Chapter 229 Surprise attack in the rain

The rain was pouring in, and the rain curtain connected the heavens and the earth. The soldiers of the Zheng army on the wall of Yanshi City looked vigilantly at the Tang army camp in the distance, but their vision was not wide enough, only a hundred steps away, they were all white, and their ears were full of wind and rain.

Due to the fact that the whole army arrived at Yanshi lightly and quickly, the camp tents of the Zheng army were not enough, and most of them built a straw hut to make do, under this kind of heavy rain, not to mention the straw hut, even the tent did not leak rain. The drainage facilities of Yanshi City are not good, the barracks are not all high in the city, some places are flooded, most of the soldiers tossed all night without sleeping, the soldiers can not control the ban, move the ground to hide from the rain, the camp is already in chaos, and it is a little lucky that the camp is not bombed on the spot. It rained heavily overnight, and almost all of the people's clothes were wet, especially the armor that was wet by the rain, which was cold and sticky, and very uncomfortable.

The soldiers of the Zheng Army, who were standing on the city wall, looked at the Tang Army camp outside the city with great envy, and there was no movement so far. Thinking of the large camp of the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army, it was built on a shallow hill on the back, although the rain was heavy, it would definitely not flood them, and their tents looked new, so they didn't have to worry about leaking rain at all.

Thick smoke had risen in the Tang army camp, making the vision even more blurred. A lieutenant of the Zheng military academy scolded angrily: "Damn, our brother is this fate, you see that people sleep comfortably and eat sweetly......"

At this moment, a loud sound came from the rain curtain, and all the Zheng soldiers hurriedly stood solemnly, and soon Wang Shiyun came to the city gate tower with his personal guards, and asked with a slashed face: "Is there any movement in the Tang army camp!" ”

The lieutenant hurriedly announced: "Back to His Royal Highness King Qi, there is no change in the Tang army camp, watching the smoke rise, I think they should be making breakfast!" ”

Wang Shiyun nodded and said, "Order the generals to change shifts every hour!" ”

Those Zheng soldiers were so moved that they wanted to cry, they were as cold as bones in the heavy rain for an hour, and standing for two hours in one shift was simply not human work.

Wang Shiyun always felt that something was wrong, but unfortunately the sight in the rain curtain was too poor, and he couldn't see the movement of the Tang army camp clearly. Wang Shiyun thought for a while and said: "Use the hanging basket to hang a few people, go to the Tang Army camp and have a look!" ”

More than a dozen Zheng soldiers who were sent scolded and got into the hanging basket and slowly fell into the city, and they marched towards the Tang army camp with anxiety, and entered the Tang army camp one stone's throw away.

A Zheng soldier holding the hilt of his sword said to the leading group leader: "Han Tou, let's really go to reconnoitre!" ”

The leader said, "Do our brothers have a choice?" How ruthless the surname Wang is, you don't know how ruthless it is, Dong Liuzi in the front camp just complained a few words, and was actually beaten to death, listening to Cao Dazui, Dong Liuzi didn't have complete good bones all over his body! ”

Hearing this, the surrounding Zheng soldiers were so frightened that their strands of urine were overflowing.

"Even if we go, I'm afraid we will be cut by Tang Jun!"

"I'm afraid of a hair, whose food is not eaten?" The gang commander said: "The Tang army can't send arrows now, watch them raise their knives, let's surrender!" ”

The soldiers timidly moved forward, and finally touched the front of the Tang Army camp. The gang commander saw the Tang soldiers standing in front of the battalion, which were actually several scarecrows, wearing leather armor and holding knives and guns.

"Hey...... Tang Jun is so damn wide-hearted, even standing guard is fake! ”

"Han Tou, it seems that something is wrong, these Tang soldiers won't really sleep to death, right?"

The face of the gang leader surnamed Han changed slightly, he bent down and picked up a piece of mud, kneaded it into a mud ball, and threw it towards the camp, but unfortunately, except for the sound of rain, there was still no movement.

Han said: "Tang Jun may have run away, quickly turn in and take a look!" ”

The soldiers moved away from the horses and swarmed in. The large Tang army camp had already been emptied at this time, and many tents were surrounded by mud to form stoves, and the wheat straw and straw laid by the soldiers were burned in the stove in the center of the tent.

In some tents, pots are still hanging from the stove, and large bones are boiling in the pots, and the pots emit an enticing fragrance.

When Wang Shiyun got the reconnaissance situation, he was shocked and screamed: "What? The camp of the Don Army is already empty? ”

Han Gang nodded solemnly and said, "Back to His Royal Highness King Qi, if there is half a word of falsehood in your humble position, you will cut off my head!" ”

If you want to say Chen Ying, you really didn't think that your department would cross the river and go directly to Luoyang City.

Originally, Sun Jingchu only had dozens of boats to death, and all of them were small boats of 100 stones, and if they were transporting baggage, they could barely transport 3,000 or 5,000 stones, and if they transported soldiers, they would only be 2,000 people and horses.

However, Chen Ying never thought of it. Sun Jingchu actually pulled more than 1,000 ships at once, and there were also fifty or sixty ships with a thousand stones.

With the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal by Yang Guang, along with this Grand Canal, a new industry has also been derived - Cao Yun.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are struggles, and gradually a circle of living by Cao Yun has gradually formed. In the nascent industry of Caoyun, most of the heads are actually controlled by the government and the clan gate valves, but in addition to the larger Caoyun fleet controlled by the gate valves, there are also some people, such as Sun Jingchu and others, who own one or more Cao ships and rely on transportation to make some hard-earned money.

However, with the chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the 36 roads against the king, and the 72 roads were dusty, and they controlled one or more sections of the canal, and the Cao Canal also fell into a standstill. These canal workers themselves had no arable land, lost their livelihood and their lives were in trouble.

It wasn't until three months of money that Sun Jingchu, who was about to be a trouser, suddenly became generous, and many boat bosses came to Sun Jingchu to fight the autumn wind, only then did he know that Sun Jingchu was originally the disciple of Hou Mo Chen's family, if Hou Mo Chen's family has begun to rise again, Hou Mo Chen Qian will become the Tang Guanglu doctor, Chen Ying will become the champion general of the Tang Dynasty, the prince of the East Palace, especially Chen Ying, if Chen Ying does not make a mistake, Li Jiancheng will ascend the throne in the future, then Chen Ying will properly become one of the Xiangguo with his qualifications.

Sun Jingchu was also a very ambitious man, he wanted to become the leader of Caoyun, commanding thousands of fleets in the canal. When Chen Ying sent a notice to use him, he scattered the hero stickers and called on the boss of the ship he had made friends to come and help.

Originally, it was risky to transport military supplies for Chen Ying, but he couldn't stand Sun Jingchu was too good to blow, in his mouth, Chen Ying became an omnipotent person, and he could also become a boy who scattered wealth, as long as he helped Chen Ying this time, Chen Ying would repay them with the benefits that they could not afford for the rest of their lives.

Originally, the ship bosses, who had long been unable to uncover the pot at home, had a mind of believing and doubting, and sent three or five ships and corresponding shipwrights, which meant and familiarized their faces. Who would have thought that Sun Jingchu would unceremoniously refuse these boats, and Sun Jingchu let people let out the news, and Boss Long Kang Liu immediately brought people and boats over, so they should not be embarrassed.

Long Kang Liu Lao Da was originally the son of the Sui Dynasty Ministry of Industry Fang Langzhong, Long Kang Liu is also a Long Kang family, when he invested in the Cao Yun industry, he also made more than 500 Cao Yun ships at one time, becoming a well-known Cao Yun family.

Where did the bosses of the ships know about Sun Jingchu's lineage, and when they saw that the Liu family planned to meddle in this transportation, they felt very safe, and there should be no problem. Many ship bosses carried gifts and begged Sun Jingchu with a smile to help accommodate them, and in this way, Sun Jingchu actually fooled thousands of large and small boats to come to transport supplies to the Tang Army with just one mouth.

When Chen Ying got so many boats, he immediately changed his plan and decided to directly bypass Wang Shiyun by waterway and land directly in Luoyang Mengjin and take Luoyang directly, and at the same time ordered Liu Tong and Xun Xiang to lead the newly reorganized exile army to join Luoyang City.

Taking advantage of the fact that the line of sight was not wide enough in the heavy rain, the officers and men of the Tang Army went to the Fotantou ferry in the dark, hand in hand, until dawn, the entire Tang Army was empty.

Chen Ying commanded more than 40,000 men and horses, respectively on more than 1,000 large and small boats, and marched towards Luoyang.

Chen Ying and Li Xiuning boarded a large ship with a thousand stones, and in order to prevent accidents, Chen Ying also arranged more than 100 soldiers of the Modao Army on this ship, and the three-masted square mast stretched out into the air, making the wind blow through the whistling sound.

The rain was a little lighter, the wind was not weak, and sailing in such conditions was actually very dangerous. Chen Ying asked everyone else to retreat into the cabin, and he and Zhou Qing stood under the canopy and looked outside.

At this time, Li Xiuning finally believed that Chen Ying had spared no effort to rescue Li Shimin, and more than a thousand boats, even if the imperial court came forward to organize, it would take a lot of effort. Chen Ying actually completed such a big transfer in silence.

Li Xiuning felt that he had misunderstood Chen Ying and felt very guilty, seeing that Chen Ying's armor had already been wet by the rain, he used the red clay stove on the boat to make a bowl of ginger sugar hot soup for Chen Ying.

Li Xiuning brought the ginger sugar soup to Chen Ying and said, "Chen Lang, drink some soup to warm up!" ”

Chen Ying looked at Zhou Qing and said: "At most, there is still one hour at most, order all ships, take the right guard of the East Palace as the lead to drive forward, get off the ship first, and occupy the tidal flat position first, and the Modao army is second!" ”

A small sentinel ship slowly approached the big ship, and a sturdy young man in a short cardigan at the bow of the boat, he squatted on the bow and turned back to the old avenue of the boat: "Everyone, my surname Sun will never tell lies, General Chen is busy with military affairs now, whether he has time to see you, I really can't say!" ”

There is a saying that there are people in the DPRK who are good officials, and in fact, the same is true for doing things. If you don't have a strong backer, it's really hard to do things, especially for them, the various officials along the canal, layer by layer, toss them not lightly, those family gate valves control the Cao transport ships are not only exempt from inspection, but also do not have to pay taxes, not only save time and effort, but also do not have to worry about being troubled by those officials.

But they came from humble backgrounds, even if they wanted to hug their thighs, they didn't have a chance, and those clan gate lords saw the huge profits of Caoyun, and they couldn't wait to swallow them with the boat.

At this time, Sun Jingchu pointed out a clear path for them and took refuge under the Hou Mo Chen family. Although it is said that the Hou Mo Chen clan has long been not so noble in the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, as an old Guanzhong nobleman, the Hou Mo Chen clan still needs to be looked up to like a mountain in their eyes, not to mention, they can't figure out the difference between the champion general and the sixteen Wei generals.

In fact, Chen Ying was not ranked among the top sixteen Wei generals in the Tang Army at this time. But under the sixteen guards, there is still no champion general who counts him, and there is also a hussar general, and then the champion general. In fact, in the status of the military, Chen Ying could barely enter the top 30 at this time, and belonged to a senior general with a famous surname.

The boat approached Chen Ying's boat, Sun Jingchu was nervous and showed his identity, Guo Luo appeared at the critical moment, Guo Luo said very politely: "Governor Sun Shuai is here, I will lead the way for you." ”

When the boss of the boat heard Guo Luo call Sun Jingchu the commander like this, he knew that he was still an official, and it seemed that he was not small. Sun Jingchu didn't break it, his official was from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and he was not recognized at all in the Tang Dynasty, and this official was actually a seven-life military attache in charge of a hundred people, which was equivalent to a small brigade commander in the Tang Dynasty.

Guo Luo led everyone to the deck along the rope ladder, looking at the soldiers of the Modao Army standing solemnly like javelins on the deck, he was suddenly frightened, and through the layers of the guards of the Modao Army and the pro-guard army, Guo Luo pointed to Chen Ying in the cabin of the building and said, "That is the general of my family......"

Sun Jingchu looked at Chen Ying, only to see Chen Ying dressed in dark armor, his hand pressed on the handle of the horizontal knife, standing in front of a bunch of generals and ordering things, he frowned, as if he was not very satisfied with other people's work, I saw him pull out the horizontal knife, use the tip of the knife as a pen, and write and draw instructions on the deck, only to ask others to really understand his intentions before letting people do things.

Chen Ying is much younger than expected; Chen Ying has just passed the age of the weak crown, but his actions and prestige will give others an illusion. Even if he is so young, but the way he tells others to listen carefully makes him look very prestigious, in fact, being guarded by more than a hundred soldiers of the Modao Army, even if he is a stupid son of the landlord's family, he will feel very prestigious.

Sun Jingchu noticed that someone next to him mentioned that Chen Ying looked this way, hurriedly bowed, reported to the door, and said: "Your subordinate Sun Jingchu has visited the Lord ......."

"Oh, I thought you would come a few days later, and it was still calm along the way?" Chen Ying walked over and grabbed Sun Jingchu's arm, asking him not to make such a big salute.

"How dare Jing Chu delay the lord's military affairs?" Sun Jingchu said with his mouth and his eyes looking around.

"Let's go in and talk...... Chen Ying smiled: "You guys really helped me a lot!" ”

In the face of the boss of the boat, Chen Ying did not put on the stand of his champion general, and thanked everyone for their help very calmly, and promised everyone that Hou Mo Chen Ying would ensure their safety on the canal in the future. The captains of the ships departed with great gratitude.

At this time, Meng Jindu also arrived.

I don't know if it's because of the weather or because of negligence. The Mengjin Ferry was not defended by Zheng soldiers, but Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui led more than 6,000 hook and sickle lancers to form a tight defense line at the ferry.

The officers and men of the Tang Army disembarked in turn and boarded the ferry in the rain, lined up directly in battle formation at the ferry, and advanced in turn. Chen Ying and Li Xiuning went ashore in the first wave, Chen Ying did not wait for all the troops to go ashore, but waited for all the right guards of the East Palace to disembark, the Modao army went ashore, Chen Ying slowly put on a metal hood, straddled the horse, strangled the reins with one hand, pulled out the saber with the other, and shouted: "Generals, Chen Ying and Er will go together, destroy the king and thief, and recover Luoyang." ”

Swing your sword and give the order to march.

The sound of the thick war drums resounded throughout the earth, and the hook and sickle lancers slowly advanced, generally speaking, after the main general of the fish scale array was in the center, Chen Ying commanded the battle between the two phalanxes on the second layer, moving forward with the formation, once the front line was blocked, Chen Ying himself would have to meet the enemy. Although it is dangerous, it also arouses the high morale of the generals.

The war drums of "dong dong ......" resounded all over the earth, as if God was stimulated by the war drums, and the rain was even more urgent, lightning and thunder flashed in the sky from time to time, and the vision was even worse.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it seems to have a tendency to pour down. At the foot of the mountain, Zheng Jun had not yet realized the approaching danger, and the lightning and thunder had actually become the best cover for Chen Ying's army.

A lieutenant of the Zheng military academy vaguely felt that something was wrong, he rubbed his eyes, trying to see through the scene behind the rain curtain, but a lightning bolt lit up the sky, and the dense army of black armor and black armor, like a black torrent, was sweeping down.

"Enemy attack...... Enemy attack! ”

"Puff ......" A cold light flashed, and Dou Da's head rolled to the ground like a leather ball, and the screaming stopped abruptly.

PS: Two more 9,100 words, will you add more tomorrow?