Chapter 223: Shu Kingdom's Xiongluo Drum Breaks
Suddenly, drums sounded at the foot of the mountain to the north. Guan Yu knew that this was an order to retreat, and after fighting the blade demon several times, he rode away. The Blade Demon led the soldiers to chase and kill, but was blocked by more than a hundred soldiers in charge of the palace. Blade Demon Yu immediately said loudly: "What a red-faced Han man! ”
The Shu army retreated, but was pursued and killed by the Ren army for a while. Fearing that many captives would take the opportunity to escape, Pang ordered the army to be retracted.
"What are you running all of a sudden!" Xueyue chased after Bai Lei and looked up at Pang Tong sitting on a high place.
Pang Tong turned around and said: "The war drums over there sound first every time, and the one on the opposite side follows the same drum to command the entire Shu army." I knew that the commander must be on that mountain, and directly break it, and the Shu army has no one to lead it, and we have a chance to turn the crisis into safety. ”
"It's so dangerous, I'm really afraid that those people who cross the country will break free from the rope locks."
Pang Tong's thoughts were immediately pulled to another dimension, blatantly ignoring Xue Yue. That night, the party army galloped to the plain before going down the village. In order to prevent Zhuge Liang's surprise attack, Pang Tong was surrounded by patrols and dug two ditches outside the wall. Interestingly, instead of getting a good night's sleep, he walked to the prisoner's place in the third watch. The fence here is very strong, and it is a big village within a big village. Most of the captives were asleep. Pang Tong looked at the Zhaimen and took a deep breath. He stopped in the moonlight, because the people in it had an important relevance to his future strategy, and he had to pay attention to this.
Because of the darkness of the night, he did not go in to investigate. The next day, the gate where the captives were was was opened, and the captives sat on the ground, densely packed like a loaf of bread. On the periphery of the cake stood heavily armed sword and shield warriors, and outside the wall, there were more than a dozen wooden towers two feet high, observing the movements of the captives, and those with evil intentions would soon be discovered by the archers.
The captives thought that they would not get food, and that they might only have porridge for lunch, which was something that they should know as prisoners. But this morning, the soldiers of the Ren tribe sent a lot of steamed buns with white flowers. Captives with their hands entangled in ropes or chains clutched steamed buns with both hands, gnawing hungrily.
When they had all finished eating, Pang Tong stood on a tower, he looked at the captives, and said, "Soldiers of Panyue Kingdom! ”
His voice was so loud that everyone could hear it clearly.
"You've been taken advantage of! The Dilong and Meng tribes have already surrendered to Shu, deployed a plan to introduce them into the south of Shu to attack our army, and then let us both lose. If you win my Ren clan, you will also be swallowed up by the Shu army! ”
When everyone heard this, they were filled with rage, and some people were puzzled.
"There must be a military attache here, you should know that when the Earth Dragon Clan and the Meng Clan welcomed you, they didn't say that they were behind the Shu Kingdom, right?"
A few are already nodding their heads.
"Don't be obsessed with it anymore! You have killed more than 200,000 people for the sake of these conspirators of wolf ambition! ”
Some of them cursed angrily in the language of the Panyue tribe.
"You are victims like us, if you can join forces with us, my Ren clan will still have a chance to defeat the Shu army to avenge our blood and other deep hatreds!" Pang Tong said in a loud voice: "Untie me!" ”
The soldiers of the Ren tribe hesitated, but most of the people present laid down their weapons and went to loosen the bandages of the Panyue people. The Panyue people who rubbed their wrists and shook their heads and bodies seemed to have risen from hell, and their spirits were lifted.
"If you don't want to kill the Shu army with us, I will open the outer gate of Dazhai and let you go now." Pang Tong said.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "Shu people and dog thieves! ”
Others pandered.
"Kill the Shu army!"
"I want the Liu family to pay for their lives!"
"Kill the Dragons!"
One by one, they shouted angrily.
Pang Tong incorporated these. But many people, including Jin Xuan, who was seriously injured and bedridden, were extremely wary of the people of Panyue Kingdom. Pang Tong took off his armor, took off his sword, and took Xueyue to the camp where the Panyue people were located in a white robe. He greeted the soldiers, and when someone asked for a change in food or more equipment, he would meet them one by one. At night, he and the Panyue people sat around the fire and talked about the world.
"Do your mountains have snakes as thick as tree stumps?"
"Of course!" A drunken Panyue man stood up, his waist was very fat, he wiped his greasy mouth, and his hands were wrapped, as if he had drawn a big tree. "It's so thick, I swallowed all the sheep in one bite. We have a lot of goats and they're fat! ”
"Yes, people in my hometown grew up eating goat's milk!" A strong young man shouted.
Everyone talked and laughed. After Pang Tong left, he returned to the camp, and Xue Yue immediately said: "You are so bold, you went there without warning, aren't you afraid of ambushes?" ”
"The commander of Panyue was destroyed, and the dragons were leaderless. Moreover, they are also convinced that they have been tricked, and under this premise, these people, who are afraid of our army, will not rebel. And the purpose of my visit was to get them to let their guard down against us. ”
Sure enough, as he expected, the people of Panyue were in awe of Pang Tong, and they were all gearing up, wanting to fight to the death with the Shu army.
The night before approaching the county seat, there was a sudden commotion in the village. The soldiers rushed to Pang Tong's tent. Pang Tong got up suddenly, and only Xueyue was still asleep in the dark.
"What's wrong?"
"Great Patriarch, someone has rebelled!"
"What's going on?"
"Many people say that someone has rebelled, let's hurry up and kill the traitor!"
Pang Tong **** got up, took an iron sword from the wooden frame, pulled out the sword and threw the sheath and said, "Don't worry! ”
He walked out of the tent and saw that the patrolmen were all running around, all of them in an aimless manner. Snow Pattern wore armor and led twenty horsemen to come. Xuewen said: "The great patriarch has rebelled!" ”
Pang Tong said coldly: "Don't panic! How could someone rebel, it must be the people of the Shu army who hid in our army during the chaotic battle, this is Zhuge Liang's strategy! The order goes down, and everyone goes back to the camp tent and waits! ”
After a short time, the whole Dazhai fell silent. Suddenly, a person was dragged over by Qingzun. This person has been tied up with five flowers, and the corners of his mouth are cracked and bleeding.
"That's the kid screaming!" Qingzun said angrily.
In the shadows, he caught the composure of the twenty-something soldier's face. Pang Tong squatted, looked at him levelly, and said, "Zhuge Liang told me that he would send a messenger to disturb the hearts of our army, but I didn't expect it to be you?" ”
The young man's face immediately tightened, and he looked at Pang Tong in bewilderment.
"That's right." Pang Tong stood up. "Throw him down, and eat when there is not enough food."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Qingzun's head was the most sharp, and he immediately pretended to be sharp and said: "It's fried!" ”
The young man's face turned pale, and his whole body was cold. He almost fainted when he was dragged away.
Pang Tong clasped his hands in front of his chest, looked at the sky and said, "Good you Zhuge Liang!" ”
Everything that had been peaceful became urgent after the appearance of the man, and it was difficult to breathe. Pang Tong once again felt the illusion that he was exhausted after Wolong's arrival. Because he fought with Zhuge Liang, it means that everyone doesn't want to have a peaceful birthday.
After the Ren army arrived at the county town of Jianning, the spies returned to the police. 100,000 Shu troops entered Qiqi County. At this time, there were nearly 20,000 guards in the city of Qiqi County.
On the other hand, 150,000 Meng cavalry and 100,000 Shu troops joined forces to advance to the county seat of Jianning. Xinggu County is even more in crisis, more than 50,000 people of the Dilong clan have besieged the county seat, and Lun Er in the city has led 30,000 people to defend the city.
In January of the twelfth year of Yonghan, Pang Tong began to study Zhuge Liang's three-sided attack and killing in a serious and meticulous manner. He thinks that if he rashly confronts Zhuge Liang, he will definitely fall into the plan of this world-famous military division. So he needs more preparation. Before all the plans were settled, he first asked the soldiers to burn down all the houses outside the city of Jianning County, let the people move to the city, and bring all kinds of equipment to defend the enemy soldiers.
Pang Tong stood on the tower of the West Gate, and the road and open space below were now filled with dense civilians and soldiers. His hands spread excitedly, and his pupils reflected those with sincere hearts.
"Flesh and blood compatriots in the city, today we are facing a three-sided attack by Liu Bei of Shu State, and the Renzu Qiqi County, Jianning County, and Xinggu County have fallen into danger. In the face of Shu's huge military power, we must work together. Bring! ”
He said. The soldier on one side dragged a roll of white cloth with an ordinary dagger lying on it. He picked up the dagger and slit his right index finger, and then the soldier straightened the white cloth and the other soldier grabbed the section below. Pang Tong's face was serious, and his fingers were written from top to bottom, this was a bloody work, embellished with his painstaking efforts. He took the blood book and stood on top of the wall, not afraid of whether he would fall down, in the wind, the blood book floated, but the typing on it was impressive.
"Defend the clan to the death!"
When the people in the city saw this, their hearts trembled. Some even shouted, "I'm going to die!" ”
"Defend the clan to the death!" The soldiers chanted from the crowd. They are neat and orderly, and they bring everyone's emotions together. The soldiers were united in their hatred of the enemy.
He let Xuewen, who had always acted steadily, guard the city, and Qingzun and Jinbei were his lieutenants.
In order to probe the enemy's reality, Pang Tong rode to the west side to observe the enemy's situation. After coming to the top of a hill, he looked down and saw that the enemy soldiers were majestic and mighty, especially the group of soldiers in front of him was impressive. Those herds of gray elephants, the size of a white thunderbolt, with long tusks measuring three meters. On what looked like a saddle sat two soldiers, a soldier armed with a bow and arrow, and a spear three meters long enough to stab a cavalryman. And the main attack power should be the elephant's charge forward during the battle, which can paralyze all the horse infantry troops.
Some of these elephant soldiers are holding Mengzi flags, which also indicate the tribe to which they belong.
"The Mon people can really do it." Pang Tong couldn't help but say.
"That's their headquarters, and the war elephants have always been the pride of the Mon people." Fiji shot on the side of the road.
"Obviously, if you let Bai Lei go to fight them, you will also be besieged, those tusks that are slightly warped forward are not fun, and they can kill any creature if you are not careful." He stroked his chin with an expression of confusion and muttered, "How can this troublesome tribe be solved?" ”
"Resolved? That's a good word. Fijah laughed. Either let their patriarch Meng get a change of heart, or persuade them to sacrifice. In that case, there will definitely be no problem. People say that Meng Shu is afraid of his wife, but in fact it is because his wife is a priest of the Meng people. ”