It¡¯s midnight, the moon is dark and the wind is high.
Jiang Wan was having a clear dream on the couch. Suddenly, the sound of drums and gongs rang in his ears, and the noise dragged him out of his dream in an instant.
Jiang Wan sat up suddenly. Before opening his eyes, his ears were already perked up. He listened carefully, and the sound of beating drums and shouting for death became clearer.
Could it be that the enemy attacked at night?
With a shudder, all the sleepiness in his body disappeared.
Jiang Wan jumped up from the couch, ran across the room without even putting on his shoes, opened the door with a roar, and shouted: "Come here, pass my order, and the whole army will board the city to prepare for war."
Not to mention Jiang Wan, not only the entire county government, but also the entire army and civilians in Wu County were awakened by the sudden cry of killing.
Without Jiang Wan¡¯s orders, the soldiers who were sleeping in their armor and clothes were driven up to the top of the city by the commander in a daze.
A moment later, a disheveled Jiang Wan hurried up to the city, holding his sword and staring at the outside of the city.
The night was as dark as ink, and the line of sight was unclear. It was vaguely possible to see groups of black shadows swaying outside the city. Although the noise and movement were loud, it did not look like a large-scale attack on the city.
What he saw was somewhat different from what Jiang Wan had imagined.
When all three thousand nervous soldiers descended on the city, and all the men, women, and children in the city were frightened to death, the sound of gongs and drums outside the city suddenly stopped.
After a while, even those blurry figures disappeared.
The Jingzhou Army outside the city seemed to have just come out to make soy sauce.
Although Jiang Wan felt troubled, he did not dare to take it lightly. He sent scouts to quietly go out of the city to conduct reconnaissance. After more than half an hour, he was convinced that there was no trace of the enemy outside the city.
Bai was so nervous that Jiang Wan had to order the sergeants to go back to rest and ordered the soldiers on duty to be alert and not to let the enemy take a look.
The three thousand soldiers returned to the camp very depressed. After the tension, they were so sleepy that they all fell into a deep sleep.
After Jiang Wan returned to the county government office, he took off his clothes and armor listlessly, and soon fell asleep again.
In his sleep, he dreamed of his home in Jingzhou and his wife, children and mother, as if he saw them beckoning to him, crying and begging him to go home.
Just when he wanted to reach out and touch them, Liu Feng suddenly appeared. He waved the bloody sword in his hand and beheaded his wife and children mercilessly.
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Suddenly, he woke up from the nightmare and sat up again.
Breathing quickly, the summer wind blowing through the hall blew on my back, a chill penetrated my bones, and when I touched my back, I was covered in sticky cold sweat.
It turns out that it was just a dream.
"Alas -" He shook his head and sighed softly, and there was a faint helplessness in that sigh.
Recalling the dream just now, Jiang Wan felt a lingering fear in his heart, and a strong homesickness arose spontaneously.
Since hearing the news of the fall of Jingzhou, he has tried his best to suppress the longing and worry for his family in a corner of his heart, deliberately not touching it.
Because Jiang Wan knew that these were threats to his own will, he was afraid that if he continued to think about it, his loyalty to Liu Gong would be shaken.
"It's just that humans are not grass and trees, so how can we be ruthless?"
Jiang Wan once worried that if she antagonized Liu Feng like this, Liu Feng would be in a rage, which would be detrimental to his wife, children, and children, or he might use them as hostages to force him to give up resistance.
Until now, this worry has gradually disappeared.
Liu Feng did not use his own family members to threaten him, nor did he use other people's family members to serve as shields for him to enter Sichuan. On the contrary, judging from the detailed news sent back from Jingzhou, Liu Feng had always treated their family members. Be kind.
This young man, who has always been regarded by them as a "rebellious disciple", is quite tolerant in this regard.
Deep in his heart, Jiang Wan actually had a little affection for Liu Feng.
However, this feeling, like his longing for his family, was deeply locked in a corner of Jiang Wan's heart.
Who would have thought that just a nightmare would easily open the door of Jiang Wan's self-confident will. All kinds of thoughts rolled out like water from a bursting embankment, gnawing away like ants at his seemingly firm will. belief.
"Jiang Wan, Jiang Wan, you must not think that Uncle Liu Huang is the wise master. Only by following him can you realize your ambition. You cannot have his thoughts, and you must not"Jiang Wan held his breath and breathed deeply, using this kind of self-suggestion to calm his mood.
Gradually, his thoughts returned to calm, and the calmness that was as light as a floating cloud reappeared on his fair face.
It was as if a lake surface that had just calmed down and was as smooth as a mirror was suddenly thrown into a large rock weighing ten thousand kilograms, and the huge waves raised into the sky instantly shattered the illusory calm.
The sound of gongs and drums sounded again.
Jiang Wan was startled, and without thinking too much, he quickly put on his armor and clothes, and ordered his soldiers to ascend the city to prepare for battle.
When I hurried to the city head again, I still saw a few vague figures in the night. They were beating for a long time. When the defenders from Wu County were almost there, the other party was carrying beaters again. Good soy sauce goes away.
After being tortured twice in a row, Jiang Wan couldn't tell whether he was awake or asleep. For a moment, he thought he was dreaming, and he had two identical dreams in a row.
"What kind of dog is this? What kind of tricks are you playing?"
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The soldiers were so angry that they all cursed.
They would rather fight with the enemy in a big fight. Being played like a clown by someone like this, with the anger they have been holding in but not venting on the enemy, they are so depressed that they are going crazy.
"Gong Yan, what kind of trick do you think Liu Feng is playing?" Liao Hua asked, depressed and puzzled.
Jiang Wan was stunned for a long time, thinking over and over again, and gradually figured out the conspiracy. He snorted coldly and said: "What kind of trick could it be? It's just trying to use this rogue-like tired tactic to destroy our morale and consume us." to prepare for his future sneak attacks."
I see.
"Then what should we do? If the enemy comes and causes trouble like this every few hours, the soldiers will not be able to sleep well, and their spirits will be exhausted sooner or later." Liao Hua looked worried.
Jiang Wan thought about it for a long time, but he had no idea what to do. It was no wonder that in the face of such rogue-like harassment tactics, he was not good at using surprises and had no good countermeasures.
In desperation, Jiang Wan could only admit defeat and thought of a solution that was not a solution.
That is to divide 3,000 people into two teams. One team sleeps at the top of the city at night, and the other team goes into camp to rest. If they are harassed, they will only go to the city if they are really confirmed to be the opponent's attacker. The rest of the time, they will plug their ears. Pay attention, the two teams take turns on duty day and night.
As Jiang Wan expected, Liu Feng really planned to use this trick to the end. After that night, he sent small groups of soldiers and horses to approach the city every night, beating gongs and drums at the same time on the north and west sides, and every other It only takes one tossing every hour, and one tossing lasts for more than half an hour.
Although during the day, the team that was tortured at night could have a good sleep, but they had to be tortured at night. In this way, day and night were reversed, and they suffered painful mental torture.
It was like this every night for more than twenty days in a row. Seeing the declining morale, Jiang Wan was helpless.
At this time, Jiang Wan hoped that Liu Feng would quickly implement his strategy of "cooperating with the inside and outside", so that he could deal a severe blow to his rogue opponent and boost his exhausted morale with a victory.
In the blink of an eye, January has passed.
Liu Zhang from Chengdu once again sent an urgent letter, claiming that the war in Luocheng was tense. Liu Bei seemed to have tried his best. If Liu Feng's reinforcements failed to arrive, the entire Luocheng defense line would collapse.
"It seems that Liu Zhang can no longer hold on any longer. Lord, we must hurry up." Ma Su said with a stern expression.
Liu Feng nodded slightly and asked, "How is the tunnel project going?"
Ma Su took out the engineering drawing he drew, pointed to the north of Wu County and said: "If the direction estimate is correct, the geography should be directly facing the north gate of Wu County, but after such a distance, there will definitely be a deviation. But that¡¯s not important anymore. In my opinion, planting it now is enough.¡±
"What about Wu County? Did the other party notice it?" Liu Feng asked again.
Ma Su sneered: "My lord's clever plan is beating gongs and drums every day. Unless Jiang Wan has wolf ears, how can he notice it?"
On that day, Ma Su was worried that Jiang Wan would arrange a monitoring system in Beimen for safety reasons, so Liu Feng thought of this strategy. Every night when he was preparing to start work, he would beat gongs and drums at Wu County City. , successfully covering up the noise caused by tunnel excavation.
During the day, Liu Feng ordered another team to pretend to dig another tunnel from the east. Jiang Wan heard about itThe movement in the underground further confirmed his judgment. He thought he had seen through Liu Feng's trick, but he had no idea that the enemy's black hand had been quietly reaching under the north gate for a long time.
It seems that everything is under control, it is time to take action.
Liu Feng stared at the dots and lines on the picture, pondered for a long time, smashed the case with his fist, and said decisively: "Okay, we will take action tomorrow night. You can give Liao Hua the code tonight."
That night, in accordance with the prior agreement with Liao Hua, Ma Su lit three beacon fires at a high point in the northwest of the city.
Liao Hua had previously treated the soldiers on duty, and would immediately report to him once there were three beacon signals appearing in the northwest.
That night, as soon as Liao Hua went to bed, the soldiers on duty hurriedly came to report. When Liao Hua learned about this, he lost all sleep and hurried to the county government office to inform Jiang Wan of the news.
At this time, Jiang Wan had just been awakened by the last round of gongs and drums from the enemy outside the city, and was in a very irritable mood. The news from Liao Hua was just a bit of cool breeze in the hot summer, and Jiang Wan was shocked. The dry heat blew cleanly.
"Liu Feng, I will repay you tomorrow all the torture I have endured this month."
A ferocious sneer appeared on the usually elegant face at this moment.
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