Lan Tian didn't answer after hearing this. He thought of Cao Cao's famous saying: The dragon is a creature comparable to the heroes in the world.
Do you consider yourself a hero? He asked himself, if he had not had two thousand years of knowledge, he might not be able to survive in this era. Over the years, he has been among many heroes and lamented that the ancients are no worse than the people of the future, and in some aspects are even better than the people of the future.
The "Book of Changes" is worthy of being the first of all the scriptures. The well-known "dragon raising its head" on February 2 is not just a haircut in the barber shop, but a real dragon in the sky.
The few days when the 'dragon' raises its head from the horizon coincide with the 24 solar terms: the awakening of hibernation. In the deep spring, the dragon takes advantage of the time to change, and rides the wind and thunder to awaken all things that are dormant.
Lan Tian had seen some weird legends in the original world, saying that people in ancient times might not have been that backward, and their level of glory might far exceed that of the future. As for why the world became what it is now, it might be like a wonderful reincarnation.
Classics handed down from ancient times, such as "The Great Learning" and "The Analects of Confucius", have their core gist in the first sentence of the opening chapter. The core of the "Book of Changes" at the head of the group of scriptures is in the first hexagram.
From the hidden dragon, do not use it, to the dragon in the field, from the flying dragon in the sky to the strong dragon with regrets, this cycle is endless. No matter people or things in the world, no matter the country or even the universe, are bound by this law.
Gao Shun beside him was watching the night sky quietly. Lantian felt that the wind on the spring night was particularly gentle. He slowly closed his eyes and recalled the complete star image of Canglong. Since he had already seen the dragon in the field, he couldn't hide it and released it. Being able to intimidate Sun Quan is also a good thing.
Lantian didn't fall asleep for long. He heard a rustling sound next to his ears. He sat up and found that the soldiers were eating dry food.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the red sun in the east had fully appeared, and its light shone on the ground with golden light.
"Sir, have you rested?" Gao Shun came over at the right time.
"What time is it now?" Lan Tian asked curiously.
"It should be Mao Shi." Gao Shun looked at the sky.
Lantian stood up and moved around, and found that Gao Shun was still energetic after not sleeping all night. He really admired this man's physical fitness.
"What's going on at Cheng Pu's side now? Has the siege begun?" Lan Tian asked.
Gao Shun shook his head: "The scouts just returned the information. Cheng Putian was still making fires and cooking after dawn. We should divide our troops to siege the city later. It's still early to actually start the siege. It will take at least an hour. Let's rush over slowly. Just right."
"Why don't you catch up before the opponent attacks the city? The number of Linxiang's defenders is nearly ten times less than that of Cheng Pu. Xingba's defense should be under great pressure," Lantian reminded.
Gao Shun nodded and said: "Even if the strength of the two sides is very different, with General Gan's ability, it is not a problem to defend for a day or two. If we march quickly now and rush over, Cheng Pu will wait for us. If we show up again after they attack the city, then The result was different again.”
Lan Tian's eyes lit up: "Cheng Pu wants to go all out, and we just want to stab his drum from behind? The sharp knife on his back is really scary."
"Sir, you are right. The mentality of charging to seize the city is very different from turning back to meet the enemy. The former has the incentive of not sealing the sword, which makes morale high, while the latter consumes physical strength and is attacked before breaking the city. This has a great impact on the entire army. The morale of the troops is greatly affected, and they may even become timid due to the large number of reinforcements." Gao Shun explained.
Lan Tianxin said that Lao Gao, you can also play psychological warfare, so he nodded and praised: "You are worthy of being the world-famous leader of the trapped camp."
Gao Shun shook his head calmly, "It's all the experience gained from many years of fighting."
Lan Tian smiled and said: "Why should Bo Ping be so modest? If he can sum up his experience, he is already a good general. In the future, he can summarize more military books and pass them on to the world."
Gao Shun quickly waved his hand: "Sir, the more you say, the more outrageous you are. Gao is just a martial artist. Only a great talent like you can write military books..."
When Lan Tian saw that he was going to trade business with him, he quickly stopped what was about to happen.
After eating dry food, the trapped army set off again. Although the rest time at night was not particularly long, compared to Cheng Pu's panic all night, this short period of high-quality sleep was more effective.
Because the trapped troops were well-equipped, they were able to reduce battle losses to a great extent. In the battle with Huang Gai's cavalry yesterday, less than a hundred people were killed, but there were still three to four hundred wounded.
When leaving the U-shaped river channel last night, Gao Shun asked Chu Qing to detach a hundred scouts and let these hundred people escort the surrender troops south to Guiyang together with the wounded soldiers. Most of the soldiers who died in the battle were from Linwu County and were sent along the way. Their souls return to their homeland.
After the hundreds of surrendered soldiers in Jiangdong had their weapons confiscated, it was difficult to deal with the wounded soldiers of the trapped army, not to mention the fact that there were ten scouts, so they worked as coolies in a regular manner on the road until they were sent to work in major mines.
The total number of scouts was only four hundred. Xu Shuang, who rescued Xiaopu Pass, took away forty people. The rest of the scouts all followed Gao Shun on the expedition. Due to insufficient horses carried by boat, only half of the scouts were sent to conduct reconnaissance operations, and the remaining Half participated in the battle as ordinary soldiers.
After defeating Huang Gai and capturing more than 2,000 war horses, Army Sima Chu Qing's scouts finally mounted their horses. Two hundred and sixty elites ran at the front of the team. Their mission was to convey the news of the battlefield in a timely manner so that the commander-in-chief Gao Shun could make the final decision. Excellent judgment.
At 4 o'clock in the morning, Jiangdong soldiers and horses were divided into three groups to siege the city and begin the attack. The siege battles at the south gate and the north gate began at the same time. The siege of three and one of the west gates facing the Xiang River was left intact.
Cheng Pu sat at the east gate of Linxiang to supervise the war. Because he had a deep hatred with Gan Ning before, there was no routine persuasion to surrender on the Jiangdong side. Soldiers piled up on the city wall like ants, and everyone was vying for help. Make a fortune by destroying the city.
Because the offensive was strongest in the east of Linxiang, Gan Ning personally climbed onto the tower to direct the defense.
Although the number of defenders in the city is relatively small, the defense was not so difficult due to the factors of hijacking the camp and burning the baggage last night.
Gan Ning patrolled back and forth on the city wall to ensure there were no gaps in the defense.
During the inspection, Xizhen appeared in sight along the female wall, and Gan Ning strode over with doubts.
"What's General Xi doing here? Could it be that Cheng Pu sent more troops to the south?" Gan Ning asked nervously.
Xi Zhen said with joy: "General Gao led his troops to the south gate. The Jiangdong rats were caught off guard. They dropped their armor as soon as they fought. Now they are fleeing to the east. They are really powerful."
"Sir and Boping came so fast?" Gan Ning was also shocked. The trapped troops were all heavily armored and their marching speed was incomparable to his light armored troops. Being able to move so fast meant that they didn't even rest at night.
Gan Ning hurriedly ran to the southeast of the city wall, and sure enough he saw swarms of Jiangdong soldiers fleeing like ducks. Two groups of cavalry were like wolves entering a herd of sheep, frantically pounced on the weak prey nearby.
Gan Ning knew that those were Gao Shun's scouts, and they were like sharp knives in the attack.
Cheng Pu, who was outside the east gate, responded immediately. He withdrew the soldiers who were attacking the city and began to form a formation, as if to confront the sudden enemy head-on.
