After discovering that the Sui army cut off the water of the Hulu River, in order to destroy the dam for self-protection, Meng Haigong once organized the army to go out of the city from the north gate and launched a charge against the Sui army, but Meng Haigong's team quickly saw in despair that the Sui army, which had been guarding outside the north gate under the banner of Liang County, suddenly changed to the most terrible flag of the Sui army of Qi County, and then the even more terrible Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin both slapped their horses out of the battle, yelling and shouting, asking the thief army dare to come to death?

Then, the Meng Hai Gong Thief Army, which had already been killed by Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, immediately became impotent.

Life and death are at stake, no matter how impotent you have to fight, under the strict order of the thief army Meng Qi, the thief army still launched a charge, and the result is that this also gives the Qi County Sui Army a good opportunity to vent their anger, not to discourage the encouragement, the Sui army soldiers who have long been holding back their anger are like tigers going down the mountain one by one, and they have no hesitation to kill into the thief army and start killing, the most famous killing god Luo Shixin in the Qi County Sui Army also rushed in front of the horse, the spear in his hand continued to stab out fiercely, and the mouth kept yelling, "Tell you to win Lao Tzu's money!" Call you to win Lao Tzu's armor! Let you win Lao Tzu's war horse! The thief army on the other side was confused, and basically they had not yet figured out when they had won against Luo Shixin, and they had already been exposed and picked by Luo Shixin.

The other Sui soldiers also rushed to kill as bravely as Luo Shixin, and they attacked the city again and again and killed countless comrades, and the Sui army of Qi County was already full of anger and anger, and now it is hard to catch an opportunity to kill the enemy in a field battle, where is there a reason for mercy? Horizontal knives, iron spears, spears, and axes were like a raging storm, killing the bandits in front of them with blood and flesh and corpses all over the ground. Frightened, the thief army team whose combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Sui army of Qi County fled backwards one after another, and the Meng Ghost still ran at the front, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin waved their troops to cover up and kill, and the thieves were broken for a while, and they almost took advantage of the situation to attack Menghai City, ending the battle of Menghai City ahead of schedule.

That night, Meng Hai's army of thieves tried to go out of the city twice to destroy the dam, once again from the north gate, and once from the west city to go down the city with ropes. But the Sui army team that finally cut off the enemy's water source said that they would not give them this opportunity, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, the two fierce men led the elite soldiers to always guard outside the north gate, and the thief army was hit head-on as soon as they went out, and the thief soldiers who went down to the city with ropes were also covered by the Sui army's rockets, and many of the thief soldiers did not even touch the land under the city, and were directly shot alive in mid-air, screaming and falling off the city wall and falling to death and seriously injured Countless thief soldiers.

At the same time, Zhang Xutuo, who had already made sufficient preparations, divided his troops and moved to camp overnight, and quickly placed a camp outside the north gate of Menghai City, and assigned elite troops to garrison for prevention, and arranged for the teams of Liang County and Jiyin County to build siege fortifications overnight, dig ditches and build fortifications to surround Menghai City, and increase the difficulty of the thief army to break through. The army of Qian County was also arranged by Zhang Xutuo to be stationed west of Menghai City to prevent the Menghai Gong Thief Army from sending troops west from the course of the Hulu River and destroying the barrage.

The night passed quickly, the sky gradually brightened, as Yuan Tiangang predicted, the next day was really another sunny weather, cloudless, the sun was shining, the Sui soldiers who had worked all night were of course cheering for such a good weather, but the thief army team whose water source had been cut off was anxious, cursing viciously, and desperately collecting the remaining water in the river, but at this time, the Sui army team in the upper reaches of the Hulu River poured all the fecal yellow soup into the nearly dry river, Soon the remnants of the river will be polluted in large quantities!

Hearing this news, of course, Meng Haigong and his wife scolded, but Zhang Xutuo unceremoniously ordered all the excrement accumulated in the camp to be poured into the Hulu River, helping Chen Yingliang to completely pollute the river water faster and more effectively, and at the same time, Zhang Xutuo had to laugh behind his back, "Fortunately, the one stationed next to the Hulu River happens to be your Chen Yingliang boy!" ”

Li Mi, who had calmed down, did not accompany Meng Haigong and his wife to scold his old opponent Chen Yingliang for his viciousness and despicability this time, except for the unified distribution of surplus water in the whole city, Li Mi basically never left the city, and has been observing the situation of the Sui army's mobilization and deployment, looking for loopholes in the Sui army's defense, and also looking for ways to destroy the dam, and even looking for opportunities to turn defeat into victory.

The scorching sun was scorching, but Li Mi's heart was cold, because after turning around along the city wall, Li Mi found that Zhang Xutuo's siege layout was simply impeccable, the south was Zhang Xutuo's main camp, the north was Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin and other fierce people led by the elite team of Qi County, and the west was the old opponent Chen Yingliang's Qian County army to guard the gourd river, and also filled in a section of the river to facilitate the connection between the north and the south, and at the same time set up a fence in the river to prevent sneak attacks, and the east of the Hulu River estuary was guarded by the relatively weak Liang County team. Even if Yang Wang can be defeated, he will not be able to rush through the Makeng River, which has a large amount of water, and he will definitely be surrounded by the most terrible Qi County Sui army.

Yang Jishan, who has never been trusted and reused by Meng Haigong, has been by Li Mi's side, seeing that Li Mi turned around and returned to the same place, looking at the Sui army outside the city in a daze, Yang Jishan asked in a low voice: "Master, how is it?" Is there a way to smash the upstream dam and restore the water source? ”

"Don't think about it." Li Mi replied casually, "Didn't you notice? Stationed in the upper reaches of the Hulu River is our old opponent Chen Yingliang, how treacherous and difficult that thief is, you don't know it, how can you give us such an opportunity? ”

"And what about the breakout?" Yang Jishan asked: "Are you sure that the breakthrough will be successful?" ”

"There may be some hope for a breakthrough, but not much." Li Mi replied: "And even if the breakthrough is successful, Meng Haigong's team will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and it will be difficult to pose a threat to the officers and troops again." ”

"You call him Meng Haigong to death! Our lives matter! Yang Jishan shouted in a low voice and said: "Taking advantage of Meng Haigong's strength to fight now, go and persuade him to abandon the city and break through, we can also take the opportunity to flee with us, with me by your side to protect you, coupled with your ingenuity, there is a great hope for the two of us to join forces to break out of the encirclement!" ”

Li Mi didn't say anything, just continued to calculate, Yang Jishan was a little anxious, and urged: "Don't hesitate, there are more than 20,000 people in this city, there is no water to drink, or we will have to fight without a fight in three days, if Meng Haigong's team collapses on its own, it will be difficult for us to break through and escape for our lives." ”

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Li Mi, who was thinking about it, turned around and asked Yang Jishan: "Seventh General, what did you just say?" Please say it again. ”

"Didn't you hear clearly?" Yang Jishan was stunned, and hurriedly repeated in a low voice: "I just said, you can't hesitate any longer, there are more than 20,000 people in this city, there is no water to drink, or three days will have to be chaotic without a fight, if Meng Haigong's team collapses by itself, it will be too late for us to break through." ”

"More than 20,000 people?" Li Mi paid attention to these words, and suddenly saw the bright moon as if he had pulled out the clouds and mist, and his confused mind immediately became cheerful, and he said secretly: "Yes, how did I forget that there are more than 20,000 people in this city?" Sun Ziyun: Ten are to encircle us, five to attack, Zhang Xutuo surrounded us with almost equal forces, of course, because his army has strong elite combat effectiveness, and he is sure to defeat us with fewer strikes and more attacks, but if I take advantage of the advantage of sufficient manpower, I will ....... ”

"Master! Lord! ”

The sudden voice interrupted Li Mi's calculations, Li Mi and Yang Jishan looked back, but saw that it was Meng Haigong and his wife who led the team of pro-soldiers up to the city wall, Li Mi and Yang Jishan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Meng Haigong waved to stop it, and then asked the pro-soldiers to put a wooden barrel in front of Li Mi, pointed to the barrel and said: "Master, look, what's inside?" ”

Li Mi looked into the bucket curiously, but saw that there were a few golden carp in the bucket, Li Mi couldn't help but ask, "Record, where did these fish come from?" ”

"Early this morning, when the soldiers were collecting surplus water, they found it in the puddle of the river, and they were sent to my record house to present it to me." Meng Haigong explained, and hurriedly said: "Seeing these fish, Madame thought of a clever plan to resolve the current water shortage dilemma, but I don't know if I am sure, so we came to discuss with you." ”

"Solving the current water shortage dilemma?" Li Mi was slightly startled at first, then immediately came to his senses and asked, "Record, auntie, do you want to give these fish to Zhang Xutuo, let him think that we have enough water, and then lift the water cut off by ourselves, right?" ”

"Virtuous nephew, you are so smart, how can you think exactly the same as us?" Meng Haigong and Ma Saifei were also surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Then do you think this clever plan is feasible?" ”

This strategy of Meng Haigong and his wife is indeed feasible, Zhang Jue and Zhang Xianzhong have used it in history, and they have successfully deceived the enemy into giving up the water cutting strategy, but it is a pity......

"Record, auntie." Li Mi sighed and said: "With all due respect, your strategy may have an effect on others, but it will definitely not be hidden from Chen Yingliang's thief's eyes, that thief's treacherous and suspicious, you will only know if you have experienced it yourself, there is no possibility of such a strategy to hide from him, on the contrary, it will let him know that we have been strict with the lack of water, and he will be more determined to cut off his water strategy." ”

"That little thief, can he be so powerful?" Meng Haigong and his wife asked in surprise.

Li Mi nodded with a wry smile, and Yang Jishan said helpfully: "Meng Lushi, I guess you have also heard of it, even the veteran Li Zixiong, who is known as the reincarnation of Zhuge , is always tricked when he encounters Chen Yingliang's thief, and he has been repeatedly played by Chen Xiaothief in the palm of his hand, how can you hide his thief's eyes from such a carving insect trick?" In my opinion, you'd better think about how to break through as much as possible, that's right. ”

I didn't like Yang Jishan's arrogance of the noble son, and when he heard Yang Jishan's unpleasant words, Meng Haigong's face was inevitably even more ugly, and he snorted heavily, and said: "Anyway, there is no loss, I have to give it a try, come here, immediately arrange a messenger to send the fish to Zhang Xutuo's old dog!" ”

"Wait." Li Mi hurriedly stopped it, pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, and then Li Mi said: "Record, you must give it a try, then don't waste these precious carp, I have a better plan to deceive the enemy, it can be used together, and the effect is definitely better!" ”

Meng Haigong and his wife hurriedly asked what the plan was, Li Mi quickly said his plan, Meng Haigong and his wife were overjoyed when they heard it, and immediately ordered the soldiers to follow the order, and Li Mi asked to act on the south gate of Menghai City, so as to lure Zhang Xutuo to come, and Meng Haigong and his wife did not hesitate to accept, and then Li Mi said in his heart: "Try it a little, even if it can't be successful, you can also lure Zhang Xutuo here, and see with your own eyes that the South Gate Yongdao has been blocked, so as to facilitate my next plan." ”

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About half an hour later, Chen Yingliang, who was commanding the army to arrange defenses in the upper reaches of the Hulu River, suddenly received a scout flying report, saying that he had found that the thief army was cleaning the war horses on the South Gate City! Chen Yingliang was also dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked the scout if he was wrong, and the scout swore that he was absolutely not wrong. Chen Yingliang was even more shocked, and hurriedly called Yuan Tiangang, who was also full of horror, and led a team to hurry to the south gate of Menghai City to check the situation in person.

When they arrived at the scene, Zhang Xutuo, Mulan and others had also received the news that they had come with a team of cavalry, and they were looking towards the city, and Chen Yingliang also looked up to look at the situation in the city, but what made Chen Yingliang stunned was that in a conspicuous position on the city wall in the distance, there were indeed some thief soldiers who were cleaning the war horses, constantly pouring buckets of water on the war horses, and the white water splashed everywhere, and the relaxed and obscene singing of the thief soldiers could be vaguely heard, leisurely. Seeing this scene, even Yuan Tiangang couldn't help but exclaim, "How is it possible? The water has been cut off in the city, and there is so much water from the thief army to wash the horses? ”

Chen Yingliang didn't speak with a gloomy face, but just turned his head to look at Zhang Xutuo, and it happened that Zhang Xutuo also turned his head to look at Chen Yingliang, and his face was still terrifyingly gloomy. Mulan on the other side couldn't wait to ask, "Chen Tongshou, didn't you say that there is absolutely no well in the city?" Why do the thieves still have so many washed horses? Where did their water come from? ”

Chen Yingliang didn't speak, just blinked his triangular eyes and thought nervously, just at this moment, a thief soldier suddenly put down a thief soldier with a hanging basket in the city, put a big bucket under the city, and then quickly fled to the city, at the same time, Meng Haigong and his wife also appeared in the city, shouting at Zhang Xutuo: "Zhang Xutuo, General Zhang, this is a little gift from our husband and wife, please smile." ”

As soon as Zhang Xutuo pouted, a soldier had already rushed up and brought the bucket over, and when everyone looked into the bucket again, they were all dumbfounded—there were not only half a bucket of water in the bucket, but also a few golden carp swimming happily. At this time, Meng Haigong shouted in the city again, and said: "Zhang Xutuo, thank you, if it weren't for you cutting off the gourd river and forcing me to dig a deep well, I really don't know that there is a dark river under my Menghai City!" Thank you, thank you! ”

"Thank you, General Zhang! Thank you, General Zhang, for letting us discover the dark river! Many of the thieves also shouted, and their voices were still very neat, obviously they had already given orders, and they were commanded to shout in unison.

Hearing these shouts, Zhang Xutuo's gaze naturally fixed on Yuan Tiangang's face, and Yuan Tiangang was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said, "Ambassador Zhang, it's impossible!" When pigs fly! The students dared to bet their heads that there would never be any dark river in the underground of Menghai Thief City! ”

"And where did the fish come from?" Mulan asked viciously, and then pointed to the city wall in the distance and said, "Also, where did the water for washing horses on the city wall come from?" ”

"This ......, this ......." Yuan Tiangang was completely speechless, so he had to bow his head and answer: "I don't know either." ”

"I know!"

Chen Yingliang, who had been calculating, suddenly spoke, Zhang Xutuo and Mulan looked up in surprise when Chen Yingliang came, but Chen Yingliang smiled and stopped talking, just slapped his horse forward, Yuan Tiangang and the Qianjun team hurriedly followed, Zhang Xutuo and Mulan hesitated, and then led the cavalry forward, followed Chen Yingliang to the near city wall, and stood outside the range of bows and arrows. Then Chen Yingliang said loudly: "Meng Lushi, get to know me, my name is Chen Yingliang, I am the general guard of the Great Sui, and the idea of cutting off your water source is what I came up with." ”

"Sure enough, it's this thief!" Meng Haigong gritted his teeth.

"So handsome, so young!" Ma Saifei was surprised, and then added: "But how can such a handsome and elegant young man have such a vicious heart?" It's really unseemly. ”

"Be careful, think twice before you speak." Li Mi hid behind the arrow stack and whispered: "This thief is treacherous, be careful that he tells the truth." ”

At this time, Chen Yingliang shouted loudly again: "Meng Lushi, you said that you dug an underground river in the city, I don't believe this!" If you really dig out the dark river, then pour ten buckets of water down the city, then I will believe it! ”

Meng Haigong was a little hesitant, Li Mi hurriedly pointed in a low voice, and Meng Haigong said in a proud tone: "Little thief, believe it or not, the old man doesn't need to confirm it to you!" ”

"Meng Lushi, is it a thief?" Chen Yingliang laughed and said: "I have no way of knowing if there is a dark river in your thief city, but I can guess that the fish you sent must have been obtained by trying your luck in the stagnant water of the river before the Hulu River was cut off, right?" If you can still take ten buckets of water to splash down, I will immediately believe that there is really an underground river in your city, and I will immediately withdraw my troops and leave, anyway, if I can't cut off your water source, I am really not sure to take your thief city, and I will not fight an uncertain war, this is my principle of using soldiers. ”

Hearing Chen Yingliang's words, Li Mi, who was hiding behind the arrow stack, suddenly despaired, and said in a low voice: "Record, don't waste your strength, you have already seen through this little thief." ”

"Not necessarily! Try again! ”

Meng Haigong refused to give up, and with the idea of taking a gamble at the end, he decisively ordered ten buckets of water to be poured into the city, and Meng Haigong's personal soldiers did not dare to disobey the order, so they had to pour ten buckets of water under the city, which was now more expensive than gold. As a result, the Sui army under the city was inevitably in an uproar, but Chen Yingliang smiled even more happily, pretending to be surprised and exclaimed: "It's really splashed?" Did you dig up an underground river? ”

Meng Haigong laughed out loud proudly, and Chen Yingliang shouted again: "Meng Lushi, ten buckets of water is too little, if you splash another hundred buckets, I will really believe it!" Not only will I leave immediately with the officers and soldiers of the county, but I will also persuade Zhang Dashuai to withdraw the army! Meng Lushi, this is a great opportunity for us to withdraw from the siege, you must not miss it! ”

"Damn, this kid is really treacherous!" Meng Haigong scolded in his heart, and then said proudly: "What are you doing in a hurry to let you withdraw from the army?" If you have the ability, come and continue the siege, and this record is just right to clean you up on the city wall! ”

Chen Yingliang finally couldn't help laughing, and said with a laugh: "Meng Lushi, come and don't be rude, since you gave General Zhang a bucket of carp, and wasted ten buckets of drinking water for me that are more expensive than gold, I can't do without some expression, don't worry, I will send someone to send you some tangerine peel immediately." ”

"What are you giving me tangerine peel for?" Meng Haigong was stunned.

"Help your war horse digest." Chen Yingliang laughed and said: "The war horse will definitely not digest the dry rice, when you use the rice to bathe the war horse, the war horse must have taken the opportunity to eat a lot of rice, if your horse does not digest it, it will not be able to run fast, maybe it will be sick, I want to repay you, of course I have to send you some tangerine peel!" ”

"Rice?!" The Sui army was in an uproar, Zhang Xutuo's eyes lit up, and the enemy's problem of washing horses was suddenly solved. Meng Haigong and his wife in the city were stammering, saying that they couldn't imagine that from such a distance, Chen Yingliang could still see that the so-called water was actually rice.

"Meng Lushi, you must be very strange, how can I see that your water is actually rice from such a distance?" Chen Yingliang laughed proudly and said: "The answer is actually very simple, if I were you and really dug an underground river in the city, then I would definitely order secrecy, and deliberately let the army pretend to be short of water, so that General Zhang took it lightly, and patiently waited for the city to be cut off from the water, which not only received the effect of delaying the army, but also took the opportunity to find the flaws of General Zhang!" But you can't wait to tell us that you have dug up the underground river, and the water source is still sufficient, so I immediately knew that you were pretending, and after thinking about it carefully, I knew that the water you used to wash the horse was actually some white rice! ”

"It's treacherous." Li Mi shook his head and sighed behind the battlement, hating and admiring his rival.

"Traitor!"

Meng Haigong was furious, snatched a bow, pulled the bow and shot an arrow at Chen Yingliang, but under the rage, Meng Haigong, who was already tall and strong, burst out of his divine power, and the arrow shot far exceeded the range of an ordinary strong bow, and the arrow broke through the air and came straight to Chen Yingliang's chest who was on the edge of the range of an ordinary strong bow. Chen Yingliang, who was laughing proudly, was shocked, and almost forgot to dodge when he was caught off guard, but fortunately, Zhang Xutuo next to him made a quick move in time, and whipped the arrow, which saved Chen Yingliang's small life - evil!

"The next time you talk to an enemy, beware of hidden arrows." With a cold admonition, Zhang Xutuo pulled his horse and walked back, instructing: "Waste time, go back to the camp separately." ”

Chen Yingliang, who was almost shot by a cold arrow, had already dismounted and ran back, but Mulan calmly returned to the horse and said to Chen Yingliang: "Remember, our handsome man saved your life, if you still have a little conscience, don't share the credit and money with us this time." ”

Chen Yingliang didn't say a word, but pondered in his heart: "Lao Tzu is too short of masters to protect him, so I have to find a way to get a reliable captain of the personal army - Mulan is not bad, she is loyal and can fight, and she can ...... at night." ”

Thinking about this, Chen Yingliang, who is still confused in terms of feelings, hurriedly stopped this thought, and glanced back at the city with hatred, and wanted to curse Meng Haigong - but he inadvertently saw that a very familiar black face appeared next to Meng Haigong, who was yelling and ordering the release of arrows! Although that black face was just a flash, Chen Yingliang still recognized him at once!

"Why is he here?" Chen Yingliang almost didn't shout, and many questions in his heart suddenly came to his senses, and he said secretly: "No wonder, no wonder Zhang Xutuo will be frustrated here again and again, it turns out that his nemesis is also here!" Damn, you have to be careful next, this kid definitely has tricks! ”

Li Mi does still have tricks, after seeing his rival leave, and after Meng Haigong calmed down a little, Li Mi immediately said to Meng Haigong: "Record, the strategy to deceive the enemy has failed, and we only have two choices left, please choose." ”

"Those two choices?" Meng Haigong asked angrily.

"The first option, abandon the city and break through." Li Mi replied in a deep voice: "This is a hope that is destined to suffer heavy losses, but there is hope for a successful breakthrough, and there is also hope for a comeback." ”

"And what's the second option?" Ma Saifei next to him interjected and asked.

"The second option, fight to the death!" Li Mi said categorically: "I have already thought of a plan, although there is no absolute certainty, and it is destined to make your team suffer heavy losses, but there is a great hope that defeat will turn into victory, keep this Menghai City, and kill the officers and soldiers outside the city!" ”

"Turning defeat into victory?"

Meng Haigong and Ma Saifei glanced at each other in surprise, saying that they didn't expect that the shape was already so bad, and Li Mi even dared to say that there was hope of turning defeat into victory? Surprised, of course, Meng Haigong and his wife hurriedly asked what the plan was, and Li Mi first whispered his plan, and then said: "Record, this is a very risky plan, but I can assure you that there is a great hope!" If we succeed, we will be able to keep you from building this Menghai City! ”

Meng Haigong and his wife discussed in a low voice for a while, and then Meng Haigong said: "Virtuous nephew, we think that the plan you said should be feasible, but isn't it too risky?" If we fail, then we won't have many soldiers left to break through. ”

"yes." Ma Saifei also chimed in: "That Chen Yingliang thief is so powerful, if he sees through our arrangements and makes preparations in advance, then we will lose." ”

"Record, auntie, please rest assured." Li Mi said solemnly: "If Chen Yingliang's thief knows that I am in this city, then he may be able to see through it, because so far, I am the only person who has deceived him on the battlefield, and he will be cautious no matter what, and after repeated reconnaissance and analysis, it is possible to see through my plan." ”

"But!" Li Mi added in a deep voice: "Judging from the information provided by our Jiyin internal line, the officials and soldiers still don't know that I am in the city, giving you advice and formulating tactics, and Chen Yingliang, that thief, must not know that I am also in Menghai City, so he will be a little underestimated, and he would never have guessed that we would use such a risky strategy to fight for this opportunity to turn defeat into victory!" ”