Chapter Twenty-Three: Night Attack on the Flying Fox
Then...... The sound of horses' hooves came, and the two Iron Shadow Guards who were exploring the way in front rushed back and saluted Yang Yuanqing: "General Huiyu, we have gone to check for nearly forty miles, there are no ambushes on the road, and there is a small village more than ten miles away, and the people in the village say that there has been no army in the past few days. โ
"Childe, that's a little weird." [Search for the latest update.]
Jia Yi stepped forward and said, "Could it be that we are mistaken, that army in Lingqiu County has nothing to do with us at all?" โ
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "No, that army must be the enemy army ambushing us, if I guess correctly, this army should be behind us." โ
Su Lie, who had just stepped forward, was startled, "How is this possible?" They entered the valley half a day before us, how could they be behind us? โ
Yang Yuanqing's eyes narrowed, and he said slowly: "The reason is very simple, they know that we will inevitably go back, and when we go back again, we lose our vigilance."
Jia Yi and Su Lie glanced at each other and looked at Yang Yuanqing puzzled, what was the reason for this, why did they go back?
Yang Yuanqing pointed to the Hebei section of the map, "I guess Dou Kang has already sent troops to wait for us in Feihu County, and the number will definitely not be small, and the enemy army that tracks us will have success and cut off our retreat......"
Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing stopped talking and looked at the subordinates who came up, and said with a wry smile: "In other words, we have actually been blocked in the Flying Fox Road. โ
Everyone was silent, including Jia Yi, for more than ten years, they were used to absolute obedience, and never made decisions, they were all waiting silently, waiting for Yang Yuanqing's order, even Su Lie was silent, he knew that his opinion had no meaning at this time.
Yang Yuanqing stood up and ordered everyone: "Let's turn around and go back now!" โ
Just as Yang Yuanqing judged, Xiao Maha had just received the news that Dou Kang, the governor of Youzhou, had sent 15,000 troops to intercept Yang Yuanqing and Xiao Maha at the east of the three passages of Jingcheng, Feihu, and Jundu, and changed his plan.
The general sent by Xiao Maha to besiege Yang Yuanqing is called Sun Yaowu, and he is also one of Xiao Maha's confidants...... He led a thousand soldiers from Jinyang and arrived in Lingqiu County half a day earlier than Yang Yuanqing, just when he was about to enter the Flying Fox Road to ambush Yang Yuanqing and others, he suddenly received an order from Xiao Maha that he did not need to ambush Yang Yuanqing again, but waited for Yang Yuanqing and his party to enter the Flying Fox Road and cut off his retreat.
The entrance of the Flying Fox is called Gaojiayu, it is a undulating hilly area with low terrain, dense forest, less than ten miles away from Lingqiu County, in fact, it is a depression between two low hills, if it is not for the stone monument of 'Flying Fox' standing next to the road, no one can think of it, this shallow soil ditch is the entrance of the Flying Fox.
At this time, Sun Yaowu led a thousand troops to camp at the entrance, Yang Yuanqing and they were intercepted by the Youzhou army and retreated, at least four or five days later, Sun Yaowu knew this very well, and he didn't take Yang Yuanqing and them to heart The other party has only twenty people in total, but they have a thousand people, and the difference in strength is too great.
In contrast, Li Yaowu pays more attention to Daizhou's army, Daizhou's assassin Li Jing is a hard horn, if he learns that he has entered Daizhou, there will inevitably be interference, although Yang Liang's rebel banner has not been fully raised, but many things are clear to everyone, which makes Yu Yaowu very nervous in his heart, among all the states and counties in Bingzhou, Li Jing's state soldiers are the strongest.
Night fell quietly, the moon rose, the night sรจ became pale and the dark shadows seemed to dissipate, the air became transparent and warm, and the moonlight sprinkled on the flying fox. The rocks and trees on the hills are plastered with a layer of silver, and you can see it everywhere clearly, even the grass stalks on the side of the road can be distinguished, and in the narrow clearing between the hills and a small river, dozens of tents clearly stand.
In the woods of the hills a hundred steps away from the tent, Yang Yuanqing and his nineteen subordinates were looking at a tent under the hill, because of the narrow terrain, the tents were next to each other, densely distributed in the north and south strips, a total of about fifty, and the north and south ends were filled with dense spears to prevent the camp from stealing, but there were no spears on the side of the water and the side of the mountain, on the one hand, they did not have so many spears, and on the other hand, their defensive consciousness was decided.
Yang Yuanqing is the best scout in the border army, he can quickly find its flaws from the other party's camping, Yang Liang's army camping flaws were found by him at a glance, in fact, there are more spacious flat land on the other side of the river, but Yang Liang's army did not choose, but by the mountains and rivers, this way of camping, can only show that the enemy they want to defend against is west of the river, it should be the army defending Daizhou, not the flying fox in themselves.
This also shows that Yang Liang's army did not expect that he would turn around and return halfway, which made Yang Yuanqing have a countermeasure in his heart.
As soon as Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, all the people gathered around.
Yang Yuanqing pointed to the barracks and said: "The opportunity is in front of us, we will kill directly from the hills, in order to distinguish ourselves from the enemy army, we will all wrap white cloth on our heads, and the group will be impacted, and we must not be left behind." Everyone turned their heads to look at the barracks, their eyes full of excitement, they took out the Mingguang armor from the horse bag, quickly put it on, and tied their foreheads with white in white, and held the knife with a lance.
At the second watch, everyone followed Yang Yuanqing, led their war horses, and quietly descended the mountain along a ravine overgrown with wild grass.
The barracks were still silent, the soldiers were asleep, and only three teams of more than 30 soldiers patrolled near the barracks, one patrolling along the river, the other patrolling the barracks, and a team of spies patrolling within a radius of ten miles on the other side of the river.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing and the others had already reached the edge of the pine forest on the slope, less than thirty steps away from the barracks, this was a section of the uphill slope, the soil was soft, if they went down again, they would inevitably be discovered by the patrol post.
There are a total of ten sentinels in the patrol team in the barracks, patrolling back and forth in the barracks that is only more than three hundred paces long, they are basically patrolling on the hillside, the moon is bright, no matter what, they can't escape their eyes, Yang Yuanqing took off the longbow, waved his hand, and everyone took off their bows and arrows one after another, and turned over like Yang Yuanqing.
The longbow was drawn into a full moon, and twenty long arrows were fired almost simultaneously, whistling towards the ten patrolmen, 'Ah...... A series of long screams rang out in the camp, and in the midst of the screams, twenty cavalrymen rushed down from the hillside, waved their swords, and instantly rushed into the enemy camp.
Twenty horses rampaged in the camp, tents were overturned, lances pierced the chests of the enemy, screams came and went, the camp seemed to bomb the camp, the soldiers fled from the camp tents in panic, they scattered and fled, like a swarm of headless flies, the north and south ends of the camp were blocked by dense spears, many soldiers jumped into the river and swam to the opposite bank.
At this time, a raging fire had been ignited in the southwest corner of the barracks, where the camp tents were dense, and soon became a sea of fire, 2,000 warriors rushed left and right in the sea of fire, slashing with bayonets, unstoppable, killing the dead bodies of the Deyang Lang army all over the field, the heads of people were rolling, and the blood flowed like a river......
Bei Yaowu's camp was in the northeast corner, they were awakened by the screams, jumped up, rushed out of the camp with a knife, he turned over and got on his horse, thinking that it was the Daizhou army stealing the camp, when he saw that the other party only had a team of twenty cavalry, he couldn't help but be furious, and roared loudly, "Stabilize your position and kill them!" โ
The black shadow was instantaneous, Yang Yuanqing's war horse was like thunder, the long lance in his hand was like a dragon out of the clouds, the tip of the lance flashed with a green luster, as fast as lightning, and before he could react to Yaowu, the blade of the spear had pierced into his neck, 'Click! , Brush Yaowu's head was stabbed five or six feet away, and immediately only a headless corpse remained, and blood spurted out of the neck cavity.
The battle ended in less than half an hour, more than 30 tents were burned, more than 1,000 soldiers were killed, nearly 300 people were burned to death, dozens of people jumped into the river and drowned, and nearly 300 people were captured, but Yang Yuanqing and his men did not have any casualties, not even minor injuries.
At this moment, Yang Yuanqing suddenly found that a black army appeared on the other side of the river, with more than 4,000 people, surrounding the hundreds of Yang Liang soldiers who had fled...... Unable to escape, a general came out with a knife and shouted to the other side of the river: "I am Li Jing, the assassin of Daizhou, who is on the other side?" โ
Two days later, a Yang Liang army composed of more than 300 people arrived in Feihu County, the east of Feihu County, where a large army has gathered, Youzhou Governor Nangkang has received the news sent by Yang Liang, Yang Guang sent people to arrest him, and in anger, he sent 15,000 troops to intercept.
Nearly 5,000 troops were deployed, and all merchants were strictly inspected.
A group of cavalry appeared at the mouth of the valley in the distance, and several Youzhou soldiers galloped up to meet them, shouting: "Who is coming?" โ
An officer in the team flew out of the horse, clasped his fists on the horse and saluted, "Don't show off your martial arts, and escort the lieutenant official Ma Shenjun to meet Chief Dou on the order of the King of Han." โ
He handed the military card to the Youzhou sergeant, and the Youzhou sergeant galloped back with the military card, reporting to his superior, and after a while, a general stepped forward and saluted, "May I ask which one is the lieutenant officer?" โ
A person appeared from the ranks, with fair skin and no beard under his chin, dressed in a pale red robe, wearing a sarong square hat, and he asked in a shrill voice unique to eunuchs: "Our family is Ma Shenjun, and Chief Dou can be in Feihu County?" โ
The officer hurriedly bowed and said: "The lowly position is Zhao Qu, the general of the Flying Fox Dao, and the chief manager Dou is still in Youzhou City, we will send someone to escort Lieutenant Ma to Youzhou City." โ
Ma Shenjun nodded, "The situation (the latest chapter of Wu Dong Qiankun 81zw) is urgent, I want to see Chief Dou immediately." โ
He gave the right and left orders, and the team immediately set off and galloped towards Youzhou City, which was hundreds of miles away.