There is still the residual warmth in the beacon tower after the smoke is extinguished.
At the edge of the high platform where Xinyi is located, men and women are driving their sheep and cattle, walking in single file on the mountain top.
Long tree trunks were tied to the horns of the ox and the goat, and there were torches at the ends of the trunks.
From a distance, it looks like soldiers holding torches and walking in the mountains and forests.
All the people in Xinyi were mobilized, including cattle, sheep and other livestock, a total of more than 2,000 torches, walking back and forth between Shaolin.
Standing on the beacon tower, Xin You's palms were sweating.
This was also the method he saw in a local chronicle when he was in school, in order to write a thesis, as a way for villagers to scare off bandits.
There were no infrared telescopes at that time, so we relied on naked eyes to observe, and indeed we could only see the swaying figures on the mountain and the bright light of the fire.
Xin You was confident that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there should not have been such a tactic.
Sure enough, for several hours after the smoke was ignited, there was no movement from the soldiers.
"That's almost it."
I looked at the time and saw that it was already late at night.
Xin asked everyone to go back to the hometown school to sleep, leaving only 500 soldiers.
This is to prevent sudden attacks by the Rong people.
Anyway, it was past midnight peacefully.
As long as we wait until dawn, the soldiers from Puyi will come over for reinforcements.
By then Xinyi will at least not be looted by the soldiers.
"The gentleman's plan is indeed miraculous. Those Rong people must have been frightened."
Fan Mi couldn't help but sigh.
Fan Mi had never heard of such a method.
He also once went to the battlefield as a soldier of the Zhou royal family, but most battlefields like that were filled with chariots pulling out to compete with each other in terms of force.
Fan Mi had never seen such a method used to retreat troops.
I just heard that when the Chu State in the south and the Jin State in the north fought against the Rong and Di people, they often used some "immoral" methods.
But now it seems that this method is still useful.
No wonder Jin and Chu were so powerful.
But when he saw Chu Zi, he got off the car. Although it was a nice talk, as a soldier, he was incompetent.
He is exactly the same as the man from Song Dynasty who "went to the halberd to save someone".
Fan Mi has actually been on the battlefield, and he knows how hard-won victory is.
He can use strategies to make the soldiers retreat without wasting any of his soldiers. This ability is something he does not have.
Not only Fan Mi, but also some Chinese people began to pay attention to Xin You.
How did this nerdy Dr. Yi become enlightened overnight?
If we can really wait for reinforcements this time, then the credit of Doctor Yi will naturally be the first!
"Doctor Yi, I think those soldiers are afraid to come." Yin Rong said: "Do we still need to stay here?"
"The Rong people will discover our trick early tomorrow morning. If the people from Puyi haven't come by then, we still have to fight with them." Xin You frowned and did not relax: "We still can't
All hope is placed on reinforcements. Are you ready for what I asked you to prepare?"
"Okay, the bullock carts, water containers, and various heavy objects have all been piled on the roadside."
"Okay, let's prepare for the battle now."
Starting in the middle of the night, Xin reinforced several fortifications on the edge of Xinyi.
First, he gathered all the hay from Xinyi together and soaked it in the oil tank.
When it got dark, Xin found some people with quick hands and feet, and spread the oil-soaked hay on the only road from bottom to top.
The road down the mountain is half paved.
The remaining half of the road had already been taken care of by Yin Rong's people.
There were various potholes and a lot of water poured on the road, making it extremely slippery.
It takes a lot of effort to get up there.
However, as long as someone steps on this section of the road, they will inevitably slip and fall to the ground.
At the end of the road, there is a simple fortification built with ox carts, door panels and stones.
Five hundred civilian archers were behind this fortification and on the high ground at the end of the road.
Behind them are the remaining troops of women, children and the elderly.
All day long, these people were picking up stones.
Almost all the stones that can be picked up in the city are piled here and in the rural school. When necessary, these stones will also be turned into weapons.
Of course these are not enough.
According to Xin You's considerations, these methods could only stop the Rong people for an hour at most.
Neither the slippery road nor the piles of rocks could inflict a fatal blow to the Rong people.
To this end, Xin also prepared a "killer trump card".
But no matter what, he didn't want to use this trump card.
In the early morning, Muluotian finally couldn't bear it anymore.
One night has passed. If there are really more than 2,000 soldiers above, why haven't they sent out troops yet?
According to previous practice, as soon as reinforcements arrive, a battle will inevitably begin, and the Rong people must be driven away as soon as possible.
After waiting all night, Muluotian couldn't help but become suspicious.
He personally led a small team up the hillside to find out.
The mountain road is neither long nor rugged.
Overall, it is a long and wide road. Halfway through, you can see the top of the mountain.
"Damn it... Musheng was deceived!"
Mu Luotian stood on the road, looked at the bare road, and understood everything instantly!
There were not that many people on the mountain at all, only a few hundred sparsely waiting there.
If there are really two thousand people, there must be troops on both sides of the mountain road.
And now he has walked halfway, but still hasn't seen a single person.
"King, you mean they have no reinforcements at all?"
Hu Moliu asked.
"Of course! How could they call for reinforcements? Even if there is a secret method to send the letter, why don't the reinforcements attack front and back with the Xinyi army, but go up the cliff?!"
Thinking of this, Mu Luotian regretted it endlessly.
Because of Mu Xingri's news and Musheng's spying, Mu Luotian made a wrong judgment.
After all, in his understanding, the people of Zhou, especially the people of Xinyi, did not have many tricks and were always straightforward.
Unexpectedly, the other party would use such cunning methods this time.
When he thought about all the details, he felt more and more that the people in Xinyi were deceiving him.
"All troops, attack!"
When he thought that he had been deceived by such a child's trick, Mu Luotian was furious and immediately issued an order to attack Xinyi.
The soldiers carried spears and daggers and set off from the mountain road toward Xinyi.
"The soldiers are coming!"
Yi Sima Yinrong shouted. He kept wiping the sweat from his head and began to mutter: "Where are the reinforcements? Why haven't the reinforcements come yet?"
"It takes a whole day from Puyi to our Xinyi. It's just dawn now, and they may not be able to get there in a while." Fan Mi said.
"Can't make it? What should I do if I can't make it..."
Yin Rong wiped his sweat while looking at the people around him.
"Yi Sima, you were the one who was clamoring to defend." A trace of sneer appeared on Fan Mi's face: "Didn't you say that your Yin family's sharp arrows can penetrate the leather armor of the Rong people? What, now?
Afraid?"
"I...of course you can!"
As if feeling the disdainful gazes of others, Yin Rong calmed down a little.
"Those who can keep it will definitely be able to keep it." Yin Rong seemed to be saying it to himself and others. This chapter has been completed!