Chapter 223 There is an ambush outside Xiangyang City
She Di opened the money bag, took out the shiny copper coins, touched a few handfuls happily, and said disdainfully: "Those losers still want to take Xiangyang back?"
“Husi, do you believe this too?”
It’s not that Shedi looked down upon the Jin army, it was actually that these Jin armies were too weak, and they simply had no eyes to see, and even if they didn’t ridicule them, they wouldn’t be able to stand up to them.
Counting with fingers, since Shedi came to Xiangyang, there have been three or five times when the Jin army raised their arms and shouted slogans to recapture Xiangyang.
If you shout the cry of wolf too many times, no one will believe you, let alone seizing a well-defended and rock-solid military town.
How could Xiangyang City be taken down just by shouting slogans? No one would believe it if we shouted.
“Once, twice, and the third time...”
She Di had a contemptuous smile on his face: "Husi, if I remember correctly, only Jingzhou's general Huan Chong has shouted slogans three times in these years. What's the result?"
"The city of Xiangyang is still under the control of our army. I heard that Huan Chong is one of the most powerful generals of the Jin army in Jingzhou. For that reason."
“Think about it, do they dare to attack Xiangyang?”
Huan Chong was obviously regarded by Di Qin as a representative figure in Jingzhou. As the main figure of the Qin army, the brothers also knew the basic power distribution of the Jin army.
They knew that there were several major forces in the Jin Dynasty, which divided the Jin territory into several areas, and each area had a family that was mainly responsible.
It is considered inappropriate for other families to interfere in other people's affairs. And this Xiangyang territory happens to be within the control of Jingzhou Huanchong.
Although the old man has not yet controlled it at all. However, when Xiangyang was still in the hands of the Jin army, it did belong to Huan Chong.
Huan Chong's performance was almost witnessed by both imperial courts on both sides of the river.
One word: dish.
Seeing that his comrades were so arrogant, Hu Si felt that no matter how much he said, it would be in vain. This bad mood that the Qin army was invincible wherever they went had spread in the army, and only one or two people could do it.
Those who are vigilant cannot turn the overall situation around.
“Here, Husi, you go and bet some too!”
She Di is a generous man. He has been very successful at the gambling table in the past few days and won a lot of money. Now he poured out a lot of copper coins from his money bag and gave them to Husi.
Good brothers are meant to share blessings.
Husi declined and said, "Shedi, I don't like gambling. You have won the money, so just take it."
After saying this, he took his men and horses, jumped off the sampan, and strode away.
As for Shedi, he had long since lost interest in the night shift, and he no longer insisted on the repeated inspections he was supposed to do.
As soon as Husi left, he ordered the soldiers to stand guard near the entrance of the fence.
Since the guards at the return area were strengthened, the gambling habit has spread among the Qin army. In the past, the Qin army was also fond of gambling.
With a general like Fu Rui who is out of tune, it is unusual for Di Qin's army not to gamble.
However, the strengthening of re-export defenses can be regarded as exacerbating this trend to some extent.
In the past, the Qin army would engage in gambling games after a major victory. In order to boost morale and allow the highly nervous soldiers to relax for a few days, the general would usually come forward and pay the soldiers to have fun gambling.
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But such opportunities are still relatively rare. During the rest of the time, gambling is strictly prohibited in the army.
Violators will be whipped twenty times or even expelled from the army to do hard labor.
However, since the Qin army occupied Xiangyang City, the longer the time went by, the more relaxed the soldiers became. There was no battle to fight, and they became more and more uncomfortable with idleness.
People in the army don’t have any special entertainment methods, so they just picked up their old hobbies.
It's strange that the city of Xiangyang has been peaceful for too long. The Di Qin soldiers who were born on war horses and fight every day are really restless and have itchy palms.
In the final analysis, the Jin army was still incompetent, which made the Qin army unable to fight.
Before Husi had gone far, he heard another shouting, lulululu, and the sounds of pheasants and pheasants coming from the deck of the warship not far away.
He looked back in panic: He was actually betting even when he was on duty?
crazy!
These people are crazy!
Dividing their forces into a sudden advance, Liu Yu and Tan Pingzhi led the soldiers to bypass Xiangyang City and pounced towards the return area from the rear.
As long as we can break in smoothly, victory is within sight!
"not good!"
“There is a situation!”
Liu Yu, who was pulling Police Shen, and whose movements were extremely inconvenient, did not relax for a moment. There were almost no people on the broad road, and they arrived at the predetermined location smoothly.
It was so smooth that it was unimaginable.
Looking at the tower in the distance, Liu Yu was sure that their figures were still quite obvious, although they were protected by the twilight.
As long as the soldiers of Di and Qin are alert, they will definitely be able to discover it.
And what is the state of the Di and Qin soldiers on the city tower now?
Looking from a distance, it seems that someone is moving on the turret, and there are vague shadows of people moving on the tower.
Liu Yu and others were extremely nervous and quickly ordered the soldiers behind them to crawl forward. Although the soldiers' march was difficult, this could further ensure that they would not be discovered by the enemy.
While Liu Yu was struggling to move forward, suddenly, he felt a cold light flash before his eyes.
“Stop where you are!”
“Don’t move!”
Although he issued the order immediately, it was still too late. Right next to him, several soldiers were already hissing and gasping.
Those soldiers who marched forward bravely and followed Liu Yu closely, but those who had poor eyesight were actually injured!
Liu Yu shouted that something was wrong and hurriedly said: "For this reason, you go and stop the soldiers who are coming up behind you, and you can't let them get any closer!"
“Di Qin has set up an ambush ahead!”
“Is there an ambush?”
"How can this be?"
Although Tan Pingzhi's eyes were big, his vision was not very outstanding. He stretched his neck and looked for a long time, but could not see anything clearly except some scattered bright lights.
Beside them, the sounds of soldiers screaming after being injured could clearly be heard.
“Injured brothers, hold on a little longer and never make a sound!”
After discovering that the soldiers were injured, Liu Yu was most worried about this. Although the guards behind the main gate of the city tower were relatively lax, once the mourning spread across the field, the soldiers of Di Qin would definitely be alerted.
With Liu Yu's comfort, the soldiers' cries of pain finally subsided. Tan Pingzhi heard the soldiers' wails and did not dare to act rashly.
He followed the original path, changed direction, and crawled slowly. Along the way, he warned the soldiers who were following him to stay in a safe area.
At the same time, Liu Yu was not idle. He could probably deduce that Di Qin had set up ambushes in front and on both sides, and even placed some kind of hidden weapon.
But under the dim light, he couldn't identify what the so-called hidden weapon was.
To ensure safety, he did not dare to move forward, and instead crawled towards the edge of the team. Based on the sound, he speculated that some unsuspecting soldiers on both sides of their marching team should have been hit by hidden weapons.