Chapter 6: The Strange Yizhou
What surprised Xiao Hongtao was the shape of the Yizhou city wall, the theme structure of Yizhou City is similar to the appearance of the ancient city wall in Xiao Hongtao's memory, and the overall appearance is a relatively regular rectangle, but the biggest difference between the Yizhou city wall and other city walls is that the four city walls are extended outward, and this section of the city wall that extends outward also presents a certain arc inward. Looking down from above, the entire city of Yizhou looks very much like a square kite with ribbons floating.
Such a city wall shape, for the attacking side, is a nightmare, just imagine, no matter which direction the attacker attacks from which side will not only bear the blow of the frontal defenders, but also be attacked on the side and side rear, the unique city wall structure of Yizhou City will be from all directions of the attacking troops in a semi-circular package, resulting in the trend of closing the door and beating the dog, it is not difficult to understand the loss of 800 soldiers in an hour when Chai Rong attacked yesterday, you know, in the siege war of the cold weapon era, the loss of 800 soldiers in an hour is a very terrifying data, according to this speed, the soldiers led by Xiao Hongtao will be lost in one day。
After careful observation, Xiao Hongtao found that Yizhou City has a total of east, west and south three city gates, the north of Yizhou City is backed by a steep mountain cliff, and there is a not narrow river flowing under the cliff, so there is no city gate at all in the north of Yizhou City, it should be that the people who built the city thought that there was no need to set up a city gate in the north at all.
After seeing these situations, Xiao Hongtao regretted it in his heart, grandma's, just now boasted that Haikou said that he would try his best to attack, but there is not even a city gate in the north, there is no weak point at all from the sand table, and there is a river not far from the city wall, and behind the river is a cliff, there is no room for the army to deploy at all, this is simply a place that cannot be used as an attack location!
Seeing that Xiao Hongtao was standing still at the sand table, Chai Rong also got up and walked over and asked, "Third brother, do you have any doubts in your heart?"
Xiao Hongtao glanced back at Chai Rong, and thought, this old fox has given me the most difficult north, how poisonous is his heart, where is there a strong enemy in front of him, and rivers and cliffs in the back, where is there any possibility of victory? So Xiao Hongtao opened his mouth and said: "Big brother, this Yizhou City is weird, especially in the north of Yizhou City, it is not suitable for the army to be deployed at all, big brother, you think, such a narrow place, it is estimated that the rear army will be annihilated before the front army, can I choose another place to help the war." ”
"Oh?" Chai Rong was puzzled for a moment, and said, "Third brother, don't worry, your sergeants have always been brave, where will a mere Yizhou city be your opponent, as long as your army arrives, the defenders of Yizhou will definitely be frightened and invincible, and they may abandon their weapons and surrender immediately." ”
Damn, what kind of big brother is this, this is not clear about yin me!
Grandma's, it seems that the eldest brother is not reliable, it seems that I can only rely on myself in ancient times and modern times. Xiao Hongtao felt a little lost in his heart: I thought that I would have a backer to enjoy the glory and wealth when I traveled to ancient times, but I didn't expect that the big brother in front of me was not so simple, and he wanted to kill me every minute.
"Well, since the eldest brother is so confident, the younger brother has to reluctantly do it. Xiao Hongtao said helplessly. Since it is useless to ask for the eldest brother, I have to ask for more blessings. After that, Xiao Hongtao said goodbye and went out.
Looking at Xiao Hongtao's back, Chai Rong showed an elusive smile.
Wei Jiang, who had been waiting at the door, saw Xiao Hongtao come out, and hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Father-in-law, what feasible strategies can be discussed?"
Xiao Hongtao glanced at Wei Jiang, did not speak, and walked towards his open top by himself, and Wei Jiang hurriedly followed.
After walking a few steps, Xiao Hongtao suddenly stopped again and said to Wei Jiang, who almost bumped into him: "Let's go, let's go to the north of Yizhou City to have a look?"
Hearing that Xiao Hongtao was going to the north of Yizhou, Wei Jiang's face suddenly changed, and he said anxiously: "North of Yizhou?
"Why?" Xiao Hongtao asked rhetorically, Wei Jiang's reaction was beyond Xiao Hongtao's expectations. "Isn't it just a cliff, the front can't go up, the back can always go up" Just now on the sand table, Xiao Hongtao also saw the mountain in the north of Yizhou City, out of the broken tiger cliff, the whole mountain is stable, and there is nothing special, Xiao Hongtao's original hometown has a small mountain bag with an altitude of more than 100 meters, in Xiao Hongtao's eyes, that mountain is no different from Xiao Hongtao's hometown mountain bag.
"Father-in-law," Wei Jiang arched his hand, and then said: "Father-in-law doesn't know, the mountain at the north gate of Yizhou City is called Hutou Mountain, and the cliff facing the north wall of Yizhou City is called Broken Tiger Cliff. After the army arrived in Yizhou City yesterday, there was a terrible legend about the Broken Tiger Cliff in the army. ”
"Oh, what terrible legend?" Xiao Hongtao asked again.
"That's right, the people of Yizhou City have a legend that this Broken Tiger Cliff is a man, and according to legend, all the men who have been on the Broken Tiger Cliff have never come back alive. Then, Wei Jiang told Xiao Hongtao about the legend about the Broken Tiger Cliff that he had heard in the past two days.
It turns out that there has been such a legend in the vicinity of Yizhou City, about 100 years ago, the Broken Tiger Cliff was not a cliff, and there was no river flowing under the cliff, and the north gate city wall of the old city of Yizhou was originally built next to the gentle mountain of Hutou Mountain.
Later, Yizhou City suddenly became like this for some reason, the originally gentle mountain seemed to have been cut in the sky, and became the current Broken Tiger Cliff, after that, there was a river under the cliff of the Broken Tiger Cliff, and the river was turbulent all year round. Since then, none of the men who have been on the cliff, either hunters or firewood farmers, have come back alive, and their bodies are usually at the bottom of the cliff after three days. Moreover, the corpse's death was extremely ugly, as if it had been greatly frightened before death.
But the strange thing is that all the women who climb the Tiger Cliff are fine, they can go up and down the Tiger Cliff at will, and they can all come back safe and sound.
"How can this be" Xiao Hongtao didn't believe what Wei Jiang said at all, "Wei Jiang, are you telling the truth?"
Wei Jiang nodded: "It's true, father-in-law, now everyone in the barracks is spreading this matter, and I have also privately inquired with the people nearby, and what they said is basically the same." ”
"Oh, there will be such a thing. Xiao Hongtao from the 21st century has always received a materialist education, he doesn't believe that there is such a thing in the world, he believes in a word, things must be abnormal!
Xiao Hongtao began to analyze what Wei Jiang said, the sudden appearance of the Broken Tiger Cliff, men will die when they go up the cliff, women will not, how is this possible? It seems that he was frightened before his death, if it is not for the monsters, then there is only one reason for all these things: some people do not want men to get close to the Broken Tiger Cliff.
What kind of person wants to prevent a man from approaching the Broken Tiger Cliff, there is nothing special about the Broken Tiger Cliff from the sand table, why doesn't this person let the man get close, is there a huge secret on the Broken Tiger Cliff, this person doesn't want others to know, or maybe there is a huge conspiracy brewing on the Broken Tiger Cliff, but what big secrets and big conspiracy can there be on the hillside next to such a small border town?
After thinking about it and thinking about it, Xiao Hongtao still couldn't understand, grandma's, before I woke up, all kinds of puzzles came to my face, is my brother going to change his name to "Brother Bujie"! Haha, thinking of this name, Xiao Hongtao couldn't help laughing, haha, Brother Bujie, good name.
"Father-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Xiao Hongtao frowning for a while and smirking for a while, Wei Jiang was very puzzled and hurriedly asked with concern.
"Ah, haha, it's okay, Wei Jiang, you go and prepare, let's go to the Broken Tiger Cliff immediately!" Xiao Hongtao commanded.
"Ah, father-in-law, are you really going?" Wei Jiang was very nervous.
"Yes, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, if there is pus and not squeezed out, it will always be a disease, and if hemorrhoids are not treated, it will definitely bleed!"
"Hemorrhoids, father-in-law, do you have hemorrhoids?" Wei Jiang asked.
"Haha, it's a metaphor, do you understand the metaphor," Xiao Hongtao said with a smile
"What is the metaphor?" Wei Jiang looked at Xiao Hongtao with a confused expression.
"Haha, don't talk about this, I'm definitely going to Broken Tiger Cliff, I want to see what the hell is so weird. Xiao Hongtao's tone was firm. "Wei Jiang, if you're afraid, you can not follow, I'll go by myself. ”
"Father-in-law, if you hadn't saved me back then, I might have been eaten by wild dogs, my life is yours, if you want to go, I will definitely accompany you. Wei Jiang had tears in his eyes when he said this, which made Xiao Hongtao very uncomfortable, how could a big man always cry.
"Okay, in this way, the two of us are weak, you go to find a few bold and strong people to go together, you tell them, as long as you follow me, the official will be promoted to one level, and the reward will be 100 taels of silver!" Xiao Hongtao commanded again.
At this time, Xiao Hongtao, who was in high spirits, did not know that what would happen an hour later would make him regret his current decision very much.