Chapter 11 Reinforcements

As the minutes passed, the tension on the field did not decrease at all, and the night gradually deepened, and the night was as cold as water. Anyone who has stayed up all night knows that people feel very hungry late at night. It is easier to explain it with the principles of Chinese medicine:

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the 12 meridians in the human body correspond to the 12 hours of the day, and because the hours are changing, the qi and blood in different meridians are also prosperous and declining at different times, which is the so-called meridian flow injection principle. When the bile meridian is not rested, that is, in the middle of the night, it is the time when the bile meridian is active, and the function of the bile meridian is to help digestion.

It is more complicated to explain it according to the principles of Western medicine, which involves nothing more than energy consumption and hormone secretion. No matter what the principle is here, anyway, it is late at night, and both the Shu army and the Eastern Wu army are facing a problem - that is, they are hungry.

Both sides had a full meal before going to war, but fighting was an individual job, which consumed special energy, and after tossing in the middle of the night, they had already digested what they had eaten, and now they were all hungry.

The Shu army is easy to do here, Liu Hou waved his hand, and asked the people who did not need to assist in the battle to cook on the fire, and after the cooked food was served in a large bowl, it was sent to the low wall like flowing water. The soldiers on the low wall and the people who were assisted by torches took the food and ate it on the spot.

The Wu army was miserable, because it was a sneak attack, they all went into battle lightly, and they didn't bring dry food, and many soldiers didn't even bring water, thinking that it would be foolproof to take Jingzhou City this time, and it would definitely take Jingzhou very lightly, and it was indeed the case in history. They want to take down Jingzhou, can they have less to eat and drink? Therefore, there is no need to increase the weight with food and drink and affect the speed of the march.

As a result, it was miserable by now, one or two Eastern Wu soldiers were hungry, but there was nothing to eat. Hunger is not the most uncomfortable, the most uncomfortable is thirst. Originally, there were few people with water, but after Zhu Ran gave an order just now, everyone poured the only water on their clothes, and now they are so thirsty that their throats and eyes are about to smoke, and they can't find water to drink. Some anxious soldiers twisted their wet clothes and dripped the dirty water they had sucked into their mouths to relieve their urgent needs.

The saddest thing is that their sneak attack this time was purely based on infantry as the main combat force, so they didn't even have a single horse, and even the 7 generals were on foot, charging in front to personally participate in the fight. This means that it is impossible for them to kill a horse to satisfy their hunger now.

Seeing that the Dongwu soldiers in the field actually wrung out the dirty water in their clothes and dripped their mouths to quench their thirst, Liu Houzhi frowned, thinking to himself, these people are really unhygienic. He should stand and talk without backache, people are thirsty and hungry, where is there so much accounting. However, Liu Hou was not dizzy and sent water and food to the Eastern Wu soldiers with kindness, and he allowed his soldiers to eat and chew on the low wall, luring and torturing the Eastern Wu people with the fragrance of the food.

What's even more annoying is that Liu Hou also asked people to bring a charcoal basin and a few iron forks, and asked people to prepare a large plate of chicken wings, mutton, pork or something, and played barbecue on the low wall. Originally, he wanted to eat steak, but Pan Jun was very embarrassed to tell him that cows were very difficult to do, so he remembered that cows were the friends of humans in this era, and dogs were not counted. Dog meat can be eaten casually, beef is not, and eating beef is not allowed either morally or legally, so I have to give up.

I saw Liu Hou forking a chicken wing with an iron fork, and while burning it, he learned Stephen Chow's tone and sang: "Roast chicken wings, I like to eat ......" The strange tone spread throughout the audience, making everyone present shudder.

And the aroma of the meal mixed with the aroma of barbecue meat drifted into the formation of the Eastern Wu soldiers, and it seduced the greedy worms in their stomachs to gurgle.

When the Eastern Wu soldiers were starving in the open space, and the Shu army was baking torches on the low wall and eating fragrant hot meals, in the military camp of Eastern Wu outside the city, the governor of Lü Meng was pacing anxiously in the camp tent.

At this time, a spy ran in quickly, and shouted in a long voice as he ran, "Report ......"

"Say!" Lu Meng said briefly.

"The four gates of Jingzhou City are still closed, and there has been no news since the seven generals entered the east gate, and there was no shouting of killing in the city, and there was no fire." The spy knelt down on one knee and reported with his hands clenched into fists.

Lu Meng's brows furrowed even tighter. This is not the first batch of spies to report back. Since the beacon tower surrendered to open the city gate, and the 7th general of Dongwu led 30,000 horses to pour into Jingzhou City, spies have been constantly reporting the news of the investigation.

At first, the soldiers deceived the city gate, and the men and horses led by the 7 generals entered the city in turn, and the sound of killing in the city shook the sky. But soon the situation changed, with a loud bang, the city gate hole was instantly sealed by earth and stones, no one could come out of the city, and the shouting and killing in the city also stopped.

According to the spies, the city was eerily quiet, with no shouts of killing, no screams, and no raging fire. The unknown thing is the most terrifying, in this case, Jingzhou City is like a ghost town, the scene is like a horror movie in the future, the people who enter disappear without a sound, and there is no sound at all.

Now even a fool knows that something happened, and he must have been ambushed by the Shu army, not to mention that Lu Meng is not only not a fool, but also a genuine male pig's foot with the allusion of "Non-Wuxia Ameng". After listening to the spies' report, he closed his eyes and looked up for a moment of thought, and finally made up his mind.

"Someone!" Lu Meng suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly.

"The last general!" A general came out next to him, bowed with his hands into fists and replied.

"Pass the order, immediately raise all the soldiers and horses, and storm Jingzhou City." Before Lu Meng could finish speaking, a man dressed as a scribe next to him stopped him from speaking:

"Never, Grand Governor, never. It's not dawn yet, and it's not appropriate to attack the city overnight. Please think twice. ”

The scribe was obviously a staff member, a military advisor, a staff officer, or something like that, and he had a good reason to say that. In ancient times, many people who were malnourished and suffered from night blindness, especially those who served in the army, were born in poor families and were more likely to suffer from this vitamin A deficiency. These people have poor eyesight at night, and if they were to go out to fight at this time, they might only be able to help.

It is also for this reason that the ancient army generally had regulations that except for patrolling, soldiers were strictly forbidden to walk around the camp at night, and they were not allowed to make noise. Because they can't see at night, the soldiers will feel fear, and if someone makes noise or walks around, it is very easy to disturb the morale of the soldiers, and these soldiers who feel panic because they can't see things are very easy to be disturbed by all kinds of noises, so that their inner fear will be strengthened, so that carelessness will cause a camp roar.

This is why there are many examples of such battles in ancient wars: the weak side launched a sneak attack at night, causing the opponent's battalion to lose a large number of troops, so as to achieve incredible results. Therefore, in ancient times, generals generally did not launch night attacks if they were not available. This time the Eastern Wu launched a sneak attack on Jingzhou, and some soldiers who did not have night blindness were carefully selected to serve as the vanguard troops. The follow-up troops that Lü Meng is now leading are picking the remaining people, most of whom suffer from night blindness.

The scribe was evidently well acquainted with military affairs, and Ma* raised his own concerns, and advised him to wait until dawn before making plans.

However, Lü Meng refused to accept this opinion, believing that according to the current intelligence analysis, the team that attacked Jingzhou must have been ambushed by the enemy. But it is not so easy for the enemy to eat his own 30,000 troops at once. If he takes people to rescue now, there is still a glimmer of hope to rescue the lost troops, and once he waits until dawn, the daylily will be cold by then.

Therefore, Lü Meng ignored the large number of soldiers in the army who could not see clearly, and the field of vision was very small, so he went to Jingzhou City with a large army. For soldiers with night blindness, they had to take the way of kindergarten children crossing the street when marching: the people in the back grabbed the corners of the clothes of the people in front of them, and everyone walked in a line.

If Liu Hou knew about the situation of the soldiers of Eastern Wu, I don't know if he would be so excited that he would lead the troops to kill and pick up the bargain. But Liu Hou didn't know, and Lu Meng obviously bet that the other party's main general didn't know about his own situation, so it can be seen that he also took a great risk by sending troops this time.

Liu Hou was barbecuing and playing on the low wall, in fact, he had already eaten, but in order to lure the generals of Eastern Wu with the aroma of food, he continued to barbecue all kinds of food. Of course, the cooked food is not wasted, and it is given to the people around you.

Zhang Bao and Guan Xing were eating with their mouths full of oil. Fei Yi is a scholar, and he is from a famous family (Liu Zhang's relative), and he pays more attention to etiquette, so he eats very gentlely, although Guo Youzhi is also a scholar, he has a bold temperament, and he is not informal, he actually lets go of his mouth and chews a lot, not caring about the image problem at all. Even Pan Jun was rewarded with a piece of pork by Liu Hou, which was the meat that the prince personally barbecued, Pan Jun was flattered, and almost forgot to eat it in excitement.

At this time, suddenly a sergeant came to report that a large group of men and horses were rushing over outside the city, and the banner was the person of Dongwu, and the main one would be the "Lu" banner. When Liu Hou heard this, he threw down the barbecue fork with a "ding" and stood up.

I thought to myself: "No, the reinforcements from Soochow arrived so soon?" The general of Eastern Wu surnamed Lu, it can't be Lu Meng, right? Yes, Zhu Ran deliberately delayed for two hours, presumably waiting for him to come to the rescue. He figured things out in an instant.

Therefore, Liu Hou immediately ordered that all the people who did not go up the low wall should be driven to the city wall to assist the imperial guard. Pity these people, after a hard day's work, and then rest for half a night, they were driven up and went up to the city wall in a daze.

At this time, the Eastern Wu generals also heard the noise outside the city and the familiar sound of military bugles, and they immediately became agitated. Zhu Ran and other generals were also excited, and their reinforcements finally arrived.

Zhu Ran was about to order a general attack, cooperate with the reinforcements outside the city, and take Jingzhou City in one fell swoop, so as to turn defeat into victory and get out of this mortal danger, Liu Hou's loudspeaker sounded:

"Brothers of Eastern Wu, General Zhu, listen well, if you dare to make a move, I will order you to set fire to it immediately and burn you to death, I believe it will not take a stick of incense to kill, but the troops outside the city will attack the city, and no matter how fast it is, it will not take less than an hour to climb the city wall. I hope you will think carefully about whether you want to die with us.

With Liu Hou's order, all the soldiers on the Shu army's side raised their bows and crossbows and muskets at the Eastern Wu generals, and the riots among the Eastern Wu generals suddenly quieted down. Zhu Ran wanted to order an attack several times, but in the end he couldn't make up his mind. No way, the situation is obvious now, if they resist, they will be in a mortal situation, there is no doubt about that. The so-called internal and external cooperation, the so-called internal and external pinching is just a joke.

Of course, if they resisted, they could attract most of the strength of the defenders in the city, and buy precious time for Lü Meng outside the city to break through the city, so to speak, in this way, the city would definitely be breached. The question is, the price of this is the lives of their 30,000 people, and their own lives are at stake, who can make such a determination?