Section XXXTI

"General Wang, you're such a piece of waste."

Xiahou Ba was high on the main seat and said slowly. His voice was calm and peaceful, and he couldn't hear any unpleasantness, but Wang Zhiqing was creepy, and his head hung lower: "Yes, the last general is dull, and he is entrusted by the governor." ”

"After all, this is your third defeat, you fought against Daoyi, won all three battles, and you are known as a victorious general. Why did you get impotent when you saw those southerners? This time it's even worse, even the ship was lost, or your own soldiers desperately rescued you, you, the main general of the middle road, probably have to go to Nanning cell for dinner. It seems that this seat should make a statement to the lieutenant and call you a 'often defeated general', so that it is appropriate. ”

These words sounded like a pastime, but there was anger in his tone that could not be hidden, Wang Zhiqing fell to the ground at once, kowtowed three or four times in a row, and didn't even dare to raise his head, but said: "Yes, yes, the last general will be guilty." Please also ask the governor to open up and give his subordinates another chance. ”

The sky was already numb, outside Hanshui City, the earth-shattering shouts could still be heard, Xiahou Ba stood up, but regardless of Wang Zhiqing, he said to Xiahou Tian, who was standing aside: "This southerner has been making trouble outside all night, isn't he tired?" ”

Xiahou Tian saluted and said, "For so many years, it has always been our main attack in the north and the main defense in the south. This was their first counterattack, and they won a big victory, so naturally they were a little excited. ”

"Xianzhuang and Wu Ming boy, neither of them is the kind of boring person." Xiahou Ba walked around the room twice with his hands behind his back, always feeling that something was wrong, and said: "In the past few days, what abnormal behavior have Xianzhuang and Wu Mingke had?" ”

The north naturally also has spies in Nanning, Tao Yu and Wu Ming, who are now the two pillars of the Southern Han Dynasty, are naturally the key surveillance targets, and it is difficult for the whereabouts of the two to be kept secret. Xiahoutian replied: "Wu Ming is nothing, except for coming to the river that night for a walk, there is nothing out of the ordinary, but Xianzhuang has been running to Dongyang Lake on the outskirts of Nanning for the past two days. ”

Xiahou Ba's eyebrows jumped: "Oh, what is she doing at Dongyang Lake?" ”

"I don't know." Xiahoutian shook his head: "The site is very tightly blocked, and it is impossible to enter the fine work, and Nanning claims to the outside world that it is preparing to build an irrigation canal in Dongyang Lake to ensure that the paddy fields in the southwest are harvested in drought and flood." I looked at it from a distance, and it looked like it was indeed being built. ”

Hearing Xiahou Tian say this, Xiahou Ba breathed a sigh of relief: "So, it seems that this military operation was initiated by Wu Mingzi, and Xianzhuang is not cold?" No matter how powerful Wu Ming is, but the base is far away in China and the West, and without the support of Xianzhuang, he is also a rootless Ping, and he will obediently return to China and West in a few days. ”

Xiahou Tian also smiled: "My father said very much, Xiang Wenxian Zhuang is strong, and there is a saying that the army is heavy and the agriculture is light, but in the child's opinion, it is only because she did not sit firmly in the country. Now that half of the country has entered her hands, she is a woman, after all, she is cowardly, and it is estimated that the biggest wish now is to live a good life with half of the country. As for the northward expansion, it is just a shout. ”

Wang Zhiqing said suddenly: "Governor, the last general has something to say." ”

Xiahou Ba was full of anger, glanced at Wang Zhiqing who was kneeling on the ground, and said slowly: "Does General Wang have any high opinions?" ”

Wang Zhiqing gritted his teeth and said stubbornly: "The enemy is so fanfare, he will definitely not give up, and our army's gunwales have been known by the other party, and it is difficult to have an unexpected effect. ”

This guy seems to have been scared by the South. Xiahou Ba secretly shook his head, but said: "General Wang, get up, I have to rely on you in the future, I hope you will make meritorious contributions......

With his temper, he naturally slashed Wang Zhiqing with one sword, but thinking that there was no one available, it was really not appropriate to cut the generals in front of the battle.

Hearing Xiahou Ba say this, Wang Zhiqing was overjoyed, kowtowed again, got up and said with a blank eye: "Governor, Wu Ming is scheming, this time he is obviously prepared, and his subordinates are worried that he has other plans......

Just as he was about to say a few more words, a soldier hurriedly ran in: "Governor, the big thing is not good, the enemy has begun to attack with a thunderbolt." ”

Xiahou Ba was greatly dissatisfied, and said angrily: "They attacked you, you are at the head of the city, occupy a favorable position, can't you use a stone thrower to fight back?" ”

The soldier wiped the cold sweat on his face: "We can't reach ......"

"Can't reach it?"

Xiahou Ba didn't react for a while, and the soldier continued: "The enemy built a high platform in the center of the river overnight, and the range of the thunderbolt was already long, but now it is even more condescending, and we really can't think about it. As soon as he said this, Xiahou Ba was a little confused, and shouted: "Let's go, let's go and see, what kind of moth did Wu Ming kid do." ”

The three of them got on their horses accompanied by a team of personal soldiers, and hurried all the way towards the southern wall of Hanshui City. The closer they got to their destination, the shouts of killing in the distance became clear, and the crowd galloped quickly, and soon they arrived under the city wall, and a large group of soldiers hid at the base of the wall, but there was no one on the city. Xiahou Ba jumped off his horse, and when he saw him coming, a centurion man was overjoyed and rushed forward, waiting to report the situation. Xiahou Ba was furious, stretched out his left hand, lifted him up like a chicken, slapped him with his hand, and shouted: "Are you all eating?" The enemy is outside the city, but you are hiding under it. Whoever comes, arrest all these people, and punish them for defecting before the battle. ”

If you defect before the battle, you will not only lose your head, but also accumulate your family. The centurion was slapped in the face, half of his face was swollen, but at this time, his face turned pale with fright, and he couldn't stop telling forgiveness: "The governor spares his life, the governor spares his life, it's not that his subordinates are afraid of death, but now they go to the city, and they are simply dying in vain, so they let the brothers take refuge in the city temporarily." ”

At this time, Xiahou Tian persuaded on the side: "Father, my father is angry, and the child thinks that we should go to the city first to see what is going on, what kind of thing did the southerners get out, and we can think of a countermeasure." ”

This is indeed the case, Xiahou Ba let go of the centurion and shouted: "Get down, immediately gather the people of the headquarters, and go to the city with this seat to have a look." ”

Now Shangcheng may be crushed to death by a thunderbolt, but if he doesn't go, with Xiahouba's temper, he will immediately split up, and the centurion is afraid in his heart, and he will not dare to disobey at this time. Hurriedly gathered the people of the headquarters, walked along the stairs, and cautiously walked towards the head of the city. Xiahouba followed behind a group of soldiers, seeing their trembling appearance, he didn't get angry, kicked on the ass of the soldier walking at the end, and shouted: "Go fast, slow down, believe it or not, Lao Tzu whipped you to death?" ”

His oolong whip weighed more than 100 catties, and when he carried it in his hand, it was as light as nothing, but the deterrent power was enough. As soon as he drank it, the group of soldiers were like ducks that had been caught up on the shelf, and although they were still shrunk their heads and tails, their pace was much faster. Seeing that everyone went up to the city, nothing happened, Xiahou Ba also breathed a sigh of relief, he carried the oolong whip, walked up from the stairs with a big grin, and said to the centurion: "Lao Tzu has a heroic life, how to bring out you cowards, it's really a shame, look, look, isn't it okay?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the centurion exclaimed, "Take watch, Governor. ”

He hid under the battlements, but at this time his lips were so frightened that his lips turned white, and even his voice was out of shape, Xiahou Ba's heart was terrified, and when he looked up, he saw more than a dozen big stones flying in the air, one of which was flying towards him, and as soon as he lowered his head, the stones almost flew over his head, fell to the city, and smashed the roof of a house. He was startled and quickly lay on the ground. The soldiers who followed him were not so lucky, two soldiers could not dodge, and were impartially smashed on the head by a stone, and their brains suddenly collapsed. Xiahou Ba shouted: "Lie down quickly." ”

Although the Hanshui City Wall is not as perverted as Nanning, Kyoto, it is also very majestic. The walls are nearly five meters wide, and if a battle is fought together, soldiers can pass through the runway above and quickly support the towers. On the inner side of the top of the city wall, there is a low wall parallel to the battlement, about one meter high, called Yu Wall, also called the Daughter Wall, it plays the role of a railing. Now everyone is hiding under the Yu wall, and seeing that the stone rain has stopped for a while, Xiahou Ba slowly stood up and looked up at the opposite side.

The sun had risen, and the thick fog on the river had slowly dispersed, leaving only a thin layer of veil-like white air currents, gently rippling on the surface of the river. On Jiangxin Island, which is about a mile away from the head of the city, the southerners have built a high platform, which is about seven or eight zhang high, and is higher than the Hanshui city wall. Looking from here, there are trebuchets on the high platform, and a figure can be seen faintly beside it, pointing at this side. Xiahou Ba was a little inexplicable, and turned his head to Xiahou Tian and said, "How did this ghost thing come about?" Yesterday you were in charge of the right wing, didn't you notice anything unusual? ”

Xiahou Tian was lucky to be fine, but he was also made quite wolf by Shi Yu, and when he saw that his father was unhappy, he hurriedly lowered his body, rushed to Xiahou Ba's side, and then looked out from the crack in the pheasant. But after watching it for a long time, he was also puzzled: "It's really strange, I didn't have it yesterday." Building such a high platform requires a lot of materials, and it is not a one-time function, how did they do it? ”

Xiahou Ba lowered his head and thought for a while: "I'm afraid we have all been deceived by the southerners, Xianzhuang went to Dongyang Lake, more than ten miles away, not to build any irrigation canals at all, but to concoct necessary stones and trees." ”

Xiahou Tian reacted immediately, and suddenly said: "Exactly, they must have prepared all the materials first, picked a foggy night on the river, and launched an attack on our army with the ability of the Jiangnan naval army, once our army is defeated, they will take advantage of the situation to blockade the river." Then the Wenyuan River was used to transport the materials needed to build the highlands in the middle of the river from Dongyang Lake, which was more than ten miles away, overnight, which created the miracle of building the city overnight. ”

Xiahou Ba sighed and added: "The fog is all over the river, they have been making trouble outside all night, our army is newly defeated, and the navy can only shrink out, how can we find out the cats?" ”

He couldn't help but shudder, this plan made use of astronomy, geography, hydrology and other environmental factors, which can be said to be extremely cautious. Wu Ming hasn't seen him for a few years, but he has grown to such a point? If this is the case, not to mention that he is already a master of the ninth rank, he is a fierce rival in his life, and in terms of intrigue, he is not necessarily weaker than Taiwei. It seems that if you want to kill Wu Ming to avenge Fei'er's revenge, you will have to put a lot of thought into it.