Chapter 733: Night into Xuzhou
"Lu Bu has courage and no strategy, but he has the heart to negotiate peace." Sitting in the tent, looking at Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "The only person who wants to pay attention to the Ming Gong in Xuzhou City is Chen Gong. If what is expected is not bad, then Deputy General Hu Benwei will go to Xuzhou to meet Chen Gong! ”
"Isn't it extremely dangerous for Zhongde and the others to be in Xuzhou like this?" Regarding Guo Jia's speculation, Cao Cao categorically did not have the slightest suspicion, he frowned, looked at Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao should make a plan as soon as possible!" ”
"Might as well!" To Cao Cao's great surprise, Guo Jia did not feel what kind of risk Cheng Yu and others would encounter in Xuzhou, but said to him very indifferently: "Earlier, the two generals Xiahoudun and Li Dian led the army to attack Xiaopei, if he saw that Chen Gong, he would not rescue immediately, but would wait until our army was exhausted and then send troops from Xuzhou!" ”
Guo Jia analyzed the situation in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao didn't say a word, just listened silently.
"If Lu Bu really obeys Chen Gongyan, this Ming Gong's crusade against Xuzhou will definitely be a lot of fetters!" Looking at Cao Cao, Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "Cheng Yu and the others entered Xuzhou, except for Lu Bu, I am afraid that many people have already seen that Ming Gong has no sincerity in peace talks!" ”
"Then Lu Bu is not stupid, how can he not see it?" Guo Jia said that many people could see that Cao Cao was not sincere in the peace talks, so Cao Cao took his words and said: "Feng Xiao didn't think that the Qin army and the tiger guard would see the intention of a certain one? ”
"Although Lu Bu is not stupid, he is a person in the game!" Looking at each other with Cao Cao, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "The authorities are confused, Ming Gong has recently urged the army to step up the siege of the city, then Lu Bu just feels that the pressure is huge and it is difficult to support, but he doesn't know that if he attacks the city like this, the casualties of our army will be unbearable for Ming Gong." He wanted to negotiate peace, in order to intend Ming Gong to withdraw from Xuzhou! ”
"Withdraw from Xuzhou?" When Guo Jia said that Lu Bu wanted him to withdraw from Xuzhou, Cao Cao pulled up a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to Guo Jia: "If you want to attack Huainan, how can you hand over the backbone to Lu Bu?" ”
"What Ming Gong said is not bad!" Guo Jia nodded, first responded to Cao Cao's words, and then said to Cao Cao: "Lu Bu is not obedient to Chen Gong, and this single-minded peace talks will definitely not harm Zhongde and others." Duke Ming just rest assured, in a few days, then Lu Bu and Chen Gong will be captured for the people under their command! ”
"That's great!" Although Guo Jia said that Cheng Yu and the others were not in danger, Cao Cao was still a little worried in his heart, and after answering, he didn't say anything more.
On the day that Lu Bu took Cheng Yu and others into Xuzhou City, a team of more than 500 people was quietly approaching Xuzhou.
All of the people in the group were dressed in dark shirts, but they all had broad swords at their waists and crossbows behind them.
During the day, this team hibernated in the wilderness, and as soon as the sky was dark, they got up and approached Xuzhou City.
Leading this team was none other than Deng Zhan, the commander of the dragoon guards, and behind him were more than 500 dragoons under his command.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and leading the dragoon guards to take advantage of the cover of night to approach the wilderness that was only more than a hundred steps away from Xuzhou City, Deng Zhan squatted down and raised an arm to stop everyone's advance.
When Deng Zhan stopped, Huang Sheng, who was following him, leaned up to him and asked in a low voice: "General, the city of Xuzhou is so deep that it is difficult for us to enter the city." If you only look outside the city, I'm afraid you won't be able to rescue Lu Bu at that time! ”
"The city is to be entered!" Looking at the dark shadow of the Xuzhou city wall, Deng Zhan said to Huang Sheng in the same low voice: "No matter how high the city wall is, how can it stop us and other dragoon guards?" ”
"If you want to enter the city, I'm afraid you will have to kill a lot of people......" Turning his head to look at Deng Zhan, Huang Sheng said with some entanglement in his expression: "If I kill some of the soldiers guarding the city when I enter the city, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain to His Highness in the future!" ”
"The water in Xuzhou is very deep!" Glancing at Huang Sheng, Deng Zhan pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, and said to him: "I will wait for this time to enter the city, rescue Lu Bu is second, and the first thing is to muddy the water in Xuzhou!" ”
"What do you mean by ......?" As soon as Deng Zhan's words fell, Huang Sheng looked at him with a puzzled face and asked him, "Could it be that I am waiting to enter the city, and I want to openly kill people?" ”
"Exactly!" Nodding, Deng Zhan said to Huang Sheng: "Although General Ben doesn't know what Cao Cao and Lu Bu want to do for peace talks, he knows that he definitely has no sincerity for peace talks. If Xuzhou is too peaceful, Cao Cao's plan will be done! Let's enter Xuzhou, kill a few Xuzhou soldiers, and hide the corpses so that the Xuzhou army can find ......"
At this point, Deng Zhan stopped talking and just grinned at Huang Sheng.
Seeing Deng Zhan's strange smile, Huang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead violently, and said with a look of sudden realization: "My subordinates are really stupid, if it weren't for the general's words, I'm afraid I wouldn't have thought of the benefits of killing people in Xuzhou!" ”
"Let's go!" Looking up at the sky, seeing that the stars in the sky were already extremely bright, Deng Zhan beckoned to Huang Sheng and the dragoon guards behind him, and jumped towards Xuzhou quickly.
When he arrived at a place only thirty or forty steps away from Xuzhou City, Deng Zhan took the lead in crawling on the ground and crawled towards the city wall.
Five hundred dragoons also fell down and crawled towards the wall.
The soldiers of the Xuzhou army guarding the city wall had received special orders from Chen Gong during the day, asking them to keep an eye on the outside of the city.
Although some Xuzhou troops stood on the city wall, looking intently at the outside of the city.
But the dragoons were all crawling forward in dark clothes, and under the cover of night, it was difficult to spot them even if they opened their eyes.
Several Xuzhou soldiers stared out of the city, but they didn't find any trace of the dragoons.
Leading the dragoon guards to crawl to the foot of the city wall, Deng Zhancai made a set of gestures to Huang Sheng behind him, meaning to ask him to climb the city wall.
Seeing Deng Zhan's gesture, Huang Sheng nodded and beckoned behind him.
With Huang Sheng's beckoning movement, more than twenty dragoon guards immediately jumped to his side and surrounded him in the center.
Raising his hand and pointing towards the city wall, Huang Sheng pointed to the short sword at his waist and gestured to the more than twenty dragoon guards.
After reading Huang Sheng's set of gestures, although the twenty dragoon guards did not say anything, they all nodded one by one, meaning that they had already understood what Huang Sheng wanted them to do.
The soldiers had already understood their intentions, Huang Sheng nodded at them, turned around and jumped to the foot of the city wall, drew a short sword from his waist and inserted it into the gap in the bluestone on the city wall.
The short swords of the Dragoon Guards are all made of tungsten steel, and the toughness and hardness are not comparable to ordinary blades.
With a short sword inserted, Huang Sheng stretched out his hand to a soldier behind him.
The soldier hurriedly drew his short sword from his belt and handed it to him.
Taking the short sword handed by the soldier, Huang Sheng stood up straight and stuck the short sword into another bluestone gap slightly higher.
Dragoons could originally use a grappling hook to climb the city wall, but if the iron grappling hook is thrown on the city wall, it will definitely make a noise and cause unnecessary trouble.
If you want to climb up to the top of the city quietly, it is an excellent way to stick a short sword into the gap in the city wall as a ladder.
The soldiers behind handed the short sword to Huang Sheng one by one, and Huang Sheng, who led the twenty dragoon guards, climbed to the top of the sword while taking the gap between the short sword **** stone and the stone.
When the last soldier climbs up, he will hold the short sword above with one hand, pull out the short sword below with his toes, and then hand it to the person above. This went back and forth, but in a moment's time, Huang Sheng had already climbed to the position near the battlements.
On the battlements, two Xuzhou soldiers were standing there looking out of the city.
Huang Sheng clearly heard one of the Xuzhou soldiers complaining: "Cao Cao's envoy is negotiating peace with Wen Hou, and the military advisor is also careful and wants me to wait all night to keep an eye on the outside of the city." ”
"I want to come to the military division because I am worried that Cao Jun will take the opportunity of the peace talks to secretly attack the city." As soon as the voice of the soldier who spoke first fell, the voice of the other soldier then reached Huang Sheng's ears: "We just need to pay attention to what the military advisor tells us, what do you think about?" ”
Listening to the conversation between the two soldiers, Huang Sheng was not idle, he was judging the specific location of the two soldiers who spoke according to the voice.
The city is full of Xuzhou troops, once they jump on the city wall, they must quickly clear the nearby Xuzhou army, and if there is a slight delay, the task of entering the city is very likely to fail.
The two Xuzhou soldiers above were still chatting in a whisper, and while they were talking, Huang Sheng had already determined the specific direction.
beckoned downward, and when the soldier standing below him stepped on the hilt of the short sword handed over a short sword, Huang Sheng took a deep breath, held the short sword in his mouth, grabbed the hilt of the short sword above with both hands, and jumped up the city wall.
The two Xuzhou soldiers who were talking had not noticed anyone approaching the city wall before, and Huang Sheng suddenly jumped up, and both of them were taken aback.
But before they could shout, Huang Sheng had already taken off the short sword in his mouth, and the arm holding the sword suddenly swung forward.
In the darkness of the night, an arc of light slashed through the throats of two soldiers.
Poor two Xuzhou soldiers, before they even understood what was going on, their throats suddenly hurt, and they couldn't make a sound when they wanted to shout again.
A sword slashed the throats of the two Xuzhou soldiers, and Huang Shengzong stepped forward and reached out to hold the two limp and collapsed bodies, so that they did not make a sound when they fell.
After eliminating the two soldiers on duty, Huang Sheng beckoned to the bottom of the city wall.
More than 20 dragoons then rushed up to the city.
Near this city wall, in addition to the two soldiers on duty at night, there are more than a dozen Xuzhou soldiers who are sleeping against the battlements.
After more than 20 dragoons went up the city wall, Huang Sheng beckoned to them again, and more than a dozen of them immediately jumped in front of the sleeping Xuzhou soldiers after he made a gesture.