Chapter 725: Attacking the Heart
"Okay." Fei Yi's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands, a little overjoyed. "I heard Ma Youchang say that the hussar general was good at playing the road when he was under Hu Kongming, and he had long wanted to learn from the hussar general, and today he finally got his wish."
Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, feeling that he was a little self-defeating, he originally wanted to explore Fei Yi's reality by playing chess, but he didn't expect this to be a master of Yilin, and listening to his tone, he seemed to be very familiar with himself, and he actually knew about studying under Hu Zhaomen back then. However, his understanding of Fei Yi is very limited, at least he doesn't know that he is good at playing the Tao.
The words were out, and Sima Yi couldn't regret it, so he had to send someone to bring the chessboard and play chess with Fei Yi. Sima Shi's intentions were clear to him, and he didn't need Sima Yi's instructions to arrange the city defense matters on his own. He was even a little glad that this accident had given him another chance to fight against Wei Ba.
Sima Shi immediately adjusted his troops, concentrated the thunderbolts and even ballistas in the city, strengthened the defensive line, and prepared to fight the Shu Han army here again. Wei Ba's position outside the city had been prepared for many days, and now the time was urgent, and it was impossible for him to deploy calmly, and Sima Shi took advantage of the landlord, and if he grasped it properly, he was not without the strength to fight.
The key is how he boosted the morale of the Wei army. In the previous battle, the stormy attack of the Shu Han army was too great a blow to the morale of the Wei army.
When Sima Shi was gearing up, Sima Yi also persevered very hard. He played chess fakely, and tested Fei Yi to be real, but he didn't expect Fei Yi to be more calm than he imagined, and he was not in a hurry at all. And his chess skills are also higher than Sima Yi's, as soon as a few pieces fall, Sima Yi knows that he is not Fei Yi's opponent, but he still has to hold on and refuses to give up easily.
Inadvertently, Sima Yi devoted himself to the chess game, and he and Fei Yi were killed to the death, and it was difficult to solve.
Fei Yi smiled at the corner of his mouth, occasionally glanced at Sima Yi, and said in his heart that he had come to "negotiate" this time. On playing chess. Sima Yi is an opponent. At such a time, being able to trap Sima Yi in the chess game can also be regarded as a contribution to the battle situation. As for whether or not Sima Yi's psychological defense line can be defeated, it depends on whether Li Yan and Wei Ba's attacks are fast enough.
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Sima Shi was sweating profusely. But there is no sense of accomplishment at all. The position of the Shu Han army was far more dangerous than he thought. Although the number of ballistae and thunderbolts entering the city is less than 10% of that outside the city. But he still suppressed him steadily, repelling the Wei army's counterattacks again and again. The two sides exchanged arrows and stone bullets. It seems to be evenly divided, but Sima Shi himself knows that the Shu Han army has the upper hand. The Wei army failed to attack several times, and its morale became more and more low.
This is not only because the Shu Han army is more skilled in operation and more accurate in shooting, but also because of those pottery bullets.
One by one, the pottery bombs came over, fell to the ground, hit the thunderbolt car, smashed on the people's bodies, with a crisp sound, cracked into pieces, and popped up a ball of flocculent matter, and then those flocculents smoked in front of them, made a fire, burned, and emitted a choking smell, the choked Wei soldiers were in tears, coughing out of breath, and some even collapsed on the ground, convulsions.
When defending the city, lime and poison are often used, but this kind of poison that will spontaneously combust has never been seen, and there are too many pottery bombs of this kind, and in a moment, the Wei army's position was shrouded in green smoke, and there were coughs and wheezing everywhere.
Sima Shi was shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick, quickly cover your mouth and nose with a wet cloth!" ”
Without waiting for Sima Shi to give the order, the experienced soldiers had already begun to get busy, and a personal guard ran to Sima Shi's side, handed the wet cloth in his hand to Sima Shi, and shouted loudly while covering his mouth and coughing: "Young General, cover your mouth and nose quickly, this smoke is poisonous!" ”
Sima Shi took it, handed it to Sima Zhao in the back, and said loudly: "Zishang, cover your mouth and nose quickly, and be careful of poisoning." ”
Sima Zhao hurriedly took it and covered his mouth, and a foul smell surged into his mouth and nose, which was more unbearable than poisonous smoke. He was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was not water that was wetting the cloth, but urine. He couldn't help but be furious: "Who dares to be so bold as to let me smell such filth? ”
"Don't talk nonsense." Sima Shi burst into tears and shouted: "Urine can detoxify!" ”
When Sima Zhao heard this, he looked at the diaper in his hand that was still wet, and covered his mouth helplessly. In an instant, he even had the heart to die. Since I was a child, when have I ever been exposed to such a dirty thing, and now I still have to cover my mouth. Oh my God, life in this army is really not human, there are fleas and lice, how can you encounter such a disgusting thing?
In Sima Zhao's disgusted gaze, two pottery bullets whizzed, one swept over his head and hit the battle flag behind him, the battle flag shook violently and let out a squeaky groan. The other struck his shield, and the pottery shards scattered, and a cloud of flocculent floated out of it, and one of the guards stepped forward and stepped on it. It's found occasionally, and as long as you step on it with your foot, the thing won't burn, and if you can throw it into the water in time, of course, it will be great.
It's a pity that the Wei army has never encountered this weapon at all, and they can't find so much water in their eagerness, so they can only temporarily step on it with their feet to reduce some damage.
Sima Zhao didn't care about urinating, and hurriedly covered his mouth and nose tightly. The guard bent down, and just as he was about to pick up the floc and take it farther away, an arrow flew in and pierced through his face. The guard fell to the ground without saying a word, convulsed twice, and then stopped breathing. Blood gushed out, but the mass of things he stepped on began to smoke, Sima Zhao was startled, and quickly dodged to avoid it, accidentally tripped over a corpse on the ground, and fell on all fours.
Sima Shi saw Sima Zhao's embarrassment with his peripheral vision, and shouted repeatedly: "Zishang, go to Yacheng and take refuge for a while." ”
The guards hugged up, set up Sima Zhao and left.
Sima Shi held a shield in one hand and covered his mouth and nose with a cloth soaked in urine in the other, but his eyes were staring at the Shu Han army position in the distance. Behind the Shu Han army, several city gates were opened, and more thunderbolts and ballistas were being transported into the city in a steady stream.
Sima Shi was worried, in the battle that had just ended, they had lost too many thunderbolts and crossbow cars, and now they were overstretched, not only were their performance lacking, but even their numbers were falling behind.
What's next? Sima Shi seemed to see Wei Ba's hateful smile on the city in the distance, but he was angry in his heart, and shouted: "Attack, break the anti-Shu position, and seize a chariot, reward ten thousand dollars!" ”
Under the urging of Sima Shi, the Wei army once again launched a counterattack. The crossbowmen rushed out of the city wall first, shooting wildly, and the assault foot soldiers, armed with shields and short knives and spears, roared and rushed towards the position of the Shu Han army. In order to reduce casualties, the Shu Han army stood up one hundred and fifty steps south of the city wall, except for a few strong crossbows, ordinary crossbows could not shoot so far at all, in order to play a covering role, crossbowmen must rush out of the city wall.
And breaking out of the city wall means that you have to face the fire of the Shu Han army's crossbow carts.
Seeing the Wei army rushing out of the city wall, Li Fu, who was in the midst of it, was overjoyed, and he raised his knife and shouted: "Prepare - shoot!" ”
With a muffled sound of "hum", several crossbow carts shot a rain of arrows, long arrows flickered a hundred paces, and several Wei army crossbowmen who were running had arrows in their hands and fell to the ground screaming. More Wei troops ran wildly, hoping to cross this deadly distance as soon as possible, rush over and fight the Shu Han army hand-to-hand, and maybe have a chance to pull a cushion.
The Wei army charged one after another at any cost, and the Shu Han army exerted the power of the ballista and continued to shoot until all the arrow magazines were emptied, or the Wei army had rushed in front of them, and the foot soldiers would line up to protect the ballista carts.
The two sides engaged in a bloody battle between these hundred steps. The Wei army was like a tide, wave after wave, but the Shu Han army was like a boulder, standing still, behind them, there were more and more thunderbolts and ballistas, the formation was getting thicker and thicker, and the attacks were becoming more and more fierce.
Sima Shi was so anxious that his forehead was full of layers of beads of sweat.
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Sima Yi threw down the chess pieces in his hand and said with a smile: "Forget it, I'm not Fei Jun's opponent, no matter how hard I try, it's just a humiliation." ”
Fei Yi methodically picked up the chess pieces. "General, those who know how to advance and retreat are not dishonored."
"I've retreated to Tooth City, and there is no way back but a fight."
"Although Yacheng is solid, it is too small, how can it accommodate the general's army." Fei Yi put the chess pieces into the chess box, a little regretful. "General, we have been playing chess for a long time, and you must be clear about the situation outside, if you don't give up, you will be burned."
"It's better to be broken than to be complete." Sima Yi crossed his fingers and looked at Fei Yi quietly: "One blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, I really want to see how many reserves Wei Ba has, and whether he can take all of Wancheng." If not, then it's time for me to have the upper hand. ”
Fei Yi raised his head, looked at Sima Yi, and suddenly laughed. He seemed to feel that he was laughing a little presumptuously and rudely, so he blocked his mouth with the corner of his sleeve, faked a cough, and barely suppressed his smile, and then said: "That's great, being able to defeat the hussar general head-on is a very good choice for us, and it is even better news for Sun Quan." In the first pass of King Chen, the general was frustrated at Tongguan, and if the hussar general was loyal in Wancheng, when Sun Quan attacked Luoyang, the resistance would be much smaller. ”
Fei Yi stood up and arched his hand: "Say goodbye to the general today, presumably there will be no time in the future." Don't worry, if I have the opportunity, I will pay tribute to the general's grave, and then talk with the general to send condolences. ”
With that, he turned and left.
Sima Yi remained still, but his eyes narrowed more and more, and gradually narrowed into a line, and the hand holding Yu Ruyi became tighter and tighter, and the joints became blue and white like Yu Ruyi. When Fei Yi went out of the door, Sima Yi's hand suddenly trembled, and with a "snap", Yu Ruyi hit the case and broke into two
(To be continued......)