Chapter 17: Dawn Raid

"King Jiangdu, Xiang Sanqiu is polite here."

"Chu Ying, you betrayed me."

Liu Fei looked at Chu Ying who was respectfully standing in front of Xiang Sanqiu's horse in disbelief.

Sixty miles away, in a place called Liujiabao, Yun Xiao was lying in the forest resting.

"Master Hou, there are indeed many ships on the dock in Zhuangzi. The scout in front of him came with the news, smoke rose from Baoying City, and the shouting of killing gradually stopped. It is estimated that it has fallen, and it is not yet known how King Jiangdu and Cheng Ying are. ”

Dai Yu walked over and whispered.

Since entering the territory of the Kingdom of Wu, Dai Yu's guards have become scouts. There is no way that Yun Xiao's subordinates are all northerners, and Liu Cheng is the same. The only people who know Wu Nong's soft language are Dai Yu and his brothers. Wei Dongbao's current position is irreplaceable, and the task of this double spy is very important.

"Okay, the people who are monitoring Liu Jiabao can be withdrawn. Just leave one or two people in the direction of Baoying, and the rest will come back to rest. It is estimated that there will be a good cane to fight tomorrow, so it is true to hurry up and get some sleep. ”

"No"

"Brother, I'm really convinced. You are really like a god, saying that Xiang Sanqiu will go into the water here. This guy is really in the water here, and it is estimated that this time the king of Jiangdu is very likely to fold in Baoying. Let's cut off thousands of heads and go back, and how much we will give an explanation to the court. ”

Liu Cheng poked his head out from under the felt cloth and complimented Yun Xiao.

"I wish he was hanging, good people don't live long and live for a thousand years. I bet you, King Jiangdu will be fine. And Xiang Sanqiu will be courteous to him, believe it or not. ”

"Really."

Liu Cheng's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief.

"I can't lie to you. Where does a kid who grew up in the deep palace have the courage to go to the battlefield. It is estimated that as soon as Xiang Sanqiu attacked the city, this kid was scared. Nine times out of ten, they will run away. Then he was caught by Xiang Sanqiu's ambush soldiers. And I'm sure Xiang Sanqiu will treat King Jiangdu well, after all, it is King Wu's subordinates who keep a line in everything. We'll see you later. Xiang Sanqiu would not kill a vassal king in front of everyone, if he did this, he would do the trick. He will also plan for the future. ”

"Are you saying that Xiang Sanqiu may ask for a surrender?"

Liu Cheng was even more unbelievable, Xiang Sanqiu first followed King Wu, and now he is working alone. The successive rebellions have already decided on their own to the imperial court, how can they beg to surrender.

"What would have happened if you had been him, and had not begged? Go to Dongou to find King Wu? If that was the case, he would have gone a long time ago, and he wouldn't wait until today to linger in Jiangbei. The small people of Dongou are weak, and they can't afford to feed his cavalry at all. Even if he took advantage of the fact that I didn't come to Jiangdu, it was just a corner of peace. The court is a huge lion. He's just a little mouse. casually slapped his claw to death, and he didn't want to hide in Tibet for the rest of his life, so surrender was the only way out. ”

"Then he still wants to attack Baoying County and kill so many officers and soldiers?"

"If you want to recruit peace, killing people and setting fires is the king. If he doesn't pounce on him, how can the court pay attention to him, now what he hopes is to defeat me, and then as long as there is someone in the court to speak, he can accept Zhao'an. The court's henchmen were in great trouble on the northern Han-Hungarian border. Not in the swampy jungles of the south. Under this premise, His Majesty will definitely agree to Zhao'an, and Xiang Sanqiu will borrow the slope to get off the donkey. ”

"But the premise is to defeat us, do you say we let him win or don't let him win."

Liu Cheng smiled evilly.

"Don't have other thoughts, so I hurt Luan Bu for him. I couldn't let him go. If I let him go, then my family's life will not be over, and Luan Ling will not be able to murder her husband. ”

"My brother forgot about this."

"I know what you want. Isn't it just that he is concerned about his goods? Knock him down, and we won't get all his possessions. ”

"Yes. Don't talk about sleeping. Anyway, follow you, don't worry about making a fortune. ”

The sun is just showing its head. Before the mist cleared, Liu Jiabao began to get busy. Although it is not clear in the forest, you can hear the noisy people in the village neighing on their horses from a distance.

No one expected that there was a deadly army hidden in the woods ten miles away from them.

At noon, ox carts arrived at the wharf one after another, and the people and soldiers shouted the trumpet to load the supplies onto the ship. It was almost noon when he heard the roar of horses' hooves, and Yun Xiao felt the ground tremble a little. Everyone stood up nervously, especially the Huns. Batu pressed his head to the ground, and after a while, he ran to Yun Xiao's side and said, "Master Hou, there are more than three thousand riders." ”

"It is estimated that Xiang Sanqiu is here, and his cavalry is the slowest to load. If you want to go to Huxi, it is naturally his cavalry who will go first, so let's ignore him. ”

Liujiapu Wharf was busy all day, and even fought at night, which shows that the seizure this time is very rich.

In a tightly covered felt tent, Yun Xiao's generals gathered here. The airtight tent covered everyone's heads with sweat, but no one spoke. Only Yun Xiao was alone in explaining the process of the battle.

"I guess everyone who should have left is gone, and the brothers are tired from staying here all day. Attacking at dawn, the cavalry broke straight into the village. Don't use a bow and crossbow, all with sabers and spears. The three-bow bed crossbow was pulled directly to the river, ready to deal with the enemy's warships. Liu Cheng set off from the third watch, wrapping his arms around white cloth to attack from south to north. I led men to attack from the north to the south, with white cloth wrapped around their arms.

Remember that if you meet someone with a white cloth wrapped around your arm, don't attack if it's your own person. Got it? Luan Yong, you take the brute bull to take care of the baggage. ”

"Brother-in-law......"

"Shut up, there is only one leader in the army. That's me, and I'm not allowed to interject when I give orders. Remember your first offense, and wait for the next time. Luan Yong was so frightened that he shrunk his neck and didn't dare to speak again. The military is a hierarchical group, and Yun Xiao believes it is necessary to maintain his authority in front of his subordinates.

"Remember, at dawn we hear the signal of gunpowder exploding and we attack at the same time. Got it? ”

"No, no, no......"

It was a dark night, without a trace of moonlight. Yun Xiao liked this kind of night, because it was very beneficial for the covert march. At midnight, two groups of military horses left the woods at the same time. Only Luan Yong and more than 20 Luan family soldiers and brute bulls were left to guard the baggage.

The men and soldiers were very tired after a hard day's work, and they had just sent off a fleet of ships. It would be a few hours before the next group of ships turned back, and the captain asked everyone to take advantage of this opportunity to rest for a while.

"The brothers hurried to sleep, and the next batch of ships would not be back until noon. Let's follow the last boats. ”

There are still more than 2,000 Wu army foot soldiers in Liujiabao, and the rest of the men and horses have been withdrawn in batches. These were the last of the group, guarding the few captures. The soldiers who had been tired all day were staggering to find a place to sleep, and they were too tired. Days of marching and fighting had drained the bodies of these soldiers.

The east showed a touch of fish belly white, and everyone fell asleep deeply. Even the sentries dozed off with their armoured arms and nodded.

Suddenly there was a thunderclap in the sky, and everyone opened their eyes. looked at the sky suspiciously, how could there be thunder without dark clouds? Could it be that there is thunder on dry land, and the sky is going to cross the clouds?

The ground began to tremble, and rolling thunder could be heard in the distance. The recruits staggered to find a shelter from the rain to continue sleeping, and those who were lucky enough to be in the shed did not move at all. I am afraid that as soon as I leave, the place will be taken by others, and it is not easy to find a dry place to sleep when it rains.

The faces of those veterans who had been on the battlefield changed suddenly, and the cavalry was a large force of cavalry. Picking up the blade in his hand, he looked vigilantly into the hazy distance.

The lieutenants shouted at their men in an attempt to get the recruits to stand up and organize a defense.

Finally, a black figure appeared in the mist, covered in black robes and black armor, and even the horse's body was covered with black armor. The hideous face armor makes people shudder, and from a distance, it looks like a group of demon gods in hell have suddenly slain.

Only thirty or fifty veterans hastily formed a formation, and the rest were either looking for the lost armor or snatching the blades that had been taken by their companions. The crossbowmen were even more trembling and couldn't pull their bows, and those demon gods seemed to have come to them in an instant. The long cavalry spears pierced the veterans' bodies, and the sabers lightning out of their sheaths, slashing and slashing the recruits so that the blood flowed profusely.

Only one round of charges completely disrupted the defenses of the Wu army, and the Xiongnu men wantonly slashed and killed in Liujiabao like butter-cutting knives. A lieutenant saw his men being split in half by a saber, and in a panic, he didn't know what to do. A bright saber had already been slashed, and he hurriedly used his sword.

With a sound of "Zheng", his saber was cut in two, and the white light flashed in front of him, and his head was also split in half. The soldiers screamed and dispersed to the south, but a group of cavalry dressed in Han family rushed up. They wielded the same lances as the black-armored men, but when they threw them away, they drew their swords.

The clever guys jumped into the water and swam into the lake. Cavalry can't go down to the lake. Some people took the lead in jumping into the lake, and many others followed suit. Most of the soldiers of the Wu army grew near the water, and they were very water-oriented. Only those who were still wearing armor were the most unlucky, and the armor that they had hurriedly put on in a panic just now was the heaviest burden. The captains in iron armor were especially miserable, and the iron armor that they were proud of on weekdays had now become the deadly king of Hades, and several captains in iron armor jumped into the water and sank to the bottom, never to rise again.

Some managed to take off their armor and jump into the water, while others were caught up by the cavalry behind, and the swords of the swords were slashed.

The Wu sergeant was driven into the water like a duck, and the lake was full of black and crushed human heads. They all swam towards the center of the lake, hoping to stay away from these demon gods.

The warriors in black armor put their sabers into their sheaths and removed a kind of crossbow arrow from their horses' buttocks. The Wu soldiers were shocked, and those who got close dived into the water one after another. Far away, open your arms and swim forward with all your might. (To be continued......)