Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 244
"Is the enemy's camp still lit day and night?"

Ji Ling of Xuanyuan Mountain lifted his head out of the basin, his face was not clean, but became even dirtier.But Ji Ling had no other choice, he could only spoil himself like this, to let his soldiers understand that the water in this dead river on Xuanyuan is not poisonous.

"Yes, until last night, the enemy camp was still brightly lit, and the sound of Diao Dou's call was not disturbed at all." The messenger said a little uneasy, rubbing his hands together.At the same time, looking at Ji Ling's dirty face, he hesitated to speak.

"What, is there something else?" Ji Ling stretched out his hand, motioning for Jinwei to hand over a clean towel.

"General, there have been rumors in our military camp that Xuanyuan Mountain is the place of the Yellow Emperor, and the Han army was stationed by the order of heaven, so the water of the dead river is clean and clear. We will go against the sky, and the river water will be filthy. If we continue to drink like this for a long time, Fear of being punished by the gods!" The messenger said the matter in horror, and closed his eyes as he was ready.

In his prediction, these words are very likely to be scolded, or even beaten.

But unexpectedly, he did not wait for the expected scolding or beating. Instead, he heard Ji Ling pacing back and forth a few times, and then said something that made him feel inexplicable: "Tell the soldiers, I Ji Ling ate It's also dead river water, I'm not afraid of death, what are they afraid of? If such rumors spread again, they will be punished by military law!"

"Yes." Shocked by Ji Ling's big truth, Chuan Ling could only keep silent for a while.

But when the order left, Ji Ling's previous calm and calm demeanor disappeared immediately, and he wiped his face with a towel a few times, and he also showed deep anxiety and exhaustion: the Han army was brightly lit day and night, and the fight There is no chaos, which shows that their fighting spirit has not been defeated, and they did not even give the self-armed army a chance to sneak attack late at night.What's even more damning is, are the rumors of self-army soldiers true?
A famous general like Ji Ling knows the harm of rumors in the army best.But for this rumor, he has nothing to do.After all, for the past few days, the two armies have never stopped fighting each other. All the soldiers of our own army can see that the face, hands and feet of the Han army are clean, and there is obviously a good source of clear water - so abundant that they can wash their faces and hands. !

But from the intelligence of the guards stationed at Xuanyuan Mountain, there is no other source of water in Xuanyuan Mountain except for the dead river...

Since cooking with stagnant water for several days, one tenth of the soldiers in the barracks have fallen ill.Calculating according to this situation, in three days, the psychological endurance of the self-armed army will reach its limit!

"Mr. Chen..." Ji Ling opened his mouth, habitually wanting to discuss this matter with someone, this is his subconscious opening when he encounters troubles that cannot be resolved.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, his expression became even more gloomy.There was no answer in the account, since that Chen Zhen failed to persuade him to surrender, he no longer took a step into the account of the coach.

Rumors abounded from the army, the general was eccentric, and there was no hope of reinforcements at all, and the lord who was far away in Yanzhou repeatedly reprimanded... These news, like huge stones, crushed Ji Ling, a tall and mighty man. The men were a little out of breath.

Just when Ji Ling hadn't decided whether to attack Xuanyuan Mountain today, the messenger who had just left ran in in a panic, with a distorted expression, and as soon as he entered the camp, he shouted: "General... !"

Ji Ling frowned immediately, and changed into a calm and prestige expression, and said, "Why are you so flustered, the military camp is important, what are you shouting about?!"

"Defeated, defeated! Our army is defeated!"

Ji Ling quickly pulled out his own waist knife, and put it on the neck of the messenger, with a ferocious expression like a tiger that wants to eat people: "What did you say? Don't you really think that I, Ji Ling, are merciful?!"

"We've lost, we've really lost..." The messenger was so frightened that his legs trembled, but he kept shouting, "I just got the information that our army's vanguard, Liu Xiang, was defeated by Cao Cao!"

Hearing this, Ji Ling took three steps back, with a distorted expression on his face.But he tried to calm down, and still threatened the messenger: "Liu Xiang is incompetent in using troops, and he was defeated by Cao Mengde. Otherwise, why should the Lord personally lead the army to fight Cao Jun? The battle of Yanzhou has just begun, do you understand?!"

"Little man, villain doesn't understand..." The messenger couldn't hear the self-deception in Ji Ling's mouth, because he had another piece of news: "No, not only that... Wancheng was also lost! The Han army raided Wancheng, Building a giant tree as a hammer, smashed the gate of Wancheng, General Qiao Rui was killed by the rebels in the city, and Wancheng has been completely owned by the Han Dynasty!"

"What?!" Ji Ling really wanted to slash the order. Although the news of the two defeats was both defeats, the latter is undoubtedly more important to the own army.Losing at the front line has nothing to do with our own army, but without Wancheng, it is equivalent to pumping out the backbone of our own army!As a result, Ji Ling couldn't hold on any longer, Gundam's body shook a few times, and finally the corner of his mouth twitched violently, before he said reluctantly, "Back... you should get back first, I want to be quiet."

Compared with Ji Lingjun, Han Jun's mentality is much more relaxed.Just the night before yesterday, Vanity led two thousand soldiers, bypassing a newly discovered trail at night, attacking Ji Ling's camp in a detour, and burning part of Yuan Jun's food and grass.With the banner of Xu Rong, the soldiers on Xuanyuan suddenly regained their fighting spirit.

Moreover, with the prosperity and strength of the Guanzhong area, His Majesty has paid more attention to military equipment.This time, they brought three times more bows and arrows than usual.Condescending against the enemy, there is nothing better than this.

The enemy army used the shield soldiers as the vanguard, and they wanted to smash the stones on the mountain. Anyway, the most indispensable thing on Xuanyuan is stones.And if the same archers are the vanguard, hey, they can shoot much more accurately than Yuan Jun - the geographical advantage is naturally one aspect, but more importantly, the difference in mentality determines whether they can confirm whether they are aiming when they loosen the string enemy.

Of course, their most important source of confidence is Xu Rong's magical magic of turning sewage into clean water.Although some of these soldiers have roughly understood the principle, they still have inexplicable trust in the emperor who taught them this technique.

With a clean and sufficient water source, they are "defending the danger" on Xuanyuan. Especially seeing the dirt on the enemy's face and the appearance of weak legs when charging, they are even more convinced that this Xuanyuan Mountain will not survive even if they defend it for another month. question.

The only thing that made them a little confused was, what did the guy who joined the army do here?When fighting to the death every day, he dared to pull the soldiers to gamble, and General Xu, who has always been strict in military law, turned a blind eye to this?
However, those soldiers who lost money were very happy these two days, because the soldier who joined the army like a fox was lifted up by the neck by General Xu and scolded severely: "Yang Xiu, how dare you lie to your majesty, lie Military situation, are you tired of living?!"

General Xu yelled at Yang Xiu like this, and then ordered the law enforcement soldiers to whip Yang Xiu ten times.Unexpectedly, that Yang Xiu bared his teeth and smiled reluctantly, and cursed at Xu Rong's back: "Stupid! Sure enough, the word Your Majesty is more appropriate, stupid and heartless..."

With Yang Xiu as a living treasure, it's hard to imagine whether the mentality of the soldiers on the mountain will be relaxed.Although Bao Ze also died one by one these days, this kind of sad and sad mood can't cover up their optimism as if they were playing a game.

Today, though, it looks a little different.

A messenger who was washing his face saw Yuan Jun densely packed on the mountain, and ran to the coach's tent as soon as he lost his washbasin.Afterwards, the sound of horns that pierced the sky filled his ears. After he rushed into the tent, he gave a military salute to Xu Rong before he said: "General, the entire enemy camp has come out, and it looks like a decisive battle is going to take place today." Already!"

Vanity glanced at the messenger, and even smiled, and patted the shoulder of the messenger: "Not bad, not bad, you can see the enemy's intentions. Work hard, this battle is over, come to my subordinates to be your personal guards." .”

After passing the order, he smiled happily. Although the personal guards were of the same rank as ordinary soldiers, no one knew that they were a good type of troops that would not be changed by a village chief.After all, following the charge of the general, killing the enemy is fast and safe, and it is also easier to kill senior officers such as partial generals, junior officers, and Quhou.And the head of a high-ranking officer is equal to Huang Chengcheng's gold in the Han army!

"Look, I don't even know what to say." Yang Xiu, who was lying on the mat beside him, teased, and then thought of something: "By the way, Xiao Er, have you found any news about His Majesty's army? "

"We've found it!" Hearing this, Xiao Er became even more excited, but lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Chen has already told us that His Majesty's army will arrive at Luyang, and they will arrive at Xuanyuan Mountain in two days."

"Okay." Yang Xiu closed his eyes, circled Xuanyuan on the map in front of him, and then turned his gaze to Yanzhou.

Seeing this, Xu Rong shook his head, and said with some emotion: "After so many years of fighting, I didn't expect that this time guarding the mountain will be so smooth... Anyway, let's quickly settle the matter of Xuanyuan Mountain!"

(End of this chapter)