Chapter 5: The Master Wang Meng
After resting for less than half an hour, Li Xin and the others joined the battle again, and the other party obviously also discovered the arrival of reinforcements from the mountain, so they began to shoot arrows to support again. All of these feathered arrows were shot behind the stone wall, causing great trouble for everyone. They had to carry stones and wood while carrying wooden shields, while those behind the walls could concentrate on dealing with the enemy forces outside.
The battle lasted from the afternoon to the evening, and the rain did not fall after all, but in the end it cleared. Even when it was dark, the Qin soldiers outside had no intention of stopping, and seemed to be planning to fight at night and consume Li Xin and them to death here.
"This trick again, this is trying to be more than anyone!" Seeing that a torch had been erected below, illuminating the mountain brightly, Li Erhei said disdainfully.
"Don't be careless, it's a bit cliché, but at least it works. I think, the two of us are also divided into two teams, you take one team, I lead one team, and rotate with each other, so that everyone will be tired and half dead! Zhou Tong looked at the enemy soldiers outside, his expression was a little solemn, and said.
"Listen to you!" This time, Li Erhei didn't mess with him anymore, and simply agreed without saying a word.
Li Xin, who was not far away, couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this scene, after all, in this month, he saw these two people as if they were incompatible, but any little thing like sesame mung beans could be endless. I didn't expect that today's Li Erhei is so good at talking, but he can't change his sex.
"Don't be surprised, although Brother Erhei competes with Zhou Lang on weekdays, once he encounters something serious, he is still very measured, as long as it really makes sense, he will listen!" A person next to him saw the expression on his face and seemed to understand what he was thinking, and couldn't help but smile.
After thinking about it, it seems that this is exactly the case, and Li Xin is no longer surprised.
Everyone went into battle repeatedly, and there was almost no rest that night, and the group of Qin soldiers attacked all night, but under everyone's strict defense, they couldn't cross the stone wall for a while. It wasn't until it was getting light that the offensive outside had subsided, and then, suddenly, there was no sound.
"Finally gone, these thieves are really uncomfortable." With his eyes wide open and looking out of the wall for a while, Li Erhei couldn't help but let out a sigh and said.
Hearing this, everyone obviously breathed a sigh of relief. Although there are more than 100 people in constant rotation, but during the whole process, everyone's spirit is highly tense, and it is no wonder that they are not tired after persevering for so long.
"Take a break! I'm here to keep watch in case the thieves come to the shadows. Zhou Tong looked at the tired expressions of the people behind him and said.
"I'll be with you!" Li Xin volunteered. Compared with others, especially Zhou Tong and Li Erhei, they seem to be much more relaxed, but in fact, they are the ones who should rest the most at this time.
Zhou Tong nodded, did not speak, and the others did not hesitate, just lay on the ground, and after a while, the entire mountain road was already snoring like thunder. Li Xin leaned against the stone wall, staring closely at the mountain road outside, and waited until the sky was completely bright, only to find that there was nothing on the mountain road outside except for blood stains, and the corpses and wounded of those Qin soldiers should have been moved away when the other party evacuated.
"It's futile again, I'm afraid the other party won't give up!" Li Xin said.
"So what, they haven't stopped all these years anyway. Especially at such a time, every time the wheat is harvested, they will come to such a time, and we are all used to it. Come to think of it, those people are afraid that we will go down the mountain to grab their food! Zhou Tong said indifferently.
Hearing this, Li Xin understood a little. Indeed, these people on the mountain were not under the jurisdiction of the Fu Qin regime, and below the mountain was the lower Wei River plain, which was a fertile land, a grain producing area, and a very important place for the government. If the harvest season is disrupted, I am afraid that for the government under the mountain, it will be a heavy loss. Therefore, this kind of attack is not so much a mountain attack as a routine, knocking and beating the villagers on the mountain before the harvest to deter them.
"It is estimated that it will not come again in a short period of time, but we can't miss the defense that should be there, who knows what these bastards are thinking!" After a pause, Zhou Tong scratched his head and said.
"Come on, go and rest first! I'll keep watch here, and I'll call you if there's anything to do! Li Xin looked at his bloodshot eyes, shook his head, and said.
"Okay, you have to pay attention! Don't let anyone touch it! Zhou Tong thought for a while, he was really tired, and said.
Li Xin nodded, and Zhou Tong lay down next to the stone wall on the side.
"The world is impermanent! Who would have thought that I would come to such an era. Although the most chaotic moment of Wuhu Chaohua is said to be in the past, but now the world is still a pot of porridge, should I stay in this mountain to live this life, or should I go out for a while? Looking at the blood stains on the ground that had not yet dried up, Li Xin was a little confused.
The Qin soldiers really retreated, and they retreated very thoroughly, and by the time everyone came to their senses, it was already in the afternoon. Zhou Tong and Li Erhei took a few people down the mountain to check, but they didn't find any trace of the enemy, so they really lifted the alarm this time, and immediately sent someone back to the village to inform them.
The village soon sent another group of people to guard the mountain, and Li Xin's group of people was replaced and rested. returned to Zhou Tong's house, Li Xin didn't say anything, just fell down and fell asleep, and when he woke up again, it was already the morning of the next day.
"I slept soundly!" Stretching, Li Xin made himself a cup of tea, and said with some satisfaction after drinking it.
Being able to sleep until you wake up naturally is what Li Xin dreamed of before he crossed over, but he didn't expect it to come true in this era. Smelling the fresh air in the mountains, and then looking at the bright sunshine and green around me, I was in a good mood.
"Ha, Li Lang, you're awake, just right, come on, come with me to meet someone!" As soon as Li Xin walked out of the door of the room, he bumped into Zhou Tong who walked in, and pulled him out without saying anything.
"Wait, who are you asking me to meet?" Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said that he didn't have many acquaintances in this era, and they were basically concentrated in this village.
"You'll know when you go!" Zhou Tong didn't say anything, he directly pulled him out of the house and walked under the big tree where he used to tell stories to everyone before.
As soon as he left the house, Li Xin saw two people sitting under the big tree, among which it was Zhou Fang who was facing him, but the person sitting with him could not see his face clearly, and he could only see a figure in gray clothes and pants, neither fat nor thin. On the side, Zhou Ting was standing there, making tea for the two.
"Mr. Wang, this is the person you want to meet, his name is Li Xin!" Zhou Tong pulled Li Xin under the tree and said to the man excitedly.
Hearing this, Li Xin looked at the figure curiously, and it happened that the person also turned his head to look at him.
"Oh, this brother invented this tea Li Lang? Sure enough, the atmosphere is magnificent! The visitor took one look, then stood up and smiled at Li Xin.
"Who is this?" Li Xin was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhou Tong suspiciously, and asked. I was even more puzzled in my heart, what does the invention of tea have to do with my appearance.
"Ahem, you see I have forgotten, this is Mr. Wang Jingluo, do you remember the master I told you at the beginning who instructed us to guard the mountain? It's this Mr. Wang Jingluo. When Zhou Tong heard this, he couldn't help patting his head and hurriedly said.
"Wang Jingluo? This name seems to be a bit impressive! Let me think about it! Hearing the name, Li Xin was confused for a moment, and soon, he thought of a historical figure, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, looking at the young man in front of him who was not a few years older than himself, and blurted out: "You are Wang Meng who talks about lice?" ”
"Uh, it's Wang Meng down there, what do you mean by talking about lice?" Hearing this, the young man couldn't help but be stunned and asked curiously.
"Uh, nothing, I misremembered!" At this time, Li Xin remembered that Wang Meng had not yet gone to see Huan Wen at this time, so it was naturally impossible to talk about lice.
It is said that when Huan Wen attacked Qianqin, the garrison was not far from Chang'an, and Wang Meng was living in seclusion in Huayin at that time, so he specially went to see the other party once. In the process of talking, Wang Meng caught lice while talking eloquently, as if there was no one around, which surprised Huan Wen, and thus left an allusion to talk about lice.
However, being able to meet Wang Meng made him a little excited, after all, this is a really powerful person!
Wang Meng is definitely the number one person in the history of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, if it weren't for him, where would Fu Jian's former Qin be likely to unify the north, and finally have the strength to launch a unified war against the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Of course, it is precisely because Wang Meng died a few years earlier that Former Qin completely collapsed soon after his death, and if he had lived longer than Fu Jian, I am afraid it would not have been such a result.
When he first read this history, Li Xin still admired this person, and the only thing that was more uncomfortable was that he helped the Hu people instead of the Han people. Of course, such an idea slowly changed later, after all, in that era, if the Han people fought for themselves, I am afraid that there would not be a situation of chaos in the world. In the final analysis, the times create heroes, but the times also limit heroes.
If the Eastern Jin Dynasty court was fighting for breath, Wang Meng would not choose Fu Jian, after all, he had met Huan Wen before this. In Li Xin's view, it should be this investigation that made Wang Meng completely break the idea of working for Jiang Zuo.