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It is impossible for a dozen thick ropes woven into arm-thick ropes to be broken by the impact of the cavalry, and this method of setting up heavy objects gives the rope room to stretch and contract, so the soldiers and horses charging from the rear are constantly tripping over the ropes, and the men and horses roll, flesh and blood fly, and screams are in the sky.

Song Ming was in the middle of the charging team, and after the accident in front of him happened, he subconsciously retracted the reins of his horse to slow down the speed of the charge. When the horse stopped charging, it was just half a foot before the first tripwire, and the horse's calf was a stone's throw away from the bloodstained tripwire, which was really dangerous.

"Cut the rope!" Song Ming quickly made the most correct choice and shouted loudly.

The cavalrymen woke up from a dream and swung their swords and slashed at the ropes in front of them. No matter how thick the rope is, it is also a rope, and the long knife rises and falls, and the rope is cut out in dozens of sections, and it is paralyzed on the ground like a dead snake. But this was only the first one, and there were more than ten ropes behind it, and the cavalry rode forward, swung their swords and cut again.

"Poof!" A crossbow bolt came silently and was nailed to the chest of one of the cavalrymen. The horseman screamed and fell off his horse. That shout seemed to be a summons, and the next moment, from the houses on both sides, countless crossbow arrows struck like a storm, as terrifying as the slightest howl from the mouth of a poisonous snake. The sound of the wind brought by the crossbow arrows roared, and the crossbows were fired intensively, and they came in a row.

Although there were only about thirty crossbowmen on each side of the house, the attack made people think that there were thousands of troops. Dense crossbow arrows shot dozens of cavalry in an instant, and Song Ming was just about to order an immediate retreat, until the crossbow arrows broke through the air, hit him in the cheek, shot directly through the cheek, and showed his head from the other side. The whole person seemed to be locked in his mouth by a crossbow arrow.

Song Ming snorted, almost fell off his horse, and didn't care about pulling out his crossbow arrows, turning his horse's head and fleeing. This escape, the army was defeated like a mountain, and the remaining more than 1,000 cavalry turned their horses and retreated in a hurry.

The crossbows stopped firing, and the empty streets were left with only a large number of horsemen and horsemen who were wounded by tripping horses and moaning on the ground. The horses lying on the ground, covered in blood, screamed and rolled on the ground to get up, but they couldn't get up. Leg bones are broken, wounds are all over the place, and death awaits them.

It's also turbulent to come, and it's also hasty to go. The angry charge was defeated by the small trick that the horse army had trained thousands of times on weekdays. The attack was like a tide, the defeat was like a mourning dog, and the two thousand vanguard cavalry retreated in a hurry after losing hundreds of lives.

In the rear, Zhao Degang, the deputy commander of the guards and horse army, watched the cavalry flee back in astonishment, and scolded.

"Don't quit! Bastard, is this a failure? What about Song Ming? He came to me. ”

But when Zhao Degang saw Song Ming, he was stunned, and his heart and liver trembled. Song Ming had a crossbow arrow stuck in his mouth, and from left to right, it looked like a ploughing ox between the people had pierced a bull's nose. Tie it to a rope and you can lead it away. Song Ming's face was full of blood, blood foam was churning in his mouth, and he couldn't speak at all, he looked miserable.

When Zhao Degang saw him like this, he didn't want to blame him anymore. Take matters into your own hands and help him pull out the crossbow arrows. He brought out a few teeth and a lump of flesh and ordered him to be carried down for treatment.

Song Ming had huge scars on both cheeks for a long time afterwards, eating and running rice, drinking water and leaking, and he was in pain. His family asked the priest to calculate a hexagram for him, and the priest said that he had this disaster because of his name. Song Ming Song Ming, homophony is not to send

Fate? With such a name, it is a blessing to come back alive. This time it is a great calamity, and it is already a great creation. When Song Ming heard this, he immediately changed his name and changed it to Song Baoming, which means that there will be a blessing in the future if he keeps his life alive. Later, he left the army due to injury, took the pension money to go into business, but also made a fortune and lived a happy life. It really responded to the catastrophe, and if you don't die, there will be blessings.

This is gossip, so let's not mention it for the time being, just talk about the current battle situation in Akakura Town.

Two thousand cavalry returned with a feather, which made the generals realize that the situation was not optimistic. The other party was obviously prepared, and after listening to the stories of the cavalrymen who returned in shock, Zhao Degang was even more convinced of this. This is not an empty plan as Lu Xiang said, but the other party is really prepared.

However, this did not make Zhao Degang at a loss, the other party just succeeded for a while, which does not mean anything. The war has just begun, and it's still too early to win or lose.

Zhao Degang thought for a moment, and gave the order to attack again, but the premise of this attack was to clear those stumbling ropes and drive away the archers hiding in the left and right houses. Taking advantage of the large number of people, after entering the street, the cavalry divided into three teams, the left and right teams, which were responsible for searching the houses on both sides and driving away all the people in the houses. The middle one is responsible for coordinated vigilance. This clears the enemy of the archers in ambush and, more importantly, removes the tripstring setup.

Zhao Degang's method really worked, hundreds of soldiers and horses on both sides searched and advanced along the streets and alleys, and the enemies hiding in the houses on both sides really fled to the west one after another. After searching the location of the tripwire, he found the mechanism that set the tripwire. The soldiers swung their knives and cut the rope device, and the tripping ropes that were taut on the road were spread on the road like dead snakes, and they were quickly cut into dozens of sections by the cavalry, and they could no longer form a threat when they were dragged to the side of the road.

After the obstacle was cleared, Zhao Degang breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Lu Zhongtian got the news of the defeat in the first battle, and led hundreds of guards into the entrance of the town in a huff. Zhao Degang hurriedly went to see him, and Lu Zhongtian was very annoyed after learning about the previous war.

"Commander Zhao, if you can't even take this small Chicang Town today, it will really become a laughing stock in the world." Lu Zhongtian's words made Zhao Degang embarrassed.

Lu Xiang let him go, the obstacles had been cleared, and he personally organized the troops and horses to attack. The town was still unstable, and he asked Lu Xiang to move to the camp outside the town and wait for the news of the victory of the lowly position. Zhao Degang hurriedly smiled.

"The old man is not leaving, the old man will personally supervise the battle here." Lu Zhongtian shook his head and said.

Lu Zhongtian's meaning was obvious, he suspected that Zhao Degang and they could not work. In Lu Zhongtian's opinion, a few stumbling ropes can stop the pace of a large number of cavalry charges? It's ridiculous too. It must be Zhao Degang who is unwilling to work hard, and they will retreat when they are killed. After all, these soldiers and horses are under the jurisdiction of Yang Jun, and it is difficult to guarantee that Yang Jun did not secretly explain what to them, maybe he will deliberately let go of Lin Jue, Guo Bing and others, and it is unknown to leave a way back for the future. Therefore, Lu Zhongtian decided to sit on the battlefield and supervise it, under his nose, to see if they could still deceive his eyes?

Zhao Degang was helpless, so he had no choice but to say: "It's good for Lu Xiang to personally supervise the battle, but it's too dangerous on the battlefield, so it's better for Lu Xiang not to get too close." ”

"It's okay, the old man is sitting by the well fence under the locust tree over there." Lu Zhongtian walked under the tall locust tree with dense shade.

Zhao Degang accompanied him. Lu Zhongtian sat on the bluestone next to him and said, "You don't have to follow the old man, go and prepare."

The battle is serious, it is very cool here, and you can have an unobstructed view of the battlefield, and the old man is here to supervise the battle. ”

Zhao Degang bowed down and immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for another charge. On the side of the well railing, Lu Zhongtian wiped the sweat on his face with a cloth towel and felt a little dry mouth. When he raised his eyes and saw the well, he said to the people around him, "See if the well is dry?" ”

One of the guards leaned on the well railing and looked down, and saw the image of rippling water, so he hurriedly replied: "There is water, but it is a little deep." ”

Lu Zhongtian nodded and said: "The deeper the well water, the more sweet it is, look at this well for many years, the deep spring of the ancient well must be cold and sweet." In the middle of summer, there is nothing better than drinking such well water to quench your thirst. Come on, hit a bucket and taste it. ”

The entourage immediately took action, and they found that the rope on the well fence had been cut, so they looked for another rope and a wooden bucket to draw water, and after a while, a bucket full of cold well water was placed in front of Lu Zhongtian.

Lu Zhongtian's mouth was dry, he scooped a scoop of well water and drank it, a cool breath went down his lungs, and the whole person's heart was instantly extinguished, and he was refreshed.

"It's delicious, it's delicious. Cool and pleasant, sweet and delicious. It is...... It is...... Somewhat...... Hmm......" Lu Zhongtian frowned and clicked his mouth.

"Lu Xiang, what's wrong? What's wrong? The guard next to him asked.

"The old man doesn't know, you can taste it, and you feel a smell in the water." Lu Zhongtian Dao.

More than a dozen personal guards took ladles of drinking water, and some of them secretly probed with silver needles, fearing that the well would be poisoned. But in fact, that's impossible, people who do that kind of thing will cut off their children and grandchildren, Lin Jue and Guo Bing will never do this.

The guards all drank water and clicked their mouths together, and one of the guards suddenly frowned: "It's a stench, it feels a bit of a rotten smell." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's a smell, and if you don't smack it carefully, you really can't taste it." Everyone nodded in unison.

Lu Zhongtian thought for a while and said: "Maybe the well water is too shallow, and there are silt and rotten leaves at the bottom of the water, so you can't move too violently when drawing water, otherwise it will stir up rotten things." Hey, you're just reckless. ”

The guard who was in charge of drawing water was counted out, and he felt a little angry. Shicai himself didn't use too much force, nor did he shake the bucket vigorously, so it was impossible for the situation that Lu Xiang said to happen. The bucket seems to be blocked by something in the well and cannot sink, and there seems to be something floating in the water. In order not to leave a bad impression on Lu Xiang, the guard decided to draw another bucket.

After the barrel was lowered, the guard moved very softly, and the bucket seemed to still touch something floating and difficult to sink, and the guard was busy for a while, and finally the bucket sank into the water, and the guard slowly lifted the bucket up. This time, a loop of rope was brought up around the bucket, which seemed to be a broken rope from the reel of the well railing.

"Maybe it's because the rope is corrupt. Hey, a good well water. Quick, pull the rope up and throw it. As time goes on, the ropes will rot, and the water will become even less palatable. Seeing this, Lu Zhongtian hurriedly said.

The two guards pulled up the wet rope, which was very long, wet and cold like a stiff dead snake. After pulling out a few zhang long, suddenly, the guards were shocked to find that there seemed to be a heavy object hanging under the rope.

"There's something, there's something under the rope. It's very heavy. Someone helped. The guards reported.

"Pull it up." Lu Zhongtian Dao.