The first shift of the night. Cangshui, Jiuwu Village, Ji County.

Chang Bubiu, Wu Gongding, Wu Shitong and others slept strangely, and it was difficult for Guo Ruibi, Gao Biao, Ning Wushan, and Chu Yaoniang to be outside the wine vortex village.

The 1,000 soldiers and horses brought with him were ambushed in Jiuwu Village according to the general's order. But the village is full of plains, and the village is not very big. The villagers are less than 800, and there are 1,000 people in ambush. There is no concealment, it is to directly tell people that they want to fight.

After discussing with Karakuri, Tao She, Gao Duo, Qin Pheasant, etc., it was decided to divide the army into two parts.

A group of 200 people and 20 fires dispersed around Jiuwu Village, looking for dilapidated houses, bad temples, cemeteries, ditches, and temporary hiding.

Four regiments of 800 men retreated to a hill three miles away. There is no village over there, just a field of wheat.

No matter what is done, it can be exposed early.

Chang Bu Bi slept until the third watch, and the wine woke up. Karakuri, Gao Duo, Qin Pheasant, etc. didn't dare to sleep, and when they saw the coach wake up, they hurriedly reported the ambush to him, but they couldn't do it at all.

Chang Bubi hurriedly found Guo Ruibiu, urgently ordered that the five regiments of 1,000 men and horses acted separately, led by Guo Ruibiu, Gao Biao, Ning Wushan, Chu Yaoniang, and Tao She, and scattered in the southeast, northwest, and northwest. The night march was ten miles away. Tomorrow's drums are ringing, and the emergency is coming.

Guo Ruibi urgently notified the captain and brigade commander of the Fifth Regiment to make a simple mobilization. It is divided into five generals, each of whom is promoted.

Chang Bubi watched Guo Ruibi and the other five generals go away and put his mind at ease. Let Karakuri hurry them to sleep.

On the third day, the generals habitually gathered in the manager's room. Wu Gongding and Wu Shitong also rushed together. Everyone is talking about how to get water today and how to get them to beat the drums.

As for the issue of water extraction, Gao Duo believes that in order to avoid being caught in the whirlpool, three methods can be used. One is to tie a bucket to a long rope, park the boat farther away, and fill the ship's water tank with bucket by bucket.

The second is to use the big boat to tow the small boat, and also put the rope longer, the small boat to draw water, and the big boat to ensure that the small boat is not involved. Even if the boat is swept in, the big boat will drive away violently, and the boat will naturally be dragged out.

Finally, there is the cofferdam to take water. Head the cofferdam on the water, surrender the whirlpool water, and don't let him go too crazy. Then take the above two methods, you can get water more safely.

Changdu nodded in approval and said, no matter how much you say, it is better to take a look at the scene. When the morning dawns and I go to the edge of the water to look at the whirlpool, everything will be understood.

Soon after dawn, the households cooked breakfast, and several people ate it hastily. When asked about the direction of the whirlpool, the people simply led them to the north of the village. When I got to the edge of the water, I found the location of the whirlpool.

The water potential of Cangshui is so big. The river is more than three miles wide, almost paving the embankment, and the Haohao soup flows eastward. Residents said that there was not much water in Cangshui every winter and spring, and it only looked like a half-river trough. Today is just late February, and the water level is flattening, which is extremely rare. It should be that heavy rain fell in the Taihang Mountains upstream.

Look at the whirlpool again, surging on the south bank side of the cangshui, a full half mile radius. Merchants all sailed on the north side, and they would never dare to provoke the whirlpool. As soon as you get close to the whirlpool, you are afraid of getting involved, and the human ship disappears, and there is no way to find it.

The whirlpool with a radius of half a mile is swirled into the center more than two feet deep, which is terrifying. When Changdu came, he deliberately took a bamboo pole. At this moment, he threw the bamboo pole over, and in an instant he was swept into the center of the whirlpool. I heard a loud "boom" again, and there was no trace of the bamboo pole.

It seems that this whirlpool is really powerful, and it is not a child's play. Gao Duo saw it, and he was also very surprised, thinking that it was not very safe to use barrel ropes and large boats to tow small boats. We need to think of a foolproof solution quickly.

Changdu threw a stone the size of a bowl at the mouth of the bowl. The stone was swirled by a whirlpool and floated on top of a swirling circle of water. When they arrived at the center of the whirlpool, it was like a bamboo pole, with a loud "boom", and there was no trace.

Karakuri threw down a handful of dead grass, which was swept by the whirlpool, and reached the center of the whirlpool, but this time it did not fall in. Instead, it swirls in the center for a while, is thrown backwards, and swirls to the position where it is thrown down.

That's weird. He doesn't want light things, and things that have a little weight are swept away. What exactly is the method used to get the whirlpool water?

Changdu touched his big belly, touched the flickering placket with his hand, and laughed: "There is, there is." ”

The generals hurriedly asked, "What do you have?"

"Use a shirt and throw it into the water to see if he can come back?" Chang Du said, and everyone suddenly realized.

Karakuri threw down the cloak, and with little effort, he returned to his original place. Scoop it up, twist it with your hand, and the water will come down. She tried to throw it in again, and was able to come back and get some more water. Five times of trial and error, all the same.

Changdu laughed: "Just use this method to get water." A large vat was set up by the water, and many people were told to throw their clothes into it, and they repeatedly fished it out and put it into it. It's slower, but as long as there are a lot of people, it's absolutely fine. ”

It was agreed that Wu Shitong would immediately be called to the Mengzhi Mansion to discuss the matter with him. He only said that he should prepare more clean clothes and a water tank. When asked about the clothes, he said that it was necessary to worship the god of the dragon of Cangshui. At the beginning of fetching water, it is necessary to beat the drum to cheer and suppress the dragon god.

Wu Shitong returned in the third quarter of an hour and said that the Meng Zhiren agreed. Many of his horses were coming this way, ready to set up incense tables and beat drums by the whirlpool.

In the blink of an eye, it was three o'clock in the afternoon. The commander of the Meng Zhiren has already set up the incense case, the pig's head is offered, the candles are blazing, and the sandalwood is swirling. Five-sided drums, five warriors, ready to beat the drums. Five large water tanks were set up by the water to take water alone. Those who watched the battle, in addition to the people of Jiuwu Village, more than 400 people under the Mengzhi people also surrounded them.

Everything was ready on Chang Bubiu's side, Wu Gongding, Wu Shitong, Karakuri, Gao Duo, and Qin Pheasant were five people, and ten men and women from Jiuwu Village were temporarily recruited. All obey Changdu's command and throw away clothes to get water.

I only heard Chang Bu Biu shouting: "Beat the drum, fetch water." ”

The five-sided drum shook the heavens and the earth. Fifteen water collectors threw in a batch of clothes and got the first water. Meng Zhiren shouted: "Good, good! Sure enough, the drum is beating hard." ”

The five warriors were almost jumping up and beating the drums, and the drums were beating so loudly that people's hearts were beating. Fifteen people here threw their clothes and fetched water round by round. Chang Bu Bi and Meng Zhi stood side by side, cheering.

When the Meng Zhi people saw Xingtou, they also took off their brocade cloaks, threw them down, and fetched water themselves. His subordinates Jiaotou and Lan Yi also came, and more than a dozen other subordinates also came, all taking water like this.

Chang Bu Bi was also greatly excited, took off the golden sandalwood cloak, and fetched water in the same way.

Suddenly, after Meng Zhiren and Chang Bubi's outer cloaks were thrown back, they swooped up and fell down with a "bang", covering the two of them. Suddenly, the two of them were wrapped in outer cloaks and fell into the whirlpool. Everyone on the shore froze, the drums stopped sounding, the people were speechless, and there was a dead silence on the shore.

only heard a loud sound of the sky collapsing and the earth cracking in the center of the whirlpool, and the two of them swirled underwater without a trace.

Karakuri was almost heartbreaking, and he shouted violently through the clouds and fog: "General Chang ......."

Wu Gongding also woke up for a while, beat his chest and shouted: "Brother, come back." ”

Wu Shitong suddenly knelt on the ground, his face turned pale, and tears rolled down: "General Chang." ”

Gao Duo and Qin Pheasant also knelt down one after another, crying and grabbing the ground: "General, marshal, come back, come back." ”

Almost at the same time, Meng Zhiren's apprentices Jiao Tou and Lan Forehead also knelt down in unison, and shouted one after another: "Master, Master, come back, come back." ”

More than 400 people under the entire Mengzhi people all knelt on the shore, grief-stricken, and the wails resounded in the sky.

When the onlookers in Jiuwuxing Village woke up for a while, they were all trembling with fright, some sat on the ground and wondered, some knelt down in horror, and some grieved with this side.

Suddenly, some of Meng Zhiren's subordinates exclaimed loudly: "Which general are they shouting? ”

This is what woke up many people. Karakuri was also awakened and broken. I was nervous for a while, and I shouted out the word general, and my whereabouts were already exposed. Frightened, he hurried to find a place to place his blade.

At this moment, in the wheat field behind him, five ambushes came overwhelmingly. Guo Ruibi, Gao Biao, Ning Wushan, Chu Yaoniang, and Tao She fought like a horse, each holding a blade, and they were about to run to the front.

Gao Duo pounded his dexterity, and the two rushed to Jiao Tou and Lan Forehead, grabbed them lightly, and tied them strongly.

Guo Ruibi had already approached and shouted: "The Mengzhi people and bandits listen to the truth, I am Guo Ruibi, the general under General Chang, and I have come to arrest the Mengzhi people of Cangshui, the poisonous dragon." Only the first evil is taken, and the rest are not asked. Those who refuse to surrender are to be killed on the spot. ”

Most of the river thieves were still kneeling by the river, and they didn't have time to resist unless they threw themselves into the whirlpool in front of them.

Jiao Tou looked at the situation, listened to General Guo's shouting, and shouted: "Master has gone, I will listen to General Guo's orders, but seek a way to live." ”

Blue-fronted roared: "Brothers, don't you do it yet?"