Chapter 19: The Big Fish to the Mouth
Siwei was dumbfounded.
In the morning, he was still taunting Vannibal for ordering his subordinates to cut down all the trees in order to prevent the guerrillas from harassing him, but in the afternoon, Ganghe began to work as soon as he finished resting.
Countless pieces of wood were processed into ship shapes and planks, and then Vanibal's army began to build pontoon bridges.
Unexpectedly, the other party cut down the tree to kill two birds with one stone, not only had a way to cross the river, but also prevented Siwei from sending people to harass. Si Wei sighed, he still has little combat experience, and yesterday he could have taken a small group of soldiers who were good at fire magic to set magic to burn the mountain, which could not only kill and injure the enemy, but also burn the raw materials for building bridges.
I only thought of one purpose of the other party to cut down the tree, so I let the Ganghe people cut down the tree, but now I really only had to be a turtle with a shrunken head.
Not long ago, Siwei had received an order from Aeon that if Vannibal's troops crossed the river at Longlingji, he could not make contact with Vannibal's troops without an order. Ayron also told Swei that he had arranged for about 2,000 noble private armies to be sent outside the city to learn Swei's guerrilla tactics to interfere with Vanibal's march.
Now Swei could only watch as Vanibal's army marched towards Hanse in the muddy mountains where he could hide.
However, the strange thing is that Vanibal's troops did not all cross the river, and there were still thousands of men and horses left on the other side of the river, not knowing what they were doing, which also made Swei even more afraid to act rashly, so he could only continue to stay in the fortress.
Soon his question was answered, and many carts full of baggage sails rushed out of the valley, rolling up billowing smoke and dust. One of the most striking is a huge car, with a raised platform with a pergola and seats, and you can vaguely see people sitting on it.
"This, isn't this going to be a car? No wonder, no wonder I didn't see the car before. Si Wei was a little surprised, and there was a hint of solemnity in his eyes.
The tall sails and exquisite pergola were Vanibal's generals, but now it was not Vanibal, but King Hebi, the eldest prince of the Ganghe Empire.
Earlier, Vanibal had left King Hebi, who was still asleep, to the rear army, and accelerated his march, only to wake up at noon to find that he had been left far behind.
He Biwang, who was still in a daze before, immediately exploded like a cat that had been stepped on his tail:
"What about Vinibal? What about the Vanipati? Why did he leave me behind, he gave me an acceleration and chased after me! ”
The general who was arranged to protect King Hebi did not dare to slack off, although the general explained that he wanted to protect His Royal Highness, but the general had already gone to the front, and there must be no danger on the road.
So the entire rear army began to accelerate its advance. Originally, all the baggage carts were sail carts, which were propelled forward by soldiers who majored in wind magic, and generally moved at a slower speed in order to ensure the physical strength of the soldiers.
King Hebi gave this order, but the soldiers were suffering, and they all used their strength to advance.
In this way, he still did not catch up with Wannibal, after all, manpower is limited, and no matter how fast the heavy baggage vehicles are, it is impossible to catch up with the lightly advanced Chinese army, even when Wannibal has been plagued by guerrillas for a long time.
So King Hebi looked at the pontoon bridge in front of him, and he was angry.
He was going to order the rear army to chase after Vannibal across the pontoon bridge, but the soldiers who stayed behind brought Vannibal's military order to stay on the other side of the river with the baggage battalion.
One is to protect the pontoon bridge that crosses the river, and the other is to protect the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince.
Of course, this is not the case in the eyes of King Hebi, it must be that Vannibal who thinks he is in the way and does not want to take him to Hanse.
He felt that he was being underestimated, but now he only had a personal guard under his command, and the generals of the rear army and the Chinese army to protect him were all Vanibal's men.
And now even his own personal guards persuaded him not to cross the river to chase after Vannibal.
", what do I want you for?" King Hebi picked up his wine glass and smashed it at the captain of the guard who was kneeling in front of him, but the captain of the guard did not dodge and was smashed squarely.
"Yes."
What King Hebi didn't know was that all of this was seen at a glance by Si Wei, who was secretly observing from the other side.
At this time, Siwei had an extra pair of glasses on his face, but this was not an ordinary glass, but a magic prop that could make people see distant objects clearly.
I saw that in Siwei's hand, a clay puppet slowly became a shape, and it was exactly the same as the one opposite King Hebi.
Swei handed the doll to a soldier next to him:
"Go, take this and ask the captives, ask them who this is."
"Yes."
Soon news came from the interrogation room, and the captives confessed that this person was the eldest prince of the Gangga Empire, King Hebi.
"Sure enough, it looks like we have a big fish in our mouths. Summoned all the sergeant majors to my general's car for a consultation, and invited Miss Chun and Brother Zhang as well. ”
Zhang Yuan walked into the tall car, but when he saw Chun Mengya who was already sitting on it, he quickly found a position next to the other party and sat down.
Zhang Yuan poked Chun Mengya's shoulder and asked in a low voice:
"Miss Chun, what are you going to do now?"
Chun Mengya pretended to be angry and glared at Zhang Yuan:
"What did you tell me to call me?"
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his face turned red, where can he call it, he quickly stood up and wanted to change his position to sit.
Unexpectedly, Chun Mengya didn't give up, and insisted on pulling him to prevent him from leaving, and now Zhang Yuan had no choice, so he had to sit on the chair and whispered:
"Dream, Mengya, what are you going to discuss now?"
Chun Mengya looked at Zhang Yuan's appearance, stretched out her jade finger and poked it at Zhang Yuan's forehead, but she didn't expect that although Zhang Yuan lowered his head, his eyes were aimed at Chun Mengya, so he quickly dodged this finger, and then got up and ran.
"Miss Chun, what are you doing? Men and women don't kiss each other. ”
"You still dare to hide, stop me!"
At this time, Si Wei stepped into the car and saw this scene, and quickly coughed twice, Chun Mengya instantly changed back to a cold appearance, sat on the chair and took out a book from somewhere to read it.
Zhang Yuan saw that the rescuers were coming, so he breathed a sigh of relief and found a position farthest from Chun Mengya and sat down.
As a result, someone came over and patted him on the shoulder, and when he looked up, it was Si Wei.
"I'm sorry, this is my place, you better sit somewhere else."
"Okay, okay." Zhang Yuan hurriedly stood up, and only then did he realize that he was sitting on the most exquisite chair just now, which was the position where Si Wei had been sitting before.
Zhang Yuan looked around, but he didn't expect that all the other seats were occupied, only the seat next to Chun Mengya was still empty, so he had to walk back.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Yuan sat down, Chun Mengya reached over and grabbed the flesh on his thigh.
Siwei was briefing the sergeants at this time, and just as he mentioned that there was a baggage camp of Vanibal and King Hebi on the other side of the river, a scream suddenly sounded from the general's car.
"Ouch!"
Zhang Yuan raised his head, and then remembered that this was the scene of the military discussion, and now all the sergeant majors and Siwei looked over, only Chun Mengya pretended to read a book on the side, and the smile on her lips could not be concealed.
Zhang Yuan saw so many people looking at it, and suddenly showed a thoughtful look, and then said:
"Ouch, General Si, this is a great opportunity, if you think about it, these baggage must be transported to the front line, and they all have to pass through us, and we can completely stealthily remove the baggage of the transportation. Even if you can't take it, you can burn it for him. ”
Zhang Yuan said and peeked at it, and found that the person listening did not have that kind of enlightened expression, but still had a dissatisfied expression, as if to say: That's it, that's it, you interrupted the general's speech just to say this?
Zhang Yuan coughed, he was also flamboyant in the game back then, and he was often blocked by his teammates because of Hu Kan, how to do it without showing his hands:
"But that's nothing, I have a plan. Didn't we capture so many military uniforms? We can disguise ourselves as Vanibal's messengers and go in to find out information, and I think those captives look like us anyway. ”
A sergeant major next to him listened to Zhang Yuan's words, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Isn't this the same as what we did as a guerrilla at that time?" Feasible, feasible. ”
Siwei also nodded, and continued:
"What Brother Zhang Yuan said is very reasonable, but we still need to think about how to hide under the noses of Ganghe people."
The sergeant major below nodded one after another, if the other party has been stationed here, then the risk of their own exposure has greatly increased, and the soldiers have to go out to the river to fetch water every once in a while, how to solve this problem?
Some sergeant majors offered to go out at night to fetch water, but the risk of exposure was still great. There are also proposals to use magic to drill wells, but unfortunately the elemental force field here is special and the groundwater element is scarce, so this plan was also rejected.
Of course, there are also those who dig culverts, and someone immediately poured cold water and said: "There are so many dark elements underground, not to mention whether the water flowing over will escape in the form of elements, and the water stained with so many dark elements will not be drinkable." ”
Si Wei also frowned, isn't there a way to get an excellent water source without fear of exposure?
Zhang Yuan suddenly smiled, this is not simple, when he used to study middle school physics, he had played this a lot.
He stood up and said proudly: "It's not easy, I have a solution to the problem of water." First of all, it is necessary to trouble General Si to make a hollow pipe out of earth, which must be bent so that it can lead to it from the river. We bring water in from the ground. ”
Everyone below looked at Zhang Yuan like a fool, only Chun Mengya put down the book, revealing an interested look.
Although Si Wei didn't quite believe Zhang Yuan's method, he still asked: "The ground is higher than the water surface, can this also bring in water, is it reliable?" ”
Zhang Yuan patted his chest and said, "General Si, you can rest assured, it is absolutely reliable." ”
It was night, and two dark shadows slipped quietly to the river, and then a long thing sank into the water.
"Alright, General Si, now seal the pipes at both ends, and put one end in the water, and the other end into the fortress."
Under the cover of night, no one noticed that a long tubular object was inserted into the purple mud mountain.
"General Si, now we just need to find a way to hide this pipe, let's go back."
Si Wei and Zhang Yuan secretly returned to the fortress again, looking at the pipe that came in, Si Wei asked, "Is it okay?" What now. ”
Zhang Yuan pointed to the ground and said: "Dig a reservoir here, as long as you can clean up all the dark elements, and then put the pipe in, the height should be lower than the water surface outside, and the other end should be in the water." ”
Si Wei snapped his fingers: "This is simple, what next?" ”
Zhang Yuan looked at the large reservoir that suddenly appeared in front of him, and couldn't help but show a yearning look, but unfortunately he couldn't learn these magics by himself.
"Next, remove the mud seals at both ends of the pipe and the water will be able to come out."
The sound of rushing water came, and Si Wei and a large group of soldiers who were still carrying wooden barrels all stretched their necks to look into the pool, but they didn't expect the water to really flow out continuously, and everyone had a ghostly expression.
"Brother Zhang, what kind of means are you? Why didn't I feel the effects of magic? ”
Zhang Yuan smiled:
"It's called a siphon."
Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder, and his smile froze instantly.
"Come into my tent in a moment, I have a question for you."