted, but this siege is not so easy, the Xiongnu know that they are going to die this time, and they will fight with us." ”
"If it is as Mr. said, then why don't we wait for the Hun army to starve to death in the city, wouldn't this save us a lot of trouble!" Li Gang said.
"If we wait for the 30,000 Huns army to starve to death in the city, then the city will be completely ruined, and we can't deal with the corpses of the 30,000 army, and after they begin to decay, they can completely cause an irreparable plague. Although this city is not large, the two generals who have guarded the border for many years should know how important a city is to you. As a modern person, Zhang Xiao's awareness of hygiene is not comparable to that of ancient people.
Hearing Zhang Xiao's words, the two brothers Li Gang suddenly realized that after all, they were only a martial artist, and they couldn't think so comprehensively about things.
Li Jin said: "Then go according to the plan that Mr. said!" ”
Li Gang nodded when he heard this, and Zhang Xiao continued at this time: "Since ancient times, it has been easier to defend a city than to attack it, not to mention that the number of Xiongnu is twice that of us, so tomorrow I will lead the Chengguan Brigade to fully assist the two generals in attacking the city and minimize the casualties of our soldiers!" ”
"Then there's Mr. Law!" The two said at the same time.
Zhang Xiao smiled and said, "The two generals will go back and arrange it first!" ”
"The old man and the two of them have taken their leave first!"
After the two brothers Li Jin left, only Zhang Xiao and Qinglong remained, Zhang Xiao said: "Qinglong, how many fireworks are left now?" ”
"There are only thirty left!" Qinglong replied.
When Zhang Xiao heard this, he muttered: "Thirty, I'm afraid it's not enough." Qinglong, go and call the others! ”
"Yes!" Qinglong then left the tent.
After more than ten minutes, all the people from the Chengguan Brigade came to Zhang Xiao's tent. Zhang Xiao looked at the people in front of him and said: "Tomorrow, there will be a fierce battle, although the Huns have been out of food for a few days, but after all, they are all alive, and it is terrible to fight for their lives." Now let me talk about the battle plan, the Huns occupy a favorable position, once we appear outside the city, they will definitely send a large number of archers to constantly release arrows, so that our soldiers will be killed and wounded a lot, so what we have to do is to break through the city gate as quickly as possible. ”
Qinglong asked, "But if we attack the city head-on, there will definitely be a large number of people on the city wall, and we can't sneak into it like before, what should we do?" ”
Zhang Xiao said lightly: "After the battle meeting, rattlesnake, go to Li Gang and ask for eight shields; Then the pheasant went to find a wine jar, which must be thick, and then filled it with gunpowder of twenty special fireworks bombs to make a larger firework bomb, remember, the wine jar must be strong! ”
"Yes!" Pheasants and rattlesnakes answered.
"Except for the pheasants used to make large fireworks, there are only ten left, and the eight of you will each carry one firework bomb tomorrow and go to the foot of the Xiongnu city wall in advance before the army moves, and disperse and lurk; When the army appeared and the Huns were ready to release arrows, they lit the remaining fireworks bombs and threw them on the city wall, and then hung the large fireworks bombs made by the pheasant on the city gate, and exploded directly. Zhang Xiao continued, "Okay, disband, go back to rest!" ”