Chapter 13: The Gathering of Storms (4)
Night has fallen, and the entire Tongguan is still immersed in a sad and majestic anger. At dusk, the enemy army under the pass launched a new round of siege warfare. The incident in the afternoon completely stimulated the morale of the sergeants guarding the pass, from the generals to the soldiers, in the face of the swarming enemy troops, one by one screamed, and the combat effectiveness was more than doubled, and the enemy attack was repelled like chopping melons and vegetables. Seeing that the situation was not right, the enemy army decisively left hundreds of corpses behind and retreated.
Gao Xianzhi took the time to sit at the dinner table. The food on the table was already cold, Gao Xianzhi didn't care, picked up the food and hurriedly took a few bites, then stood up, "Come on, the war is urgent, let's start." ”
"Big brother is still full, I don't know when I will stay up until the second half of the night." Li Mi looked at Gao Xianzhi's beard and stubble, and his tired face was a little distressed.
"For us soldiers, this is commonplace. Since I came to this Tongguan, I haven't closed my eyes much. There was a seal two before, and he could share it for me. Now that this second letter has committed something, I can stand it alone. Listening to Li Mi's words full of care, Gao Lishi's heart warmed, "Tonight's event is particularly important." If it is successful, it will greatly relieve the pressure on Tongguan. Let's take the picture, let's sort it out one last time. ”
Seeing this, Li Mi did not persuade. He stood up and walked to the door, shouting into the courtyard. Soon after, a black-clad soldier walked in with a map in his hand, and this person was Sunon Irke. A few days ago, Li Mi met Sunong in the army, and talked to him with him when he saw Hunting's heart. Li Mi learned that he was a hunter in the mountains here, and he was very familiar with the terrain in the mountains. As soon as the two of them combined, they had the idea of attacking the enemy at night.
"Is that you?" On that day, Gao Xianzhi had seen Sunong. Seeing that the person who came was Sunon Irke, he was slightly surprised.
"The villain Sunon Ilke, I have seen the general!" Sunong hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.
"No need to be polite, let's get started." Gao Xianzhi nodded slightly, and quickly regained his composure.
The food on the table has been cleaned up, Sunong spread the map in his hand on the dining table, and took the oil lamp in one hand and put it on the side, "The villain has been begging for a life in this mountain since he was a child, this is a topographic map of Longshan drawn by the villain according to the memory in his mind." Only because of the urgency of time, this map only draws the part east of Tongguan, the part west of Tongguan, if the general needs it, the villain can draw it later. ”
Gao Xianzhi ordered someone to light an oil lamp again, held the lamp in one hand, leaned over, and looked at it carefully. Li Mi and Gao Lishi also gathered around, and the four of them stared intently at the drawings in front of them. The drawings made by Sunong have included all the topography and landforms in Longshan. The four of them took a look at it, which was the mountain, which was the river and which was the cliff, and they knew it in their chests.
Colliers looked at the map, his mind was a little confused, he didn't understand what this military operation had to do with this dense forest in the mountains. He glanced at Li Mi suspiciously, and saw that he was staring intently at the map and fell into deep thought, and when the words came to his mouth, he was held back. Without waiting for his doubts to last long, Li Mi spoke.
"Big brother, Mr. Gao. According to the report of the spies, the place where the rebels hoarded grain and grass under the pass was Hongnong City, which was located one hundred and ten miles east of Tongguan. About 5,000 soldiers were stationed to guard it. The target of this military operation was Hongnong Castle. Li Mi raised his head, looked at Gao Xianzhi and Gao Lishi and said with a solemn expression. According to the picture, there is a sheep intestine trail in Longshan that can bypass the enemy camp under the pass. Our army can pass through this trail and go straight to Hongnong City. Burn all the enemy's food and grass and return. ”
"It's a good plan. However, Hongnong City is fifty miles away, and this mountain path cannot be ridden. Will our army be able to reach Hongnong Castle before dawn? Gao Lishi shook his head slightly, according to the current situation, the army marched in this underground, and it was good to be able to walk thirty miles a day, and it was impossible to reach Hongnong City before dawn. Then An Lushan is not a fool, of course, he has determined the safety of Hongnong City, and only then will the grain and grass be stationed there.
"Who said it arrived before dawn?" Li Mi smiled slightly, "I mean, our army will go out day and night, and it will arrive in three days." ”
"There will be scouts scattered in the mountains by the enemy, and they can hide for a while by day and night. But a long march must make food, and at night when cooking must cause fireworks, and if it is discovered by the enemy at this time, what should it be? Colliers thought for a moment and asked another question.
Li Mi was a little impressed by Gao Lishi, but he didn't expect that a manager who had lived in the deep palace for a long time would be so knowledgeable, and every word hit the nail on the head. Li Mi didn't answer Gao Lishi's question directly, but turned his head to look at Sunong, "You go and get the military rations you made earlier." ”
It didn't take long for Sunong to turn back and have a long cloth bag in his hand. Sunong handed the cloth bag to Li Mi with both hands. Li Mi took the cloth bag and put it on the table, untied the rope that tied the cloth bag, poured out a pinch of powdered things from it, and handed it to Gao Lishi, "Manager Gao, taste the new military rations of our army." ”
Colliers hesitated, but he still stretched out his fingers and pinched it and put it in his mouth. "What is this made of, it tastes good." Colliers smashed his mouth and asked.
"This thing is mainly made by frying and crushing corn, with dried and crushed fruits, supplemented by dried meat, and finally seasoned with well salt. It tastes sweet and salty, and the nutrition is extraordinarily sufficient. It's a must-have for long trips. Li Mi squeezed his eyes at Gao Lishi, and made a mistake again.
Gao Lishi was used to Li Mi's convulsions, so he turned his head and ignored him.
The lights on the city wall of Tongguan are bright, like daylight. Under the city wall, there were no fingers to be seen, and it was pitch black. At this time, Li Mi and Gao Xianzhi were doing the final pre-war mobilization work. At the strong request of Gao Lishi, Li Mi also got a piece of equipment for him to wear on his body, Gao Lishi stood in the military column, with black helmet and black armor no different from ordinary soldiers. The armor was reflective, and the soldiers were working in pairs, seriously smearing the ashes on each other's bodies, and the sword equipment had already been dyed black with ink, looking from afar, like black clouds.
The soldiers prepared in an orderly manner, and Li Mi also chattered methodically on the side, such as "Tiezhu, how can you see the ashes at the bottom of the pot than when you see your daughter-in-law, and the bottom of the pot is polished by you" "Black egg, you put the grain bag on your shoulders and tied it around your waist like a swimming ring, are you so energetic?" Something like that. The soldiers are also accustomed to it, who knows what the swimming ring is, let us do it.
"Brothers, today is the first appearance of our Black Wolf Army. Pay attention to Lao Tzu carefully, don't mess up. Our manager Gao is looking at us, and when Manager Gao looks at us, His Majesty looks at us. Seeing that the sergeants were fully equipped, Li Mi gathered everyone together, and said with a fierce face, "Manager Gao has promised me, if this play is performed well, Manager Gao will ask Your Majesty for credit." Promise each one of you a wife. As soon as these words fell, there was a sound of laughter in the military column, Gao Lishi rolled his eyes weakly, and complained in his heart, when did Lao Tzu promise you.
"Don't be busy having fun just yet. If the performance is smashed, it is yourself who will lose your life, and the women of Bet Niang have never slept with it, so they will lose their lives first. Even if you come back alive, Lao Tzu will pick your skin. Don't ask why, because Your Majesty will pick my skin, and my eldest brother will pick my skin. Before my skin was picked, Lao Tzu first picked your skin. At this time, Li Mi was not like a scholar, let alone a businessman, but like a battle-hardened veteran. The pre-war lecture with a gag had a very good effect, and the soldiers were full of energy as if they had taken two catties of aphrodisiacs, and they almost screamed.
Although the enemy troops under the pass withdrew, there were a few soldiers left, and they always kept an eye on all the movements on the pass. The drums of the third watch sounded, and the defenders who closed the northwest corner suddenly made a chorus in unison. The enemy soldiers who had been sitting drowsy in front of the fire were suddenly awakened, and they all turned their heads to look at the northwest corner of Tongguan. But he didn't notice that in the shadow of the southeast corner of Tongguan, he quietly put down a rope, and several black shadows went down the rope and quietly disappeared into the huge Longshan Mountain. Then the rope was retracted, and the closing gradually returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.
The enemy soldiers who stayed behind in the pass, you look at me, I look at you, I feel a little inexplicable. After checking left and right to see if everything was wrong, he fell asleep in front of the fire.