The city gates everywhere in Xiangyang were blocked and the message could not be transmitted, but this could not stop the Qin army.
Soon, the craftsmen in the city received Xiao Yuan's order and immediately began to prepare for the response.
Later, Xiao Yuan specially picked a dark night with no moon and couldn't see his fingers, and started digging.
Southeast direction of the moat.
Today's Xiangyang City Moat has long dried up, and the location of the river is not at the base of the wall, but some distance away from the city wall.
Under the cover of darkness, a dozen Qin soldiers took off their armor, carried shovels, hoes and other tools, and sneaked into the river.
On the distant city wall, torches were brightly lit, and every few steps, Chu soldiers were standing guard, but where could one see the movement in the darkness in the distance, let alone in the deep ditch of the river.
According to the designated location, more than a dozen Qin soldiers started digging. After a while, one of them looked happy and couldn't help but said: "There is really a hole!"
"Shh! Keep your voice down!" someone else shouted.
After finding the exact location, the next step was to dig along. This was the original sewage discharge point, so the blockage was not big, and a distance was quickly dug out.
In this way, the Qin army was making all preparations to sneak into Xiangyang.
To prevent exposure, he was not in a hurry, he was cautious.
The Chu army was unaware of it. On the surface, the two armies were still as usual, with one side continuing to besiege and the other taking a defensive posture.
On this day, the Qin army camped.
Cui Ji was wandering around with his hands behind his back, looking like he was on patrol.
However, when he walked to a school field, two soldiers stopped him. One of them said: "This is an important military area. Please stop, sir."
When Cui Ji heard this, he became unhappy on the spot. He stared at his eyes and said: "What an important place! Do you know who I am? Even the King of Qin has to show courtesy to me! Without me, he can't enter Xiangyang! Little soldiers, How dare you be so rude!"
The two sergeants couldn't help but look at each other as they were being scolded, but they didn't dare to talk back.
At this moment, Xiao Yuan happened to pass by.
"What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty." The two sergeants saluted quickly, and Cui Ji also bent down and held his hands.
Xiao Yuan glanced at them. Although he didn't know what happened, he could guess a thing or two, and said to the sergeant: "Mr. Cui is an important strategist of our army. His strategy is related to the entire army's strategy. How can we be rude?" ?”
"Yes, I am guilty." The sergeant quickly lowered his body.
Xiao Yuan looked at Cui Ji again, and said with a smile: "I want to talk to you sir, but there are still some military affairs that need to be dealt with. In this way, I will ask someone to prepare wine later, and we can chat while eating at the dinner. Sir, please don't put it down." But."
"In this case, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful." Cui Ji cupped his hand and felt greatly benefited.
Afterwards, Xiao Yuan said hello to him again and left.
After he left, Cui Jina immediately raised his head, with a arrogant look, and said arrogantly to the two sergeants: "Did you see what kind of attitude King Qin has towards me? How dare you be so presumptuous! Give me a break !”
"Yes." At this time, the two sergeants didn't dare to stop him anymore and quickly gave way.
Cui Ji swaggered. Before entering the school grounds, he seemed to have remembered something. He stopped and said, "By the way, you two, go to the nearby towns immediately and get some good wine and food. The simple food in the army is too boring."
"This..." The two looked at each other again, with embarrassed expressions on their faces. One of them said, "Sir, we are ordered to stand guard because of military orders. We are not allowed to leave our posts without authorization."
"Why are you leaving your post without permission? If anyone asks, just say I asked you to go!" Cui Ji didn't care.
"But this." The two sergeants still didn't dare.
"I will bear all the consequences, you just go ahead!" Cui Ji added with a frown.
He demanded strongly. Seeing what he said, the two sergeants had no choice but to accept the order.
After entering the school grounds, there were cavalry galloping around the outside. Inside the grounds, Qin General Ning Zhan was training his troops.
He was wearing a general's armor and corrected the soldiers' posture from time to time.
"prick!"
"hook!"
The halberds were drawn out in unison, forming a horizontal and vertical line in the phalanx, and the sounds of soldiers shouting and shouting could be heard.
When the situation came to an end, Ning Zhan also discovered Cui Ji and couldn't help but walked over quickly, with a smile on his face, clasped his fists and said, "Why do you have so much time to come here, sir?"
Knowing that the sneak attack on Xiangyang was his suggestion, and the emperor respected him very much, Ning Zhan was still very polite to him.
Cui Ji didn't return the gift. He nodded first, then looked around the school grounds, as if sighing: "General, this is a general. If you know how to treat others, you can control them. So you can use hardness and softness at the same time. You can't." Just rely on his courage."
This passage has an educational meaning.
When Ning Zhan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "What Mr. said is absolutely true, Ning Zhan has learned a lesson."
"Hey? Where is it? It's not worth mentioning." Cui Ji waved his hand and said, "You go ahead and do your work. I'll take a look at it."
"Okay, if you please, sir, I won't bother you anymore." Ning Zhan clasped his fists and left.
He had just entered the Qin army's camp a few days ago, and he already regarded himself as an important minister, someone who commanded this and that, not to mention how high-profile he was.
When people saw Xiao Yuan being polite to him, they didn't dare to say anything.
But on this day, Qin general Zhang Dashan couldn't bear it anymore and went to Xiao Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Cui is gesticulating all day long. He is either moving people here or moving there. He often sends soldiers out of the camp to talk to him. Well, he looks indifferent again."
Having said this, he continued: "Your Majesty, I don't want to say anything bad about Mr. Cui, but he keeps meddling in the military system. If things go on like this, military discipline will be affected. Could your Majesty say something about him?"
After hearing this, Xiao Yuan frowned secretly. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Forget it, don't worry about some small things."
"But..." Zhang Dashan wanted to say something else.
"Okay." Xiao Yuan interrupted him: "After all, he offered advice to our army and came to defect. If Xiangyang is pacified, he will definitely be the first to win."
"Yes, I will retire." Zhang Dashan saluted.
But after he left, Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes.
After a few days, the secret passage was finally dug.
Late at night, inside the Chinese army's tent.
Wei Qing had already ordered all his men, all of whom were elite infantry. He himself was dressed in cloth clothes, with his hair tied up with cloth strips and a coarse cloth strip tied around his waist, looking like an ordinary citizen.
Seeing that everything was ready for him, Xiao Yuan stood in front of him and said seriously: "You must come back alive! Otherwise, you are just a ghost, and I will never forgive you!"
These words completely showed Xiao Yuan's concern for him. Wei Qing was moved and immediately clasped his fists and shouted: "Don't worry, Your Majesty!"
"Go." Xiao Yuan reached out and patted his shoulder again.
Wei Qing lowered his body and cupped his fists again, turned around and walked away.
Looking at his back, Xiao Yuan looked gloomy and did not move for a long time.
Seeing this, Jia You held up his hands and said, "Don't worry, my king. General Wei Qing has always been brave and has never lost his general strategy. This trip will definitely be successful!"
