Chapter 638: Soldiers Don't Get Tired of Deceit

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I saw that each cow had blood-red eyes, knives in its buttocks, blood flowing, branches tied to its tails, stirring up billowing dust, and sharp knives tied to its two horns, they had no goal, and instinctively ran towards the bright light of the fire.

At this time, dozens of cattle found Pei Renji and rushed towards Pei Renji and his personal soldiers together, so frightened that Pei Renji turned around and fled, his personal soldiers were one step slower, and more than a dozen personal soldiers were pierced through the body by sharp knives, screaming and falling to the ground.

The rest of the soldiers ran desperately, and although the herd chasing them was not cavalry, they were just as terrified by the soldiers.

When thousands of defeated troops fled through a forest, a fire suddenly broke out in the woods, and Wei Wentong led more than 1,000 soldiers to kill them from the woods.

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As the day dawned, groups of prisoners of war were escorted from another pontoon bridge made of small boats to the opposite shore, and not far away, the raft had been destroyed by fire, leaving only a dark wreckage floating on the water.

Although they became prisoners of war, most of the Tang soldiers were not depressed, and many of them were still full of joy and hope in their eyes.

Most of Pei Renji's soldiers were from Qingzhou, and when they became prisoners of war, they would soon be able to return home.

Wei Wentong was very proud, he only killed 13 people and wounded 20 people in this battle, and completely defeated Pei Renji's 5,000 vanguard army, captured more than 2,000 people, and captured a large number of armor and weapons, which was also the most painful battle he fought since joining the army.

Wei Wentong certainly knew that this victory was not due to war, but to strategy. It was Du Ruhui's surprise attack on the bull formation that enabled them to win more with less and achieve victory at the lowest cost.

At this time, Wei Wentong saw Du Ruhui wearing a cyan Confucian robe, he hurriedly urged the horse to meet him, and said sincerely: "Thanks to Mr. Cunning, Wei Wentong can make this great achievement." Please accept my salute, sir. ”

After speaking, he bowed deeply to Du Ruhui, and Du Ruhui smiled: "I also have something important to come to the general, maybe there is another credit." ”

Wei Wentong was stunned. "What's the matter, sir?"

Du Ruhui turned his head and waved his hand, "Bring it up!" ”

I saw several soldiers push up a man who looked like a fisherman, and the man turned pale and knelt on the ground and bowed his head silently.

Du Ruhan said with a smile: "Last night, the patrol scout in the small river found that there were still people fishing in the river, so he stepped forward to interrogate. He threw a leather bag into the river, which was scooped up by the soldiers, and there were military talismans, military orders, and an arrow in it, which turned out to be a messenger sent by Li Jiancheng to deliver a message to the grain ship. ”

After speaking, Du Ruhui handed over the general talisman, order arrow and military order to Wei Wentong, Wei Wentong opened the military order and looked at it, it turned out to remind the grain delivery fleet to avoid Wuzhi County and be careful of the army in Wuzhi County. However, this person is actually pretending to be a fisherman, and he should have an accident.

Wei Wentong smiled: "What is the gentleman going to do?" ”

Du Ruhui said a little triumphantly: "I have been good at imitating other people's handwriting since I was a child. It's a skill, but since I was reprimanded by my elders for being a sideshower, I haven't dared to use it again, maybe I can show this ability today. ”

Wei Wentong's eyes lit up, "Does Mr. want the grain transportation team to anchor in Wuzhi County?" ”

Du Ruhui shook his head, "Of course it's good to stop in Wuzhi County." But I guess it's too late, so I'll have to use another way. ”

"Will this person tell the truth?"

Du Ruhui glanced at the messenger kneeling on the ground, and said lightly: "I have a way for him to say everything." ”

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Li Jiancheng was not without reason for worrying about the grain carriers, and when he set off from Hedong County, the grain convoy also entered the Yellow River from Hedong County at the same time. Although the fleet was not as fast as his march, they were delayed for five days because they encountered Song Jingang's army in Changping County, and in terms of time, after his army entered Hanoi County, the grain ships should have almost entered Hanoi County.

On the Yellow River, a fleet of more than 200 medium-sized cargo ships is speeding towards the entrance of the Yongji Canal dozens of miles away, carrying 40,000 stone of grain, which will provide Li Jiancheng's army with two months' supply of military rations, which has a crucial impact on Li Jiancheng's army's eastward advance, and it can be said that it is the guarantee for Li Jiancheng's army's eastward advance.

The fleet was escorted by two thousand troops, and there were ten soldiers on each cargo ship, mainly to prevent the water thieves on the Yellow River from peeping, in fact, the water thieves were not terrible, what really worried the fleet was that if they went a hundred miles to the east, they would enter the territory of the Wagang Army, and the fleet would be dangerous at that time, so the fleet had to enter the Yongji Canal anyway in order to avoid the Wagang Army Navy patrol team.

The chief general of the escort army is called Yin Changzhi, the younger brother of Yin Kaishan, the general of the Tang Army, and the official is the general of Xiongwu Lang, he is very cautious, and Li Jiancheng took a fancy to him, so he was responsible for escorting grain and grass.

At this time, it was the morning, there was a little fog on the river, so that the vision ahead was not very clear, Yin Changzhi stood at the bow of the boat, was concentrating on the north bank, the north bank is the undulating mountains, the forest is dense, he has walked through the Yongji Canal several times, and there is a little impression, after passing the Mo Nu Peak, another ten miles will arrive at the mouth of the Yongji Canal.

Mo Nufeng had already passed, and the speed of the fleet had slowed down significantly, and the fleet was moving down the river, and at this moment, a soldier pointed ahead and shouted: "General, there is a small boat!" ”

Yin Changzhi also saw that a small boat loomed in front of them, and someone on the boat waved a red flag, which was a signal for them to stop the boat.

In a moment, the small boat approached the grain ship, and there were two Tang soldiers on board, one of whom asked loudly, "But General Yin's fleet?" ”

"I'm Yin Changzhi, who are you?" Yin Changzhi glanced at them suspiciously.

"We are the messenger of the eldest prince, and we are here to give General Yin an order!"

Yin Changzhi looked at the two of them for a moment, and then asked, "Is there a password?" ”

"Yes! The password is the dragon over the Taihang. ”

This is the password agreed upon by Yin Changzhi and Li Jiancheng, only the people sent by Li Jiancheng may know, Yin Changzhi's face softened a lot, and he ordered left and right: "Let them get on the boat!" ”

After a while, the two sergeants got on the boat, took out the military talisman, the order arrow, and sealed the military order with paraffin, and handed it to Yin Changzhi together.

Yin Changzhi is very cautious, although the password is correct, but he still checked the military talisman and the order arrow, the important transfer of troops pays attention to the unity of the talisman and the order, it is not enough to have the order arrow, but also the military talisman fits, that is, half of Li Jiancheng's military talisman and Yin Changzhi's half of the military talisman are in harmony, so that the military order can be effective, like Li Jiancheng even specially set up a password.

Of course, if the messenger is caught, then everything is meaningless, so no matter how carefully Li Jiancheng thinks about it, there are still loopholes, unless there is a special line telephone or a coded telegram like in later generations.

Yin Changzhi checked the military talisman and the order arrow, and then opened the military order, the military order was written by Li Jiancheng himself, and he was asked to immediately return to Hedong County to wait for the order.

Yin Changzhi was stunned, why is this, seeing that he was about to arrive at the entrance of Yongji Canal, he actually let himself return, this time and again, it will take at least twenty days, what happened?

He groaned and asked, "Where is the eldest prince now?" ”

"Back to General Yin, the eldest prince is still in Changping County."

Yin Changzhi was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Why are you still in Changping County now?" ”

"We encountered Song Jingang's 30,000 troops in Changping County, and the two armies have been fighting fiercely so far, although the opponent's combat strength is not strong, but it is very entangled, and they have not retreated after repeated battles, and they are unwilling to fight head-on, so the army has not been able to go south to Taihang."

Yin Changzhi suddenly understood, he had long known that Song Jingang's army had been transferred from Hebei to Shangdang and Changping, and he also specially reminded the eldest prince to beware of this thief army, it seems that the eldest prince underestimated Song Jingang, and as a result, he ran into big trouble, and his plan had to be changed.

Yin Changzhi pondered for a moment, since the eldest prince had not yet arrived in Hanoi County, then they could not go in to die, now there were only two choices, either retreat back to the east of the river, or wait in the area around the mouth of the Yongji Canal, but Yin Changzhi thought of the Wagang naval army patrol, so he dispelled the idea of standing by at the mouth of the river, or should obey the military order of the eldest prince is the right decision.

He immediately ordered: "Order all ships to turn around and return to Hedong County!" ”

Li Jiancheng never wanted to see the scene finally happened, the grain fleet that was about to arrive at the mouth of the Yongji Canal began to turn around and return to Hedong City, hundreds of miles away, at this time they were only less than twenty miles away from Li Jiancheng's army, but many things were like this, often changing their trajectory at the last moment, and passing by success.

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