Chapter Forty Five
Situ Jingwen and his crossbowmen burst out laughing, firing tens of thousands of arrows at the people who climbed down from the city wall, causing everyone in Shuiyue City to scream in surprise.
For a time, the city wall was crowded with people, and torches were lit one after another. Nalan Xue and Yu Chigong seemed to be in a hurry to go up the city wall, walking back and forth, talking to the people holding the rope on the city wall, far away.
From a distance, the person pulling the rope seemed to be hesitant, but did not dare to disobey and argue. Finally, he gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously.
Seeing this scene, Situ Jingwen became even more proud. He waved his big hand and directed at the crossbowman who was squatting in front of him to shoot arrows. He laughed and ordered, "Shoot! Shoot hard! Don't be reluctant to give up the arrows!"
They have no supplies. We haven't seen them. They don't even want to shoot arrows at us?! When we attack the city tomorrow, we will use sword and ax soldiers to take them down in one fell swoop. We won't use any arrows! Give me these'
Dead soldiers', all shot into a hornet's nest!"
With Situ Jingwen's words, how could the crossbowmen not be willing to use their strength? The previous battle had frustrated them to death! If you don't take revenge now, let's wait until later!
Another round of arrows rained down, and all the "black shadows" that were lowered with ropes were shot into sieves, but... it seemed that something was not quite right? These "dead soldiers"
"What kind of rigorous training have these people undergone? After being shot like this, they... won't scream in pain?! This is wrong! This, this is too weird! If something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
"Stop! Stop! Stop cumming!"
At this time, Situ Jingwen felt that something was wrong. Looking at the city wall of Shuiyue City, Nalan Xue was just standing with a smile. Where was the anxious look from before?! No! It was a trap!
"receive!"
Seeing that Situ Jingwen's men stopped shooting arrows, Nalan Xue stopped wasting time with him. She raised her hand and gave a new order to the soldiers on the city wall, "Look at the harvest that Old General Situ gave us tonight."
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After Nalan Xue finished speaking, the soldiers on the city burst into laughter. Then, dozens of burly men poked their heads out from under the city battlements and picked up the thick-armed men tied to the city wall.
The rope began to be pulled up to the city wall, and the first soldiers who were holding the "dead soldier" rope also began to pull up the rope in their hands with a smile.
It was dark under the city wall and nothing could be seen clearly. It was only when he was pulled close to the top of the city wall that Situ Jingwen could see the scene clearly! Those black figures, where were the "dead soldiers"? They were just, they were just for use.
A straw man tied up with straw! Look at what those burly men were dragging... unexpectedly, it turned out to be a big one tied with several sections of rope! The holes there were very thin, and the Italian crossbowmen had shot through them before.
The arrows that fell on the ground because they failed to hit the straw man were all there!
"Thank you, General Situ, for the arrow."
After all the arrows were put back inside the city wall, Nalan Xue smiled and cupped her hands at Situ Jingwen, politely saying "thank you", "If General Situ hadn't been so generous, I would have been in trouble, and the next few people would have been in trouble."
How can we collect supplies to fight against Old General Situ in the battle of Heaven...Well, since Old General Situ is willing to give away his arrows, how about giving me some food and grass?"
"you!"
Situ Jingwen was annoyed that he had been fooled. Now, he was being bullied so unceremoniously by Nalan Xue. How could a man of several decades be able to bear it? "Wow" he had to spit out a mouthful of blood.
He fainted and fell backwards. He was so frightened that several guards rushed forward to support him, preventing him from falling to the ground on the back of his head!
"I said that when people get older, they should go home and take care of themselves. Old General Situ refused to listen. Now that he is so angry, who can blame him?"
The art of war was well taught, and poor enemies should not be pursued. However, it did not say that poor enemies should not be bullied. Nalan Xue shrugged with regret, as if to prove to Yu Chigong that he was right, and deliberately amplified his voice and said, "
This is called, if you don’t listen to good people, you will suffer the consequences in front of you! Brother Yuchi, before you are old and foolish, you must remember this lesson, so as not to suffer such a big mistake when you are old and unable to listen to others’ advice.
deficit!"
Amid the laughter of Mo's soldiers, the Italian crossbowmen carried their general Situ Jingwen and ran back to their camp in despair. On the walls of Shuiyue City, bright torches were lit all night.
interest.
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As the saying goes, an army cannot live without generals.
Situ Jingwen was so angry at Nalan Xue's trick that he fainted. There was no one in the Italian army. After a few days, people's hearts began to become unstable. Many soldiers who were usually close to each other were sitting around in groups.
Inside the camp, they were whispering or playing dice and gambling. When they saw someone who was not familiar to them, they hurriedly shut up and stopped, waiting for the person to leave before continuing again.
Seeing that military discipline had begun to loosen, the deputy general knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly wrote an urgent military report eight hundred miles away, and sent it to Jishui City, the imperial capital, as quickly as possible.
Looking at Shuiyue City again, Nalan Xue made a trick and deceived Situ Jingwen into getting a bunch of arrows. When he came back and counted them, there were as many as one hundred thousand. Although many of them had collided with the city wall and were not so sharp.
, but, with the blacksmiths recruited before, what does this trivial matter mean? After a few hammerings and polishing, the arrow shaft does not even need to be disassembled and reassembled, and it can be returned to the warehouse for use!
Nalan Xue was never a person who liked to waste things. She wanted to make the best use of the things she bought. Previously, in order to deceive Situ Jingwen, she bought half a carriage of laxatives. At this time, she also used them.
The people wrapped them into small packages with glutinous rice paper that dissolved in water, sealed them in wooden boxes, and transported them to the city wall.
"I see that the general in Italy is ill and has little fighting power. Why don't we take advantage of this moment to catch them off guard and wait for the army from the imperial capital?"
Seeing that the camp opposite was becoming more and more chaotic day by day, Yuchi Gong finally couldn't bear it any longer. On this day, while Nalan Xue was still in the guard's mansion, he came up to her and discussed with her, "What if?
They will send another general over to gather the morale of the army. If we want to fight again, we will have to work harder!"
"No matter how cowardly a dog is after being beaten, it will still bite when pushed into a hurry."
Nalanxue smiled and shook her head, looked up at Yuchi Gong, then lowered her head, playing with her saltpeter and continuing to read her "Records of the Kingdoms", "We only have ten thousand Qingqi, two
Ten thousand city guards, but the opponent has an army of 350,000, including heavy armored cavalry and heavy armored swordsmen."
"If a war really starts...it is true that they don't have a commander now, but they still have generals and battalion commanders. Even if they take 10,000 steps back, more than half of them will be deserters, leaving 140,000 to 50,000
It is not something that our small number of people can handle. You are confident that one of our city guards can fight five of the five opponents' weapons. I am not confident that the 10,000 light armors I brought with me
Cavalry, heavy armored cavalry that can defeat 50,000 of them..."
After a moment of silence, Nalan Xue added, "I am the vanguard here to help you defend the city. You can't just think that I am omnipotent just because I used a little trick to let us take advantage."
Yeah, I'm not a god, I can't spread the beans into an army."
Hearing Nalan Xue's calculation, Yuchi Gong immediately lost his temper. Indeed, he thought too simply, thinking that the opponent had lost any morale. Taking action at this time was just a matter of beating the drowned dog, but he forgot
, even if you are a drowned dog, the soldiers and generals on the other side are ten times as strong as your own! If you beat the opponent's hair and turn around to give your own side a bite, it is not a matter of superiority or not, but a matter of superiority.
, there is no one here at all!
Just as Nalan Xue said, now, they just need to wait for the army to come for reinforcements. There is no need to take unnecessary risks and let Shuiyue City fall into trouble again.
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Two days later, the assembled army of Mo State arrived at Shuiyue City. Since there was nowhere to station in the city, they camped outside the city.
The person leading the troops was Yuchi Gong's father, General Yuchi Xian.
After listening to Yuchi Gong tell him everything that happened these days, Yuchi Xian looked at Nalan Xue a little differently. He had always known that this girl was a smart child who was very good at writing and writing, but she
Unexpectedly, she also has such great talent in leading troops in war!
"It's a pity that I am only a legitimate son like Gong'er. Otherwise, I would have to beg the emperor to let you marry into my family and be my daughter-in-law!"
Yuchixian smiled and rubbed Nalan Xue's head, and teased her half-jokingly. He and Nalan Duan were old friends, and there were no daughters in the family. He had always treated Nalan Xue as if he were his own girl.
It's not too much to say this, "Come, sit here and tell Uncle Yuchi how you want to fight the next battle?"
"Put some laxatives on them, trick them again, and wait until they have diarrhea and lose their fighting strength, then surround them in one fell swoop."
Nalan Xue paused for a moment. The fire that was caused under the city that day reminded her of what might have happened when Emperor Bai Duyu set fire to the mountain. Those soldiers who were galloping on the battlefield and accustomed to facing life and death were all driven by fear.
Without any trace of dignity and pride, is Jiang Yue in the sea of fire more... painful and desperate than them?
After thinking behind closed doors for the past few days, Nalan Xue has figured out that the person who did the wrong thing is only Bai Duyu, and the one who needs to pay the price is only the royal family of Italy. She doesn't want to let innocent people die in vain anymore, even if
, those people are the enemies standing opposite Mo State, and the same is true. If they don’t attack me, I won’t attack them. If they attack me, don’t blame me. I will raise my knife and drop it, and I will turn my back and ruthlessly say, “Persuasion to surrender.”
"It's good that you haven't been dazzled by the victory in front of you, and you haven't blindly wanted to kill the enemy to claim credit, girl."
After hearing Nalan Xue's words, Yuchi Xian nodded happily, turned around, glanced at Yuchi Gong who was standing aside, and said to him smoothly, "Although you are older, your temperament is better than yours."
Sister Xueer is far behind, I need to ask her more for advice in the future!"
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