Chapter 32: Water Monsters?
Ge Ding said: "I have sent a report to General Tai Shici, and I will come to answer tonight." How do you do it? ”
Wu Chang pointed to the front and said: "This is far away from the Chinese army, and I can't enter in a hurry at night, so I just put a fire on the grass. ”
Godin exclaimed: "This is a wonderful plan! ”
That night, Yu Ban returned to the city victoriously, rewarded the three armies, and ordered not to unload his armor and sleep peacefully. Left and right asked: "Today's victory is complete, the Jiangdong soldiers are far away, why don't the generals take off their armor and rest in peace?" ”
Yu Ban waved his hand and said, "Definitely." For the way of the general: don't take victory as joy, don't worry about defeat. If the Jiangdong soldiers are unprepared and take advantage of the situation to attack, how can they respond? Be more cautious tonight than every night. ”
Before Yu Ban finished speaking, the back village caught fire, and there was a cry of reaction, and there were many reporters.
Ge Ding shouted: "Tai Shi Ci is attacking the city at night, at this time, don't wait for when, kill Yu Ban!" ”
A large number of sergeants outside were in a panic, so they got on their horses after the ban went out of the tent, summoned more than a dozen people from the general colonel, and blocked the road. Both left and right said: "General Yu, the shouting is very urgent, you can watch it." ”
Yu Ban said disdainfully: "How can there be a city that is all against it? This is a rebel, so he shocked the ears of the sergeant. If there is chaos, cut first! ”
Not long after, Sun Guan captured Ge Ding and Wu Chang came. After Yu Ban asked the true situation, he immediately beheaded the two in front of the horse. At this time, only gongs and drums could be heard outside the city gate, and the shouts were shaken.
Yu Ban said: "This is the external response of Jiangdong soldiers, and the plan can be broken." ”
Yu Ban had people set a fire inside the city gates, and everyone called for rebellion, opened the city gates, and lowered the drawbridge. Tai Shi Ci saw that the city gate was wide open, but the road was that there was a change in the city, and the halberd was advanced.
There was a cannon fire in the city, and random arrows were fired, and Tai Shi Ci hurriedly retreated, but he was hit by several arrows. Behind Zang Ba and Sun Guan came out, most of the Jiangdong soldiers broke it, and the two generals took advantage of the situation to rush to the front of the Jiangdong military village
Wei Yan led the army out and saved Tai Shici, but Cao Bing had to retreat. Yu saw that Tai Shi Ci was seriously injured, and he was sad and regretful. Yu asked Wei Yan to withdraw his troops.
Wei Yan listened to Yu Xuan's words, so he collected his troops and returned to Pingshou. Wei Yan invited a military doctor to diagnose and treat Tai Shici, who had both old and new injuries this time, and the injuries were serious.
Wei Yan temporarily took charge of Qingzhou's military affairs on behalf of Tai Shi Ci and let Tai Shi Ci recuperate from his injuries. When the envoy sent by Han Xuan arrived, he came to see Wei Yan and knew that Tai Shici was seriously ill.
The envoy conveyed Han Xuan's instructions to Wei Yan, and Wei Yan led his army to retreat to the Xiami area to refuse. Wei Yan asked the envoy to take Tai Shi Ci back to Jiangdong to recuperate, and Tai Shi Ci got on the sea boat back to Jiangdong, but at sea, Tai Shi Ci's condition deteriorated again.
At this time, Lu Xun was on the border of Shu and Chu, and Han Xuan secretly arrived at Exian, which had been renamed "Wuchang" at this time. Han Xuan had already ordered people to build a large armored ship in Wuchang, named "Chang'an", which could carry 3,000 people.
But when the ship was launched for sea trial, the wind was fierce, and Han Xuan pulled out his saber and slashed the dragon sword and shouted at everyone on the boat: "Don't panic, this little wind and waves will scare you like this, what should you do when you go to sea?" ”
At this time, Han Xuan's close supervisor Gu Li was also on the boat, and he immediately ordered the helmsman to turn to Fankou, and Han Xuan said firmly: "You should go to Luozhou in the wind!" ”
Gu Li drew his sword and stepped forward to threaten the helmsman: "If you don't go to Fankou, I will kill you." ”
The helmsman then immediately turned to Fankou.
When the big ship entered Fankou, the wind was already several times stronger than just now, and it was impossible to sail. Han Xuan had no choice but to get off the boat in disappointment, and then Han Xuan found Gu Li and said to him: "Ali, why are you so afraid of water!" ”
Gu Li suddenly knelt down at this time and said: "The lord is the body of ten thousand times, golden branches and jade leaves, but he is easy to fight with the water under the wind and waves, the ship building is high, and the wind is very strong, once it overturns, what will happen to the national society?" That's why I dared to risk my life to disobey. ”
Han Xuan valued Gu Li even more, so Han Xuan no longer called him by his name, but called him "Gu" to show respect.
Han Xuan later passed by Hengyang and heard the legend of the water monster in the county. Han Xuan was curious, so he decided to stay and find out.
Han Xuan found a casual tavern at the dock, sat down with Gu Li and other entourages to drink a bowl of wine, and inquired about the news by the way. I heard a vendor next to me say, "Hey, have you heard?" There are monsters on our Hengyang River! ”
"I've heard about it too, I heard the boatman Wang Lao Er say, that monster snake neck bull head, a pair of eyes as big as gongs and drums."
"I've heard of it, I've seen it with my own eyes. This is because God wants to send disaster here, so he sent this water monster to cause chaos. The people in the nearby towns were very afraid of it, and they named it 'Dacha'......"
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Han Xuan listened with interest, and he decided to meet this water monster. Han Xuan instructed Gu Li and the others to bring the package, and the group came to Hengyang Taishou Mansion, only to see a middle-aged official walk out with a smile.
"His subordinate Hengyang is too shou Ge Zuo, and he has seen Chu Hou!" The middle-aged official bowed to Han Xuan.
Han Xuan saw that he was very capable, and the office facilities in the government were simple and simple, and he said in his heart that this Ge Zuo was a good official who was the master of the people.
Han Xuan waved his hand and said: "Ge Taishou has guarded Hengyang for many years, and the people of Hengyang live and work in peace and contentment, all of which are the work of Ge Taishou. ”
Ge Zuo replied with a smile: "Chu Hou is too famous. Ge just did his duty as an official, just because he was old and frail, and he was sick every day. Soon after, Ge had to ask Chu Hou to resign and return home, hoping that Chu Hou would agree. ”
After Han Xuan and Ge Zuo exchanged pleasantries, Han Xuan went straight to the point: "Recently, when I went to Hengyang, I heard some boatmen say that there are water monsters in the river, so I came here to ask Ge Taishou to find out the truth. ”
Ge Zuo sighed, and then said, "Don't hide it from Chu Hou, there is indeed such a thing. ”
"Oh? Where do water monsters often appear? "Ge Zuo, as a local parent official, his words should not be false.
Ge Zuo said: "In one of the tributaries of this river, it is called Dacha. At that time, the local people actually built a temple for him, and when he wanted to sail the boat, he had to go into the temple to worship and pray, and then the big chacha would sink into the water. If the people don't sacrifice first, it will float on the surface of the water and crash into the passing ships, which is very strange, and this has been the case for some time in the country. ”
"How can Benhou allow such a demon to be a haunter, quickly gather the elite warship, and kill this demon with me!" The more Han Xuan listened, the more mysterious he felt, if he left it alone, if he continued like this, the whole Hengyang would have to talk about the water monster color change.
Ge Zuo hesitated a little and explained the situation to Han Xuan: "Xia Guan also led troops to capture him, but ordinary swords and arrows can't hurt him in the slightest, but our side has two warships that have been damaged by it. ”
But seeing that Han Xuan's eyes were extremely firm, he found a pen and paper and drew a picture, and then said to Ge Zuo: "Ben Hou has made up his mind to eliminate this scourge for the people!" Ge Taishou, you should find the craftsmen in the city and make a huge axe according to this drawing. Pick dozens of more Hercules and wait by the water's side where Dacha often makes trouble, and I'm going to chop it with a big axe! ”
Ge Zuo took the drawings and hesitated for a moment to prepare.
Two days later, at noon, the big axes and strong men ordered by Han Xuan were ready. After all the soldiers had eaten and drunk, Han Xuan and Ge Zuo led their troops to board the warship and sailed into the waters where the water monster was often infested.
Han Xuan and the others waited quietly on the boat like this, and after waiting for most of the day, they still didn't see the legendary water monster.
That night, Han Xuan was in a hurry, so he went to sleep in the cabin. In the middle of the night, a sudden rumbling sound was heard under the river, which woke everyone on the warship.
Han Xuan went to the bow of the boat to inspect under Gu Li's escort, only to see a bright light shining directly on the surface of the water, and there seemed to be someone talking faintly underwater.
Han Xuan was shocked, he knew that this was most likely not a water monster. He suddenly thought of a noun, USO, an abbreviation for Unidentified Diving Object. Han Xuan didn't expect that there was really such a sighting, and he was still a personal experiencer.
Han Xuan was very curious and wanted to know if there were any so-called aliens in there, so he asked the soldiers to shoot crossbow arrows into the water. Countless arrows shot into the water, losing their power, but the thing in the water did not move at all.
And it didn't attack Han Xuan either. After dawn, Han Xuan and Ge Zuo saw this "Dacha" suddenly rushing out of the water at the water's edge and quickly sailed downstream.
Its speed was so fast that the strong men on the ship didn't have time to react at all, and the big axe made by Han Xuan was also split into the air.
"Quick! Pursuit! Han Xuan ordered the warship to pursue it, and chased it until it reached a river bay, and the big chariot suddenly sank under the water and disappeared.
Han Xuan felt that his worldview had been impacted again, what kind of world he was in. The previous demon arts and various spirits, and now that he witnessed this mysterious "water monster" again, Han Xuan's heart couldn't calm down for a long time.