The high-pitched scream of "Report ......" continued to sound, and the sound came from far and near, which was particularly abrupt on the silent Longtouguan city wall.

"Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper ...... Report ......" because this person ran out of breath, he reported for a long time, and he didn't say anything afterward.

Wu Lan was anxious, and hurriedly asked: "Report, report, report, then you should report it!" What's going on with the fire that is rising up over there? ”

The young general was anxious and tired, swallowed his saliva fiercely, and then responded with chapped lips: "General, the big thing is not good, the Jingzhou army used a lot of grease and hay as a guide to burn the small hill east of the shoal barrier, and the fire was blown by the southeast wind and spread rapidly to our fortress!" The Jingzhou army also formed a dense formation with a large number of sword and shield soldiers, and could rush to the barrier at any time. ”

Wu Lan was stunned on the spot, a little at a loss, and after reacting, he was so anxious: "The barrier is all wooden from top to bottom, how can you be lucky in encountering such a mountain fire, quickly inform Lei Tong, let him quickly lead the troops to withdraw, and don't let the brothers burn to death in vain." ”

"No!"

The young general went as ordered, but Wu Lan was anxious, not only because he was worried about the soldiers on the front line, but because he didn't know how to deal with it.

The long barrier of this front line cost a lot of materials and money, and according to the minimum requirements, it was to hold back the Jingzhou army here for a month and a half, wear down the offensive of Jingzhou, and consume the Jingzhou army here, causing heavy losses.

But now it has only been ten days, and it has not been able to hit the morale of the Jingzhou army, nor has it caused heavy casualties, and the barrier has been played with such a meaningless announcement, and it has been burned by the fire to the slag, how can it be explained?

What's more, the barriers on the riverbank have been broken. Long Tho Pass will inevitably withstand the attack of the Jingzhou army on both sides. And this side of the river. It's not like the east side that Xu Huang attacked.

There are dense hills on the land route to the east, and only a small force can be sent to harass Xu Huang, which can make it difficult for Xu Huang to act, and the narrow terrain makes it impossible for him to really set up a position to attack.

But the side of the river is different, although the Longtou Pass is still condescending, but the road is spacious, when the Jingzhou army is completely footed on the riverbank. Then you can put yourself in the pipeline.

If you talk about advantages, he is still overwhelming by virtue of the danger, but he knows very well that trapping and guarding the pass has little effect on the Jingzhou army.

Everyone knows that Wang Xu, the lord of Jingzhou, is short of money, people, and time, but he is not short of materials, and he has accumulated strange and obscene skills after so many years of painstaking management. As long as you give a space and opportunity that can be set up, it is enough to push the dragon through the level to the ground. Jiangzhou at that time and Hanzhong later were all lessons from the past.

Before Wang Xu's rise, people in the world looked down on those sideways, but now, the princes of the world have followed suit and set aside a large part of their military spending to develop these strange skills, rather than blindly expanding the army.

One trebuchet can only be ridiculed, and two trebuchets are just a pile of waste, but what about hundreds, thousands, and accurately measured scales, and important parts are even watered with molten iron to make them not easy to break?

These strange and obscene skills are the sharp weapons that break all dangers, and no city wall can withstand the power of hundreds or thousands of boulders flying at the same time. They can force the army to go out of the city and fight in the field.

But if he wants to fight in the field with the main force of the Jingzhou army, which is several times his size, Wu Lan doesn't know if others dare to do it, in short, he doesn't dare to ......

While Wu Lan was pondering in fear, in another corner of the Longtouguan city wall, Fa Zheng, who was standing straight, had a calm face, staring at the fire and smoke rising into the sky in the distance, and the smile on his face became thicker and thicker.

"Hehe, haha, hahaha, hahahahaha......"

The laughter was intermittent, but it was getting louder and louder, and the soldiers next to him were inexplicable, but they didn't dare to ask more.

After stopping for a long time, the young Fa Zhengcai suddenly waved his sleeves and left abruptly, but no one heard the whisper in his mouth: "It's not enough, Wang Xu, if I can't see you come in person, don't want to take Jiangyang!" ”

"You have a lot of talents in Jingzhou, and in the first battle of Hanzhong, a Xu Shu suddenly appeared, but now that the war on the northern front is tight, who else can you send? Now among the strategists under your account who can make me jealous, Tian Feng is in Jiangzhou, Guo Jia does not dare to leave Fujie for half a step, and the rest of the people want to seize Jiangyang from me, it is not easy! ”

"Brother Ziyang, I've been looking for you for too long!"

The whispering seems to be telling some secrets, and it also seems to tell some memories......

Two days later, the fire was extinguished with the cooperation of a moderate rain and Jiangzhou soldiers, and the Yizhou army also withdrew from the entire line of the Yangtze River barrier.

Walking along the barrier full of black charcoal, Wang Xu talked and laughed. "This fire burns fiercely, if it weren't for this rain, it would have been difficult to contain, and at that time it would hurt Tianhe, and I, the mastermind, would probably have to die."

Cai Mao followed behind, and immediately bowed down and said with a smile when he heard the words: "The lord said that he was joking, if it weren't for Guo Junshi's reply that the east wind would rise, there would definitely be rain in three days, and General Zhao would not have ordered the mountain to be set on fire, how could it damage the lord's longevity." ”

Wang Xu smiled slightly, noncommittal, and suddenly praised with deep meaning: "Deju, I heard that this attack on the barrier, you also took the lead with a big sword, fought bloodily, and broke through the two sections of the barrier on the western front, and the record is not bad!" ”

"Huh? How does the lord know? Cai Mao was shocked, he knew that he was forced to go up, and he didn't expect to be praised.

"Zhao Yun wrote it in the battle report!" Wang Xu smiled and nodded: "I wrote all your exploits in this battle in detail!" ”

Cai Mao's face changed, thinking that he had another intention to say this, and that it was Zhao Yun who sued him, and immediately hurriedly explained: "Lord, the last general did not personally lead the team at first, not because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because the battle situation was ...... at that time."

"Wait a minute! This matter ......" Wang Xu waved his hand, intending to interrupt.

But Cai Mao was already in a hurry, and he didn't care so much, so he hurriedly said: "At that time, the battle situation was still promising, and the last general thought that it was not the time to break through, and he should carry out a few more waves of conventional attacks, which would alleviate the ......"

As Cai Mao talked eloquently and told the battle situation at that time, Wang Xu didn't speak anymore, just quietly turned around and looked at him.

He has been fighting for so many years, and from his words, of course, he can analyze the real situation, and know that his defense is very watery. Think before and after contacting. has already guessed his heart at that time.

However, it is not specified. Just smiled and waited for him to finish.

“…… Lord, the cause and effect are like this, the last general may be wrong, but it is not the culpability, if General Zhao exposes the shortcomings, I am afraid that he will be biased, this sentence is true, and I hope that the lord will learn from it! ”

With a deep bow, Cai Mao ended his defense. The corners of Wang Xu's mouth drew that arc, and he seemed to be smiling: "Deju, are you sure you're done?" ”

Cai Mao's heart was sudden, but she still quickly replied: "The last general knows everything, and he has no end to it!" ”

"Oh!" Wang Xu nodded and said with a smile: "I did hear discussions among the soldiers before this matter, but Zhao Yun's battle report was titled, I thought it was rumor, but no matter what, you are so honest." Yes, it is worth affirming. ”

Cai Mao's face froze, and her eyes widened in shock.

"Hee-hee!" Others don't laugh out loud. Zhao Yu couldn't care so much, secretly covered his mouth and chuckled, his big eyes looked curiously at this guy who was pretentious about his own oolong, just now when Cai Mao said that Zhao Yun was biased, she was not very happy, after all, it was her own brother.

Cai Mao was also instantly embarrassed, standing still and not knowing what to do.

Wang Xu didn't care about him, and walked forward, and Xu Shu, Dian Wei and other people who accompanied him also passed by him.

After walking in silence for almost ten steps, Wang Xu suddenly turned around and smiled: "De Jue, I believe in the battle report, I don't believe the rumors, Zhao Yun is a trustworthy person, there is no need to doubt it!" ”

After saying that, he didn't say anything more, turned around and strolled away.

Cai Mao stood for a long time, suddenly knelt down and bowed, shouting: "Thank you, lord!" ”

As Wang Xu walked away, Cai Mao got up, sighed, and then hurried to find Zhao Yun, who was busy cleaning up the mess.

"General Zhao!"

"Huh?" When Zhao Yun heard the call, he turned back in confusion, and when he saw that it was Cai Mao, he couldn't help but smile: "Didn't De Jue accompany the lord on the inspection?" How did you get here! ”

Facing Zhao Yun's gentle smiling face, Cai Mao's face was full of shame, and he suddenly took two steps back and bowed down: "General Zhao Gaoyi, he didn't say a word about Cai Mao's mistakes during the war, Cai Mao came to thank you!" ”

"Huh!" Zhao Yun hurriedly stepped forward to help, and said with a smile: "Why does De Jue need to be like this, there are advances and retreats in wartime, how can it be that he is a step too slow, it is his fault, in general, De Jue won the two sections of the Western Front barrier, it is a great achievement, I just reported it according to the truth!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Cai Mao, who was even more ashamed, and continued: "De Jue, I was also anxious on the battlefield that day, so I spoke more heavily, don't mind." You and I are both serving the lord and both courtiers, and I hope to cooperate with each other in the future and put the great cause first. ”

"General Zhao!" Cai Mao was very moved and couldn't help but call out loud.

Zhao Yun didn't say anything more, stepped forward and grabbed Cai Mao's hand, and said enthusiastically: "Don't talk about this, you came just in time, I am short of manpower to command here!" ”

Cai Mao also laughed heartily, patted his chest and said, "General Zhao just orders!" ”

The two walked side by side, like old friends for many years, and the estrangement was gone......

At this time, Zhao Yu, who was accompanying Wang Xu to inspect everywhere, was also chasing Wang Xu alive and asked, "Brother Xu, why didn't you reprimand Cai Mao just now!" ”

"He has a meritorious service in this battle, why should he be reprimanded?" Wang Xu smiled casually.

"But my brother forced it, not his own will, obviously he was at fault!" Zhao Yu tilted his head in confusion, his big eyes flashing, full of doubts.

"Huh!" Wang Xu smiled and said nothing, and did not want to explain more here. "You'd better ask your sister!"

"Humph! Don't say it. Zhao Yu pursed his lips dissatisfied, then grabbed Xu Shu's hand, and begged: "Sister, tell me!" ”

"Good!" Xu Shu scratched her tall nose lovingly, and said with a smile: "But when I go home in the future, I'll tell you!" ”

"Ah...... That's been a long time! Zhao Yu was a little reluctant, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask any more questions, and nodded aggrievedly: "Then wait a little longer!" ”

Wang Xu didn't have time to pay attention to the two daughters at this time, and after roughly inspecting the affairs of all parties, he turned back to Liao Hua and said: "Yuan Jian, you send a personal notice to Guo Jia of Fu Jie, so that he can get all the siege equipment within ten days anyway, so that Zhao Yun can let go of his hands and feet, and strive to take Long Pass at the end of March and early April, and Yang Feng is responsible for the logistics and transportation, and Guo Jia is also fully responsible for supervision." ”

"Hmmm! I'll go now! (To be continued......)