Ma Yan and Wang Mo didn't expect that they would get such an errand. Although they were just a school captain, they were still school captains! What were those Sima and captains doing? Why were they the two of them?
The land on the Yellow River beach is full of sand, which is suitable for digging. However, as long as you go down a little, water will immediately rush out. No matter what method you use, it will be inexhaustible. Each big hole is like a
Like a cornucopia, the water was full of water, and soon it came out again. Finally, Ma Yan came up with a way, found a relatively high place, dug out the drainage channel first, and then started digging the tunnel.
The most suitable place for digging tunnels is the kind of land with thick soil and vast land. The area near Xuchang is mountainous, with rugged underground rocks, and the sandy soil is soft and easy to collapse. If you are not careful, even a cough can shake the soil and cause it to collapse.
The tunnel that was finally built collapsed in an instant.
"Rumble..." There was a dull sound, and a small dirt bag not far away fell into the ground in an instant. Yuan Jun and Cao Jun felt something was wrong at the same time, and hurriedly reported to their captains. A burst of smoke and dust rose up, filling the entire sky.
In just an instant, the place was flooded with dust and water, and no one knew what had happened.
Wang Mo crawled out of the tunnel in disgrace, followed by dozens of soldiers. Like Wang Mo, some of his clothes were soaked through and his face was covered with mud. Ma Yan looked back and said: "What? He died again.
Five?”
Wang Mo nodded: "It was too fast! There was no response at all, and the top collapsed. If I hadn't run fast, I would have died!"
"Hey!" Ma Yan sighed: "This is useless again. Hundreds of soldiers died in half a month. My lord knows that we can't afford to go around in circles."
Wang Mo patted the dust on his head and frowned. He glanced at Ma Yan and said, "That's all we can do. We've tried our best! It's up to the lord how to deal with it."
"Report...! Two generals, my lord asked what happened just now?"
Ma Yan glanced at the messenger: "Go and tell, forget it, let's go in person! Let's go, brother!"
The two fellow sufferers washed the dust off their bodies, found new clothes and put on new clothes. They hurried to Yuan Shao's tent. Inside, the generals and counselors were discussing what had just happened. Ju Shao immediately thought of it and said: "My lord.
, the sandy soil is soft and it is difficult to dig a tunnel. Even if it is dug through, it may not be effective. What happened just now should be caused by the collapse of the tunnel!"
Feng Ji hurriedly said: "The sandy soil is soft and suitable for digging. How can I say it is not easy? My lord, my suggestion will definitely work. As long as the tunnel is dug, Cao Jun will have no defense at all!"
Guo Tu chuckled and looked at Ju Shou and Feng Ji: "You two, we need to verify whether the noise just now was genuine. Don't be so anxious? Why don't you call Ma Yan and Wang Mo and ask?"
Time was running out. Ma Yan and Wang Mo came in and knelt down to salute. Yuan Shao grunted, and the two of them stood up and stood by the door. Feng Ji couldn't wait to stand up and asked: "Captain Ma, Captain Wang, what a huge surprise just now."
Is there a problem with the sound in your tunnel?"
The two were stunned, knowing that they could not escape, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to Yuan Shao and begged for mercy: "My lord Mingjian, my subordinates did something wrong, which caused the tunnel to collapse and injured several people. Please punish me!"
Feng Ji said coldly: "The tunnel collapsed and you are not doing your job well. The Lord will definitely punish you!"
Jushou shook his head and smiled bitterly. Seeing Fengji, Guo Tu was about to push the matter to Ma Yan. Wang Mo covered him up and asked with a smile: "You two, why did this tunnel collapse?"
Ma Yan hurriedly returned: "To report to your lord's military division, the geology here is soft and it is close to the bank of the Yellow River. The deep tunnels dug have accumulated water all over the land, which will not recede for a long time. The shallow geology is loose and easy to collapse. It's not that the two of us didn't try our best.
This is really not a suitable place to dig tunnels! My lord, please be wise!"
"Nonsense!" Feng Ji glanced at Yuan Shao, who was also looking at him. Feng Ji hurriedly turned his eyes and said, "You two are not doing things right, and you are also blaming the blame on geological issues. You are guilty of a heinous crime and should be executed!"
Jushou couldn't stand it any longer: "Master Feng! This is a fact. If you continue to use strong words to make excuses, aren't you afraid of being blamed by the lord?"
Several people turned to look at Yuan Shao, waiting for Yuan Shao's conclusion. Judging from the current situation, the idea of digging tunnels was wrong from the beginning. It also killed hundreds of soldiers and did not have the desired effect. Although it was
Yuan Shao agreed to the suggestion made by Feng Ji. In terms of culpability, Feng Ji and Yuan Shao each held half of the blame, while Ma Yan and Wang Mo were both victims.
Yuan Shao pondered for a while and said: "Digging a tunnel is a strange plan. Although it is somewhat difficult, this matter must not be stopped. Ma Yan, Wang Mo, let's record today's events for the time being. You must dig the tunnel to Cao Ying as soon as possible.
mistaken!"
"No!" Ma Yan and Wang Mo were helpless and weakly agreed, then stood up and exited the tent.
Cao Cao and Long Fei also heard the commotion from Yuan Ying. Everyone was surprised when they saw a small dirt bag disappearing under a pool of turbid water after the smoke cleared. Long Fei immediately thought of explosives.
The only powerful thing is explosives, but how did Yuan Shao get explosives? What he worked so hard to prepare was just some black powder, which is far less powerful than explosives. If you have the chance, you must go to Yuan Camp to see it.
Cao Cao looked at it and laughed: "What a good son-in-law! Do you know what that is?"
Long Fei shook his head: "Such a catastrophe is rare. I have never seen it before."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "He is brave and resourceful, good at surprise attacks, but he doesn't know what this is. It's really surprising."
"Oh? Father-in-law knows?"
Cao Cao laughed and did not answer Long Fei's question, but turned around and went into the tent. Guo Jia came to Long Fei's side and whispered: "That was when Yuan Shao was preparing to dig a tunnel, but it collapsed! This is Guandu,
The soil is soft and not conducive to digging tunnels at all!"
Long Fei suddenly realized how he had forgotten this. One of his favorite movies when he was a child was called "Tunnel War". In order to defend their homeland, the people in the Jizhong Plain used tunnels to fight brave and strategic battles with invading beasts.
The battle. The tunnel is definitely the wisest choice in the history of war. It is really surprising that Yuan Shao could think of this. This method should be very effective for attacking cities.
Entering the tent, Cao Cao was talking to Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu also guessed the reason and was trying to persuade Cao Cao to take precautions. Cao Cao smiled and said: "No, this is the bank of the Yellow River. The sand is loose. If Yuan Shao is willing to waste people and money, just let him dig it!"
Once it collapses a few times, you won’t want to dig anymore!”
Cheng Yu said: "If there is a tunnel leading to our camp, we will be passive. Master, please think twice!"
Liu Ye said: "In fact, there is no need to take any precautions. Just dig trenches within the camp, and Yuan Shao's painstaking tunnels will be completely useless!"
Cao Cao nodded slightly and was about to agree when Long Fei suddenly interrupted: "I don't think we need to be so cautious. Since Yuan Shao has given us such a good opportunity, we should take advantage of it. Each tunnel has two exits, one on our side.
, the other should be in Yuan Shao's camp, since Yuan Shao can send people over, why can't we send people over?"
Everyone was stunned. Cao Cao laughed loudly: "The wise son-in-law is really witty and what he said is right!"
Dong Zhao frowned: "General Long, how do we know where Yuan Shao will leave the tunnel entrance in my camp? If it is not found, wouldn't it be a recipe for disaster?"
"This is easy to do! It's foolproof!" Long Fei did not explain the method.
The next day, Long Fei sent people to find a dozen large vats, each as tall as a person, and buried one every hundred steps in Cao's camp. All the vats had their mouths facing up and their bottoms facing down.
Like toads looking at the sky with their mouths open, Long Fei stuffed his whole head into the big vat and asked everyone to quiet down and listen quietly. One mouthful after another, one by one.
Until the eighth time, when Long Fei stuffed his head into the vat, a slight rhythmic buzzing sound reached Long Fei's ears. Long Fei smiled slightly and inserted a small plug next to the vat.
The red flag was used as a mark. After listening to all the large tanks, only this one had a sound. Long Fei had someone bury some more around this tank to accurately determine the direction of the tunnel.
Cao Cao and his advisers, as well as generals and soldiers of all sizes were watching Long Fei's back and forth movements. They didn't know that they could really find the truth by doing this. Xia Houyuan followed Long Fei's example and lay down in the tank to listen.
He listened, but he didn't hear any difference. Cao Cao looked at Xia Houyuan, and Xia Houyuan shook his head slightly. After ten days, Long Fei found Cao Cao, took Cao Cao's arm and walked out of the tent.
Arriving at a tent, Long Fei nodded to several soldiers around him. Everyone began to dig the ground inside the tent. Not long ago, a small black hole suddenly appeared in the lower left corner of the tent. Cao Cao was heartbroken.
Raising his throat, he turned to look at Long Fei: "This! Is this the tunnel entrance of Yuan Jun?"
Long Fei nodded: "Yuan Shao dug a total of three tunnels, only this one entered our camp, the other two collapsed!"
As the movements of the soldiers became larger and larger, the entrance to the tunnel was fully revealed in front of Cao Cao and Long Fei. Although it was not too big, there was absolutely no problem for one person to pass through it. Looking inside, it was so dark that nothing could be seen.
Long Fei took the torch from Chen Dao's hand and threw it inside. The torch fell about ten feet and then stopped. The fire light illuminated the cave. It turned out to be a square shape with various wooden stakes supporting it on both sides, just like modern times.
Just like those coal kilns, even if the top is loose, it can still form a space.
Ma Yan and Wang Mo reported to Yuan Shao with smiles on their faces. Yuan Shao was overjoyed and rewarded the two of them heavily. This was the only successful thing he had done since he entered the army. After several failures, he finally saw some results. Yuan Shao let out a sigh of relief: "
I don’t know what happened to Lu Xiang? Has Cao Cao’s food route been cut off?"