Chapter 497: The Pit That Can't Be Climbed
General Huo wants to cut people, this is a big deal, if he wants to cut others, it is Liu Wu who he wants to cut, although Huo Yi can't remember who this thin man who speaks with a little obscenity for a while, but Huo Yi's side of the army commander Shi Mi Changqing is very clear.
"Little Hou Ye, you can't cut it, he ...... He couldn't cut it. ”
"Why can't you cut it, if you don't cut it, the master will collapse him directly!"
Huo Yi was about to touch the short gun, Mi Changqing hurriedly went up and whispered: "This Liu Wu is the most trusted person under General Zhang, he ...... Or is it someone from General Liu's mansion, have you forgotten? ”
"Which General Liu?"
"What else can it be, little marquis, how can you be so noble, isn't that His Royal Highness the King."
Huo Yi stopped his further movements when he heard this, blinked, his tongue stretched out to lick his chapped lower lip, and his face showed a little cunning. After Mi Changqing's reminder, he really remembered that this Liu Wu was with Liu Yu's family, and it was Liu Yu who arranged Liu Wu to be a junior officer with Zhang Wuzhu at the beginning, and later this kid has become a general through the accumulation of military exploits.
If it were someone else, he would be slaughtered. But Liu Yu's people, although he dared to play tricks, he was even more afraid that Liu Yu would play tricks on him.
If Liu Yu didn't send troops to rescue him, he wouldn't want to get out of this mountain in his life.
"The death penalty is forgivable, but the living sin is unforgivable...... Pull out the lu and hit fifty sticks, forget it, hit thirty! Forget about the others, just hit him! ”
From beheading to beating thirty sticks, Liu Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief, originally thinking that Huo Yi had a bad time without eating or drinking in Yuzhou City, and he couldn't let the imperial court lose Huo Yao, a fierce general. He automatically asked Ying to be responsible for transporting the grain. Who knew that there was still an accident on the road. It's better to be beaten a few times now than to lose your life.
Liu Wu was beaten with 30 sticks in public. Huo Ying went back to the barracks in anger. Now he couldn't find anything else to do but walk back and forth between the barracks and the four walls.
Now in the entire Yuzhou City, there are about 300 people in the Huo Disease Department, and about 200 people in the Yuzhou local regiment training, which is all the armed strength of Huo Yao's hands. Since he was forced to retreat to Yuzhou City, he has been thinking about revenge, and there is still no hope in sight. Because the enemy hides in the mountains and forests and does not give him any chance. As long as he left the city, he would be beaten passively.
"In the mountains outside, how many kings and eight shells are there?"
In front of Huo Yi was a topographical map of the surroundings of Yuzhou City, but he couldn't understand it at all. Looking at the marching map, he still learned from Liu Yu, and Liu Yue looked at the map with the style of a marshal, so Huo Yi also learned to look at it, but he looked like a god.
Not long after, Liu Wu, who had been beaten with thirty sticks, was helped to the door of Huo Ai's camp, the curtain was opened, Huo Ai raised his head and glanced at Liu Wu, who was half dead, and sneered disdainfully.
"Look at you. If you change my master, I will be beaten with a hundred sticks without humming. Huo Yi said to Liu Wu. immediately looked at Mi Changqing, who came over with him, "Old Mi, why don't you take him to see the doctor, why did you bring him here?" ”
Mi Changqing entered the door and said respectfully: "Little Marquis, General Liu Zheng brought a letter from His Royal Highness King Lin. ”
"What?" Huo jumped up from his chair with a sigh of relief, "Didn't you say it earlier, what about the letter?" ”
"In the arms of the villain."
Frightened by Huo's disease, Liu Wu instinctively called himself a "villain".
Huo Yi was also unceremoniously, reached out and took out a letter from Liu Wu's arms, but unfortunately Huo Yi recognized very few words on it, and in his opinion, this letter was like a letter from heaven.
"Old rice, read it to the master."
"King Lin said, I sent General Zhang Wuzhu to help you, so that you can cooperate in everything."
"Gone?"
"It's gone!"
"Damn, what about me? Said to send Lao Zhang, what about Lao Zhang? Didn't you get beaten up before you arrived in Yuzhou, let me cooperate? was beaten together with Lao Zhang? His grandfather's mother, prepare a guy for the master, and the master went out to find the turtle grandsons of the sons of the eight turtles and went desperately! ”
Mi Changqing looked distressed, and said in his heart that General Huo was driven crazy by the chaotic party outside, and now he feels that he can't enjoy scolding people with "damn it", "Wang Ba" and "turtle son".
But Huo was sick out of Yuzhou City, as if he was going to catch the blind, and the enemy didn't know where to go, and he didn't know where to go. But it takes less than half an hour to get out of the city, Huo Ill must be attacked, a big pocket is laid outside Yuzhou City, Huo Ill does not drill there is no trouble, a drill must only come out of the pocket, that is, back to Yuzhou City. Although Huo Ill was impulsive, he also knew that once this pocket was pierced, it would not be able to come out, so Huo Ill was also cautious after leaving the city, and he did not dare to go too far away from Yuzhou City, and he could fight and retreat in the event of an attack. As long as Huo Yi retreats around Yuzhou City with people, the rebels will disappear as if out of thin air, but no matter how Huo Yi provokes, he will no longer see anyone.
Huo Yi put on his armor and looked at Liu Wudao: "Did Lao Zhang say that how can the master cooperate with him?" ”
Liu Yu trembled and said: "General Zhang said that he hopes that General Huo can set up an ambush with him." ”
Originally, Huo Yi tightened his belt, ready to hang up his short gun and go out of the city to find the rebels desperately, when he heard this, he suddenly stopped his movements and looked at Huo Yi, and said in surprise: "Ambush? ”
Huo's brain is a tendon, desperate on the battlefield, there is nothing else, and any military action that hinders his desperate efforts is a failure. Huo didn't mind how tragic the war would be and how vicious the enemy was, he only cared about having a war for him again. As for playing yin, that is Liu Yu's trick, and his brain can't figure out how to set up an ambush.
"This trick seems to be very easy to use." Huo Yi recalled the happy time when he was the eighth road in the right place of the river, grinned and asked without smiling, "Can you tell me about it, how to set it up?" What do I need to do? ”
If you have something to ask for, Huo Zhi does not call himself "Little Master" and "Lao Tzu", but honestly calls himself "I".
Liu Wu said cautiously: "General Zhang's meaning is to let General Huo go to the official road between the two cities together tomorrow, if it goes well, it won't take an hour to meet." The leaders and tails of the chaotic party can't take care of each other, and when the time comes, your soldiers and horses and General Zhang's soldiers and horses will kill the rebel party quickly. When the time comes......"
"Alright. Come on. I understand what you mean, sir. Huo Yi interrupted Liu Wu's words impatiently, "What kind of broken official road is between Yuzhou and Yunxian County, you also saw it when you came, not to mention the potholes, even pedestrians have difficulties, such a road, both sides are mountains and dense forests, when the time comes, those Wang Bahuzi will not set up a pit to bury us." And one more point, how can you guarantee it. Can we set off at the same time as Lao Zhang's troops? ”
"General Huo, my subordinates came this time and brought carrier pigeons."
Huo's eyes lit up: "Pigeons? It tastes so good, I haven't eaten meat for a few days, sir. ”
Mi Changqing hurriedly reminded: "Little Hou Ye, the carrier pigeon is used to deliver news. ”
Only then did Huo remember that the pigeon seemed to have this function.
"Cut, the master didn't know how much he brought, and if he could kill one or two to eat meat. Hey, Liu Wu. How many pigeons did you bring with you? ”
"Ten of them, but General Huo. Can't eat meat, there are forty miles from Zhenxian to Yuzhou, and there are people who are in turmoil in the middle, so I am afraid that they will find out and shoot our pigeons in the middle, so we have to release ten carrier pigeons, so as to ensure that the news is transmitted. Liu Yu was a little anxious, he was afraid that Huo Zhi would really kill the lattice and roast it to eat, "Also, we can't write too obviously when we pass on the news, General Zhang has already instructed his subordinates to pass back the departure time in code, so that even if the chaotic party learns about it, they won't know what news we are transmitting." ”
"It's messy...... It's all up to you, hurry up and get it. ”
Liu Wu added: "General Zhang also said that once the two counties come into contact, everything will be banned by the flag, and General Huo will not act recklessly at that time." ”
"Zhilu Dao, Zhilu Dao, trouble, hurry up and get it, otherwise I will beat you with thirty sticks, master."
Liu Wu touched his buttocks, and said in his heart that this errand is really bad, just pin his head to the waistband of his trousers, and even his boss will be embarrassed.
Liu Wu first asked Huo Yi about the suitable time to send troops, and then prepared all the carrier pigeons, hit the paper in a thin bamboo tube and tied it to the legs of the carrier pigeon, and so all the carrier pigeons were released from the city wall, Liu Wu's heart hung again, if none of the carrier pigeons flew to Zhen County, then this plan would be equivalent to failure, and Huo Yi who recklessly went out of the city was likely to be wiped out.
"Pigeons, you have to give me a breath." Liu Wu prayed silently.
The next day came to the appointed hour, Huo Ill was already ready to go at the north gate of the city, Huo Ill wanted to leave the ghost place of Yuzhou City as soon as possible, so he brought all his subordinates, and he didn't care about the local garrison of Yuzhou City. And Yuzhou City is too shou Gao'an to see off, but it seems to be retaining, although Huo Ill this group of people just eat and don't do anything, but it is good to maintain the peace of the party, if Huo Ill just leaves, the chaotic party will turn back to retaliate against Yuzhou City, relying only on the local garrison regiment training, it is not the opponent of the chaotic party at all.
"For the sake of the people of Yuzhou City, Master Hou, you go early and return early."
"Oh, oh, Zhilu Dao, Gao Junshou can go back first, Xiao Ye knows what to do." As soon as Gao An turned around and went back, Huo Yi immediately muttered, "Damn, it's a fool who came back!" ”
Huo Ying left Yuzhou City with his army in a mighty way. The people of Yuzhou City spontaneously came to see them off, as if they were sending off relatives in the city, sending away these vampires who had pit their grain to prevent hunger, and one by one they hoped that they could come back. What a mixed feeling.
"Looks like you can't come back!" Such a sigh was uttered from the crowd.
But less than an hour later, Lao Yuan saw the cavalry rushing back in a hurry, and Huo Ying rode to the front.
Gao An immediately ordered the city gate to be opened to greet him.
Huo Yi looked angry, and when he entered the city, he complained: "Damn, the sons of those turtle grandsons actually blocked the road with big stones, isn't this to add blockage to the master?" ”
It turned out that Huo Yi led the troops to the direction of Zhenxian, and found that the road was blocked after walking less than ten miles, if you want to cross the blocked road, you have to get off the horse and walk, the first ten miles of the road are still dangerous to ride, and if the last thirty miles are just walking, it is like sending them to death.
Huo Yi immediately made a decision and withdrew to Yuzhou City first, but they were attacked by the rebel army on the way back, so Huo Yi was tantamount to stealing chickens and rice, and lost a lot of soldiers before they got out and returned to Yuzhou City.
"General Huo, you're fine, right?" Liu Wu stepped forward to greet him.
"It's all your fault!" Huo was sick and entered the city, and he was a little angry. Finally found a vent. "If it weren't for your bad idea. Why is it so embarrassing for the master? You, Liu Wu, are a spy sent by the chaotic party, right? ”
Liu Wu was shocked, and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "General Huo, don't wronged the villain, the villain has never done such a rebellious thing." ”
"And said no...... I'm going to kick you ......"
Huo Zhi stretched out his foot and went to kick, but was pulled down by Mi Changqing and others, Huo Zhi was indignant, thinking that he could escape. As a result, I returned to the rat hole, and this feeling of escape was very uncomfortable.
Huo Yi vented, and ran to the city tower to face the sky in a daze, this kind of thing is not strange to the soldiers and the people in the city. Although this brave marquis is a famous fierce general in the imperial court, he is still like a child, and when he is unhappy, he likes to climb the city wall with his bare hands, stand on the top of the city tower, and shout at the sky.
When the soldiers returned to the sad place of Yuzhou City, they needed to rearrange their belongings and live this life of today and no tomorrow in the city.
"Look, what's that up there!"
Huo Yi suddenly roared at the people below on the top of the city tower.
The soldiers and civilians also raised their heads at the same time. I saw a colorful spherical object flying in the sky. It comes from the northwest to the southeast.
"His wife's is a sky lantern, I have sat on it!" When Huo Yi saw it clearly, he became even more excited, this thing was just a colored "sky lantern", and this "sky lantern" was also a hot air balloon, which was used by Liu Yu when he broke Jiankang City in Huainan World War, and Huo Yi at that time, as the captain of the commando team, was the commander-in-chief of the airborne troops, so he naturally knew the beauty of this thing.
But Huo Yi also knows that this sky lantern is easy to land in the sky, and it is difficult to control the direction of landing, and when flying in the air, it is completely dependent on the wind direction to determine the direction of flight, and today it is the northwest wind south, which means that this sky lantern is likely to come from the direction of Zhenxian.
Huo Yi climbed down from the city tower like a monkey, jumped in front of Liu Wu and asked excitedly, "This is what Lao Zhang prepared?" ”
Liu Wu stared at the colorful sky lanterns in the sky with a puzzled face, and said with a sad face: "I don't know what to do." ”
"Fuck you." Huo Yi stretched out his hand and patted Liu Wu's head, scolded angrily, and looked up at the sky again, he was wondering if there would be someone above who would parachute down, just like when they broke Jiankang City. But after waiting for a long time, except that the lights floated on Yuzhou City for a while, it seemed that the fire was turned off and waiting to land, but because the wind direction was uncertain, it was not easy to land, and the drivers above did not dare to land easily.
I didn't see anything falling from above.
"It's too tall to see clearly. By the way, there's that. Huo Yi suddenly remembered that there was a telescope that Liu Yu had equipped for him, and quickly asked Mi Changqing to take it out of his baggage.
Telescopes are useful in open areas, but in a place like Yuzhou City, which is surrounded by mountains, the usefulness is almost none. Therefore, it was also shelved by Huo Disease, and now I remember that this thing is still a little useful.
Huo Zhi held a cylindrical object and looked at the sky for a long time, and the people next to him also guessed what he was doing, Huo Yi suddenly shouted: "Coming, coming!" ”
People also looked up, and sure enough, they saw something falling on the colorful sky lantern, not a person, smaller than a person, and the speed of landing was very fast, but it seemed to be dragged behind.
"Get out of the way, don't get smashed."
Huo Yi shouted, but in fact, if he didn't shout, nothing would happen, because the direction in which the thing landed was some distance from the direction of the city gate where they were standing, and it fell directly in the alleys of the city. And when the object hit the ground, people realized that it was connected to a rope.
The soldiers and the people rushed to the direction where the object landed, and when they reached the alley, they realized that the falling object in the road had smashed the beams of a certain household, and the house became a ruin.
People found the object attached to the rope from the ruins, and it was nothing special, and when they peeled back the layers of "skin", they realized that there was nothing more than a big stone in the tunnel.
"No wonder it's so destructive, what's this for?" Huo said with questions.
"Pull down!" Liu Wu shouted.
Only then did everyone remember that the other end of this stone was connected to the sky lantern in the sky, and if this stone fell to the ground, it was a signal that the sky lantern in the sky was about to fall to the ground.
Everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high, and a bunch of people pulled down the sky lantern in the sky with all hands and feet, and with the direction, the sky lantern landed much more smoothly, and the colorful sphere became bigger and bigger in front of everyone's eyes, and after landing, people knew that it was a huge object, but there was a small basket hanging below, and there were two people in the basket, one body seemed to be wrapped in a dumpling, and there was a big burden on his back.
"General Huo!"
The people above knew that Lu Dao was a soldier at a glance, and the two of them came down to greet Huo Ill, but Huo Ill was not interested in them, but was interested in the objects in the basket, and looked at the edge of the basket, and there was nothing else in Zhi Dao except the rope, and Huo Ill's originally excited face turned cold.
"You guys, didn't you bring something to eat?"
"The weight can't be too high, so I only took the two of us and a rock." The soldier answered honestly.
"Bastard, what's the use of you two coming over to eat with two more mouths and two more pits to? Get out of here and sit on this thing! ”
The two pilots landed with great difficulty, but they were scolded by Huo's bloody dog, and even the onlookers couldn't stand it, thinking that General Huo was a bit of a bully. But the two soldiers didn't complain, they just listened honestly.
In the new army, military discipline is strict, that is, the commanders are unreasonable, and the subordinates have no qualifications to question or oppose it. A bad word is a military legal punishment.
"Tell me, what the hell are you doing here?" Huo Yi calmed down for a long time before asking.
"General Huo, we are the order of General Fenghua Ji'an, to pass on the order of the forward general, the imperial army will go south soon, please ...... again Hold on to some more time. ”
Hearing this, Huo Yi sat on the ground with his buttocks, and said with a little annoyance: "Damn, that surnamed Liu finally remembered me!" Master, I will never take on such drudgery next time. (To be continued......)