Disturbing at night, magnifying artillery battles in the middle of the night and intimidating, and scouting and waiting methods are so despicable that they can't scare Li Mi, Chen Yingliang really led the army of Qian County to attack Meng Hai City, Li Mi couldn't ask for it, but the only thing that worried Li Mi was the Achilles heel of Meng Hai City's lack of water. Because Li Mi knew very well that with the ability of his old opponent Chen Yingliang, it was only a matter of time before he discovered this fatal weakness.

No matter how much you worry, it's useless, no matter how big Li Mi's ability is, there is no way to turn Meng Haicheng next to the Makeng River with a large amount of water, and there is no way to make Meng Haicheng, who lacks groundwater, turn into hundreds of wells with sufficient water, all Li Mi can do is to pray that the old opponent Wise Man Qianxi, this time he missed, did not notice this weakness or noticed this later, and at the same time tried to find a way to store as much drinking water in the city as possible just in case.

If you want to reserve a large amount of drinking water, the best way is of course to dig more pools in the city to store water, but this must be agreed by Meng Haigong and his wife, and it must also be pointed out to his face that Meng Haigong was not properly located in the original city, but Meng Haigong has always liked to be proud of the Menghai City built by himself, and pointing out this fatal weakness in person is undoubtedly to slap Meng Haigong in the face.

As Li Mi was worried, even though he had already chosen a time when Meng Haigong was pleasing to his heart, Meng Haigong immediately went crazy, "What? Lao Tzu's city is not properly located? Lao Tzu spent countless painstaking efforts and money to build this city, and finally built the city high and deep, and you fucking said that the site was not properly selected, and it could be broken by the official army at any time? ”

"Record, your city is indeed strong, but the only flaw is that the water source is insufficient, and the drinking water is too dependent on the Hulu River." Li Mi said bitterly: "Please think about it, the king, if the official army suddenly cuts off the Hulu River and cuts off our water, then what will we do?" ”

"Cut off the gourd river?" Meng Haigong laughed loudly and said confidently: "Don't think that I haven't thought about this, the upper reaches of the Hulu River are flat, there is no place to store water, even if the officials and soldiers block the Hulu River, it will not take a day for the river to break their dam." ”

"Then what if the officers and soldiers divert the river to a low-lying place?" Li Mi asked calmly, and reminded: "Meng Lushi, you grew up here, you must also know, the northwest area of Menghai City is low-lying, if the officials and soldiers dig a drainage canal, divert the river water to the low-lying place, and block the Hulu River, how much water do you think the Hulu River can flow down?" ”

Meng Haigong's face changed a little, and Li Mi said again: "Also, Meng Lushi, after the official army cut off the Hulu River, although the Makeng River, which is level with the gourd, will pour a lot of river water in, but if the officials and soldiers block the mouth of the Hulu River again, we can only survive by storing water, if we don't reserve more drinking water, how can we hold on to the city?" How can they resist the attack of the official army? ”

Meng Haigong's face changed even more, and Ma Saifei next to him asked suspiciously: "Master, why didn't you say this earlier?" ”

"Because I don't want to startle the snake." Li Mi replied in a deep voice: "The excavation of the pond will inevitably use a large number of manpower to attract the attention of the whole city, and when we fight with the old dog of Zhang Xutuo, it is inevitable that some soldiers will be captured by the officers and soldiers, once this matter is known by the old dog of Zhang Xutuo, he will inevitably immediately understand that we are short of water, and will immediately find a way to cut off our water source, so I did not dare to act rashly." Now it seems that this hand is still very effective, and Zhang Xutuo has never made any action to cut off our water supply, which proves that he has never discovered our weakness, and has always thought that our water source is sufficient. ”

"In that case, why don't we continue to bluff?" Ma Saifei was even more confused when he heard this, and said: "Why do you need to dig more pools to let the whole city know that we store water, and the news of the revelation will be known by the officials and soldiers?" ”

"Because Chen Yingliang, that traitor, is here." Li Mi said with a wry smile: "Zhang Xutuo is brave and unstrategic, he likes to attack head-on and doesn't like to win by surprise, it's easy to hide from him." Chen Yingliang's thief is the complete opposite, this thief's favorite thing is to win by surprise, to get the biggest victory at the lowest cost, he has dug out his heart to break through our city, he will definitely find our weakness, and come up with countless tricks to cut off our water supply, so we must be prepared in advance, just in case. ”

"Chen Yingliang thief, can he be so powerful?" Ma Saifei asked again in surprise.

"Auntie forgive your sins." Li Mi arched his hand and said solemnly: "The little nephew has always been confident that he is superior to others, and he rarely meets an opponent in the world with strategies, but so far, in terms of using strategies, the only person who has no confidence that the little nephew will be able to win is this Chen Yingliang thief." With his talents, it is only a matter of time before this weakness of ours is discovered. ”

After looking Li Mi up and down, and thinking for a while, Ma Saifei also made up his mind, put his arm around Meng Haigong and said: "Husband, the Dharma Master is also for our sake, taking precautions is better than digging a well when you are thirsty, anyway, it doesn't take much effort, just dig some pools and prepare more water, in case the official army really thinks of the idea of cutting off the water, we don't have to worry about the lack of water." ”

Unable to withstand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of his beautiful wife, and knowing that his city lacked wells, Meng Haigong still nodded and said, "Okay, send someone to call Jiang Shanhe and ask him to bring some people to dig dozens of big pools." ”

Seeing that Meng Haigong finally listened to his contrary advice, Li Mi breathed a sigh of relief, and prayed in his heart: "Little thief Chen, I hope that you, a traitor, will notice it later, and I also hope that you, a little thief, do not understand hydrology, and even if we find our weaknesses, we will not be able to take advantage of them." ”

Li Mi seems to be worried in vain, the second night after the Sui army arrived in Menghai City, although the Sui army team is tossing drums and gongs in the city every half an hour, the inner line of the Menghai Public Security **** Jiyin County team sent a shocking news, saying that it is a rumor in the ranks of the official army, Chen Yingliang, the general guard of the county, brought a new siege weapon, which can easily break through Menghai City within three or five days.

Hearing this news, Meng Haigong and his wife were of course suspicious, and for the sake of prudence, they also summoned Li Mi, who was the most proficient in weapon manufacturing in the city, overnight to consult Li Mi, and after Li Mi heard the news, he did not rush to express any opinions, and his face was solemn and only calculating. Meng Haigong waited impatiently and urged: "Why don't you speak?" Come on, Chen Dog Official, is it possible to have such a weapon? ”

"Can't tell." Li Mi's answer made Meng Haigong and his wife angry, and then Li Mi said: "If someone else has such a weapon, I definitely don't believe it, but if Chen Yingliang's thief has such a weapon, I can't be sure, because that thief is not only superior, but also very good at weapon building, when I followed Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuangan was defeated in the hands of one of his strange weapons, until now, I don't know what that weapon looks like and what it does, so I really can't judge, Does this thief have such a weapon or not? ”

"It's Chen Yingliang again! I think you're scared of this thief......! ”

"Boom!"

The sudden thunderous noise interrupted Meng Haigong's roar, and this time the loud noise was far better than last night's loud noise, even though it was more than a mile away from the city wall, Meng Haigong and Li Mi and the others were still shocked to the eardrums buzzing, and there were also some dust clusters falling on the beams. Then Li Mi had something to say, and said with a wry smile: "Record, do you hear it?" At the beginning of the decisive battle of Hongnong, Chen Yingliang's thief suddenly used this weapon, which shocked Yang Xuangan's elite cavalry into chaos, and he took the opportunity to break the cavalry and capture Yang Xuangan alive. You say, with such a traitorous little hand, can a student be cautious? ”

Meng Haigong finally didn't scold Li Mi for being as cowardly as a mouse, and was afraid of Chen Yingliang like a tiger, but just got up with a blue face and shouted: "Go, go to the city wall to see the situation." ”

Led a large group of personal soldiers to the city wall, the general on duty on the city wall hurriedly caught up, and introduced the previous situation to Meng Haigong in shock, saying that just now there was a black and slimy thing flying up, and it suddenly exploded on the city wall, making a loud noise, and at the same time there were many iron horns and nails flying around, and the two thieves near the explosion point died on the spot because they were too close away, and several soldiers were injured by iron horns and nails, one of the thief soldiers was shot in the eye, one eye was pierced, bleeding nonstop, and he had fainted in pain, Whether it can be saved or not is still two words.

After carefully examining the corpses of the dead soldiers, it was found that they were all covered in flesh and blood, and their ears and noses were bleeding very miserably, Meng Haigong's face was inevitably even more gloomy, and while patting Ma Saifei, who was constantly trembling with fear of the tragic situation, he asked Li Mi: "This is Chen Xiaothief's siege weapon?" Is there any way to crack it? ”

"The record is a way to crack it, and students can only come up with it after seeing the real thing with their own eyes." Li Mi replied respectfully, "Also, the student is not sure that this is Chen Yingliang's thief's killer move, with that thief's temper, his real killing move is usually hidden until the end before he suddenly uses it, and it is unlikely to be exposed in advance." Therefore, the students are worried that maybe this is what Chen Xiaothief deliberately did, first intimidating us with this strange thunder, so that we could concentrate on dealing with his giant thunder weapon, and then when it was time to attack the city, he used a real and more powerful killing move, killing us by surprise! ”

"There's a more powerful move?" Ma Saifei exclaimed, "Who is that Chen Yingliang thief?" Why are the methods so vicious? ”

"It's okay, don't be afraid." Meng Haigong patted his wife again, and then ordered Li Mi: "From now on, you will guard the city, pay attention to the movements of the official army, and if the official army uses this weapon to attack the city, you will give me a careful look and come up with a strategy to deal with it!" ”

"Obey the order." Li Mi agreed, and then hurriedly said: "Record, the intelligence of the inner line is also very important, and I also ask you to contact the inner line as much as possible, and promise a heavy reward, so that they can visit the camp of Chen Yingliang's thief army as much as possible, and inquire about what siege weapons Chen Yingliang's thief has, so as to arrange a strategy for you to defend against the enemy." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!" Meng Haigong agreed, and his face was terrifyingly gloomy.

Chen Yingliang, the iron rooster who is not pulling out a hair, is rare and generous, took a larger primitive bomb and threw it at the head of Menghai City, and really got his wish and received the desired effect, frightened of this strange weapon that can make a terrifying loud noise, the courage of the Menghai Gong thief army is very cowardly, and the army is very frightened, including the cunning Li Mi, the decision-making level of the thief army also focuses on this new weapon, worried that the Sui army will use a large number of attacks when attacking the city again, and the army will not be able to resist - of course, If Li Mi knew how expensive this weapon was, he would definitely not be the slightest bit afraid.

Chen Yingliang's bluffing tactics also had an unexpected effect, that is, Li Mi did not remember the major matter of water storage until the afternoon of the next day, and when he hurriedly ran to the site of the excavation pool to check the situation, Li Mi's nose suddenly almost crooked -- the thief army Jiang Shanhe organized the army to dig the pool, and he did not dig the pool alone, but on the basis of the original culvert, widened the culvert and diverted water into a pool! Seeing this scene, no matter how good Li Mi's temper was, he would inevitably be a little angry, and roared at Jiang Shanhe: "Can you use your brains?" What's the use of digging such a canal? If the river outside is shallow, won't the water in the pool flow out of the city immediately? ”

"Can you use your brain? Say less stupid things? Jiang Shanhe retorted unceremoniously: "Dig the pond alone, if there is no masonry at the bottom of the pond, and there is no masonry next to the pond, no matter how much water there is, it will seep out in one night, in such a short time, you tell me to go there and get so many bricks and stones to build a pond?" Besides, even if there are so many masonry, you still have to dip it with lime glutinous rice milk, otherwise it will still seep water! ”

With a bang, Li Mi sat on the ground, his face suddenly turned pale, and he screamed in his heart, "Oh no! How can I also be a wise man, I must make a mistake, forget that the water of the pond will penetrate into the ground? I shouldn't have been worried about being noticed by Zhang Xutuo in the first place, and I should have reminded Meng Haigong to build a masonry pool that can prevent seepage! ”

Frightened, Li Mi hurriedly changed his tone, begged Jiang Shanhe to suspend the doomed useless construction, and then hurriedly rushed to Meng Haigong and his wife, begging Meng Haigong to build an anti-seepage pool, but Meng Haigong could only spread his hands this time, and said: "No way, not to mention the masonry, in order to build the city before, I have used up all the glutinous rice that I can collect, and now the official army is guarding outside the city, how can I not get so much glutinous rice." ”

Hearing Meng Haigong's words, Li Mi was immediately extremely depressed, and Meng Haigong said: "Since it is useless to dig the pool, then don't dig it at all, I will order the soldiers and civilians in the city to use more tanks and barrels to store water, you still concentrate on giving me the siege weapons of Chen Xiaothief, and find a way to defend the city first." ”

Li Mi nodded weakly, and agreed helplessly, thinking in his heart, "Looking at this situation, it's time to prepare a change of clothes for escape in advance." ”

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To Li Mi and Meng Haigong's disappointment, on the third night of the arrival of the Qian Jun army on the battlefield of Meng Hai City, the Sui army of Qian Jun not only did not use the strange weapon that could make a loud noise, but even those drum and gong teams disappeared without a trace, allowing the tormented thief army defenders to sleep peacefully. At the same time, the inside line of Jiyin's team also took the risk to send news, saying that Zhang Xutuo had ordered the siege of the city the next day, combined with the signs that the official army would no longer harass, Li Mi and Meng Haigong and others unanimously decided that the decisive battle would be the next day, and they did not dare to take it lightly, and quickly ordered the army to prepare for war without mentioning it.

What made Meng Haigong and his wife and Li Mi and others a little confused was that on the morning of the fourth day, the Sui army did not immediately send troops to attack the city, and it was not until noon that the thief army scouts who were very compressed in the activity space returned to the city to report, saying that they had found signs of the official army sending troops, and Meng Haigong and Li Mi did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went up to the main battlefield of the South Gate together and personally supervised the battle.

After noon, the Sui army swaggered to the south gate of Menghai City, and at the same time, like last time, there was also a Sui army under the banner of Liang County crossed the Hulu River, detoured to the north gate of Menghai City, and put on a posture of auxiliary attack. Li Mi and Meng Haigong didn't care about the Sui army auxiliary army at the north gate, but just nervously observed the Sui army lineup, looking for those legendary new siege weapons, but what disappointed Li Mi and Meng Haigong and his wife was that they only saw Chen Yingliang's hateful Chen character banner, and Zhang Xutuo's white-toothed handsome banner with teeth and claws, and nothing unusual was found in the others.

After setting up the lineup unhurriedly, in the rhythmic sound of war drums, the long shield hand of the Sui army strode forward, followed not only by the Sui army archer with a bow and arrow, but also by an auxiliary soldier who carried firewood and grass on his back. Chen Yingliang's thief wants to set fire to our city gates! ”

"What should I do?" Meng Haigong hurriedly asked.

"In addition to trying to stop it with arrows, there are three ways." Li Mi gritted his teeth and replied: "First, water is constantly splashing the city gates; second, set fire to the city gate and corridor to block the road for officials and soldiers to enter the city; Third, simply block the city gates with sandbags! ”

Previously, in order to prevent accidents, Li Mi had already built Meng Haigong to prepare enough sandbags next to the city gate, as long as he needed, he could completely block the city gate in a moment, so Meng Haigong didn't have too much worry about this, and ordered: "Let the city gate soldiers prepare water, of course the city gate can be kept, of course, it is the best, if you can't keep it, you will block it for me immediately." Check your sandbag and have a precautionary measure. ”

"Record, please order the preparation of torches and dinner." Li Mi said again: "The official army only sent troops at this time, and it seems that they are preparing to fight a night battle, and it is likely that they will not really exert their strength until night, and we must also be prepared for a night battle." ”

Meng Haigong agreed, and immediately ordered the reserve team to prepare dinner and torches, while Li Mi turned his gaze to the distant enemy formation, looked at Chen Yingliang's abominable banner, and muttered in his heart, "Little thief Chen, come on, this time it's time for me to defend you." As long as you don't cut off my water source, no matter how many siege weapons you have, I'm not afraid! ”

At the same time, the war drums in the Sui army's flag array suddenly accelerated the rhythm, and the Sui army team also accelerated its pace at the same time to charge, the long shield formed a temporary fortification, the archers released arrows to suppress the cover, and the Sui army auxiliary team lifted the firewood bales and straw regiments to sacrifice their lives, and then threw them to the city gate three times in a row, and then ran away. Seeing this scene, Li Mi couldn't help but smile slightly, and said secretly: "Little thief Chen, your siege methods are nothing more than that." ”