Chapter 191: The Battle of Huishui (Part II)
Ma Chao was very surprised, originally he and Jia Xu were helpless against this sturdy small city, but who knew that Yan Xing, who had just been accepted, dared to say that there was a way to capture Huishui City.
Ma Chao said: "Are you sure? ”
Yan Xing pointed to the weak water with his hand and said, "Young master, the last general will conquer the strategy of meeting the water, only on this weak water." ”
Ma Chao was a little puzzled, and looked at the weak water with the increasing water potential and the vast soup in confusion, and then looked at the Huishui city wall built with loess tamping in the distance, and only after a little thought did he understand Yan Xing's strategy.
Turning his head, Yan Xingzheng looked at Ma Chao with burning eyes, as if he was expecting something.
Ma Chao understood what Yan Xing meant, so he patted Yan Xing's shoulder and said, "Good boy, I took the risk of using a general to be a Zhonglang general, and I didn't use the wrong person." ”
Yan Xing humbly lowered his head.
Ma Chao said: "I will give you 5,000 soldiers, can you destroy its city wall within two days?" ”
Yan Xing said calmly: "Two days is enough. ”
Ma Chao nodded and said, "At that time, you can use those five thousand horsemen to take Huishui City." ”
"Whoa!" Yan Xing responded.
Yan Xing received the arrow, so he went to pick five thousand horsemen at random. Ma Chao soon heard Yan Xing's voice behind him: "You, lead two thousand soldiers to slaughter sheep and make sheepskin rafts; You, lead 3,000 sergeants with shovels and come with me! ”
After Ma Chao heard this, he thought that Shuicheng would not be able to run now, and Jiang Yin, Jiang Wei and his son would not be able to run either.
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After Jiang Jian saw that Jin Machao had withdrawn his troops, he went back to the county government with confidence.
As soon as he crossed the threshold of the county government, questions came to his mind again: Jin Ma Chao obviously knew him in his life, and Ma had never had anything to do with Jiang, so why did Jin Ma Chao know that Jiang's ancestors had set the word "Wei" as a name for his future son decades ago?
You know, this is a inheritance within the Jiang family, and I won't tell outsiders at all. He had just been crowned, and although he was married, he had not yet had an heir, so no third person knew about the name "Wei" for his future son, except for him and his wife.
But why did Jin Ma Chao accurately name his unborn son?
Was it a guess by chance? Not really. There are tens of thousands of words in the world, why did Jinma Chao guess it once?
Could it be a family leak? Nor is it possible. Because his wife and he have never talked to outsiders, let alone Ma Chao.
So why does Ma Chao know about it? Could it be that he has the help of demons and gods? Impossible, where did this ghost come from? If there were ghosts and gods, how could they be so boring to look into the name of a person who did not yet exist?
Jiang Jian was puzzled. Jiang Jian has been thinking about this question late at night, but he still can't think of a why. Of course Ma Chao didn't know, his casual question was enough to make Jiang Jian want to break his head.
Just when Jiang Jian was still struggling with this headache, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Jiang Jian looked up and saw that it was his guard who came.
"What's the matter? Did the Xiliang Iron Cavalry attack? Jiang Jian was so frightened that he immediately stood up.
"No, Captain, it's the trench that suddenly cut off the water, I don't know why, Captain, go and take a look!"
Jiang Jian heard it, is this still worth it? The moat was the first line of defense to defend the city. It just so happens that there are many people in the north who don't know water, and if Xiliang Iron Cavalry attacks the city, it is easy to fall into the trench and drown. If there was no water in the trenches, it would be even more difficult for the thin Huishui City to resist the attack of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
Jiang Jian hurriedly ran to the city wall, looked down at the city wall, and under the bright moonlight, Jiang Jian clearly saw that half a drop of water was gone in the trench under the city wall.
Jiang Jian panicked until he looked into the distance and saw that the weak water channel was also empty, only some small puddles reflected the white moonlight. Now, Jiang Jian understood.
The guard said, "Captain, why did the water in the trench suddenly cut off?" ”
Jiang Jian pointed to the weak water and said, "Do you still need to say it?" The trench was originally made by draining weak water, and the Xiliang army must have cut off the weak water. ”
"Then why did the Xiliang Army do this?"
Jiang Jian said angrily: "I don't know this? The Xiliang army was naturally in order to avoid falling into the trench and drowning when attacking the city. ”
"Huh? So what should our army do? ”
Jiang Jian said: "No way, if the ditch is cut off, the water will be cut off." Our army can also be defended by the city walls. ”
After the guards strengthened patrols to prevent the Xiliang army from attacking at night, Jiang Jian went back to the county government to rest.
The next day, Jiang Jian woke up early. No one came to wake him up, and Jiang Jian slept quite peacefully, although he was still thinking about his son's name in his dream yesterday when Ma Chao said it.
Jiang Jian yawned and got up from the bed. The bed has spread to Hexi, and Jiang Jian is also a little surprised by Ma Chao's ingenuity.
Reaching out to remove the quilt covering his body, Jiang Jian stretched his feet out of the bed, ready to use his feet to probe where his shoes were. But when the sleepy-eyed Jiang Jian stretched out his feet, his feet immediately felt a burst of coldness, which made Jiang Jian immediately refreshed.
Jiang Jian hurriedly looked down, but he didn't expect that the bed had been flooded with water, and the entire room was flooded by water two feet high, and the wooden tables, chairs, and lacquerware were floating on the water. The originally closed door was also washed open by the water, and when he looked over the door, Jiang Jian saw that the courtyard outside the door was also a piece of Zeguo, and there were servants dripping in the water, walking with difficulty.
At this moment, Jiang Jian couldn't believe his eyes, suspecting that he hadn't woken up yet. Jiang Jian hurriedly pinched his thigh hard, it hurt! The pain made Jiang Yan's facial features distorted. Jiang Jian subconsciously moved his feet, slapped the water, and the water rippled.
Jiang Jian immediately became messy. As soon as he got out of bed, he didn't care that he had no shoes on, and that the floor was full of water two feet deep, and he struggled to drip through the water and walked to the stable. Thinking of the material of the city wall, he suddenly had a terrible idea, so Jiang Jian hurriedly ran to the stable, to ride to the city gate.
Struggled to reach the stable, the mount was also submerged in the water, and anxiously trotted to break free from the reins of the stable. Jiang Jian calmed his mount and hurriedly drove his horse to the city wall.
War horses are also difficult to move in the water, but they can walk faster than people. Out of the county office, Jiang Jian saw that the streets were full of wooden furniture soaked in water, and the guards were also trudging to the city wall in the deep water. The guards all held their weapons high to prevent rust when they came into contact with the water.
Jiang Jian didn't bother to care about the guards who were struggling in the water, and rushed to the city gate. When he approached the city gate and saw that the city gate had not been washed down by the water, Jiang Jian breathed a sigh of relief.
But suddenly, Jiang Jian heard some faint sounds, like the sound of people shouting. The shouts got closer and closer, and as soon as Jiang Jian turned his head suddenly, he saw that a large section of the city wall next to the city gate had collapsed, and the gap was fifty steps long. Jiang Jian immediately understood that the city wall was made of rammed earth, and it was easy to collapse after being softened by weak blisters.
This is not the most terrifying, what is even more terrifying is that Jiang Jian can clearly see from the vacancy that outside the city is also an endless Zeguo. On the water, there is a large sheepskin raft, and on the sheepskin raft, there are hideous-looking Xiliang soldiers! They were excitedly paddling their sheepskin rafts towards the wide gap!