June 9, 1003. Noon. The sun is dazzling, shining on the body is hot.

Speaking of which, the weather is really not a day or two. The drought in Dayue Prefecture, the lack of harvest, and the lack of hunger among the people are the main reason for the rebellion! I just didn't expect it to be so hot here in Beihai Prefecture! Fortunately, the population here is really not very large, otherwise another rebellion would be a real headache!

Shen Yun stood in the tower on the castle wall, thinking wildly in his head.

The tower is one of the defensive measures on the fort wall, and there is one every fifty paces, which serves as a shelter from the wind and rain in peacetime, and can be used as a garrison or resting place in wartime.

Fang Cheng also hid here, and the scorching sun shone on the gray and white brick wall, shining brightly and piercing people's eyes.

"You really don't plan to see Zhang Kexun?" Fang Cheng said a little lazily.

The weather was too hot, and Shen Yun became weak, but looking at Lin Min, who was standing on the castle wall and was about to shrink into a ball, Shen Yun's mood became much happier.

"Of course not. My identity is to deter the inside, but it can't deter the Yueshi people! Shen Yun said very self-knowingly, "If you let Zhang Kexun know that the Han Bohai Marquis is here, those who don't want to attack will become attacked...... Do you know what it means for the Yue people to capture a Han Marquis alive? ”

Fang Cheng pursed his lips: "Of course I know...... However, if that time comes, you can give them a dead marquis! ”

Shen Yun shrank his neck and said, "Crow's mouth, I haven't lived enough." I haven't married Ruyue yet...... Besides, even if it is a dead marquis, the morale boost of the Yue people is unparalleled. It's easy for us to die! ”

Fang Cheng was silent, but he didn't run Shen Yun again.

Indeed, a marquis of the Han Dynasty is a morale booster for the Yue people, whether they live or die. Who made the Han Zhongxing for five hundred years. I was stunned that a marquis had never been captured by the enemy - it was not that there were no princes who died in battle, but even the dead body had never been robbed by the enemy.

Moreover, the significance of directly capturing or killing the Marquis of the Han Dynasty on the battlefield is that it can cut off the thoughts of all the Yue people - many of the Yue people are actually oriented to the Han Dynasty, and these people are forced by the situation and pressure to temporarily commit to the Yue rebels, and once they have the opportunity, they will definitely fall to the Han army! But if Shen Yun, the marquis, is captured or killed, forced by pressure or face, or self-esteem or something else, the Han Empire will inevitably issue a "massacre order", and any Yueshi person is within the scope of killing. Including those who are swaying in the middle. At that time, the Yueshi people will be determined to oppose the Han army!

Don't think about yourself, but also think about the overall situation!

Shen Yun resolutely will not take the initiative to reveal his identity. So he pushed Lin Min, the real brigade commander in name, to the forefront, and met with the prince of the Yue clan without him talking. The Fifth Company and Zhao Xin were naturally able to do it for them.

The sound of hooves outside the castle shook the sky, and the prince of the Yue clan came.

Shen Yun and Fang Cheng glanced at each other. Sneak out of the tower. Squeeze into the female wall battlement and peek down.

When the Yueshi people came, just like yesterday, the big array stopped a thousand steps away. Then a company of cavalry was separated and slowly walked towards Feiyun Castle, with a carriage dragging behind the cavalry. Finally, stop at a distance of 500 paces outside the fort.

"Teng Yu, you go and ask the fifth song leader. Let's see if we can shoot the wagon to me with an arrow!" Shen Yun said suddenly.

"Huh?" Fang Cheng obviously didn't expect Shen Yun to have this idea.

"Ahh Shen Yun glared, "He's so arrogant, don't you want to mess with him?" ”

Fang Cheng hesitated and said, "Yes, I think." But he stopped five hundred paces away. Unless you use a nine-stone power bow, ......" Seeing that Shen Yun's face was gloomy, Fang Cheng said again: "Or use a five-stone power bow, but you have to throw objects, and the head is not good!" ”

Shen Yun gritted his teeth and said: "Damn, if one doesn't work, there will be two, and if two can't work, there will be three, I will transfer a battalion of archers and carry out a dense covering attack there, and I don't believe that I can't kill him!" ”

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Shen Yun's statement is of course unrealistic. Although the Han army has a sneak attack tradition of "ten thousand troops taking the head of the enemy general", because of this, the Yueshi people are guarding against the Han army like thieves.

The company of cavalry and carriage stopped five hundred paces away and no longer moved forward, but sent a group of men and horses to gallop to the city, and said in a loud voice: "My Royal Highness has invited the Han general of the city to go out of the city!" If you want to be a turtle with a shrunken head, Your Royal Highness will wait for half an hour under the city! ”

After shouting, this cavalry circled the horse under the west fort wall again, and then walked back arrogantly, and when he walked a hundred steps, one of the Yue's cavalry suddenly looked back at his bow, and a Han army flag captured by them was pierced on the arrow, and it was pierced on the city wall with a "bang"!

"Hahaha!" The Yue's cavalry laughed wildly and galloped away.

If the Han army didn't care about the previous words, but the Yue's cavalry's action of nailing the Han army's flag to the city wall made the Han army on the fort completely agitated.

This is a naked insult to the military prestige of the Han army!

Lin Min, who was standing on the castle wall, had already been frightened by the arrow shot by the Yue Clan's cavalry just now, and he took a few steps back and planted himself from the castle wall. Fortunately, the soldiers around him were quick and quickly held on.

Shen Yun, who was hiding under the female wall battlement, saw this situation and couldn't help sighing: "I used to think that Zhang Xian was quite honest and kind, but when I look at it today, he is just as cunning!" ”

At this time, a ball of meat rolled to Shen Yun's side, it was Pang Tong. As the flag officer beside Shen Yun for a long time, Pang Tong felt greatly insulted at the moment, on a fat face, his facial features were crowded together, his anger rose, his face was red like a bun, and he said in a rough voice with his neck: "Master Hou, the rebels of the Yue Clan have bullied me too much......

"So what do you want? Going out and dying can wash away the shame? Shen Yun replied slowly, and immediately blocked Pang Tong's full of anger.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry back and tell the fifth song leader, I won't move if the enemy doesn't move, and the little agitation method won't work! Also, tell me to go down, pay attention to the other directions of the castle, and beware of the Yue's voices! After Shen Yun finished instructing, he secretly glanced at the carriage that was parked five hundred steps away.

Fang Cheng was actually very angry, gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Rang, I'll go and transfer a battalion of archers to come up......"

Shen Yun chuckled: "Come on, I'll just talk about it." Zhang Xian's bastard boy hasn't shown his head until now, can you be sure that he is the one sitting in the carriage? Maybe he'd like to have us attack the wagon. In order to arouse the hatred of the rebels of the Moon Clan, sneak attackers will always be despised. Unless I can hit the enemy with one blow and defeat the enemy in front of the battle, I will not do such things that harm others and myself. ”

Fang Cheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Then what do you say?" Just watch them show off so much? ”

Shen Yun said thoughtfully: "It's not what I should do, but I want to see what he wants to do." If that's all he can do, there's no need to worry. ”

Fang Cheng was taken aback: "What other conspiracy does the Yue clan have?" ”

Suddenly, rumbling war drums and shouts of killing suddenly came from the southeast, north, south, and north.

Shen Yun sighed: "It seems that it is not a conspiracy, but an upright conspiracy...... They're going to attack the city! ”

"That's it?" Fang Cheng was surprised.

"And what else do you want? What else? Shen Yun glared at him angrily.

The Yueshi people have attacked the city, but the strength of this siege is obviously not very strong. The legendary ant-attached siege was also not shown, and the infantry of the Yue Clan did not carry the cloud ladder. Not to mention the ladder, there was not even a decent siege shield, and it stopped five hundred paces away. Only a bunch of cavalry ran to the fort and walked around, shot a few arrows and ran back - it was a siege, but it was better to train the troops!

The siege ended in a quarter of an hour. It made the Han soldiers nervous on this hot day, and they were sweating profusely. It's like just got out of the water. Physical strength is not a small consumption.

However, is it really as simple as simply consuming the physical strength of the Han army?

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In the Yue's army array, a thousand steps away to the west of Feiyun Castle, Abbas wore the armor of an ordinary school soldier, rode on a horse, and kept observing the Han army on Feiyun Castle with clairvoyance.

He was certainly not in that carriage. Not to mention that Confucianism has the precept that "a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall" and "a son of a daughter does not sit in the hall", it is indeed not worth believing that the "character" of the Han army is. Carlos has the most say in this.

To know. In the military training course of the Romans, there was a special section to teach how to avoid the "sneak attack before the battle" of the Han army. It is conceivable that the "bad character" of the Han army is already well known.

"Your Highness, how are you observing?" Carlos saw that half an hour had passed, and the Han general of Feiyun Castle still had no idea of coming out to "talk" with them. I couldn't help but ask.

Abbasto chin and said, "It seems that Han General is a little difficult, this Feiyun Castle is a bit tricky, you can't attack it, you can only outwit it!" ”

Carlos was surprised: "Outwitted? How to outwit? ”

Abbas looked at the hot ground, and Carlos instantly understood: "Your Highness is talking about digging tunnels?" That's a good idea! In the future, every day our army will clamor to attack the city as it does today, as a cover for digging tunnels! ”

Abbas looked at Carlos like an idiot, and said coldly: "Your Excellency can't think of the Han army?" There is no need for the Han army of Feiyun Castle to think that the Han Holy Ancestor five hundred years ago has taken this into account...... Do you know how deep the castle's foundations are? Do you know that the foundation of each big fort is protected by granite? Digging tunnels, hum, with that kind of kung fu, it's not as cost-effective as a strong attack! ”

Indeed, the method of digging tunnels to attack the city was used by the Han people as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Han Shengzu took this into account when he implemented the castle strategy five hundred years ago. Therefore, the foundation of the castle was made very deep, and the foundation was covered with hard granite - of course, this was only limited to the large forts, and the small and medium forts did not have this layer of protection. In addition to this, each castle has a variety of measures to prepare for digging battles.

In short, if you want to dig tunnels and destroy the city, the amount of work is definitely not easier than building a new castle. It can't be done in ten days and a half months, unless you are prepared to do it for half a year or even a year...... As Abbas said, with that kind of effort, it is better to attack directly.

In the face of Abbas's sarcasm, Carlos was not annoyed, he was sent by the Roman side to Abbas as a staff officer, and through this half a year of getting along, he had long been immune to the indifference of His Royal Highness the prince.

"Hehe, I've said a lot in the next place. Dare to ask His Highness what is his plan to break the city? Carlos asked with a smile.

Abbas was also quite helpless when he saw Carlos who was spitting on himself, he couldn't catch up, scolded him and didn't care, he was as thick-skinned as the generals of Feiyun Castle......

"It's not okay to dig tunnels to break the city, but it's okay to cut off the water source!" Abbas continued to stare at the ground, "It's so hot, just cut off the water from the Zabhan River to Flying Cloud Castle. Hmph, see how long they can hold out! ”

"But isn't there a vat in every castle that holds water? How long will it take to besiege the city like this? Carlos wondered.

A sinister smile appeared on Abbas's indifferent face, and he looked at Carlos and said, "Do you know what those vats are preparing for?" ”

Carlos couldn't help but shudder, and said cautiously: "It seems to be preparing for a fire in the city......"

Abbas looked back at Flying Cloud Castle and sneered, "Not bad. In addition to drinking, those water tanks are mainly used to extinguish fires...... Since the Han generals refuse to come out, then I will add a few fires to them and see how long their water lasts!" ”

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I have to say that Abbas's trick is very vicious. For the next five days. While the Yueshi people sent people to dig the ground and cut off the water in the east of Feiyun Castle, they also sent people to launch rockets with strong bows, shooting day and night, and shooting in the form of parabolic shots.

In the first two days, no one in the Han army thought about what the Yue people were going to do. Siege did not. But there was a constant stream of rockets coming in. One or two rockets are nothing, but there are tens of thousands of people in the Yueshi. At least 10,000 rockets enter the Flying Cloud Castle every day. These rockets are coated with asphalt. After ignition, there is high heat and smoke, which is not easy to extinguish.

Two days later, Chen Yin suddenly found Shen Yun, who was leading people to extinguish the fire, and hurriedly said, "Master Hou, you can't put out the fire like this anymore." We're running out of water! ”

"Huh?" Shen Yun was smoky at the moment, and his whole face seemed to be coated with a layer of black mud. The bright armor on his body was also full of smoke marks, looking very embarrassed, and he was still a little ignorant after listening to Chen Yin's words.

Chen Yin stomped his feet and hurriedly said, "Water, Lord Hou, this is the trick of the Yue people." We need to run out of water and send people to cut off the water supply! ”

"Water source? Isn't our water source groundwater? Shen Yunqi said. When you were in Yunwai Fort, the water source in the fort came from groundwater, and as we all know, how to cut off groundwater?

Chen Yin smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, this is the western part of Beihai Prefecture, relying on the Zabuhan River, of course, our main water source comes from the river. Groundwater is not nothing, but ......" Chen Yin pointed to the soldiers around him who were carrying a large basin of water and poured a rocket, "With this kind of usage, even if it is relying on the Yellow River, this water is not enough!" ”

Shen Yun finally reacted and said hurriedly: "Then, is there still water now?" ”

"Yes, but the water level in the well has dropped significantly since yesterday, and it seems that the Yueshi people have really dug up the water source from the Zabhan River, and it is not impossible to give them a few more days to cut off our underground water source." When the time comes, we'll really be in a Jedi! ”

Feiyun Castle can be defended, relying on food and water, although the food is almost gone, but there is still horse meat to eat, even if there is no food, people can still carry it for three or five days, but if there is no water, in this hot summer, it will not even survive for two days.

Shen Yun, who reacted, was angry: "Don't pour it, don't pour it......"

At this time, another wave of rockets shot in, Pang Tong was holding a basin with a large grinding plate, filled with water and was about to pour it up, Shen Yun snatched it, stomped his feet and scolded: "You loser, this rocket is just a rocket, it will be extinguished by spitting, can you use such a big basin of water?" ”

Pang Tong's delightful little eyes blinked twice, and he didn't understand why Shen Yun was so angry, he looked at the still smoking and burning rocket at his feet in a daze, and really spat down...... "Bah, Master Hou, it's not extinguished!" Pang Tong said with a bitter face.

Shen Yun looked up to the sky and lamented: "God, why did you send such a living treasure to my side!" ”

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"From today onwards, dig up soil and sand to extinguish the fire, if it is not a particularly important place, let the fire burn, and try to clear the open space around the fire. In addition, collect the extinguished rockets and use them as an inventory. In the conference room, Shen Yun commanded a little frustratedly.

The Yue's hand really hit the weakness of the Han army. Although Shen Yun had given the order to ban water to extinguish the fire as quickly as possible, and at the same time asked Chen Yin to grab as much water as possible, it was still too late. Two of the four wells in Feiyun Fort have dried up, with only a layer of silt at the bottom. The water level of the other two mouths is also dropping at a rate visible to the naked eye, and by June 14, less than a third of the major water tanks in Feiyun Castle remained. Tens of thousands of horses, people eat horses and chew, and it will last for five days at most!

That's a real trick...... Looking at the rockets that were still coming in, Shen Yun felt a little like crying without tears - could it be that the first time he led the troops to fight, he had to be defeated so aggrieved?

Shen Yun was unwilling.

The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit heavy. Although the Fifth Company has proposed that no additional water waste other than drinking should be allowed from this day onwards, the situation has deteriorated and this measure is a bit late.

Chen Yin saw that the atmosphere was a little heavy, and said with a forced smile: "Although there is no water, our arrow reserves have increased significantly, and now the inventory has exceeded 400,000, not including the warehouses on the various fortress walls, adding up to no less than 600,000!" ”

Wen Cui muttered: "The Yue's people are backed by the Jinshan Forest, and it is not a problem to build another 600,000 arrows, not to mention that most of those arrows do not have arrow clusters, so they are useless!" ”

Really. The Yueshi people also knew that they couldn't be the arms dealers of the Han army, and most of the arrows that came in were bare-rod arrows without metal arrow clusters, and there was nothing else except the fire of the arrows - and what was even more vicious was that the arrow shafts used by the Yueshi were flammable pine poplar wood, and it seemed that their idea was that even if Feiyun Castle emptied all the flammable materials, the overwhelming pine poplar arrow shafts alone would pile up a sky-high fire!

Damn, Zhang Xian can't wait to move all the Jinshan Forest into Feiyun Castle!

At this moment, Zheng Ying, who had been commanding outside, suddenly broke into the door and shouted: "Master Hou, everyone, come and come with me, our reinforcements seem to have arrived!" ”

Everyone was shocked and rushed out of the conference room and rushed to the fortress wall. (To be continued......)