June is full of fire, the heat is steaming, and the chirping of cicadas is hysterical, like a demonic sound that penetrates the ears and makes people irritated.
Liu Xiang applied ice to his red cheeks. The temperature was still rising these days. He went out with a bronze mask to inspect the city defenses. Every time, it was like a teppanyaki. If he continued like this, he might be disfigured.
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Fortunately, he found a lot of saltpeter used to make elixirs in the houses of wealthy families in the city, otherwise he would not have had ice to cool down.
"Send the newly made ice to the city to relieve the heat of the soldiers on duty. Don't stop running out of mung bean soup. The weather can kill people. Also, let the craftsmen in the army carve a wooden face for me."
A, paint the outside with gold paint."
He couldn't bear it anymore and his face almost turned into a beef tenderloin.
We have to take it with us. The enemy has already approached the city. More than 80,000 people have camped twenty miles away. They have launched several tentative attacks. The civilians who filled the river were shot to death by crossbowmen guarding behind the sheep and horse wall.
Hundreds of years later, the moat of Huguan is still flowing.
Zhuozhang Water flows from the west of the city, turns eastward in the north, and enters the mountainous valley in the northeast. The river channel beside the city has been repaired and is more than 20 meters wide, becoming a moat that wraps the west and north city walls, which is wider than ordinary moats.
It's twice as big and much deeper.
It is extremely difficult for the enemy to fill the river.
Huguan faces mountains to the east and west, hilly landforms to the north, and gradually lowering basin plains to the south, just like a teapot lid covering the northern end of the Changzhi Basin.
The two armies had been facing each other for many days, and neither dared to make any big moves. The sharply rising temperature gave up the idea of a large-scale battle. In a war like this, the number of people killed by the heat would be several times higher than the number of enemies killed. Liu Xiang
Neither Liu nor Liu Yu had the temperament to treat soldiers harshly, and the war ended in a stalemate due to occasional temptations.
Liu Yu was not in a hurry. The local scholars assured him that the heavy rain was coming. It was like this in previous years. First the temperature rose sharply, and then the rain poured down.
By the way, I also offered a strategy.
The location of Huguan is high in the west and low in the east. The river flows from southwest to northeast. Taking advantage of the dry season, we sent personnel to cross the mountainous area and build a dam upstream. When heavy rain comes, the rebel army will be flooded.
This plan was so clever that Zhang Yang led his troops and set off.
Therefore, Liu Yu sat in the camp and waited patiently.
Liu Xiang was also very patient. There were originally 130,000 shi of grain and grass in the city, and he collected several thousand shi from the homes of wealthy families. Counting Zhao Yun's troops who were sent to stay in Tunli, plus the prisoners and the people who stayed behind, the amount was only one.
Sixteen thousand people, enough for eight or nine months, so he didn't have to worry about food.
The supply convoy arranged before dispatching the army simply stopped in Yuci County, so there was no need to risk going south. The craftsmen accompanying the army were quite busy, and they led some soldiers to make arrows day and night.
The 600,000 guns carried by the army and the 200,000 captured in the city seemed to be a lot, but in a big battle, it was really hard to shoot.
The Anping Army highly valued long-range strikes. The 12,000 men who went into battle included 5,000 crossbowmen and carried 3,000 bows and arrows as auxiliary weapons for light and heavy infantry. Every time they fought, arrows flew towards the enemy like a plague of locusts.
, tens of thousands of arrows were shot out in just one breath, and the consumption was extremely serious.
The soldiers of the Central Military Commission have been trained for many years. They can form formations with spears, fight with swords, and shoot arrows with bows. With such elites, who would be afraid of using a small number to defeat a large number?
He wished he could have a quiet confrontation in this scorching heat.
Moreover, he has received some good news recently.
Yan Rou captured Lelang County, the county seat of North Korea, and captured the eunuch Zhang Qi alive. The Lelang counties surrendered in defiance of the wind, and Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, whom Liu Xiang had entrusted to him, had also been "invited" back to Zhuo County.
Based on the time difference in sending the letter, it can be deduced that now is the time when the army is approaching the three Koreas and is preparing to occupy the entire Korean Peninsula.
In the short term, the war on the Eastern Front will be over, and the Anping Army can go all out to move south or west.
Good news also came from Zhou Cang's headquarters. Tianjing Pass had been captured, and the army was approaching Gaodu. The counties in the southern part of Shangdang County were in panic all day long. As long as they survived the scorching heat, the Changzhi Basin would be captured soon.
With every day of stalemate with Liu Yu, he is one step closer to victory.
The generals of the two armies were at ease, and the soldiers were focused on escaping from the summer heat. Only Lu Bu was so distraught that he led dozens of his subordinates to the city gates every day to scold the formation.
In fact, Lu Bu was not very good at cursing. He kept saying "mountain thief", "short-lived slave", "cowardly little kid" and other indifferent words over and over again. At first glance, he was a clumsy speaker.
Liu Xiang was too lazy to pay attention to him because he was too different from his impression of "Lü Bu among men".
Lu Bu, shouldn't he be more than ten feet tall, wearing a three-pronged purple gold crown on his head, a red cotton flowered robe on his body, an animal-faced chain armor, an exquisite lion belt around his waist, a bow and arrow with him, and a painted halberd?
The guy scolding the formation below looks like he is not much taller than me. He is riding a maroon mount. He is neither tall nor a big horse. He is wearing black iron armor and holding a steed that is eight feet tall. Regardless of his appearance, he is also
I thought it was Zhang Fei. Is this the diaosi version of Lu Bu?
Zhao Yun is one size older than him.
The configuration is even more incomparable to my own.
As for his current appearance, put it in the storybook, and when he appears, he must be praised:
At the beginning of the formation, a young general came forward, with red lips and white teeth, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, wearing a white jade crown with hair on his head, a moon-white robe of silver silk on his body, wearing fine scales of broken gold, a sword on his waist, the cold light of autumn water, and a red bow on his back.
, a precious carving and magpie painting. Sitting down on a red rabbit and horse neighing in the wind, accompanied by beasts of thousands of miles of smoke and clouds.
Fighting in the south and in the north, blocking in the west and killing in the east, we have been on the battlefield for a long time without losing a single defeat. As the saying goes: "Famous teachers and generals should not keep themselves in prison, and thousands of troops should avoid white robes."
Liu Xiang was enjoying himself, but was interrupted by Dian Wei's rough voice: "My lord, let me go out and crush him to death. That thief Lu Bu, the curse is too unpleasant! There are only dozens of cavalry in the city, and Su Wei can kill him in one charge."
It can kill them."
Is this because you can't scold others and are angry?
The art of language needs to be improved.
Even if there is a monkey version of Lu Bu outside the city, Liu Xiang doesn't want Su Wei to take risks. Whose life is not life? Even if he can really kill Lu Bu, will it be useful in this war?
Lu Bu is still an insignificant person now, with poor equipment and few followers. Why take risks for him?
"Come here, I'll teach you how to scold him."
Not long after, Dian Wei shouted happily to the city: "Little thief Lu Bu, come here! I will beat your shit out, beat you into the shit, and then beat you with your shit!"
The soldiers on the city burst into laughter and shouted: "I'll beat your shit out, and then I'll beat you with your shit."
Even Lu Bu's servants couldn't help but laugh.
How can there be such filthy words in the world!
Lu Bu's anger went straight to Tian Ling Gai, and he almost lost his breath. Your mother's legs are a piece of shit. He immediately stepped forward and pointed at Dian Wei and cursed: "Shameless dog thief, dirty man, I will kill you! Come down and fight."
!Come down!”
When it comes to swearing, the angrier the other person is, the happier you will be.
Dian Wei was very happy now. He also pointed at Lu Bu at the bottom of the city and teased: "Come here!"
"You come down!"
"Come here!"
Liu Xiang looked at these two people like kindergarten children. When he came over, you shouted attentively. He couldn't help but laugh and quietly ordered: "Get ready for bed crossbow."
He didn't want to go out of the city to fight against the generals, but that didn't mean he would miss the opportunity to shoot Lu Bu.
Looking at the furious Lu Bu, he thought silently in his heart: Get closer, get closer.