Xizi tears

Text/Sparrow Zhang Xiaojing

Chapter 18 Turning defeat into victory, the talent of the general

Okay, Xizi's side is safe for the time being, so what about Fan Li's side, what has he experienced? What happened?

Let's say that Fan Li and Wen Zhong hurried day and night, and arrived in Ancheng a few days later, and looked at it from a distance outside the city, Fan Li couldn't help but gasp, and suddenly felt that the heavy pressure was like a dark cloud that pressed him breathlessly, only to see the stretching mountains, like an outstretched green giant arm, hugged tightly and tightly, hugging this plain that slowly bloomed like a bird's wings, in the middle of the plain, there are many buildings, and the streets and alleys are vertical and horizontal...... It is a city, a big city, there is a jade belt surging outside the city, it is a moat next to the city wall, guarding the city gate, the river is wide, the river water is clear and shallow, how many bridges are there on the river? Each bridge leads to a city gate, one side of the city, but also high, towering a mountain, at this time, the city gate is closed, the city wall is towering, on the towering city wall, the national flag is waving with the wind, the soldiers are faintly visible, under the city wall, by the moat, three steps and a post, five steps and a sentry, coming and going, dense, all Wu soldiers and generals, ant colony like impenetrable Wu soldiers generals, oh my God, Ancheng, the capital of the Yue country, was actually surrounded by a flood, the king of Yue, the generals, the soldiers, the people...... They are all besieged in the city, unable to enter or exit, like lambs to the slaughter, like prisoners waiting to be executed, struggling, anxious, panicking, despairing...... Waiting in trepidation, waiting to be executed, killed, exterminated, destroyed...... Waiting for that terrible apocalypse...... Alas, one nation, one king...... It has fallen to such a point, how can I, with my own strength, resist this monstrous wave, how to support this huge building. He felt a deep sense of helplessness, and he also felt a deep sense of powerlessness...

"Let's go to the city first, enter the city and think about countermeasures" At this time, Wen Zhong opened his mouth

"How do I get into town?" Fan Li frowned,

"You don't care about this, I have my own countermeasures, come with me," Wen Zhong was confident, took Fan Li, went around to a small forest, found a clump of grass in the grove, used his hands and feet together, pulled hard, pulled out of the black rumbling dong hole, Wen Zhong jumped down into the hole, Fan Li followed, along the narrow and crooked passage, or walking or climbing, crawling and rolling for a long time, saw a glimmer of light in front of him, that is the exit, the exit gently probed, and heard a burst of cheers:

"King Dawang, Dr. Wen Zhong is back, Dr. Wen Zhong is finally back," Wen Zhong climbed up tiredly, turned around and pulled Fan Li, and bowed deeply to a tall and slightly black, melancholy man with a melancholy face between the dense stubble:

"King Goujian, this is Fan Li"

"Ah, Mr. Fan Lifan, you have seen the situation, Gou Jian is incompetent, and it has come to such a point, may I ask Mr. Fan, what is the best solution? Can it solve the Yue country and water and fire?

"This, this?" Fan Li frowned, didn't know how to deal with it for a while, hugged his fist, and replied honestly:

"Seriously, I haven't come up with a plan yet, please give me time, let me take a good look and think about ......"

"Okay......" Gou Jian frowned, obviously a little disappointed, but still nodded, "At most, I will give you three days, it's not that this king is stingy, it's really time urgent, everything has Mr. Lao Fan" So, Wen Zhong accompanied Fan Li and checked everywhere in Ancheng, but saw that the streets and alleys were depressed, the store doors were closed, and the streets were empty, occasionally walking past one or two patrolling soldiers, and occasionally walking past one or two villagers passing by, one by one I was anxious, in a hurry, and I didn't dare to stay longer...... War, war, turned an originally prosperous city into such a trembling, depressed and deserted. Fan Li sighed wordlessly, and continued to walk forward, in front of him is the hill, the mountain is not big, but there is a small waterfall, which flows down with a bang, and there is a mountain spring under the waterfall, forming a small stream, which keeps flowing out:

"Where does this creek lead?"

"All the way to the moat outside the city" Hey, Fan Li responded and continued to walk forward, not far away from a barren beach of water and grass, and one of the beaches was actually black, black and thick and smelly mud pond: "What is that?" Fan Li thought it was strange? There is no sewage, no garbage, and all of a sudden, black, dirty, foul and foul thing has appeared.

"I don't know what it is" Wen Zhong clearly showed a nasty expression" "It came out of the ground like a spring, it was thick and smelly, no one could say what it was, a pile of waste"

"It's not waste, it's not waste, we villagers can treasure it" At this time, a villager passing by interjected: "I don't know what this thing is?" As long as there is a little fire, it will burn brightly, who can't cut firewood? Use it to cook on the fire, when it comes to the rainy weather, it is indispensable for every household, it is very easy to use, but it is a little dangerous, and it can not be splashed everywhere, because, it will catch fire when it sees it, and it is easy to cause fire if you are not careful."

"When you see a fire, it is easy to catch fire" Fan Li frowned, hurriedly took off his hat, filled it full, and sprinkled it into the water, and the black oil was suspended on the surface of the water one by one, not sinking at all, not spreading at all, and then taking the flint a little, with a sigh, it was on the water and burst into flames, smoking and spitting flames:

"Wow, it's amazing, it can actually burn on the water" Fan Li's tightly knit brows suddenly relaxed, and his eyes suddenly sparkled with stars, and he immediately grabbed Wen Zhong:

"Doctor Wen Zhong, Doctor Wen Zhong, I suddenly have a good idea, go, see the king on the horse" Seeing King Gou Jian, Fan Li 1510, detailed his plan, Gou Jian first shook his head, and then his tightly locked brows stretched little by little, he held Fan Li's hand tightly, shook vigorously, swayed, and his eyes flashed with light:

"Wow, wow, how lucky the Yue country is, in danger to get this pillar, Dr. Fan Li, Dr. Wen Zhong, there are still 2,000 soldiers in the city, tens of thousands of residents, everything will be left to you to arrange"

So, the action immediately began, all the soldiers, the strong men,...... Anyway, as long as you can afford to carry the burden, hold the bucket, and do the work...... Take it all into action, shoulder-picking, hand-carrying, and even basin scooping...... And everybody, pour the black dirty oil into the clear stream, and the black oil flowed out of the city with the stream, and flowed into the moat, and in a moment the river became sluggish and heavy, and the oil became black, and it became thicker and thicker, and heavier and heavier, and darker and darker, and when it was dark, it became black and thick, heavy, and heavy, and seemed to flow without moving, and then suddenly the gates of the city were opened, and a small pair of soldiers, like a small swarm of wriggling rats, rushed towards the camp of Wu, which seemed to be asleep, and rushed over, and did not burn their tents. Nor did they cut down their soldiers, but they shouted and struck their horses, and cut down their tents, and overturned their stoves...... Harass as much as you want, harass and run; After a while, another group of soldiers came out, and it was repeated...... Several times in a row, several times in a row, while harassing, they also destroyed the bridge intentionally or unintentionally, such an act, such a villainous act, provoked Wu Jun's fire, gathered the team, and wanted to give a blow, but they were like rabbits, and they shrank into the city, closed the city gate with their hands, climbed to the city wall, laughed and screamed, insulted and mocked...... Wu Jun was furious, Wu Shuai was furious, and King Wu was furious:

"Filthy rats, dare to sneak attack in the middle of the night, it is really a villain's behavior, shameless, hateful, see that we don't kill into the city, peel your skin, pump your tendons, and cut you with a thousand knives" Saying that he went down to the river, Wu Yang Wu Yang rushed to the city gate, at this time, the Yue army on the city wall, like a trick, everyone had an extra fire in their hands, it was a torch, like a bunch of fire, popping into the river, the river saw it cheering, poof, flying to meet each other, in an instant, the flames soared, the fire soared into the sky, Wu army in the flames, from head to toe, from foot to head, full of flames, rising smoke, like a scurrying fire snake, squeaking and screaming, desperately running, at this time the Vietnamese army, only need to do two things, a team, on the city wall, the black oil desperately poured down, the fire saw the oil, the oil saw the fire, like two red lovers, the light was brilliant in an instant, the other pair of Vietnamese troops, had long been ambushed on the other side of the river, saw a beam of fire put on, a shot stabbed, and saw a flame climb up, a knife chopped, cut melons and vegetables, It's fun to kill and cut hard......

This battle, tens of thousands of Wu troops, almost all the army annihilated, when the day will be bright, the king of Wu, surrounded by a group of remnants of the defeated generals, wandered and fled, this is the Wu army since the war, the most painful defeat, after that, every time the king of Wu thinks, are afraid of palpitations.

At dawn, all the soldiers jumped up to the top of the city, and with joy, they saw a mess full of miserable images, and the charred, black charcoal-like ones were not only flowers and trees, but also corpses...... It can be imagined that at that time, how cruel, how tragic, this is the most successful victory since Wu Yue started the war, for a time, the army and the people rejoiced, happy to celebrate, Ancheng was immersed in a joy, but, only Fan Li was worried, right, the arrogant King Wu, how could he have been so humiliated, how could he be willing to give up? Presumably, the counterattack and revenge that are coming soon...... It must be more intense, more cruel, and more difficult to deal with, looking at Fan Li's solemn face, Gou Jian looking into the distance, and can't help but feel guilty, yes, how can King Wu stop there? If there is a crazy counterattack, where will we have a respite? Thinking about it, he greeted Fan Li, who was worried, and said that he was worried and afraid:

"I'm also worried about this, my lord, if you still believe me, when the time comes, everything will be subject to my arrangement, okay? Otherwise, there's really nothing I can do."

"Okay, from now on, Yue Guo, me, and all the people in the city will obey Mr. and believe in Mr."

"Thank you, the king" so Fan Li commanded, the army, the soldiers, and the people...... Dig traps, build bows and arrows, set up obstacles, dig trenches...... Methodically busy

A few days later, it really came, the dark clouds pressed the top, the sewage flowed sideways, the black pressure pressed a piece, and it seeped into people, but this time, the hearts of the Vietnamese soldiers and civilians were unusually calm, and they were even a little happy, thinking, wow, come on, let you taste the taste of failure again. So, according to the instructions, they were in good order and ready to meet the enemy.

Besides, Wu Jun, a row of five people, a group of ten people, came to the city, held a huge wooden stake, and slammed the city gate hard, two times, two times, three times...... Suddenly, the city gate opened, they hula poured into the city, into the city, left and right to look, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, only to see the city empty, the city swinging, the streets and alleys were empty, empty streets, only a few stray dogs, unscrupulously rummaging garbage, and a few big roosters, head high, slowly walking around, stunned is no one, an empty city, they worked hard to attack in, it turned out to be an empty city, empty makes people chill, the heart is empty, the commander feels wrong, When I want to retreat out, I pull it, a burst of gongs and drums sounded, looking for the sound, the sound came from the mountain, from the green tree in the city, in an instant, the sound of gongs and drums, the smoke was filled, it seemed that thousands of troops and horses were shuttling and galloping inside, Wu Jun immediately had a direction, and rushed over with a spirit, and still did not see anyone at the bottom of the mountain, but the sound of gongs and drums became denser and denser, more and more loud, Amen, the sword and gun continued to rush, rush, unexpectedly, just close to the cliff, I listened to the plop, one by one disappeared in the weeds, Then there was a wah, wow, wow, look, one by one, a big and deep trap, the bottom of the deep and secluded trap, shiny iron nails, sharp bamboo sticks, sharp and cold straight upright, some of them directly penetrated the human body, some of them wore people's bodies and limbs, for a while the flesh and blood were blurred, screams, the people above looked frightened, hurriedly retreated, in front, a few bold? , bypassed the trap, walked along the path to the mountain, went to the mountain to see, ashamed and angry, the lungs were pricked and painful, look, look, where is there anyone? Where is the half figure? On a gong and drum, a stone is tied, and the stone is actually a goat, the goat grazes back and forth, and pulls the rope up and down, pulls the stone on the rope, and the gongs and drums are knocking, in addition, the goat walks among the loess on the grass, and from time to time stirs up a burst of yellow smoke, from a distance, it is not like an ambush of thousands of troops and horses? Oh my God, we lost so many people, we didn't even see what the enemy looked like, we saw a few goats, the soldiers jumped to their feet angrily, the generals were even more ashamed, they were ashamed, they knew that they had met the masters, and hurriedly withdrew from the city, who knew that as soon as they got out of the city gate, they heard a brush brush, and the arrows were like locusts, and they fell like a huge rain, so urgent, so dense, they couldn't hide, they couldn't run, and they suffered heavy casualties for a while...... The battle was humiliating and brutal.

A group of remnants of the army were defeated, and went back to report to King Wu, King Wu gasped, oh my God, is this a capable person in Yue Kingdom? With such capable people, when will we be able to accomplish the great cause of reunification? , thinking about it, my heart was sad and indignant, I couldn't help but draw my sword and dance, and sing generously and sadly:

The wind was blowing and the clouds were flying

The waves are surging to the west!

Look up to the sky and sigh, generous and sad

When's the day? What a day to get a giant

Expand the territory and open up the world

Singing and sighing to the sky, tears flowed for a long time, and from then on, he temporarily accepted the heart of conquering the Yue country, changed the goal to other countries, and the Yue country temporarily had a respite.

Speaking of the Yue Kingdom, the Yue King Goujian entered the city, looked at the city safe and sound, came back to his senses, and saw the second team escorting the abundant grain and grass of the Wu State, happily poured into the granary, and couldn't help kneeling on the ground, clenching his fists with both hands, and tears flowed for a long time:

"God bless, the ancestors protect the country, protect the country, and get this pillar! With this giant, turn the crisis into safety and survive the disaster" said, without saying anything, without consulting with others, he directly named Fan Li as a general, in charge of all the armies of the Yue Kingdom, and soon, the spies sent to the Wu State came back to report:

"If Fan Li is not removed, the country will be difficult to destroy......" pays more attention to Fan Li and believes in his own vision. In any case, the country of Vietnam is safe for the time being, and it can breathe a little relief and have a good rest.

The weather is getting cooler, the sky is fading, this night, looking at the geese returning to the south, looking at the rising moon, Fan Li and unusual abnormal thoughts, missing hometown, missing lovers, at this time, only to hear a poof, a pigeon fell from the sky, accurate to fall into the hands of Fan Li, hometown letter, he was very happy, hurriedly took off the note on the pigeon's leg, gently unfolded, unfolded a look, brows immediately wrinkled, it turned out, this is before the disaster was lifted, Fan's father wrote a letter, said a rough, roughly meaning, Several major brothels are coming to rob Xizi, asking him to come back quickly, find a way, rescue, Fan Li saw it, was anxious, and ran to find Gou Jian:

"King, King, King Goujian, I must rush back immediately, there is an urgent matter at home, something very urgent," he said, handing over the letter, and tears flowed as he spoke

"Xizi is my beloved person, we share weal and woe, true love forever, unswerving, if Xizi has three long and two short, Fan Li me, I will be alive and meaningless, ask the king for permission, let me return to my hometown immediately, save Xizi, save my lover" So, although Gou Jian is reluctant? But it was not easy to disagree, so Fan Li rode alone, quickly whipped his horse, and rushed to his hometown......