Wang Mi gave Liu Yu a chance. You, Old Liu, can say whatever you want. As long as you dare to say it, I will bet on it.
The opportunity is yours, fair and reasonable.
The brothers' enthusiasm was immediately ignited!
There is a bet!
Even a big bet!
Xiangyang City can be captured in one day and one night!
It’s so exciting!
Everyone present, especially Tan Pingzhi, a war madman, was simply shocked by Wang Mi's announcement.
The faster the war starts, the more investment is made in the war. If the Jingzhou soldiers are going to fight, the Beifu soldiers cannot fall behind.
The greater the war, the more manpower is needed. In this way, today, just today, Liu Yu, Lao Tan and the others can go into battle today!
"Slave slave, tell me!"
"What are you betting on?"
Lao Tan, his best friend, knew Liu Yu's temper best. Ji Nu was a decent man, and he was embarrassed to be serious with Wang Mi.
At this time, you need the encouragement of your good brothers.
"Then bet on horse racing!" Liu Yu slapped his thigh and finally shouted.
"Betting on horse racing?"
"How to bet?"
"The kind that runs in circles?"
Wang Mi took it for granted, but Liu Yu had questions again and again.
"Why run in circles?"
Wang Mi was stunned for a moment, Huh?
In this era, there seems to be no racetrack, and horses don't often run laps. How could I forget that?
Wang Mi patted his forehead and quickly changed his words: "Didn't you say you wanted to bet on horse racing?"
"I told you in advance, horse racing is impossible, I will never beat you."
"Zhiyuan, that's not what I meant when I said betting on horses. I want to give you a good horse. Of course, if Xiangyang City can be destroyed in one day."
Wang Mi had heard about Liu Yushan's horse racing when he was in Jingkou. His favorite horse Zhui Feng was carefully selected from among the many war horses in Beifu.
He has great endurance and good explosive power, and he never loses his temper on the battlefield.
What Liu Yu said about betting on horses was to bet on a good horse. If Liu Yu won, Wang Mi should give him a good horse. This was not a difficult task for Wang Mi, a court official and a son of a distinguished family.
Liu Yu definitely did not make things difficult for him.
On the other hand, if Wang Mi wins, although the chance is very small, it is not impossible.
Liu Yu wanted to choose a peerless horse as a gift.
Liu Yu's little abacus was rattling. Naturally, a good horse cannot come from Beifu. In Xiangyang City, Di Qin's war horses were lined up in rows, and there were not as many as he wanted.
All he needed was Lao Liu's keen eyes to easily identify it.
"good!"
"That `s a deal!"
"That's a deal!"
In this compartment, the two generals finally settled on a bet, and in the other compartment, a soldier crawled into the military tent.
His panicked expression and bewildered actions showed that he had been greatly stimulated.
"No...it's not good!"
"Secretary Wang, something big happened!"
Hey!
What a big deal, it has to be caused at this time, wouldn't it spoil my mood?
When Wang Mi followed the soldiers to the battlefield, he realized that something big was going on!
A big deal indeed!
Surprisingly big!
Looking around, about a mile ahead, under Xiangyang City, the Jingzhou soldiers and the Di Qin defenders were fighting to the death. However, a mile away, where Wang Mi's successor troops were, the situation could be described as calm.
Although it is paradoxical, this is also the true form of warfare in ancient battle formations, especially in the era of pure cold weapons before the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Legend has it that before the famous battle of Changping began, the armies of Zhao and Qin stretched for more than ten miles and faced off for a long time.
More than ten miles!
I remember that when I saw this number, Wang Mi was amazed and exclaimed that the records in ancient books were indeed not credible and they were false rather than true.
Only when I came to the Jin Dynasty did I realize that although the records in ancient books were exaggerated, the arrangement of the ancient battle formations and the confrontation situation were still very vivid.
For example, right now, under Xiangyang City, the Jingzhou soldiers led by Huan Yi and the few Beifu soldiers led by Wang Mi are separated by more than a mile. You can't see me, and I can't see you.
The fighting was in full swing in the front, but except for the occasional heavy sound of stone cannons falling to the ground, almost no movement could be heard from the rear.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, if Wang Mi wanted to understand the battle ahead, he could only rely on the signal troops who could go back and forth every half an hour.
Half an hour!
Think about it, by the time the news comes, maybe the day lilies will be completely cold!
Wang Mi followed Xiao Bing to the back of the battle formation. Xiao Bing jumped into a big pit and said tremblingly: "Secretary Wang, please look, there is a note here!"
What note?
Where?
The stone cannon was too huge, and the side with the note on it was completely facing away from Wang Mi. When he heard this, his head was confused, and it wasn't until Liu Yu and the others helped him jump down into the pit that he saw it.
Find out what the "big thing" that Xiaobing mentioned is.
I saw one side of the huge polished stone cannon, and a piece of yellow paper one foot square, stuck squarely on it.
This piece of paper is hanging very high now.
The two lower corners have already flown up, completely breaking away from the shackles of the stone cannon, while the two corners that are still barely stuck to the stone cannon are also teetering.
If it had been discovered a little later, we might not have seen anything at all.
"This is……"
"The Xianbei Army came here?" Liu Yu was a little confused and found it incredible.
The soldier clasped his hands and reported: "General Liu, it is indeed the Xianbei people in the city who surrendered!"
Wang Mi did not take the note off the stone cannon, but tried hard to identify the handwriting on it.
Half a mile behind Qixia Gate, next to the watchtower, you can shoot cannons.
Throw a cannon?
Seeing these words, Wang Mi was finally convinced that this stone cannon was indeed thrown by the Xianbei people. No matter how stupid the Di people were, they would not ask the Beifu soldiers to throw the cannon into the city.
The Xianbei people threw that cannon on purpose!
Thinking about it this way, there seems to be an explanation for those slightly weird situations, but it's hard to say where they are.
No wonder after this stone cannon was fired, the Xianbei people no longer threw stone cannons outside the city, but instead shot arrows.
It turns out that this stone cannon was used to deliver messages!
Wang Mi patted his forehead and regretted endlessly. Why didn't he realize the meaning of this earlier? If he had realized it earlier, he might have been able to take the initiative!
Putting aside the extent to which we can take the initiative, the focus now is to figure out what message this note conveys.
Liu Yu was a cheerful person, so he grabbed the note with his big hand and took it off.
Hey, it’s easier to just hold it in your hand and look at it!
"Yanyou, where is the watchtower?"
"Why did the Xianbei people let our army throw stone cannons in that direction?"
In this matter, we can only turn to Cui Yanyou, who understands the internal structure of Xiangyang City.
Cui Yanyou waved his hand and pointed: "The watchtower is about half a mile away from Qixia Gate. Can Secretary Wang see the three-story building behind the corner tower?"
For a giant city like Xiangyang City, a three-story building is not that tall at all. It is blocked by the city wall and cannot be seen at a glance.
Wang Mi jumped up to the mound and looked in the direction pointed by Cui Yanyou. Sure enough, he saw a small building with a sharp corner on top and a battle flag erected on it.
"Is that a place for observation in the city?" As the name suggests, since it is called a observation tower, its function is probably this.
Cui Yanyou nodded: "It is true, but it is only responsible for observing the situation in the city and not to the outside world."