Chapter 290 Suffering from the will, this is a great mission from heaven!
Chapter 290: This is a great mission sent from heaven to you and others!
Author: milk sugar sugar sugar
Chapter 290: This is a great mission sent from heaven to you and others!
After a few days of warm sunshine, the real chill came again.
The real winter, the biting cold, is still coming.
Le Jin's 30,000-strong army was stationed sixty miles away from Jiming Mountain. Although the road leading to Jiming Mountain had long been cleared of roadblocks, it was unobstructed and sufficient to provide support at any time.
However, because the army did not dare to reveal its position, it had not dared to conduct formal training for nearly a month and was not allowed to shout loudly. Looking at it now, each of the soldiers seemed to have no sign of fighting spirit or fighting spirit.
A few soldiers lit a fire and roasted a rabbit on the fire. Suddenly, a rabbit that had been killed on a wooden stake appeared and gathered around, whispering.
"This fucking weather, it's going to be warm for ten days or cold for ten days, who the hell can stand it?"
"Just be satisfied. The general is considerate of us and lets us hide in the tent when it gets cold. He also allows us to hunt game and grill meat to warm our bellies. This is comfortable enough. But when we meet other generals, the weather is terrible.
Let us practice, it will be uncomfortable to feel so cold all over our bodies."
"It's just not warm enough with meat, it would be nice if there was some wine..."
"Returning the wine? I think it's better to have a wife who can warm her under the quilt. That will keep her warm."
At this moment, a voice suddenly came out.
"...At least we are stationed here and will not die on the battlefield. If we do die, then our wife will go to someone else's bed."
The appearance of this voice made the soldiers silent for a moment, but soon someone laughed again.
"But as long as we live, we can imitate Prime Minister Cao and dominate other people's wives. That would be a great freedom!"
"Yes, it's good to live, long live!"
The soldiers' rough conversations were accompanied by laughter from time to time.
Le Jin was wearing a fur coat and patrolling the camp. Hearing these sounds, he couldn't help but come closer to listen. He stretched out his hand to open the tent, thought for a while, and left.
well…
With a deep sigh, Le Jin gave instructions to the deputy general beside him.
"Saddle my horse!"
"Ah..." The lieutenant general was stunned and quickly reminded: "General Yu Jin has given instructions to keep secret and not to go out..."
"You're not allowed to go out..." Le Jin glanced in the direction of Jiming Mountain, then looked back at the soldiers behind him, and said with emotion: "It's the Nanyang soldiers there who bring the food every day, so they live a happy life.
, But if this continues, these 30,000 soldiers will be all spent, and they will be fat and fat. How can they still fight? Prepare horses..."
At this time, the lieutenant did not hesitate and quickly fetched the horses.
Le Jin got on the horse and rode away with the sound of hoofbeats.
…
Le Jin came to the Yujin Bishan Camp in a huff. Before he reached the Chinese army's tent, he smelled the aroma of rice coming from inside. The junior high school student at Bishan Camp recognized Le Jin and said with a smile.
"General Le? Does it smell good? Today we are all curious, is General Yu Jin stewing dragon meat in it? We smell it like thunder in our stomachs."
Le Jin was upset and opened the tent suddenly. He saw a small pot inside the tent that was steaming. Yu Jin and his deputy Dong Chao sat around the pot. Yu Jin took a spoon and tasted it. Dong Chao
He asked expectantly: "General, how are you doing?"
Yu Jin smiled and said, "It's worth the dew of immortal beauty..."
As he spoke, he asked Dong Chao to ladle the soup, "You should try it too!"
Seeing this situation, Le Jin couldn't help but become extremely anxious, and Dasheng shouted: "General Yu..."
Yu Jin turned around and saw Le Jin. He was slightly surprised at first, but did not blame him for coming here without permission. He greeted with a smile, "Wen Qian came just in time, come and try the fish soup I made by myself.
During this dry season, you can see the fish at a glance and it’s easy to catch them. The taste is amazing! It’s so delicious…”
Dong Chao brought the fish soup to Le Jin. Le Jin took it but put it heavily on the table aside, "General Yu Jin? What time is it, do you still have the heart to drink the soup?"
Yu Jin frowned and ordered: "General Dong, please go out first!"
Dong Chao agreed and retreated. Yu Jin looked at Le Jin and asked calmly: "What? Then Guan Lin led his army to fight?"
"No?"
"Is that because General Le Jin's 30,000 troops were exposed?"
"No!"
Yu Jin smiled lightly and said, "Then why don't you let me drink soup?"
"Wenze, Wenze, do you know why Prime Minister Cao asked me to bring these 30,000 soldiers?"
Yu Jin drank the soup leisurely and said with a faint smile: "The core of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" lies in three articles. The first article is - if you can do it without fighting, don't fight; the second article - in any battle, you must be the first to be invincible.
Land, the third rule is - only when you can see the opportunity for victory can you fight, defeat the weak with the strong, defeat the few with the more, avoid the real and attack the weak! Use local advantages in exchange for overall victory!"
Le Jin said worriedly: "It turns out that Wen Ze knows that more defeats less, avoiding the truth and attacking the weak! But...but..."
He paused for a moment, then opened his mouth and said: "But the purpose of Prime Minister Cao asking me to bring 30,000 soldiers here is to make you a high-class horse... Zhang Wenyuan has already won a battle in the Huainan battlefield, and Xu Xu has won a battle in the Xiangfan battlefield.
Although Gongming was defeated, he was originally to contain Guan Yu, so a small defeat would not matter... Only Wen Ze you... You are Prime Minister Cao's superior horse, and Guan Lin is the inferior horse on this battlefield. The Prime Minister and Jiang Xia's great victory will wait.
I'm so excited! Why did you shrink back after losing a match? This...this isn't like you!"
Yu Jin sneered: "The Prime Minister thought that Guan Jiashiro was a low-grade horse, haha, but I, Yu Jin, thought that he was a good horse! An ordinary bronze mirror can make him play tricks and let our army
The losses have been heavy, if I put him on the back burner, then Wen Qian and I may have to stay here in Jiangxia City."
Le Jin was still impatient, "Then...are we just going to waste our time like this?"
Yu Jin's eyes were dark: "Wen Qian? Don't you know what we are waiting for? I was the only one who told you and Hou Yin, who was in charge of the Nanyang Army, that General Zhu Ling and his son were pretending to surrender. He was luring the enemy to surprise him.
Mingshan... everything we are doing now is to catch turtles in the urn of Crimson Mountain!"
"But..." Le Jin was anxious, "But we have been watching for a month, and there is no movement from the enemy. What if Guan Lin is just timid and insists on holding on, but does not attack Jiming Mountain? We two
Are we just spending time here with him? We can continue to consume energy, but the prime minister... can he continue to consume energy? This time alone, troops were sent from three routes on the Jingzhou-Huainan front line... more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the daily consumption of food and grass exceeded 10,000 shi
ah!"
As Le Jin said, a soldier consumes more than two kilograms of rice and two taels of salt in one day...
The consumption of horses is five times that of humans. Calculating this...the daily expenses are a huge number!
The Central Plains has been raging for many years and has never been able to recuperate. Cao Cao didn't say it on the surface, but in fact his food supply was under great pressure!
Hearing this, Yu Jin frowned and said nothing...
At this time, the scout's voice suddenly came, "The Prime Minister has sent an urgent message!"
Yu Jin quickly ordered: "Let him come in."
The scout strode forward and lowered his voice to report: "I have been ordered by the Prime Minister to inform the general of the latest information. The Prime Minister has sent Sima Yi as an envoy to Jiaozhou and successfully won over Jiaozhou. Lu Xun and 25,000 soldiers and horses were invited to command.
Heading north, the target is Anlu City... I hope the general will seize the opportunity and provide siege equipment, and then attack from the north and the south to capture Jiangxia in one fell swoop!"
The scout's words made Yu Jin and Le Jin stunned.
They didn't expect that after entering thirty thousand soldiers and horses hidden in the dark, there would be an extra force of soldiers and horses coming from the north. After all, it was not a Jingzhou-Huainan battlefield, but a Jiangxia battlefield.
The number of Wei soldiers gathered now exceeds 100,000!
One hundred thousand... This is six times the number of soldiers and horses of the enemy's army, and it also consumes 10,000 stones per day.
Such a quantity is absolutely unaffordable and can only be attacked by force. It is enough to attack Anlu City by force.
Le Jin breathed out a sigh of relief and reminded him.
"Wen Ze, now that we have a hundred thousand troops in hand... we don't have to wait any longer, right?"
"Yes!" Yu Jin nodded lightly, and he immediately said to the scout: "Youlao Colonel returned to Huainan again and informed the Prime Minister that Yu Jin will prepare siege equipment in advance. After handing it over to Lu Xun, we will make an appointment with him to attack the city together.
city!"
"No—" the scout agreed and left quickly.
Le Jin said with emotion: "Finally, I don't have to wait so frustratingly."
But Yu Jin couldn't help but feel worried, and he murmured in his heart:
——"Lu Xun? Sima Yi? Are they...reliable?"
…
…
Guan Suo led two thousand archers to Xiakou Port and saw dozens of ships passing by on the Xia River.
"Why don't you shoot the arrow?"
Guan Suo asked in surprise.
The prefect here replied: "If you want to get close to the enemy's ship, you need to leave the port... But with so many enemy ships, there are probably more than 20,000 troops. Our army only has a thousand people here? It is already the limit to hold on. What if we leave the city?
...The enemy ships will board it, and Xiakou will be...gone!"
A well-reasoned answer made Guan Suo deeply feel...
Why can this warship from Jiaozhou travel across the Yangtze River without any obstruction? This is not because there is no obstruction... but that no city dares to obstruct it...
"Open the city gate..." Guan Suo ordered firmly.
"Young General..." The eunuch still wanted to persuade.
"I was ordered by my father to come to intercept the enemy's warships. How could I be afraid of the enemy and not come out..." Guan Suo's eyes were firm. "After leading me to send troops, the prefect immediately closed the city gate. If the enemy forces boarded, don't worry about me.
!”
The prefect had no choice but to open the city...
Guan Suo led two thousand crossbowmen to draw the bow string along the coast. Thousands of feather arrows shot out like locusts. Guan Suo also drew his bow to the full moon, and the arrows were like shooting stars...
However, after all, he did not have much experience in leading archers.
Shooting straight into the water from the shore like this? With a range of two hundred steps, how can it be possible to stop the enemy's warships? In this case, anyone with more experience must seize the high point!
really…
Guan Suo's actions were as fierce as a tiger's. Looking at the battle situation, not a single arrow hit him.
"Ha ha ha ha--"
The soldiers' jeers kept coming from the warship. This kind of... ridicule and contempt made Guan Suo clenched his fists involuntarily.
At this moment, he was so eager to have his fourth brother Guan Lin by his side...
If it were him, there must be a way to stop these warships.
But now... Guan Suo can only let them go and let them rush to Anlu City, leaving the fourth brother to be attacked from both sides!
——"Fourth brother, this... this battle? How can you fight it!"
Guan Suo felt infinite sadness in his heart. At this moment, his worry for Guan Lin was written all over his face...It was beyond words——
…
…
The front is about to dock, and the bow of the stern warship is the first to open the way.
Lu Xun and Sun Ru stood there.
Sun Ru sighed with emotion: "I was still wondering. If the journey is smooth, there are some flaws. The obstruction at Xiakou... seems to be just right."
"Haha..." Lu Xun seemed to be in a good mood, "False and false, true and false, true and false, Madam also understands the art of war!"
Sun Ru did not answer, but took a deep breath of the air here and sighed: "The air here makes me feel refreshed, far from the blood, depression and pain over there in Soochow.
…”
"Haha..." Lu Xun laughed again, but only for a moment. Lu Xun muttered: "There's still a war going on here. There's more smoke and war in the air, right?"
"What's next?" Sun Ru asked quickly.
Lu Xun raised his index finger, signaling that he didn't need to say anything further. He said calmly: "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will be victorious in every battle. We must first see Cao Wei's plan... I think Sima Zhongda must be more anxious than us..."
Sun Ru nodded deeply. She subconsciously felt as if she had escaped from Soochow. Boyan's whole aura had changed, becoming more relaxed and confident!
…
…
Jiangxia City, outside Sifang Mountain, is an empty place.
More than a dozen civil servants and dozens of migrant workers were tied up behind their backs... in a straight line.
In front of them were several completed and well-sealed clay pots. Jiang Gan and a group of soldiers seemed to have just come out of a market where fish oil was refined, and there was still a fishy smell all over their bodies.
Since Jiang Gan mobilized all his strength to devote himself to the process of making "burning tanks", inexplicably, the efficiency that should have been slightly improved has doubled.
This reduced the pressure on Jiang Gan to deliver 5,000 "burning cans" and the landing time was greatly reduced.
As for today, the reason why these dozens of people are tied up is because they refused to change despite repeated admonitions. Either during the transportation of white phosphorus or during the loading process, they did not allow the white phosphorus to come into contact with the air in a closed environment.
Of course, because the weather has suddenly turned cold recently...
This made white phosphorus less likely to spontaneously ignite, but Jiang Gan still decided to show these "refractory" people to let them remember.
"Come--"
"Throw it out——"
Jiang Gan gave an order.
Immediately under dozens of pairs of eyes, a soldier picked up the clay pot with one hand and ran forward with all his strength. The location where he threw it was a hillside with no vegetation or jungle, and the height was shorter than the hillside on Jiang Gan's side.
Some, this is also more convenient for everyone to see clearly.
"Clang——"
With the crisp sound caused by the broken clay pot, the white phosphorus in the clay pot fell everywhere, and even the eggs were broken into pieces. The fish oil inside was spread all over the floor...
Of course, the reserves of white phosphorus in a clay pot are limited... fish oil and white phosphorus only occupy a small position.
"continue…"
Jiang Gan spoke up again.
Immediately...a few more clay pots were thrown out, and more white phosphorus and fish oil almost filled the opposite hillside...
However, apart from the sound of the clay pot colliding with the stone steps and breaking into pieces, this made me feel lonely. Is this clay pot of any use?
Just when everyone is confused...
"Archery——"
Jiang Gan gave the order, and a soldier immediately shot a fire arrow.
And as the fire arrows shot down to the opposite hillside.
It's like a fire dragon shooting up from the ground.
In the horrified eyes of dozens of people, fire shot up into the sky.
That's right, there are no trees, no jungle, nothing that can spread the flames, just a smooth stone slope, just a few clay pots that can be thrown with one hand...
But his power——
a long time…
For a long time... as the poisonous smoke was blown away by the wind, the flames continued... burning on the bare stone slope, burning the stone steps into a reddish black color.
For a moment, Jiang Gan was also shocked by this power...
Only then did he realize that the last ignition was just the spontaneous combustion of "flint", but this time, with the help of fish oil, the power of the flame explosion and the duration of the combustion were undoubtedly doubled...
With a "dong" sound, Jiang Gan finally realized why this thing was called an incendiary bomb.
Haha... If people are going to be attracted by the flames soaring into the sky, how can they still survive?
"Ahem..."
"Do you know everything now?"
Jiang Qian cleared his throat and shouted: "Did I lie to you? If you are negligent, our entire refining workshop will be covered by this fire. You, me, and everyone here will be burned to death by the fire."
, there is no burnt dregs left!”
Looking at the civilian husbands who "refuse to change despite repeated admonitions", the civil servants looked with fear in their eyes.
Jiang Gan knew that his goal had been achieved.
"Okay, let's untie them all..."
"Now you know what a great thing we have done, right?"
"Young Master Yun Qi, if Jiang Xia wins this battle, all the achievements will belong to our refinery... Please cheer up, work hard on your mind, and work hard on your muscles and bones... This is a great responsibility handed down by God.
Wait——"
just like…
Jiang Qian is mobilizing, and frankly speaking, he has an extraordinary talent for "talking".
And his execution ability, which is most valued by Guan Lin, is indeed eye-catching——
…
It's on another hillside not far away.
Guan Lin, Zhang Xingcai, Liao Hua, Zhuge Ke, and Shi Wu also witnessed the test of the "burning tank" ignition.
The effect was very good, beyond Guan Lin's expectation.
Of course, because he had a general idea, Guan Lin's expression did not fluctuate much, but Zhang Xingcai, Zhuge Ke, Liao Hua, and the soldiers were all shocked.
Even though the flames had dissipated, they were all dumbfounded and dumbfounded.
"Ahem..."
Guan Lin had no choice but to cough heavily and withdraw everyone's thoughts from the soaring flames.
"Have you seen it? This is the power of the 'burning tank'. We have to thank that the battlefield this time is in Anlu City. Otherwise, where would we get so many flints?"
Zhang Xingcai pursed his lips: "I always thought... Brother Yun Qi was waiting for something. I thought it was reinforcements, but I never thought it was this... It turns out Brother Yun Qi wanted to use this 'burning tank' to attack Jiming Mountain."
Regarding Zhang Xingcai's proposal, Guan Lin was noncommittal...
Huh... Zhuge Ke also let out a long breath and said with emotion: "In a few days, the five thousand incendiary cans at the smelting workshop here will be completed, and the fighter planes will appear..."
Shiwu thought to himself.
——"I don't know how much it will cost to buy this burning can, but... considering its power, no matter how much it costs, it is worth it!"
He has already begun to think about...
Liao Hua said excitedly: "The last general is calling for battle...burning the enemy's food and grass in Jiming Mountain, with the help of burning pots, five thousand soldiers are enough!"
Sharpening the knife and getting ready to go——
Looking back at Guan Lin, he showed the ultimate calmness as always.
He smiled and said: "Don't be busy now... the situation is changing rapidly, we will talk about it when the time comes!"
At this moment, a scout came quickly. When he saw Guan Lin, he knelt down and reported:
"Prefect Guan, it's bad... Lu Xun's fleet in Jiaozhou has passed Xiakou, along the Xia River... It seems that his goal is Anlu City!"
this…
As soon as this statement came out, no one here was surprised.
After all, another warrior from Jiaozhou is still here.
Here he is, Lu Xun in Jiaozhou... Is he a friend or an enemy? There is no simpler step than this.
As the scouts retreated…
Zhuge Ke suddenly realized: "It turns out that Mr. Yunqi has been waiting for Lu Xun. He is the main force in attacking Jiming Mountain, right?"
Hearing this, Guan Lin did not speak, but smiled faintly...
He raised his head and looked at the sky. Although it was cold in winter, the sun's light was still bright and dazzling.