"Shoot the arrow, release the arrow, release the arrow quickly." The junior colonel of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who was on duty, immediately ordered his subordinates to shoot at the cavalry of the Shu army.

After a rain ......of arrows, the cavalry of the Shu army fell a lot, but some of the cavalry still fled away, and the Northern Expeditionary Army could not catch up, so they had to give up.

"It's on fire, put out the fire, put out the fire." Just when the Northern Expeditionary Army was on duty and was busy dealing with the cavalry of the Shu army, most of the large number of siege equipment that had been ignited by the soldiers of the Shu army were burned, and the soldiers of the baggage battalion who were responsible for building the equipment were already busy fighting the fire.

The Northern Expeditionary Army was on duty, leaving part of the troops to strengthen the defense, and the rest of the men and horses all went to fight the fire to save the siege equipment that was ignited by the fire.

But the fire was ruthless, no matter how hard the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army tried, the fire could not be extinguished, and even burned bigger and bigger, with an irreversible trend.

Seeing that the fire had been completely burned, the officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army had no choice but to give up, and moved the remaining siege equipment near the fire, as well as the nearby camp tents, all backwards, so as to prevent the fire from affecting the entire camp.

The fire that ignited in the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army was several zhang high, and Li Yi and Xie Siming, who were standing on the gate tower of Mianzhu City, could naturally see it clearly.

Seeing that the fire attack successfully burned the siege equipment of the Jin army, the two of them were very happy, and even a little proud.

Li Yi looked at Xie Siming and said with a smile: "One hundred cavalry in our military region burned the siege equipment of the Jin army, it seems that the Jin army is not as difficult to deal with as imagined?" Ha ha! ”

Xie Siming pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "General Li must not underestimate the enemy!" The reason why the Jin army suffered losses twice in a row. It is entirely because they underestimate the enemy, and now that they have seen the strength of our army, they will pay more attention to our army in the next step, and it will be much more difficult for our army to take advantage of it again. ”

"Eh, Master Xie doesn't need it, can he be angry with others to destroy his prestige? As long as you and I work together, the Jin army may not be able to break through the city, when the time comes. Surely a messenger will be sent again to persuade him to surrender. In this way, all the initiative is in our hands, as long as you and I are willing. Maybe you can win one of the princes? Ha ha! Li Yi said. There seems to be some drunkenness.

Seeing that Li Yi really exposed his ambitions. Xie Siming smiled indifferently and didn't answer anymore, he still knew Li Yi very well. Li Yi is loyal to Li Shi on the surface, and outsiders don't see anything unusual at all, but Xie Siming has already discovered Li Yi's true thoughts from some small issues.

Li Yi is a loyal and loyal minister on the surface, but in fact, he is more interested in his own interests, because loyalty to the emperor Li Shi can bring him more benefits, of course he is desperately loyal to Li Shi, but in case this Li Shi himself is difficult to protect and cannot bring him benefits, he will not hesitate to abandon Li Shi.

As for putting on a loyal appearance in front of outsiders, and even holding a sword on Xie Siming's neck, it was just to tell others that he was not an unfaithful and unrighteous person, it was just a hypocrisy.

In the direction of the east gate of Mianzhu City, Hua'an was about to return to the camp after inspecting the vicinity, but saw dozens of cavalry rushing quickly.

At the beginning, Hua'an thought it was the men and horses under his command, but after this group of cavalry walked in, he found that it was the cavalry of the Shu army.

"Big brother, the cavalry of the Shu army, how could they appear here." When Wang Sanyi saw the cavalry of the Shu army, he was extremely surprised.

Hua An also felt very strange when he saw it, in such a dead of night, so many Shu cavalry suddenly rushed to the east gate, it seemed a little abnormal.

As dozens of Shu cavalry rushed to the east gate, the east gate of Mianzhu City slowly opened, and dozens of cavalry saw the city gate open, and hurriedly rode into the city, and the city gate was closed.

"What are these Shu cavalry for?" Hua An muttered to himself.

"Big brother, look, there is a light in the direction of the camp, will something happen?" Wang San suddenly found the direction of the camp and became very bright, and he had a hint of foreboding in his heart.

Hua'an looked up and saw that the direction of the camp was really bright, and even the city gate tower at the north gate of the continuous bamboo city was illuminated very clearly.

There were no electric lights in this era, and it was clear that a fire was burning in the direction of the camp, and it was a big fire.

Hua An'an was stunned, thought carefully for a moment, and blurted out: "Oh no, the camp is on fire, and the dozen or so Shu cavalry just now are the murderers who set the fire!" ”

When Wang San heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said in shock: "Yes! Big brother, isn't it all done with the large number of siege equipment that our army is building? After speaking, he looked at Hua An nervously.

Hua An sighed and said with a smile: "This Li Yi and Xie Siming have some ability, they actually dare to sneak attack our army's camp, they have courage and courage, haha!" ”

"Big brother, there is a fire in the camp of our army, you are still laughing, we should return to the camp immediately." Wang San Zhengse said.

Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, return to the camp." After speaking, he stepped on his war horse and rode his horse in the direction of the camp.

When Hua'an returned to the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the fire in the camp was almost burned, most of the siege equipment was destroyed by the fire, and only a few equipment escaped.

"Big brother, this fire has caused heavy losses to our army! Without these siege equipment, tomorrow's siege will only be delayed. Wang San looked at the burning fire and said helplessly.

Hua An pursed his lips and said, "Burn, burn!" Tomorrow's siege will not be delayed. After speaking, he strode towards his Chinese army tent.

"Won't be delayed?" Wang San frowned and quickly followed.

After returning to the big tent of the Chinese army, Hua'an sat in front of several cases, looked at the topographic map of Mianzhu, and began to think about the siege plan for the second day.

"Big brother, our army's siege equipment has been destroyed in one fell swoop, if we storm Mianzhu City tomorrow, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses, big brother should think twice!" Wang San walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and opened his mouth to persuade.

"Heavy losses? In your heart, does the eldest brother just take the lives of the soldiers seriously? Hua An reprimanded softly.

Wang San was overjoyed when he heard this, stepped forward, and asked softly: "So, the eldest brother has a better way to deal with the Shu army defending the city." ”

Hua An smiled, looked at Wang San, and said softly: "Wang San, when you were at the east gate just now, did you find anything?" ”

"Discovery, nothing special to discover! I found that the cavalry of the Shu army returned to the city, and the defense of the Shu army at the east gate was also very tight, so these should have nothing to do with the siege! Wang San replied truthfully.

Hua An waved his hand and said, "Didn't you notice that the woods outside the east gate are very close to the city wall?" ”

"Big brother, what's the use of this?" Wang San was still puzzled.

Hua An smiled and said, "Our army can dig a tunnel in the woods at the east gate and go straight to Mianzhu City, so that it can attack the city by surprise and deal a fatal blow to the Shu army." ”

"Big brother, this method is feasible, but if it is discovered by the Shu army defending the city, it will be wasted." Wang San said with some concern,

Hua An nodded and said, "Yes!" The most important thing is to be surprised, if it is discovered, it will be completely meaningless, so it must not be discovered by the Shu army. ”

"Big brother, what do you say?" Wang San hurriedly said.

Hua An pondered for a moment, and said: "Right now, the Shu army has burned our army's siege equipment, in order to quickly take Mianzhu City, we have to gamble, Wang San, you work hard, lead two hundred soldiers of the barracks, go to the east gate of Mianzhu City, find a hidden location, and start digging holes, two hundred soldiers are divided into ten groups, take turns digging holes, change every two moments, the speed must be fast, and the Shu army defending the city must not be discovered, before tomorrow evening, must dig through the tunnel." ”

"Yes, big brother, I will definitely go all out and dig the tunnels as much as possible." Wang San took the order with great emotion.

Hua An took out the Qingyu sword from his waist, put it in Wang San's hand, and said: "In the tunnel, it is inevitable to encounter obstacles with sand and gravel hard objects, this sword is extremely sharp, it can split any hard object, you take it, and give it to the soldiers who dig the hole to use." ”

"Big brother, this is your ancestral sword, how can it be used to dig tunnels? When encountering hard objects, the soldiers will find a way to solve them. Wang San said that he wanted to return the Qingyu Sword to Hua'an.

Hua An shook his head, and said with a straight face: "Wang San, don't say it, in order to take down Mianzhu as soon as possible, you can take the sword!" It's not early, let's go! ”

"Yes, big brother, our army will definitely be able to dig tunnels and raid the back of the Shu army." After Wang San finished speaking, he took Hua'an's Qingyu sword, strode away from the big tent, and went to gather the soldiers of the pro-military camp.

Two moments later, the two hundred soldiers of the pro-military camp had already been prepared, and under the leadership of Wang San, they rode their horses and quickly ran towards the east gate of Mianzhu City.

When he was about to reach the east gate, Wang San ordered the two hundred soldiers behind him to dismount and walk, and led all the horses to a position at least two miles away from the east gate of Mianzhu City, so as to prevent the war horses from neighing and thus being discovered by the Shu army defending the city.

Wang San left a small number of soldiers to guard the war horses, and personally led nearly 200 soldiers from the pro-military battalion to quietly march towards the east gate of Mianzhu City.

When he was only a few hundred steps away from the east gate of Mianzhu City, Wang San chose a hidden location and asked his own soldiers to start digging a hole.

The soldiers of the pro-barracks, in a group of twenty people, take turns digging holes, which can greatly save the soldiers' bodies, so that all the soldiers are full of strength when they are working, and they will not feel tired at all, so as to improve the efficiency of digging holes.

The entrance of the cave became deeper little by little, and when it was dug to the specified depth, the soldiers of the pro-military camp began to dig horizontally in the direction of Mianzhu City.

The process of digging the hole was not all smooth sailing, and the soldiers would encounter hard stones from time to time, but fortunately, with Hua'an's Qingyu Sword, these problems were all solved. (To be continued......)