Chapter 13 Uncertainty and Truth
Zhao Yi smiled incomprehensibly: "You'll know then." ”
Zhang Ru snorted dissatisfiedly: "I hate people like you who talk half and leave half left." "Zhang Ru and Zhang Fei have similar personalities and like to go straight.
Dealing with Zhang Ru Zhao Yi is relatively easy, the girl has no city government, she can say whatever she wants, it is completely spontaneous.
"This matter is about victory or defeat, how can it be explained to anyone." Zhao Yi explained.
The surrounding soldiers were all preparing for the upcoming battle, but Zhao Yi walked to the city tower as if he was strolling leisurely, and climbed high to look at the west.
The sunset of the West Mountain, the glow of the sun. Hundreds of miles of vast land are full of golden light. Liao Hua walked over: "My lord, people have gathered at the city gate. ”
When Zhao Yi came down, he saw a hundred sturdy men, standing neatly, and someone really saw Zhao Yi coming over, and asked directly: "My lord, what are the benefits for us." ”
Zhao Yi smiled and asked, "How long has it been since you have eaten meat?" ”
"Adults are really good at laughing, in the past few years, the famine and the war have been in turmoil, we can only maintain three meals, where have we seen meat." One of the people scratched their heads, and the rest chimed in.
Zhao Yi said: "Okay, then I'll let you eat enough." ”
These words made these ordinary people talk a lot, and their eyes were shining. However, there were also cautious asks: "My lord, what do you want us to do?" These words made these sturdy men stop talking and looked at Zhao Yi worriedly. Adults don't want us to fight with the yellow turban thieves after a full meal, right? We only have 100 people, how can we be the opponent of the Yellow Turban Thief? ”
-Zhao Yi was clear about these people's concerns, and waved his hand to suppress the riot: "I won't let you go to the battlefield, what I want you to do is very simple." It is to eat hot pot at this city gate. ”
"It's as simple as that?" The people couldn't believe it. Is it okay to bring an open mouth?
Zhao Yi said with certainty: "It's as simple as that." ”
When the people left, Zhao Yi showed a bright smile on his face and ordered Liao Hua to strictly guard the city tower. He came to the blacksmith, pushed the door in, and the heat rushed in, and the shirtless blacksmith was agitating the bellows to smelt pieces of iron into water.
Seeing Zhao Yi coming here, he took a refined iron ball: "My lord, how do you look at the iron ball?" ”
Zhao Yi weighed it in his hand for a while: "Well, it's better to have more edges and corners." ”
The blacksmith had a relaxed expression on his face when he heard this, refining smooth iron balls took time, but refining that kind of sharp and angular was too easy.
Zhao Yi asked, "If you refine five thousand iron balls, how long will it take?" ”
The blacksmith stopped his movements: "Five thousand iron balls, it will take ten days for us to say the least." ”
Ten days is too long, Zhao Yi can't wait that long: "I have already sent someone to invite the blacksmith master from the surrounding villages and counties overnight, is the master sure that it will be completed within three days?" ”
"There are a lot of people, and they work day and night, maybe it's okay."
These words made Zhao Yi feel at ease and return to the mansion.
There was nothing to do all night, and in the early morning, Zhao Yi sent soldiers to set up more than a dozen tables at the city gate. The best beef and mutton were put on the table, and the fragrance wafted for miles in the water.
There were originally 100 people, but today there are only more than 80 people, and the rest have concerns and no money, and Zhao Yi is not to blame. After the people sat down, they didn't wait for Zhao Yi to greet them, and they ate one after another.
At this time, Zhao Yi spoke: "Okay, I want this momentum." I hope that when Han Chung's army confronts us, you will have the same momentum. ”
"My lord, are you letting us guard the enemy army and eat hot pot?" A few people stopped their chopsticks.
Zhao Yi nodded: "Not bad." ”
This made the people a little worried, if the enemy army entered the city, weren't they the first to die? They put down their chopsticks and discussed with each other.
Zhao Yi knew the worries of these people, and waved his hand to suppress the noise: "Don't worry, everyone, your lives will not be in danger, as long as the other party attacks, I will order the city gate to be closed." ”
These words made these people put their minds at ease a little. Looking at the people who left here patting their stomachs, Liao Hua asked Zhao Yi with some incomprehension: "My lord, what do you mean by this?" Liao Hua thought that Zhao Yirang selected a hundred elite soldiers to form another elite army to attack and kill Han Zhong. But I didn't think that inviting people was just to eat hot pot. "At this time, there is a shortage of troops in the city, and these people should be temporarily incorporated into the army to fight against Han Zhong."
Zhao Yi said: "Sometimes those who don't hold a knife have a greater effect than holding a knife." General Liao, just wait and see. ”
Liao Hua sighed and went up to the city tower. That night, Zhao Yi instructed dozens of soldiers to transport out more than 1,000 iron balls that had been refined.
The next morning there was nothing to do, it was past noon. Tan Malay reported: "My lord, Han Zhong's headquarters is less than fifty miles away from us. ”
"Probe!" Zhao Yi waved his hand to let Han Zhong go down. Staring at the west, his eyes flashed: "Han Zhong came very quickly." ”
Half an hour later, a black line appeared at the junction of heaven and earth in the west, and the dust was billowing behind him, and the black line was getting closer and closer, and the heads of the people who were connected together were separated, and the armor on his body flashed with golden light in the sunlight.
In less than a quarter of an hour, thousands of elite riders stopped less than three miles away from Fanyang City. Han Zhong rode out of the phalanx and raised his eyes to look at Fanyang County not far away.
"Give the order to go down and set up camp." Han Zhong waved his hand, turned over and dismounted: "I heard that Zhao Bolai and Liu Xuande are powerful, I, Han Zhong, want to see how you can stop my thousands of elite riders." ”
Seeing Han Zhong leading his troops here, the soldiers were more or less panicked and hurriedly took precautions. Zhao Yi told everyone not to panic: "Han Zhong will not attack today. ”
Although Liao Hua is not a first-class famous general, some soldiers still know about it. Han Zhong rushed to attack, the people were sleepy and the horses were lacking, if he attacked the city now, even if he won, he would pay a heavy price. It's better to rest for a night and recharge your batteries.
Zhao Yi's clothes were whirring in the cool breeze at night, and Han Zhong's camp not far away was lit with fire and was heavily defended.
Staring at the bright moon in the night sky: "I still need another day." ”
In the early morning of the next day, the people were startled when they saw the Han Zhong camp opposite, the previous ambition had already been excreted with the feces of the past two days, although they did not escape, but their footsteps were trembling.
I used to eat fragrant beef and mutton, but now I eat it like chewing wax. After taking a bite, he turned his head to look at the situation on Han Zhong's side, for fear that the other party would attack.
At this time, Han Zhong, who was dressed in silver-white armor, saw that the gate of Fanyang County was wide open, and many people were eating hot pot at the city gate, and the aroma of tumbling mutton wafted from afar. Han Zhong turned his head and asked a middle-aged man in a cyan robe beside him: "Sir, you see Zhao Yi's city gate wide open, what does this mean?" ”
The middle-aged man stared at the city gate for a while: "Zhao Yi Xiao'er is really a good means. ”
"What do you mean by that?"
The middle-aged man explained: "General, you see that Zhao Yi's city gate is wide open, and there are people eating at the city gate, which is clearly deceitful." The question of whether the 100 men at the city gate were soldiers or civilians cannot be solved, and we cannot easily move our troops. ”
Han Zhong stared at the gate of Fanyang County in the distance, his brows furrowed: "It's okay if the other party is an army pretending, with the speed of my elite cavalry, I will definitely be able to level this group of people and horses before the ambush comes out." Even if it will cost him, he will lose a lot of his men. ”
The middle-aged man sighed and shook his head: "There are only two hundred guards and horses in Fanyang County, and there are nearly one hundred at the city gate, if it is a soldier, it is naturally good to kill half of the enemy in the past, if it is not a soldier, then we are in danger, the city gate is only so big, a thousand people can't rush through in a short time, and those dozen tables at the city gate are very distinctive, which greatly hinders the speed of our cavalry." When the time comes, if we ambush the archers at the gates, we will surely suffer heavy casualties. ”
Han Zhong and the middle-aged man rode forward for a distance, and saw flags fluttering on the city gate, except for Zhao Yi, there was not even a soldier on the city tower. I couldn't figure out Zhao Yi's thoughts, so I had to retreat for the time being.
Han Zhong wanted to lead his troops to attack directly, but now when he saw Zhao Yi's strange actions, he scratched his head and couldn't figure out why: "I have fought more than a dozen battles, and I have never seen such strange actions." ”
The middle-aged man's eyes flashed: "We can't figure out each other's reality now." So saying, he sent out a scout horse to investigate the situation in the city.
While Han Zhong and the strategists were doubting and probing, time passed quietly, and night fell again.
A few people in the city patted their bellies, which had been slightly bulging for the past three days: "I said how the adults invited us to eat hot pot, and the feeling was to let us do a hundred things in front of the city gate, so that the yellow turban thieves would not dare to act rashly, and then delay time and wait for reinforcements." ”
"Hey, we're really a good one." Another citizen chimed in.
In the crowd, a figure with a surprised look on his face when he heard this, looked at it, and squeezed into the crowd.
Zhao Yi, who was upstairs in Zhuoli City, smiled as he listened to the people in the city talking loudly about this matter, while Liao Hua frowned: "Who leaked the news!" If Han Zhong knew about it, he would definitely fall into a Jedi for my Fan Yang City! ”
Seeing that Zhao Yi still looked calm and light-hearted, Liao Hua felt very strange: "My lord, now the person who leaked the secret should be severely punished, and the people who propagandized should also be detained!" ”
Zhao Yi picked his eyes: "Why did you arrest them?" I've been waiting for three days now. ”
Liao Hua was stunned, what do you mean by this?
In the early morning, a horse quickly ran into Han Zhong's camp, and within a quarter of an hour, there was a burst of angry shouts from Han Zhong's camp: "Okay, you Zhao Yi child, you dare to cheat with me." I'm going to kill you! ”
The middle-aged man's face turned a little red, and he was actually tricked by Zhao Yi: "The general is angry, I should take Zhao Yi by surprise before the reinforcements arrive!" ”
Han Zhong's table slammed: "Order the three armies, pull out the camp and attack!" ”
The gate of Fanyang County is closed, and the armor on the city tower is lined up, reflecting a bright light under the reflection of the sun.
"Zhao Yi has changed his position again." The middle-aged man snorted coldly: "The city gate is closed, seeing that Zhao Yi plans to hold on to it, the general can prepare more oil for the attack, burn the city gate and kill the general." ”
Han Zhong nodded and ordered the attack, and thousands of elite horsemen carried the dust behind them and marched wildly.
Zhao Yi on the city tower stared at Han Zhong's galloping horse team, stopped Liao Hua and ordered the arrows: "General Liao, don't worry. ”
"My lord, if you don't let go of the arrows, Han Zhong will rush to the city gate." Liao Hua said a little eagerly.
"If the other party will inevitably scatter if the arrow is released, how will my plan be implemented?"
Han Zhong, who was attacking, also discovered that something was wrong, his side had already entered the range of bows and arrows, but the other party had not released the arrows for a long time. "Could it be a fraud?" As soon as this idea came to him, the war horse under his crotch suddenly let out a scream and fell to the ground. Han Zhong flew two feet away and fell heavily to the ground.
The screams continued, and the onrushing horse team fell by a third. Before the cavalry who followed closely behind had time to react to this sudden situation, the war horse under his crotch fell to the ground, and he was also bruised, swollen and sore, and it was very difficult to move his fingers.
Liao Hua stared at the war horse that kept falling to the ground: "My lord, what's going on?" ”
Zhao Yi said eagerly: "I'll explain to you later, take advantage of this opportunity to attack!" ”