Luoshui Dongliu

At the beginning of August, the Xiyan army sent troops to the southeast of Luocheng to harvest rice in the paddy fields.

Yu Chiyuan and Pei Yu climbed to a nearby hill, only watching the soldiers standing in the field where the water was as deep as their calves wielding their sickles, and some people stood up and talked loudly from time to time.Yu Chiyuan said: "In the past, I only saw wheat harvesting, but I didn't want to, but I came all the way here to harvest rice."

Pei Yu smiled slightly, looked around for a while and said to both sides: "Tell them to be more lively, so quiet, don't wait for the whole field to be harvested, and you won't be able to see it in the city."

Someone on the side laughed and said: "Such a large paddy field, even if you put your head down and work hard, it will still be busy for several days. The supervisor doesn't have to worry about this."

Pei Yu laughed and said, "I was afraid that the soldiers would cut off their hands, but I really thought it was for grabbing the grain."

Yu Chiyuan said from the side: "I mean, I don't know if someone will come from the city? The supervising army said that they want to lure Zhao Shen out of the city, are they really sure?"

Pei Yu said: "What happened before this battle was based on guessing people's hearts and a bit of luck. Now that the city sees us harvesting grain here, it must not be able to stay. But he is planning to snatch this from us. How can such a treasure land be achieved by ordinary means? Besides, sending people to harvest the field requires guarding around; transporting grain back to the city also requires horses. In this case, we can only dispatch cavalry. The general has dealt with Zhao Shen for a long time, I'm afraid I'll figure out how he is as a person, I'm betting that he will go out in person this time."

After hearing this, Yu Chiyuan smiled and said, "Yes, it's not scary if he comes, but the fear is that he won't come."

Just as they were talking, they suddenly heard the sound of drums beating on the head of Luocheng City, and everyone said: "There is movement!"

Pei Yu also paid attention to the sound, and said in his mouth: "Don't worry, send an order to ambush the soldiers, so that you can stay on standby."

Seeing the ambush set up, everyone waited for Zhao Shen to come out; but after a long while, the drumming stopped, but there was no more movement.Pei Yu said: "Don't relax, beware of his suspicious tricks."

After a while, suddenly heard the sound of drums again, and saw that the gate of the city was opened, and soldiers poured out. It seemed that they were shouting and rushing towards this side.Everyone said: "This is really coming."

The army soldiers in the paddy field dropped their belongings and shrank their formation as if they were going to retreat.Yu Chiyuan hurriedly said: "Tell the ambush soldiers to stabilize, and not to move without seeing the enemy."

All the soldiers of the Xiyan army who were ambushing in the hills and bushes for a while opened their eyes wide, ready to fight.

On the east wall of Luo City, Zhao Shen tapped the bricks of the crenel twice with his knuckles and said, "I'm afraid there is an ambush."

Sun Wuda said: "How do you say that?"

Zhao Shendao: "If you are robbing food in the fields, and you hear that troops are going to be sent to the city, what should you do?"

Sun Wuda suddenly said: "That's right, the first time the drums were played, the rice harvesting soldiers in the field did not panic; if they pretended to send troops again, they would turn around without holding weapons and would slip away. If they hadn't prepared some other plots early, how could they be so safe."

Zhao Shendao: "Look at them harvesting the rice, they just push it everywhere, so it can be seen that Yitou is not really trying to harvest the autumn grain." Turning to the guard, he said, "Tell the team to come back from the city."

Sun Wuda went down to the city with Zhao Shen, and said as he walked, "Let's see for a day or two, let them relax before killing them out of the city?"

Zhao Shen said: "Why do you have to go? I don't want to move."

Sun Wuda said: "Can we let the enemy collect the food?"

Zhao Shen said with a smile: "How can I give them? You have to use them as tenants, and ask them to work and contribute, but you can't collect food."

Hearing this, Sun Wuda probably guessed Zhao Shen's intention, and said, "Which one should be sent to prepare? When the general wants to send troops, he can act at once."

Zhao Shendao: "You just keep an eye on the enemy's movements, when the time comes, I will take the cavalry and learn from Chile's rangers to grab food."

At this time, the ambush soldiers outside the city had been waiting for a long time in vain, only to see that the enemy troops who had left the city retreated back again, and they were surprised for a while.As a result, everyone felt that riding a tiger was hard to get off, and they were all a little embarrassing.Yu Chizhong said harshly at the side: "What does he mean by coming and going? Why don't we just set it on fire, no one needs to worry about it anymore."

Yu Chiyuan thought about it for a moment, then sneered, "Why burn it? He just doesn't want this good rice field. If he doesn't come to grab it, we'll take it all away, and there's nothing wrong with it." Pei Yu was silent for a while. , Then asked: "What do you think of the supervisor?"

Pei Yu said: "The two rounds of beating the drum are just probing, I'm afraid it's because Zhao Shen has seen some tricks."

Yu Chiyuan said: "Then what?"

Pei Yu laughed and said: "The general is right. If he really doesn't come, we will have to collect the food; but I don't believe that he is really willing to let go of this stockpiled food, but he is just lucky enough to wait for our army Take advantage of the fire to rob when you are slack. This paddy field is the bait, and you need to be patient to catch big fish with a long line. Just wait."

He also issued an order: "Ask the outermost part of the ambush to withdraw, and the city must watch it. The rest are on standby. Anyone who dares to move and miss the bottom will come to see him."

But a few days later, the Xiyan army had already harvested all the rice outside the city, but there was still no movement in the city.It took another half a day for the soldiers in the field to bundle up the ears of rice.

After hearing the report, Pei Yu looked hesitant, stroked his forehead and remained silent.

Yu Chiyuan said: "Maybe Zhao Shen didn't dare to come when he saw there was an ambush? Forget it, just treat it as a trip to collect food and grass, and you won't suffer in the end."

Seeing that Pei Yu was still shaking his head, he couldn't help sighing, "There are quite a few people in ambushes in this field, but they can't always be wasting there."

Just at this time, another guard came in and reported: "The city shouted, saying that there is no shortage of surplus food in the city, and the rice here is just for you to take; it also said that you know there is an ambush, so you don't need to hide. How hungry are you?" God, let’s go back to the camp and eat rice now.”

When Yu Chiyuan heard this, he laughed out of anger, and said: "Zhao Shen is trying to mock you and I miscalculated? But if I really thank him for his generosity, I will still take care of my soldiers when they are hungry."

Seeing that Pei Yu's brows were still stretched, he suddenly smiled and said, "Did the general hear the implication?"

Seeing his sudden cheerful expression, Yu Chiyuan was puzzled, and asked, "What's so weird?"

Pei Yu suppressed his smile and said: "This is for you and me on purpose. He said that there is no shortage of food in the city, but he is not trying to cover it up? Why do you think he is worried about our whereabouts? He is absolutely reluctant to part with this food, and he is afraid of it We have set up an ambush at the place. This is a provocative general, and he wants to make us feel ashamed and retreat, and he made trouble on our way back to the camp when we transported food."

Yu Chiyuan pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "That makes sense." Then he said, "But even if we know this, why don't we just spend time in the fields?"

Pei Yu said: "Why didn't you leave? He was happy to see me do it, so I did it. It's just that I was all about taking Zhao Shen, and the food and grass were just bait; now I'm going to take people and food." After finishing speaking, he looked at Yu Chiyuan and said, "Let's send vehicles to ask the soldiers in the field to load up the grain and grass. General, please raise the tent here."

In the evening of this day, Xiyan soldiers loaded the harvested rice and escorted the vehicles to the camp slowly.The paddy field is not very far from the camp, but it takes more than two hours to walk, halfway through the journey, it is already dark.

At this time, it feels hot again during the day, but at night, the night wind blows and it feels cool.The soldiers escorting the vehicles couldn't help shivering slightly, and tightened their necks.Along the way, everyone lowered their heads and hurried on, only listening to the rustling sound of the trees on both sides in the wind, as if they were also somewhat disturbed in the silence.

The officer of the supervising team asked in a low voice: "How far have you traveled?"

The guide said from the side: "Half."

The military officer looked up and couldn't see the new moon, and the night scene was gloomy, and it was not easy to light a torch, so he said: "There are many bushes and hills in this area, so I ask all the troops to step up and pass quickly."

All of a sudden, the wheels rattled and the footsteps of people and horses were chaotic.At this moment, a long whistle was suddenly heard across the night sky, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on the officer's back instantly.Not long after, I saw a flash of torch light ahead, and a horse team had already blocked the road.

The troops of the Xiyan army stopped suddenly, some of them reined in their horses too quickly, the horses could not help neighing and kicking on the spot.After everyone was suspicious, they looked intently again, and saw dozens of Luocheng cavalry blocking the way, and the young general at the head was Zhao Shen.Seeing this, the officers of the Xiyan Army Supervisor hurriedly turned their horses' heads and said, "Quick!" The Dongyan cavalry had already drawn up, blocking the way like a fan.At this time, the vehicles transporting grain and grass all turned sideways, and the roofs of the vehicles were covered with curtains, and rice stalks could also be seen protruding from the cracks.

Suddenly, there was a sound from the curtain of a grain cart in the middle, only a few sounds of sharp blades piercing through the air, and several Dongyan cavalrymen who were facing them screamed and fell off their horses, their throats were all nailed by arrows.The horses that had lost their drivers neighed in surprise, and arrows were shot in the back from the grain carts on both sides.

The cavalry of the Dongyan Army were caught off guard, and hurriedly drew their weapons to block, while shrinking their formation; Zhao Shen turned his horse around, dodged to the side of the guard holding the torch, took off his hard bow, and shot an arrow.The long arrow was passing through the torch, and the arrow brought up a cluster of burning materials, and shot directly at the grain cart that gave the order just now, and it was shooting in from the side of the cart, and the grain cart caught fire immediately.The soldiers ambushing in the car couldn't hide anymore, they jumped out of it, the fire was burning and they overturned the car in a panic.

But seeing the curtains on the roofs of the cars on both sides being lifted, Xiyan soldiers jumped out one after another, hundreds of ambushes in more than ten carts surrounded the Dongyan cavalry from half of them.Zhao Shenzheng kept his eyes still, only heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, when he looked back, a team of horses had already blocked his way.

Zhao Shen saw that the sergeant and the horses of the cavalry were all armored and protected, and only one rider was allowed from the inside, but the man was in light mail armor, and his expression was like a smile.It turned out that Pei Yu calculated that Zhao Shen was going to grab grain on the way, so he hid soldiers in the grain cart and set up an ambush, and ordered Min Yu to lead troops to intercept, in order to capture Zhao Shen in one fell swoop.

Zhao Shen wasn't flustered at the moment, he just raised his voice and said, "See you again, General Min."

Min Yu raised his horse forward, and also smiled and said: "Every time I see the general, he dares to meet the enemy alone with only a few dozen light cavalry. Bullying more and less?"

Zhao Shen glanced at the heavy armored cavalry behind him, and said: "This is what you have in the bottom of the box? I didn't want to take it to Sishui Pass before, so it's finally listed here."

Min Yu said: "Why did the general pay attention to the cavalry of other families? If you are willing to teach me a thing or two, it would be an honor for me. But I would rather not meet with the general in battle." Then he solemnly said, "If you are willing to return to Xiyan , to conspire with the world, I am willing to lead the horse and throw the stirrup for the general."

After Zhao Shen heard this, he only raised his eyebrows and mocked, "Don't dare."

Min Yu said: "The general is clear about the current situation. Your emperor and prime minister in Yecheng don't care about the safety of Luocheng, so why should the general do such foolish loyalty for the sake of vain fame?"

But Zhao Shen sneered shortly, lowered his eyes slightly to look at Qing Zhui's mane brushed by his palm, his voice was already rebellious: "If I were for them, I would have sacrificed this city many times already."

Min Yu was slightly taken aback, and said: "Then what is the general concerned about?" After thinking for a while, he said, "If the general is willing to surrender, he and his soldiers will not be treated badly."

Zhao Shen said indifferently: "These words are very pleasant to the ear," he said in a turn, "But when the day is over, what should these words be taken as? Your family's military supervisor is very powerful, you should understand better than me. It's mermaid meat, and it's not ridiculous to comment on Daozu's faith."

Min Yu was very concerned when he heard that he criticized Pei Yu's behavior.He is a person who seldom suffers when it comes to his tongue, so he couldn't help but said: "The general didn't say this because he was thinking about Mr. Pei, but because he was thinking about the past of my family's lord in Beicheng. I don't dare to talk about that, it's just this In the hundreds of years of chaotic times, there have been a lot of recruiting and accepting traitors, and only Zunhou did that."

Because he was upset, he didn't pay attention to what he said, Zhao Shen's expression changed after these words came out.Min Yu's words came out, and he felt regret in his heart, thinking about the seriousness of the moment, why should he poke Zhao Shen's sore spot just to show off his tongue.He said this sincerely to persuade Zhao Shen anyway, but with these few words, the conversation may have collapsed.He secretly hated himself for being careless, but he couldn't show it anymore, so he could only stare at Zhao Shen to see what he wanted.

Zhao Shen's face was gloomy, his men tightened the reins of the horse suddenly, Qing Zhui raised his head and neck, and the horse's hooves circled a few steps.Just listen to Zhao Shen said: "It's good that there are too many things about recruiting surrenders and accepting traitors, yes, how many people surrendered their weapons and bowed their heads after hearing a few good words of comfort, disregarding integrity and shame."

Min Yu frowned and said, "The general said this because he felt that Zhang Liao and Jiang Wei were not worthy of being called heroes? What's wrong with judging the situation and choosing a master to make achievements?"

The light of the torch flickered, Min Yu felt a wry smile flash across Zhao Shen's eyes, but when he looked again, it was gone.Just then he was suspicious but his eyes were dazzled, and he only heard Zhao Shen say: "The general's words are good, but it's not a day to distinguish between the wise and the faint. Is it really not for the sake of cowardice? It’s just that the protagonist ignores the previous suspicions and the enemy general realizes the scene. Everyone has stepped down, and no one is willing to expose it. If you do too much, it will become true. "He said again, "Besides, in this chaotic world, who dares to say that he is the right way? If so, how can we talk about who is the master."

Min Yu said: "The general's words are wrong. The world always wants to end the war, so that the people of the world can live in peace and contentment. Now one east and one west, the two lords' temperaments, how can the general not know. If a narrow-minded person like the Gao family wins the world , the world is safe and peaceful? Even if it is a crowd of heroes competing for the throne, a man should go with the flow."

Zhao Shen stared at him for a moment, and saw Min Yu's eyes were full of sincere anticipation, and his cheeks were flushed.The young general said that he had never had the dream of opening up the frontiers and conquering the world.But as far as he is concerned, the survival of Los Angeles in the past hundred years is on his shoulders, and he cannot do whatever he wants in many things after all.After a long while, he sighed secretly, and said: "I don't have the mind to help the world. I just want to keep the soldiers in this city safe."

Min Yu said anxiously: "That's why the general should surrender; how can the soldiers and civilians of Luocheng survive if they keep defending like this?"

Zhao Shen smiled and said: "I have to be preserved, you are afraid that you are not qualified to make the decision, but this is going back to what I said just now," and said, "Besides, life and death are the only things to be preserved? General Min should understand as a military commander , if one day you and your subordinates become useless, isn’t it a hundred times more distressing than death?”

Min Yu couldn't help but pause when he heard these words, and for a moment he felt a puff of heat rushing into his chest.But he couldn't say yes, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Why do you want to force the general situation when you know you can't do it?"

Zhao Shendao: "This battle is also knowing that you will die sooner or later, why do you still come?"

Min Yu still said: "The general only talks about it for the soldiers, but the soldiers really think as much as you do?"

Hearing this, Zhao Shen's tone suddenly turned cold and he said: "What are our lieutenant officers and soldiers thinking, why do you just make empty comments?" He usually hates arguing with others, but today's matter has a reason and needs to be prevaricated for some time, and he can afford it Min Yu got a little nervous, so he simply talked to him a few more words.But hearing Min Yu chasing after each other, he finally felt impatient, and said, "I don't need to bother you about this section."

Min Yu said: "But I just..."

Zhao Shen said: "The general is always so talkative? Doesn't your superior think you are noisy?"

Seeing that he was already so rude, Min Yu knew that it would be useless to say any more.So he also took the reins in his hand, and said with a sneer, "The general is impatient to hear these words, so that's all. On the battlefield, after all, it is better to speak with swords and guns."

Zhao Shen glanced at the position of the stars in the sky, secretly counted the o'clock, and saw the heavy armored cavalry behind Min Yu, although he didn't pay much attention to this cumbersome household item, he didn't want to confront him head-on.Wei Wei thought about it, and said: "I have played against General Min a lot, it's meaningless to always be that way, why don't I make a statement today."

Seeing that his expression was serious, Min Yu was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Shendao: "I have a bet with the general on arrow skills. If I win, you get out of the way and let me go; if you win," he paused for a moment, looked into Min Yu's eyes, and deliberately said, "You just said Didn't you talk about surrender with me? I will follow you back to the camp."

Min Yu looked at him for a moment, then smiled and said, "The general must be conscious that he can defeat me?"

Zhao Shen smiled and said, "If you don't want to, forget it."

Min Yu knew clearly that he was a fierce general, but he said in his heart: "You only feel that your archery skills are well known to the world, and you are unparalleled at the moment. Am I afraid of you?" Thinking this way, he said, "The general only talks about how to gamble?"

Seeing his serious and serious face, Zhao Shen laughed that he was playing tricks on the young man.Youzi nodded, and said slowly, "Three arrows will be fired, one arrow will be shot at the right ear of your left-handed soldier, one arrow will be shot at the left ear of your right-handed soldier, and one arrow will be shot at your helmet and hairpin to split it into two halves..."

Before the words finished, Min Yu had already heard that it was Hu Bai's mocking.He was sincerely willing to persuade Zhao Shen to surrender, but during the half-day of talking, he was teased and teased a lot. Even though he is usually easy-going and doesn't get angry easily, he couldn't hold back his anger at this moment, and shouted: "I don't want General Zhao. You don't know how to control yourself. If you really use a knife or a gun, you don't know who will win or lose."

Before he finished speaking, he only heard the sound of rushing and killing a mile away from Dongxiang, Zhao Shen looked sideways, his expression suddenly straightened, ignored Min Yu, and only loudly said to the cavalry beside him: "Go!" The Xiyan army behind him The infantry stepped forward to stop them, but they never stopped them, and were instantly rushed to a bloody path; behind them, the cavalry of the Xiyan Army rushed forward. One scattered.

Min Yu stared at Zhao Shen, seeing that he only had a few horsemen accompanying him during the chaotic battle, but he was heading straight to the east, so he rode his horses closely to follow.But it is said that the commotion in the east was caused by Yuangui leading troops to attack the real food cavalry of the Xiyan Army.It turned out that the heavy armored cavalry had to be equipped with a horse to carry the load in addition to the horse because of the heavy load.This time the heavy armored cavalry division encircled and suppressed, and the horses were used to transport food later.There were no flaws in this plan, but they didn't know when it was detected by the city, and now it was calculated.

Yuan Gui had seen Zhao Shen's horse approaching from a distance, so he rode over and said, "I have captured the grain transport team."

Zhao Shendao: "Tell them to escort the team back to the city quickly, you and I are at the back of the palace."

Yuan Gui said "yes", turned his head and greeted, "The cavalry guards the cavalry..." Just as this was arranged, he suddenly saw a flying horse heading towards the grain team, and the figure flew by, Zhao Shen suddenly shouted: " not good."

Before the words were finished, I saw a flame going straight towards the horse team from mid-air. Before everyone could react, they heard a loud bang, and the grain load on a horse's back exploded into flames. The horses were shocked, although they were already injured. But he still fled to the side, and instantly dozens of war horses ignited a firecracker, and the flames ignited instantly.Even the nearby Dongyan cavalry suffered several casualties.

Yuan Gui hurriedly went towards the horse team, but Zhao Shen saw that the black shadow just now was Min Yu.Min Yu also saw Zhao Shen coming towards him, he couldn't help laughing loudly: "I just imitated General Zhao to draw fire with a bow, but what I did was not as vigorous and unrestrained as General Zhao."

Zhao Shen only saw the scene of the fire, so he knew that there must be gunpowder with sulfur nitric acid and charcoal in the grain and grass.At this moment, the horses collided with each other and the fire was uncontrollable. Seeing that the grain and grass in their hands were burned like this, he gritted his teeth tightly with hatred, and was furious in his heart.At that time, the horse had already arrived in front of Min Yu's horse, he stretched out his hand and drew a straight knife from under the horse's belly, waved his hand and stabbed it.When Min Yu saw the head of the knife approaching, he hurriedly pulled the spear over to block it.This straight knife is a weapon for close combat, and it should dodge when encountering a long weapon, but Zhao Shen just retracted the knife head slightly, knocked on the horse with his knee, and lightly dodged from the side of the spear to Min Yu's side, and turned around to strike again .

Just now Min Yu ran all the way as fast as he could, and then he drew his bow and fired arrows in the air, his strength and panting were no longer enough to support him.Barely dodged a knife, it was too late to block it.I had to close my eyes and turn the horse's head in the opposite direction, but the blade had already arrived.The knife came from bottom to top, Min Yu felt a icy cold streak from his knees, and thought that this encounter might tear him open.When the knife tip passed through the mail armor, there was only a piercing sound, and several sparks burst out.

At this time the war horse had turned westward, Min Yu's mind was blank for a while, he could only clamp his legs instinctively, the war horse suddenly exerted strength, and rushed straight to the west.Only then did he feel severe pain in one leg, as if being scorched by a cannonball, and when he looked down, he saw that his clothes were completely stained with blood.Stretching out his hands to touch his waist and abdomen is not a problem, but thinking about the situation just now, he was startled and scared, but he also wondered why Zhao Shen didn't take his life.

In fact, if there is a feeling of sympathy between the opponents, even if they don't deliberately spare anyone's life, there will be an unconscious mercy.