Luoshui Dongliu

That night, Zhao Shen entered the inner tent.Lu Youzhi asked, "How is the situation outside the city?"

Zhao Shen recalled what he saw in the city today, and said: "I really have something to ask you." After that, he told about seeing the Xiyan army digging a ditch, and said: "What do you think is the intention of this matter?"

Lu Youzhi pondered for a long time, and said, "I think of an old thing."

It was when he was a school boy in front of Yuchi Fuji when he was a teenager, and he followed him to attack Yicheng eastward with the army.It was the first time in Lu Youzhi's life that he saw a real battlefield, and only then did he know that marching and fighting is not only about the generals in the tent strategizing and wielding bullets smartly, but also the soldiers fighting with blood and sharp blades in front of the battle.At that time, the Xiyan army could not attack the city for several days, and the two armies faced a stalemate until the old guide who was praised by the Yuchi family as "a strange man in southern Jin" offered a "trench digging plan".

Zhao Shen listened to Lu Youzhi's narration of how the Xiyan Army captured the Guancheng by relying on the trenches, and Fang suddenly said: "It turns out that Pei Yu followed Yuchi and used this trick." Then he asked: "How can we solve it? The bunker tour Does it make sense?"

When Lu Youzhi heard this, he couldn't help but said in a slightly higher voice: "No." He picked up a pen and paper on the case and sketched, "The bunker is a low fortification. If the enemy comes from above the ground, it is difficult to guard against it because it is located in the dark, so it can be resisted." However, the field of view outside is narrow. If the enemy army is below the ground, they will not be able to see the inside of the castle, let alone attack. If the trenches are dug close to the front, they will have nothing to do but wait to die. The bunkers under Yicheng were all like this that day. fate."

When Zhao Shen heard this, his expression couldn't help but change.Lu Youzhi pursed his lips and concentrated for a moment, then said again: "If you want to talk about the way to break it... I haven't seen it before, but Pei Yu once asked the old guide about it. The old man said that if you block it with a long horizontal ditch, the ditch can be broken gone."

Zhao Shendao: "How credible are these words? How can an old man know all these things?"

Lu Youzhi said: "This is indeed what I have heard and seen personally. As for whether it is effective or not, no one knows."

Zhao Shen thought about it for a while, and then heard Lu Youzhi say from the side: "I also speculated about the old man's meaning later on. The people in the city can't help it. The enemy in the trench is too far away to be able to do it; in the bunker, although they are close , but due to the terrain, it can only be compared for a while and cannot last; digging a horizontal ditch and building fortifications based on this is a short distance, and it can be descended from a high place. Thinking about it this way, this method is somewhat reasonable."

Zhao Shen then took the ink pen from Lu Youzhi's hand and stippled on the paper for a while, then threw the pen away and said, "If it's okay or not, I can only try this way." After saying that, he wanted to get up.Lu Youzhi said, "Who are you going to find now? The soldiers have to rest at night."

Zhao Shen rubbed his forehead and said with a smile: "I'm just in a hurry. Anyway, you can draw up a sketch for me tonight, and we can discuss it tomorrow when we raise the account."

Lu Youzhi looked at him silently for a moment, then suddenly said: "Your expression seems to be a little different today."

Zhao Shendao: "Take a look at each other, what's the difference?"

Lu Youzhi raised his eyebrows and said jokingly: "A few days ago, you seemed to have an awe-inspiring death wish written all over your face, but today you look a little carefree."

Zhao Shen smiled and said: "You can read people's hearts, why can you even tell this? Or is it that my city is too shallow, and everything hangs on my face." Hearing Du Rong's words today, he was greatly touched in his heart, and even All the indignation and reluctance he had felt when he encountered difficulties in the past are also completely relieved - he used to always debate "the axioms of the world" and argue about "right or wrong" when everything was serious; , he doesn't bother to be contemptuous; and it's enough for him to act with a clear conscience, even if the world says he shouldn't, is worthless, and can't do anything, so what?Thinking about this, he couldn't help saying, "Since it's something I decided to do, there's nothing to be entangled with. Why not be free and easy? I'm only trying to understand this part today."

Lu Youzhi smiled slightly when he heard this, but sighed in his heart: "I should also reflect on myself, but I don't have your courage. Even if I think so, it is still difficult to do."

When Pei Yu asked the old guide how to break the trench, he never thought that there would be something like this and this place: the people under his guidance are now using what they have learned to help the enemy defeat him.Lu Youzhi smiled wryly in his heart, if Pei Yu knew what he was doing at this moment, he didn't know how to be furious.Regardless of the grievances and grievances between the master and the apprentice in the past few years, he is the one who betrayed him first.But as Zhao Shen said, everything has already been done, so why bother to struggle.Since he has never intended to be a loyal and upright person who will be famous in history, even if he admits the phrase "abandoning faith and forgetting righteousness", he will not be unwilling.Besides, if Pei Yu knew about his current embarrassing situation, he would wish that there had never been a student like him.When he left Xijing for Luocheng, Pei Yu's words "I'll do it for myself" in front of Baling suddenly flashed in Lu Youzhi's mind, and the disappointment in his cold eyes made him feel cold.

He was serious about things he shouldn't be serious about, and fell in love with people who shouldn't be emotional; Lu Youzhi couldn't help but laugh at himself, everyone said he was restrained, but from Xijing to Los Angeles, walking step by step, there was another Which step of the decision did he not act willfully and recklessly, and which one was not the world's unforgivable deviant?

He was meditating like this, but Zhao Shen had already moved closer and said softly, "Why are you in a daze?"

Only then did Lu Youzhi come back to his senses, and just shook his head and smiled.

When he embarked on this dangerous journey, he knew it was a road of no return.

Zhao Shen licked the corners of his lips with his fingers and said, "Every time I see you smiling like this, I feel that the situation is like this, please be quiet."

These words were meant to convey love, but at this moment Lu Youzhi heard every word stabbed in his heart like a knife.But how could he tell Zhao Shen the pain, no matter how hard he felt, he just acted as if nothing had happened, so he held Zhao Shen's hand and smiled and replied: "But this is not enough, you should be with me, waiting for Yiyan Drinking, the day when Qinse is in the palace."

In the past few days, the sky has turned dark again, with thick clouds accumulating in the sky.The strong wind suddenly picked up, but it couldn't blow away the cloudy clouds, but it kicked up sand and dust all over the place.When the soldiers in front of the battle opened their mouths, their mouths were full of earthy smell, and after noon, they were so dazzled that they couldn't even keep their eyes open.

In just half a day, even the desks in the camp were covered with dust.Pei Yu's fingers slashed straight across the table, revealing the true color of wood, just like a ditch in the ground.He raised his hand and twirled the gray-yellow dust between his fingers, and said lightly: "Such a strong wind and smoke is really a natural phenomenon."

Yu Chiyuan said: "With the weather like this for two days in a row, the progress of digging the ditch has slowed down."

Pei Yu said, "What's happening in Luo City?"

Yu Chiyuan said: "We are stepping up to reinforce their bunker with bricks."

Pei Yu laughed and said, "Tell them to build a coffin for themselves." After a moment of silent planning, he said, "The trench will be dug in two days, so let them head to the bunker. By then Go down to these strongholds on the outskirts of the city first, and then I'll see what other moves he has."

At night, the strong wind died down. After the wind stopped, the flying sand and stones stopped, but it became more and more depressing.In particular, the dark clouds not only did not dissipate, but also became heavier and heavier. The scorching heat of midsummer is more like white steam in a steamer.Pei Yu only felt a faint bulge in his ears and felt uncomfortable. He could hear the voices of people in the camp at this time, accompanied by the rattle of wheels. He thought it was the trench digging soldiers who were still pushing the carts to transport soil.After sitting quietly for a while, he touched the candle with the pen tube.Seeing that the fire was bright again, he put down his pen, took a large robe and put it on, got up and went out of the tent to the outside.The guard in front of the tent saw him and asked hurriedly, "Where is the supervising army going this night?"

Pei Yu said: "I'm going to walk around. You go and call Li Jilai. I have reviewed and approved the documents. Let him sort them out tonight."

The guard said: "In such a dark sky, there are no stars and moons above the head. Someone must illuminate the lamp of the supervising army."

Pei Yu raised his eyes and saw that the sky was indeed covered with black clouds like a curtain, and there was not a single gap in the air, so he said, "Follow if you want to, just don't disturb me."

The guards heard that the overseer said that they didn't want to be disturbed by others, and they didn't dare to hold torches and crackle beside them, so they hurried to get the lanterns.Lanterns are also considered rare in the army. They are about the size of a urn, and candles are placed in the gauze cage, so they are quite bright according to the path ahead.When he was ready to chase Pei Yu away, he was already heading for the ditch outside the camp.

Although it was night, soldiers of the Xiyan Army were still coming and going on the ground.On both sides of the road, wooden poles are poked, and the pine oil torch is tied to it.A handful of loess came up from the ground, and when I leaned over to look closely, I saw that the deep ditch below was full of strong men with shirtless shirts, their backs were smeared with sweat and dust, and they were washed out of the ravines by the newly dripping sweat. .

Raising his eyes to look in the direction of Luocheng, it was pitch black on the top of the city, and Pei Yu wanted to see how the battle was in full swing.In the past 20 years, he has seen many tyrannical heroes who are more brave and heroic than Zhao Shen, and he has also experienced much more difficult and dangerous situations than this time.The world only thinks that scholars are useless, but they don't know that even if a scholar is weak, if he is cold and tenacious to the extreme, it is enough to make a hero bow his head.On this eastward road, even if it was Brahma Shura who blocked the way, he was not afraid of the turbulent wind and cloud and the sea of ​​blood.

Pei Yu squinted his eyes and saw ditches meandering on the flat land, as if deep and tortuous lines were carved on the palm of one hand.

Two days later, outside the city, it can be seen that the moat has been formed, like a net, and the mouth of the net is already under the city of Luo.Yu Chiyuan and Pei Yusheng passed down the general order, with the sole intention of destroying all the fortifications outside Luocheng after this battle.At this time, the gloomy weather lasted for several days, but there was no raindrops, and half of the sky was approaching to the top of people's heads.As far as the eye can see, the dark sky is connected with the mountains, only blurred into a piece of plaster.The Xiyan army had assembled in the trench and moved according to orders.

At that time, the trenches of the Xiyan Army only needed to cross the bunker to go directly to the city, and the long ditch under the city began to be excavated two or three days ago, and it would take another two or three days to take shape.Previously, the generals in the city had already considered that there was a bad day, so even though they knew that using bunkers to stop the enemy's offensive was to drink poison to quench their thirst, they had no choice but to do so.When Gu Yanbin gave instructions to his subordinates, he made it clear: "If you can delay this for a moment, if you can't stop it here, you will be defeated before the battle."

The captain of the infantry who took the order said: "The general sees that I am a captain now; when there are a hundred people in the battle, I will be the governor; if there are ten people left, why should I be the leader; if there are five people left, I will be the captain. Never retreat."

The sergeant under him also responded loudly: "I will never retreat!"

After all, the stone gates at the entrance of the tunnels in the city were moved away, and the soldiers followed the tunnels to the various forts outside the city.This Luo City was the residence of the emperor in the previous dynasty, so many tunnels were naturally built under the city to prepare for unexpected needs, and there were also tunnels leading to the outside of the city.This time, the bunker built by the Dongyan army was to use the old passage to leave the city.This tunnel is directly connected to various bunkers, which can not only stockpile military supplies, but also serve as a path for changing defenses.

The captain secretly pulled Gu Yanbin aside, and said in a low voice: "These bunkers are connected to the inside of the city. If the outside is really occupied by the enemy, I will wait in the tunnel to die with the enemy in an emergency. The general must not be kind to a woman, and no one can be released from the exit. Otherwise, the enemy will make a big mistake if he is soft-hearted for a while and is taken advantage of by the enemy."

Hearing what he said, Gu Yanbin couldn't help being startled for a moment, and hurriedly said: "It's not the time to say these things yet."

The school lieutenant smiled and said, "Everyone knows what the end of our encounter will be. But we are all people who have been favored by the general and the chief general. Even though we know that there are bad luck and bad luck, no one complains."

Gu Yanbin sighed lightly and nodded: "My generals, I naturally understand. You don't say anyone who is greedy for life and afraid of death, I can trust the appearance of your sons."

The school lieutenant entered the bunker along the tunnel, and saw that the soldiers were all guarding the firing port. A soldier reported: "I can only see smoke and dust outside. It seems that the enemy army has already started, but there are no people."

The captain said: "Don't panic, even if they are hiding in the tunnel now, they have to show up when they want to attack."

Sure enough, within a moment, the soldier watching said again: "I see, someone came out of the ditch."

A few days ago, the Xiyan army dug the ditch because they were afraid of attacks from inside the bunker, so they only dug the ditch to ten feet in front of the bunker and stopped.In this way, to get to the bunker, one has to climb up to the ground.The Dongyan army only relied on this section of buffer, and several adjacent bunkers supported each other, so it was difficult for the enemy to advance for a while.

Several leaders of the Xiyan Army outside are also discussing.One said: "The bunker is surrounded by light, even if we rush to it, we still don't know how to do it."

The other said: "In the past few days, they have been laying bricks and tiles to make it firm, and we can't get in. Could it be that they smashed it like a walnut?"

Someone said: "Actually, there is no need to do anything to this bunker, forcing the people inside to be unable to stay, isn't it just fine?"

After hearing this, the others nodded their heads one after another, discussed again, and turned their heads to prepare separately.After a while, a soldier held a long pole, tied a sackcloth to the head of the pole, soaked it in tung oil, and lit a fire.A few people guarded a long pole, jumped out of the trench and headed towards the bunker.There was a flurry of arrows in the bunker, and some people fell to the ground, but there were still some who survived.At first it was a team of six or seven people, but in the end there were only one or two people left, but they finally stabbed the long pole into the bunker.The noise and screams in the bunker were heard outside, and the smoke was coming out of the lookout. The leaders of the Xiyan army couldn't help but said happily: "This method is feasible! If everyone follows this method, the turtle shell array will be broken."

Not to mention that they were preparing outside, there was a bit of panic inside the bunker.In the room that was attacked by the long lighting pole just now, a soldier's clothing was ignited and rolled on the ground, and the people around him rushed forward to beat him, and someone hurriedly shoveled soil to cover the burning place, trying to put out the fire in a hurry , but the smoke was so choking that people couldn't open their eyes.The bunkers are connected to each other, and they can be seen from each other when looking at each other.The school lieutenant hastily rushed over along the tunnel, inspected it, and ordered the two sides: "Go to the two adjacent forts and tell them what happened here, so that they can be on guard, and then pass it on one by one. It's best Naturally, don’t teach the long pole to enter, if not, shovel the earth to put out the fire, soak the cloth with water to block the mouth and nose, the most important thing is not to panic.”

It took only a moment for this order to be issued, and there were already countless enemy troops approaching in front of them, all of them holding a fire pole.He is not afraid of the arrows coming in the face, and people will fall to death all the time, and they only come in clusters.The lieutenant leaned against the gun mouth, gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "They are really willing to pay." When the long pole in that side was sent forward, there was also a long pole sticking out from inside the fort, and the pole was tied with a cut Grass sickle.When the knife head moved up and down, the burning end was cut off and fell to the ground.When a long pole reaches the front of the fort again, stone slabs will be used to seal the nozzle in the fort.After a few pokes from the outside, he couldn't get in, and when there was any further delay, the cold arrow from the nearby bunker had arrived again.

Such a confrontation took more than half a day.It's just that although the Xiyan army was blocked, they were not in a hurry.The bunker was gradually exhausted, the faces of the soldiers were so smoky that they couldn't see their true colors, and some people choked against the wall and couldn't breathe.They can only see the area in front of them, and they don't know what's going on outside or what's going on in the city.I saw that the attacking enemy army was like leeks, once a crop was cut, another crop would grow again.

The school captain hurriedly said: "Go to the city to report the news, bows, arrows and weapons are all needed for reinforcements." He was only halfway through when he heard a loud noise above his head. .A soldier reported: "It's the Xiyan army, and the catapult has been dispatched." Before the words fell, it seemed that heavy stones were thrown around them from time to time, and everyone's eardrums were buzzing, and some people couldn't stand upright and threw themselves on the ground.

Uncle Du grabbed the captain's sleeve and said: "If this continues, sooner or later the castle will not be able to hold on."

The school lieutenant's eyes turned red anxiously, and he shouted: "If you can't hold on, you have to hold on. Do you know what is behind us?"

These words resounded under the vault of the bunker, and even the falling of heavy stones never overwhelmed them, only the captain's voice resounded in everyone's ears like a chime: "Behind you and me is Los Angeles, there is no way to retreat !"

The author has something to say:

Digging trenches and long ditches is recorded in Wei Xiaokuan’s Jade Bi, and I don’t really want to understand the specific principles, so I guess roughly like this, please advise...

The captain’s very long words about the corps commander’s words come from Liang Xingchu’s words before the Liao/Shenzhen Battle of Heishan, “I will be the battalion commander for the remaining battalion, and I will be the company commander for the remaining company. I will not teach Liao/Yao to go further in Xiangxi.” As for the last sentence... well, it is the famous sentence in the Moscow Defense War, "Although the Soviet Union is big, there is no way out. Moscow is behind us."

This paragraph is written a bit like Plants vs. Zombies...