Chapter 10 Strange

Guan Shengyun, who was outside the city, didn't dare to close his eyes for a night.

It's been a great day.

The armed parade greatly dealt a blow to the enemy's morale, and the sons and daughters were in high spirits and in a spirit of war. Everywhere the Breaking Sky Battalion, which was carrying the head of the dog officers and soldiers reinforcements, the boys of the besieging battalions cheered like crazy, and the guys on the city wall were so stunned that they didn't even shoot an arrow, which is enough to prove that they were all frightened by the dog's guts.

Shame on you!

Guan Shengyun secretly pondered in his heart: When the city is broken, a stone tablet will be erected next to the Jingguan, well, it will be engraved "Marshal of the Eastern Expedition Guan broke a thousand horsemen in the first battle"! Let your own famous people be immortalized. However, this little calculation cannot be revealed at this time, lest the bunnies under his command make fun of themselves in private for their attachment to those two minor setbacks......

Thinking of this, Guan Shengyun raised his hand and summoned a personal guard to order, during the general attack, he must remind himself to order all battalions, pay attention to the collection of stonemasons, and keep them without killing them......

Until the evening, the more I thought about it, the happier I became, suppressing my pride, smiling, reserved, and enjoying the compliments from the generals of the battalions.

In the plain area, with foot as a horse, thousands of enemy cavalry slashed a small half with a snap of their fingers, and the rest of the people were wounded and hugged by the head rat and collapsed, and the casualties of the foot soldiers on their side were less than 100! This battle is so good that anyone has to stick out their thumbs and say beautiful!

I didn't expect the situation to change as soon as it was night!

The night outside the west gate was not closed, and before midnight the camp was hurriedly knocked in return: the enemy lit a long bonfire on the city wall. Judging by the human voices, it seems that all the enemy troops are on the wall, and they are still eating and drinking. The whole city is full of people, I don't know what happened!

Immediately afterwards, the battalions that surrounded the four gates sent people to report, and the situation there was exactly the same!

Riding out of the camp and raising the fire for a small half circle, it is true. But what the hell is going on, I can't see the truth - even if you want to counterattack, you won't be notified in advance of such a big move, right?

It's definitely not Yingxiao.

Most of the camp roaring occurred in the second half of the night. At first, one or two soldiers who had been wronged or frightened to the extreme on weekdays cried at night, and the contagion spread that everyone was miserable, and the movement became bigger and bigger, and the Qiu Ba, who were generally night blind, did not know what was going on, and the officers did not press in time, so there was a big chaos, and the others woke up in the middle of the night to think that the enemy was attacking, and they listened to any movement in the dark as if the enemy wanted to take advantage of the darkness to kill themselves, so they drew their knives and slashed each other, and finally bombed the camp......

Not to mention that the time was wrong, and the fires in the city were lit as if it were daylight - if it was really a roar, the rebels would have opened the gates a long time ago! And...... Listen to the voice not a terrible exclamation, but like a ...... Cheer?

There are only two explanations:

Either the whole city has fallen into evil and gone mad!

Or, they get the news: reinforcements have arrived!

Can...... Surrounded on all sides like iron barrels, the lights are blind, how can they know the news of reinforcements?

Of course, there are also hidden piles in the outer directions, even if there is a messenger who touches it at night, and then sneaks to the edge of the city to avoid the eyes and ears of the night, and the black rumbles, won't the defenders worry that it is the work of this faction? The city and the city shouted a password, informed the guards, raised a fire at the head of the city, put the basket down, and hung the waist card and arrow letter to the inquest for the first time, and then hung the person up for the second time...... Such a big movement, unless the battalions blocking the gate are all dead, they will not know it at all!

Could it be the book of the flying pigeon?

That's not right!

Even if it's not the storyteller's nonsense, there is really such a thing as a flying pigeon in the world - in the middle of the night, the pigeon can't see anything, how can it pass the book to the city?

Could it be that they trained the Night Stalkers to pass the book?

Guan Shengyun shook his head and drove this ridiculous thought out of his mind - he didn't want to, the more he thought about it, the bigger his head became, and he ordered all battalions to strengthen their vigilance to keep up with all changes.

The sky was bright, and a large number of horses were immediately sent out to explore the horses.

In less than an hour, reports were made everywhere, and there was no trace of defeat within ten miles!

No, probe again! Twenty miles, no, thirty miles!

All the horses are scattered! Not only the main waterways of official roads and waterways, but also the trails and tributaries should be checked!

Be sure to find out!

"Order all battalions, all armed for battle!"

The generals of the various departments also circled in their respective military tents in the middle of the night.

Although they were confused and unclear, these veterans did not need to wait for the military order to prepare for war, and the battalions had already made an emergency mobilization: the soldiers had been sitting on standby in armor since the end of the night (three o'clock in the middle of the night), and the battalion guards were all on the wall, and they had been clubbed on the camp wall for most of the night.

Asking the marshal didn't lead to anything. The next order of the marshal made everyone even more suspicious: all the cavalry nets were spread out for thirty miles, and no direction should be missed!

Military orders are like mountains.

Let's do it.

In each battalion, except for the general's own horses, all the cavalry guards were temporarily changed to pond horses. If there is an urgent military situation, I can only give in to the guards and untie the pack horses to give the order-but...... Can that stuffed stuff understand commands to the left and right? Oh well, it looks like the foot guards don't know how to give orders to the horses...... Alas, what the fuck!

Waiting is the most torturous thing.

Guan Shengyun was draped all over his body, his iron helmet was placed on the handsome case, and he was pacing in the tent restlessly.

Before noon (eleven o'clock in the morning), the scouts returned: no trace of the enemy was found!

The battalions also reported one after another: there was no trace of the enemy in their respective reconnaissance directions!

Damn it!

Damn it!!!

These guys are the evil of the collective, and they're all fucking crazy!

I'm!

Guan Shengyun, who was furious, immediately ordered: "Immediately besiege from all sides!" Take down the city today, and after replenishing the auxiliary team, I will slaughter the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”

The dignified handsome man who broke a thousand horsemen in the first battle was so frightened by a group of evil madmen in the middle of the night that he didn't sleep all night!!

And that's not all—he almost exhausted all his cavalry in search of an enemy that didn't exist!

When this news gets out, what will my colleagues say?

"Enemy aid? Where did the enemy come from? Did you dream about it? The little girls who hugged and snatched them can't sleep well, what do you have to be afraid of, hahaha......"

I'll be teased by those bastards for the rest of my life!

What a shame!!

No way! Immediately give Lao Tzu a general attack on the whole army!

On the third pole of the day, the prefect Song Mingyi was the first to wake up.

Awakened by a foul stench, to be exact.

As soon as I opened my eyes, the first thing that caught my eye was a boiling dung pot three or four steps away from me! Black, yellow, and green manure juice was tumbling in the large iron pot, and large and small bubbles rose from the bottom of the pot and burst open, constantly releasing a rich flavor...... It seems that there is not only human manure, but also pig manure and dog manure...... Someone was adding wood to the fire, and two gray-clad bald heads were stirring vigorously with long-handled dung spoons. Although it was the back, Song Mingyi felt that the two skillful movements were a little familiar, and suddenly remembered that they were actually monks from Longquan Temple in Feidong! On the seventh day of the lunar month last year, I once brought someone to send rice to the temple, and the next day I saw the temple giving Laba porridge*, these two were stirring the porridge pot with a big wooden shovel! No wonder......

Rubbing his sleepy eyes and looking around, Governor Song was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him. opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word: it seems that everyone in Luzhou City has gone up to the city wall!

Not only the officials, but also Ding Zhuang, women, the elderly and half-grown children were all sweating profusely! There are large and small stones and green bricks everywhere, each pile is so high, coppersmiths, blacksmiths, tinsmiths and goldsmiths have set up charcoal stoves on the city wall, the red molten iron in the crucible is bubbling with blue flames, the cooks of restaurants such as Lotte Ju and Linfeng Lou have built large stoves, boiling oil is tumbling in a large iron pot, the asphalt boiled by the masons and stonemasons is belching black smoke, several carpenters are constantly sharpening, riveting, nailing and hammering, and there are bundles of new throwing guns lying sideways...... Everyone is tirelessly busy, but the strange thing is that not only do they not see a sad look on their faces, but they look happy!

This...... What's going on?

Song Mingyi was dumbfounded, and Sun Jie also woke up. However, the quality of the professional soldier made his surprise not last long, and the moment he looked outside the city, he burst out with a loud shout: "Enemy attack!" Full Arms Battle! ”

The sound of bangs on the castle tower and outside the castle suddenly sounded almost at the same time!

Enemies are attacking from all sides!

As far as the eye could see, there were enemies, unarmored auxiliaries and armor mixed together, shouting and rushing towards the city walls.

Sun Jie shouted out a series of orders, which were passed from the tooth banner to the city walls on both sides and the barracks in front of the city gate, and the herald stepped on the war horse and rushed down the city wall quickly, galloping towards the east gate......

Soon, the enemy braved the rain of arrows poured from the city's head to the moat. Bags of sand, straw, wood – and bodies that have just fallen! Tongtong was pushed down, and several passages gradually formed at a speed visible to the naked eye......

Sun Jie, the chief officer of the battle-hardened army, knew at a glance that the enemy general had given a death order: the city must be broken before dark!

However, in this kind of strong attack, the casualty ratio of friend to enemy will be at least 3:1, or even higher—this kind of chaotic battle is obviously much more beneficial to yourself!

What the hell is going on today?

His own portrait swallowed a spell and was possessed by Guan Erye and went crazy - well, maybe something dirty went into the well...... But what is the matter with the enemy! As long as it is besieged for a few more days, the city can be taken almost bloodlessly, why is it so desperate for casualties? This style of play is completely desperate!

Could it be ......

Could it be that - the enemy knows - reinforcements are coming?

As the chief military officer, Sun Jie knew that except for the Anqing Mansion Jingluo, at this time, the friendly troops in other military towns were almost completely unexpected: the nearest one was also hundreds of miles away, not to mention that the thirst could not be quenched far away - it was not uncommon for the army to walk for a month - even if he got the news that the capital city was in danger, without an explicit order from the imperial court, who would dare to privately mobilize the army to help? "Privately dispatch a large army to conspire against the government without an order", this is a big crime of the clan!

But why is the thief so crazy? Could it be that there is an unpredictable prophet in the DPRK who has made a plan in advance?

Whatever, there must be reinforcements anyway, otherwise the thief wouldn't have gone crazy like an evil man!

- The city is surrounded like a barrel, and your own people can't get out, and the enemy's pond cavalry can explore far! Well, that's the only plausible explanation.

Looking hopefully into the distance, there is no dust to be seen - well, maybe it's still far away, or maybe - the friendly forces are coming from the other direction.

Sun Jie issued an order to the other city towers: "Keep an eye on the distance, there may be reinforcements!" ”

Hearing this exciting news, the heralds simply rode along the city wall on horseback, rode their horses all the way, and shouted hoarsely all the way: "Watch out for the distance! There are reinforcements! ”

Reinforcements!

Once again, this news has greatly boosted everyone's morale!

Everyone threw themselves into battle, especially the civilians: they didn't know how to master the rhythm and conserve their strength, they all screamed, cursed, and threw like madness: the copper and blacksmiths scooped up the molten iron and poured it down the city, and every pot of asphalt, dung, oil, boiling water, masonry, and the stacks of guns was a constant stream of people, scoop after scoop, piece after piece, one after another, pouring and smashing and throwing ...... Until he collapsed from exhaustion, collapsed in the city, and was set aside by the guy behind him who was already excited and his face was twisted, the smile from the heart was still frozen on his face!

Unlike the professional soldiers, despite the constant shouting and cursing of the officers and veterans that "you must not check the results of the battle", the civilians who have no military knowledge can't help but look at their own hits after each throw - of course, many are shot by the enemy archers under the city.

But it's nothing - there are a lot of civilians.

The space vacated by the dead and wounded and tired people will be filled by newcomers immediately, but the experienced soldiers, most of whom are on the side, command and guide, and maintain their physical strength very well.

Sun Jie and Song Mingyi whispered for a moment and quietly gave the order.

Soon, with the exception of a few gate barracks that required accurate cover shots, the main work of the defense of the four walls began to be carried out by the officials and civilians.

The generals of Guan Shengyun's department who were ordered to storm the various gates were not inferior to Sun Jie's side in the slightest: What the hell is going on?!

* Longquan Temple with Laba porridge

The Longquan Temple in Luzhou (called Hefei today) is far away from the city, once the scale was grand, covering an area of several hundred acres from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and it was named after the sweet spring in the temple. It is said that Ouyang Xiu evaluated it as "the thirteenth sweet spring in the world" after tasting it. However, the two door plaques hanging at the entrance and exit of "Out of the General" and "Into the Phase" show that this place is still somewhat close to the world, and it has not completely jumped out of the red dust~ So there is nothing unreasonable for the monks to participate in the defense of the city.

Legend has it that the Buddha Shakyamuni had been practicing penance for six years before becoming a Buddha, eating only a very small amount of food every day, and became very weak. From this, the Buddha realized that penance does not lead to Buddhahood.

Legend has it that the Buddha tried to achieve enlightenment through penance, fasting for many days and almost collapsed, a shepherd girl fed milk made of chyle, after recovering his energy, the Buddha went to the Nilian River to bathe, and came to Bodh Gaya, under a Bodhi tree, sat for 48 days, and finally became enlightened on the eighth day of the lunar month. Therefore, the eighth day of the lunar month has become an important festival in Buddhism, and believers use the practices of bathing the Buddha and eating Laba porridge to express their remembrance of the Buddha. According to Xu Ke's research, this custom was formed in the Song Dynasty, and there is the earliest record in Wu Zimu's "Dream Lianglu" in the Southern Song Dynasty.