Chapter 597: Wagang Night Fire
Everyone thought that General Cheng, who wanted to save face, would be furious, but Cheng Biting Jin scratched his head, waved his hand and said with a smile: "The story is over, everyone should eat and drink, Lao Tzu also wants to rest for a while." ”
The soldiers dispersed, only the soldiers who laughed just now remained, and Cheng Yanjin smiled bitterly with a wry smile on his face: "I said Lao Li, can you save me some face?" ”
This soldier was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, tall and dignified, his name was Li Zhou, his real identity was a scout lieutenant of the Qingzhou Army, he led thirty brothers to infiltrate the remnants of Cheng Biting Jin, and fled back to the Wagang Army together.
Li Zhou said with a smile: "Who made your story too outrageous, it's just a matter of opening the sky Ziyang axe, what do you mean to introduce Dashuai to worship Ziyang Zhenren as a teacher, what you have on your face is no longer gold, it's just a diamond, can I not laugh?" ”
"Oops! Just kidding, these creeps won't take it seriously. ”
"That's hard to say, you see their eyes adoring you, I guess you should set up a game to gamble next."
Cheng Jin's trick was exposed, his face was full of embarrassment, scratched his head and said: "I remembered, you should be in Wagang Mountain, when did you come?" ”
Li Zhou saw that there was no one left and right, so he whispered: "The big marshal sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that the second thing that I explained to you last time, let you act as soon as possible." ”
Of course, Cheng Biting Jin knew what the second thing meant, Zhang Xuan specially explained his three things, and after the three things were completed, he was promoted to Xiongwu Lang General, with a bounty of 1,000 taels, Cheng Biting Jin's eyelids rolled, things are not easy to do!
In the afternoon of the next day, Cheng Yanjin led the grain convoy back to Wagang Mountain.
At present, the general who guards Wagang Mountain is Yang Gongqing, he was originally Zhang Jin's general, Zhang Jin said that on the eve of defeat, he fled to Wagang and defected to Hao Xiaode, who he knew before, with Hao Xiaode's increasing improvement in the Wagang army. Yang Gongqing was also gradually reused by Zhai Rang, appointed him to stay in Wagang, and led an army of 10,000 to garrison Wagangzhai.
"General Cheng, it's been hard all the way." Yang Gongqing came out from afar, with a smile on his face.
"Where is the hard work, all the way to the mountains and rivers. Eat and drink, you can still visit the Qinglou after passing through the county, but Lao Yang is alone in the barren mountain, it's really pitiful, do you want to put a game tonight? Cheng Yanjin smiled and narrowed his eyes.
Yang Gongqing is also a person with a heavy gambling nature, Cheng Yanjin's proposal said that his heart was up, he rubbed his hands and his face was full of excitement, "I'm afraid that the grain transportation will be delayed." ”
"What's the delay, the king of heaven also needs to sleep, doesn't he? We're not donkeys. is only allowed to work and not rest, and King Zhai will not be so ruthless. ”
"Brother is right!"
Cheng Biting Jin patted his chest, "Tonight I will be the east, call all the brothers, drink and gamble, and have a happy night!" ”
The surrounding officers all applauded, and several generals were still thinking about finding a few fans to sing a little song, which would be even better.
That same evening. Dozens of generals who stayed in Wagang opened a casino in Juyitang, and Zhai Rang was not there anyway. No one was in charge, everyone got dozens of jars of wine, gambling money while drinking, and the shouts in the Juyi Hall shook the sky.
Cheng Biting Jin also reversed the nickname of 'Three Absolute Generals', the gambling products were surprisingly good, and the gambling lost to money. Unequivocally, he didn't get drunk even when he drank, which surprised everyone.
"Go on, Lao Tzu go and throw a thread!"
Cheng Yanjin walked out of the hall drunkenly, and did not walk steadily for a while. After a stagger, a soldier hurriedly stepped forward to help him, but he pushed him away, "Lao Tzu is walking well, I don't want you to help me!" ”
Everyone laughed, Cheng Yanjin stumbled to the small door of the back hall, and when he got out of the small door, Cheng Yanjin's drunken state disappeared immediately, and at this time, a black shadow appeared beside him, it was Li Zhou.
Cheng Yanjin took out a warehouse key and handed it to him, and said in a low voice: "This is the side door key of the grain depot, one person goes in, and the outside is locked, and the people inside can escape through the air window." ”
Li Zhou took the key and walked away quickly, Cheng Biting Jin sprinkled urine on the corner of the wall, and then returned to the lobby drunk.
"Lao Tzu's luck seems to have improved, let me play a few more!" Cheng Yanjin yelled and squeezed into the table
The largest grain depot of the Wagang Army is located on the mountainside of Beishan, there are nearly 200,000 stones of grain in it, and tens of thousands of bundles of forage, the warehouse is actually connected by ten huge blue brick houses, there are gates inside to communicate, there are walls built around it, there is a guard tower at each of the four corners, the warehouse has only one gate, but there is a small door in the northwest corner, there are thousands of soldiers guarding at ordinary times, and at night, there are only more than 100 guards, mainly in the guard tower and the gate, and a team of soldiers patrolling along the wall.
The officers all ran to the Juyi Hall to drink and gamble, and the soldiers on duty had no one to control them, and they also hid in their rooms to gamble money, except for the four guard towers, and there were no patrol soldiers in sight around the granary.
At this moment, a black shadow quietly touched the watchtower in the northwest corner, and the soldier of the watchtower screamed and was stabbed to death, and in a moment, a new soldier began to patrol back and forth on the watchtower, and at his feet was the soldier who had just been killed.
Twenty-one black shadows rushed out of the woods in the northwest corner, and quickly climbed over the wall, and they opened the small granary door in the northwest corner, and dodged in, leaving one person outside to lock the door again, and the people hid in the darkness.
The grain and forage in the warehouses were piled up to the roof, and they could indeed escape through the air windows.
"Move the hay first, at least 100 bundles of hay in each warehouse, come back and concentrate after moving the hay, and then wait for my order!"
Li Zhou's division of labor is very clear, a total of ten grain depots, every two people are responsible for a grain depot, they first move a bundle of hay to the grain depot, shake the fodder away, the fodder becomes the best thing to ignite the fire, has been busy for nearly half an hour, thousands of bales of hay have been moved to various warehouses, the rope to climb the air window is also ready, everything is ready.
Li Zhou nodded, "Go back and light the fire, leave through the gas window after lighting the fire, everyone will meet at the starting place, be careful yourself!" ”
Twenty soldiers rushed to the warehouses again, they sprinkled the fire oil they carried on the grain and forage, raised torches and lit the hay pile, the fire began to burn rapidly, in the smoke and fire, they climbed up the grain pile, through the air window, the two soldiers outside also got the news, climbed over the wall and fled, from the outside could not see the situation in the warehouse, but the warehouse was in flames, ten warehouses were engulfed in flames.
The fire finally alarmed the soldiers guarding the granary, and they shouted in alarm, and some people rushed towards the main peak, and the fire was so fierce that it burned through the roof, and the entire mountainside of the North Mountain became a sea of fire.
There was a shouting in the Juyi Hall, and gambling was hot in front of several tables, Yang Gongqing was very lucky, and he had already won five hundred yuan, while Cheng Yanjin lost like dirt and began to play tricks.
At this moment, a soldier rushed in out of breath and shouted: "Oh no, the grain depot is on fire!" ”
Juyi Hall suddenly quieted down, the generals suddenly rushed outside, the table was knocked over, on the steps outside the hall, you can clearly see the mountainside of Beishan, only to see the flames, the granary and the surrounding woods were engulfed in fire, I don't know whether the granary ignited the woods, or the woods ignited the granary.
Yang Gongqing was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "Summons the order to go and put out the fire!" ”
Cheng Biting Jin blinked his small eyes, he suddenly became angry, stepped forward and grabbed Yang Gongqing's neck and yelled: "The granary is on fire, what will Lao Tzu take on the road tomorrow!" ”
Yang Gongqing's heart was in turmoil, where did he want to get Cheng Biting Jin to be a thief and shouting to catch a thief, he gritted his teeth with hatred and said: "Go to fight the fire first, and talk about other things tomorrow!" ”
At this time, Wang Yi, the granary guard, found that the key to the small door of the warehouse on his body was gone, which frightened him for a while, and wanted to sneak away by unpreparedness, but was grabbed by Cheng Biting Jin, and Cheng Biting Jin sprayed a mouthful of wine on his face, "You bastard has ruined the big thing of the Wagang Army, King Zhai has to skin you, do you want to escape?" ”
"Don't dare!"
"Go and put out the fire, you dare to escape, see how Lao Tzu killed you."
The granary guard was so frightened that he ran to the mountainside in a panic, running more than two hundred steps, he suddenly slapped himself hard, the granary fire is a heinous crime, Yang Gongqing will definitely use himself as a scapegoat, Cheng Yanjin is right, if he doesn't escape now, he will definitely die tomorrow.
He ran back to his room, packed his things, and fled down the hill overnight, where he was gone
The day gradually dawned, and the fire that had burned all night was finally extinguished, and the entire mountainside of Beishan was burned to the core, a large area of forest was burned, ten row granaries collapsed, the grain inside was burned to charcoals, 200,000 stone of grain were all burned, and more than 100 soldiers also died in the fire.
Thousands of soldiers stood in the distance, the generals who participated in the gambling and drinking last night were all preoccupied, and once they were tracked down, I am afraid that none of them would be able to escape responsibility.
At this time, Cheng Yanjin asked Yang Gongqing in a hoarse voice: "Veteran, what do you say you should do?" ”
Yang Gongqing was more worried than anyone else, he was the main general left behind in Wagang, Zhai Rang was angry, he was the first to take responsibility, Yang Gongqing pulled Cheng Yanjin aside, and said in a low voice: "Wang Yi ran away, I found a Sui Army military card in his room." ”
Yang Gongqing took out a military badge of a Sui military captain and handed it to Cheng Yanjin, "This is what I found in his room." ”
Cheng Yanjin took the military card and looked at it, and immediately said angrily: "It turns out that this bastard is a spy!" ”
"Hey! General Zhai didn't see this person. ”
The two of them glanced at each other, and they both knew that Wang Yi, the granary guard, was Zhai Hong's person, and now that Wang Yi had escaped, then all the responsibility could be put on his head.
Cheng Yanjin lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said: "I slept soundly last night, I don't know anything, Lao Yang, you seem to be patrolling under the mountain, and you don't know much about what happened on the mountain." ”
"I really don't know, I'll ask someone else."
Yang Gongqing hurriedly walked to the generals, he had to tell everyone first, there was no gambling and drinking last night, everyone was dutiful, but Wang Yi secretly colluded with the Sui army and set fire to the granary.
Cheng Yanjin looked at him and walked away, feeling proud in his heart, he had completed an important task assigned by Zhang Xuan, at least Wu Yonglang would be in hand. (To be continued.) )