Chapter 227: The Second Battle of Hanyue [5]

Like countless sharp swords, the morning light pierced the early morning mist, revealing the army hidden behind the mist. The flags waving in the howling north wind reveal their identities. A big Yue character unfolded unyieldingly in the cold wind.

Looking at the Han army camp with the camp gate closed, Yu Yong was a little dissatisfied, he had been waiting here for half an hour, and this time was only a lot more, but the Han army inside seemed to know nothing. Of course, Yu Yong knew that it was impossible for the Han army not to know anything, just looking at the longbow soldiers sent to the wooden wall, Yu Yong knew that Yang Zilu definitely knew about his arrival. It's just that he pretended not to know out of some kind of thought!

"General, what do you mean by Yang Zilu? Obviously, he already knew that our Vietnamese army was coming, but he did not go to war. Didn't he Yang Zilu even break Gujiao City, and then break Zhuji City, could it be that the more he fights, the less courageous he becomes? General Ayan Yang drove to Tongue Yong's side and asked with a little bitterness in confusion. He doesn't like to wait aimlessly, although more than half an hour has passed, he already feels as if a year has passed, this is no longer called waiting, but torment!

"Yang Zilu is playing Cao Di's set!" Hearing this, Yu Yong soothed Ayang. But if he is a keen person, he will find that although the voice of the tongue is disdainful, the voice on his face has no signs of disdain at all, but is quite dignified. That's because Tongue Yong, who is a general, is now also feeling irritable. Not to mention the little soldiers below, which made Yu Yong more and more uneasy, he already understood Yang Zilu's thoughts a little.

When Yang Yang heard this, he was stunned and said: "Yang Zilu is learning from Cao Di's one go, the second is declining, and the third is exhausted. But wasn't he afraid of damaging the morale of the Han army? ”

Yu Yong shook his head and said, "You don't understand, although there will be blows, the Han army is not an ordinary army all the time. Since the Han Dynasty, under the command of Yang Zilu, the Han army has been invincible and invincible. This also led to a different pride in the hearts of the Han soldiers, Yang Zilu did not let them fight, they would be anxious, they would be angry, but they would not feel discouraged because of this. When they fight again, they will turn the anxiety and anger they had endured into strength. It's like a hungry tiger locked in a cage, he won't lose his majesty as a king just because he is locked in a cage! Instead, it will become more dangerous and more ferocious because of hunger! ”

"Ahh This ......" Yang Yang was stunned, and he didn't know what to say.

After a long time, Ayang said: "Doesn't this make Yang Zilu consume our morale in vain, and we can only watch with our eyes?" This is too embarrassing! If that's the case, General, we might as well withdraw our troops now! It's better than letting Yang Zilu be humiliated at will here! ”

Speaking of this, Ayang couldn't help but blush, showing that he was extremely angry.

"Of course I can't let him do that, but now I can only try this method!" Hearing this, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes, and he thought for a while, and said in a deep voice. As soon as the words fell, he instructed the driver beside him: "Drive the military chariot to the outside of the Han military camp, but pay attention to the distance, don't get within one hundred and fifty steps!" That's within the range of the Han archers! ”

"No!" The rider answered, immediately waved his long whip, and shouted: "Ride!" The military chariot pulled up two billowing clouds of smoke and dust, and galloped out, and soon came to the Han army camp one hundred and fifty paces away. Let the two Han army marksmen stationed on the wooden wall grit their teeth with hatred, but there is no way, and they really let the tongue Yong say it right, at this distance, the Han army's sharpshooters can only look at the ocean and sigh.

Tongue Yong took a deep breath and said to the Han military camp: "Yang Zilu, my tongue Yong is here, do you dare to lead the soldiers and horses to fight with my tongue Yong!" ”

Although the distance was far away, the voice of the tongue still penetrated the barrier of the air and came. Soon, a soldier stationed on the city wall conveyed Yu Yong's words to Yang Zilu.

At that time, Yang Zilu was washing, listened to the soldier's report, spit out the mouthwash in his mouth, took the towel handed over by the soldier on the side, and wiped the water stains on his mouth. Yang Zilu said disapprerovingly: "Let people shout at Yu Yong, it's just that his subordinates are defeated, and they dare to be brave?" I'm really not afraid to laugh off other people's big teeth. ”

The soldier carried Yang Zilu very well, he first found three loud voices, and let them practice three times first, and then let people go up to the wooden wall. The three soldiers with loud voices immediately picked up the megaphone and shouted in unison: "Listen to the tongue on the other side, my master said that he is just a defeated general!" Do you dare to be brave? I'm really not afraid to laugh off other people's big teeth! ”

The sound spread far away, and even the people in the rear of the Vietnamese army could clearly hear the shouts of the Han soldiers.

When the Han soldiers on the city wall heard this, they immediately laughed. The tension that had been pressed by the Vietnamese army was immediately swept away, and they remembered that the tongue on the other side was still lost by their own men. The veteran immediately preached how to defeat the Vietnamese army that invaded the Han State, and also preached the scene when Yu Yong was captured.

Of course, there are a lot of untruths about these, such as when he saw the Han army coming, he immediately knelt down and shouted: "Grandpa spare my life, I surrender!" I give up! "This is fake, although as an enemy, Yang Zilu still admires the style of the tongue.

However, a group of recruits of the Han army did not know, plus the previous two battles in Gumei City and Zhuji City, and now they are approaching the capital of the Yue Kingdom, they are all proud of this, and everyone feels a little disdain for the Vietnamese soldiers in their hearts, and the fear and nervousness in their hearts have gone to the least.

Although I couldn't hear the preaching of those veterans, the voices of the three loud-voiced soldiers had just fallen, and the huge laughter was still clearly heard. Yu Yong couldn't help but blush, although nominally he only lost to Yang Zilu once, although this is not a good thing, it doesn't mean that he will always lose in the future! But in fact, Yu Yong was defeated once in the Han army, and in the city of Gu Contempt, he was also pitted by Yang Zilu once, and he was defeated twice under Yang Zilu.

But when he thought about it, the current situation couldn't be delayed, and he thought that he had asked for his surname, and he didn't want to be cheeky! How do you want Yang Zilu to play!

Yu Yong once again let people drive out and shouted: "Yang Zilu, since I am your subordinate and lost, then why don't you dare to fight with me!" Could it be that I'm afraid that I'm Meng Mingshihu? ”

Meng Mingshi was a general under the command of Qin Mugong of Qin in the Spring and Autumn Period, and his father was a famous Qin Secretary of State's doctor Baili Xi, who had sent troops to the Jin State twice in a row, but was defeated by the Jin State. However, Qin Mugong still used him, and in the end, Meng Mingshi defeated the Jin State in the third battle, which greatly shocked the nearby small Xirong states. More than 20 small countries and tribes came to take refuge in Qin, allowing Qin to expand its land for thousands of miles without spending a single soldier and become a western power.

Meng Mingshi has thus become a famous general in the world. Tongue Yong's words were implying that Yang Zilu was also stimulating, and Meng Mingshi was also defeated twice, but in the end, he also defeated Jin Guo for the third time. And he also lost twice in a row, and Gou Jian did not remove him, but continued to trust him, and the situation of Yong was similar to Meng Ming's. Then you, Yang Zilu, dare to fight with me?

Although Yang Zilu didn't know much about who Meng Mingshi was, it didn't prevent someone from telling Yang Zilu that Remnant Zhu, who was also from a "famous family", naturally knew who Meng Mingshi was, as well as Meng Mingshi's allusions. As soon as he told Yang Zilu in the middle, Yang Zilu understood, and said with a secret smile in his heart: It seems that Yu Yong is really in a hurry, and he doesn't even want to be cheeky, so he let it go.

Yang Zilu's subordinates are not as patient as Yang Zilu, especially the black bear Huo Ran stood up and shouted loudly: "What kind of person is he with a tongue!" It's just a defeated general, a prisoner of prison in the past! Dare to say such words, Lord, if you ask the last general to send troops, the last general will immediately lead people to destroy him! Let the tongue know that if you lose a battle, you must have the consciousness of losing a battle! ”

"Lord, let the last general send troops! The last general needs the people of the headquarters! Han Jiading was afraid of being robbed by the black bear, so he did not hesitate to spend his blood.

The black bear was furious when he heard this, and he was not to be outdone, as soon as Han Jiading's voice fell, the black bear had already roared: "Lord, the last general can also be, I just want the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to fight!" ”

"Don't make any noise, isn't it just a tongue? What's in a hurry? Shut your mouth and eat your morning food. Yang Zilu waved her hand disappreciably, picked up the chopsticks on the low table, and tasted a piece of pork chop slowly.

The soldier who came to report the news hesitated for a moment and asked, "Lord, how should we respond to him?" ”

"No response." Yang Zilu swallowed the pork chop in his mouth and said, but as soon as the words fell, Yang Zilu felt that this would inevitably make people feel that they were afraid of the tongue, so Yang Zilu shouted to the soldier who had just turned around: "Wait! ”

The militants such as Black Bear and Han Jiading immediately pricked up their ears, and the chopsticks in their hands stopped moving, they thought that Yang Zilu was ready to fight!

"No! I wonder what else the Lord commands? The soldiers were not as careful as they were, and they heard Yang Zilu shouting. The soldier hurriedly turned around, bowed to Yang Zilu, and asked respectfully.

"You go and respond to Tongue Yong, just say that the widow is not in the mood today, and you Tongue Yong will come back tomorrow!" After Yang Zilu finished speaking, he immediately stuffed a piece of pork chop into his mouth and tasted the delicious taste in his mouth carefully.

"No!" The soldier immediately turned around and walked out quickly, leaving his back to Han Jiading and Black Bear, a group of disappointed militants. However, they looked at Yang Zilu, who was still fighting with the pork chops, and felt helpless, sighed in their hearts, and said in their hearts: It seems that there is no battle today!

It's not just them who have this idea, after listening to Han Jun's words, Tongue Yong also has the same idea as Black Bear and Han Jiading. Yang Zilu refused to send troops to war, and it was impossible for Yu Yong to let the soldiers stand in this field, right? Yu Yong could only let out a long sigh, and ordered to Yang Yang with a depressed expression: "Ming Jin, order the army to return to the camp to rest!" ”

As soon as he returned to the camp, he saw Wen Chong waiting by the camp gate, and he felt ashamed in his heart, and he patted his chest to speak, but this time he was full of confidence in the battle, but he gained nothing. When the military vehicle arrived at the camp gate, Yu Yong asked the driver to stop the military car, and Yu Yong bowed his hand to Wen Chong, and said with a shameful face: "Doctor, I really ...... this time."

Before Yu Yong's words were finished, Wen Chong had already walked into the military vehicle, waved his hand, and interrupted Yu Yong's words: "General Yu doesn't need to say much, today's war, Wen Chong has sent people to the vicinity of the battlefield to reconnoiter before the war, and he will send a message back every quarter of an hour, so today's war Wen Chong already knew before the general came back." ”

Hearing this, Yu Yong couldn't help but blush, and said a little resignedly: "Yu Yong is really, really ......"

Wen Chong waved his hand, interrupted Yu Yong's words again, and said: "Needless to say, General Tongue is about this, although there is nothing to be gained today, Wen Chong also knows that the blame is not on General Tongue!" So please don't be so mindful of the tongue general. ”

When Tongue Yong heard this, he sighed and said: "The doctor said this, Tongue Yong felt even more ashamed, I am afraid that the morale of rewarding with heavy money today has gone to seventy-seven, eighty-eight!" Tomorrow I will challenge the Han Barbarians, I am no longer as sure as I am today! It's really a disappointment to the doctor's 10,000 coins! ”

"Then reward again, twenty dollars each! It's only 60,000 yuan, and now the remaining money is enough to reward twice! Wen Chong said with a resolute face.

When Yu Yong heard this, a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes, but he hesitated for a while, but he still opened his mouth to persuade him: "Doctor, although this is the case, what if Yang Zilu doesn't fight tomorrow?" Besides, the previous reward is no longer enough, if Yang Zilu wins tomorrow, the promise he made to the soldiers before cannot be exchanged, which will seriously hit morale! ”

When Wen Chong heard this, he also hesitated for a while, and then said: "I can't guarantee that Yang Zilu will definitely fight, but I think of a strategy that may be able to provoke Yang Zilu to fight." ”

"Oh?" Although Yu Yong was surprised when he heard this, he also had a little hidden suspicion. Yu Yong asked himself that he had done his best today, and he didn't even want an old face, so he let it go. Although Wen is resourceful, he can think of a better strategy than himself. If it's a little better, what's the use of Yang Zilu?

Wen Chong saw that he didn't believe it a little, and he didn't care. I was about to speak, but I immediately found myself sitting in a military cart, full of people coming and going. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no Yang Zilu's fine work, so Wen Chong beckoned to the tongue to show that the tongue was attached to the ear.

Although he was a little displeased when he saw this, he still attached his ears to the past. But Wen Chong only said a few words in Tongue Yong's ear, and Tongue Yong's face, which was originally a little half-convinced, seemed to meet the buds of a warm spring breeze and immediately bloomed.

Yu Yong straightened his waist excitedly, waved his fist excitedly, and said, "Wonderful! As soon as this plan is used, I am afraid that no matter how good Yang Zilu is, he will not be able to help but be angry, and I am afraid that he will not fight! ”

Wen Chong heard this, although he was modest, but his face was still difficult to hide and said: "General Tongue, don't have the belief that this thing will be successful, maybe it won't succeed!" ”

Yu Yong smiled and didn't answer, he knew that this was just a modest remark of the genre, where would he care? Immediately, Yu Yong thought of the question just now, and said again: "Doctor, the matter of the bounty ......"

When Wen Chong heard this, his originally slightly happy face immediately became solemn, and after a long time, Wen Chong said in a deep voice: "Do it!" Besides, compared to the bounty that can't be exchanged for soldiers, being defeated by Yang Zilu is even more painful. ”

Hearing this, Yu Yong opened his lips, and finally didn't say anything, although he knew that the method of the little rural doctor who cured headaches and feet was not very good. But then again, in the current situation, is there a better choice for Vietnam? You can only choose the lesser of two evils!

The next day, before the sky was light, Tongue Yong rose up again and encouraged the soldiers as he had done yesterday. Of course, material rewards are indispensable, twenty copper coins, which immediately shocked the morale of the Vietnamese soldiers again. And with the reward of 20 yuan on the first day, the Vietnamese soldiers felt a little ashamed, as the so-called collecting money for others to eliminate disasters, yesterday they did nothing, many soldiers have made up their minds that they must be more brave in today's battle. Therefore, the morale of the Vietnamese army at this time is even better than yesterday, which undoubtedly makes Yu Yong more excited, and hopes that Yang Zilu can come out to fight him.

But what worried Yu Yong finally happened, and the gate of the Han military camp was closed. And this time, he postponed it a little bit, and only left the camp when it was just getting light, and he made a lot of fanfare all the way. I'm afraid that the Han army scouts are deaf and blind, and they all know that the Vietnamese army is dispatched. But at this moment, the gate of the Han military camp is closed, and even a fool will know what is going on by this time.

With a flushed face, Ayan Yang drove to Yu Yong's side, and asked helplessly in anger: "General, ...... today?" It's still like this today, what are we going to do? ”

Yu Yong raised his hand and beckoned to the back, and then turned his head sideways and comforted Zangyang: "Don't worry, this is not out of General Ben's expectations, Doctor Wen has already thought of a method to provoke the general last night and told General Ben." If you use stimulation, it is completely guaranteed that Yang Zilu will be able to lead the army out of the camp to fight with us, but I am sure that this general still has it! ”

Although Ayan Yang saw that his tongue was true, he looked at his face with confidence, and he didn't dare to sweep it away helplessly. said with a smile: "I'm afraid Cheng is the general's humble words, right?" ”

When the tongue heard the words, he smiled but did not answer. But the others knew the answer when they saw the face, because the words 'these words must be modest words' were almost not written on the face of the tongue.

While Tongue Yong was talking to the Yue general Euyang, a Yue man dressed as an envoy slowly walked to the Han army camp.

Although the Vietnamese dressed as envoys had already entered the effective firing range, the team still did not give the order to shoot. The archers all looked at the team, waiting for his order, and the team hesitated for a while, gestured to the soldiers, and said: "Release the bowstring, just one person, don't act rashly." Forgive him and he can't make any waves, I'll go and report to the Lord, and you can just watch him! He doesn't care what he asks. ”

"No!" The soldiers responded in unison.

Yang Zilu received the report from this team leader, and couldn't help but wonder what tricks Yu Yong played? Send someone to assassinate yourself? Could it be that he was so stupid that he didn't have any precautions against it after he was assassinated? To negotiate for yourself? What else is there to negotiate in this situation?

Yang Zilusuo decided to respond to all changes with the same surname, and instructed the team: "If the envoy of the Yue Kingdom asks to see me, you can bring him over!" ”

"No!" The team withdrew in response, and when he returned to the wooden wall, he found that the guy who might have been the envoy of the Yue Kingdom was nowhere to be found.

The team pulled a soldier next to him and asked, "What about that person just now?" ”

"Who?" Hearing this, the soldier blinked, and asked in confusion.

"It's the envoy of the Yue Kingdom!" The team glared at the soldiers, and added angrily.

The soldier shrank his head and pointed to the camp gate and said, "He left, but he left a wooden box under the camp gate, which looks very exquisite, I don't know what is in it?" ”

The team was scolding: "Why did you let him go!" ”

The soldier said aggrievedly: "Boss, but what you just said to deal with only one person, tell us not to act rashly." He's gone, so it's better for us to shoot him at this time, right? ”

The team was speechless when they heard this, so they turned around aggrievedly, got off the wooden wall, and asked people to open the camp gate but it was enough for one person to pass sideways, and went to get the wooden box and immediately flashed into the camp. But obviously, Tongue Yong also knew that there was no chance to succeed, or Tongue Yong didn't think of this layer, the whole process of the team taking the wooden box, the Vietnamese army was motionless, and there was no intention of taking the opportunity to snatch the camp gate. The team got the wooden box and immediately rushed to the Chinese army tent where Yang Zilu was located.

"Lord, that envoy of the Yue Kingdom left this wooden box at the camp gate and left!" Walking into the big tent of the Chinese army, the team was taking a few steps forward, and immediately knelt down on one knee, held the wooden box high above his head, and said respectfully.

"Oh!" Yang Zilu couldn't help but be curious in her heart, what did Yu Yong's move mean? Yang Zilu beckoned to the team and said, "Take the wooden box up!" ”

"No!" The team responded respectfully, and immediately walked up lightly and put the wooden box on Yang Zilu's low table.

Yang Zilu did not open the wooden box in a hurry, but looked at the wooden box carefully. The wooden box is made of more expensive sandalwood, but this price is not too expensive, and it can only be regarded as used by ordinary nobles. However, the carving is good, with quite exquisite patterns all over, and the four sides are carved with the patterns of the four holy beasts, namely the green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu. The price of the wooden box is only 300 yuan at most, and it is impossible to increase it.

The more Yang Zilu looked at it, the more he couldn't understand it, what did he put in this wooden box worth three hundred yuan at most? Yang Zilu just pressed his hands on the seam of the box and the lid of the box. The remnant bamboo on the side suddenly shouted: "No! ”

Yang Zilu was stunned, turned his head to Remnant Zhu and asked, "Remnant Bamboo, what's wrong?" ”

Remnant Zhu said with a solemn face: "The minister suddenly remembered the technique of the mechanism just now, and there are some of the most wonderful things in it, such as opening the box and immediately shooting a few poisonous arrows and other mechanisms. The minister is afraid that the tongue will have a plot in this, please let the lord let the minister open it on his behalf! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, her face changed slightly, and she hurriedly removed her hand from the wooden box. That's not all, Yang Zilu still stood up and left the wooden box fifteen steps away before speaking. "Remnant bamboo, I'm afraid this is not good! If there's a mechanism in the box, I'm afraid you'll be damaged. Go and fetch a captive and open it! ”

When Remnant Zhu heard this, he raised his head confidently and said: "Rest assured, Lord, although Remnant Zhu does not dare to say that he is the number one swordsman in the world, if this trick of the organ wants to hurt me, it is still an easier thing than ascending to the sky." Why bother to find a captive to open the box, and it takes an hour to go back and forth, to say the least, so troublesome? ”

Yang Zilu hesitated, nodded and said, "Okay!" But you have to be careful! ”

"Rest assured, Lord, the mechanism that can hurt my remnants of bamboo has not yet been made!" Remnant Zhu said confidently, and after finishing speaking, he asked the nearby guards to stay away from him.

Although Remnant Zhu is confident that he can do no harm in front of the agency, it does not mean that he is confident that he can make others without harm. Remnant Zhu slowly pulled out the long sword at his waist, the long sword made of stainless steel, and as soon as he came out of the scabbard, he immediately let out a crisp "sonorous" sound.

The guards nearby immediately looked at the long sword in the hand of the remnant bamboo with hot eyes, this is a sword that can be ranked among the top 100 in the world! Don't look at the top 100, there are so many swords in the world, not to mention 40 or 50 million, there are not 10,000 swords that can be called swords, there are 9,999, and it is already a very good sword to be ranked in the top 100.

The remnant bamboo swung the long sword flat, and immediately stabbed forward, and a small section of the tip of the long sword was submerged into the wooden box. Just this swordsmanship is amazing. The seam of the wooden box was only so big, smaller than a hair, but the remnant bamboo didn't just enter the seam with a sword. And judging by the extent to which the tip of the sword has not entered, this long sword has not damaged the wooden box much.

"Good!" The guards inside the tent couldn't help but applaud.

Although Yang Zilu did not applaud with the guards, he still showed an expression of amazement on his face.

Remnant Zhu was very satisfied with this, and a proud smile immediately appeared on his face. The remnant bamboo hand lifted the sword up and slowly opened the wooden box. However, what makes people nervous is that there are hidden arrows and poisonous needles, and nothing appears.

What made the others even more strange was the face of the remnant bamboo, the remnant bamboo's face was indescribably strange at first, and he didn't know what he saw, and then a flash of anger flashed in the eyes of the remnant bamboo. Remnant Zhu withdrew his long sword, and with a "snap", the wooden box closed again.

Yang Zilu asked curiously: "Remnant bamboo, what's inside?" ”

Hearing this, Remnant Zhu opened his mouth, and finally said with a strange face: "This ......, alas! See for yourself, Lord! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart, and immediately came to Remnant Zhu's side, opened the wooden box, Yang Zilu and Remnant Zhu's previous expressions changed almost identically, first their faces were indescribably strange, and then endless anger appeared on their faces.

What exactly is in this wooden box?

(To be continued)